Tripwire Alarm

Remember the hidden tripwire in old cartoons (do they still have cartoons) and movies. Make online has a cool project to assembly your own.

http://makezine.com/projects/remote-tripwire-alarm/

This would make a neat school project for you kids on the web.

The Seaside fire was under control last night, will be interesting to hear what caused it. The radio reference site puts you right in the center of the action.

Enjoy your Friday! (13)

Digital Clock Kits

Here is a very cool looking clock kit built into a Ice Tube I came across yesterday web surfing.

This kit is available from the Make store on sale for twenty dollars off at $65.00.
http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkad16.htm

Velleman also offers a digital clock kit but not as sharp looking.

But with a price under $30.00 this might fit your budget.
http://j-tron.com/product/Digital_LED_Clock.html

This last digital clock kit I built was a Heathkit, must have been around 12-13 years old and it worked!

Might be time to build another just for the fun of it.

MAKE Presents: The Transistor

Over the past few days I have been reading up on the transistor and came across this simple video from Make Magazine. It even includes an easy transistor circuit to wire up with a hand full of components.

Make has a series of easy informative online videos describing various electronic components. Might have to put up a new component video once a week as a refresher for myself.

LED Throwies

From Make Weekend Projects - Extreme LED Throwies!

Great ideas for LED's with very simple circuits using an LED and coin cell battery. LED Throwies have to be the simplest circuit around.

Today's is going to be another hot one in NJ with temps reaching 97 F.

Stay cool!

Radio Hacking

Here is a fun easy project I came across on the Make site for hacking the aircraft band. It seems like we all have a few of those old AM/FM transistor radios laying around the house.

This simple project instructs you how to tune in the aircraft band with just a few small adjustments.

Check out the video or Make link.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/09/radio-hacking-made-easy-the-aircraft-band-receiver.html