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• 3-Phase Brushless DC Motor Project 32 minutes ago Hacked Gadgets
  Dave has documented his ongoing 3-Phase Brushless DC Motor Project build on his David’s Electronics Test Tube Youtube Chanel. Why buy the controller when you can make it! “The final board layouts will use 28-pin DIP chips. One is programmed to control the motor speed and the other is a dashboard display of sorts. The motor [...]
• Thor Movie Trailer: Five Minutes Of Awesomeness 4 hours ago Celebrific
  It’s official, Thor has a full length 5 minute trailer that’s quite simply put…Awesome! The trailer debuted at SDCC this year and ever since Comic-Con fans have went into a tizzy and the trailer has been circling the web at viral rates. The movie stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster and Anthony Hopkins [...]
• Super simple gaming controller for Android or iPhone 11 hours ago Hack a Day
  If you’ve got an iPhone or Android device that you use with a Wii remote when gaming, this quick hack will give you the third hand you need to manage all of that hardware. [Syanni85] mounted his Android phone to a Wii wheel for just a few dollars in parts. He ran across the wheel [...]
• Graphic calculator as a spectrum analyzer 13 hours ago Hack a Day
  [Michael Vincent] turned his TI-84 Plus into a spectrum analyzer. By running some assembly code on the device the link port can be used as an I2C bus (something we’ll have to keep in mind). After being inspired by the cell phone spectrum analyzer he set out to build a module compatible with the calculator [...]
• Ice Tube Clock GPS 14 hours ago Hack a Day
  Our favorite Soviet-Era display that found its way into a present-day kit now displays time from orbiting satellites. A GPS module patched into an Ice Tube Clock with modified firmware will be able to provide a satellite-synced time. The firmware, modified by yours truly, parses the GPS module’s NMEA RMC sentences for the time and [...]
• Tina Fey And Meryl Streep To Star In Mother/Daughter Flick 24 hours ago Celebrific
  Sony Pictures has announced that actresses Tina Fey and Meryl Streep are teaming up for a mother/daughter flick called Mommy and Me. The film is set to be directed by acting vet Stanley Tucci who has worked on various projects with Streep including 2008’s Julie & Julia and the comedic hit The Devil Wears Prada. Tucci has [...]
• Christie Brinkley Selling New York Long Island Home For $15.75 Million 1 day ago Celebrific
  Socialite Christie Brinkley has put her New York Long Island mansion up for sale with a price tag of $15.75 million. The home, located by the island’s Sag Harbor eastern end includes five-bedroom on the waterfront. The home was constructred in 1843 and offers 327 feet of beachfront. The 56-year-old Brinkley has been featured on more than 500 [...]
• New Biopic In The Works: Jerry Garcia 1 day ago Celebrific
  The life of Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia is coming to the silver screen with a new biopic that’s currently in the works. Director Amir Bar-Lev, director of The Tillman Story has already signed on to direct the film which is still labeled as “in the works.” The movie centers around the singers time with [...]
• Beauty And The Beast 3D ? Arrives In Theaters This August 1 day ago Celebrific
  Disney is preparing to release the cartoon version of Beauty And The Beast on DVD for the first time in 19 years, now they have also announced that the release will coincide with a re-release of the classic cartoon, this time in 3D. Beauty And The Beast debuted in 1991 to rave reviews and huge box [...]
• Cornell?s Ranger Robot Walks 23 km 1 day ago Hacked Gadgets
  Remember Big Dog? Well there is a new walking robot king in town. Cornell’s Ranger Robot has just broken the record for distance for a bipedal robot. It took over 65 thousand steps before the battery died! Thanks for the tip Paul. “It took 65,185 steps for Cornell’s 4-legged bipedal robot to walk 108.5 laps on Barton [...]