Melissa August, Autumn De Leon, Michelle Derrow, Aisha Durham, Daniel S. Levy, Lina Lofaro, Michelle Orecklin, David Spitz and Chris Taylor
WHAT FUR? BECAUSE
Bored with last Christmas’ hot toy? Don’t just toss him. After all, Furby has as much computing power as an Apple II. Some fun ideas from a growing group of Furby hackers:
A 2-WATT RADIO put next to Furby can change his personality, even his name.
ROTATE FACIAL GEARS to make Furby sleep with his eyes open.
A UNIVERSAL TV REMOTE makes him do weird stuff, like burp continuously.
A PALM PILOT can be configured to control his Furbish. Download the program at homestead.com/hackfurby
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