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Epic Collection of Sci-Fi Ray Guns

Epic Collection of Sci-Fi Ray Guns

We've scoured the vast reaches of the interweb to bring you this gallery of fantastic sci-fi rayguns. After you've been inspired, learn to build your own raygun and perhaps browse through more airsoft and gun projects. [gallery=1] Be sure to also...
Exceptional Halloween Decor to Inspire your Haunted Projects

Exceptional Halloween Decor to Inspire your Haunted Projects

While most people are shopping for decorations at Wal-Mart this Halloween, you'll be at your workbench developing the wickedest Halloween decoration known to man.� If you don't count 50 children running and screaming, you're not...
DIY Halloween Contest 2008

DIY Halloween Contest 2008

HacknMod (and $150 worth of HacknMod Store gift cards) have teamed up with Instructables to bring you DIY Halloween Contest of 2008.� A massive amount of prizes are up for grabs in eight different categories.� Last year an excellet DIY...
Thousands of Free, Scanned Hacking & Programming Books

Thousands of Free, Scanned Hacking & Programming Books

These books have everything you'll ever need to become a master hacker using PHP, Linux/Unix, Java, Perl, MySQL, and Python to name a few. Most of the books are pdf's but a few files are .chm so you may want to install this Firefox plugin. A...
Insane Slinky Fun with 280,951 Post-its

Insane Slinky Fun with 280,951 Post-its

The guys who introduced the world to Diet Coke and Mentos are back! This time they’ve created a spectacular display using nothing but Post-its. Don’t miss this video, it’s absolutely spectacular. Want to replicate their video?...
HacknMod Store Minor Bug Fixed

HacknMod Store Minor Bug Fixed

Several users reported they weren't able to check out using the new HacknMod Store. Good news! Everything is working 100% now and our massive selection of 400 items is ready for purchasing. Plus, we now ship internationally for just 99 cents!...
How to Waterproof your Gadgets

How to Waterproof your Gadgets

Although we’ve featured a few ways to save your waterlogged gear, sometimes they’re far beyond hope of resuscitation. Instead of waiting until that oh $&@# moment, learn to waterproof your gadgets to prevent such tragedies. Need...
Render your Eagle Cad Circuits in 3D

Render your Eagle Cad Circuits in 3D

Eagle Cad is a fantastic schematic design program. If you’re not familiar with it, be sure to learn how to use Eagle Cad. Once you create your schematic and go through a few simple downloads, you can render your circuits in 3D. Thousands of...
New Layout: Tell us What you Think

New Layout: Tell us What you Think

After much anticipation, the new HacknMod layout is now live! (In case you hadn't noticed) We're dying to know what you think about it. Be sure to leave us a comment below or email us at info@hacknmod.com. Don't forget, we also launched a...
How to: Infrared LED Communication

How to: Infrared LED Communication

There are plenty of methods to allow your gadgets to communicate wirelessly: Bluetooth, radio frequencies, and of course, IR LEDs just to name a few. Today we'll teach you how to use IR LEDs as communication devices for your projects. Infrared...