LED flashlight from garage door remote
Mark made an LED flashlight from an old garage door remote. Link.
Technology
Simple Drawing Robots
The title of this page is “Simple Robots” but they are the coolest robots ever to be made out of cardboard. it appears that this site has been on the internet for a while, but I’d never seen it and I’m totally inspired. It is hosted at geocities, which means that linking to it may […]
HOW TO – Build your own rounded cable
Pasteler0 says, “Simple tutorial explaining how to make a rounded cable from a flat IDE.” Link.
Wireless mouse mod
Kevin says, “Here’s directions and demonstration for a wireless mouse modification using a plastic container and an elastic fabric.” Link.
HOW TO – Make a digital wall clock
Max says, “build a home made digital wall clock w/ temperature monitoring in fahrenheit and celcius.” Link.
Solar powered wheelchair
Bob Triming of Australia modded his wheelchair to run on solar panels. The solar panels turns out provides Bob with dual benefits — the solar panels give him an extra 30 mins of power on sunny days, and also acts as an umbrella on rainy days. [ via ] Link.
Burning Man Travel Tip
Over at the O’Reilly Radar, Tim points to a couple great travel tips: It’s probably too late for those of you going this year, but the other day, I heard a novel bit of advice from Christine Herron (to Mark Shuttleworth) about travel to Burning Man: bring a gallon of vinegar. Apparently, the dust in […]