For about a dollar in parts you can make your own Spooky LED Halloween Eyes! Other than a few things you would have around the house this is all you would need. Resistor Two Red LEDs 9 Volt Battery Snap Crimp Connectors (optional) “The two red LED’s are soldered to speaker wire, and then black taped to two short pieces of coat hanger wire. These are suspended in front of
R&D Magazine has put together a list of the 10 most brilliant inventions of 2007, the one that stood out for me was the Honeywell Integrated Primary Flight Display Read about the other inventions here. Video after the jump. “Integrated Primary Flight Display (IPFD) is Honeywell’s Synthetic Vision System (SVS) ― a new product that will be offered on multiple platforms for business jets. IPFD uses cues that pilots already
Jascha van Pommeren created the Unibot, a robot that pivots on a single wheel. Video after the jump. “The Unibot is a self balancing unicycle robot. This robot combines the principles of the famous wheeled inverted pendulum and inertia wheel pendulum. A well known application of the wheeled inverted pendulum is the Segway. Take one wheel off the Segway and add an other one perpendicular to and above the remaining
This creative hack turns an old mouse into a camera trigger. You can buy one from the manufacturer but that isn’t much fun. “Dave Schlier had a spare oldie (mouse that is) that he recycled into a shutter release cable. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that clicking a mouse is the most affective way to take a shot. But if that what it takes for you computer
If you are looking for the perfect housing for your next amp project look no further than your kitchen cupboard. 🙂 This Baking Pan Amp is the cool result. “I purchased the heaviest cast aluminum (3 mm thick), baking pan I could get my hands on. Add to it a massive chopping board made from laminated pieces of heavy timber with handles, and now we are cooking! The finished amp
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a cable tester that will keep your network working well. This contest will run for this Canadian long weekend only (October 6 – 8, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in
This steam punk computer is one of the best I have seen yet. It would be great if the gauges and knobs did something.
