Doug writes – “For our final project, we designed and built (and exhaustively tested) an RFID-based proximity security system for use with Cornell Identification cards, which have been RFID-embedded since fall of 2003. The idea for this project was sort of spawned from our general interest in RFID technologies and the near-simultaneous occurance of Lab […]
Ryan writes “I’ve noticed a lot of attention about SketchUp happening lately, so I figured I’d send in some of my stuff. It’s basically all conceptual, but it gets the point across. SketchUp is the only 3d modeling program I use besides NURBS-based programs, and only because it’s so easy to use. I’d definitely recommend […]
Crabfu SteamWorks writes – “A simple hack of the Tamiya turtle kit, to be powered by steam. Including a video of the race between steam turtle and steam walker(hare) -see who wins!” – Link.
Macfreak writes – “My Mighty Mouse stopped scrolling down, only upwards. The cleaning method as mentioned on the ‘Apple website’ didn’t solve the problem, so as a last resort: operation Mouse!” – Link.
While this might not be that useful for most folks, it’s always good to hear about someone fixing something as opposed to just tossing it… John sent in his how to on fixing a burned-up Durabrand PVS-1960 portable DVD player – Link.
Tony has a great Xbox controller controller project! – “What is this? It’s a system that will allow basically anything that can talk udp to control an Xbox. Why would you want to do this? I have no idea. I have my reasons, maybe you have some too. How this works: The XBOX buttons are […]
Here’s a really well put together video of how to transmit sound using a laser – [via] Link. Related: HOW TO – Transmit audio with a laser pen – Link.
