June 2009

Suzuk-E - Suzuki Electric Bike Completion

The Suzuk-E project is done! have a look at the video to see some of the work that was needed to finish the project. If it looks like there are some major new parts you would be right. As it worked out there were some failures near the end of the build which required some expensive new parts. Frank hooked up a meter that can keep track of the total

64 RGB-LED Color TV

  Remember the 64 RGB-LED Color Table that was featured last week? Well believe it or not there has been a tremendous amount of work completed on the project since then. Now you are able to connect the table to a computer and turn it into a low resolution TV or play a game of Tetris! It will be interesting to see what the final project that Edo is working

LED Music Tower

This is one huge LED Music Tower. We have see lots of cool LED/Music creations lately, I say keep em coming! JC Omega Projects is in French so hopefully we get a good English translation but a picture is worth a thousand words. 🙂 It looks like there was two sizes of this cool project built, the mini table top version and the huge in your face taller than you

Water Game - Tic Tac Toe

Tic tac toe is a classic game that everyone knows. As you get older it looses its appeal since the result will always be a tie unless someone makes an obvious mistake. This water based version of the game could make it fun again just because of the neat visuals. Meiravor demonstrates how the game works in the first video, the second video shows how the circuit functions.

Stealth Surveillance or Mobile Office Vehicle

Rich Harley from Suspicion Industries sent in some pictures of a vehicle that they just completed. This is what I call a office away from home! I know where to go if I ever start a career as a super secret spy! Instead of a limo could I rent this van for an evening? “Here is a rather large home project we have completed – a surveillance vehicle or mobile

DIY Landscaping Lights

Here is a great use of some old telegraph insulators to make some very nice looking DIY Landscaping Lights. The lights were found at a garage sale so it is nice to see the units getting a second life. Thanks H.P. "For each lamp, I began with piece of single-sided copper-clad fiberglass board, measuring roughly 3 and 3/8 inches long by 7/8 inches wide. Using a small ball rasp and

Name the Thing Contest - 90

Thanks to Protostack. for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a $30 gift certificate to the winner. They have lots of cool products, $30 would go a long way with their prices. Have a look at this ATMEGA8 Development Kit that they have recently created, if you are into AVR development this may be the ticket for you. This contest will run for one week (June 6 –