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https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/fixing-a-30-year-old-roland-bug/ | Fixing A 30-year Old Roland Bug | Matthew Carlson | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Repair Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"digital synth",
"repair",
"reverse engineer",
"roland"
] | The Roland CM-500 is a digital synthesizer sound module released in 1991 that combines two incredibly powerful engines into one unit. However, in 2005 enthusiasts of the Roland MT-25 (one of the engines that went into the CM-500) noticed a difference between the vibrato rate on the MT-25 and the CM-500, rendering it le... | 12 | 8 | [
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"comment_id": "6519000",
"author": "martin909@ziggo.nl",
"timestamp": "2022-10-06T07:00:14",
"content": "*MT-32",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6519006",
"author": "Cricri",
"timestamp": "2022-10-06T08:07:57",
"content": "Thumb up,... | 1,760,372,542.105332 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/ugliest-airplane-ever-built-predicted-the-future/ | Ugliest Airplane Ever Built Predicted The Future | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"aircraft",
"history"
] | The airplane that many called “the flying barrel” is also widely considered the ugliest plane ever built. However, [Dark Skies]
in the video you can see below
argues that the Stipa-Caproni was the direct predecessor of the turbofan engine. Either way, it is an interesting and unique part of aviation history.
The plane ... | 31 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518956",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-10-06T02:31:57",
"content": "“We’d love to see an RC version of the plane with modern flight controls.”Well, the first RC “jet” models used ducted fans to hide the propellers. (~40 years ago)",
"parent... | 1,760,372,541.742221 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/60-laser-makes-the-cut-with-new-controller/ | $60 Laser Makes The Cut With New Controller | Al Williams | [
"Laser Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"grbl",
"laser cutter",
"laser engraver"
] | If you are reading the Lightburn forums, you probably already have a laser cutter of some kind. But, if you are like most of us, you can always be tempted into another “deal.” [Dkj4linux] has a post where he bought a $79
laser engraver
(now selling for between $59 and $65, we noticed). Like most of these cheap engrave... | 32 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518916",
"author": "Grawp",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T23:11:53",
"content": "Laser cutter without proper enclosure and redundant intrusion detection?Also where is air filtering?Absolutely bonkers… *shaking head*.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,372,541.50625 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/power-tool-hack-takes-a-new-angle-on-rc-power-plants/ | Power Tool Hack Takes A New Angle On RC Power Plants | Ryan Flowers | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"angle grinder",
"peter sripo",
"RC airplane",
"tooling around"
] | For eons, hacker minded people have looked at various items their pile of stuff, came up with an outlandish idea and thought “I wonder if it would work?” Some of us stop there, convincing ourselves that it’s a bad idea that could never work. Others of us such as [Peter Sripol] are well known for not just having those t... | 25 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518876",
"author": "1 more kb of data in the cloud tentively",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T20:42:56",
"content": "I dont get it. Why did they not have 4 angle grinders set up in conventional drone config and two angle grinders for a conventional twin prop plane?",
"parent_id": nul... | 1,760,372,541.839392 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/retro-speaker-becomes-the-perfect-micro-pc/ | Retro Speaker Becomes The Perfect Micro PC | Jenny List | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"bluetooth speaker",
"cyberdeck",
"mini pc"
] | We’ve seen many cyberdecks and home built computers in our time here at Hackaday, but we’ve not seen many so tiny and so neatly built as this one from [Carter Hurd]. It takes the form of
a tiny retro PC with a working display and keyboard
, and we like it a lot.
The diminutive computer started life as
a neat little ret... | 6 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518856",
"author": "Doug Leppard",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T19:28:33",
"content": "Amazing love it, you have great talents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6519188",
"author": "Carter",
"timestamp": "2022-10-... | 1,760,372,541.437178 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/leading-edge-erosion-when-precipitation-destroys-wind-turbine-blades/ | Leading Edge Erosion: When Precipitation Destroys Wind Turbine Blades | Maya Posch | [
"Featured",
"Original Art",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"leading edge erosion",
"Wind turbine",
"wind turbine blade"
] | Erosion is all around us, from the meandering course of rivers and other waterways, to the gradual carving out of channels in even the toughest mountains, and the softening of features in statues. Yet generally we expect erosion from precipitation to be gradual and gentle, taking decades to make a noticeable difference... | 85 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518834",
"author": "Foldi-One",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T18:01:29",
"content": "Love to know how big that 1,2,10,10+ years blade is, as it seems from my reading to be that sort of age its can’t be even close to the giant monsters getting put up everywhere today. Are we at a stage n... | 1,760,372,542.062071 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/hackaday-wants-you-be-a-supercon-volunteer/ | Hackaday Wants You: Be A Supercon Volunteer | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Supercon",
"Supercon",
"volunteers"
] | Spot the volunteers! (Hint: red shirts. And you know what happens to the red shirts…)
The Supercon approaches! If you are thinking of attending, but the cost of admission is too steep, one way to get in
for free
is to volunteer. That’s three wonderful days of events, two nights of partying, lunch, dinner, and of course... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518879",
"author": "Rumble_in_the_Jungle",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T20:48:43",
"content": "It is not for free.Yes, it is a low entry level and flexible, but still, a job. Please raise and spread this awareness thru young generation, thanks!(sorry if it sounded a bit passive aggress... | 1,760,372,541.397127 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/ratpack-is-a-wearable-fit-for-a-rodent/ | RatPack Is A Wearable Fit For A Rodent | Lewin Day | [
"Machine Learning",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"ESP32-CAM",
"landmine",
"landmines",
"rat",
"unexploded ordnance"
] | Rats are often seen as pests and vermin, but they can also do useful jobs for us, like hunting for landmines. To aid in their work, [kjwu] designed the RatPack, a wearable device
that lets these valiant rats communicate with their handlers.
The heart of the build is an ESP32-CAM board, which combines the capable wirele... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518795",
"author": "Rog Fanther",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T15:50:20",
"content": "This worked very well on those old Lucas Arts classic, Full Throttle…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518892",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
... | 1,760,372,541.779214 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/the-state-of-the-sbc-interface-ecosystem-is-it-time-to-design-a-standard/ | The State Of The SBC Interface Ecosystem, Is It Time To Design A Standard? | Jenny List | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Interest",
"Microcontrollers",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"SBC",
"SBC interface",
"single board computer"
] | We are spoiled for choice when it comes to single board computers, whether they be based around a microcontroller or a more capable SoC capable of running an operating system such as GNU/Linux. They can be had from well-established brands such as Arduino, Adafruit, or Raspberry Pi, or from a Wild West of cheaper Far Ea... | 132 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518763",
"author": "zoobab",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T14:22:12",
"content": "2.54mm pin spacing for the win.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518840",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T18:46:35",
... | 1,760,372,541.677924 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/east-coast-reprap-festival-returns-this-weekend/ | East Coast RepRap Festival Returns This Weekend | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"East Coast RepRap Festival",
"ERRF",
"ERRF 22"
] | After laying low during the height of the pandemic, the
East Coast RepRap Festival (ERRF)
is just days away from making its triumphant return to Bel Air, Maryland. This two-day celebration of all things extruded is packed with talks, exhibits, and demonstrations that you won’t want to miss if you’ve got even a passing ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518865",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T20:02:10",
"content": "UUG i would like to go but traveling 150 miles thru DC & Baltimore just to get there could take half a day. Maybe one day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,372,541.354996 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/05/custom-macro-pad-helps-deliver-winning-formulas/ | Custom Macro Pad Helps Deliver Winning Formulas | Navarre Bartz | [
"contests",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"equations",
"keyboard",
"macropad",
"odd inputs",
"unicode",
"usb"
] | For those of us with science and engineering backgrounds, opening the character map or memorizing the Unicode shortcuts for various symbols is a tedious but familiar part of writing reports or presentations. [
Magne Lauritzen
] thought there had to be a better way and developed
the Mathboard
.
With more than 80 “of the... | 18 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518705",
"author": "John Little",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T10:05:10",
"content": "Lilac and lavender coloured modifier keys… Straight HP48GX vibes!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518716",
"author": "mip",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,372,542.158081 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/hackaday-prize-2022-an-easy-to-build-fermenter-for-tempeh/ | Hackaday Prize 2022: An Easy-To-Build Fermenter For Tempeh | Arya Voronova | [
"cooking hacks",
"green hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Prize",
"fermentation",
"fermenter",
"fermenting",
"tempeh"
] | [Maud Bausier] and [Antoine Jaunard] believe we should all know about tempeh — a traditional Indonesian food made out of legumes fermented with fungi. To simplify the process a bit: you get some soybeans, add a tempeh starter fungi culture to them, ferment them a while, and out comes the tempeh. It’s a great source of ... | 18 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518334",
"author": "Bobby Barnacles",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T18:58:47",
"content": "It’s great as an engineering project, for folks who would rather just do the fermentation, turn your oven light on and put in your beans with your starter (easy way to figure out moisture with sar... | 1,760,372,542.214258 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/big-brother-or-dumb-brother-bus-drivers-in-beijing-are-forced-to-wear-emotional-monitors/ | Big Brother Or Dumb Brother? Bus Drivers In Beijing Are Forced To Wear “Emotional Monitors” | Lewin Day | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"emotion monitor",
"emotional monitor",
"Monitoring",
"smart watch",
"smartwatch",
"wearable",
"wristband"
] | Humans aren’t always great at respecting each other’s privacy. However, common sense says there’s a clear boundary when it comes to the thoughts in one’s own head and the feelings in one’s heart.
