Team Hack-a-Day

DrNathan demonstrates how a couple of dollars and a few minutes can turn your broken Xbox 360 DVD drive into a fully functioning unit again by tackling a common point of failure – the drive belt that runs the tray mechanism.

For those of you unfamiliar with the MyVu Personal Video Device, it resembles a set of sunglasses with video screens and a pair of headphones built in.  It’s a great little product, but forum member RetroPlayer did not like the fact that his MyVu was tethered only to his iPod.  He decided he wanted to [...]

In an attempt to ensure that all of his digits survive the 4th of July, forum member morehpperliter has devised a simple but elegant replacement to the time-honored tradition of “light the fuse and run like hell!”  Using an Arduino and a bit of code know-how, you too can keep yourself out of the emergency [...]

Forum member Cerberus posted a tutorial on how to rig up an always-on USB charging port for your PC using a spare USB port, a resistor, and a few pieces of wire.
It requires a small bit of soldering know-how, but anyone who has used an iron at least one time can pull this off.  It [...]

Forum member Cerberus continues to hack away at his Akimbo IP1150, and this time he has added a VGA port to the box.
I can’t wait to see what the final product will look like when he is finished modding it.

Forum member Cerberus has a walkthrough on his web site demonstrating how you can add a serial port to an RCA Akimbo IP TV/PVR box, enabling you to gain console access to the machine.  It is a pretty easy hack, but really its the first step in hacking these things for personal use.
Not familiar with [...]