Tag Archive for 'diy'
Oh goodness this is lovely! Take one wireless router (never the most attractive of things), rehouse it in a hand-made wooden casing that’s reminiscent of the sort of carriage clock you might be given on retirement, and finally add a gorgeous analogue gauge cleverly rigged up to indicate network utilisation. It’s the handiwork of a [...]
It usually doesn’t take long after a highly-anticipated device comes out that someone takes it apart, and modifies it to do things that it normally wouldn’t do.
If you thought Nintendo’s Wii would be overshadowed in your games room by its chunky PlayStation and XBox cousins, then think again. Harnessing the awesome power of chrome, XCMLiVE turn the shy and retiring slab into an eye-catching nugget of shininess that is ideal for accidentally reflecting the sun into your face and burning out [...]
There’s nothing like a nice set of screwdrivers to make a person feel special, and the only thing better than an array of differently sized Phillips-head lovelies is a specialised set. Zoozen’s latest is specially grouped to unlock consoles new and vintage - including all XBox, Playstation, modern Nintendo and most handhelds - and will [...]
Who would’ve thought a game where you dance according to on-screen instructions would be so popular (but then I always thought Pac Man just glorified taking illegal drugs, so what do I know); the lengths some people will go to are incredible. Jared Bouck has put together a pair of Ultimate Dance Decks, constructed from [...]
Satellite navigation used to be cool, but since every Tom, Dick and Harriet picked up a cheap unit for their car it’s now passé. One way to pump a bit more “sexy” into it is to improve the quality of the graphics, and building a 3D landscape to drive through is a damned good way of doing [...]
It’s likely that some of you out there have had an iPod that stopped working for you. If you haven’t already thrown it out, the folks over at Crunchgear may have a solution for you. No, it doesn’t involve smashing it into tiny bits.
If you’ve ever owned a laptop you’re familiar with that sinking feeling you get when you realize that your battery isn’t holding a charge like it used to. It happens slowly over time, but eventually it will need to be plugged into the wall more and more. Of course, you could always drop $100-$150 on [...]
Multitouch, it’s all you bloody hear about these days. If another person stops me in the street or blocks my car in just to shout “Apple have invented a multitouch cellphone!” into my face, I’ll scream. Okay, so a huge company spent over two years developing a compact screen that could respond to more than one [...]
Oh, lord, I wish I was talented in the workshop. Because seeing things like this insanely gorgeous Steampunk keyboard mod, where an IBM Model M ’board was converted with a whole lot of love’n’attention into something that wouldn’t look out of place on H.G. Wells’ desk as he battered away at ‘The Time Machine’.
