Don’t want to shell out a few hundred bucks for one of those iPod speaker docs? This Tupperware homebrew dock and speaker set is a cheap alternative and pretty simple to build with little overhead investment. There’s even a trapdoor for easy access for your iPod when you hit the road. Ipod Cool & Creative […]
Say hi to the USB cable flash drive — As seen at MAKE and now it’s a real product, excellent work Windell and Lenore – this is a great hacky “make” project that’s now for sale! HACKED. Holy crap—somebody just went and TORE MY FREAKING USB CABLE IN HALF while it was still attached to […]
This mod shows you how to install 4 LEDs above the controller port of an XBOX to illuminate when the plugs are installed into the machine. I guess this maker had the problem where his controller was always loose from his console, so he decided to make it official and have the connection “glow” when […]
This wrist watch is modeled after a Sinclair ZX81 from the early 1980s. Although it looks like telling time with this watch would be very difficult it’s a nice homage to the past that someone thought should be worn on your wrist. Unfortunately we don’t have very much info on who built this or where […]
This video shows a Wii Fit Balance Board controlling a “SkyBot” toy robot to move around a platform. Check out the link below to the downloadable Python source code for this hack and lots of good details on how it was built. Wii Board
The “Oterp” by Antonin Fourneau is a prototype sound editor built inside a PSP console with an integrated GPS that allows you to manipulate sound in real-time based on your location on earth. The device also collects new sounds when it detects that you have arrived at specific pre-programmed locations on the planet, with the […]
Although this project is considered old by blog standards (2002), we still like the simplicity of this device. The “Transparent Headphones” are a custom built pair of headphones with a microphone attached to the outside of each ear piece. The device detects nearby sounds and fades the sound out of the corresponding ear that detects […]
