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[Gregory Charvat] continues to have a great time testing out radar systems. He and a friend have pointed the radar out the garage door and are using it to see who can reach a high running velocity.
The last time we looked in on [Greg's] work he had acquired an old police radar unit and wired it up to … Read the rest
The gang over at Waterloo Labs decided to add a team-building aspect to a plain old Etch a Sketch. Instead of just twisting the two knobs with your own mitts, they’re converting this giant pencil’s movements into Etch a Sketch art.
The challenge here is figuring out a reliable way to track the tip of the pencil as it … Read the rest
In an effort listen to his music on shuffle without the need to touch the volume knob [Mike] build his own automatic volume leveling hardware. He knows what you’re thinking right now: there’s software to do that for you. But building the feature in hardware is a great stepping off point for a project.
He started the prototype using … Read the rest
Ah, the end of the 4th financial quarter – the magical time of increased sales, being at work the entire time the sun is up, and holiday parties. For [Andy] at National Instruments, though, things don’t seem too bad. He built a neat Christmas light suit to entertain everyone with his brilliant persona.
[Andy] always loves great Christmas light displays … Read the rest
Over 100,000 Lego pieces, 4 people a year to create, and a 12 foot by 12 foot chess board make this the largest most awesome Lego hack we’ve ever seen. Take that Lego Printer.
For a mere $30,000 you too can have such a setup. Not a lot of information is out yet, but we do know all the … Read the rest
Props go to [Michael Nash] for establishing an interface between National Instrument’s labVIEW and an Arduino (an example video using a potentiometer is above). Personally, from the one time we were forced to use labVIEW, we hated every second of it.
One reason it’s so terrible, is the Data Acquisition Modules cost well into the hundreds of dollars, yet the … Read the rest
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