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Ybox 2 – Networked Set-Top Box in an Altoids Tin

Ybox 2 – Networked Set-Top Box in an Altoids Tin

Tarikh and Josh from Uncommon Projects write in about the new Ybox 2 (The ybox2 is the second-generation networked set-top box in an Altoids tin) Hello friends and YBox enthusiasts! We have some exciting news to share. There is a new YBox on the block–the YBox 2! The YBox made its debut as a quick […]

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Phone looks like pack of cigarettes and cell phone jammer that fits inside a pack of cigarettes

Phone looks like pack of cigarettes and cell phone jammer that fits inside a pack of cigarettes

This phone was made to look like a pack of smokes and it can also hold a half a pack of cigarettes in the back…- [via] Link. It could be a nicotine fueled response to the cell jammers (both commercial and DIY) which also fit inside packs of cigarettes too. Pictured above, I believe this […]

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Eye-Fi – Wireless SD card, might be good for Makers who use Flickr, do projects in their shops and more…

Eye-Fi – Wireless SD card, might be good for Makers who use Flickr, do projects in their shops and more…

I picked up an Eye-Fi wireless SD card, it’s a card with 2GB of storage and it can automatically upload your photos as you take them to your computer and/or services like Flickr. I take a lot of photos in the workshop here of electronics, projects and things for site so I figured this might […]

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Modifying a cheap portable cellphone jammer

Modifying a cheap portable cellphone jammer

This is interesting, “Blastwavelabs” bought a portable cell phone jammer from a company called DealExtreme, it appears the jammer ships set to frequencies outside North America but it can be modded to work by turning the trim pots a bit (small potentiometers to tune/trim the voltage)… I’m not sure that would actually work that great […]

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Dental kit for your toolbox

Dental kit for your toolbox

MAKE reader Monopole writes in with an a minty fresh tool for getting in to small places and lighting them up, but this tool is not used in its indented way… – it’s a dental kit for your tool box. Three indispensable tools for any maker are dental tools (for poking around in little things), […]

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