Photographers have been using the Pepper's Ghost Illusion for over a century to play up the level of creepiness in their photos. Many of the pictures that claim to be real "sightings" use this technique to project a ghostly figure into the background of their images. Today, it's still used in theatre, "scary" rides at amusement parks, and haunted houses all over the world, which makes it a great photography trick for Halloween time. As shown in the tutorial below by Make's Jason Poel Smith, t...
Panolapse is a simple and easy way to add rotational panning motion to timelapse videos. Video: .
Remember when the whoopee cushion was the epitome of a good office prank? Seriously, when was the last time you've actually seen a whoopee cushion? It's a shame when a classic prank fades into the shadows like a fart in a dungeon. These days, office pranks need to be a little more involved—and way louder—like this amazing air-horn chair prank.
Who doesn't love a good prank? Taking advantage of unwilling and gullible bystanders is an obvious recipe for success—and some hilarious amusement.
Even though it seems like forever, the phenomenon of "rickrolling" has only been around since 2007. It was started as an inside joke by a 19-year-old who just wanted to troll his buddies, but ended up becoming one of the Internet's most popular memes with over 66 million views (as of this writing).
The Samsung Galaxy S III is undoubtedly a great phone, but still has some minor issues to work out.
Inductive charging has been around since the days of Nikola Tesla, but it has yet to be integrated into a lot of popular devices. This is partially because it's slower and more expensive than methods that involve direct contact.
So, you've got your new iPhone 5 from Apple, but wait—where do you get a case for it? Since its launch, Apple Stores across the country have been carrying absolutely zero iPhone 5 cases. In fact, the only thing they seem to be carrying right now as far as iPhone 5 accessories goes is the new Lightning cable. So, when will they be getting cases? Rumors state October sometime, but there's no telling if it's now or at the end of the month.
As useful as they can be, 360-degree photos are a total pain to create. The process usually involves taking a bunch of pictures with expensive equipment or software, and not just anyone can do it. But a new iPhone app called CupChair changes everything—it lets you take 360-degree photos with nothing but your iPhone and a cup.
If you use apps on your smartphone, chances are you have no idea what those apps are doing with your information. Just this year, there have been several scandals involving apps transmitting user data, like Path uploading users' entire address books onto its servers, HTC's Security Flaw, and Brewster exposing users' personal information (even Ashton Kutcher's). A new service called Mobilescope wants to make sure you always know where—and to whom—your data is going. Lots of apps copy your cont...
In the past few weeks, you've already learned how to make your bike light up at night with some DIY rim lights and handlebar lights. But how about something a little more functional? Instead of using those tedious hand signals (which drivers don't even understand), spruce up your ride with some do-it-yourself LED turn signals.
Helping to prove that science is way awesome, an 18-year old electrical engineering student has successfully made a light bulb float. His name is Chris Rieger, and he's been working on his "LevLight" project for about six months now, with pretty amazing results. This feat of ingenuity was accomplished by using magnetic levitation, although that over-simplification masks how considerably difficult this undertaking was.
In recent light of Obama's assertion of executive privilege over important documents concerning the Fast and Furious operation, here's a brief article concerning this controversial power.
1 Identify the child's talents, and discuss the opportunities he has to use them in productive ways. If you notice that the child you're mentoring is excellent with counting money, talk about how the child should consider a career in banking or running a business one day.
The chunin exam. It's one of the hardest parts of Ninja Saga. Can you pass the test? Or do you need a little help on this exam?
This is a jumprope hack for Pet Society. It's called the Auto Jump + Coin hack, and involves your jumprope, Cheat Engine, and a little code generator.
Pixel Perfect is the "perfect" show to help you with your Photoshop skills. Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. In this episode, Ben shows you how to fix, enhance, and retouch photos in Photoshop.
Pixel Perfect is the "perfect" show to help you with your Photoshop skills. Be amazed and learn as master digital artist Bert Monroy takes a stylus and a digital pad and treats it as Monet and Picasso do with oil and canvas. Learn the tips and tricks you need to whip those digital pictures into shape with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. In this episode, Ben shows you how to bizarrely merge photos in Photoshop.
