Turns out that Google, just like Apple, doesn’t want anyone to do anything to their phones that they don’t have a maffia like approval of.

Google hits Android ROM modder with a cease-and-desist letter.

Nanocomp Technologies has managed  to weave its’ nanotube fibers into sheets less than a fifth of an inch thick. Upon shooting, some versions of the sheets stayed intact. It’s looking like a lightweight replacement for Kevlar that should be on  the market in about a year.

A Kevlar killer comes to market – Sep. 17, 2009.

The Belkin Home Base plugs into your (wifi) network, and allows you to share USB peripherals with all the computers in your network. It has automatic backup to external HDs as well as Flickr / Picasa sharing.

At $129,- not too bad.

Print, Share, and Back Up Files Wirelessly with Belkin Home Base.

This device has several settings allowing you to see kw/hr, view the cumulative useage and displays Volts, Amps, Watts, Hz, VA.

It’s the only device I’ve found you can plug any device into and see how much power it’s really drawing.

There are 3 versions of the product.

P3 – Kill A Watt.

For under $150,- you can start your own satellite programme – you need: a weather balloon, a digital camera and a GPS enabled phone. Some hand warmers and a styrofoam cup keeps everything warm.

Hardware « 1337arts.

KD-AVX77 – this is the dog’s bollox head unit with touchscreen, ipod / iphone in, CD, DVD, radio, fully customiseable interface and you can put your own buttons and background on it. Must. Have.

via JVC Nederland » Producten › Car Audio › Multimedia › KD-AVX77.

Hack Your Wii for Homebrew without Twilight Princess – Wii – Lifehacker.

This clock is an open source project: make it yourself from free downloadable plans, or buy a kit from them and then assemble

Ice Tube VFD Clock kit – Glowy retro tube clock.

This Wii charger uses magnetism to stick the controllers to the base and then induction to charge the controllers through the jacket

Nyko – Products – Charge Base Ic.

Finally! They’ve passed testing and can be implemented! You can plug an mp3 player into them, they’re not as huge and unsightly as the current hearing aids and they are much much more effective than the old school ones.

Bone-anchored hearing aids filter out noise, finally ready for human implantation.

The aptly-named “WebOS Quick Install” from our very own Jason Robitaille. It’s a simple desktop Java-based app that you can download and install on a Mac, PC or Linux machine. First, install the webOS SDK (Update, version 1.1 has just been released and it uses the Recovery ROM – take a quick look at the notes on the linked post), then you just need to put your Pre into Developer Mode and then run the app on your desktop (Mac users note the small caveat in the readme file). You can drag and drop files downloaded from our Homebrew Apps forum into the app, click install, and you. are. done.

via Installing Homebrew Apps: Desktop Drag ‘n Drop, On-Device too! | PreCentral.net.

There’s a second way to install Pre apps in there as well called filecoaster…

It’s easy, and you can run anything you like on it, you don’t have to worry about it being signed.

hold the volume-up button while it’s booting in order to set it to restore mode. Once in that mode, you can use Palm’s firmware flasher app.

This thing tracks your sleep, analyses your rhythms and will wake you up at your optimum wakeup point. It better, for $399,-

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Using a oscilloscope for your projects is often an expensive endeavor. At the low end you are talking several hundred bucks at least%u2014but this DIY version fits in your pocket and only costs $33.

Features:

Max sample rate – 2M/s%uFF0C8 bits
Sample memory depth – 256 bytes
Analog bandwidth – 1MHz
Vertical sensitivity – 100mV/Div – 5V/Div
Vertical position adjustable with indicator
Input impedance – 1M%u03A9
Max input voltage – 50Vpp
DC/AC coupling
Horizontal – 5%u03BCs/Div – 10m(minute)/Div
Auto, normal and single trig modes
Rising/falling edge trigger
Trig level adjustable with indicator
Hold/run feature
Built-in 500Hz/5Vpp test signal
Frequency counter features with independant F and T read-outs (only for TTL level input signal)
9 – 12V DC or AC power supply
Dimension: 110mm X 65mm X 25mm (no case)
Weight: 70 gram
With Panels

The “Digital Storage Oscilloscope” may not be as fully featured as traditional models, but you definitely get a lot for your money. Plus, it’s open source so you can include the firmware in your tinkering. The oscilloscope comes in a kit version for the aforementioned $33, as well as a pre-built version for only $49.

Gizmodo – DIY Pocket-Sized Oscilloscope Kit For $33 – Digital storage oscilloscope

This is a Roomba alternative – it wipes the floor for you.

Apparently this magical silver goo conducts as well as gold and is way way thinner than wiring in circuits, so it has the potential to make much smaller gadgets.

I’ve handled this several times before, but here we have some more on those almost mythical Invisibility cloaks

It’s a 3D mouse. With an LCD screen and loads of buttons. For around $500,-.

This gadget site is chock full of iphone / ipod gadgets, watches, USB stuff, car electronics, lasers, flashlights, spy pens, nature digital sound recorders, toys, crossbows, gunsights, GSM bugs and signal blockers, PSP Pandora batteries, and god knows what else, and for insanely low prices – with free shipping! Have fun overspending here 🙂