2010

Domoblaster - Plush Ghettoblaster

Jouni Vasama and a friend put together this little Plush Ghettoblaster that they call the Domoblaster. What fun it must be to be able to whip this out and crank out the tunes. Forget about the big plastic boxes that we are haul around to get our fix of tunes, this thing will give you just an equal amount of visual enjoyment as it does sound pleasure! A nice feature

Line Following Breadboard Tank

If you are getting a bit sick of all the microcontroller and complex IC projects this Line Following Breadboard Tank will be a nice break. There is no microcontroller in this puppy, in fact all you need to do if you want to make your own is buy the parts (or search for them in your junk box) and start building. The schematics and complete build instructions are provided. “The

Web Clicker - Control Your TV with Your Phone

Have a look at this cool project that our friends from Gadget Gangster put together. It is called the Web Clicker, it gives you an easy way to control IR devices from any web connected device such as an iPhone. I think I could through a wench into the demo with an IR Jammer though. 🙂 “The Web Clicker is a web server & IR transceiver.  You can record any

iTable - Arduino Controlled 64 LED Coffee Table

Dustin Evans sent in his newest creation, it’s an iTable. We have seen other tables with LEDs in them but I think this is the first one we have seen with a iPod dock and an LED light show to match. Dustin built this table with 64 LEDs which are all being controlled by an Arduino. If you would like some more details you can see the code that was

The Amp Hour - Electronics Podcast

You may remember the electronics podcast that we featured about a little more than a month ago. Back then the show had no name and only 2 episodes, since then the show has been making some great strides! Dave Jones and Chris Gammell have put another 6 one hour episodes in the can, there is also an all important name, it is now known as The Amp Hour. Thanks for

The Ben Heck Show

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

DIY Temperature Controlled Soldering Iron

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.