October 13, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO Build your own Ferrari!
Yes, I lied, this isn’t a Ferrari but a car built by one human being! Check out the cool pictures and helpful notes on building your own car! This guy’s even selling these hot little cars. Now taking orders for Bodywork kits, Chassis build plans and La Bala-Track crate kits! Show Schedule Coming Soon! See La Bala at a number of Ar ... More
October 8, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat
This project deserves an A++ for making something related with beer! As I am gulping a Budweiser 40 down my throat, I find this email in my inbox about HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat! Cool… Keep up the great work David and thanks for the tip! I belong to a diverse group of amateurs who have a fascination for brewing our own beer. I ... More
October 7, 2007
Wii DIY HACK - Using your Wiimote to measure your car’s acceleration!
Although this is an awesome Wii hack using GlovePie and the Wiimote, you could probably do this a lot easier using a simple 3-axis accelerometer and a microcontroller. I got this idea after seeing some physics class use the wiimote in some kinda pendulum experiment. Why not use the wiimote’s built in 3-axis accelerometers to measue g-forces, ... More
October 4, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO build An Internet Controlled Security Robot with GPS!
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 Looks like Shelto has been updating his internet robot project from couple months ago. Check out this cool internet controlled security robots made with some CUBLOC PLCs an ... More
DIY HACK - AIRguitar!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Man, check out this AIRguitar! Carlos Vamos demonstrates his Prototype hand made custom AIRguitar. The guitar neck is from Ibanez, the guitar body was build with the Kind help and cooperation of Marcus Van Engelen. The final guitar asembly and wiring was done by ... More
October 3, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO sense Squeeze!
Ohhh….. here’s a really cool DIY HACK that can sense your squeeze. (This might be good for making an adult-related game…then again…) I’m researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpre ... More
Wii DIY HACK - Use your Wiimotes as musical instruments!
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 You can try this at home as it can be a lot of fun without actually buying any kind of instruments other than your Wii game system. via hackawii Related: WiiTAR Wiimote HACKE ... More
September 30, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a GIANT, BRIGHT LED!
You guys are going to love this giant LED. It almost seems like there’s a LOT of circuit on it. (It that necessary?) Anyways, thumbs up for this cool giant LED. I wish they had a video on it… This project is 6″ seven-segment.All segments consist of fourteen 5mm super bright LEDs except dot segment it use only 4 LEDs.I design ... More
September 28, 2007
PIC Microcontroller Touch Keypad
Need a touch Keypad instead of the traditional 4×4 keypads? This might be the way to go. The actual data from the touch sensors is quite erratic and requires some software processing. Basically you create a pulse for each of the ports and read the data with the instruction following the pulse signlal rise. Then read the ports the same way ... More
September 27, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO Build your own LED Coffee Table!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this has to be one of the coolest coffee tables you can own. You can get the kit at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for about $350 or $450. You can even purchase a completed version if you are just not circuits-savvy. Since we first showed these off, we ... More
DIY HACK - HOWTO make your own Jacobs Ladder version 2!
Wow, check out this Jacobs Ladder too! This is how I used a neon sign transformer to create my own classic sci-fi prop the Jacobs Ladder. A Jacobs Ladder is nothing more than two vertical wires attached to a very high voltage. The wires which form the ladder are close together at the base but diverge as they go up. When switched on an electric arc ... More
DIY HACK - HOWTO make your own Jacobs Ladder!
Here’s a cool DIY on making your very own Jacobs Ladder. I always goto Fry’s with my friend Eric and find that they have this giant Jacobs Ladder that’d go off as soon as you were about to touch motherboards and whatnot. But this is great that now I know how it’s made. The basic construction and principle of a Jacobs lad ... More
September 21, 2007
DIY HACK - How to create LED Lightfish!
Wow, check out these LED Lightfish! Haha, we have a new word, “Lightfish“. (When will they put it on Merrium and Webster encyclopedia?…I mean dictionary.) Yes, that’s a simple hack, an LED and a 3V 2230 Battery…and rubberband of course. :p And this looks pretty cool once installed inside the water. Hmmm…th ... More
September 19, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO run Multiple Virtual Domains on your MacBook Pro
Here’s a cool hack on HOWTO run multiple virtual domains on your MacBook Pro. This might be helpful if you want to do some testing on your website or blog before goin’ live. Thanks Tames for the link. (By the way, I do have a 24″ iMAC…hehe…proud owner of MAC and PC.) How to support multiple virtual domains on a Ma ... More
September 14, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Homebrewed Radio using paper clips, magnet wire, and razor blade
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Wow, check out this homebrewed radio you can make in your spare time! The first time I tried this, it didn’t work. It was frustrating, but I just went through my materials, blued the razor blade and it worked. The second time I tried to get it to work, I couldn’t get a station, I just go ... More
September 12, 2007
DIY IR PaintRemover
I just painted my new apartment with some orange, more orange, and lavender paint. Here’s a great way you can make a IR PaintRemover! (good find, Phillip!) The new unit would be a departure from the old. This new unit would be based on a ceramic emitter rather than your grandfather’s quartz tubes of yesteryear. Why ceramic? One re ... More
Halloween DIYs - Pitchfork LED, Talking Halloween Basket, and spinning wireless thingee
Pitchfork LED! Although we haven’t been doing much DIYs lately, you can check out the Pitchfork LED for ideas for this Halloween! Here’s the really cool spinning bluetooth wireless hoverboard! Now if you are really serious, you can make this talking Halloween basket using couple LEDs and a CUBLOC chip. Hmmm…I just can’ ... More
August 30, 2007
DIY HACK - Sparkfun playing around with Touch Tetris
I need one of these touch Tetris where you can actually move your whole arm to guide your boxes. (If I can only do this in the warehouse where everything fits, we’d save a lot of space…) (thinking of our warehouse pictures, i forgot to updated with ALL our Mattress-in-a-box(es)…visit our mattress store within 26 hours and you c ... More