May 26, 2006

Perspex LED Hard Drive Lights

Click on the picture to watch the animation of the lights in action. Xmastree drilled some holes in some Perspex and installed some red and blue LEDs. The LEDs were fitted into some holes that were drilled and connected to the power and hard drive access LED outputs of his computer. The result looks quite unique. “The blue (central) one comes on with the power, and the red is the

Game Boy, LEGO Hack

The XRC is a cool new controller that allows you to use for your Game Boy that is collecting dust. ” The Xport Robot Controller (XRC) turns the Game Boy Advance and standard LEGO components into an advanced robot development system. The XRC combines the features of the Xport plus * 4 closed-loop back-EMF motor controllers * 16 digital sensor inputs * 8 analog sensor inputs * In-system NiCd, NiMH

Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine

If you have one more dead hard drive left after building the top five dead hard drive projects give the Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine a try. There is more information about the build at Instructables. “In the Tesla Turbine, air, steam, oil, or any other fluid is injected at the edge of a series of smooth parallel disks. The fluid spirals inwards and is exhausted through ventilation ports near