Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Baby’s here!

Well, my wife finally had our baby. She weighed 6 lb 8oz. Things are a little hectic here now, so it may be a while for me to update again.

Friday, July 27th, 2007

DIY High Power Laser

The newer high revolution DVD burners apparently have a fairly high powered laser used in the burning of a DVD. Stephanie Maksylewich from felesmagus.com found a way to pull this laser diode out and use it to do things such as burn through tape.

The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at [...]

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

DIY Minty Boost

Well, we have probably all seen the 9v altoid Ipod charger. An example is from the one that Aaron Dunlap has produced. I have to hand it to him. He has done a good job of promoting his idea. We all know though, I hope, that using a 9v battery, and [...]

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Atari Flashback Portable

Curt Vendel who used to work for Atari, and has designed the Atari Flashback systems has announced the future production of the Atari Flashback Portable. We may have all seen the original Atari Flashback which was released around Christmas of 2004. This is a console system that does not require any cartridges, but [...]

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

DIY Convert 35mm to Digital Camera

Well, I could not find much on this project because the original site is no longer available. This guy took an old 35mm minolta camera and converted it to digital. This particular design is of pretty poor quality because the guy used a webcam as his CCD. Yeah, that would work I [...]

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

DIY Scanner Camera

Here is a cool DIY project that consists of scrapping a digital scanner, and using the CCD to make a digital camera. Apparently the CCD in a scanner rotates as it scans. Well this guy built his own rotating platform, and stuck a lens on the sensor. It takes a while to [...]

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Harry Potter Frenzy

Well, the new Harry Potter book comes out tonight at midnight. Leave a comment if any of you readers are going to take part in a Harry Potter party, and going to buy your book at midnight. I think I may have to do it, just for the fun of it. My [...]

Friday, July 20th, 2007

DIY Mouse Scanner

I found this cool mod on the net, and couldn’t pass it up. Apparently an optical mouse works by using an 18×18 CCD sensor. The chip that has this sensor analyzes the signal, and can tell if the picture is being moved in the X direction, or in the Y direction. This [...]

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Photograph a Burning Light Bulb

Now here is an ingenious idea from diyphotography.net. A light bulb is full of argon gas. This gas is inert and does not burn, so the filament will burn indefinitely, until of course oxygen slowly leaks into the bulb. If you break the bulb and turn it on, the filament will burn [...]

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Top Ten Disposable Camera Mods

I have been looking at mods and hacks for a while now, and I always save them when I see something cool. I have done several DIY projects using a disposable camera, and so they have always peaked my interest. I decided to take all of the mods that I have seen over [...]

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