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Treaded robot modified for stair climbing

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 4:01pm MST by Mike Szczys

[Mike Li] is showing of his stair climbing robot. It’s a bot that cruises around on a pair of tank treads, but some interesting modifications gave him the traction needed to ascend a flight of stairs without slipping backward. The image above shows this process in great detail. You can see the unaltered treads leaving [...]
737 cockpit will satisfy even the most discriminating simulator afficiandos

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 3:01pm MST by Mike Szczys

This isn’t an airplane, it’s a simulator. But you won’t find it at a flight school as this labor of love is a home build of a 737 cockpit (translated) that has been going on for more than two years. It started off as a couple of automotive bucket seats in a room with two computer [...]
Running the numbers on a cheap PSU

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 2:01pm MST by Mike Szczys

[Mike] picked up a cheap USB hub for four pounds (about $6) including delivery. He wanted to know how it’s possible to get quality electronics for that price, and as you may have guessed it’s not possible. He cracked open the power supply that shipped with the hub and hooked it up for some testing. [...]
Need a Hand Drying Those Gloves?

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 1:01pm MST by Kevin Dady

While being caught out in the rain skiing, [Andrew] was left with a pair of soaking wet gloves. Leaving them to air dry did little good, as after 3 days they were still wet, and blowing a fan at them did little to nothing to help the situation. Luckily [Andrew] had been thinking about ways [...]
3D printing Minecraft worlds

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 12:01pm MST by Brian Benchoff

If you’ve ever wanted to build an awesome tabletop game or model train layout scenery, you probably couldn’t do better than printing Minecraft worlds on a RepRap. This guide comes courtesy of [Nudel] who figured out how to use Mineways with his RepRap. While [Nudel]‘s landscape print doesn’t have the full color of something from Shapeways, he only spent $3 [...]
GSM remote control with the TiDiGino

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 10:01am MST by Mike Nathan

If you’re looking to remotely control things around the house, but can’t do it over the Internet or via WiFi, the TiDiGino just might have what you’re looking for. [Boris Landoni] from Open Electronics sent some information on the TiDiGino our way, and it certainly looks like a useful device if you’re in need of [...]
A Little Simon Clone Named [Nomis]

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 8:01am MST by Jeremy Cook

[Chris] has been hard at work building his own version of Simon called [Nomis]. Although [HAD] has featured an ATiny Simon clone before, the article does an excellent job explaining how the system works. The ATTiny85 is used to control this game, which, for now is laid out on a simple breadboard. A PCB version [...]
OK, you might not be paranoid – perhaps that priority mail box IS spying on you

Posted: January 6th, 2012, 7:01am MST by Mike Nathan

[Thomas Renck] recently picked up a 1000mW wireless video transmitter that he ultimately planned to mount in an RC plane. Before he strapped it on a plane to potentially kiss it goodbye for good, he wanted to play with it a while to see what it was capable of. After a friend helped him determine [...]