| | DIY Heltmet Cam Inside Ski Goggles
Capture your adventures in first person by installing a helmet cam directly into ski goggles. The first person videos definitely make you feel as if you were part of the action. The workaround is simple – hack the essential... |
| | Make a Laser Matrix Projector for the iPhone
The Concept
The idea is to add some kind of projector capability to a cell phone (e.g. iPhone) that isn't too complex or expensive. Instead of using an expensive mini projector, I decided to use lasers instead to any bitmap font using a matrix of... |
![]() | How to Make a Fireworks Detonation Panel
Learn to build a fireworks launching system featuring 12 channels of control to fulfill all of your pyrotechnic desires. Although it doesn't feature a big red button or stylish toggle switch cover, it has standard arm/disarm features and... |
![]() | 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 makes everything more impressive. ... |
![]() | How to: Pocket sized 7 Color Laser with Spiro Projector
Hack N Mod's laser expert, Roger (widely known as rog8811), has another fantastic laser tutorial for us. After finishing my first 7 color laser I decided to look at ways of making a smaller, pocket sized, version. You will discover as you... |
![]() | DIY Green Energy Wind Turbine
Finally you can rest your green conscience by building your own wind powered generator. This DIY wind turbine is easy to build especially since the authors show you how with step-by-step instructions. The wind turbine is unsophisticated in design... |
![]() | DIY Virtual Robot Controlled By Real World Twin
In this cool project, learn to use a simple robot to manipulate its 3D mirror image constructed in Maya. For the physical robot, he uses 3 servos and a PicAxe 28X1 micro-controller. Each time the robot moves on its axes, movement is... |
![]() | New Arduino Mega & Interview with Tom Igoe
As you should know by now, Arduino is a fantastic microcontroller platform featuring a simple data input and outputs along with an easy to learn programming environment. Now the boys over at tinker.it have come out with the Arduino's big... |
![]() | Build a Solar Powered Electric Car
Since electric vehicles are the newest trend among the DIY green community, this solar powered electric car just takes the process one step further. After previously constructing his own electric car, he wrote up a full tutorial about you... |
![]() | How to: Laser Projector inside a Lighter
The following is a post by Rog8811, our lasers expert. As a designer and engineer I am always looking for ways of converting everyday items into cool gadgets. This iconic lighter, known around the world, is the Zippo flip-top lighter. Having... |













