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Posted February 1, 2008 by Syd

The ‘Firebot,’ as it is called, is a neat little project that uses some of the features of the wiimote combined with a mobile robot platform to ‘fight fire’.

Posted January 31, 2008 by Chris

The DE2 board from Altera offers a great introduction for students new to FPGA design. This tutorial provides the first stepping stone by actually programming the de2 & using peripherals on the board.

Posted January 30, 2008 by Chris

We seem to always assume that there’s only one way to make a keyboard (aside from dvorak). The Morse Code Keyboard is a very non-conventional design that allows for one handed typing with a lot of flexibility and few constraints of typical keyboards.

Posted January 29, 2008 by Chris

The eBox was introduced last week with a brief overview of all the software needed. Now take a more indepth look at it and learn how to actually load a custom WinCE image onto it.

Posted January 28, 2008 by Chris

Have you ever wanted to be awake in your dreams? This project shows you how you can easily build a ‘lucid dream mask’ and dream information recorder. Remember Vanilla Sky?

Posted January 27, 2008 by Syd

Ham Radio ‘hidden transmitter hunts’ have been popular since ham radios came about. This GBA mod simplifies the task of being the hidden transmitter using the idBoy interface by nintendo and a few other easy mods.

Posted January 26, 2008 by Syd

With this mod you can turn a normal GBA handheld into a game console; joystick, tv hookups & all. It’s not a difficult mod either so if you’re a GBA guru you will love this!

Posted January 25, 2008 by Chris

Paparazzi is an open source project of software for controlling Unmaned Aerial Vehicles. It works & has been demonstrated several times. Definitely worth a look.

Posted January 24, 2008 by Chris

The Altera DE2 board is the newest education evaluation board that they offer. It has tons of peripherals to play with and easily programmed. This tutorial goes through the basics for setting it up.

Posted January 23, 2008 by Chris

Here is another great mod DIY for your computer for when you’re bored on the weekend. Replace the plain knobs on your desktop with ‘glowing’ knobs.