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Hack the Xbox 360 controller using Arduino

In case you are a hardware-hacker with no care for warranty, open up your Xbox 360 controller, attach an arduino uno to the circuit, program it, and turn it into a modded controller chip, which can be reprogrammed to be compatible with new games too! The parts list and the instructions can be found here. […]

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Feeding the dog over twitter

Many times you would have wished that you could take care of your dog remotely instead of letting a careless friend handle him. The answer to the problem is this ingenious twitter based feeding device by Nat Morris. Theres a Nanode microcontroller (an Arduino clone with ENC28J60 ethernet), LCD screen from an old Dell laser […]

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Intelligent water sprinkler

An arduino controlled intelligent lawn sprinkler made by Pete Lewis. [Via: Vimeo]

Categories:ArduinoHardwareUrban Hacks

Christmas lights E-mail notifier

So you are busy this Christmas day, and are one of those people who have been dragged away from their laptops. Fear not, you’ll know the exact number of emails even while you are away from your laptop. The guys over at Make have decided to guide you through the whole experience. In the example, […]

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Blackberry Playbook and Arduino

  Adding just a few conditions in a small program, and using Arduino integrated with sensors, we get to add intelligence to a BlackBerry Playbook application. The Arduino board uses an IR range sensor to find targets. The IR sensor is placed on a servo to scan the area of interest (e.g. kitchen). The data […]

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Talk about hardware hacking!

We all dream of a technology matching the Jetsons someday. And there came Siri, so close to a personal assistant to a gadget-lover. Here is Siri taken to the next level by Marcus Schappi, who dreams of using it to automate his home next. An Australian man has become one of the first to hack […]

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Ultimaker Pick & Place

Nice (mis)use of a Ultimaker 3D printer to act as a pick & place machine. Assembling medium quantities of PCBs was never within the reach of a home based manufacturer. It requires expensive equipment, but most of these parts can actually be 3D printed, and you can use your existing 3D printer, such as the […]

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Ultimaker Pick & Place

Nice (mis)use of a Ultimaker 3D printer to act as a pick & place machine. Assembling medium quantities of PCBs was never within the reach of a home based manufacturer. It requires expensive equipment, but most of these parts can actually be 3D printed, and you can use your existing 3D printer, such as the […]

Categories:HacksHardwareICMachine HacksPCBPick & Place

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