Try this at home

A GENERATION OR two ago, readers of Popular Mechanics called it tinkering -- taking apart radios, clocks, or motorcycles in order to modify them. Today it's called hacking, and it's trickier than ever. For one thing, most electronic devices have cases that are nearly impossible to open, and the tangle of wires and silicon chips inside is daunting in the ... (Full article: 276 words)

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