I’ve written a review on Street Tech of the Ultra 3.5″ hard drive enclosure that TigerDirect is selling for under $20. I knew rolling your own external HD was easy, but it’s mindlessly simple, and you can save some money. For instance, TigerDirect sells an 80GB Ultra drive (a WD HD in an Ultra case) […]
This Instructable shows you how to create a device docking cradle using an old keyboard wrist-rest. Too bad there aren’t more photos of the build (the drawings were done in MS Paint!). Easy P.D.C. (Portable Device Cradle) – [via] Link
Here’s how you can use the Wiimote’s built-in accelerometers to measure your ride’s G forces and 0-60 time: I got this idea after seeing some physics class use the wiimote in some kinda pendulum experiment. Why not use the wiimote’s built in 3-axis accelerometers to measue g-forces, acceleration and even calculate my own 0-60mph times! […]
This fairly simple hack uses a Nintendo Wii remote to capture G-force readings in a car, dump it to a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) text file, and then graph it via Excel. The results aren’t the most precise, but apparently good enough to give you some useful feedback on car mods. Wii Remote Measurements [via] – […]
JustDIY has project for creating a six-button touch pad using the Quantum QProx QT160 QTouch chip. The build looks fairly straightforward, with the QTouch chip doing most of the heavy lifting. Gordon says you have to use mylar caps, as ceramics can’t cut it. He promises more details later. Capacitive touch sensing – Link Related: […]
A working patch was released today that will allow you to use an external USB device as the primary storage for your audio and video media. Just a recap for those who are not familiar with this. A few months back, AppleTVHacks.net and FatWallet set up a bounty looking for a way to use an […]
Hackszine reader ozastro made a request for a southern hemisphere night sky guide. Instead of a specific southern sky guide, here are a couple of really nice open source astronomy packages that you can download. One will allow you to view the night sky from any point on Earth, and the other will let you […]
