Nexus One slot car controller
Mobile hacker Grant Skinner wires up a Nexus One to act as a controller for a slot-car racing track. Gotta love the rubber band petal simulator.
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Custom machined, engraved, inlaid iPhone cases
Brooklyn-based sandbenders EXOvault iPhone Cases made a big splash back in February when they first introduced these custom cases machined from solid billet aluminum and/or brass. They’ve expanded their product line since then to add fancy engraving and rosewood inlay, and their prices seem quite reasonable, starting at $110 for the basic aluminum model shown above and ranging up to $165 for the fancy engraved brass version.
Makeshift mobile parabolic antenna
I have no idea what signal gain aarobc is getting with this setup, but whatever it is I’m sure it doesn’t compare to the novelty of it all.
Android controlled Android statue
Makers Hideyuki Takei and Reo Matsumura have built this fantastic animatronic Android statue controlled with an Android handset over Bluetooth.
How-To: Calder-Inspired Mobile Ketubah
By Michelle Kempner Photography by Jeff Reeder In Jewish weddings, there is a ceremonial signing of the ketubah, the Jewish wedding contract. Millennia ago, ketubah were very contractual, but since then have evolved into a more ceremonial aspect of a Jewish wedding. When I got married in 2004, I had never heard of a ketubah […]
iPad MiFi mod
It’s always interesting to see what people will do to go out of their way to get what they want. For instance, take this iPad MiFi mod from Jared of LMG Satellite. There’s absolutely no need to do this. Both devices will talk to each other over WiFi. But if you’ve got the itch, by all means, scratch away.
HTC Evo inductive charging mod
There’s something appealing about being able to set your mobile down and have it start charging without having to attache anything special to the device itself. Inspired by such simplicity, maker Infinitemods gutted a Palm Pre for the necessary parts and retrofitted a brand new HTC Evo to charge using a Palm Touchstone inductive charger.
