Nur's old ideas blog

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2011-05-08T17:08:00.000+03:00

Hi all,This blog is dead,Long liveNurne.com

Moving to a new blog

2009-08-29T02:51:00.001+03:00

Hey,My new blog address is: http://studionur.blogspot.com/Thanks,Nur

Developing : Simon game

2008-11-10T18:05:00.002+02:00

This is an official annoucment!Gala and I are working on a Simon game.Simon plays a growing sequence of buttons that the player repeats.I'm working on the code, and she's working on the graphics.This is going to be the best game of the year.

led in a cork

2008-11-07T17:17:00.001+02:00

A little led flashlight i owe a friend!Made from cola cork, led, and 10 cents. =================== Sent from my mobile phone

RoomMeter

2008-10-31T16:09:00.002+02:00

one of the greatest ideas my mother and i thought about is actually patentable, so don't steal it :]take a picture of your room , define the corners as X Y and Z coordinates , define what is 1 meter-long, and the software completes the rest of the lengths and sizes!!and then, in our website, you can clear your room from furniture, and decorate it with our libraries!we're working on it..no

baby-plant sunshader

2008-09-23T10:23:00.001+03:00

My mother found a self-planted Antirrhinum in our porch-garden.She came up with an idea of keeping it from too much sunlight, using a little umbrella.We grooved notches in an old plastic-cup, and place it on the plant!It's held tight to the earth, and gives just the right amount of sunlight. =================== Sent from my mobile phone

Let'sEat

2008-09-21T15:16:00.000+03:00

bonf mentioned to me that oredering food to office employees can be a dangerously stressful experience, dealt daily by many people around the world.i came up with an idea for an internet-based solution for "voting" for food.Let'sEat's Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/publish/1497582/

pianoDuino

2008-09-19T14:14:00.004+03:00

The pinaoDuino is a Street-Gadget i've been thinking about for a long while.It's a large piano-keys carpet, put in the street. When people walk on it and step on the keys, they actually close switches. The switches close a selective circuit, that sends resistance values to the arduino. The arduino manipulates the resistance values to correlated bytes. Bytes are sent via serial port to a C#

cool status bars

2008-09-16T16:05:00.000+03:00

nicely-shaped status bars, with special graphics and colours.it's actually just a cut-out of a figure, with a status-bar running inside it!no sketches, but can anybody think of a way for making these?

click away

2008-09-13T16:01:00.000+03:00

keyboard clicks you to a headache?..other students look at you with the stink-eye for clicking too strong and fast during lectures?i thought of special surface that is placed on the pc-keyboard and stops the click sounds.no skteches yet..

2 mice action!

2008-09-12T15:58:00.000+03:00

we got..2 hands,2 hemispheres,but only 1 pc-mouse.that doesn't add up!maybe mainly graphic software users can find it useful to use 2 pc-mice!!maybe with a special driver..

cellphone PC mouse

2008-09-11T15:53:00.000+03:00

laptop touch-pad is not enough, and u need a local solution for a mouse?why not use your camera-phone as the optical-sensor, and the * and # keys as right and left buttons?a cellphone applet takes frequent pictures of the surface, understands what directions was the phone moved, and sends the outcome to the PC, which reacts with a little driver or software!someone tried it, but he closed the

The Real Incredible Machine

2008-09-07T15:48:00.000+03:00

Remember TIM? the brilliant game that gives you some devices and a mission to move something from point A to B?Devices are mouse-wheel-powered engines, cog-wheels and such..my idea is to make a REAL version of that game: real devices (without mice,though..), with mission-cards, all arranged on a special playground that holds it together..no sketches yet.

Mizi Sroch

2008-09-07T15:45:00.000+03:00

My black cat loves playing with red strings and shoelaces.i thuoght of a microswitch system and solenoid that would play with her when i'm occupied.everytime the string is pulled, the microswitch is closed, and the solenoid makes the string jump!no sketches yet..

SudoKube

2008-09-05T23:41:00.003+03:00

i wrote an instructable about making the SudoKube - a Rubik's Cube with a sudoku puzzle!http://www.instructables.com/id/SudoKube/it's very difficult....but fun to make!

NewMsg LED

2008-09-01T15:38:00.000+03:00

Do you know that feeling of your pocket vibrating or ringing, eventough you didn't get a new SMS?my solution for that, is a LED pin that lights up when u get a new message to your cellphone..it needs a BlueTooth interface, and a dedicated cellphone applet..LEDs are very beautiful as clothes-pins. It is like a small jewel! in addition, LEDs have integrated pins!this is beautiful - http://

Strap pc-keyboard

2008-09-01T15:34:00.000+03:00

I was born in '89. Maybe that's my inspiratior for a pc-keyboard with a strap.this guy explains how..http://www.instructables.com/id/Add-a-Guitar-Strap-to-Your-Keyboard/

Arcade around your Room!

