Using a custom rig with a fixed lens, a remote controlled helicopter rig, various articulated mounts and a Nokia N8 smartphone, an independent film crew captured an entire feature-length movie...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday December 1st, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | No Comments
Can you run Android 4 .0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on an N900? Why, yes you can. Congratulations to Drunkdebugger and crew for cranking out a preX2-alpha release video. It still...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday November 29th, 2011 3:30 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 2 Comments
What a difference a couple of years make. Back in 2009, you had to scrounge together a bunch of lenses and glue them to a jar lid if you wanted...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday November 23rd, 2011 3:30 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | No Comments
For those of you who love using your smartphone while cycling in the rain, there's this nifty hack from North Carolina maker jalexartis. After mounting your handset using your favorite...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday November 18th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Fun & Games | 3 Comments
Here’s a novel way to take measurements using sound waves with an iPhone. German developer Florian Student’s Acoustic Ruler Pro for iOS will measure distances up to 25 meters by...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday November 14th, 2011 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Tools | 6 Comments
One of the projects featured at the Mini Maker Faire was Ytai Ben-Tsvi’s IOIO, an Android hardware accessory kit that predated the Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK), and is a...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Sunday October 30th, 2011 5:30 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
Somerset catering manager, Trevor Prideaux, found that he was having trouble texting ever since he upgraded his handset to a smartphone. Ultimately, this didn't stop Trevor. The resourceful Mr. Prideaux...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday October 28th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Hacks | No Comments
Users of the Scratch visual programming language can now add an Android handset to their arsenal of plug and play tools. Using the Scratch Sensor app on your handset will...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday October 21st, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Fun & Games | No Comments
Yes, you can cross-stitch your own artwork onto this nifty iPhone 4 case. What got me excited about it was that you could just as easily cross-stitch soft circuits on...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday October 19th, 2011 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft | 1 Comment
First Chess, then Jeopardy, now the Rubic's Cube. Mike Dobson and David Gilday's CubeStormer II Rubic's Cube solving robot successfully beat Australian Feliks Zemdegs' 5.66 second record by solving a...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday October 18th, 2011 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Fun & Games, Robotics | No Comments
Once again, it would appear that the folks over at iFixit have let all of the magic smoke out of the latest iPhone. This time around they were confronted with...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Friday October 14th, 2011 4:00 AM
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Danish art collective Illutron, who we mentioned earlier this week, has another video showing a cool project that might be described as mated geocache boxes that direct participants to find...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday September 15th, 2011 7:47 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 4 Comments
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