In the tech sense- what is your favorite way that someone has used systems in unintended ways to do something cool?
I like the one where a guy used a wiimote for head tracking.
In the tech sense- what is your favorite way that someone has used systems in unintended ways to do something cool?
I like the one where a guy used a wiimote for head tracking.
Maybe the blog that is hosted on a Nintendo Wii. It’s not the most practical hack but I find console modding really neat and the “because I can” style projects are particularly fascinating to me.
Some other favorite hacks are a bit more practical and have to do with extending the life of existing products. RebbleOS, for example, is an open source firmware that took off after Pebble shutdown following their acquisition by FitBit in 2016. It’s allowed people to continue using their e-ink Pebble watches largely unchanged. They can still do things like fetch the weather and voice dictation.
Those are some of mine, too. Even a 15 year old phone still has some cool tech on it that is more useful than e-waste.