Posts Tagged ‘powered’

I wanted to find a motion led light that would provide more then enough light for moving around the house after dark but was not able to find one that did not cost and arm and a leg. So, I decided to build my own using off the shelf parts.

K. I. S. S. I. N. G.

I always hated when kids used to say that to me….

Anyway, today I decided to take an old linksys wireless router and see if I could leach off the public library as the signal to my house was so faint that usually one could not login to the public hotspot provided by them. I soon was able to do just that.

Nigel Chivers decided to get himself a solar powered radio. In looking at the local retail outlet he was put off by both the price of the cheap units as well as the fact that they had the wind up crank. He did not feel like winding a handle all day long just to listen to the radio. He did however need something that would work out in the middle of nowhere, and work all day long.

Here is what he came up with. An old radio that he made solar powered by using parts from a junk garden lamp. Cheap, and best of all no cranking at all! Yea.

You can checkout his build via the link below.

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Louis LeGrand has always loved the new drones (aka; uav) so one day he decided to build his own solar powered airplane. This thing aint gonna be droppin' anything as it's far too light but hay you have to start somewhere right?

Very nice build Louis! Thanks for sharing it.

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Personally I hate doing laundry. That was part of the reason I got married;-) Anyway, you eco nuts out there will love this earth friendly solar powered washing machine developed by a French student. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "sunshine fresh" don't it? DIY instructions and details at the link below.

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Ever wondered what it would be like to have your own hotspot no matter where you went? Well now you can with this portable solar powered Wi-Fi repeater.

Have you ever wanted to build your own solar powered webcam? Sometimes you are not always going to have the grid available to you or sometimes it would simply be far too expensive to use the grid. With this DIY system anyone should be able to run a webcam no matter where they are.

This is about the most simple solar powered access point you could possibly build. It runs straight off the solar panel seen in the photo.

I recently purchased an Asus wireless access point/router from eBay for the purpose of using it for mobility. I wanted something that I could use while in a car, boat, rv, camping, etc. Due to it’s size. (its smaller then a deck of cards) I could use it about anywhere but first I had to make some changes.

Here is a complete guide to DIY build/convert your cell phone or PDA to be solar powered without every having to plug it into the wall outlet again. One phone is said to have not been plugged in for over 2 years!

A mud battery is made with a zinc or graphite anode (the positive terminal), buried in mud, and a cathode (negative terminal) in the seawater, both connected by a copper wire. Here we take a look at how your backyard could supply you with energy to light your garden.

One hosting company has the right idea and I hope it spreads like wildfire! How about web hosting that is powered by solar panels?

Here is a neat little project idea. I recently picked up a cheap china made desktop weather, clock, humidity unit. I found that if I attached one cheap solar panel from a junk garden lamp this thing would stay running just from the lights in the room sitting on my desktop.

This is an interesting little light that I made from an old Edison style light bulb. The clear transparent box I got from Hobby Lobby, the on-off switch I got from Radio Shack.