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DIY iPhone 6 & 6 Plus Glowing Apple Logo: White Badge of Voidage

David aka The Unlockr came up with a fun way for experienced smartphone tinkerers to show off their skills. He’s selling a DIY kit that adds an LED to the back of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

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DIY Star Wars First Order TIE Fighter Toy Quadcopter Mod: The Babies Awaken

Like the Imperial speeder bike quadcopter we saw earlier this year, YouTuber ajw61185’s quadcopter started out as a toy. He modified Hasbro’s First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter, and turned into a flying day care center.

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Micaton Will Fix your Pathetic and Weak Screwing Game

Guys, your wife or significant other might not tell you this, but your screwing game probably needs some help. Lots of people have performance issues when it comes to screwing – things like difficulty getting into the hole, or maybe you keep sliding the shaft at the wrong angle and hitting the wrong hole.

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DIY Robotic Wheatley Replica: Hey! Pick Me up!

Portal fans, you might want to hang onto something. Word of advice, up to you. Genevieve Bee made this cool talking and moving replica of Wheatley from scratch. Genevieve Bee used XPS foam, foamed PVC and epoxy putty to make Wheatley’s body.

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DIY Star Wars Rey’s Speeder Bike Quadcopter is No Scrapheap

Makers have proven that quadcopters and Star Wars go well together. So much so that even Disney is starting to cash in. Here’s another great example of this winning combination, courtesy of Michal Miszta aka The Model Maker.

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Boldport Buggy DIY Toy: LEDybug

Work on your soldering skills with Boldport’s cute soldering kit. The Buggy has a beautiful ladybug-shaped circuit board, six candle-flicker LEDs and adjustable antennae and legs. Its legs hold the resistors, so the cute tubing socks are not just for show but for insulation as well.

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DIY NERF Rival Zeus Rifle108-Ball Magazine: Good Luck Picking Those Up

Released earlier this year, NERF’s Rival guns have become a hit. Its literal big gun, the Zeus, is fairly light, accurate and has good range. The problem is that it holds only up to 12 balls.

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Homemade LED Flashlight Packs 90,000 Lumens of Retina Searing Light

This oversize flashlight is incredibly bright thanks to its 90,000 lumens of output. For those of you who don’t know how much light that is – it’s more than enough to send Gizmo into rigor mortis.

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DIY View-Master Image Digitizer: Archive-Master

The View-Master has been reborn as a virtual reality system, but you don’t have to throw out your original reels. Julius Howlett came up with a way to make digital copies of the tiny photos using a 3D printed adapter, a 20mm lens and a smartphone.

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Guy Makes Giant Lightsabers for His Christmas Display

In order to make his home Christmas light display truly epic this year, Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff made a pair of comically giant lightsabers. I don’t think these could kill anyone since they are pretty hard to hold, but you can actually have a duel with them.

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Arduino Knife-wielding Tentacle Dares You to Turn it Off

YouTuber outaspaceman is a budding maker. Or a mad scientist. While learning how to use the Arduino, he accidentally built the opposite of the useless machine. It’s not exactly useful though. The perfectly-titled Knife-wielding Tentacle is based on the Arduino tutorial program Blink Without Delay.

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Guy Doesn’t Like Selfie Sticks, Invents “Selfie Arms”

A man in Japan named Mansun was embarrassed by the idea of using a selfie stick, as well he should be, so he invented a pair of extra-long “selfie arms.” No, these aren’t embarrassing at all.

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DIY Fallout 4 Shishkebab: You’ll Scorch Your Eye Out, Kid

Like many of you, Caleb Kraft is a fan of Fallout 4. Unlike many of you he’s a maker both in the game and in real life. When he saw the concept art for a new version of the series’ flaming sword he decided to make a fully-functioning replica.

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Geek Builds Star Wars Holochess Table, Won’t Play Wookiees

One of the scenes I always remember from Star Wars is when Han, Luke, and Chewie are sitting playing holochess in the Millennium Falcon. The thing I always remember is when Han says Wookiees rip arms out of their socket when they lose.

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Guy Builds DIY Railgun Packing 27,000 Joules of Energy

See the guy in the image here, that sort of smirk on his face looks a bit to me like he isn’t sure if Homeland Security is going to show up on his doorstep any minute or not.

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MotionKit Teaches Computerized Motion: CNC Jane Run

CNC machines have been around for decades, but the past few years have seen the rise of CNC machines for small-scale or personal use. If you’re interested in learning how exactly these machines work, check out MotionKit.

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DIY iPhone 6 & 6 Plus Glowing Apple Logo: White Badge of Voidage

DIY Star Wars First Order TIE Fighter Toy Quadcopter Mod: The Babies Awaken

Micaton Will Fix your Pathetic and Weak Screwing Game

DIY Robotic Wheatley Replica: Hey! Pick Me up!

DIY Star Wars Rey’s Speeder Bike Quadcopter is No Scrapheap

Boldport Buggy DIY Toy: LEDybug

DIY NERF Rival Zeus Rifle108-Ball Magazine: Good Luck Picking Those Up

Homemade LED Flashlight Packs 90,000 Lumens of Retina Searing Light

DIY View-Master Image Digitizer: Archive-Master

Guy Makes Giant Lightsabers for His Christmas Display

Arduino Knife-wielding Tentacle Dares You to Turn it Off

Guy Doesn’t Like Selfie Sticks, Invents “Selfie Arms”

DIY Fallout 4 Shishkebab: You’ll Scorch Your Eye Out, Kid

Geek Builds Star Wars Holochess Table, Won’t Play Wookiees

Guy Builds DIY Railgun Packing 27,000 Joules of Energy

MotionKit Teaches Computerized Motion: CNC Jane Run

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