For bus drivers in Beijing though, it seems that’s no longer the case. These professional drivers are now being asked to wea... | 64 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518308",
"author": "rclark",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T17:33:40",
"content": "“Whether or not the scheme makes any sense…” Doesn’t have to make sense in places like China. All about control. Very sad that a society like this even could take root and the people can’t do anything ... | 1,760,372,542.315106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/ancient-nuclear-plant-computer-finds-new-home-in-bletchley-museum/ | Ancient Nuclear Plant Computer Finds New Home In Bletchley Museum | Robin Kearey | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"argus 500",
"Ferranti",
"National Museum of Computing",
"nuclear power station",
"restoration"
] | Although technology keeps advancing every year, safety-critical systems in factories and power plants typically stay with the technology that was available when they were built, in the spirit of “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke”. When it comes to safety, there are probably few systems more critical than nuclear power pl... | 20 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518270",
"author": "Dissy",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T15:44:57",
"content": "“Ultimately, the Argus 500 will be turned into a live exhibit that will simulate a power station”Please select a disaster to simulate from the menu options below",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,542.525312 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/lithium-ion-batteries-are-easy-to-find/ | Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Easy To Find | Arya Voronova | [
"Battery Hacks",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Skills",
"Slider"
] | [
"18650",
"batteries",
"battery",
"how-to",
"lithium ion"
] | In
the first article,
I’ve given you an overview of Lithium-Ion batteries and cells as building blocks for our projects, and described how hackers should treat their Lithium-Ion cells. But what if you don’t have any LiIon cells yet? Where do you get LiIon cells for your project?
Taking laptop batteries apart, whether ... | 43 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518268",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T15:38:49",
"content": "Other sources for cells/packs:Power tool batteriesUSB phone charger batteries (can find at discount stores)Rechargeable flashlights",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,372,542.653989 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/an-automated-digitizer-for-35mm-slides/ | An Automated Digitizer For 35mm Slides | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"photography",
"slide digitizer",
"slide projector",
"slides"
] | Slides make for great old-timey fun, but it’s awesome to have a digital backup of your old photos, too. An automatic digitizer can make quick work of your collection,
and this build from [rbwood53] will do just that.
The digitizizer is based on a Kodak carousel slide projector. It’s fitted with LED strips instead of th... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518225",
"author": "Chaosbc",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T11:23:01",
"content": "Message in a bottle: if someone knows a flat bed scanner large enough to digitize vinyl record cover (and let’s be crazy even gatefold ones) I am interrested. I dont want these sort of “overhead cameras” ... | 1,760,372,542.571026 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/homebrew-led-strips-that-are-homekit-compatible/ | Homebrew LED Strips That Are HomeKit-Compatible | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Apple Homekit",
"HomeKit",
"led light strips",
"light strips",
"smart home"
] | Google, Amazon and Apple are all duking it out for supremacy in the smart home space. As you’ve probably noticed, cheaper smart lights and the like typically don’t offer connectivity with Apple’s HomeKit system. However, if you want some smart lighting that works in that ecosystem without breaking the bank, you can alw... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518215",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T10:30:36",
"content": "I got my LEDs on HomeKit by using Homebridge with the Homebridge-mqtt plugin. Whilst not a self-contained solution, it does allow the ESP to speak simple MQTT and have devices appear in HomeKit with no propri... | 1,760,372,542.385219 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/making-a-handheld-nes-by-turning-dip-chips-into-qfn/ | Making A Handheld NES By Turning DIP Chips Into…QFN? | Arya Voronova | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"chip",
"die",
"dip",
"dremel",
"lead frame",
"mod",
"nes",
"RP2A03",
"trimming"
] | You can achieve a lot with a Dremel. For instance, apparently you can slim the original NES down into the hand-held form-factor. Both the CPU and the PPU (Picture Processing Unit) are 40-pin DIP chips, which makes NES minification a bit tricky. [Redherring32] wasn’t one to be stopped by this, however, and
turned these ... | 51 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518161",
"author": "NiHaoMike",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T05:23:09",
"content": "Wouldn’t it make more sense to just emulate all the logic on a FPGA? Would use less power thanks to the FPGA being built on a much more modern process even after accounting for the FPGA overhead.",
... | 1,760,372,542.471805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/you-cant-be-too-rich-or-too-thin-a-2mm-thick-computer/ | You Can’t Be Too Rich Or Too Thin — A 2mm Thick Computer | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"microcontroller",
"pic18"
] | We’ve seen credit card-sized computers before, but [Kn/vD] shows us a PIC18-based computer with 9 components that is
only 2 mm thick
! With 13 K of RAM and 128 K of flash, you can’t do much with it, but a built-in BASIC interpreter can use half the flash like a disk drive and operate with the 20×4 LCD display and the P... | 19 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518688",
"author": "Jack Hudler",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T08:10:05",
"content": "13k and can’t do much with it…. jeez, you can put 8k basic in flash. I’m sure there’s a CP/M archive somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,372,542.754313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/surface-mount-soldering-practice-for-budding-electrical-engineers/ | Surface Mount Soldering Practice For Budding Electrical Engineers | Abe Connelly | [
"how-to"
] | [
"555 timer",
"hand soldering",
"smd",
"smd soldering",
"smt",
"smt led"
] | Electronics components are steadily moving away from through hole parts to using surface mount technology (SMT) exclusively. While the small size of the SMT components can be intimidating, with a little practice, soldering can come pretty naturally. To help folks get over their fear of soldering small parts, [Alpenglow... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518649",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-10-05T02:36:14",
"content": "Nice idea, especially with the practice pads, so the skill can be developed without fear of destroying the more expensive components.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,542.802447 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/reverse-engineering-an-isa-card-to-revive-an-ancient-cd-rom-drive/ | Reverse-Engineering An ISA Card To Revive An Ancient CD-ROM Drive | Robin Kearey | [
"classic hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"CD-ROM",
"CM100",
"CM153",
"ISA cards",
"reverse engineering"
] | Being an early adopter is great if you enjoy showing off new gadgets to your friends. But any new technology also brings the risk of ending up at the wrong side of a format war: just ask anyone who committed to HD-DVD fifteen years ago. If, on the other hand, you were among the few who invested in CD-ROM when it was fi... | 22 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518627",
"author": "drwho8 (@drwho8)",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T23:09:55",
"content": "Interesting. Someone offered the VCFed group an IOMEGA drive, no not a Zip-drive, the other one. Also a batch of drives for it. I pointed out on the mail list that it normally worked with a speci... | 1,760,372,543.146812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/home-brew-sandblaster-is-a-junk-bin-delight/ | Home Brew Sandblaster Is A Junk Bin Delight | Dan Maloney | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"abrasive",
"air tool",
"compressor",
"grit",
"sandblaster",
"spark plug",
"valve"
] | Opinions vary as to what actually constitutes a “complete” shop, but one thing is for sure: the more tools, the better. That doesn’t mean running out to buy a tool every time you have a need, of course. Sometimes you can throw together what you need from scrap, as with
this ad hoc sandblaster
. (Video, embedded below.)... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518610",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T20:43:59",
"content": "I could see this coming in handy when getting rid of rust on outdoor furniture. And now there’s the cleanup. Maybe a magnet to separate the two.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,372,542.913827 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/2022-cyberdeck-contest-ip00-minus-a-daring-wearable/ | 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: IP00-Minus, A Daring Wearable | Arya Voronova | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"2022 Cyberdeck Contest",
"wristwatch"
] | [Rob]’s
IP00-Minus watch
stands out on
the Cyberdeck Contest project list page
; it’s clear he decided to go a different path than most other hackers, and we can certainly see the advantages. For example, if there’s no case, there’s no need to redesign it each time you want to add a module — and [Rob] has added many, m... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518585",
"author": "Narquito",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T18:42:18",
"content": "That’s some aestheticc with two C’s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518589",
"author": "Atltvhead",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T18:49:57",
... | 1,760,372,542.863728 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/2022-hackaday-supercon-speakers-will-inspire-you/ | 2022 Hackaday Supercon Speakers Will Inspire You | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Supercon",
"announcement",
"Hackaday Supercon",
"speakers"
] | The return of Supercon is taking place in just a month. We’ve got 45 fantastic talks and workshops planned for the three-day weekend, and they are as varied and inspiring as the Hackaday community itself. From molecules to military connectors, here’s an even dozen talks to whet your appetite.
