Our friends @ Evil Mad Scientist has two open source holiday kits AND the instructions are in PDF AND made wit ComicLife, nice work! “We have written instructions for building two sweet microcontroller-based electronics projects for the holidays: an alphanumeric LED christmas tree ornament and an LED mini-menorah (hanukkiah). These are open-source projects; You can […]
MadVegetarian writes – “Why lay down 50 bucks or more for a gate (that has less than a 2′ opening), when you can MAKE exactly what you need for next to nothing?” – Link. Looks like their version lets cats in and out while keeping small humans and dogs in/out.
Max writes – “It’s getting near Christmas time and I needed to prepare some Christmas gifts for my parents. Since my Dad does not get much time on the golf course these days, I figured I could make a training aid he could use at home to keep his swing on path. Since I didn’t […]
Peter writes – “Your readers might want to check out this bizarre home-made bicycle that looks like it was made to cruise on the sand. The frame looked like it was made from several frames and the wheels had a full car-sized inner tube and two rims & hubs per wheel.” – Link. Related: Bikes […]
Jordan sent in the new Google patent search, for years and years folks have complained about the USPTO’s search and it looks like Google just figured out what needed to be done, works great. It’s a lot of fun to look up how some of the things we all use work, or just random items […]
The Wattson displays how much power you’re using in your house so you can actively see how much electricity your going through… I think if I had one of these I’d be more likely to walk around the house and turn off more stuff to always keep the number as low as possible, looks handy… […]
Steph at Curiously Crafty has a great quick gift idea — make cufflinks out of foreign coins. They look snazzy and are a snap to make. Link. Related: Travel Coin Bracelet – Link.
