Tobe shows you how to make a really neat RGB lamp – “On this page i will explain how i created my own colour changing lamp with red, green and blue leds that fades between all colours of the rainbow. It really comes out well at night when other light are dimmed. In daylight conditions […]
If you’re in San Jose today – check this out “DIY Urban Challenge is a workshop in which participants “hack” the streets of San Jose, creating objects which interject themselves into the urban fabric, to stimulate new experiences of the city. During a two day workshop participants will traverse San Jose detailing points of intersection […]
Here’s how to make a fantastic (and simple) AM radio, Grendel – “I just finished making quite possibly the world’s most simple radio. I had read a few HOWTOs for constructing a crystal radio. Some links offered the basic formulas for figuring the specs needed for the coil if you wanted to tune various frequencies. […]
Brunurb writes – “A classic radio used as an iPod Portable Audio System. Hacked this classic radio so that it worked as an iPod boombox. It works with 4 batteries to power the amplifier giving high volume level, ideal for outdoor use. It can also work without batteries with a volume suitable for indoor listening. […]
Leevonk shows you how to make a nice habitat for raising cockroaches – “…simple instructions on how to make a happy habitat for cockroaches to thrive. Taking a look around my kitchen, it seems that a lack of work is involved in this task. This is pretty much true. But in case anyone wants to […]
The museum “Waalsdorp” in the Netherlands has a ton of amazing gear designed for military purposes from the 30’s, check out the listening equipment section – “From the first world war until the 30’s air acoustics played an important role in the air defence. Air vehicles carrying a weapon could not be located from the […]
Nathan made an incredible “Time Fountain” fluorescent drops illuminated by LEDs, he writes – “I suppose it might be called a “Backwards in Time Fountain” or a “Time Manipulation Fountain” but I figured those titles would be a bit long. Using an old battery-powered small fountain as a base, drops are pumped through a brass […]
