Day: July 19, 2009

Home Automation Via Twitter

July 19, 2009 by 25 Comments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVm1VKB43ww]

We’ve seen tons of stuff hooked up to send updates to twitter when something happens. That’s what we expected when we first read this tip from [Matt]. We were pleasantly surprised to see he’s actually doing the opposite. He has rigged several items to an IoBridge module and he can control them by sending tweets to his account. In the video you can see him sound a buzzer and change a display on an LCD. Its nice to see twitter being used as part of the control as opposed to updating us every time someone flushes.

Cyclonic Dust Seperation

July 19, 2009 by 23 Comments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6j-psU1aWs]

[Don] was having issues with dust when working with MDF. He had a shop vac overheat and die because of it. When looking for solutions, he saw several systems that used cyclonic dust seperation. Not wanting to buy something he could make for cheaper, he left the store and started scrounging parts. You can see his home made system in the video above. This seems like an absolute must have item for any workshop. Great job [Don].