If you need to do some temperature measurement, this project will allow you to interface an inexpensive yet accurate sensor to your computer. “This small circuit can measure and on the Bildschirm/in of a log file spend/store a temperature exact up to 0.5 C° with a DS1820 Temeratursensor. That e.g. is. practically in order over Internet/Lan temperatures in areas to supervise (server area) or around the outside temperature on an
I hate running out of USB ports. Some manufactures think they know best and stick a bunch of ports in the back of systems and none in the front. Well with this hack your USB problems will be over for good. Via: Make
This is the first hard drive made. It is a whopping 5MB in size, funny thing is that even though drive sizes have increased tremendously the underlying technology is surprisingly similar… “Information is stored, magnetically, on fifty disks which rotate at 1200 rpm. These disks are mounted so as to rotate about a vertical axis, with a spacing of three tenths of an inch between disks. This spacing permits two
Marcus from Evosapien is working on a flame throwing mod for the Robosapien. I look forward to reading and seeing more details in the near future. “Don’t Try This At Home! I am an untrained WACKO!!!!! Do not even contemplate attempting this hack for yourself unless you fully understand the potential danger it poses. (eg. Loss of home, painfull burns and missing hands)”
If you have an extra Nintendo controller laying around why not put it to good use and make it into a mouse. “If you are like me you get really excited when you find two Nintendo controllers at the Salvation Army. One was priced at $1.00 and the other at $.37 (i didn’t fight the pricing). Of course, they get home and meanwhile occupy a part of my brain that
If you are looking to build an easy pinhole camera have a look at this one. “Here’s my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film. Now that’s what I call economy! The image edges suffer from distortion that gives a “Diana” quality to
How do you improve on an existing idea? Make it multifunctional! You will no longer have to pack a bottle opener when you go to the beach if you are wearing these Reef sandals. “Reef makes the Fanning sandal as a tribute to pro-surfer and party-animal extraordinaire Mick Fanning. Surfers know that you have to bring as little as possible with you to the beach, because you have nowhere to
