Here is another fun project from the guys over at Instructables, the Solar Powered Robot Ball.
The Solar Powered Robot Ball uses a solar engine circuit, and a capacitor which stores the power, when enough power is stored in the capacitor, a burst of power is released to the motor which makes the robot ball move.
If your graphic equalizer is looking a little old and tired then these new Spica Water Speakers might help you visualise your music is a slightly different way. Designer Yuki Yamamoto has created beautifully elegant speaker with the added bonus of seeing your music harmoniously dance the water.
If you fancy taking a couple of fish eye photos with your new DSLR but find it hard to part with the cash to purchase a branded fish eye lens. then this creative DIY method of creating might be a good project for this weekend.
Using a fish-eye door viewer, a couple of pieces of scrap wood and duct tape you too. can create though perfect fish eye photographs.
The DIY fish eye lens above has been fitted to a standard Nikon 18-105mm VR lens.
Full instructions can be found over at Instructables.
Via Lifehacker
If you’ve always fancied creating a Steampunk gadget or device but lack the skill or time to finish the job. Then this DIY Steampunk keyboard from Datamancer can definitely help you get started and if you cant even wait to make your own fully finished keyboards are available to purchase for $1200.
This crafty cyclist created this innovative mod for his bike to help him get seen at night. Rather then using the off the shelf reflectors (Which don’t do half as good a job as this mod) he popped down his local road maintenance centre and asked for any spare scraps of reflective tape used on road signs.
Check out this fantastic replica Millenium Falcon holochess table Created by Philip Wise. Who has tried to create the most exact replica he possibly could. He has even built in the 50sec light and studio pattern from the first movie in the Holochess table which plays from an internal flash drive. Check out the video after the jump.
We have seen quite a few different homemade iPod and iPhone docks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is this cool retro iPod Dock by Peter Verrando, the Philco Dynamic Tester iPod Dock.
This cool iPod dock was made using a Philco Dynamic Tester from 1946, which is was small amplifier and speaker with an external probe that was used for fixing audio equipment.
Some of our readers will remember the Qlocktwo clock, that display the time in words rather than numbers, now you can make your own DIY version using the power of Arduino.
The clock can be made with a bunch of materials which include some LEDs, a CNC plotter and a laser printer.
Here is a fun DIY project if you have some spare cassette tapes lying around, the DIY Mixtape MP3 Player.
The DIY Mixtape MP3 Player was made by Justin Cole who decided he wanted to place an MP3 player inside and old cassette tape.
If your looking for a neat DIY project this weekend then this DIY 9V Battery USB charger could be a fun gadgets to create, with only using a few components including a 9V battery, female USB port from an old PC and a small 5v regulator.
With some simple soldering viola you have a purpose built tiny portable USB charger for when you on the move which can be instantly recharged with an easily available new 9v battery.
Check out this awesome hand and wrist mounted DIY flame thrower. Designed and created by Everett Bradford’s his “Prometheus Device” is fashion on the X-mens Pyro ability to create fire from thin air. Everett’s device doesn’t do it quiet from thin air but its fantastic never the less.
Jason Marton over at hack weblog MetkuMods has created a unique PC inside a whisky bottle. Jason enjoys a little hacking and needed a small basic home server.
