DIY Techno-hacks
Old hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.
Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?
Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
Old hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.
Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?
Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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Uni Halls Tin Foil
While in Uni in Southampton, we used to hang foil over the PIR that controlled the heating (it switched off if there was no movement, as it assumed you were out of the room. Trouble is it also switched the heating off if you sat reasonable still, like when watching TV)
The foil would jangle in the draughts and reflect around, or that was the theory. I was never convinced.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 13:20, 2 replies)
While in Uni in Southampton, we used to hang foil over the PIR that controlled the heating (it switched off if there was no movement, as it assumed you were out of the room. Trouble is it also switched the heating off if you sat reasonable still, like when watching TV)
The foil would jangle in the draughts and reflect around, or that was the theory. I was never convinced.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 13:20, 2 replies)
I did something similar
or at least my housemate did - then again, he was a fucking strange, strange boy.
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or at least my housemate did - then again, he was a fucking strange, strange boy.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 13:59, closed)
A bit like putting a rubber johnny over the smoke detector I suppose
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