Apartment Therapy: DIY Project

The Digital Mixtape

Justin Cole wanted to merge the retro form of the beloved, though outdated, audio cassette tape with the utility of a flash drive to create the ultimate mixtape... ...

Make Your Own 9V Battery-Powered USB Charger

Battery-based USB chargers are pretty cheap, but it's always cheaper and more fun to make your own. The basic concept is a battery that powers a USB port so that you can juice up your gadgets. ...

The $8 IKEA Parts Netbook Stand

You've got you pint sized netbook but are missing a stand for optimal viewing while you hook up a full size keyboard and mouse for work beyond surfing the web? Kathleen Henri has posted a tutorial at ...

Two Great DIY Floating Wall Ideas

Here are two inspiring DIY projects created by AVForums member "SparksCW" for his bedroom that use a 9mm MDF for a floating LED back lit headboard with a dimmer feature, alongside an opposite facing...

How To: Reuse Old Light Bulbs as a Flower Vase

DIY YouTube star, Giannina Lezcano, show us how to reuse old clear-style light bulbs as decorative elements around the house. And don't blame us for what she's wearing......

Cooling Down Your Media Unit With Computer Fans

With all the new gear that goes into your media unit or entertainment center, depending if it closes completely, you might want to add some cooling measures so that your gear doesn't overheat. ...

Repurpose Your Camera Strap to Turn Your Shooter Into a Work of Art

We have four digital cameras in the house right now. Two we own, two we're testing. With so many lying around it's easy for one to go tumbling due to a late night cat race through the apartment. We'v...

Why Not Carve a Geeked-Out Pumpkin?

Certain times of year make us proud to be geeks. May 25th (Geek pride Day), March 14th (Pi Day) and now, Halloween. We're seeing so many cool ways to geek out our fall fest......

PS3 Slim Converted Into Laptop Form

What looks like a chunky laptop at first glance is actually a mod masterpiece of sorts: Ben Heck transformed a PS3 Slim combined with a 17" Gateway 1775W screen into an on-the-go gaming laptop. Video ...

DIY Tilt Shift Camera Hack
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We've talked about tilt shift photography before with a snazzy iPhone app, it helps with selective focus and miniaturing subjects in your photographs. But, buying professional gear to make it work i...

DIY Painted XBox Controller with a Touch of Pink

We wish we could have included this pink XBox controller in our pinked-out home tech "Technicolor" roundup. But it's not available in stores, just a well-done DIY project from somebody wanting to get ...

College Kid Creates His Own Remote Key Fob Door Opener

Oh those college kids...with seemingly oodles of time to create geeky solutions like this DIY key fob door opener (just like the remote fob for your car). Hack-a-Day posted Vassar student Adam's DIY...

Make an LED Skeleton Flamingo for Halloween

Not all of us are into trying to be spooky with our Halloween decorations—plastic tombstones are out. Some of us would rather be kitschy with a little more tech-savvy... ...

DIY Kit Lets You Coil a Cord Lamp

We're seeing the trend lately that lamps getting proud about showing off their cords, but they've all been high-design (read: really expensive) items—until now......

Customize Your Bookcase with Digital Photos

Here's an idea for converting that standard IKEA Billy bookcase into something more personal using printed/enlarged digital photos, as shown over at Votre Billy, a French site dedicated to customizin...

Lacking Bathroom Space? DIY a 'Plug-In Shelf'

Ah, the power outlet... it's the lifeblood of all of our favorite gadgets. But it can also help out in other ways around the house, like storing your toothbrush—wait, what?...

Old School Robotics: DIY Rotating Wood Crank iPhone Dock

When we think of cranks we think of winding cranks made to power electronics or the ones made to power up the first cars. Cranks are useful and have been used for centuries. This is the first time tha...

How to Build Your Own DIY Word Clock

There is something incredibly beautiful about the QLOCKTWO, but we just can't justify spending over $1,500 to get a simple clock, even if it is a piece of art. Luckily DIY-enthusiasts have been workin...

DIY Dali Style Melting Clock Project

Inspired by one of Salvador Dali’s most famous paintings, The Persistence of Memory, Instructables contributor "fungus amungus" dismantled an IKEA RUSCH clock and combined it with an oven warped rec...

Alonso's Brings Music Into the Bathroom

Unplggd reader Alonso sent us a DIY audio speaker solution which brought music into his bathroom with a handsome finish that would make any shower or bath a more relaxing (or exciting) time accompan...

DIY LED Indicator Tells You When the Garage is Open

Those nights spent sitting up in bed wondering if the garage door is open will be a thing of the past if you put this DIY project to work in your home......

The Framed Entertainment Center

Here's an interesting take on "framing" your entertainment center posted over at IKEA Hacker. A submission from Tien showcases a DIY project utilizing 4 Lack long shelves, 2 Lack side tables and some ...

Teddy Bear + Digital Photo Frame = DIY Project

To be honest, Unplggd reader Siobhan's DIY teddybear scares the heck out of us, perhaps because we were always bit wary about Teddy in the movie A.I.. But from a tech standpoint, it's a pretty cool DI...

The Ultimate DIY Dorm Desk

Depending on what your home office situation is like, you'll most likely need a big desk. We've had a bunch of different desks, but none of them had the features of this DIY desk, which was actually m...

Plug In the Right Way, Every Time with a Spot of Glue

We love Lifehacker's readers for genius little tips like these: Have you ever reached to plug your cell phone in to charge in the middle of the night and had the power cord connector oriented the wron...

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