LED Hard Drive Clock
There have been many “Clocks” built out of old hard drives, but this one has to take the cake. Ian Smith this super cool clock from an old hard drive he had laying around. By using some tri-colour LEDs, a PIC microcontroller, and some simple vision techniques he has built something that not only functions [...]
How To: Make An Invisible License Plate
Here is another take on using IR lights to blind a camera, this time a photo-radar camera no-less. I’m not really sure on how well this would work for you, and it’s probably highly illegal, but if you want to try it for your own educational purposes go ahead.
All you really need are some LED [...]
Build Your Own Terminator Shades
These might not be as functional as the Anti-Paparazzi Glasses but they will look cool. All you do is turn an old pair of sun glasses into Terminator shades, just like the Movie. It’s quite simple and silly actually, all you need to do is install two red LEDs onto the frames. You don’t even [...]
Anti-Paparazzi Glasses
Sure, if your being chased by an angry mob of paparazzi or if your afraid of big brother watching you you might need some diversion tactics like an IR hat or these anti-paparazzi shades.
If your in need of said diversion tactic then building these puppies is a snap. Attach two small but powerful IR LEDs [...]
Hot-Spot Shoe
This is one of those silly “I should have thought of this concepts”. A Step in the Right Direction is a prototype for a new shoe that detects Wi-Fi signals as you are walking. The shoe has integrated electronics under the tongue flap that is triggered via a pressure sensor so that it begins a [...]
Use IR LEDs To Defeat Security Cameras
Here’s a neat trick that will always make sure that your face stays off those pesky public cameras. Mount an bunch of IR LEDs on you, possible in the brim of your hat. These will produce a powerful white light that won’t be seen by people passing by but will blind those pesky [...]
USB Controlled Colour Changing Light
The guys over at DYI Life have an awesome project to light up your life, a USB colour changing light controller. This little circuit will mix the light from high-powered LEDs to create more than 16 million colors. You can either hook it up to a USB port for complete control of your personal light [...]
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13 way to get your Facebook account suspended
Having your profile suspended on Facebook seems like it’s more common then it should be. Apparently if you “poke” too many people your a very bad person (not to mention slightly perverted).
Check out this great article on 13 ways you can avoid having your Facebook profile suspended (or even deleted).
Link: 13 Reasons your Facebook account [...]
Top 10 Windows Errors
I love it when Windows errors pop up when you least expect them. They guys over at Newlaunches.com have compiled a Top 10 list of the Biggest Windows Errors. If any of you have snaps of any Windows errors at the most inappropriate places drop us a line.
Top 10 Biggest Windows Errors Via [...]
Outside – MMORPG of the year
Why spend the monthly charges on those expensive MMORPGs when you have “Oustide” which is free and possibly the MMORPG of the year.
All the features are so true too. Fully PvP rawr! The penalty of death sucks though – if you thought the experience point penalty in EverQuest was bad, think again
[via codefront]
Apple’s collapsible connection patent
Apple is expected to introduce a widescreen ultra-portable laptop in the coming months. A new design patent has revealed that it may contain a c collapsible connection receptacle on the back to house all of the I/O ports.
Under the design proposal, the ports maintain their original form whether the connection system is in an [...]
Scripting is baaaad
So, on Monday I reported on why you shouldn’t allow Flash on your network with the article: Nmap 127.0.0.1: Flash Style . Kind of hinting toward how a malicious site could scan your internal network without triggering your firewall, IPS/IDS, or sometimes even a host based firewall/ips. Today, I have a new threat that is [...]
Great Laptop battery hack
The one thing I love about the web is the amazing things you stumble across and the many things you learn. I stumbled across this laptop battery hack when I was trying to figure out what to do about the dead battery on my old Toshiba laptop that my wife and kids use from [...]
