Stories by Elizabeth Fish

3200 LEDs make the Sydney Harbour Bridge a giant lightshow that you can control

The Colour the Bridge project, part of the annual Vivid Sydney light festival, lights up the Sydney Harbour Bridge with 3200 programmed LED lights and fiber optics, giving the otherwise gray concrete-and-steel structure a totally different appearance...

Put an old phone to good use--Make it a Lego NXT telepresence robot

Do you have an old Android phone stored away that you keep only for emergencies--or just aren't sure what to do with it? You could breathe new life into the semi-retired handset by strapping it up to a Lego Mindstorms NXT set and turn it into a house...

As CyanogenMod 9 rolls out, Snapdragon S1 devices miss out

The folks over at CyanogenMod (CM) presently have their work cut out for them in making sure the most recent update of their Android rooting software works efficiently with Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0).

This 737-800 flight simulator can take you anywhere (sort of)

What do you do when you can no longer peruse a much-loved career and are diagnosed with a serious illness? If you happen to be an ex-commercial pilot who goes by "Ash," you build a very realistic flight simulator in your back yard.

iPad-controlled LED wall display will leave you mesmerised

There's something about a blank wall that can make a room feel empty. Usually, adding a little art to the space is enough to fill the void, but if you happen to be a little be geeky, you can do one better than that.

iOS 6 already gets jailbreak treatment, not ready for public beta just yet

This probably comes as no surprise to most of you, but less than 24 hours after its announcement at Apple's WWDC event, iOS 6 is already jailbroken--with interesting results.

NES mod lets you play classic games on your smartphone

Ever wished there was a way of playing your favorite NES titles on a present-day device, like your smartphone? If you still happen to have your old NES console handy, then now there is a way.

iOS 5.1.1 released; Redsn0w protects your jailbreak

If you have a jailbroken iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running the latest software, you can upgrade to iOS 5.1.1 without fear of losing your jailbreak.

Instaprint lets you print your Instagram photos Polaroid-style; hipsters love it

Instaprint, by New York-based company Breakfast, adds extra functionality to the Instagram app, but focuses around events and/or the event location element.

iOS 5 has a hidden panorama mode that works on jailbroken iPhones

iPhone users, rejoice! It appears that iOS 5 has it a hidden option to let you create panoramic photos.

Apps: Five Siri alternatives that give your older iPhone a voice

After last week’s iPhone 4S unveiling Siri was one of the most talked-about features. With Siri, the iPhone 4S will be able to answer just about anything you ask it, from the weather report to nearby points of interest.

Hacker creates makes iOS look like OS X Lion

Do you happen to be one of those people that really love Mac OS X Lion? Or perhaps, on the other end of the spectrum, you feel Lion's a bit too much like iOS? Well, now it's more than just similar, because if you happen to have an iPhone or iPod Touc...

Kickstarter project aims to take geocaching into space

Have you ever been geocaching? While it may seem a little lame to those who haven't, there is a slight thrill to being able to track down a hidden item using only clues and a set of co-ordinates from the person who put it there. Still sounds a little...

CmdrTaco Resigns From Slashdot

Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda has resigned from his 14-year post at the helm of geeky news aggrigator, Slashdot to allow the site to develop further. He is not currently working on any new plans.

iOS 4.3.5 is out; Redsn0w jailbreak works

Earlier today (Monday), Apple released iOS 4.3.5, a security update that patches a flaw in its handling of security certificates. If you're looking to jailbreak 4.3.5, though, here's some good news: "MuscleNerd" of the iPhone Dev Team decided he woul...