I haven’t been keeping up with the Ben Heck show for the past few months, back in September we featured the the Ben Heck Show when Ben built the custom XBOX controller. I had a look this weekend and Ben has been very busy making lots of new episodes. Love the huge ShopBot CNC machine. Ben goes through lots of the build steps that go into making his projects but
The prize this week is a coax cable stripper, this will help you make a easy job of stripping coax cable. This contest will run for one week two weeks (March 19 – April 1, 2011) . 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. This week we will need a make
This LED Heart Valentine has a lot more meaning that a box of chocolates from the grocery store. It shows that there was a ton of work to make it work. The site isn’t in English but you can get the feel of what went on just by looking at the great picture log. Sure no lack of surface mount LEDs in this project! Via: HG Comments
William from the Hackers Workbench designed a DIY Keypad Lock. What’s the big deal you ask, well just like the electronics of a time long ago there are no microcontrollers anywhere to be found. Sounds like a simple project until you think about how to get it done using only a handful of gates. Have a look at the project page for schematics and a clear circuit explanation.
If you like home automation this iPhone controlled Kitchen Island would make an interesting addition to your system. Not sure how practical it is but wow would that ever be a conversation piece. If Tim Thaler has a island that is this great I would love to see the rest of his system! Via: Make “A hydraulic scissor lift is at bolted to the cement, and then a small frame
You might remember the ‘69 Pontiac GTO controlled using a iPod Touch that we featured last year. Dave Phipps has made a new video that goes over how everything was tied together to make the RedEye control the entire system. Dave does some great work! I have seen the inside of some other custom car mods and some of them are just a rats nest of wires, Dave on the
The new on one at a time stair lighting controller option has become very popular option. A customer sent in the video below which shows the stair lighting system in action. The lower infrared beam is activated to show the lighting pattern going up the stairs, no one entered the stairwell so the camera could record the full effect. The second half of the video shows someone coming down
