MOTORIZED PROJECTOR screen
[Brad O’Connor] has completed his motorized projector screen that we discussed last month while covering his Lumenlab projector build. The screen is driven by a windshield washer motor utilizing the low speed connection. The 126″ screen is supported by a copper pipe as well as is connected utilizing Velcro. Brad states the wrinkles aren’t visible …
AUTOMATE THE FREIGHT: MARITIME DRONE DELIVERIES
Ships at sea are actually islands unto themselves. If what you requirement isn’t on board, great luck getting it in the middle of the Pacific. As such, most ships are truly well equipped with spare parts as well as even with raw materials as well as the tools needed to fabricate most of what they …
MAKER FAIRE NC 2012: ELECTRICAL vehicles
Although I had no idea what to expect at the NC maker Faire, I was pleasantly surprised to see several well made electrical vehicles. one of note was [Lab306]‘s Fox body electric Mustang. Although it would have been impressive by itself, it was made by a high school class and has been featured in several …
FAST SERIAL LCD interface
This is a serial interface for any LCD using the exceptionally common 44780 controller. There are a couple different serial interfaces like this on the market, but this project aims to be a remarkable version. It can use 5 – 30V with an included regulator. It has ESD protection. true RS232 levels indicate you can …
ANATOMICALLY correct PLOTTER avoids BACK scratch FEVER
everybody needs somebody sometimes, even if it’s just for when your back itches. but directing your itchy interlocutor to the correct spot can be a spatial relations challenge: “Right in the middle… no, down a bit… left… no, the other left! Harder! Wait, not that hard!” Why bother with all that messy interpersonal communication and human …
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HACKADAY links
first a request: I know some of you have had some experience hacking together Greasemonkey scripts. Jim Hanas over at Hanasiana has a quick project he needs help with. Go ask him for the details. The Nano cases keep rolling in: here is [Atonomie]’s leather Nano case. use the theme to get a head start …
WATER COOLED RASPBERRY PI
If your Raspberry Pi is running a bit hot you can add a few hunks of salvaged warm sink, or you can go all out as well as device your own water cooling system. Remember when everybody had a huge desktop computer which was a ideal receptacle for awesome illumination impacts as well as somewhat …
A $5 ARM development BOARD
most of you know that there are plenty of ARM powered development boards out there, so you may not be really sure what a new one can still bring to the table. With a $5 price tag, the open hardware McHck (pronounced McHack) is meant for quickly building projects on a small budget. The board created by [Simon] is based on a …
CARDBOARD and PAPER gun shows OFF creative construction
This project by [blackfish] shows off a cardboard lookalike of an MP5 that loads from a working magazine, has a functional charging handle, and flings paper projectiles with at least enough accuracy to plink some red party cups. It was made entirely from corrugated cardboard, paper, rubber bands, and toothpicks. In the video (embedded below) …
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AMIGA IN AN FPGA
Dennis had been working on this job for over a year before just recently releasing it in the Amiga.org forums (photos). The Amiga was notable for its utilize of unique, devoted processor chips for tasks like genuine time video effects. Dennis has recreated these chips in a Xilinx Spartan-3 400K entrance FPGA. His advancement board …