Cell Phone Dock/Stand
I thought it would be cool to have some sort of dock/stand for my phone at work so that I could easily see my notifications without looking down on it flat on my desk. It would great if this could charge at the same time too. I found a few online that I could buy but as you may know, I prefer making things myself. I enjoy the actual designing and building part and you get something unique (not to mention the money you save).
So I went through my box of junk and supplies and brainstormed a few design and material ideas, and I finally came up with this. The structure is made up of spare electronics parts and does a great job of holding my phone up at a good angle. There is enough space so that the micro-usb cable can still be connected so it can charge at the same time. I added some small foam pieces at the bottom so that it doesn’t slip when I use the phone while its in the dock.
The VSK logo in the middle is actually an NFC chip which the phone detects when it comes really close to it. I can set it up to do certain tasks when I put the phone in the dock, like change my ringer to silent, turn wifi on, etc. In this video I had it set to change all my settings for work and say “Welcome to work, VSK”.
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Magic Shows
To celebrate 1 year of amasingh.com and the start of www.vikramkhalsa.com’s 7th year, I thought I’d share some pictures from my performances in 2012 ( and maybe a few from 2011).
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Custom Tablet Case
I made this about a year ago too, but for some reason never put it up then. Last summer we bought an android tablet but unfortunately it did not come with a case. Since it wasn’t a name-brand tablet, it was hard to find cases made specially for it. I didn’t want to spend money and get something that didn’t even fit properly, so I decided to just make my own. I bought this thin foam like sheet from Michaels for less than a dollar and cut it out to make the pieces. Then I just taped them together from the inside and sewed them together by hand from the outside using a nylon-like thread. This made sure that it all stayed together and looked nice. Here is the process and the final product:
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Light-up Waheguru Display Piece
I realized that haven’t posted much stuff this year as compared to previous years, probably because it was my final year at university and I was really busy. I recently found a bunch of old stuff that I created years ago but never posted. I’m not sure why, probably because they were small things or didn’t seem impressive enough to me to deserve their own post.. or I just never got around to it. Anyways, its cool to look back on those things now and I thought I’d share some of them.
I probably made this back in 2006/07 ( you can tell from the quality of the pictures). I was still excited about the whole light up plexiglass idea (see Plexiglass LED Table) , and I tried to cut a small piece of it and etch/scratch/engrave “Waheguru” on it in gurmukhi. It was pretty hard and I didn’t do a very good job, which is probably why I didn’t post it then. I added an LED light under it with a battery and switch. Then I used some cardboard and electric tape to make sort of a base/stand for the whole thing. One thing I was really proud of at the time was that there was a little hinged door thing on the side so that you could slide out the battery and replace it, I thought this was pretty cool- rather than having to take all the electrical tape off every time. I still have this in my room. It doesn’t really serve any function besides looking cool.. and reminding you about Waheguru, of course 🙂
———————–UPDATE————————- 10/30/2012————————-
I took another look at this and realized it was different from the pictures I posted. I must have worked on it some more in between the time that I actually made it years ago and now. I guess it was long enough ago that I forgot. At some point I went over the ‘scratched’ Waheguru with another tool to make it more rounded and smooth. So now it actually looks like this:
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