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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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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 8:10pm by Paul Miller

Topics: Dock, Magnets, Motorola, Motorola Droid, MotorolaDroid, droid, hack

You Haven’t Tasted Spice Until You’ve Tasted It in Zero G [Food]

The following is an unpaid, untrue advertisement for the Zero G spice rack, which, incidentally, is real $44 product at Yanko Design selling under a slightly different name.