USB LED CD
Translation: It’s a desk lamp made from old CDs, with LED lights, powered by a PC USB port. Not the prettiest lamp on the desk, but you could obviously design it however you wish. The USB powered LED CD lamp
Instructables
Integrated backpack bike flashers
Instructables user engineerable hacked a couple of bike lights to embed in his backpack, and he documented the process in an instructable so you can see how to make your own bike light backpack. Related: Bikes @ MAKE Turn signal bike jacket
Wiper glove
Instructables user mikeasaurus has trouble keeping his motorbike visor clear riding on the rainy Canadian west coast, so he attached a bit of a car wiper blade to one of his gloves. One “phew” action, and he has a clean visor! Should also be good for snowboarders. Here’s the instructable for a wiper glove.
Web-controlled surveillance camera
From Instructables: The purpose of this work is to show, how to build surveillance system with the web-page interface. The webcam can be turned in the vertical or horizontal direction throught the interface, but only in the area that border sensors will allow. The control page is secured with login system, where the user types […]
HOW TO – Ultrasonic bat goggles
Suneth Attygalle made a pair of sight-blocking goggles that help you echolocate with the use of an ultrasonic rangefinder sensor. He used an Atmega8 chip running an Arduino bootloader, and some welding goggles. He even made a bat goggle instructable so you can make them yourself including source code and wiring diagram.
Glow bone dog collar attachment
Instructables user momo! writes: I decided that it would be helpful to make some sort of light doohickey that I can attach to my dog’s collar when I walk him at night. His black fur has a nice sheen, but it sure makes it difficult to see where he is and *what* he’s chewing on […]
Homemade plastic – from milk!
We’ve mentioned making plastic with milk before; Coffeebot has a great Instructable on the subject. The plastic is moldable, and has a consistency of soggy cheese (I certainly hope I never encounter cheese that’s anything like this!). When all is said and done, it should take you about 10-15 minutes to make the plastic (less […]
