HOW TO – Hand solder teeny tiny chips!
Davidmerrill writes – “Have you ever looked at a chip that’s smaller than your fingertip, and has no pins, and wondered how you could ever possibly hand-solder it?” Here’s how! – Link.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Repairing a loose headphone jack
RadioRental writes – “Headphone jacks are half mechanical and half electrical. General use on the mechanical side can have detrimental effects on the electrical which is designed to carry current not physical load. If you find the audio cutting out when you wiggle the headphone jack then there is a very simple fix, re-solder the […]
Glass Beads Made in West Africa
bf5man sent us this great inside look at how they make glass beads in West Africa. From the site, “The powder glass technique of making beads is highly developed in West Africa where it’s been in use for centuries. Glass is ground into a powder, poured into moulds and baked in kilns. Often recycled glass […]
LEGO Vending machine
Here’s a fully functional LEGO vending machine, it can detect different types of coins and dispenses 3 kinds of treat, source code included – [via] – Link.
Bloc-Tronic electronics toy
Jon writes – “This is an electronics kit I had as a kid. Inside each interlocking translucent block is an electronic component, ranging from a resistor to a basic amplifier. This is seth came with 54 assorted blocks, test leads, battery case, meters, microphone and more. The manual contains 160 combinations for these blocks ranging […]
State of the DS homebrew
Mitch over at 4 color rebellion has a good Nintendo DS homebew round up – “It’s been a long time running, and finally, the DS’s homebrew has matured into a beautiful, flourishing technical scene – instead of the fringe experimental field it was back with the gigantic home-made passthru devices. Thanks to the hard work […]
DIY mosquito trap
DIY:Happy has a homemade mosquito trap from China with translated instructions, it’s made from a 2 liter coke bottle, sugar and yeast – [Instructions] – photos Previous: DIY Yellow jacket trap – Link.