If you have one more dead hard drive left after building the top five dead hard drive projects give the Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine a try. There is more information about the build at Instructables. “In the Tesla Turbine, air, steam, oil, or any other fluid is injected at the edge of a series of smooth parallel disks. The fluid spirals inwards and is exhausted through ventilation ports near
If you liked the game Simon Says, you will like this hack. “I dont quite recall how this game evolved but the main motivation behind it is to improve cognitive processing and attention by getting the players to focus on a sequence of drum hits and then repeat that sequence. Players can use either dance-dance-revolution mats or a custom built 4-pad bongo style controller. Its being built for www.tulgeywood.us to
1. Plasma Globe Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 “The heart of the high-voltage generator is a standard flyback transformer transplanted from an old TV set. The globe is mostly vacuum but has a tiny amount of inert gases namely neon and xenon. When excited by the HF-HV electro-magnetic field, atoms of the gas become ionized and cause various beautiful plasma trails to be produced within the sphere. Touching the
If you have the need to launch something farther than you can throw it, the Douchenator Water Balloon Launcher may be what you need. Simple to build and is sure to be lots of fun until someone loses an eye. Watch the video. “The launcher will shoot anything from a golf ball to a tennis ball at extremely high speed and extremely far. For wadding, a tennis ball can works
Is your garage not quite up to par in the technology area? Sounds like you need to install some electronics to help out. A Garage Monitor might be what you are looking for. “Need to know if the garage door is open? Need to know if you pulled in far enough for the door to close without hitting your bike? Need to know all this with web access… I present
If you are looking for an easy way to connect a cordless phone to Skype, this hack might be the ticket for you. “Heres an easy way to make your own cordless phone skype ready, Dont need to open your phone, and you can dial from it as well! All for about $5. Once your adapter is all hooked up, make a call to echo123 and make sure your sound
If you need a simple FM transmitter for a project, the miniFM Transmitter from The Streaming Suitcase might do the trick. The instructions are VERY detailed. “We will build a FM transmitter. This will allow you transmit audio from any electronic sound device (such as a minidisc, cd player, computer) to FM radio receivers. To make the transmitter you don’t need any previous experience. We will use a circuit designed
