Gadget Hacks: Page 261

If you're like us and totally abuse that "replay" button on Taio Cruz's music video for "Higher," then you know just how important YouTube is for those neverending car rides home from school. But what happens when YouTube isn't working as well as you'd like? Or, worse yet, if the GPS on your iPhone breaks down right when you're in the middle of a freeway interchange?

The passcode, or the four-digit code you enter in order to access an iPhone or iPod touch, was created to ensure security and prevent hacking. But what if you haven't touched your iPhone in a month and you simply don't remember what your passcode is anymore?

After years of false rumors and abandoned hopes, the day has finally come.  Verizon Wireless is finally getting the Apple iPhone!

Play remotely with all your friends, stream videos and music from the Internet or even check your Facebook and email - all with your PSP. The PSP has Internet capability, but not every network will be available to you at all times. Here is how you can hack any wifi connection with your PSP.

A perfect project for the budding roboticist in you! This video shows you how to make a small robot gripper using basic household items. Press the button and make the robot's come together! You will need: a small blow torch or butane lighter, a glue gun, a dremel or rotary tool (along with several different bits), the free cutting pattern, a permanent marker, a micro servo, some small nails or pins, a small piece of Plexiglass and a paperclip. If you don't have access to a dremel, you can fake...

This do it yourself robot can be made out of many materials you can find around your house. You'll need a few special non household items, such as an arduino and a class 3 laser. However, once you assemble everything correctly, you can make a sentry robot inspired by the robots in the game PORTAL. Even if you've never built a robot before, as long as you have a basic knowledge of electronics, you can start with this simple and fun project.

Grey's Anatomy fans— you have just gotten a better viewing experience— an interactive viewing experience.  But you need an Apple iPad to bask in the sweet delight of doctorly debauchery and do-goodery.

Change the privacy settings on your social profile (Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Twitter, etc.) so that the following information can't be found by a random person who you didn't accept you as a friend:

Well your friend's won't stop dissing your BlackBerry Storm, and you need to show them it can actually play some games. This video shows how-to install the Gameboy emulator on your BlackBerry Storm so that you can play a whole host of cool video games. This method is pretty simple and requires your smart phone be connected to your PC, and that you go and get some software as described in the video. Give it a try and show them you ARE cool!

OK master spy, it's time to get your lurk on. If you're going to be spying, you'll need to be able to spy at night. This video will show you how-to make your very own night vision goggles so you can keep up with your mark well after the sun goes down. You'll need a 9V battery, an infrared LED, some wire cutters, a small screw driver, and some wire with a battery clip. You can easily find your needed infrared LED in any old TV remote control. Try it, and make some home made spy gear today!

Wish you could see Sandro Botticelli's most famous painting, The Birth of Venus?  For those of you who can't make it to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, just keep on reading...

Let's say that you lost your way and you want to find out where you are using Google Maps.But all the wifi networks are password-protected. There is a solution for that.

You may have read an earlier post about Egypt blocking popular social websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube due to demonstrators disseminating videos and photographs, along with coordinating movements, during the protests against President Hosni Mubarak.  In that article, you learned how to use proxy servers and VPN services to bypass those website governmental blocks.

This video shows you how-to install Nintendo DS roms on your iPhone or iPod touch so you can play all of those great Nintendo games right in the palm of your hands. You'll need a jailbroken Apple device to get this done. install nintendo ds roms on iphone

This video shows you how-to install Nintendo DS roms on your iPhone or iPod touch so you can play all of those great Nintendo games right in the palm of your hands. You'll need a jailbroken Apple device to get this done.

This video shows you how-to install Nintendo DS roms on your iPhone or iPod touch so you can play all of those great Nintendo games right in the palm of your hands. You'll need a jailbroken Apple device to get this done.

This video will show you how-to hack Bluetooth on your iPhone with an app called BlueSn0W. You'll need a jailbroken Apple device to begin with, so make sure that step is done first. After that you'll be able to hop on someone else's signal.

If you've got an iPhone or iPod touch and are looking to hack Bluetooth, check out this video and see how it's done. You'll need your Apple devices to be jailbroken already so make sure you do that step first.

So what if he's right just 39% of the time? On Wednesday, February 2nd, when poor old Punxsutawney Phil crawls forth from his simulated tree stump in Gobbler's Knob, we'll be watching. After all, if an octopus can predict the outcome of the World Cup, we fail to see why a sedated marmot can't predict the weather.

Need some help figuring out how to navigate the physical features of your C6-01 phone? It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to access Nokia's Ovi services by creating a Nokia account. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to add several mailboxes and access them directly from the home screen. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to start using Social application: sign in and add multiple services (such as Facebook or other). Also learn how to see your friends' status updates and to post your own status update. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to set your camera to automatically record the location to the pictures you take. Also learn how to edit the pictures you have just taken. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to find different places with Ovi Maps and save your favourite ones. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to plan your route with Ovi Maps on the web and save it as your favourite before syncing the route to your device. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6-01 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Purdue mechanical engineering undergrad Ross Wehner built a gadget Homer Simpson would envy- a working, arduino-powered beer catapult fridge.

Learn how to capture images and zoom in and out with your C6. Learn how to modify capture and recording settings and how to use the captured image as a wallpaper. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Man, it's laundry day and once again you have NO quarters. Well, check out this video and you'll never need quarters again. This how-to shows how to pick the lock on a coin operated laundry machine and then rig it up so you'll never need to pay again. Sweeeet.

Learn how to set up a new mailbox on your Nokia C6. It's easy and this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official C6 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

In the far away land of Japan, gold is out, glow-in-the-dark is in. LED "grills" were recently conceived of by two Japanese designers/hackers for a winter advertising event at clothing store Laforet Harajuku. The LED teeth attachments quickly became a hot item.

If you consider yourself a hypochondriac and subscribe to the "my iPhone can do ANYTHING" set, you may want to consider turning your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 into a digital dermatoscope. The Handyscope by FotoFinder uses hardware and an app to magnify your blemish scares up to 20 times (ew). Simply tag the images with your name and locale, and submit them via e-mail for diagnosis.

This video shows how-to jailbreak or unlock any iPod Touch or iPhone with iOS 4.2.1. You'll need to follow the links, fill out the survey and jump through a few hoops, but it should be worth it if you want to free you device from the clutches of Apple.

Your 3 1/2" iPhone screen can only give you so much satisfaction, so why not hook it up to your TV? This brief tutorial shows how to connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to a TV for watching videos on a larger screen.

On Tuesday night, at 9 p.m. EST, President Barack Obama delivered his second State of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives.

Learn how to insert the SIM card and battery. It's an easy process. And this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official N97 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to personalize the home screen: add widgets and applications, and your favourite contacts to the home screen. It's an easy process. And this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official N97 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Learn how to set up your email account and how to add the E-mail widget to the home screen.It's an easy process. And this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official N97 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Want to take a picture with your N97's built-in camera? It's an easy process. And this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official N97 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!

Interested in redeeming a gift voucher? It's an easy process. And this clip will teach you everything you need to know. For all of the details, including complete, step-by-step instructions, watch this brief, official N97 owner's guide from the folks at Nokia!