http://www.diylive.net Do-it-yourself projects and technology updates Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:02:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I start residency soon. I will be starting on July 1. I have been out of the country for a few weeks, and it seemed that my site went dead for a few weeks. It is rather unfortunate. I have lost a lot of traffic ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2008/06/16/residency-starts-soon/ I just recently talked about me starting a saltwater reef aquarium. A lot of time and money goes into starting such a device, and the rewards are great. There is one problem though with having a piece of the ocean sitting in your living room. You have ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2008/03/22/diy-battery-backup-ups/ Well, I found out that I matched for Residency in Neurology. What a relief. I am also in the process of getting a house. Yeah, it is true that the fourth year of medical school is much easier than the earlier years, but there is stress, and ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2008/03/21/residency-match/ I have done several posts from the Cornell University electrical engineering senior design site. Here is a robot that follows sound. It sounds like a really cool project. It apparently has three microphones, and a microprocessor detects which microphone is receiving the strongest signal. It will ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2008/01/23/sound-seeking-robot/ Things have been kind of crazy here lately, and finally I have gotten some breathing room. I passed step 2 of my boards, and have realized how much I miss writing for DIY Live. I have not forgotten about it. I have plans of writing some here ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2008/01/22/update/ Well, I have been extremely busy lately. I have had my step 2 of my boards to study for, so I have not been updating. I am taking the 9 hour test on Thursday. I then go to an Anesthesiology rotation away from my school, so I ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2007/09/11/step-2-of-boards/ Alen from hackedgadgets.com wrote about this laser listener device. A microphone is simply a diaphragm that vibrates with sound waves. The theory behind this device is that when people are talking in a room, the window will vibrate. If you shine a laser on the window, it ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2007/08/20/diy-audio-spy-laser/ John over at hackersbench.com has gotten his hands on a bunch of small lcd screens off of ebay. Trouble is that he has no idea how to use them. He can not find any data on the devices. He decided to host a contest. If anyone ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2007/08/19/lcd-giveaway-contest/ Here is a link that was sent to me from a post of 100 DIY sites. It contains do-it-yourself projects from multiple genres. Go see this list here. Do you yearn for self-sufficiency? Is your time and talent larger than your bank account? Then the following sites will appeal ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2007/08/18/100-diy-sites/ Well, we have all seen USB flash drives stuffed in various objects. I think I am going to stuff one in my sock and do a write up on it. Nonetheless here is a USB flash drive stuffed in a PEZ dispenser from Katie over at craftbits.com Well, if ... http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2007/08/14/craftbits/