iPhone To HDMI Dongle
Apple is really picky about what type of connectors it offers. Sure you can get a composite or component cable for your iPhone and hook it up to a TV but why hasn’t Apple moved into the 20th century and offered something a bit more modern like HDMI? Sanwa has just announced that it will [...]
Affordable P1 Jr Pico Projector
Projector technology has really come a long way from the days of lugging 30 lbs projectors around. In recent years we have seen the advent of some really small units but nothing that was ever affordable, until now. Claimed as “the world’s smallest LCOS pico projector” the P1 Jr comes with it’s own battery, external [...]
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 [...]
Drill Powered Outboard Motor
This is a ridiculously simple way to create a drill powered outboard motor. Another crafty Instructables user shows us how he uses his cordless drill to power his boat. The drive shaft is a 10 mm wire rod that is connected to a right angle drill which drives a 3-blade propeller. Drive time might be [...]
EEE 4G External Antenna Mod
I love to use Back Track as my all around security testing OS (If your not sure what Back Track is check out my little write up about it the other day). I also love to use Back Track on my EEE pc. It’s small, light, and has decent wifi range. Thanks to Larry Pesce [...]
Use Your PSP As An External Display
With a simple piece of software you can use your PSP as an external display. The software, which is available to download on their site, allows you to use the PSP as a 960×544 display. The data is sent over compressed and then decompressed for display. Although this sounds like it would slow things down, [...]
DasBoot – Turn An Old iPod Into A Bootable Toolkit
I used to be the resident hardware hacker on the Lab with Leo Laporte show that aired in Canada and Australia, and while combing through some of my segments I stumbled on something I did last year that just saved my MacBook. DasBoot allows you to take any external storage device, like an old iPod, [...]
Wii In An NES Case
A crafty hacker has crammed his Wii into an old NES case. The write up is quite brief and he promises a more detailed write up at a later date, but it does include a few key details. He installed some old Game Cube joystick ports and a Game Cube memory card. He has also [...]
$10 Super Duper WiFi Antenna
There are sometimes that a single bar of WiFi service isn’t going to cut it. You can see the access points near you, but the signal is just too weak to get you any access. Before you go out and spend $100’s for pringle can like antennas give this $10 alternative a spin. Items needed: [...]
Boost Your Cell Service For Cheap
Many a times I have cursed my cell phone and provider because of the ridiculously bad reception one can get. You know what I am referring to, you’re walking in the middle of the street (okay, maybe on a sidewalk) on a bright and sunny day with no massive steel structures anywhere to be seen [...]
RAID Primer
Now that some of us got shinny new external hard drive units that support RAID I figured we might as well go through a basic RAID primer for all so everyone know the difference between 1, 0, and 5, I know it gets confusing. With technology advancing at lightening speeds what was once only available [...]
Golden Disk – Just don’t drop it
Have designers really come to the end of their creativity? I mean, we have seen Prada Cell Phones and diamond encrusted iPod‘s, now a external disk unit that actually contains gold? Ora-Ito, designing brain child behind the LaCie golden disk which is a 500GB storage unit says that the silhouette of the device has been [...]
