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.
DIY Projects
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: […]
Oreo cookie fueled model rocket and other candy propellants
Theodore Gray over on Popular Science launched a model rocket using Oreo cookies as fuel (Potassium perchlorate) – ” Food contains an amazing amount of energy. If you don’t believe it, feed candy to some kids and watch them bounce off the walls. Of course, tot-baiting is only one way to turn food energy into […]
HOW TO – Make a microphone blimp
Gezortenplotz writes – “Wind across a microphone causes distortion and unwanted noise for videographers and nature recorders while taping outside. The purpose of the microphone ‘blimp’ is to attenuate the wind noise without interfering with the desired sound. Blimps are expensive. This project came in under $40. Mics are interchangeable in this blimp [if the […]
HOW TO – Make Homemade Biospheres
Robin has some tips and suggestions for making your own “Biosphere” – “Biologists call the Earth’s environment and all organisms the Earth’s biosphere. But biosphere is also the name of a man-made and sealed environment, which simulates the earth’s biosphere. This could for example be in a bottle, or a greenhouse. Another (maybe more correct) […]
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 […]