This is the first 3D game from the Castlevania series, and it's solely for the Nintendo 64! This 18-part walkthrough series will cover everything involved in beaten Castlevania 64 using the Carrie Fernandez character. She's a young orphan gifted with dangerous magic powers on a vampire hunting mission to stop Count Dracula's impeding return to power. Watch and learn! Then try out defeating the game using Reinhardt Schneider.
Bill D., the tech lead at all3sports.com takes us through the steps involved in unpacking and assembling a brand new bicycle. The first he says is to set up or insert the seat post. He recommends using a work stand if you have one at home. He says not to unpack everything at the beginning, but to just expose the seat pack first. Use a wire-cutter to get rid of the film protection used for packing. He has mounted the frame-set on the work stand. The seat post goes into the frame-set. He asks t...
Rumors, gossip, exclusion. Mean girls have a lot of weapons in their repertoire – here's how to combat all that nastiness.
Are you scared to death every time you step on a plane? There are things you can do to reduce your anxiety that don’t involve Valium or a pitcher of Margaritas. Watch this video to learn how to cope with a fear of flying.
This video is on how to install the LED light kit onto your Axon Racing anti-gravity razorback racer hover.
Performance art is conceptual, usually visual art that involves bringing a concept to an audience. Learn to be a performance artist in this free conceptual art video.
Shank is littered with all sorts of chaos and fun, but sometimes, even the easiest bosses, and minibosses for that matter, can be frustrating at first if you don't have their pattern down. In this video you'll learn what strategies you can use to beat the APV miniboss from the game, part of which involves heading to the top left corner of the train every time he fires missiles and grenades.
In this clip, learn how to make soap from scratch. This method of soap making involves melting and pouring and will produce fine, high quality soaps. Check out this tutorial for a step by step on how to create beautiful, long lasting soaps that your guests will love.
This short video features all-time-great NFL quarterback Peyton Manning describing one of the steps in his pregame warmup routine. It involves throwing the ball with your feet static and close together. This get the arm as warm as possible by taking the leg action out of throwing the ball.
An important part of softball involves proper backhand catching. In this sports how-to video Farmington (MN) HS head softball coach Heather Ballstadt demonstrates a backhand fielding drill. Follow along and learn how simple it is to do. The fielder needs to do one crossover step and lock up the ball entirely into the glove, pick it up and toss it back.
When practicing hitting drills for softball it is important to work with smaller bats. Doing do helps with bat accuracy, which involves good solid contact of the bat with the ball. Farmington (MN) HS head softball coach Heather Ballstadt demonstrates a bat drill for hitting. Follow along in this sports how-to video to learn how to practice a bat drill for hitting in softball.
One of the most common movements in a sun salutation involves moving from a downward dog to a plank position. This short how to video demonstrates the proper technique for doing this. Watch try moving from downward dog into plank during your next yoga class.
Space marines are one of the easier armies to build and effective for Warhammer 40k. There still is some skill involved when picking out the figures for the space marine army. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a space marine army for Warhammer 40k.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to ride a unicycle. This tutorial covers everything you need to know involving unicycles, from clothes and balance to mounting and riding one footed.
Holiday cookies are a treat to eat and a pain to decorate. This how to video shows you how to decorate baked and cut Christmas tree cookies with royal icing. Decorating Christmas tree cookies involves a lot of intricate details so follow along.
Want to make the tomatoes in the garden last through winter? Then watch this how to video and learn how to easy it is to can tomatoes. Canning tomatoes involves blanching, peeling, and taking out the core. Pour some vinegar and salt into your jar and you are almost done canning. Watch and learn how it is done.
The toe loop jump, also known as the cherry flip, is an advanced ice skating. This figure skating move involves doing a right inside three turn, picking your free leg into the ice and jumping, then landing on one leg. This how to video takes you through a toe loop jump step-by-step.
Unlike origami, kirigami involves cutting with scissors or an exacto knife. This design is the traditional snowflake.
Check out this video to learn how to origami a dove. The folding instructions for this pretty origami dove, actually a kirigami dove, as paper cutting is involved, can be found at www.activityvillage.co.uk
Check out this video to learn how to make a basic claymation sequence. You can expand on this technique to create claymation animations for your film and video uses. This technique involves using a still digital camera and importing it into Quicktime Pro.
Freak your friends out with some magic involving water. All you need is ordinary tap water a glass and a fish and a few magic words.
Looking at homes is the fun part. But before you go house hunting, make sure you have your financial ducks in a row.
