10 Weird USB Drives
With CES going on this week and the tech media flooding the blog-o-sphere with reports of new gadgets and technology I thought I’d brake the mundane stream of press releases and “first looks” at gadgets that might never make it to market. Here are 10 really weird USB drives that are sure to make you [...]
VLC For Android
The one app I use the most on my iPhone and iPad is VLC. It makes watching video on my portable devices a lot easier to do since I don’t have to spend a bunch of time converting video and soon all you Android fans will enjoy it as well. Sure there are other video [...]
DIY: Pirate TV Station
Miss the good old Analog TV days? If so, you can build you very own low-power analog television transmitter and join the underground. I’m not too sure on the legality of it, but now that all the networks (at least in the US) have vacated the analog spectrum you might not be harassed. Tired of [...]
Turn A Dead 360 Into A PC
Got a dead 360 laying around that you can’t fix? Turn that sexy piece of hardware into a fully functional PC. The guys over at Hack N Mod have posted a detailed mod which converts a 360 console into a fully functional PC. Best of all, no red ring of death on this one. Check [...]
Quickdev16: SNES Developers Cart
If you are a true hardcore 16bit gaming geek and have always wanted to whip up your own homebrew games then you might be interested in the Quickdev 16. The unit is a cartridge for the Super Nintendo system that comes with everything you will need to develop for the platform, including the Atmel AVR [...]
Dell Mini 9 Tablet
Hardware mod Rob928 has done a great job converting his Dell Mini 9 netbook into a tablet. He has also added some more features to his unit; an SSD hard drive, relocation of all ports and of course, a touch screen. The final product looks quite nice and without deep inspection you would never be [...]
iPhone Keyboard, Sort Of
Not quite ready for mass production or very easy to build, but if you really really really have a problem typing on your iPhone or iPod Touch you can build one of these “keyboard for your iphone” adapters. By using an Arduino, a 9 volt battery, an iPhone breakout board, and a PS/2 keyboard, Ben [...]
Cocaine Dealers iPhone App
Okay so there really isn’t a specific app on the iPhone for your cocaine dealers out there (although i can imagine how any one of the million converter apps could come in handy). But there is this cleaver fake looking iPhone spotted in the Netherlands which is really a digital scale. Now I have seem [...]
VisualHub Discontinued
My beloved VisualHub, oh how I will miss you. That’s right, Tyler Loch (founder of Techspansion) has decided to close the door. Now I know there are a lot of tools on the Mac to help your compress or re-compress video, but none are as simple and powerful as VisualHub. For less than $25 you [...]
DIY: PSX to USB
Here’s a great project to make use of your old PSX controllers that you might have laying around the house. Izuna posted some details on building a micro-controller that is using an ATmega8 chip to convert the signal from a PSX controller to USB. Sure, you can buy an extensor and cut the cable, but [...]
Chrysler To Offer EVDO Car Routers
This will go hand in hand with a portable microwave for your car. According to Twice, Chrysler will begin selling “a Mopar car cellular/Wi-Fi hot spot, expected to be the first of many Internet offerings from the car companies” on August 25th. The unit will work with all 2009 Chrysler models and select earlier ones. [...]
A Pen That Sends SMSs For You
Writing out an SMS message can be painful at best, especially if your on a cellphone that doesn’t have a qwerty keyboard. Predictable text is great, but you still take forever trying to get your message across in 150 characters or less. This is why the D-Scribe is such a great invention. It’s a pen [...]
Convert Your Phone Lines To Ethernet Connections
Have you decided to kill off any connection to that evil phone company? Have you decided to move to a nice cheap VOIP provider and are now wondering what you will do with all them phone jacks in your rooms, convert them to ethernet jacks of course. This nifty hack will wire your house for [...]
Redneck Rollercoaster
Feel up to doing something so insanely stupid that looks so much fun? Why not build yourself a redneck rollercoaster like these guys in the great white north. Remember kids, this looks like a whole heap of fun, but it is equally as stupid. Don’t convert your dad’s 91 cavalier into your very own redneck [...]
Convert Your Videos Online
Ever get confused when it comes to video conversions? mp4, mkv, avi, they can all get quite confusing. Why not let someone else deal with that headache? In Episode 10 of Digital Underground.tv the guys show you how to convert your video’s online with the need of any software. If you have a slow machine [...]
