DESCRIPTIONA gradually improving attempt to make a useful pcb mill out of a printer and other assorted garbage, with a minimal budget and no fancy tools. It works!, but let's see how much better it can be.DETAILSNOTE: This project is gradually improving....
I'd love to be able to implement this by the deadline for the HaD contest, but there is absolutely no way that I could create anything 'solid' enough to enter the contest before the deadline. However, I'm still going to give a brief outline of my...
Yesterday I was chasing duo/bicolor LEDs on ebay.com because I read about blue/red ones on Reactron Integron for Automobile from Kenji Larsen. It never occurred to me that they weren't only red/green ones anymore. Inspired by this I made a...
Recently, found a website that had one or two interesting projects that caught my attention. As a future hack going to select one project for a custom build, I'm not sure which "prototype" I'll be undertaking? If you are in search of something tech...
POWER TO THE GAMER:Now, on a weekly basis I have an addiction to talk (of course at great length...) about future gaming endeavors. On this page would like to make mention of a few worthy sites to experience "the indies" and a galaxy governed by talented...
I don't know that all of these are worth putting on IO, but I will list them here, so anyone with any interest or input can contact me about them. Some may end up as a project when I am ready to work on them.I have a Xenetech 912 rotary engraver that...
If you are a Scientist, Inventor, or like to dabble in many creative crafts Tesla influenced the idea in some way. In the near future would like to venture into one of his inspiring inventions and recreate it from the ground up. The article is about...
I have a number of project ideas scribbled on paper or flying around in my head and getting lost that I need somewhere to organize them. This is just a list of ideas that might or might not amount to anything in the long run. I will add to this list...
I’m not sure if any of the developers using the prototype Google Glass devices have devised this idea yet or not, but it’s been going through my head constantly the last few days. I wish I had one so I can figure out its programming. But the idea is...
Whenever I watch sci-fi films, TV shows, etc., I always tend to over-think certain scenes or actions which catches my eye as being near unbelievable or unachievable. My thoughts go into how we can make them achievable, and thus believable to the mass...
Since failing to reach the semifinals of the HaD space race, my project can reveal its true form: a DIY space program. Soon those who mocked the mad scientist will cover in terror! HAHAHAHAHA! ^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^W^WA lot of the work that the open community...
[by Bill Herd]My introduction to electronic manufacturing was as a production technician at Pennsylvania Scale Company in Leola PA in the early 1980’s. I learned that to work on what I wanted to work on I had to get my assigned duties done by noon...
I thought I might as well share my thoughts on some new stuff I got from SparkFun.First up: the 50 watt soldering station. Apart from the metal dome for the brass sponge in the iron holder being loose, it's a solid iron. Adjustable temperature, fine...
I've tried to get some pictures of NOAA sats today, the conditions wasn't really good but anyway...Here is my setup, on a high point of my town.My talkie-walkie, is a Baofeng GT-3 MARK II, I'm using a 3.5mm stereo jack to 2.5mm stereo jack for recoding...