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Brian Cross who works over at the Windows Mobile Division has created a robot named WiMo (Windows Mobile).  WiMo a robot that is powered by Windows Mobile SDK and can be controlled through bluetooth.  It was written in c# with a small amount of native code for DirectShow so everything is...

Looking for some wireless serial devices?  The guys over at Trossen's Robotics have found five Serial bluetooth Adapters tha can communicate via your serial port.  If you combine those with some motors, you have a very simple robot.  Throw on an axe and you have a battlebot.

Happy destroying.

If you can't figure out how to get your Wiimote to talk to your computer, try a Phidget 3-Axis Accelerometer.  I love the inexpensive phidgets to help aid in getting hardware solutions solved quick and easy.  Now you design devices that can tell where they are and what their  orientation...

The US military has decided to start using the Xbox 360 controllers to help train their soliders.  The Future Combat System (FCS) is part of a program to help modernize the Army.  From the picture, you can see a solider use the controller to help navigate around.

I wonder if he can pop Gears...

Ever get tired of sorting your music by Artist but only to resort it by album? Arian Kulp has created an example that sorts your music with the help of Windows Desktop Search (WDS).  The application works much like the three-attribue criteria that iTunes uses. ...

Can't beat Ninja Gaiden for 360?  Try the NES version on the 360!  Bryan Livingston and Adam Helps ported Johnathan Turner's SharpNES emulator to run off the XNA Framework.  It is over at Google Code as XNA SharpNES and can be downloaded here.

To grab the source...

This is what happens when you have geeks, an industrial robot and a WiiRemote just laying around.  You get a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled robot.  From the article, it looks like they used VB.net with a generic joystick driver and used an interface with a joystick with...

Dan Fernandez has asked the Coding4Fun authors for a little feedback regarding Coding4Fun and now Dan is asking for some reader feedback regarding making Coding4Fun a blog only site.  Coding4Fun has a hybrid blog system right now, however the move would make it full out blog such as Engadget...

Stephen Walther explains how to make your websites have sound through JavaScript. 

You could go for the nice option of using small noises to help guide a user through their experience on your website or the dancing hamster approach.

Choose wisely webmaster.

With Vista only a matter of days away, it was only a matter of time before someone finally created a webcam gadget for Vista.  Scott Hanselman gives the source code (at the bottom of the article) along with six links to other sites to help build gadgets.  If you have more questions,...