April 24, 2009

Name the Thing Contest - 85

Thanks to Mountain Dew Voltage for sponsoring the contest this week, they are having a contest themselves that you may want to check out. There will be two winners who will get a some Mountain Dew Voltage product and a Voltage T-shirt . This contest will run for one week (April 25 – 30, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured

Automatic Spy TV Remote

  I love these little remote controls, this is the same one that I used in the Atari 2600 TV Remote project. Sure with one of these devices you can take control of a TV but the problem is that you are standing there when you do it. With this Automatic Spy TV Remote you can hide the device and have it automatically drive people nuts. It will randomly turn

DIY Knife Making

  Metal working is a true art. TheWorkshop.ca has a good demonstration start to finish of a DIY Knife Making build. It shows that making a knife is much more than cutting out a shape and sharpening it. "The blade surface is hand sanded and polished with compound to remove the tinting that resulted from the "Tempering" step. I opted not to use any power tools for fear of building