Apr 28

Cyanogen ports Android 2.1 to G1 and MyTouch 3G (update)

Posted in: Android, GoogleAndroid, hack, Hacks, mod, mods, Today's Chili

Droid, Milestone, Eris, Moment, Spica, even the Hero, all have had their Eclair, one way or another. G1 and myTouch 3G? Not so much. But don’t worry, Android early adopters, because Cyanogen‘s got your back. Most all the bells, whistles and hardware-accelerated graphics of Android 2.1 are coming to the HTC Dream, Magic and Sapphire in CyanogenMod 5.0.7, and you can see a video of a T-Mobile G1 running the new build after the break. Twitter buzz indicates the ROM will be out any minute now is nearly ready; the dev himself tweeted that it’s good to go and just needs G1-friendly bite size packaging.

Update: Don’t stay up all night waiting — Cyanogen says he’s got “two more bugs to kill” and is “hoping for a test1 public beta tomorrow night.”

[Thanks, Philosophics]

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Apr 28

8-bit arcade guitar sounds (and looks) like a little piece of nerd heaven

Posted in: Games, gaming, guitar, hack, Hacks, mod, mods, Music, Today's Chili, video
The hand built, 8-bit “arcade guitar” that you see above is the result of a DIY senior project, and it’s a pretty cool accomplishment. There’s not a ton of detail about how it was constructed, but we know that it’s got an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) for logic and function, strings and a joystick for adjusting the pitch, and it also boasts selectable waves and save banks. Most importantly, however, the final product sounds really, really good — and we’d advise you to check the video below.

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8-bit arcade guitar sounds (and looks) like a little piece of nerd heaven originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 27

Floppy drives, Arduino board mangled into audio delay effects (video)

Posted in: delay, diy, hack, mod, Music, Today's Chili, video
If you’re a DIY music hardware developer, there’s a pretty good chance you’re familiar with the charms of the Arduino. In this space alone we’ve seen it used for everything from controlling Max/MSP effects to an entire robot band. The above jumble of parts, however, might be our fave yet. Part of an ongoing project by a certain Daniel McAnulty, the Floppy Audio website details the use of the magnetic media inside a floppy disk for looping analog audio. The most ambitious of the lot even combines three floppy disk drives and the aforementioned Arduino to create a continuous tape delay effect! Things are still really rough, but he does have working prototypes, and he’s not at all shy about sharing his methods and results with the rest of the world — so feel free to hit the source link to get started yourself! If you’re not the type to get your hands dirty, at least peep the videos after the break.

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Floppy drives, Arduino board mangled into audio delay effects (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 27

Rovio robot controlled via Skype with Emotiv brain-reading headset

Posted in: diy, hack, headset, robot, skype, Today's Chili
The Emotive EPOC “mind-control” headset may not be quite as advanced as some of the brain-reading devices unavailable to the general public, but it looks like it’s at least accurate enough for some basic tasks — like controlling a WowWee Rovio robot via Skype. That impressive feat was accomplished by the folks at ExtremeTech, who paired the headset with the Robodance 5 software program and Skype (not to mention plenty of custom code), which allows the Rovio to be controlled from afar using both facial and mental commands. Needless to say, that’s a lot easier said than done, but you can check out the results in the video after the break, and find the complete details on the project at the source link below.

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Rovio robot controlled via Skype with Emotiv brain-reading headset originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 26

Bacteria’s back with portable Nintendo 64, complete how-to guide

Posted in: diy, hack, Hacks, handheld, mod, mods, portable, Today's Chili, video

The quest to build the perfect portable Nintendo 64 continues, but we imagine we’ll stop seeing so many disparate designs soon. That’s not because Bacteria’s latest bulbous handheld has achieved perfection — far from it — but rather because he’s provided a 2.5-hour, step-by-step video guide to help you build it from the ground up. And hey, the system isn’t too shabby, either. The “iNto64” portable features integrated Controller, Rumble and Expansion Paks for complete N64 functionality, built-in speakers and a headphone jack, rechargeable batteries for up to three hours of play, even a video-out port if you get tired of staring at the ubiquitous 5-inch Sony PSone LCD. The only obvious oversight is controller ports for more inputs — seems our buddy Bacteria wasn’t a big fan of GoldenEye. See it play some of N64’s other best games after the break, while we dust off our gamebit screwdriver. Obvious though it may seem, know what you’re getting into before you do likewise; ripping up classic cart-based consoles isn’t for the faint of heart.

