Hack-a-day has a great how to on making a RGB combination door lock – thanks Wil! Putting a custom designed electronic lock on your space seems like a geek right of passage. For our latest workspace, we decided to skip the boring numbered keypad and build a custom RGB backlit keypad powered by an Arduino. […]
The third day of 7 in 7 at ITP produced The Drowning Pool, The Boundary Belt, openFrameworks Video Mirror, Attention Quotient and an Open-source Arduino Clock. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The “Pass Key”, pictured above, is a 5 volt powered computer the size of a candy bar that generates 16-digit alphanumeric passwords faster than you could possibly ever need. Still it’s pretty cool that this device does the Steve Job’s iPod “Nano” trick as well and fits into the tiny pocket in your jeans. Build […]
This isn’t just a skull with a few LED’s for your computer. The LED’s fade in and out with disk activity instead of that annoying flicker. The circuit could be used for a lot of different projects, not just case mods. On/Off blinking Hard-Drive led can get quite annoying sometimes or it doesn’t seem to […]
This is a good way to save some money if you’re into making your own circuit boards. The tank has a bubbler and a heater, so your boards will come out looking perfect. At least we hope they will! Learn how to make Etching tank Related: DIY PCB Bubble etch tank
James made another cool project. This time it’s a solar powered Theremin powered by the 1381 solar engine. You can buy a kit on his website, but he even included the schematics (at the bottom of the site) if you want to go ahead and make one from scratch. Thanks James! Read more about a […]
Emily found a simple and cost-effective route to a cooler apartment – prevent it from heating up in the first place. Using inexpensive and easily found materials — foamboard, aluminum foil, tape and glue — I made insulating panels for my windows that reflect the summer sun away from my apartment, cooling down a room […]
