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This MCU based flood monitoring system will send you an SMS when water levels get too high. The only thing we wonder about is what happens when water levels rise too fast and smother the electronics in this setup before the phone can alert you. MCU Based Flood Monitoring System
Raul Aguaviva made this connection between his DS and printer to control its stepper motor. He updates the script over the DSs wireless connection. All it needs now is to be able to read PostScript, and you’ve got a wireless printer!
Lifehacker held a reader submitted contest, and the Nerdcycle was one of the winners. It allows the user to surf the Internet while exercising. Here is what the maker had to say: I bought an exercise bike on Craigslist for $100. I rode it five times. It then became my footrest while I surfed the […]
Sean Gallagher posted pics of this incredible celestial clock he’s building which uses the Make: Controller. Celestial Clock
Maxster writes in – My friend’s laptop’s hinge failed after 5 years of use, her mum made this excellent piece of under garnement for it.
“GALS,” not as in what creepy old guys call women, but GALs as in “Generic Logic Arrays.” GALs are the simplest member of the programmable logic family that also includes CPLDs and FPGAs. They are the modern replacement for the one-time programmable PAL devices that were first introduced in the late 1970’s. Unlike PALs, GALs […]
This project by artist Greg Chatonsky generates sound from vibration sensors placed on the exterior of a defective computer hard disk. The amount of vibration is picked up and changed to sound in real-time though a program written in Pure Data on the PC. The sounds (at the link below) are pretty amazing considering their […]
