Expect someone to make a DIY version soon, but this is really neat. Cellpod is a quick attach – quick release tripod for your cell phone camera. Now you can take a nicely framed shot just like a traditional camera and actually get in the picture yourself. Cellpod weighs 2 ounces and can fit in the palm of your hand. It is easy to use and easy to carry. [via] Link.
This fellow made a prom night tux from a ton of Coke cans. Not only is the entire tux made from Coke cans, but the creator of this fine attire made a corsage for his date, nicely done. Thanks Kaden! See also duct tape prom dresses… Link.
Dave Zantz is up to his TiVo hacking tricks again. He informs us that TiVo Series 2 DVRs have a hidden web server integrated into the system that allows remote access to stored video content. Dave says, “it’s no Slingbox, but for many people it doesn’t require any additional equipment or expense.” Link.
Here’s a HOW TO on copying a CD (with live material, for example) to a single AAC file w/ embedded Track info for duplication with iTunes or listening truely gapless on a modern iPod. iTunes 4.9 introduced “Enhanced Podcasting Technology”. iTunes also has “Audiobook Technology”. This technique involves combining the two. Your resulting file will benefit from both. For example, images could be placed in the file (covered elsewhere) that change as the tracks/chapters do (like enhanced podcasts), and listening position is stored (like an audiobook). Link.
Designer Gina Reimann looks to the past for inspiration with her nomination for concept watch of the future. Billed as a sundial for the 22nd century, the Orbit use natural sunlight to tell the time with the help of a simple compass interface. At night, pushing a button illuminates a bright LED that simulates the sun’s shadow. And if that isn’t enough, there’s also a digital display of ‘world’ time – a hypothetical international time without time zones. No word on whether this will will ever see the ‘light’ of day. Link.
“The first time we looked through it we looked at the moon, and it was like, oh my God, this is so cool, and we built it, it is ours,” said Katie Barmazel, 15. As part of the project, the three teenagers also hand-ground their own 8-inch mirror, a job that took 270 hours and propelled them to both Merit and Astronomers Choice awards at the Riverside Telescope Makers Conference, winning over 600 other entries. Link.
MAKE Magazine will be covering the annual hacker conference DEFCON in Las Vegas July 29th to the 31st. If you plan to attend we’ve put together an iPod notes version of the schedule for all three days of DEFCON as well the complete speaker list. Download this zip for the schedule and this zip for the speakers. Unzip the files and place the folder(s) in the notes folder on your iPod. If you want to get “live” audio and video coverage from DEFCON click this link and click SUBSCRIBE. This will automatically download the content via iTunes all next week.
