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Robots Hacks |
 | Convert your webcam into a 3d Scanner
All you need is a PC, a camera (e.g. a webcam), a background corner, and a laser which projects a line onto the object you want to scan. So everyone can use it to scan objects without high costs; this is the big advantage over commercial solutions... |
 | Convert your Printer into a Shredder
How about nice Xerox laser printer converted to a high volume automatic paper shredder. This inventgeek.com tutorial will demonstrate step by step how to do just that. A simple yet quite useful use for that old printer you have lying... |
 | Hacking Fingerprint Scanners
He took latent fingerprints from a glass, which he enhanced with a cyanoacrylate adhesive (super-glue fumes) and photographed with a digital camera. Using PhotoShop, he improved the contrast of the image and printed the fingerprint onto a... |
 | Realistic Animatronic Lion Mask
This is the full step by step on building a realistic lion mask with moving jaw with stereo night vision/color vision system, and amplified hearing augmentation. This system was first line prototyped in this mask, Others have been made since then... |
 | DIY Dorm Project - Beer Launching Fridge
So...You're watching the game and want a cold one...You don't have a woman to fetch you a beer so what do you do...Make a beer launcher of... |
 | Evil Robot of Doom So, you're bored and you have a few extra dead hard drives, ram, and floppies lying around. Okay, we've got a project for you. Take all that old junk hardware apart, add a few motors, and presto, you have your very own evil robot of doom!
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 | RoombaMidi - Make your Roomba Dance, Sing
The Roomba has a piezo beeper that can play tunes. You�ve heard it. And its motors make noise. Why not put them under MIDI control. So here is RoombaMidi: a Mac OS X application that creates a virtual MIDI instrument for use by any Mac OS X... |
 | Incredible New Life Form Created By An Artist
You may call him crazy but his accomplishments are truly incredible. Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His "Strandbeasts" (Beach Creatures) are built... |
 | Make a Fire Fighting Robot
The annual Fire Fighting Robot Competition sponsored by Trinity College has been an exciting event for several years. Robot hobbyists and professionals of all ages from all parts of the world gather to compete and show off their creations. The... |
 | Extend Bluetooth to Over a Mile
Want to leave your Bluetooth-enabled laptop on the desk and still control it while you're out and about With a (relatively) simple mod, you can replace the antenna on a Linksys USBBT100 USB Bluetooth adapter with a larger one, and extend its range... |
