DIY Pong Clock
This great geek Pong Clock comes to us via the Make Flickr photo pool.
User Funnypolynomial decided to put an old laptop to a good use and build his very own Pong Clock like we have seen floating around the net this pas week.
I rescued an old Thinkpad ages ago and began a project to install [...]
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
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Tech.nocr.at, founded on July 1, 2007, is a weblog dedicated to bringing you an unbiased clear cut view on all things related to technology. In addition to giving you an clear cut look at what’s happening in technology we bring you from time to time reviews on the hottest gadgets and gizmos. Tech.nocr.at is [...]
iPhone in Canada…. Not
Today a rather amusing rumor popped up on the web about the luxury retailer Holt Renfrew was going to be the exclusive retailer of Canada’s iPhone. It funny for a number of reasons. Read the Article and make your own assumptions. My bet is that come two weeks from now there are going to be [...]
PSP Slim gets digital TV Tuner
Sony just launched the 1-SEG digital TV tuner in Japan. This puppy makes it possible to via high quality video over the air including an EPG. Unfortunately the only way to get one of these is to pack up your life and move overseas.
Best of the week – Sept 17 – 23
Mac Errors (Frank)
Unofficial Linux Support For New iPods (Frank)
Make it all portable: Thinstall it (Rob)
VMware goes flash with 3i (Rob)
Wii to get Turbografx Titles (Frank)
USB 3.0 to promise 5 Gbps (Frank)
6V Battery hack (Frank)
NES Clone – Good cheap memories (Frank)
I Hack Charities DOT org
Johnny Long of ihackstuff.com started a project that is unlike any other. A charity that hackers devote their time on humanitarian projects according to their expertise. What makes that different than any other humanitarian project? It involves hackers. The best of the best in security and IT.
Are you a hacker? Want to give back a [...]
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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Installer.app for the iPhone: Install iPhone apps via Wi-Fi
Getting homebrew applications on your iPhone, while possible, can be a tad tricky. Fear not, now there is installer.app that makes installing homebrew apps on your iPhone a snap. Much like the ATV Loader for the AppleTV Installer.app lets you update or install a variety of iPhone homebrew applications like the NES emulator [...]
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)
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 [...]
Hacker Conference: Before
So, you are getting ready for your first Hacker conference, you have no idea what to expect. Here is what I did, and I’ll tell you how it worked out: What I should have brought and what I shouldn’t have, etc.
I should precursor this by saying, this may be my first trip to Defcon, but [...]
Bluetooth Adopts New Core Version
The board of directors over at the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the adoption of Core Specification Version 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). The new spec is set to make device set-up faster and increases batter life of bluetooth devices.
Other key enhancements include…
Improved Pairing – The new pairing process enables all consumers to quickly setup [...]
PS3 to receive tuner, DVR capabilities before March 2008
It’s been rumored before, now Sony’s marketing manager for Computer Entertainment in New Zealand has apparently, and likely pre-emptively, unveiled Sony’s intentions to turn the PS3 into a digital video recorder. Sony’s Warwick Light is quoted in an interview with New Zealand’s The Press as saying, “We’re also hoping next year – about the [...]
AppleTV USB Hack
Two days after Apple TV Hacks published the much sought-after USB hard drive hack for the Apple TV, the site is making a call for help to polish the modification. For now, the hack isn’t for the faint of heart – it requires some mucking around at the command line, not to mention an Intel [...]
