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Spectacular Real Life Control Panel For a Computer
When you think you have seen it all, some genius arrives with an innovative implementation which completely re-imagines a function. This is the case for a Redditor by the name of “Smashcuts” sounds like a cross between Mario Bros and a hairdressers, who has built a fully operational, DIY overhead…
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Couple Recreates Simpsons Kitchen in Their own Home
Marcia Andreychuk and Joel Hamilton decided to renovate their kitchen with a twist and replicate The Simpsons’ iconic colour scheme. The project, entitled, “retrovation” involved careful planning and referring to stills from various angles. During the process, the couple purchased a $20 counter top in blue and even managed to recreate…
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Silverstone DS380 NAS Chassis Review
Introduction There are three important aspects to consider when selecting an NAS enclosure for your DIY build. You’ll want as small a size with as small a footprint as possible, you’ll want an efficient design with space for all your drives and other parts, and finally you’ll want it all…
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Thermaltake Tease DIY Liquid Cooling Components
Thermaltake have released a lot of new products lately and we’ve seen the amazing stackable Core V21 micro-ATX case as well as the Core V31 tower case that both have the Tt LCS Certification. While so often when releasing cases, they showed how great it could be used with liquid…
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Pi Top, the 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Laptop Hits IndieGoGo
A new project has recently hit crowd funding website IndieGoGo. Their idea is to make 3D printed DIY laptops that are based around the Rasberry Pi computer. The Pi-Top laptop is actually just a case for a Raspberry Pi. For your money you will get a Pi-Top DIY laptop kit,…
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Dad Builds Gloves to Teach His Kids Proper Typing Skills
David Schneider was a bit bothered by his kids typing skills and decided to do something against it. Not that they couldn’t type fast, but it was hectic and inefficient. He decided to fix this himself and did so by building haptic gloves to teach them. David got the inspiration for his…
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Everybody Can NAS, a Beginners Guide to OpenMediaVault
Introduction What is a NAS? NAS is the acronym for ‘Network Attached Storage’ and that is just what it is. Storage that is directly attached to your network, thereby allowing you to access its content from all your smart devices. In this article, I’ll take you along the road of setting…
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NES in a Cartridge
I’ve seen many console mods, specially those by Ben Hecks, but this one hits a special awesome factor. A full NES system in a NES Cartridge, it’s almost cannibalism. However that is just what Daniel Hankewycz has done, he even posted a complete build guide on-line so you can do it…
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Postage Stamp Size SSD Unveiled By Mach Extreme
Mach Xtreme Technology has just unveiled what is the smallest SATA-interface SSD on the consumer market. The new DIY SATA 2 Series SSDs are barely larger than a postage stamp, and is designed to serve as a boot drive for your operating system of choice. It is designed with hardware-modding…
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