DIYs & Mods

Rotary phones might have went out with prohibition, but that doesn’t stop people from tinkering with them. This project allows you to mod a rotary phone to work as a cellular device with a built-in GSM system, as well as a GPS device. The premise of this project lies in its connection to the GSM network and a Atmega 8 ...

A lot has been said about the iconic iPhone, and frankly, we are sick of hearing about it. Though, we are sure as hell not tired of playing around with our phones yet. AppleHound has put together a list of 68 bugs and flaws in the iPhone interface and performance which you can test out at your own leisure. These ...

To recycle a soda can, you usually just throw it away into one of those government mandated recycling bins. How about a creative way to use your empty cans? Look no further than Etsy. Available are these Dr. Pepper Earrings ($7) and the Mountain Dew Bracelet ($8), which can also double as a necklace for midgets. These would make a ...

Sure, this might be a cheap jab at Microsoft, but I think the sales numbers of these two “competing” media players, if you can actually call it competition, show all you need to know. Hide-a-Pod is really a much more ingenious idea than any other iPod anti-theft unit we’ve ever seen. Well, maybe other than the one where you hide ...

Billions of people ride bicycles. Millions ride them daily. Yet, there has been relatively little change in its design for the 200 years it’s been commonly used. This design by Michaels Killian revamps the age old method of forward facing bike riding and creates the Sideways Bike. Other than the clear fact that it looks unique and extreme, riding the ...

The inability for iPhone users to add their own custom ringtones is something that has been plaguing men since the dawn of time (dawn of time for the iPhone that is.) So now it’s time for us to hack our iPhones, well, at least those of us who own Intel Macs. Hack The iPhone has put together a cool tutorial ...

The hustle and bustle over the iPhone has left news about any other phones in the dust. With a gadget like the iPhone around, what else matters?! DIY’s we say! This gaming modder took the innards of a Motorola SLVR and stuffed them into a stripped NES controller. As you can see, holding up a NES controller to your ear ...

I have always wanted a lard controlled car toy. I dunno, just always a weird dream I’ve had. So you can imagine my joy when I saw this project. It’s about as close as I’ll ever get to living that dream. This toy jeep is powered by grease lit on fire. Was this made by a fast food employee? Probably ...

It doesn’t get much more classic than Pong. We’ve seen the game immortalized in the form of a watch, and of course the game that inspired it, Ping Pong, is one of the most popular home played games, but this is just so damn cool. This self-made “Wall Of Pong” was made by a senior at Cornell University for an ...

People moved quick to find the secrets of the iPhone, and luckily, they’ve decided to share the secrets with us. iPhone fans from the irc.osx86.hu channels for the iPhone have developed this Windows and Mac software that allows you to tweak all of the minutiae of the iPhone interface that might cause you grievances. iPhoneInterface allows you to tweak the ...