[Darrell Taylor] wished to add a CNC manage pendant to his mill however didn’t want to foot the expense which can commonly run a number of hundred dollars. These pendants are essentially a physical remote manage that operates the CNC software application that controls the machine. because he was already utilizing a Linux box running […]
based on his username, [Horatius.Steam], it’s not a surprise that he phone calls this job a “SteamPunk” style binary clock. however we believe utilizing neon glow lamps in this binary clock is more of mid-century contemporary proposition. Either way, the completed look is sure to make it a conversation piece for your home. He doesn’t provide […]
In all of Microsoft’s grand wisdom they discovered it necessary to make the new Xbox One headset adapter without a basic 2.5 mm headset jack. people have invested fantastic amounts of money in high quality headsets for previous game platforms that now cannot jack into the Xbox One controllers. This may seem like a déjà […]
reader [Krome] wanted a reliable, modular, weather proof WiFi bridge. The outer weather box was purchased for $50. The main radio is a proprietary Wi-Lan HP45-24. A lightning arrestor is included because this proprietary box was purchased before the WiFi band was official allocated and would be hard to replace. A Linksys WRT54G is used […]
normally we publish our own mad ravings in the rants category. however we believe [Paolo Bacigalupi’s] handle the meandering focus of the science Fiction genre deserving of the deviation. He goes over the program modification that occurred in the 1980’s as well as makes a situation that it’s time for one more nudge in the […]
[Amir] recently finished a pretty cool project — portable musical Stairs! He developed and built it so it could be temporarily installed in schools for musical therapy sessions with autistic children — a fun activity for all ages! The system utilizes lasers and photo sensors that come with a built in digital output with a sensitivity […]
like so numerous of the projects we feature, this one started with a cheap eBay module purchase. In this case, it was a little Tesla coil that made good sized arcs but wasn’t quite good enough. The result was a super-sized solid state Tesla coil with better results and room to grow. As [GreatScott!] discovered, […]
We’re no complete stranger to radiation detector builds, however [Dmytry]’s MicroGeiger prototype is one of the smallest as well as a lot of beneficial we’ve seen. The concept behind the MicroGeiger comes from the observation that just about every contemporary smartphone can supply a little bit of power with the microphone jack. normally this is utilized […]
[Caleb] was given a tiny LED flashlight which has a crank used to charge it. regrettably it wasn’t holding a charge, and constant cranking didn’t work very well either. He cracked it open to find a single lithium button cell. instead of using a drop-in replacement he soldered in his own incredibly capacitor. The stock […]