Here’s another item for the “enclosure ideas” area – This portable USB charger was built using a Li-ion battery pack from a surplus Qualcomm phone and a pricey-but-efficient voltage step-down circuit. What seems most unusual is the enclosure chosen – Now we’ve got a working product, but it’s still bare electronics. They’d never let me […]
A glowing plastic cube that lights up when you have mail in your Gmail inbox, via a Boarduino MCU: The following guide is deliberately fairly high-level, because the exact details will vary depending on your operating system and particular hardware setup. I did this with my Mac, but hopefully there’ll be enough information here for […]
Tzywen writes – Towers of Hanoi is a game that challenges the mind. There is a version for the iPhone where you use your fingers to move the disks. Usually it takes a long time to play because with 8 disks (last level), the minimum moves that you need to make to solve the puzzle […]
This sandwich phone is made from two slices of fake bread and probably someone who must have been really hungry at the time. We just wonder if the cellphone version comes wrapped in wax paper. Custom Made Sandwich Phone – [via], Link
Needless to say, this one would be a touch dangerous to make – It took me a while to figure out how to build this. I took apart many things that you should not ever take apart (disposable cameras, lighters), and used the most dangerous parts of them in dangerous ways. Please don’t try to […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Here’s another creative flash drive housing from Divine Harvester using a metal pill travel container –Link Related: USB Flash Cassette Mod –Link
SMT desoldering stations can be very expensive. So what are you suppose to do? Make your own, and that is exactly what Alfredo did with surprisingly good results. For those of you that are wondering, YES, that is a soda bottle in there! Now that’s recycling! Working with SMTs (surface mount technology components) is quite […]
