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Hacked Gadgets went to Island Tech 2009 which was on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada to check on the technology that was being demonstrated. Contech was there showing some of their products, the Scarecrow was by far the most interesting. It isn’t a new product but ...
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Hacked Gadgets went to Island Tech 2009 which was on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada to check on the technology that was being demonstrated. It was an interesting feeling to be able to touch the fastest bicycle in the world! Designed by VARNA of British Columbia , it ...
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You have probably heard about E Ink before. It is the new technology that is being used in portable book reading platforms such as the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle . Thanks to Phosphor for sending in a E Ink watch for us to review, even though there are many devices that are ...
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Hacked Gadgets went to Island Tech 2009 which was on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada to check on the technology that was being demonstrated. Camosun College had some cool robots on display. Unfortunately the only ones that they had operational were two sumo-bots. The ...
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Hacked Gadgets went to Island Tech 2009 which was on Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada to check on the technology that was being demonstrated. Daniel Perera, a graduate student of the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Camosun College demonstrated a project he ...
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This Creating an Effective Platform talk that was recorded at the Gov 2.0 Summit is very interesting. Listen to it to see how some very creative people think. To see all the recorded talks have a look here .
Speakers are, John Markoff from New York Times, Vint Cerf from ...
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This is an interesting project that uses an old CD-ROM drive to make a CD-ROM Door Lock . Granted the system isn’t very secure however it would be trivial to connect it to a real deadbolt. It sounds like the system is voice activated but it is just the inventor asking his son ...
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Jerome Demers who is currently an intern at Solarbotics created this Miniball Solar Robot . Since it doesn’t just drive around it seems to have a mind of its own.
"This robot uses a solar engine circuit. A small solar cell by itself generally doesn’t have ...
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The guys over at the Project Lab have made a cool Computer based Etch a Sketch project called Hack a Sketch . Looks like it works just like a real one. This project is basically the reverse of this Etch a Sketch hack that we have seen before.
Thanks for the tip Jack.
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To be efficient solar panels should track the sun. This Self Powered Solar Tracking System by ahmadbakri13 of the Palestine Polytechnic University looks to work very well. There is not much details about it though. Hopefully the creator can share a bit more about the inner ...
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Here is an interesting project that allows you to have the look of a flickering candle without the issues of open flames. There is an Instructable for the project here and more details over at Gadget Gangster .
"The fakenflicker is a tiny, battery powered candle simulator. ...
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The prize this week is a loupe magnifier. This contest will run for one week (Nov 21 - 27, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it.
Please do not give the answer in the comments . ...
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Prototyping circuit designs are usually needed even after a circuit design has been developed in conjunction with a circuit simulator. Bruce Heran built this Vacuum Tube Prototyping Design Board to allow to test designs quickly and easily.
"I have frequently found that the ...
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A simple game is always much more fun when it is spiced up with some cool electronics. The wooden tilt maze game has been around for a long time. This Marble Maze that is Remote Controlled using an Accelerometer kicks up the original game by allowing the player to interact with the ...
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How many times were you left frustrated trying to change the channel on the TV just to realize that the batteries are dead. Of course there are no more batteries in the house so you are forced to steal the batteries from a lesser used remote. Even more frustrating is when you need ...
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This video shows how the common pole transformer is made. Overall it is a simple process. If you can get one of these you could also have some dangerous high voltage fun .
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Marissa Mayer is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google . This talk gives you some behind the scenes concepts that have made Google the success power house that it is. She also mentions the famous Google 20% time, this is where you have 20% of your paid ...
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In College I remember rifling through my now tattered yellow Texas Instruments TTL Reference Book. Texas Instruments has been constantly developing interesting products and is holding an event called eTech Days where they will hold a number of online technical training sessions. It ...
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PyroElectro has built an interesting motor Optical Motor Encoder system that allows a sled to move back and forth using optical feedback to know where the sled is. A L298 DC Motor Controller is used to drive the simple DC motor that is used to precisely position the sled. You may ...
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Music selection is usually a boring process. It usually involves some common interface such as scrolling through titles on a portable player, using a remote for your stereo or a mouse on your computer. With this RFID Music Selection called the RFiDJ from Roteno Labs music is ...