Supercon is the Ultimate H... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518587",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T18:45:34",
"content": "Oooh, this gets me excited for Supercon. See you in all in month!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518607",
"author": "JanW",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,372,542.971087 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/ttp223-brings-simple-touch-controls-to-a-led-lamp/ | TTP223 Brings Simple Touch Controls To A LED Lamp | Arya Voronova | [
"LED Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"capacitive sensing",
"capacitive touch",
"hackaday.io",
"TTP 223",
"TTP223"
] | You can buy small modules with capacitive touch detection ICs — most often it’s the TTP223, a single-button capacitive model with configurable output modes. These are designed to pair with a microcontroller or some simple logic-level input, but [Alain Mauer] wanted was to bring touch control to a simple LED strip. Not ... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518613",
"author": "Chris Combs",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T21:02:32",
"content": "Are there advantages to using a zener here? Lower noise for the captouch than a regulator?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518661",
"a... | 1,760,372,543.188023 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/in-a-way-3d-scanning-is-over-a-century-old/ | In A Way, 3D Scanning Is Over A Century Old | Donald Papp | [
"Art"
] | [
"1800s",
"3d scanning",
"art",
"photography",
"photosculpture",
"sculpture"
] | In France during the mid-to-late 1800s, one could go into François Willème’s studio, sit for a photo session consisting of 24 cameras arranged in a circle around the subject, and in a matter of days obtain a
photosculpture.
A photosculpture was essentially a sculpture representing, with a high degree of exactitude, the... | 23 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518145",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T02:37:22",
"content": "Looking at the nose and mouth of the unfinished sculpture, I think it would take more than modest skill levels to spackle those gaps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,372,543.252248 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/hackaday-links-october-2-2022/ | Hackaday Links: October 2, 2022 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"automation",
"autonomous vehicle",
"DALL-E 2",
"eyes",
"googly eyes",
"hackaday links",
"Jabberwocky",
"Midjourney",
"pedsetrian",
"powershell",
"Space Force",
"stable diffusion",
"telecommuting",
"work from home"
] | “Necessity is the mother of invention,” or so the saying goes. We’ve never held to that, finding that laziness is a much more powerful creative lubricant. And
this story about someone who automated their job with a script
is one of the best examples of sloth-driven invention since the TV remote was introduced. If we ta... | 22 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518134",
"author": "Raukk",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T23:47:27",
"content": "It really looks like Dall-E is just pulling weird images from a Google search randomly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518135",
"author": "echode... | 1,760,372,543.458098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/a-compressor-of-compressors-breaks-the-noise-barrier/ | A Compressor Of Compressors Breaks The Noise Barrier | Jenny List | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"compressed air",
"compressor",
"fridge compressor"
] | Having compressed air available in a workshop can be extremely useful. Having a compressor isn’t such a pleasure though, because unless it’s a very expensive model, it will be one of the noisier devices you own. Other than putting your compressor outside, is there a solution to the noisy side of having an air line? [
D... | 48 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518119",
"author": "Does it also quietly compress safely?",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T20:50:50",
"content": "You can technically just buy these off the shelf with no refrigerant in them, typically marketed as replacement units or even buy them used for that matter. Do note that they... | 1,760,372,543.402153 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/winged-drone-gets-forward-flight-capability/ | Winged Drone Gets Forward Flight Capability | Bryan Cockfield | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"airfoil",
"drone",
"efficiency",
"experimental",
"hover",
"level flight",
"multi rotor",
"multimodal",
"spinning",
"tri-mode",
"tri-rotor",
"vtol",
"wing"
] | Drones are pretty common in the electoronics landscape today, and are more than just a fun hobby. They’ve enabled a wide array of realtors, YouTubers, surveyors, emergency responders, and other professionals to have an extremely powerful tool at their disposal. One downside to these tools is that the power consumption ... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518089",
"author": "MmmDee",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T17:43:53",
"content": "I have zero experience/expertise in this area, but to me, the effort and documentation appear amazing. I will be interested to see how he solves the station-keeping problem during rotational hover. The rot... | 1,760,372,543.318401 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/camera-mounted-stereo-mic-is-fluffy-and-capable/ | Camera-Mounted Stereo Mic Is Fluffy And Capable | Lewin Day | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"audio",
"mic",
"microphone"
] | Typically, the audio coming out of your camera is not of the greatest quality. An external mic is generally a great upgrade,
and this build from [DJJules] aims to be just that.
It’s a stereo mic setup based on the work of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, or ORTF. The ORTF stereo technique defines usin... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518066",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T14:30:27",
"content": "Nice and low profile, and looks solid. My shotgun mount is way too high over the camera, gets in the way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518068",
... | 1,760,372,543.503165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/connectednes-brings-twitter-into-super-mario-bros-world/ | ConnectedNES Brings Twitter IntoSuper Mario BrosWorld | Arya Voronova | [
"Games",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"nes",
"particle photon",
"twitter"
] | Back in 2016, artist and video game historian [Rachel Weil (HXLNT)] was hanging out with her friend and hacking on console stuff, as friends do. [Rachel] was galvanized by the idea of having an iconic game like Super Mario Bros be interrupted by push notifications, and set out to bring a Twitter feed to her NES gaming ... | 6 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518058",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T12:31:09",
"content": "This project is seven years old. I’m not sure if that’s a record for HaD but it’s certainly up there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518065",
... | 1,760,372,543.547363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/02/building-a-poketch-powered-by-an-apple-watch/ | Building A Poketch Powered By An Apple Watch | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"apple watch",
"pokemon",
"poketch"
] | In
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
and the ensuing modern re-releases, the player is given a computer called a
Poketch
to assist on their journey.
[DistressedOwl] decided to build one for real.
The build starts with an Apple Watch, which provides a capable smartwatch platform and a quality display. It’s then given a snap-on ... | 2 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518138",
"author": "Idrees Hassan",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T00:35:43",
"content": "Love seeing more builds of the Pokétch! Here are some links for reference if you want to build your own:Pokétch source code:https://github.com/IdreesInc/Apple-Watch-PoketchPokétch case:https://www.t... | 1,760,372,543.585462 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/rib-cage-lamp-kicks-it-up-a-notch-with-party-mode/ | Rib Cage Lamp Kicks It Up A Notch With Party Mode | Donald Papp | [
"Art",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"anatomical",
"art",
"ESP32",
"fastLED",
"INMP44I",
"led strip",
"microphone",
"rib cage",
"sound reactive"
] | We think [Michelle]’s
sound-reactive rib cage lamp
turned out great, and the photos and details around how it was made are equally fantastic. The lamp is made of carved and waxed wood, and inside is a bundle of LED lighting capable of a variety of different color palettes and patterns, including the ability to react to... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518020",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T07:12:44",
"content": "But there’s no sternum… other than that, it’s cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518024",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,372,543.630295 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/dreemwork-lets-you-code-morse-from-inside-your-dream/ | DREEMWORK Lets You Code Morse From Inside Your Dream | Arya Voronova | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"dreem",
"lucid dream",
"lucid dreaming",
"morse",
"morse code"
] | Lucid dreaming fascinates hackers. Every few years for over a decade now, we’ve seen a serious project dedicated to studying or taking advantage of this phenomenon, and the interest in this topic hasn’t faded still. [Michael] has contacted us to tell about a small and unconventional breakthrough that a few lucid dream ... | 27 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518009",
"author": "Ken de AC3DH",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T03:24:14",
"content": "I have to much trouble doing morse code when awake!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6518011",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2022-10-0... | 1,760,372,543.873818 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/building-a-tessellated-neopixel-clock/ | Building A Tessellated NeoPixel Clock | Lewin Day | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clock",
"neopixel"
] | Anyone can buy a clock, but building your own lets you express your creative flair along the way. [Edison Science Corner] did just that
with this neat sci-fi looking design.
The build relies on an Arduino Pro Mini to run the show, paired with a DS3231 real-time clock module. The latter part is of great importance, as w... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517999",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T00:33:07",
"content": "Inre: Title PhotoWhat time is “IB59”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518004",
"author": "PinheadBE",
... | 1,760,372,543.766552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/2022-cyberdeck-contest-a-chorded-keyboard-wearable-cyberdeck/ | 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: A Chorded-Keyboard Wearable Cyberdeck | Dan Maloney | [
"Cyberdecks"
] | [
"2022 Cyberdeck Contest",
"chorded",
"pipboy",
"wearable"
] | Those of us who are unreformed hunt-and-peck typists are often baffled by the keyboard skills of those with more formal training. Home row? Specific fingers for specific keys? The mind boggles. And chorded keyboards? That’s straight-up witchcraft!
But, there are times when only a chorded keyboard will do, such as when ... | 10 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517989",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T21:58:50",
"content": "You can’t have a wearable cyberdeck. Those concepts are mutually exclusive.A cyberdeck is a portable computer, with 2 or more pieces, that must be set up at the location of use.Laptops are not cyberdecks beca... | 1,760,372,543.816111 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/diy-wind-tunnel-aims-to-educate-the-youth/ | DIY Wind Tunnel Aims To Educate The Youth | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"design & technology",
"education",
"educational",
"high school",
"wind tunnel"
] | Typically, when we talk about wind tunnels, we think of the big facilities in use by the aerospace and motorsports industries. However, there’s nothing stopping you building a wind tunnel of your very own, and it may even be easier than you think!
[Jude Pullen] has whipped up just such a design with DIY in mind.
