Make a Tiny 9V Battery Power Switch From Parts of an Old 9V Battery

When you’re building your own custom electronics projects, a simple power switch isn’t always easy to find. If you have some DIY projects that use 9V batteries , this super small power switch is fairly easy to build and is mostly made from an old 9V battery. Read more…

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Make a Tiny 9V Battery Power Switch From Parts of an Old 9V Battery

Make Instant Meals in a Keurig K-Cup Brewer

General Mills has plans to make K-Cups for oatmeal and Campbells’s Soup has similar plans. However, you can skip those pre-packaged solutions and use your Keurig (or other K-Cup brewer) as an instant hot water dispenser— just like a coffee pot . Read more…

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Trap Pesky Flies with DIY Fly Paper

As the temperature rises, so too do flies. If you’re starting to notice them buzzing around your living room, it’s easy to trap them with fly paper you create using ingredients that are almost certainly already in your kitchen. Read more…        

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Run Terminal Commands on Your Home PC with a Text Message

If you have an always-on computer at home, like a home server , you probably run the occasional command on it to start a process, troubleshoot something, or otherwise control it through a terminal. DIYer Steve figured out how to run commands on his Raspberry Pi just by sending a text message. Read more…        

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