Ok, now I know the first think I will buy after winning the lottery. I need one of these waterjet machines. I have seen them in operation from time to time on American Chopper but I didn’t realize that the machine is so versatile. I am thinking that one could easily make a very profitable business making things out of old circuit boards that would be destined for the landfill
Seems like anything can be built out of LEGO, even a crank USB charger! “This project describes how to build a hand crank Lego usb charger with parts from a Mindstorms kit and Radio Shack. The charger uses a Lego motor to generate current which is passed through a voltage regulator and then to the usb port. It would make a great stocking stuffer for anyone who uses devices that
It’s the though that counts right, well if you get your special someone this gift for the holidays I am not sure you will be around to celebrate next years holiday season. 🙂 “Each bug is a real bug, with it’s carbon guts removed, and metal/silicon guts put in their place by artist Mike Libby. He “spent his youth developing a keen understanding of the material world looking under rocks,
The bridge is a neat device. None of the technology is not revolutionary but the tiny package is impressive. “When it is scanning the text in books or other presswork, it translates the text into braille, which is then displayed on its special screen for the blind to touch. At the same time, “Bridge” saves the text into the internal hard disk to be read later. In addition, the product
Great use of a sponge and some guitar electronics! Reminds me of this project. “I made a “home made Drum” out of a guitar pickup and a string installed within a piece of sponge. I use Reaktor to translate the signal with its amplitube to snare drums. Each punch, with sound a snare drum (not the same snare all the time, it changes after every puch) and it has
I might have to have a look to see what power tools of mine can be converted into a racer. “It’s a rocket. Stuck through the back of a skull, sitting on an aging belt sander rigged to a pair of sawed-off skis. And it can haul butt down a track. Scott David and his 10-year-old son, Cal, built El Diablo del Muerte (“the Devil of Death”) for last
This bike POV uses a PIC microcontroller to control 32 LEDs. The hand wiring and soldering on the back of the board is amazing, those are all surface mount components on a standard perf board! It uses a 16f628 chip and the source code has been provided. Update: Video added “The whole thing is based on a pic16f628A, with some SMD mosfets to power the led’s. Those are very
