Just what I need in my house, a man made tornado. Based on these plans this work of art was created. ” I built a tornado machine using instructions from www.weather-photography.com and doing some of my own modifications. It works really well! I took a video of it at different angles, closeups, and even inside the storm just to show you how cool this thing is! it was hard work,
The Vacuum Elevator is an interesting way of lifting a small elevator cab. “When the piston gear depressurizes the area inside the cylinder above the vacuum elevator cab, the cab is then lifted by higher atmospheric pressure below the cab. The inside of the vacuum elevator cab always remains at the atmospheric pressure. As air pressure is lowered above the cab, the cab is lifted. A valve regulating inflow
Most people love watching a good fireworks display but have no idea what is needed to pull off a good show. Here is some behind the scenes action that is sure to please. “Aerial Fireworks An aerial firework is normally formed as a shell that consists of four parts: * Container – Usually pasted paper and string formed into a cylinder * Stars – Spheres, cubes or cylinders of
Sanitation is a good thing but I wonder how far we have to automate things. The first video shows an automatic seat cleaner that uses a complex mechanism that rotates the seat around while sanitizing it. In the second video there is a lever that slides a fresh tube of plastic over the seat.
This is a home made Frequency Scanner that is based on a Microchip microcontroller. “The brain of the counter is a PIC16F84, it does all the display scan, ranges calculation and main counter. More info about this counter can be found in the Danish HAM mag called OZ”
This is the first of five toaster hacking ideas from Hack The Toaster. In the first episode they mod a computer into a toaster. The results are not very successful but it is funny. In later episodes they make other things such as a rotisserie unit from a computer monitor. Thanks Milan
If you are looking to stand out from the crowd why not do it with a one of a kind keychain? The circuit board keychain designs pictured are being sold for $4.00 each at The Rybitski Effect. They are created by Chris_Rybitski, a 17 year old High school Senior who has an interesting taste in design. If you are looking for some more ideas have a look at one of
