Great article for salvaging parts from a camera for robots…how-to steps for getting the SONAR unit safely out of the camera and how to modify it so you can use it in your projects. There is minimal electronics knowledge needed and in fact I got much of this information right from the “horses mouth”, Polaroid. [via] Link.
I was getting tired of the aftermarket car scents that dangle from your rear view mirror. Besides, short of going to an automotive store, I was never able to find a coffee scented car freshner so I decided to make my own. Total cost= around 3 dollars. Here are the supplies you will need. Coffee beans, a small jar to hold the beans (preferably with an aluminum lid), a fork (I used a hammer and a small pick for making the holes in the lid). [via] Link.
This is my installation of a squeezebox wireless networked mp3 player into my bathroom. It’s not an unusual desire, lot’s of people like a tune to go with their ablutions and contemplative bathrooming moments. Some people suggested extension cables and mini boom boxes, shower radios (with itrips) and running lengths of cable from my pc.. these all had various disadvantages and drawbacks, batteries, quality, cable routes etc. Nice write up! Link.
Very detailed article (this goes well with the NES PC)…create your very own USB NES Controller. However, if you are not interested in HOW it is done and just want the HEX files and the schematic, you can skip to the end. Link.
We’ve covered a lot of the oil cooled PCs, and here’s another- cooled with Sunflower oil. What we did was take some unused hardware, lying around, built an acrylic case put the hardware in and filled it with sunflower oil… lots of oil ;) Then powered the machine up and it actually didn’t fry (did someone say french fries?), instead it worked perfectly fine and in some terms a lot better then when it was air cooled. [via] Link.
DIY glowing coffee table. I was at a club that had glowing end tables everywhere and thought how great it would be to have in my place. Flickr photo set along with some tips if you’re thinking of doing this yourself. Link.
Max did a great guide on converting a cpu cooler into a graphics card cooler. Produced better results than expensive graphics coolers even though its lighter and cheaper. Test results available. [