So you've decided you want to drop off the map and leave Big Brother behind. It's harder than ever in our always-connected world, but if you're ready to plan your big vanishing act, here are a few tips to get you started.

Smashing the snooze button is so quaint. Modify your alarm to shut off when blasted with a phaser gun.

We've shown you how to use an Arduino chip to hack a cooler and slow cook your food, now it's time to hack a slow cooker to cultivate your own delicious home made yogurt.

Save your money for more lenses; convert a cardboard tube and some simple parts into a lens extension tube to take macro photographs on the cheap.

If your office needs a shot of something more organic than your nature desktop wallpaper, you might want to take a cue from today's featured workspace and bring outdoor elements inside.

Surely your company acquired a laser cutter for more pressing matters than creating copies of wildly popular European board games. Disregard that and fire it up this weekend to craft a copy Settlers of Catan.

This clever HDTV mount doesn't just float your television between two Stolmen system support poles, it provides a read space for wrangling cable clutter and peripherals.

Automatic air fresheners practically beg to be hacked apart thanks to the servo motors and timers inside. One photography enthusiast demonstrates how to hack apart a Glade air freshener to build a remote camera trigger.

Android: Relax and Sleep is a free sound-generator for android phones that makes it easy to create custom sleep soundtracks.