Intend... | 20 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517970",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T18:05:22",
"content": "I’m surprised to see the fan at the intake end, where all its turbulence has to be dealt with by the straightener. I thought it was standard practice to put the fan sucking from the other end, so the strai... | 1,760,372,544.282567 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/unintentional-emissions/ | Unintentional Emissions | Elliot Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"433 mhz",
"newsletter",
"pulldown resistor",
"Rant"
] | First, it was the WiFi router:
my ancient WRT54G
that had given me nearly two decades service. Something finally gave out in the 2.4 GHz circuitry, and it would WiFi no more. Before my tears could dry, our thermometer went on the fritz. It’s one of those outdoor jobbies that transmits the temperature to an indoor recei... | 40 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517931",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T14:14:27",
"content": "Interesting…Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517937",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
... | 1,760,372,544.099163 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/lamp-flashing-module-is-perfect-for-automotive-use/ | Lamp Flashing Module Is Perfect For Automotive Use | Lewin Day | [
"car hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"car",
"car hacks",
"cars",
"flasher",
"flasher circuit",
"oscillator"
] | Modern cars tend to have quite advanced lighting systems, all integrated under the control of the car’s computer. Back in the day, though, things like brake lights and indicators were all done with analog electronics. If your classic car needs a good old-fashioned flasher module,
you might find this build from [DIY Guy... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517915",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T12:10:45",
"content": "Tsk tsk Could have used a bi-metallic strip (my attempt at a 555 joke).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517921",
"author": "Ø",
"times... | 1,760,372,544.153283 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/thank-magnesium-for-water-activated-batteries/ | Thank Magnesium For Water-Activated Batteries | Lewin Day | [
"Battery Hacks",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"batteries",
"battery",
"magnesium battery",
"radiosonde",
"torpedo",
"water-activated battery"
] | Most of the batteries we use these days, whether rechargeable or not, are generally self-contained affairs. They come in a sealed package, with the anode, cathode, and electrolyte all wrapped up inside a stout plastic or metal casing. All the reactive chemicals stay inside.
However, a certain class of magnesium batteri... | 16 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518547",
"author": "Kaliin",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T14:54:51",
"content": "It’s a long time since chemistry class, but would it be interesting to store power at home from solar?Not as a day to day battery but rather store the huge excess of energy in summer to compensate for the ... | 1,760,372,544.421763 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/doomba-purifying-your-floors-with-fire/ | Doomba: Purifying Your Floors With Fire | Navarre Bartz | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"fire",
"flamethrower",
"radio control",
"robot",
"roomba"
] | If you’ve ever thought that your floor cleaning robot eating the fringe on your rug wasn’t destructive enough, [
Kyle Brinkerhoff
] is working on a solution —
Doomba
.
This blazingly fast RC vehicle has a tank of butane/propane gas nestled snugly amid its electronics and drive system to fuel a (not yet implemented) fla... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518516",
"author": "GenTooMan",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T12:10:30",
"content": "From the video, that sound of squealing and obvious slippage might not be a good thing. Perhaps the use of an interstitial control to reduce wear and tear on the device as well as get the same fast acce... | 1,760,372,544.63756 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/04/nintendo-switch-stock-dock-imperfect-mill-your-own/ | Nintendo Switch Stock Dock Imperfect? Mill Your Own! | Arya Voronova | [
"cnc hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"case modding",
"CNC milling",
"docking station",
"Nintendo Switch",
"nintendo switch dock"
] | Despite the seat of honor it enjoys in literally millions of households, the official Nintendo Switch Dock is certainly far from perfect. For one, it’s not milled out of a hefty block of aluminum. A less apparent but no less important issue is that the ports are positioned kind of awkward – [Kevin] from
Modified
believ... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518506",
"author": "elwing",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T10:44:11",
"content": "sounds like a perfect way to scratch your swith… it does look great, but the same in plastic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518530",
"aut... | 1,760,372,544.319137 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/mouse-finds-new-home-in-pinball-machine/ | Mouse Finds New Home In Pinball Machine | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Games"
] | [
"analog",
"digital",
"mechanical",
"mouse",
"pinball",
"plunger",
"spring"
] | Restoring pinball machines is an excellent hobby, and can even be more than that as we see businesses like bars and museums focusing on them as a main attraction. There’s all kinds of intrigue to be found, from esoteric mechanical systems to classic electronics and unique artwork. For those building new pinball machine... | 14 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518477",
"author": "macsimski",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T07:08:04",
"content": "old analog machine?? you probably mean normal real life pinball machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518655",
"author": "echodelta",... | 1,760,372,544.366424 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/subverting-ps4-and-ps5-through-the-ps2-emulator/ | Subverting PS4 And PS5 Through The PS2 Emulator | Arya Voronova | [
"Playstation Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"exploit",
"playstation 2",
"playstation 4",
"PlayStation 5",
"Sony Playstation"
] | Game console hacking remains a fascinating area, and we’re glad when someone brings the spoils of exploration for us to marvel at. This time, we’re looking at
the [mast1c0re] hack story
by [cturt] – an effort to find bugs in PS2 emulation toolkit present on Sony PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, proving fruitful in the end... | 7 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518511",
"author": "Jonathan Wilson",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T11:36:35",
"content": "I am surprised that Sony would have a policy that prevents them from fixing a bug like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518523",
... | 1,760,372,544.462168 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/laser-zaps-cockroaches-over-one-meter/ | Laser Zaps Cockroaches Over One Meter | Chris Lott | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"cockroach",
"Jetson Nano",
"laser",
"machine learning",
"YOLO"
] | You may have missed this month’s issue of Oriental Insects, in which a project by [Ildar Rakhmatulin] Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh caught our attention. [Ildar] led a team of researchers in the development of an
AI-controlled laser that neutralizes moving cockroaches
at distances of up to 1.2 meters. Noting the ... | 40 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518418",
"author": "Roger",
"timestamp": "2022-10-04T00:29:12",
"content": "I don’t fancy coming across a 1 metre cockroach.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518419",
"author": "That kid",
"timestamp": "2022-1... | 1,760,372,544.598392 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/03/your-own-home-ir-cloner/ | Your Own Home IR Cloner | Abe Connelly | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"infrared",
"infrared receiver",
"ir control",
"oshw"
] | Many devices use infrared (IR) as a signalling medium like, for example, RGB LED strip controllers
modules and some TV controllers. Often times these signals aren’t meant for secure applications which means the functionality can be reproduced by simply replaying back the received signal verbatim. Sometimes, enterprisin... | 22 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518358",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2022-10-03T20:15:49",
"content": "It is, although I have an IR blaster that plugs into USB, for back in the day when everything communicated with IR (HP and their portable printer). I imagine it’s all been supplanted by Bluetooth.",
... | 1,760,372,544.524903 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/01/dvd-drives-turned-into-microscopes/ | DVD Drives Turned Into Microscopes | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"dvd",
"laser",
"microscope",
"pickup",
"resolution"
] | With the advent of streaming services, plenty of people are opting to forego the collection of physical media. In turn, there are now a lot of optical drives sitting unused in parts bins and old computers. If you’d like something useful to do with this now-obsolete technology,
you can have a try at turning one into a l... | 24 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517885",
"author": "jpa",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T08:06:52",
"content": "Potentially one could use the focusing mechanism to get a 3D scan of the surface.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518111",
"author": "Edwin Hw... | 1,760,372,544.695348 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/a-high-powered-vacuum-cleaner-for-tough-jobs/ | A High-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Tough Jobs | Lewin Day | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"dust extraction",
"dust extractor",
"vacuum",
"vacuum cleaner",
"workshop"
] | Vacuum cleaners are great for tidying up the home, but they typically can’t deal with the bulky, gross messes of a proper workshop. [CraftAndu] is currently building a sailing vessel, and has found that there’s simply too much sawdust for a regular vacuum to take on. Thus, he built
a mighty vacuum of his own that’s abl... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517867",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T05:21:46",
"content": "If only Billy Mays was still around to do a bombastic infomercial about this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517883",
"author": "me",
"timestamp... | 1,760,372,544.863558 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/make-your-own-color-gradient-3d-printing-filament/ | Make Your Own Color Gradient 3D Printing Filament | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"3d printing",
"filament",
"gradient filament"
] | Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to do some printing with this effect,
and learned how to make his own filament to do the job.
[David] intended to 3D print a spectrogram of a gravity wave, an... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6518074",
"author": "Terry Snyder",
"timestamp": "2022-10-02T16:08:36",
"content": "I learned a lot from this video. The author is clear in his explanations and is much more familiar than I am with Fusion 360. This is an ingenious way to print multicolor filaments, though most peo... | 1,760,372,545.057051 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/controller-for-946c-hotplate-adds-reflow-profile-upload-over-ble/ | Controller For 946C Hotplate Adds Reflow Profile Upload Over BLE | Arya Voronova | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"hotplate",
"reflow",
"soldering"
] | Reflow hotplates are a wonderful tool for PCB assembly if you can keep your designs single-sided. The 946C hotplate in particular has been on hackers’ radar for a while – a 200x200mm working surface hotplate available for under $100 is a decent investment. As with other reflow tools, it was a matter of time until someo... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517868",
"author": "mh",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T05:28:40",
"content": "200x200cm would be one large bed :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517877",
"author": "Arya Voronova",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T07:01:... | 1,760,372,545.103102 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/2022-cyberdeck-contest-the-oscilloscope-deck/ | 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Oscilloscope Deck | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Cyberdecks"
] | [
"2022 Cyberdeck Contest",
"oscilloscope",
"raspberry pi 400"
] | When [Jak_o_Shadows] Siglent Oscilloscope died, he didn’t just mourn the loss, he saw an opportunity. See,
he had a Raspberry Pi 400 already set aside for a cyberdeck build, and he just scored a novel case.
