Gaming

Where Were You 20 Years Ago Wireless-Super-Nintendo-Controller-Mod?

Before the advent of wireless controllers video game consoles were built like tanks to survive the countless times they’d be inevitably yanked to the ground when someone tripped over a cable. If only the wireless technology needed for this hack existed 20 years ago.


December 21, 2011
Geek Out

Siri Plays The Piano Better Than She Gives Directions

Siri has been something if a disappointment so far — more flash than substance — but this particular trick is a mighty impressive novelty. A neat new hack lets Siri play music on a Yamaha Disklavier player piano from music files in your library.


October 31, 2011
Software

Jailbroken iPhone 4 And iPod Touch Run Limited Siri

A hacker group has successfully ported Siri over to jailbroken iPhone 4′s and 4th-gen iPod touches, marking the beginning of what could be a “whack a mole” response from Apple as it attempts to block the 4S’s “killer feature”.


October 11, 2011
Science

View Small Things On Your iPhone With This Microscope Mod

UC-Davis researchers developed a lens that’ll turn your iPhone or any camera-enabled smartphone into a 350x microscope. The mod is a simple 1mm ball lens mounted in rubber that’s taped to your phone’s camera. It costs about $US40.


October 4, 2011
Computing

Modder Recreates First PC From Scratch

The Kenbak-1 is 40 years old, runs at 1MHz, and can’t do very much besides blink. But computers had a humble start in this little guy, and modder Mark Wilson replicated the antique with 21st century parts.


September 13, 2011
Mobile

Make Your iPhone Logo Glow With This Hardware Mod

iPatch, a UK-based iPhone repair company, has developed a hardware mod that’ll add a backlight to your iPhone’s logo. Similar to Apple’s line of computers, the logo will glow when the phone’s display turns on.


August 7, 2011
Geek Out

Not Only Does This Nerf Lancer Fire Darts, It’s Fully Automatic

Sure, Nerf Lancers have been done before, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be done better. This one, from reader Nick G, is also for sale on eBay.


July 24, 2011
Gadgets

This Delightful USB Desk Bell Could Result In Violence

Get me this DIY USB Desk Bell for my desk immediately! I plan to place it on said desk and use it to command an army of interns to do my bidding and/or a Pavlov’s Dog activity involving coffee,


July 12, 2011
Gaming

A Machine That Changes Xbox 360 Discs For You

My TV has a remote. Ditto my surround sound. My Xbox 360 can be turned on remotely with my control pad. And yet, when I want to change the disc, I have to get up. On my feet. Which is never where I want to be.


June 20, 2011
Gaming

Receipt Racer Is A Modern Day Ode To Obsolete Printers Long Gone

Designers Joshua Noble, Martin Fuchs and Philip Whitfield breathed new, modern-day life into this archaic receipt printer by combing it with a PlayStation controller, light sensors and some Spy Hunter-esque gameplay mechanics.