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Circuitry Hacks |
 | Open Source POV Bicycle Wheel Animation
We recently covered a fantastic POV system which displays animation or pictures on your bicycle tires as you ride. Instead of buying that kit, you can learn to make your own quite easily. This open source POV bike tutorial walks you through the... |
 | EL Wire Powered Ethernet Patch Cables
Forget the days of trying to locate the correct cables in patch rooms like the one pictured above. Using power over ethernet (POE), this hacker laced a standard patch cable with Electroluminescent wire (abbreviated as EL wire) allowing him to... |
 | Solar Energy Setup Tutorial = Free Electricity
We've posted many tutorials about how to build your own solar panel arrays to create your own green energy. Here's yet another outstanding tutorial to guide you through the build process. Al tough it may seem a little daunting, the setup is... |
 | How to Build your own Tesla Coil
Once you've seen a big home-built Tesla coil in operation, you may decide you've got to have one too, even if it's just a tabletop version to play around with. There are companies offering detailed plans and DIY kits containing all materials... |
 | Desktop Helium Neon Laser Lamp Build
Here's another fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY lasers expert. See all of our DIY laser projects. I'd like to show off my new desk top laser lamp! It's a fairly simple project and makes for a nice display piece. Basically, this is a 10 inch... |
 | Bicycle Wheel LED Video Displays Monkeylectric has just released the newest version of their bicycle mounted video displays. Using four strips of RGB LEDs on each wheel, you can display any video or image on your bike wheels while you ride. A full video demonstration below... |
 | PSP with Full Keyboard and Flip Screen
Here's a fantastic PSP case mod which incorporates a full keyboard and flip up screen. The keyboard is actually salvaged from an Xbox 360 chatpad and incorporated to work with the PSP. Basically, the screen of the original PSP is simply attached... |
 | Build a Giant Net Enabled Etch-A-Sketch
Remember those plasticy Etch A Sketch toys from childhood? Two knobs allowed you to draw line images on a flat screen. In this video demo, Jeri Ellsworth and George Sanger give a low down on their net enabled version. Replace the grey screen with... |
 | High Power Laser Build With Thermoelectric Cooling
Here's a fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY lasers expert. This tutorial will walk you through building your own incredibly high power laser and cooling it using Peltier plates. The peltiers are cheap and so is the box, fan, and heatsink. The big... |
 | Cornell's Newest Microcontroller Projects
Cornell has released their latest batch of microcontroller electronics projects ranging from a 3D scanner to infrared laser harps. All of the projects use Atmel ATmega chips (the same chips Arduino uses) to accomplish their tasks. All 42... |
