January 2008

Technology & Electronics Market in China

Hello All, I am back from China. It was a cold but exciting trip. I had the opportunity to check out some computer and technology markets when I was in China. I took some pictures and did a little shopping when I was there. More pictures and details to follow.

DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun

Wow this DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun takes the cake for well built rubber band guns! The build log and attention to detail is also second to none. The gun is amazing but the scenery sure helps, the creator is from Dunstable, England and the hills you see are the Dunstable Downs. “Forget the rubber band Gatling gun. The DISINTEGRATOR is the most incredible rubber band gun ever built, capable of

Bicycle Powered Mobile Phone Center

  Llamadassa has put together a Bicycle Powered Mobile Phone Center. The idea is great since it doesn’t require AC power, transporting the phone center charges the battery and the battery can also be charged while the unit is stationary by lifting the wheel off the ground. “The one essential thing that a cell phone has that a call shop doesn’t is a battery, so using parts found in a

Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial

If you are thinking of doing some surface mount like AnotherHackMember has just done. This Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial video at Curious Inventor is a must watch. Have a look at the other information that is available at this site to understand other areas of soldering and board repair. “video demonstrating Surface Mount Soldering with inexpensive equipment. Includes soldering of a 603 resistor, PLCC, 44 pin QFP, 208 pin fine-pitch

There are car guys and there are real car guys

Now I have bought cars based on gas mileage and kept the tires inflated correctly, the engine tuned, etc. but this guy has really taken it to the limit. Bajoos says it took 250 hours and $400.00. At $3.10+ per gallon in New Jersey really wouldn’t take long to see a payback. Read down towards the bottom and see what happens to the bugs and rain. It appears that ths

Macintosh 512k Upgraded to run OS X - 24th Anniversary Macintosh Project

Do you have an old Macintosh computer laying around? Why not blow off the dust and follow these simple steps to do an upgrade to OS X? You don’t even have to spend hundreds of hours creating the source code for the custom microcontrollers that interface the system together since it is available for free on the site. 🙂 “This is a Macintosh 512k which I upgraded to run OS

Photo Studio Lighting on the Cheap

I have been playing around with my new Canon S5 IS camera. Overall I am very happy at the quality of the pictures especially since they are being taken by me who is on the steep learning curve of photography. I took lots of macro pictures for the Fire Alarm Alarm Clock project. Some pictures turned out good, and some I could never get to look good no matter what