Diy Archive

  • DIY: a knob for your iPhone

    DIY: a knob for your iPhone

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    So you don't like a stylus, but you don't want to get your iPhone screen all dirty either. Easy solution, build a knob that will simulate the act of touching your iPhone screen. This is an easy build, but it'll take some tweaking to get the fabric in the right places to work properly. Seems like there's been quite a few iPhone related knobs lately.

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  • Tie a knot for quick left/right ear identification

    Tie a knot for quick left/right ear identification

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Another addition to our “Clearly I’m dumb or I would have thought of that” folder. [Lifehacker]

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  • DIY: Put your P&S digital camera into something a bit more classy

    DIY: Put your P&S digital camera into something a bit more classy

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Modern cameras (for the most part) lack the soul and feeling that classic film cameras brought to the table. But what if you could take the insides out of a point and shoot, and somehow put them inside a film camera body?

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  • Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video)

    Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video)

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Sprint and Verizon may have shunned the Nexus One, but that doesn't mean the handsets can't be put to good use: these Android-controlled, Arduino-powered Cellbots now feature the one true Googlephone as the CPU. At Intel's 2010 International Engineering and Science Fair in San Jose, we got our hot little hands on the DIY truckbots for the first time, and found to our surprise they'd been imbued with accelerometer-based motion control. Grabbing a Nexus One off a nearby table, we simply tilted the handset forward, back, left and right to make the Cellbot wheel about accordingly, bumping playfully into neighbors and streaming live video the whole time. We were told the first handset wirelessly relayed instructions to the second using Google Chat, after which point a Python script determined the bot's compass facing and activated Arduino-rigged motors via Bluetooth, but the real takeaway here is that robots never fail to amuse. Watch our phone-skewing, bot-driving antics in a video after the break, and see what we mean.

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    Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • SNES your Bluetooth Gamepad

    SNES your Bluetooth Gamepad

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    If you are tired of using your SIXAXIS as a wireless controller with other non-Sony devices, then it is time to build your own. Instructables details a way for you to take an old SNES controller you might have lying around and bring it up to speed with Bluetooth tech.

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  • How to use the Seagate Dockstar on a LAN without Pogoplug

    How to use the Seagate Dockstar on a LAN without Pogoplug

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Our readers are awesome. They are always trying to help. For instance we just got an email explaining the process needed to get the Seagate Dockstar to work on a local network without using Pogoplug. Here, let me give you the back story. I originally reviewed the Seagate Dockstar a while ago an found it to be a nifty little device hampered by the fact that you must use the online sharing service Pogoplug. It's essetually a Pogoplug dock, really. You can use the dock on your local network with any USB drive, but only if you activate local network access on Pogoplug's website. Totally lame in my opinion. It truly limits the appeal of the device. Anyway, this is where reader Matt T. comes in. He has solved my problem and came up with a solution that unlocks the dock with the help of a little text file on a connected drive.

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  • How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors

    How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    We told you you could shave down your old and busted SIM cards and turn them into minty fresh Micro SIMs, didn't we? An industrious Londoner by the name of John Benson has gone and proven that concept with the help of some cutting implements and an original Micro SIM to use as a reference. His saintly patience resulted in his being able to negotiate the Vodafone SIM you see above into his iPad 3G (imported from the USA) and riding the waves of Voda's network as if Apple never decided to encumber its portable device with a silly new standard. The 3FF (Micro) SIMs and the bulkier original ones are electrically identical, so there's no threat of harm by using them interchangeably, though we can't say the same thing about the tools that get you there. As always, we advise trying to rope someone else into doing the work for you -- less chance of hurting yourself that way. Hit the source for more.

    [Thanks, Brandon]

    How to create your own Micro SIM card using a chef knife and some scissors originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • DIY: Wooden DSLR shoulder mount

    DIY: Wooden DSLR shoulder mount

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Most shoulder mounts for DSLR video are strange metal and carbon fiber contraptions, which work I guess. But what if you want something a bit more organic, something that you can make yourself. Here's a shoulder mount that was constructed from a single piece of wood.

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  • Of course someone flush mounted an iPad into kitchen cabinets

    Of course someone flush mounted an iPad into kitchen cabinets

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Love it or hate it, the iPad is a versatile device with tons of potential. Just look how nicely an iPad works as a kitchen infotainment device. Hopefully the chump saved the original cabinet panel so when either some happens to the iPad or the novilty wears off, the kitchen can be put back to normal. But personally I'm sold. Now if only the wife felt the same way... Click through for the video demo.

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  • DIY: the laser jacket

    DIY: the laser jacket

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    So somehow, you've ended up with 200 laser pointers. What on earth do you do with 200 laser diodes? Well, you could combine them all into one super laser and write your name on the moon. Or you could find 200 sharks and.. never mind. Or, you could wire them all together into a jacket, and wear it to the mall. That's it!

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  • Bottle opener wears like a ring, punches like brass knuckles

    Bottle opener wears like a ring, punches like brass knuckles

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    While cool, I dunno that I'd recommend wearing this very often. Particularly around law enforcement, since the bottle opener ring could definitely be mistaken for brass knuckles.

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  • The cheapest iPad case you’ll see today

    The cheapest iPad case you’ll see today

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    We love cheap and functional projects and this DIY iPad case is about as pure as it gets.

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  • Custom stand actually holds your microphones in place

    Custom stand actually holds your microphones in place

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Any band can buy a regular mic stand. But getting one custom molded as cool as this? That’s a whole new level of awesome some seriously deep pockets. This stand is a construction of stainless steel with a brass quick-release from Artist Chris Conte. Commissioned by Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace, the build sounds quite [...]

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  • Air rockets are dumb. Make your own floppy drive echo / delay unit

    Air rockets are dumb. Make your own floppy drive echo / delay unit

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    You could spend your weekend making the compressed air rocket posted below. That’d be fun. Or you could get a few floppy drives together and make your own tape delay and reverb. Yeah, that sounds much more exciting. This DIY project comes by way of Oakland, CA from a Daniel McAnulty. Musician, tinkerer, and just a [...]

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  • This weekend make your own compressed air rocket

    This weekend make your own compressed air rocket

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    I've always loved the compressed air rocket. I bought my son one of the pre-made ones at a science museum and it broke on first flight, which was pretty frustrating. Had I known about this MAKE video, however, I would have built my son one from scratch. You technically don't need more that 25 cents worth of hardware for this thing, but getting some of these parts might be cost a bit more. Here is this how-to PDF and here's the original article.

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