John Deere motorcycle lawn mower
Here’s a collection of some interesting vehicles, the mowercycle is rad – [via] – Link.
Month: May 2006
HOW TO – Make an automatic remote ON/OFF using the MIC jack on your camcorder
Good camcorder hack from Dan @ Instructables – “We used the MIC jack of a camcorder to detect when the camcorder is on. We built a low-voltage solid-state relay to detect the MIC jack and automatically turn on and off a remote device at the same time as the camcorder. The solid-state relay is a […]
Robot fights @ Nerd Salon (photos)
Here are some photos from last night’s robot hacking/fighting event @ Nerd Salon. Thanks go out to the 111 Minna Gallery for the space and Jennifer / Annalee for putting it on…. Oh, special thanks to MikeK. We need to upgrade the firmware to have the bots violate their 3 laws, MikeK happen to have […]
HOW TO – Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender
Mike Outmesguine’s Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender in the latest issue of Popular Science – “The promise of Wi-Fi is freedom–the ability to bring your laptop or PDA away from the anchor that is your desk and into your life. With most wireless routers, however, your life had better stop at around 300 feet, and forget about […]
HOW TO – Make a hands free camber gauge
Petercd writes – “Hands free Camber Gauge for cars made from angle iron, it can also be used to check castor too. Uses 2 small spirit levels and the read/write spindle and bearing from an old 250Mb hard drive for the pivoting plate and the spirit level.” – Link.
Plasma Pong
During Maker Faire, we had a RFID enabled flame shooting trampoline – the Maker, Mikey Sklar and I talked a bit about fire art and how electronics could be integrated – and that bring us to Plasma Pong, it’s a remake of pong, but it has plasma fluid, it’s really pretty to watch, I’m thinking […]
Underwater robot competition (photos)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 has a ton of photos from the underwater robot competition, MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Center) sponsored by NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ) – Link.