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GSM Hack – How to Make GSM Car Starter!

Posted on January 17, 2010 by max

Here’s a guy who put together a cheap cellphone and GSM-enabled relay to make a GSM car starter, meaning he can start his car by calling a number.  The creater used GSM relay unit which says it cost him $199 but I think if you buy the GSM unit and relay separately, he could have saved even more money.  (I’ve done a similar project here, all you would have to do is add a relay to that and it would be a GSM relay unit btw.  That one you c

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Firefox Hack – How To Stop Automatic Plugin/Firefox Installations In Firefox!

Posted on October 19, 2009 by max

I have recently noticed that some plugins in my Firefox keeps updating by itself and it’s annoying because I didn’t allow this to happen as a user.

To easily fix these updates from automatically updating you (or bugging you), go to Tools->Options->Update then unclick all the boxes so your Firefox browser never wastes any bandwidth to check for updates.

I think updates are great but I don’t want my Firefox to keep checking for them every time I start my browser, it also takes a lot more time to load your browser when you are checking for updates.  And y

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IP in Your Email, get your external IP and send it to any email

Posted on February 28, 2007 by max

Here’s a cool blog I came across on our new wagg.it site. It’s a custom application that will send email containing current external IP address to a specified email address automatically at set intervals.

Why do you need this?

I used to work as a network administrator at a company and had issues with DDNS (dynamic DNS) addresses where the domain name can change. We u

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Automatic Violin that plays by itself, only about $18,000

Posted on December 31, 2006 by max

Yes, that was sarcastic if you caught the $18,000. Anyways, this is a great scientific breakthrough yet expensive as f*&k. If you get one, take a video and send it to max@zedomax.com!

The dream of a violin that can play itself has tantalized inventors for over a century. Now, modern technology has made the dream a reality – and without the use of digitally sampled sounds!

Piano accompaniment can be derived from any midi source, but using Pianomati

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Automatic Pilot Helicopters – MIT profs create autonomous UAVs

Posted on November 28, 2006 by max

The MIT Team is using DraganFlyer helicopters, Gentoo Linux,

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Automatic Quarterback

Posted on October 7, 2006 by max

Check out this automatic quarterback from Hammacher Schlemmer! A powerful football passer that throws a perfect spiral every time, our automatic quarterback sends a soft polyurethane foam football up to 30 yards, and adjusts between lateral passes and long, high bombs. Children can set the timer for running d

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Automatic infrared Door from Next Fest 2006

Posted on September 29, 2006 by max

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All I can say is WOW!

Not the kind you’re used to. This door has many slats with infrared sensors on their tips. When you walk up to it, the slats slide out of the way, conforming to your body. We’ve written about this, but here’s a video of it in action.

via gizmodo

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