October 2006

Rick's Harddrive Clock

Rick has made a nice looking hard drive clock with good instructions on how to build your own! “This is a hard drive clock that requires only a power drill and some basic hand tools. No electronics knowledge is necessary. Total project time: 60-90 minutes. Supplies: * Old hard drive (duh). I happened to find a 5.25″ model while working at FreeGeek. Smaller or bigger drives could be just as

Twenty Dollar Halloween Prop

  How may of us could build this prop for $20.00? I have lots of parts laying around from old projects, but one trip to Home Depot and my budget would be blown… “This is “Wilfred”, my contest entry. He is a full sized animatronic greeter for my haunt. He is made entirely from ordinary objects anyone can obtain, and is made for just under $20!! What did Prop builders

Is Smell-o-vision here?

Smell-O-Vision has been talked about for years. It looks like it may become available to the masses soon. I can think of some shows that would be great with it on and some that would not! “According to the BBC article, Professor Nakamoto’s team synchronized a scene from the animated film “Spirited Away” with scents from the Odor Recorder. Initial studies show audience members recalled the accented scene more vividly

Jack-o-LED

  The Jack-o-LED project lights up a pumpkin with color changing LEDs. This puts the single color pumpkins to shame… “So a couple of weeks ago I was grocery shopping, and on a whim, I bought a pumpkin. I hadn’t made a jack-o-lantern since I was a kid, and I decided to try to do something interesting with it. I found some really cool patterns that I was going to

LED Fan Mod

If you have the parts listed below, you are in luck. You can build yourself a cool LED Fan. “Prerequisites: 1 floppy drive, defunct; 6 leds, preferrably different colours; a short length of thin wire; a short length of thicker wire; some drilling and soldering skills.” Via: Primitive Engineering

Remote Control Halloween Prop

  Full details on how to construct this remote controlled scissor halloween prop is available. The build plans are well done, but it does look like a complex build process. After Halloween you could mount a huge boxing glove to it, I can’t think of a better way to get rid of door to door salesmen who don’t take no for an answer!

LEGO People LED Hack

Here is a nice LEGO hack that will put a smile on anyone’s face! Seems that a standard 5mm LED fits quite well into the heads of LEGO people. 🙂 “It’s a good idea to carve your head before putting the LED in. (No, not your head, the head of your Lego minifigure.) This is particularly important if you’re starting with an older Lego head, since the suction can make