Have a look at this Talking Halloween Tombstone for a cool spooky Halloween idea. “After putting down the Latex gray base I sprayed the tombstone with American Accent stone effect paint from Home Depot. The above photo was taken before the paint fully dried. After it dried I did loose some movement in the mouth (see video). In the end the use of a latex sheet may have worked out
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a travel adapter so that you can keep all of your gadgets working even when you are far away from home. This contest will run for this weekend only (October 13 – 14, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done
Check out these Gigantic LED Alarm Clock build instruction and build you very own if you’re like me and fumble around for glasses to see what time it is in the middle of the night. You and your neighbors will always know exactly what time it is without much trouble. 🙂 I think these clocks are the biggest things that these Super Bright LEDs have made!
Here is a must have item for all of the peeping toms and bird watchers out there. Now not only can you easily snap pictures with your mobile phone you can also take pictures from long distances! The Mobile Phone Telescope is sure to be a popular device. “This Generic Mobile Phone Telescope, with the flexible adapter to mount the 7×18 telescope, can be used on most of mobile phones
Trossen Robotics just had a project contest and the winners were all great. The second place Computer Controlled BBQ Smoker is my favorite out of the lineup! It uses the same logic that I use, anything can be improved with automation and electronics. 🙂 “Details: I/O: Phidgets 8/8/8 Inputs: Standard Meat Probe Thermistor Outputs: Phidgets Servo controller, Futaba Servo Software: Custom VB.NET application Software Process: Thermistor generates resistance with
For about a dollar in parts you can make your own Spooky LED Halloween Eyes! Other than a few things you would have around the house this is all you would need. Resistor Two Red LEDs 9 Volt Battery Snap Crimp Connectors (optional) “The two red LED’s are soldered to speaker wire, and then black taped to two short pieces of coat hanger wire. These are suspended in front of
R&D Magazine has put together a list of the 10 most brilliant inventions of 2007, the one that stood out for me was the Honeywell Integrated Primary Flight Display Read about the other inventions here. Video after the jump. “Integrated Primary Flight Display (IPFD) is Honeywell’s Synthetic Vision System (SVS) ― a new product that will be offered on multiple platforms for business jets. IPFD uses cues that pilots already
