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General Hacks |
 | DIY Portable Mini MAME Arcade Cabinet
MAME helps to feed your nostalgia by emulating arcade games on a computer. You can turn to our old arcade posts for inspiration and build a full-scale arcade cabinet or you can build a tabletop version using a netbook (shown above). This Mini... |
 | Build your own AutoGyro Flying Machine
An Autogyro is an odd, yet fascinating flying machine which uses a helicopter rotor for lift while a standard plane rotor provides thrust. You can learn to build a DIY autogyro yourself and even build autogyro models using miniature servos. Heck,... |
 | Amazing Return of the Jedi Light Saber Replica
This is the best Star Wars light saber replica we've ever seen. The Obi Wan Kenobi lightsaber we saw a few months ago came close, but this one is just superb. It's modeled after Luke's light saber in Return of the Jedi:
Luke’s saber has... |
 | Epic Rocket Powered Christmas Tree
Note: We posted this last year, but it was so epic we felt we had to post it again. Merry Christmas from HacknMod!
What a brilliant idea! Instead of just throwing out your tree, why not strap rockets to it and launch it into the sky? It's... |
 | Build a Concealed Home Theater PC
Previously we've shown you how to build a dirt cheap and powerful media center. Now you can learn how to conceal your entertainment PC by seamlessly concealing it within your entertainment console. You can design your own setup but the main... |
 | First Person RC Plane Captures Stunning View of New York
Flying a first-person view RC plane around a city like New York can either land you in jail or on the popularity leaderboard of YouTube. Thankfully, it was the latter otherwise this awesome video of an RC plane over the city might have escaped... |
 | Superb Pneumatic Star Trek Door
Remember the automatic doors from the Star Trek TV shows? The one you always wanted in your house someday? Now you can build one yourself via this DIY pneumatically powered door tutorial. At first glance, the door appears to be normal but as the... |
 | Harnessing the Power of the Sun
By now, you're well aware of the ways you can use the sun for your DIY Free Energy projects. Most of those projects involve using solar panels to collect the energy from the sun's rays but occasionally we see more unique projects involving sun... |
 | Multi-touch Desk with Curved Surface
This "BendDesk" is a proof of concept prototype which promises to change the way we interact with our workspace. The entire desktop includes the curved vertical surface as well as the horizontal and is a large seamless multi-touch surface.... |
 | DIY High Resolution 3D Printer
Even though 3D printers have become mainstream and costs have declined, most cannot create a fine level of detail when printing. For rapid prototyping, you can fabricate one yourself such as the High Resolution DLP 3D Printer. Homemade yet... |
