Video: Computer Virus Halloween Prank

In light of Halloween today, here is a bit of mischief you can do to your close friends and family members. You can download the flash executable here.

Wooden Gear Clock Project

Alan Parekh has a lot to be proud of, with his wooden gear powered clock. The PIC based project utilizes an stepper motor to power a series of precision machined gears which rotate to keep the clock in …

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Melting An Ipod With A Solar Death Ray – Video

Kip Kay is at it again. Taking an old projection TV’s fernell lenses front panel and mounting it out in the sun, he is able to melt a huge plethora of items ending with an ipod.

MIT’s Indoor Autonomous Four Wing Helicopter – Video

Cool project by the MIT Robust Robotics Group – Micro Air Vehicle made to autonomously seek out a target without GPS in a tight environment. The MAV uses a real time laser to detect walls in 3D which allow it to detect a window and fly trough it.

[MIT Video]

Video: Key Fob Activated Dorm Door Opener

This cleaver collage student rigged up his dorm door to unlock and lock with a simple automotive style Key Fob.

[Hack-a-Day]

Weed Wacker Powered Bicycle Of Death

Weed Wacker + Bicycle = Assume leg chewing machine

How to build a weedeater motorized bicycle by Davids Farm.

Super Charged Alarm Clock from Hell

Kip Kay is serious about waking up on time. He adds some automotive style driven horns to his cheap old alarm clock. The results a alarm clock from hell.

DIY Arduino: Interfacing Memsic 2125 Tutorial

Great little tutorial about interfacing the Arduino microcomputer to a Memsic 2125 Accelerometer. Calculating g-forces you can detect tilt, acceleration, rotation, and vibration.

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Arduino + Wii Nunchuck, Control Webcam

Project which uses the Wii nunchuck and an Arduino to control a servos mounted to a basic USB webcam. Using an I2C connection, the Arduino allows the camera to mock hand movements of the nunchuck.

[Yezzer via HackADay]

Arduino Mega Spotted In The Wild

Arduino Mega features a ATMEGA1280

128KB of Flash 4KB RAM 4KB EEPROM 53 Digital IO 4 HW UARTs 14 PWMs I2C bus 16 Analog Input pins

No date of its release is known, but expect it soon, this is no mock up board. [read more on Arduino Mega Spotted In The Wild…