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Here [Matthew Br] explains the situation he's in with the neighbors that share this wall of his apartment. When they listen to music they like it loud and so he gets to 'enjoy' the experience as well. But he can't ignore it any longer, and has decided to use a sound volume detector to blast some tunes right back at them. He taped a microphone to the wall and wired it up to his Arduino. It … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3njyx2u-X8 Once we got our official entry into the red bull creation contest finished and submitted, we figured we might as well kick things up a notch just for giggles. We set up a firing range in the basement at Squidfoo and positioned "herbert", a mannequin that was left over in the building from a previous tenant, in the sights. We discovered two … [Read more...]
[Woodgears.ca] seems to be a wealth of clever hacks, and this CNC box joint jig is no exception. Although one has to manually move the jig to make the actual cut, it still gives the user a lot of extra functionality. One only has to click the mouse button to advance the workpiece. One drawback to using a table saw, even with this jig is that some internal parts still may have to be cut. Check … [Read more...]
When [Phil Burgess] showed off a few I2C - controlled seven-segment displays on adafruit's weekly vlog, the comments immediately turned to the time circuits featured in everyone's second-favorite time machine, the Back to the Future DeLorean. The time circuits are now active, so now you can easily add a temporal display to your car well before a hover conversion. [Phil] used these LED … [Read more...]
Do you have what it takes to stay on the mechanical bull longer than the next guy? Who cares! We want to know if you've got what it takes to build your own dueling mechanical bulls. After seeing the development stages in the video after the break we think you'll agree that the construction part of the project is way more fun than the 'sport' that results. But still, we can't watch … [Read more...]
You don’t necessarily have to live in a cold climate to experience how roads start to deteriorate once cracks begin forming in the asphalt surface. Even more frustrating than the potholes, dips, and road erosion is the snarled traffic that results from closing lanes to repair them. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute have developed a way to detect and quickly fix these cracks with … [Read more...]
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