Iphone fans from all over the world continue to surprise me with this nifty gadgets that they craft. For example a seller is now offering a solid white gold iPhone on Ebay at the price of $10,000. It’s “skillfully enhanced by 5.65 carats of VS Brilliant Cut Diamonds.” Although the price might seem a bit spicy for most of us, Im sure it will get selled with no problems.
New iPhone on Ebay : [Auction Page]
you should also check-out this article where i talked about the new iPhone.
I never thought you could use a plastic Easter egg as a headphone holder for an iPod, i must say the idea is really original. I know that by the time you get to this word you’re already thinking that this is a boring idea. Boring or not, its still useful, instead of wrapping your headphones around the iPod and damaging them in time, its better to keep them inside an easter egg, and keep them safe.
Easter Eggs iPod headphones holder: [Link]
If you will ask Apple or consult any user guide for the MacBook air it will say that the notebook has only 1 USB port. Is that true ? not really. If you use the developer utility “About This Mac” you will notice there are 7 buss-es, and only some of them are being used.
If you plug in an external device on the only known USB port, it’ll show up on the same bus as the iSight, so this is where you get the idea that if more buss-es exist without anything connected to them, you could use them to create a new USB port.
The whole process of adding a new USB port is very well illustrated but since fine soldering will be used on the MacBook’s motherboard i would not recommend this project to a beginner. Its better to be stuck with a single USB port than to mess-up your MackBook AIR.
MacBook Air hack to add additional USB ports: [Link]
Yes they’ve done it, the most expensive iPod Shuffle is an iPod Shuffle made from solid 18 karat white and pink gold and with 430 diamonds on it. Personally I’m not a fan of the bling bling industry and i would never buy something like this, but we need to consider that this iPod Shuffle will be sold for charity in an action in London. This is just an estimated price, while the real selling price could go much higher. Who know maybe the iDiamond will be bought by 50cent or some full of money rapper, i dont care as long as the money go to charity.
Bling Bling $40000 iPod Shuffle: [Via]
I think this subject will always get new project because of the spread of the ipods. People will always want to charge their iPods when their away or any mod to an iPod will always show interest for the public.
The circuit’s pretty simple, basicly it’s just a voltage regulator. Both the LM317 and the REG1117A (LDO) fit the PCB, maybe there are even more types that I’m aware of that can be used on it. I did add one extra thing: a LED that shows if the connected device is consuming power. To do this I used a shunt resistor and a current converter.
USB iPOD Charger based on REG1117A: [Via]
