September 2011

LEGO Pan Tilt System

It seems that you can build anything with LEGO, this LEGO Pan Tilt System built by James Catan sure demonstrates that. Sure this could have been built from metal brackets held together with nuts and bolts but it would take 10 times as long and be just as functional. I am now wondering if I need to add a box of LEGO to my workshop? Watch the first video to

Bomb Clock

If you like to get woken up with a bang this Bomb Clock is for you! Watch the video below to see what happens when you don’t defuse it correctly. This will be available as a kit soon, I can just imagine the hack to come which includes a small fire cracker to signal a failure to defuse the clock. Via: Electronics Lab “The Defusable Clock is a fully-functional alarm

IBM and 3M Adhesive will make Computers 1000 Times More Powerful?

Will this new IBM/3M super adhesive revolutionize the computer CPU as we know it? We have been hearing that the silicon technology in our modern day processors is nearing the edge of size reduction. Just like growing the chip die to add additional CPUs this new idea allows the addition of processors but without the increase of the die footprint by stacking them! One can only imagine how the connections

Open 7400 Logic Competition

The Open 7400 Logic Competition is open and waiting your creative entry. I am not even sure the last time I slid open my drawer that contains my various 7400 chips I did see my TI 7400 yellow data book the other day. The thing I used to love about troubleshooting a circuit built with 7400 parts is that you could easily confirm a bad chip hunch in about 5

DIY 2-Way Loudspeaker Build

I have built a few speaker enclosures over the years. Mostly sub boxes that are made from square cuts of MDF on the table saw. A bit of handy work with a jigsaw and a drill usually results in a speaker box that is functional but definitely doesn’t look as good as a store bought speaker cabinet. This DIY 2-Way Loudspeaker that Adam McCall built isn’t a budget build since

Steampunk Webcam from an Old Heater

If you like steampunk you will want to watch the video below where fellow Canadian Robert Shuttleworth from shuttlewerks / ephemera shows us how he builds a webcam from an old electric heater. “Steam punk webcam built from a 1930’s electric heater. Not technically difficult and should cost under $50. Resulting image is old time Alice Through the Looking Glass”

SilverCloud Real-Time GPS Tracking System Review

I have been putting this SilverCloud Real-Time GPS Tracking System by Land Air Sea through some testing over the past few months. Don’t let the tiny package fool you, this small box allows you to track anything in real time. You can do tracking on a computer, smart phone or playback the history logs anytime. The main purpose of the SilverCloud system is for vehicle tracking but you could stick