Turning an old “brick” cellphone into a data transmitting device
I’ve never liked throwing away working electronics. The same counts for old cellphones. As I got my first smartphone a long time back, I kept my “brick” phone, thinking about doing something with it one day. This day came in May 2014, when I decided to revolve my next project around putting this old phone…
A mod to make a Nintendo DS play on its own
After playing lots of Pokémon and Age Of Empires in my early teenage years, my Nintendo DS has mostly been laying around in the closet serving no use. But with the advent of my modding/hacking passion, I’ve decided to tinker around with this relatively old console. So I soldered wires to all the buttons (while making…
The All Terrain Vehicle, a >30kg iron colossus
The All Terrain Vehicle (A.T.V.) is my biggest and most time-consuming project to date. In its building process I have learned welding, working with metals and plastics, as well as how to plan and build complex metal structures. Even more, I improved my skills in circuit board design, programming and circuit board etching. I started…