Nexus One slot car controller
Mobile hacker Grant Skinner wires up a Nexus One to act as a controller for a slot-car racing track. Gotta love the rubber band petal simulator.
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Custom machined, engraved, inlaid iPhone cases
Brooklyn-based sandbenders EXOvault iPhone Cases made a big splash back in February when they first introduced these custom cases machined from solid billet aluminum and/or brass. They’ve expanded their product line since then to add fancy engraving and rosewood inlay, and their prices seem quite reasonable, starting at $110 for the basic aluminum model shown above and ranging up to $165 for the fancy engraved brass version.
Portable filming making… iPhone 4 + iMovie
I’m playing around with an iPhone 4 “testing” DIY chargers (next version of the MintyBoost “may” or “may not” support the latest iPhones, not sure yet) – it’s a solid phone, enjoying it so far. Today iMovie for iPhone 4 was released so I filmed this quick HD video, edited it and sent it to […]
Japanese wave-shaping machine
These are not standing waves; they appear momentarily and then recede. Which is still pretty amazing. The machine, at Japan’s National Maritime Research Institute, is being described in the English-language blogosphere as having been designed to conduct water-safety tests. [via Neatorama]
Water-based touch screen interface
Over at Make: Japan, Hideo Tamura found this water-based touchscreen project, Minamo, by Taichi Inoue.
Makeshift mobile parabolic antenna
I have no idea what signal gain aarobc is getting with this setup, but whatever it is I’m sure it doesn’t compare to the novelty of it all.
First iPhone 4 teardown!
We love our friends at iFixit.com, but we have to admit, they may be slightly off their nut. Witness this email we just got from them: We went to extreme lengths to acquire the iPhone 4. Kyle flew to Japan, expecting to take advantage of the 16-hour time difference. He had his camping gear all […]
