Windows drivers for PS3 controllers

Recently, a Japanese coder on the DCEmu Forums released Windows drivers for DualShock 3 controllers. While the drivers only support using the controllers over USB and not bluetooth, they do include force feedback and Sixaxis support. Included with the drivers is a configuration tool, and though it appears to be in Japanese there is some explanation of how to use it included in the forum post. We have not tested these personally, but you can try out the drivers for yourself by downloading them from the forum here.

[photo: William Hook]

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Augmented FPS gaming

[MikeFez] sent in this info about his augmented FPS set ups. He started this project back with an original XBox in 2006. He wanted a more immersive way of interacting with his games. Pointing out that gaming visuals and interactivity have come leaps and bounds while the controllers themselves have basically just added a few buttons, he explains his goals. He wanted to have to move his body to move his character and possibly physically aim. The original project, for the XBox, was successful in that he used a floor pad to control his character. Since then, the Wii has come out and he has moved to the PC as his main platform. As expected, he is now using the Wiimote as the aiming device.

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PS3 Ubuntu install for emulation

Gizmodo has done us all a favor by wading through many forum posts and condensing them into a handy guide to installing Ubuntu on your Playstation 3. It covers some of the caveats of going this route. You have to backup all of your game data before starting since the system repartitions the drive. Ubuntu installs without any problem, but because the cell processor is a PowerPC architecture it means not everything has been ported to it. There are a few things you need to install to get the Sixaxis controller to be recognized as a joystick. Super Nintendo emulator SNES9X is available and works, mostly. It doesn’t support fullscreen and cries if you reconfigure the buttons.

Supporting developers through alternate operating systems isn’t new to Sony. With the original Playstation, they released Net Yaroze, a consumer grade dev kit. The Playstation 2 was the first time they officially supported Linux on a game console (our first Linux machine). The ground breaking thing about the Playstation 3 was bundling in Linux support with every single console; no specialized hardware needed. Unfortunately they’re not near as open with the PSP.

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Hackit: Xbox 360 hardware failures on the rise?

Joystiq has been tracking the new starlet of Xbox 360 failures: the E74 error. It appears as the lower right light on the console turning red and an on-screen message telling the user to contact support with the error E74. The number of reported E74 errors seems to have risen since August 2008 and people are wondering if the more recent increase in errors are related to the release of the New Xbox Experience (NXE) Dashboard update. Did Microsoft reclass Red Ring of Death (RROD) failures as E74 to avoid warranty replacements? Read the rest of this entry »

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NOKIA N86

Harga (Rp.) 5,550,000
Sistem Operasi Symbian OS, S60 rel. 3.2
Ukuran 103.4 x 51.4 x 18.5 mm, berat 149 gram
Frekuensi HSDPA/GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Layar Internal : -
Eksternal : OLED 16M, 240x320 pixel, 2.6"
Pesan SMS, MMS, Email
Phonebook Dinamis
Ringtone 64-Polifonik, MP3, Video
Internet GPRS, EDGE, WAP 2.0, xHTML, HTML, 3.5G, WiFi
Koneksi Bluetooth A2DP, MicroUSB (CA-101), 3.5 mm AV
Kamera Internal : CIF
Eksternal : 8 MP, Autofocus, Wide Angle Lens, Shutter Cepat, Carl Zeiss, Dual LED Flash, 20x Digital Zoom
Video Rekam Video
Hiburan Games, FM Radio, Music Player, Video Player, Voice Rec.
Waktu Siaga/Bicara 264/3.5 Jam
Memori Ponsel 8 GB
Memori Kartu MicroSD maks. 16 GB
Jenis Handsfree -
Jenis Batere BL-5K
Fitur Lain Dual Slide Design, FM Transmitter, Kompas Digital, A-GPS, Nokia Maps 3.0, Kickstand Aktif, TV-Out, Geotaging, Kualitas Rekam Video 30 Fps, NGage, Waktu Putar Musik 25 Jam, 3D Dual Speaker, Lampu Flash Hingga 3.5 Meter
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Hacking an iButton

