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Hackaday Links: December 27, 2009

Brain Controlled Game
If you’re a fan of biometrics this game is for you. It uses a homemade EEG to facilitate simple control. This is along the same lines as the Force Trainer hacks but this homebrew hardware is fun to look at. The success of the project can be seen in the video of a simple game they developed.

RF Camera Remote
[Jonny] wanted to trigger his Nikon camera remotely but was unhappy with the functionality of the IR remote. He hacked together an RF remote and receiver that still uses the IR functionality of the camera, but…


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Induction furnace

[Tim Williams] made his own induction furnace. A copper tubing coil forms the primary winding, as the material to be heated becomes the short circuited secondary. The load material is subject to high power magnetic fields operating at radio frequency. The rapidly changing field induces current flow within the material, creating a great deal of heat. The brute power required a cooling system to match. In the video below, the induction furnace can be seen melting common table salt.



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latest Keyboard

Here is the Super-Tiny Illuminated Wireless Keyboard thatoffers 56 keys with Fn/Num lock change function. Measuring 170mm x81mm x 15mm and weighing 138grams, the portable device alsoprovides a USB port. The keyboard uses 2.4GHz radio frequency thatallows you to use it as far as 10 meters radius. You can purchasethe Super-Tiny Illuminated


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