Tag: hacks

Google Satellite Test

The Nexus1 phone controlled the onboard video capture. They want to take it to space…. This HTC phone has a better processor than many satellites, and decent sensors and gyros.

Oilcan

OilCan: Greasemonkey on steroids for Android nifty.

google-maps-el

The google-maps Emacs extension allows to display Google Maps directly inside Emacs. It fully implements the Google Static Maps API and the Google Maps Geocoding API.

Tweet-a-Watt

This project documents my adventures in learning how to wire up my home for wireless power monitoring. I live in a rented apartment so I don’t have hacking-access to a meter or breaker panel. Since I’m still very interested in measuring my power usage on a long term basis, I will build wireless outlet reporters. Building your own power monitor isn’t too tough and can save money but I’m not a fan of sticking my fingers into 120V power. Instead, I’ll build on the existing Kill-a-watt power monitor, which works great and is available at my local hardware store.

this looks like a fun project

Home-built CPU

I had stumbled onto the world of the homebrew CPU. To create such a computer required a detailed microarchitectural design, custom instruction set design, custom software tools like assemblers and compilers, and of course a custom circuit board. I decided to build a homebrew CPU computer of my own. It was a big mess o’ wires.

Brazilian Rogue TV

I saw it more than once in truck repair shops, nearly illiterate men rigged a radio in less than 1 minute, rolling wire on a coil.

Emergency MC Hammer

In emergency, strike panel to release hammer.

can’t touch this, unless it is an emergency.

OpenEEG

The OpenEEG project is about making plans and software for do-it-yourself EEG devices available for free (as in GPL). It is aimed toward amateurs who would like to experiment with EEG.

Open Source Camera Firmware

wow. canon firmware is hackable. new features include RAW file format, faster shutter speeds, live histogram display, a battery readout, and the ability to run scripted actions on a camera.

favicon Defender

The idea was to push the concept of generated favicons further and pack a thrilling retro shooter in 16×16 pixels using JavaScript, canvas and data: URIs.