After my last article, I was thinking it wasn’t impressive enough. Sure, lighting a match that is on the computer screen is cool and all, but what if it where a real flame.
More Fun With MindFlex
Fun With MindFlex
For this valentines day, my wife got me a MindFlex from Mattel. I have been wanting one of these since they have been on the market. It is a really interesting game where you control a foam ball with your mind. The ball will rise with the more focused you are. Letting your mind wonder and as Morphius likes to say “free your mind”, the ball will lower.
New Years Ball Drop Replica
I was asked to build a replica ball drop for a friend. I had 3 days to get this thing working. It was a fun build, and took a lot of headaches to get it setup. In the end it worked out great.
Plasma Caster [UPDATE Sept. 24, 2010]
I finaly started working on a moc Plasma Caster like the one attached to the Predators shoulder.
Here are some pictures of the first setup. I plan to make changes.The range finder you see will judge the distance from my face, if I turn my head and it goes too far away, the servo will move in the direction I moved my head to get back in its original position; hence, it will follow my head looking where I look. Tilted head position will be judged from an accelerometer and mapped to the servos as well.
Wrist Mounted Single Stage Coil Gun
I’ve been wanting to build a coil gun for some time now, and finally got around to getting the supplies. There is nothing special about it, besides being wrist mounted. I use a disposable camera’s capacitor charging circuit to power the coil. I only use one capacitor, the one that came with the camera, so it’s not that strong of propulsion; enough to hurt when discharged on your wedding ring though…
NetBot? IRC controlled air freshner
The idea struck me when my wife always complained about the house stinking when she got off of work. Well, my geek side kicked in and I can freshen the house from any computer connected to the internet via IRC (internet chat relay).