Building an internet controlled security bot
Here’s David’s wireless security rover with IP camera, nice work! Link.
Month: September 2007
Recycled Light Bulb Lamps
Bulbs Unlimited makes kits for creating your own light bulb lamps. Use your dead light bulbs essentially as lampshades for a new lamp! I’d love to see one with dead incandescents surrounding a compact fluorescent! I knew I was saving all those dead bulbs for something… [via] Link.
Build your own Gonk Droid
Bonnie writes in – Some fans say Gonk the Power Droid is an out-dated, useless hunk of metal, I say he’s the unsung hero of the Star Wars saga. Either way, now you have a chance to make your own Gonk to sit around the house or keep you company as you work at your […]
Cooking with Edible Flowers
I recently snapped up some edible flowers at a Farmer’s Market, and a friend and I used them to decorate these vanilla-and-lemon cupcakes we baked together. It was my first time using edible flowers in my own cooking (though I’ve enjoyed the occasional smattering of nasturtiums thrown into a salad) and now I’m hooked. Here […]
Xbox 360 Chatpad disassembly
Photos of the disassembly of the brand-new Xbox 360 Chatpad, showing the PIC16F883 it contains which makes it ripe for hacking, thanks Steve! Link.
Salt water as fuel?
This is interesting, I wonder how much energy he needs to put in to get a burn, it might not be efficient, but sounds like fun (if it really works. Post your thoughts in the comments!) – For obvious reasons, scientists long have thought that salt water couldn’t be burned. So when an Erie man […]
Motorized trailer pushes bicycle
Popular Science 1937 – Link.