HowTo: RFID Cat Door
Sure you can go out and buy an automatic car door that opens when your cat gets near it, but that requires your cat to wear a special collar and you need to keep the batteries in the collar in check. Since most pet owners already have identification RFID chips injected into their cats, why [...]
DIY: Lock Your Door Via Text Message
Billy Chasen thought that using keys to open his office was so 2000 so he decided to build a door lock/unlock system via text message. Using a servo motor, a tiny web server, and some piping claps from Home Depot he built a unit that can lock or unlock a door via a text message. [...]
Seas0nPass: 2nd Gen Apple TV Jailbreak
The guys over at fireCore have just released Seas0nPass, an application that will jailbreak your second generation AppleTV. Seas0nPass requires you to tether your AppleTV briefly during boot in order to preform the jailbreak by loading custom IPSW files onto your AppleTV. fireCore is a name that is synonymous with AppleTV hackers. The group also [...]
NoseDial App
We have all done it. Drive down the highway with a coffee in hand, the other hand fumbling with the iPhone trying to call someone. Alas, we are now saved by a simple $0.99 app that will let us make that call with our nose! NoseDial is easily is the weirdest iPhone app I have [...]
Samsung Galaxy S Unlock
Users of the Samsung Galaxy S will be glad to hear that unlocking the unit is now easier than ever (alright, there are a lot of steps, but it’s easy to follow) and best of all, the unlock codes are right on the phone. This currently works on the the TMobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate [...]
WiFi Door Opener
We have seen our fair share of door opening hacks. Remember the secret knock door lock? That was pretty awesome, but what if I tell you that you can unlock your door from any wifi device? The guys over at Sunlight Labs have done just that. By using a WRT54GL and some creative hacking that [...]
MacHeist Nano Bundle: $154 In Apps 4 Free
The guys behind MacHeist are at it again. This time they are offering $154 in apps for free. Yes I said for free as in speech and beer. I’m not sure how the developers or the guys at MacHeist are making any money from this since it’s all free, maybe they are building up their [...]
Secret Knock Door Lock
Forget about all of those fancy RFID and Biometric door lock systems, build yourself a high-tech secret door knock lock. By using an Arduino and a few other parts that were laying around, Steve Hoefer built a device that unlocks the door when it detects a certain knock pattern on the door. It works by [...]
DIY: Front Door Opener
Ever wish you could open your front door the same way you open your car door? With a small key fob? This crafty (maybe even lazy) college student did just that. We are talking some serious ass hardware hacking required to pull this off, but it’s one fun project to build, maybe not the nicest [...]
Unlock Your Car With Your iPhone
Car alarm company Viper (which is owned by Directed Electronics) is unveiling a new app for iPhone users that will let customers control certain aspects of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch. The app, which is called Viper SmartStart, acts as a virtual keychain which can do things like lock/unlock your [...]
iPhone 3G Baseband Almost Cracked
In true iPhone-Dev Team fashion, the iPhone 3G baseband has almost been cracked. What does this mean to the average user? Carrier independence. Cracking the baseband allows for hacked code to run at the telecomm level. This is exactly how the iPhone-Dev team brought freedom to the first-gen iPhone last year. Sadly you still have [...]
Chinavision’s Projector Cellphone
3M just announced that their MPro110 tiny projector would hit the market in late September. This was awesome news for people who are on the road a lot and have to lug around projectors to do presentations. But did you know that Chinavision is already selling a tiny projector? Built into a cell phone no-less. [...]
IPhone-Dev Team Update
It looks like the iPhone dev team hasn’t been resting much since releasing the iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 a few weeks ago. The team has decided to update their progress. Even with the iPhone 2.0 jailbroken, there still isn’t anyway to unlock a 3G iPhone. They have managed to do other things like downgrade a [...]
Scammer Gets Scammed
I too soon will get my share of the inheritance from the former Minister of Defense’s son from Nigeria. All I have to do is transcribe a Harry Potter book by hand then I will be rich! I don’t know a person in the world who hasn’t received a 419 scam email claiming to need [...]
