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The PlayStation 2 will always hold a special place in my heart, but the portable version seems to be a really bad idea. It does have the analogue and digital controls, with all the necessary shoulder buttons on the back. The game discs are also put in on the back, but this whole system is almost a little too bulky to be called portable. It�s easy to pull out a phone or a DS and play away seeing as they…
Clocks are interesting pieces of technology. They have been around in one form or another for centuries, and their primary function has changed very little. However, everything else about them is very different. From the parts used, the extra features to even the way they are read, they are nothing like their much older brethren. Want to play your own part in the evolution of the timepiece? You can, in a small way with this Arduino-based DOTKLOK. This clock was…
If anyone remembers the old live action Batman, one of the coolest things that he had in his house was his Shakespeare bust. The main reason this thing was awesome was that it had the secret button hidden under the head to open the door to the Batcave. Though we can�t all have a Batcave, we do now have access to a tutorial on how to make a remote control light switch hidden in the bust of a statue. This…
This How to Make a Photorealistic Gadget Pouch article is great. All you need is some ink printable canvas, fabric glue and scissors and you’re set to craft your own envy creating gadget pockets. Oh yeah and you’ll need a digital camera and some design ideas of course. You can even pad them to make them super protective for fragile items. Nice! Make these pouches any size you want: 2×3” to carry credit cards, 5×7” to carry makeup or tech gadgets….
Ahh steampunk. You always take things that are spiffy and new and turn them into things that are spiffy and old-fashioned. This CD player has got some boiler-esque flair, while also pulling off a modern look at the same time. The photos show the materials used, and some of the inner workings. Though there is no real need to have a CD player like this, you have to admit it�s pretty cool. If only they sold this kind of thing…
Ahh the netbook, we lost use for you some time ago. Those of you out there that still have one are probably thinking that they�ll sell it for way too cheap at a garage sale sometime soon. But wait! There is still a use for it! Sure, they’re a good fit for some people who need to do only a limited amount of web browsing and such, but they’re not great as an all-around portable computer. You can now turn…
In this age of electronic gadgets, it’s always good to do your part to be eco-friendly. It’s not always the easiest of tasks, but it can be fun at times. If you enjoy little DIY projects, then you might like the idea of converting your TV remote to recharge via solar power. The people over at Make have put together a nice little guide to turn any remote powered by AA or AAA batteries into a solar-charged device. It requires…
While email seems to be one of the primary ways to communicate with people these days, snail mail still has its place. Unfortunately that place is outside in a mailbox, which you have to go and check. And there’s nothing quite like bundling up and going out into cold, only to find that there’s no mail. Then you have to figure out if the mailman hasn’t been to your house yet, or if there was just no mail for you…
There are a few of us out there that wish we could go back to a simpler time, where electricity didn�t suck up such a huge portion of our paychecks. Ben Heck brings a little old fashion style to a modern piece of technology, the mobile phone charger. Heck is a classic geek whose mods landed him his own show. On the newest episode, we find that he has made a hand-crank charger for the Android. The kinetic charger uses…
There are very few ways in which Twitter can be made more available to us. We already have it programmed into our phones, on our computer, and we have our friends tweet for us if we don�t have our own tech around. There are some of us though, who want to go back to the way things were. A simpler, yet much more difficult time that had Morse code dots and dashes to get letters out bit by bit instead…
Coffee is the drink that keeps many people going throughout the day. Unfortunately, when you arrive home, or at the office to find that no one else has started a pot, it can be frustrating. So why not make sure that there is a fresh pot waiting for you by triggering it in advance? Since you don’t always know when you’ll be arriving, this takes a bit of clever hacking. This Tweet-a-Pot is a hack that allows you to send…
So many Tron fans have been trying to modify everything they own to come with bright lights and fancy stripes. Though I have no qualm with this whatsoever, I do find it terribly amusing. One of the more recent awesome yet hilarious things that has shown up is a Tron-inspired Segway. Though it doesn�t seem to be too awfully difficult to make, as it�s just reflective tape and a strand of blue LED Christmas lights, it�s still pretty spiffy looking….
In this day and age, there’s really no excuse for hardware not to be cross-compatible. This is something that’s bothered me about Microsoft’s Zune player for a long time. It took the iPod a little over a year to get official support for Windows machines (a year-and-a-half if you count the release of iTunes for Windows). The Zune has been out since late 2006, and you still can’t connect one to a Mac. What’s up with that, Microsoft? Well, if…
In this age of digital content, you can have access to so many things on a mobile device. Movies, music, and even books. Unfortunately with companies vying for your business, you can’t always get every piece of content to work on the device you’ve purchased. For instance, if you were to purchase a Nook, you would be unable to read a book purchased from Amazon on it. Of course, if you really want that book to work, it can be…
There’s something about crafting an object with your own two hands that makes it really special. Being able to look at it and say to yourself �I built that� gives you a great sense of pride. I do a bit of DIY work here and there, but nothing on a large scale. Never have I considered actually building an entire bike myself. It would seem that you can purchase a Bamboo Bike Kit, and do exactly that. This kit gives…
