Year: 2006

Recumbent generator part #2

Recumbent generator part #2

FrankG writes – “This installment details winding the coils, laying out the 3-phase stator, some resin casting, and the addition of a Jack-Shaft to bump the rotor speed to 6.5X the pedal RPM. As well as some suspect mathamatics and more questions…” – Link. Related: Bent Genny (Human powered recumbent generator) – Link.

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HOW TO – Make customizable fleece hats

From Phil @ MAKE Blog: Ryzellon writes, “You want to keep your noggin toasty in the nasty winter weather. You don’t want to wear a hat that looks like everyone else’s hat. You like lions (or dragons). Now you can combine all of these desires into a simple, yet useful, item of clothing that’s infintely […]

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HOW TO – Make customizable fleece hats

HOW TO – Make customizable fleece hats

Ryzellon writes – “You want to keep your noggin toasty in the nasty winter weather. You don’t want to wear a hat that looks like everyone else’s hat. You like lions (or dragons). Now you can combine all of these desires into a simple, yet useful, item of clothing that’s infintely customizable and tailorable to […]

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New shield connects Phidgets sensors to Arduino board

New shield connects Phidgets sensors to Arduino board

Bjoern writes – “I just received my first Arduino Shield PCB design in the mail from Advanced Circuits. We have lots of Phidgets sensors lying around in the lab; they may be a bit pricey, but their plug-and-play model is sure handy when you’re in a hurry. This PCB makes it easy to connect these […]

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3D Video viewing moded stereoscope

Jesse writes – “Brenda, my wife got me this stereoscope from an antique shop, they are pretty common. It didnt have any stereogram cards to look at or a holder for the cards. I had it for a while. Then this idea happened in my brain. I got an iRiver clix and thought, its small […]

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