As you know, we’ve seen plenty of camera hacks in our day, but seldom is the camera itself the hack. A gentleman named Denis posting on a French camera forum has scrounged some parts, tooled some more, and built himself a nice little DSLR — and he’s been kind enough to give us the low down. Intrigued? Feel like undertaking a project of your own? Hit the source link for the step-by-step, including plenty of pictures and illustrations… and be sure to let us know how your DIY DSLR turns out. One more pic after the break. Continue reading DSLR camera built from scratch, looks like a really old SLR DSLR camera built from scratch, looks like a really old SLR originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink   SlashGear  |  collection-appareils.fr  |  Email this  |  Comments

There’s just no two ways about it: the integrated self-timer is easily one of the most amazing technologies to ever be invented. Yeah, we said it. Unfortunately, beeping for ten seconds while a shooter races to get in position isn’t always ideal or fun, and that’s where isharq comes in. His Arduino-based mod is amongst the most flexible out there for DSLRs, enabling it to morph from a basic laser trigger hack to something that senses heat, movement or sound (just to name a few) and then makes your camera react accordingly. As it stands, his setup triggers his DSLR to snap a shot whenever a laser beam is broken, and if you’re eager to see more, be sure to peek the in-action video just past the break. Oh, and the source link holds all the secrets to recreating something like this in your own laboratory. [Thanks, Simon] Continue reading DIY photog creates laser trigger for remote DSLR snapping DIY photog creates laser trigger for remote DSLR snapping originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |  Photocritic  |  Email this  |  Comments

Okay, folks, you know the drill: here lies new hardware, may we see it hacked to run unintended software. Today’s contestant is Pandora , once thought to be relegated to the realm of vaporware and now in full production. One of the lucky, open source-friendly buyers decided that the native LInux distribution was just not for his liking, and instead opted for Google’s little green man mobile OS. Touchscreen support isn’t there yet, but you gotta start somewhere, right? Video of Android on Pandora after the break. Now we wait until the time we can gleefully say “Pandora (the app) on Android on Pandora” while we listen to some rocking streamed tunes. Continue reading Android ported to Pandora, in the name of science or something Android ported to Pandora, in the name of science or something originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink   Pandora Press  |  YouTube  |  Email this  |  Comments

It’s probably not the clock you need to build if being punctual is your modus operandi, but it’s sufficiently nerdy nonetheless. One Nirav Patel — which may or may not be related to our own Mr. Patel — decided to hand craft his own “sleep remaining indicator,” which utilizes a slowly rotating servo, a laser beam and a timer in order to work its magic. Put simply, the beam gets shorter and shorter as one’s wake-up time draws near, but oddly enough, you’ll never be able to see its awesomeness if you’re actually sleeping. Quite the conundrum, no? Laser-based ‘clock’ shortens beam as wake-up time draws closer originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink   technabob  |  eclecticc  |  Email this  |  Comments

Maemo’s already pretty open as open platforms go, but what’s better than a single open platform on your open phone? Two open platforms, of course, creating a vortex of pure, unadulterated openness the likes of which the world has never seen. Hacking is par for the course with Nokia’s N900 , so it comes as no surprise to see that a motivated individual has managed to get his unit set up in a trick dual-boot configuration with Maemo on internal storage and Android on a separate partition loaded from the microSD card. He says it’s “proof of concept” for the moment — but to steal his words, “its [sic] real and it could be spectacular.” We couldn’t agree more, and as much as Nokia loves its own code, we can’t help but think this precisely the sort of tinkering the N900 was made for. Check video of the magical boot after the break. Continue reading Android dual-boot could make Nokia N900 jack of two trades Android dual-boot could make Nokia N900 jack of two trades originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink   SlashGear  |  Brandon’s Posterous  |  Email this  |  Comments