Look! Ikea Bedtable Turned TV stand
We love Ikea hacks and a hack that helps hold your gizmos is a mega plus. Looking for a small entertainment center, and Ikea Hacker reader discovered that if she put two Malm bedside tables together s...
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Flickr Finds: Multitasking Wallunit
While perusing Flickr for décor ideas we came upon a New Yorker's solution for packing a media center, library, and home office in one wall within her small bedroom. Using Ikea's Ivar shelving unit...
LED Chandelier Controlled By WiiMote
The Wanetlight continues the Wiimote hackery with a suspended lighting system composed of 25 blown glass candles with 5x5x5 LEDs clustered in the three axes (LxWxH). The cluster forms a luminous 3-D ...
Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 3
And off we go again on our tech tour of this year's Small Cool spaces. Over the past week we've been looking at creative ways this year's Small Cool finalists have incorporated technology into their h...
How To: Spend Your Economic Simulus Check on Sustainable Eggs
Chicken coops tend not to bring thoughts of high design and innovation. The introduction of the Eglu in 2004 by British company Omlet changed the way urbanites think about raising hens. With economi...
DIY Project: Use Contact Paper to Fake Multiple Wood Texture
Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...
Easy Snap-On Chrome Mod for Playstation 3
Tired of black gloss or just want to keep the dust bunnies from returning so quickly after your last dust-off? XCM’s Smart Face Plate has you covered - simply remove a few screws, slide off your old...
Look! Highlighted Ikea Table
We love Ikea hacks and this one may be the geekiest and easiest to date. How it was made after the jump... ...
Look! Nintendo Game Becomes Console
We love video game systems -- the older the better -- but the more classic the machine the fuglier it is. That's why we're psyched to see this latest NES mod......
1952 Philco TV Console Cabinet Converted Into Home Theater PC System
"q240z" says he doesn't care for "the newfangled plastic cabinets" modern electronics come in (for the most part, we have to agree). So he took a 1952 Philco TV console cabinet he purchased for $40 fr...
Reverse Engineer: Monitors All Felt Up
Welcome to Reverse Engineer, where we look at projects people have done and figure out how to recreate them, and in some instances, improve upon them. Ever since I saw the above laptop sleeves two yea...
TARDIS Gaming Console
We've seen a few cool custom gaming consoles, but what do you build for the Dr. Who fan? Why, a gaming TARDIS, of course....
MX065 Remote Control by Phone: Call Your Iron Off
The two channel 'MX065 Remote Control by Phone' is capable of turning anything on or off in your house by just making a quick call and entering a code onto your phone's keypad. Just hook it up to you...
DIY Coffee Printer
Not satisfied with the coffee art at your local pit stop? We spied this DIY hack that allows you to print a design into your latte's foam....
Look: LED Mac Mini Hack
Harald wanted to glam up his Mac mini with some lighting effects. The effect results remind us of some of the rice rocket car modifications we used to see back during our college days. Using IKEA's Tr...
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Mac Mini Pro Mod
Hideo Takano has perfected the art of the Mac Mini mod. Fitting the guts of Mac Mini's inside a miniaturized Mac Pro, he's created the Mac Mini Pro....
DIY Arcade Cabinet: Version 2.0
Back in April I reported about my good friend Gerald's insane DIY Playstation 3 arcade cabinet. He's back with a new and improved design, and he was kind enough to give me a sneak peek of his work in ...
Wind-lit: Solar
In same vein as yesterday's Solar and Wind Photovoltaic ‘Leaves’ post, the Wind-lit: Solar lights also harness solar and wind energy and provide outdoor illumination......
How to: Make a CD Spool Lamp
We've got spools of CD-Rs we don't need any more or that went bad. Perhaps we should try and make our own desk lamp like this one that uses a 13W twin tube fluorescent bulb......
Touchpad App Turns Your iPhone Into a Wireless Touchpad
Our love for all things iPhone has pretty much been unabashed, with the exception of the occasional excessively long bill, and here's another reason: turn your iPhone into a wireless touchpad and co...
Apple Floppy Reused as Amplifier
Here's a relatively easy hack that lets you repurpose an old floppy drive into an amplifier that you can use in your home. ...
Katamari Damacy-Style Ikea Lampan Sphere Lamps
Instructables contributor daan posted examples of huge spherical lamps created with up to 32 Ikea lampan lamps joined together. The King of All Cosmos wholeheartedly approves......
How to: Wii-mote Control Your Curtains
The Wii has become a hacker's dream machine, with a myriad of unintended uses being devised by the dedicated Wii community regularly, like this remote control for house curtains... ...
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