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Use Apple Magic Trackpad With Windows...

Use Apple Magic Trackpad With Windows
| August 7, 2010 | 237 Views |
Despite the fact that Apple’s Magic Trackpad brochure claims the device is only compatible with Bluetooth enabled Mac’s running OS X Snow Leopard, Windows users can still enjoy the multi-touch interface on their XP, Vista and Windows 7 systems. It’s no secret that the Magic Trackpad is compatible with Windows when using the dual-boot tool BootCamp, it’s also no secret that...
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Fake Beretta Shotgun Revolver Mod...

Fake Beretta Shotgun Revolver Mod
| May 6, 2010 | 419 Views |
Check out this shotgun revolver that was (possibly?) recovered by the Taiwanese police. Notice the nice Beretta logo and a Made in the USA stamp??? It seems that over in Asia, even homemade guns are passed off as counterfeits… Beretta Shotgun Revolver Mod Here’s a “rough translation of key points from the original article,” Police said 19-year-old gang brother Zhuangren...
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JavaRa Speeds Up Boot Times...

JavaRa Speeds Up Boot Times
| April 22, 2010 | 450 Views |
Quick boot up times are paramount for any computer geek, I mean, who wouldn’t want their machine to boot up fully ready for operation within seconds instead of minutes? While there are several ways you can tweak you system to boot up quickly – namely disabling the automatic start feature found in many programs – here’s a tip I only learned the other day, and is so far working...
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Enlarge Firefox For Living Room Viewing...

Enlarge Firefox For Living Room Viewing
| April 13, 2010 | 487 Views |
Set-top boxes, media centers and TV’s with built-in Internet capabilities are bringing the worldwide web to comfort of your living room. And although many of these devices offer great GUI solutions and remote controls to make surfing from your sofa easier, viewing standard web pages remain difficult to see from a distance. Luckily there are a couple of tweaks you can employ to...
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Amazing Steampunk Gadgets...

Amazing Steampunk Gadgets
| February 25, 2010 | 1,127 Views |
Steampunk gadgets are great, not always ergonomic or even efficient, but eye-catching and awe-inspiring nonetheless. That’s why, every so often, we like to post a list of the blogosphere’s favorite creations. Our first ‘steampunk’ article of 2010 feature’s some crazy devices from the mind-bogglingly useful, to the insanely impractical. Steampunk Toilet Created by Patrick...
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Download Any Video From YouTube...

Download Any Video From YouTube
| January 28, 2010 | 607 Views |
There are many add-ons and applications that enable you to download videos from YouTube. But non are quite as simple as this. Simply go to the video you wish to download. Locate the URL in the address bar (if your completely computer illiterate, look for the http://youtube.com/watch?v= etc etc) and change the ‘y‘ in youtube to a ‘3‘ (so it reads...
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Flash Drives Security Threat...

Flash Drives Security Threat
| January 8, 2010 | 648 Views |
SanDisk Corp. and Verbatim Corp. have joined Kingston Technology Inc. in issuing a security warning to customers alerting them to the potential security threat posed by a flaw in the hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption on their USB flash drives. Military Security All three companies claimed their USB drives had met security criteria set by the Federal Information Processing Standard...
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Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Coo...

Increase USB 3G Wi-Fi Reception With Cooking Pot
| December 24, 2009 | 1,261 Views |
Over time, we’ve features a few articles with tips and tricks to help improve your Wi-Fi signal/reception, and now here’s the latest hack that utilizes nothing more than a kitchen cooking pot to enhance the reception on a 3G Wi-Fi USB dongle. Looking at the nifty software you can see that the actual download speed increases considerably when the 3G Wi-Fi stick is placed...
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DIY Emergency Cellphone Charger...

DIY Emergency Cellphone Charger
| October 4, 2009 | 1,407 Views |
There are many situations when a DIY emergency cellphone charger would save the day> Well, if you have access to a few cheap parts (say, from a local Radio Shack store) you could be making that all important phone call in no time. To rig your emergency charger you will need, a few AA batteries, a four AA battery tray, two wires (red and black), two alligator clips, and a paperclip....
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DIY Rail Gun...

DIY Rail Gun
| September 23, 2009 | 1,925 Views |
As soon as we saw this video clip, there was no question that it would make it onto our blog. I mean how many other rail guns have you seen? Let alone DIY rail guns. Colorado Springs, CO maker Ravi Gaddipati has spent the last year working on his own DIY railgun, and while it might not be as powerful as the Navy’s rail gun (read our original article here), it sure packs some...
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Photograph The Earth From Space...

Photograph The Earth From Space
| September 15, 2009 | 1,598 Views | 1 Comment
Two students from MIT have devised a hack that allowed them to take pictures of the Earth from space, using a 150 dollars worth of off-the-shelf-components. On Sept 2nd, Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh, sent their low cost picture-shooting balloon 17.5 miles high, into near-space. Using GPS to track its locations, they found the rig 5 hours later, 20 miles from the launch site. The balloon...
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How To Boost Your WiFi Signal...

How To Boost Your WiFi Signal
| September 3, 2009 | 1,902 Views |
This great little video clip shows how it’s possible to boost your WiFi signal twofold with a piece of copper wire and a drinking straw. You’ll need a few other things, namely, a pair of wire cutters – to cut and bear the wires; a wood screw – to help shape your new antenna; a soldering iron to fix your new antenna; and a black marker pen – to color the...
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DIY Macro Lens Made From Old DVD Player...

DIY Macro Lens Made From Old DVD Player
| August 24, 2009 | 1,520 Views |
The guys over at diyphotography.net have come up with yet another great DIY photography hack, and this one tops the bill in simplicity. Ever wanted to take extreme closeup shots with your cell phone? Well by simply removing the lens from an old DVD player and mounting it on a piece of card, you can transform your cell phone camera into a powerful macro-shooting device. First up you...
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iPhone Robot...

iPhone Robot
| July 28, 2009 | 620 Views |
When it comes to electronics, there are two words that have become something of a modern-day trend – robotics and the iPhone. With both technologies being on the verge of starting a new chapter in the digital revolution, what better way to progress than to incorporate both into one device? And that is exactly what Japanese inventor has done. Meet Robochan – a humanoid robot...
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Use MSI Wind Battery To Charge Your iPho...

Use MSI Wind Battery To Charge Your iPhone
| July 26, 2009 | 709 Views |
Have you ever been caught in the situation when your iPhone battery is dead, but your netbook is still live and kicking? Well with a little tinkering, the guys over at PRUSADJS.CZ rigged an MSI Wind netbook battery so it can charge an iPhone. What’s more, the battery is able to fully charge the iPhone using around half the battery power, leaving a reasonable amount of time for...
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