Most of the insides of the old scope came out, but the screen and control knobs live on in the new build. An HDMI... | 27 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517813",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T20:20:12",
"content": "That is one slick build.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517815",
"author": "RW ver 0.0.3",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T20:30:52",
"c... | 1,760,372,547.029741 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/peer-reviewed-continuity-tester/ | Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"continuity",
"meter",
"multimeter",
"Peer Review",
"recreation",
"testing",
"tools"
] | One of the core features of the scientific community is the concept of “peer review” where any claims made by a scientist are open to be analyzed and reproduced by others in the community for independent verification. This leads to either rejection of ideas which can’t be reproduced, or strengthening of those ideas whe... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517825",
"author": "radzioF",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T21:58:37",
"content": "Sounds like some big innovation but we’ve been doing stuff like that on Elektroda forums, Elektronika Praktyczna and Elektronika dla Wszystkich newspapers for decades. Oh snap I must be getting old despit... | 1,760,372,547.177372 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/matthew-wrongbaud-alt-is-fighting-the-good-fight/ | Matthew [wrongbaud] Alt Is Fighting The Good Fight | Tom Nardi | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"Ghidra",
"Hack Chat",
"reverse engineering",
"wrongbaud"
] | In a perfect world, all of our electronic devices would come with complete documentation, and there’d be open source libraries available for interfacing them with whatever we wanted. There’d never be arbitrary lockouts preventing us from using a piece of hardware in a way the manufacturer didn’t approve of, and the “cl... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517878",
"author": "Henrik",
"timestamp": "2022-10-01T07:01:32",
"content": "In the company, I work for, we have an API for using/extending our produkt. However, seeing the issues being handled, i can easily understand one of the reasons, why companies lock down their systems to o... | 1,760,372,546.64995 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/hackaday-podcast-187-the-sound-of-gleeful-gerbils-the-song-of-the-hard-drive-and-a-lipstick-pickup-lullaby/ | Hackaday Podcast 187: The Sound Of Gleeful Gerbils, The Song Of The Hard Drive, And A Lipstick Pickup Lullaby | Kristina Panos | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Assignments Editor Kristina Panos gushed about NASA’s live obliteration of minor planet Dimorphos using a probe outfitted with a camera. Spoiler alert: the probe reaches its rock-dappled rocky target just fine, and the final transmitted image has a decidedly human tinge.
K... | 2 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517795",
"author": "Michael Gladu",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T18:20:06",
"content": "Direct download link 404 error.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518245",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2022-10-... | 1,760,372,546.693579 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/microsoft-wants-you-to-help-with-assistive-tech/ | Microsoft Wants You (To Help With Assistive Tech) | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Medical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"adaptive technology",
"funding",
"microsoft"
] | In college I had an exceptional piano teacher that was entirely blind. One day he noticed I had brought in my new-ish laptop, and his unexpected request — “can I look at your laptop?” — temporarily flabbergasted me. Naturally there wasn’t much he could do with it, so he gave it a once over with his fingers to understan... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517776",
"author": "SparkyGSX",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T16:01:41",
"content": "Quite a few years ago, I did a quick-and-easy project for a friend of a friend, who, after an accident, had very little control over his fingers, but reasonable control over his arms and wrists. He love... | 1,760,372,546.830007 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/this-week-in-security-exchange-0-day-doppelgangers-and-python-gets-bit-in-the-tar/ | This Week In Security: Exchange 0-day, Doppelgangers, And Python Gets Bit In The TAR | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"0-day",
"Doppelganger",
"exchange"
] | According to researchers at GTSC,
there’s an unpatched 0-day being used in-the-wild to exploit fully patched Microsoft Exchange servers
. When they found one compromised server, they made the report to Microsoft through ZDI, but upon finding multiple Exchange servers compromised, they’re sounding the alarm for everyone... | 13 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517757",
"author": "Comedicles",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T14:30:49",
"content": "Sometimes (often) the all-caps headlines are a pain in the TAR. Who can blame the python?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517758",
"author": ... | 1,760,372,546.748247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/slap-this-big-red-button-for-an-instant-social-media-detox/ | Slap This Big Red Button For An Instant Social Media Detox | Dan Maloney | [
"internet hacks"
] | [
"blocker",
"detox",
"dns over https",
"doh",
"IoT",
"Social Media",
"spi",
"vpn",
"Wemos d1"
] | Dangerous machines, like ones that can quickly reduce you to a fine red mist or a smoking cinder, tend to have a Big Red Button™ to immediately stop whatever the threat is. Well, if a more dangerous machine than social media has ever been invented, we’re not sure what it would be, which is why we’re glad
this social me... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517725",
"author": "Ansgar",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T11:52:36",
"content": "I think it is more ironic that you are now spending money for a paid service that blocks your access to free-of-charge services, that you *voluntarily* subscribed to…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": ... | 1,760,372,547.132867 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/30/this-computer-is-definitely-not-a-toy/ | This Computer Is Definitely Not A Toy | Jenny List | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"cyberdeck",
"kids PC",
"toy computer"
] | If you’ve ever eyed up a kids laptop and wondered whether it could take an upgrade with a single board computer, you’re not alone. [Labz] have taken a couple of Brazilian
Max Steel
toy computers from a decade or more ago,
and made them into usable if unconventional portable computers
(Brazilian Portuguese, but YouTube’... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517694",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T08:47:04",
"content": "Some of those toy computers have a Z80 CPU. I’d like to see one hacked to run CP/M and WordStar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6518189",
... | 1,760,372,546.784994 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/building-a-replica-of-an-obscure-romanian-computer/ | Building A Replica Of An Obscure Romanian Computer | Lewin Day | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"cobra",
"computer",
"retrocomputer",
"retrocomputing",
"romania",
"spectrum",
"ZX Spectrum"
] | We’ve all seen emulated Apple II and Commodore 64 boards about the place. Few of us have heard of the Romanian ZX Spectrum clone known as the Cobra, let alone any efforts to replicate one. However, [Thomas Sowell] has achieved just that,
and has shared the tale with us online.
The Cobra was named for its origins in the... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517674",
"author": "HaHa",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T05:47:26",
"content": "‘we have everything you’re looking for right here!’Link has no Romanian early 80s ASCII porn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517683",
"author": "T... | 1,760,372,546.866132 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/urine-flow-measurement-made-accessible-with-uroflow/ | Urine Flow Measurement Made Accessible With UroFlow | Arya Voronova | [
"how-to",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"flow",
"flowmeter",
"hx711",
"load cell",
"MKR1010",
"strain gauge",
"urine",
"wheatstone bridge"
] | If you’re dealing with a chronic illness, the ability to continuously monitor your symptoms is indispensable, helping you gain valuable insights into what makes your body tick – or, rather, mis-tick. However, for many illnesses, you need specialized equipment to monitor them, and it tends to be that you can only visit ... | 21 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517640",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T02:11:54",
"content": "They just collected it in the hospital, and measure it, I think by inch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517643",
"author": "NiHaoMike",
... | 1,760,372,547.092122 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/casting-metal-with-a-microwave-and-vacuum-cleaner/ | Casting Metal With A Microwave And Vacuum Cleaner | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"aluminum",
"forming",
"graphite",
"kiln",
"metal",
"microwave",
"mold",
"pencil",
"plaster of paris",
"plastic",
"vacuum"
] | Metalworking might conjure images of large furnaces powered by coal, wood, or electricity, with molten metal sloshing around and visible in its crucible. But metalworking from home doesn’t need to use anything more fancy than a microwave, at least according to [Denny] a.k.a. [Shake the Future]. He has a number of metal... | 38 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517621",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T23:34:01",
"content": "The aluminum pencil looks pretty neat. Kinda want one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517625",
"author": "HaHa",
"timestamp": "2022-09-30T00:08:3... | 1,760,372,547.297323 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/teensy-becomes-tiny-handheld-computer-plays-emulators/ | Teensy Becomes Tiny Handheld Computer, Plays Emulators | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"handheld",
"handheld computer",
"Teensy",
"Teensy 4.1"
] | Science fiction predicted that we would one day all carry around tiny computers of great power. While smartphones are great, those predictions were more based on cuter systems that more closely approximated existing computers, with keyboards and screens.
