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Circuitry Hacks |
 | How to: Cheap Accelerometer with the Wii Nunchuck
As you're probably well aware, the wiimote and nunchuck have a vast array of sensors built into them. Instead of buying pre-assembled breakout board for $35, or attempting to solder a tiny surface mount accelerometer, learn to exploit the features... |
 | How to: Graphically Visualize Data in Real Time
Although the title of this post may sound a bit advanced or intimidating, fear not grasshopper, data visualization is actually quite simple. Using an outstanding program called Processing, we can read data through our computer's serial port and... |
 | Motion Activated Water Cannon
By combining the technologies of the Arduino and a simple motion sensor, you can create a water cannon which sprays a target when it senses motion. It uses a window washer pump and a servo for aiming. See more details and code. We've seen a more... |
 | DIY Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote With the help of some external hardware and a handheld wireless device such as an iPhone or iPod touch, you can build your own wireless music remote. It's a bit spendy if you don't already have an Iphone/iTouch and a router, but there's a step by... |
 | Fireworks Triggered by Cell Phone
By using a dirt cheap disposable cell phone, learn to create cell phone triggered fireworks. It's an incredibly simple project, basically just soldering two wires to the phone and attaching them to a hobby fuse which ignites when current is... |
 | Army Creates Remote Control Beetles The army has found a way to remotely control the giant flower beetle by implanting it with electrodes and a radio receiver. Commands are sent to the beetle wirelessly instructing to start, stop, turn right, and turn left. The video below... |
 | Solar Powered Rechargeable Battery Hack
By simply wrapping a flexible solar panel around standard rechargeable batteries (cheap on ebay) you can create your own solar powered batteries (literally). Simply set them by a window and you're now creating DIY Green energy to power your... |
 | Incredible Balancing, Climbing and Jumping Robots
Using segway-like balancing technology, these incredible robots can climb a pole while balancing, hop like a pogo stick, and even climb up stairs. These outstanding creations and more are the product of University of Southern Cal's robotics... |
 | Flexible Interactive Multitouch Display
In the past we've seen plenty of flat, hard multitouch displays. Even a multitouch pad you can build yourself in just 5 minutes. This multitouch pad, on the other hand uses several force sensors covered by a foam pad to read human input. The... |
 | Hack Twitter to Control Electronics
Twitter has become one of the most popular social media sites, but its uses extend far beyond the world of the internet. By, interfacing physical hardware with Twitter these projects have created fantastic hacks allowing electronics to react to... |
