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Category Archives: Do It Yourself
The Guitar Hero Robot
This is for those geeks who feel this game is impossible. Now there is a guitar hero robot designed just for playing Guitar Hero! It uses color sensing on the screen to detect when to press the buttons, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Funny, Hacks
Tagged button, color, game, guitar, Guitar Hero, hack, PC, photodiode, play, Robot, sensor, servo, Slashbot, solenoid
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Turn a Flashlight Into a Handheld Burning Laser
This will keep you entertained for a while, try turning a flashlight and a DVD Burner into a high power and handheld burning laser! Here’s how it’s done. Look at that!, instant balloon popping skillz. We here at PropellerCode.com did … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Hacks
Tagged balloon, burn, DVD, flash, flashlight, hack, handheld, laser, light, mod
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The Fab@Home 3D Printer, the First Printer for Home Use
For those of you like me, there is always a new invention coming to mind, but these ideas usually just end up on paper and stashed somewhere or forgotten. The ideal of rapid prototyping has been around for many years … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Production
Tagged 3D, fab, Fab@Home, fabrication, home, material, model, mystical, printer, program, prototype, replicate, Robot, solidworks
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How to Create a High-Def speaker for under a buck
Here’s a project you can try at home! This shows you how to create a high definition speaker for under a buck! When watching How to Create a High-Def speaker for under a buck, you may think to yourself, “Hmm, … Continue reading
Rotary Subwoofer
Here is an audio subwoofer that uses a new way of generating sound. This subwoofer uses a rotary design to spin at high speeds and generate very low sound frequencies at downwards of 5 hertz or lower. Frequencies of 5 … Continue reading
Mini UAV Using The Parallax Propeller Chip
Look! it’s literally a propeller in action! Here is a mini UAV helicopter that works and is completely controlled by the Parallax Propeller chip. A “UAV” is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, that is computer automated and should be completely independent … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself
Tagged aircraft, chip, chopper, controller, helicoptor, Parallax, Propeller, radio frequency, RF, UAV, unmanned
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An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
For those of you who are engineers, or those of you who are engineers as heart, know how difficult it is sometimes to find proper test subjects to do experiments on. And so, as a result we tent to improvise … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Funny
Tagged blinker, cat, electricity, engineer, Funny, generator, improvise, power, test
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Real Transformers
Engage! If one of these transformer robots were on the market today I would go out and buy one. I would maybe even buy 2 or them, because then I could have transformer battles and rule the galaxy. Well maybe … Continue reading
Posted in Do It Yourself, Funny, Research
Tagged actor, airsoft, BB, bot, car, humvee, mission, RC, reconnaissance, Robot, transformer, truck
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