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Circuitry Hacks |
 | DIY Interactive LED Stair Lighting
Learn how to spice up your boring staircase with interactive LEDs to illuminate each step. As the video above demonstrates, the LED lights switch on one at a time when a person begins their journey up or down the stairs. The lights get... |
 | Electromagnetic Firepower with a DIY Coilgun
Electromagnetism packs quite a punch. Coil guns, like the one pictured above, use electromagnetic coils to push a ferromagnetic projectile rapidly through a barrel. The electromagnetic current is usually drawn from a battery and controlled with... |
 | Massive 500-LED Extreme Flashlight
The first question some may ask is "Why?" Those of us who are LED addicts say "Why the hell not?" This guy literally took 500 bright white LEDs and created his own giant 50W flashlight. While it may have been just ever so slightly overkill,... |
 | Superb Ratchet and Clank Gun iPod Amp
Here's an absolutely outstanding project about how to make a DIY Ratchet and Clank gun which doubles as a sweet iPod amp. We've seen a few similar projects such as a Nerf gun turned into a Gears of War lancer and also a handheld portal gun. ... |
 | Epic PSP Mod includes LEDs, Camera, Joystick + More
This modder began with a stock PSP Slim 2000 and transformed it into what it should have been the day it left the factory. The new model features an extra joystick, 32GB flash memory instead of UMD's, a second port for charging, built in camera... |
 | How to: Completely Functional R2D2 RC Robot
While having your own slave pet R2D2 has been a dream of thousands of Star Wars fans, one dedicated man made his own functional and extremely realistic R2D2 robot. So realistic, it looks like it just motored off of the Star Wars set. He also has... |
 | Arduino Powered Remote Control Lawnmower
We've seen loads of great Arduino projects and even a few RC lawn mowers, but we've never seen the two combined until now. Â This project walks you through the entire build process step by step and includes a thorough guide for creating remote... |
 | The Incredible Steampunk Professor X Chair
Charles Xavier never really been ‘steamy’ but this superbly detailed steampunk wheelchair begs to differ.  The pseudo-Victorian mechanical recreation of Professor X’s iconic wheelchair would make both Jules Vern and Stan... |
 | Simple LED Project: Illuminated Plexiglass Sign
This a great, minimalistic, LED name sign created using a simple setup of plexiglass, LEDs and some cool extra features. Â The author makes the project more complex by throwing in a microcontroller to the mix to change the colors, but you could... |
 | Unique LED Clock made from Old Hard Drive
We've seen plenty of creative custom clocks in the past, and even hard drive clocks, but this one is unique.  Instead of using the LED's as the hands of the clock, this one uses a stroboscopic effect to display the actual numbers while the... |
