How to Build Your Own Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi How to Build Your Own Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi The Amazon Echo is useful to have around the home. It can play podcasts, take reminders and notes, tell you the length of your commute, even control other appliances in your house. But…
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Build your own mobile computer with the Raspberry Pi for $120
Build a cost effective portable computer using the Raspberry Pi. And get it to work with almost any screen! Raspberry Pi Model B+ I recommend the RasPi B+ model because of the additional USB ports. Four total USB ports provide enough USB slots to add WiFI, a bluetooth keyboard, an external hard drive and a…
Simple Homemade HDTV Antenna DIY
Problem: Make an HDTV antenna that actually works and is inexpensive ($5). Quick Solution: Strip the end of a coax cable so there is about 8″ of wire showing and mount it outside your house perpendicular to the ground. Run a channel search on your TV. Sit back and enjoy the shows. Discovery/Solution: There are…
Fix A Refrigerator That Is Making A Clicking Sound
Problem: The refrigerator is making a clicking sound every 2-3 minutes. Quick Solution: Let me save you $90(plus) and tell you the problem is most likely the Start Relay. You can fix it yourself for $15 or less. Discovery: One evening there was a clicking sound coming from the kitchen that was much louder and…