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Circuitry Hacks |
 | Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock
Here's a fantastic project using an arduino, a motor, and a piezo sensor which allows you to both record and detect knocking patterns to unlock a door. The video below does a fantastic job of demonstrating how it works: It's completely mobile... |
 | DIY Halloween: When Pumpkins meet Circuitry
No honorable hacker or modder can be satisfied with a simple candle inside of a pumpkin. How boring! Us proud nerds step up and create unique, appealing, and downright stunning pumpkins complete with lasers, LEDs, robotics, motion sensors,... |
 | GhostBusters DIY Halloween Costume (Arduino Powered)
For your DIY Halloween costume this year, Learn how to make your own Ghostbusters Proton Pack equipt with red and green lasers (above). There is a full tutorial on how to build your own along with a detailed photogallery of the proton pack. An... |
 | Inspiration: Rise of the Scrap Metal Robots
They say that Michelangelo saw a masterpiece in every block of stone. Some of these creative minds see a robot in a pile of household junk. More precisely - a junk robot, or junkbot as they're called. Little metal creations made from discarded... |
 | Ben Heck: The Man, The Myth, The Legend.
If for some strange reason you don't know of Benjamin Heckendorn (Ben Heck), he's the king of hacking and modding, a console modder extraordinaire who turns consoles into laptops, and just about any gaming related hack you could possibly think... |
 | DIY Blu-Ray 300mw Laser Raygun
We're plenty familiar with the famous phasers of Star Trek, set to stun or kill and now you can build your own blue laser phaser gun. Taking the shell from a toy laser gun, this modder user two blu-ray laser diodes. Although blu-ray lasers can... |
 | How to: Reflow Surface Mount (SMD) Soldering Tutorial
As devices get smaller and smaller, surface mount devices (SMD) are becoming more popular. As an alternative to traditional, larger through hole components, SMD components save space on PCBs. One glance at the tiny size of the components can... |
 | Arduino and Ikea = Superb RGB LED Table Hack
Taking a stock Ikea table, this hacker added a set of 81 individually controlled RGB LEDs to the frame, creating a glowing livingroom centerpiece. Using the Arduino, he can individually address each LED to control the color change. Now if only... |
 | Powerful Mini Green Laser Build
Here’s another fantastic tutorial from Jay, a DIY lasers expert. See all of our DIY Laser Projects. I modified this very nice Stainless Steel flashlight into a 50mW green laser. It is very heavy duty, and super small. Below, I will show the... |
 | DIY Lighting: Fantastic Labware LED Lamps
Ah... the warm ambient lighting of retro chemistry lab equipment...Designer Benjamin Huber created these exceptional custom lights out of hand-blown glass. While I'm sure they cost an arm and leg, you could easily just pick up some flasks and... |
