Hacks, Mods & Circuitry: Page 17

Here's a an easy to make, dollar store DIY spy microphone that lets you listen from afar and bring the sounds up close. From Make Magazine Volume 14

We've all seen the popcorn cell phone video. Now, we have the exclusive inside into how those videos were created. A microwave magnetron is strapped covertly to the bottom of the table. Then the prank is ready. Gather the phones and wait for the exciting reactions.

See how to make a 555 timer chip with a pulsing buzzer.

This is a video tutorial that explains how to make a wind powered LED out of a pinwheel and an old VCR. Why have just a pinwheel when you can have an LED pinwheel?

Here is a video tutorial on how to make a USB Drive from a Floppy Disk.

See how to make an X10 wireless security camera into a nice helmet cam on the cheap in this three-part video. All it takes is an X10 camera, ten bucks in parts, and two hours of your time.

This is a DIY (do-it-yourself) alarm system. Try building it in under three minutes!

With some simple household materials and about 30-60 minutes of your time, you can make a working antenna for your TV!

See the assembly and run of a very basic electric motor. Just get all that you need and put it together, just like in this video. The battery, the coil, the magnets -- they're all just waiting for you to make a motor out of them.

This is a sweet video showing you how to make a sick electric motor! You'll need some wood, a battery, and some PVC pipe, along with a few other things, and you'll be on your way to making that perfect electric motor of yours.

Can't afford a real electric toothbrush? Have one too many vibrating dildos lying around the house? Well, just tape your toothbrush to one of those suckers and start brushing!

Make a great TV antenna for just ten dollars worth of items you can find in your home! This will make a better than average antenna to replace those expensive ones at the store.

Turn an inexpensive RC (remote controlled) helicopter into a flying spycam! Grab their cash and GO! Or just spy on your sister's sleepover party.

Printers are one of the most popular home and office tools in the world, because they are inexpensive, yet highly versatile, but the ink costs more than the printers in some cases. Well, learn how you can refill those cartridges at home right now for only five dollars.

Learn how to make an automatic bug killing machine for under ten dollars. This works great and is really simple to make in just a few minutes! Those bugs will never bother you again.

This will show you how to hack an old two dollar alarm clock and transform it into a cool DVD clock! No, it doesn't play DVD's or CD's, but it still looks cool.

Here are some step-by-step instructions on how to make an IR LED Pen to use with a Wiimote to create an inexpensive interactive whiteboard. It's a student video production of the WHS Tech Club.

Keep your pooch safe and stylin', with a little LED. Fiber Optics. They're not just for humans anymore. When GeekBrief.tv star Cali Lewis, visited the Lair, Techno-Guru Alison made electronic fashion for a podcaster's best friend.

Don't buy those $100+ laser pointers. Watch this video, and for under $50 you can make your own that is capable of burning, popping balloons, and cutting things!

See how to increase the mW of a 5 mW Green Laser Pointer!

In this video you will learn how to make a high voltage, high frequency power supply in just five minutes, and for less than twenty bucks. All you'll need is a compact fluorescent light (CFL) and a flyback transformer to make that alternative energy source of yours.

If you have a five BNC input on your plasma or LCD tv, here is how you can make a cable to the length you need.

In the season finale of Know How, Tim uses a laser pointer and a wine glass to scan a 3-D image of his mom's head. You have to see it to believe it.

Learn how to make a light bulb light up with common household items. This is how you make a light bulb light with:1-Tin Foil2-D Battery3-a small light bulb(#40 suggested)

Learn how to build a driver that can be used for Red laser diodes and Blu-ray laser diodes.

How to build a laptop docking system so that you can plug your Samsung YP-P2 Mp3 player directly into your laptop.

See how to make a simple bifilar coil for the Bedini motor, otherwise called the SSG or schoolgirl motor. The Bedini motor can create some free energy. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a coil for the Bedini motor.

Tires of those wire two button mouses, or even the wireless clickers? Well, come no further, the soapmouse is here. What in the hell is a soapmouse? Well, just watch and learn, and make one yourself.

Dr. Kiki makes a homemade cantenna, an antenna made out of a can, duh! Moujan reports back from the ultimate DIY event, Maker Faire 2008, and Heather goes beekeeping in the Fringe - all on PopSiren.

This shows you how to modify a webcam so that you can attach it to a telescope. Just think, you'll never have to look in that eyepiece again. Just stuff this thing down there.

As far as the world of consumer electronics goes, it doesn't get much greener than recycling solar panels. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to solder together broken solar panels, giving them new life as a functional AA battery charger, which produces about 6 volts in direct sunlight and about 3 volts indoors. In order to get started on this hack, you'll need a number broken solar panels (which can be had cheap for cheap on the Internet), a low-temperature soldering iron, silver-bearing...

Make a homemade battery out of things laying around the house. It may not be the strongest thing around, but hey, that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates the wet tack method for surface mount chip component preparation.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates the installation of a TSOP32 component using the multi-lead method.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates Metal Electrode Leadless Face Diodes removal using the tweezer method with tin-lead solder.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates site preparation for BGA placement.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates the dry tack method for surface mount chip component preparation.

This is a StencilQuik soldering demonstration video. This breakthrough method allows you to simplify placement/replacement saving 50% or more of time required to rework BGAs or CSPs.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier certified master instructor for Soldering Skills demonstrates removal of solder bridges on gull wing leading components.

In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier certified master instructor for Soldering Skills demonstrates multi-plated through-hole tweezer method, also known as SOIC tweezer method.