those handy dandy robotic vacuum's from irobot have a secret "hardware check mode" where you can test out all it's functions to see if something has gone wrong with it, or … [Read more...]
read rss feeds on your ipod
September 15, 2004 By Leave a Comment
while the ipod isn't exactly something you want to read pages and pages of information on, there's lots of times, i call them "hostage times" when you're just standing in line or waiting when it would be cool to read some headlines or news on something. since i sync my ipod up a lot, i figured i could use ipodagent to get all my rss feeds over, works pretty good … [Read more...]
make satellite photo maps with gps devices
September 14, 2004 By 3 Comments
i get asked a lot about how i make the satellite photo maps of places i run (seattle, nyc...) and here's the step by step. i use a garmin forerunner gps, but just about any gps will work. … [Read more...]
make an ipod a universal remote control
September 13, 2004 By 5 Comments
man, this took awhile to cook up, but it was worth it. using an ir transmitter from griffin and included pocket pc software, i recorded the "sounds" my remotes to the dvd player, tv, etc … [Read more...]
solar charge the spot watch (and ipod)
September 12, 2004 By Leave a Comment
i had this small solar panel that charged pdas "okay" but not really that great, so once i started using a spot watch (fm radio data watch) i thought it might do a better job charging the watch, it did, and it also was the start of the solar powered ipod project. … [Read more...]
make a ramjet engine
September 11, 2004 By 49 Comments
for about $60, you can make your own ramjet. i haven't tried this yet, but it's on the tipity-top of my to-do list for future projects. 100% chemically bonded construction - absolutely no welding required, hot hot hot! … [Read more...]
diy external ipod battery pack
September 10, 2004 By 2 Comments
want to add 10 hours of playing time to your ipod with a cool project? here's a great one using a firewire socket, some batteries, wire and box of playing cards. … [Read more...]
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