Tired of always having to charge your phone? Don't want to pay for an expensive upgrade? This tutorial shows you how to get the most out of your phone's battery life. Make sure your data and Internet features are under control, those will suck the most juice.
You can make a very simple homopolar motor using just a basic clamp, two strong magnets, a battery and a little bit of wire. Once you've completed the circuit, you'll be able to suspend a drywall screw between the battery and the magnet. Then watch it go!
Avoid the heartache of an unexpected shutdown. In this home-computing how-to from the folks at Tekzilla, you'll learn a method for monitoring the charge of your laptop battery directly on the cursor. For more information, including a complete demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this video, we learn how to set up your Motorola Devour a555. First, remove the plastic from the phone and unwrap the battery from its package. Now, press the tab on your phone to unlock the back of it and insert the battery into the slot it goes in. Next, close the tab that you took out to insert the battery, then turn your phone on. Go to the menu and then change all the settings on your phone that you want to immediately change. Search around the phone to see your contacts and other inf...
In this quick tip from the folks at CNET TV, you'll learn a few steps you can take to maximize the life of your iPhone's internal battery. Whether you're the proud owner of an Apple iPhone 3G or perhaps just considering picking one up second hand, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this iPhone user's guide.
Your iPhone may be great, but like any other mobile device, it might be wasting more battery power than it needs to. If you want to learn how to conserve your battery life, there's plenty of precautions you can perform. So what all can you do? Best Buy has answers. The Best Buy Mobile team explains how simple it is to maximize the battery life of your Apple iPhone. You can put it in standby mode, reduce screen brightness, and turn off Location Services when you're not using them.
If you are ready to make your podcast more professional, have a look at this tutorial. In this video, you will learn how to take an ordinary, amateur podcast and use different programs to make it sound more polished. This will bring your podcast up to professional grade and make it more likely to get distributed by larger companies.
Small creatures like rabbits can be a large problem for gardeners when they begin to feed on garden plants. John White shares some tips on how to keep rabbits from ruining your plants. Rabbits will feed on almost anything, especially when they’re starving, so it’s hard to rabbit-proof everything. However, you can still try to save the plants that are most prone to dying with rabbits and rodents in the area. For instance, if you just planted a young tree, you can put netting around it with...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to negotiate with a credit card company. There are 3 main items that users can negotiate. The first item is the date of payment. Users are able arrange a more convenient date for payment. The second item is the annual fee. Users are able to work out a way to not have to pay an annual fee for using a credit card, which will help save money. The third item is the interest rate. Users can negotiate and try to lower the interest rate that they must pay. T...
The placement of your battery on a crawler RC can be a pretty important task that you need to know. This video tutorial gives you a detailed explanation of where to place your battery and how to msximize the performance of your vehicle. Enjoy!
In this video Mr.G puts a new spin on magnets and bare copper wire with just a simple battery. Motion via magic? Not quite, but pretty darn close! Join Mr. G, and build your own motor with its own unique new spin. This is a fun, easy, do it at home experiment.
This quick tutorial video will show you how to thread an industrial sewing machine. Follow these quick steps to thread an industrial sewing machine: Wind the bobbin thread and pace the bobbin in the bobbin case. Pull out 4" of thread and place the bobbin case in the hook. Now feed the top thread right to left through the eyelet bar and feed through the thread holes around the tension discs and upward through the take up. Go down through the thread guides and through the needle bar thread guid...
It is a tutorial that explains the basic guidelines of Nikon D40 and D40x cameras. This enables everyone to take photographs successfully and prepare the camera for use. Attach the lens of the camera by rotating towards the right; make sure that no dust gets into the camera. Then remove the protective cap from lens and align the white dot on the lens with the white dot on the camera's body. Turn to the left until it clicks in to place. First, we must charge the camera's battery; when the LED ...
HouseholdHacker teaches you how to make a spy clock. You will need a cheap walkie talkie set and a battery powered clock. Fully disconnect the circuit board and cut the battery off from the walkie talkie. Also clip the microphone. You will want to glue the on/off button so it will always be on. Next, open up the clock and rewire the battery with the walkie talkie circuit board. Wire the walkie talkie into the speaker, inside the clock. The clock should look unopened. You're ready to go.
Put the newspaper down on a work surface. Pick up the 5 MW green laser pen and unscrew the battery cap. Remove the batteries and put them and the battery cap aside.
It’s just a few steps to make a toy motor. Take a battery of any brand, then take two safety pins. Attach them to both the sides of battery as they act as positive and negative. Then take a magnet, keep it on the battery. Now take a strip, which is rolled into a circle, and take two leading wires from it. Then keep this strip in between the safety pins and just start it up by rotating to one side. Then leave it aside, it rotates continuously.
