http://www.blogsnapper.com Technical Collections Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:10:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/name-the-thing-contest-187/ Come one, come all, science geeks, food lovers, Arduino hackers. Build a magical box with Arduino-inspired technology that will control the temperature of an appliance you hack, up to 0.1 degrees accuracy. October 15th at the BioCurious hackerspace in Sunnyvale! More: continued here http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/diy-sous-vide-cook-perfect-steaks-with-arduino-electronics-at-biocurious/ Our oldest sister wears many hats. Caregiver to mom, busy retail clerk, friend and helper to many.  A talented chef, an awesome organizer, she is the glue that bonds the household together. All along she has been someone who will do for you, and then be too busy or will run out of ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/a-room-for-sis/ * Adjustable * Strong/Sturdy * Don't require a lot of space to store (ie. knock-down) * Economical (approximately $15 per sawhorse) * You would enjoy, or at least have some ability in, assembling pieces of wood If you have some or all of the above ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/perfect-sawhorses-adjustable-and-knock-down-design/ I'm a grad student, all my furniture is from yard sales and cost me under a hundred bucks. With a thousand dollars I would replace all of this stuff. Please help me!!! By: John s3Continue Reading » More: continued here http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/my-space/ I am probably flattering myself, taking any sort of credit for inspiring this sweet custom temperature controller built by Adafruit reader Mike to keep his beer-brewing fridge at a constant temperature. Like my recent project, it simultaneously controls AC-powered heating and cooling equipment to maintain a constant temperature, and is ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/dual-stage-heatingcooling-temperature-controller-with-rgb-display/ Jake Ketchum's Automatic Media Deactivation System attaches to a standard power strip and shuts off all power to a room's electronics when its smart sensor detects that a person is no longer in the room. When someone re-enters, the system is switched back on. He demonstrated his invention at Maker ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/automatic-media-deactivation-system-video/ A few days ago, I was trying to figure out what to have for breakfast. To my annoyance, I couldn’t think of anything that I could make with what I had, so I jumped onto Instructables. Of course, there’s tonnes of things to choose, but, again, I didn’t have the things that were needed. ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/super-easy-two-minute-porridge/ this project came to me in the isle of the $1 store. Yup, I jumped out of line and headed over to the Halloween decor and snagged up a cheap… cheesy plastic skull. I almost put it back too, after getting back in line behind about five people that were originally behind me. "What ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/the-witches-skull/ Don Howdeshell sent in this great Arduino Ambilight project. Sure seems like the Ambilight projects will continue to be popular. This one uses an Arduino at the core and ShiftBrite LED lights. You can see the effects here before the diffusion was added but make sure you watch the video ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2011/10/06/arduino-ambilight/