Computer Hacks

 Augmented Reality Business Card

  Most business cards are boring, this Augmented Reality Business Card is anything but boring! I think it even tops the Planetary Gear Business Card, only issue is that you need a computer to see how cool it is. Via: Hack a Day "Inspired by this guy, I just got a fresh batch of business cards from moo.com. There’s not really enough space on a business card to explain yourself

EeePC901 LED E-mail Twitter and Pidgin Notifier Hack

  Here is a cool way to increase the functionality of your EeePC. Have a look at this hack that adds E-mail Twitter and Pidgin Notification using a RGB LED. Via: HG Forum "This is an interesting little modification that i have completed on my EeePC901. Based on an Atmel aTiny45 processor it’s function is relatively simple, but as it is built from scratch, the build took some interesting twists

P4 ATX to 14pin Compaq PSU Conversion

  Some computer companies like to keep their customers buying replacement parts direct from them and not from the local computer shop. That is the case with lots of products from the Compaq line. In this case the Compaq had a proprietary power supply but with a bit of hacking a normal one was able to be used. If you are ever in the situation where you have a Compaq

XBox 360 Laptop Version 5

  Ben Heck has just finished his latest hack which is version 5 of the XBox 360 Laptop. This time it looks even more polished than the previous versions. Unfortunately the laptop is spoken for so if you want one of these special units you may have to shell out some big bucks. Via: Techeblog “A few months ago I announced that I would be building a few more Xbox

Automatic Cat Food Dispenser

  This is a very cool Automatic Cat Food Dispenser project. Who wouldn’t want to feed their cats automatically. The project could have stopped at about 10 percent of where it is at and still accomplished the goal of automatic feeding but that would be no fun. If the project is worth doing it is worth over doing, and this is exactly what happened here. Andres Leon built this automatic

Loo Log - Washroom Usage Monitoring

  If you live in a house that has more people than washrooms you have probably come across the situation where you are waiting for one to free up. Sven has come up with a solution, use a microcontroller to capture usage information and graph it so that you can see what the typical usage patten is like! Have a look at the recent graphs for some additional details. 🙂

Rolling Apple Power Mac G4 Cube using LEGO NXT

  This Rolling Apple Power Mac G4 Cube hack will allow your computer to tell you how it feels. If you are over working it could turn and roll away. 🙂 That would be a great concept but the guts of the mod take up the entire inside of the box. 🙁 It still looks real cool to see a computer case driving around on a table! Via: The NXT