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Pimp Your Seats With Seat Heating

Are you finding your leather seats too cold? Well, look no further, because we've found an idea that's quite interesting. It involves installing some seat heating into your seats to make them warmer ...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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...

The Incredible DIY Rotating LEGO Iphone Dock

We love LEGO bricks. They remind us of when we were younger and had a lot of fun on our agendas, instead of chores and meetings. Well, don't discount the use of your old LEGO bricks just yet. It seems...

Create Your Own Cheap Cable Management System Using a Coat Hanger

There's one thing that we really don't like here at Unplggd: it's messy wires. We try to stay away from them as much as possible. It's not always easy since the modern home theater and office are fill...

DIY Project : Convert Freezer into Super Efficient Fridge

One of the appliances that eats up a lot of power is the fridge. By its design, it's terribly inefficient, since once the doors are opened, all of the cold air seeps out. Cold air tends to stay lower ...

Make Your Own Custom Lamp Out of Ikea Parts

So you are moving again or changing the look of your place. You've decided that a particular piece of furniture or lamp isn't going to make it into the new place. However before you throw it out, you ...

DIY Project: Create USB Power Pack From Netbook

You know the situation. You are stuck somewhere in the boondocks with no power and no way to recharge your gizmos. What can you do? If you have an extra battery for your netbook lying around, then you...

DIY Project: Make Your Own Floating Computer Desk Using Countertops

We love floating shelves. Why? Well because they seem to float and take up almost no space. What if we told you that you could easily transform an Ikea countertop into a neat little computer workstati...

DIY Project: Cheaply Assemble Entertainment Center

Times are tough, but that doesn't mean that you have to spend no money. You just have to spend what money you have at your disposal smartly. This is why we thought that this Ikea hack was really nifty...

DIY Project: The 20-Watt Solar Panel

The one thing that is stopping a lot of people from using solar power is the fact that some of these panels can get quite expensive, especially the ones that you mount on your house. These panels will...

DIY Project: How to Build Custom Speaker Cabinets

Speakers come in all sorts of sizes and shapes.The important thing isn't how they look, but how they sound. Some of the more expensive ones can cost as much as a house. That being said, it's also poss...

Good Questions: Cheap DIY Soundproofing Solution?

Reader Beau asks: I'm moving into a studio loft next weekend n a building that is notorious for its thin walls. I don't have much by way of furniture but will eventually be furnishing the apartment, ...

DIY Project The LEGO USB Stick: Converting One Brick at a Time

We've all been mad about LEGO bricks. I remember when I was young, LEGO bricks were all the rage. There is something about LEGO bricks that reminds us deeply of our childhoods. That's probably why peo...

DIY: How To Make An Ergonomic Laptop Stand From A Coat Hanger

More and more people are relying exclusively on laptops nowadays. Students, business people, road warriors, IT professionals, there is a clear trend that being mobile with your rig is necessary in the...

How To: Make A Great DIY Clock From Esquire's E-Paper Cover

Remember that funky e-ink cover from Esquire magazine that they made to celebrate their 75th birthday? It turns out that someone actually modified the cover to make a digital clock. So instead of just...

DIY: How To Make Your Own Subwoofer

There's nothing more satisfying than building your own stuff. It's not always easy, but it's always fun to do so, even when it's a challenge. The rewards always outweigh the effort. Dan McGrath has pu...