Kids and electronics usually don't mix. I have more than one broken headphone jack and a missing iPod thanks to my siblings. With my family visiting this week, my younger sister will be looking for something controller-shaped to play with and promptly demolish. So I'm prepping my living room's game controllers for the reckoning with some Sugru, the silicone and rubber adhesive putty that lets you customise basically everything you own.
It's fun to see snapshots of the world through the eyes of your children. It isn't so fun to watch them run around and fumble with your camera or phone (don't drop it, don't drop it, pleeeeeeease don't drop it).
If you have a workshop, chances are you're using safety glasses a lot. If you need a little bit of extra light, Make shows you how to connect a pair of lights to your glasses that you can move around as needed.
We've shown you some awesome smartphone mounts you can buy, but if you'd rather DIY, you can have a strong, sturdy car mount for your phone with a few magnets and our old friend Sugru. Best of all, you can choose where your phone goes -- you don't have to lose a vent or block something else just to mount it.
Give a child a lump of clay and they will be busy for an hour. No one needs guidance when given a malleable medium with which you can express your ideas, and that's why Sugru just works -- you don't need to know anything about design to put it to use. You just follow your instincts.
The problem with double-sided adhesive Velcro is that it needs the two sides to align for a lasting hold. That doesn't happen when you have a curved surface and a flat one. To fix this, turn to Sugru.
Sugru is a DIY enthusiast's best friend, and the Sugru folks have shared yet another video full of clever uses: this time focusing on silencing annoying household noises.
Plastic key caps are a great way to ensure you can easily tell your keys apart. If you'd like to make your own, Instructables user Andrea Biffi shows how to do it with some Sugru.
Bicycle lights are expensive and leaving them on your bike when you're out and about is an effective way to have them stolen. If you want to make them easy to just snap on and off, Instructables has a guide showing how to use a bit of Sugru and a magnet to make your lights easily detachable.
We're already big fans of Sugru for fixing and creating all kinds of things. Now, Sugru has released a new kit that includes the sticky form of Sugru and a set of magnets.
Cable adaptors are great, but they're also so darn small and easy to lose. Here's a neat hack to keep them together: all you need is some Sugru, that magical material for DIY miracles.
Sometimes, when fumbling with your keys, you spend a lot of time staring at them to figure out which one you need. If you can identify them by touch, however, you don't have that problem. With a little Sugru, you can easily add those variant textures.
If you tug on your shoelaces enough, eventually one of the eyelets is going to snap. Before you throw away a pair of otherwise fine shoes, try to repair it with a little Sugru.
Everyone hates lifting a heavy box, milk crate, or toolbox and having the handle dig into your hands while you're carrying it. It hurts, it sucks and it's terrible -- but a little Sugru can fix it and make those handles and grips easier on your hands.
Want to stop your favourite headphones falling out? Instructables user concoctory shows how to use Sugru to create your own clips.
Some materials were just made for DIY miracles. Binder clips are one example. Another is Sugru, the mouldable silicone that can fix or improve just about anything. Here are 10 awesome ways you can put it Sugru to work in your projects.
We've previously discussed using Sugru to heatproof your cookware. If you don't want colourful putty permanently attached to your pots and pans, you can use the same principle to make micro-potholders.
Multi-purpose, all-wonderful Sugru can hack just about anything. Add to that list your toothbrush, by easily mounting it to the inside of your cabinet.
Smartphone buttons have an annoying habit of breaking, but DIY all-star tool Sugru can save the day. All you need is a little bit of Sugru and a cotton bud to get the job done.
Whether it's serving as an interactive cookbook or a wireless TV, a tablet is an awesome kitchen companion. However, resting it on the bench can expose it to spilled ingredients, and doesn't offer great viewing angles. Mounting it on the wall above your bench is a perfect solution, and all it takes is a little Sugru.
