http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/microsoft-ad-pays-hommage-to-hacks.html Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:50:25 +0000 This commercial shows the full potential of the Kinect device due to innovative tweaks. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/psfk-picks-top-five-apps-of-the-week-2.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:48:46 +0000 A roundup of the latest, most fascinating apps we've learned about this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/eventsound-hack-creates-party-playlists-for-facebook-friends.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:01:00 +0000 The app analyzes multiple music collections to generate a selection with something for everyone. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/foursquare-hack-intersquares-shows-you-where-youve-checked-in-with-friends.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:38:04 +0000 Find out the places you've been with other users by connecting this app to your account.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/ford-working-on-openxc-platform-that-will-let-your-hack-your-car.html Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:44:58 +0000 The partnership means that users will soon be able to create their own personalized driving experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/facebooks-ipad-app-revealed-pics.html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:44:37 +0000 Preview the unreleased iPad app that was hidden inside the code for the social network's iPhone app.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/burberry-hacks-youtube.html Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:05:17 +0000 An adaptation of the video sharing platform creates an interactive video experience to promote the British fashion house's latest line of shades.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/audio-hacking-to-be-the-next-big-kinect-trend.html Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:52:52 +0000 Microsoft believes that by revealing new functionality to the tech community it will enhance natural user interaction design.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/psfk-interviews-microsofts-steve-clayton.html Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:48:12 +0000 PSFK chats with the Microsoft storyteller about the tech giant's gesture-based gaming technology, trends in software innovation and the new era for the Natural User Interface.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/kinect-for-windows-software-development-kit-debuts.html Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:43:08 +0000 Microsoft finally releases their software development kit for the Kinect console, to a crowd of eager developers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/johnny-chung-lees-homemade-video-chat-robot.html Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:54:19 +0000 The tech innovator presents a useful DIY robotics hack.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/john-gerzema-random-hacks-of-kindness.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:35:05 +0000 Through a volunteer community who use open technologies, CrisisCommons' founders hope to create all sorts of relief projects that can be tested in one crisis, refined, and deployed again when the need arises.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/online-campaign-measures-engagement-in-hacks.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:42:07 +0000 An interesting digital campaign intentionally required clever viewers to hack a minisite's URL in order to win prizes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/interesting-cancelled-boring-conference-a-success.html Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:02:04 +0000 Blogger James Ward hosts first-annual Boring 2010 conference in London for those fascinated with tedium.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/a-kinect-powered-autonomous-flying-machine.html Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:27:39 +0000 A team from the Hybrid Systems Lab at Berkeley have put together a prototype device that uses the Microsoft device to navigate the world.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/voice-knitter-creates-fashion-on-command.html Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:12:54 +0000 Berlin design collective Trikoton transforms the human voice into unique knit patterns using computer-customized machinery.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/pic-ipod-watch.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:50:19 +0000 A simple and logical re-purposing of Apple's tiny new device.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/pic-writing-on-the-wall-the-creative-cubicle.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:07:28 +0000 Stanford d.school students design budget-friendly movable whiteboard structures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/kite-photography-an-aerial-view-of-india.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:02:33 +0000 Nicolas Chorier is a French photographer who takes photographs with a customized camera rig which broadcasts its picture down to a handset made from a game boy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/using-the-nintendo-wii-for-medical-tests.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:00:34 +0000 The gaming system makes checking for concussions a little easier.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/pics-upcycled-atari-2600-lamp.html Thu, 06 May 2010 15:48:12 +0000 An Instructables member has found a practical use for an ancient video game system.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/pics-laptopograms-computer-screen-as-camera.html Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:42:41 +0000 Aditya Mandayam makes interesting photographs using only the light from a computer monitor.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/sugru-silicone-clay-encourages-hacking-and-repair.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:11:38 +0000 Sugru is a special kind of silicone "clay" that can be used for a wide variety of applications. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/pic-futuristic-wind-instrument-made-with-3-iphones.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:08:50 +0000 MAKE points us to a mysterious musical instrument from Japan.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/video-electric-didgeridoo.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:37 +0000 The ancient didgeridoo meets modern technology in a striking new hybrid instrument.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/pic-pedal-powered-computer.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:32:01 +0000 One Laptop Per Child has developed a nice solution to power their devices in areas without electricity. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/hyper-efficient-refrigerator-uses-less-electricity-than-a-light-bulb.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:31:21 +0000 In a striking example of ingenuity, Australian inventor Tom Chalko has converted a deep freezer into an incredibly efficient refrigerator.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/goollery-a-gallery-of-google-based-hacks-projects-and-mash-ups.html Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:55:00 +0000 Goollery is an unofficial online gallery of interesting projects that are based on Google tools, API's and the Google brand...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/guitar-hero-with-a-banjo.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:11:44 +0000 The “Oh No Banjo” exhibit has to be one of the cooler bits we’ve seen from the Game Developers Conference currently underway. The showcase featured the work of students who participated in the “Alternative Controllers Seminar” at Rochester Institute of Technology last semester. They created this modified play instrument by taking a guitar game-controller and building a true to form banjo around it. They even wrote custom software and musical arrangements to go with it (making it even more “Banjo Hero” ready). Another final project from the seminar was the “deformable surface controller”, which gives game players the ability toRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/education-hacks.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:59:59 +0000 Union Square Ventures recently held a session on Hacking Education. The goal of the gathering was to discuss the impact of the web on education, and how to innovate current educational systems. Jeff Jarvis was there, and offers up the entire “Google U” chapter from his What Would Google Do? book, which explores education in the age of Google. For more on the Hacking Education, check out the site, or follow the conversation on Twitter. Jarvis begins: Who needs a university when we have Google? All the world’s digital knowledge is available at a search. We can connect those whoRead more...]]>