How to: Integrate Google’s Nexus 7 into your Car Dashboard
Let’s face it, most automotive manufacturers (besides Telsa Motors) are horrible at designing user friendly dashboards. It’s 2013, yet our dashboards are still filled with dozens of non-intuitive...
View ArticleBrainport Vision Device Gives “Sight” Through the Tongue
Cutting edge technologies like the Brainport Vision Device are helping the blind scale new peaks; quite literally. The video above shows how a man uses Brainport to see via give the visually impaired...
View ArticleMassive RepRap DIY 3D Printer
We’ve seen plenty of 3D printers in the past, but none this big. This homemade 3D printer printed out a part that is 15″x15″x10.” It’s a tad on the slow side though: it accomplished the print job...
View Article3D Printer for your Minecraft Designs
If you’re one of the millions of Minecraft players out there, this is for you. Two students at MIT Media Lab have created a program that enables players to print 3D models of objects they create in...
View ArticleHow to: Connect a Kinect to a MakerBot
Having an Xbox 360 Kinect and a MakerBot is a perfect combination for scanning and printing 3D models. Typically scanning an object is a complex process (although we have seen some DIY 3D scanners in...
View ArticleHow to: 1000 Lumen Maglite Mod with Voltage Monitor
If you are dissatisfied with the brightness and lasting power of your flashlight, check out the tutorial below by our laser and lighting expert, Jayrob. The XM-L T6 emitter, will output 1000 lumens at...
View ArticleDIY Dazzling Laser Light Party Ball
Here’s a challenge for you: stuff over a dozen red lasers and a rechargeable lithium ion battery inside a tennis ball. Oh, and also a microcontroller and infrared port to control patterns from afar....
View ArticleDIY Automatic High Speed Camera Trigger
We’ve covered some neat high speed photography projects in the past (some which use Arduino) and here’s another awesome project to add to our collection. The device above triggers a camera when a...
View ArticleEpic Doomsday Device Build
Inspired by science fiction movies, this DIYer created a doomsday device prop complete with pull-pin, epic LED lighting, and countdown timer. When his microwave broke, he salvaged its innards to...
View ArticleDIY Tesla Coil Gun
The beloved Tesla coil – now in portable form! We’ve seen loads of Tesla coils over the years, from desktop size to absurdly massive, but this is the first portable, battery powered version we’ve...
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