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Upgrade Your Current Flashlight to an LED Flashlight
Why throw your current flashlight away to upgrade to LED when you can keep all the good stuff and just upgrade the light itself? Milwaukee's LED Module flashlight upgrade does just that. [ToolBarn via Core77] -
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How To Make Any Pair Of Gloves Work With a Touchscreen
There are commercial gloves designed to work with touchscreens, but you can achieve the same functionality with your current pair of gloves using a needle and some conductive thread. More » -
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Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
When you find a dead Sega Genesis and you open it up to see what the insides look like, the chances are probably good that you'll end up with a Genesis you can plug your iPhone into. [Gadget Lab] -
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DIY Light Bulb Planters and Mini Terrariums Bring Too Many Puns
The ever-present flower on my desk sits in a skinny vase that doesn't exactly scream I'm-kinda-geeky-but-hey-it's-ok-because-I-make-cool-things. Time to start using a funky DIY planter or mini terrarium made of repurposed light bulbs. Maybe the what-a-bright-idea puns will be a bonus. More » -
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DIY Laptop Etch-A-Sketch is Almost Worth Destroying a Hard Drive
I think my hard drive flinched in fear when I pulled up these instructions for turning a laptop into an Etch-A-Sketch. How could it not when the project is a freakin' awesome Arduino-powered Hack-A-Sketch that you actually shake to erase. More » -
#instruments
Three-iPhone Ocarina Much More Expensive Than No-iPhone Ocarina
Do you have three iPhones kicking around that you aren't using? If so, you could make an insanely expensive ocarina out of them using some laser-cut plastic. But the real question is why you would do such a thing. [Make] -
#mods
Sony Vaio UX Becomes a Killer Hackintosh UMPC
Not only can this 2007 model UX490 quad-boot into OS X, Windows 7, XP Pro, and Vista Business, but its specs have been overhauled. A voice-capable HSPA modem has been added, plus a faster CPU and larger solid-state hard disk. More » -
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Chumby Guts Turn Anything Into a Chumby
If you love the oh-so-adorable Chumby as well as some DIY, then the Chumby Guts kit is perfect for you. You can build your own crazy Chumby, but just don't cry over the brutal product name. More » -
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Inductive Charging...Through Wood
Inductive charging, allowing you to charge a gadget just by placing it on a non-electrocuting surface, is a pretty neat parlor trick. But you're still putting a gadget on a charger. This DIY mod, however, trades synthetic chargers for wood. More » -
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Shoot 3D Photos Using Two Hacked Canon Cameras
Sure, basic stereoscopic images can be created using software to merge two slightly offset photos, but that only works for stationary subjects. For moving targets, there's Fuji's Finepix Real 3D W1, or this $20 hack using two Canon PowerShot cameras. More » -
#gps
Make Your Own Real Time Kinematic GPS Receiver That's Accurate to One Centimeter
Researchers Tomoji Takasu and Akio Yasuda of Tokyo University have developed an open source, inexpensive, Real Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS receiver than runs on a beagle board. They've also left instructions on how you can build one yourself. More » -
#diy
Life Is Rarely as Simple as the Mini DV Case iPhone Stand
Here is an old Mini DV tape case—do people use these anymore?—as an iPhone stand. Sometimes the best inventions are out there in plain sight, waiting for that dohment of obvious realization. [Twitpic via LikeCool] -
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Take a Virtual Tour Through Google Street View On a Stationary Bike
Using a Vuzix headset, a laptop, Arduino and a bike sensor, Aki Mimoto was able to rig up his wife's stationary bike to transport himself through a virtual Google Street View environment. More » -
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DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
A modder managed to wire Palm's TouchStone inductive charger directly into his car's battery, giving his Pre both a simple mount solution and wireless charging. Makes tossing a phone into a cupholder seem so inelegant, doesn't it? [EverythingPre via MAKE] -
#digitalcameras
Big Shot: Build Your Own Digital Camera
Sure, you own a digital camera, but do you know what's inside? Faeries, maybe, working in a darkroom to develop your photos instantly? The Big Shot's a camera kit for kids to put together, teaching them how digital cameras work. More » -
#badideas
Student Plans to Mod Old OutRun Cabinet Into a Car
This seems dangerous: a crazy student is taking an old OutRun cabinet and plans to turn it into an actual working car that renders on screen what's actually in front of you. More » -
#iphone
Surfing the Road On an iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile
Remember that smart German iPhone-controlled car that used cameras, GPS, and lasers to perfectly run through the streets of Berlin? Well, screw German efficient engineering. That's not how we do things in America. More » -
#microscopes
Engineer Builds $10 DIY Cellphone Microscope
Cellphones are handy in a pinch. They make emergency calls, serve as a late night texting platform, and now in developing areas where money is tight and malaria runs rampant, they can serve as a microscope. More » -
#hacks
Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
The hacktastic Dell Mini 9 goes well with all sorts of aftermarket add-ons and OS's, including this latest addition: Updated. More » -
#nas
Building a NAS? Skip the Performance Drives
A while ago I was considering putting low-powered 5400 RPM drives into a NAS. I was worried about performance, but Tom's Hardware shows us that drive speed isn't the bottleneck, and how slower drives can even beat faster ones. More » -
