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Apple TV hacking: Wiimote footage

by Erica Sadun (Nov 11th, 2010)

Do you remember about a year ago when we showed you a Wiimote working as an iPhone input device ? Jump forward to the new era of Apple TV 2. Developer hacker Tom Cool from the #awkwardtv channel on irc.moofspeak.net has cross-compiled that demo for the ATV 2. You can see it in action in this ...

Found Footage: Synergy on iOS

by Erica Sadun (Jun 28th, 2010)

Are you familiar with Synergy? It's an app that lets you share your keyboard and mouse between many computers -- and we at TUAW have been fans of the app for a very long time. We were delighted to learn over the weekend that Matthias Ringwald, otherwise known as the "King of BTstack," has built ...

Add GPS to your jailbroken WiFi iPad with BTstack GPS

by Erica Sadun (May 11th, 2010)

A while back, TUAW took a peek at RoqyBluetooth, a GPS solution for jailbroken iPads and iPod touches. Today, Matthias Ringwald has released BTstack GPS. Like Roqy, BTstack GPS offers integrated core location for Bluetooth-enabled devices that lack an onboard GPS system. Retailing for $5 (via the ...

Found footage: iPhone + Arduino + Heartrate Monitor = HumanAPI

by Erica Sadun (Jan 26th, 2010)

HumanApi, Sports ECG in real life from uxebu on Vimeo. iPhone developer Nikolai Onken has been hard at work putting together what he calls the Human API. He wants to explore how real life can be the source of data that can be gathered and analyzed using web technologies. In the project ...

Found footage: Jailbreak BTstack support extended to 1st gen iPod touch

by Erica Sadun (Jan 24th, 2010)

The BTstack project that we've covered before on TUAW, offers a way for iPhone and iPod touch units to communicate with arbitrary external Bluetooth devices. To date, it's been used to connect keyboards, mice, and wiimotes with iPhone software. This system has now been extended to the first ...

Found Footage: iPhone/Mouse integration

by Erica Sadun (Jan 4th, 2010)

What happens when you combine two amazing jailbreak utilities on the iPhone? You achieve remote mouse based support! iPhone developer Lance "ashikase" Fetters, author of the amazing Backgrounder jailbreak app, wrote a VNC style extension for the iPhone called MouseSupport. It provides a floating ...

Using a Wireless Keyboard with an iPhone using BTstack Keyboard

by Joachim Bean (Dec 26th, 2009)

A few days ago, the BTStack keyboard package was released to Cydia. This package, which we posted about recently, allows owners of jailbroken iPhones to use a Bluetooth keyboard with their iPhone 3G or 3GS, or 2nd generation or later iPod touch. The package is available for US$5.00 from Cydia. ...