Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
Boing Boing Gadgets Nov 16 09Ed sez, "Here's an article from 1985 in the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal about record piracy in the 19th century. Includes illustrations of three duplicators from the 19th century." Record Piracy: The Attempts of the Sound Recording Industry to Protect Itself against Unauthorized Copying, 1890-1978 (PDF) (Thanks, Ed!)... Full story...
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When getting the bombsquad called to school was a badge of honor
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 17 10Murilee from Jalopnik sez, "After reading your post about the candy-ass school VP who freaked out over that kid's science project, I remembered my own similar experience in high school ('75 Ford seat-belt buzzer hooked up to batteries and put in a locker, which resulted in school evacuation).
ETG: Early Termination Gouge
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 17 10Fees for terminating your Nexus One contract: up to $550. The magic part is that Google and T-Mobile each charge you an ETF, meaning you have to pay back the 'subsidy' to both companies.
ATM skimmer -- could you spot it in the wild?
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 16 10 Brian Krebs's "Krebs on Security" features an ATM skimmer that is chillingly well-camouflaged. After seeing photos of early, crude skimmers -- devices that capture your card number and work in concert with a hidden camera that records you punching in your PIN -- I assumed that I could rely on my own powers of observation to keep from falling victim to one.
Candy-ass vice-principal calls the bomb squad over an 11-year-old's science project, recommends counselling for the student
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 16 10A San Diego school vice-principal saw an 11-year-old's home science project (a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics), decided it was a bomb, wet himself, put the school on lockdown, had the bomb-squad come out to destroy X-ray the student's invention and search his parents' home, and then magnanimously decided not to discipline the kid (though he did recommend that the child and his parents get counselling to help them overcome their anti-social science behavior).
Rustbelt collapse dividend: ginormous Chrysler plant and 3,000,000 sqft worth of gear up for sale
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 14 10Richard sez, "For the discerning mad scientist: the list of items up for auction by the University of Delaware from a former Chrysler plant in Newark, Delaware.
Buckyballs: little magnetic metal balls that are fun to play with
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 14 10Jake Bronstein of Zoomdoggle sent me a bunch of Buckyballs and for the last few days my daughters and I have been playing with them during meals and in front of the TV.
Prints made from typewriter parts
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 14 10John sez, "I've been making using dismantled typewriter components. Each edition is made by sticking the sheet metal pieces to a magnetic plate then inking and printing like a woodblock.
Video of Perplexus 3D maze toy
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 13 10Kevin Kelly shares my enthusiasm for the Perplexus, a 3-D maze toy. We've found the puzzle to be extremely addictive to anyone who gets started.
The postman always rings ice
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 13 10Perplexed of late by people knocking loudly on the front door instead of ringing the doorbell, I finally asked the delivery man what was up.
Folding electric bike - the "mini-farthing"
Boing Boing Gadgets Jan 13 10 The YikeBike is an electric, folding "mini-farthing" (think "penny-farthing") bike -- €3,500 gets you a 10kg electric scooter that folds up to the size of a cymbal set and travels 10-20km on a single charge at 20km/h.
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