DIY Pick and Place Machine

Geeker crafts: 44a5c6f49db3024a2517a96010ab74a0 DIY Pick and Place Machine

If you have ever worked with SMD parts using tweezers gets old fast. Even the small vacuum pencils are not great. Vassilis Papanikolaou sent in the details of his solution. It uses a base that is similar to a CNC machine without the electronics. With this setup it is much easier to precisely align the parts, I am thinking that a version 2 could include mounting some motors to the system and giving it some automation. … Read More

Microcontroller based Secret Boxes

Look at these two cool Secret Box projects that PICing4fun has uploaded. They were created years ago but he just recently got them online. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-04-06 11:14:24.

Pursuader Bag

Pursuader Bag

James Piatt’s Persuader Bag looks real cool, it makes you look like you are carrying a gun. It is constructed by interlocking laser cut leather this handbag has no stitching. The Pursuader Bag is available at $579. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-08-22 07:59:44.

Macs running Steam are more powerful than PCs, on average

Geeker software: f092eb9c0c90a302fd1d931b63e4e6cf Macs running Steam are more powerful than PCs, on average

No matter which three-legged sentry turret you pick, Steam games run fine if it houses a decent graphics card. That said, stick this in your breech and shoot it — the latest edition of Valve’s hardware survey shows the glossy white Apple models outgun Windows counterparts in a number of areas. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-06-29 08:29:20.

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