Marissa Mayer talking about her Google Experience
on Nov 16, 2009 in Educational   Marissa Mayer is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google. This talk gives you some behind the scenes concepts that have made Google the success power house that it is. She also mentions the famous Google 20% time, th...

Texas Instruments eTech Days
on Nov 16, 2009 in Electronic Hacks   In College I remember rifling through my now tattered yellow Texas Instruments TTL Reference Book. Texas Instruments has been constantly developing interesting products and is holding an event called eTech Days where they will hold a number of...

DIY Optical Motor Encoder
on Nov 15, 2009 in DIY Hacks Electronic Hacks   PyroElectro has built an interesting motor Optical Motor Encoder system that allows a sled to move back and forth using optical feedback to know where the sled is. A L298 DC Motor Controller is used to drive the simple DC motor that is used to...

Name the Thing Contest - 106
on Nov 14, 2009 in Contests The prize this week is a loupe magnifier. This contest will run for one week (Nov 14 - 20, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do no...

RFID Music Selection - RFiDJ
on Nov 14, 2009 in Complex Hacks Computer Hacks Cool Gadgets Electronic Hacks   Music selection is usually a boring process. It usually involves some common interface such as scrolling through titles on a portable player, using a remote for your stereo or a mouse on your computer. With this RFID Music Selection called the...

The Human Brain would need a big Computer Power Supply
on Nov 13, 2009 in What Were They Thinking   It is nice to think that what we have in our head, and take for granted is a fantastic machine. Data centers across the country are using power like it is going out of style however when you put it into perspective that a computer with our bra...

iMac G4 Touch Screen
on Nov 12, 2009 in Computer Hacks   Instead of purchasing a new iMac Dremmel Junkie opted to add some new features to his original iMac G4 such as a touch screen! "Because the monitor connects to its controller through a proprietary connector its difficult to use with upgrad...

μblog will be missed
on Nov 12, 2009 in Electronic Hacks   Nick Chernyy from μblog is hanging up his writing fingers. He is completing his PhD and needs to concentrate on that. The blog will remain as a reference for as long as the bits live on the server so check back on his old posts to see wha...

Internet Connection Quality Monitoring
on Nov 12, 2009 in Computer Hacks Electronic Hacks   Morten Bentsen, a 17 year old from Norway made a system that would show him the quality of his internet connection at a glance. If you are into online gaming this could be something useful. "I recently made an indicator to show the status...

Chip Hacker
on Nov 11, 2009 in Electronic Hacks   If you are working on an electronic hack and would like to poll the hacker audience. Chip Hacker is a site that should work well for you. You could also try the HG Forum but you will need to register and jump through a few hoops which are unfo...