Author Archives: Mark Frauenfelder

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The Wifi Predator

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Mark Frauenfelder

iHacked has instructions for making a Wifi Predator, a gadget that connects to a distant wireless access point and shares it with computers in your vicinity. The predator is a modified wireless router connected to a high-powered antenna and running … Continue reading →

Cat bed clamps onto desk

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Mark Frauenfelder

If your cat likes to sleep on your keyboard while you’re trying to surf for porn, stick her in this box instead. You may have to line the little crib with a rat glue board to get her to stay, … Continue reading →

Useless egg cracking device

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Mark Frauenfelder

Who would spend $7 to buy an egg-cracking gadget (other than people with a disability that prevented them from cracking eggs by hand)? However, when combined with the much-more-awesome but equally-useless Ronco Inside-the-Shell Egg Scrambler ($19.95), making breakfast could become … Continue reading →

WSJ on space elevators

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Mark Frauenfelder

The Wall Street Journal ran a story on “space elevators” last week. The idea is to launch a geosynchronous satellite with a high-strength, low-weight tether that extends all the way back to Earth and is anchored (to say, an offshore … Continue reading →

Convert a cigarette lighter into a secret stash container

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Mark Frauenfelder

This video shows you how to convert a butane lighter into a secret container. Along with an empty plastic lighter, you also need a push button pen and some tape. Link Update: Watch out. Some people are getting ridiculous pop-ups … Continue reading →