July 6, 2006

Forced Induction PC Cooling

Adding lights, windows and paint to a computer case is cool but a turbocharger cooling system is over the top crazy. “We thought a fast computer should have hot rod flames, working headlights, and a custom license plate. As for the cooling system, an LED case fan just wasn’t going to be original enough. Instead, our case fan is a turbocharger commonly found on late 1990’s Mitsubishi Eclipses and Eagle

Wind Gauge

This PIC microcontroller based wind gauge interfaces with USB. It is still a work in progress but looks to be almost complete. “There are various methods of measuring the speed of a wind. With this equipment, a hemispherical window cup is rotated and the method of measuring wind velocity at that number of rotations is used. The measured number of rotations is sent to a personal computer with a USB

 Frisbee Camera

Mount this camera to the bottom of a Frisbee and let the recording begin. I can just imagine the cool video this could capture when tossed into a good strong wind. “Ever thought of riding a Frisbee on flight? Well, I never did(maybe I was never too stoned!) but Adam Sutcliffe, a graduate from the Royal College of Art apparently did. As it was kind of insane, he came up

Trackball Telescope

If you are into telescopes and DIY projects this project is for you. Check out the full plans for the Trackball Telescope! “Jerry Oltion calls it a trackball telescope, and he’s distributing plans for its design free of charge. Parts needed: a rubber ball, a bucket, some plastic pipe, a Bic pen shell and assorted hardware. The trackball is amazingly easy to set up. Just put the mount on a