Interactive Projector Screen
By Alan Parekh | July 25, 2008
We have seen lots of Projector Screen hacks over the last few years, this one demos the power of the system quite well. It doesn’t take much hardware to provide some fantastic results! The video game gun use is a natural extension of the technology.
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How To: Make Bath Bombs
By SoapyHollow | July 25, 2008
Everybody loves bath bombs. It is like taking a bath in champagne, only without the show tunes and chorus boys. They are fairly simple to make, keeping in mind that the strangest things can make a batch go weird; humidity, room temperature, oil viscosity, the moon rising in the seventh house of Aqua…
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New iPhone Ads from Apple
By Stephen Beals | July 24, 2008
Apple has come out with a new series of iPhone ads touting the 3G speed with the tag line “twice as fast.” The ads also are happy to mention the phrase “half the price” even if it doesn’t set well with current owners.
Two of the ads simply talk about speed, but the third also plugs [...]
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Apple confirms iPhone 3G to land in 20 additional countries on August 22
By Robert Nelson | July 24, 2008
With all the shortages we have been seeing with the iPhone 3G so far, its hard to imagine finalized launch plans for 20 more countries. It seems like it will just make the situation a little worse.
However, during the recent quarterly conference call, Apple officially announced that they have set a next release date of [...]
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AT&T officially confirms lack of iPhone 3G availability
By Robert Nelson | July 24, 2008
Perhaps in an effort to calm the frustrated (potential) customers AT&T has released an official “customer update” to let everyone know that they are simply out of stock.
“We’ve seen incredible demand for iPhone 3G since it launched — and subsequently sold out — on July 11.”
Of course, they are also quick to remind those same [...]
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iPhone Availability Update…or not!
By Stephen Beals | July 24, 2008
How hard is it to get an iPhone 3G? Some consumers have reported no problems while others have been put on waiting lists nationwide. The Apple web site has a place to check on the availability of the phones at your local Apple store, but when we checked it wasn’t functional. Apple says to come [...]
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Build A Pair of Stereo Speakers
By billbob | July 24, 2008
This instructable is a basic guide for building a pair of high quality stereo speakers. The process is not difficult but will require lots of time, patience and effort.
Here is an introduction to the few main parts of a speaker:
Speaker Drivers
This includes the woofer and tweeter. The woofer vibr…
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No ZiPhone unlock tool coming for iPhone firmware 2.0
By Robert Nelson | July 24, 2008
Those iPhone users out there who were waiting for Zibri to release a new version of ZiPhone for the 2.0 firmware are going to have to just settle in and use the already released PwnageTool 2.0 on the Mac or WinPwn 2.0 for Windows.
According to a recent posting on Zibri’s blog, he will not be [...]
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Apple offers suggestions to improve iPhone battery life
By Robert Nelson | July 24, 2008
Of course, every device will have some battery issues, this is not a new subject, after all we have been dealing with this same situation with laptops for years now. However battery life, or the lack off has really touched a nerve with iPhone and iPhone 3G owners recently.
Personally my battery life is not what [...]
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DIY Laser Etching Projects
By Alan Parekh | July 24, 2008
Baccus61 has documented some of his cool DIY Laser Etching Projects. He makes etching an image on a round bottle simple!
After the jump are a few of my favorite videos he has created.
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Poster Magnet Board
By laboratory424 | July 24, 2008
We had a need for a magnet board design that was nice to look at, easy to build, and relatively inexpensive…oh, and magnets had to stick to the surface (can’t forget that). Specifically, we needed it for our disc mounts which we created to store and display our discs around the gaming zone.
This …
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Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki?
By babblin5 | July 24, 2008
Plastic bags are being banned almost everywhere now, due to petroleum costs and landfill issues. Los Angeles just announced a ban on ALL disposable shopping bags… both paper and plastic. The Minister of Ecology in Japan is making an effort to spread the Japanese art of Furoshiki, which is an Origa…
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AT&T: initial iPhone sales have doubled since last year
By Tim Bradbury | July 23, 2008
Earlier today (July 23, 2008,) AT&T released a statement saying that during the first twelve days of being available, the iPhone 3G has sold double of what the original iPhone sold last year. More specifically, AT&T stated that iPhone profits rose 30 percent to $3.77 billion or 63 cents per share.
“The Apple iPhone 3G is [...]
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Wordpress iPhone app now available
By Robert Nelson | July 23, 2008
Automattic has released their highly anticipated Wordpress iPhone app. Now available for free in the App Store as version 1.0, and while it may not have been on my top 5 wish list, it is one that I have been waiting for.
Overall this is a great app to have, that is assuming you are a [...]
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Top 5 (free) Apps You’ll Want To Grab
By Jimmy Rogers | July 23, 2008
Here are 5 little iPhone Apps that you will both laugh at and probably find useful at some future time. All of these are free and can be gotten from the App Store in iTunes (that’s where the following links take you).
1. Light - Nothing could be simpler than this App. Have you ever needed [...]
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