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Hacks, Mods & Circuitry

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Aug 17, 2012

Cotton candy is a treat generally reserved for carnivals, fairs, and other events that don't come around often enough. Through some clever construction and about $45 in materials though, you can have ...

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Aug 15, 2012

Back in 2008, media artist Kyle McDonald created a 3D interface that could track movement, which he turned into a virtual Tic-tac-toe game.In this tutorial, MAKE teaches us how to build one at home us ...

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Aug 15, 2012

LED throwies are cheery glow-dots you can make in seconds from simple components and stick to any ferro-magnetic surface. But that's just the beginning — here's how to hack and modify them.First make ...

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Aug 14, 2012

If you've found your speakers to be lacking in the visuals department, this is just the mod for you. Using 3" PVC, you can turn your speakers into light-up glow rods that pulse to the beat of your mus ...

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Aug 13, 2012

RFID chips are everywhere. They're in passports, credit cards, and tons of items you've bought in the last 5 years or so. Big retailers like Walmart started using tracking products with RFID as early ...

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Aug 12, 2012

I've never really liked to type on a flat or low keyboard. Even the small flip-up stands underneath most keyboards were not good enough for me, as those little legs aren't usually more than 2 or 3 cen ...

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Aug 2, 2012

You must have seen some expensive mp3 players and CD players which have LEDs fixed on them and they dance to the tune looking really pretty.Imagine you could make your own LEDs and configure them to d ...

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Aug 1, 2012

Considering how often many of us fly on commercial airlines, the idea that a hacker could somehow interfere with the plane is a very scary thought. It doesn't help to learn that at Defcon, a researche ...

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Aug 1, 2012

Even in the MP3 world, vinyl is still king among music lovers. Unfortunately, making your own record is nowhere near as simple as burning a compact disc or throwing some files onto an MP3 player. One ...

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Jul 12, 2012

We depend on our hard drives for our data storage and if they stop working, our important data can be lost, this could cause many problems like losing school projects making us to do them again, losin ...