A situation many can relate to: an empty smartphone battery and no outlet around! That's exactly why I recycled an old laptop battery into an USB power bank.
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Who doesn't like celebrating new years eve with firecrackers?! But no more numb thumbs from fumbling around with a silly lighter in the cold - the automated firecracker slingshot comes to help!
I recently stumbled across a lot of small scale RC planes using LiPo batteries and most of them had a charger integrated into the battery powered remote. Why waste batteries on charging when you can use an external power supply?
Click here to see the detailed tutorial on how to mod your Silverlit X-Twin remote to support external and internal power at the flick of a switch!
With smartphones getting faster and more capable you'd sometimes want to use them instead of buying another piece of equipment. That's the reason why I wanted to connect an external microphone for audio recordings to my smartphone.
First of all let me wish everyone of you a happy new year!
While celebrating new year's eve I thought of this little device, that will allow you to ligth and shoot firecrackers to safe distance!Click here to see detailed pictures and a video demonstration!
Getting cold outside drinking a hot cup of tea is one of my favourites. But all tea enthusiasts know when cooking a cup of tea timing is crucial. One or two minutes too long and your tea will become bitter. That's why I built this little automatic teabag lifting timer to do the work for me!
If you want to know how to build your own, click here!
I had some spare aluminum lying around and I decided to do something useful with it. Here you can see a simple camera stabilizer rig I built out of screws,washers and aluminum - perfect for shooting movies while walking!
Once upon a time I stumble across radio controlled projects in which I'd need a servo that is capable of continuous 360° rotation instead of standard 140°! Buying such a servo would cost some money and take ages! Why not modificate an old RC servo and give it a new use?