[Barry] needed some way to get serial output to help debug his efforts to port Linux to the HTC TytnII (Windows mobile Pocket PC phone). He wrote some code to send serial output via one of the LEDs on the phone and rigged up an AVR to pic up the output and provide a USB interface to the computer.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.28 at 08:03
Openmoko began selling Neo 1973 phones direct to developers last July. The phone is an open source project designed to ease development on mobile platforms.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 19:31
AppleInsider is reporting that iPhone Software v2. 0 will add a secure wipe feature. The screenshot above shows the text "This will take about an hour.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 16:11
Nokia recently announced its plans to purchase Symbian and formed the Symbian Foundation with the intention opening the software platform over the next two years.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.24 at 15:42
No matter who you suspect is plotting your doom, you'll need need to know the way wiretapping works in order to learn their plans and shield yourself from their surveillance.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.19 at 15:30
This incredible video shows an example of "tele-surgery" techniques with the example of a surgeon remotely controlling robotic arms to fold a penny-size origami crane.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.19 at 07:48
Building UAVs is only half the work involved in making them fly; the other half is a control system. The Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles (C3UV) from the University of Califorina, Berkeley has devised a way to control a squad of RC airplanes with an iPhone.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.17 at 14:16
Tinkerlog got their hands on a color LCD from SparkFun and set it up to receive images from Flickr. These color LCDs are 128x128 pixel and the include a breakout board with a separate power supply for the backlight.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.16 at 11:05
[Sittiphol Phanvilai]'s multitouch screen project was posted a couple different places today. It uses the Nokia N95 to track light pens and draws the resulting paths on the video output.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.13 at 22:08
Nokia LCDs have been a popular choice for hardware projects for quite a while. [Ramandeep] published a how-to on interfacing the 1100 series LCD with a PIC controller.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.13 at 07:31