Homemade ergonomic vertical mouse
Wow! Check out this amazing ergonomic vertical mouse mod – it’s made from a VCR wheel, shapelock plastic and a Logitech MouseMan – [via] – Link.
DIY Projects
HOW TO – Install a wireless card in your Xbox
BrutalByte writes – “In this tutorial, I will show you how to install a wireless game adapter into your XBOX internally so that you can have a wireless connection, where available, without the extra hardware.” [via] – Link.
HOW TO – Remove a stripped screw or bolt
Joe writes – “Need to remove a stripped screw or bolt? This is one of the many ways to do it, only requires a dremel.” – Link.
HOW TO – Manufacture your own PCBs
Refik writes – “This is a little description and a how to make your own professional PCB (printed circuit boards) cheaply. It will help the newbie to get started and a professional to make his own embedded devices. The costs of this PCB were 20$, what’s cheap for a pro PCB.” – Link. Related: Eagle […]
HOW TO – Customizable audio amplifier muting circuit
Design News Gadget Freak has a new how to on making an audio amplifier muting circuit – “Ever turned on your car stereo and BOOM! the woofers unexpectedly jumped out for one filling-loosening bass note? Just great, you’ve just been diagnosed with turn-on thump — either due to an amp that never had a muting […]
HOW TO – Make a laser incidence meter
Petercd has an Instructable on using a 1mW laser pointer as a laser incidence meter – (used for testing the trueness of an aircraft wing). Link.
DIY Electronic drums
LOGIZTIX’s instructions for building your own electronic drums – “Building your own electronic drum pads may seem like a difficult task. The concepts behind electronic triggering are actually quite simple. A piezo acts much like a microphone. It picks up shock waves and passes them to your drum module to interpret. The trick is getting […]