USB Webcam Microscope
Convert a webcam into a fun USB microscope
Posted by Paul Spinrad
Categories: Hacks and Mods, Photography | No Comments
Hobby knife Projects
Dodecahedron Speaker for Desktop 3D Printers
At normal listening distances, an array of twelve speakers arranged on the faces of a dodecahedron is a very good approximation of a point sound source, and the sound waves...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Music, 3D Printing | No Comments
Fetch-O-Matic
Several years ago I watched a viral YouTube video that starred Jerry the Dachshund, whose engineer owner had built him his very own automated ball launcher. I had two dogs...
Posted by Dean Segovis
Categories: Woodworking, Fun & Games | 6 Comments
MonoBox Powered Speaker
MonoBox is a small, inexpensive powered speaker that amplifies the output of your headphone music player. It’s little but it’s loud! All the circuit parts are available from RadioShack. The...
Posted by Ross Hershberger
Categories: Electronics, Music | 69 Comments
Covert Listening Book
Connect a shirt pocket “amplified listener” hearing aid with an in-car FM transmitter, and you’ve got a wireless bug. Tuck them inside a hollowed-out book with the mic concealed by...
Posted by David Simpson
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Folding-Wing Glider: Rockets Up … Glides Down!
This balsa wood glider catapults up with wings folded back, wings pop open and it gently glides down.
Posted by Rick Schertle
Categories: Fun & Games, Home, Kids & Family | 6 Comments
Luminch One
Luminch One is an interactive lamp controlled by the movements of your hand. Wave your hand over it to turn it on or off, or move your hand up or...
Posted by Francisco Castro
Categories: Arduino, Art & Design | 6 Comments
USB Key Makeovers
Memory sticks lack character. Even the nicest looking ones are more functional than fun. But re-skinning a USB flash drive takes only an hour, max, and unlike a PC case...
Posted by Brian Nadel
Categories: Electronics | 1 Comment
The Wimshurst Influence Machine
When assembling a proper laboratory, the gentleman or lady experimenter should be sure to include a Wimshurst electrostatic generating machine. This device will serve tirelessly in investigations into the field...
Posted by Jake von Slatt
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Decoupaged Table
I’ve always loved to travel, and of all the places I’ve visited, Spain especially has captured my heart. What better way to keep my memories front and center (while sprucing...
Posted by Mary Anderson
Categories: Art & Design, Craft, Furniture | No Comments
Rocket-Launched Camcorder
Hack a $30, single-use camcorder to make it reusable, then launch it up in a model rocket and capture thrilling astronaut’s-view footage of high-speed neighborhood escape and re-entry. You can...
Posted by John Maushammer
Categories: Photography & Video, Fun & Games | No Comments
Spazzi: A Solenoid Powered Dancebot
At BeatBots, we believe that dancing is one of the most worthwhile occupations a robot can have. We like making cute characters move in interesting ways, and as you’ll see,...
Posted by Marek Michalowski
Categories: Arduino, Robotics | 4 Comments
