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XBOX 360 BATTERY pack TEARDOWN

Reader, [Fox9p3400], opened up an Xbox 360 controller battery pack so we could all see what goes into one. It includes two Sanyo 2100mAh NiMH AA rechargeables (Model HR-3U 1.2V). In addition to that, there is an Atmel microcontroller (not pictured) and the copper temperature probe you can see above. He has a lot more […]

FIBER OPTIC FLASH ring

For those who delight in photography, a ring light is a good tool to have. Being hackers, making your own seems only logical. This writeup will take you through the process of making one from fiber optics for very cheap. They essentially gutted some fiber optic toys and strapped them to the lens. sure there […]

HACK A WALKIE TALKIE FOR music

[nepheron] shows us how he hacked his walkie talkie to broadcast music. While using this to broadcast music is possibly illegal, it could be used to make actual upgrades to your system as well. He has replaced the microphone input with a headphone cable and extended the antenna. It is only mono, and he states […]

25C3: state OF THE ART WEARABLE COMPUTING

[Kai Kunze] from the Embedded Systems lab at Passau concerned 25C3 to talk about Cyborgs and Gargoyles: state of the Art in Wearable Computing. There have been a lot of homebrew wearable computing solutions, but [Kai] covered specifically projects that could see everyday use in the real world. The first was a prototype system they […]

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