This tutorial will tell you how to install custom firmware on your psp with the help of magic memory stick and pandora battery. In the first step you need to create magic memory stick after that you will use your magic memory stick with your pandora battery in order to install custom firmware on your psp.you can choose any CFW version you like to install from mms creator. You can buy pandora battery and magic memory stick from PSPoverhaul.com (Firmware/EBOOT guide free). Pandora kit becomes v...
You can save a lot of money doing your own iPod repairs and updates, but make sure you're doing it right. Make sure to use the right tools and follow the tips listed in this instructional video. Opening the iPod the first time can be especially tricky. Watch this video iPod tutorial and learn how to change the battery on a fifth generation iPod Video or Classic.
Having trouble opening the third generation iPod? Don't give up! Check out this instructional electronics video that illustrates the simple process of opening a 3rd gen iPod. This video from ipodjuice.com demonstrates a technique that can be used to open even the most difficult 3rd Generation iPod battery installation. Change the battery on your iPod and start listening to music again today!
WordPress is a free, open source blog tool and publishing platform, popular for its customizability. This customizability, however, can be a double-edged sword for, while set up process is easy, intermediate users might get themselves into trouble when, looking to change particular setting, they seemingly find themselves lost in a veritable sea of tweakable parameters. In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to use the WP-Ustream WordPress plug-in, which will allow you to easily embed your U...
Watch this instructional travel video to learn about obtaining a visa for your trip to China. Although getting a tourist visa for China may seem like a chore, it is easier than it seems. These are the fees: Regular fee - $130, 2-3 day rush - +$20, Same day rush - +$30. No personal checks are accepted. Remember, the visa is valid for only 90 days and it allows you 30 days to travel within the country. Start planning your trip to China and travel to this historic country.
Super Nintendo cartridges are very prone to accruing dust and for those few faithful who still plug away in this classic console, some maintenance is called for. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to clean out your old SNES cartridges. This tutorial also includes replacing the game save battery in the SNES, pretty handy.
You can pay Apple to replace your iPod battery, or you can save money by following this DIY how to video.
Strike a fire with a battery. "Sticks and stone may brake your bones, but they will take forever to start a fire!" This is a good video if you need to survive in the wild by creating a fire.
The best physics lecturer, Walter Lewin, makes another wonderful physics demonstration after having read a lecture on batteries.
Here is the safe way to disassemble the Dewalt 36V A123 battery pack -- WITHOUT BLOWING THE BMS (metal covered circuit on top of cells) to use the cells with an electric bike or whatever.
Make a homemade battery out of things laying around the house. It may not be the strongest thing around, but hey, that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
Patrick from Tekzilla explains the mysteries behind notebook battery life cyles.
Learn how to replace the battery in your 5th generation iPod Video. Stop spending all of that money buying a whole new iPod! Watch this, and save.
Learn how to replace the battery in your first generation iPod Nano. There's a reason this is from somebody called "ConsoleZombie," and you'll see why.
The original idea was to turn a small home UPS into a giant UPS but because the UPS was only able to run the RAID-wielding desktop for three minutes before shutting down, he decided to add two 24V car batteries to the equation (the maximum that his UPS could tolerate). The good news: it worked, and will run his computer for an hour plus.
See how to power an LED with a lemon battery.
Make a battery connector for electronics and science projects with items laying around the house.
How to take apart the 1st generation iPod and remove and replace the battery.
Learn how to take apart a Palm m500, m505, and/or m515 in order to replace the battery. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.
This video explains electricity as the flow of atomic particles called electrons. Animations demonstrate electron flow. Batteries are described as chemical devices designed to create electron flow. Terms covered in video include Volts, current and Amperes
Video showing how a battery-magnet-wire motor creates a rotating electro magnetic field. Watch the hanging bar magnet react to the rotations. You need a battery, magnet & copper wire.
Everyone has a Zippo but if you don't, try making this battery cigarette lighter instead. Learn from the once incarcerated Angelo how to stand out in a smoky crowd with this crafty prison invention.
Just about every household gadget we own runs on 1.5 volt batteries of one size or another. Wouldn't it be great if you could reuse all of those dead AA, AAA, and D batteries after they've passed on? It turns out you can make a simple circuit called a "Joule Thief" to reanimate the undead flesh of your deceased batteries and create a zombie battery.
Need some help getting the most out of your notebook computer's battery? With the right habbits, it's easy. So easy, in fact, that this free video tutorial from CNET can present a complete overview of the process in just under three minutes and a half. For detailed instructions, and to get started improving your own laptop's battery life, watch this handy how-to.
