{"id":883,"date":"2011-01-01T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=883"},"modified":"2023-06-10T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T17:32:24","slug":"droid-mods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/droid-mods\/","title":{"rendered":"Droid Mods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>April 2010<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sun.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/droid-mods\/sun\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sun.png?fit=200%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,124\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sun.png?fit=200%2C124&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1242\" title=\"sun\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/sun.png?resize=200%2C124\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I got a chance to use a 3D Printer and a Laser Etcher in one of my undergraduate CS\u00a0classes.\u00a0I took the opportunity to make some Motorola Droid mods.<\/p>\n<p>I got to laser etch a\u00a0sun onto the\u00a0back of my Droid&#8217;s battery cover.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/droid-mods\/droid-sun\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/droid-sun.jpg?fit=648%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"648,484\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"droid-sun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/droid-sun.jpg?fit=648%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1240\" title=\"droid-sun\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/droid-sun-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/droid-sun.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/droid-sun.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also 3D printed\u00a0a car\u00a0mount for my Droid, that attached to my existing GPS stand.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/droid-mods\/droid-mount\/#main\" 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I got to laser etch a\u00a0sun onto the\u00a0back of my Droid&#8217;s battery cover. I also 3D printed\u00a0a car\u00a0mount for my Droid, that attached to &#8230; <a title=\"Droid Mods\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/droid-mods\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Droid Mods\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZdXI-ef","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":201,"url":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/droid-1-vs-droid-x\/","url_meta":{"origin":883,"position":0},"title":"Droid 1 vs. Droid X | First Impressions","author":"mcclanahoochie","date":"July 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I just upgraded from the original Droid to the Droid X. 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