Ridiculouslty Expensive Ethernet Cable
I’m sure that their are people out there who are stupid enough to spend $500.00 for a 1.5 meter ethernet cable. I should have come up with this idea, I would have become rich in a matter of months. Denon claims that using the old analog “signal fades over a distance of 5 feet” argument [...]
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 [...]
DIY Slingbox
Creative hardware hacker David laid out some steps on hacking together your own Slingbox. Using a Mac Mini, an old DV camera, and Quicktime Broadcaster he is able to capture the stream of his cable box with the DV camera then send it over to the Mac Mini via firewire, then using Quicktime Broadcaster he [...]
Build A USB Guitar
Via Make … Why would you want a USB port in an electric guitar? The answer is simple: convenience. By putting a small USB port and audio codec in a guitar, you’re adding an extra sound board. So when you record, your guitar is digitized locally and the signal is transmitted to your computer over [...]
Make A Remote Phone Ring Indicator
Do you work in an “open concept†environment? Is your floor just a sea of cubicles that contain a workstation and a phone? If you have ever walked away from your desk and wondered if that ringing phone was yours then this hack is for you. “You leave your cubicle to get a cup of [...]
$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: [...]
Improve Your Cell Phone’s Battery Life
Cell phone batteries generally fail on you when you need them most. You know, when your on the road traveling and can only charge your phone at night when you get back to your hotel room. Wikihow has a great article on how to make your cell phone battery last longer. You can increase time [...]
How To: Upgrade Your Old Mac To Run OS X
Now that the 24th anniversary of the Mac is upon is, and now that Macworld is literally just around the corner, why not a fun and cool hack to get that old 512k Mac you may have lying around or sitting in the closet put to good use? The hack allows you to still use [...]
14 Year Old Hacker Derails Train
I’m sure the media is going to put a nasty spin on this story about how all hackers are bad. A 14 year old boy has been arrested after hacking into a Polish train system and using it like a giant train set which caused 12 people injuries. Initially it looked like he was being [...]
Lightsaber For Your Wii
You ever wanted your very own Lightsaber for your Wii? Okay maybe it hasn’t been on the top of your priority list, but if it is Camy’s Pro Gear Wii Light Swords come perfectly into play. These coloured plastic Wiimote holders are available in 3 colour for either the Jedi or Sith in you. The [...]
Rumours: Microsoft to take over RIM
Rumours are flying all over Wall St and Bay St at the purchase of global wireless email and data provider Research in Motion, the maker of the almighty Blackberry, by the massive Microsoft. Speculation even spilled over into the currency markets last night bumping the Canadian dollar up by three quarters of a percentage. Could [...]
1000 Foot Wi-FI. Yes I said 1000 Feet!
Anything that can claim to connect via Wi-Fi from 1000 feet sounds like crap to me, but the Wi-Fire by hField can actually do just that. hField claims that the Wi-Fire can increase your Wi-Fi signal by using a powerful internal directional antenna, a high sensitivity receiver and some software. If the device can actually [...]
PSP Heartbeat Sensor Hack
It never ceases to amaze me how great the PSP homebrew community is. A guy named Art simply soldered a coiled copper wire across the microphone input, which then allowed him to pickup a signal from a wireless heartbeat sensor. It’s not that impressive yet he hasn’t coded a GUI for it just yet, but [...]
