Tag: DIY
How To: Build Your Own Functional Super Mario Coin Block
Today it seems like everyone is trying to save a buck here and there. Since the economic recession started, we've become a little bit more aware of how we spend our money, and how we save it. Making money today isn't any more complex or difficult than it was before the economic meltdown, but the gam ...
Chocolate Lego Bricks: For Geeks With A Sweet Tooth
So by now I'm sure you know how much we love Lego on Bit Rebels. You also probably know that I love chocolate and write about it often. Whether it's a crazy woman getting arrested over her missing chocolate cookies, or a group of artists creating an entire room made out of chocolate, I have a lot of ...
Inspiration: Students Transform Mailboxes Into Art Pieces
I love it when I see schools and universities go out of their way to make learning fun and interactive for their students. Sometimes this happens in ways that involve technology. For example, the University of Groningen in the Netherlands recently created the world's largest touchscreen (for very li ...
iPad 2 Teardown: Held Together By Glue And Sticky Tape
New technologies will always try to become smaller and lighter, at least that's the trend. However, there is a limit to the weight and size of a gadget before consumers will become unable to use it according to their preferences, meaning how comfortable the gadget is to hold in our hands. So far, th ...
The Ultimate Secret Hiding Place In Your House
I've always thought the idea of leaving a time capsule for future generations to find would be fun. It's even fun to pack away a magazine or trinket in a box only to find it years later in the basement or attic. Wouldn't it be neat to find a tiny hidden treasure somewhere in your house that someone ...
Auto Ink: The Wacky Automatic Tattooing Machine
Aww... what a wonderful invention. Now the next time we have a party at home and all get drunk and decide it's time for tattoos, we don't even have to go anywhere! We can just pull the 'ol automatic tattoo machine out of the closet and form a line. We can all get random religious symbols that we ...
How To: Turn Your Sneakers Into Stylin Speakers
Have you ever heard of a sneaker customizer? Me either, until today. Alex Nash, otherwise known as NashMoney, calls himself a sneaker customizer. We've written a lot of articles about sneakers; however, what Alex did is very different. We normally see artists experiment with different sneaker de ...
Design: The Drippy Hypnotic Effects of Tall Painting
There are so many styles of painting that are popular now. We've written dozens of articles about different techniques; however, this is one I haven't seen before. When I watch this, it kinda puts me in a trance. When you think about it, it seems like such an obvious thing to try with paint.
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How To: Make A Planetary Clock For Your Next Trip To Mars
I have written a lot of DIY articles on Bit Rebels, but I think this one has the most in-depth tutorial I've ever seen. Alexander Avtanski built a clock that can tell time on any planet according to how it rotates. It is all part of his Mars Clock Project.
My first question is, how does a perso ...
A Breakfast For Lovers: Heart-Shaped Egg Design
Even though Valentine's Day this year has come and gone, there are still creative love and heart designs popping up all over the Internet. When you think about it, it makes sense. We shouldn't limit ourselves to expressing our love to people we care about on just one day of the year. I've seen m ...
Turn A Boring IKEA Table Into A Kick Ass Lego Table
I stopped shopping at IKEA years ago. Their furniture is kind of like Ramen Noodles. It is fabulously awesome during a certain phase of life, but after that, it's over. However, this super duper Lego table made from a boring, plain looking IKEA table might be enough to inspire me to give that sto ...
The Plant Whisperer: Makes Your Plants Talk To You
If you are a geek, you can definitely get your geek on in this article for sure! The stuff we write on Bit Rebels about plants really makes them seem more like pets to me than plants. We already know that plants dig certain kinds of music, and they will grow faster if you play that music for them. ...
The Geeky Etch-A-Sketch Computer
Martin over at NortHACKton gets the ultimate geek award this week for sure with his etch-a-sketch computer hybrid. According to his website, after seeing tons of computer controlled etch-a-sketches, he decided to create the opposite... an etch-a-sketch controlled computer.
I grew up playing with ...
How To: Make A Super Sweet Plastic Skull Doorbell
Skull art has always been popular. A quick Google search will reveal a ton of really cool art inspired by skulls; however, this is the cutest little skull design I've seen in a long time. I'd like to make one of these myself. Maybe it would scare away all the annoying people that come to my door ...
Nanocade: The Lap Arcade Console For Hip ’80s Kids
It's rare nowadays to see something inspirational enough when it comes to gaming. Usually it's the same ole Wii, PSP or Xbox stuff that keeps flashing by as if it was a race to the finish line (which it somewhat is when you think about it). To capture the attention of the geek kids from back in th ...