July 12, 2011

DIY Ikea Halogen Spotlight LED Upgrade
DIY Hacks

Electro Bob decided to upgrade his Ikea halogen spot lights into using LEDs so that he could run them all night. Bob removed the guts of the spotlight housing and installed his new high power LEDs which were mounted to two L brackets for heat sinking. I would have never thought of using orange LED like Bob did but he says that they are easier on the eyes at night.

Smartphone WiFi Garage Door Opener
Complex Hacks

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  Last week we showed you a Bluetooth Cell Phone Garage Door Opener. This Smartphone WiFi Garage Door Opener by Tuxgraphics accomplishes the same thing but does it in a totally different way. This project uses a smart phone to interact to an ethernet board which is running  a web server, using the soft buttons from the page displayed you are then able to control outputs on the board. When