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 have [...]
Hunt Down Wi Fi Leeches With MoocherHunter
Last week we showed you how to screw with people who were stealing your Wi Fi signal by flipping their browsers and blurring their images. Today we show you how to hunt those Wi Fi moochers. The problem with leaving your Wi Fi unprotected is that malicious people can use it to download illegal files [...]
Baffle WiFi Leeches With An Upside-Down-Ternet
Have you ever had someone leach off your Wi Fi? You could always encrypt it or use any multitude of tricks to hide your network, but why would you do that when you can have some serious fun with them. Blur their images, or flip them upside down to get them really scratching their heads.
Essentially [...]
DIY: Wifi Wok
What happens when you put a Wi-Fi dongle and a Wok together? The Wok-Fi of course. My favorite how-to site Instructables has a write up on mashing up a dumpling strainer and a Wi-Fi dongle. The writer claims to have gotten a boost of 60% when using this. Plus, everyone can whip out a cantena. [...]
DIY: WiFi Robot
Jon Bennett has created a WiFi controller robot that can be controller via the internet or from a computer up to 500m away. The robot is built from an RC car that he picked up at a thrift store, a Linksys WRT54GL router running the Open-WRT firmware, a network camera. The bot can be powered [...]
Skype With Style
Using VOIP has become quite easy, so much so that my mother has dropped her landline and gone strictly VOIP. Now more and more people are adopting VOIP, microphones and headsets are a way of the past. Take the Tatung VOIP handset, it features bluetooth, WIFI and has a touchpad design.
It’s currently only a prototype, [...]
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 [...]
Sony XPERIA
Sony just launched a new line of phones dubbed the XPERIA. Looks like they are aimed directly at phone such as the Sidekick and Ocean.
The unit has a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3-inch touchscreen, WiFi connectivity, 400MB of storage onboard, and microSD expansion support. It runs on a modified version of Windows Mobile, [...]
$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: some [...]
Every EEEPC Hack Under The Sun
I’ve done a few hacks here and there with my EEEPC. I’ve even been on TV doing some of these hacks, but this takes the cake.
Someone has actually posted an incredibly detailed write-up of adding everything to your EEEPC and I mean everything. Four port USB hub, internal GPS, bluetooth, 56k modem, FM audio transmitter, [...]
Turn A Windows Mobile 6 Device Into A WiFi Router
Every wanted a GPRS-Uplinked WiFi router? WMWifiRounter will do just that. The utility that you run on your WiFi-capable Windows Mobile 6 device will turn it into a GPRS-uplinked WiFi router. It sets up your WiFi link in ad-hoc mode and starts a DHCP server in order to hand out ip addresses to neighboring machines. [...]
HTC Kaiser releases 10.26.07 in US
The HTC TyTN II P4550 (HTC Kaiser 120) (AT&T 8925) is a king among phones. And, instead of exclaiming about how sweet this phone is, I’ll let it speak for itself:
Processor: 400 MHz
RAM: 128 MB RAM
Storage: 145 MB
Expansion Slot: microSD, microSDHC, Transflash, SDIO
Cellular [...]
Rumour: Blackberry Pearl 2
Boy Genius Report is reporting that the new Blackberry Pearl 2 will be rolling out to Sprint around the US Thanksgiving.
The new Blackberry will have integrated GPS but will lack the WiFi most people were hoping for. A CDMA version of the Curve is also planned for release some time during the first quarter [...]
How To: Portable Cell Phone Jammer
Have you ever wanted to shut those people up who ride on the bus or subway with you? You know, the people who decide that everyone around them should be annoyed by their conversations. Here’s an awesome project that let’s you build your very own personal cell phone jammer. This project is recommended for advance [...]
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 do [...]
