A small group of enthusiasts have apparently been restoring and reprogramming the animatronic bands from the former Showbiz Pizza Place chain. Original engineer [Aaron Fechter] and car salesman/choreographer [Chris Thrash] have started performing modern pop songs with the bands and have a page where you can bid on new songs to perform. This feels like Billy Bass hacking on a much larger scale. The … [Read more...]
Really Bare Bones Board Arduino clone
July 6, 2008 By 7 Comments
Modern Device's Really Bare Bones Board is an Arduino clone designed to have an incredibly small footprint. It's barely wider than the requisite AVR and is laid out so you can reduce the size even further. Don't need the power connector? Just snip it off. Don't need the voltage regulator? That can be removed just as easily. The kit is only $12 and all through-hole components. [youevolve] posted a … [Read more...]
Motorcycle engine powered cars
July 6, 2008 By 35 Comments
Autoblog recently posted about the LusoMotors LM23, a track car powered by a Honda CBR1000 that weighs less than 900 pounds. We knew there have been quite a few other home built cars that have foregone traditional engines for motorcycle power plants, so we asked Google for a few project suggestions. It turned up this excellent round up of motorcycle powered cars by The Kneeslider. The usual … [Read more...]
Data manipulation with Sprog
July 6, 2008 By 5 Comments
Linux Journal's [Mike Diehl] pointed out an interesting tool for manipulating data: Sprog. Sprog lets you assemble machines to complete specific data processing tasks. You snap together gears that read input data, process the data in different ways, and then output the results. The input could be a file, URL, database query results, or even MIDI notes. For processing you could be matching … [Read more...]
ThingamaKIT video
July 6, 2008 By 6 Comments
Bleep Labs has just published a demo video of their new ThingamaKIT that we covered the other day. … [Read more...]
RouterTerm: Atmega serial terminal
July 6, 2008 By 3 Comments
[Adam] sent in the RouterTerm. It's an ATMega8 with an LCD, PS/2 keyboard input and a 16x2 LCD. No source/schematics yet, but he claims that he'll get around to it if enough people ask. It was built specifically to talk to an Edimax BR-6104KP router with Linux on it. … [Read more...]
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