I did some looking around after posting about this cool Bottle Cap Tripod and found a DIY Bottle Cap Tripod version that is right along the lines of what I would make. "Master parts list: 1 1/4-inch Stainless steel washer 1 1/4-20×1 1/2-inch stainless steel pan head machine screw 1 1/4-20 Bar Knob 1 1/4-20 stainless steel lock nut 1 lid from a 20oz bottle Tools required: Drill with
This is a great camera tripod idea. I don’t think I would buy one for $11 but for about $0.50 I could get a nut and bolt from Home Depot and screw it into an old screw cap and throw that into my camera bag. It wouldn’t have the nice swivel capability but a few napkins under the pop bottle could get the elevation that you are looking for.
The world is a big place and we often see similar projects come up. This RFID Cat Tracking Project called CATaLOG (get it 🙂 ) is very similar to the RFID cat tracking project that we saw recently. You can now track real time activities of two households of cats on the internet using Twitter! To see the Twitter results for Bobbin and Tuffin go here, for the simply
The prize this week is a cable tester. This contest will run for one week (April 11 – April 16, 2009) . 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 the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as
Recording live data is something that you could use very often but most of the time we live to learn without it. What is the temperature in your attic over the day or what about the pool? Is the heat sink temperature acting as you thought it would even after operating for many hours? This ATmega8 Data Acquisition System is a powerful system that can do all of that.
