Technick29 writes – I happened upon this cool looking phone toy that looked like it was from an old phone booth. Inspiration hit, and soon I was dreaming up ways on how to use this toy. I finally decided on turning it into a Skype (or any online talk service) phone. Luckily, I also had […]
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is working on a project that turns your Wifi Router into a modem-sounding reminder of the 80s/90s – Forward Compatible (FC) is a parasitic object meant to be attached to a Wi-Fi or fixed network router. The device monitors network traffic and when packets are sent, they are converted to audio, in the […]
Jason has a sweet Skype hack… Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype’s developer site for enabling higher quality 640×480 video. You need to upgrade to the latest Skype release (2.5.0.85 or later for mac and 3.0.0.216 for PC), quit Skype, and then edit the config.xml file in your settings directory (“~/Library/Application Support/Skype/[skypeusername]/” in OS […]
Michael Sheridan’s Culture Catchers grab shortwave radio signals from all over the world and plays them back as people get near them – “Installed as Distant Views for the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival and subsequently as Culture Catchers at the gallery G-A-S-P. Shortwave radios, digital recorders and players, motion detectors, micro computers and antennae were […]
Dheera turned a standard, phoneline-powered phone at a university into one with batteries that rings by itself, disregarding the line!… Fun for pranks – Link.
Michael Gartenberg from Jupiter Research spotted this odd phone service for making free international calls, you call a number in Iowa (712-858-8883) and according to the site… “When the gateway answers, enter 011 then the country code and number you want to reach (mobile users, do not hit SEND – the call will go through […]
Zack writes in about his Flex-Radio SDR-1000 – “This is an amateur HF 100 watt transceiver that is completely software driven. The software and updates are all free. There are NO controls on the box itself except a power switch. Users are encouraged to write their own software to control the radio as it is […]
