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There are all kinds of keyless door locks on the market these days, but this DIY version utilizes a touch-sensitive system powered by an arduino that offers a cheap, secure and discreet method of entering a locked room.

Home protection systems can consist of a simple streaming webcam or a high-tech network of intelligent cameras. But even the most sophisticated system can be Wired in a weekend project.

FTA: This tutorial is about converting regular GU4(MR11) halogen bulbs to LED bulbs while maintaining full usability as 12V light bulbs that can be used in indoor task or accent lighting.

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The camera module is made up of a LPC21XX microcontroller, a serial camera. The image information that comes from the camera is encoded in JPEG, which can be stored directly into a SD card.

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This is a great tutorial on how to turn an ordinary USB drive in to an Ironkey-like flashdrive with free software.

Great to play pranks on people.

Followed by a whole bunch of projects. In the last 10 months I've stumbled across awesome stuff that has a million and one practical uses in diy photography. Here's a list of some of my top picks, and practical uses for them.