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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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SIGGRAPH 2008: The quest for more pixels

3 hours ago

Filed under: cons, news Long before we started reporting on [Dan Kaminsky]'s DNS chicanery, he contributed a guest post about one of our favorite sources of new technology: SIGGRAPH. The stars have aligned again and …

Tagged: video, 3d, siggraph, convention, con, computergraphics, dankaminsky, siggraph2008, kaminsky

iPhone SSH client roundup

9 hours ago

Filed under: cellphones hacks, news, roundup Considering an iPhone but not sure if you can live without SSH in your pocket? Have no fear! Hot off the press is this review of four SSH clients for the iPhone: iSSH …

Tagged: apple, iphone, ssh, iphone3g, pterm, issh, touchterm

How-To: Hack a ThingamaKIT

11 hours ago

Filed under: home entertainment hacks, how-to, digital audio hacks The ThingamaKIT is an anthropomorphic analog synthesizer kit from Bleep Labs. Using "LEDacles", photoresistors, knobs, and switches, it generates …

Tagged: audio, howto, review, circuitbending, thingamagoop, bleeplabs, circuitbent, thingamakit, photoresistor

Defcon 16: List of tools compiled

14 hours ago

Filed under: misc hacks, cons Zero Day posted a list of tools and applications that were released at Defcon 16. The applications run the gamut, from Beholder, an open source wireless IDS tool, to CollabREate, a …

Tagged: hacking, tools, applications, defcon, zeroday, defcon16, defcon2008

Electric mannequin leg maraca

15 hours ago

Filed under: misc hacks [Richie Brown] created an electric mannequin leg maraca. The leg is filled with little bits of plastic, metal, and wood. Hook it up to a looping pedal, add a piezo disc mic, and you've got an …

Tagged: art, music, instruments, piezo, maracas, maraca, getlofi