Ian Lesnet submitted this cool hack-‘o-lantern to our Make: Halloween Contest 2009. There’s an Instructable here, a Flickr set here, and YouTube video here. It’s a color-changing pumpkin full-court media press! The build uses a ShiftBrite RGB LED module, IR receiver, universal remote control, and a PIC18F2550 as the brains of it all.
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Front porch “prop dropper”
From Samuel Aaron Ward, this motion-activated device lowers a scarythang when it senses motion. It’s built around a Microchip PIC16F684 and is based on plans from the October 2009 issue of Nuts & Volts magazine. [Thanks, Vern!]
Far beyond simply open-sourcing the schematic, Eric Archer posted a full step-by-step for recreating his Mini Space Rockers drum-synth kit on protoboard. Hmm … I get the feeling he really wants us to build these =] – very awesome. Included with the project is a list of 25 variations for achieving a wide range of […]
Create a “web” effect inside of a balloon using HI-FLOAT, a helium balloon additive.
from Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Labs. I wonder whether you might not use polystyrene beads as an aggregate to reduce weight?
Check out this cool Android-based head mounted display. Andrew Lim of recombu.com used an HTC Magic running Google Street View, safety goggles, and some cardboard to fashion one of the coolest HMD this side of Lawnmowerman.
Nick Valenza shows how he builds realistic replicas of Ash’s “groovy” prosthesis using parts from real chainsaws.
