I love neelandan’s electronics they’re gritty – “This is a charger for lithium ion batteries which takes its power from the USB port of a computer. It uses the MCP73861 or MCP73863 Li-ion battery charger chip manufactured by Microchip.” – Link. Related: HOW TO – Vehicular 5V power – Link. Minty Boost kit – Link.
Skeplin writes – “I was inspired by this artist’s bottle cap fish to create my own bottle cap dragon. 540 beer bottle caps (170 Amber Bock, 206 Killians, 68 Budweiser Select, 96 Budweiser) make up this 41 x 43 inch piece.” – Link. Related: Bottlecap magnets and thumbtacks – Link. Bottlecap Pincushions – Link.
MrGAmba writes – “Every once in a while you get the problem of your cell phone running out of batteries just when you haven’t got a charger at hand. This afternoon it happened to me,…. Damn empty battery and no charger for miles… At least that I know of. So what do you do ? […]
Neelandan shows you how to make a 4 port USB hub (that will later be housed inside a tweety bird toy). I dig the found art look… – Link. Related hub action: PDA mod!: VGA, RS232, USB hub, car charger, audio … – Link. MAKE: Blog: USB Hub Monster – Interview with the maker – […]
Here’s a good project for kids, take some old CDs that don’t work and make a cipher device to write messages to each other, blogith writes – “This is how to make a homemade Cipher Device for fun by recycling used or damaged cds. I did this fast but you can get more creative and […]
Trebuchet03 writes – “A thermocouple is a device used to measure temperature by utilizing the Seebeck effect. This instructable will show a very simple method of making a thermocouple so you can precisely measure the internal temperature of your thanksgiving turkey. If I can – I’ll build my own bridge and make my own meat […]
Here’s a useful Excel sheet you can use to calculate how much stuff you’ll need to buy for Thanksgiving… Spacejockey writes – “Shopping calculator that will present a complete Thanksgiving shopping list, and how much to cook of each menu item, after just entering a few variables.” – Link. I happen to have Excel on […]
