Small life on a character LCD

Source: hack a day

There’s actually another way. Divide a 5×8 character field in three parts (upper – middle – lower), then fill the custom characters which all the combinations of these parts on/off possible. Character 0 is all off, character 1 is top bla ...
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HTC's elite Android

Source: Boston.com

Because Google Inc. gives away its Android software for smartphones, there are a lot of mediocre Android smartphones. It seems like everybody with a soldering iron has slapped something together, often with unimpressive result ...
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POW's relics of time real-life Stalag 17

Source: Reading Eagle

For 13 months during World War II, Fleetwood native William Shade was held captive in Stalag 17, a German war camp notorious for its brutal living conditions. Hidden from the watchful eyes of the German guards, Shade would crawl onto the cei ...
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GreenFoX Heat Exchanger Unit Turns “Green” Energy Efficiency…

Source: Envirolib

The GreenFoX heat exchanger units deliver more hot water for fewer dollars by working in conjunction with any water heating system. They simply replace a vertical section of the existing drainpipe and need only gravity and running water to operate. T ...
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Soldering from the hip

Source: hack a day

The business end of the build is taken from a cheap four-battery soldering iron. [Mike] separated each of the components, then grabbed a toy gun to see where each of them might fit. The batteries are just the right size to fit into the gun’s m ...
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Geek Must-Have: Ladyada's Workshop Embodied In Lego

Source: PC World

[Credit: Adafruit]You have to admire Lego Cuusoo: The website does a great job at bringing a community of Lego fans together to create interesting designs for future sets. Who wouldn't encourage people of all ages to get creative? Le ...
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Airsoft Gun Turned Into a Soldering Iron

Source: MAKE: Blog

Instructables member mikeasaurus wrote in with his Airsoft Soldering Gun project, which adds the guts of a cordless soldering iron to an airsoft pistol, with the battery held in the clip! A soldering gun is a pistol-shaped solder ...
Full article at: MAKE: Blog  More like this  1 day ago, 1:30pm CDT

Federer Says Djokovic Has Huge Mountain to Climb

Source: TennisReporters.net

Roger Federer knows all about coming into Paris on top of the world and being sent out on a virtual stretcher. In 2006 and 2007 he came into the French Open with designs on becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win four straight Gr ...
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Soldering in Space

Source: MAKE: Blog

The solder, heated, became a molten blob with a droplet of rosin clinging tight to the outside. Solder melts: that’s not too surprising. It’s the behavior of the rosin that amazed. As the temperature increased, the droplet beg ...
Full article at: MAKE: Blog  More like this  2 days ago, 9:33am CDT