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How To: Make a Secret Car Compartment

Nowadays, protecting your valuables can be challenging especially when you're on the go. That's why I decided to make a little secret compartment inside my car. Only you'll know it's there because nobody will be able to find it. Not only that, but you'll have easy access to it. It's fairly cheap and the total cost was under $5.00. Let me show you how to make it. You can watch the video or scroll down below for the written guide.

News: How to Catch All the Fish?

Everyone who loves fishing, knows the feeling when you miss a fish that is already nibbling on your bait. This can however be prevented by using a bite indicator. The following video will help you to build a custom bite indicator that catches all the fish!

How To: Peel Potatoes the Fast Way

Today we show you how to peel potatoes with a drill! It's So Easy a Guy Could Do It!

How To: Make a Clothespin Gun

Today we show you how to make a very cool clothespin gun. Making this gun is So Easy a Guy Could Do It!

News: How to Start Using FPGA Chips

The first steps will always be a little difficult, but that is the way everyone has to live his life. The same is true, when you start programming FPGA-chips. It might be hard to get started, therefore a introduction may be useful. I will explain all the problems you might encounter when you first start. Also a simple first project is included as a guideline throughout the video!

News: How to Choose a FPGA That Suits Your Project

A FGPA is chip that is programmable with the computer to create circuit. It is a totally different type of programmable board compared to an Arduino for example. The Arduino will follow lines of codes to generate the necessary outputs. A FPGA won't however read lines of code, but it is a circuit itself. When the chip is programmed, a series of AND-ports, OR-ports and many others ports are linked together. The FGPA will increase the speed and the possibilities of your designs! I assume that by...

How To: Make an Arduino Shield

Two years ago, driven by a good friend of mine i decided to give it a try on timelapse photography. I had a DSLR camera but didn't had an intervalometer, so i assembled a small electronic circuit on top of an Arduino Uno, made some basic code and did my first timelapse movie. The result was awful, but for some reason I was hooked.

How To: Make a Homemade Air Conditioner That Runs on Batteries or USB Power

Hand made air conditioner made of a foam lunch box, 5 volt DC fan, 4 AAA rechargeable batteries, and some ice. This homemade AC can run on batteries and you can plug directly into any USB port.

How To: Lock and Unlock a Safe

This is an easy step by step tutorial how to lock your jewels in a hotel room or in a public safe. Be aware that in a public safe it is more secure to use the second method of locking by a magnetic card, not by a PIN code that can be easily seen by someone nearby.

News: My Pillow for Macrame - Unboxing (What Is Inside?)

Many people asked in my email, how was and of what is my Macrame Pillow made. I couldn't answer because it is a long story, but now I decided to show you. A surprise is awaiting you, because it's not a ordinary pillow for macrame. Watch how to make a macrame pillow.

How To: Change the Pitch of Your Voice for Skype! (Mac)

This is for anybody using a computer that would like to change the sound of there voice to talk to people if you have any problems feel free to comment on the youtube video ! thanks!

News: How to Create an Amazing Firefighter Siren!

Video: . At a certain moment in our lives all of us wanted to be a fire fighter. To simulate that effect, we created a super-awesome siren. With two 555-timer chips and lots of trail and error, we were able to create this awful noise.

How To: Make a Clothespin Pocket Pistol (AKA Mini Matchstick Gun)

Clothespins are pretty innocent-looking, but with a mod here and a hack there, that innocence quickly turns into danger. Well, sort of. In this project, we'll be turning an ordinary spring-action clothespin into powerful matchstick and toothpick shooter that can shoot apples and lob fiery darts over 20 feet.

How To: Integrate Two Computer Fans to Make You Chill

This simple contraption almost acts like a Rube Goldberg machine to give you that cold tranquility that you need during the summer.

How To: Start a Fire

This is for those people that want to create a fire in a camping situation, survival situation, flare type alert to other that you are lost, or simply for entertainment.

News: Making a Low Cost wall.e Robot

make robots WALL.E with low cost. using materials from scrap Video: .

