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Unchained Reaction: Reality TV For Hackers

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame will star in a new reality TV show on the Discovery Network titled: Unchained Reaction. Adam and Jamie will team up as judges for the six part series which pits two teams against each other to build Rude Goldberg style contraptions. From the press release: Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MYTHBUSTERS. The duo also serve as judges for the six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption.... [Read the full story]

Jam A USB Hub Into Your Keyboard

Here’s a hack that isn’t only simple to do, but extremely practicle; Adding a USB hub to your USB keyboard. Most people’s desks are already crowded and having a USB hub laying around can only add to that clutter. Michael decided to take apart a USB keyboard and a USB hub. He wired the USB cable from the keyboard into the hub and then wired one of the hub ports back to his keyboard. What he was left with was three free ports that he could place anywhere in the keyboard. All that was left was finding a spot in the keyboard housing to cut to accommodate the three new ports. ... [Read the full story]

Raspberry Pi: Cheap XBMC HTPC

XBMC has to be one of the best open source media centre projects around. It runs on everything from Windows, Linux and OSX to the Apple TV and even the original Xbox. Building your own PC to use for XBMC can be expensive, but now you can have a cheap (and by cheap I mean $25-$35) system on a chip to run XBMC at 1080p. The Raspberry Pi in an inexpensive programmable computer that can output 1080p video via HDMI. The device also supports AirPlay, which makes this a great device for streaming video from your iPhone or iPad as you can see from the video below. Currently you will have to build... [Read the full story]

SiriToggles: Enhance What Siri Can Do

Now that we have a untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5, we can actually make Siri somewhat useful. SiriToggles is a Siri enhancer for jailbroken iPhones running iOS5. SiriToggles allows you to launch applications, toggle some system settings and check how much battery power you have remaining. A simple command like “Launch Plex” will launch the Plex app for example, but it can also handle non-linear commands like “Turn of my Bluetooth” or “Set brightness to 30%”. If only it could also handle driving directions for us Canadians, not that i’m bitter... [Read the full story]

Golden Zelda NES Case Mod

How can you be a geek and not love the 8-bit classic Zelda on the greatest gaming console of it’s time, the NES. Gamer/Modder Ryan Fitzpatrick took his love of the classic game and console to a whole new level. As you can see from the video below, Ryan paid tribute to the classic game by painting it with an automotive grade clear coated gold paint job with silver and red accents, reminiscent of the original Legend of Zelda gold cartridge. If you yourself have come up with a great console mod, or know someone who did, drop us a line so we can feature it here on tech.nocr.at  Read More →

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Unchained Reaction: Reality TV For Hackers

Unchained Reaction: Reality TV For Hackers

Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame will star in a new reality TV show on the Discovery Network titled: Unchained Reaction. Adam and Jamie will team up as judges for the six part series which pits two teams against each other to build Rude Goldberg style contraptions. From the press release: Discovery...

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RIM: Balsille And Lazaridis Out; Heins In

RIM: Balsille And Lazaridis Out; Heins In

After almost a year of investor backlash, Research In Motion is shaking up the top of their food chain. Jim Balsille and Mike Lazaridis, co-founders and co-CEO’s will be stepping down while the current COO, Thorsten Heins will be stepping in. RIM has been battered and bruised while trying to keep up with the...

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5 Must Have Rooted Android Apps

5 Must Have Rooted Android Apps

If you rock and Android device then you already know about the multitude of apps that are at your finger tips. For the sake of keeping you safe, manufacturers ship Android locked up without access to the full potential of the device. By throwing caution to the wind and rooting your device you open up a whole new...

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Hacking And Security

Jam A USB Hub Into Your Keyboard

Jam A USB Hub Into Your Ke...

Here’s a hack that isn’t only simple to do, but extremely practicle;...


NES Controller MP3 Player

NES Controller MP3 Player

Some might say that it is a mortal sin to mod vintage hardware, but when you can...


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Intelligent Flashlight Wil...

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Gadgets

Raspberry Pi: Cheap XBMC HTPC

Raspberry Pi: Cheap XBMC H...

XBMC has to be one of the best open source media centre projects around. It runs...


Behringer iPad Mixers

Behringer iPad Mixers

Just more proof that vinyl and compact discs are going the way of the dodo bird....


Arduino Powered Espresso Machine

Arduino Powered Espresso M...

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Mac

SiriToggles: Enhance What Siri Can Do

SiriToggles: Enhance What ...

Now that we have a untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5, we can actually make...


AirBeam: Security Cam For Your iPhone/iPad

AirBeam: Security Cam For ...

If you have an iPhone or iPad and a Mac then you already have the making of a great...


iOS 5 On Your Older iPhone

iOS 5 On Your Older iPhone

Missing all of the cool iOS 5 features on your iPhone 3g or 3gs? Well, you no longer...


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Gaming

Golden Zelda NES Case Mod

Golden Zelda NES Case Mod

How can you be a geek and not love the 8-bit classic Zelda on the greatest gaming...


Super Mario Bros. Crossover

Super Mario Bros. Crossove...

Is there anything better than good old 8-bit gaming? Sure you can always immerse...


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PS3 & 360 In One Unit

We have featured a multiple gaming console hack before, but I haven’t seen...


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