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5,000 Volts Is More Than Enough Power To Crush a Soda Can
Bob Davis scored a complete power supply including a 5 KV transformer, 100 uf Capacitor and a contactor on eBay for $100 and did what any sane person would do—he built a can crusher. More » -
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DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator Almost Makes Regular Bluetooth Headsets Look Stylish
This DIY Star Trek Bluetooth Communicator instantly reminded me of a comment a dear reader left when I shared a Star Trek fantasy. He was right: Bluetooth is the ruin of Star Trek. But this is a fun quick-n-dirty project. More » -
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Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable For Better Home Networking
I finally started watching Californication recently, but my big annoyance since then is that my—ahem—mostly-legally downloaded episodes take ages to transfer wirelessly from laptop to media center PC. Thankfully Lifehacker's got a DIY wiring solution for my troubles. More » -
#fixit
Eliminate Scratches On Your iPhone's Bezel With A Sponge
I abused my iPhone and it's got the marks to tell the stories. The most annoying though are the scratches on the pretty silver bezel. Thankfully, as Lifehacker shows us, those can easily be eliminated using a kitchen sponge. More » -
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DIY Wrist-Mounted Flamethrower Lets You Pretend To Be An X-Man
Pyro was never my favorite of the X-Men, but that doesn't mean I'm not excited about this DIY project allowing me to mimic his powers. It's called Prometheus, and it's by far one of the best wrist-mounted flamethrowers I've seen. More » -
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Make Your Own Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
Hideouts can't be protected with a simple lock and key, those jobs require passwords or secret knocks. For the latter, you can go the extra mile and build a knock detector using a few basic pieces of equipment. More » -
#imagecache
Disturbingly Cool "Big Head" Papercraft Halloween Costume
Inspired by the big head mode in retro video games, Eric Testroete created this trippy papercraft self portrait for Halloween last weekend. The geometric look uses 370 individual paper triangles, and here's how he did it: More » -
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This DIY Automated Sentry Gun Looks Terrifyingly Easy To Build
I know the week's barely started, but I've already got the freakishly scary weekend project I want to take on. Some folks have put together instructions to build a completely automatic, autonomous sentry gun. More » -
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304 Matchboxes Filled With Beans Are The Perfect Tic-Tac-Toe Opponent
It's tough to find a partner who's always ready and willing to play, so James Bridle attempted to build one. 304 matchboxes and several bags of beans later he had MENACE, a Tic-Tac-Toe playing "machine" designed to learn and improve. More » -
#usb
Homemade USB Charger Runs Off a 9V
In case you're interested in a cheap, reusable 9V to USB adapter/charger, AnythingButiPod has a neat step-by-step tutorial up that requires little more than soldering. Or you can always just buy a Duracell Instant Charger for not much more. [AnythingButiPod] -
#robots
Cold, Lifeless Robot Shreds Blondie In iPhone Rock Band
This little homemade robot takes all of those impressive no-look Dragonforce-on-expert Rock Band/Guitar Hero YouTube videos and destroys them with a cold, clockwork efficiency. Updated. More » -
#gaming
Atari's Lunar Lander, Made Real
A crazy British engineer named Iain Sharp decided to honor the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by building a real-life version of the classic Atari game Lunar Lander. And you know what? It's pretty great. More » -
#diy
A Spider-Bot Pumpkin Is the Scariest Way To Dispense Candy On Halloween
If I wasn't so worried about traumatizing the kids in my neighborhood, dispensing trick or treat candy in this creepy spider bot pumpkin would be awesome. More » -
#robots
Mr. Wake Robot Alarm Clock Is An Untouchable Morning Menace
What if Clocky the alarm clock didn't just run away from you in the morning? What if he could sense your presence and evade capture with an IR sensor? That's the annoying idea behind Mr. Wake. More » -
#howto
Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard
A cardboard box, sliced to pieces, taped together, fastened to a pair of work goggles, and capped off with an HTC Magic: this is what DIY augmented reality looks like, right now. More » -
#diy
DIY Larger-Than-Life, Soccer Ball-Controlled Guitar Hero Game
Definitely one for the things-I-wish-I-were-talented-enough-to-do category. These five guys are playing a way-bigger-than-life-size game of Guitar Hero by shooting soccer balls at sensors made from torn apart Guitar Hero controllers. Oh, and they're scoring some pretty decent accuracy, too. More » -
#projects
Make a High-Speed Spear Launcher, Ensure No Parents Let Kids Trick or Treat at Your House
Bored? Why not direct your restless energy into building a Atlatl, an ancient spear-throwing device that'll let you toss a spear far farther than you could before. More » -
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Build The Spirit Radio That Creeped Out Tesla Himself
Tesla's Spirit Radio uses a simple crystal radio circuit connected to a computer sound-in jack to generate spooky sounds from all kinds of electromagnetic sources. As you will see, it creeped the hell out of Tesla himself. More » -
#halloween
There’s Still Time For DIY Halloween Decor
Make brings up this handy resource to add a little fright to your front yard this Halloween. The Haunt Project is a collection of Halloween-related DIY projects, ranging from harmless decorations to stuff that's just dangerous. More » -
#household
DIY Laser Hair Removal And DIY Botox Markets Expanding
I love DIY projects, lasers, and chemistry sets as much as the next gal, but the whole do-it-yourself laser hair removal and Botox market boom is terrifying. Untrained individuals shouldn't be pointing needles and lasers at themselves. More »
