Enterprise Chandelier, For The Geeky
I know my wife would love to have me hang up this Enterprise chandelier in our dining room. She would love it so much that it would easily be grounds for her to divorce me. On the other hand, if your already single and your a hardcore trekie then this $189 USS Enterprise chandelier might [...]
DIY: Softbox
A Softbox is used to create soft diffused light by directing light through a white diffusing material. Photographers choose to use a softbox because it help to create a nice soft even light on a given object.
A Softbox can generally run you some serious coin, but with the help of this DIY project you can [...]
Custom iPhone Light-Up Apple Logo
With Apple selling upwards of 3 million iPhones already I bet you are looking for that extra little way to stand out in a crowd. Why not light up the Apple logo on the back of your iPhone. iPhones.ru has a teaser of an iPhone hack that causes the Apple logo on the back to [...]
Best Of The Week – Jun 22-29
EeePC Keyboard Backlight for $15
Dalek Security Camera
Worst MP3 Player Ever
Optoma Pico Projector
Google Employees Get Special Toilets
Robot Easter Egg
DYI Chromakey Screen
DYI Photo Snoot
Although a snoot might seem like someone who is rich and wealthy in reality it’s a photographers secret weapon when creating dramatic lighting. Weather you want a dramatic highlight or an eerie vignetting effect, a snoot can help limit the spread of light from a flash.
With some gaffer tape and some cardboard you can easily [...]
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 [...]
Semi-Pro Light Kit For $75
A quick trip to your local big box hardware store and a few bucks and you too can turn that spare room into a professionally lit porn natural model studio you have always dreamed of having. That is of course, if you have some camera equipment to go with it. It’s going to be pretty [...]
Tron Style Lamp
Ever wanted that cool Tron style look for your room? Well maybe some of you out there might want to. It might not be the best thing to have in your room if you want to score with a girl (or guy) but it sure will be a conversation piece with all of your geek [...]
Build your own Camera light
With more and more point and shoot cameras having video functionality lighting can quickly become and issue. Now you could spend $60-$80 purchasing a light unit that slips into the hot-shoe or one that screws on the bottom, but why do that when you can build one for about $2. The guys over at ProdMod [...]
Poor Mans 3d Scanner
Don’t have $4000 + to purchase a high end 3d scanner? Using a simple web cam, a free (as in beer) piece of windows software and a laser line level you too can achieve the same stunning results. The David Laserscanner does just that. Here’s what you’ll need to get started:
- A camera (e.g. web [...]
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 [...]
Best of the week – Sept 3 – 9
Small Fry 1,000,000 Volt Mini Stun Gun (Frank)
Hackers at Microsoft (Rob)
Windows Error: “Operation Completed Successfully†(Frank)
26.25 Gigaflop Super Computer – $1256 (Frank)
Learn to Hack (Rob)
New Phone-less Ipod’s and more (Frank)
How To: VGA over Cat-5 (Frank)
Eco-Friendly DVR (Frank)
Inflight USB: Power for you gadgets from an audio jack [...]
Best of the week – Aug 27 – Sept 2
How To: Make a USB Air Conditioner (Frank)
Free File: SpaceMonger (Rob)
How To: 360 Controller with a PSP (Frank)
Network Magic: Easy Mac and PC networking (Frank)
How To: Build a Night Vision System (Frank)
Image retargeting (Rob)
Microsoft puts the smack down on AutoPatcher (Rob)
Hidden Flight Sim in Google Earth (Frank)
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Hack your remote control
Have you even been sitting on your couch and had to stretch your arm out until your tendons creaked? Ever lean forward in your armchair and fallen off because you were trying to get your remote control to work? Ever have to arm the remote at the TV and wave it around like [...]
Best of the week – Aug 6 – 12
iPhone unlocked, almost (frank)
Flashlight that will make you puke (frank)
Daily Free File – Coconut Battery (mike)
NES controller for your iPod (frank)
NES on your iPhone (frank)
Multi-Touch Macbook (frank)
Blackjack, Save $840 a year (mubix)
Facebook source code leaked (frank)
Robotic Bartender (frank)
Laptop battery hack (frank)
