All the stories tagged with hack
DIY face tracking with X10 camera turret
01/19/2010, Want to come up with your very own face tracking solution for your home? You won’t go wrong with the X10 camera turret alongside the instructions over at Extremetech as they came up with a guide on placing virtually every [...]
Misa Digital Guitar
01/19/2010, This has got to be one of the coolest guitars around if you’re not a rock star – the Misa Digital Guitar which boasts its very own touchpad. Lovingly constructed by Sydney-based designer Michael, the Misa Digital Guitar relies on [...]
DIY Solar Dog charger
01/12/2010, If your dog can pull you along on a sled, then chances are you’ve got a green mode of transport although picking up after its poop could prove to be on tedious affair especially when you are on a long [...]
Google Nexus One gets tethering
01/09/2010, The Google Nexus One has been hacked now, where both wireless and wired tethering is now available in Android 2.1. To get this up and running, you will need to install some add-ons from the folks at XDA forums. Bear [...]
Handheld wireless visual interface for PS3
12/30/2009, The Sony PS3 has gotten an extremely interesting DIY peripheral in the form of a handheld wireless visual interface for Sony’s console, where a 1.2GHz wireless transmitter will send controller commands to the PS3, while retrieving video signals from the [...]
Automatic Wireless Drink Mixer
12/30/2009, Forget the bartender – you can always check out the Automatic Wireless Drink Mixer, which is the culmination of a bunch of students from the University of Washington Electrical Engineering undergoing the Embedded Systems EE478 class. This automatic drink mixer [...]
WW2 German Fighter Plane Sidecar
12/28/2009, Henrik Toth certainly has some mad soldering skills as he put together this WW2 Messerschmitt ME109 fighter plane together with a Yamaha Wild Star Cruiser, resulting in the WW2 German Fighter Plane Sidecar that is one of the cooler rides [...]
Xbox 360 laptop
12/24/2009, Just when you thought that they ran out of creative ideas for console modifications, along comes the Xbox 360 laptop that is adorned in red and black (sounds like Santa’s color scheme), featuring a giant X on the lid’s top [...]
Laser harp makes music
12/24/2009, Jared has some leftover lasers from a previous project, and deciding to follow the mantra “waste not, want not”, he decided to put them to good use by conjuring this magical laser harp. This fine musical instrument replaces traditional strings [...]
Hacked Firmware For Motorola Droid Offers WiFi Tethering
12/23/2009, While PdaNet is a great way to tether your phone, if you want to tether your Motorola Droid over Wi-Fi, you’ll need to get your hands a little dirty. Folks over at the DroidForums.net have come up with a hacked [...]
Magic 8 ball hacked
12/22/2009, Who would have thought that a childhood staple like the Magic 8 ball could be hacked? Well, this person managed to do so, using a Plexiglas cutter to cut the glue at the seam of the ball before prying it [...]
Amazon Kindle Files Hacked To Be DRM Free?
12/22/2009, DRM is never welcomed by the end users, and it seems that there are folks who aren’t happy with the DRM on the Amazon Kindle as well. An Israeli hacker seems to have managed to come up with a hack [...]
DIY pinball machine
12/21/2009, Jeri Ellsworth decided to make her very own pinball machine from scratch, which is an amazing achievement for just about anyone. This was made possible thanks to her efforts in cannibalizing subassemblies from other pinball machines, and while it is [...]