2008-09-01T15:32:00.000+03:00

Take a picture of your room , define the corners, and start playin arcade games with an eye-toy!!tetris, space invaders, and such...not graphic sketch or prototype yet..

Grapefruit protector

2008-09-01T15:27:00.000+03:00

Every Grapefruit-eater is familiar with an occasional acidic spray to the eyes..i came up with an idea : a trasparent plastic shield that is put above the grapefruit.there is space for the hands, and the eyes are kept secure!no graphic sketch or prototype yet...

DIY Office Supply Games

2008-08-31T12:35:00.006+03:00

For 2 months in a military office, and 2 weeks in my grandmother's architects' office, I've come up with a number of office-supplies games.. such that can be played while working.And if somebody would research playing during work - I'm sure he finds that it improves work.pen 22-Gun: chew paper and spit it through an empty pen pipe.Jumping Mozart: two jumbo paper clips (those black triangles with

sleeping @ base?

2008-08-10T20:46:00.001+03:00

Sleeping @ base?I do. In extra-short notice!I came up with a way to cut the use in plastic bags as soap-bottle-guards.Stack 'em up, one on the other, separated with knots!It's good for you, Good for the country,And good for the environment. =================== Sent from my mobile phone

the dog-poo catcher (ver 0.0.1)

2008-05-23T17:24:00.007+03:00

i'm working on a nail-holder gadget, that helps hammering a nail to the wall.by mistake, i came up with a nice trap mechanism, that can catch a Majorette toy-car in a split second, on a hard flat surface.i now want to develop it to a level of catching dog-poo on a sidewalk, and being environmentally friendly.behold the 0.0.1 version[sorry. video erased !] thanks bonfil

oh.. and i got an eeepc!!!

2008-05-23T15:47:00.002+03:00

a few days ago i bought myself an asus eeepc 4gb surfit's super tiny fun!!with the help of "moshe" WLAN i get connected to the internet very well-lyi still didn't get used to linux, i don't know neither any commands nor how to install softwar :'/

Bluetooth s60 Python Blackjack on SF.net

2008-05-23T15:33:00.002+03:00

My project registration for SourceForge.net has been approved.Project Information:Project Descriptive Name: Bluetooth s60 Python BlackjackProject Unix Name: btpys60bjackCVS Server: btpys60bjack.cvs.sourceforge.netShell Server: shell.sourceforge.netWeb Server: btpys60bjack.sourceforge.netbtpys60bjack is a blackjack game. simple. developed in Python. for Nokia

did i go nuts?

2008-05-15T19:13:00.004+03:00

i'm not sure i can show myself in uniformbut i think it's good to shareand it's digital, so it's not legally valid...i took it one time i got crazyin the storage i used to keep.it's all made in one shot,and edited with my cellphone's video editor (nokia 6120 classic).i added some sounds in the end that didn't mix well,but i hope the story gets by!

Adams theremin!

2008-05-13T19:24:00.003+03:00

Herr Adams, my girlfriend's grandfather, sent me a theremin kit! it works on 4069 and 4016 chips.i still didn't get that to work, because i lacked some time and were in the Negev.now that i'm back in Tel-Aviv, i can continue! :)

edi-pple ring

2008-05-13T19:15:00.002+03:00

edible ring from an apple!i cut myself an apple, and noticed some scrap apple in a convenient form!for the sake and holiness of marriage!

forbidden pizza, forbidden apple pie

2008-05-13T18:55:00.007+03:00

Nisso, the baker from Nevatim IAF base, and I - made pizzas!!! with meaty tools; in dairy containers; in a Parve room!!!! but that's a secret.. the following day , i made apple pie!

Cellphone macro lens

2008-05-13T18:46:00.007+03:00

Tzach brought me a broken digital camera, and while trying to impossibly fix it, i found out that the viewfinder holds cool little magnifying lenses!i put it on my cellphone cam and had fun!without the macro lense:with the macro lense:

CD case amplifier

2008-05-13T18:39:00.002+03:00

this is an audio amplifier that i extracted from a normal PC Speaker set.i put the amplifier and it's inverter in a CD box, glued them on plastic support legs - to keep me from further electrocution, and soldered the output leads to a terminal to which the speakers' cords are attached.the amplifier is good for 8ohm speakers, but it amplifies very well and works on 16ohm speakers i found in the

White Throne

2008-05-13T17:37:00.003+03:00

from a training bicycle that i found in the street, i took the Fancy pimpi chair. i put it on my drum throne - instead of the original round chair.isn't it cool?

