When I first came across this video by South Korean maker Mok Young Bak I have to admit that I didn’t quite get it. I haven’t had that many buttons on a mobile in years. All kidding aside, any technology that gets you away from a desk is well worth the investment. Bonus points if it includes streaming video and remotely operated actuators.
The newly released Motorola Atrix is the fastest Android smartphone to date. With its blazingly fast Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, generous memory, and innovative accessories, the Atrix is shaping up to be one heck of a mobile. Receiving a 9 out of 10 repairability score, the folks at iFixIt.com say, “This is also the most-repairable smartphone we’ve ever taken apart!” Let’s take a look, shall we?
The multitude of cheap plastic cup holder smartphone mounts is staggering, yet the majority of them are either overly engineered, cheap flimsy plastic or proprietary. I’m surprised that we don’t see more commercial designs similar to the stand in this video by the Mechanical Mashup crew. Heck, there’s even room to coil up a loose power cable inside the cup.
Are you sick of bumping into your tripod when you’re shooting video or taking a picture of a project you’re currently working on? Wouldn’t it be great if there was something that could get your camera right where the action is so you can live stream your work area without breaking the bank? If you answered yes, check out this easy to assemble Mobile Document Camera Stand in Make Projects.
If you’ve got an old camera laying around and are looking for some fun, try taking off the lens and snap a few pictures through it with your smartphone. If you’ve got a particularly interesting lens, like from a Lomo or some other odd plastic camera, you might then want to glue it to a spare case like redditor linc90 has with a derelict iPhone 4 case.
This how-to from maker Ryan Mottau explains turning the ever popular binder clip into an adjustable vent mount for almost any smartphone out there.
Back in October 2010 Ben Heckendorn discovered that a hand-cranked LED flashlight had enough juice to recharge his smartphone. He recently revisited this idea on his show and updated the hack by adding a simple voltage regulating circuit using a Zener diode and a 100hm resister. He also added a USB port to plug in a microUSB recharging cable.
