A very interesting project from KipKay (you might have heard of him through Metacafe): recycle a broken or obsolete camcorder and make a night vision camera out of its viewfinder. You’ll also need a few other components for this build but all the parts are reasonably inexpensive, considering the result. Best of all, you can output the video to record on a camcorder.

DIY Nightvision Headset [link]

TVs are everywhere, in public place, streaming mind-numbing contents to whatever eyeballs they might capture. The TV-B-Gone is basically a universal remote that shuts off virtually any model of TV ever produced. There’s one catch: if you go to your favorite electronics store and shut down their wall of TVs, you might get in trouble. Until now. Here’s a perfect disguise for the TV-B-Gone: an old iPod! You’ll be able to walk around and do everyone a favor without risking getting cought!

Note that it’s not always a good idea to turn off every TV you encounter: Airports, Train Stations and Sports Bars (especially during the big game) aren’t good targets. Please use them liberally around the holiday period!

The TV-B-Gone iPod Project [link] [via]

This week, on Make: Weekend Projects, Bre Pettis shows us how to make a book with a secret comparment. You know what I’m talking about. You’ve seen one in an old spy movie.

I remember making one as a kid, and pretending to be a spy and hiding the Death Star’s secret plans in it. Turns out the Rebel Alliance got a hold of them I got in trouble with Vader because of that. Anyways, that was a long time ago.

Book with a Secret Compartment [link]