PAKAL Photographer

2008-05-13T17:28:00.003+03:00

i made cardboard film-frames for my friends who were called to the colors (=recruited to the IDF)it says: "Do not get involved. don't take a part and don't be an actor. Be the Photographer."the frame lets the newly-recruited look at very weird situations, without being hurt somehow. if it's through a film frame, thus it's a movie - everything is possible..it has a camouflage strap - so the

this is not a singer!

2008-05-13T17:22:00.003+03:00

i confiscated a PFAFF sewing machine from my girlfriendthe sewing machine didn't work, and was covered in dusti just cleaned it and repaired it!there was a broken cogwheel, so i super glued it into proper shape

HHH: harasing headphone holder

2008-05-07T19:19:00.001+03:00

I cut out a cellphone headphone holder from some cardboard i had on my table. The design resembles some kind of creature, with 4 limbs, a head and erect genitalia.. Thus, the HHH is harasing :) =================== Sent from my mobile phone

Water me man on MAKEzine.com!!!

2008-03-14T17:56:00.004+02:00

Ben sent Makezine.com a proposal to post my Water me Man - and they did!!that made me really happy - to see my "Low-Tech Plant Watering Indicator" on the Make homepage.. i used my cellphone's internet browser from my Army-Training camp and showed all my friends there!!the post on Makezine.com brought a lot of people to see my blog. it jumped to more that 1200 visits (from 2 a day, which are

Water me, Man!!!

2008-01-30T00:47:00.000+02:00

today i started building the 'Water me, man!',which is a man-figure made out of wire and componants,that has it's feet in a plants' soil, and it's head glows when the plant needs water.the idea is to make a plant-watering-indicator that costs very little money..this one consists of +- 5 components : a battery, 2 resistors, 1 transistor, an LED, and wires..which means MAX MAX MAX of 1.5$. (if

4017 LED chaser

2008-01-27T21:03:00.000+02:00

after a long long long time.. i finally built an LED chaser, as instructed here:http://www.doctronics.co.uk/4017.htmin the beginning i used the 4093 astable , but it didn't work properly..so after some trial and error, i succeeded!i gave up the 4093 astable, and only used the 4017, with it's "reset", "clock" and "enable" wires free of contacts!a video

2008-01-25T22:40:00.000+02:00

i tried to make a foxhole radio with "things you have at home" that i didn't really have at home, so i had to use the real things at home. maybe that's the reason why it didn't work :)http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/09/make_a_foxhole_radio_week_1.html

2008-01-24T22:45:00.001+02:00

FroggerReali want to build a real frogger game.by placing 3 (more\less) opposite-moving surfaces, that has majorette model-cars on it.here's an X-ray perspective.(the GarageGeeks build a real pacman - http://www.fuel.tv/BlockedColon/photos/view/4972 )

2008-01-24T22:31:00.000+02:00

I found a VCR in the streetand took it apartit has a very very cool control-panelthat i want to take apart and make a Cubase control-panelwith a shuttle [FF and rewind], play\pause\stop, and record!influenced with this maybe

2008-01-24T22:25:00.000+02:00

my girlfriend's cola-ruined sony ccd trv27e palit records, but doesn't play right. i think it's a loose tape problem.. i just need a plug, on which the tape runs - and then the tape will run properly. i think..

2008-01-19T22:13:00.000+02:00

I got my futurelec order!! after only 5 days waiting, i got a big package from Thailand! (i thought they were australian..?)now i have all the basic electronic componants i need to build some of the things i want to build!!and in only +-150 shekel (=40-50$US)

2008-01-11T22:18:00.000+02:00

i put a very convex lens on my cellphone's camera, and it produced super-macro closeups :)here are a strawberry, a decoration from my minichristmastree, my finger(print), and mizi's (my cat) nose!

2008-01-10T16:31:00.000+02:00

Just ordered some electronic-components Value Packs from Futurelec.com!it cost me about 160 shekels (40$ US +-)and with these i can finally build most of the things i want to..although i like scavenging old components, and re-use them, it's not so easy.it does not mean that my ideas works and products become ungreen, or more polluting, because the main idea is technology for the people, without

i wanna make a "water me man"

2007-12-30T20:36:00.000+02:00

i want to make a "water me man" - which is a moisture-dependent LED.a lit LED means "water me!!!"the moisture-sensoring can be detected with 2-prods' resistence measurement and:if Resistance>(preset value) then lit LED.with the arduino i think it's pretty easy... but what i want to build is a simple enough electronics - that it can be very cheapchip? naa... it's a very simple circuit.. i saw it

Meine Tomaten!!!!

