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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 focal lengths and the iris with this scanner camera. For anyone interested in ...

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How to wire an electric kitty fence

You just got a new flatscreen LCD monitor. Great. But what do you do with that old CRT monitor? Don't junk it. Put it to good use. Hack it into a wired electric fence!

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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 have to cost $20 and how does Monster sell HDMI cables for $100+?

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How to make an electrical lighter

Who wants a disposable cigarette lighter or a zippo when you can make your own cool electric lighter? You need a few batteries, a switch, and some wire, along with a few tools to make this nifty gadget.

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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 just a little water and white vinegar in your film containers.

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How to operate the Nikon D300 digital camera

Watch this instructional video brought to you by Nikon's Digitutor to learn how to operate the Nikon D300. This Nikon D300 video tutorial ...more

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How to operate the Nikon D40 digital camera

Watch this instructional video brought to you by Nikon's Digitutor to learn how to operate the Nikon D40. This Nikon D40 video tutorial ...more

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How to operate the Nikon D60 digital camera

Watch this instructional video brought to you by Nikon's Digitutor to learn how to operate the Nikon D60. This Nikon D60 video tutorial ...more

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How to operate the Nikon D80 digital camera

Watch this instructional video brought to you by Nikon's Digitutor to learn how to operate the Nikon D80. This Nikon D80 video tutorial ...more

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How to operate the Nikon D90 digital camera

Watch this instructional video brought to you by Nikon's Digitutor to learn how to operate the Nikon D90. This Nikon D90 video tutorial ...more

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How to operate the Samsung i730 mobile phone

Check out this interactive video tutorial from Verizon Wireless on the Samsung i730 mobile phone. If you have just purchases this sleek ...more

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How to pimp your iPhone 1.0.2

By following this simple how-to video you can learn how to install 100's of new programs now being created by developers on to your iPhone ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 15

How to play the Comets and Craters iPhone tower defense game

Need a new iPhone app? Check out Comets and Craters, a new iPhone ...more

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How to play WoW on your iPod on Household Hacker

Household Hacker brings you fun hack how to projects in a variety of areas: electronic hacks, computer hacks, pranks, etc. Search Household ...more

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Curated 6 months ago by rmansur | Comments 1

How to protect your mobile phone

This video demonstrates easy steps you can take to protect your cell phone from thieves. Included in this tutorial tips to marking a mobile ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by aramirez | Comments 0

How to rainproof your camcorder for cheap

Worried about getting your camera wet or planning to shoot in the rain? Alan K. from Indy Mogul teaches you how to make a camcorder rain ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by cwiltz | Comments 2

How to record voice memos on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to remotely shut down a Windows PC with a cell phone

Want to have the power to shut down your Windows PC from most anywhere ...more

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How to search with Spotlight on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to send SMS and MMS messages on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to ...more

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How to shoot and share video on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to shop iTunes on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to shop the App Store on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to solder electronics the right way

New to soldering? This how-to video answers the questions for these common beginner soldering questions: what is flux? what tip should be ...more

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How to swap a RED camera PL mount to a Nikon mount

Douglas Underdahl from Long Valley Equipment www.longvalleyequip.com shows you how to change the RED camera's PL mount to Nikon

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Curated 1 year ago by WonderDude Mike | Comments 0

How to swap out your iPhone's SIM card

Did you know that your iPhone will work without a SIM card, and your old phone will work with your iPhone's SIM card? Learn how to remove ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 1

How to take and share photos on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to take apart an iPhone

Learn how to take apart your Apple iPhone PDA and remove the screen for repair. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

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Curated 2 years ago by cwiltz | Comments 1

How to turn a flashlight into a laser

Kipkay demonstrates how to extract the laser from a DVD burner and mount it in a small flashlight to create a handheld laser burner that can ...more

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How to turn a flatbed scanner into a camera

Want to take an ordinary flatbed scanner and turn it into a camera (that takes some pretty wild photos)? You can and, with the help of this ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 3

How to turn a pencil into an emergency light

You are stuck in the middle of nowhere and can't see a thing. Luckily you have pencil and your car battery. You can create 20 minutes of ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by stephen | Comments 36

How to turn an ordinary hardback book into a PDA notebook

Check out this video from Make Magazine! Forget the Macbook air ...more

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How to turn your electric air freshener into a bug killer

Learn how to make an automatic bug killing machine for under ten ...more

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How to use a Canon EOS 350D XT camera and take great pictures

This is a video training for the Canon EOS Rebel XT 350D camera. A ...more

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How to use a Canon Rebel digital SLR camera

Check out this video tutorial to show you how to use a Canon Rebel digital SLR camera. This video was made by the equipment room at CUNY ...more

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How to use a digital multimeter on circuit boards

With this video "Tangent Tutorial," you'll learn how to use a multimeter for your electronic circuit board work. This video demonstrates ...more

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How to use a Fuji FinePix digital still camera

Check out this video tutorial to show you how to use a Fuji FinePix digital still camera. This video was made by the equipment room at CUNY ...more

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How to use a Panasonic MiniDV camcorder

Check out this video tutorial to show you how to use a Panasonic MiniDV camcorder. This video was made by the equipment room at CUNY ...more

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How to use a potentiometer on your electronic circuit boards

This "Tangent Tutorial" will show you how a potentiometer works with ...more

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How to use basic soldering techniques for electronics

This "Tangent Tutorial" will cover some basic soldering techniques for ...more

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How to use email on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to use GPS maps and the compass on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to ...more

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How to use the iPod and Genius on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to ...more

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How to use the keyboard on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to use the Kodak EasyShare V570 Dual Lens digital camera

This interactive Kodak digital camera tutorial takes you through every ...more

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How to use the Kodak EasyShare V610 Dual Lens digital camera

This interactive Kodak digital camera tutorial takes you through every ...more

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How to use the Kodak EasyShare V705 Dual Lens digital camera

This interactive Kodak digital camera tutorial takes you through every ...more

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How to use the Sony Professional DSR-PD170 MiniDV camcorder

Check out this video tutorial to show you how to use the Sony ...more

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How to use Voice Control on the Apple iPhone 3G

Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place ...more

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How to use your Apple iPod as a backup hard drive

You never know when your computer could eat up all of your work, but you can backup your important files on the music player you already own ...more

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How to waterproof your thumbdrive

Systm is the Do-It-Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest ...more

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How to wire a solar cell into an electrical circuit

The Solar Schoolhouse presents this video tutorial on how to use the Solar Cell Classroom Set. The purpose of this set is to give students ...more

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How to add Electroluminescence to any project

Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest ...more

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How to attach a webcam to a telescope

This shows you how to modify a webcam so that you can attach it to a telescope. Just think, you'll never have to look in that eyepiece ...more

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How to back up Cydia & jailbroken apps on iPhone & iPod Touch

This is a video tutorial on how to back up your Cydia and Jailbroken ...more

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Jaw Dropping Trampoline Skills

Cirque Du Soleil look no further, Adam Menzies is your next act. This guy's trampoline skills are insane. My favorite part starts at 0:24. Speechless. Oh yeah. Almost forgot. Here Adam jumps up to the ...

Undulating LED Wave Sculpture

Beautiful LED sculpture made for the 2008 100% Design exhibition in Earls Court. Curious how it was made? Process images below the video. Previously, 24,000 LED Light-Up-My-Dress. LED Wand + RIFD ...

Robot Dance Off Gets Creepy

As November was coming to an end this year, the "6th Robo-One Gate in International Robot Exhibition 2009" dance competition took place. The contenders are just a little bit creepy, to say ...

2009's Most Amazing Scientific Images

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