Personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock
Here’s something for someone that has everything: a personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock.
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Root an HTC Hero running Android
In this video David from theunlockr.com shows us how to root the Hero, HTC’s latest Android phone. With a rooted Hero you can do all kinds of fun stuff like run apps and swap space from an SD card in addition to running apps as a privileged user.
3D-fabbed “owl wrap” for headphones
Eric Weinhoffer made this owl wrap for his Skullcandy Ink’d in-ear headphones on his Makerbot. Owl Headphone Wrap More: John Park’s earbud owl 3D-printed 7-piece puzzle cube
Inflatable buttons
Folks at Carnegie Mellon are developing displays with inflatable buttons to make for a tactile touch screen. The video has got to be seen to be believed. Via Core77.
DIY Hoffman box
Mobile developer Steve Bull needed to do some signal testing to pass the certification process for an app he was writing, so he improvised this Hoffman Box using pots and pans found in his kitchen.
Laptop stand modded for coolness
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member Jeremy Pavleck modded a Belkin CushTop Notebook Stand by adding 2 LED PC fans + DC jack & switch – more pics in the project’s photo set.
iPhone + Wiimote … together at last
Ubiq_01 points out this vid demonstrating the use of a wiimote over iPhone’s bluetooth connections – The video first shows the iPhone’s AirPlane mode activated before starting an OpenGL-ES Demo. In the demo, the orientation of the virtual WiiMote is controlled by a physical WiiMote over a Bluetooth connection. For this demo, the portable Bluetooth […]