Tag Archives: diy

A Heat-Seeking, Automated Nerf Sentry Gun [Nerf]

Nerf guns these days are very scary. They have reloadable magazines and fire automatically and look like they could provide a suitable defense during an alien invasion. But how to render one even scarier ? Make it heat-seeking. Video, please: More
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DIY Meat Smoker Texts You When Your Meat’s Ready [DIY]

I'm happy admiring most do-it-yourself projects from the remove of the internet, but this , an electronic meat smoker than buzzes you with a text when your shanks are adequately smoked, is one I need to try in person. More
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Strobox Pairs Photographs and Their Lighting Schemes [Photography]

If you're a photography student, formally or informally, learning about lighting schemes is one of the trickier and more time consuming aspects of study. Strobox pairs user-submitted photographs with lighting diagrams to help you learn how lighting schemes impact the final photo. More
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DIY FlashBender Is a Cheap and Flexible Flash Modifier [Photography]

If you're looking for a lightweight flash modifier for your camera you'd be hard pressed to find a DIY option more flexible—literally and figuratively—than this DIY FlashBender. More
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Beginner’s Guide to DIY Coffee Bean Roasting [DIY]

The writers at gadget blog Tested love a good cup of coffee; today, Tested's Will Smith walks through how to roast your own coffee beans at home. More
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Build a Cheap Laptop Stand With Spare IKEA Parts [DIY]

If you're in the market for a sturdy laptop stand, consider building one yourself from some spare IKEA parts. More
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Treat Your Fingers to the Best of Both Worlds With a Modded USB Typewriter [DIY]

With one foot in the present and another firmly in the past, these DIY instructions will turn that beautiful vintage typewriter in the attic into an awesome part of your digital routine. And give you some serious literary street cred. More
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10-Foot Gundam Made of Plastic Model Leftovers [Models]

What do you do with the runners—the leftover wires that hold together plastic model parts—when you are done building your tiny Gundams? Keep them until you have enough to build a giant 10-foot Gundam. More
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Make a DIY Laundry Pretreater Out of Bar Soap [Frugality]

If you need to pretreat a laundry stain but you don't want to use harsh commercial pretreaters this DIY recipe for "soap jelly" is gentle and easy to make. More
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Make a Hybrid iPhone Headset That Actually Sounds Good [Headphones]

If you hate the quality of Apple's included iPhone headset but love the functionality of the remote, here's a quick hack to combine the remote with a better headset for quality sound on the cheap. More
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