Hacks

Boombox becomes a bot

Boombox becomes a bot

From the MAKE Flickr pool Kloomba turned a cassette mechanism into a magnetic tape reading robot – Made almost entirely out of a boombox, this little bugger can go forward, backward, and turn, all while dragging its tape head around and broadcasting whatever it finds (A scape made of tape) to a radio for your […]

USB tape drive

From the MAKE Flickr pool Alan from Hacked Gadgets has a clever way of repurposing a video cassette tape. This is a pretty good project, and he has a nice cave setup, too. His video shows what the project does, and he does a decent job explaining the reasons and theory behind the build. This […]

El cheapo pot rack

El cheapo pot rack

I found this little kitchen “hack” on Monkeybrad’s blog, the bloke who brought us the 55-gallon drum chair. Sort of an obvious use, but it had never occurred to me. I might use this in my garage. I love that method of stowing the lids on the handles, too. Putting Pots and Pans in their […]