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How to Get Old With Morphster.com!

Here’s an interesting site that morphs your age so you look older.  What do you think?  Do I look older now? Try your own age prediction at Morphster.com.

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How to Do Short Take Off and Landing with Single Engine Airplane!

I heard that many places in Alaska, there are no roads and the only way you can get home is via a small single-engine airplane.  Well, my gosh, the Alaskans have figured out how to land on rocks in...

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How to Make DIY Stairs Out of Plywood!

For those of you wanting to make your own stairs, perhaps an addition to your home where it needs it, here’s a great tutorial/example on how to make stairs out of plywood. The amazing part? This guy...

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How to Make a DIY Auto-filling Water Dish Machine for Dogs!

Here’s a genius idea for those of you guys with dogs so you won’t ever have to fill their water dish again in your life, perhaps just clean it once in awhile.  It’s an auto-filling dog dish machine...

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Boeing 747-8 Brake Performance!

Here’s a really interesting story of the Boeing 747-8 brake testing and performance, which utilizes 100% worn-out brakes on a 975,000-pound airplane. (That’s almost a million pounds!) In April, the...

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Corvette C6 Proved to Be a Death Trap When Battery Dies!

Here’s some serious issues with Corvette C6s.  When the batteries die, the door release buttons stop working, therefore effectively trapping the driver in the car.  Of course, this may be funny if your...

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How to Strip Corn Kernels!

For those of you wondering how to strip corn kernels easily and quickly, there’s a Corn Kerneler you can get which automates the process.  This device removes the corn kernels in one sweeping motion so...

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Segway Golf Carts!

You know, I really, really love golf because I’ve been playing for over 20+ years and this latest Segway will be the most awesome addition to golfers everywhere in the world, the Segway Golf Cart! Why?...

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Deal Of the Day – Canon Pixma MG5220 Wireless Photo Printer!

Still ordering your photos from Walgreens?  I hope not.  Amazon is having a special sale on this Canon Pixma MG5220 wireless photo printer.  I actually have one and highly recommended. Check it out on...

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How to Wash Wine Glasses in your Dishwasher!

I know every time I drink wine, cleaning your wine glasses the day after can become a time-consuming chore, especially if the wine dries out and leaves wine stains that you will have to scrub hard....

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Free DIY Furniture Designs and Instructions!

I’ve actually bought my first electric saw the other day and been cutting up bunch of stuff for practice.  My next goal is to build my own furniture and if you are thinking along those lines, you might...

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DIY Magnet Eddy Current Simulator Makes You Want to Poop in Your Pants!

Here’s the most amazing, DIY magnet machine you will see in a long time, this device simulates Eddy Current using toy magnets.  The author built it for his father-in-law’s birthday, I think he should...

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KingMax – World’s First 64GB MicroSD Card!

Many of you probably have been waiting for the next big storage microSD cards for your smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, and whatnot. Well, the big wait is over, KingMax has just announced the...

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Affordable Wireless Motion-Sensing LED Floodlight!

Problem with most traditional wired floodlights is that they must be “wired” and that means drilling holes in the walls of your home and that can sometimes be bad (if you install it wrong).  Besides...

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Magnetic Screen Door!

Do you need an easier way to get in and out of your door to the backyard?  If so, you might want to check out this Magnetic Screen Door which automatically closes (via magnets) when you or your dog...

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House DIY – How to Install 3-Way Dimmer Switches!

Recently I moved to a new house, finally I have more space to run my blog.  Also, I am doing a bunch of DIYs around the house, like installing this 3-way dimmer switch (to save money on energy and also...

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DIY Kinect Shopping Cart Follows Wheelchairs!

For people in wheelchairs, shopping with a shopping cart can literally be a nightmare (unless the store provides you with mobile shopping carts). Here’s a great DIY Kinect shopping cart device that...

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Garden DIY – How to Make a Raised Bed Garden!

For those of you looking for ways to help your older parents manage their garden better without hurting their backs, you might want to think about building them a “raised” bed garden”.  I think this is...

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Future of Airplanes! [VIDEO]

Do you ever wonder one day being able to play virtual simulation golf with your buddies in mid-flight to Asia somewhere? Well, here’s a proof of concept on future of airplanes that shows you exactly...

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DIY Web Interface Control System for Central Heating and Hot Water!

In the near future, you should be able to control all of your house heating system and even hot water via a web interface.  But for those of you who don’t want to wait for that, you can make your own...

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American Airlines Adding Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablets to First Class!

Want to test drive out the new Galaxy Tab 10.1?  If you fly first class on American Airlines often, you should be expecting to get a chance to demo these units as American Airlines will be...

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Does the Moon Pull the Water From the Ocean?

I got up at 4AM today and found the beautiful full moon setting, do they call that “moonset”? Well, that got me thinking about how the ocean tide works and me questioning myself, “does the moon pull...

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Wireless LED Floodlight Review!

Recently, I’ve been looking for floodlight replacement for my house because the old one was breaking and didn’t work all that well. Well, I went to Home Depot and they had a bunch of them but they all...

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iPhone-Controlled DIY Disappearing Kitchen Island!

For those of you looking to add more space to your kitchen, you might want to take a look at what Tim Thaler did by building an iPhone-controlled disappearing kitchen island.  Simply genius! After...

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Digital Electronic Peephole!

Here’s another useful gadget for the home, especially if you tend to leave your wife and kids alone while you are at work, a digital electronic peephole that lets you see your visitors at the push of a...

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How to Make an Android Bluetooth Garage Door Opener!

