May 20, 2008
DIY - How to Make a USB Wooden Drive out of a Cruzer USB!
I admit to having a cruzer 4GB USB drive in which I store all my website data including the tar files and the sql files. Here’s a great DIY on how to turn your cruzer USB(or any other USB) into a super-protective wooden USB that you can drop from 13th floor and still recover your data. Everybody has a jump drive nowadays, and there are a mul ... More
DIY - How to Build a Banana Bike!
Here’s a cool instructable on how to make your own banana bike. Although I’d probably never recommend you ride one, it’d be fun to build one yourself. Convert a small kid bike into a fun sporty looking silly riding adult bike. Kids outgrow their bikes so fast but here is a way to put even the smallest 12″ wheel kid bike b ... More
May 19, 2008
DIY - How to Make LED Cubes!
Wow, here’s a really creative way of making your own LED cubes! The material used is Smooth-On brand “Clear Flex 95″. This is mainly sold as an industrial product, although smaller quantities (highly recommended! See below for why) may be availble from art supply houses. It comes in 2 separate jugs of syrupy liquid marked PART A and PART ... More
DIY 4 by 4 LED Matrix
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a neat little DIY 4 by 4 matrix LED thingee… A few years ago, when I finally got around to learning PIC programming, I decided to I wanted to create something that would run LED animations on a small 4×4 matrix. I liked the idea of the s ... More
May 18, 2008
DIY - How to Build an LED Glowy Bike!
Here’s an interesting DIY where you can make your bike glow with a big tube thang you can buy from Wal-mart. This is an easy bike project that incorporates things like paint, an iPod speaker, and an LED tube.If you follow the instructable correctly, you should end up with a very nice bike for under $25! via instructables .gallery { ... More
DIY - How to Make a USB LED Greenhouse!
Need to grow some plants and save some power using USB power? Here’s a quick solution for that. With “going green” such a big trend right now you might find yourself wanting to put a little green in your workspace - and no, I don’t mean that green. The following is a video USB tutorial on taking some supplies from around your office o ... More
May 17, 2008
DIY - How to Make your own Invisible Shelf!
Here’s a cool way to make your own invisible CD shelf. It makes you think, “Why didn’t I think of that before?” The only bad part is that you have to drill holes in your wall but if you don’t rent, it’d be no problem. via videojug cd case, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, holes, HOWTO ... More
May 16, 2008
Crabfu’s SwashBot 3 made using ShapeLock
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode What’s great about this DIY isn’t just the Crabfu robot but the material ShapeLock used to make it. Well, I’ve been looking for something that you can mold easily such as ShapeLock. Great DIY and thanks for sharing the information with us. T ... More
May 13, 2008
GooHack of the Day!
Well, I did a search on “sleep” today over at GooHack.com and found some interesting DIY: How to make sleep glasses so your boss doesn’t see you sleeping. So, it’s only January and you are already sick and tired of your responsibilities. Ever WonderHowTo get out of doing the things you don’t want to do? Work, relation ... More
May 11, 2008
DIY - How to Take Better Videos
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great DIY on how to take better videos. Finally, for those of you who are shooting your own films, whether using RED or not, try this how to video I found on WonderHowTo.com from Videomaker that teaches you the 7 Deadly Sins of Camera work. via Wo ... More
May 8, 2008
Zedomax DIY - How to Make a Simple Green Laser Projector!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Since I have been playing with green lasers for about a year, I never saw any good use for them except to point them to the sky or buildings. Since the green laser has a lot of power, especially the one DragonLasers sent me recently, I decided it was time to ... More
DIY LED Tiles for your bathroom!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Well, here’s a DIY LED tiles for your bathroom. Btw, you can go buy these color changing LEDs over at IKEA for about $10-20 and slap them on too. Regardless, kudos for the project there bud! A lot of people have been posting projects about ambient orbs ... More
May 5, 2008
DIY - How to build your own Tengu!
