• Repurposed Hardware Competition!
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[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;36918740']I am actually building a makeshift air conditioning unit with 2 heatsinks, a peltier unit, some MDF, and a computer PSU. It's not done yet but i'm getting there.[/QUOTE] I tried that with the peltier from a cheap portable fridge I got from a facebook buying/selling page. It did produce cool air, but I had to devise a way to remove the air from the hot side. If you don't have a way of exhausting the heat from the room (a series of cardboard boxes worked for me). It was pretty cool (no pun intended), but being constructed with cardboard boxes and gaffer tape it fell apart quite fast, and we stopped having hot weather and I never bothered to re-assemble it. I dont think it was very energy efficient though, as even though it doesn't remove heat, a standard desk fan blowing on you feels just as cool to me.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37022268]This is the title of my email: Hardware Competition GoDong-DK‏ As far as I can see, it follows what's laid out in the OP.[/QUOTE] Try sending it again? [email]mtmod@yahoo.com[/email]
[QUOTE=rhx123;37022280]I tried that with the peltier from a cheap portable fridge I got from a facebook buying/selling page. It did produce cool air, but I had to devise a way to remove the air from the hot side. If you don't have a way of exhausting the heat from the room (a series of cardboard boxes worked for me). It was pretty cool (no pun intended), but being constructed with cardboard boxes and gaffer tape it fell apart quite fast, and we stopped having hot weather and I never bothered to re-assemble it. I dont think it was very energy efficient though, as even though it doesn't remove heat, a standard desk fan blowing on you feels just as cool to me.[/QUOTE] It's going to be like a window mounted unit, i'm gonna use a piece of MDF and mount the peltier unit in the middle of the wood. [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] I'm probably going to enter my PSU that is used for my car amp [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] Here's the PSU [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5831868/HPIM0411.JPG[/t] [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5831868/HPIM0410.JPG[/t] It does its job. [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] It powers this thing [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5831868/HPIM0348.JPG[/t]
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;37022634'] It powers this thing [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5831868/HPIM0348.JPG[/t][/QUOTE] Get a video of that and submit it. Great idea!
I won't be able to do that now because 1, it's buried in the wardrobe and 2, people are in the house and they will complain, it can open doors too. [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] I might be able to get a video tomorrow.
[QUOTE=MTMod;37022506]Try sending it again? [email]mtmod@yahoo.com[/email][/QUOTE] I just sent it again. It's from an @live account, if that helps.
I reused standard UPS batteries to make a new battery pack for my camera. [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/100_2736.jpg[/IMG]
Gonna post my work tomorrow. Its currently in use at my workplace, and I have the day off.
I have some things that I might put as a submission. It's actually 3 separate devices but they're related in function, style and purpose so making it one submission probably wouldn't be much of a stretch. I'll hold off on submitting in case I come up with something better, if not I'll email it a few days before the competition closes.
I'm back from my brief stint behind bars to let you know that the competition ends in 2 weeks!
[QUOTE=MTMod;37150082]I'm back from my brief stint behind bars to let you know that the competition ends in 2 weeks![/QUOTE] Brief stint behind bars? What happened?
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;37258689']Brief stint behind bars? What happened?[/QUOTE] Got a 24-hour swift kick in the ass for using lmgtfy. Also thanks for bumping this, I've only got 2 entries.
That's not a lot of days but I might be able to scrap together a PSU workbench power supply or something. Make it look pretty 'n thing.
[QUOTE=MTMod;37261644]Got a 24-hour swift kick in the ass for using lmgtfy. Also thanks for bumping this, I've only got 2 entries.[/QUOTE] I thought you actually got arrested in real life.
Bump, i did the video but the iPod touch sucks massively at picking up bass. It's uploading to dropbox now.
Less than a week left, folks!
Do unfinished projects count? I am waiting for a PSU.
It's gotta be a functioning "device".
fuck i have no ideas
Competition (technically) ends tomorrow. I don't want to drag it out but if enough people have ideas they want to work on, I'll extend it another week.
Due to the overwhelming torrent of entries, I've decided to extend it one more week.
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[QUOTE=MTMod;37375066]Due to the overwhelming torrent of entries, I've decided to extend it one more week.[/QUOTE] You [I]did[/I] get my entry when I sent it again some time back, right?
[QUOTE=MIPS;37030646]I reused standard UPS batteries to make a new battery pack for my camera. [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/100_2736.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Is that a Betacam SP camera? [editline]27th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Amiga OS;37290801][img]http://puu.sh/WiyD[/img] [img]http://puu.sh/WiC4[/img] I'm having difficulty with line editing modes, I'm going to set the server up to support terminals that have no local line editing ability.[/QUOTE] Reminds me of that computer on LOST series 2, where they had to type the numbers into the computer, although that was an Apple '][' or Apple 2.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37375397]You [I]did[/I] get my entry when I sent it again some time back, right?[/QUOTE] I did indeed.
bump, anyone made progress with their projects?
I think we need a general hardware repurposing thread OP, make it happen
Mods can close this thread. I'll create the 3-person poll tonight.
oh god i wanna be in the poll with my plasma speaker :(
[QUOTE=QuAtT;37509450]oh god i wanna be in the poll with my plasma speaker :([/QUOTE] Too late then, aren't you?
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