2007

Scanner Lamp

Transform your old scanner that is just collecting dust in the closet into a cool tech lamp. “This instructable shows you how to make a desk lamp out of scrounged scanner parts and a few extras from Home Depot. I have set up a small solar array, controller and a storage battery. I wanted to make some low power lighting that I can use in my office that would not

How is the fake candle power trick done?

Ok, I am not going to insult anyones intelligence here and claim that this video could be true. I am curious how it is done though. My theory is that during one of the early cut scenes the nails that are inserted into the candles are connected to power from under the table. Or longer nails are inserted and there are hooked up to power from the back of the

Win a Pleo

Photo courtesy of Perspective Branding Robert from Robots Rule passed on a tip about a Pleo giveaway contest that some of you may be interested in. “The Pleo pre-order date has been moved from February 3rd to sometime this spring. To make up for it Ugobe is holding a contest to give away 10 Pleos in a contest to those people that are signed up on Ugobe’s E-mail list. You

Tic-Tac Shake LED Light

Have a look at the parts list below. It doesn’t take much to make your own shake light! “Make magnet tube: This part could really be made from anything (i.e. stiff paper), I used the pen because the magnets just fit inside the tube. Cut your tube a little smaller than the length of the Tic-Tac box. Find some washers or plugs to use as end caps, these could also

S/PDIF output extension for Portable MiniDisc Devices

Here is an digital audio project that uses S/PDIF. “Here’s a very trivial S/PDIF transmitter hack for portable MiniDiscs and other digital audio devices lacking S/PDIF output. The s/pdif transmitter runs from +5V, 44kHz 16bit input at 384xfs, is set to consumer mode output, and doesn’t transmit any COPY bit (copyright protection disabled). The board can be connected directly to a PC motherboard, or via a Toshiba TOTX173 to an

Digital Stethoscope

Thinklabs has the first stethoscope where you might need to say “iPod not included” when showing pictures of it. Although the $495.00 version does come with a 2GB iPod. Think you could build your own? You probably could, here is a reference to use as a head start. “In a conventional stethoscope, the diaphragm vibration causes air pressure behind the diaphragm to change, which passes up the tubes as a