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Make your own air conditioner

How to make your own air conditioner

Don't sweat it this summer. Here are step by step instructions on how to make an air conditioner using parts that cost less than ...

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Turn a flatbed scanner into a camera

How to turn a flatbed scanner into a camera

Take an ordinary flatbed scanner and turn it into a scanner camera for some super wild and trippy photos! You can even control ...

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Turn a webcam and phone into a security spy system

How to turn a webcam and phone into a security spy system

This video will show you how to make a homemade nanny spy cam security system. Set it up to make sure that your roommates are ...

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Make a film canister battery

How to make a film canister battery

What can you do with those plastic film canisters besides store pennies??? Make a battery, that's what! Make your own power with ...

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Run USB through the phone lines

How to run USB through the phone lines

This little hack is quite brilliant. It also opens your eyes to what really connects your devices. Why does a Belkin USB cable ...

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How To Learn Morse Code

Learn Morse Code

Morse Code was first used in the 1840s, and even after more than 160 years, it is still used today, especially by amateur radio operators ...more

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Written 2 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
Views 1,734

How to breadboard a DIY USB power supply

Breadboard a DIY USB power supply

Today we turn a 7805 Voltage Regulator and 4 AA batteries into a very simple Power Supply to charge anything that runs off USB ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 3
Views 12,571

How to browse the web with Safari on the Apple iPhone 3G

Browse the web with Safari on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is ...more

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Curated 5 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 1
Views 2,688

How to build a $40 USB spy telescope

Build a $40 USB spy telescope

Been watching Rear Window and feel like giving spying a try yourself? Hack an old telelens, a USB webcam and standard PVC plumbing materials ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 24
Views 91,477

How to build a burning blue/violet laser

Build a burning blue/violet laser

The video shows you how to build a high powered burning violet laser (reason why it says Blue/Violet in title is because half the things you ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by bird crick | Comments 8
Views 41,903

How to build a firewall from a junk PC to protect networks

Build a firewall from a junk PC to protect networks

Systm is the Do-It-Yourself show designed ...more

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Curated 4 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 4,772

How to build a hydrogen generator

Build a hydrogen generator

Check out this how-to video and learn how to build a SAFE hydrogen generator. Be sure that you test volts vs. amps for safety reasons ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 12
Views 50,622

How to build a laser microphone

Build a laser microphone

Listen to conversations over long distances with a homemade laser listening device. All you'll need is a laser pointer, tripod, old pair of ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by alexkain | Comments 28
Views 84,280

How to build a remote controlled beer keg

Build a remote controlled beer keg

Learn how to build a remote controlled beer keg. Not only can you deliver beer to friends, but you can control the drinker's access to it ...more

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Curated 5 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 7,190

How to build a simple contact microphone for $2

Build a simple contact microphone for $2

Looking to go electric on the cheap? In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to make a contact microphone out of a Piezo Transducer ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 3
Views 5,791

How to build a simple MIDI controller

Build a simple MIDI controller

Do you need just a few more controls? Perhaps your wondering how hard it is to make your own controller? Then follow the steps in this 2 ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 1
Views 8,783

How to build a solar powered USB charger

Build a solar powered USB charger

Want to stop wasting energy charging your USB devices? Transform some cheap solar-powered garden lights into your very own solar USB charger ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by cwiltz | Comments 23
Views 40,657

How to build a weatherproof compact high gain WiFi antenna

Build a weatherproof compact high gain WiFi antenna

See how to build a weatherproof compact high gain WiFi antenna for ...more

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Curated 6 months ago by rmansur | Comments 7
Views 34,605

How to build and use a handheld automated warspying device

Build and use a handheld automated warspying device

Systm is the Do-It-Yourself show designed ...more

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Curated 4 months ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 4,689

How to build your own HD DVR

Build your own HD DVR

Tired of shelling out hard earned cash to download the program listings of your DVR? Want to backup your videos but don't want to deal with ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 4
Views 18,482

How to circuit bend a battery-powered toy

Circuit bend a battery-powered toy

Take your old electronics and make them scream with glitchy goodness. This an extremely easy project and makes a great project for ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Vote Obama! | Comments 0
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How to clean a digital SLR camera's sensor with Sensor-Film

Clean a digital SLR camera's sensor with Sensor-Film

This is a great tutorial on how to use Sensor-Film to clean a DSLR ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 0
Views 3,919

How to clean electronic circuit boards with solvents

Clean electronic circuit boards with solvents

A clean circuit board is a hackable circuit board. This video "Tangent ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 9,687

How to connect a digital converter box to an analog TV

Connect a digital converter box to an analog TV

This video tutorial from Consumer Reports will show you how to connect ...more

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Curated 9 months ago by tenebrism | Comments 2
Views 3,747

How to connect NetShare to Win XP to use your iPhone's 3G web

Connect NetShare to Win XP to use your iPhone's 3G web

A walk-through on how to configure netshare for the iPhone to work ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Bryan Crow | Comments 4
Views 15,378

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Fire + Gravity + Corrosive Liquids = Explosive Rube Goldberg Fun

They Way Things Go is a Rube Goldberg inspired art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987). The 30 minute film documents an assembly line of action and reaction. Wikipedia: "The machine is ...

DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

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