The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (October 23 – October 29, 2010). 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. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
This LED Flare project by Moon Taj is an interesting PIC microcontroller based LED project. You could make this yourself since the schematic and firmware has been posted for us to enjoy. Thanks Kevin. “Presented here is a novelty LED “flare”. It’s loosely fashioned from automotive LED safety flares but with a eye toward fun.The combination of display patterns is limited only by your imagination. Our source code provides a
If you are looking for a new project that could be worked into part of a Halloween costume have a look at this Luxeon RGB LED Light Saber that George Hadley from Nbitwonder put together. The PIC18F2221 based Light Saber is open source and has gone through lots of variations, you can see some of the project build details here. There is lots of custom features that are built into
Take a look at this neat prototype GE Light Bulb which uses Jet Engine Cooling Technology. Sometimes we see the use of some obscure technology just for the sake of adding some buzz words to the packaging. I don’t think that is the case here, this LED bulb can put out a serious amount of light but with the new cooling method it can dissipate the heat generated efficiently. “How
VIMBY – Take On the Machine: Crashspace 1 This is the next hackerspace challenge. In this episode Crash Space builds a Sidewalk Instrument which uses ultrasound elements to determine how far people are in various places on the sidewalk in front of their space. The distances are then converted into musical notes by using solenoids to bang on things like clay pots and bottles. Via: The Transistor VIMBY – Take
I have seen projects that use the resistance of objects around us as feedback into an electronic circuit but I didn’t know that inkjet ink was conductive. I would have thought that it would not have been but I guess at least the type that the project creator is using is. Unfortunately I only have laser printers around me these days since I can’t stand the issues surrounded by replacing
Damia Soler created this cool Paper Sundial Creator, at first I thought it was just a template you could print, cut and stick. I could not have been more wrong, this paper sundial is full of tech. You use this sundial creator web page to find the building that the sundial will be mounted to, then based on your time zone it plots a custom Sundial for your exact location!
