The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not hidden in a drawer. đŸ™‚ I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would have enough power to energize a very low current circuit but I would think it should. This
If you haven’t seen a TIX clock before you can see (or purchase) one from Think Geek. They are very cool looking, and in my opinion. I first saw them being used by Chris Pirillo. What is better than buying a TIX clock would be to make your own, that is exactly what Guido Seevens from Gweeds.net did. He documented the DIY TIX Clock build here and provided all of
Chris from Pyro Electro sent in his latest creation, it’s a IR prox sensing musical device. As usual he has provided enough information to make your own. ” IR sensors used to detect the distance between the sensor and an object are a perfect fit for a DIY Theremin because they are low cost and they are reliable enough to get the project working. The idea here is that instead
The new format of the name the thing contest 178 is still open to be won. We have had some close guesses but haven’t had a winner yet so there is still a chance to toss in your best guess. There are now 7 image sections to help you decipher what it might be. More images will be added until it will be very obvious or it is guessed correctly.
Lots of us have smart phones in our pocket, why not use the power of the phone to control things around us. Troy Collinsworth uses his to control his garage door, start his car and turn on the sprinkler system. This is all done using bluetooth. This Daisy Works board and this Android software if the heart of what makes the system tick. The outputs of the board are used
Arthur Benemann who is an Electrical Engineering student sent in his picChess game which uses a DSPIC33F128MC804 Microcontroller. The PIC based game can communicate using a speaker to talk and a monitor to show the game board and chess pieces.Ă‚Â If Chess wasn’t enough Arthur also added Conway’s game of life and a music player to the system “For the hardware the mainĂ‚Â challengeĂ‚Â is to select a processor with power to
If you want to see Jesus Walking on water I think the closest you will get is watching the video that Rodger Cleye made showing his robotic platform that he made for operating in the water. You probably remember his Skeleton Riding a Skateboard that we featured here. I am hoping that Rodger sends in some pictures of the rig so we can see how he built it. “I have
