Folding bikes have their place. I much prefer to use a normal full sized bike but if I needed to take a bike to work that would fit under my desk then all of a sudden you don’t have many options. When I was young I had a folding bike, other then the small wheels (smaller then the ones on the bike in the picture) it rode quite well
How to keep a room comfortable before you enter without running a cooling or heating system all the time? That is the problem that was faced here. The solution was to use IR to turn the system on automatically by making a Hacked Air Conditioner Infrared Remote Control. 🙂 Via: Elektronika Thanks Mario. "Here in China, there is no central air, so my office is heated/cooled by a room
Have a look at this cool PSP GO Mod. There isn’t much details since the creator doesn’t speak English. Thanks Wouter!
Doyle sent in about an interesting product that he makes. It is a Terracotta Pot Candle Heater. He sells the units but also provides all the details for us DIY people to make our own. It consists of nuts and bolts which provide the metal mass along with 3 terracotta pots and a metal base. I haven’t made or used one of these but it seems like it would
We have all seen these power meters on the outside of homes but have you ever seen inside? Popular Science gives us a sneak peek inside one of these Electric Power Usage Meters. Oddly there is no crazy voodoo electronics or mechanical parts in there. Now the question is, based on knowing exactly how it’s constructed how can it be defeated? Sure if you rip it out and plug
Woody who is a controls electrician has a cool hobby! He builds custom animatronic Halloween props. Have a look at his latest creation, the Halloween Animatronic Winged Demon. The controller that is being used is a Allen Bradley SLC 5/04 which is out of reach for most Halloween prop makers but since he is in the business I am sure some of this equipment was acquired through customer upgrades.
If you are looking for a way to convert a regular room into a scary Halloween room have a look at this UV LED Illuminated Halloween Skull Room idea. Flashing UV LEDs are used to illuminate skulls that have been painted on black fabric walls. If that wasn’t enough camouflaged people were in there scaring the guests! This is an entry in the Hacked Gadgets Show us your Halloween
