Keith Wakeham, an engineering student replaced the backlight of a LCD monitor to operate using LED lighting. “My very wonderful cousin gave me an old 17″ LCD made by the company GEM (I don’t know who they are) which was making a big racket with squealing. I knew it was the backlight so I said I’d take it knowing that to get it repaired by a pro would cost 30-60
Pipes, pumps and water can be used for many things. The most creative use must be a Funtain Hydraulophone. Videos and additional pictures after the jump. “The hydraulophone or poseidophone combines the simplicity of the piano with the interface of the tin flute or recorder. You play the hydraulophone by stopping the jets of water with your fingers or hands. By blocking multiple jets you can even play chords. Starting
Have a look at the TechDweeb, Univac has made a circuit bending mod to a Staples easy button. There are samples of the effects on his site also. Bent Staples Button (listen to more) [audio:EasySlo.mp3] “This is a terrible Staples Easy button (“That was easy!”) that I added a 1Meg pot to control pitch way way down until it now sounds really quite interesting, in a grainy, annoying, girl-killer-frequency (you
If you are wanting to make circuit boards using the UV exposure method you may want to recycle an old scanner into your UV light source. “I opted for 3 tubes (around 8 Euro each), with ballasts and starters (6/7 Euro for each set). The switch, fuse holder and mains socket I scavenged from somewhere. For the bottom plane I used a tin sheet. This acts as a sort of
If you have a FON router this hack will give you access to the serial console. “Out of the box the foneros wireless router has Telnet and SSH turned off. By accessing the buit in serial console you can turn SSH on and access various settings and reflash the firmware.” Via: Gizmodo
I bet this car doesn’t get stolen very often. If you are looking for a head turner this car that is painted to look like snake skin should suffice. More pictures after the jump. Via: eGlobe1
This is an intro video of the CoilOSapien, Marcus will provide some build details in the near future! Video after the jump. “DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME KIDS!!! The coilgun is controlled using the V2’s remote and is able to fire 8 shots with it’s electronic reload. The charging time varies but is around the 5-10sec mark between shots, a red indicator light shows when the unit is charged