posted by Zach Banks
filed under: peripherals hacks, security hacks, tool hacks

Maxim’s iButtons, which are small ICs in button-sized disks, are starting to show up in more and more places. They have a range of uses, from temperature loggers to identification, and all use the 1-wire protocol to communicate. Over a furrtek, they hacked an iButton used for buying things from vending machines and created an infinite money cheat. They built a small rig based on the ATmega8 to read and write data to the chip. The data was encrypted, so it wasn’t feasible to put an arbitrary amount on the card. Instead, they used a similar technique to the Boston subway hack and restored a previous state to the iButton after something was bought. They also created a hand-held device to backup and restore the contents of a button for portable hacking.

[Thanks furrtek]

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Pelican case Xbox 360

[Ben Heck] has put the final touches on his Pelican case Xbox 360. This prototype was constructed for use by troops stationed overseas. When he announced the project in October, he already knew some of the hurdles he would face. An industrial Velcro style product is used for all component mounting so the air/water-tight seal of the case remains intact. He sanded the surface so that it would stick better. [Ben] mentions that he ended up using less Velcro than he planned on because it held so well. Not being able to cut the case meant the DVD drive had to be converted to top-loading. The tray movement limit switches have been relocated so they now respond to lid position. He regrets not being able to motorize the lid, but let it go since this is still just the first attempt. Extra copper was added to all of the heat sinks to improve cooling. This Xbox is for sale and he’d love to hear from anyone that wants to put it into production. The write-up has a ton of pictures and you can see a video of it below.

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NOKIA E90

Harga (Rp.) 7,600,000
Sistem Operasi Symbian S60 v9.2 rel 3.1
Ukuran 132 x 57 x 20 mm, berat 210 gram
Frekuensi HSDPA/GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Layar Internal : TFT 16M 800x352 pixel, 4"
Eksternal : TFT 16M 240x320 pixel, 2"
Pesan SMS, MMS, Email
Phonebook Dinamis
Ringtone Polifonik, Truetone, MP3
Internet GPRS, EDGE, WAP 2.0, xHTML, HTML, 3.5G, WiFi
Koneksi Infrared, Bluetooth, MiniUSB (DKE-2), 2.5 mm Audio
Kamera Internal : QCIF (Video Call)
Eksternal : 3.2 MP, Autofokus, Flash
Video Rekam Video 1 Jam
Hiburan Games, Music Player, FM Radio, Video Rec. & Play, Voice Rec.
Waktu Siaga/Bicara 330 jam / 5 jam
Memori Ponsel 128 MB
Memori Kartu MicroSD
Jenis Handsfree -
Jenis Batere BP 4L
Fitur Lain Organizer, Office Editor, Blackberry Connect, Integrated GPS, A-GPS, Nokia Maps, Active Notes, QWERTY Keyboard, Vibrate Alert
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PS3 Home hacking

Last week Sony launched the public beta of Home, their virtual world for the PlayStation 3. It wasn’t met with much fanfare and has proven to be quite buggy. Many were less than charmed by scarcity being ported to the virtual world. Others took it upon themselves to hack the service. Connections between the user’s home console and Sony’s server are unencrypted. You can sniff the requests and responses off the wire and modify them live. It seems you need the console to establish the initial connection, but after that you’re free to use builtin tools like Download.jsp, UploadFileServlet, and Delete.jsp to modify any file on the host server. You can also set up a proxy server to modify content, but that will only affect what your console sees.

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Rock band kick pedal

[Raphael] sent us this nice kick pedal mod for Guitar Hero: World Tour. After breaking his kick pedal repeatedly, he decided to build something a bit more robust. He went to the music store intending to pick up a cheap kick pedal to start with and happened to start a conversation with an employee who had a practice pad to get rid of. [Raphael] relieved him of his practice pad and promptly made a base to hold it in position. After attaching his piezo sensor to the back of it, he had a very robust kick pedal. we can’t imagine him breaking this one any time soon.

