Low-cost drone that's ready to fly
I see that Julian Horsey on his Geeky Gadgets blog has had the spotter cameras out and found an inexpensive flying drone to keep an eye on things.
Radio
New music into old radios - build your own AM transmitter
Well, there’s plenty more there to highlight to Gadget Masters. Take for example his detailing of a project to build a small AM transmitter
Dial a car to start up its engine
Thanks to Engadget for highlighting this $10 DIY device made by Dave, as a possible alternative much more expensive car-starter systems, like Viper. It’s interesting, but falls into the ‘Don’t Try This At Home’ category!
Head-mounted video system runs on Linux
This one caught my eye recently. Call it what you will – telepresence, augmented reality or head-mounted computing – this headset with connected video source is a home-brewed Linux-based system.
Hans knows the truth is out there
You never know what radio signals you might pick up if you just stop and listen. That’s why Hans built a simple and tiny receiver capable of detecting QRSS (extreme slow speed continuous wave) transmissions on a fixed frequency, such as 10.14MHz. The device is powered by a…