Piezo-Acoustic iPod Hack

jugander writes "nilss over at the iPodLinux Project (previously on /.) has performed one of the coolest and most bizzare hacks I've seen in a while. He was able to extract the bootloader from the 4G iPod by sounding out ticks with the iPod's squeaky piezo. With some tweaking and a makeshift recording studio, he was able to dump the 64 kb file at 5 bytes/sec. And yes, this means that 4G iPods can now boot linux!"

Comments

why do you people only care about linux

[sakura the mc]

does the motherfucker run *bsd?

Re:why do you people only care about linux

[BladeMelbourne]

BSD will only run on dead iPods.

Now please wash your potty-mouth out with soap, detergent or caustic soda.

Wow, this hack is soooo cool....

[glomph]

that your tongue sticks to it!

Does this mean?

[thinkliberty]

Does this mean the ipod will support ogg-vorbis now? And they said it would never happen.

Re:Hackaday, meet your new delayed mirror, Slashdo

[physicsphairy]

Have we really sunk so low that we now post stories that are substories of previous posted stories?

Dude, he extracted the bootloader using the piezo! It's bloody brilliant.

I'm even looking forward to the dupes of this article which will probably be posted as soon as his server recovers!

Re:Yes But,

[Concerned Onlooker]

Can they compile a kernal for my brain?

Only if you've been reduced to making nothing but clicking noises.

Re:piezo?

[tomhudson]

So now we can say:

This is the sound of your ipod "zzz ZZ zz zz ZZZ zz"

This is the sound of your ipod running as a webserver being slashdotted "zzz ZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZWTF!!!!!! _______________"

using this hack for ages

[jean-guy69]

isn't this what we usually call a modem ?

Obligatory comment

[deutschemonte]

Sure but can it run linux?

Wait, umm....

Oh!

Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these things!

Re:looking forward to an iPod emulator

[bsharitt]

Then you could play music from you desktop instead of you iPod, and play the iPod version of solitaire.

Re:Hehee. Just like loading off a Cassette tape :)

[teknomage1]

I intend to use this technique to revere engineer the clock on my VCR. That 12:00 just keeps blinking at me, defiantly.

Re:Its sweet but does it ahve a point?

[Lord Kano]

You are aware that this is Slashdot, right?

I'm waiting for someone to get an electric toothbrush to run Linux. Then he'll get WiFi working with it and modulate the pulses so that his skull resonates at the right frequencies to hear it for the purposes of streaming Ogg files directly into his brain.

Why would someone do it? Well, because no one else has and to get linked on Slashdot.

LK