Interesting CD changer contraption. I am all for automating boring processes! “The software for this gadget is relatively simple. I wrote a simple command line driven program that sequences the machine through picking a CD from the tray and dropping it in the middle, and piking up a CD from the stack on the left, and dropping it in the tray. The software also has some manual controls, which I
Most of us have a bunch of these old mice laying around collecting dust. If you didn’t make some cool art with your mice last week here is another idea to recycle it into a cool project. This article will show you how to turn an ordinary mouse into a flashlight, perfect for looking into computer cases that always seem to be in the darkest corner of the room. You
1. Rapid Fire This rapid fire LEGO gun looks like lots of fun. This is what you need on your side when the next office battle breaks out. Well I guess the Nerf USB Cannon might still win the battle… 2. Remote Controlled Gun I need one of these for my front door. I can see who is there and get rid of them if I don’t want to talk
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
This cool DJ ready iPod setup is one of the top 10 strange music devices over at TechEBlog. If you can’t put your own together why not go the easy way and buy this contraption. “Some Japanese DJs are building a mixer out of two iPods lashed to a couple of controllers that will enable not only cutting, mixing, and fading, but also SCRATCHING — a system they plan to
This bike mounted POV is unique, there have been quite a few floating around recently but I have never seen one that calculated and displayed the RPM of the device. Based on wheel diameter the current speed would also be easy to calculate and display. Original article (link within text is converted to English) Here are some links to some other Bike POVs: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link
This clock hack is a neat idea. Passing light through the LCD allows the clock image to be projected on a wall. To make the project a bit cooler it activates with a remote control. The inspiration was the watch projection clock project. ” This is a clock that projects the time onto the wall of a darkened room whenever any IR remote control (like a TV remote) is pointed
