Been reading for a while and not quite sure where to jump in? Maybe you would just like to learn more details? Hardware modding/hacking is lots of fun, and can have a very rewarding outcome. For starters, here is a great article for beginners, covering pretty much all the bases. Also Wikipedia is an excellent source for some beginner knowledge, everything from capacitors, to resistors, to solder, and much much
Bob Davis shares his technique to repair laptop LCD display using some white LEDs. Bob has lots of interesting hacks documented and has some cool videos on Youtube. “You first need to remove the screen from the laptop computer. Then you need to remove the metal trim at the bottom of the screen, assuming that is where the light is located. Some screens have connections to the screen that go
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a multi tool that should help you hack your latest project. This contest will run for this weekend only (January 5 – 6, 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
PvP_LostKnight from Acid Mods has managed to fit a 30GB hard drive into a Play Station Portable. Once the USB cables has been moved to the inside this mod will be perfect. Apparently there is no limit so a 200GB drive could be next! Thanks Robin.
Cynergy Labs is working on some cool technology! Using the concepts that Johnny Chung Lee introduced as a building block. This system uses the Wiimote as a camera looking at the users fingers to determine what the user wants to do. I can see this technology being built into laptops and other computer system in the near future to be used at an additional input device. “Maestro brings together Microsoft
Matthieu Aubry, Julien Rouvière and Xavier Maurice have developed a drum system that uses two cameras to track drum sticks in real-time. This allows the player to drum away on virtual drums, the computer analyzes what the player is hitting in the virtual world and plays the corresponding sounds. Video after the jump. “Video acquisition of the 2 cameras simultaneously, at a frequency of 30Hz. At this step, image data
Joe over at Hack N Mod took a bunch of our super bright LEDs to create some cool fiber optic displays. He goes over the basic steps in the video below so that you can make your own.
