Beagle Board – 2-Watts Of Linux Power

If you are looking for a Linux powered machine that has an extremely small footprint and only drains 2 watts of power look no further. The Beagle Board is an embedded platform perfect for all things hackable. It’s based on the TI OMAP3 processor and comes with 128MB of DDR RAM and 256MB of NAND [...]

3G, GPS, MobileMe, Oh My

After all of the rumours (what else is new) the 3G iPhone is finally here. Hits the shelves on July 11th (in Canada too!) $199 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB Black, with a white 16GB model GPS In a clear action of trying to play catch up to Google, Apple also announced a suite of [...]

IR Speeds Hit 1Gbps

Truth be told that the IR (Infared) port on my PDA’s and old laptops never saw much use since it was painfully slow to actually do anything via IR, and with Bluetooth and WiFi dominating the wireless transfer airwaves why would anyone bother with that old IR technology? KDDI R&D Laboratories are about to change [...]

Maxed Out Mac Requires A Mortgage

Since Apple announce earlier this week new Desktop machines, and since I’m due a new Desktop to work on, I figured what the hell lets hit the Apple store online and see what I could build. They offer so much, so many options, so many toys, so many bells and whistles. I figured let’s load [...]

Mac Error Confusion

Last month I was in Vancouver for a round of taping of the Lab with Leo Laporte TV show when this somewhat odd error window pop’s up on my screen. “The wireless network appears to have been compromised and will be disabled for about a minute.” I have never in my years seen this one, [...]

Bluetooth iPod Hack

I’m just a sucker for a good iPod hack since it’s the 2 most used device I own (Yes, the first is my crackberry). If your willing to put your iPod’s life in peril then this hack is for you. Actually, it’s not that bad, a steady hand and some decent soldering skills is all [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Awesome chameleon furniture

The Fuwapica furniture, which is currently on display at the Siggraph show, uses sensors embedded in the top to figure out the color of any item that is placed on it. The color of the stools then change to match the color of whatever has been placed on the sensitive tabletop. Sensors in the stools [...]

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 [...]

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