June 2006

 Rubik's Cube Solving Robot

This robot can solve the Rubik’s Cube faster than most people! “What’s the point of having robots if you’re not going to make them solve Rubik’s Cube puzzles?! With all the unsolved Rubik’s Cubes puzzles there are all over the planet i think it’s every governments responsibility to send wave after wave of these robots into cities, streets and into peoples homes, searching out every last unsolved Rubik’s Cube puzzle

How to Make a Mouse with a Fan in it

If you want to keep cool while using your computer give this mouse mod a try. If you still need more cooling this USB shirt may be the answer. “It’s not too hard to add a small DC fan to a computer mouse. The plastic housing for a mouse, especially on older ones, is usually wide open in the back. Put a fan in the back to keep your hand

Change Optical Mouse LED

Ever want to change the color of your optical mouse? “This mod is very easy to do. It took me about 15 minutes from start to finish. Blue IMO looks much better than the red before. Much easier on my eyes. The skill level to do this mod is pretty low. The only thing you need to know how to do is solder, which is something that anyone can pick.

Photo Etch Circuit Board Process

This article goes through the steps required to photo etch your own copper clad circuit boards. There is a relatively small amount of hardware that is required and the steps are quite simple. If you have done the toner transfer method in the past why not move to the next level? If you are thinking of making your own circuit boards there are a few option: * The easiest is

SmackBook

By using the internal motion sensor you can do some neat things! “Turns out, the laptop has a built-in motion sensor. Nominally, it’s there to protect the internal hard drive. The basic idea is this: If the accelerometer suddenly notices that the gravitational pull of earth is no longer present, the most likely explanation is that the laptop, sensor and all, is currently accelerating at 9.81 m/s² towards said earth.

Grow Plants using LEDs

If you are thinking of growing some plants indoors LEDs might be what you are looking for. BVnursery has built some LED panels for growing plants and has had some great results. “The target of the project is to develop an inexpensive, effective method of providing light to plants using only leds. This unit is designed to light standard horticultural starter trays measuing 10 x 20″. The logic follows several

MacBook Pro Disco Keyboard

If you have turned your MacBook into a lightsaber already, you might want to try out this cool iTunes plugin that takes control of the keyboard and screen backlight. “Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music.” Via: TechEBlog and Make