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DIY Home Automation: iPhone Controlled TV Lift
This hacker used the power of his iPhone to be able to control a TV lift in his home. It’s a pretty simple device (obviously it just conceals or displays his flat screen TV), but iPhone control...
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Build your own DVR from an old PC
A DVR (Digital Video Recorder) helps all TV addicts record their favorite TV shows but a branded product like TiVo can be expensive. Instead, learn to make your own PC based DVR by following this...
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Control Electronics using an Arduino and Infrared LEDs
Learn how to use infrared LEDs to send signals to your TV and other electronic devices via an Arduino. First, the Arduino will interpret IR pulses sent out by the TV remote, save them to memory, then...
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Intel Recreates Musical 3D Animation in Real Life
You may recall an incredible 3D animated video from years ago from Animusic called “Pipe Dream” which featured a musical ensamble of robotics. Intel decided to recreate the performance for real in...
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Incredible RGB LED Cube Tutorial
We’ve seen our fair share of LED light cubes before, but what makes this one different is its incredibly detailed, step-by-step tutorial. The creator of this light show previously made a one color...
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Large Pond + Zipline + Wakeboard = Awesome!
Here’s a dream come true for all you wakeboarding fans: ride all day without a boat, fumes, or gasoline. These two guys used a zipline attached to towers set at each side of a large private pond to...
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Superb Mechanical Seven-Segment Display
Sure, 7-segment displays are common electronic components we see everyday. This, however, is an entirely mechanical version which morphs each minute as the time changes. To accomplish this, it uses...
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DIY Doorbell Video Security System
Ever wonder who comes to your door during the day while you’re gone? Here’s a simple DIY project to answer that question. Every time someone rings your doorbell, you’ll receive a text message...
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How to Make Giant, Illuminated Balloon Art
Here’s a superb way to get a message across: This giant Super Mario “sculpture” is made up of hundreds of LED Floaties (Helium + LEDs + Balloons). Of course, the idea can be altered to fit any...
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DIY Google Street View System
Now you can have your very own copy of Google’s revolutionary camera system! Use it to make your own street view videos from a car or you can even mount it on a backpack and take it hiking with you....
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Incredible Transforming Desk from the 1700′s
This incredible transforming desk literally has hidden passages inside its hidden passages. At first glance, it looks like a beautiful, ornate piece of furniture. But in reality, many of its shiny...
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Hexacopter + Hexapod = An Eerie Robotics Masterpiece
Hexacopter: Similar to a quadracopter, except with 6 blades instead of four. Hexapod: A 6-legged robot which walks like a spider. Why not combine the two? These makers decided to combine the them...
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How to: Integrate Google’s Nexus 7 into your Car Dashboard
Let’s face it, most automotive manufacturers (besides Telsa Motors) are horrible at designing user friendly dashboards. It’s 2013, yet our dashboards are still filled with dozens of non-intuitive...
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Hack a NES Zapper into a Burning Laser Gun
Ray guns, lasers, and lightsabers have been part of the sci-fi world for decades. We’ve featured a few neat steampunk ray guns in the past, but this NES zapper gun which was fitted with a...
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How to Create a Dedicated Pandora Radio Streamer
Everyone loves Pandora, but let’s face it: it’s a shame to leave a PC on for the sole purpose of streaming music . You can buy various devices which come “Pandora ready” such as AV receivers, Roku,...
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How to: Dirt Simple LED Lighting for Bike Wheels
Biking at night is quite dangerous, even with a headlight. To make yourself more visible (and more awesome), learn how to easily add LEDs to your bike’s wheels! This way, you’ll be clearly visible...
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Open Air, Vertical Case Mod Built by Hand (No CNC)
Let’s face it, even some of the best case mods we feature are built in a typical shape: a rectangular prism. This mod, on the other hand, literally thinks outside the box by mounting the computer’s...
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DIY Open Source Laptop
We’ve seen open source computing power grow steadily over the years: First the Arduino, then the Raspberry Pi, and now the open source laptop. Yes, you read that correctly: the goal of this project...
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How to: Build a PC into your Coffee Table
We’ve seen some neat computers built into desks before, but this build brings the PC straight into the living room (complete with water cooling). The entire coffee table was built from scratch using...
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DIY Flexible Circuits using Conductive Paint
Flexible circuits are rapidly growing in popularity: They can be used in future cell phones with flexible screens to electronics embedded in clothing. Unfortunately, fabricating a flexible PCB is...
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