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Fully Functional Game Boy Mini Fridge Is All Your Dorm Needs

Fully Functional Game Boy Mini Fridge Is All Your Dorm Needs

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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This is the “coolest” Game Boy build we’ve seen in a while. Why? It’s built into the front of a mini fridge!

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10 More Nifty Dorm Room Ideas

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Last week, we resurfaced “Top Ten Dorm Room Hacks,” an updated post from a few years back of some great connected home, lighting, and furniture projects that would be perfect for maker-minded students living in dorms (or off-campus housing). We got a great response to that piece so we thought we’d have another look through […]

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Turn any 1 bedroom into a 2 bedroom for 0

Turn any 1 bedroom into a 2 bedroom for $300

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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One renter out of Silicon Valley, California, refuses to pay the inflated rates for two-bedroom apartments, so he rents one-bedroom apartments and converts them into two beds himself without the owner ever knowing. For $300, you’ll never have to pay full price for a two bedroom ever again.

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7 Residence Hall Hacks for Improving Dorm Life

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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We’ve rounded up a few fun DIY projects to enhance dorm life, ensuring your semesters are a bit more fun or geeky.

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Top Ten Dorm Room Hacks

Top Ten Dorm Room Hacks

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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It won’t be long before our college-aged readers head back to school for yet another year of studying and general devotion to all things academic. To make the next couple semesters a little more geeky, we’re rounding up our favorite hacks that would be perfect for the residence halls.

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Bunk Bed Night Stand

Bunk Bed Night Stand

By Becky Stern

Becky Stern

Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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Steve and his daughter Zoe came up with this clever night stand for kids who sleep on the top bunk, which they call the “flying night stand.” I wish I had one of these as a kid and during my lofted bed dorm years in college! They whipped up a nice step-by-step for the project, […]

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