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Citizen Engineer is an online video series about open source hardware, electronics, art and hacking by Limor (Ladyada) Fried of Adafruit Industries & Phillip (pt) Torrone of MAKE magazine. The first video debuts at "The Last HOPE" conference in New York City.

Volume 01 - Phones: SIM card & payphone hacking
Learn how a SIM card works (the small card inside GSM cell phones) make a SIM card reader, view deleted messages, phone book entries and clone/crack a SIM card.

Modify a "retired" payphone so it can be used as a home telephone and for VoIP (Skype). Then learn how to modify the hacked payphone so it accepts quarters - and lastly, use a Redbox to make "free phone" calls from the modified coin-accepting payphone.
Length: 30 minutes

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  • nimble2 3 years ago
    I just love a geek chick that can solder.
    Awesome info too
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  • Zadi Diaz plus 3 years ago
    Great stuff.
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  • Adam 3 years ago
    The video ends rather abruptly at 23:40 for me.
  • citizen engineer 3 years ago
    this now fixed (for folks who do video, vimeo seems to like 44khz sound vs 48 khz sound, otherwise the video might get cut short, weird - but confirmed)...
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  • Nick Pettit 3 years ago
    That's really cool! I'm a software engineer, but these vids make me want to get into hardware.
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  • teacupwish 3 years ago
    This is very, very well shot! Good angles that make understanding what you need to get a LOT easier than many tech videos out there. =D Very well done! I'm impressed!
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  • devvity 3 years ago
    It's great to see computer development vids on vimeo. I'm subscribing...keep it up :)

    Quick request: Can you place any supplementary material alongside your video? Thanks.
  • citizen engineer 3 years ago
    citizenengineer.com
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  • Kris 3 years ago
    That was awesome - great content, great filming.
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  • Krzysztof M. 3 years ago
    Very cool vid! Keep up the great work and give us more vids like that. Once again hats off the head!
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  • rolf blijleven 3 years ago
    Very well done! I'm a EE used to translate and write for the European magazine Elektor. What you showed is, well, inspiring. Keep it up, please.
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  • Alessandro Arrichiello 3 years ago
    Great!
    I think that Opensource is based on Knowledge Sharing and you have represented very well my idea!

    Great Job!

    Thanks a lot.
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  • davisr 3 years ago
    Nice, Keep up these types of videos! When can we expect the next one, if any?
  • citizen engineer 3 years ago
    in 30 days, or sooner
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  • Team Louish 3 years ago
    awesome video!
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  • Dao(Клишин) 3 years ago
    Ha he ))) In Latvia we have payphones which use cards not coin )))
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  • Anugrah Adams 3 years ago
    young miss with soldering iron > beautiful
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  • Peter Chylewski 3 years ago
    Awesome. Loved it!!

    Could do without the lip piercing though...
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  • Jay C. 3 years ago
    Good Stuff, Thanks.
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  • Infonosity 3 years ago
    Gr8 :)
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  • Jeremiah Jacobs 3 years ago
    This is fantastic! Must-see for any science class!
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  • Matti Niinimäki plus 2 years ago
    Very nice video, but I need to know something. At 25:00 does someone say "shit"? Or am I just hearing voices?
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  • Dan Thompson 2 years ago
    Where was I 8 months ago when this was posted, under a rock!?

    This is so much cooler than what they put in those Hollywood Action Movies. Big ups for your contributions to the hacking community at large.
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  • charles lindsay 2 years ago
    This is SO delightfully nerdy! What a pleasure!
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  • Terri MacMillan 2 years ago
    fantastic shooting and editing: I'm not really into electronics, but this almost makes me want to pick up a soldering iron;-)
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  • Dennis Finegan 2 years ago
    Thanks - great job. Love your vids and kits. Boy do I feel nerdy now!
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  • Dimitrios Papagiannis 1 year ago
    OMG I just had multiple nerdgasms.
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