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DIY toilet-paper dispenser prints Tweets and live RSS feeds
If you’ve been looking for a great way to keep up with those Tweets while you answer natures call, without having to carry your smartphone or tablet to the loo, here’s a perfect way to do so, that well, keeps your backside clean too! Built by Mario Lukas, this one’s essentially a toilet-paper dispenser, this…
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DIY remote control silences dumb celebs on your TV
Not everybody from the tinsel town is blessed with oratory skills or even wisdom of speech for that matter. You have been through the horror of seeing them speak of utter crap and sometimes you think you could have saved yourself a lot of agony by simply switching the channel. Here is a programmed remote…
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LEGO Technic Unimog U 400 DIY model unveiled in partnership with Mercedes-Benz
LEGO, the world’s third largest toy manufacturer, has just proved itself to be a lot more than just building bricks once again. In a partnership with Mercedes-Benz, the firm has unveiled a do-it-yourself Unimog U 400 (1:12,5) using about 2048 elements and complete with a electric drive and pneumatics. This model replicates the original to…
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iPhone Radiation Dock helps Japan track the impact of nuclear crisis
Ever since tragedy struck in Japan, the country has been frantically trying various measures to come back on its feet. The latest is a portable Geiger counter that docks with an iPhone. By calling your iPhone, you can listen to the familiar clicks, which indicates the amount of radiation present in a particular area. It…
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RFID Poker available with DIY kit
Get more of Andrew Milner’s poker set that is available as a do-it-yourself model for aspiring gamblers who want to get the RFID Poker kit assembled, how and when they want it. What it needs is a PC running Windows OS, a table laden with cutouts and webcams to grab some footage. You can check…
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Dude builds working Star Trek door
Absolutely perfect, except that it requires a motion sensor or perhaps even a Kinect. [Reddit]
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DIY Fart-Operated TV Remote Control for Practical Jokers
It seems we’ve come a long way since the whoopee cushion – fart recorders, farting phones and now a fart-operated TV remote control. I can only imagine what the cheeky little pranksters at instructables.com were doing when they came up with this idea. This seems like every teenage boy’s dream gadget and looks like something…
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DIY Robot fetches beer – Video
The bright people over at Willow garage have a penchant for programming and beer. So they decided to do something for the better of both. The result was PR2 a robot which seamlessly fetches cold beer from the fridge for its human masters. The idea of the hackathon is to start hacking Monday morning and…
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500 LED flashlight to scare cannibals away
Here’s something that will make your camping trip a lot more safer and will even add to the sophistication of your gear (but sadly, also to the weight you have to carry). This flashlight has 500 5mm super bright white LEDs. It has a whole bunch of controls that you can use to control the…
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The Lego router transmits data in blocks
Luke an avid Lego fan has ehoused his WRT54GL’s PCB in an entirely Lego-built enclosure. He was kind enough to post instructions on how to make one of your own. So if you are in love with the Danish bricks then head over here. [Makezine]