Above is a picture of Tengu, it’s basically a LED display that syncs to voice and music. You can buy one but I guess these guys over at Tinkerlog have made their own ‘DIY’ version Tangu. This is a new version of my Tengu clone. This time on a printed circuit board (PCB). I have them produced by Olimex and I am very pleased wit ... More
DIY iPhone HACK - How to make an iPhone LoJack and chart your location using Google Maps!
Here’s a great hack on how to make an iPhone LoJack and also be able to chart your location using GoogleMaps. Basically the hack connects a Twitter account so your iPhone “twitts” your iPhone’s location at set intervals. The “twitts” are basically GoogleMaps URLs that locates the GPS location of the iPhone. Ho ... More
May 4, 2008
DIY HACK - How to build a cheap bluetooth audio for your GPS!
Here’s a good instructable on how to build a cheap bluetooth audio for your GPS. If your GPS doesn’t already support bluetooth (I believe most don’t), this is a great cheap way to get all those audible directions into just the driver’s ears, not everyone in the car. I needed a way to hear my cheap a$$ GPS under the helmet ... More
DIY Open Source Multi-Touch Display
Now, you can build your own open source multi-touch display. I guess it was at Maker Faire but somehow I missed it… Researchers at Eyebeam, an engineering and design firm, sell kits that let people build their own multitouch tables. In this picture, the Cubit frame is completely disassembled. To make the display functional, users must add ... More
Sparkfun’s Touch Tetris at Maker Faire 2008
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember we featured Touch Tetris way back last year? Well, I saw it in person at the Maker Faire 2008 so I had to post another video of how “cool” it is. You can go here to find out how to make one yourself. Art, Consumer, Cool, Design, DoItYours ... More
May 2, 2008
DIY Ford Bronco PC - I bet OJ Simpson wanted one
You know I ran into this post today, it’s a Ford Bronco PC. Well, the first thing it reminded me was OJ Simpson. Weird what the media could do to your mind. I try to stay off TV and any real news these days for that reason. Maybe one day I will buy my own island and live there with a dog and a cool boat. Anyways, check out the Ford Bron ... More
May 1, 2008
DIY HACK - How to use your Optical Mouse as a scanner!
Here’s a really cool hack that let’s you use your optical mouse as a scanner. Are you using an optical mouse right now? Ever wanted to see your desktop through the eye on the bottom of it? Me neither, I already know I have to clean my desktop People get bored sometimes, and when I get bored I sometimes open up stuff to find out wh ... More
April 29, 2008
DIY HACK - How to make your own Sawed-Off USB Cable!
Yey, here’s a fun little DIY for those of you who want to mask your secret USB drives as a “Sawed-Off USB Cable“. This might prove to be the best security protection you ever had for your USB device. (Why didn’t I think of this before???) Holy crap– somebody just went and TORE MY FREAKING USB CABLE IN HALF while it w ... More
April 27, 2008
DIY - How to build your own G-Force Meter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember I did a G-Force Meter couple years ago? Here’s another cool DIY G-Force meter. The only difference it that it uses 7-segment display and a PIC18F series microcontroller. After seeing so many applications using acceleromters making a simple proje ... More
April 24, 2008
DIY Stinger Spud Gun!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Lol… here’s some cool spud gun to cool you down while I review lots of Web 2.0 stuff… This Stinger Spud Gun shoots 10 inch PVC missiles! There are no details on the build but by looking at it I would guess that the red button that is used to ignite the gun is a BBQ igniter. The re ... More
April 14, 2008
DIY TV HACK - How to hook up your TV to your computer! (Or 2 Monitors)
Well, this is a real short hack (or a howto really) for hooking up your TV to your computer. First, you will need a dual-monitor graphic adaptor or extra graphic adaptors. (1 per monitor) If you don’t have one, go buy one with lots of RAM over at your favorite electronics store. *If you have a laptop, you don’t need a dual-monitor, ...