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HOW-TO: Make a Wind Turbine

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The cost of electricity is ever increasing. Moreover if you are living in a remote area where you don’t find any electricity providers then you plunge into darkness. The developer of the masterpiece is also a resident of a remote area. But unlike others he is having the skills to make some electricity for himself. The device is not as difficult to build as it seems and if you have some time and some knowledge of Electronics then you can also make one to power your home. All that you need is: � A generator � Blades � A mounting � A tower � Batteries and an Electronic control system Click here for the detailed procedure. Thanks: James Via: makezine

HOW-TO: Make an Internet controlled Security Robot

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Here is a way to protect your house from Strangers using no more than a toy car. This toy car is actually a Robot that can be controlled and viewed over the internet. The planned version will have a network camera as the payload. The car has the following devices attached to it: � Linksys WRT54G Router � Industrial microcontroller � Ethernet to RS232 Converter with Web Server Click here for further details. Thanks: Shelato Via: hackedgadgets

How-To: Make a 100psi Hand-Held Self Contained Air Cannon

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Owning a gun has always been a fantasy for me. The government laws have always forbidden me from getting what I want. But now I can make a gun on my own. Though this doesn’t look as interesting as those high ends AK-47 and AK-57 but I always believe that something is always better than nothing. Moreover this gun which is a 100psi Hand-held self contained Air Cannon is made at home so there is no need for a license. All you need for this gun is: PVC Old tire inflator Solenoid Capacitor Inverter Wiring Epoxy Once you are ready with the stuff and are also having some time to spare then click here for the instructions on how to make this device. Please remain covered while using the air cannon and always wear thick goggles and ear protection devies. Check the video below to see the gun in action. Via: hackedgadgets

How-To: Make a PC Board with a Dremel

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You usually use a Dremel for cleaning, drilling metals and scrapping off the dust from various devices. This one gives you a good way to use your dremel to fashion a PC board. All you need is: – A dremel – Copper Plate – LED – A couple of transistors – A resistor – Some thin Wires When you are ready with the above, Click Here for a detailed procedure. Via: Makezine

HOW-TO: Make an ambilight-like system with any TV

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Here is a way to add an ambilight effect to your old TV. This will not only add to great effects but will also allow you to boast of a great creation. All you need for this is nothing more than some cheap LED Strips from IKEA. Just attach these strips to the back panel of your TV and get ready for the ambilight effect. Click here for some instructions. Via: Gizmodo

Home made wooden Laptop

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How many of you are in need of a laptop that has an extremely low resolution and a slow processor…? I guess only a few are interested and that too for a summer project. Check out this system made from almost a scratch. It consists of a handful of chips are some hardware that you can easily get if you search your store room. The machine runs on a self hosted development environment and also allows the users to compile and run programs in ‘Chris++’. The system’s wooden looks are the best thing that I found in it. Click here for some more details. Thanks: Chris Fenton Via: Slashdot

HOW-TO: Create 360-degree photography

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Would you like to shell out lots of bucks to learn professional 360-degree photography or would like to make on own your own for free? Carl at warehouse.carlh.com explains a neat procedure of getting 360 rotation animations. He says: I’ve always been a fan of the 360 degree photographs of products. Purchasing the equipment would be ridiculously expensive but creating (MAKEing) comparable equipment at home was basically free and yielded great results! Via: Makezine

Make your own colorful and cheap Lego Zapper

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Do you love collecting Lego firearms for long time before? Then you can also make your own Wii Zapper by yourself like Mrklaw, a member of the NeoGAF forums has created his own Wii Zapper with the use of blocks of Lego. Lego Technic pieces were used to create a trigger. He copied the basic idea of the branco gun and have sliding bit of technic lego, which pulls against the B button. If you select the zapper mode in umbrella chronicles, then actions like slash, weapon and others are all on the nunchunk. So, now, I have pistol in my right hand and the nunchunk in my left hand. That makes perfect IMO. But as for UC it is better to use the wiimote on its own IMO.

HOW-TO: Upgrade your Core 2 Duo Mac to support 802.11n

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Apple has introduced a new N-based standard in its latest computers. This is making the machines run on super fast wireless speeds. This is good news for some latest Mac owners and bad for the early Mac lovers. What if you are one of those unfortunate MacBook Core Duo owners that are stuck in that old and slow 802.11g land? Here is a step-by-step guide to convert your old Macbook and MacBook Pro to support the latest N standard. Click here for the detailed procedure. Via: gizmodo

HOW-TO: Make a liquid battery

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When you need a cellphone and its battery is over then you run to fetch the charger and connect it to a power line. Have you ever wondered what would you do if there is a complete power failure…? Here is a simple solution, a liquid battery that can be built with an investment of $20 and a time of three hours. Though I am not very sure that this can run your cell phone, but it will surely give you an idea of how things work. All you will need is copper sulfate, distilled water, copper electrodes, and crow’s-foot-zinc electrode. All you need to do it is to: � Pour copper sulfate (the blue granules) over a copper electrode in a glass. � Fill it with distilled water. � Add a crow’s-foot-zinc electrode, and short-circuit the battery for 24 hours to kick-start the battery reaction. � Connect to the device of your choice. Yields one volt. Via: popsci