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James Bond Style Wireless Door Lock

James Bond Style Wireless Door Lock

Remote locking is quite common for automobiles, not so common for doors.  This James Bond-ish home security system uses a coded signal from the wristwatch to the electronic box on the door to lock and unlock the door.  Far more stylish than a...
Car Hack: Remotely Drive a Car with an iPhone

Car Hack: Remotely Drive a Car with an iPhone

Should driving a car with an iPhone deserve a ticket? Nah, it should be rewarded.  It might look dangerous but this iPhone hack is just another example of what can be done with an iPhone and uncommon ingenuity. The 10 Outstanding DIY iPhone Hacks...
Geo-Location Game “Urban Defender” using Arduino

Geo-Location Game "Urban Defender" using Arduino

By using an Arduino, GPS, and an accelerometer, this group put together the "Urban Defender" - A hyper-local geolocation based game which allows users to "claim" various districts of a city by throwing the ball against a wall to claim the...
Wiimote Controlled Lawn Mower

Wiimote Controlled Lawn Mower

We’ve got another cool hack for you, this time using the amazing Wiimote, from the Southern University of Denmark's Robot Laboratory. The Wiimote connects to the lawn mower through Bluetooth. From there, a computer interprets the signal and...
The Enicycle: A Self Balancing Electric UniCycle

The Enicycle: A Self Balancing Electric UniCycle

If you've ever tried to ride a unicycle, most people would agree it's pretty much impossible. However, with the Enicycle, a motorized unicycle, it's dirt simple and you can learn in less than 15 minutes. The video above walks you...
How to Connect Multiple Arduino Microcontrollers with I2C

How to Connect Multiple Arduino Microcontrollers with I2C

Use I2c to connect several Arduinos together to combine their power. I2C stands for the Inter Integrated Circuits and is one of the best Multi Master Serial Computer Bus technologies used in different systems to connect the peripherals of low...
Arduino & NunChuck create Real Time DIY Pan & Tilt Camera

Arduino & NunChuck create Real Time DIY Pan & Tilt Camera

Learn to create your own DIY pan and tilt camera which is controllable (in basically real time) by using a Wii nunchuck and the Arduino. Â By moving and rotating the nunchuck, two servo motors match your movements allowing you to control your...
How to Play Counter Strike, CoD, any PC Game with a WiiMote

How to Play Counter Strike, CoD, any PC Game with a WiiMote

This tutorial will walk you through how you how to connect your wiimote to your PC to play games like Counter Strike, Call of Duty, and more. We've covered a brief tutorial in the past about how to connect a wiimote to your PC which you can...
Airsoft Gun Controlled via WiiMote

Airsoft Gun Controlled via WiiMote

By interpreting data from a wiimote accelerometer, this robotic airsoft gun makes adjustments based upon wiimote movements. Fully equipt with a webcam, it can be controlled remotely as well. The author has plenty more info and videos on his...
Physical Computing with MIT’s Siftables

Physical Computing with MIT's Siftables

Siftables is the latest example of a Tangible User Interface (TUI), an emerging technology that aims to use physical objects as interface for computing needs. Siftables, however, differ from traditional models with the addition of a sensor...