Boot Android from live CD
Live-Android’s disk image allows you to boot from a CD and is the easiest way to get the system running on your device in its current form.
Computers & Mobile
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Eee atTiny45 USB LED message notifier mod
Maker Justblair managed to cram an atTiny45, 2 diodes, a half-dozen resistors, and a 5mm RGB LED “deadbug” style into the screen housing of his EeePC901, so he can receive email, Twitter, and Pidgin notifications.
Simon Mwaura’s junk-built home automation system
The really cool thing about the maker featured in this YouTube video is that his home automation system is cobbled together from salvaged components and bits of junk. My advice is to ignore the insipid voice-over and fast-forward to 0:23, where the good stuff starts. Via AfriGadget.
Creating a continous inking printer
There are few personal tech indignities that get me more riled up than the cost of printer ink, the control of the ink trade by the big printer companies, and the inability of most cartridges to be user-refillable. So I love this ol’ hack, from 2002, that’s resurfaced on the hack sites. It takes an […]
Classic Mac iPhone felt
In a follow-up to Adam’s Game Boy iPhone felt case, Seth Jordan sent us a link to this cute little felt case with the classic Mac on it. You can buy them on Etsy if you don’t care to make your own. Mac Classic iPhone Case Delivers Instant iDrool
Tour de France chalkbot
I was disappointed to see this chalk-printing trailer, for the riders in the Tour de France, is towed behind a truck, not a bike like it’s predecessor. It looks like it works pretty well, though. The main problem with the original Bikes Against Bush prototype was the huge computer that had to be lugged around […]
iDoor, the iPhone controlled hydraulic dorm room door
Maker Chris Varenhorst’s iDoor is a hydraulic door controlled by an iPhone or when security isn’t a concern, a secret knock.