How-To Guides from Gadget Hacks: Page 225

You will never be late to school again once you begin using this small yet super powerful water alarm clock. Rather than just ringing like most alarm clocks do, this little baby will not turn off until all its buttons are pressed, a process which requires diving your head underwater. Fun, right?

Turn yourself into an electromagnetism maestro with one of the simplest motors known to man—the homopolar motor. It's the "simplest motor" because of its absent polarity change. The magnetic field does not change the direction or strength. It consists of only three parts; copper wire, round magnet and battery. It produces really low voltages, which means there's no real practical application for this motor, but it sure is fun to make! Try your hands at the homopolar motor—watch the video and...

Two tweaks (one for Firefox and one for Internet Explorer) to speed up your web browsing.

During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen to. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket. You can modify this design if you want to set it up so that it's tuneable too! To see all the plans, go to makezine.com/podcast!

A cordless drill/screwdriver can easily be used as a hand-crank charger for batteries... even alkalines! See for yourself! Recharging alkaline batteries is done at your own risk.

This video shows different ways to save music from websites onto your computer.

A cell phone is capable of all kinds of tricks, but you can use your cell for more than just photos, texts, and phone calls. Here are some of our favorite mobile phone services, such as Shazam and AQA.

Learn how to download MP3's and movies for free without using google or limewire!

This video will show you how to stream your music collection over the Internet using either JukeFly.com, Orb.com, or Anywhere.fm

Google searching shortcuts to help you get the most out of your searches.

This tutorial shows you how to install XBOX 360/PC controller for your Mugen. It's very simple and easy to understand just follow the steps and you will be ready to play with a controller in no time.

This video shows us how to hack a video camcorder. He shows VideoJug users how to take a one time use video camcorder, and learn to hack it so you can use it again and again, saving you money!

How to connect your mobile phone to other mobile phones and bluetooth or infrared devices.

This iPhone application pulls lyrics from the TuneWiki website.

Sim City clone ported right to your iPhone. See how to use the Open TTD application.

Learn about professional features for your iPhone camera and how to install CameraPro.

Learn how to build your own pedal for the video game Rock Band for the Playstation 2 (PS2) and XBox 360.

Learn how to make a magnetic LED throwie. This cool light will stick to anything magnetic.

A great tutorial on how to add pictures to your Facebook profile.

Learn how create a Point Of Interest (POI) database using Google Earth and KML2CSV. You can upload this file to your GPS or GPS-enabled phone to create custom tracking searches.