How to Save a Hard Copy of your Wii Games

For those of you who are prone to scratching or loosing your games for the Wii there is an easy way to back them up. First off, you will need:
-Homebrew Channel
-SD Card
-Computer With DVD-R Burner
-DVD-Rs (The higher quality the better)
-Wii (Duh)
-ImgBurn
Once you are sure that you have it all or at least have access to it than read this Instructalble on how to make it. It will only take a little while and involves minimal skill.

Shut Down Your Computer With a Text Message

If you have ever left your house without turning off your computer and you need to turn it off for whatever reason but, don't want to go home than you can set your computer up with this program. It takes only a few minutes to do and even though it really isn't practicle, although it could be (I guess), it is pretty cool. For a little more fun you can set this up on a friends or family members computer and have a little fun :-).

PS3 Hack- Upgrade Your Hard Drive

Upgrading your hard drive on your psp is much easier than you may think. Instead of paying hundreds more for a ps3 with a 160 GB hard drive just buy one with a 20 GB one and buy a 160 GB hard drive for about $130.00 which will end up costing you the same amount of money. Plus you'll have an extra 20 GB drive that you can use to make your own hard drive clock.

$5.00 Burglar Alarm

While this make be very simple it is also very cool and doesn't take much time or money to build. So why not?

Send Your Name Into Space- For FREE

NASA is offering people the oppertunity to submit your name and a brief message to them and they will save it on a CD and ship it into space. The CD will be sent with the Kepler spacecraft which will try to discover more planets similar to Earth. If you would like to submit your name visit their website.

DIY Halloween Spider Webs

While most people go to stores like Wal-Mart or Party City to buy some commercially made cotton spider webs, you can make your own by making your own web-shooter. Not only is it really cool, but it also makes Hollywood style webs, because it is actually almost the same process that they use in most movies to make webs. For more instructions see the video below and go to the Instructables web page.

DIY Animatronic Hand

A pretty cool Halloween prop. It would be cool to add some servos to make it automated. View the Instructable here.

Hack a Wind-Up Flashlight for Emergancy Cellphone Battery

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A DIY video on how to hack a wind-up flashlight for a power source for any cellphone or PDA. All you need is a wind-up flashlight, a cellphone charger, and a cellphone or PDA.

BPExplorer- Drive a Real Robot in Australia

BPExplorer is an online game that allows you to drive a REAL robot all the way over in Australia. You first go to there website and join the waiting list. While you waiting you can view the live webcams of the other robots in action. Then, after a little waiting it's your turn to drive and you have complete control of "your" robot for 4 minutes. You can also extend the 4 minute time limit by entering codes from the course. However, these robots are part of BP's clean energy program so they are solar powered and only work when it's daytime in Australia.

PSP Controlled with a PS2 Controller

"Blizzrad" has found a way to mod a PS2 controller to work with a PSP. Just visit the link for more information on how to make it.

DIY Spy Sunglasses

A video by KipKay on how to build your own covert spy sunglasses.

Hollywood Style Shattering Glass

A video on how to make your own hollywood style shattering glass that you can use to trick your friends or even use for a little effect in your video.

Beat the Crane Game

Here is a video by Brainiac that teaches you how to beat the "yellow box".

Custom XBox Controller

This is an XBox controller that someone made from stripping a regular controller and soldering some old school style controls. They also made the nifty little box that it's in and adds some cool LED's for an even cooler effect.