Ed Nauman @ Design News shows you how to build your own Ultimate Beer Can Crusher, complete instructions, AutoCAD drawing and Visual Basic files included – “For the gadget freak who thinks he has everything, here’s Ed Nauman’s microprocessor-controlled, pneumatic-actuated can crusher. Great for parties, it consists of a pneumatic ram, precision bore crushing cylinder […]
Our pals at Design News has a great card counter electronics project you can build (PDF has the step by step and source code) – “Take down the house with this gadget. William’s handheld controller provides the display of a monitored process deviation — but after hours it doubles as a card counter. (In either […]
Steve writes – “Sometimes you need a good thunderstorm and the weather won’t cooperate. OK, maybe it’s just me. I cobbled together a fake thunderstorm from bits and pieces lying around the house. The components are: 1. A CD deck 2. An amplifier with line in / line out (actually a broken boom box) 3. […]
For $699 this drive can duplicate 6 full DVDs per hour or 12 full CDs per hour with a 25 disc capacity and has a cool little robo arm that does most of the work [via] – Link. I’ve seen a few DIY versions (and we’ll likely see more) – but it’s not a bad […]
Adding to the list of interesting kits… EMAC has a $399 embedded Linux starter kit – “Embedded computers are integrated into all sorts of common equipment, from soda machines to incubators. Since these systems require high reliability and low failure rates, more and more companies are loading Linux onto these embedded computers. The Linux Starter […]
Alpha of a Nintendo DS MIDI sequencer, Therain writes – “I have been hard at work the past couple of weeks creating a MIDI sequencer that uses my MIDI library and hardware hack for the Nintendo DS. The dSTAR Sequencer will be an x0x like sequencer with drawable bar graph sequence lines… The demo uses […]
Looking to get started with microcontrollers for robotics, clocks, phone dialers, etc..? Here’s a good PIC microcontroller beginner’s guide – “Many people would like to get started with microcontrollers, but don’t know how to begin. That’s what this page is all about — how to get started. With a microcontroller you can do things that […]
