Here’s a fun Halloween DIY that shows you how to make a pumpkin that HONKS! It would be even cooler if the pumpkin honks when people are near by using sensors, still a great idea for gadgetizing your pumpkin, bravo!
Control board showing the two 555 timers, two MOSFETs, p ...
Here’s a cool DIY tool for para-gliders and alike, learn how to make an Alti-Variometer. I’ve actually seen a para-glider who crashed into a tree by the highway the other week. If he had landed on the highway, I am sure he could have easily crashed onto on-coming ...
Here’s a really awesome multi-touch hack that shows you how to make your own multi-touch LCD with some LEDs.
Flat multitouch LCD monitor which only uses light emitting diodes as optical sensor elements. The sensor resolution is 48 × 32 LEDs. Instead of the high number of ...
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 ...
