Open your Hackerspace Door with a Phone Call

[Mário] sent us a tip detailing the access control system he and his friends built for the eLab Hackerspace in Faro, Portugal. The space is located in the University of Algarve’s Institute of Engineering, which meant the group couldn’t exactly bore some holes through campus property and needed a clever solution...
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Unlock the iPhone 3G by Hardware Hacking

Previously you could unlock the iPhone 3G by installing simple jailbreak hacking software.  That is, until Apple released the 2.2 software update.  You could also buy a sim card adapter to unlock the iPhone but it tends to drain the battery and be quite unreliable.Now, however, a Vietnamese entrepreneur...
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How to Unlock the iPhone 3G

The iPhone dev team released their new app which unlocks the iPhone 3G for use on T-Mobile and many other networks.  A far easier way to achieve wireless freedom than by hardware hacking where you’d have to remove and reprogram a chip. Now that you’ve learned how to unlock your iPhone, see our other cell...
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Dirt Simple Office Supplies iPhone Stand

Holding your iPhone for hours while watching a movie can be an annoyance.  Using five pencils and a few rubber bands, you can easily construct a makeshift iPhone stand.  So easy a noob could do it.  Not much of a hack, more of a simple, useful tool.  See all of our fantastic iPhone...
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Adding a SIM Card to the Photon Q 4G LTE

[Charles] is a big fan of phones that have physical keyboards. He thinks they are better suited for writing lengthy emails, but unfortunately his HTC Desire Z was getting old so he had to replace it. [Charles] therefore decided to import the Motorola Photon Q from the USA which exposed one major problem....
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The Phone-o-Chrome Color Filter for Smartphones and Tablets

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You can use various photo apps to add gorgeous effects to your photos, but if you prefer doing it by yourself or want to capture videos with dynamic color effect, the Phone-o-Chrome color filter may be more suitable for you.This is a creative color filter designed for smartphones and tablets. As we can see from...
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Smarty Smart Ring

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We have introduced a few nice smart watches, but if you need a more portable wearable accessory, the following Smarty smart ring may be able to draw your more attention. Smarty Ring is a multi-functional smart ring designed to become a convenient companion for you and your smartphone. The smart ring measures...
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iPhone Controlled USB Missile Launcher

By hacking the fantastic USB missile launcher, this modder can control his missile attacks remotely with his iPhone. The video above demonstrates the functionality and you can learn more about the project, grab the code, and build your own remote control launcher.Furthermore, you can take this hack to the...
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Make Cell Phone Calls With your Arduino

Cellular shields for the Arduino have been around for ages, but this is the first one we’ve seen that turns your Arduino into a proper cell phone.The shield is based around the SIM900 GSM/GPRS radio module, and is compatible with the SIM908 GSM/GPRS module that adds a GPS receiver. Also on...
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Fireworks Triggered by Cell Phone

By using a dirt cheap disposable cell phone, learn to create cell phone triggered fireworks. It’s an incredibly simple project, basically just soldering two wires to the phone and attaching them to a hobby fuse which ignites when current is passed through it. Don’t miss out on our other pyrotechnic projects...
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How to Watch Your Own Videos on a Plane: Barf Bag

Air travellers take note, [Asthmaticatom] figured out how to comfortably watch your own videos on the plane. We know you always have your phone with you, now you just need to find a barf bag. A little bit of papercraft turns the waste disposal device into a neat little hanging dock.The bag in the image above...
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DIY Multi-Room Wireless Music Remote

With the help of some external hardware and a handheld wireless device such as an iPhone or iPod touch, you can build your own wireless music remote. It’s a bit spendy if you don’t already have an Iphone/iTouch and a router, but there’s a step by step tutorial to guide you through the setup bui...
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Tripod Mount Anything!

[Shawn] wrote in to tell us about his extremely simple method he used for mounting a webcam on a tripod. His article explains it better, but the basic premise is to glue a 1/4 – 20 nut onto the bottom of it. The hack-worthiness of this could be in question, but the technique could come in handy at some point.After...
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Twitter Robot makes Popcorn, starts a Movie

Imagine this… On your way home from work, you send the Twitter command “Prep movie 15″, to your robot.  Your robot reads the command, waits for a bit, pops some corn and starts a movie.  Build your own twitter powered roboslave and learn how it was do...
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Stacking GPS, GSM, and an SD card into an Arduino shield

A few years ago, [Phang Moh] and his compatriots were asked by a client if they could make a vehicle tracking device for oil tankers all around Indonesia. The request of putting thousands of trackers on tanks of explosives was a little beyond [Phang Moh]‘s capability, but he did start tinkering around with...
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A DIY Mini RF (Celll Phone) Jammer

Geeks can be pranksters too. If you’re a little mischevious, an RF Jammer is a must have gag tool for the belt. Think of all the pranks you could pull off by blocking radio frequency signals using a jammer, even blocking cell phones from functioning.  Interested? Then take read more about RF Jamming...
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We’re *this* Close to a Real Pip-Boy

Whether inspired by the vaults of Fallout or the mysterious wrist device worn by [Turanga Leela], we’re just glad to see someone finally made a wrist-worn cellphone,  The Ultimate Wrist Watch, as the creator [Rob] calls it, is based on his Motorola Defy smart phone, tucked inside a neatly modified...
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Vodafone USB 3G Modem Driver From Mbed

Wow, that’s a really simple hardware setup to supply your device with a 3G Internet connection. Better yet, the software side is just as simple thanks to the Vodafone USB Modem library for mbed. It will work for any of the cell data plans offered by Vodafone. The only problem you may have is not living in...
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Android VOIP phone and Raspberry Pi Mate for an Intriguing PBX Setup

[Ward Mundy] has found something great by combining a GXP-2200 phone with Raspberry Pi to create a private branch exchange. So the idea behind a PBX setup is kind of like a company intranet. All of the phones in the system are assigned an extension number and have access to the internal system functions like...
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Making a TARDIS Bigger On the Inside

Over Thanksgiving, [Greg] had a little time on his hands and decided he needed an afternoon project. Having a few bits of plywood, an xacto knife, and some blue paint on hand meant a miniature TARDIS would take shape on his workbench. After finishing the model, [Greg] continued improving it with a blinky...
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