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Tuesday, Nov 10
Synchronized iPod touch grid
When I first saw this proof of concept synchronized grid of iPods I wondered why somebody would go through all the trouble. I have to catch myself when I think like this. Sometimes it's best to just appreciate the polychromatic glow and short staccato chirping for what it is. [via Gizmodo]
Monday, Nov 9
Driving a car with an iPhone. A freaking car. For reals.
John Boiles, who earlier this year showed us how to control an RC car using an iPod's internal accelerometer (and also how to control the lights on a dance floor in more or less the same way), is a member of Austin, TX, based engineering collective Waterloo Labs, who have up-gunned his iPod t...
Wednesday, Nov 4
iPod touch POS system
Well, it would seem that Apple has picked up on customers pestering them about this minor user experience discrepancy and are about to remedy the situation with a new POS system based on their wildly popular iPod touch mobile entertainment device. Dubbed EasyPay, each unit will consist o...
Friday, May 22
iPod sequencers make their own music
Widget and Hans stayed up til 2am hacking up some iPod sequencers at NYC Resistor. We are using pdPod on iPodLinux. You can hack your own iPods too, as part of the re-ware project, we are trying to make it easy: http://re-ware.orgThis project was on hand for last night's Handmade Music event, b...
Thursday, May 7
How-To: Make a solar iPod/iPhone charger
Building on the original MintyBoost USB charger kit, this Instructables how-to will walk you through the steps of adding a Lithium Polymer battery pack and small solar cell. The extra capacity and added convenience of solar make this modification a must have for off-grid mobility.
Friday, May 1
Remote viewing on the cheap with an iPod touch
Not quite the Stargate Project, but then again, you're not going to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. This quick introduction to setting up and monitoring a webcam on an iPhone or iPod Touch shows just how easy it is. Though some of the components in this tutorial are p...
Friday, Mar 6
"Kids" played on iPhone/iTouch
The Mentalists are an all female act based here in London. They've done this unusual cover of MGMT's "Kids" played entirely on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using apps from the application store. What kinds of great music can you play on your iPhone, iTouch or Android phone? What other int...
Tuesday, Dec 16
Guitar + 2 iPods = iTouch guitar
And the itouch near the bottom is running Bloom designed by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, Bloom is a generative music application. The reason i shake the guitar is to clear bloom and start a new pattern, each time i shake it, it clears the boards and lets you start again. [via Matrixsynth] Read...
Thursday, Sep 11
iPod nano 4g take apart guide
Right on schedule, here's iFixit's iPod nano 4G take apart guide... Here's the thing, at this point there's not much going on or that "new" and exciting, that big chip with the Apple on it is basically an iPod on a chip, it does everything. It's an incredible feat of engineering but not too much fu...
