For those of you who want to get the best price on the new Samsung Epic 4G, now you can pre-order the new Epic 4G on Amazon for just $199.99 with 2 year contract or $499.99 without one.
As for myself, I will be ordering the contract-less Samsung Epic 4G now so I can swap out my Palm Pre’
Want some new, unique furniture that will splice up your home? How about making some LED wood furniture such as this?
Wanna impress your friends with the latest gadget you made using LEDs, microcontroller, and over 3000+ lines of code you wrote for months?
Check out this giant DIY POV clock, it’s a fully functional clock that’s all in POV. Pretty damn impressive if you ask me.
It is a POV propeller clock and it just might be the best one yet! Firmware is written in Bascom-AVR and consists of around 3000 lines of code. The power between the motor and the rotating electronics is transferred wirelessly
Imagine you were James Bond, an international spy who must always be keeping an eye on intruders. You are at a secret location and you need to be able to tell if someone is at the front door, you can get a bunch of these portable Zippo lighter alarms placed at where you need to be alerted.
Hey, maybe it’s still useful if you are not a spy, you can use it to tell when your cat walks through the cat door too.
With Samsung Epic 4G only 8 days away from official launch, Amazon has the phone listed on their site as of this morning. I suspect Amazon will also be taking pre-orders soon so check back.
Also, you can pre-order your Samsung Epic 4G at BestBuy for $50 deposit and Radio Shack too.
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For some reason if you need a cheap manual vacuum pump, you can make one yourself by reversing the parts on a regular, ol’ bike tire pump.
Of course, what happens next is serious time killing such as shown in this video and all might be well worth your time:
For those of you who missed Android Tablet news last week, here’s a quick round-up of what’s been happening behind the scenes with Android tablets that are capable of running Flash Player:
Wanna take some really crisp, DSLR high-res photos of your latest finds on your microscope? You might want to refer to this DSLR hack that involves using a microscope adapter to take some brilliant photos of magnified objects.
In order to attach the camera to the microscope, I found this microscope->Nikon adapter that I had built years ago. The barrel fits inside the microscope tube and provides a Nikon lens mount. I got the lens mount from a very old, very broken lens. I have a m4/3->Nikon adapter, so I can attach this to the GH1.
The first problem that I not
For those of you who own an older Dell plasma HDTV and your screen suddenly stopped working, you might want to read up on these instructions that show you how to diagnose and fix your HDTV. I am guessing this might be happening to a lot of other Dell plasma HDTVs but don’t try this unless you’ve got some knowledge about electronics and soldering stuff.
More testing in the lab revealed that the problem was a defective IC, U501 which is a Fairchild Semiconductor part KA3883. I ordered a replacement from digikey, 497-3678-ND , which is a STMicroelectronics UC2843B,
For those of you motorcycle/scooter fanatics like myself, check out this one-wheel electric scooter from Ryno. It’s a pretty cool little ride to go around town in.
Here’s 3 videos to help you imagine what it’d be like to ride one yourself:
