How-to: hack your own DROID dock with magnets and cardboard
You know what’s magical? Magnets. They’re so magical, in fact, that Motorola decided to use them in its new DROID car and “multimedia station” docks. Based on the positioning of a couple of magnets, the phone auto-loads the pertinent application — the multimedia station at least offers a charging plug, but the car dock is all stand. Lucky for us it’s not hard to figure out where to place a couple of magnets (we used some nerd-approved “Buckyballs“) and spoof the phone into acting like it’s docked. We’re sure with some additional craftmanship we could have a dock that actually holds the DROID upright, but we won’t get ahead of ourselves. For now check out our very own multipurpose homebrew DROID dock after the break.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals
How-to: hack your own DROID dock with magnets and cardboard originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 8:10pm by Paul Miller
Topics: Dock, Magnets, Motorola, Motorola Droid, MotorolaDroid, droid, hack
Korg Nanokey controller repurposed into MIDI foot pedal
Korg’s Nanokey MIDI controller is pretty awesome in its own right, but using it with your feet gets a little difficult under “normal” conditions. We can’t say for certain why Marc Fischer decided to convert his perfectly good control board into a MIDI foot pedal, but frankly, that’s beside the point. The point is he did it, and he did it with just a bit of ingenuity, some wooden blocks for risers and a bit of Plexiglas to cover up the missing keys. Hit the read link if you’re interested in doing something similar, and feel free to ask the man himself where that gorgeous shag carpet came from. Kinky!
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Korg Nanokey controller repurposed into MIDI foot pedal originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 5:20pm by Darren Murph
Topics: DIY, Electronics, FootPedal, Guitar, GuitarPedal, MidiPedal, foot pedal, guitar pedal, hack, keyboard, korg, midi, midi pedal, mod, music, nanokey, nanopedal
Machined Gear Clock makes watching the time pass a true joy (video)
We’ve seen no shortage of homegrown clocks in our day, and while most are cute for their time, few are worthy of being lauded in this manner. Alan Parekh’s Gear Clock is a delightful mishmash of machined gears, thrown together in a fashion that resulted in an actual time-telling gizmo. Hop on past the break to watch this thing spin, but be sure to hold the mute button for the lead-in. Clearly ‘Sound Check’ wasn’t activated.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Household
Machined Gear Clock makes watching the time pass a true joy (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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DIYer concocts homegrown View-Master, relies on HTC Magic and Google Street View (video)
It’s been far, far too long since we broke out the View-Master from the admittedly dusty toy chest, but now we’re guessing it’ll be at least a score before we get the urge again. Why, you ask? The View-Master 2009. These homegrown virtual reality goggles are surprisingly impressive despite their ragged look, and by utilizing some form of cardboard enclosure, an HTC Magic and Google Street View, the designer was able to mimic that “immersive” environment we’ve grown to know and never forget. Don’t believe us? Have a look at the vid just past the break, and hang in there ’til the end if you’re scouting a how-to guide.
Filed under: Displays, Wearables
DIYer concocts homegrown View-Master, relies on HTC Magic and Google Street View (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 12:21pm by Darren Murph
Topics: DIY, GoogleStreetView, HtcMagic, StreetView, View-master2009, ViewMaster, Virtual reality, VirtualReality, Vr, funny, goggle, goggles, google, google street view, hack, htc, htc magic, magic, mod, street view, video, view master, view-master 2009
Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)
Some folks say less is more, but we’ll bet they never saw Guitar Hero being played by kicking footballs against a giant wall. This epic undertaking will give your plastic axe a major inadequacy complex with its huge wall-mounted piezo vibration sensors and absurdly large fretboard projection. An Arduino acts as the conduit between the contact sensors and a PC running the freeware Frets on Fire. The outcome from such a relatively simple setup is pretty astounding, and you can check it out in the videos past the break, including some behind the scenes footage.
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Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 7:52am by Vladislav Savov
Topics: DIY, FootballHero, FretsOnFire, GuitarHero, GuitarHeroMod, Soccer, arduino, football, football hero, frets on fire, guitar hero, guitar hero mod, hack, hacking, kasabian, mod, modding
