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Jay writes – Here’s a step by step tutorial on how to “refill” laptop batteries by replacing the Li-Ion cells. By purchasing higher capacity cells than your laptop uses normally, you can super-charge your battery life! Jay’s Technical Talk รยป Refilling laptop batteries! – Link.
This is pretty neat, the prototype was made with a 3D printer too– Neochroma is a mobile phone attachment that puts a big screen into the palm of your hand. The installed base of camera phones has reached 850 million in 2006. 1.5 billion are predicted for 2010 (source: Lyra Research). While billions of shots […]
This is pretty straight forward, this maker took apart one of those hand cranked flashlights and soldered in a plug for his phone – this video shows you how – Use A Flashlight To Power Your… Video – Link.
Samantha writes – I turned the shell of my dead iMac into a bedside lamp with an LED light from IKEA. Mmm, limelight! Diary of a Necromancer – Little Miss Cleverpants – Link.
Here’s a special post from Hackszine – great way to follow all the authors from our HACKS series…. Ed note: In this guest post, veteran Hacks series author Paul Bausch takes on a challenge that’s been on my todo list for a while, providing a solution that should be of immediate interest to all readers […]
David sent in how to convert an old PC Keyboard into a custom function key box uC Hobby รยป Blog Archive รยป Custom Function Key Box – Link.
Brian @ Hackszine shows you how to play Atari 2600 games on your Smartphone – Stella for Windows CE recently added support for some of the newer Windows Mobile smartphones, including QVGA devices like the T-Mobile Dash. This screencast shows how to set it up. – Link to video download. Related: Stella: “A multi-platform Atari […]
