Packing up for Maker Faire, I was debating whether to bring my old iPod as a back-up to my iPhone. That got me thinking about ways I might make use of my iPod besides just insuring music and address book redundancy. On TravelHacker, I found this round-up of 75+ tutorials on everything from turning it […]
This circuit-bent 3G iPod from 2004 has a bright red LED on the front, a large on/off rocker switch on top, a pitch-bend mod wheel and the ability to play glitchy guitar solos. Check out the link to the sounds it makes below. A guitar-solo-playing circuit-bent iPod
This version of the Owl Project’s “iLog” plays glitchy electronica and noise while the sounds change based on the built in photocells in its base. Pretty cool aesthetics to the design of the body although this might be a hard thing to fit in your pocket as a portable music player. Owl Project
LEGO-touch is an application for designing LEGO creations on your iPhone or iPod Touch. From the website: View, post, build, or edit other LEGO maniacs projects. Create your own LEGO characters in pals, post your LEGO self to represent in share. Play and download different LEGO games or challenge anyone to a build-off! Personalize your […]
iPod laser pointer – Link
Instructables has another great how-to on building a small iPod video projector. I am not sure about the brightness of the final product, but it does not require any other light-source besides the the iPod itself. The information about the lens system is a good read, and may be useful in other projects. – Link
On the subject of laser etching – Chris comments “My son Andrew had his iPod Shuffle engraved. When the Shuffle had an obviously non-related problem (bad phone jack), I took it to the Apple store for warranty replacement. Both Geniuses there took one look and said “No way — the etching voids the warranty.” Long story short, I argued, they stood their ground, I went home and wrote an email to the store manager to prove my case using language from the warranty. He then agreed to replace the iPod.” So there it is, laser away folks. Here is the letter that Chris wrote to prove is laser-etching-is-not-a-warranty-voider…
