Turn A Dead 360 Into A PC
Got a dead 360 laying around that you can’t fix? Turn that sexy piece of hardware into a fully functional PC. The guys over at Hack N Mod have posted a detailed mod which converts a 360 console into a fully functional PC. Best of all, no red ring of death on this one. Check [...]
Tiny BBQ Made Out Of An Altoids Tin
For those of you who know me you know that I am just fascinated by building things inside of an altoids tin, but this tiny BBQ dubbed the eBq takes the cake. This tiny little BBQ that you can use to cook up your breakfast sausage features: Built in Striker Removable Grill Utensil Holder Equipment [...]
How To – Make Printed Circuit Boards
Printed circuit boards are rugged, inexpensive, and can be highly reliable. They require much more layout effort and higher initial cost than either wire-wrapped or point-to-point constructed circuits, but are much cheaper, faster, and consistent in high volume production. You can generally make a project a lot smaller by using a circuit board just like [...]
DIY Toothbrush Timer
I’ve always had this fascination with Altoids tins. Combine that with good hygiene and you too can build your very own Altoids Toothbrush Timer. Okay, so it’s not a revolutionary hack, but it’s a great project if you want to get someone into electronic timing. Teach your son or daughter the joys of electronics while [...]
Altoids Robot
I’m still on my Altoids kick. I must have purchased 100′s of Altoids tins this past year and probably have 30 or 40 ziplock freezer bags full of Altoids mints (It’s such a shame to toss them out. Here’s a great little project to do using an Altoids tin. An Altoids robot that will avoid [...]
Coolest Altoids Mod Ever
I’m a freak about modding Altoids cans (see here) but this altoids mod takes the cake. Greg Sanders has created a masterpiece. Using an old genesis controller and with TV out capabilities you can play the 1984 cult classic PC game “Rogue”. And to top it all off it runs off a single 9 V [...]
