diy
Gadgets
Perhaps It Is Time To Make “The Switch” To An Electric Razor
12:20PM Sean Fallon | Because the original switch on this model was busted. Of course, the modification looks like it would get in the way of a close, comfortable shave. More »
Music
3:20AM Mark Wilson | With absolutely no practical use for it whatsoever, I’m lusting hard after this 16-button, arcade-style MIDI controller available in a solderless kit you can assemble in just five minutes. More »
MidiFighter Melds Music And Button Mashing
3:20AM Mark Wilson | With absolutely no practical use for it whatsoever, I’m lusting hard after this 16-button, arcade-style MIDI controller available in a solderless kit you can assemble in just five minutes. More »
Gadgets
Chumby Guts Turn Anything Into A Chumby
Gadgets
Inductive Charging…Through Wood
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Inductive charging, allowing you to charge a gadget just by placing it on a non-electrocuting surface, is a pretty neat parlour trick. But you’re still putting a gadget on a charger. This DIY mod, however, trades synthetic chargers for wood. More »
Design
Camouflage Cords
5:00AM Mark Wilson | Sometimes the best place to hide something is in plain sight. More »
Games
Unnecessary Upgrades: Accelerometer-Controlled Marble Maze
3:40AM Sean Fallon | Some old-fashioned games simply don’t need a 21st century makeover — like the wooden marble maze. Adding accelerometer control seems like a pointless endeavour. More »
Cameras
Shoot 3D Photos Using Two Hacked Canon Cameras
1:20AM Danny Allen | Sure, basic stereoscopic images can be created using software to merge two slightly offset photos, but that only works for stationary subjects. For moving targets, there’s Fuji’s Finepix Real 3D W1, or this $US20 hack using two Canon PowerShot cameras. More »
Gadgets
Hands-On Gifts For Hackers, Makers And The DIY Obsessed
5:00AM Phil Torrone | Hi there, I’m Phil. I live in an electronics factory and regularly need to pluck microcontrollers out of my feet when walking around barefoot. I thought I could bring some of that joy to you in a gift guide. More »
Random Stuff
Judge How Cooked Your Steak Is Based On Video Transmission
3:25PM Rosa Golijan | Noah Feehan looked at his raw steak one day and thought “What if I plug some composite video into that hunk o’ meat?” So he did just that. Turns out that it lets him judge when the steak’s perfectly cooked. More »
Robots
