Who needs a robot that can catch a tennis ball? We do. What would we do with it? Probably just throw tennis balls at it, that’s the only use we can think of. The work of University students in Kunzelsau and Vienna, it is actually a prototype for new transport systems for industrial robots. Though they don’t list any … Read the rest
Touchscreen picture frame
September 29, 2009 By 9 Comments
Circuit Ideas Design has posted a digital picture frame project based on their 240×320 16-bit color QVGA display. We made our own digital frame from a smaller screen a while back and this is pretty much the same implementation except with a larger screen and built around the AVR family of microcontrollers rather than PIC controllers.
The thing that piqued … Read the rest
Add IR control to your WiFi router
September 29, 2009 By 5 Comments
[Craig] wanted to use Boxee on his TV but his computer was in a different room. He rigged up a rather dubious method of delivering the A/V signal (this is a hack in the most guttural sense). More interesting to us is his solution for a remote control interface. We’re familiar with building USB connected infrared receivers but [Craig] decided … Read the rest
PSP Go gets butchered (teardown)
September 29, 2009 By 20 Comments
Not due to be released until the beginning of October, a PSP Go demo unit (shipped to G4TV) has already earned itself a teardown from [iFixit]. Among what was discovered:
- Once a few screws are removed, the battery is user replaceable (as-in: no soldering iron required)
- Wireless connectivity is only supplied through a 802.11b chip (no … Read the rest
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