Jay writes – “For those of you unfamiliar, Thinkgeek sells a device called the “mind molestor”. the idea is simple. You hide the device in the home of someone you loathe. It then emits a beep once every 3 minutes until the battery dies or the victim burns their house down to stop the relentless […]
Ian writes – “Goal/purpose: Mr. E.Z. Tube is a cheap vacuum tube audio platform without the ‘iron’: no power transformer, no output transformer(s). A tube amplifier will typically have several heavy, expensive transformers: output transformers that protect speakers from high voltages in the tube, and power transformers that provide high voltage by rectifying mains (AC) […]
Mark Ho made this metal robot sculpture as part of an “ultimate puppet” project – [via] Link. Height: 16.93″ (43 cm) Weight: 13.2 lb (6 kg) Number of parts: 920 (of which 101 are found in each hand) Number of mobile parts: 85 Material: Bronze and stainless steel Details: The parts are all handmade. The […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Nicrosin writes – “I built this from a color organ mini kit, and thought it would be neat to take to a club so I made it wearable. I also thought about making it into a belt buckle, or have a shirt with a pocket in the chest to slip […]
Instant arcade writes – “Mod to make my heavy wireless headphones work just as well with lightwieght and much more comfortable ear buds.” – Link.
Here’s an awesome autonomous/RC crawling 6 legged robot with 14 RC servos! It can be controlled with a PS gamepad. The site has lots of videos and photos – [via] – Link.
Ewilhelm writes – “This add-on to a Soleil Sun alarm lets the clock control the brightness of a bank of LEDs. A microcontroller adjusts the power of the LEDs so they appear to dim at the same rate as any incandescent lights you may have attached to the alarm.” – Link.