[Jean-Marc Harvengt] has built something along those very lines
,... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517580",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T20:16:00",
"content": "Now that looks more like an AIM-65.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517597",
"author": "Joshua",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T21:19:37",
... | 1,760,372,547.682024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/hackaday-prize-2022-an-old-and-distinguished-camera-learns-new-tricks/ | Hackaday Prize 2022: An Old (and Distinguished) Camera Learns New Tricks | Jenny List | [
"Repair Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Prize",
"camera",
"movie camera",
"VistaVision"
] | In the 1950s the major Hollywood studios needed impressive cinematic technologies for their epic movies, to both see off the threat from television, and to differentiate themselves from their competitors. For most of them this meant larger screens and thus larger frame film, and for Paramount, this meant VistaVision. [... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517564",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T19:22:02",
"content": "There’s a limited number of studio film cameras that were made decades ago. Over the years as new technologies were developed for lenses, film, control etc, those old camera bodies have been repeat... | 1,760,372,547.530665 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/intranasal-vaccines-a-potential-off-ramp-for-coronavirus-pandemics/ | Intranasal Vaccines: A Potential Off-Ramp For Coronavirus Pandemics | Maya Posch | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"intranasal vaccine",
"nasal vaccine",
"SARS-CoV-2"
] | An interesting and also annoying aspect about the human immune system is that it is not a neat, centralized system where you input an antigen pattern in one spot and suddenly every T and B lymphocyte in the body knows how to target an intruder. Generally, immunity stays confined to specific areas, such as the vascular ... | 54 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517526",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T17:07:26",
"content": "Standard comment. How if at all does it work on the immunocompromised? We have little immune system and the vaccine certainly doesn’t do much for me. But we are always left out.",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,372,547.774581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/a-drone-for-the-rest-of-us/ | A Drone For The Rest Of Us | Bryan Cockfield | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"drone",
"pistol",
"quadrotor",
"speeder",
"steering",
"yaw"
] | As anyone who’s spent Christmas morning trying to shake a quadcopter out of a tree can attest, controlling these fast moving RC vehicles can be tricky and require a bit of practice to master. [Erik] wanted to simplify this a little bit so his children and friends could race with him, and the end result is a
drone that ... | 23 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517505",
"author": "Dave Walker",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T15:39:13",
"content": "This is great! Flying cars look like so much fun. Just enough hover to keep off the ground while you just concentrate on the steering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,372,547.582818 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/self-driving-laboratories-do-research-on-autopilot/ | Self-Driving Laboratories Do Research On Autopilot | Lewin Day | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"ai",
"artificial intelligence",
"machine learning",
"robot",
"robots",
"science"
] | Scientific research is a messy business. The road to learning new things and making discoveries is paved with hard labor, tough thinking, and plenty of dead ends. It’s a time-consuming, expensive endeavor, and for every success, there are thousands upon thousands of failures.
It’s a process so inefficient, you would th... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517492",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T14:40:18",
"content": "Programmed to deal with the occasional BOOM!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517527",
"author": "Rudranand Sahu",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,372,547.635338 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/open-book-abridged-oshw-e-reader-now-simplified-pico-driven/ | Open Book Abridged: OSHW E-Reader Now Simplified, Pico-Driven | Arya Voronova | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"ebook",
"ereader",
"Open Book Project",
"open hardware",
"Raspberry Pi Pico"
] | If you ever looked for open-source e-readers, you’ve no doubt seen [Joey Castillo]’s Open Book reader, but you might not yet have seen the Abridged version he’s
building around a Raspberry Pi Pico.
The
Open Book project
pairs a 4.2″ E-Ink screen with microprocessors we all know and love, building a hacker-friendly e-re... | 17 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517468",
"author": "Guy",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T12:20:45",
"content": "This thing rules. Such a thoughtful design – I’m definitely borrowing that castellated daughterboard idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517469",
... | 1,760,372,547.83075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/29/ibm-made-a-mips-laptop-will-it-make-you-wince/ | IBM Made A MIPS Laptop. Will It Make You WinCE? | Jenny List | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"ibm",
"IBM WorkPad",
"mips",
"WinCE",
"Windows CE"
] | We’re used to our laptop computers here in 2022 being ultra-portable, super-powerful, and with impressively long battery lives. It’s easy to forget then that there was a time when from those three features the laptop user could usually expect only one of them in their device. Powerful laptops were the size of paving sl... | 26 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517435",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T08:46:38",
"content": "nice oddball, there :)I have a Laptop with a microSPARC CPU. Another oddball :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517452",
"author": "Alphate... | 1,760,372,547.992596 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/the-nes-gets-its-own-os/ | The NES Gets Its Own OS | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"console",
"gaming",
"memory",
"nes",
"nes-os",
"nintendo",
"operating system",
"word processor"
] | Until recently, most video game systems didn’t need their own operating systems in order to play games. Especially in the cartridge era — the games themselves simply ran directly on the hardware and didn’t require the middleman of an operating system for any of the functionality of the consoles. There were exceptions f... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517414",
"author": "DAT",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T06:04:00",
"content": "By that definition, mario paint was some OS for the SNES.It actually wasn’t, because there was no way to install other software or exchange data.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,372,547.926809 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/the-1337-png-hashquine/ | The 1337 PNG Hashquine | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"David Buchanan",
"Hashquine",
"png"
] | A hashquine is a fun way to show off your crypto-tricks — It’s a file that contains its own hash. In some file types it’s trivial, you just pick the hash to hit, and then put random data in a comment or other invisible field till you get a collision. A Python script that prints its own hash would be easy. But not every... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517391",
"author": "Redhatter (VK4MSL)",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T02:15:49",
"content": "If that fellow manages to pull the same feat with SHA-256, we’re screwed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517427",
"author": "JHB",
... | 1,760,372,547.873622 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/a-look-inside-an-old-school-synchroscope/ | A Look Inside An Old-School Synchroscope | Dan Maloney | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"grid",
"induction",
"moving coil. meter",
"phase",
"power",
"sync",
"synchroscope"
] | There’s nothing quite like old-school electrical gear, especially the stuff associated with power distribution. There’s something about the chunky, heavy construction, the thick bakelite cases, and the dials you can read from across the room. Double points for something that started life behind the Iron Curtain, as
thi... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517405",
"author": "NOC monkey",
"timestamp": "2022-09-29T04:51:38",
"content": "I worked at a decent sized data center in operations and had to learn how to manually transfer from generator, battery, or grid feed. Our automatic transfer switch never had a hickup but overnight guys... | 1,760,372,548.031239 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/recycling-junk-e-tags-into-a-lorawan-aqi-sensor/ | Recycling Junk E-tags Into A LoRaWAN AQI Sensor | Dave Rowntree | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"Air quality sensors",
"AQI",
"BME860",
"BMI270",
"display",
"e-paper",
"environmental monitor",
"gas sensor",
"LoRa",
"The Things Network",
"VOC detection"
] | Interfacing to E-paper displays is nothing to be scared of
[Aduecho] had seen those cheap eBay deals of e-paper-based pricing tags, and was wondering if they could be hacked to perform some other tasks. After splitting the case open, the controller chip was discovered to be a SEM9110, with some NFC hardware support but... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517329",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T20:25:58",
"content": "Putting two dice in a package without a substrate is pretty common. The ESP8285 and ESP32-PICO-D4 each have a SPI flash die glued on top of the ESP SoC, and since the flash is physically smaller than the S... | 1,760,372,548.174243 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/ai-dreaming-of-time-travel/ | AI Dreaming Of Time Travel | Matthew Carlson | [
"Art",
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"art",
"artifical intelligence",
"image generator",
"stable diffusion"
] | We love the intersection between art and technology, and a video made by an AI (Stable Diffusion)
imagining a journey through time
(
Nitter
) is a lovely example. The project is relatively straightforward, but as with most art projects, there were endless hours of [Xander Steenbrugge] tweaking and playing with differen... | 20 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517305",
"author": "1 more kb of data in the cloud tentively",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T19:06:50",
"content": "He forgot to include the bit where the world was destroyed in a nuclear armegedon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,372,548.225072 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/2022-hackaday-prize-congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-climate-resilient-communities-challenge/ | 2022 Hackaday Prize: Congratulations To The Winners Of The Climate-Resilient Communities Challenge | Kristina Panos | [
"contests",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"2022 Hackaday Prize",
"finalists",
"winners"
] | Holy humanitarian hacking, Batman! We asked you to come up with your best climate-forward ideas, and you knocked it out of the ionosphere! Once again, the judges had a hard time narrowing down the field to just ten winners, but they ultimately pulled it off — and here are the prize-winning projects without much further... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517372",
"author": "Guillermo",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T23:45:58",
"content": "Thanks to the sponsors of the Hackaday Prize 2022 … I’m so excited to be a finalist, and to compete with all these good projects from my colleagues.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,372,548.40633 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/the-first-microcomputer-the-q1/ | The First Microcomputer: The Q1 | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Teardown"
] | [
"microcomputer",
"Q1",
"retro computer",
"retrocomputing"
] | Quiz time, what was the first commercially available microcomputer? The Altair 8800? Something obscure like the SCELBI? The Mark-8 kit?
