Concept = Bling binary LED watch
Todd Bailey has made the coolest watch ever, it’s a clear binary LED watch, all on a rainbow ribbon cable – PDF Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a binary watch – The 01//atch – Link.
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Walkman guitar distortion pedal
Johan made a guitar distortion pedal from an old walkman, there are not a ton of details, but looks like it would be fun to build – “..I’ve taken a walkman and converted it to a guitar distortion pedal. This was pretty easy actually, and I got the idea from the net and I wanted […]
WMD – PC case
Peter writes – “…the aim of this project was to build a completely custom-built computer case, out of stainless steel, that would look like the sort of atomic bomb that one sees in spy movies or on TV shows like 24. I tried not to base the design on any real or fictional bomb, but […]
Craftsman drill hack…
Corey writes – “This weekend I spent a lot of time working on my MAME cabinet. In the control panel, each button and joystick needed a 1 1/8″ hole drilled. This meant 20 holes in my configuration. With my handy Craftsman battery powered drill and 2 fully charged batteries I went to work. I was […]
HOW TO – Make a binary watch – The 01//atch
Ian writes – “The 01//atch is a binary wrist watch with an LED display. Additional features are accessible through a scrolling menu system on its 3×4 LED matrix. Current features include: voltage meter, binary counter, club mode and time display. The watch is fully programmable. Future firmware upgrades will include: stopwatch/timer, alarm, bicycle speedometer/odometer, data […]
Build your own laser – 1964
Modern Mechanix has a Popular Science from 1964 that has plans and a schematic for building your own laser – Link.
Garbage Scout San Francisco, CA
If you spot interesting/useful thrown out stuff in the Bay area, send it on up to GarbageScout – “A found treasure map – a recycler’s dream, a cheapskate’s best friend, and a dumpster diver’s companion. From your phone, email a picture of your find to “street@garbagescout.com” In the body of the email type a description […]