Andrew McCaskey from Slashdot Review posted an interesting video of a motor that could develop into a common method of increasing efficiency. “Scuderi’s cycle is much like the Miller cycle in that it attempts to delay the opening of the exhaust valve as much as possible to take full advantage of the expanding combustion gases. Traditionally, the Miller cycle -completely unrelated to Miller Time, by the way – uses
Sanjiv Dutta saved some money when he decided to make this LED Based Handycam Light instead of going to the store and buying one. It looks very bright and based on the pictures on his site (scroll to the bottom) it seems to work very well! "I have come with a naive solution, but a working one. I put resistors to drop the supply voltage when needed, by means of
Here is a better look at the cool LED fabric that was shown last week. “This video shows the full extent of how far the technology has gone, with different colors, how the fabric reacts to touch (which is surprisingly like a normal fabric) and how LumaLive can be made useful on other things like sofas or in other places around the house. For example, a Lumalive clock on
After looking at a few DIY flashlights that included the Hacked Gadgets Mouse Light the Garage Door Remote Flashlight was an obvious progression! This hack looks great, I will have to keep my eye open when I go to my next garage sale. “I took the circuit board from the case, snapped the case back together and used a drill press to make the two holes. I then soldered the
You may remember the first RGB light from tobe.nimio.info. They have made a new and improved version. A schematic is also provided. “After making my pyramid mood light with 12 high power leds, i decided to make a bigger and better version, without the emphasis on the low budget.. After all, the pyramid mood lamp was more of a proof of concept with its shortcomings. I wanted the new
This robot reminds me of the car eating robots that were shown at the intermission of car races. “Initially our mechs will be used for entertainment purposes and will eventually be fitted to fight in a large arena designed to accommodate these great machines. The pilot control is a special system called mech interface manual integration control (mimic) system, designed specifically to allow the mech to emulate any movement
Get USB Info has an interesting article about the iTank, this might be the solution for the easy to scratch finish the iPods have. “When your iPod is in the iTank, it will be protected from bumps, dents, falls, and scratches but keep it away from the water as the iTank will sink like a tank and is obviously not waterproof.”
