Digital cameras are generally closed platforms, built and programmed under the assumption that they would never be modified. To get more features, you pay more for different firmware, even though the ...

We've already shown you how to turn your point-and-shoot into a super camera with the open-source CHDK software, but if you followed our instructions and hit a "Now what?" wall, the Hack a Day blog ...

May 6, 2008 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support ...

While researching the CHDK How-To, we came across the team’s instructions for porting the firmware to entirely new cameras. In theory, CHDK should work on any Canon running the DIGIC II or III ...

As anyone who has lusted over the technical specifications for Canon’s new Digital Rebel XSi knows, the capabilities of the average point and shoot camera are severely limited. Using the CHDK firmware ...

Last year, two Canadian teenagers, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, successfully sent a Lego mini figure up into space using a weather balloon as the vehicle. To document the event from liftoff to ...

Audio nut and thoriated tungsten aficionado Richard King just sent a cool link to a site that helps you add features to your Canon digital camera by replacing or installing a boot-file in the memory ...

Canon isn't the only game in town when it comes to hacking camera firmware. The famous CHDK firmware hacks now have a rival, at least if you are shooting with a Panasonic GH1, and especially if you ...