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Filed under: Hardware, Hacks, Mods

Reuse an old Apple floppy drive as an amp

by Dave Caolo on Mar 3rd 2008 at 4:00PM

We love reading articles like this. Folks who use old gadgets for novel purposes make our geeky little hearts dance. Take as evidence the DIY iPod video projector and the iPod nano slide viewer.

Today we came across a post from jeffkobi at Instructables describing how he turned a 5.25" floppy drive into an amplifier. After building a prototype with a Tupperware container, Jeff (can we call you Jeff?) put the guts of a Sonic Impact 5066 T-amp into the drive case (it fit quite nicely, actually), attached a volume knob and in/out ports, connected his iPod and was in business. A retro-amp that looks cool on any desk.

Well done, Jeff!

Tags: amp, amplifier, hacks, ipod, mods

Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Odds and ends, Freeware, Open Source

AMP: Front Row-like Touchscreen Interface

by Mat Lu on Jan 4th 2007 at 1:00PM



In preparing our recent carputer post, I came across AMP, the Front Row-like touchscreen interface Sam used for his car based Mac. Designed by author Aychamo with an extensible plugin architecture AMP already has plugins allowing you to import and access your iTunes library, movies, and photos. It even sports a mini-web browser and a war driving interface which lists detected Wireless Access Points. The interface seems to be optimized for a 800 x 480 touchscreen display which is common on the 7" LCDs that are often used in carputers. Aychamo already appears to be hard at work on version 2.0 of AMP and more information can be found on the AMP forum at MP3Car.com

Tags: amp, carputer, touchscreen interface, TouchscreenInterface

Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family

Nike Amp+

by Scott McNulty on Nov 27th 2006 at 2:40PM

Don't you love it when as yet unreleased products show up on Gift Guides? The Nike Amp+ was included on Men's Health's 2007 Tech Guide (there isn't a permalink, but it is listed under Media Players). What? You haven't heard of the Nike Amp+? Well, there is good reason for that, it hasn't been released yet.

The Nike Amp+ is a wrist band which communicates with your iPod (with Bluetooth, I assume) so that you can start, stop, and browse your tunes. That's not all! It also talks to the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, so you can access information about your run without having to take out your iPod.

I'm not a runner, but this is cool enough that I might just pick one up anyway. No details about pricing or availability are known at this time.

Thanks, Barry.

Tags: amp, ipod, ipod nike amp, IpodNikeAmp, nike

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