Audio Hacks

DIY Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote

DIY Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote

With the help of some external hardware and a handheld wireless device such as an iPhone or iPod touch, you can build your own wireless music remote. It's a bit spendy if you don't already have an Iphone/iTouch and a router, but there's a step by...
Build a Motion Activated Spy Camera

Build a Motion Activated Spy Camera

By hacking a motion detector and soldering it to a tiny pinhole 4GB USB Stick Camera (cheap on eBay) you can secretly record video whenever someone enters the room. When motion is detected, the motion sensor sends out a signal which is instructs...
Fantastic 3D Visualization Wiremap

Fantastic 3D Visualization Wiremap

テあ Using nothing but a few threads and a projector, you can create what's called a wiremap which is a 3d visualization of light. For such a simple setup, the results are downright fantastic. The video above is just a small sample of what the...
DIY Stadium Seating for the Super Bowl

DIY Stadium Seating for the Super Bowl

Using dirt simple carpentry techniques, learn to easily build stadium seating and set up the ultimate DIY home theater for this year's Super Bowl party.テあ Start of by building a simple stand to support a couch.テあ Next up (if you really want to...
6 Outstanding DIY Spy Projects

6 Outstanding DIY Spy Projects

Everyone loves cool spy gadgets and gizmos. Over the years we've gathered up a comprehensive database of tutorials to help you be stealthy, to teach you how to eavesdrop, and of course snoop your way to becoming the ultimate 007 agent. You'll be...
Make DIY Speakers out of old Hard Drives

Make DIY Speakers out of old Hard Drives

Ever wonder what you should do with your old hard drives? Turn them into speakers! It's fairly easy, all you need is some hard drives (the more, the better), some soldering tools, some headphone wire, and an audio source (iPod, Computer, etc..)....
Turn old iPods into Custom Speakers

Turn old iPods into Custom Speakers

Learn to build custom speakers by installing bare speakers in two of the original iPods where the scroll wheels normally are.テあ Instead of gutting your old iPod, you can purchase iPod front panels and back panels on eBay for a few bucks.テあ Just...
Build an Epic Mobile Bar

Build an Epic Mobile Bar

If you want to be the downright main attraction at any party, show up with this incredible, full bar on wheels.テあ Featuring a motorized beer elevator, motorized ice and mixer drawer, six-bottle shot dispensers, and sound activated neon...
How to: Huge Christmas Music & Light Display

How to: Huge Christmas Music & Light Display

We all dream of building a massive, neighborhood dominating musical Christmas light display.テあ A seasoned Christmas display pro has filmed a behind the scenes tutorial showing you the magic.テあ Although the new LED lights are now avaliable, he...
Rocker Scale Measures how Hard You Rock

Rocker Scale Measures how Hard You Rock

As you rock out with Guitar Hero or Rock Band, build a Rockerscale which using your crowd's volume level, movement, etc. to measures how much you rock.テあ The project was created by the BBC and is fully documented on their website.テあ By the way,...