Relays can do cool stuff when you hook them up to the Internet. Check out XDA member JsChiSurf demonstrate his Android controlled garage door opener. Using an old Linux box...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday February 3rd, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | 3 Comments
Conceived as a simple way to record both sides of a conversation in a single shot for a documentary about love filmed in Paris, The Love Box has a name...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday January 26th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | 28 Comments
Reportedly, fully 20 percent—some 200 million—of the world’s mobile devices incorporate a clear cover made of Corning’s Gorilla Glass brand toughened aluminosilicate glass. Depending on the particular test used to...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday January 24th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Science | 7 Comments
It's not quite as dramatic as Minority Report, but this ad hoc presentation by Kinect hacker DDRBoxman of Recursive Penguin seems to have recreated something strikingly similar to the gestural...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday January 24th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | No Comments
Use the camera in your Android smartphone to detect radiation with the Radioactivity Counter app from Rolf-Dieter Klein. Just place a small piece of black tape over the camera lens,...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday January 16th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Science | 15 Comments
It's hard not to get excited when you see assistive technology like the sign language interpreting Show and Tell Glove from Tel Aviv area makers Oleg Imanilov, Zvika Markfield, and...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday January 12th, 2012 3:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | 5 Comments
Don't you just hate it when your smartphone runs out of juice? If you're like me, you're probably not far from an open USB port, so you're set if you're...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday January 5th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | 7 Comments
Almost every time I attempt to shoot video with a handset I end up inadvertently covering up the microphone or lens, which can be a real drag when I go...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday December 20th, 2011 2:00 AM
Categories: 3D Printing, Computers & Mobile | 1 Comment
The Opena is the brainchild of Melbourne area makers Robert Ward and Chris Peters. Besides protecting your handset from the occasional ding, it's also handy with liberating the contents of...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday December 13th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | No Comments
Just because your device doesn't do what you want it to, doesn't mean you should give up and accept what is handed to you. This N900 game controller from Polish...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday December 13th, 2011 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
This year's hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes definitely inspired me to dust off the emergency gear in my basement, such as the battery-powered lanterns, the shortwave radio, the first aid kit,...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday December 7th, 2011 2:00 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Energy | No Comments
Flipping though an in-flight magazine on a recent trip, I came across this fantastically absurd iPhone telephoto lens kit from Photojojo. The sample images I’ve seen are decent considering it’s...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday December 2nd, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | 4 Comments
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