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General Hacks |
 | DIY Home Automation using the Kinect
We've seen plenty of superb Kinect hacks in the past, and this home automation project is paving the way forward for more. The hack uses a Kinect to determine a user's location within a room and control the lighting accordingly. For example,... |
 | Superb Mechanized Android Toy Speaks Morse Code
By now, you may be familiar the superb Android figurines we sell our store. While they look fantastic, and are a must-own for any Android fan, they don't actually move. This reader decided to do enhance the static toys by making them "speak"... |
 | Incredible DIY 5 Ton Megatron Robot
This Chinese DIYer literally built a 5 ton steel sculpture based upon Megatron from the Transformers movies. Although it's just a sculpture, it looks downright incredible. As you can see from the photos, it appears he just used any parts he... |
 | Batman-Style Hidden Switch in a Statue
The original inspiration for this hidden switch project came from a 60’s Batman TV show. The project involves beheading a Beethoven bust and mounting a wireless switch inside it. It's a super simple project that's perfect for some weekend... |
 | DIY Rocket-Powered Ice Fishing!
When people think of ice fishing, they think of sitting out in the freezing weather for hours, waiting without guarantee for a fish. But not for this DIYer! He rigged up an system which launches a rocket when a fish pulls on the hook. Check... |
 | DIY NFL-Style Gimball Camera Rig
At football games, you may have noticed the cameras zipping around above the field providing unique views of the game - These are called gimball cameras. These students built one for a senior project, fully functional with remote control tilt and... |
 | DIY Open Source 'Paper Thin' Multitouch Trackpad
OpenMT project is an Open Source initiative that has the noble aim of helping out DIYers who want to create their own thin and flexible pressure sensitive multi-touch panel. Unlike lot of camera based multi-touch projects we have seen, The Open... |
 | Custom Rig to Photograph the Tallest Tree in the World
This extreme photography project by National Geographic isn't our typical hack, but we've posted it to inspire your DIY photography projects. At an average height of 300 feet, Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and even the best... |
 | Setup a DIY Network 'DropBox' (aka PirateBox)
PirateBox allows you to quickly setup a mobile wireless file sharing network. Basically, it's a P2P file-sharing device that can turn any space into a temporary, but secure wireless file sharing network.
Multiple users within range of the... |
 | Weaponized Tricopter Shoots down Hydrogen Balloons
We've seen loads of RC copter projects, but with a extra features, you can enable yours for aerial combat too. Two Swedish DIYers build a tricopter to target hydrogen balloons (which are flammable, by the way). It's controlled via first-person... |
