The guys over at Zedomax.com designed an airplane joystick that responds like the ps3s six axis joystick. The project is not to useful being in a plane, but the concept can be used in various projects. Read the complete workup at Zedomax.com
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In our fast going lives, we sometimes forget all that is going on around us. It is amazing when we slow down how much we can see. Here are some videos made with a high speed camera of things getting broken!
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“The idea of this project was to create a fully-automated sentry gun, capable of picking out a human target and accurately tracking and shooting him or her in the heart. Really, the idea was to find a cool robotics project for the summer while I was working at an advertising agency, and I’d only ever seen sentry guns in movies (like Congo) and video games (Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress Classic). I couldn’t find any record of anyone building one, even the military, although it seems likely I just didn’t look hard enough. It’s a pretty simple technology. One of my friends did mention the Phalanx anti-missile gun, which is of similar design, but uses radar for tracking instead of an optical method. The Phalanx has been around since the early 80′s. He was also quick to add that there are some pretty good reasons for not building an optical sentry gun, a big one being that it’s generally a good idea to shoot down any missile headed in your direction, but that same philosophy may not be the best when applied to humans.” Cool video I found on Youtube.
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Check this guy out, he built a personal roller coaster in his back yard. It works pretty good. Incredible what a pile of steel, a welder, and a passion for something can accomplish.
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With all the press on the Internet telling us how hot the Xbox 360 is, this guy named Brett decided to prove it. Brett’s Xbox 360 started displaying the dreaded three red lights. If you look up what the three red light mean on the Microsoft website, you will see that your Xbox 360 had a hardware failure and is in need of serious repair. Brett decided to crack open his Xbox, add some frying oil, and fry an egg on it. Well he did and as you will see, it just made a mess.
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Need a cheap file server, Linux machine, or emailing machine? How about a refurbished 700MHz Celeron for $47.91. It’s really bare-bones, with only 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive, Windows 2000 (not installed), onboard Video and Audio, two PCI slots, one AGP slot, and four USB slots.
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Solar home project blog by Bob Goodsell of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bob writes about his experience installing and operating his home photovoltaic system. He is using shingle style solar panels that blend in with his existing shingles on his ranch style home. The main components of Bob’s project are listed below.
Bob’s photovoltaic system is currently producing and average of 4.7 kwh per day of solar power. This is a good blog if you are interested in an alternative to the public power grid.
Read Bob’s Blog Here
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Yes, we are all just a little bit dumber after watching this video clip. What more could I say, a super soaker, some flammable liquid, a flame source, and one dumb ass kid. ***Pure Genius***
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The GP2X is an open-source, Linux-based handheld video game console and media player. The device is created and sold by GamePark Holdings of South Korea. The thing that makes this gaming console cool is that the company is trying to do things that the PSP(Very limited portable gaming device, sold by a greedy company named Sony) wouldn’t do with out a firmware hack. the GP2X is designed to play videos, music, view photos, and play games. The console supports emulators including GnGeo which emulates the Neo Geo; gnuboy2x, Game Boy Color emulator; MAME, an emulator of various arcade machines and DrMD, that emulates the Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive. The player supports up to 2GB of Secure Digital Memory and has a built in TV out. Being a Linux player the GP2X has the ability to support Linux applications, the possibilities are endless.
The GP2X does have its drawbacks. It is still beta, and underpowered, although it can be overclocked. No Games have came out for the system naively, but may games have been ported over from Linux. The price is around ~189.99 and can be purchased at GP2X : Alternative Power Here are some specs:
Product name: GP2X-F100
CPU: Dual CPU Cores
ARM920T : Host processor
ARM940T : Video Coprocessor
NAND Flash Memory: 64 Mega Byte
Dimension: 143.6mm* 82.9mm*34mm
Weight: 161 Gram (Without Battery)
RAM: SDRAM 64 Mega Byte
Storage: SD Card
Connection Type: 2.0 high speed USB
O/S : Linux
Power supply: 2AA
Display: * 3.5″ TFT LCD (Hardware : 16.7 Million Colors / Software: 260,000 Colors)
Resolution: 320*240(QVGA)
Video: MPEG 4, Dvix 3.11,4x,5x, and Higher, XVID, WMV(7,8,9 Later On) Playback,
Audio file : MP3,OGG,WMA(Later On)
Resolution: MAX 720*480 30fps
Frame Rate : Max 30 fps
Bit Rate: Video Max: 2500 Kbps
Audio Max: 384Kbps
Caption: SMI
TV-OUT : NTSC, PAL Support
Audio Channels: Stereo(L+R)
Frequency Rate: 20Hz~20KHz
Bit rate sampling: 16bit/8~48KHz
Equalizer : Normal, Classic, Rock, Jazz, Pop
Additional Function : e-book, game
Image Viewer: JPG, BMP, PCX, GIF, PNG
Continuous:
playback time:
Video Approx.: 4 hours
Audio : Approx. 6 hours
More info on GP2X hardware wiki
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This video of a hover board brings back memories of the old Back to The Future II movie. This guy made what is a small controllable hover craft, which seems to be controlled by a hand remote.
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