DIY: Infrared Light Converter
Infrared lights can come in handy. Trying to be discreet when shooting video in a dark place is the first example that comes to mind. Purchasing dedicated IR lights can be very expensive. By using some old floppy disks or a roll of film you can convert an average flashlight or incandescent light bulb to [...]
IR Jammer
We have talked about the awesome TV-B-Gone device before, you know, the device that can turn off any TV within distance. The only downside to it is that all people have to do it turn then back on. I know that you can just turn them back off but that would just be suspicious. What [...]
How To: Make An Invisible License Plate
Here is another take on using IR lights to blind a camera, this time a photo-radar camera no-less. I’m not really sure on how well this would work for you, and it’s probably highly illegal, but if you want to try it for your own educational purposes go ahead. All you really need are some [...]
Gun O’Clock
Just the other day we talked about building your own Water Gun Alarm Clock today we bring you the opposite, sort of. The Gun O’Clock allows people to shoot their alarm clock with a special gun when the alarm goes off. The contraption comes with two modes. The first mode is the “Time Mode”. In [...]
TV-B-Gone Goes Pro
Makers of the uber-geek popular TV-B-Gone (which is a keychain device that allows you to turn off all TV’s in the immediate area with a single button) have beefed up their units and are now offering an extra-strength version of their gizmo which can turn off almost any TV set from hundreds of feet away. [...]
Build Your Own Witness Camera
Looking to beef up security around the house or office? Looking to catch them kids who are messing up the front of the house? Why not build your very own Witness Camera? “The Witness Camera is a combination of a VGA CMOS camera, a passive-infrared movement sensor, a 1 GB SD-card (or bigger), and an [...]
IR Speeds Hit 1Gbps
Truth be told that the IR (Infared) port on my PDA’s and old laptops never saw much use since it was painfully slow to actually do anything via IR, and with Bluetooth and WiFi dominating the wireless transfer airwaves why would anyone bother with that old IR technology? KDDI R&D Laboratories are about to change [...]
