b3ta.com qotw
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Question of the Week » DIY Techno-hacks » Post 504487 | Search
This is a question DIY Techno-hacks

Old hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.

Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?

Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.

(, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
Pages: Popular, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

« Go Back

In my first bed-sit
I made a remote control for my stereo by wrapping a piece of string twice around the volume knob, behind the radiator and around the bedstead.

Yay, now I could adjust the volume whilst lying in bed.

The next morning, I lay there pondering why I'd not thought of a way to turn the thing on first...
(, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 14:23, Reply)

« Go Back

Pages: Popular, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1