How-To: Use SlingPlayer iPhone app over 3G
Folks looking for a little tube time with the new SlingPlayer iPhone app whilst bounding about outside of their Wi-Fi comfort zone can breathe easy again.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Android handset as Wii-style controller
Using the compass and accelerometer in the G1, Jubei has turned his Android handset into a Wii-style controller.
Naguino: an Arduino-based LCD monitor for Nagios and Incinga
Maker Jan-Piet Mens has fashioned a rather useful network monitoring device using an Arduino Duemillanove, Arduino Ethernet Shield and S65 shield.
Android “Cupcake” widgets
Starting today T-mobile will start pushing the latest Android update to folks with G1 smartphones. One of the more interesting features of Android 1.5 “Cupcake” is the ability to author widgets.
Keyboard pants
WAY back in the day, in the early ’90s, my Hypercard programming partner, Peter Sugarman, published a concept piece in Mondo 2000, in my “Street Tech” column, on “keyboard chaps,” a two-piece split keyboard you could strap onto your thighs so you could type just as soon as twiddle your fingers. I’ve seen several attempts […]
Bluetoothing a motorcycle helmet
This how-to shows you how to add a bluetooth wireless headset inside of a full-face motorcycle helmet. Bluetooth Motorcycle Helmet DIY Design
iPhone controlled LEGO robot
BattleBricks posted awesome building instructions on how to get your own iPhone controlled LEGO robot working! This is a demonstration of iPhone to Lego NXT Robot communication via the Safari browser and Lego’s Light Sensor. To build this, you’ll need a laptop, two iPhones, and a Lego NXT Robotics Kit. First, build your robot. Second […]