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Circuitry Hacks |
 | Near Space Photography for Under $150
Believe it or not, it's possible to take high quality photos of near-space using parts for under $150. It's been done by a group of MIT students and hobbists and you can do it too. Typically this is done by simply lifting a camera as high... |
 | DIY Miniature Tesla Coil fits on your Desktop
We've all wanted to build our own DIY lightening generating tesla coils, but at first glance it appears like a daunting task. Typically we see a giant DIY tesla coil producing massive arcs of electricity. Instead, learn to build your own... |
 | Fantastic Liquor Bottle Illumination using El Wire
This is a cool mod we found whereby liquor bottles are illuminated by electroluminescent wire (El wire). As you can see from the picture above, the whisky and liquor bottles look absolutely stunning. Below is a video of a bottle of Smirnoff... |
 | Build a DIY 3-Axis CNC Mill
A precision plotting and cutting instrument like a CNC machine is a dream for any DIYer. It's perfect for any fabrication jobs - For example, you can etch a plaque or make a PCB by cuting along the traces of a schematic. While a store bought CNC... |
 | DIY Real Time GPS Receiver with Incredible Accuracy
We've all heard of commercial GPS devices like the Garmin or Tom Tom and even handheld devices used for Geo-Caching. But...Did you know you can build your own? A Kinematic GPS Receiver is a specialized GPS device used by engineers,... |
 | Geo-Location Game "Urban Defender" using Arduino
By using an Arduino, GPS, and an accelerometer, this group put together the "Urban Defender" - A hyper-local geolocation based game which allows users to "claim" various districts of a city by throwing the ball against a wall to claim the... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
