HOW TO – Design your own iPod super dock
Will is cranking along on his iPod super dock, part 4 is up, making the circuit board! – Link.
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HOW TO – Make an Itsy-Bitsy USB Lamp
Windell writes – “It’s a USB-powered LED lamp. It looks like it would be a little bit floppy, so I’d suggest wrapping some solid copper wire around the cable to make it bend to your will.” – Link.
Electric flytrap lantern
Tiny Little Life writes – “Speaking of “Bug Suckers”, here is a stand-alone version that I put together a few years ago. Unlike the model featured in Make #6, this one was designed more for outdoor use (to deal with all moths on my back porch). Plus, it works while you sleep.” – Link. Related: […]
High Voltage Plasma Generator Kit
This looks like a fun kit for $64, make plasma balls, light up fluorescent tubes, make sparks… – “Solid state high voltage power supply is perfect for high voltage experiments, like Kirlian photography. The high voltage at the terminal won’t electrocute you, so its relatively safe, but it can burn you, so use caution. Can […]
HOW TO – Make an automatic remote ON/OFF using the MIC jack on your camcorder
Good camcorder hack from Dan @ Instructables – “We used the MIC jack of a camcorder to detect when the camcorder is on. We built a low-voltage solid-state relay to detect the MIC jack and automatically turn on and off a remote device at the same time as the camcorder. The solid-state relay is a […]
Robot fights @ Nerd Salon (photos)
Here are some photos from last night’s robot hacking/fighting event @ Nerd Salon. Thanks go out to the 111 Minna Gallery for the space and Jennifer / Annalee for putting it on…. Oh, special thanks to MikeK. We need to upgrade the firmware to have the bots violate their 3 laws, MikeK happen to have […]
HOW TO – Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender
Mike Outmesguine’s Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender in the latest issue of Popular Science – “The promise of Wi-Fi is freedom–the ability to bring your laptop or PDA away from the anchor that is your desk and into your life. With most wireless routers, however, your life had better stop at around 300 feet, and forget about […]
