If you’re anything like us, you hate wasting stuff knowing that there has to be another purpose for them. For example, take an empty CD spindle. Once you’ve used all of the CD’s and distributed them (or lost them) what are you to do with the empty spindle? It seems useful enough. How about as a cool little Tupperware-like container ...
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Make music with a Sardine Can Instrument
Sardines aren’t only for train squatting drifters anymore. Made entirely out of a sardine can, “The classic” is a homemade pocket piano. The classic is available for sale over at Etsy for $120 with only 1 in stock. That’s right, this thing is EXCLUSIVE to the max. If you’ve been looking for a homemade instrument or are just a really ...
Read More »DIY: Wearable LED Light Bracelet Cuff
Jealous of the way other people’s wrists glow and yours is just plain and pasty? You too can have shiny wrists. Perhaps shinier than anyone else’s wrist. The Sparklab Wearable Light kit is a wrist cuff with embedded LED’s. The Velcro strap acts as a switch, so that the lights are only illuminated when the bracelet is being worn. The ...
Read More »Battery Powered Arco Lamp kit
This is kinda like the 9V LED Flashlight we told you about. This Battery Powered Arco Lamp kit allows you to make your own Arco styled light which can be connected right into a 9V battery. The kit includes all you need to customize yourself a snazzy looking 9V lamp. Arco is only one of the designs available to be ...
Read More »Dot Creator for pixel art fun
Pixel art is one of those things that will never be given the credit it deserves. We’ve seen some crazy pixel art in our time and we hope we see more. While The Dot Creator probably wont lead to you making a pixel-ized masterpiece, it’s a good starting point for the budding pixel artist within. The Dot Creator’s 21 x ...
Read More »Attack of the Giant Desk Lamp
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of their first release, Angelpoise has launched its Giant Desk Lamp. Besides scaring old people and smaller desk lamps, the Giant Angelpoise might be the largest commercial desk lamp ever available. We have no facts to back that up, but we think it’s a safe assumption. The Giant Lamp is three times the size ...
Read More »DIY: Flash memory in (almost) any iPod
Why Apple hasn’t gotten with the program and jumped on to the flash memory train yet is beyond us. Why give themselves the extra trouble of a drive with moving parts? This hack shows you how to install flash memory into almost any iPod. Make sure you back up all your music BEFORE you start. Sadly, there are no directions ...
Read More »Hautlence HL Watch looks like something out of a cartoon
We half expect a big metal arm to eject out of this watch and suck us inside or something into its alternate universe. Independent Swiss brand, Hautlence, unveiled their newest design. The HL line carries such features as mechanically visible retrograde minutes and a jump hour display which has a blurred overlay until the correct number fills the screen. The ...
Read More »Stun Gun Cellphone for date rapists
We meant to use AGAINST date rapists, of course, you sick minded geek you. Designed to look like an actual cellphone, the Stun Gun Cellphone is actually a self-defense weapon which sends out 800K watts of electrifying glory. We’d be scared that if we sat in a weird position that the “phone” would be activated, which would then put us ...
Read More »MacPack: Some chips on your shoulders with this ultimate DIY
Who needs a laptop, honestly? All you need is a MacPack strapped to your shoulders and your good to go on your merry way. If your still using an old Mac daily than you probably shouldn’t do this unless you’re a wiz with hardware, just in case you screw up and lose all of your data. But really, if your ...
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