Sony Hyper Dragging Desktop
Sony’s new invention. Drag&Drop anwhere you want. read more | digg story
September 2006
Simmons Hall Two-Story LED Display
Using a PIC16F877A microcontroller and some high current electronics a grid of windows was turned into a huge LED display. Seems like students at MIT have lots of tech fun! “The Simmons LED Display is a home-made two-story high 6×6 array of windows outfitted with ultra-cool Luxeon LXHL-LR3C Royal Blue LEDs. It is located in the exercise room of the architecturally infamous Simmons Hall, a residence hall designed by
Hacked Coke Machines
Looks like the average joe can now read about Coke machine programing. Seems that the service manual is now readily available. When are companies going to learn to guard this material better? Go here to see a video of someone getting into the machine menu. “COIN PAYOUT ROUTINE This function allows you to dump coins from the coin mechanism. Press select button 4 to enter mode and the lowest coin
ATM Hack
When the manuals are provided online and the default passwords are not changed on most system when installed you are just asking for problems. I think the main problem with this system is that you can enter programming mode straight from the keypad, this is convenient however it would be much more secure if the operator was required to unlock the front of the machine and flip a service
Rechargeable USB Battery
When I think of USB and batteries I automatically think of a device that uses a battery to make 5 Volts and outputs it using a USB jack. Moixa is doing the opposite, it uses a standard USB port to charge batteries. Best of all the plug is built into the battery. “No, they’re not the latest USB Flash drives in a fancy casing – Moixa’s USB Cell products are
Rybitski LED Tree
Chris Rybitski has made a creative LED tree using some new parts and some well placed recycled items. “All of the LEDs have a common ground (the 14 bare copper wires that are all soldered together to form a bouquet of wires). An insulated wire is then solderet to the anode of the leds and wrapped around the bare copper wire. Parts: * 14 ultrabright blue LED’s * xbox 360
Strida Folding Bike
This is a go anywhere/store anywhere bike. The Strida is sure to turn some heads! “Features a rear pulley drive train kevlar belt drive rated up to 50,000 miles is greaseless and ultra durable. Strida is designed to need only a single speed. the gearing is 56 gear inches, roughly equivalent to 4th gear on a ten speed bike. Injection molded 16″ wheels are rustproof and never need truing.