![]() | How to: Get Free Electronic Parts for your Projects
Don't you hate it when you're working on your next project and realize you're short a resistor or capacitor? You have two choices: Buy online, pay for shipping, and wait a week or go to your local Radio Shack and pay ridiculous prices to... |
![]() | Geek Decor: Functional Nintendo Entertainment System Coffee Table
We've seen some superb retro projects before with the Giant NES Controller and DIY Pinball Coffee Table, but this Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) coffee table really raises the bar. The giant version of the original is not just for looks -... |
![]() | How to: DIY Version of Apple TV and Google TV Media Centers
We've covered a few ways to build a media center on a budget, but with AppleTV and GoogleTV launching soon, we have another superb media center tutorial for you. But with some versions of DIY media centers, usability isn't always targeted toward... |
![]() | Turn an iPhone into a Microscope for $10
Using a $10 mini-microscope from Amazon, you can bring DIY macro photography to your iPhone. Basically, you just super glue the microscope to a plastic case for the iPhone which you can slip on and off. The video below shows a quick demo. For... |
![]() | Aerial Surveillance Drone Launched from a Mailbox
The ScanCam 200 is the eagle eye you would want for surveillance security of your property. Out of all of our helicopter projects, this one has the most stylish launching mechanism. The autonomous perimeter security system is actually a small UAV... |
![]() | Excess Computer Parts? Build an Epic DIY Circuit Board Table!
Odds are, if you're reading Hack N Mod, you've probably got old computer parts lying around the house. Should you continue to let it sit and collect dust? Nay! That's blasphemy! Instead, turn them into an epic circuit board table and... |
![]() | Absolutely Stunning 1930s K.J Henderson Motorcycle Restoration
Here's a superb restoration project of a 1930's K.J Henderson motorcycle incorporating both art-deco and steampunk features. So superb, in fact, the project made us veer from our usual hacks and stop by to take a look. Check out more... |
![]() | Electric Mountain Board with Wireless Control
Faced with the problem of getting around campus efficiently (and with style), one MIT student designed and built an all electric mountain board with a wireless hand control. Even more impressive is the fact that the wireless hand control is a PS2... |
![]() | DIY 30 MPH Electric Mountain Bike
When you want to go oil-free but don't have the resources to build a DIY Electric Car, sometimes you have to settle for a super powerful electric bike. The one pictured above reaches speeds 30mph even on rough ground.
The bike frame was built... |
| | Introducing HacknMod Video!
Today we're launching the newest addition to Hack N Mod - An entire section of the site dedicated to nothing but hacking and modding tutorial videos. So instead of reading an entire article filled with hundreds upon hundreds words... ;) you can... |









































