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If you are interested in film making have a look at this DIY Cable Cam Project. For about $30 you can achieve some cool Hollywood effects on a backyard filmmakers budget. Who says you have to spend lots of money for good effects? After you build this project be sure to have a look at the Johnny Lee Steadicam project. "This week on Backyard FX, Erik and the crew build a Cable-Cam to achieve awesome cinematic camera angles like fly-thru and overhead shots. The Cable-Cam is like a camera dolly, but instead of being on a track, the camera is in the air on cables or rope, so you can shoot above the action." |
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Matt has put together a good looking M1A2 Abrams RC Battle Tank. The drive system looks nice and beefy, there is a pulley system on the inside which drives a chain system on the outside where it can get wet and muddy. When this thing is loaded with some ammo I don’t think I would want to see it in a back alley. "The speed controllers I used are IFI Victor 885’s. They are capable of handling up to 120 amps continuous draw, so they are more capable than anything I would ever need. They are hooked up to 100 amp fuses. The turret is a very complicated piece of the M-1 Abrams. It has about 19 faces and has to clear the upper hull while turning 360 degrees. It turns on a 12 inch lazy susan and is powered by a high torque servo modified to rotate continuously. The servo also has a built in speed controller to allow proportional speed."
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This is a great day for the hackers and maker around the world. Make Television is On the Air! This is a big step in legitimizing the DIY area that we are all so interested in. Have a look at the videos and let me know what you think. I think my favorite is the VCR project but I would have liked to see a bit more details, something like a time lapse build would have made for a great addition. "Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires millions to think, create, and, well, make. " |
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Many of us are currently battling the elements. Clearing snow is a necessary task but it doesn’t have to be tiring. The one pictured above and in the video is autonomous but I think there is still room for some good remote control designs such as the picture below.
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We have seen lots of RFID projects over that past year but this RFID Dorm Room Door Unlocking System is sure to catch on. Using suction cups to mount the unit is a nice touch since when this hack is removed there will be no signs that anything funny was done to the lock. I predict that in the next 3 to 4 years we will be seeing this technology built into lots of locks sold at the local Home Depot. Via: HackaDay |
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Nuts and Volts is a fantastic electronic magazine with articles about new technology and great project ideas every month. Have a look at the article line up for January for examples of this. Hacked Gadgets is giving away a one year subscription to a lucky Hacked Gadgets reader. Entry into the contest is simple, just leave a comment for any article during the remainder of January 2009. Enter as many times as you want, just please don’t leave spam comments since these will be deleted as usual. The email address of the post will be used to identify and notify the lucky randomly selected winner. Please note that email addresses left when commenting is never made public. Here is a bit more information about the magazine… “Nuts & Volts is the leading magazine for those seriously interested in electronics. There now remain only a few magazines written for the electronics community with Nuts & Volts being the highest readership, longest running electronics publication left in the US today. And we still have readers and advertisers that have been with us since the early 80s. Nuts & Volts is written for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter. The diversity of subjects appeals to all levels of experience and spans such topics as amateur robotics, circuit design, lasers, computer control, home automation, microcontrollers, data acquisition, new technology, DIY projects, electronic theory, and more, not to mention the popular BASIC Stamp.”
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It’s often sad when a cool toy or gadget gets broken. Luckily there is no need to toss it in the trash, why not hang onto it and build something out of it when inspiration comes knocking. That is what John from Team Droid did when his RC Helicopter had an accident. "I had a toy helicopter that had lost it’s tail rotor in an unfortunate accident. I didn’t want to part with it because the main rotor still spun and heck it’s a remote control helicopter. I proceeded to turn the once state of the art in toy chopper technology into a regular airplane." |
There are many contraptions that allow us to use technology to give us a hand. Here are a few interesting ideas that I am sure will catch on…
