Computer Hacks

Monitor Stereo

Chris Rybitski has converted an old monitor into a cool stereo display that uses LEDs. “My friend, Jeremy Worley came to me with a car stereo and an idea. He wanted to use the car stereo as a normal stereo because motorized faceplate no longer worked. We settled on an unusual case, but in the end it worked out well…”

USB WIFI Antenna

Looking for an inexpensive way to enhance your WIFI reception? You simple have to raid your kitchen cupboards to do it with this project. “I did not have immediate access to “Chinese parabolic cookware” however I will use one next time. instead, I used an eight inch strainer , without the strainer I do not get a signal in my house. this entire instructable has been uploaded via the strainer/usb

Glowing Keyboard Mod

This is a cool mod that get some light inside a computer without using LEDs! Instead the creator used some electroluminescent wire. “This is my glowing keyboard mod.It is lit up with neon (electroluminescent) wire. I decided to use blue beacuse my case is blue and the whole set up is blue/red themed, and since red is too harsh on the eyes I chose blue. I also addes a switch

DIY Wafer-thin keyboard

Need a space saving keyboard? Make your own! “After taking an ancient “Microsoft Internet Keyboard” apart, turns out it’s a rather simple mod to convert it to a wafer-thin, touch sensitive, transparent beast. Little bit of duck tape, and it’s perfect :). How it works: There are 3 plastic layers. Two, on top and bottom, have the contacts that touch each other to form a keypress. The middle one has

Convert a Picture into ASCII

Click on the images above to see some amazing ASCII work. The IMG2TXT: ASCII Art Made Easy page makes quick work out of any picture. “This script takes the URL of a GIF, JPG, or PNG image and converts that image into ASCII text or colored HTML. Not very useful, but pretty cool.” Via: Kahsoon

Flame Case Mod

Have a look at this wild Flame Case Mod. Not the everyday oval window by any stretch! The quote is translated, not extremely well though… “AfterBurned are of weinige real recent co-mods. The mod have been built by Sander “Blackcrown” of Heerde and Kevin “Piet_Friet” Kijzerwaard in only 3.5 month. On the question if they wanted write so-called caseview for case junkies the answer was directly: “tuurlijk.” Concerning AfterBurned, Blackcrown

Car PC Build

Not the easiest thing to install, but the results are fantastic. Read more about the Car PC Build here. “What’s a CarPC? Simply put, it’s a PC that goes into your car. This can be easily and clumsily done with a laptop and a stereo that has a line-in adapter, but for a more permanent and elegant solution, you need to do some tweaking. Luckily, that’s one of the areas