Tag: DIY
How To: Cross-Stitch Your Own iPhone Case
iPhones aren't just for geeks and techy people, they are for everyone. As a matter of fact, if you look at this chart, you'll see that from 2007 when the first iPhone was introduced all the way through the end of last quarter (March 31, 2011), there have been about 108,624,000 iPhones sold. That's a ...
Action Figures: Customized To Look Like Close Friends
Dr. Jesse Weiss is the Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Ozarks. If you look at his picture on the school website, he looks like an ordinary guy. However, behind that scruffy beard and those black glasses lies a mad scientist who can do something mag ...
How To: Make Your Own Rolex Watch (Almost)
We love papercraft on Bit Rebels. If you do a search for papercraft on this site, you'll see enough fun creative designs to keep you busy for weeks. To me, origami is the mother of all papercraft, and some of the origami designs we've featured will truly blow your mind.
Sometimes papercraft desig ...
Pancake Lego Robot: Makes The Geekiest Pancakes Ever
Man, the kids that live in this house are so lucky. How cool would it be to have your own Lego pancake robot to make you Mickey Mouse shaped pancakes every morning? It doesn't get much better than that! When I was a kid, the most exciting thing about my breakfast was finding the toy in the bottom of ...
LED Eyeshadow: Now You Can Look Like A Cyborg
I remember back in the days when LED lights were mostly just used as a tool to enhance technology. Whether it was an interactive billboard, a super geeky mod or even a fabulous light installation, LED lights were everywhere a few years ago.
Then something interesting happened. Someone somewhere d ...
High Speed Photographs Taken At The Moment Of Impact
High speed photography and video seem to be hot right now. Every day I see new collections of photographs making the rounds on Twitter. Just like with any trend that becomes popular, the competition is fierce, and we are getting very picky about what impresses us when it comes to this photography te ...
Make A Functional Star Trek Door For Your Home
I love Star Trek doors. You don't have to be a Trekkie to know which doors I'm talking about. I was trying to figure out today what it is about those doors that makes them so cool. I think a big aspect of it is the way they sound. That woooooooosh sound when it opens is so geeky, and it always puts ...
How To: Peel An Orange In One Piece
We all have those little things in life that make us feel good, don't we? For me, it's opening a pickle jar without having to bang it on the counter first. Oh, and of course, parallel parking. I think I've only successful parallel-parked three or four times in my life, so when I'm able to do it, it' ...
Make Your Own Steampunk Mr. Potato Head
After seeing this steampunked Mr. Potato Head, I am officially convinced that absolutely anything can be steampunked. I'm just waiting for the day when someone steampunks their whole house, you know it's coming, right?
Instructables member saritamarianyc from New York put a steampunk spin on this ...
The Anatomy Of A Cupcake
There are two reasons why I'm writing about this topic today. The first is because I'm craving a cupcake, and since there are none within a ten-mile radius of where I am right now, I thought writing about them might make me feel better. The second reason is to highlight a data visualization trend we ...
Couch Potato’s Dream: A Motorized Easy Chair
That's what I'm talkin about baby! Imagine it's Sunday afternoon, you are in the mood for a little drive, no problem... as a matter of fact, you don't even have to get out of that recliner you're sitting in. What a fun way to procrastinate even the slightest amount of exercise. Too bad sitting is li ...
Sugar Rush: Sparkly Rainbow Marshmallow Kabobs
It's a happy sunshiny day here in Atlanta, and I couldn't let it pass by without giving all my fellow foodies a fun, colorful dessert idea. Sometimes it seems like the best things in life are discovered by accident. Just like silly putty, post-it notes and the slinky, these sparkly rainbow marshmall ...
How To: Make Decorative Angry Birds Easter Eggs
Wait... you didn't think it was time for those Angry Birds to fly away for good, did you? Well, either fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your perspective, it looks like they will be around for a little while longer.
A very creative crafter, Dominika Turek, apparently just can't get enoug ...
How To: Build A Lego Ship In A Bottle
Did you know that it's really possible to build a Lego ship in a bottle? It is! I can tell you after watching this time-lapse video that it will take a very steady hand and a ton of patience. Julia Morley gets my Geek of the Week award for sure!
She says at the beginning of the video that this "p ...
A Fantastically Creepy Steampunk Mouse Design
Wow, I love this! It's like science fiction meets Freddy Krueger meets Dr. Evil. It's Hannibal Lecter meets Mr. Hyde. Ok, maybe I should stop telling you what it's like, and just show it to you.
Peter Balch, a designer from Scotland, created this spooky looking steampunk mouse hack from wood and ...