DIY Hacks

DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun

Wow this DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun takes the cake for well built rubber band guns! The build log and attention to detail is also second to none. The gun is amazing but the scenery sure helps, the creator is from Dunstable, England and the hills you see are the Dunstable Downs. “Forget the rubber band Gatling gun. The DISINTEGRATOR is the most incredible rubber band gun ever built, capable of

Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial

If you are thinking of doing some surface mount like AnotherHackMember has just done. This Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial video at Curious Inventor is a must watch. Have a look at the other information that is available at this site to understand other areas of soldering and board repair. “video demonstrating Surface Mount Soldering with inexpensive equipment. Includes soldering of a 603 resistor, PLCC, 44 pin QFP, 208 pin fine-pitch

There are car guys and there are real car guys

Now I have bought cars based on gas mileage and kept the tires inflated correctly, the engine tuned, etc. but this guy has really taken it to the limit. Bajoos says it took 250 hours and $400.00. At $3.10+ per gallon in New Jersey really wouldn’t take long to see a payback. Read down towards the bottom and see what happens to the bugs and rain. It appears that ths

Photo Studio Lighting on the Cheap

I have been playing around with my new Canon S5 IS camera. Overall I am very happy at the quality of the pictures especially since they are being taken by me who is on the steep learning curve of photography. I took lots of macro pictures for the Fire Alarm Alarm Clock project. Some pictures turned out good, and some I could never get to look good no matter what

Fire Alarm Bell Alarm Clock - Worlds loudest alarm clock?

Overview Ever sleep-in because your alarm clock wasn’t loud enough? With this design that is guaranteed not to happen! This hack takes a standard cheap alarm clock, some interface components and a fire alarm bell to get the job done right. Normally these small alarm clocks use a piezo buzzer to attempt to wake you up. The alarm signal is hijacked from the clock circuit board and used as an

Simple LED Color Sensor

This is a pretty interesting walk though on how to process and read the microvoltage that an LED will put out when exposed to a light source . Who says you can’t teach an old component new tricks? “Hook up a high-quality ultra-bright red LED by itself (no battery or other circuitry) to a multimeter in voltage measurement mode. Put the LED against a light source, such as a desk

Drag Bike Microcontroller Shift and NOS Control System

Race motorcycles are fast, mean machines. One way to make them faster is to use technology to help the bike shift and control a NOS system! That is what Chris P. of the Parallax forum did to his Kawasaki ZX10. Chris has published his code on the forum also so that you can see how he did it and build your own if you dare. “During the early spring of