diy

Neon Gadgets

I take a lot of product photos for my work on TubeClockDB.com.  Every product Ir review gets a full set of photos before I even begin to produce the video review.  These are some of my favorite images.

NL-54362 Nixie Tube

It is no secret that I like oddball display tubes and today I present to you the National 54362 two digit nixie tube.  That’s right, there are two distinct and independently controllable digits inside of this device.  On the lefthand side there are standard SI prefixes and on the right side there units – Hz, and Seconds. [...]

Playing with lasers

I haven’t spent much time playing with my lasers lately so I pulled them out last night to make sure that everything still worked.  This is the first (and probably last) laser video that I shot with my 5D MII – one stray beam and it will destroy the sensor.  This is the same basic home built [...]

EOL Robot Band covers The Beautiful People

Here is an awesome video of a robotic band playing The Beautiful People.  Look out House On The Rock via Hack A Day

Help identify these plasma neon displays

Okay, the last time I asked for help identifying an unknown device, you guys came through.  Even Evil Mad Scientist helped out (you guys rock.)  Well, I now have two Panaplex-style neon displays that I can’t seem to find that much information on.  Does anyone have any information on these or hints to where I [...]

My Tracks + Nexus One + Google Earth

I just found a great new application in the Android Marketplace: My Tracks (QR Code Below)  Essentially, it takes your Android phone and converts it to a GPS data logger.  You can use it to analyze your running patterns or you can simply export the raw data to Google Docs, Google Maps, Twitter & Email [...]

ALCO MS-250AC

This is a follow up to my post on the Alco MSM-5a from about a month ago. This is an unexceptional mosaic readout display but the major differences, that I can tell, between this and the 5A is that this one is a little bit smaller, it cannot be easily disassembled and it includes a [...]

Handmade Electron Valve

I know this is old but if you haven’t seen it, it is worth watching. Fabrication d’une lampe triode by F2FO

RGB LED Cubes. Wow.

Original Concept / Unknown Designer This will get your attention: Now, go buy the kit: eightCubed More information after the jump:

Game Boy Color Connected To 20736 LEDs

The author of the linked blog made a 144×144 led matrix and then connected it to a Game Boy color.  Just watch the YouTube video in awe. kevtris.org via Hack A Day