"If I had this book 10 years ago, the FBI would never have found me!
" -- Kevin Mitnick This book has something for everyone---from the beginner hobbyist with no electronics or coding experience to the self-proclaimed "gadget geek.
" Take an ordinary piece of equipment and turn it into a personal work of art.
Build upon an existing idea to create something better.
Have fun while voiding your warranty!
Some of the hardware hacks in this book include:
* Don't toss your iPod away when the battery dies!
Don't pay Apple the $99 to replace it!
Install a new iPod battery yourself without Apple's "help"
* An Apple a day!
Modify a standard Apple USB Mouse into a glowing UFO Mouse or build a FireWire terabyte hard drive and custom case
* Have you played Atari today?
Create an arcade-style Atari 5200 paddle controller for your favorite retro videogames or transform the Atari 2600 joystick into one that can be used by left-handed players
* Modern game systems, too!
Hack your PlayStation 2 to boot code from the memory card or modify your PlayStation 2 for homebrew game development
* Videophiles unite!
Design, build, and configure your own Windows- or Linux-based Home Theater PC
* Ride the airwaves!
Modify a wireless PCMCIA NIC to include an external antenna connector or load Linux onto your Access Point
* Stick it to The Man!
Remove the proprietary barcode encoding from your CueCat and turn it into a regular barcode reader
* Hack your Palm!
Upgrade the available RAM on your Palm m505 from 8MB to 16MB
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