August 16, 2007
DIY HACK - The Redneck 30 minute hovercraft using cardboard box and save precious resources too!
Yep, you CAN make a hovercraft during your lunch break now. Just follow the directions! I built a working hovercraft using cardboard and a shop vacuum in 30 minutes. You can build a hovercraft quickly and easily using cardboard, duct tape, and a vacuum. There are excellent instructions available on the Internet. I adapted these standard instructi ... More
August 15, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make a portable Laser Projector!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this is somethin’ I’ve always wanted to make with the free laser Dragonlasers sent me a long time ago… But here it is! Looks like he’s from the UK. P.S. Remember we ARE giving out a FREE Dragon Laser to the top commentator this mo ... More
July 1, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make an LED Hoola Hoop!
Wow, this is an awesome instructables on how to make an LED Hoola Hoop! Some friends wanted a lighted hula hoop for burningman, and when they turned out to be about $200 each, I decided to make one. All the parts cost about $15 . . . total time to make the hoop was about 3 hours, but that included time for figuring things out. You could probably m ... More
May 31, 2007
Lumi Forta - Light Orb with 512 different colors!
Check out the upcoming Lumi Forta from Korea. If you don’t want to wait for it to get to the market, you can always make yourself one. MK Electronics(www.mkelec.com) displayed its LED lighting ‘Lumi-Forta’ in Korea market during LED EXPO&FPD KOREA 2007, which can present more 512 colors via remote controller. Related post ... More
How to make HOT ICE!
Wow, check out how to make HOT ICE! This is awesome if you have some sodium acetate laying around. A heat pack like the one you are describing contains sodium acetate and water. It turns out that sodium acetate is very good at supercooling. It “freezes” at 130 degrees F (54 degrees C), but it is happy to exist as a liquid at a much l ... More
May 26, 2007
The multi meter handy tool
As far as tools go you can never mess around with measurements, when locating power cables and water pipes etc. - Locates concealed AC power cables - Locates concealed metal objects like pipes, nails, screws, cables etc - Incorporates a Laser Level - Incorporates a Spirit Level - Incorporates a ‘white-light’ LED Torch - Tests Light Bulbs incl ... More
May 24, 2007
Maker Faire 2007 - Multi-Touch Multimedia Device
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool Multi-Touch Multimedia device. This could be a cool combination of touch, sound, and video for future video game controls. MultiTouch is the ability of an input controller to detect multiple fingers simultaneously. Multitouch input devices ... More
May 23, 2007
Homebrew CPU
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this was the coolest thing there, a homebrew CPU LIVE! Anyways, I got to meet Bill, maker of the homebrew CPU and take lots of cool pics and see it in action. Thanks Bill for explaning all the cool stuff on your homebrew CPU! Just check out the video ... More
May 21, 2007
Zedomax Maker Faire 2007 Coverage - Sit and Pedal Persistence of Vision!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode It’s been a blast yet we’ve been able to get barely 5 hours sleep. But we will get all this cool stuff posted. Mayhem & Chaos brings you some really cool sit and pedal POV (Persistence of Vision) using recycled bicycle parts. I guess Mayhem to ... More
Maker Faire - Flying Saucer Oven
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a simple flying saucer oven that uses a single light bulb yet heats up to 425 degrees fahrenheit! They won the Dorkbake competition. This is really simple but great idea! Eric and Jodi Kurland Eric is an award-winning filmmaker and digital artis ... More
May 20, 2007
Maker Faire Live Blogging - ALAVs by Jed Berk!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out these Cool ALAVs (Autonomous Light Vessels) by Jed Berk! Tight! It uses Sun Microsystems SunSpot microcontroller, which can be programmed in Java. I like this idea since there’s a lot of Java embedded processors out there but this ones from ... More
May 19, 2007
Live Blogging - Zedomax Booth at Maker Faire
Hey we are live at the Maker Faire, blogging live! See our automated camera that follows people? Well, it’s a $160 Logitech camera we got in a hurry at Best Buy last night just before the store closed. Glad we got it working although the internet here sucks sometimes. Anyway, our booth is really popular! Garrett is doing a great job ... More
May 16, 2007
DIY HACK - Wireless Keyless Entry using Relays
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a very simple wireless keyless entry DIY using some relays and stuff, very similar to the Wiimote Door Unlocker. The mechanism is simple enough, just a momentary button on the panel in my apartment, but the mess of wires in the wall is a little un ... More
May 15, 2007
DIY HACK - HOW TO make a Rotating LCD!
Wow, check out this cool DIY on how to make a rotating LCD! This IS very useful for reading PDFs and whatnot. If you don’t want to make one or you are about buy a new LCD, there’s also bunch of LCDs out there that already rotates. (which I use at work) CNET has a great review of rotating LCDs. This fixture is very usefull for rotate ... More
May 14, 2007
DIY HACK - Supercharged Airplane
Check out this cool supercharged airplane you can make in your free time! The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy powered by a big electrolytic capacitor. Known as a ... More
May 11, 2007
DIY Thumb Pianos!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out some of these really cool DIY Thumb Pianos! Sometimes an instrument you know can become something else altogether. Bob Collier has been constructing his own thumb pianos, adding amplification, effects, self-sampling features, and novel cases in ... More
May 10, 2007
Automatic Color Sorting
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out this Automatic Color Sorting DIY that uses some DC and stepper motors from an old HP printer and uses Parallax’s new 32bit processor as the brain. Brilliant! This could be great to low budget project requiring color sorting. Once the Sensor was figured out I started to build ... More
May 8, 2007
DIY - How to make a Soju Lamp
Similar to the previous post, here’s Zedomax Soju Lamp. The great thing is that I didn’t even TRY to make it, it was just there from my dedication to drinking daily while blogging. (Yes, if you are over 18, we recommend this route. Make sure to have a companion while drinking. DWC - Drink with a companion) Although I drink beer mo ... More