Top 5 Knife Making Tutorials

Top 5 Knife Making Tutorials: "Hopefully you will never find yourself in a survival situation, but if you do you should always be prepared and use what you have on hand to create the survival tools you’ll need.  One of the best tools to have for emergency preparedness is a survival knife. If you forget your knife, lose it or it breaks, don’t panic yet! We have compiled a list of the best knife making tutorials so you can remain prepared and make your own knife. The best part is, all the knife making supplies are materials you can easily source in a survival situation.  Whether you’re living in a survival scenario or just want to learn a new hobby, knife making is a useful skill to learn. Here are our top 5 picks for best knife making tutorials."



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RGB LED Safety (Party) Bike Light ($30)

RGB LED Safety (Party) Bike Light ($30): "e wanted to add some safety to bike commuting as the days keep getting shorter. Here is our $12 solution.

My wife tries to commute three times a week and the current bike lights were not cutting it. Reflective tape and a brighter head lamp did not seem like it would solve the visibility issue. We had seen her cousin make a sweet bike with some LED strip lights a few months earlier so we built on the idea of using strip lights to make a very visible bike with multicolored lights."



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Paracord: Everything You'll Ever Need to Know - Survival Life | Preppers | Survival Gear | Blog

Paracord: Everything You'll Ever Need to Know - Survival Life | Preppers | Survival Gear | Blog: "Paracord is a prepper’s best friend. It’s strong, versatile, inexpensive, lightweight and easy to carry with you wherever you go.

The uses for it are virtually endless. From clothing to furniture to tools and self-defense, there’s a project to fill just about any survival need you can imagine."



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Portable 20w solar charger

Portable 20w solar charger: "I've been charging 18650 rechargeable batteries from a small 12v battery solar charger for a few months now. Not impressed with the charge rate, spending an entire sunny day only to maybe have a single 18650 battery charged. I decided to step it up a notch & bought a 20w 12v solar panel from an ebay auction. Now I had to decide either to mount the panel outside & run wires into the house or to make it portable. I decided on the latter, as 20w is a bit meager for a rooftop installation."



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Your Credit Card Company Gives You Free Extended Warranties

Your Credit Card Company Gives You Free Extended Warranties: "We’ve often received blank stares and looks of confusion when mentioning that our credit card company is covering a repair via its extended warranty. Yes, your credit card may provide free extended warranties, too!"



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Easy Build Burning Laser For Less Than $20

Easy Build Burning Laser For Less Than $20: "n this Instructable I will show you how I built my own burning laser, including the driver circuit, the laser is able to burn through electrical tape, black plastic, and light matches with Sharpie on them (I'll let you figure out what happens to the Sharpies on your own) I diode I used is a 400mW 650nM laser diode, for those of you who don't know what that means, 400mW means 400 thousandths of a Watt is the peak power for this specific diode and 650nm is short for 650 nano meters this is referring to the wavelength of the radiation (in this case light) coming from the laser diode 650nm happens to be red. "



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KLM turns jet into a two bedroom apartment

KLM turns jet into a two bedroom apartment: "The idea of spending a night on a plane might be a nightmare for anyone who has flown a long-haul flight in Economy class. But KLM is offering an upgrade that is much more attractive – even if it doesn't get off the ground. The airline has transformed one of its grounded McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft into a luxurious apartment. Dubbed Airplane Apartment, this novel conversion offers four guests a unique overnight stay without the turbulence."



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Do you want to cruise on the biggest ship in the world oasis of the seas

Do you want to cruise on the biggest ship in the world oasis of the seas: "This is the latest ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean cruise lines. The Oasis of the seas. this ship is more that twice the size of the Queen Mary 2, and more than 5 times the size of the Titanic. The ship was designed and ordered long before the economy took the current downturn, back when it was booming."



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Interesting facts about humans

Interesting facts about humans: "There are many things you do in life that you rarely think about because you do them often, so often that you don't even realize how often you do them. The average number of times you do certain things, and use certain things in a lifetime is amazing. Some of the things are weird, some of them are unbelievable, some of them are bizarre, all of them are interesting"



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Interview with a madman: Francois Gissy hits 333 km/h on rocket-powered bicycle

Interview with a madman: Francois Gissy hits 333 km/h on rocket-powered bicycle: "Last November, Frenchman Francois Gissy hit 285 km/h (177 mph) on a rocket-powered bicycle. Now, at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France, he's knocked his own world record out of the park. Dialing in a massive 4.5 kN of thrust, which generates roughly the equivalent of 560 horsepower, Gissy took his rickety-looking rocket bike up to a monstrous 333 km/h (207 mph), hitting top speed in just 4.8 seconds and generating about 1.96 Gs worth of acceleration."



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Give your old smartphone a smart home overhaul - CNET

Give your old smartphone a smart home overhaul - CNET: "The smart home market is expanding. The Dropcam-Nest contingent, SmartThings, Wink and others have captured much of the early attention, but some plucky startups are taking a decidedly more DIY route."



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Finally, you can own a 'Star Trek' communicator for just $99 - CNET

Finally, you can own a 'Star Trek' communicator for just $99 - CNET: "Just weeks after we got to ride a real-world hoverboard for the first time, another bit of iconic Hollywood gadgetry has crossed over from science fiction to science fact, and it's great news for Trekkers.

Startup OnBeep's debut product is Onyx, a Bluetooth-powered team communication tool that offers real-time voice messaging via a cross-platform mobile app that works anywhere your device has a mobile or Wi-Fi data connection. In other words, it's like creating a private communication channel that piggybacks over an Internet connection"



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The top 20 catchiest songs of all time, according to science - CNET

The top 20 catchiest songs of all time, according to science - CNET: "The catchiest song of all time has been revealed, and it ought to surprise absolutely no one. When it comes to recognisability, Spice Girls' "Wannabe" is number one, with users taking, on average, just 2.29 seconds to pick the song."



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