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Jeff Thompson

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Posted on July 14, 2014

Hush-A-Phone

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The Hush-A-Phone is hardware-hacking 1950s-style; a device for “safeguarding privacy, quieting the office, and improving hearing in noisy places”. The makers of Hush-A-Phone were sued by Bell Telephone, who leased telephones to customers (Hush-A-Phone won the case, with the court saying that Bell’s argument was not “just, fair, and reasonable”).

Hush-A-Phone

Images via: Technovelgy and Live Auctioneers

Posted on January 6, 2014

Konami LaserScope

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The Konami LaserScope, via Alex Myers (via Forbes, perhaps)

Posted on August 22, 2012

Programmer’s Switch

Following an interesting comment on the NYC Resistor blog, the above is a “programmer’s switch” for a 1984 Macintosh.  The plastic piece is inserted into the air vents in the side of the computer to make hitting the interrupt and reset switches easier, both used for debugging code.

Via: eBay

Posted on July 1, 2012

PS3 Controller Covered in Hot Glue

A different style from the usual here: this “hacked PS3 controller” seems somehow perfect after having just watched Prometheus.

Via: Flickr user Brigade Neurale

Posted on June 25, 2012June 25, 2012

Hello World While Lucid Dreaming

A sort of “hello world”, using Morse code via blinking while lucid dreaming – details and other interesting projects at the LSDBase.

Artist, musician, programmer, educator, hacker, curator, explainer. Assistant Professor and Program Director of Visual Art & Technology at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

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