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Hack together a powerful pocket USB charger. (6.6 amp hour battery)

Inside the well known altoids tin lies three 2,200 mah lithium ion batteries. All three are ran in parallel to create a 6,600 mah or 6.6 amp battery. Which triples the charge time! Meaning if one...

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555 Crriter Repellent

Many of the citizen scientists all around the world might have faced this problem that thier sunflower or any other plant is eaten up by critters before it even fully grows , so I have come up with a...

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555 DC Motor Speed Control

This is a pretty cool circuit that allows you to control the speed a DC motor of considerable size! This circuit was made as part of the Jameco and Instructables Hacknight Hosted by H3 Laboratories in...

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usb capacitor

 In this instructable i'm giving a 1GB usb a new case which as the title points out the casing is a capacitor. By: Ryan HebronContinue Reading »

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Plumbing Pipe Lamp

Inspired by many manuals on the internet I now tried to make a lamp out of plumbing pipes on my own. I am really satisfied with the result. It is stable. the bulb is fixed properly in the head and the...

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Tiny tiny house

This is the first tiny house we have built, so it was enough of a challenge to build that the documenting side was let slide to a fair extent. Regardless, I will walk you thorough what we did, and how...

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DIY - Portable Mini Photo Studio

For publish my project on instructables, I need to take lots of photos and needed a handy place to quickly take the step-by-step project shots that has a plain background and lots of light. I always...

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USB Dog Identification

I sometimes worry about losing my dog. Even though he's microchipped and I keep a good eye on him, you never know, right? So I decided to add a little extra piece of ID just to give me piece of mind,...

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Another (Yes, Another) Altoids Tin Speaker

***Edit: I am now selling these on my Etsy shop!https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/187568488/altoids-tin-speaker-systemI also recently added a digital voltage gauge to the inside of the amplifier tin, so...

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Sliding door secret compartment

Welcome, This is a sliding door secret compartment project. It has the look of a simple and inexpensive picture frame to throw any unwanted people off. With a push of a button the picture fame slides...

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DIY Prosthetic Hand & Forearm (Voice Controlled)

*UPDATE* Just wanted to add a bit of how posting this Instructable has positively impacted me. Besides the wonderful reception and feedback I received in the contests and the success it has had in the...

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Real-Life, Playable Version Of “Flappy Bird” Inside A Box

I made this real-life, playable version of "Flappy Bird" using Arduino Duemilanove, 3 servo motors, 2 buttons, a speaker, a reed switch, and handful of rare earth magnets. First, find a box to make the...

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Transforming Pool Cue Rest

So as my followers may be aware, I'm getting more into playing pool ( two little 'ibles in chalk holders, links at bottom ok the page). So in that spirit I have conceived perhaps the greatest cue rest...

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PC to Portable workstation/toolbox

Here is the back story for my project. (Ignore if you don't like boring "stories") So i acquired 3 Dell Optiplex GX400 (pretty obsolete) desktops, after stripping it down bare to salvage parts i din't...

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PENNY TABLE

I started making this table last year after seeing the penny desk that Epbot made. I have to say, it certainly inspired me to get back into what I love doing. And now we have my latest creation.... Let...

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Living painting made from succulents

Again an outdoor instructable. A living wall painting made from succulents.  List of ingredients: An old van Gogh with frame or only the frame Some scrap plywood Some scrap batten or whatever you have...

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DIY Super Electromagnet

How to Make a BIG and Powerful Electromagnet with the Primary of the transformer of a microwave oven. Remove the Secondary. With Iron or Steel (ferromagnetic materials) it attracts with a really great...

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555 Pocket Keyboard

Hello every body, this is a 555 timer-musical-keyboard project, with exact sounds of the key, i saw a project here...http://www.instructables.com/id/555-Pocket-SynthKe...but in this project, the keys...

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Motion Activated AC Switch

I hate Christmas tree lights.Well not really, I just don't enjoy having to climb under the tree every time I want to plug in or unplug the lights. In the interest of saving my sanity, I decided to...

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DIY Fingerprint Scanning Garage Door Opener

As a person without a car, I don't need to carry keys around everywhere I go. Because of this, I've been locked out of my own house several times. It's a pain to wait for someone with a key, so I...

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Rubik's Cube Solver

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5B6neyWf8So here is a project I've been working on for a while...This robot that can solve a Rubik's cube using Arduino.I learned how to solve a Rubiks cube...

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Inductance/Capacitance Meter Saga

I had a bunch of random inductors in some random drawers and I wanted to know what values they were. These values are quite often not obvious by looking at the device. Colour codes for old ones were...

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Flux Capacitor - Back To The Future

Since the release of the film back in the 80s I have been obsessed by the film Back To The Future watching the trilogy repeatedly. I watched it at the cinema over and over, I was very lucky that my...

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Resurrect a Classic Portable B&W TV

Shortly before the first portable Motorola DynaTAC "brick" cellular telephone filled the palm of a Wall street yuppie, the original Sharp Sidekick was illuminating the camping trips of working class...

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Arduino decision box. (Attiny85)

So I was a bit bored this weekend (actually I wrote this some months ago) and since I had ordered a bunch of Attiny85 chips the week after I decided to make a quite random project with them.This is a...

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Retro Russian TV Digital Photo Frame

Giving a 1970s Vega 542 portable TV a new life displaying digital photos.By: MisterMContinue Reading »

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Cedar-Planked Platform Bed Frame

Looking to maximize the space of your apartment?A platform bed is an ideal way to gain storage and create a comfortable space.Create a custom platform bed following the building basics show here for...

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DC-AC 12V -110V/220V 500W or more inverter

i have constructed this inverter to charge my EV i have 12V DC from solar pannels and i need to recharge my 120V battery pack so i needed an voltage inverter after buying one i have tested it and it...

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External Sensors + Charging w/ Android USB aka Micro USB Host OTG Y-Cable w/...

How do you charge a phone or tablet while running the Valarm Pro app with external USB sensors? This instructable from Team Valarm shows you how!  Why did we solve this problem? Valarm provides sensor...

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DIY Emergency Power Bank with AA Batteries and USB DC Voltage Step-up Boost...

DIY Emergency Power Bank with AA Batteries and USB DC Voltage Step-up Boost ModuleAn AA battery is a standard size of a single cell cylindrical dry battery. AA batteries are commonly used in portable...

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