hacks
Gadgets
Build Your Own Life HUD With A Smartphone And Cardboard
1:34AM John Herrman | A cardboard box, sliced to pieces, taped together, fastened to a pair of work goggles and capped off with an HTC Magic: this is what DIY augmented reality looks like, right now. More »
LED Pocket Watch Will Have You Considering Monocles, Moustaches
4:20AM Sean Fallon | Using one of his Grandfather’s broken old pocket watches as a starting point, one modder [Paul Pounds] skilled in the ways of microelectronics replaced the face with a system of 133 hand soldered LEDs. More »
Computers
3:22AM Sean Fallon | Everybody’s favourite hackintoshable netbook, the Dell Mini 9, has yet another identity — it can be converted into a pretty fantastic internet slate PC/tablet. More »
Dell Mini 9 Netbook Converted Into An Internet Tablet
3:22AM Sean Fallon | Everybody’s favourite hackintoshable netbook, the Dell Mini 9, has yet another identity — it can be converted into a pretty fantastic internet slate PC/tablet. More »
Games
Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs
5:30AM Jack Loftus | Seriously, what is wrong with the PSPGo? Is the handheld so ho-hum that people are purposefully modding it into awful things, or is it just a really hard device to work with? More »
Games
NES Controller Mod Unlocks With Pure Nostalgia
3:00AM Jack Loftus | The “security code” installed on this NES controller flash storage mod isn’t going to keep anyone from accessing the files inside, but that’s not really the point: More »
Games
Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind LEDs
1:00AM Jack Loftus | One intrepid PSPGo owner, no doubt frustrated, like Mark was, with the portable’s strange pricing structure and continued lack of dual thumb sticks, has attempted to spruce it up with a bit of colour. More »
Computers
2:30PM Adrian Covert | Because the one sentence written about this miniature-living-room-inside-a-PC-case was composed in Russian, I’ll just say this — whoever created it is awesome, but they might also be a serial killer. More »
Russian Casemod Freak Builds A Living Room Inside His PC
2:30PM Adrian Covert | Because the one sentence written about this miniature-living-room-inside-a-PC-case was composed in Russian, I’ll just say this — whoever created it is awesome, but they might also be a serial killer. More »
Peripherals
4:20AM Mark Wilson | OK, I think the whole DIY iPhone dock war has officially come to an end with this 100% whole wheat bread dock. The enthusiasm is sweet, but please don’t sacrifice any more perfectly good food to fandom. [Flickr via iPhoneSavior]
iPhone Dock Made From Bread Kills That Meme
4:20AM Mark Wilson | OK, I think the whole DIY iPhone dock war has officially come to an end with this 100% whole wheat bread dock. The enthusiasm is sweet, but please don’t sacrifice any more perfectly good food to fandom. [Flickr via iPhoneSavior]
Phones
Bluetooth Bear Is An Adorable And Unsettling Way To Make Calls
12:40AM Adam Frucci | This teddy bear has been hacked to “talk” when you make a call through it using Bluetooth. Great if you’re talking to your kids from a business trip, probably less good for conference calls. [Thanks, Luke!]
Computers
6:33PM Danny Allen | Modder extraordinaire, Ben Heck, is back in form with a sleek pin-striped laptop based on the new PS3 Slim. Like his Xbox 360 laptop, it has a big 17-inch Gateway 1775W screen (1280×720 resolution). Watch his walk-through: More »
Ben Heck’s PS3 Slim Laptop Is Monochromatic Cool
6:33PM Danny Allen | Modder extraordinaire, Ben Heck, is back in form with a sleek pin-striped laptop based on the new PS3 Slim. Like his Xbox 360 laptop, it has a big 17-inch Gateway 1775W screen (1280×720 resolution). Watch his walk-through: More » 
