If you want to get your hands dirty on a semi-evil electronics project, this DIY EMP generator is fun - if not a little dangerous - build to try. It won't fry much, except at extreme short range, so you should be careful with it, but you'll learn a lot in the process.

Misusing statistics is one of the most powerful ways to lie. Normally, we teach you how to avoid misinterpreting statistics, but knowing how numbers are manipulated can help you spot when it happens. To that end, we're going to show you how to make data say whatever the hell you want to back up any wrong idea you have.

We've all seen those transformation photos of people going from pufferfish-like bellies to enviously defined abs. You may have mused, "I wish I could get to that 'After' picture, too." Oh, but you can. Without actually being close to that great a shape, in fact. It's not honest, but marketers do it, and hot damn, you will look fabulous.

Are you ready to make a ton of money and sell a ton of shakes? It won't be an easy path, but people trying to succeed in this business are everywhere these days. If you haven't gotten an invite to a health challenge or seen friends posing with shakes on social media... well, congrats! You've got a ton of fresh customers ready to hear your pitch.

Whether you're afraid of public speaking, tiny enclosed spaces or massive crowds, they can all be traced back to one, truly specific fear: The fear of death. They may be nuanced, and have their own diagnoses, and they may be treated differently, but at the end of the day, it's all the same fear.

In-flight Wi-Fi is wonderful. The price to use it on the other hand, not so great. There are a few methods to get free access, but these two are relatively simple. The first requires only an iPhone. The second requires either a VPS or server you control. They both result in free, unlimited access for the whole flight.

Owning a SodaStream is awesome, especially if you're a carbonated water lover (and I am). Shelling out for those proprietary tanks and refills though, knowing that cheaper CO2 is widely available, isn't. Luckily, it's not difficult to hack your SodaStream and save a ton of money.

"Eat a bag (or bowl) of dicks" is one of my favourite insults ever but, until very recently, it's been used in a mostly hyperbolic sense. That's all about to change though, as you can now send a bag of gummy dicks to anyone, with instructions on what you'd like the recipient to do with them.

Christmas is fun. Ruining Christmas is a bad idea. But let's just say you really want to ruin Christmas, because you're a terrible person. Here are some of the best ways...

The "KeySweeper" is a tiny, Arduino-powered wireless sniffer that captures data sent by your wireless keyboard to its receiver. That's right -- it's a keylogger, and it doesn't have to be plugged into your computer to work.

A hotel room safe is designed to keep valuables like your passport or cash locked away while you're travelling. But as it turns out, most hotel room safes are relatively easy to break into, so you might want to think twice about where you stash your most valuable items.

Worried someone might intrude on your evil lair? This DIY sonic tripware alarm is easy to build, decently loud, and is perfect for simple hide-and-seek games or establishing a perimeter around whatever you'd like to keep safe.

When it comes to sharing files on BitTorrent and Usenet, it doesn't get any better than private trackers and indexers. But by definition, they're very exclusive, so you can't just waltz in the front door. Here's how to get access to the best private file sharing communities.

Whether you're trying to catch an intruder or give someone a good scare, you can build this simple tripwire alarm in only a few minutes.

Flatulence is perfectly natural, but when it happens in public, you'd do anything to avoid the embarrassment. Whether they're silent and deadly or loud and proud, here are the most dastardly ways to pass gas around others and slip away like a fart ninja.