Entertainment

The Best Way To Mount Rear Surround Sound Speakers

You’ve spent thousands on your incredible James Cameron-certified home theatre. Movies look beautiful; the sound is amazing. But every time you step out to refill the popcorn bucket, you risk knocking over those damn stands jammed in the back of the room, holding your rear-channel speakers.


April 28, 2012
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Build Your Own Star Wars TIE Advanced Out Of Old Floppy Disks

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It’s the weekend and you’re looking for something to do. Star Wars is close to your heart, as is getting your hands dirty and/or sliced to ribbons. Inexplicably, you have a bunch of 3 1/2-inch floppy disks beside you. Presented with this situation, what else would you do but build this neat little model of a TIE Advanced?


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How To Make Your Own Beats By Dre Headphones (Except They’ll Actually Sound Good)

So Beats By Dre headphones sound kind of terrible. Minus “kind of”. But they sure are pretty. Film maker and Renaissance man Casey Neistat took it upon himself to turn an actually decent set of cans into beautiful black and red doppelgangers. And he made a how to video.


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Even Ensign Jimmy Has A Fighting Chance With This DIY Phaser

We may have a few years to go until the advent of Warp Drive technology (fingers crossed for 2063) and full-fledged Tricorders, the development of Phasers is well under way. Behold the balloon-popping efficiency of this early prototype.


April 27, 2012
Gaming

Wine Bottle-Sized Star Wars Arcade Is A Better Way To Drown Your Sorrows

If you find yourself with 80 extra hours in your week, and a penchant for classic Star Wars games, you might want to follow in hacker Le Chuck’s footsteps. He built this impressive 1:6 scale 12-inch replica of Atari’s original Star Wars game.


April 21, 2012
Gadgets

Incept Yourself With Lucid Dreaming Goggles

Lucid dreaming is when you’re dreaming, but you’re aware of it. Theoretically, you could get to a point where you can control you the dream. It’s a tricky process, but to help it along, Will Finucane built a pair of lucidity-inducing goggles.


April 19, 2012
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The Home Brewing Laboratory Of Every Beer Drinker’s Dreams

There’s a beer nirvana in Pennsylvania, and it’s in a shed. The HammerSmith Ale House and Brewery, a slice of heaven near the Delaware River, was designed by Chris Bowen — a beer enthusiast, beer historian and certified beer judge. Bowen always loved cooking for friends. Eight years ago, he tried his hand at making beer and soon got hooked. “Brewing is an addictive hobby,” he said.


Cameras

Balloon And Kite Cameras Give Gorgeous Google Earth Images

Trying something a bit different for a change, the folks at Google Earth sent camera-tethered balloons and kites into the sky to see what kind of images could be captured sans satellite. The results are beautiful, in superhigh resolution.


April 14, 2012
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Make Your Own Chewing Gum, Even Though You’re Not A Kid Anymore

Dirty mouth? You can clean it up with your own brand of homemade chewing gum.


April 13, 2012
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Announce Your Dominion Over The Bike Lane With The Blast Of A Freight Train

It doesn’t matter how much protective gear you wear or how bright your safety lights are, on a bike, cars consider you an afterthought at best. But with this homebrew bike horn, people will know you’re coming from over half a mile away.