Year: 2008

LED Motorcycle Tail Light

LED Motorcycle Tail Light

Here is how to make an LED brake light for your motorcycle. It doesn’t have detailed schematics, but there is a nice photo gallery of the build process. There are several advantages to using LED’s according to the author: Instant-on – There is no filament to heat up, so the light comes on immediately. This […]

One shot 555 timer

One shot 555 timer

Finkbuilt has very detailed instructions on building a one-shot 555 timer. The article is full of diagrams and pictures of the circuit building process. This is a great read for anyone interested in the famous 555 timer. – Link Related: Electronics projects @ MAKE – Link. 555 timer projects @ MAKE – Link. 555 timer […]

Wii Twilight Hack

A demo of the first Wii ELF loader is now available for download, thanks to bushing, Segher, and tmbinc. It takes advantage of the Twilight Princess savegame overflow from a couple of weeks ago, but now there’s something more substantial for people to try out on their own hardware. Had my Wii not been stolen, […]

Tesla guitar

Dare I say – the most METAL guitar solo ever. To quote its creator, Scopeboy – I use my Tesla coil as a guitar amp. 250,000 volts of distortion! Simply put. That is one very electric guitar. Tesla guitar on YouTube –Link Scopeboy.com –Link Related: Tesla coil super mario duet –Link