Here is how to make a 2-channel RF transmitter and receiver that works on the 418 MHz frequency. Unlike IR remotes, this one can work through walls and at a greater distance too. It’s perfect for closing the garage door or anything else that you are too lazy to get up and do. – Link
The lenshoods website has a terrific source of FREE PDF templates of various lens hoods for your camera. They have the standard “rounded” or petal versions, and you can even design your own. These would be a great addition, or backup, to any photographers set up. – Link
Daqq writes – I wanted to play with a simple RGB LED, to see how colors would mix, change and stuff. So I build my own LED and “controller”. It fades in and out a set of 9 LEDs (3 RGB LEDs) into random values. Yet Another LED Blinkie project – Link.
Michael Karnjanaprakorn spotted this while walking around town- a mural made out of a lot of Post-it notes. – [via] Link. Related: OUTDRA.WS – The most useful DIY post-it note – Link. Post-It Art Show – Link. How to make a Post-it Mosaic – Link.
The Thomas Henry 8038 Audio Generator device – The audio generator operates in the the range of exactly 20 Hz to 20 kHz. It features sine, triangle and square wave outputs. The frequency control set consists of a coarse and fine tune arrangement – the coarse control obviously will move the frequency in greater increments, […]
Craftster user Freepepper has posted photos of the fun zippered wallet made from an old cassette tape and coordinating fabric. Love the pink and green together! Here’s hoping she’ll follow up the pics with a tutorial on how to make it. Link.
Designers Mary and Matt have made this chocolate Scrabble bar. Now if only we could come up with a game of Scrabble that involved picking up tiles instead of laying them down… nom nom nom. This is ripe for a remake, especially because you only get one of each letter! – [via] Link.
