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How to Reverse Engineer a Design by Measuring Pictures
In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a graphics editing program like Inkscape to measure pictures for reverse engineering.

Make an Apple Watch Door Unlocker
Use an Apple Watch to automagically open doors at home or at work with a tap on your wrist.

Installing a Fiber Optic Starfield Ceiling
For my wife and I, a dream of ours has always been to have a home theater to watch movies with our family.

Build a Steampunk Sonic Screwdriver
In the British Sci-fi series Doctor Who, the time traveling Doctor often uses his sonic screwdriver to rescue his companions and save the day.

Make a Laptop Stand Using Basic Joinery
I have found that my forearms and hands ache while I’m using my laptop.

Build a Rotating Feeder for Perfect Bird Pictures
Birds make lousy subjects for digital photographs. But you can perfect shot, thanks to a long shutter-release cable and a gadget that typically controls model vehicles: an R/C radio.

Convert Some Pinball Score Reels into a Clock
Solenoids (a type of electromagnet) are at the heart of pinball machines, and at one time, many other machines.

Build a Square Ring Light for Your Photo Studio
Photographers are familiar with the ring light, which produces a pleasing ring-shaped highlight, or “catchlight,” in a subject’s eyes.

Skill Builder: Convert a STL File for Laser Cutting
3D Printers are not always the right tool for the job.. In this tutorial, I will show you how to convert .STL files designed for 3D printing into vector files for vector laser cutting.

Make a Rainbow Chandelier Out of Test Tubes
I came across a design for a chandelier made from test tubes that were filled with colored water, so I decided to make my own version of the project.

Raspberry Pi AirPlay Speaker
The Raspberry Pi is a full Linux computer that’s about the size of a credit card and sells for $25–$35.

How to Customize Your Clothing with Embroidery
Embroidery is a great activity that can add the right aesthetic touch to many sewing projects.