Interesting, a $99 solar powered outdoor WiFi access kit – Priced at just $99, Meraki Outdoor can send a signal up to 700 feet. Paired with Meraki’s existing indoor $49 Mini, the Meraki Outdoor repeater can power access for dozens of households sharing one high speed connection. Meraki Outdoor can be easily installed on a […]
Jason @ Hackszine writes – The beta-v24 version of the DD-WRT firmware has a new feature that allows it to function as a standalone range expander. This is similar to the functionality provided by a wireless distribution system (WDS) network configuration, but unlike traditional WDS, the repeater router emulates a standard client connection to the […]
Mark Hoekstra made this for his friend Boris, a monster router that grabs all the available Wi-Fi and gives you an uberconnection, he writes… – At this moment I can see 8 different signals. Some are closed networks but most are open and available. I can only connect to one at a time so I […]
The Digital DawgPound shows you how to RFID Enable your front door, Nick84 writes – I decided to try and improve the reliability and responsiveness of my previous RFID front door project (based around a client / server design), by re-implementing it using the Parallax BASIC Stamp 2e, and the 13.5MHz APSX RW-210 RFID reader […]
P914 writes – When my Fastrak tag stopped working, I decided to risk losing my $20 deposit in the name of science. It turns out that they open pretty easily by prying around the edges with a flat blade screwdriver. I posted a few photos to Flickr so everyone can see what these look like […]
Radiorental made an amazing wireless home router with analog utilization meter… I grew up in and around boats making wiring looms and control panels, and have a collection of gauges & dials that would normally be found connected to small marine diesel engines. Today I work as a designer building interfaces to networking equipment. As […]
This is pretty interesting, set your Mac (and phone) to automatically log you in/out and do a variety of tasks when you get close to your computer, or away – [via] Link. Pictured here, the Bluetooth ninja, by Christian.
