Blog Title: Hacked Gadgets

Many articles about hacking gadgets. Examples of extreme technology. DIY projects describing how to build electronic projects. Fun top 5 and top 10 lists.

Automated Turf Management - Robotic Lawn Mower

  Have a look at this high tech approach to cutting your lawn. Sanjiv Singh from the Robotic Institute is using technology that we have seen used in many of the DARPA Grand Challenge to cut grass! "Approach The first approach to obstacle detection is color segmentation, which is the ability to distinguish obstacles based on color. read more..

High-speed Magnetic Levitation

  Bill Beaty has created a neat way for magnets to be levitated. If you build it please be cautious since you could loose your hand if you aren’t careful. "While working on science museum exhibits in 1990 I came up with the above idea: it is known that a spinning metal disk will lift and fling read more..

DIY Hovercraft Project

  This DIY Hovercraft Project was done on a budget and the results are very good based on the amount of money that was put into it. "The workings of a hovercraft are fairly straightforward: one high-power motor with an airplane propeller forces air down through the hole in the center, which pushes the bottom of the read more..

Guess what this isn?t contest - 3

No emails this time, we are going to do another Guess what this isn’t contest since the last one was so much fun! Simply reply in the comments what this device isn’t. Make it funny, crazy, weird… Just use your imagination. You can enter more than once if you come up with more than read more..

Tube Headphone Amplifier

  If you want to have the coolest headphone setup on the block have a look at this Tube Headphone Amplifier project. When everyone else simply plugs their headphones into a transistor amplifier you can enjoy the rich sound that comes from a tube amp (at least that is what some people say). "The tube heater draws read more..

Pacemaker Wireless Power Off Exploit and Countermeasure

  A recent study by Kevin Fu, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and director of the Medical Device Security Center, has uncovered a weakness in some pacemakers. It turns out that pacemakers communicate with a computer during initial configuration. This wireless communication channel is not encrypted and provides test functions that read more..

Waterfall Display

  I have seen a few of these waterfall displays before. But this water display has some very impressive patterns. I think if the room lights were dimmer the effect would be enhanced. These systems use many solenoids which are computer controlled to drip at the right time.   Via: HackNMod

LED Firefly version 2

  There is a new version of the Firefly that was featured yesterday. The new version was built on a manufactured PCB and looks very good! Full build details are provided. "Each firefly has a value that stands for the power to flash. This value rises over time. If the power reaches a certain limit, the firefly read more..

Hak5 Graffiti Wall

  The guys over at Hak5 have created a fun Graffiti Wall, this wall takes entries from the web and projects them on a huge display on their wall. The text display is just the beginning, games are planned in the future! Give the wall a try! Have a look at the code that makes read more..

Microcontroller Fireflies - ATtiny13 based

  These microcontroller based fireflies are cool. At first I thought they simply started to flash when the lights turned off but they actually are able to detect the flashes of their neighbors and sync themselves! "What can be observed is that the fireflies start with random blinking. But as time goes by, they are able to read more..