 Check out this new project called The Ard-Vark. If you know someone who is interested in getting into microcontrollers but programming is a bit daunting this system might be just the thing for them. Thanks for sending this in Kerwin and good luck with the project! “Kerwin Lumpkins wrote: Hello. A new kickstarter tech project for DIY folk that would like to add electronics and motor control to
Watch the video above for a nice description of what needs to be done to make a DIY laminar flow water fountain on the cheap. There are lots of different DIY designs and ideas from the community that are variations on this idea. See other ideas below. Kanal von Magicmastera has made quite a few videos documenting his Laminar Flow Water Fountain build process. The installation
The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (April 8 – 13, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not
Check out this DIY Android Portable Media Player that the guys over at The daily life of a DIY person put together.They took a cheap FM radio and hacked in an Android device to make it into a very functional media player. This reminds me a bit of the Chumby. I could see using this to listen to a podcast before going to bed and waking me up in
Instructables member ganglion from England installed some LED stair lighting on his stairs. He built a custom DIY circuit that allows the lights to be dimmed. To make things a bit simpler he decided to only light every second step and simply run the wires on the edge of the stairs from top to bottom. We have seen other stair lighting systems like this one that have the wires run in
This Temperature and Humidity Sensor Project was built by Dave from Plastibots. The project was made to determine if Dave and his wife needed a new humidifier. Instead of going to Home Depot and purchasing a humidity meter he did what any resourceful geek would do, he built his own meter. This meter is probably more accurate than most store bought devices also thanks to the  Sensirion SHT11 sensor that
My daughter wanted to make a custom shirt, the first thought I had was to use the laser cutter to cut out the pattern and letters that she wanted on a piece of card stock to use as a template. The issue with that was the edges were hard to keep close to the shirt so that the painted edges were crisp. It also took a long time since
