April 23, 2008
Top 10 Eco-Friendly and Green Gadgets!
Hi All, I must have had my watch set to a day earlier, Earth Day was yesterday but I figured 1 day late is never too late for eco-friendly gadgets. So here’s a round-up of various different eco-friendly and green gadgets you can buy to save the world: Solar Alarm Clock - Great stuff, they should make all alarm clocks with a solar panel. Ho ... 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
March 22, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own UPS for your computer and other peripherals during power outage!
The other day, my home had power-outage for like 6 hours. I could go buy a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), or I can make my own UPS using a car battery. Well, I am just hoping this DIY UPS lasts 6 hours so I can keep using my spare laptop, which shouldn’t need that much power anyways to run off the UPS. But if I tried to run my deskto ... More
February 27, 2008
DIY HACK - HOWTO turn your cellphone into a Taser Camera Gun!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a funny hack using a cellphone, wires, and a 16pF capacitor. Take one SonyEricsson K800i, rewire the capacitor (which feeds the camera flash) with a pair of 16uf caps and you have a cell phone capable of dumping those farads into a human body. Just ... More
February 20, 2008
Microfiber fabric = electricity ???
Wow, check out this Yahoo news that microfiber fabric might produce electricity. We might just be able to start generating electricity everytime we move a finger! CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or en ... More
DIY - How to make your own parts organizer out of plastic bottles!
Check out this really cool parts organizer you can make using plastic bottles and save the earth at the same time! If you’re like me, you have a ton of PCBs laying around from things you’ve taken apart. Put them to good use and salvage the components from them. via MakeZine Circuits, Circuits, Computer, Computer, Cool, Cool, DoItYour ... More
February 14, 2008
DIY HACK - Convert thin air into electricity!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Ever thought of turning electrical waves floating in the air into electricity? Well, here a guide if you need it. This is btw, similar to the new “wireless” batteries that Phillips is working on. (i think it’s phillips…) via HighT3ch ... More
February 10, 2008
Devices to convert your work-out energy into electricity!
Wow, this is something that could really change the world! Advances in biomechanical engineering could use energy generated while walking, hiking or running to power any device requiring portable power, including night-vision goggles and other battery-operated devices used by soldiers as well as robotic prosthetic limbs, cell phones and computers ... More
February 5, 2008
May the force be with you
This is just what every young Jedi needs, their very own light sabre construction kit, now you know how Luke built his own light sabre for the Return of the Jedi! Clearly he had an Amazon account. This kit is pretty comprehensive though because with it youEntre más http://www.mega-poquer.es compares mejor. can build around a thousand different v ... More
January 18, 2008
Bicycle Powered Mobile Phone Center!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Tight, this is way too cool and good for our mother nature. The one essential thing that a cell phone has that a call shop doesn’t is a battery, so using parts found in a junk yard we created a constantly recharging battery by pedal power. Electricity is gener ... More
Gamer Tries to Build Nuclear Reactor at Home, FBI Came Around to Play
Cool, this guy’s on TV for tryin’ to build a nuclear reactor. Too bad he didn’t have a SiteHoppin.com shirt on… :p Apparently bored of his amateur game-building hobby, he decided to try to make a small-scale nuclear reaction in his room, blogging his antics on the web. Someone blew the whistle on him when he made claims ab ... More
January 14, 2008
Use the force
This is supposed to be a personal force shield, this is clothing that has had conductive filaments woven into it, when you begin walking a static charge builds up. The power that is generated is enough to charge up a mobile phone while it is just placed in the pocket. But the main use could be that as a personal force shield, the stored electrici ... More
November 9, 2007
3-Axis servo motor drawing “HackADay”
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s the video if you can’t see it. (some kinda YouTube bug…yes blame it on the big company) Cool, check out this awesome 3-Axis servo motor drawing “HackADay”. You can get the board for really cheap from this guy. The preprog ... More
November 6, 2007
Solar Fan Cap/Baseball Hat
Here’s a nice invention if you live in a very hot city. We dare to make one yourself. This baseball hat has a solar panel on top and DC motorized fan on the front with a nice ventilation hole cut in the bill. Very handy for a summer day or also useful for walks through well lit bakeries if you want the full aromatic experience. via Make a ... More
October 7, 2007
ZAP cars - electric cars of the future?
Check out some of these wacky ZAP cars that run on battery. Really cool lookin’ Xebra Xero’s do not attempt to behave like other vehicles. They are unique. They are quiet, yet agile. Imagine a world filled with silent Xebra Xero’s instead of noisy internal combustion engines. The ZAP Xebra Xero is the offspring of more than thre ... More
September 30, 2007
DIY rainwater harvester by FutureFarmers
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this really cool rainwater harvester! via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Energy, Energy, harvester, Industrial, Industrial, make, makezine, rainwater, rainwater-harverster, Zedomax ... More
September 27, 2007
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
Batteries powered using p…
Here’s some batteries you can power with some human p… You can even use it 3-5 times to re-fuel your batteries! This is tight, too bad it’s only available in Japan. I’d get one next time I head over there! In February we talked about a Pee Powered battery that was in the testing phase in Japan. Now it would seem they hav ... 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