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High School Student Builds a Cheap 75,000 Volt Portable X-Ray Machine

What were you doing with your spare time in high school? Playing sports? Video gaming? Surfing the Web? Building portable x-ray machines? Okay, that last one might not be every teen's hobby, but one 18-year-old ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 25, 2012 |

minecraft

Redstone Fundamentals: Triggering Perfectly Timed Actions with Clocks

It's relatively easy to make simple redstone-powered machines in Minecraft, but having to press buttons and flip levers is so much work! There must be a way to make this all automatic, right? There sure is ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 25, 2012 |

minecraft

Want to Play More Minecraft? This Teacher Will Show Your Parents Its Educational Side

A game labeled as 'educational' usually spells its death among hardcore gamers. The educational game genre is mostly intended for children, and games that appeal to children often lack the sort of widespread ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 24, 2012 |

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Make These Sonic Distance Sensors for the Bad Driver in Your Life

Today's fancy cars come with all sorts of options, from power mirrors to working seat belts. Some of us condemned to live in the reality of capitalist recession have no car, or perhaps a very modest one. But ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 24, 2012 |

minecraft

Verticalize Your Minecraft Creations by Transmitting Redstone Power Up and Down

There are a million tutorials on the Internet for how to transmit redstone power up and down, but that's because vertical power transfers are both really important and very counterintuitive. This quick and easy ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 24, 2012 |

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Things to Do on WonderHowTo (05/23 - 05/29)

WonderHowTo is a how-to website made up of niche communities called Worlds, with topics ranging from Minecraft to science experiments to Scrabble and everything in-between. Check in every Wednesday evening for a roundup of user-run activities and how-to ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 23, 2012 |

mad science

Discover the Hidden Micro-Monsters in Your Neighborhood Creeks and Ponds

There is a secret world hidden just beneath the surface of every pond, lake, and stream. Those waters are filled with wails of hideous creates murdering other hideous creatures for food and sport. Beautiful ...

Comments 4 | Published on May 23, 2012 |

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Null Byte: Never Let Us Die

If there ever was a time for Null Byte to need people to contribute, it's now. Let's make Null Byte a place where anyone, from novice to master computer user, come and learn. It has been sometime since the last "Call to Arms" for Null Byte, and even longer since the last "Weekend Homework". We all ...

Comments 5 | Published on May 23, 2012 |

minecraft

Give Someone the Minecart Ride of Their Life in This Saturday's Minecraft Workshop

Minecarts are a lot more complicated than they may seem at first. Between regular rails, powered rails, and detector rails, they all have a lot of quirks that can make them hard to use. Often, the hardest part ...

Comments 4 | Published on May 23, 2012 |

thesecretyumiverse

11 Ways to Make Your Living Space Look Bigger

Is your tiny city apartment or super modest house starting to feel a bit too cramped for comfort? While most of us don't have the luxury of hiring an architect to add on more kitchen space, or the money to live in a more spacious apartment, there are a number ...

Comments 1 | Published on May 23, 2012 |

Consistently Locate Hidden Wall Studs in Your Home

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Can't Locate a Wall Stud? This Is How You Find One Every Time!

Wall studs are both critical for maintaining the structure of your home and supporting items of weight and function on the interior walls (e.g. cabinets, shelves, plasma TVs, etc.). With wall studs playing such a critical role, consistently being able to find ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 22, 2012 |

minecraft

How to Make Buttons Work Like Levers in Minecraft Using a T Flip-Flop

This past weekend's workshop on replacing normal levers with buttons masquerading as levers went really well. Lots of players showed up and everyone had a great time. Most importantly, everyone learned how to ...

Comments 1 | Published on May 22, 2012 |

mad science

DIY Blacksmithing: Forge Your Own Steel at Home!

Metal is a great material to work with. It's rigid, tough, malleable and conductive, but sometimes the part we need doesn't exist in any store. In order to create custom pieces, you need to either melt the metal and cast it in a mold, or heat it until it's ...

Comments 1 | Published on May 22, 2012 |

minecraft

Show Us Your Idea of the Perfect Small Town in This Week's Minecraft Challenge

The small town, or village, has been with humanity since the dawn of time and will continue to be a part of our lives forever. There are all sorts of reasons for why towns remain small; maybe the area is ...

Comments 4 | Published on May 21, 2012 |

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Hack Like a Pro: Hacking Samba on Ubuntu and Installing the Meterpreter

Hey, hackers! Now that you've hacked/owned your first "box" in my last article, let's look a little closer at another great feature of Metasploit, the Meterpreter, and then let’s move on to hacking a Linux ...

Comments 1 | Published on May 21, 2012 |

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Vusmeree's Armory of Destruction Wins Last Week's Weapons of War Challenge

It's hard for us to know which challenges will really inspire people to create things and which will simply fall on deaf ears. But it was easy to tell that the Weapons of War Challenge really sparked the ...

