June 18, 2008
DIY Lego-Built Wall-E!
Cute lego Wall-E huh? Joe Meno, editor of BrickJournal magazine, built the first well-done model of Pixar’s adorable little robot Wall-E. The creation features moving parts including the neck and arms and rolling treads and took three months to plan. via gizmodo - brothers-brick brick, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entert ... More
DIY - How to Make Red Laser Wax Bulb!
Here’s a fun DIY on how to make your own glowing red laser wax bulb. A lot of work for little results but still, now you know how to do it. this will show you how to make an awesome night light using a laser, wax, and a light bulb. via instructables Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, Househol ... More
DIY - How to Make Heat Blocking Curtains!
This one’s pretty much common sense but still a really good idea on how to make heat blocking curtains using insulated materials. To save electricity with our super expensive A/C, I constructed reflective curtains to block sunlight from warming our house. Think auto windshield. This is super simple and kind of obvious, but it works well. via ... More
June 17, 2008
DIY Steampunk Fan!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode It seems like the social networking internet world “loves” steampunk stuff, here’s another steampunk fan! (Ah gowwwd, please turn off that awful music!) This is sort of a cross between an instructable and a slide show. I did take some picture ... More
DIY - How to Measure Speed of Light using Chocolate!
Here’s a really cool science experiment that allows you to measure speed of light by putting chocolate in the microwave and measuring the hot spots. In this Instructable, the first in a series using the book How to Fossilize Your Hamster And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist as inspiration, we use a bar of chocolate to mea ... More
June 16, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Light Bulb Oil Lamp!
Here’s a great way to re-use your old light bulbs and turn them into oil lamps for your pleasures. It does look dangerous though if you cracked the light bulb and the oil starts spilling out everywhere… wait a minute, that’d cause some serious fires! This instructable covers the entire process, from a new light bulb to a new ... More
DIY - How to Install a Central Vacuum System in your Home!
Well, if you want to save some bucks while installing a central vacuum system in your house, here’s a perfect DIY for it although I do not recommended it. After several months of research, I installed a central vacuum system in my house during many nights and weekends from December 2004 through January 2005. It was a big project, but well wo ... More
DIY - How to Make an Etching Tank With Aquarium Pump And Heater!
Check out this cool DIY on how to make your own etching tank with an aquariam pump and heater! I wanted to build an etching tank since i first saw one in an article on Make Blog. It was fun to make it and it will sure speed-up my PCB making process. The main thing that i wanted to achieve with my etching tank was to keep it thin so it holds up sma ... More
June 14, 2008
DIY Sound Sensitive Light Bar Controller!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting DIY light bar controller that might interest your weekend hacking desires. This device analyses the music it picks up via the electret microphone, then flashes the LEDs in time to the music. It’s encased in the box SparkFun sent me ... More
June 13, 2008
DIY - How to Make a Skunk Motorcycle Helmet!
Really, I wouldn’t make something skunky like this but still, it’s funny as hell. Do you want your head to stand out in a crowd? Enjoy making people go “What was that?” Smell bad? This one is for you! I have seen motorcyclists with a “mohawk” stripe on their helmets, but I wanted a different one. My helmet is pl ... More
DIY - How to Block Phone Numbers on your Cellphone!
Here’s a great way to block phone numbers on your cellphone. Of course, it only works for text messaging but could be useful if you get spam on your cellphone. * AT&T: Log in at mymessages.wireless.att.com. Under Preferences, you’ll see the text-blocking and alias options. Here’s also where you can block messages from specific e-ma ... More
June 12, 2008
iPhone Hack - How To Turn an iPhone into a Moleskine Book!
Here’s a fun DIY on how to make a moleskine book casing for your iPhone. That’s fine, but the little iPod gets uncomfortable to hold after a while, and it lacks the presence of a real book. Imagine seeing an attractive girl (or boy) sitting outside a pavement café, drinking an espresso, smoking a Gauloise and reading a tatty paperback ... More
DIY Automated RC Cars with Ultrasonic Sensors can Drift…
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a neat DIY of automated RC cars that detect the walls and automatically (sorta) drift. If applied to real cars, this could be a great way to save lots of human lives in the future. The car-chase was made by holding a camera on a stick, chasing the ... More
DIY Hack - HOWTO Make A High Voltage Supply in 5 Minutes!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun DIY for experimenting with some high voltage from spare TV parts. In this Instructable you will learn how to make a High Voltage High Frequency power supply in 5 minutes and for less than $20. All you need is a compact fluorescent light (CFL) ... More
June 11, 2008
DIY iPhone HACK - How to get Free Online Magazines!
Well, here’s another cool hack that lets you get free online magazines using the same hack to get free wifi at Starbucks. You have an iPhone, or the handy User Agent Switcher for Firefox, there are a couple of sites that offer free digital versions of several popular magazines. I guess the idea is to try and capture email addresses, but you ... More
DIY Homer Simpson Clock talks on the hour and every hour!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great way to hack your regular ol’ Homer Simpson Clock into something that does more… Sambuchi has made a cool Homer Simpson Clock Mod. He gutted a store bought clock and stuffed it full of electronics. It can now perform a light show ... More
June 10, 2008
DIY - How to Make Ping Pong Lights!
Here’s a great DIY on how to make Ping Pong Lights! Actually, the “idea” or the “concept” is very creative. At some point last semester I realized that ping pong balls make great diffusers and look really cool when they are glowing. Next we concluded that a hundred glowing ping pong balls would look even cooler. It ... More
June 9, 2008
Plasma DIY - HOWTO Play with your Plasma Ball!
Do you own a Plasma ball? If yes, then here’s some tricks you can play with your plasma ball using some flourescent and other lights. find just looking and touching a plasma globe kinda boring, I wanted to do something more fun with the plasma globe. Some times later, I saw a short video on You Tube about a florescent tube lighting up when ... More
June 8, 2008
DIY Wifi Gun Shooting Camera Tank Robot!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool robot that can supposedly shoot some rounds of ammo and has a video transmitter. We didn’t load the gun with any ammo because we were in a school lab filled with faculty, you can still see the gun recoiling when you instruct it ... More
DIY How To Turn Your Toy Helicopter Into A Spy Camera Copter!
This one’s a no-brainer but cool regardless… via videojug brainer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, Gadgets, HOWTO, spy camera ... More
How to Make Your Own Iron Man Arc Reactor!
Here’s a cool DIY on how to make your own Iron Man Arc reactor! This instructable is one of two parts detailing how to build an arc reactor and an iron man mask. Both work together but are written as seperate instructables for clarity. This part is for the Arc Reactor the Iron Man Mask can be found here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How- ... More
How to Make Popcorn with 4 Cellphones!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, enjoy this and try it. Let me know if it is actually possible to make popcorn with 4 cellphones…. via icantseeyou cellphones, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, ... More
DIY - How to Make Earrings out of 1.44MB Floppy Disk Parts!
Make these geeky earrings out of your old AOL floppy disks and keep your guests wondering where you got those “cool” earrings. via instructables Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, floppy disk, floppy disks, Gadgets, how to make earrings, HOWTO ... More