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Banjo hero

We’ve posted a plethora of Guitar Hero style hardware hacks, but this one is completely different than the others. Behold, the Banjo hero. This unique controller was constructed from an old banjo and a guitar hero controller. Custom software was then built with custom songs for game play. We really wish we could see it in action. There are a couple videos available for download, but they are just pictures of the build process.

[via Boing Boing]

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Katamari controller

Click To Play

Remember those days, back in the arcade, where games with a unique control scheme also had a controller best suited for them? There were rolling balls, joysticks, dials, all sorts of inputs. Consoles have maily relied on their standard controllers, relegating alternative inputs to be strange collectors items. Some games just need a specialized controller though. For example, Katamari Damacy. [Kellbot] has made one that we think suits the game very well.

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Chalkbot vs Graffitiwriter

posted by Caleb Kraft
filed under: digital cameras hacks, news, robots hacks

For those who watched the Tour de France, you may have been pleasantly surprised to see some cool tech. Nike was using a robot to paint pictures on the street in chalk dot matrix style. It was accepted by the general public as new and innovative, as well as generally cool. In the hacker community though, a bit of trouble began to brew. The Chalkbot bears more than a passing resemblance to a project called GraffitiWriter. GraffitiWriter was a bot initially designed to protest the militarization of robotics. As it turns out, one of the early developers of the GraffitiWriter is behind the Chalkbot in a legitimate contract. The trouble doesn’t seem to be one of intellectual property legalities. People are mad at the corporatization of public work. They want kids watching to know that this system was designed by regular people in their spare time at their homes, not by a team of researches in a secret underground Nike laboratory.

The article takes a bit of a turn and talks some about the possibility of projects being taken and used for corporate advertisement. The specific item they are talking about is the Image Fulgurator which secretly projects images on objects in your photographs. You’ll have to go check that one out to see how it works.

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Inside the Asus EEE Keyboard

posted by Nick Caiello
filed under: news, pcs hacks

It seems that our french friends over at BlogEEE.net have gotten their hands on a prototype of the Asus EEE Keyboard all-in-one keyboard computer. After plugging it in and messing around it a little bit, they decided to take it apart. Although BlogEEE.net is in French, we were able to learn several things about this prototype. According to the site, the PCB in their EEE keyboard is marked as Revision 1, meaning that it is very possible that this could be the finalized version of the PCB that will be seen in retail units. Also, they mention the presence of a Silicon Image sil1392cnu, a chip responsible for sending HD graphics via the EEE’s onboard HDMI port, supporting resolutions anywhere from 480i to 1080p. Perhaps one of the most impressing details uncovered was that when weighed the EEE keyboard clocked in at an impressive 2.1 pounds, lighter than most keyboards that don’t have an onboard CPU or display. While we’ve learned a lot about the Asus EEE Keyboard so far, there is still no information available regarding its release date.

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Nokia 2600

	Harga (Rp.) 670,000 Sistem Operasi Nokia OS Ukuran 109.6 x 46.7 x 12 mm, berat 73.2 gram Frekuensi GSM 900/1800 MHz Layar Internal : - Eksternal : TFT 65K, 128x160 pixel, 1.8" Pesan SMS, MMS, Email Phonebook 1000 Ringtone Polifonik, MP3 Internet GPRS, WAP 2.0, xHTML Koneksi Bluetooth Kamera Internal : - Eksternal : VGA, 4x Digital Zoom Video Rekam Video Hiburan Games, FM Radio, Voice Rec. Waktu Siaga/Bicara 580/6 Jam Memori Ponsel 10 MB Memori Kartu n/a Jenis Handsfree - Jenis Batere BL-5BT Fitur Lain Kalender, Kalkulator, T9, Xpress-On Cover Order NOW <<>>

