now you can experience the enjoyment felt for centuries by ice fisherman thanks to this cellular-capable tip-up. For the uninitiated a bit ice fishing primer may be in order. The majority of what you see above is a common tip-up rig for ice fishing. essentially it lets you set numerous baited lines as well as […]
This Starcraft controller was created as a contest entry. The goal of the contest was to supply a custom-made controller for the Starcraft Real-Time-Strategy game that shared a few of the features seen in very first person Shooter controllers. The style started as rough sketches. From the there button design was prototyped before really building […]
To get the best power transfer into an antenna, tuning is required. This process uses a load to match the transmission line to the antenna, which controls the standing wave ratio (SWR). [k3ng] built his own automatic antenna tuner. First, it procedures the SWR of the line by using a tandem match coupler. This device […]
It may seem confusing that you’re checking out a Raspberry Pi when this hack is about an Ambilight clone system that doesn’t need a computer. The point here is that this system works no matter what your video source is, where lots of projects in the past have required the video to be playing from […]
[Atdiy as well as Whisker], collectively understood as [The Tymkrs] have been hectic honing their luthier skills. They’ve produced a 10 part YouTube series about the building of their new cigar box guitar. instead of a cigar box though, they’ve substituted a 1920’s tin cigarette box. The Omar Cigarette business provided “Project Omar” it’s name. like […]
one of many methods that Americans are ridiculed by the rest of the world is that they don’t have chip as well as PIN on their credit history cards yet; us credit history card business have been sluggish to bring this innovation to millions of POS terminals across the country. Making the shift isn’t simple […]
Graphene is an interesting material, but making enough of the stuff to do something useful can be a little tough. That’s why we’re always on the lookout for new methods, like this electrochemical process for producing graphene in bulk. You probably know that graphene is a molecular monolayer of carbon atoms linked in hexagonal arrays. […]
[Arthur Benemann] started a bit job for his electrical engineering program, as well as experienced the worst situation of function creep we’ve ever seen. He just published an instructable of his picChess job that is able to play chess on a VGA screen with a keyboard, with sound, a clock, temperature sensor. Apparently, [Arthur] was […]
Ideally, technology is supposed to enhance our lives. [Shane and Eileen], two seniors at Cornell have found a terrific way to enhance the lives of visually impaired individuals with their acoustic wayfinding device. In brainstorming for their final project, [Shane and Eileen] were inspired by this Hackaday post about robots as viable replacements for guide dogs. They sought […]
If you’ve been costs hours with the digital calipers while designing enclosures for your circuit boards there may be a much better way. [Phil] tipped us off about a new software application bundle that will let you import PCB design data into Google Sketchup. This method you can begin working on the enclosure in CAD […]