I’ve seen a lot of creative project boxes in my day, but never a baking pan. This is a three-resistor LM3875 gainclone amp housed in a cast iron pan mounted to a thick cutting board. The whole business weighs 26 lbs. LM3875 Gainclone Amp – [via] Link
Sarah at The Small Object shows you how to make quick and easy Halloween pipe cleaner ornaments. Link.
David Fowler of uC Hobby writes: Sean shows us how to use an Arduino for kegerator temperature control. A Kegerator is a beer keg built inside a refrigerator. Anyone want a cold beer? He discusses the home brewing process and how a microcontroller can be applied to this and many other sensing and control tasks […]
Zakka Life made this recycled bottle cap bowl using the inside of Coke bottle caps and hot glue. The bowl was made for her town’s yearly recycle art contest! Good luck! Link.
Steve Lodefink sent us a link to pics of this 1957 Magnavox set re-used as the cabinet for a modern (CRT) TV and stereo system. 1957 Magnavox TV – Link
Researchers at Michigan Technological University, Arizona State University and NanoSonic Inc. are working on harvesting the ambient energy of walking and carrying a backpack with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a nylon-like material with piezoelectric properties. This would be great for multi-day hiking, since you wouldn’t have carry heavy batteries to keep your GPS or cellphone juiced! […]
Jonathan Berger made this awesome 360 composite of his lolcat jack-o-lantern which quoth, “I can has punkin!!” Photo on Flickr – Link.
