Here is a great way to spy on people survey your surroundings. With Bluetooth integration, it is completely wireless and is controlled by a video game controller.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:46
fstedie came up with a nice hack for adding internal Bluetooth audio support to your iPod:
1st Ever Bluetooth-Enabled iPod!
If you're like me, you've often asked yourself why Apple has not added native Bluetooth capability to their iPod line up.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:44
P914 writes -
When my Fastrak tag stopped working, I decided to risk losing my $20 deposit in the name of science. It turns out that they open pretty easily by prying around the edges with a flat blade screwdriver.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:44
College Of Computing @ Georgia Tech have a great DIY Bluetooth accelerometer, source and schematic included --
This is a small wireless sensor platform providing a bluetooth SPP link to three axes of accelerometer data.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:43
Here's a nice how-to on building a wireless transceiver for embedded RF applications. Now you just have to find a pumpkin to stick these in for the ultimate Halloween scare.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:42
Last year MAKE was invited to try out Boeing's Connexion Wi-Fi (wireless) service on their planes. It worked as expected, and now 13 months later it's disappointing to hear the service isn't going to take off, literally.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:41
You need a Meraki (wireless mesh router) somewhere to use this, but it's all part of a free internet effort for low-income housing - using one of the Merkai's and these Wi-Fi repeaters it looks like you could cover up to 4 apartments with a total of 50 on one DSL line.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:41
A lot of hotels, coffee shops, and airports are sporting pay-per-hour 802. 11 service these days. In most cases, you'll be presented with what appears to be an open hotspot and a DHCP server will give you an IP address.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:40
tnkgrl spent some time exploring the motherboard of her Eee PC. Looking for available USB ports, she was able to hijack the USB trace that goes to the mini PCIe slot used by the Atheros wireless card.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:39
BrutalByte writes - "In this tutorial, I will show you how to install a wireless game adapter into your XBOX internally so that you can have a wireless connection, where available, without the extra hardware.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.03.12 at 11:39