How-To Guides from Gadget Hacks: Page 228

Interested in getting 1.5-volt button cell batteries for pennies on the dollar? Kip Kay, of Make Magazine, is here to show you how. The trick is to buy Energizer A23s, each of which contains 8 1.5-volt button cells. For detailed instructions on this straightforward money-saving hack, take a look!

You can connect your Nintendo Wii Wiimote to your PC using GlovePie input emulation software and a bluetooth connection. See how to program scripts in Glovepie to use the infra-red sensor on the Wiimote to move the mouse cursor.

You can connect your Nintendo Wii Wiimote to your PC using GlovePie input emulation software and a bluetooth connection. Learn how to program your PC to recognize analog input or joystick/joypad input from a Wiimote using GlovePie and another piece of software called PPJOY

Here's a way to take a boring old flash drive and make it into a Lego flash drive by taking it apart and inserting into a Lego block.

If you're trying to get your Nintendo Wii Wiimote to connect to your PC via a bluetooth connection, you'll need to sycronize it before you can start using it as an input device. Learn some basic scripting and programming in GlovePie, input emulation software, to get your Wiimote up and running.

Learn how to program basic script in GlovePie to allow your Nintendo Wii Wiimote to function as an input device on your PC. Using GlovePie input emulation software and a bluetooth connection you can connect your Wiimote to your PC.

Learn how to streamline and optimize Firefox and improve its performance and efficiency with a few simple extensions and by adjusting your Firefox preferences.

Check out this instructional video and learn how to build an infrared night vision device from a modified digital camera. You'll be able to see and record in night vision. For detailed, step-by-step instructions on replicating this hack at home, take a look at this how-to video. Build your own infrared camera with this simple hack.

You've probably seen that little bright orange "RSS" or XML square floating around on lots of websites and if you don't know what it is (or you do) and don't know how to use it, check out this video. Jimmy explains what RSS feeds are, how to subscribe to them and then how to read and use them.

If you're making tutorials or any full screen capture video and uploading it to YouTube and haven't quite figured out how to have it NOT be blurry, then PLEASE check out this video! It'll solve your problem and save your viewers' eyes!

Sometimes you may want to send files larger than the file size limit that your email program will allow. Learn how to send larger files by email by using either free services on the Internet or free compression software like 7Zip.

Are you using the Internet at a school, library, or some other place that blocks or restricts web access? Mom and dad still trying to protect you from online predators, even though you're more than old enough to be one yourself? Learn how to bypass proxy servers that block access to certain websites by watching this how-to video. In this case it's done to access Myspace but this method can be used with any blocked website. Follow along with this video tutorial and never get hindered by...

Want to stop wasting energy charging your USB devices? Transform some cheap solar-powered garden lights into your very own solar USB charger. For step-by-step instructions on replicating this hack yourself, watch this video tutorial. Just watch to see how to build your own solar-powered USB charger with a few solar panels from those garden lights and some floppy disk wiring.

If you thought your Furby was annoying as is you should try this out. Learn how to modify a Furby to run on USB power.

To avoid waiting a long time to stream an mp3 file, just use an html editor to right click the link and download the file. Ron Hutton demonstrates.

This video shows you how to upload, encode and organize assets in the console. We have a new, faster and easier way for you to encode and upload content into Brightcove. It's a free desktop application called the Publishpod. If you have a small batch of files you need to upload, files that are larger the 100mb, or you need to encode your files into Flash format first, you should consider using the Brightcove Publishpod. Publishpod is a simple but powerful tool for encoding and uploading video...

This confectionery hacking how-to video demonstrates that, with an electric motor, juice lids, battery and sugar, you can make your own cotton candy machine. Don't wait for a carnival or fair to get your next taste of sweet, sweet cotton candy. Watch this video tutorial to see this hack in action and to learn how to build your own bottle-cap candy floss machine.

This instructional video shows how change traffic lights from red to green, using science, and without actually having to know anything about magnetic fields or properties! Save gas, time, and frustration in your car and during your commute! Works great! See the test results! Yay for Kipkay! The trick in this video hacking tutorial will teach you how to get green lights on your bike or motorcycle that is too small or light to trigger the traffic light.

Listen to conversations over long distances with a homemade laser listening device. All you'll need is a laser pointer, tripod, old pair of headphones, photocell, a recording device, and the step-by-step instructions in this how-to video. The creator of this video tutorial does not mention the need for sophisticated software. But the principle is quite sound. If you can figure it out, you can eavesdrop and spy on whoever.

Welcome to the information superhighway! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby will teach you all about the Internet and how it works—from what an ISP is to how emails get from one computer to another!

Learn how to remove and replace the memory card in a Palm Pilot 1000 and 5000 PDA. A helpful voice-over guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Pilot 1000 in order to repair it. A helpful voice-over guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart your Apple iPhone PDA and remove the screen for repair. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart your Palm Tungsten E2 PDA for repair. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a HQ iPAQ rz1710 PDA for repair. Includes screen removal. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a BlackBerry Pearl 8100 for repair. Includes screen removal. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Blackberry Curve 8300 PDA for repair. Includes screen removal and replacement. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Treo 700w or 700p in order to repair or replace the screen. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Tungsten TX for repair. Includes screen removal and replacement. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Tungsten T5 in order to repair or replace the screen. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Treo 700w or 700p in order to replace the battery. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm Tungsten T, T2, or T3 in order to repair or replace the screen. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Handspring Visor, Neo, Platinum & Pro Digitizer for repair. Includes screen removal and replacement. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

Learn how to take apart a Palm III, IIIe, IIIx, IIIxe Digitizer n order to repair it. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.

A new feature in Google Maps, Mapplets, places data overlays onto your map - like movie times, crime rates and real estate prices. Learn how to combine multiple overlays for a one-stop view of what you need to know.

Favorites lists are a great way to speed dial on your iPhone so check out this video on creating a list of your favorite contacts.

A piece of homemade spy gear - learn how to make a belt with a disposable camera attached to it.

Hard drive dead? All is not lost. You can still make a refrigerator magnet out of it. Learn how to remove a rare-Earth magnet from your old or dead hard drive.

For under $20 in parts, build this condenser microphone yourself at home.

This instructable will tell you how to get a 3 in. flame out of a lighter, and turn it into a mini flamethrower without breaking it or anything.