Remote viewing on the cheap with an iPod touch
This quick introduction to setting up and monitoring a webcam on an iPhone shows just how easy it is.
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John Park’s earbud owl
Check out this sweet little earbud owl our very own John Park made, using the Epilog Zing laser cutter he’s been playing around with, and an “owl wrap” cord manager file from Thingiverse. He was probably going to post it here eventually, but I beat him to it [cue: childish taunting sounds]. Laser cut earbud […]
Quick n’ dirty no-sew iPhone cozy
The holster for my iPhone broke recently and I’ve been reduced to carrying the phone around in my pocket. I sort of like this as a change, especially not having to worry about the case getting in the way of the keyboard area or the camera lens. But the phone is getting dinged up inside […]
Detailed iPhone themed interface on Google Android
Using a handful of apps available on Android Market, the folks over at hdblog.it have transformed the stock Android interface into a detailed rendition of the iPhone interface complete with slide lock, dock, SMS, and icon themes. It even has a handy interface to change the color of the LED alerts. hdblog.it (Site is in […]
Stylish game grip for iPhone
This cool-looking GameGrip for iPhone came out today in Japan from Trinity, a company that makes lots of cool-looking accessories for Apple products
Uncomfortably augmented reality
Our pal Eric Gradman came up with a cool augmented reality set-up for an event which poses the musical question: If you put all sorts of personal information on your Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts, would you want to walk around in the real world with that data literally hanging over your head? He writes: […]
Spinning vinyl on the iPhone
Theo Watson just wrote an iPhone app to simulate spinning vinyl by spinning your phone. He writes: The app uses the accelerometer of the ipod touch to control the speed of a ‘vinyl record’ on the ipod screen. Slowing down the record and speeding it up is just a matter of controlling how fast you […]