Failed automatic flamethrower project.
Every so often a promising project just doesn't work as intended. I spent the evening building an automated flamethrower device…
Intriguing science of galvanic isolators for boats.
You probably don't NEED to know this, but it's interesting, and one of those things that one day you may…
Hacking more poundland solar lights with new leds.
Some more variants on Poundland's fantastic solar lights for 2016, and these ones were just begging to have the original…
Weird 1w 0.1w! led lamp from ebay.
I saw this lamp while browsing for other stuff and bought it to take a look at. It was intriguing…
Oriental led death star. shock risk
This looks so neat. It's basically a large area LED lamp that comes in convenient kit form to create a…
Blackout buddy h2o flashlight teardown.
A complete teardown and analysis of the Blackout Buddy H2O water powered flashlight. This is an emergency flashlight intended to…
Inside a slightly bizarre car to mains adaptor.
I'm not sure what to make of this. It's technically intriguing but I'm struggling to work out its purpose other…
Test and analysis of unusual dead led lamp.
The thing that makes this LED lamp odd is that the current regulation is physically built into one of the…
Usb soldering iron test and teardown with schematic.
When I bought this I was very sceptical that anything powered from a USB port could actually produce enough heat…
Computer killing powered usb hub. mac murderer
This dubious hub has apparently killed three Mac motherboards so far, so let's investigate what could have caused that. Note…