31 ports USB HUB
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
DIY Hacks
FLAMEOSAPIEN, Flame Throwing Robosapien V2
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)”
DIY Matchbox Pinhole Camera
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
Bike POV Displays RPM
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
Projection LCD Clock
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
Bottle Cap Laptop Hinge Repair
Looking for a cheap way to fix that busted hinge on your old laptop? This hack might be the ticket you are looking for. “Well, one day it fell down and the hinge + cover broke at the right side – a problem a lot of notebooks have as parts like the hinges, their covers and the TFT display often brake on notebooks. As a consequence of this, spare parts
DIY Web Server not using a Computer
Sylvain Ferrand from France has made a Web server that you could build and stuff in your pocket. No hard drive, monitor, CD-Rom drive etc. Just a handful of components and some code. Take a look at his site for the schematic and components you need. “The ENC28J60 is a single chip 10mb Ethernet controller easy to drive by a microcontroller with SPI bus. It’s a cheap low pin-out (28