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The ultimate DIY geek toys guide, edited by Doug Cantor

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The ultimate DIY geek toys guide

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edited by Doug Cantor

Put together a soldering kit -- Learn soldering basics -- Study circuit components -- Build a circuit -- Choose a microcontroller -- Program an Arduino -- The ultimate all-in-one beer-brewing machine -- Drink booze from a melon -- Break into your beer -- Install a shower beer caddy -- Chill your beer really, really fast -- Disguise your brew -- Reuse those red party cups -- The drink-slinging droid -- Serve shots in Jell-o cups -- Make drinks glow in the dark -- Cook a hot dog with electrical current -- Mod your toaster for far-from-average toast -- Freeze LEGO ice cubes -- The propane-powered firegun -- Make a sonic tunnel of fire -- Turn your campfire green -- Hold a flaming ball in your bare hand -- Set off a spinning fire tornado -- Ignite a homemade sparkler -- Wreak havoc with the ultimate squirt gun -- Build a bristlebot -- Amuse yourself with a flipperdinger -- Make a mini catapult -- Improvise a planetarium-- Jam out to a sound-reactive light box -- Party with an LED glow stick -- Wave an LED lighter at a concert -- An LED-lit disco dance floor -- Pump jams through an old-school phonograph -- Make custom-fit earbuds -- Air drum with electric drumsticks -- Amplify music with paper cups -- File-share with a USB dead drop -- Pirate a vinyl record -- Play a pocket theremin -- Put a new spin on an old CD -- Create audio art out of cassette tape -- Scratch a pizza-box turntable -- Use a bike-part spirograph -- Turn junk mail into pencils -- Set up a turntable zoetrope -- Wield a potato launcher -- The real Iron Man suit -- Mix magnetic silly putty -- Cook up ferrofluid -- Catch a thrill on a backyard coaster -- Set up a pinball game at home -- Play DIY skee-ball -- Build a mini arcade game -- Cinch a Nintendo-controller belt -- Set up a supersize game of Operation -- Play giant checkers -- Build a mint-tin racer -- Shake up a martini in a mint tin -- Strum a mint-tin guitar -- Carry a pocket billiard set -- Hack your Magic 8 Ball -- Go anywhere with virtual-reality glasses -- Put on a liquid light show -- A harp that makes music with lasers -- Craft a boom box duffel bag -- Make your tie glow in the dark -- Put headphones in your hoodie -- Use a glove on a touchscreen -- Rig an animatronic hand -- Make a mini whirling motor -- Make a reflection hologram -- Wield a DIY light saber -- The electric giraffe

Ultimate do it yourself geek toys guide