Spicy Gadget Rolls has some basic tips on extending the life of Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries, commonly found these days in cellphones, laptops, mobile media players, etc… Battery Storage – If you plan on not using the Lithium battery for prolonged periods of time, then you’ll want to have the charge level at 40% and place […]
Here’s a fun comparison on Gizmodo of Palm’s new Foleo (a smartphone “companion”) and a DIY version from MAKE, a Palm Pilot Notebook! – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Palm Pilot Notebook. Modified hardback book contains extra-powered PDA and travel keyboard. MAKE 07 – Page 138. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition […]
Daisung says, “I’ve uploaded some photos of my analogue phone + old Nokia phone. I’m currently overseas so I’ve had to leave it behind, but every time I’ve used it, I got great reactions out of people who were extremely curious. The handset works just like a regular phone by the way!” Link. Update 9/1: […]
DSOrganize, an organizer suite for the Nintendo DS is really starting to become a full featured PDA replacement, the latest version has handwriting recognition. Thanks Brian! [via] Link. Pictured here, a ton of other things you can do with a Gameboy and/or a Nintendo DS from MAKE volume 02.
Here’s an Instructable on how to make a stencil, and custom spray paint your laptop. Link.
Fredrik writes – “There are lots of CPUs on the market that can be run at a lower voltage than what they are specified to. Especially the kind of low power consuming CPUs found in laptops. You’ll be surprised when you see the results of undervolting your CPU. In this article we will look further on how you can undervolt the CPU of a modern laptop without loosing performance or stability. Our test-system is an Acer Aspire 5021WLMi which appear to be a good computer to undervolt.” [via] Link.
Nathan True’s excellent mobile hotspot – “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just plug my phone in… and have it automatically connect to the phone and serve its sweet, sweet Internet over a Wi-fi connection? Better still, have it transparently proxy all connections so that nearly all Internet programs will function properly? Maybe even prioritize certain types of traffic, or encrypt everything so my wireless carrier can’t spy on what Slashdot stories I like to read? All of those things would be just great. And all of those things are exactly those things which I set out to do (and/or enable you to do!) in this project. ” [via] Link.
