Posted May 13, 2008 by Chris

Laser Tag has been around for ages and now the technology that created laser tag has become affordable to make your own setup. This guide has everything you’ll need to get going making your own custom laser tag weaponry along with several example designs.

Posted May 9, 2008 by Chris

We’ve seen high-altitude balloon projects before, here’s another one! The project write-up has all the details of the computer system inside. Be sure to checkout the high-altitude aerial photos, awesome stuff.

Posted April 25, 2008 by Chris

The MEAN gps project is meant to use inertial movement (sensed by accelerometers & gyros) to predict your exact location if your GPS reception goes dead. The project write-up includes a software overview & hardware schematics.

Posted April 6, 2008 by Chris

This is a 2.4 GHz wifi antenna that you can make with pretty basic parts. It is of the Helix design and can operate at ranges of up to 10 Kilometers (theoretically) and 3-4 Kilometers optimally.

Posted March 13, 2008 by Chris

IR remote controls have been very popular for quite a long time and they’re easy to build. This very detailed project write-up shows you not only have to build one but also explains how to have Linux inter operate with the remote control.

Posted March 9, 2008 by Chris

Simple transistors radios have been around for a long time and since they are quite easily built a variety of circuit diagrams for AM/FM exist. This project goes through (the old “radio shack special”) and explains what goes where for a very simple FM radio and even offers an example PCB layout. You may have already heard of the Radio Shack Special, but now you can check it out.