In this clip, you'll learn how to use external USB-powered peripherals with an iPad. Whether you're the proud owner of an Apple iPad or perhaps just considering picking one up, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For more information, including a detailed overview, watch this iPad user's guide.
Popeye is one tough-as-nails lad as it is who can fend for himself on the streets just as well as on the seas. After all, when your forearms are the size of your midsection, you're packing quite a bit of black eye punching power.
There are an infinite number of things that you can make out of K'nex. A disproportionate, but entertaining, number of these are toy guns. This video features an innovative design for a powerful K'nex (it also has a rubber band in it) gun that shoots small K'nex pieces across a room accurately and with a lot of power. It may not look like a gun, but it works!
In this clip, learn how to make a "Cantenna". A cantenna is a high powered WiFi antenna that can be used with any computer or device that is made out of an ordinary soup can. After you have enjoyed a couple of big bowls of chicken noodle soup, save the can and head into your workshop. This clip will walk you through the relatively easy process of building this cheap, yet powerful antenna.
If you're having a hard time getting the "Beat the Team II: the Revenge" achievement in the racing game Split/Second for the Xbox 360, no need to fear, Achievement Hunter is here! In this video, they'll show you how to get this difficult achievement using some helpful tips and tricks. This requires you to complete the Power Plant level in Detonator in under 1:18. So good luck and enjoy!
Need a place to hold your toothpicks? Create a unique toothpick holder through the power of origami! Enjoy learning how to fold this unique project created by Atelier Kanawa.
Rick van Man of Container Gardening For Food details his techniques for making a solar-powered food dehydrator out of such household debris as scrap wood and old pint cans. The finished product looks amazingly professional! Truly a must-watch for any DIY-inclined gardening enthusiast.
If your furniture has seen better days but is nevertheless structurally sound, restoring it might be as simple as applying a fresh layer of paint or wood stain. This free video tutorial demonstrates a method for refinishing furniture with a power sander. For more information, and to get started rejuvenating your own antique furniture, watch this video tutorial.
Need a way to hide your small pricey or memorable objects? Well, what better place to hide those cherished items than in a burning candle? Unless your robbers have a thing for scented and aromatic candles.
Learn how to score with Free Kicks in Fifa 09 (PS3/Xbox 360). Mastering all of the different techniques takes practice but it's well worth it! Learn methods to spin, curl, adjust power and distance.
Create a miniature hover craft from the fan, polystrene or Styrofoam plate, batteries and double-sided scotch tape. It really works. Powered by two 9 volt batteries you can use paper plates for the body of the hovercraft if need be. This is a cool cat toy or just a household hack.
A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to tie a shoe with his prosthetic hook. This is an adaptive equipment tutorial for handicapped, disabled or individuals that have lost limbs to amputation. The prosthetic arm outfitted with a hook or hand can be body powered or myoelectric. The operation is important to ensure healthy living and daily tasks like dressing yourself.
A below elbow arm amputee demonstrates how to turn a car key with his body powered prosthetic hook. This adapted equipment video is helpful for handicapped, disabled or individuals whom have lost limbs due to amputation. He's using a prosthetic arm outfitted with a hook to start the ignition of his car.
In this case modding video tutorial, you'll learn how to install a cigarette lighter-style 12-volt accessory outlet into a PC case. Charge your cell phone and other accessories directly from your case with the hack outlined in this video. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look!
Do you know where your shadow is? If you don't, it might be time to crack open SketchUp, download The Sketchup Show episode #42 and work along with Mike as he demonstrates how to harness the power of shadows and location in SketchUp. It's one thing to build a model in SketchUp, but it's just as important to show it off with lights and shadows. See how in this tutorial.
The Bridge tool in modo 202 is a phenomenal modeling tool for any workflow. This video will get you a quick ramp up to the full power of the Bridge tool in modo. The bridge tool allows seamless stitching between discontinuous areas of a mesh. See how to use it for any type of 3D modeling within modo.
In this tutorial Lindsay Adler will teach you how to do exquisite black and white conversions in Photoshop (cs3 and newer). Using the black and white adjustment layer tool in Photoshop, photographers are given complete control and simplicity for converting images to black and white. Lindsay will introduce you to the power of this Photoshop tool and provide several tips on making conversions.
Learn to play Colplay's "The Scientist," a great tune that uses an unusual tuning (in 4ths). It uses chords like power chords and barre chords, but they are easier to play. This is great for a beginner trying to stretch into intermediate material. Chords are taught in detail because they are not normal chords.
Don't throw out those old components. Here's how to make a USB-powered fan out of old computer parts.
