DIY Projects

LED Pharmacy cross

Florin writes in – This article is part of the PCB Giveaway program that we have running here at Youritronics. Morgoth will get a free pcb manufactured by BKRtech for submitting this project. If you’re interested in participating, read more on the program page. These days most pharmacies use LED pharmacy crosses posted at their […]

Homemade cider press

Homemade cider press

From the MAKE Flickr pool, user JohnnyT writes: We had a bumper crop of apples this year so I decided to build my own cider press out of lumber we had around the house and 3/4inch threaded rod. I mortised a nut slightly into the board which does the pressing. As you turn the screw […]

HOW TO – USB Geiger counter

HOW TO – USB Geiger counter

Sylvain sent over these instructions for buiding a USB-able radiation detector – The geiger counter is a pretty simple device to detect radiations. Many forms of radiations from radio elements (alpha, beta, gamma) can be detected but it is more sensitive to beta and gamma radiations. The Geiger-Muller tube is a simple device, it’s a […]

GPS-A-Sketch kit

GPS-A-Sketch kit

Interesting “GPS-A-Sketch kit” @ The Hacktory… Wil writes – The idea behind the GPS-A-Sketch was to create an open shareable design that many users could use as the foundation for a modular, user-programmable, portable, GPS receiver. As the technology comes down in price (A Garmin eTrex of slightly lower specs can currently be had for […]