Well, it took me all day to get all my sites running today, there’s was a massive DoS attack by some hackers I had to take care of.

With that cleared away, here’s how to make some inexpensive solar cell panels.

Mike Davis is an astronomer. To practice his hobby away from the light-pollution of cities, he bought some land in a remote part of Arizona. But there was a problem: No electricity…. But he’s a resourceful fellow. He built some home-made solar panels using inexpensive blemished and damaged solar cells from eBay!

via treehugger

Eee PC Hack - How to run Mac OS X on Eee PC!

Wow, someone has figured out a way to run Mac OS X on an Eee PC!  Of course, you cannot use your sound, WiFi, LAN, and pretty much anything of necessity but it’s cool simply due to the fact that you are running Mac OS X on a PC.

While many would question why you’d want to go to the trouble of installing OS X when there are many Windows and Linux distributions available out of the box? Maybe you’re looking for a challenge. Installing OS X on non-Apple hardware provides plenty of chances to flex those (very metaphorical) geek muscles.

via wired

As you know, WonderHowTo.com is a great DIY video site and here’s Top 10 Cool Electronic HOWTO Videos from the How To, Hack, DIY, Mods Video Site:

1) How to Make a Metal Detector from Radio and Calculator -KipKay the famous Maker shows us how to make a metal detector from your old radio and calculator.  This one is really similar to the aircraft band receiver KipKay makes by taking the radio dial to its limit.

2) Here’s what happens when you type “Find Chuck Norris” on Google. Someone decided to make a website that results 1st on Google search for “Find Chuck Norris”, funny.

3) How to Make your own Home Windows Media Center PC - Here’s a great way to make your own Windows Media Center PC for watching and recording some programs on your computer.

4) How to find the hidden Microphone boost on Realtek HD Sound Cards - Here’s how you can get 20dB Micphone boost on HD sound cards.

5) Here’s how to perform CPR on an infant baby. - This might be one of the most useful things parents need to know in order to save their baby in emergencies.

6) Photoshop Hack - Check out how to increase boob size using Photoshop.  This one doesn’t require any surgery and it might help you with your future Photoshop skills.

7) Solitaire Hack - Learn how to win the Solitaire game on Windows XP or Vista. - I don’t play solitaire unless I am re-installing Windows and I need to kill time but still a cool thing to know how to do.

Here’s some tips on how to calculate faster using math shortcuts.

9) Learn how to remove a wheel from a Kawasaki motorcycle. - This could be applied to probably any Japanese sport bike.

10) Learn how to jailbreak your iPhone 3G! - Yes, every iPhone can be jailbroken for more fun.

Well, that’s all folks for now, check out the HOWTO video site for more!

Here’s a really cool way to control OLEDs with Arduino.

4D Systems makes some really nice serial OLEDS. They aren’t hard to use, but the documentation for them is very scattered. This tutorial pulls together the various pieces i’ve found so that you can get up and running very quickly.

via make, Hack Page

Yes, you can make a chain body armour with soda can tabs, I just don’t know how protective that will be but it’s eco-friendly.

grade 2 aluminum can tab armour.
Strong and easy to make, but takes a while to make.

via instructables

Solaris Wooden Clock!

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Check out this cool wooden clock made from all wood!  Now, you can use this as reference to building your own.

“Her large, nearly 14” diameter wheel and unique escapement make Solaris the focal point of the room. Her unusual, and very forgiving escapement releases every two seconds with a sound quite unlike anything else. It is not your usual “Tick Tock.” Ten leaf pinions used throughout make for an extremely smooth mechanism. “

via hackedgadgets, Design Page

Check out the Robocut, a lawnmower robot with Basic Stamp as controller.  You can even buy the kit so you can build one yourself.

Now, if you can get one of these DIY kits and make it solar, that’d be something to watch.

“RoboCut, is a BASIC Stamp powered robot. Two 12Volt motors with gearbox gives the two large drivewheels good traction and the robot can manouver in very small areas. Powersource is a NiMh accu-pack at 12V, 4.1 Ah. One motor gives the cutterdisk a rpm at approx. 3500 rpm. A Basic STAMP 2 is the brain in the PCB mounted in the front of the Robocut. This PCB has the following features. -Two-chanel (right/left) Buried Wire Fence (BWF) detectors. -Two-chanel (right/left) active IR obstacle detection -Two chanel (right/left) drive motor control on/off, Forward/Rewerse -One chanel cutter-motor control on/off, MOS-FET 20 Amp -Charging/accuvoltage measuring with high resolution -Charger detection On/off -Optional temperature sensor to check accupack temp during charging. -prototype area -prepared for optional “self-charging” and navigating to the chargingstation via an IR_beacon.”

via hackedgadgets, DIY Kit Page

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Here’s a great one for you Arduino-geeks, a robot with Arduino controls and CMUCam for sight.

This is my first CMUcam + Arduino version, the code for which will be uploaded soon. As you can see below, it is a bit of a rush-job, caused by the blowing-up of my proper h-bridge, and its replacement with a single power-transistor (click for big version).

via make, DIY Page

You have to agree that 2 7-feet tall Tesla Coils playing Mario Brothers is an awesome music.

via techeblog