Sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood or the political gaffe du jour? This simple DIY project will mute your TV whenever it starts talking about a celebrity or subject you’ve heard enough of. More »

Sick of hearing about Charlie Sheen’s tiger blood or the political gaffe du jour? This simple DIY project will mute your TV whenever it starts talking about a celebrity or subject you’ve heard enough of. More »

Buying lots of soda or other effervescent beverages can be expensive (not to mention hard on the environment, with all the plastic bottles). You could get a soda-making machine in the range of $100 to $200, but a cheaper and more satisfying alternative is to make your own. More »

Buying lots of soda or other effervescent beverages can be expensive (not to mention hard on the environment, with all the plastic bottles). You could get a soda-making machine in the range of $100 to $200, but a cheaper and more satisfying alternative is to make your own. More »

If you’re tired of using a big, separate box to open your garage door, DIYer Lou Pradio shows us how to mod your garage door to open with your smartphone, with only a Bluetooth headset and a $1 transistor from RadioShack. More »

If you want high-quality music but don’t feel like shelling out hundreds of dollars for a decent pair of headphones, blogger Stacy D shows us how to turn a cheap pair of knock-offs into a legit set of audiophile headphones. More »

If you have ever had a project where you custom designed a circuit, you know how useful it would have been to develop a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) based on your design. Doing it commercially can get expensive fast, so why not do this at home? More »

We often feature projects here, especially on the weekend, that require the magic of an Arduino processor. If you’ve put off a bookmarked project for lack of Arduino knowledge, now’s your chance to beef up. More »

High-efficiency furnaces and programmable thermostats can’t help you much if winter seeps in everywhere there’s a view. Luckily, Wired’s How-To Wiki offers a 101 course in weatherproofing your windows. Surprisingly, it actually recommends those hair-dryer-applied plastic window sheets. More »

Cleaning hair out from your shower drain is a task usually not tended to until it’s a nasty chore. Clear out hair and gunk from your drain in a snap with nothing more than a humble cable tie. More »