Building a spot welder from a battery charger
Josh at imsolidstate came across an extra battery charger, so he decided to turn it into a spot welder.
Hacks
LEGO MINDSTORMS AlphaRex controlled by a Wii balance board
LEGO MINDSTORMS hacker Akihiro Uehara built an interface between an AlphaRex and a Wii Balance Board.
Modified Easy Bake Oven
Nicely done, Modified easy bake oven. Jeri writes – Part of the home chip bath project, fiber optic manufacturing. This was an attempt to make a small furnace that could be used for semiconductors and fusing fiber optics. It didn’t work so well, but it might be worth trying again in the future. This is […]
Impromptu live streaming video rig
We just finished up with Ignite Sebastopol, part of Global Ignite Week. During the setup the camera we were going to use to stream the event ended up not working, so we cobbled together this live streaming video rig using a clamp, some duct tape, a light stand, and my Nexus One using the ustream app.
Need a cool digital display? Fake it!
Inspired by a heating pad they purchased, Windell and Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show how to make a fake seven segment display.
DIY LADIG cutout bounce card
Last month at MacWorld I stopped by the LADIG booth to see what all the fuss was about. Making my way through the swarm of DSLR toting macheads I finally got to the booth to find beaming LADIG members handing out these fantastic cutout bounce cards.
Nexus One custom LED trackball colors
Activity is picking up for the Nexus One. Among the hand full of hacks mentioned in this video is one that allows you to completely customize visual alerts using the LED trackball.
