“Gimme Sugar” is a gesture-based controller for a sugar dispenser built with a MX2125 Dual-axis Accelerometer. Pretty cool except that it might be a self-perpetuating sugar rush as you typically begin to gesture more, the more you consume sugar. Details on the project at the link below. Gimme Sugar – Link
Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes: What can you do with a busted (or merely obsolete) chip? Well, you can always make a trivet or even chip bugs. But here’s a new one: Alejandro Gonzalez found that you could make a BristleBot by bending the pins of the chip. Clever! Chip bristlebot – [via] […]
Unlike USB2, the Firewire spec allows devices to have full DMA access. By impersonating the appropriate device, a PC can essentially obtain full read/write access to another machine’s RAM, just by connecting the two machines with a Firewire cable. Adding to the recent discussion about the insecurities of physical access and Princeton’s cold-boot RAM dump […]
Openmoko is an open source cell phone that runs a version of Linux. The creators have now published the CAD files for the Neo enclosure, bring the openness to a whole new level. You can design your own phone! – [via] Link. Related: OpenMoko: $300 Linux-powered mobile phone – Link.
We’re not exactly sure how someone managed to stuff an NES inside a tennis shoe, but it’s got to be one of the coolest hacks to this retro gaming system that we’ve seen. Let’s just hope that there’s no toe jam on your Metroid cartridge. [via], Link
The “Mouseboy” by Aaron Myradon, is a fully functional optical Nintendo Gameboy mouse. The “A” and “B” buttons on the device function as right and left clicks. Pretty nice hack although we wonder if this gives you worse RSI than a standard mouse. Original Gameboy Mouse – Link
Most Arduinians. . . err Arduinoers . . . ok – ‘Arduino fans’ may have already seen this, but for those who haven’t: The Arduino Programming Notebook by Brain W. Evans is a straightforward rundown of the basic code used with the ever-popular open-source platform. It’s similar to what can be found on the Arduino.cc […]
