Bluetooth keyboard hack for jailbroken iPhones
If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone and want to use a bluetooth keyboard with it you can now download BTstack Keyboard in the Cydia Store.
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Cool maze-box on Thingiverse
Thingiverse user wizard23 designed this cool puzzle box (which he calls the “A-Mazing Box”) using a custom Python script and Clifford Wolf’s freeware OpenSCAD program, then printed it on a MakerBot. His script lets you import your own maze as a PNG so you can design one with a unique solution.
Geektastic wall clock
Now that’s a geeky clock! GeekCook
Sweet vacuum tube clock build
Jason von Nieda put together this awesomely dramatic vacuum tube clock built around a Russian IV-18 nixie tube. He sites Adafruit’s Ice Tube Clock for inspiration and credits John Pfeiffer for the enclosure design.
Hack the box to get to the phone
Nokia has been struggling a bit this year, but this “hack it” to get your phone unboxing is pretty interesting. Once you “root” the box it opens up and a little puff of smoke appears, along with your phone (if you’re a phone / gadget reviewer). It’s interesting to see what’s been happening on the […]
Virtual iPhone in AR app on iPhone
This augmented reality app from Ogmento for Orange Israel features an interactive virtual iPhone hovering over a stylized marker. The demo allows the user to control the virtual iPhone through its touch interface and superimposes it over a realtime camera view.
USB Hourglass random number generator
This is my new favorite random number generator. It watches falling sand in an hourglass with an optical sensor. That data is sent via the Arduino USB output to the PC where it’s analyzed. This entropy is useful for all your random number needs. My favorite part: when the hourglass runs dry a servo motor flips it over and it starts again.