Ladyada writes – Stacy Millions built his mintyboost to match up with a OpenMoko Neo phone. By default, the phone uses the ‘correct’ 100mA drain current to charge when there is no USB enumeration. However, it is possible to force the phone into using a 500mA charging current via software. So he wrote a little […]
Here’s a clever cardboard iPhone rig by Cincinnati design student Kyle A Koch which keeps it at the right distance to photograph sheets of printer paper. Apparently Kyle and I share a propensity for losing hard copies of things. Via Core77.
This is the perfect project for all those people who love Twitter. As if sending Tweets about every aspect of your life wasn’t enough, now your house can join the fun. It looks like a fairly easy project to implement, and a lot of fun too! You could adapt this project to Tweet almost anything. […]
My pal Randy just published an instructable for making an auto-answerer for a cell phone. It puts your callers on hold, wastes your minutes, and helps you promote your own band, not to mention bugs out your friends and confuses others. He hacked a bluetooth headset with some other components to make this customer service […]
This cellphone case mod sheds the phone’s usual plastic exterior and replaces it with wood for a more angular and natural look. CellPhone Case Mod
Canadian artist Joe McKay’s “Cellphone Piano” conects up each key on a standard synth keyboard to a corresponding key on a cell phone. As you play each note, you are dialing a number on the phone and each black key played speaks the number out loud. Just don’t get carried away or you might see […]
On Hackszine, Jason wrtites: Every GSM cellphone user is familiar with the annoying Bzzzhtzttt noises that tend to emanate from random electronics anywhere you take your device. The iPhone is no exception, but the problem is exacerbated since most people have it sitting on their desk with a speaker close by playing music at reasonable […]
