So Ryan Robinson over at Slacklog saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid robot, wanted one, it was too expensive, so he decided to build his own and document the process.
And what better foundation to build from than a craft-store doll?
It was...
XBox and a WiFi connection is a nice combo, but you will have to do some hard work to accomplish this task. It requires soldering a part or two of the XBox, so, don't do it unless you seriously know what you're really doing!
There are step-by-step...
If you ever wanted to build a nice looking arcade, this is your chance.
Donald Brown, from Domestic Arcades has a step by step tutorial to create the Penny Arcade which won't be too difficult to do:
It is a simple build. The case took only a...
This has got to be one of the most funny and useless How-To's I've found in the net, but the final product is so good looking that it deserves a post. It's a good way to make your friends laugh for a while, as you can see from the image...
Material...
If you got a speaker laying around and want to make your own iPod Amp, the How-To at Instructables is perfect for you.
They take it a step further and integrate the speaker into an army case, transforming it to a mobile speaker. With a bit of work...
Got an old useless desktop mic lying around that you'd like to get off your desk? Got Legos? Well, a friend of mine, Terry Crim had both and with some creativity he combined the two to make a cool adjustable Lego boom mic.
Basically he used a spring...
I'm sure most of you have experienced the horror of liquid spilling into your rawkin new gadgets at one time or another. Of course, there's bound to be irrepairable damage in a lot of cases, but sometimes there's hope for revival.
A friend of Chris J...
Yes, another alcohol-centric post...
It appears your coffee pot can not only brew the dark, caffinated wake-up plasma, but beer as well. Bill Drew over at All About Beer Magazine has a vividly detailed article up on how to brew beer in a coffee pot....
Well all you gadget goblins, Hallowe'en is is almost upon us here in North America, so I just KNOW you'll all be scaring the living crap outta the neighborhood children on the hallowed night with your home made Dr. Octopus costumes.
You can make your...
Do you know who Red Green is? Anyway, the people over at Lifehacker seem to have come up with an ingenious way to ensure that your remote controls never get lost again. Here's the short and curly's of the Lifehacker Remote Control Duct Tape Tail...