If you like to automate everything the Squeezebox audible caller ID hack is for you. Never miss a call again because you have the tunes cranked and no more looking at the caller ID box to see who is calling! “As described elsewhere, I’ve now got my music collection ripped onto a server PC. A new problem then became apparent: when the phone rang, I had to find (a) the
This Amp3 is one of the amp models from 41Hz Audio. I have my eye on the Amp7, this looks like an interesting design. “I have to say, for $25 it puts out some awsome sound! Takes a few hours to put together though. You have to wind your own torroids. I used 15-minute epoxy to ensure the torroids will be solid in the car. 25-watts per channel at 4ohms.
Here is a simple LED mirror ball project that can be completed in less that an hour and should not cost much money. My daughter is getting interested in electronics and she wanted to make something for her room. Parts Used: – Mirror Ball from the dollar store – Various Colored LEDs – Resistors to current limit LEDs – Wire – Wire connectors – Heat shrink – Transformer Steps: –
Here is a neat home made cannon that uses the power of a shop-vac! “Make a simple cannon out of some tube and a vacuum cleaner. Play with the different types of tube and the length and diameter of the tube. Some will work better than others. Change the type of projectile, too. For some fun, try shooting marshmallows or mini marshmallows. There are endless possibilities with this project.”
Here is a cool project that you could build for about $20.00. Check out the full build details. “This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge! The charger circuitry and 2 AA batteries fit into an Altoids gum tin, and will run your iPod for hours!
This robot looks like an interesting project. If you can wait for a bit they will have some control boards available for sale soon. “Looks as if some enterprising hacker has built himself a robot that runs off a Nintendo DS handheld. The proposed specs are here: # 20 Digital Input/Output for multipurpose use. # Customizable with you own Motors and Sensors # Wireless programming and controling. # You can
If you are looking to play around with X10 technology, this project may be what you are looking for. “I was looking for a cheap way to interface my PIC microcontroller projects with my X10 home automation system. Plug-in serial X10 interfaces have to be … plugged into the wall, so I thought a good alternative would be to hack a wireless X10 remote. It worked… here are the details.”
