Matt writes – This project captures a mouse by having a solenoid (electromagnet) drop a bucket over the mouse. The bucket is triggered by the mouse interrupting one of the infrared emitter/detector pairs around the bait. The enclosure that holds the electronics is mounted directly over the bait. Ok, so the “bucket” is actually a […]
“Never underestimate the bandwith of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway”-Andrew S. Tanenbaum. We’ve got a really fast connection at work, but I still occasionally run into situations where it’s faster, and often more economical, to overnight data on an external hard disk instead of transfering it over the wire. Even […]
Botronics writes – This is not an Instructable for a particular device or circuit. I’m using the circuit I made for an Artbot project as an example. If you need a quick and dirty way to fashion a pc board, you can cut out the copper clad with a Dremel tool. Just plan you circuit […]
Thanks to Lifehacker for tipping us off to IMified: an instant messenger buddy that works accross all major IM networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications, as well as productivity tools like notes, reminders, and todo’s. Imified helps you get things done faster. To get started, just send a message in […]
A lot of hotels, coffee shops, and airports are sporting pay-per-hour 802.11 service these days. In most cases, you’ll be presented with what appears to be an open hotspot and a DHCP server will give you an IP address. When you open your web browser, though, a transparent proxy will deliver you a page that […]
As much as Paul Bausch loves Flickr (so much so that he coauthored Flickr Hacks
Here’s a neat AVR based LED clock you can make, all the plans and software are released under the GNU GPL. It is a clock with a big display unit, that has a DCF77 (german timesignal) Receiver and can be connected to an ethernet network, where it can serve as a NTP server. All of […]
