ATZ OK

SolLight’s LightCap, a solar powered LED water bottle seems like just about the ideal playa solution. It’s a 32oz water bottle with a solar panel on top of the lid, and LEDs beneath it.
Carry two of these with you and it’s a liter of water, which is just about right for an outing, or […]

CNET is showing off HP Labs’ LCD touch-coffee-table prototype, which is cute but impractical. The idea is that you’ve got this giant LCD touch screen where you can load up a game of Monopoly with the tykes. Let’s say it’s a small coffee table, around the size of a 30-inch Cinema display. […]

After Apple’s awesome price cut announcements for low end iPods, I decided to order a 1GB nano for Caroline, and a shuffle for myself. Much to my surprise, they both arrived yesterday, way earlier than I expected.
When I cracked open the nano to load some music on it, I noticed that it was distinctly […]

In honor of Steve’s keynote this afternoon, I’ve finally chosen a name for my homebrew laptop: The HackBook Pro. I’ll be setting up a page for the project soon, at hackbookpro.com. I also went ahead and snagged hackbook.net and hackbook.org, but hackbook.com was taken already.

I went to the hardware store last night, and walked out with a brand new Dremel and 24′ of aluminum L-struts. Tonight, I’ll cut it up and start fabricating the frame for the homebrew laptop case.
I think I can fit it all into a 3″ deep case if I do a little trickery. […]

I’ve been installing gentoo on the basic setup. The case is temorary, because it’s a bit too small, but it serves to hold things together for the moment, while I get things set up and wait to get all the parts together.
Pictures here.
Full setupFront shotNot much to it, is there? 

I just got a package delivered, and it was my Commell LV-673, a day early! Not too much time to comment on it now, and I won’t get to test it out until the rest of the components arrive from NewEgg on Friday, but here’s a few quick pics of the spread.
Size comparison with […]

I further disassembled the LM170E01 panel last night, and got more data on the inverter. I was initially a bit surprised to see that it has a 10-pin input, with 4 yellow, 4 black, 1 blue, 1 brown wires. The yellow and black are obviously the hot & ground pairs that go to […]

I’ve just discovered a really cool site called Instructables. In just 10 minutes of cruising around, I’ve already found a few fascinating DIY projects, including an integrated Megaphone and Helmet with audio-in for an mp3 player, which is exactly what I was wishing I had for the PlunderDome.
Megaphone Helmet 

I took apart the LM170E01 a bit more last night, here’s some shots of the guts. I’ll take of the metal backing soon, so I can really get at the inverter to check the serial number and pinouts.
Panel face (with kitty)Full unit from rear