This is a custom back plate with induction charging circuitry that [Derek Hughes] build for his HTC HD2 cellphone. When we checked in with him last week he showed us how to add an inductive charger without voiding the warranty but it wasn’t very pretty because the stock back plate blocked the inductive field and couldn’t be used.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.04 at 11:07
If you’ve got a Samsung Vibrant and want to take advantage of that unlimted 3G account you can tether without rooting the phone. This method uses a USB cable to provide internet access to Windows XP and Windows 7 computers.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.04 at 10:55
If you’ve got an iPhone or Android device that you use with a Wii remote when gaming, this quick hack will give you the third hand you need to manage all of that hardware.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.30 at 06:18
[Jared] often needs to be on conference calls for work during his motorcycle commute. He’s got a bluetooth headset that cancels noise but it didn’t have a mute feature.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 17:26
[Derek Hughes] wanted to use inductive charging on his cellphone without voiding the warranty. He picked up a Pixi charging backplate meant for a Palm Pre and scavenged the coil and regulator circuitry from it.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 17:15
The Sprint version of the Palm Pixi doesn’t have a WiFi option but the Verizon version (called the Palm Pixi Plus) does. The hardware is almost the same and [Gitit20] figured out how to do some hardware swapping to add WiFi.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 16:35
Open source GSM cracking software called “Kraken” has been released into the wild. You may recognize some of the information from back in December when we announced that they had cracked GSM encryption.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.23 at 08:00
Last week, we posted a story about how to configure speech recognition at a beginner level. Several of the commenters expressed an interest in doing speech recognition for embedded devices.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.23 at 06:19
[Danny] added wireless charging to his HTC Evo. The hard work was already done for him by Palm, it was just a matter of adding that hardware to his phone.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.02 at 19:42
Indeed, the gizmo above is meant to be used as a gas pedal. [Grant Skinner] came up with the idea to control slot cars using an Android phone as a gas pedal.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.06.17 at 03:00