I’m a big fan hardware projects and have recently been playing around with a couple of Digi XBee pro modules for a UAV controller. Anyway I came across Travis Goodspeed’s blog post explaining a method for extracting keys from certain ZigBee chipsets. I won’t ruin the surprise for everyone so go on over to and check it out.
I remember seeing a demo of a delta robot a while ago and being very impressed. I have seen them used on assembly lines to quickly sort and organise objects but there are loads of other applications. I know of one company that uses a delta design for a tactile feedback capable interface device. I wonder if this sort of device would be good for routing/drilling/cnc type work? If you are interested in the maths behind this sort of design you can check out this pdf.
via Hackaday
The folks over at InventGeek just released the plans and tutorial videos for making a paintball turret with pan (I think) and tilt. I really like these sorts of projects. They deal with a lot of the problems one would deal with when making a real gun turret…plus they are just fun to watch.
Via Hackaday
