Bpowah set in an air cooled PC, using a fan from Home Depot – “Desperate to get rid of some PC noise and realizing I’m in a relatively cool climate (Utah mountains) I decided to duct that cool air into my PC. It worked. Even under heavy load the temps never exceeded 60 C.” – […]
Tbone writes – “I came up with this idea after I scored my freebie mini fridge. I put the fridge outside on my deck so it’s main purpose will be an extra beer storage for our frequent BBQ’s. After a hell ride home in traffic, I was thinking “how can I modify this fridge?” Hmmm, […]
DIY:Happy has a homemade mosquito trap from China with translated instructions, it’s made from a 2 liter coke bottle, sugar and yeast – [Instructions] – photos Previous: DIY Yellow jacket trap – Link.
At the Maker Faire, Michael Sturtz, brought in his “Fire” truck complete with all sorts of resources to make things out of fire. The Crucible is a special place and community centered around the fire arts. Skylar Fell is one of the teachers at The Crucible and shows us how she uses a mig welder. […]
Peter writes – “The Create USB Interface (which you can build from scratch or buy premade for $50) lets you hook sensors right into USB, meaning you can use them with any software that supports the HUI standard (like games, for instance), without drivers. Also a great option for DIY art, gaming, music, and visual […]
Joe writes – “Need to know if the garage door is open? Need to know if you pulled in far enough for the door to close without hitting your bike? Need to know all this with web access… I present the garage monitor 3000. When the car reaches the right spot, the LED turns from […]
Westfw writes – “Using the fact that many microcontroller pins have three states (+V, GND, or “high impedence”, you can drive N*(N-1) LEDs from N pins. So the little 8 pin microcontroller like a PIC12Fxxx or an ATtiny11 can drive 20 LEDs on its five available output pins, and still have one pin left for […]