According to [The Byte Attic], it was actually the Q1
, based on the Intel 8008 processor. The first Q1 microcomputer was delivered in December of 1972, making it the first, as far as ... | 53 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517234",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T15:35:03",
"content": "Had a clock that looked like that front panel sans the keyboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517295",
"author": "Joshua",
"ti... | 1,760,372,548.49363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/mining-and-refining-sulfur/ | Mining And Refining: Sulfur | Dan Maloney | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"acid",
"amine",
"Mining and Refining",
"natural gas",
"sulfur",
"sulfuric acid",
"sulphur"
] | When you think of the periodic table, some elements just have a vibe to them that’s completely unscientific, but nonetheless undeniable. Precious metals like gold and silver are obvious examples, associated as they always have been with the wealth of kings. Copper and iron are sturdy working-class metals, each worthy o... | 23 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517218",
"author": "shrad",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T14:21:40",
"content": "And Nitrogen? What about Nitrogen?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517250",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T16:12:29",
... | 1,760,372,548.360762 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/arduino-ide-2-0-is-here/ | Arduino IDE 2.0 Is Here | Dave Walker | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"arduino",
"coding",
"development",
"ide",
"software",
"v2.0"
] | Arduino have released the latest version of their Integrated Development Environment (IDE),
Version 2.0
and it is a big step up from the previous release, boasting plenty of new features to help you to develop your code more easily.
As the de-facto way for beginners to get into programming hardware, more experienced us... | 84 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517150",
"author": "Operator",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T11:47:34",
"content": "all the bells and whistles are useless, without portable mode 🤷♂️",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517373",
"author": "Fik of the borg",... | 1,760,372,548.805791 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/28/your-mug-will-like-this-glowy-coaster/ | Your Mug Will Like This Glowy Coaster | Abe Connelly | [
"Art",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"art",
"coaster",
"laser cutter projects",
"led",
"neopixel",
"Trinket",
"trinket m0"
] | [Charlyn] wanted to highlight their friends beautiful mug collection, so the
Glowy Coaster
was born.
The coaster is made up of six layers of laser cut acrylic. The top and bottom layer are cut out of clear acrylic, providing a flat surface for the coaster. A top pattern layer made of pearl acrylic has a thin piece of v... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517193",
"author": "-jeffB",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T13:13:39",
"content": "“Minimalist” beauty. Definitely NOT “minimal”, at least in my opinion…!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6517438",
"author": "Nathaniel Poate",
... | 1,760,372,548.535177 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/24-hours-of-le-airplanes/ | 24 Hours Of Le Airplanes | Bryan Cockfield | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"airplane",
"autonomous",
"battery",
"charge controller",
"endurance",
"flight",
"rc",
"remote control",
"solar"
] | There’s no more famous road endurance race than the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where teams compete to see how far they can drive in a single 24-hour window. The race presents unique challenges not found in other types of racing. While RC airplanes may not have a similar race, [Daniel] a.k.a. [rctestflight] created a similar ... | 22 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517158",
"author": "Bman",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T12:07:49",
"content": "Cool! A 2 year old video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517302",
"author": "Chris Muncy",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T18:59:22",
... | 1,760,372,548.688789 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/trombone-controls-virtual-trombone/ | Trombone Controls Virtual Trombone | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"air pressure",
"bluetooth",
"Click",
"controller",
"ESP32",
"mouse",
"position",
"sensor",
"trombone",
"trombone champ"
] | Guitar Hero was a cultural phenomenon a little over a decade ago, and showed that there was a real fun time to be had playing a virtual instrument on a controller. There are several other similar games available now for different instruments, including one called Trombone Champ that [Hung Truong] is a fan of which repl... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517083",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2022-09-28T04:08:24",
"content": "Could’ve clipped a mic on it and run that through a DAC registering a certain amplitude threshold as the mouse click and a pitch range as the slide position? Might get interference from the game’s ambient soun... | 1,760,372,548.576274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/a-solar-powered-point-and-shoot-circa-1961/ | A Solar-Powered Point-and-Shoot, Circa 1961 | Dan Maloney | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"35 mm",
"analog",
"aperture",
"camera",
"exposure",
"f-stop",
"film",
"moving coil",
"point and shoot",
"Selenium",
"shutter"
] | Try to put yourself in the place of an engineer tasked with building a camera in 1961. Your specs include making it easy to operate, giving it automatic exposure control, and, oh yeah — you can’t use batteries. How on Earth do you accomplish that? With a
very clever mechanism powered by light
, as it turns out.
This on... | 23 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517048",
"author": "Pernicious Snit",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T23:31:39",
"content": "“And what about that cool split-frame exposure system?”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangefinder_camera",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "651... | 1,760,372,548.633127 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/hackaday-links-september-25-2022/ | Hackaday Links: September 25, 2022 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"3D printer fire",
"aggregator",
"anomaly",
"book",
"components",
"cross-section",
"Eric Schlaepfer",
"extinguisher",
"friction",
"hackaday links",
"jwst",
"MIRI",
"quantum fields",
"taxi",
"tubetime",
"webb",
"Yandex"
] | Looks like there’s trouble out at L2, where
the James Webb Space Telescope suffered a mechanical anomaly
back in August. The issue, which was just announced this week, involves only one of the six imaging instruments at the heart of the space observatory, known as MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument. MIRI is the instrume... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516414",
"author": "Needleroozer",
"timestamp": "2022-09-26T00:30:55",
"content": "The first link to “Open Circuits” appears to be malformed; it is instead Bunnie’s blog post link with the No Starch link appended.“https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=6558https://nostarch.com/open... | 1,760,372,548.854987 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/2022-cyberdeck-challenge-cyberpack-vr/ | 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: Cyberpack VR | Navarre Bartz | [
"Cyberdecks",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Virtual Reality",
"Wearable Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"2022 Cyberdeck Contest",
"backpack",
"cyborg",
"networking",
"Oculus",
"virtual reality",
"wifi",
"wireless networking"
] | Feeling confined by the “traditional” cyberdeck form factor, [adam] decided to build something a little bigger with his
Cyberpack VR
. If you’ve ever dreamed of being a WiFi-equipped porcupine, then this is the cyberdeck you’ve been waiting for.
Craving the upgradability and utility of a desktop in a more portable form... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516365",
"author": "Wibble",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T20:12:46",
"content": "Nreal glasses might have been a better choice? Much lower profile than occulus googles, and I guess this is not going to be doing hard-core vr?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,372,548.891672 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/giving-environmental-readouts-some-personality/ | Giving Environmental Readouts Some Personality | Donald Papp | [
"green hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"air quality index",
"api",
"AQI",
"e-paper",
"environmental sensor",
"raspberry pi"
] | Air Quality Index for one’s region can be a handy thing to know, but it’s such a dry and humorless number, isn’t it? Well, all that changes with [Andrew Kleindolph]’s
AQI Funnies
: a visual representation of live AQI data presented by a friendly ghost character in a comic panel presentation. The background, mood, and m... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516383",
"author": "macsimski",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T21:38:07",
"content": "screens are out of stock right now. :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6516522",
"author": "elwing",
"timestamp": "2022-09-26T12:49:18",
... | 1,760,372,548.947167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/pi-pico-w-does-pcmcia-gets-this-ibm-pc110-online/ | Pi Pico W Does PCMCIA, Gets This IBM PC110 Online | Arya Voronova | [
"computer hacks",
"Netbook Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Retrocomputing",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"ibm pc110",
"isa bus",
"PCMCIA",
"Pi Pico W",
"Raspberry Pi Pico",
"rp2040"
] | Bringing modern connectivity to retro computers is an endearing field- with the simplicity of last-century hardware and software being a double-edged sword, often, you bring a powerful and tiny computer of modern age to help its great-grandparent interface with networks of today. [yyzkevin] shows us
a PCMCIA WiFi card ... | 37 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516299",
"author": "Jonathan Pallant",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T14:16:15",
"content": "PCMCIA is based on the ISA bus, which is why this is able to build on the PiGUS project.CardBus cards are based on PCI and they came later. An RP2040 can’t do PCI (32-bit, 33 MHz) – it doesn’t ha... | 1,760,372,549.222976 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/epoxy-blob-excised-out-of-broken-multimeter-replaced-with-a-qfp/ | Epoxy Blob Excised Out Of Broken Multimeter, Replaced With A QFP | Arya Voronova | [
"how-to",
"Repair Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"chip on board",
"COB",
"ICL7106"
] | The black blobs on cheap PCBs haunt those of us with a habit of taking things apart when they fail. There’s no part number to look up, no pinout to probe, and if magic smoke is released from the epoxy-buried silicon, the entire PCB is toast. That’s why it matters that [Throbscottle] shared his
journey of repairing a vi... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516273",
"author": "hartl",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T12:33:36",
"content": "Why is a cheap multimeter made in this century “vintage”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6516284",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,372,549.033142 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/25/3d-printable-sculpture-shows-off-unpredictable-order-of-chains/ | 3D-Printable Sculpture Shows Off Unpredictable Order Of Chains | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Art"
] | [
"3d printed",
"chain",
"kinetic sculpture",
"sculpture"
] | [davemoneysign] designed this
fascinating roller chain kinetic sculpture
, which creates tumbling and unpredictable patterns and shapes as long as the handle is turned; a surprisingly organic behavior considering the simplicity and rigidity of the parts.
3D-printed, with a satisfying assembly process.
