Sonic Screwdriver meets TV-B-Gone

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[furrysalamander] has a friend that is a really big Doctor Who fan. It happens that this friend has a birthday coming up, and [furrysalamander] wanted to get her something amazing. A Sonic Screwdriver is always a great gift, but [furrysalamander] wanted to put his personal touch on it. He ended up adding a TV-B-Gone to [10]'s screwdriver, turning a fictional deus ex machina into a functional … [Read more...]

Real multifunction “Sonic Screwdriver”

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"I don't understand, you don't have the technology." OK, so it's not actually a futuristic tool with the same capabilities as the one off the hit TV series Dr. Who, but this homemade "sonic screwdriver" is a multifunction device that's pretty cool nonetheless. Created around an Arduino Pro Mini, [Gunther] really one-upped the last screwdriver we featured. Built in functions include: brown note … [Read more...]

Sonic screwdriver controls your TV, doesn’t work on wood

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Sure, you could pretend to be the Doctor with a simple plastic sonic screwdriver. It might even have a LED on the tip, and if you're really splurging a tiny speaker for sound effects. Yep, you could make due with an inelegant version of the Doctor's Gallifreyan army knife, or you could get this amazingly detailed sonic screwdriver replica. Instead of a plastic or resin replica, this replica of … [Read more...]