Most of us know what a Tractor Pull is but how many people can say they have seen it done in 1/32nd scale? That is exactly what this 8 Slot Motor Tractor Puller is and look closely that tiny rig is pulling 4 1/2 pounds!

"A 1/32nd scale tractor puller using 8 slot car motors geared together. Tractor is 8" long. Pull sled has 2 lbs in the hopper and sled chassis weighs 2 1/2 pounds."

Dangerous Prototypes has released a cool new prototype. The Twatch is sure to keep you on top of your Twitter information.

Thanks Ian.

"The #twatch connects directly to Twitter and scrolls the latest trending topics and related tweets on an LCD screen. It’s a stand-alone network appliance that stays updated without a PC. It was awesome to watch #iranelection, Michael Jackson, and other historic events scroll by while we developed the #twatch. This article documents the #twatch hardware and design."

This is a cool way to remote control your car. The microcontroller is a bit of an older one, have a look at the 16f628 for a more modern one these days. Have a look at the build history to see the beginnings of this intro project.

Via: HG Forum

"I basically took a remote controlled car, and connected it to a 16F84 programmable chip, and now I can control the car using C code."

It’s hard to believe that we have had 100 Name the Thing Contests already!  The prize this week will be a cool tiny Sansa Clip 1GB MP3 player. This contest will run for one week (Sept 12 – 18, 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.

***Hint, the image was of a project featured on Hacked Gadgets in the past.***

Please do not give the answer in the comments.

Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body consisting of:

• The name of the item in the above picture
• An example of what the item pictured above can be used for

The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.

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Added October 7, 2009

The item to guess was the Control Board for the Rebuilt Universal Laser Systems Laser Engraving Machine

The winner is Nestor R. (There were 19 entries)

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Below is a picture of the prize.

Evan Grant gives a brief talk covering the basics of cymatics.

"Creative and technologist Evan Grant is founder of collective seeper. He started the company during his first year of study at Bournemouth University and has been working for the past 10 years as a director, developer and producer with a self-applied remit for innovation-led wonderment."

This PIC microcontroller project is from a St. Cloud State University course. Jacob Scherer did a good job at making a multifunction system using a PIC chip, it can function as a digital oscilloscope, spectral analyzer, pulse generator and pulse width measurement, temperature sensor, and capacitor sensor! This project reminds me of the ones that are created in the Cornell ECE 5760 course.

"It is a microcontroller based system using PIC18F4455, which is connected to a PC via USB and C# GUI interface. The oscilloscopes functions up to around 20kHz with a sampling frequency around 70 KHz and the pulse width measurement works across this entire range, the spectrum analyzer works up to 35kHz (the Nyquist frequency of the sampler), the temperature sensor is good from 0 to 150 degrees C, and the capacitor measurement is around 1% accurate in the range of .001uF to 10uF."

Remember the C-64? Mine is long gone but I still have the memories… I still remember typing pages of HEX codes from the pages of various C-64 magazines to play the simple game of the month. You can now bring back the past in the palm of your hand thanks to the power of the iPhone. Manomio has put lots of work in the emulator and it is a bargain at $4.99.

Via Apple Phone Hacks

"The $4.99 C64 emulator costs $4.99 and includes 5 games: Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck, and Jack Attack. Additional separately sold game packs will be coming soon. With the C64 emulator approved, Manomio is also clear to pursue further licensing deals and they have said they are actively working on adding new titles."