Month: June 2010

Things heat up for OpenPCR project

Things heat up for OpenPCR project

Just last week we mentioned the OpenPCR project and included a link to their Kickstarter page. Throughout the week support for the project poured in from all over the Internet and eventually the project surpassed their initial target. Then on Friday the project hit a snag. The heated lid that warms the top of the tubes kept burning out. That’s when Tito Jankowski decided to post a question soliciting feedback on O’Reilly Answers.

How-To: Basic Dog Cookies

Making your own dog cookies saves you a ton of money, and you can ensure that the ingredients are healthy and wholesome. I’m a fan of the Homemade Treats for Pups recipe from Wendy Tremayne that we ran last year, and I was in search of another variety. This Homemade Dog Cookie recipe from Instructables […]

Wacky multimeter clock

Our maker compatriot, Alan Parekh over at Hacked Gadgets, has made this odd but cool multimeter clock, an homage to the Simpson 260 meter, using three meters to display hours, minutes, and seconds. Multimeter Clock – Styled after the Simpson 260 Multimeter BTW: This project got picked up by Design News, for their Gadget Freak […]