Ben Heckendorn is known for his crazy hacks like the XBox 360 Laptop. He is hosting a web show on Revision 3 called The Ben Heck Show. The show will be broken up into 2 types of builds, he will be taking suggestions from the audience and he will also be covering a large build that will be covered over many episodes. I wonder how he got the suggestions for
This DIY Soldering Iron was created using a Atmega8 microcontroller. Not only does it have a way to set and forget the temperature you want you can also set the three buttons to store the three most common temperatures you use.
If you have a CNC machine you can easily convert it into a high resolution scanner. All you need is a $20 web cam and a bit of software. In the video above Andy Grevstad from Tormach demonstrates how easy it is to slap a part onto the CNC bed and have the entire part scanned so that the part can be copied. Click on some of the images below
Wellyb00t has built a cool Analog LED Clock based on a PIC 16f877 microcontroller. Given the complexity of the hand wiring the spiderweb of connections on the back of the board is beautiful. You can see more pictures including the schematic here. “*12 Dimly lit leds on outer ring showing clock outline. *LED test on powerup *16F877 PIC Microcontroller @ 20MHz *DS1307 Real Time Clock for timekeeping *169 x 700mcd
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (Sept 11 – 17, 2010) . 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.
The Geek Group shows us how to build a Bucket Capacitor. The process uses 12 beer bottles, I can think of a better way of emptying those bottles rather than dumping them in the bush. Looks like the crimp on connectors worked well here for Chris but I have never had much luck when crimping ring terminals onto solid wire, I normally solder them in place. “The parts you will
The guys over at iFixit have taken apart the tiny new iPod Nano 6th Generation iPod. Not sure I like the way the new 6th Generation iPod Nano has gone, the form factor has shrunk tremendously and because of this there are lots of features that are now missing, most notably is the camera. The coolest thing about the new Nano is that it has a touch screen though. I
