The power of a modern cell phone is changing how many things are done today. For example I recently heard that the once CPU taxing program Myst was now available for the iPhone. I think I had to upgrade my video card to play that game years ago. Thanks to a Microsoft grant some software was developed to display data from a USB Ultrasound device. This technology allows for
On Fridays Adafruit has some hardware fun. This week the top of an old pager was cracked open. There is a radio receiver inside that is constantly listening to the frequency that the pager is on. It is demonstrated that there is serial data that can be seen leaving the radio receiver chip. On an upcoming hack the data will be fed into a computer and the stream of
Keeping track of paper receipts is a pain. I have lost a few here and there and later needed them to get warranty work done. Some stores are starting to offer receipt re-printing based on your credit card number but you would still need to go back to the store and wait in line for the re-print. It would be great if all your receipts were automatically stored in
It wasn’t until Daniel sent in the video of his Coil Gun in action that I learned about the cool High Speed Casio Exilim family of cameras. These cameras look and function like normal cameras except they have a super slow motion mode. Have a look at the video above to see what is possible with the camera, you need to stick it out till the one minute mark
Not exactly sure how much plastic hose was used to make this cool sculpture but it is probably at least 100 feet. If you are going to the Maker Fair in San Mateo look for this water sculpture to be on display. Via: Digg
Sensory House made a version of Hard Drive Oscilloscope that was build a few years ago. The effects of the Sensory House version is great, the effects are nice and big! Thanks for listing us as your resource. 🙂
The guys over at TechRestore take lots of technology apart to show us how it works. They made one of the best screen backgrounds that I have ever seen. It is a picture of what is literally behind the screen! This isn’t an amazing feat of technological wonder, but sometimes it’s the little things that make me smile. Have a look at the PSP deconstruction video below, that video