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Nokia 2323

Harga (Rp.)	660,000
Sistem Operasi	Nokia OS
Ukuran	107 x 46 x 13.8 mm, berat 76 gram
Frekuensi	GSM 900/1800 MHz
Layar	Internal : -
	Eksternal : TFT 65K, 128x160 pixel, 1.8"
Pesan	SMS, MMS, Email
Phonebook	1000
Ringtone	32-Polifonik, Video
Internet	GPRS, EDGE, WAP 2.0, xHTML
Koneksi	Bluetooth, 2.5 mm AV
Kamera	Internal : n/a
	Eksternal : n/a
Video	n/a
Hiburan	Games, FM Radio
Waktu Siaga/Bicara	528/4 Jam
Memori Ponsel	10 MB
Memori Kartu	n/a
Jenis Handsfree	-
Jenis Batere	BL-5C
Fitur Lain	Ovi Mail, Perekam Radio, Organizer, Alarm, Opera Mini, Stopwatch, Konverter
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Nokia 5030

Harga (Rp.)	650,000
Sistem Operasi	Nokia OS
Ukuran	108 x 45 x 15 mm, berat 82 gram
Frekuensi	GSM 900/1800 MHz
Layar	Internal : -
	Eksternal : TFT 65K, 128x160 pixel, 1.8"
Pesan	SMS
Phonebook	500
Ringtone	32-Polifonik
Internet	n/a
Koneksi	2.5 mm AV
Kamera	Internal : -
	Eksternal : n/a
Video	n/a
Hiburan	Games, FM Radio
Waktu Siaga/Bicara	524/10 Jam
Memori Ponsel	8 MB
Memori Kartu	n/a
Jenis Handsfree	-
Jenis Batere	BL-5C
Fitur Lain	Antena Radio Terintegrasi, Tombol Khusus Radio, Lampu Senter, Speaker Phone, Waktu Putar Radio 24 Jam
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SE K770

Harga Baru :
Rp. 1,775,000
Harga Second :
Rp. 1,000,000

General

Network

UMTS / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900

Size	Dimensions	105 x 47 x 14.5 mm
	Weight	95 g

Display	Type	TFT, 256K colors
	Size	240 x 320 pixels, 1.9 inches
		- Wallpapers, screensavers

Ringtones	Type	Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3
	Customization	Composer, download
	Vibration	Yes

Memory	Phonebook	1000 entries, up to 2500 numbers, Photo call
	Call records	30 received, dialed and missed calls
	Card slot	Memory Stick Micro (M2), 256 MB card included
		- 16 MB internal memory

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	HSCSD	Yes
	EDGE	No
	3G	Yes, 384 kbps
	WLAN	No
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0

Features	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Truffle Brown, Ultra Violet, Sandy Beige
	Camera	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video, LED flash, secondary VGA videocall camera
		- Java MIDP 2.0 - RDS FM radio - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player - TrackID music recognition - BestPic - T9 - Image viewer - Picture editor - Picture blogging - Organiser - Built-in handsfree - Voice memo/dial - Stopwatch

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38)
	Stand-by	Up to 400 h
	Talk time	Up to 10 h

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SE S500

Harga Baru :
Rp. 1,700,000
Harga Second :
Rp. 1,200,000

General

Network

GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900

Size	Dimensions	99 x 47 x 14 mm
	Weight	94 g

Display	Type	TFT, 256K colors
	Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inch
		- Wallpapers, screensavers

Ringtones	Type	Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3, AAC
	Customization	Composer, download
	Vibration	Yes

Memory	Phonebook	1000 contacts, Photo call
	Call records	30 received, dialed and missed calls
	Card slot	Memory Stick Micro (M2)
		- 12 MB shared memory

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	HSCSD	Yes
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	No
	WLAN	No
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes

Features	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser	WAP 2.0/HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Mysterious Green, Spring Yellow
	Camera	2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video
		- TrackID music recognition - MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ player - Java MIDP 2.0 - T9 - Organiser - Voice memo - Built-in handsfree

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Po 900 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 370 h
	Talk time	Up to 9 h

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