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Servo DIY - How to Make a Servo Plotter!

by max on June 4th, 2009
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For those of you circuit hackers and servo-addicts, you might be happy to learn that there’s a way to make your own servo plotter. For this project, we wanted to build a lower cost, lower precision XY table for an installation at TeleToyland. The goal is to allow web users to draw shapes in a sand box, so we wanted a simple XY table that is easy to control from a web application. S ...

Note to Spammers and Hackers

by max on March 25th, 2009
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Dear Spammer and Hacker who’s trying to spam this site, STOP! Your IP addresses are being reported to FBI for interuption/spamming act. LAMO, and stop trying to leave nasty comments, that will only get you IP-banned, this is my site, not yours. Take your nasty comments elsewhere, spammers and hackers (without class) are not for Zedomax.com. If you are going to leave a nasty comment ...

Helmet Clock that Projects Time!

by max on March 24th, 2009
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Over the weekend, I took the motorcycle class and passed! (meaning I get an official license now) Anyways, I did also fend off bunch of hackers who kept taking this site down while I was taking the class (talk about honor, these hackers have no class, at least hack my site when I am not in class). Here’s a really cool helmet clock that can also project time. This might come in h ...

PicAxe Hack - How to Add Wii Nunchuk Interface!

by max on March 20th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool hack for all you PicAxe developers/hackers so you can learn how to add a Wii Nunchuk as a PicAxe interface. via hackedgadgets ...

iPhone 3G OS 3.0 Hack - How to Use iPhone 3G as a Broadband Modem ...

by max on March 20th, 2009
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One of the main features of iPhone 3G OS 3.0 is the Internet tethering feature, which basically lets you use the iPhone as a broadband modem over USB or bluetooth. Smartphones like Blackberry comes with this feature as a standard but I guess Apple still hasn’t figured out how to monetize from it, so they have disabled the function in the official release but some hackers have fo ...

SheevaPlug Tiny Linux Box!

by max on February 24th, 2009
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Here’s an awesome tiny linux box called SheevaPlug, basically super-tiny Linux box running on ARM processor and minimal hardware. The linux box can connect easily to your network and USB devices while only using 5 watts of power. This will be a great tool for linux tinkerers and hackers, who should be able to make most of this device. I can already think of dozen ideas on how to ...

Linux Boot Hack - How to Password Protect GRUB!

by max on February 23rd, 2009
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If you are a linux user like me, you know the value of being able to password-protect your GRUB entries so even if your whole PC gets stolen, no one should be able to access your valuable, classified data. (or porn?) When talking of security in computer systems one often needs to analyse the situation one is in and choose the appropriate options. If you have hackers getting physical acc ...

Weird Stuff You can Appreciate!

by max on February 12th, 2009
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Here’s a bunch of weird stuff I posted on our weird blog last week, definitely worth a look: This is how to NOT hold your digital camera for old people. Take a look at some of these hackers, they are AWESOME!!! Yes, Triceracoptor is a great idea for military. The ultimate Teddy Bear for single men is finally here with booze, smokes, and all. Gameboy bricks will make your house ...

Wii Hack - How to Make Wii Remote work in Ubuntu!

by max on February 4th, 2009
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Here’s a cool Wii hack that some of you Ubuntu hackers might want to do, how to make Wiimote work in Ubuntu. As a Ubuntu user myself, this could come handy if you are thinking of making your own Ubuntu/Wiimote multi-touch device. Open up a terminal (Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal) and enter the following command sudo aptitude install wminput wmgui lswm Next, we ...

MP3 Hack - How to Make a Motion Controlled MP3 Player!

by max on January 28th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode MP3 players have been becoming more and more easier for hackers and makers to hack. Here’s a cool MP3 hack that shows you how to make a motion controlled MP3 player. You can also learn about how to make MP3 decoder here. I chose a PC speaker MS-77 manufactured by Elecom for this project. It ...