Do It Yourself Gadgets

Rechargable LED Bottle Light

2018-09-09T19:49:00.000+02:00

Let me show you how to build a LED string light inside a bottle which has a little twist to it!

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3D printed Stirling Engine Gas Burner Upgrade

2018-02-23T20:25:00.000+01:00

Take a look at my upgraded Stirling Engine with its new gas burner and flywheel!

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3D Printed Stirling Engine Holder

2017-08-16T20:38:00.000+02:00

In this article I will show you how I built a 3D printed holder to upgrade my wooden Stirling engine kit.

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DIY Bluetooth Construction Site Lantern Boombox

2016-10-06T16:58:00.001+02:00

This article shows how I built a custom made boombox from an old construction site lantern!

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USB LED indicator Power Bank from Laptop Battery

2016-08-22T16:32:00.000+02:00

A situation many can relate to: an empty smartphone battery and no outlet around! That's exactly why I recycled an old laptop battery into an USB power bank.

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Automated Firecracker Slingshot

2016-01-03T12:08:00.000+01:00

Who doesn't like celebrating new years eve with firecrackers?! But no more numb thumbs from fumbling around with a silly lighter in the cold - the automated firecracker slingshot comes to help!

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Homemade Candy Catapult

2015-09-23T22:27:00.001+02:00

In this post I will show you how to build a fun candy catapult!

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Silverlit X-Twin Remote with External Power Supply

2014-12-23T17:54:00.002+01:00

I recently stumbled across a lot of small scale RC planes using LiPo batteries and most of them had a charger integrated into the battery powered remote. Why waste batteries on charging when you can use an external power supply?

Click here to see the detailed tutorial on how to mod your Silverlit X-Twin remote to support external and internal power at the flick of a switch!

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How To Connect an External Microphone to your Smartphone

2014-09-13T18:07:00.002+02:00

With smartphones getting faster and more capable you'd sometimes want to use them instead of buying another piece of equipment. That's the reason why I wanted to connect an external microphone for audio recordings to my smartphone.

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Homemade Railgun Experiment

2013-10-04T00:16:00.001+02:00

Yes, that's right. After gathering all the materials I built my first little railgun experiment.

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Homemade Wireless Headphone Charging Station

2013-09-30T17:01:00.000+02:00

In this post I will show you how I enhanced my wireless headset from cable bound charging to wireless charging!

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Homemade Iron Man Arc Reactor Mark 1

2013-05-06T22:10:00.003+02:00

It is not a secret that I am a huge Iron Man fan.

I fulfilled myself a dream building my own Arc Reactor!

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Airsoft Turret

2013-02-15T13:25:00.001+01:00

This is an update on my latest project, a fully functional airsoft sentry gun!

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Firecracker Crossbow

2013-01-05T16:27:00.004+01:00

First of all let me wish everyone of you a happy new year!

While celebrating new year's eve I thought of this little device, that will allow you to ligth and shoot firecrackers to safe distance! Click here to see detailed pictures and a video demonstration!

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Motion activated Airsoft Turret

2012-10-24T20:48:00.000+02:00

This is my latest project: It is a motion activated fully automatic airsoft turret.

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Automatic Tea Timer

2012-10-09T23:55:00.000+02:00

Getting cold outside drinking a hot cup of tea is one of my favourites. But all tea enthusiasts know when cooking a cup of tea timing is crucial. One or two minutes too long and your tea will become bitter. That's why I built this little automatic teabag lifting timer to do the work for me!

If you want to know how to build your own, click here!

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G36 Coilgun Model Movie Prop

2012-09-14T13:24:00.001+02:00

When a video game designer asked me, what a futuristic coilgun could look like, I built this movie prop model:

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Remote Controlled Water Squirt Gun

2012-08-31T18:16:00.003+02:00

It's summer! It's hot and this will help you cooling down!

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Camera Stabilizer

2012-08-04T19:36:00.002+02:00

I had some spare aluminum lying around and I decided to do something useful with it. Here you can see a simple camera stabilizer rig I built out of screws,washers and aluminum - perfect for shooting movies while walking!

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Continuous Rotation Servo Mod

2012-07-20T12:56:00.000+02:00

Once upon a time I stumble across radio controlled projects in which I'd need a servo that is capable of continuous 360° rotation instead of standard 140°! Buying such a servo would cost some money and take ages! Why not modificate an old RC servo and give it a new use?

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Flat Ipod Shuffle Connector

2012-06-11T19:58:00.000+02:00

I am using my Ipod Nano for years now and I have to say Apple did a good job with this little Mp3 player. There was only a little problem with the connector since it was very cumbersome and I wanted to take it with me in my laptop bag.

Thats why I disassembled the plug :

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Bluetooth Keyboard Light

2012-06-02T18:05:00.002+02:00

I recently purchased a nice wireless bluetooth miniature keyboard in order to control my computer and beamer from the couch. There was a little problem, whenever it was dark i couldn't find the right keys on the keyboard! Thats why I installed a little Led lighting up the whole keyboard!

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Weather Balloon Kit

2012-05-26T15:05:00.001+02:00

If you've ever seen amazing pictures taken by astronauts from the ISS you'll understand the fascination of seeing the world from above. And thats exactly what I am going to do! Sadly I won't be able to go to space...

I plan on launching a weather ballon to an altitude of 30 km (30 kilometers = 98 425 feet)

and this is the basic launch kit:

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Night Vision

2012-04-26T23:56:00.000+02:00

Yes, thats right! I will show you how to build a fully functional night vision device!

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Electric bicycle 2.0

2012-03-21T15:33:00.003+01:00

Since it is finally getting warm outside again (Yea!) I decided to take out my old electric bicycle and finish everything! There were tons of emails and questions about the bicycle and the motor, so here's a post that'll hopefully answer most of your questions!

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