[Ed] got quite innovative with a hack that adds a pressurized water tap to his Jeep Wrangler. The tap on the rear traveler bumper now lets him hose off the vehicle after mudding, rinse his diving gear after a dive, as well as just generally is available in handy. If you want running water you’ve…
lots of of you may have seen these fun little toys in museums or possibly even in school. Instructibles user [brazilero2008] takes us through the process of constructing one on our own. Most of this toy are constructed from fairly household materials like foil, paper, straws etc. The fun part comes when you find the…
[Home Awesomation] has been working on automating his slat-style window blinds. His focus has been on adjusting the angle of the slats, not on completely retracting the shades. since the slat angle adjustment needs bit torque a servo motor turns out to be just perfect for the job. The good news is that the existing…
They’ve purchased an RV and are headed for your state with buckets full of hobby electronic hardware. It’s SparkFun’s national education tour and if you want them to host a workshop for kids in your area now’s the time to sign up! It’s no stretch to say that our everyday lives are firmly bound with technology.…
While contemplating how to turn my new heat pumping Xbox into a foot cozy, I kept in mind some links that [h-tech] had sent in. The first is cooking an egg on a processor in a practical PC. The proc in question is an AMD Athlon XP1500+. The tray is supported by a stack of…
At very first look we thought this was a plotter, however it’s really more of a dot matrix (or line matrix) printer. [Bruno] whipped this up using parts from a DVD optical drive. It is capable of moving the pen along the Z as well as X axes, as well as feeding the paper along…
For most of us, a memory lapse is as harmless as forgetting to bring the garbage to the curb, or perhaps as costly as leaving a cell phone as well as cup of coffee on the roof of the cars and truck before driving off. however when the young child sleeping peacefully in the cars…
[Steve] is in the MFA design and technology program at parsons, and as part of his studies, has developed a couple really interesting projects. First, the beat boxxx, as seen in the video above, is an 80’s retro looking portable beat looper. You create and loop your beats at the time of playing using simple…
finding himself in need of an arcade monitor [Eric Wright] turned to this ancient CRT television. The problem is that arcade monitors and televisions didn’t operate in the same way, differing in both resolution and refresh rate. [Eric] modified the television to work like an arcade monitor, but only with limited success. He’s hoping a…
The HD44780 is one of the first chips we learned about as a kid, and chances are good you’ve used one in your project at some point, and nearly certain that you’ve interacted with one in your life. The character LCD is ubiquitous, easy to interface, and very robust. They are available in sizes from 8 x…