So this is my question: based on experience, rather than theory, can anyone definitively say if duct tape wrapped around a PVC air chamber improves the safety of these devices? Please let us know in the comments. And if you shoot some video of your experiment, that would be totally sweet!
Creative re-use is always a plus. Check out this Joby Gorillapod being used as an iPad stand.
If you’ve got a T-Mobile G1 or myTouch (HTC Dream, Magic, or Google ADP1) and are comfortable flashing an alternative ROM, then you’ll be happy to know that the latest CyanogenMod (CM6 RC1) delivers some tasty Froyo. There are some reports of minor hiccups here and there, but the newer features and minor speed boost should make up for most glitches. As always, it’s your call and your mileage may vary.
Another great entry in our Gadget Freak Design Contest! Stephen Melvin of Sure Electronics retrofit his DeWalt DC527 area work light with two high-brightness 10W LEDs instead of the 13W CFL it is designed to use. Guesstimating from the photos I’d say he’s getting about 100W worth of light, by incandescent standards, out of the mod.
I am loving the DIY gadget aesthetics of these FernSprecher voice-memo machines made from old telephone handsets by Jรยถrg Schatzmann of Berlin. FernSprecher, one of the German words for telephone, literally means “remote speaker.” One button records a message, the other plays it back. [Thanks, Jรยถrg!]
>The steps outlined here will show you how to modify a standard Magic 8 Ball to replace the normal message icosahedron with a OLED screen, and how to add wireless microcontroller, and accelerometer. The screen is submersed in the normal Magic 8 Ball goo so that all the original aesthetics are preserved. The messages can be reprogrammed wirelessly without having to open the 8 Ball. The accelerometer detects when the 8 Ball is in use (e.g. tipped from resting to looking through the Magic Hole) and signals the microcontroller to turn on screen and fade in the messages.
Well, I finally get to let the cat out of the bag. We’ve got Pixel Qi screens available in the Maker Shed as of today.
