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How-To: Personal Applause Sign

How-To: Personal Applause Sign

Randy Sarafan writes: For the longest time, people have been neglecting to applaud my myriad accomplishments. I could not abide by this and henceforth set out to resolve this issue. The solution wasn’t immediately obvious, but after mulling it over for a while, it suddenly hit me. People have been culturally conditioned to clap for […]

USB Bike Generator

USB Bike Generator

DBC writes – The USB Bike Generator is a small bike mounted electricity producing device optimized to provide power for two USB ports. There are so many small electronics that can be powered or charged from a USB connection it only makes since that people might want to do this while riding a bike. The […]

How-To: Two string paddle bass

How-To: Two string paddle bass

Instructables user st.paul writes: This bass is made from a wooden boat paddle, a piezo buzzer, weed eater strings and a few other odds and ends. For what it is and how little it costs (20-25 dollars with all new parts), the quality of sound is unbelievable. If you’re thinking about taking up bass or […]

How-To: Indoor bike parking

How-To: Indoor bike parking

Check out Instructables user lamoix’s indoor bike rack for his Portand bike-lover’s palace. Like most houses in Portland, we have a lot of bicycles, and we are always coming and going on them, often changing out bikes several times a day. Not satisfied with outdoor parking, or stacks of bicycles in the workshop, I decided […]

Controlled mushroom habitat with Arduino

Controlled mushroom habitat with Arduino

Instructables user anthony_p1234 writes: This is my first Arduino project aimed at helping me with my other hobby which is growing oyster and shiitake mushrooms indoors. In a nutshell, the controller takes in two temperature readings, 1 Humidity reading and 1 Co2 reading and triggers a set of four relays connected to mains power. Intended […]