This week, Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories joins me to teach you how to make a super clever little circuit called the Joule Thief! The Joule Thief allows you to squeeze the life out of what most people think of as "dead" batteries!
An advanced tutorial on Krumping and Krump dancing. You'll learn: Chest Hits
Want to replicate that cool effect when you can watch Christmas lights flash in time to music? It's easy! You'll need a set of speakers, an outlet adapter, excess power cord, a solid state relay and, of course, Christmas lights! Once you've gotten all your project pieces assembled, follow this tutorial so you can wire them up to your music.
Build your very own solar water distiller to discover how nature filters water via the sun and evaporation. The correct term for this is distillation.
Learn how to get free electricity from your home telephone line just by watching this video. Save money on your power bill, and hack into the electricity coming out of the phone jack. The phone company doesn't monitor electricity usage, so you can probably get away with this con. Check out this video tutorial and learn how to tap into the electrical energy source in your phone line.
The Hang Glide Freeze is an important move for any B-boy or girl to learn because it develops the strength needed for more advanced freezes, and often is used to transition into power moves. Watch this video to learn how to pull it off.
If you've ever tried to climb a rope before, you know it's not easy. Learn how the Navy SEALs do it. This video shows you how to climb a rope for fitness and strength, along with a couple other exercises that develop extreme stamina and power.
This is a great little rainy day project you can make for almost no money, or a fun party trick you can use at the next office Christmas party! You will need two disposable drinking cups (stiff plastic or paper will work best), a fairly thick straw, a sturdy paper clip, a thick rubber band, a cocktail stick, a bead and a plastic ring you can get from the neck of a soda bottle. Assemble as shown, and then let it go!
Pro Tools is THE software choice for digital audio recording and editing. You've got some serious power at your disposal and you'll want to know how to handle it all. This video shows how to take your finished Mix from Pro Tools SE, and burn it to a CD that will play in any CD Player.
The thunder gun is one of the new deadly weapons in Call of Duty: Black Ops, and this quick little guide from IGN will get you up and gunning. Learn how to use the awesome power of this death stick, to clap some serious hurt down on your enemies.
Use the Spot Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements 9 to remove power lines, trees, cars, even your Aunt Marge. If it's in the picture and you want it out, this simply tutorial will show you how to do it.
FL Studio is a power piece of music-generating software, but it can be kind of cranky about working with peripherals, including MIDI keyboards and controllers. Watch this video for a step-by-step guide to connecting a USB keyboard or controller to FL Studio.
This guide shows you how to powerlevel your character early on in Dragon Age: Origins. When Duncan sends you out to find vials of darkspawn blood and the old Grey Warden treaties, bring back the blood but not the treaties. Rinse and repeat and continue accruing xp!
Figuring out what was causing your old car battery to drain power was easy, but on modern cars it's more complicated due to their large number of electrical devices. In this video you'll learn how to find out what's draining the battery on your new car and fix it.
If your engine isn't generating as much power as it should be, your may have a compression pressure issue. In this video award-winning mechanic Scotty Kilmer will teach you how to check the compression pressure in your engine and determine what to do afterwards.
In this tutorial, we learn how to increase the power of a 5mw green laser pointer. First, you will need to gather the parts you will need, which include a vise, the laser, a soldering iron, and a block of wood. After this, cut the block of wood in half and then put your laser pointer in the middle. Pull and twist so the module comes out, then pull the foam protector off. Don't lose any small parts that come out. Next, unscrew the silver cap and then put on your new laser module. Replace all p...
Ford Explorers have a weird problem where the lo-beam headlights won't work even after the bulbs and fuses have been replaced. This is because they draw their power from the lamp out module, and this often breaks. Learn how to fix it in this video.
The CV (constant velocity) shafts on your car allow the axel to transfer power to the wheels without an appreciable loss in efficiency. They are widespread in front and all-wheel drive cars. Watch this video to learn how to replace broken ones yourself.
Fort Triton engine offer a lot of power and value, but do have a tendency to blow out their own spark plugs. Watch this video to learn how you can use a special tool to drill out, re-trap, and install an insert that will fix your spark plugs without having to take the head off the motor.
In this tutorial, we learn how to set up a Wi-Fi network with a Linksys router. First, go to your cable modem and remove the yellow Ethernet cable. After this, plug the Ethernet cable into the very first port of the router and plug the other end into your computer. After this, connect any other electronics you have with cables, then plug the router into the wall to give it power. Next, turn the power to the modem and router back on. When finished, you should see a new Wi-Fi network appear in ...