September 6, 2008

Show us your Workbench Contest

  I have seen lots of very interesting workbenches over the years that use some creative ideas to save time and add functionality. The one below was featured on Make last year, the creator had limited space and needed a small setup that would provided big functionality. I would like to see what other ideas are available to make our hacking and building lives easier. The prize for this contest

My 2.0 Home - Pipe Organ Chair

  The gang at My 2.0 Home have put together many cool projects over the last while. All of their projects are off the wall and well documented. Once you are done with the Pipe Organ Chair video above get a sneak peek behind the scenes and see the setup where everything comes together. I sure wish I had a stocked tool area like that. 🙂  

Steal Credit Card Numbers Wireless using RFID

  I am not very impressed with the lack of security that is used in the Credit Card RFID. With the advance in technology and the easy of use for online purchases I would have thought that any new technology that was layered onto the existing credit card system would have been so robust that a hacker would not give it a second look. When RFID empnanted credit cards become

Name the Thing Contest - 59

  This contest will run for one week (Sept 6 – Sept 11, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.   Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body