TV-B-Gone is a small electrical device that turns off any TV with the push of a button from up to 100 feet away.
Now, with an open source hardware kit from Adafruit and a bit of soldering skill, you can make your own TV-B-Gone.
The kit comes with everything but the tools and the batteries, and is supposedly a “very simple kit and great for people who have never soldered anything before.”
[Via: MAKE: Blog]
Furni, the clock (and furniture) design company, wants you to show them your skills, and is giving you clock guts to do it with.
To take part in the design competition, just order one of their clock parts kits, build a box to house them in, and then show off your stuff. The winner might even see their design in the next Furni collection.
Regardless of the result, you’ll at least end up with a clock that no one else has (though there’s probably a reason you’re not a professional clock designer), and the pride of knowing that you made something with your bare hands. It’s clock time.
[Via: MAKE: Blog]
The Digg button is a beginner’s electronics project that is designed to teach you the basics of soldering and programming microcontrollers in a fun and innovative way. With just a few simple tools and some time, you can put together your very own Digg counter. Just push the button, and the word “Dug” flashes on the screen, followed by an incremental increase in the number. The project is open source, so you can piece together everything yourself, or you can buy the complete kit from the Adafruit webshop for just $15. Plus, $1 from every sales is also going to the EFF (Electronics Frontier Foundation), so you can give a little just by buying one. Future plans include new colors and the ability to interface the button directly with Digg.com, so stay tuned.
[Via: Ladyada]