Category: DIY
DIY: Hand Crank Lego USB Charger
It's not exactly free energy, but if you build your own USB hand-crank charger you can sit around watching Big Brother while absent-mindedly cranking power into your digicam or iPod. It does require a motor from a Lego Mindstorms…
HOW TO make a Christmas LED wreath
In the spirit of hands-on decor this Christmas, why not make your own Christmas LED wreath? Snip snip, solder solder, program program, and then you can send it to Aunt Millie to thank her for this year's holiday punch…
HOW TO make a Christmas LED wreath
In the spirit of hands-on decor this Christmas, why not make your own Christmas LED wreath? Snip snip, solder solder, program program, and then you can send it to Aunt Millie to thank her for this year's holiday punch…
CD Spool Into Toilet Paper Dispenser
I just threw out four empty CD spindles (who in high tech doesn't accumulate towers of these things? They look like they should be useful but damnit, they're recyclable garbage) and now I'm regretful, for I could've made the…
Make your own drawing board from an old joystick
Most geek shacks of any size will have a box containing one to infinity's worth of old joysticks lying around. Like most obsolete tech, they cost a lot at the time and the brain doesn't want to concede their…
