Friday, March 5, 2010

HowTo: Convert Your Old Laptop into a Projector

HowTo: Convert Your Old Laptop into a Projector


HowTo: Convert Your Old Laptop into a Projector

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PST

HowTo: Convert Your Old Laptop into a Projector Wish you had $1000 to throw down for a projector? Well, if you have an old laptop lying around instead, here is a simple way to cheaply build your own digital projector. Lifehacker posts a HowTo excerpted from DIYer Randy Sarafan's 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer: (And Other Discarded Electronics).

You Will Need:

LCD monitor or laptop with a broken backlight
Mini screwdriver set
Cardboard box, the same height as the projector bed
Overhead projector (available on eBay or Craigslist, or at Office Max)
Small fan
four 1/2" spacers
DVDs!

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Turn Your Arm Into a Touchscreen Display

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST

Turn Your Arm Into a Touchscreen Display Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to to create an armband that projects a touchscreen interface directly on to your skin. The best part? Skinput knows which part of the body you've tapped, based on the sound that's matched against skin, muscle or skeleton.

Via Daily Mail,

"Skinput can be used to control audio devices, play simple games like Tetris, make phone calls and navigate simple browsing systems.

The gadget effectively turns your arm into a touchscreen surface by picking up various ultra-low sounds produced when you tap different areas.

Different skin ...more

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Motorized LEGO Avatar Helicopter is Badass Na'Vi Killer

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PST

Motorized LEGO Avatar Helicopter is Badass Na'Vi Killer Another amazing LEGO feat (+more Avatar mania). Check out this elaborately constructed helicopter, with blades powered by an actual LEGO motor! Scroll down to see it in action. Previously, Man Spends 2 Years & 30,000 LEGOs Building Star Wars Ship.
Learn the Na'vi Language of Avatar.
Insane Eco-Punk LEGO Crawler Town.
Obsessively Authentic LEGO V-8. ...more

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