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Turn old electronics into new, useful gadgets and entertaining high-tech toys

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17 Project Guides

B

'Talking' Sock Puppet

Boot a New OS: Setting Up Ubuntu on Your Computer

D

DIY Lanyard for USB Flash Drives

F

Flash Memory Hard Disc

L

Lady GaGa "Video" Glasses

M

Magic Mirror Costume

Mint Tin USB Travel Hub

P

Pixelmusic 3000

R

Repurposed Switch-Mode Power Supply

S

Simple, Cheap, Multi-Channel, Sound-Reactive EL Wire

Sounds from Old CFLs

T

The Pizzoetrope

U

Urban Guerrilla Movie House

USB Card Reader from a Dumped USB Printer

USB Flash Memory Drive

V

VCR Cat Feeder

W

Wireless Temperature Alert

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Don't Waste eWaste: UnMaking a Canon Printer/Scanner/Fax into Parts

A VCR, cassette player, computer mouse, digital camera, etc. is just an assemblage of parts. Don't like what it was originally designed to do? Or it doesn't work anymore because of one dead part?. No problem. Take it apart, mash it up with other "techno-junk," and make something new. Here, we'll show you how.

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