Ambient orb DIY serial port
Huh, I missed this before – Ambient has instructions on making your own serial port interface to their glowy orbs- Link. Ambient recently released their datacasting chip set… Link.
Technology
The world’s smallest Pong game
Ronald’s tiny pong game, he writes – When the µSCOPE project was well underway, it was clear to me that my next project just had to be a miniature version of the classic PONG game. The PONG game was invented back in 1966 by Ralph Baer [1,2]. In the seventies the game became very popular […]
Keith’s Electronics blog
Keith’s Electronics blog is exactly what it sounds like, a blog about electronics. On the site there are dozens of projects, step by steps and photos, good stuff! – Link.
Cellphabet 1.0 – “Walk in English”
AlgoMantra writes in – So I made this totally tedious but kinda clever thing on my Nokia N70, on which as you might know – one can write Python scripts. So my script logs the cellphone tower IDs that my phone is connected to, does some rudimentary clustering analysis. This enables me to assign say […]
Fridge alarm
Latest Gadget Freak… Fridage alarm! Schematics included – A fridge that’s alert for midnight snacks…When you’ve popped in your fridge alarm, getting peckish in the middle of the night and forgetting to close the door – along with escalating electricity bills – will be a thing of the past. Italian inventor Flavio Dellepiane has designed […]
Arduino Pong
Wow, Pong with Arduino, doesn’t get cooler than that, wait it does! Source and schematic included! Link.
iRobot 500 series
Hot off the press as of a few minutes ago! The new Roombas have been announced (iRobot Roomba 560). New features include: room to room cleaning, built in RF, light touch sensing, voice instructions. Impressive update for the most ubiquitous robot in homes (over 2mm) – Link. If you’re curious about their hackability (the previous […]