[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…
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…
[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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
[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…
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…
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…