Turn a Cheap Laser Pointer Into a Removable Macro Photography Lens for Your Phone [DIY]
Here is a quick DIY lesson on how to create insanely close-up pictures with your mobile phone. | Imgur via Apartment Therapy
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Build a Passive 3-D Projection System [Home Theater]
Source: http://lifehacker.com/5943551/build-a-passive-3+d-projection-system
User Jahun on the 3-D advocacy forum Meant to Be Seen 3-D shares his setup where PC game and movie visual data is sent to identical projectors outfitted with polarization filters and projecting onto a screen made from silver screen material. He also added ducting to move the heat from the projector exhaust to the HVAC air refresher system to keep the heat down in his attic theater setup.
Personally, I'm not that into 3-D but if it does the trick for you this seems like a very interesting setup to try out. More information can be found at the source link below.
Passive Projection, How To| MTBS3D via Hack-a-Day
The iPhone 5's Custom A6 Boasts 1GB of Samsung RAM [Guts]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5943615/the-iphone-5s-a6-boasts-1gb-of-samsung-ram
As it turns out, the alphanumeric code on the right side of the chip is actually a Samsung part number, and by digging through Samsung's product guide, AnandTech was able to find that the A6 has two 512MB DRAM die for a total of 1GB, and a speed of 1066 MHz. Basically, Apple's custom little chip here should be dishing out a performance boost.
The iPhone 5's peak memory bandwidth is 8528 MB/s, or a 33% improvement over the iPhone 4S's 6400 MB/s, and it's going to need it to push the pixels for the higher resolution display. That said, it's nowhere near the new iPad's 12800 MB/s, but then again, it doesn't need to be, considering it doesn't have such a mammoth screen to deal with.
Considering information gleaned from Xcode and Apple's insistence that we'll see better battery life on top twice the performance, the A6 literally doesn't fit into any sort of chip architecture we've seen before. It looks like Apple built this one more or less from scratch. There are, of course, other factors at play when it comes to how the iPhone 5 will perform on the whole, but we'll just have to wait and see about those. [AnandTech]
Clever Folding Bunk Bed Leaves So Much Extra Space for Activities [Furniture]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5943642/clever-folding-bunk-bed-leaves-so-much-extra-space-for-activities
Designed by Roberto Gil and built from baltic birch plywood, these bunk beds from Casa Kids are both compact and sturdy. When folded up, the cabinet is a mere one foot deep, and yet they can still bear the weight of two full-sized man-children who might need the extra space for aerobics, or something.
The Dumbo Double Murphy Bed is available from Casa Kids for $3,200, with dueling custom mattresses for $800 more. You'd be hard pressed to find another way to buy extra room, and it's definitely a better bet than, say, stacking two beds on top of each other and nailing them together. [Casa Kids via Inhabitat]
Insane 10 SIM Card Hotspot Takes a Valiant Stand Against Roaming [Overkill]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5943563/insane-10-sim-card-hotspot-takes-a-valiant-stand-against-roaming
The Uros Goodspeed hotspot is exactly that. By using the appropriate SIM cards in the appropriate areas, the Godspeed can offer a pretty good deal: 1GB of no-strings-attached data for $8 per day, after you buy the $350 unit anyway. There's also a monthly plan (the details of which are unclear) that's $13. Price aside, the straight-forward deal is what seems the most attractive, even if 10 SIMs seem overkill.
Right now, the Goodspeed works in Finland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the UK, but there are plans in place to add even more locations, presumably by adding even more SIM cards. You can take your "micro" SIM, iPhone; the Uros Goodspeed is going to just keep gobbling up the big ones until it can do anything. [Uros via Engadget]
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