Category: DIY

VictorioNixie Tube POV Display

VictorioNixie Tube I’m liking the looks of this…

This "electrochemical and electromechanical apparatus for the display of illuminated messages" is really a (heavily) modified persistence-of-vision toy. This toy was a pen i picked up at the local pharmacy (Walgreen’s) with a spinning head that displayed whatever message you programmed in. It was only $5.00, so i picked up a couple and let my imagination fly.
This is by far the most sculptural of all my creations, as it really serves no practical purpose 🙂
All in all, it cost me about $20US and two weeks worth of spare time (about 10 hours)
To see the device in action, go to:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMAc6 jfG0M

[via brassgoggles]
VictorioNixie Tube – a photoset on Flickr

Portable Commodore 64 – The Picodore 64


This has been making the rounds lately:

Here are a few pics of my own DTV Hummer project. I had an old PSOne LCD screen lying around and I thought I’d make a C64 laptop. Actually, it’s more like a C64 PDA! It measures 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches (15.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm) when closed. It can run from an AC wall adapter or 6 NiMH AA batteries. The keyboard is hacked from a portable folding keyboard for a Jornada PDA which outputs RS-232. I’m using a PIC 16F88 to decode the signals and re-encode them to PS/2 (that was an ordeal to figure out). The PIC checks to see if an external PS/2 keyboard is connected on power up. If one is hooked up, it will route data from that instead. There is an internal ampilfied speaker as well as connections for audio and video output on the back. There’s a serial connection for a disk drive and an SD card slot in the side for a 1541-III but I haven’t been able to get that to work yet. I also have a connection for a userport/joystick. The joystick in the picture is a hacked Atari keychain joystick. The mini joystick wasn’t in the original plan but after I accidentally discovered it on ebay, it seemed perfect.

[via hack-a-day]

Project homepage

Petscii Forums "PETSCII.COM" – Unveiling the Picodore 64 – a Commodore PDA!

Open Clip Art Library

Need some clip art and just don’t want to plow through the Office download site, or maybe you haven’t partaken in the Redmond Kool-Aid and use Open Office but still want pretty clip art to liven up that boring sales report or add some flair to the TPS reports. Over at Open Clip Art Library you can find thousands of clips that are just waiting to be used in new and exciting ways! It’s all Public Domain and Creative Commons here my friend so take what you want and if your handy with the art supplies maybe you can contribute to the site.

Open Clip Art Library :: openclipart.org :: Drawing Together.

Lego Magnets

LEGO and magnets… Perfect!!!

"…gave us a set of Magz for Christmas and i noticed that the small magnets in the bar component of the toy looked like the right size to fit in the cylinder in the bottom of Lego bricks. I have scads of Lego but was lucky enough to get a bit of new Lego as a gift also. Tonight i put the two together."

[via MAKE]

Lego magnets on Zieak’s Blog

The Online Paper Airplane Museum

theonlinepaperairplanemusuemlogogif.gifJust in time for the wintry weekend, a site that can keep you amused for days! Just stock up on paper before you get snowed in.

The Mission of the museum is to inspire everyone to greater heights, no matter what they choose. If this much variation and grace can come from a simple piece of paper, imagine what you can do!

The curator says that he is going ot add my ‘build a glider from a fast food container‘ project. Neat!

The Online Paper Airplane Museum