Here’s a rather interesting DIY motion-activated mini tesla coil. It seems to work pretty well, this could be one of the best Halloween tricks you could implement to your trick-or-treaters. (via make)
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Here’s an awesome Arduino hack that shows you how to make a pH meter. I was thinking that this could be great for automating the pool maintenance where you have to check the water’s pH level among other things. That could be a LOT of money, automated water stabili ...
Here’s a really cool “rock” radio that will go well with your outdoor patio/deck. I find this so creative and original, I give it my “best hack” of the week award. (if there’s such a thing)
My ROCK Radio. The number two in my cement-audio-ser ...
Are you one of those people who forget to close your garage door before leaving on a vacation to another country?
Well, do not worry as there’s a cool hack that shows you how to make a remote garage monitor so you can check it anywhere including your iPhone or Palm Pre.
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For anyone not in the know, the Atari Punk Console is one of those noise makers that brings back the old sounds of the yesteryear that become so popular from the Atari 2600 video games machine, you know the ones, bleeps and beeps.
Surprisingly there are quite a few of these lu ...
Here’s a really cool DIY that shows you how to make a tilt measuring inclinometer. I do highly like how Nicholas Kwan didn’t use an accelerometer but used cheaper, basic circuit parts. This could be the “alternative” way to put an accelerometer funct ...
Here’s a great example of someone who used Twitter to control his home appliances. Of course, this is completely do-able with some meticulous planning. I do see more and more automation DIYs using Twitter as communication platform for their projects, very useful indeed ...
Here’s a rather interesting laser pointer project that can detect where laser is pointed on a surface and will execute a desired command that you can set. I think this type of project can be very useful for certain applications, enjoy~~
Laserspotcam is a software I wrote ...
As I’ve mentioned, Eee PC 1000HE is probably the best netbook on the market today, that’s why I have one. If you got one of these mini beasts, you might want to also know that it’s possible to hack it with status LEDs that can tell you when your friend tweet ...
Take a moment and watch these awesome displays of the DIY POV blue LED display that will animate a dog. (or horse) Awesome huh?
Improvements are:
The rotation speed is 25/s instead of 7/s like in the earlier version, thanks to a cooling fan motor, which can give about 10W power ...
