DIYs & Mods

Giant Printer Uses Painball Guns to Create Wall-Sized Prints

The Facade Printer, created by German design group Sonice Development GmbH, is a computer-controlled paintball gun that reproduces wall-sized images on, well, walls. The printer literally shoots the images onto the wall with eagle-eye precision. Now I might be able to finish my giant mural of Zombie Spock without too much trouble. Link [via]

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The PS3 Slim Laptop, Take Two

Ben Heck is at it again with is newest creation, the Ps3 Slim Laptop, his second attempt at creating the perfect mobile PS3 Slim. This time around Heck decks the laptop out with blue accents, a 17? widescreen 720p HDMI display, a built-in cable storage department and built-in stereo speakers & headphone jack. Heck also added more air holes then ...

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How to Cheat Using Nothing But a Coke Bottle

Let me be the first to say that true geeks don’t cheat. First off, we know how easy it is to get caught. But mostly, we prefer a challenge over the guilt of stealing someone else’s work. Except at Calculus. Fuck Calculus. Anyway, this ingenious geeky student devised a plot so intricately ridiculous and time-consuming that it might just work. ...

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Octopus Hoodie Tickles Your Nips with Fabric Tentacles

Have you always dreamed of being attacked by a sea monster, but were unlucky enough to be born nowhere near a water source? OK, so water is everywhere. So the chances of that question being valid are slim to none. But guess what? I DON’T CARE! Because this Octopus Hoodie is AWESOME! And you can make it yourself. Instructables tells ...

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Han Solo’s Greedo Killer Raygun in Papercraft Form

For everyone with aspirations of shooting first, the Han Solo Papercraft Greedo Killer is the cheapest way to ensure you’re not laying dead in some exotic cantina, the victim of bounty scum. Or you can just make sure you’re never in debt to a Hutt. Your choice, really. Grab a stack of the highest quality paper you can find and ...

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The Surprisingly Bacon-less Starship Enterprise Made Out of Assorted Meats

I know what you’re thinking. This is a meat sculpture. A geeky meat sculpture at that. There should definitly be some sort of bacon integrated into the design, or at the very least, Unicorn Meat. But, alas, there is no bacon to be found. Some Trekkies will just never learn. Created using various sausages and even some salami for good ...

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Functioning Pinhole Camera Small Enough to Fit on the Tip of Your Finger

Designed to resemble a lomo camera, this itty-bitty pinhole camera is small enough to fit on the tip of your finger, yet is still capable of taking viewable photos. Upskirt enthusiasts are creaming themselves over this shit. Creator Francesco Capponi uploaded photos of his creation to MAKE’s photo pool on Flickr. Can we get a mini Canon to go along ...

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Functional ATM Made Out of LEGOs

LEGO designer Ronald McCrae created this amazing functional ATM made entirely out of LEGOs. How functional is it? Just check it out for yourself: This Lego NXT Automatic Teller Machine includes HiTechnic IRLink and a Codatex RFID Sensor, and just like any other ATM, it demands the PIN number. �Along with a functional keypad, a display screen, it flaunts 9�13 ...

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Perpetual Rube Goldberg Machine Made Out of LEGOs

Much like an enlarged prostate, this LEGO Rube Goldberg machine, left to its own devices, would just keep going and going and going. Some Goldberg machines have a goal, such as creating the perfect cocktail, others are made simply for their geeky aesthetic but this particular device simply is. And it continues to be. With the assistance of various building ...

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Incredible Mini Apple Store Made out of a Shoebox

There’s a ton of productive ways to use a shoebox. You can create a diorama, throw a bunch of baseball cards in there for easy and free storage. Hell, you can even use them to hold your shoes. But I’ve never quite seen anybody use a shoebox for anything quite as cool as this. This mini Apple store shoebox creation ...

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