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Bacteria’s back with portable Nintendo 64, complete how-to guide originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 26

Apple IIe hacked into Twitter station, still looks better than most digiframes

Posted in: Apple, hack, mod, Today's Chili, twitter, video
This project has all the hallmarks of a classic hack: obsolete hardware, a somewhat frivolous function, and thrilling 8-bit graphics. As you can imagine, getting to the point where this Apple IIe could display Tweets was no mean feat! Custom 6502 assembler code on the PC sends Twitter updates (and user avatars dumbed down to 8-bit) over a custom USB-to-joystick port interface on the Apple. One can even save the data to a 5.25-inch floppy — you know, because most Tweets are worth archiving for later, even if you must do so in a dead storage format. See it in action after the break!

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Apr 26

Landscape orientation with physical iPad keyboard possible, thrilling

Posted in: Apple, apple ipad, AppleIpad, hack, ipad, keyboard, mod, Today's Chili
When “Joe,” our favorite bloggin’ anesthesiologist, sat down for his daily Twitter session (he takes social media very seriously) he couldn’t get past the fact that Apple’s hardware iPad keyboard was oriented in portrait mode. Pretty weak, right? Well, fear not, iPad users! It seems that your basic dock extender cable will let you attach the keyboard and orient the screen however you desire. Now all of you proud iPad users can get back to worrying about things like protecting your phalanges and Flavor Flav wannabes.

Landscape orientation with physical iPad keyboard possible, thrilling originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 26

Alex e-reader rooted, five users overwhelmed with joy

Posted in: Android, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, Google, hack, mod, reader, review, Today's Chili
Well, it was only a matter of time before the Alex e-reader got it’s Android sportin’ self hacked, right? According to e-reader enthusiast (and oddly named pirate) Bluebrain, this is exactly what he did over the weekend! You’re psyched, right? Want to see pics? Get instructions? Try it out for yourself? What else are you going to do on a Monday morning — work? Hit that source link to get started.

Update: Bluebrain sent us a brand-new direct download for the zip file, with 100 percent less irksome advertising. Check it out!

Alex e-reader rooted, five users overwhelmed with joy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 25

Here’s how to install Android on your iPhone 2G

Posted in: Android, Apple, AppleIphone, hack, Hacks, iPhone, Linux, mod, mods, Today's Chili, ubuntu, video

Last week, planetbeing claimed he’d ported Android to the iPhone. This week, Android A Lot says you can, too. If you’ve got an original iPhone 2G handy, there’s now a 68-step guide that can walk you through the entire process. In a nutshell, you’ll use iPhone Explorer to copy over the Android files, then turn your Mac or PC into an Ubuntu virtual machine to install the OpeniBoot software. When you’re done, you’ll probably have a dual-booting iPhone that can swap between iPhone OS and an experimental version of Android 1.6 at startup, but don’t quote us on that — we haven’t had a chance to test the unholy matrimony for ourselves. We’re going to try to give this a shot next week, and we’ll report back from the other side… if there is another side. Blurry video walkthrough after the break, useful step-by-step text at our source link.

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Here’s how to install Android on your iPhone 2G originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 23

Google, Broadcom close to enabling 802.11n on Nexus One?

Posted in: Android, Google, hack, HTC, nexus one, NexusOne, Today's Chili, video, wifi

We need a name for this whole drama — we like “n-Gate,” but it’s a little too close to N-Gage for comfort. Anyhow, you might recall that Google briefly listed 802.11n support in the Nexus One around the time of its release, then wiped all mention of it only to have iFixit’s teardown reveal on no uncertain terms that the Broadcom-sourced wireless chipset was definitely capable of rocking it. The word on the street is that Google and Broadcom have just pushed new drivers for the chipset into the Android repository that enable the functionality, which likely means that future stock firmwares will support it — Froyo, for instance — including anything the Nexus One should happen to be graced with in the future. Faster wireless is always a good thing, as far as we’re concerned… especially, you know, when Google closes the book on 3G issues. Follow the break for claimed video proof that this 11n business is all too real.

[Thanks, Robert]

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Google, Broadcom close to enabling 802.11n on Nexus One? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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