Making a Wall Power Adapter for a Digital Camera

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Instructables user [txoof] was unhappy with the fact that Olympus didn't manufacture a wall power adapter for the E-510 camera and decided to do something about it. The resulting new power adapter is described in this article. What it amounts to is a fake battery pack made out of plywood. A 2.5mm DC power adapter is attached as seen in the picture above and the fake battery contacts are made … [Read more...]

Interactive digital fireplace is great for those chilly winter evenings

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We've all seen them - those fireplace DVDs that seem to pop up on grocery store endcaps and get traded in white elephant gift exchanges. If you don't happen to have a fireplace in your home they might make a reasonable solution, but [Nick] from the Gadget Gangster thought it would be far better if you could create your own interactive digital fireplace instead. Using the Gadget Gangster … [Read more...]