Turn Old IPods Into Custom Speakers

Learn to build custom speakers by installing bare speakers in two of the original iPods where the scroll wheels normally are.  Instead of gutting your old iPod, you can purchase iPod front panels and back panels on eBay for a few bucks.  Just add a simple amplification circuit and you’ve got yourself a pair of custom iPod speakers.

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Easily Connect a Wiimote to your PC

Use a bluetooth adapter and some free software to read data from your wiimote’s accelerometer and sensors.  There are fantastic connectivity tutorials here and here using software is avaliable for Mac, PC, and Linux.  Why would you want to do this you ask? Pairing your PC and Wiimote enables you to develop fantastic wiimote projects such as:

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Make DIY Speakers Out of Old Hard Drives

Ever wonder what you should do with your old hard drives? Turn them into speakers! It’s fairly easy, all you need is some hard drives (the more, the better), some soldering tools, some headphone wire, and an audio source (iPod, Computer, etc..). For more info on the project, check out the project details.  A similar project can be found here.

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