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Motor Hacks |
 | DIY Motorized Shoes!
Sure, the Segway looked cool initially, but it's expensive and bulky. Here's a much smaller, more portable human transport called the Treadway. Essentially, it's a motor, battery, and wheel which you attach to the outside of your... |
 | Cornell's Top Microcontroller Projects 2010
The students of Cornell have posted their year end microcontroller projects for us to admire. Some projects involve creating commercially available products, but a few definitely stood out from the crowd. With a budget of $75, the students... |
 | Nintendo DS LED and Force Feedback Mod
Here's another superb mod from f00f00 detailing the process of adding force-feedback to a stock Nintendo DS using LEDs and a vibration motor. With limited space inside the DS, he used all surface mount parts and a circuit board smaller than a... |
 | Mobile Backyard Movie Theater Robot
Having your own movie projector is awesome, but who wants to haul your screen, projector, DVD player and cables out to your backyard for a movie? The superb robot above contains the projector, screen, mirror, battery, speakers, DVD player, and... |
 | Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
Here's a fantastic project using an arduino, a motor, and a piezo sensor which allows you to both record and detect knocking patterns to unlock a door. The video below does a fantastic job of demonstrating how it works: It's completely mobile... |
 | Video: Build your own Self-Balancing Segway
This DIY Segway-like scooter is� an exceptional guide to building your own self balancing transportation machine. Although Dean Kamen was first with his patented Segway scooter, they are actually surprisingly simple to build.�� We... |
 | MIT's Speedy Motorized Shopping Cart
A few MIT students build this motorized shopping cart out of parts from an old go-cart. While some students spend college parting, these cool kids used their time to build this babe-magnet of a ride. You can check out the video demo above and... |
