Comments on: iPhone cop-cam

By: Manny

Manny — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:25:57 +0000

I simply used velcro.

By: Drak

Drak — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:38:25 +0000

Hacking is making something do what it wasn’t designed to do. It doesn’t need electronics or programming.. This is still a hack.

There is also nothing wrong with the camera angle, it captures the traffic lights perfectly. Very useful to prove you didn’t run that red light on your way to work.

By: bunkie

bunkie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:45:14 +0000

For all the negativity here – I’d like to point out my earlier post – which embodies the essence of ‘hacking’ in it’s truest form. Observing the traffic lights flickering (aliasing) with the cameras scan rate is a simple observation that may lead to better understanding or exploitaiton of that anomaly. Simple. Hacks don’t have to be something whizz-bang successful in themselves, but the unique observation or extrapolation of a fact that allows us to get more from something than was originally intended. Also simple. But perhaps too complicated for the wannabe doomsayers out there to keep up with.

By: PocketBrain

PocketBrain — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:07:13 +0000

Not super sophisticated, but a nice trick nonetheless. Half you haters are drilling your winshield mounts right now.

Hey, simple hacks rule. The simpler and the easier, the better. You don’t need an arduino for everything!

By: W T F

W T F — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:50:55 +0000

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By: spiny norman

spiny norman — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:05:41 +0000

I just put my camera on the dashboard! PWN3D!

Seriously though, you guys are too harsh. For the Macolytes, drilling their own hole (and transfering measurements!!1!) really is 1337 H4X0Ring.

By: Stormrider

Stormrider — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:59:05 +0000

Normally I’m not with the hating-things-that-aren’t-hackaday-worthy crowd, but this and a few other recent posts are waaaay below the bar. Simple rule maybe, if it doesn’t involve a soldering iron and/or a bit of coding, it ain’t a hack worthy of this site.

By: bobob

bobob — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:23:20 +0000

i just took a power drill and drilled a randomly placed hole in my computer’s case!

now i’m an uber leet haX0r!!!!!

By: W T F

W T F — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:57:47 +0000

….um….

1) Video cameras are old technology.
2) OMFGPWNZOREDWTF VIDEO CAMERA IN CAR!!!

Old ideas are old. Tilted camera is fail.

Nuff said.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:56:51 +0000

Yes .. I know … it should have said “… isn’t created from …”.

I’ve never claimed to be able to type ;-)

So, the post was actually only worth $0.015

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:54:21 +0000

Wow … brutal crowd.

People were “hacking” long before the term was coined. Just because this is created from a tennis ball, an arduino and three pringle cans doesn’t disqualify it as a hack.

We self-declared hackers should embrace all manners of hacking. I think it is great when someone uses things in ways they were not originally designed to be used.

There is WAY to little thinking on the part of people today. most people would sit on their fat butts and say “I wish someone would invent a mount so I could use my iPhone as a dash cam …” then they go back to watching American Idol.

I am thankful for the submission and invite any and all manners of hacks. I may not find the hack immediately useful, but I may need that piece of knowledge one day.

You should offer some constructive criticism and help build the community.

Just my $0.02

By: miked

miked — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:34:30 +0000

This website has turn into a freaking FULL ON FLAME WAR.

Everyone needs to just shut up. Just please shut up.

By: Bill Hates

Bill Hates — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:06:35 +0000

He Drilled a hole… this has to be one of the most complex hacks I have seen to date ! Comgrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: aztraph

aztraph — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:36:27 +0000

Ya know, I couldn’t hear My GZ-one phone ring when it was on the hip clip, so I drilled a series of holes on the clip at the speaker, choosing the size and placement is crucial so as not to compromise the integrity of the clip. It’s not something you might think important, and most of you would probably reply “Well DUH” but getting ANYTHING right the First go around deserves recognition.

Good job, good mod

By: bunkie

bunkie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Interesting – it looks like the traffic lights at the RH of screen (@ 26 secs) are PWM controlled, but others om the route are not (that I could see).
Flickering – the PWM frequency aliasing with the scan rate of the iPhone camera.
I wonder if there is something we can use that as more lights go to PWM