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Building another EMP from a bug zapper

Bug zappers seem to be popular for EMP based builds.  Here is another good writeup on one. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-an-EMP-Jammer/?ALLSTEPS

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Looks like an update for the Magic Mirror

Looks like the author has been making updates to it. https://www.codemade.io/building-a-raspberry-pi-powered-magic-mirror-11/

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Nice jig for routers to make circles

Nice jig for a router to make circles.  What I like about this one is you can replace the “bar” with longer/shorter ones if you need bigger/smaller circles.  This beats past ones of these jigs where you need a big … Continue reading

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Build yourself a simple trailer light tester

Yes I know you can get a tester for $5, but this one is stuck to the rear window so you can see it while in the car.  Only thing I would do differently is to have a bypass on … Continue reading

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Xerox a buy at 9?

Barclays is putting Xerox a buy at $9.  I wonder if it will go down to that level. http://www.dakotafinancialnews.com/barclays-cuts-xerox-corp-price-target-to-9-00-xrx/585844/

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A tape dispensing tube maker

This is cool, the author build a tape dispenser that makes tubes from the tape and cuts them so you can build prototypes (or I was thinking kid forts).  I can’t figure out what he is using for “tape” thought. … Continue reading

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I like this door shelf system better

This one looks nicer since the “shelf” part can be seen on the outside.  This would be nice on a closet door.  I also like how the shelf system sticks out a little bit from the door with quarter round.  … Continue reading

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Nice review on building the atiny can bot

The author did a few things different from the original build, such as using a digispark instead of a basic Atiny.  It sounds like its a fun build and worth printing out and trying with kids. http://letsmakerobots.com/robot/project/my-take-attiny-can-bot Get the files … Continue reading

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Convert a USB card charger to a variable voltage supply

This is one way to make a cheap DC/DC variable voltage supply.  Its worth watching (not too many mods you need to do).  Author does a good job pointing out that you want to check the caps being used that … Continue reading

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Use Blynk to controll your device via your phone

I haven’t heard of Blynk before, but it apparently is another way to controll IoT remotely from your phone.  It woks with arduino, RPi, ESP8266, Particle Core (No Idea on that one). and other stuff.  The article of course mentions … Continue reading

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