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July 12, 2006
HOW TO - Make a homemade Power Squid
Daniel writes - "Here's a homemade version of the Power Squid, a variation on a power strip. Instead of plugging your cords into a strip, you get power by plugging into little extension cord outlets that look a little like tentacles. In a regular power strip, big transformers block nearby outlets. In the Power Squid, the outlets aren't blocked because they can just dangle out of the way. Plus it looks kind of cool, and has a really neat sounding name." - Link.
Related:
HOW TO make your own "PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier" - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 06:49 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Toolbox |
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Mobilty scooter to light electric vehicle mod
FrankG sent in this rebuild & mod of a trashed mobility scooter that he's turning into a light electric vehicle - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 05:50 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Transportation |
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Make a weight tree
Patrick writes - "Have you stubbed your toe on a weight you left laying on the floor in your dark basement recently? Not willing to spend that $75 bucks for a weight tree? Why not make one? The total cost for this one is just under $20 dollars in hardware store parts!" - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 04:38 PM
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Interview with crafter Cassi Griffin of Bella Dia
Cassi Griffin shows off her crafty know-how on her blog Bella Dia. She's got a keen thrift store sense and can recycle anything vintage into something new and different. She first caught my eye with all her ornate felt pincushion designs. (Pictured above are Middle Earth pin cushions.) Looking deeper, I found an wealth of tips, tutorials and great projects from totes, quilt cards, softies and more. I got a chance to talk to this inspirational crafter about her work and even got some special tips to help take your sewing to the next level. Read full story
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jul 12, 2006 03:45 PM
Crafts |
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Geeky patches
Pillowhead makes these neat hand-embroidered geeky patches and sells then, the pi one is $3.14 of course - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 02:24 PM
Crafts |
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Coat hook curtains
Cheap coat hooks and chain makes an inexpensive curtain rod alternative - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 01:57 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Walking the dog - with a poochmobile
Dog powered vehicle - Popular Science 1939 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 12:41 PM
Made On Earth, Modern Mechanix, Transportation |
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HOW TO - Electrify a Kazoo - the Electrizooka
Here's how to electrify a Kazoo using a piezo mic and a guitar jack - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 11:25 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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HOW TO - Construct a Japanese Torii gate
Bluerock writes - "For some time, I had been thinking about building a Japanese torii gate for my garden. A torii gate marks the approach and entrance to a Shinto shrine. It is the division between the physical and spiritual worlds. Shinto is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. Probably the most famous torii is the one at Itsukushima Shrine located at Miyajima, near Hiroshima. Mine is a little more modest." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 10:24 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Turbine fan case mod
Bill writes - "Years ago I posted a text tutorial on my site - How to make your own turbine style fan in a computer case. It inspired a lot of people to try their hand at computer modding. I revised the original tutorial with photos and added an additional turbine fan. " - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 09:44 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Compact flash dev board kit
Mac 595 writes - "Here's a low cost development tool which provides an interface from a CompactFlash Card to a Microchip PIC Microcontroller, with source code to perform byte read and write operations to the card. Also, an IDE header on the board allows access to the CF Card without a microcontroller, allowing a PC to see the CF card as a hard drive." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 08:46 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits |
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HOW TO - Arduino breadboard shield - $10 & 10 mins
Todbot has a short and sweet how-to on making prototyping Arduino bread boards for portable development platforms, he writes - "Do you love Arduino? Do you think the concept of Arduino shields is just the coolest? Do you wish you could get some of those neat Arduino Prototyping Shields that Tom Igoe made? Too bad no one sells them yet, because building your own versions of those boards is a bit out there for us ADD'ers. Don't despair, there is a solution to the lack of breadboarduinos. You can build your own Arduino shield with a solderless breadboard in about 10 minutes and 10 bucks. It's not nearly as full-featured as Tom's prototyping shields, but it's great way to quickly add a solderless breadboard to Arduino. " - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 07:50 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Periodic Table of keys
Natural classification of keys proposal for the scientist - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 06:03 AM
Science |
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Slip ring power connector in action
Stephan writes - "I just finished the show in which I used the slip ring connectors. They worked great for my purposes (fluorescent light tubes). I had them running for about two hours straight and no power cut outs. This means the rotatable connection is pretty solid. I also tried running an mono audio signal through the rings but it turns out the electrical connection creates too much noise and the audio gets cut up." - Link.
Previous:
Make a slip ring power connector - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 05:15 AM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Low cost oscilloscopes
Special4k4 writes with some more oscilloscopes - "Here are some very simple PIC oscilloscopes that I have made in the past:
PIC12F675 Oscilloscope
PIC18F2550 USB HID Oscilloscope
I'm developing a high speed USB oscilloscope utilizing the MAX114.
Previous:
Low cost oscilloscope - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 04:19 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Make a 3 channel Midi controller
Zevieee writes - "Make a beautiful custom 3 channel midi controller. Use it for Ableton Live DJing (recommended) or any other MIDI compliant program." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 03:30 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Instructables, Music |
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Simple biped robot kit (video)
Tempusmaster writes - "Iwaki-san with the Robot-Force group in Osaka has come up with a fully functional humanoid robot design that can walk forward, backward, and sideways; punch and fight with its arms; and pick itself up off the floor both from a prone and flat on its back position - and it only requires three servo motors." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 02:51 AM
Robotics |
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Two transistor LED flasher
Tony writes - "This circuit will flash a bright or high-brightness red LED (5000+ mcd). Good for fake car alarm or other attention getting device. Component values are not critical, try anything else first from your junkbox." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 01:38 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Build your own CNC machine
Will wraps up the CNC machine project, he writes - "Back in Part 1, we introduced the basics and started building the electronics. In Part 2, we finished up the controller and started building our machine. Today we complete our unholy marriage of cutting boards and dot matrix printers in Part 3 of How-To: Build your own CNC machine." - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 12, 2006 12:28 AM
DIY Projects |
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July 11, 2006
Granny's Nightmare - HOW TO - Make a bicycle chopper
Before.
After.
AtomicZombie (who we posted about yesterday) sent in this great bike project - You know what really irritates the heck out of me? I drive all the way out to the dump, pay my five bucks to get in, and the only bikes laying around are those goofy granny bikes from the late 1970's. Dog, what's the deal? I need some new parts! Ok, enough whining, it's payback time. A real chopper artist can chop any bike, even this crusty old codger cruiser. In fact, the more I looked at the bike, the more I thought it would be a sweet ride. Check out all that chrome, look at that long spindly frame, yeah, I could make this happen...
The how-to is a great a step-by-step and has dozens of photos!
Read full storyPosted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 11, 2006 11:34 PM
DIY Projects, Transportation |
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