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Internet Hacks |
 | Unique Scanner/Printer Built into Nightstand
The "Tableau" nightstand features a drawer with a mysterious glowing handle. Inside is a scanner-printer tray. Place a photograph or a handwritten note and it is scanned and posted to a Twitter account. Also, any digital images posted to its... |
 | Automate Infrared Devices via the Web
Learn how to use a microcontroller combined with a mini-web server and IR transceiver to control electronic devices remotely. For example, you can pull up a webpage to control you TV or stereo. How does it work? IR pulses from remote... |
 | Three Epic New Ways to use Old USB Drives
What self-respecting geek doesn't have at least a few old flash drives laying around? We've covered some USB repurposing projects in the past, but here are three new ones using USB versions of XBMC and ChromeOS. So! Don't let your old USB drives... |
 | Turn an Old Router Into a Wi-Fi Repeater
Hackers love the Linksys WRT54G router because you can re-write it's firmware and unleash it's true powers (the fact that they are only $30 on eBay doesn't hurt either. This time, you can stream your Wifi signal across every corner of the house... |
 | Robotic Lamp features Pico Projector & Gesture Recognition
This interactive robotic lamp comes complete with gesture recognition and it's own pico projector. Like a digital assistant, it can interact with a user and project digital information on a physical surface. It's also equipped with a small... |
 | Control a Robot Arm over the Web using Arduino
We've seen some neat internet-based remote control projects including the Ethernet Enabled Christmas Bells project. Here's another neat project to add to our collection. The Orbduino is a robotic arm which can can be controlled entirely... |
 | 137 Years of Popular Science now Available for Free
Popular Science has partnered with Google to offer their entire 137 year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that... |
 | Wifi Detecting Bumper Sticker For the Geek on the Road
By using electroluminescent parts from ThinkGeek's epic Wifi-Detection shirt ($20), this modder created a sweet wifi-detecting bumper sticker. It's a super simple project you can build yourself an EL bumper sticker in a few hours with... |
 | How to: Personal Surveillance Spy Robot
The BlackFin Surveyor is an open source Wireless Mobile Robot comes fully assembled for use in research, education, and exploration at home. For example, it can be a robotic guardian around your house via the internet. Or you could make things... |
 | The Webcycle for the Internet Junkie
Is your desire/addiction the web strong enough to pull you away from the information superhighway onto an exercise bike in order to keep you plugged in? The webcycle is a bicycle which controls your internet speed based upon how quickly you're... |
