Cell Phone Hacks

How to build a simple iPhone 3GS Tripod Mount

How to build a simple iPhone 3GS Tripod Mount

While iPhone's have just about any feature you could possibly want, they may not always produce crisp photos.  By using a few parts from an old Nikon camera mount, this modder created their own tripod for their iPhone 3GS.  Full build details are...
Ridiculous Giant Pneumatic Alarm Clock

Ridiculous Giant Pneumatic Alarm Clock

Although you have to laugh at the absurd demo vid above, you still have to admire the great engineering work. The pneumatic bed shaking alarm clock is for the deepest sleepers you know. The contraption works by an air fed valve from two...
Make a Laser Matrix Projector for the iPhone

Make a Laser Matrix Projector for the iPhone

The  Concept The idea is to add some kind of projector capability to mobile phone (e.g. iPhone) that isn't too complex or expensive.  Instead of using an expensive mini projector, I decided to use lasers instead to any bitmap font using a...
DIY Home Automation: iPhone Controlled TV Lift

DIY Home Automation: iPhone Controlled TV Lift

This hacker used the power of his iPhone to be able to control a TV lift in his home.  It's a pretty simple device (obviously it just conceals or displays his flat screen TV), but iPhone control makes everything more impressive.  Especially...
Build an Solar-powered IPhone Charger

Build an Solar-powered IPhone Charger

How many times has your cell phone died in the middle of the day because of its lousy battery life? You have several options: you could recharge via wall socket, via USB, through an external battery or the green way, with a DIY solar iPhone...
How to View your Webcam on your iTouch or iPhone

How to View your Webcam on your iTouch or iPhone

In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how to watch a live feed from your webcam on your iPhone or iPod touch from anywhere in the world.  Setup is pretty simple, basically just download and install a windows program and the necessary app and...
Home Automation Using the iPhone and X10

Home Automation Using the iPhone and X10

Like most people, we're huge fans of home automation.  We've even covered quite a few ways people have used Twitter to automate your home.  This time, however, we'll be automating our homes by managing SmartHome's X10 home automation modules...
POV iPhone App Writes Messages in Midair

POV iPhone App Writes Messages in Midair

We've seen plenty of persistence of vision (POV) projects using LEDs but this is the first non-LED version we've seen. The new  Light Writer app allows you to write messages or display clipart when you wave your arm through the air.  Check...
How to Make your Own Ringtones

How to Make your Own Ringtones

Are you one of those people who changes their ringtones frequently? If so, you may be surprised to learn that there are many online tools that allow you to create your own ringtones within a matter of minutes.  To get started, visit one of the...
Twitter Robot makes Popcorn, starts a Movie

Twitter Robot makes Popcorn, starts a Movie

Imagine this... On your way home from work, you send the Twitter command "Prep movie 15″, to your robot.  Your robot reads the command, waits for a bit, pops some corn and starts a movie.  Build your own twitter powered roboslave and...