Corbin writes – “I tend to have to recharge my mouse at the most inconvenient times, & though with my luck it will always go like that, I did a mod to my wireless mouse that has so far took a mouse that needed to be recharged everyday, to a mouse that can go double […]
James writes – “Stepper motors avoid expensive position feedback elements but cause jerking, stepped, motion. This open source, old school analog (linear) driver can be tuned for continuous motion. Ideal for telescopes, robotics, cnc, etc… “ – Link.
Steve writes in with what initially seemed a little odd, but makes total sense, for the space constrained… – “Me and my roommates took apart my digital clock so we could flip the led display upside down. We did this so I could mount it under my shelf above my bed, and still read the […]
G0pher writes – “This instructable shows us how to make a magnetic stirrer, that can be used in your home lab, from the following items: An old 3″ PC fan A dead hardrive A 12v ac adaptor A paperclip Tools: Hotglue gun Screwdriver Superglue Misc Items depending on your taste for getting things done :) […]
Clever, James sent in this this javascript page works out the internal wiring of a stepper motor from the results of some simple tests. This is great for salvaged motors of unknown make – Link. Pictured here, Bre’s drawing bot, well, the start of it! – Link.
Alan writes – “Sanjiv Dutta saved some money when he decided to make this LED Based Handycam Light instead of going to the store and buying one. It looks very bright and based on the pictures on his site (scroll to the bottom) it seems to work very well!” [via] – Link.
Ben Heckendorn made a freaking Xbox 360 laptop, (buy his book, seriously) he writes – “A friend of mine asked back in May “Can you build an Xbox 360 laptop?” And I responded “Sure, can you pay for it?” He agreed, and thus I set forth on what was surely to be my most complex […]
