These babies are lubricated, ultra sensitive, extra thin, and make sure that YOU…are protected. You get a whopping total of 100 condoms for such a low price. Use them wisely and ensure they last you for more than just a week! Also note that you can make water balloons out of these if you end up not being able to…use them.

• Hackaday Links: Sunday, November 29
Sometimes we wonder if we’re making good choices with PCB layout when using EagleCAD. Watch how the pros do it with a video of an hour-long Adafruit PCB layout session compressed into seven minutes.

[Elijah] documented his RepStrap build. This is a chicken-or-egg project in that RepStrap machines are built without the assistance of an already [...]

• Xbox-intosh & an Atom-based Cube
Though [Will] is more of a PC guy, he needed a Mac to run the software he needed for his line of work (Final Cut). Making the best of an unfortunate situation, he constructed this hackintosh inside the case of Microsoft’s original gaming console – the Xbox. [Will] did a good job at documenting the [...]

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• Using an iPhone as a Newton keyboard
[Jesus Alvarez] sent us this funny little project. If you happen to have an iPhone and an old Apple Newton, you can use the iPhone as a keyboard for the Newton. You can download the schematic from his site to build the wire to connect the two. After that, you have to run an app [...]
• GSM enabled security door
The security door at the front of [Oliver's] building uses an intercom system to let in guests remotely. Each unit has an intercom handset with a button that unlocks the door. [Oliver] wanted a way to enter without carrying any extra items so he built a system to unlock the door with his cell phone.
He [...]

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• Door opening help
For those who are seeking prosthetic limbs, or just require a little bit of robotic gripper help, the choices are very few and very costly. A newcomer to the area is hoping to change the costly part with their door opening arm. Costing only $2,000 to build, it is quite cheap compared to the other offerings. This arm can [...]
• Autonomous Turret wielding biped bot
Pay close attention. At roughly 36 seconds we see Asimov’s laws going out the window. We’re pretty sure we saw this little autonomous battle bot take a shot at a human. We can’t tell for sure, but it looked like it enjoyed it too.
This bot is being built by [xdream] to compete in the Mech [...]

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• DS goes full size – pockets everywhere rally in protest
It’s hard to believe we missed this one from a couple of years back but we’re thankful that reader [Christian] tipped us off about it. This a Nintendo DS with two tablet pc screens being used as an external display. He’s using an FPGA but not to emulate the processor. It is translating the video [...]
• Tiny keyboard/touchpad has “hack” written all over it
Yes, we know, this is not a hack, yet it just has the vibe of something we’ll likely be seeing in many small form-factor systems and wearable hacks in the future.
The USB Wireless Handheld Keyboard is a diminutive keyboard and mouse replacement with a passing resemblance to a BlackBerry PDA — where the screen has [...]

Do you know what day it is? No? That’s too bad. It’s Thanksgiving!



Load up on as much food as possible. Jaaaa!

• Make any gloves work with a touch screen
The chill of autumn is upon us, and with it comes the awkward sport of trying to work touch-sensitive phones and gadgets with gloved fingers. One can try toughing it out with fingerless gloves, or we’ve seen some costly solutions in the forms of specialized gloves and capacitive-compatible styluses, but sometimes simple is best: all it [...]
• Recover borked HDD after Xbox 360 ban
[Incudie] tipped us off about a method to fix a borked HDD in your Xbox 360. Many of the one million consoles banned earlier in the month also had the hard disks scrambled making off-line gaming impossible as well. It turns out that this is caused by having a ban flag in the NAND chip [...]

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• Commodore SQ1000 twitter wall: the twypper
Before we begin, let us soothe those first dreaded thoughts. No, the commodore was not destroyed in the process. They can simply clip the 16 wires they added to interface the keyboard and be back to stock. Breathe a sigh of relief, and enjoy the twypper, a twitter wall made from a commodore SQ1000.
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• Hack a Sketch
Sometimes we miss that old Etch a Sketch we had when we were kids. The challenge of producing a decent image using those two knobs was always fun and frustrating at the same time. This project lets us recreate this interface on our computer. The Hack a Sketch is a combination of an Etch a [...]

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It is downloadable free for a limited amount of time from Here. So…what does it do? Well I’m glad you asked!

“1Password Pro will securely store your important information and can automatically log you into websites with a single tap. There’s no need to remember the username, password, or even the website address. With the ability to save and sync text notes, credit card numbers, and other sensitive information, everyone from Macworld to Apple itself loves 1Password!”

You can pre-order the Metalic Blue Nintendo DSi wtih Mario Bundle from Amazon for $154.98. Shipping is free and the release date is November 27. The extra Mario stuff that it comes with: Mario Calculator, Mario Clock, WarioWare: Snapped!, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!, and Dr. Mario Express…I personally love Dr.Mario. Addicting game. Old school. Jaaa!