How To: Cool Down Your Apple Mac Laptop

Mac laptops, especially the older PowerBooks, often can become very hot when doing processor intensive tasks like movie rendering, YouTube videos streaming, database lookups, or just gaming. Often just lifting the machine from the surface is enough to cool it down without the need of expensive hardware or software tuning.

How To: Add Bluetooth Capability to Corded Over-Ear Headphones for Wireless Listening

Headphone cords are one of those things we all deal with because it beats the alternative (no music). But they can be so obnoxious—they're always getting caught on things, and they seem to be perpetually tangled. If you have ear buds, you can make a simple a cord container to keep them organized, but over-ear headphones are a little more tricky.

How To: Implement Facebook into Your Life Even More

So, I wondered whether there was a possibility to integrate Facebook even further into my life! (I still wonder why I wanted that actually...) Here's the way to do it!

News: 10 New Life Hacks You Need to Know

10 Life Hacks: 1.Wifi Booster

News: Thermistors | How HOT Is Your Robot?

Thermistors are used in almost every single device. If you are planning to build a grand new project, let us explain why and how you should use a thermistor !

How To: Make the Simplest Motor Ever

For this project, you will need a magnet, two AA batteries, two keys, a metal plate, and a copper wire coil.

How To: Charge Your Phone Without Its Charger

When you forget you charger,you can use this dynamo charger to charge the phone with your hand. I convert the dynamo LED flashlight into charger just adding bridge rectifier, capacitor and USB female plug.

News: Crazy Matchbox Trick - Magic Revealed

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How To: How to Make Infinity Mirror

Led infinity mirror that I make with some materials like mirror from old hard drive,leds,plastic mirror sheet and battery holder.

How To: Make a Solar-Powered Fan Hat

It's hot this summer, but it's not that easy to cool down when you're on the go. You can't take an air conditioner with you, and a handheld fan will just tire you out, so you'll need to find more creative ways to cool down when you're on the go. One of these ways is a DIY solar-powered fan baseball cap.

How To: Make a Universal Phone Battery Charger with Paper Clips

Paper clips and any kind of power adapter that gives 5 volts will do the job for charging your phone battery.

How To: Make a Light Bulb with Dancing LEDs Inside

This is about dancing LEDs following the rhythm of music or speech picked-up by a small microphone. The projects is very cool, and for building it, you will need a light bulb,10 LEDs, project box, electronic board with IC CD4017 and LM358 and power adapter.

How To: Smash the Summer Heat with These High-Powered DIY Water Weapons

This summer's going to be a hot one, so skip the water pistol this year and break out the big guns! In this project, I'll be showing you how to build a water balloon shotgun—a high-powered water balloon launcher that's capable of firing 17 water balloons at the same time!

How To: Make a Custom USB Drive

I use a lighter as a case for my USB drive and it came out pretty cool. Watch to see how I made it. Video: .

How To: 5 Fast & Easy Life Hacks (Keep Bananas Fresh, Remove Gum, DIY Phone Stand, & More)

Here's a list of the lifehacks shown in this video: Banana Foil

How To: Mouse with Fan for Cool Hands-Without Sweat

I all the time play games and my hand always sweat.So I add small dc fan into my mouse and fix the problem with sweating.What you will need is one dc fan that work on 5 volts,tiny switch and some wires.

How To: Repair Busted Headphones

In this video I show you how to repair the cable of your badly damaged headphones and basically give them another chance.

News: Small Bristlebot-Never Need Batteries!

This bristlebot will run without batteries. It works with super capacitor that you charge with your power supply for about 1 minute and the bot will run 2-3minutes.

How To: Make ''The Prototype'' Mask

For this project, I was inspired by the as-yet-to-be-released movie called The Prototype when making this mask. Paper strips and a mix of water and flour is the main things you'll need to make this Prototype-like mask. For the eyes, I used old halogen bulbs and inside them I put LEDs connected to a battery with switch.