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The ‘90s Are Calling: How to Hack a Payphone into a Boombox

06 Dec

[ By SA Rogers in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

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When you pick up this bright yellow receiver, you won’t hear a dial tone on the other end – what’s waiting for you instead is some of the worst music the 1990s had to offer. The ‘90s are calling and they want their boomboxes, payphones, ugly neon colors and alt rock radio hits back, but maybe you want to keep them by completing this hack yourself. A ‘digital alchemist’ calling himself Fuzzy Wobble explains how to procure an old payphone and load it up with music so it can be two obsolete objects at once.

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“When I first started this project I suspected payphones would be hard to get, expensive, and a hassle to hack. I was wrong on all three! Online I was able to get city-grade cast-iron/stainless payphone for relatively cheap. And the hack, surprisingly, turned out to be quite elegant!”

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Follow along step-by-step on Instructables to learn how to control the keypad, switches and audio on a payphone, whether you actually want to make your own ‘90s boombox or use it for some other audio project. The tutorial will tell you where to find a payphone and how to program the guts using modern electronic components like the Adafruit MP3 Maker Shield and the Arduino Mega, as well as offering the code and laser cuter templates.

“I would so totally just use this to rick roll people,” says one Instructables commenter. Sure. That’s no less relevant to our current world than The Offspring, Semisonic and Coolio.

Hearables: Sound-Controlling Earbuds Hack Everyday Acoustics

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SoundTank: Mobile Sound System or Armored Vehicle?

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Stop Calling Yourself a Real Photographer if You Suck

02 Dec

It has been about five years since I left my office job to make photos on a full-time basis. Still, I feel quite uncomfortable calling myself a photographer. Yes, my photos occasionally appear on glossy magazines covers; sometimes I see my photos on billboards in the center of the city, but still, am I a real photographer? While this may Continue Reading

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Calling Home: 9 Nifty Smartphone Shaped Buildings

01 Dec

[ By Steve in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ]

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Does your high-rise apartment or office tower look like a mobile phone? These ones do, and you can bet smartphone users inside them get REALLY good reception.

Telefónica Chile Building – Santiago, Chile

Telefónica Chile Building Santiago(image via: Celebrate Big)

The Telefónica Chile Building (Torre Telefónica Chile) in Santiago was designed by architects Seismic A&E and while the firm doesn’t explicitly say so at their website, the structure was clearly intended to house a mobile telecommunications company – in this case, Telefónica Chile (known since 2009 as Movistar).

Telefónica Chile Building Santiago(images via: Chilling In Chile, Dijitalimaj and Wikimedia/Diego Sepulveda)

The 143 m (469 ft) tall tower’s design was an attempt to ape the appearance of state-of-the-art mid-1990s mobile phones… considering the building opened in December of 1995, we’d say the architects achieved their goal. It’s odd, however, that planners did not foresee the continuing evolution of mobile phone design through the Telefónica Chile Building‘s estimated lifespan and indeed, only a few short years after it opened the design was already looking quite dated.

Omniyat Properties iPad Building – Dubai, UAE

iPad Building Dubai(image via: WIRED)

Don’t let the name “iPad” fool you, this 23-story building concept from Omniyat Properties dates from 2007 and its design was intended to evoke Apple’s iPod MP3 player sitting atop a docking station. If the design doesn’t resemble an iPod upon first glance, keep in mind the edifice will lean back at a six degree angle.

iPad Building Dubai(images via: Roberta’s Blog and LandvestDubai)

Omniyat Properties suspended work on many of its planned building designs as the late-2000s world financial crisis bit into investment budgets, and the iPad was one of those to be put “on hold” until better days arrived. By 2010 the design had been re-named “The Pad” for obvious reasons and according to Omniyat Properties over 50 percent of payments required to re-start work on this and other outstanding projects had been nailed down.

Bic Camera Building – Tokyo, Japan

Bic Camera cellphone building Tokyo Ikebukuro(image via: Panoramio/alicemarotta)

The Bic Camera building in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district is one of about 40 Bic Camera stores in Japan, though it’s the only one that looks like a cellphone. The building’s facade is actually functional in a way, as the number buttons match the building’s floors and include a short description of what products may be found there.

Bic Camera cellphone building Tokyo Ikebukuro Japan(images via: Spicykarma and Kirainet)

Oddly for a building shaped like a cellular phone, the Bic Camera building in Ikebukuro does not specialize in mobile phone sales. Instead, this particular location predominantly sells computers, parts, peripheral devices and the like.

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Paul Kalkbrenner – Altes Kamuffel Video ( Berlin Calling)

03 Aug

Lilla was searching for a builiding site for her architect project. Filmed by a Nikon D90. Music by Paul Kalkbrenner

Adorama Photography TV presents outdoor speedlight portraits. This week, Mark Wallace teaches you how to adjust flash and ambient exposures separately when using an on-camera speedlight. These are great techniques that apply not only to portraits, but any speedlight photography! Products used in this episode: Canon Speedlite 580EX II, Shoe Mount Flash adorama.com/?CA580EX2U.html Canon EOS-7D Digital SLR Camera Body adorama.com/?ICA7D.html Nikon SB-900 TTL AF Shoe Mount Speedlight adorama.com/?NKSB900AFU.html Nikon D90 12.3 Megapixel Digital SLR adorama.com/?INKD90L.html Visit adorama.com/?learn for more photography videos! Send your questions to: AskMark@Adorama.com
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