DIY Hacks

Write Letters and Draw Pictures using a Laser

  Setup your digital camera on a tripod, turn off the lights and get out your favorite laser pointer to make some brilliant pictures! It does take some practice to make a good image but when it works the results are great. Thanks to Laura from China for sharing. 🙂 "How to use a laser pointer to draw, to write and to record it? I think it is a very

DIY Flamethrower

  Kids don’t try this one at home! This DIY Flamethrower by Everett Bradford looks dangerous but it does a good job of imitating the fire throwing capability of Pyro from X-Men. "The Pyro System is my final project for a mechanisms class in the spring of 2008. It gives me the power that the X-Men character Pyro has"  

Chapstick Flashlight

  Using a few parts you can make a unique flashlight that very few people will have. "ChapStick Tube Tactile Switch A23 Battery (12V) 470-Ohm Resistor 10mm White LED (28,500mcd, 20mA, 3.5V) Solder Heat Shrink Tubing Wire "N" Battery Holder J-B Weld" Via: Inventor Spot

ArduGame - Arduino Based Handheld Game

  The ArduGame packs all of the power into a small handheld unit that allows you to make your own simple games. The OLE display is responsible for much of the power since it can store many of the graphical images be stored on a memory card that it can read directly. The current game is a proof of concept that shows this game platform could be fun and flexible

PongSat - Picaxe Microcontroller Based

  This Picaxe microcontroller project looks great, there is lots of technology packaged into that tiny ping pong ball. Have a look at the PongSat initiative for more information on the purpose of the device. "A PongSat is an experiment that fits inside of a ping pong ball. These ping pong ball ‘satellites’ are flown to the edge of space by balloon or launched in sounding rockets.The PongSats are then

Hard Drive Clock - 18f252 Microcontroller Based

  Great job on the Hard Drive Clock and thanks for the mention about the clock that I built. 🙂 "The clock works by removing the top of the hard drive and cutting a slot into the platter. Then lights are mounted underneath and flashed as it spins. By timing it right you can create the illusion of clock hands, color bars or other designs. I have quite a few

DIY Laser Projector

  If you like laser projects this one looks quite well done. "This is one of my experimental Dance/Trance songs from 2000. I build laser systems for fun so I have put together pictures and clips from assembly to a full working system to go with the song. I know the song gets really annoying after awhile sorry. Iv’e been getting a lot of email asking how the projector works