How to Build Your Own Cellphone [VIDEO]

As beautifully designed as the latest batch of smartphones are, they're missing one thing -- individuality. If you are a crafty type and would like a one-of-a-kind cellphone, check out this DIY cellphone kit from MIT's Media Lab.

Just pop in a SIM card and it's ready to use. At about $150 for the parts (plus free printouts for the circuit board and covers from GitHub) you can have DIY bragging rights over your iPhone-mad friends.

If you want text messaging capabilities, however, you'll have to code that into the software yourself.

DIY is not just for home projects. Check out the other instructional videos we've featured, which show you how…
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Seth Godin Funds New Book on Kickstarter in Under 3 Hours

Seth Godin, author of a slew of top-selling marketing books including Linchpin and Tribes, has already raised enough money on Kickstarter to fund his next book.

Godin launched his campaign for the book, titled The Icarus Deception, at 5:05 a.m. ET, PaidContent reports. Less than three hours later the campaign hit its funding goal of $40,000, Godin announced in an update appended to the campaign. By 11:00 a.m., funding had passed the $90,000 mark.

Godin has been one of the most outspoken critics of traditional book publishing models. In an interview with GalleryCat in August 2010, he said, “I like the people, but I can’t abide the long wait, the filters, the big push at launch, the…
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POLL: Are you watching the Euro 2012 football online?

Football fever has taken over Europe again and England has (rather surprisingly for many) shown some promise in its first two games. It may seem like everyone floods into their local to watch the matches, but according to new research...

Meet the Daily Caller, Home of Obama Heckler Neil Munro

Neil Munro, White House correspondent at online news organization The Daily Caller, broke with protocol to interrupt President Obama during a Friday morning press briefing about immigration reform.

A statement released by the Caller claimed Munro wasn't trying to heckle the president, but rather was trying to time his question to arrive at the end of Obama's remarks.

SEE ALSO: Obama Takes on Heckling Reporter [VIDEO]

But what, exactly, is The Daily Caller? We're glad you asked.

The website was launched by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel in January of 2010. Patel formerly served as chief policy advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney. Carlson is a journalist who formerly worked…
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iOS 6: Everything you need to know from WWDC 2012

Today at WWDC 2012 Scott Forstall, the senior VP of iOS Software at Apple, unveiled iOS 6, the latest version of Apple's operating system. We were surprised to see that the new MacBook Pro announcements didn't overshadow Apple's software developments,...

“The Facebook campaign is one tactic…”

In response to the anarchy in Londonderry, and elsewhere, the PSNI have launched a Facebook campaign… Police are urging young people from all communities to help drive the figures down even further with help from social media. “The Facebook campaign is one tactic designed specifically to reach out to those over 16 who may have [...]

I want Presbyterians to be …

In the end, this year’s Presbyterian General Assembly was less newsworthy than the recent Church of Ireland Synod. However the outgoing and incoming moderators did tackle some good issues in their addresses on Monday evening. Last weekend I wrote a short opinion piece to accompany Thursday morning’s News Letter coverage of the General Assembly of [...]