The iRing, for the geek girl that has everything. 🙂 “I introduce the iRings, which put simply is a pair of earbuds, mutilated and turned into a little girls (well atleast I hope) fashion statement. The iRings are not availible in stores yet, but how hard could it be to turn earbuds into iRings. Now before you go grab a pair of scissors and start cutting away, make sure you
There are easier ways to flash LEDs but this project is sure creative! “The premise is easy all you want to do is rotate a coffee (or whatever type can on axis of its length like a drum rolling down a hill) with a small motor spinning it. You need one contact point that will be consistent to supply power to the drum, and etched areas through the paint to
When interfacing a microcontroller to a computer so they can share data back and forth a RS232 port is often used. Most microcontrollers can only output 5 volts and ground (zero volts). What’s the problem you ask? Well have a look at the chart for the mark state. That’s right true RS232 requires a negative voltage to indicate mark. One good thing is that computer manufactures have been sliding the
Blake sent in some pictures of a cool robot that was built using an old CD-ROM drive. I will have to take a look in the storage room, I may have some old 2X drives still kicking around… “I contructed a simple robot about a year ago. It’s chasis is made from an old SCSI CD-ROM drive. It uses the mechanics of the drive to pull itself along a
Do you have a bike lover on your shopping list? If so the bike chair might be something to keep in mind. ” The Milano Lounge Chair is the closest relative to the original Bike Furniture Design created in 1991. It is constructed of chromed steel bicycle rims and is available with inner-tube upholstery or with cushions made with a wide choice of fabrics. The rims that serve as arm
Instead of going to Walmart and buying some creatures for your lawn why not build your own? “Our gargoyles are hollow rubber skins, supported by an internal skeleton of PVC pipe. Note that the garg is sitting on a “rock” that is also molded into the skin. We’ll put the fogger inside that area. We tucked a fogger under the garg, in the space between the skeleton parts. Ductwork carries
If I had it my way I would be working under natural light using Sunlight Direct system. Something tells me that I can’t afford it. 🙂 Ideas like this are sure to come down in cost when they are mass produced. "The HSL3010’s solar collector consists of a two-axis tracking mechanism that supports a 48" diameter plastic primary mirror, a smaller secondary mirror, and a fiber optic receiver unit.
