Faucet hack
Steve Donnelly writes: Just a little something I whipped up to solve the age-old problem of separate hot and cold water taps in a rented apartment where you can’t start replacing the plumbing. Cheap and works well. [Posted on Facebook]
Hacks
Amphibious bike
Not sure how well it works, but from the pictures on Inhabitat, it does appear to at least… float. It’s made from eight plastic water jugs. Wanes attached to the rear spokes provide power. The DIY Floating Water Bike
Tether your Palm Pre
Here’re some instructions for tethering your Palm Pre. It works the same way as tetherbot for Android in that it’s an SSH tunnel to the phone running as a SOCKS proxy. It’ll only get you HTTP, but hey, it’s something! Via BBG. More: Tetherbot – browse on your laptop through the T-Mobile G1
Nokia N95 accelerometer in Blender 3D
Marco Rapino, a developer working at the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research at HSE in Helsinki, has developed a prototype controller using the accelerometer in his Nokia N95 smartphone, some Python, and the Blender 3D content creation suite.
PhonePoint Pen prototype
uke University students have developed a prototype smartphone app that reads characters drawn with accelerometer data and outputs text using OCR. Though a little impractical as a keyboard replacement, it would be great for gestural input.
ThinkSafe: A Magnetic Power Connector for Thinkpads
Got a ThinkPad and have a tendency to trip over the power cord all the time? Well, you’re in luck. This Instructable will show you how to assemble your very own ThinkSafe magnetic power connector.
Wii nunchuck controlled beanbag chair
At Maker Faire, we saw loads of really cool projects. The BeanCat was a clever one, a skid steer chair controlled by a Wii Nunchuck held by the user in a bean bag chair. The Beancat is an all-wheel drive, battery powered bean bag chair, controlled by a Wii nunchuk. Getting a drink from the […]
