If you have an old Nokia 3310 cell phone collecting dust in a drawer why not put it to use? This Nokia 3310 Cell Phone LCD Digital Thermometer project uses a one wire DS18B20 and a Microchip PIC 12F629 microcontroller to take control of the old LCD directly. There is code, schematic and a foil pattern available on the site. Via: Team Droid
David from My-PC-Help.com sent in this video that shows how to use a Neobitz video board to upgrade the Amega 1000 video output. “The Amiga 1000 comes only with a composite video and RGB output. Neither of those are suitable for use on a modern television. I used a Neobitz-S board to make an internal modification so that the Amiga can output S-video, which is many times more clear
Here is a nice and simple FM transmitter from David at Volunteer Lab Rat that will let you blast your iPod tunes on your stereo. Full details are provided on the site. “You know these smart FM transmitters you can use to stream music from your iPod into your car stereo? Here’s a nice little project that I’ve made and that you can build yourself for around 5$. It’s my
Tired of building projects that need a programmer for the microcontroller and data books for all the chips. Why not keep it simple? That is what Hubert did when he built these two robots. Solar Lawnmower: “Cutting the grass can be boring…. You can buy a commercial robot… But you must spend about 3000 $ and install special cables… This one works alone, your grass must be surrounded with a,
Here is another cool idea for your old hard drives. The device is called a Springverb, it’s a Hard Drive Spring Speaker. There are lots more of sound clips and videos on the site. Video after the jump. “Inspired by the wealth of hard-drive recycling ideas on hacked-gadgets and the >springverb research posted at Electronic Peasant. When looking at both these pages… this hack becomes pretty obvious. It helps that
After seeing the Rusty Nail LED Night Light I am thinking that Dick Cappels may be the off set name of MacGyver. 🙂 If you don’t have any CAT-5 wire handy why not use some of the wire out of an old transformer. “Those who are familiar with some aspects of coil core selection would quickly point out that the eddy currents would be huge since iron has a low
Bob Schneeveis was featured on The Hippy Gourmet where he demonstrated his solar powered roller blading chariot. Video and more pictures after the jump. “In this segment from the Hippy Gourmet TV show, we visit with Bob Schneeveis, the inventor of the Solar Powered Walking Chariot! Bob is a brilliant and eccentric character who studies nature and then turns it into sustainable, solar-electric vehicles and gadgets… Bob also donates his
