DIY iPod dock splitter
Francisco writes – “DIY ipod dock splitter using Ridax’s dock connectors. Some challenging soldering and drilling but very good results.” – Link.
Technology
HOW TO – The Singing Keyboard prank
It doesn’t need to be April 1st to do pranks, here’s a really clever one, making a keyboard sing – “Take the musical element from a musical greeting card and connect it to the caps lock LED on the user’s keyboard. Each time the victim presses caps lock the music plays (and quite loud too). […]
Oscilloscope alarm clock project…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Timmyj1138 posted up what looks to be the start of a great alarm clock project – “…Old Oscilloscope that didn’t function and was tube driven, I’ve modified it to be more pleasing to the eye, and I’m looking to convert it into a fully functioning alarm clock by rewiring all […]
Hack a Robosapien + kit
Robodyssey shows how to upgrade the Robosapien and it looks like they’re going to sell kits soon too! – ” We hacked a Robosapien just because we thought they were so cool. After taking our robot on a couple of field trips, we were ask so many times “How did you do that?” that we […]
Making hobbyist PCBs with professional CAD tools
Westfw has a great Instructable on making printed circuit boards using EAGLE – “It’s nice that there are some professional circuit board tools available to the hobbyists. Here are some tips for using them ito design boards that don’t need a professional fabricator to actually MAKE them…” – Link.
Cheap Mic stand and pop shield
James writes “Here’s a microphone stand and pop shield built from a coathanger, a circle of metal, an old sock and some gaffer tape.” – Link.
HandySwipe portable magnetic card reader
Here’s a good portable mag card reader – “The HandySwipe provides a portable magnetic card reader interface and display. It collects card data from a “Type 2″ card reader (shown here), and displays the data on a small character LCD screen. Type 2 stripes are by far the most common in use, such as on […]