DIY Combat Robot

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Short Range Personal Radar Project

Another great project from the guys over at Pyro Electro.

The idea to create a type of close proximity radar system came from a student in one of my classes. We went ahead and decided to streamline the idea into the course as one of the projects we’d build.

After a week …

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Building a Hydrogen Fuel Generator Cell UPGRADE

How to build a hydrogen fuel generator cell from household objects. Nice as an experiment but I don’t think you’re going to be powering your car with this method.

Building a Hydrogen Fuel Generator Cell

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Guitar Hero LED Light Mod

For all you guitar hero geeks, her is a cool mod that adds a light show as you rock out.

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DIY Motion Activated Silly String Shooter

This week on Systm, the guys over at Revision3 put together a motion activated silly string shooter. They used a common motion flood light to trigger the project. The project also used compressed air and a solenoid to press the silly string can. My only issue with this project, is that I …

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DIY Video: Cotton Candy Machine

With a can of dog food, a blender, a blowtorch and a power drill this guy was able to spin some cotton candy. Dangerous? Yes. Delicious? Also yes.

DIY High Altitude Balloon

My project launched a payload with GPS, camera, sensors and communications to an altitude of 30km. I obtained most parts ready years ago, but only recently had time to finish it.

High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent …

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Systm Podcast: Underwater ROV

This weeks systm features underwater ROV’s.

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Homemade Nigerian Helicopter

24 Year old Nigerian physics student builds helicopter, using two cars.

Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, seen here, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts

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