Seems that there is no end to the inventiveness of people out there. Kees Ricken has hacked his USB drive into something unique. “After about 9 months of use my Apacer Handysteno USB-memory stick casing was damaged so badly that I decided to make a new casing. But what to use… So, I went looking in shops for something that I could use as a new casing for my memory-stick.
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
I would have never thought it would be possible to ride a unicycle in snow, I guess with the right equipment anything is possible. “I’ve been riding my bicycle to school every day this year but then the snow came… A racing bike just didn’t cut it. It was time to throw the snow chains back on the unicycle. I first made the chains a few years ago and have
Got a box of old hard drives doing nothing. Put them to work housing your new computer components. “While waiting for parts to arrive and new ideas to sprout up on my CLOWNED project, I’ve started another. I’m building a custom case made of Hard Drives. All of the HD’s are DEAD. Many are 2GB and below, 1 is the 120GB HD I had in Air Force One that died.
If you are into photography you need to have a look at this site. Lasers, cameras and LEDs are a good mix! “The design begins with construction of a laser module. It is set up to contain 8 laser pointers, plus an additional IR (infrared) laser. This allows for sufficient expansion for other uses, including general high speed photography. A detector is provided for each laser. By pulsing the lasers,
Connecting power to anything spinning is not the easiest DIY project. I came across this problem when I made a rotating LED display. This article has some good details that should make it a bit easier. “This site describes how to make a slip ring power connector by using four ball bearings. It then is connected to a motor’s axle and allows to continuously power a rotating fluorescent light.” Via:
Want a phone that will be unique looking, forget about going to the mall and buying a new faceplate. Make a phone out of an old Nintendo Controller. “Relive the glory days with this NES Controller that has been modified into a cellphone. Everything is original – the buttons and casing. This modification uses a Nokia 3200 radio and electronics because it’s so easy to get the casing off and
