May 7, 2007
DIY HACK - Build your own Altoids Digital Thermometer!
Here’s a fun little project Digital Thermometer DIY that you can read and make your own with an Altoids can! via This instructable will show you how to create a multifunction platform with a thermometer, chronograph (count up timer), count down timer, and light display. It is also intended to be a platform for other analog sensors or any o ... More
May 4, 2007
DIY HACK - Color Full Halo Lighting Table
Check out this cool halo lighting table you can make. Well with all those wires, I am not so tempted but some of you hackers can give it a try… via uniquedaily Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, give_it_a_try, Graphic ... More
May 3, 2007
DIY APPLE HACK - Apple Bus Mouse garage door opener mod!
Check out this cool Apple Bus Mouse that’s been modded into a garage door opener. Brilliant! So I got bored tonight and started going though my box-o-cables and came across an old Apple bus mouse I had gutted years ago. I always wanted to turn it into a garage door opener but never got around to it. Well, coincidently the garage door open ... More
May 1, 2007
DIY ROBOSAPIEN HACK - How to add remote controlled flamethower Robosapien!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow. This is awesome! (Not intended for people under the age of 18) Check out this cool remote controlled flamethrower robosapien! Just remember that I did warn you! So now if you blow off a hand or burn your house down you can’t blame me! Now we can get ... More
April 30, 2007
DIY HACK - Robotic DAT Tape Loader
Here’s a really cool DAT backup tape loader robot that being worked on. This might be a great way to automate your server backups especially if you own a hosting company. Thanks to D. Wilstar for the link! This is another cheap project, useful to those peoples too lazy to change backup tapes every night (If You said “What’s Ba ... More
April 29, 2007
DIY - Build your own Johnny 5 Lego Mindstorm NXT!
This is awesome! Johnny 5 (Short Circuit) is one of my favorite movies ever and here’s a Johnny 5 Mindstorm NXT you can make! Johnny 5 is ALIVE! Build-your-own, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DIY-Build-your-own-Johnny-5-Lego-Mindstorm-NXT, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entert ... More
April 27, 2007
Zedomax DIY 128 - HOW TO Make a Glowing Heart LED Night Light!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode I was at my local Dollar Store the other day and when I saw this Heart shaped Touch Light, I had to hack one for my gf.Here’s a quick hack on how to make a regular To ... More
April 25, 2007
Wii HACK - Wiimote Door Unlocker
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool Wii HACK someone made that unlocks a door! It uses FreeBSD, some type of bluetooth device, and Wiimote to make it a complete system. I bet you can use less parts. Will someone hack one again soon? via Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consu ... More
April 24, 2007
Cool ROBOT - Servo Snake Bot!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is sick! Check out the servo snakebot using an Atmel Atmega32 microcontroller and bunch of Futaba servos! You can see more videos of the snakebot here. The robot consists of nine cars connected with eight Futaba servos controlled by a microcontroller. A ... More
April 23, 2007
Maker Faire Showcase Video
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Cool, check out the Maker Faire Showcase video. Nice hat Phil! (Are you going to wear it at the faire?) Yes, make to check out Zedomax at Maker Faire. We will have live blogging where you can get yourself on Zedomax! We will have some fun stuff like USB Mouse Prank and USB Games. via Blog, Blog ... More
Motor DIY HACK - How to make a Homopolar Motor!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Oooh, check out this cool simple homopolar motor made with a standard AA battery, magnet, and some wires! If you want to check out some real industrial motor stuff, make sure to check out our DIY with some industrial steppers. via aa_battery, Circuits, Circu ... More
April 20, 2007
Garrett’s USB Mouse Prank Device
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. I was at work trying to draw some stuff and Garrett came over with his USB Hid Portal device and plugged it into my USB hub (which was annoying at first) then suddenly my mouse started making circles on its own! So we decided to call this the USB Mouse Prank Device… There’s really no ho ... More
April 18, 2007
DIY HACK - Deer Repellent
Here’s a cool Deer Repellent for those of you with deers on your front yard that eat up your plants. But just turn it off on Christmas so Rudolph the Raindeer doesn’t get scared. My original “Deer Repellent/ Seismic Sensor” recommended using a speaker with a weight glued to the cone as a vibration sensor (see bottom of ... More
April 16, 2007
DIY Circuit HACK - Moon Clock
A lot of Asian cultures still use the moon clock for calculating their birthdays. For whatever reason, our family still cannot figure out my mom’s birthday as it was originally recorded as a Moon day… Well we could figure it out using some moon calculators… Anyways, check out the moon caclulator here. Despite the hour hand onl ... More
April 14, 2007
DIY CELLPHONE HACK - Receive police transmissions!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is got to be a joke… Blog, blogging, Blogs, build, cell phones, cell-phones, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, ... More
Silicon Valley Electronics Fleamarket
I went to the Silicon Valley Electronics Fleamarket in San Jose this morning. It was great, I wanted to buy everything! I was too busy looking at all the cool stuff to actually buy much. I’m definitely going to this every time they have it…next one is May 12th, 5am to noon. Here̵