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Build This Soap Pump Speaker That Automatically Plays 20 Seconds Of Your Top Spotify Songs
We’ve all suddenly discovered there’s something even more tedious than watching paint dry: washing our hands for 20 whole seconds. To make the necessary but excruciating process feel like it doesn’t drag on forever, this soap pump speaker swaps Happy Birthday for tracks from your Spotify account.
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Unfixable Flaw In Intel Chipsets Opens Encrypted Data To Hackers
If your computer uses an Intel chipset made in the last five years, it could be leaving you vulnerable to hackers thanks to a critical flaw in its read-only memory (ROM). The fix? There isn’t one, really. Not unless you’re willing to shell out for an entirely brand new computer.
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You Can Connect Your Game Boy Camera To Modern Printers Using This $30 Adaptor
Despite its utterly awful image quality (maxing out at a resolution of just 160×144 pixels), the Game Boy Camera was still a popular add-on, thanks in part to a cheap accessory that could print out tiny photos. But finding paper stock for the Game Boy Printer is no easy task these days, so Vaclav Mach…
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Incredible DIY Flight Simulator Simulates G-Forces With Auto-Tightening Seatbelts
How many times have you gotten to the checkout at the flight simulator store only to remember you don’t actually have $US12 ($18) million in your pocket? Lacking a military-sized budget, André Pointner built his own three-axis flight simulator at home that can spin and rotate in 360 degrees, plus a few other clever tricks.