The inspiration f... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516275",
"author": "davi",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T12:40:21",
"content": "maybe I’m still half asleep here but watching that makes me think about folding and un folding proteins in biology",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65162... | 1,760,372,549.265652 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/adding-a-third-wheel-and-speed-boost-to-an-electric-scooter/ | Adding A Third Wheel (And Speed Boost) To An Electric Scooter | Donald Papp | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"hardware",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"brushless motor",
"e-bike",
"electric",
"mountain board",
"scooter",
"throttle"
] | The story of how [Tony]’s three-wheeled electric scooter came to be has a beginning that may sound familiar. One day, he was browsing overseas resellers and came across a new part, followed immediately by a visit from the Good Ideas Fairy. That’s what led him to
upgrade his DIY electric scooter to three wheels
last yea... | 7 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516283",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T12:59:21",
"content": "I would very much discourage anyone from making a three-wheeler with a single wheel in front. Reducing the ability to lean into a turn means you now have to turn harder. This drastically increase the cha... | 1,760,372,549.326549 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/animated-led-arrows-point-the-way/ | Animated LED Arrows Point The Way | Jonathan Bennett | [
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"ESP8266",
"LED Pixels"
] | Visitors at the Garden D’Lights in Bellevue, Washington had a problem. While touring the holiday lights show, they kept straying off the path. The event organizers tried some simple LED arrows, but they were just more points of light among a sea filled with them. This is when [Eric Gunnerson] was asked to help out. He’... | 11 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516192",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-09-25T03:29:40",
"content": "Maybe they could use a lighted pathway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6516205",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
... | 1,760,372,549.370768 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/cmos-oscillator-circuit-gets-an-eatable-input/ | CMOS Oscillator Circuit Gets An Eatable Input | Lee Wilkins | [
"Art",
"hardware",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"food",
"oscillators"
] | In interaction designer [Leonardo Amico]’s work
Processing Decay
, lettuce is used as an input to produce sound as an element within a CMOS circuit.
We’ve all seen lemons and potatoes doubling in science-fairs as edible batteries, but lettuce is something else. [Leandro]’s circuit uses alligator clips to insert lettuc... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516151",
"author": "YGDES",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T23:06:19",
"content": "Did you already forget about the carrot filter ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6516156",
"author": "Reg",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T23:51:03",... | 1,760,372,549.415838 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/minimal-tic-tac-toe-business-card/ | Minimal Tic Tac Toe Business Card | Stephen Ogier | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Games",
"hardware"
] | [
"atmega328p",
"business card",
"Electronic games"
] | The PCB business card has long been a way for the aspiring electronics engineer to set themself apart from their peers. Handing out a card that is also a two player game is a great way to secure a couple minutes of a recruiter’s time, so
[Ryan Chan] designed a business card that, in addition to his contact information,... | 38 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516104",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T20:14:41",
"content": "I see he has his finger bandaged in the video.I hope it wasn’t an injury caused by sharp edges somewhere on the card.(Something you don’t want to happen to a potential employer... | 1,760,372,549.485422 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/trs-80-gains-multiple-monitor-support-and-high-resolution-graphics/ | TRS-80 Gains Multiple Monitor Support, And High-Resolution Graphics | Donald Papp | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"70s",
"basic",
"radioshack",
"tandy",
"trs-80",
"vga",
"vintage"
] | To call [Glen Kleinschmidt] a vintage computing
enthusiast
would be an understatement. Who else would add
the ability to control and address multiple VGA monitors to a rack-mounted TRS-80 Model 1
? Multiple 64-color 640×480 monitors might not be considered particularly amazing by today’s standards, but for 70s-era comp... | 25 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516079",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T17:28:38",
"content": "This makes me think there were graphic upgrades back then. I can’t think if anything specific, but it feels like something that existed. There were lots of small 3rd party companies. Just look at... | 1,760,372,549.547383 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/honor-your-hacker-heroes/ | Honor Your Hacker Heroes | Elliot Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants"
] | [
"inspiration",
"newsletter",
"why we hack"
] | We recently ran an article on
a sweet percussion device
made by minimal-hardware-synth-madman [Gijs Gieskes]. Basically, it amplifies up an analog meter movement and plays it by slamming it into the end stops. Rhythmically, and in stereo. It’s got that lovely thud, plus the ringing of the springs. It takes what is norm... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516081",
"author": "Danjovic",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T17:40:44",
"content": "“…I’ve rebuilt more than a couple projects from [Gijs]’ repertoire…”That’s the best way of honoring !!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6516531",
... | 1,760,372,549.583049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/this-scratch-built-x-ray-tube-really-shines/ | This Scratch-Built X-Ray Tube Really Shines | Dan Maloney | [
"High Voltage",
"Parts"
] | [
"borosilicate",
"copper",
"getter",
"glass",
"titanium",
"tungsten",
"vacuum tube",
"x-ray"
] | On no planet is
making your own X-ray tube
a good idea. But that doesn’t mean we’re not going to talk about it, because it’s pretty darn cool.
And when we say making an X-ray tube, we mean it — [atominik] worked from raw materials, like glass test tubes, tungsten welding electrodes, and bits of scrap metal, to make thi... | 25 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516022",
"author": "Al Williams",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T12:01:59",
"content": "One of my favorite books as a kid was the collection of Scientific American’s Amateur Scientists columns. Two of my favorite projects I never made were the particle accelerator and the X-ray tube. Tha... | 1,760,372,549.64336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/24/chandelier-mimics-the-solar-analemma/ | Chandelier Mimics The Solar Analemma | Lewin Day | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"analemma",
"home lighting",
"plywood",
"sun"
] | The solar analemma is the shape the sun traces out when photographed each day at the same time and same location for a whole year – but you probably knew that already. [makendo] decided to use this skewed figure-eight shape as the inspiration for a chandelier,
and the results are stunning
.
A laser cutter was used to c... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6515997",
"author": "steelman",
"timestamp": "2022-09-24T08:28:01",
"content": "[feature request]: ad circuitry that turns on a single bulb and smoothly transitions between two adjacent two dependng on time of year to reflect actual position of the Sun.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,372,549.691973 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/infinite-axis-printing-on-the-ender-3/ | Infinite Axis Printing On The Ender 3 | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"conveyor belt printer",
"infinite bed",
"infinite build volume",
"infinite build volume printer"
] | It’s taken years to perfect them, but desktop 3D printers that uses a conveyor belt instead of a traditional build plate to provide a theoretically infinite build volume are now finally on the market. Unfortunately, they command a considerable premium. Even the offering from Creality, a company known best for their bud... | 29 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6517006",
"author": "Nombre",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T20:21:35",
"content": "Cool. Anyone got an Ali search query for the belt?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6517065",
"author": "totus",
"timestamp": "2022-0... | 1,760,372,549.882437 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/3d-printing-the-key-to-a-bass-clarinet/ | 3D Printing The Key To A Bass Clarinet | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"bass",
"clarinet",
"key",
"levers",
"orchestra"
] | Playing music as part of a group typically requires that not only are all of the instruments tuned to each other, but also that the musicians play in a specific key. For some musicians, like pianists and percussionists, this is not terribly difficult as their instruments are easy to play in any key. At the other end of... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516977",
"author": "James Davidson",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T19:02:00",
"content": "Diatonic harmonicas can in fact be played in many keys through the use of bends and overblows.https://www.harmonicalessons.com/overview_chart.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,372,549.814204 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/japan-wants-to-decarbonize-with-the-help-of-ammonia/ | Japan Wants To Decarbonize With The Help Of Ammonia | Lewin Day | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"ammonia",
"coal power",
"japan",
"power generation",
"power grid",
"power plant",
"power plants",
"shipping"
] | With climate change concerns front of mind, the world is desperate to get to net-zero carbon output as soon as possible. While direct electrification is becoming popular for regular passenger cars, it’s not yet practical for more energy-intensive applications like aircraft or intercontinental shipping. Thus, the hunt h... | 59 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516938",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T17:12:50",
"content": "I have worked on anhydrous ammonia refrigeration systems, i dont envy the guys that would have to work on these systems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,372,550.129736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/current-loop-extends-wired-microphones-past-1-km/ | Current Loop Extends Wired Microphones Past 1 Km | Jenny List | [
"Tech Hacks"
] | [
"cat5",
"current loop",
"microphone"
] | A problem which beset early telephone engineers was that as the length of their lines increased, so did the distortion of whatever signal they wanted to transmit. This was corrected once they had gained an understanding of the capacitance and inductance of a long cable. The same effects hamper attempts to place microph... | 22 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516914",
"author": "k-ww",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T16:06:28",
"content": "ANd to those that bemoan that the lowly 4-20mA current loop is limited to one device or only one channel of information, I suggest you google the HART protocol, which allows you to parallel multiple devices ... | 1,760,372,550.035357 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/27/cursing-the-curse-of-cursive/ | Cursing The Curse Of Cursive | Kristina Panos | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"cursive",
"D'Nealian",
"handwriting",
"ocr",
"Palmer method",
"Spencerian",
"Zaner-Bloser"
] | Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in
cursive
, or else they don’t count. At least, that’s what I was taught growing up. (And I’m really not that old, I swear!)
Having the exact same ... | 114 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "6516881",
"author": "cliff claven",
"timestamp": "2022-09-27T14:11:05",
"content": "Learned Z-B in grammar school, never any good (they forced me to use my right hand, so I have no idea what other outcome there could have been), and went back to block print as soon as I could. Then,... | 1,760,372,550.38843 |
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