Arduino TV
Xsmurf has more photos of the “Arduino TV” project and code! – [via] Link.
Technology
Punch the (alarm) clock, no really…
Here’s how to mod an alarm clock so that it will enter snooze mode when you smack it, Dimension Engineering writes – In this project, we will bypass the mechanical snooze switch on top, and instead turn the alarm clock off in a much more fun way: punching it! Hopefully along the way I will […]
DIY remote camera trigger (PDF)
Wiley has a 46+ page PDF on how to make your own DIY auto-camera trigger – [via] – Link (PDF). From the pages of MAKE: Kite Aerial Photography Puts Your Eye in the Sky. To take pictures from a kite, you need three things: a kite, a camera, and a special rig that attaches the […]
The SunFlopper: a mini heliostat made from a floppy drive
Brian writes – This is still pretty much a work-in-progress, but I did manage to create a successful heliostat (sun tracker) from the above TEAC model FD-235HF 3.5″ floppy drive. This procedure will likely work just fine, with a bit of adaptation, on any drive new enough to have CMOS logic on its chipset. This […]
Modifying a cheap portable cellphone jammer
This is interesting, “Blastwavelabs” bought a portable cell phone jammer from a company called DealExtreme, it appears the jammer ships set to frequencies outside North America but it can be modded to work by turning the trim pots a bit (small potentiometers to tune/trim the voltage)… I’m not sure that would actually work that great […]
iPhone Apper
Jon Maddox made a nifty tool that let’s you easily create web application bookmarks that dock on your iPhone’s home screen. Tired of going all the way to MobileSafari on your iPhone to use web apps that were built with the “sweet” iPhone SDK? Provide iPhone Apper with a URL, name, and icon… and iPhone […]
End of the weekend – don’t forget to watch the podcast!
It’s the end of the weekend. Have you watched this week’s Weekend Projects podcast and read the pdf that goes along with it? Watch and learn how to play with electronics on a breadboard! – Subscribe Link
