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Internet Hacks |
 | 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... |
 | How to: Unlimited Free Cell Phone Minutes Hack
None of us enjoy paying the absurd prices we have to pay for monthly cell phone service. Finally, there is a solution! Most networks have a feature allowing you to call a certain number of contacts, on any network for free, anytime. We'll... |
 | Access your Files on the Go with FileZilla Home Server
With FileZilla’s free FTP solution, it is super simple to setup a home "FTP" server. Why would you want to setup a FTP home server in the first place? If you are mobile, you can use a home server to remain connected to your home PC from... |
 | 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... |
 | How to: Boost your Linksys Wireless Router Signal
The Linksys WRT54G router is a low cost and versatile wireless device which can be bought for about $30 on Ebay. What makes it powerful is that its firmware can be easily modded and replaced by third party firmware such as DD-WRT, a Linux-based,... |
 | Twitter Based Mood Light using Arduino
By monitoring a stream of tweets coming through Twitter, this mood light changes color based upon the frequency of words such as "angry, happy, or sad." The system uses an Arduino which collects data from Twitter using a WiFly module. After... |
 | Mind-Controlled WiFi Surveillance Robot
The Rovio is a simple security robot with an attached webcam which can be remotely controlled from anywhere in the world. Using a 14-electrode headset which monitors brain activity and head-motion, this hacker can now control his robot via Skype... |
 | How to: Crysis Running on the iPad?
No, it's not using a VNC app as we showed in Mac OSX and Windows 7 on the iPad. And no, Apple didn't install a wicked awesome graphics card as a free bonus on the iPad. The video above shows a service called OTOY which renders CPU-intensive... |
 | 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... |
 | Twitter Controlled LED IKEA Table using Bluetooth
An ever-changing LED display makes for an interesting show. An LED table powered by tweets makes the light show that much more exciting. This Twitter-enabled device builds on a previous project which had uses 81 RGB LED modules in a 9x9 grid... |
