These Interactive Cellphone Butterflies Come to Life When You Call Them
The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.
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Westerner Builds iPhone from Parts in the Shenzhen, China Marketplace
Can a relative newbie build his own cellphone from parts he buys in the Huaqiangbei markets?
Motorola’s New Smartphone Lets Users Develop Swappable Mods
Motorola’s new Moto Z smartphone is designed for hacking with easy magnetic snap-on enhancements, perfboard, and personality cards.
Your Favorite Obscure Star Wars Droid Is Now a 3D Printed Charger
The GNK droid from Star Wars is immortalized as this 3D printed cell phone charger.
Smart Bike Tweeted its Cross-Country Journey
Precious is the name of the sensor laden anthropomorphized bicycle modified by New York makers Zolty, Mattias Gunneras, and Michael Lipton of Breakfast. The project started when its rider, Janeen, had decided to ride across the US on the TransAmerica Trail to raise money for LIVESTRONG. The crew at Breakfast wanted to lend support and saw it as an opportunity to create something different and exciting.
Arduino Prototyping with your Android Phone
1Sheeld connects with and exposes the device’s sensors, actuators, and selected app APIs for easy access by the Arduino.
DIY Smartphone LED Ring Light
A ring flash will get you a shot with uniform lighting without harsh shadows. Lighting blogger Simon Ellingworth whipped up this LED variant for smartphones using a UFO-style camping light, a cheap smartphone case, and some velcro. You’ll obviously have to tweak your settings to achieve the effect you want, but anything has to be […]
