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Workshop proposal: | |||
Workshop proposal: Hack your Hardware | |||
"No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that! | "No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that! | ||
Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. | Favorite gadget busted? Don't throw it away; fix it! (Or at least autopsy it for the good of science!) Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. | ||
Possible projects: | Possible projects: | ||
* Add an | |||
* Add an iPhone input jack to your clock radio | |||
* Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...) | * Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...) | ||
* | * Extract the stepper motors out of a printer found on the sidewalk | ||
* Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop | * Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop | ||
* Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game | * Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game platform | ||
* Replace the tired nicads in your favorite power screwdriver (or electric toothbrush, or other rechargeable toy) | |||
* Replace the tired nicads in your electric toothbrush | |||
* Hotrod your favorite power screwdriver with Li+ batteries | * Hotrod your favorite power screwdriver with Li+ batteries | ||
* | * Hotrod your IR remote control to go around corners | ||
Yes this could be dangerous, and you may break things. That's how you learn. |