The PORTA2030 from 2006 is a mobile data sensing storage transmission unit that consists of a wireless hard drive (the WL-HDD2. 5), a 1 GB flashcard and an open source backend.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.09 at 07:59
Tomorrow the High District Court of Munich will hear Skype argue against the validity of the GPL. Last June, the court issued an injunction against Skype for selling the SMC WSKP 100, a Linux-based WiFi VoIP phone.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 19:34
Paul Asadoorian and Larry Pesce, authors of Linksys WRT54G Ultimate Hacking, wrote in with this excellent hack:
Over the past few months I've been contemplating a few projects for some WRTSL54GS routers with OpenWrt, however I really need these to have a high gain antenna on the WRTSL54GS.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.02 at 07:13
This hack shows how to modify an old CB radio to broadcast on the channels that fast food restaurants usually reserve for their drive-thru windows. Although we here at MAKE don't condone this particular use, it's still a valid way of modifying existing systems to create new opportunities for interaction on open frequencies.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.31 at 07:51
BATMAN (Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking) is a routing protocol designed for multi-hop ad-hoc mesh networks. When you run BATMAN on routers in an ad-hoc network, the nodes in the network constantly send out little broadcast packets that are picked up and re-broadcast by nearby machines.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.03.27 at 01:58
Adding PoE(Power over Ethernet) just wasn't good enough for [steve]. Not only does he have power running over his Cat-5, he shared the ground wire and used the remaining pair to add a serial console to his rooftop mounted wireless router.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.26 at 15:42
Regine at We Make Money Not Art has a great set of interviews up with artists using RFID. She writes:
I interviewed 5 artists (Paula Roush, Doria Fan, Joshua Klein, David Kousemaker and Meghan Trainor) as well as our favourite expert from Tokyo (Konomi Shin'ishi) about their experience with RFID technology.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.24 at 19:38
This Power over Ethernet step-by-step hack by NYC Wireless member Terry Schmidt shows how to build a simple setup with minimal cost and easy to find components.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.24 at 08:09
Sometimes the simple hacks make me happy. [CyberZeroCool] sent in his lightly modded fonera router. He hijacked the antenna and pigtail from one of his bricked fonera's.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 12:19
I was looking for streaming solutions the other day. Little did I know that [John] would be sending in a hack for adding an mp3 decoder board to the La Fonera.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 12:18