DIY Techno-hacksOld 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.
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chthonic, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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You share my own passionfor using technology to make life easier. So many geeks get that part wrong.
You'd love the project my mate's working on at the moment. He uses a combination of his iPhone, webcams and home network to automatically switch from in-car entertainment to touchscreen multi-angle reverse-parking assistance when he gets home. It's completely automatic, based on the wifi connection. My favourite feature though? If there's water in it (based on a pressure pad circuit breaker) an X10 unit switches on his kettle so by the time he gets to his kitchen, he can make a cuppa. Genius.
Another *click* coming your way. Keep it up :)
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chart cat has an itch, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 11:29,
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