Category Archives: Gadgets

Anything that could be considered a consumer gadget…

Zedomax DIY Quickie – HOWTO make your wireless network faster!

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Okay, this one is very simple. First, download from Network Stumbler’s website.

Then install it and find out which channels other wireless networks in your neighborhood are on. Then select a channel that is not near anyone else’s channels. This little tip I got when I used to work as an IT manager did help when our company network was in the same wireless channel as 20 other companies. Of course, this might

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IROBOT Create – a Roomba for robot enthusiasts especially Todbot!

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Here’s a cool roomba for robot enthusiasts that iRobot just released. Great news for todbot! Now he can spend more time making some more cool stuff with this one although he’s hacked Roomba enough that we probably don’t need this new IROBOT Create…dur… Thanks chiwawa for the info! :0)

Today at th

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MAKE @ Macworld & Apple store THIS WEEK!

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Check out Macworld and Apple Store this week in San Francisco! We might be there to exchange some of our DIY projects for something at the Make Store if that works…hehe…anyways, we will make sure to take some photos if we do go! Cool, they got some stuff about rss and podcasting so we might have to go since we are thinking about Zedomax technology video podcasts, which are on the way… yipee!

Cool, the Macworld show is at

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Video of Tux Droid!

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Remember the Tux Droid couple articles back? We found a video! Yipee!

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UPDATE:

2 more videos from Andy, thanks Andy! 🙂

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Cool voice dude….

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DIY – HOWTO Dismantle your Laser Printer

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Here’s a cool DIY on how to dismantle your broken or old laser printer. Although you might not be able to fix your laser printer, this is a very good DIY as a reference while hacking your old laser printer.

I recently got a used laser printer (Canon LBP-4) from cit since he moved to Regensburg and sorted out some surplus hardware.

Having ordered a new toner for 23 Euros I had to notice

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Nice phone – The Apple iPhone runs OS X

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Garrett told me about this new iPhone on engadget today. Awesome phone, just hope internet is fast!  I just hope the GSM EDGE is way faster than regular GSM…  The browser looks really cool.  Now I can get a Apple iphone instead of a computer at fraction of the price. via

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Free internet for LG VX-6100

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Darn, I wish I had a LG VX-6100 although internet probably is really slow even if it’s free

If you have an LG VX-6100 (some older/newer models have it to):

Press “Menu”, then “0”, It should say “??????”, it is actally asking you for a serivce code. The service code will be “000000”.

Once in the service menu scroll to WAP Setting (or press “9”).

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Ride a Arm Chair like a golf cart!

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Check out these arm chairs you can cruise in!

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Nokia phone mouse

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I think this has been around for a while now but this is the first time I’ve seen the video of it.

Many laptop owners carry a spare mouse because they dont like the built in control, or because they just like to use a mouse. This adds weight, things to remember etc when you go anywhere. Also, if you use somebody elses laptop you may not be able to use their pad at all! I often setup software for somebody else on a laptop and curse the wigglestick on the

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AVR Laser Projector

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Check out this cool laser projector using AVR. WOw.

Motor spins drum with 16 mirrors around at about 20-30 rev/second. The mirrors are tilted differently, so that they draw one line each on the screen. Rotation time is measured by the reading fork and divided by 16*32=512. This is the pixel clock. When the reading fork senses that the wire attached to the mirror drum passes, a new frame starts, and the pixel clock starts. For each pixel, the las

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