Pellepeloton writes – “I have repaired a quite a few faulty remote controls and most often they are repairable. Common faults are: some buttons not working, not working at all, corroded battery terminals. Often buttons are sticky because of some dirt accumulated over the years from the sticky little hands of your kids? The hardest […]
There’s an eBay auction for 8 bots (Robosapiens and Roboraptors) the bidding is still at $200, not a bad deal and there are lots of hacks/projects with these little guys – Link. Related: Robosapien Dance Machine… – Link. Hack a Robosapien + kit – Link. Flame-thrower Robosapien – Link. Robosapien, Roboraptor to get new brains… […]
Wow! Here’s voice recognition and speech synthesis for playing Infocom games (like Zork) over the phone, this might be the coolest VoIP project ever – [via] – Link.
Rick writes – “Easy to make room sized fliers. Lots of opportunity to experiment with this cheap and cheerful “remote control” flying machine” – Link.
Electronics design projects just posted up two simple, but fun LED projects, a dice LED circuit and a LED flasher circuit, good projects to learn from – Link.
SilentQ writes – “A few months ago I picked up a Geiger counter. I had no idea what to do with it. Then one day, I was playing with it, and looked at the analog meter, and thought I would try a hardware CPU load meter. I’ve seen all sorts of software analog meters, but […]
This week’s “Gadget Freak” article from Design News shows you how to build your own trailer light hookup – “Trailer rental firms insist that tow vehicles provide operating lights — turn, tail and brake lights for every towed vehicle rented. Easy to do if the tow vehicle is wired that way, but a pain if […]
