This Russian forum has some really neat photos of a couple interesting PC case mods – the first is a metal milk tin. The mod adds a clear window, cow print fur and stuffed cow which looks out. The second is a metal waste paper basket. Thanks Karel! Link.
DIY iPod nano case – iNano writes “I took the foam and cut a wedge out, and glued it into the case. Then I took the cloth and glued it down inside the top part of the case. I made two foam strips to hold the nano in place, and glued them down as well. I got some sandpaper and brushed the whole tin, excluding the red and white sides. I stuck an apple sticker on the front and outlined it in red, to make it look cool. I still need to drill a hole for headphone cables”… [via]. Link. On a side note, does anyone have a contact at Altoids? Email pt at makezine d0t com.
When children play with toy cars they tell stories, adding their own narration, voice-overs, and special effects. The HotCam is a manual control toy car with an onboard video camera and microphone. The car enables children to record certain “scenes” in their own stories. They can then “play” the captured scenes through a TV, re-experience their stories and share them with parents, siblings and friends in a similar way to something as traditional and tangible as a painted picture or clay model. [via]. Link.
This will allow you to put more than 100 songs on the “iTunes phone” along with a couple other things …hack for the new Motorola ROKR (merging several MP3s into one will let you store WAY more than 100 songs on the DRM enabled phone). However Chapterizer definitely IS useful for lots of other stuff... Link.
Follow up on the solar powered scooter – With Don approaching 1,000 solar-powered miles (he has 932 and counting), Don’s scooter seems to still be going strong. In fact, it has been five months since Don last had to charge it. In those five months, Don has been driving his scooter almost every day going around 11 miles on the average day. By occasionally giving his scooter a day off, he is able to make sure that his scooter always has a charge. Link.
Excellent interview over at Gizmodo – Among certain fetishistic subcultures of the consumer electronics world, there seems to be a common credo: “If it’s not hackable, it’s worthless.” Putting this saying to the test is Roger Ibars, a designer-slash-researcher based in London. Ibars’ work involves hacking into and “modding” vintage console game controllers and other devices such as alarm clocks and calculators. Link.
My pal Mike made his own duct tape iPod nano case – “I got annoyed that nobody was shipping Nano cases until next month. So I made my own. Badly”. He uses it for running. Link.
