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Hardware Hacking In The WSJ

Posted by timothy on from the it's-been-in-low-rider-for-years dept.

NaDrew writes "The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece called "So Your Roomba Vacuums ... Does It Also Take Pictures?" (No reg. req.), profiling a couple of hardware hackers. Phillip Torrone has modified a laptop-brained robot to follow his Segway, which he is modifying to follow a pink ball. He's also modded his Roomba with a built-in Webcam. The article goes into a bit of the history of hardware hacking, from the CueCat to Andrew 'Bunnie' Huang's Xbox hacks."

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  1. Re:I'm in the wrong line of work. by precogpunk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Last I heard she worked for Microsoft, but who knows if she got in early enough to make a million on stock options.

  2. Re:Eek by Rogue+Pat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and invite patrickhendriks@hotmail.com