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

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

5:40PM Rosa Golijan | If you love the oh-so-adorable Chumby as well as some DIY, then the Chumby Guts kit is perfect for you. You can build your own crazy Chumby, but just don’t cry over the brutal product name. More »
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 »
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

Cheap Open Source Robots Set To Take Over The World

8:05AM Rosa Golijan | How can we fear the robot revolution when it’s our own DIY handiwork and GPL? Each of these swarm robots costs less than €100 (about $160) to build and has a mind powered by open-source software. More »