SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

‘mods’ Stories

WowWee Rovio gets mind control with Emotiv headset [Video]

, Apr 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

WowWee's Rovio has already seen several DIY remote control hacks - whether it's from your Android phone or via an E Ink board - but this is perhaps the best yet.  Robert Oschler has hooked up an Emotiv Epoq EEG headset allowing him (with some nifty software in-between) to control Rovio using thoughts, facial gestures and head movements. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee PC T91 gets internal 3G hack [Video]

, Apr 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

ASUS always promised us a third version of their Eee PC T91 convertible touchscreen netbook - a 3G/GPS model to go alongside the regular and multitouch versions - but so far its proved scarce from store shelves.  Arch netbook modder jkkmobile couldn't stand the wait, and so he decided to hack his T91 to add an internal 3G modem. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Twitwee Clock replaces cuckoo with Twitter bird [Video]

, Apr 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

We're quite fond of bizarre gadgets that hook into Twitter, whether they be tweeting tables, monomes or robot fish, and so we're quite surprised that it's taken someone so long to use the blue Twitter bird logo in a tweeting cuckoo clock.  Happily Haroon Baig has filled that gap with his Twitwee Clock, a modified clock that replaces the traditional face with a set of chumby guts and keeps track of Twitter for a preset word, hashtag or username (in this case "TwitweeClock"). Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

64 Boy portable N64 mod is smallest yet [Video]

, Apr 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

We can't help it, we just love full-sized games consoles turned into compact portables.  Bentomo has come up with a real doozy, too; the 64 Boy takes a Nintendo N64 and packs it into a 165 x 110 x 53mm casing with a 3.5-inch display, expansion pak and full controls, together with a battery apparently good for up to 4hrs runtime.  Best of all, it's up for sale. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Zune HD gets OpenZDK fan-made performance dev framework

, Apr 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

We all know that lurking inside the Zune HD is NVIDIA's potent first-gen Tegra chipset, but what isn't so well publicised is that Microsoft's XNA development platform for the PMP doesn't allow access to the hardware's full capabilities.  In fact, it means no 3D, no internet access and performance apparently an order of magnitude less than what the Zune HD is capable of.  That wasn't good enough for the ZuneBoards team, and so they've come up with OpenZDK, an alternative development platform to XNA. Read The Full Story

Geohot demos custom PS3 firmware [Video]

, Apr 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

After taking Sony to task for yanking "Other OS" support from the PS3 in their latest firmware update, v3.21, George Hotz - aka geohot - has followed up on his promise to develop a custom firmware build that bypasses the new restriction.  The new firmware, which is yet to be publicly released, maintains the ability to install third-party OSes on the PS3, but without the gamer losing access to the PlayStation Network. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

DIY dashboard-mounted iPad is awesome [Video]

, Apr 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

Got a touchscreen head-unit in your car?  Is it 9.7-inches and running the iPhone OS?  If not, then I'm afraid you're not as awesome as SoundMan Car Audio, who celebrated the launch of the iPad by crafting a custom mount for the tablet in the dashboard of their Toyota Tacoma truck. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

DIY LED stair lighting system gets video demo

, Apr 5th 2010 Discuss [2]

Motion-triggered lighting isn't new, but nor is it generally aesthetically pleasing; if I were Edo Kreigsmann I think I'd be running up and down the stairs all night.  His DIY LED lighting system doesn't just turn on the lights when it spots you going up or downstairs; instead it progressively illuminates them, as if you're in a bubble of light that follows you up or down. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Overclocked Nokia N900 hits 1GHz

, Apr 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

Nokia's N900 is already the device of choice for those who like to tinker with alternative software, but how about overclocking the 600MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor by 50-percent?  That's just what Maemo forum member Lehto has managed to do, releasing several new kernels that can drive the N900's core clock speed from a mild 700MHz boost to 950MHz.  In fact, he reckons he's had his N900 going even faster. Read The Full Story

DIY Racing Hardware Sim gets hacked BMW instruments [Video]

, Apr 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Multi-screen PC gaming setups have made racing simulators all the more engrossing, but nothing says "realism" like real parts hacked from a car and hooked up via USB.  Alex Rosiu has kicked off his DIY Racing Hardware Sim with the instrument cluster from a 1992 BMW 325i, using an Arduino to control the speedo and rev counter along with the various lights. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Quake II gets HTML5 port for in-browser gaming [Video]

, Apr 2nd 2010 Discuss [2]

The comparative benefits of HTML5 and Flash are still being argued, but thanks to a team of three Google engineers we can mark another point up to the HTML5 side.  They've managed to port Quake II's game engine over to HTML5, so that you can play it completely within the browser.  The end result is 30fps gaming complete with file saving and multiplayer support. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

iPhone Windows Phone 7 theme looks blasphemously great [Video]

, Apr 1st 2010 Discuss [1]

iPhone 3GS meets Windows Phone 7 meets blasphemy?  If you like your iPhone just as God - or Steve Jobs - intended it then look away; tinkerer woocash-kun has come up with a new theme for his Apple smartphone that makes it look just like Microsoft's upcoming platform. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next