Seal Plastic Bags with Cut-off Plastic Bottle Tops
Though I’m having a hard time imagining the particular circumstances where I would need to do this, I am thoroughly impressed by its resourcefulness and cleverness.
Hacks
Kickstarter: Thumb Drive That Emulates an Optical Drive
If you have ever tried to install (or re-install) an OS from a thumb-drive on a netbook, small laptop, or other computer without a built-in optical drive, you may have learned the frustrating lesson, as I did, that they are not always hardware equivalent. Many laptops and netbooks will cheerfully boot from an optical drive attached to a USB port, but gronk at the exact same files, or ISO image, on a thumb drive attached to the same port. It’s enough to make you want to throw things. Who wants to buy and keep track of a USB optical drive just for that one purpose?
Car Seat Camera Mount
Need some front seat interior footage and are wondering how you’re going to mount that 5D Mark II you borrowed from your day job? Grab some scrap wood and follow Boris Georgiev’s quick and dirty tutorial on assembling your very own DIY car seat camera mount.
News From The Future – Quantum Hackers
See how Eve eavesdrops on Bob and Alice…
Drill Here to Destroy Hard Drive
Free, handy, download-and-print sticker from Randy Sarafan of F.A.T. Lab.
Making EL Wire Change Color
It’s not a dramatic color shift, but it turns out you can control the hue of EL wire over a narrow range by varying the frequency of the resonating driver circuit. dcroy (upper video) did it back in February using a 555, and Paul Stoffregen (lower video) unknowingly repeated the work recently, having noticed that a single fixed-frequency driver produced slightly different colors in two different lengths of wire.
Solar Light Bulbs from Recycled Bottles
The 2-liter plastic bottle solar light bulb is an genius way to light up a room while reducing the amount of power you consume through creative recycling. Recently, a group from Manila called Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) got together to build and install solar lightbulbs in a 500 house pilot program. Not only do they get better lighting, but they can spend the money they save on other, more important expenses. It’s amazing what a little sunlight can do.
