Hacks, Mods & Circuitry Electronics

Build a Leyden jar and use a capacitor

How to build a Leyden jar and use a capacitor

Make Magazine takes your through the world of capacitors where you'll learn how it was invented and how to use one. They also give the lowdown on how to build your very own Leyden Jar that stores static ...

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

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Build a hydrogen generator

How to build a hydrogen generator

Heard the hot news on hydorgen powered cars? Want more info? Watch the magical power of hydrogen form right before your eyes. This is an exciting science experiment with real world relevance!

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Feed your cat while you are away with a VCR cat feeder

How to feed your cat while you are away with a VCR cat feeder

John Park poses a kitty conundrum: Who's going to feed the cat while you're on vacation? Using a motor from an old VCR, he creates an automated feline feeder.

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Crank charge batteries

How to crank charge batteries

Hand crank your batteries back to life! Why waste money buying new batteries when you can use a cordless drill to recharge them? It won't bring them back to new, but you will get more life out of your ...

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How to make a soldering iron out of a graphite pencil

Make a soldering iron out of a graphite pencil

This video will show you how to make a soldering iron with a graphite ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by undrH2O | Comments 8
Views 11,945

How to make a USB fan out of old CDs

Make a USB fan out of old CDs

Sweaty summer day by the computer? Office A/C broke? Watch this how-to video! You can make a simple USB fan using a compact disc, a USB ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 17
Views 46,180

How to make a USB smoke absorber

Make a USB smoke absorber

This hack with a USB fan uses activated charcoal to clean air of harmful smoke. Now you can have a cigarette while using the computer and ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by God | Comments 6
Views 9,863

How to make a whipped cream can safe

Make a whipped cream can safe

Make a hidden safe out of a whipped cream can. Kipkay shows you how to make a secret stash for valuables with just some magnets and glue.

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Curated 2 years ago by Kipkay | Comments 4
Views 5,853

How to make high quality audio/video cables

Make high quality audio/video cables

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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Curated 5 months ago by rmansur | Comments 3
Views 6,201

How to make inexpensive solar panels from broken ones

Make inexpensive solar panels from broken ones

As far as the world of consumer electronics goes, it doesn't get much ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by The Wonder Team | Comments 5
Views 12,221

How to make infrared goggles

Make infrared goggles

Kip Kay of Make Magazine will teach you how to turn welding goggles into infrared goggles with the hack he outlines in this how-to video ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by Kipkay | Comments 28
Views 128,308

How to make music with a microcontroller

Make music with a microcontroller

Learn how to use a piezoelectric element as a speaker, and how to generate musical notes with a microcontroller with this home electronics ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,376

How to make musically controlled and synced Christmas lights

Make musically controlled and synced Christmas lights

Want to be more like Carson Williams this Christmas? Well, that means ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
Views 9,752

How to make time fly

Make time fly

Transform your old analog clock to an crazy clock. This makes the clocks arms spin freely and you can freak out your friends. This is a very ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 6
Views 5,032

How to make USB air conditioning

Make USB air conditioning

Wondering how to most effectively combine ice cubes and a simple USB-powered computer fan into a fully functioning air conditioning system ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by God | Comments 13
Views 38,130

How to make your own RFID and text to speech modules

Make your own RFID and text to speech modules

This video gives you a basic understanding of how to use Radio ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by colin | Comments 2
Views 4,696

How to make your own spy sunglasses

Make your own spy sunglasses

Hack a pair of sunglasses to secretly record audio and video and spend less than $40 in the process with this how-to video. To replicate ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Kipkay | Comments 17
Views 114,175

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

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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Curated 1 year ago by WonderHowTo | Comments 29
Views 125,539

How to solder electronics the right way

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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Curated 1 year ago by Vote Obama! | Comments 37
Views 13,071

How to turn a flashlight into a laser

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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Curated 2 years ago by Kipkay | Comments 50
Views 151,690

How to turn a flatbed scanner into a camera

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
Views 9,772

How to turn a pencil into an emergency light

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
Views 69,217

How to turn an ordinary hardback book into a PDA notebook

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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Curated 1 year ago by FFox | Comments 7
Views 10,633

How to turn your electric air freshener into a bug killer

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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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 4,798

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Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

4 Years in the Making: Insane Papercraft City

Tokyo art student, Wataru Itou, spent four long years crafting his meticulous paper city, entitled "A Castle On the Ocean".  The miniature papercraft city was constructed with ...

Jetman Flys Over Atlantic with DIY Wings - Plummets!

Yves Rossy, AKA Jetman, attempted to fly across the Atantic from Morocco to Spain yesterday. His homemade, jet powered wings "span 8 feet and are powered by four kerosene-fueled jet engines ...

Avoid Turkey-Frying-Fire Disaster this Thanksgiving

Thinking of deep frying a turkey this Thanksgiving? Careful. Or this might happen: Luckily, Alton Brown (of Food Network) offers a thorough step-by-step on how to fry that bird. Hackaday has also ...

Turbo Turkey - Cook the Damn Bird Above the Camshaft

So, I suppose we're going both redneck and Thanksgiving turkey twice today (Redneck Slingshot Chick + Extreme Thanksgiving Recipes). Something about home for the holidays inspires... and this is ...

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