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  1. Telephone line powered stuff on Hand-Powered Hardware? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This site sells stuff that can be powered from your telephone line. Clock radios, calculators, vibrators, police scanners, wet dry brooms,etc.

    weird...

    Telco powered electronics

  2. IRLP Hurricane Net on Amateur Radio Braces for Hurricane Isabel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Check out the hams at work on the east coast. They are currently reporting weather and assisting FEMA; Live shoutcast broadcast is available here: http://live.irlp.net:8080/

  3. bahh, old news on Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station · · Score: 1

    this has been done 30 years or so now.

  4. Re:This isn't exactly new.... on Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station · · Score: 1

    Yeah, very true! And your not actually "hacking" a weather satellite these weather maps are broadcasted for the public anyways. Iv been decoding NOAA and GOES maps for the last 20 years.... If you wanna hack anything hack the enigma number stations :P

  5. APRS on Real-Time Collaborative Mapmaking · · Score: 1

    This sort of thing has been achieved by ham radio operators for 10+ years now. In the ham radio community it is called APRS (Automatic Position Relay system). For more info check out http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html