Cool gadgets you can make yourself

Pyramid Mood Lamp is the best suited for times when all other lights are dimmed. Plastic pyramid shaped shell, in which ferrero rocher chocolates are sold can be recycled and a microcontroller can be programmed in it. This lamp actually changes color with red, green and blue LEDs and is powered by 4 AAA batteries that have different types of operations. Well to make this Lamp, you’ll need to glue the Circuit board and the battery holder on the bottom of the pyramid with transparent DIY silicone caulking and between the two a set of wire is attached passing through the hole. Aluminum foil can be glued on the bottom of the paper that would mix the RGB LEDs better and sandpaper can be used inside the plastic container to diffuse the plastic look and get the better glowing effect. To stick LEDs, you’ll need to cut the circle out of plastic and will have to glue it to the pyramid, and leave it to dry over night. Since these lamps are to be mounted on the wall, the pyramid shell will be tapped from bottom.

Well, the main role is played by the microchip, PIC16F628 microprocessor that runs the predefined programs accordingly. The switches allows us to control the speed at which the color changes, to jump on other color, to pause the color that is currently running and obviously one for turning it on and off. As far as coding is concerned, so there are many sites available which can help.

The concept of making a bag out of floppy disk is itself a creative and constructive design, which helps in making a useable product out of the floppies thrown around in the house. Well this one is really simple, and ready to use gadget that you can make on your own. You simply need to make holes on the corner of the floppy and attach it with the help of cheap EL wire that holds the floppies together. Attach the floppies in the shape of the bag, and attach it by making knots by the EL wire. To be on the safer side and to eradicate changes of any breakage to the bag, be sure that you make hole on the floppy at a distance and also away from the corner.

You can actually make a USB charger of your own, by attaching our MP3 player, camera, cellphone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge, resulting in a small, simple and powerful charger. You simply need to add 2 AA into an Altoids gum tin attached with the high efficiency boost converter. This can help in running MP3 player for hours. The batteries can be recharged and can be carried out for its use.

A lamp of this type is so simple to start with creating gadgets of your own. The simple components are used for its creation, batteries, LEDs and a magnet. You’ll need to first start with concentrating on the anode (+) and the Cathode (-) of the LED. The old batteries are also brought to use by using the plastic part inside it for contact on the top. The wire of the LEDs should be blend carefully in order to avoid shot circuits.

Now, you can play with technology and make it a magic for all viewing. You simply need to combine UL LED inclined with the batteries and home-made switch that will help in illuminating. The batteries with good internal resistance are used so that there are no chances of any circuits. You can create a stick by rolling a piece of paper glued and well painted. You’ll simply need a board with the invisible engraved characters in it, the stick with UV light and a switch throws light on it, which lighten up the characters, resulting in sudden appearance.