It’s been a regular tradition every spring to check out on what’s new in Cornell University ECE 4760 final microcontroller projects. This year isn’t an exception. It seems that they started a 2010 list on new great AVR ATmega644 projects. List is still building up but there already is a 20 project list with projects [...]

Probably everyone knows Arduino and probably using it. Actually this development platform is worth its popularity. Probably the best thing about it is open-source ideology. Indeed it is great development platform that includes software and hardware solutions where even non electronics guru can master great projects very quickly. In a few years Arduino has grown [...]

People always say that it’s impossible to catch a light, as the light moving in a very high speed. However, if you’re giving the opportunity to grab and hold the laser light in your palms, would you mind to give it a shot? As you can see on the above picture, a person is holding [...]

Did you know that camera is regarded as one of the most ancient invention, which is having nearly thousand years of history? According to the history, the idea of the very first camera had been recorded in a book called, “Book of Optics” in 1015 by the incredible Arabic scientist Ibn al Haytham (Alhazen). Believe [...]

How long you’ve used the internet? Well, if you’re still a newbie, then you might never hear about Twitter before, but for those people who have been an internet users for couple of years, they are very familiar with the social networks, such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. By the way, as one of the [...]

Are you having the guts to play with fire? Hmm…, if you don’t mind to look by other like a freak and would do anything to stand out from the crowd, then you might want to build this powerful R/C steam turbine tank. This R/C steam turbine tank is a very instructable project made by [...]

IBM, as one of the world’s largest computer company and system integrator, has been created many different types of computers. Amongst the IBM’s computers, the IBM PCjr is considered the very first attempt of IBM corporate to enter the market for relatively inexpensive educational and home-use personal computers. The IBM PCjr introduced in 1984 and [...]

It’s been a tradition to check on new projects from Cornell University ECE 4760 Engineering class. They build cool AVR based projects each year and seems that they are getting more and more advanced. During the last 5 weeks of the semester in ECE 4760, Microcontroller Design, students had to combine sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, and [...]

Working, working and working…What a long and boring working hours! If you’re too bored at the workplace, and you would like to have some fun here, then this cheap shooting range might be your perfect choice! First of all, you don’t have to worry about the building cost for this project, as it is extremely [...]

You’re feeling bored about the currently desktop? So, do you want to switch it into the latest Wiimote virtual reality desktop? Then, this is the right time for you to do now… Do you believe that with two Nintendo Wii Remote (Wiimote), you can easily build up a virtual reality desktop? It might sound impossible, [...]