David Jones really liked his old Casio CFX-400 scientific calculator watch. As a professional electronics design engineer, he appreciated the greater functionality it had over other calculator watches, which typically support only the four basic functions. He was saddened when his 20-year-old Casio finally bit the dust, so when he looked around and realized there […]
Techdweeb has a great collection of circuit bent gadgets… I really like the “Super Ear Blaster”. The bender writes- This was one of those generic chinese drum machine thingees, the kind that shares its guts with 1000s of other toys, but the external plastics change depending on who does the packaging. I really like this […]
MAKE is devoted to a growing community of resourceful people who believe that if you can imagine it, you can make it… With all the talk of tough economic times ahead, we’re doing a series of interviews with makers & friends around the world who either make a living from “making” or just earn extra […]
Matt Mets is making an infrared camera intervalometer for his Nikon camera. Lucky for us, he’s also an electrical engineer, and explains things very well. He writes: An intervalometer is a device that sends out a signal at regular intervals. When hooked up to a camera, they can be used to take time lapse images, […]
The people over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have an interesting project. You can download the plans for making this Sinusoidal Bracelet on your laser cutter. Don’t have a laser cutter? No problem, you can have your acrylic cut from places like Pololu. Our bracelets are cut from a single sheet of acrylic (using a […]
This instructable uses parts from a hardware store and an Arduino to make a motion activated spider. Looks like a fun project to scare the neighborhood kiddies. I wanted to create a motion-activated spider to put on my door for Halloween. It drops down when visitors approach the entryway, activates a spot light to draw […]
Integrated GPS on a DELL Mini 9 via Engadget. Acabtp writes… So, I wanted to add a GPS receiver to my Mini 9, but I didn’t want to have to use a dongle or other external device. I figured that a netbook really ought to just have it built in, so that’s what I decided […]