Here’s a really simple garage door opener which you can easily to yourself to make an Android bluetooth garage door opener using a bluetooth headset and transistor. The idea is simple that a bluetooth...

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How to Install A Chandelier!

Ever wonder if you could a chandelier to your rooms with no hanging lights? If you have access to your attic, this might not be such a hard task so long as you have some tools and wire up some power...

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DIY Receipt Printer Racing Game!

How would you make video games in a world where LCD displays didn’t exist? Well, there’s actually an answer for that, use a receipt printer to literally print your screen while you try to make through...

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How to Make DIY Dumbbells from Concrete!

Today I went to Big5 and Sports Authority to buy some dumbells.  Sadly, they didn’t even have the 60 pound dumbbells I wanted plus you had to special order them. Nevermind the ridiculous price of “one”...

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How to Make DIY Thick Bar Dumbbells!

While we are on the subject of DIY concrete dumbbells, I found another great tutorial on how to make your own DIY thick bar dumbbells using some galvanized pipes, pipe clamps, athletic tape, and...

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How to Make a DIY Keypad Door Entry System!

Here’s an interesting hack that will allow you to build d DIY keypad door entry system.  The highlight of this system is that you can hack a normal keylock with an RC servo, brilliant! I believe that...

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DIY 14-Person Beer Pedal-Powered Vehicle!

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you mix pedal-powered vehicle, bunch of beer coolers, and 14-people to drive the engine while they got drunk off their a**es? That’s exactly what we have here,...

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DIY Skateboard Painting in Pool!

Here’s a really cool DIY skateboard painting in a pool. Result? You can get an idea how skateboard moves in a pool, pretty rad. via make, dface

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How to Make a DIY Nuclear Reactor and Neutron Gun!

*Note – This is for informational purposes only, we are not responsible if you turn your house into a nuclear waste filled with radioactive materials. For those of you who might be interested in...

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DIY IED Bomb Detecting RC Car!

Above video is an illustration of a real IED (Improvised Explosive Device) going off in Afghanistan. As you can imagine when that IED bomb hits a humvee, it’s not going to stay in one piece nor the...

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WASP is a Wireless Aerial Surveillance Drone that can Crack WiFi/GSM on the...

Here’s an incredible hacking machine of the decade you will ever see, it’s a 14-pound, six-foot long, six-foot wingspan unmanned aerial vehicle built by Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins that can crack...

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TSA Closes Terminals Over a DIY Mint Tin Project!

TSA recently closed one of its terminals due to a bomb threat (or so they thought it was) and calls in the bomb squad and the FBI.   Of course, this wasn’t actually a bomb but a DIY mint tin project....

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How to Make a Resin-Based Color-Changing DIY Door Handle!

Using layers of resin and a strip of color-changing RGB LEDs, folks at OvniLab.com have created a magnificent-looking door handle that looks very modern and would be more suited for a nightclub as it’s...

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How to Build a DIY Shade/Heating Plant Grow Table!

I’ve been thinking about adding some shade to my recent flowers I planted in the garden due to some of the flowers burning and rotting away in the California sun, which is very strong. For this, I was...

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South Koreans now MAD at Apple as a Country, not just about Samsung anymore.

(A typical comments box at a Korean website) South Koreans are now deeply hurt and mad at Apple as a whole country about Apple’s recent lawsuit to Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, which has been halted of...

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DIY 3D Lego Milling CNC Machine!

Imagine what would happen if you mixed Lego NXT brains with CNC machine, you’d get a DIY 3D Lego Milling CNC Machine!   Now, is that really possible?  Watch the video below and you will get your answer...

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Matthew James New Bionic Hand! [MUST SEE]

Until geneticists figure out how to fully grow a severed hand, we will still have to rely on technologies like electrodes that sense a person’s muscle patterns to control a bionic hand. Which is...

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Lockheed Martin’s Samarai Micro Air Vehicle Flies with only Two Moving Parts!

Last week we saw world’s first bird robot that actually flies like a real bird. Well, do you think someone can do a little bit better? The answer is yes, Lockheed Martin, largest private company in the...

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Hurricane Irene Viewed from Orbit on Space Station! {VIDEO}

How does a hurricane look like from space? Find out as Space Station has captured the latest hurricane Irene viewed from the orbit:

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How to Make a Kid’s Learning Tool, The DIY Counting Box!

Want to make your 3 or 4 year old get good at numbers super quick? How about building your kids a DIY counting box? My son—now four, but three when I conceived this project—loves numbers and counting....

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NASA’s Swift Satellite Spots Blackhole Consuming a Star!

Have you ever thought if blackholes did really exist in space and if they would ever be used for time travel? Well, I have, I am certain time travel is possible in the future, at least slowing down...

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Gelsight – New 3D Surface Sensing Material!

Just when you thought fingerprint sensors was cutting-edge technology, Gelsight comes along, a new 3D surface sensing material that can detail at even microscopic levels. Gelsight has many applications...

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DIY Cat Elevator! [MUST SEE]

This is the most hilarious yet useful and genuine project, YouTube user CrazyMrJohn builds a DIY cat elevator that your cat can use to safely go up and down your house. Best of all, the cat is equipped...

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How to Make a DIY Boat Motor With a DRILL!

For those of you with a row boat to get around the lake behind your backyard, first let’s say you are lucky to live in such a nice place.  Second, you can make yourself a cheap boat motor with a DRILL!...

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How Do Hummingbirds Sing With Their Tails?

Here’s a cool fact I just found out, I guess hummingbirds sing with their tails, by moving their tail feathers during a dive. This is amazing, I see hummingbirds all the time here in SF bay and now...

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