For light use the Eee PC by Asus looks like a nice small low power computer but it is lacking some of the built in items that you may want. Have no fear this Asus Eee PC Hack shows you that it is totally upgradeable with a little skill and time. "There are several points on the motherboard where power can be draw, for devices requiring 3.3v or 5v.
The Trons is one band that will sound the same in concert and on their recordings! "The Trons are a completely self playing robotic junk band! They are made mostly from old computer and mechanical parts and play original songs using an array of old amps and instruments. They now have five gigs under their belt and have just completed Hamilton’s Ignition Fringe Festival." Via: Pixel y Dixel
Do you live in a rough neighborhood? Instead of getting a dog for you backyard have a look at this Paintball Sentry Gun (http://www.paintballsentry.com). When you go out for the day just turn it on and you will be totally protected. When you return you will probably have to escort a few kids out from behind your tree where they took cover but that is a small price to
Ron Tajima has built a cool robot using a Roomba and a Wiimote. iRobot (the creators of the Roomba) have gone all out to make the platform friendly for the hackers (PDF). "I changed my wonderful roomba into an ordinary dull vacuum clearner using a remote controller of Wii" Via: Hack a Wii
Eliot Phillips from Hack a Day posted an interesting article about some tests that were done to determine if time slows down during high adrenalin situations. It looks like it does! A person was dropped from a tower and attempted to read a flashing display during the fall. Prior to falling the test subject could not read the display but was able to read the first digit perfectly during
Why go to all the trouble of dialing the phone to order a pizza. Now you can Order Dominos Pizza via Command Line. Looks like this can’t work here in Canada though. 🙁 I think it would be cool to setup a crontab to automatically order a pizza for you on a schedule. 🙂 I can just imagine when this catches on and you call to ask a question
Chris Tarnovsky, the owner of Flylogic Engineering spoke to Wired about some of his Smart Card Hacking techniques. It involves lots of dangerous acids to burn off some of the protective layers so it isn’t a DIY project. He is able to probe a data bus on the chip and read or inject information! Below is an image from his blog that shows another chip that has been modified
