August 27, 2008
DIY WoW Treadmill Hack!
DIY WoW Treadmill Hack! Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out these guys (Yes, the pink and green hair are wigs) who made a WoW (World of Warcraft) Treadmill. I remember when WoW first came out, it was cool but took way long to play so I gave up early on it. Well, honestly, I rather hit ... More
August 19, 2008
Magnet HACK - High-speed Magnetic Levitation / Floating Magnets Dude!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a great demonstration of a levitating magnet with 2 high-speed rotating cylinders. Maybe someone can take this idea further and make us some hoverboards please! While working on science museum exhibits in 1990 I came up with the above idea: it is k ... More
August 14, 2008
Gmail HACK - How to Protect yourself from Gmail Session Hackers!
Here’s an interesting video that shows hackers sniffing the Wifi to retrieve Gmail cookie. Of course, this is when you are using Gmail without HTTPS secure access. For secure Gmail, simply use https://gmail.com instead of http://gmail.com. via hackszine Related: For analyzing your network whether that be Wifi or wired, you might want to co ... More
August 8, 2008
Google Hack - Get Olympic Scores/Schedule on Google!
Google is providing some live scores and schedules if you type, “xxx olympics”, where “xxx” is the name of your sport. Try this for soccer Search Engine Land noticed that Google now shows a onebox* for certain Olympics-related queries, like tennis olympics or taekwondo olympics. This seems to work in the US and China but no ... More
August 5, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Build a Magnetic Stripe Card Spoofer!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun little hack that will allow you to spoof most magnetic stripe readers including your local groceries’ credit card reader. This instructable demonstrates how to use an electromagnet, a simple amplifier circuit, and a personal music player ... More
July 22, 2008
DIY NES HACK - How to Build an NES USB Controller with NES Games/Rom/Controller All-in-one!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a really cool NES Hack that shows you how to build an NES USB Controller that can be plugged into your computer via USB to play the games and load NES games/emulator from the controller itself! Ok guys, ive gotten waaaaaaaaay too many requests to ma ... More
July 21, 2008
DIY Chumby HACK - How to hack a 640×480 VGA LCD onto a Chumby!
Here’s a really cool Chumby hack that will allow you to use a bigger 640×480 pixel LCD on your favorite little gadget. Chumby is different; it is open source, and designed to be hacked. For example, the serial port is spelled out on the silkscreen for you and there’s a backdoor to enable sshd, so it’s not big deal to bring up the co ... More
July 11, 2008
Wii Hack - Wii Nunchuck and Arduino controls 3D Studio Max!
Here’s a cool Nintendo Wii hack that controls 3D Studio Max with a Nintendo Wii Nunchuck and Arduino as controller. A good way to control objects in 3DS is to use the track view to assign different type of controllers to the various properties of the object you want to control. For instance, if you want to have small vibrations on the tip o ... More
July 4, 2008
Gas Hack - Pre-Purchase Gas Cards and Save on Rising Gas Prices!
It looks like there’s now a “pre-pay” solution to saving some money on by purchasing gas in advance. You can go to MyGallons.com to purchase your future gas at current prices. The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future. A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up thei ... More
June 25, 2008
Photography Hack - Image Fulgurator inserts messages onto other people Digital Cameras!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting photography hacking tool. Basically the image fulgurator inserts messages onto other people’s photos by displaying the letters at the exact moment the innocent photographer’s flash goes off. Kind cool for sending messag ... More
June 20, 2008
DIY - How to Hack into someone’s Computer!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a real great way to “hack” someone’s computer. (It’s Friday, anything goes) Computer, Computer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Funny, Hack, Hack, HOWTO, HOWTO ... More
June 19, 2008
Firefox 3 Hack - How to Put a Back/Forward Button!
Well, it looks like the guys over at Firefox forgot to add the back and forward button. (I’ve noticed on the Firefox 3 Beta version and the official version now…) It’s really annoying for people like me who like the back/forward button, here’s how to put that button back where it belongs: First, goto View->Toolbars-&g ... More
Wii HACK - Industrial Robot with Wiimote!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the industrial robot that could swing that big ass arm? Well, here’s another one but is more sensitive for precise control. This is a small presentation of a university project I have worked on for the last 6 months. Using a real-time system the ... More
June 17, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Convert a Microphone into an FM Spy Listener!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun hack that shows you how to install an FM transmitter so you can spy on wherever the Microphone is. via instructables Audio, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, Entertainment, fm-transmitter, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, HOWTO, metacafe, micr ... More
HACK - How to Open Electric Doors with Giant Magnets!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Apparently, some electric and electromagnetic doors can be opened easily with these giagantic magnets. The ‘ring of the devil’ is capable of attacking this kind of electronic motor lock on two ways. Scenario 1: An electronic motor is nothing more then a meta ... More
June 12, 2008
DIY Hack - HOWTO Make A High Voltage Supply in 5 Minutes!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun DIY for experimenting with some high voltage from spare TV parts. In this Instructable you will learn how to make a High Voltage High Frequency power supply in 5 minutes and for less than $20. All you need is a compact fluorescent light (CFL) ... More
June 9, 2008
Pizza Hack - How to Order Dominos Pizza via Linux/Unix Command Line…why?
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, here’s a video of how you can order Dominos PIzza via your Linux/Unix command line. Why? So you can setup cron-jobs daily and get your pizza ordered automatically. via hackedgadgets Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Food, Hack, Hack, HOWTO, Jobs, Li ... More
June 6, 2008
DIY AVR tri-color LED controller
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s an interesting AVR tri-color LED controller. The new project based in AVR microcontrollers Its an “Habitat Mirror Hack” with RGB Leds (superflux). Its the Peggy Muppets Mirror. I replace the regular bulbs that it has, with superflux RGB ... More
June 3, 2008
GooHack of the Day - Money!
Yey, don’t we all love “money”. Well, the best “hack” would be a begging robot… Alexader Gurko’s “Begging Bot” plays music just by synching up the sounds a floppy and hard drive makes when spinning their motors. After the song is done, the CD drives opens up and the bot asks for donations fro ... More
May 29, 2008
DIY Wifi HACK - How to Get Free Wifi from Starbucks and AT&T Hotspots!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool little hack that let’s you get free wifi from Starbucks or AT&T Hotspots! Basically, you change the “User-Agent” to iPhone User Agent, which is the header part of HTTP transmission. Then you put in the phone number of an ... More
May 24, 2008
Twitter Hack - Display messages from twitter on the small screen!
Here’s a cool Twitter hack that let’s you display messages on a small screen. Kinda pointless when you can use a cellphone but still, you could probably apply this idea for something else. This prototype uses an embedded system and colour LCD screen to display messages from twitter.com. It was a fun way to learn Ruby programming, as w ... More
May 23, 2008
DIY HACK - How to Make a DTMF Phone Dialer!
People have been making these DTMF phone dialer devices for years, here’s how to make one with a PIC microcontroller. The company I work for recently upgraded their phone system. They got a new IP phone system that can supposedly do everything - the new phones have big LCD screens with fancy menus, lots of different modes, PC connection for ... More