Daily DIY

…and about 20 horsepower too!



I have made few modifications to my car that gave me 10 mpg better mileage and more horsepower. The modifications have improved the combustion efficiency of the vehicle. They lower carbon output and they do not shorten the life of the engine. In fact, they will probably increase it. These improvements are very easy to do and you can do them one at a time.


By: jonstowe

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Nick writes:
“After more than 5 months of playing “You Don’t Know Jack” on the arcade and ignoring the little voice in the back of my head telling me to build some hand buzzers, I finally caved. Using the tutorial at Arcadeparadise.org as a starting point of sorts, I decided to take […]

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Instructables user nak has added a DIY guide for converting a solar garden walkway light into a solar bike light.
“Modify a solar garden walkway light into a solar powered bike light that charges during day riding and can be turned on at night!
Needed:
1. Solar Garden Light (G15439)
2. LED Lamp, from flashlight, […]

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Via instructables comes a DIY for a Portable Skype Phone:
“how to make a portable skype phone from an old cordless phone.
You need an old cordless phone. (one that you dont care about.. because you might break it) try and get one that has an “intercom” because they are much easier..
IMPORTANT- […]

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Another great one via make, a DIY Creepy Doll Robot!
“I’ve been following with much interest these robo-one style robots. The servo powered little humanoids with amazing capabilities. I saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid and decided I wanted it.
Then I saw the price. Around ,200. Then i decided i […]

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Via make:zine comes a DIY for making your own retro cellphone handset.
“As promised to all of you we ran into at the Maker Faire, here are instructions on making your own retro handsets for your cellphone. I apologize for the delay in posting - but one of you friendly Makers out in […]

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Check out the Top 5 Dead Hard Drive Projects from Hacked Gadgets:
“What do you do when your hard drive dies or is so small it is no longer useful? Easy, rip it apart and make something cool out of it! Here are 5 ideas to get you started.
1) Hard Drive Laser Oscilloscope […]

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Another update via hacked gadgets on a great project:
“I had the 4 wires coming from the glove bundled together, as the ones from the mouse. Then I skrewed the base of the mouse into the glove, and drilled another hole that the wires from the batteries come up from under the glove. […]

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From Hacked Gadgets comes this link to a videos of a hacked robosapien:
“Over at Robosapien.tk they have added some new information about hacking the Robosapien, most of their information is meant for the person who is not content with a stock Robosapien. You might remember a previous Robosapien article where Robosapien.tk was […]

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Over at inventgeek jared bouck brings us another great creation with his Oral-B toothbrush turned vibrating lockpick:
“Often when it comes to true invention and discovery, crossing the line of ethics of the day leads to great discoveries. There seems to be several areas of humanity that create social boundaries preventing discoveries of […]