Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone
Tim Thaler built a kitchen island that retracts into the floor, and is controlled by an iPhone. Retractable Kitchen Island Controlled by iPhone
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Pirate Ship Bedroom With Rope Bridge, Slide, Top-Access Closet
Check out this jaw-dropping pirate ship custom bedroom renovation from Twin Cities builder Steve Kuhl
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Make: Projects – Peel ‘n’ Stick Disc Storage
These stick-on CD/DVD hubs are marketed to publishers who want to include an optical disc in a book, card, folder, or other printed matter. They cost pennies apiece and, with the aid of our handy print-and-cut template, are easily arranged in a hexagonal grid on any smooth surface you might want to use for disc storage. Discs stored this way are easy to browse at a glance, without flipping pages, and don’t take up space on a table or shelf.
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DIY Projection Screen Paint Tests
Movie theater and other high quality screens are often surfaced with tiny glass beads to provide high “screen gain,” which is a measure of the screen’s reflectivity versus a reference surface. It occurred to me it might be possible to DIY this effect on the cheap using 80-grit glass bead sandblasting media from Harbor Freight. So I bought 25 lbs and ran some tests. The short version? It works! But, as usual, not quite like I expected it to. Keep reading for all the gritty (ha) details, or just hang tight and wait for the full tutorial, coming soon!
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Touchscreen Jukebox Project
Hack-a-Day now has forums, I’ve been watching some of the new features (forums, classifieds, etc) on HaD and they’re doing a good job. Caleb writes – [Elementix] has shown us his touch screen jukebox build. Using an assortment of car audio speakers and amplifiers hooked up to an old Pentium 4 PC with 120 Gigs […]
Continue ReadingHow-To: Solar TV remote
With the Solar TV Remote project from MAKE Volume 25, you’ll never have to replace your remote control’s batteries again. Instead, just leave it in the sun to charge up! This project is fairly easy and you may already have most of the tools and supplies you’ll need. It might also make you feel slightly […]
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Felt test pattern TV cover
When Jason received a flat screen TV for Christmas, he knew immediately that he wanted to make a cover for it so that it would look stylish in his home. He created his own TV cover out of felt and as a nice touch, he added SMPTE-style color bars to the front. Not only that, […]
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