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Do you know how to make something that can tell whether the $20 bill in your wallet is a fake? Or how to generate battery power with simple household items? Or how to create your own home security system?Science-savvy author Cy Tymony does. And now you can learn how to create these things?and more than 40 other handy gadgets and gizmos?in Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things. More than a simple do-it-yourself guide, this quirky collection is a valuable resource for transforming ordinary objects into the extraordinary. With over 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation. Included are survival, security, self-defense, and silly applications that are just plain fun.You?ll be seen as a superhero as you amaze your friends by:? Transforming a simple FM radio into a device that enables you to eavesdrop on tower-to-air conversations.? Creating your own personalized electronic greeting cards.? Making a compact fire extinguisher from items typically found in a kitchen pantry.? Thwarting intruders with a single rubber band.By using run-of-the-mill household items and the easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams within, you?ll be able to complete most projects in just a few minutes. Whether you use Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things as a practical tool to build useful devices, a fun little fantasy escape, or as a trivia guide to impress friends and family, this book is sure to be a reference favorite for years to come.

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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 20, 2008 Type: User Review Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change Milk into Plastic,

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change Milk into Plastic, Extract Water and Electricity ... a TV with Your Ring, and Other Amazing Feats
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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 11, 2008 Type: User Review Not as great as it sounds, but useful nonetheless

I thought it was going to have some extraordinary ways on how to make the gadgets using the household items, but the devices are not very practical or convenient. might be a good space filler in a science class, or ideas for scientific...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 14, 2008 Type: User Review This is a kid's book

Just be aware - nothing in this book would amaze anyone over the age of 10.

My favorite "project" - lash a piece of glass to a stick to make a "survival tool".

If you're old enough to have your own credit card to...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 13, 2007 Type: User Review loved it

an intesting book on home made things. I like most dissign exept the one that trips a camra. If i was a burgler i would take the camra. survival sution rives the boy scout book it sulf. i was and still is a very happy with book and plan to buy the...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 15, 2007 Type: User Review must like stores like radio shack

This book describes how to make gadgets. If you already know about electricity and magnetism and basic physical science, buy this book and impress your young cousins/nephews/ nieces. there is survival stuff like collecting water from plants,...
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