Comments 9 | Published on May 21, 2012 |

Time-Lapse Video of Sunday's Annular Solar Eclipse

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Missed the 'Ring of Fire' Yesterday? Watch This Time-Lapse Video of the Annular Solar Eclipse

The annular solar eclipse was amazing. It was so much fun watching the sun transform from a thin crescent to a ring and then to a thin crescent going the other direction. I'll be posting up the pictures used to make this video in various resolutions on my ...

Comments 4 | Published on May 21, 2012 |

Hiding Things Is a Breeze with This Simple, Piston-Powered Door

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How to Build the Easiest Piston-Activated Doorway in Minecraft

Hey guys! Just an easy design/tutorial of how to make the lowest resource and easiest to build piston door that's great for hallways! Make sure to check out my other videos and suggest other topics/tutorials ...

Comments 4 | Published on May 20, 2012 |

mad science

How to Create a PCB Etchant That Automatically Improves After Each Use

Etching your own circuit boards is tons of fun, but etching requires strong chemicals to dissolve the copper plating on blank circuit boards. The normal ferric chloride solution works well, but can be expensive ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 20, 2012 |

minecraft

Redstone Logic Gates: Mastering the Fundamental Building Blocks for Creating In-Game Machines

Many people get so discouraged by their failures with redstone that they give up using it entirely, or never progress beyond using simple switches. However, by incorporating logic gates into your redstone ...

Comments 3 | Published on May 20, 2012 |

Red Ring of Fire! Here's How to Watch Sunday's Annular Solar Eclipse and Not Get Blinded

astronomy

Got Your Solar Shades Yet? Don't Miss Today's Annular Solar Eclipse!

Just a couple Saturday's ago, we were blessed with the Supermoon, where the moon was at perigee with our planet, creating a larger than usual Moon for us here on Earth. Now, we've got another spectacular show ...

Comments 12 | Published on May 20, 2012 |

How to Remote Control Anything with a DIY Sonic Screwdriver and Light Sensors

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How to Remote Control Anything with a DIY Sonic Screwdriver and Infrared Sensors

Fans of Doctor Who know that the sonic screwdriver is the ultimate tool. It can unlock doors, turn on lights, detect life forms, solder wires, and sabotage weapons. Presumably, the sonic screwdriver creates ...

Comments 3 | Published on May 19, 2012 |

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How to Pickpocket-Proof Yourself from Thieving Hands

When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do... avoid carrying your wallet in the back pocket of your jeans. But no matter what city or country you are in, there are several easy precautions you can take to keep yourself as pickpocket-proof as possible so that ...

Comments 14 | Published on May 19, 2012 |

minecraft

Minecraft Monster Slaying: How to Slice Your Enemies with Deadly Lava Blades

Minecraft's monsters are so annoyingly tenacious and effective that anyone who plays in survival mode can't help but hate them. That's why we're here to tell you how to kill them! In this tutorial, we'll teach ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 19, 2012 |

mad science

Get Into the Kit Business: How to Build and Sell Your Own Arduino Shields

The DIY industry is booming, despite the desperate blackmailing of society by finance capitalists. Companies like Adafruit and Makerbot are grossing well over a million dollars a year, and Evil Mad Science ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 18, 2012 |

Zeitgeist

How to Fold an Origami Stellated Octahedron with One Sheet of Paper

One of the most popular and basic origami geometric shapes is the "Water-Bomb", which is a simple inflated cube. With a few extra folds and only a minor shift in approach, a more complex geometric shape can be achieved. This 24-faced, 3-dimensional object is formed using 8 identical tetrahedron ...

Comments 0 | Published on May 18, 2012 |

minecraft

The Past Comes Alive with Freakje118's Parthenon in This Week's Staff Choice Awards

It's been awhile since the last Staff Choice Awards, partially because no one has been posting their work on the corkboard and partially because I just took over as head admin from Maroselis and I needed some ...

Comments 2 | Published on May 18, 2012 |

Zeitgeist

How to Replace the Rear Glass Panel on Your iPhone 4 or 4S

Some of the most popular cellular devices on the market today are the iPhone 4 and 4S models. Seeing as they are made of glass, it's not uncommon for the back panel to break. Also, with the popularity being so high, you might just be looking for a way to set ...

Comments 1 | Published on May 17, 2012 |

minecraft

Minecraft Monster Slaying: How to Drown Your Enemies with a High-Suction Moat

Minecraft just wouldn't be the same without all of those pesky monsters trying to break into your house and jump on you until you die. But that gets tiring after awhile, and sometimes you just want a safe place ...

Comments 7 | Published on May 17, 2012 |

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Comments 0 | Published on May 16, 2012 |

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