2007-12-30T20:19:00.000+02:00

when i was working on my BIODA for the Biology bagrut, i planted some tomatoes.all of them died because of aphids(?)..but a few weeks ago suddenly a MASSIVE TOMATO sprouted !!so - evolutionwise - it's the strongest, fastest, bestest, smartest of all seeds that happened to get to the ground!!i dream of the day in which i will taste the fruit!!!picture by Gala Dolezal (C)

i woke up.. and had A THIRD HAND!!!

2007-12-30T20:10:00.000+02:00

actually i had to ride my bikes (that's green) to the Bazaar (green, too) in Dizengoff Square and then get my third hand..so cooool.... here it is(gala i owe you 80 shekels!)

X-max Tree Paper Clip

2007-12-30T20:04:00.000+02:00

This christmas I made my girlfriend a paper clip with a little Fimo christmas tree on it!!the tree is shaped with a chocolate mold i got last christmas hehe (and that's recycling!)

Added character to my new food&inventions log

2007-12-30T19:44:00.000+02:00

what does he say? :)My girlfriend bought me Fred's Animation-Stickers for x-max.So yesterday we sticked some faces on my new diary!

USB Coffe-Warmer for Tula

2007-12-30T19:39:00.000+02:00

I made a USB Coffee Warmer for my motherwith..1. a Peltier unit that i extracted from a mini-fridge that i found2. a USB Cable3. a metal can of Kalfany Coffee bonbonsthe idea was to make my mother a coffee-cup warmer that she can plug into USB while working!I used the help of this instructable : http://www.instructables.com/id/5-Mini-USB-Fridge!/the fridge i foundextraction:the Peltier unit:~~

X-mas decorations

2007-12-29T16:02:00.001+02:00

2 years ago, i made christmas decorations for my girlfriend.her mother was abroad, so i took charge of celebrating christmas!it's made from ping-pong balls and the balls from the Kinder Surprise toy i had at homesprayed with silver spray-paint.through a hole in the ball - i tied a nice christmas festive red&silver thread.on some of the lucky decorations i added a silver christmas bell!!merry

Bicycle Cellphone Holder

2007-12-29T15:55:00.001+02:00

I made my mother a Cellphone Holder to put on her bicycle steering wheelit's made out of Fimo that i shaped and bakedand a bicycle-loop holderthe phone itself is held with rubber bands - stretched to the holder's hands.i hope to change it to a smarter and more secure holding method - but right now it's pretty tight!

Greener laptop LCD

2007-12-29T15:44:00.001+02:00

my old (and only) laptop's LCD-CCFL (backlight = Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light) inverter became nonfunctional.so i opened up the LCD's plastic casing, and put a light behing it.what makes this kind of LCD back-lighting Greener, is that i can use the laptop with the Sun- as my backlight! rather than using electricity..

BonbonPhone

2007-12-29T15:35:00.000+02:00

i took an old non-working telephone deviceopened itand re-put it inside a Kalfany bobons metal can.it didn't work after the re-put, but it didn't work before, anyway..it has 0-9, #,*, redial, pause and flash.

Moriel's RoboDrawRETET

2007-12-29T14:40:00.000+02:00

I made a RoboDraw for Moriel, a friend of my girlfriend, for her birthday.he know to sing, dance and draw nice sketches!!he's made with..a 9V battery,3 pencils as pods,a DC motor with a weight attached to it's shaft,some wires (hands up),and a LED candle toy (1$ shop) -i changed led-candle's LED to a piezo element and it started singing.. apparently the chinese manufacturer had some left-over toy

RoboRETET

2007-12-29T14:19:00.000+02:00

RoboRETET(retet in hebrew - Vibration)this is a robot i made for my girlfriend.he vibrates, and by doing so - he walks aroud on the table with his long pods.in addition, his LED eyes are wiggling and jiggling!!made out of a LED-candle toy i bought in a 1$ shop.i find this toy a wonderful platform for simple robots from his kind.the videofits in your palm.. hehe

Family of kittens in the Laundrette

2007-12-29T13:48:00.000+02:00

I found a fmily of sweet kittens looking at cars and people in the street. they sat in a laundrette near my home - i saw them while riding home from work..after explaining them that they are very cute, i bought them some canned Tuna and ran away from there - so i won't get TOO attached (:\)the first video the second video

Introduction to Nur's Blog

2007-12-26T00:44:00.000+02:00

HiThis is my blogafter talking with Ben Bonfil in the office few days ago,I understood that Makezine.com (e.g.) wouldn't be - if there was no onlined-content.so.. i decided to upload the things i build and write.this blog will not be daily-updated, and a lot of the first posts will relate to things i made some time ago.Nur.