Heads-up iPhone AR navigation system
Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment has built the iPhone ARider, a portable head-mounted navigation prototype.
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Nokia N97 GPS antenna hack
Some N97 owners find the integrated GPS doesn’t perform as well as they’d like, so they’ve taken it upon themselves to render a proper fix.
Cree emitter LED flash/video light for iPhone 3GS
This quick and dirty improvised iPhone flash/video light from Andreas Ødegård consists of a 3V battery and a high intensity Cree emitter.
iPhone trick camera lenses
It’s often said that the best camera is the one on you. These readymade snap-on lenses for the iPhone are a fun addition to a spur of the moment snapshot.
3D-fabbed “owl wrap” for headphones
Eric Weinhoffer made this owl wrap for his Skullcandy Ink’d in-ear headphones on his Makerbot. Owl Headphone Wrap More: John Park’s earbud owl 3D-printed 7-piece puzzle cube
Prototype iPhone mini jack magstripe reader
The prototype iPhone payment system Square, currently in testing at a trendy clothing store in NYC, has been generating a lot of buzz for the past couple of days. What caught my attention was its use of the mini jack as a communication port.
Nomadic Standard Time
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” was one of my first hardware hacking heroes. I just started following him on Twitter, and via his feed, found this other nomadness site, Technomadia. It chronicles the technomadic lives of Cherie Ve Ard & Chris Dunphy. In this post, they talk about being on “Nomadic Standard Time,” and about […]
