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Circuit Hack - How to Make a Wireless Gadget Charger!

by max on May 13th, 2009
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If you have been keeping up with technology, it’s true, there’s actually ways you can wireless transmit energy. Best yet, here’s a simple DIY that you can follow to experiment the wireless charging technology yourself. Inductive Coupling uses magnetic fields to transfer power. There is a primary coil, which generates a magnetic field. Then there is another secondary coi ...

Circuits DIY - How to Make a Weather Station!

by max on March 26th, 2009
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Here’s an impressive weather station project you can make that will show you bunch of great current weather conditions. I do highly like the graph part, it can be developed even further to allow internet remote monitoring and more. Now this was a huge project! All sensors had to be fully tested one at a time, wireless communication had to be perfect, various LCDs were tried. Nev ...

Recycled Computer Parts Jewelry!

by max on March 2nd, 2009
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Toy Mini RC Hovercraft!

by max on October 15th, 2008
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For the ultimate hovercraft toy, you might want to consider getting this Toy Mini RC Hovercraft which allows you and your friend to race indoors without causing a havoc like wheeled-RC toys can. Of course, if you want to learn some circuits along the way, check out our Zedomax Hovercraft DIY. The World Smallest Indoor Infrared Control Hovercraft IR Control: FORWARD, RIGHT and LEFT In ...

DIY Color-Changing LED Coasters!

by max on September 26th, 2008
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Here’s a cool set of DIY colo-changing LED coasters. Basically, it runs on solar power, LEDs light up in red for hot drinks and blue for cold drinks. Looks pretty simple to make, maybe a good idea for your next circuits projects. Smart Coasters are cast-plastic coasters for your drink that light up red when you put a hot drink on top and light up blue with a cold drink. The desi ...

Wii HACK - How to Hack a Wii Sensor Bar from a TV Remote Control!

by max on August 22nd, 2008
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Here’s a really cool DIY showing you how to hack a Wii sensor bar from a TV remote control. Now, you can learn about electronics and circuits while re-making your favorite sensor bar. Dad and I were trying to build a Wireless Sensor Bar and managed to do one that is all wires and batteries. Then He Started digging through all of his remotes around the house and found a couple th ...

DIY HACK - How to Make an LED Orgami!

by max on May 20th, 2008
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The idea here is simple. Stick an LED and 3V 2032 battery into a paper cube orgami thingee. Great idea, well executed. This little LED-lit cube is much more than just a paper lantern: It’s a translucent and flexible thin-film electronic circuit that hooks up a battery to an LED, limber enough to be folded into an origami box. And the coolest thing about circuits like these? You ...

DIY HACK - How to make a cheap Lie Detector!

by max on March 24th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny cheap lie detector you can make. I don’t know if it really works since there’s no circuit diagrams but you can find lots of lie detector circuit diagrams on the internet like this one I found in about 5 seconds: Yes, these lie detectors probably won’t work on c ...

DiscoLitez - Winamp Plugin that allows you to build cool party li ...

by max on March 15th, 2008
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Check out this cool Winamp plugin that allows you to convert Winamp songs to sound-activated lights! DiscoLitez is a Winamp plugin that allows you to control lighting equipment from your computer. This is done using the printer port and some external switching/driving circuitry. At the moment, you’ll have to build the circuits yourself, but they are not complicated. Related Posts: ...

Giant Volume Meter!

by max on March 4th, 2008
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Wow, check out this GIANT volume meter! So cool lookin’~ Looks like it’s some type of microcontroller with bunch of replays… Looks pretty simple to build… (the controls i mean) “Volumen”, a giant graphic equalizer built by Argentinian artist, Sergio Avello relays the ambient urban noise levels around the Redgaleria in Buenos Aires. Pretty intense ...