Boot Android from live CD
Live-Android’s disk image allows you to boot from a CD and is the easiest way to get the system running on your device in its current form.
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Simon Mwaura’s junk-built home automation system
The really cool thing about the maker featured in this YouTube video is that his home automation system is cobbled together from salvaged components and bits of junk. My advice is to ignore the insipid voice-over and fast-forward to 0:23, where the good stuff starts. Via AfriGadget.
Music video shot on iPhone 3GS
This fantastic music video from Reyna Perez entitled “Love Love Love” was shot entirely on an iPhone 3GS.
3G on Dell Mini 9
If you’ve already got a netbook and enjoy the form factor and would rather not have to plug in a dongle, here’s a quick run-through for integrating a Novatel EU850D 3G radio into a Dell Mini 9 that should give you an idea of what such a project entails.
QR Code ruglette
Nikolaus Gradwohl, an Austrian MAKE subscriber, created a QR code of his mother’s name that she can weave into the rugs she makes. Our very own Becky Stern was showing off her knitted QR code scarf at the Mini Maker Square at the Google I/O conference last month. She hadn’t had much luck with getting […]
How to make a cheap tripod mount for the iPhone 3GS
C.K. Sample III (author of PSP Hacks) just posted his technique for making an iPod tripod mount; he used the form-fitting packing material that came in the box as the basis of the holder. You could probably extend his technique to a lot of other gadgets, too: I was thinking about this tonight, and remembered […]
Broadcast live video from Android
Qik, the “phonecasting” folks, have released an early alpha of their software to the Android Marketplace. Unlike most streaming video services out there, Qik focuses on streaming live video from mobile phones.
