May 17, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a Solar Powered DC Welder!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Remember my post on how to make a DC Welder powered by a golf cart? Well, these guys must be golfers and must own a golf course. (or at least work at a golf course.) Now, they figured out a way to power their batteries with a big solar panel on top of the golf cart. Now the question is, can you ... More
May 16, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a DC Welder with a Golf Cart!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool way you can make a DC welder powered by a golf cart! Of course, you don’t have to use a golf cart but it is creative the way this guy did it. Here’s the simplest welder you can make. It’s just a pair of jumper cables and a welding rod. Oh yeah. And some batte ... More
May 15, 2008
DIY Homemade Gate Controller using Picaxe Microcontroller!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun little DIY homemade gate controller for all you DIYers! here are the gates i put in when we had are first child so she would not run out on the road i had this idea i would put motors on them this was not as easy as i thought i started wit ... More
May 8, 2008
Zedomax DIY - How to Make a Simple Green Laser Projector!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Since I have been playing with green lasers for about a year, I never saw any good use for them except to point them to the sky or buildings. Since the green laser has a lot of power, especially the one DragonLasers sent me recently, I decided it was time to ... More
DIY LED Tiles for your bathroom!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Well, here’s a DIY LED tiles for your bathroom. Btw, you can go buy these color changing LEDs over at IKEA for about $10-20 and slap them on too. Regardless, kudos for the project there bud! A lot of people have been posting projects about ambient orbs ... More
May 7, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Cheap Multitouch Pad!
Here’s a cool howto on making your own multi-touch pad! This DIY should get you jump started on your next cool multi-touch project or at least you can just enjoy the video like me… Don’t have a Multitouch Table yet? Have one, but need something smaller for testing? Building a small portable multitouch pad will allow you to test sof ... More
DIY HACK - How to make your own Automated “James Bond style” Party Room!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode One of our long-time readers and a winner of a free Green Laser, Brian Gaut from Schwippy, has made a new website explaining how to make the Emergency Party Button and transform your livingroom into an automated “Jame Bond style” party room. As seen ... More
May 6, 2008
Toilet HACK - DIY Arduino Flush-O-Matic - LMAO
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol, this has to be one of the better laughs you get from DIYs…. I had to post since today I just overflew my toilet and had to clean up the whole bathroom. My hands still smell like my diarrheal poop. [via] toolex (translated to english) Related: Toi ... More
May 5, 2008
DIY - How to build your own Tengu!
Above is a picture of Tengu, it’s basically a LED display that syncs to voice and music. You can buy one but I guess these guys over at Tinkerlog have made their own ‘DIY’ version Tangu. This is a new version of my Tengu clone. This time on a printed circuit board (PCB). I have them produced by Olimex and I am very pleased wit ... More
May 4, 2008
DIY Open Source Multi-Touch Display
Now, you can build your own open source multi-touch display. I guess it was at Maker Faire but somehow I missed it… Researchers at Eyebeam, an engineering and design firm, sell kits that let people build their own multitouch tables. In this picture, the Cubit frame is completely disassembled. To make the display functional, users must add ... More
May 2, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own Video Cassette USB Hub!
Ever wonder, can I make my own cool looking USB hub that doesn’t look like a USB hub? Well, here’s some good news for you, there’s full instructions over at instructables on how to make your own video cassette USB hub. Thank Alan over at HackedGadgets for finding it. (He always finds the coolest gadget hacks.) Nowadays, usb hu ... More
May 1, 2008
DIY HACK - How to use your Optical Mouse as a scanner!
Here’s a really cool hack that let’s you use your optical mouse as a scanner. Are you using an optical mouse right now? Ever wanted to see your desktop through the eye on the bottom of it? Me neither, I already know I have to clean my desktop People get bored sometimes, and when I get bored I sometimes open up stuff to find out wh ... More
April 30, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own White Board Plotter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Lol, this has got to be the best DIY project I have seen this year. A white board plotter! I need this as I used my white board a lot but do feel if I had such an automated plotter, I could be doing a lot better at jotting down my ideas more clearly than what ... More
April 28, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Build a Prepaid Cellphone GPS tracker!
Well, here’s a cool little hack for anyone who’s interested in building a GPS tracker for fun. Although I’d rather stick to my GoogleMaps on my Blackberry, this is good info for anyone who wants to build a custom app. The Open GPS Tracker is a small device which plugs into a $20 prepaid mobile phone to make a GPS tracker. The Tr ... More
April 27, 2008
DIY - How to build your own G-Force Meter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember I did a G-Force Meter couple years ago? Here’s another cool DIY G-Force meter. The only difference it that it uses 7-segment display and a PIC18F series microcontroller. After seeing so many applications using acceleromters making a simple proje ... More
April 6, 2008
DIY - Electric Kawasaki Motorcycle goes 40mph and 15 mile range!
My love for motorcycles are always there so I couldn’t help post this Kawasaki motorcycle converted into an eletric bike that does 40mph and goes about 15 miles on a full charge. Of course, I wouldn’t dare or probably can do any wheelies or what not, but props for the DIY. “I bought an 8hp Briggs & Stratton ETEK motor used ... More
April 2, 2008
DIY Dual Fan Controller Project
Here’s a nice little circuit diagram for all those hardcore DIYers if you are trying to build a dual fan controller using an ATtiny45 although I’d never use this thing, I’d rather use a CUBLOC. Over the course of a weekend, I cobbled together some leftover robot parts to create a simple dual-fan controller. The board turns on t ... More
DIY - Robotic Yellow Drum Machine plays Drums!
Wow, this has to be one of the cooler DIY robots I’ve seen in a long time. Basically, it plays drums. Not real drums, but it plays your household stuff like vases as drums. Beautifully done, we give it an A+ for the creators. (Btw, we are not selling the blog for $1000, our readers say it’s too cheap! How much should we sell it fo ... More
March 29, 2008
DIY HACK - 10 Ways on How To En-light-en Your Life with LEDs
This post was guest posted by Joe from HackNMod. (Do you have a tech blog and want to guest post? Send an email to zedomax at gmail.com) With technology rapidly evolving, light emitting diodes are in virtually every single electronic device on the market. They don’t produce any heat, consume less power, and emit brighter light than conve ... More
March 24, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own open source motor controller!
Check out this cool little hack, it’s an open-source motor controller for an electric bike. There’s no pictures of a finished version but can’t wait to see this circuit in action! n brief the PicOx is a PicAxe 08M based digital Controller that performs an ADC of a Hall-effect throttle and an ADC of a Hall-based current sensor. ... More