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Book 18
Why waste a thousand words? Photos tell stories. And the more you can do with your digital camera, the better the story you can tell. So build a remote control and sneak up on that picture that keeps eluding you. Create an adapter that lets you use SLR-type lenses on your point-and-shoot. Play with lens magnification or create a pinhole lens. Beef up flash memory. And that's just where the tale begins. The ending is up to you. Hack any digital camera. Illustrated step-by-step directions for more than 20 hacks, including: Building triggers; Accessing raw sensor data; Making accessory lens adapters; Eliminating the infrared blocking filter; Extending lenses; Making reverse macro adapters; Building a monopod; Creating bicycle and car mounts; and, Hacking microdrives from other devices.
Book 23
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to totally tech-out your ride! Geek My Ride is the first do-it-yourself guide to installing a variety of awesome projects that will turn your ordinary vehicle into the ultimate tech rod! Car hacker Auri Rahimzadeh guides readers through 15 cool projects, complete with tools, skills and step-by-step instructions. Geek My Ride goes way beyond factory options and teaches readers how to install a custom car PC, with Wi-Fi, Internet access, and more. Dive into installing video gaming systems, video surveillance, LED message boards, and more. You'll even learn to how get your car's new MP3 player to sync with your home music collection wirelessly when you pull into the garage! Foreword by Steve "Woz" Wozniak.
Book 31
Over 500,000 Sony PlayStation Portables were sold in their first two days on the market. Hacks include adding an external Wi-Fi antenna, saving Xbox games on the PSP, transferring movies and TiVo-recorded shows to it, and running Linux on a PSP. This book shows readers how to access the hidden Web browser and surf the Web on a PSP, turn it into a USB hard drive, add solar power, and use a PSP as a universal remote control. It gives readers the information they need to create their own PSP hacks.
Book 43
We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level. Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including: * Speeding up Web surfing.* Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.* Using your PSP like an iPod.* Transfering DVDs to your PSP.* Getting more power.* Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.* Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.* Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.* Running Linux(r) and Windows(r). Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.