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https://hackaday.com/2019/01/03/a-practical-portable-wii-emerges-from-the-memes/ | A Practical Portable Wii Emerges From The Memes | Tom Nardi | [
"Games",
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"gamecube",
"portable",
"project box",
"sensor bar",
"wii"
] | A few months ago, [Shank] built what will almost certainly go down in history as the world’s smallest portable Nintendo Wii. As it turns out, the Wii motherboard is home to a lot of unnecessary hardware, and with a careful hand and an eye for detail, it’s possible to physically cut it down to a much smaller unit; allow... | 6 | 2 | [
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"comment_id": "5712819",
"author": "P Kenna",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T15:08:07",
"content": "I was seriously impressed at how much of the mainboard was able to be removed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5715165",
"author": "Dodo",
"t... | 1,760,374,092.092139 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/03/an-easy-way-to-midi-sync-your-eurorack-build/ | An Easy Way To MIDI Sync Your Eurorack Build | Lewin Day | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"eurorack",
"midi",
"synth",
"synthesizer",
"Teensy",
"usb midi"
] | Eurorack synthesizer builds are known for a lot of things; simplicity isn’t necessarily one of them. However, not everything on a modular synthesizer build has to be inordinately complicated, a mess of wires, or difficult to understand. [little-scale] has built a neat and tidy module that might just find a place in you... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,374,092.041899 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/diy-ribbon-element-upgrades-a-studio-microphone/ | DIY Ribbon Element Upgrades A Studio Microphone | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"audio",
"dynamic",
"electret",
"moving coil",
"neodymium",
"ribbon",
"transducer",
"velocity"
] | For those with some experience with pro audio, the term “ribbon microphone” tends to conjure up an image of one of those big, chunky mics from the Golden Age of radio, the kind adorned with the station’s callsign and crooned into by the latest heartthrob dreamboat singer.
This DIY ribbon mic
is none of those things, bu... | 25 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5710731",
"author": "Jonathan Bennett",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T08:27:00",
"content": "This is very very cool, thanks for sharing!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6536417",
"author": "Nitrous",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,374,092.825885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/superheterodyne-radios-explained/ | Superheterodyne Radios Explained | Al Williams | [
"Radio Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"receiver",
"superhet",
"superheterodyne"
] | The general public thinks there is one thing called a radio. Sure, they know there are radios that pick up different channels, but other than that, one radio is pretty much like the other. But if you are involved in electronics, you probably know there are lots of ways a radio can work internally. A crystal set is very... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5709757",
"author": "teds10percent",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T03:05:57",
"content": "That’ll be “mining copper ore” not “mining copper wire,” I’ll bet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5709768",
"author": "jafinch78",
... | 1,760,374,092.187517 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/custom-mini-4wd-runs-on-steam/ | Custom Mini 4WD Runs On Steam | Lewin Day | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"mini 4wd",
"steam",
"steam-powered",
"tamiya"
] | Tamiya’s Mini 4WD toy line primarily consists of small 1:32 scale toy cars powered by AA batteries, which have no remote control and are guided around a plastic track by horizontally oriented
drive
guide wheels. Tuning and racing these cars is popular in many parts of the world,
but this build is a little different.
Af... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5709529",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T02:13:48",
"content": "Turn the volume down before running the video…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5712897",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T15:2... | 1,760,374,092.238276 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/wooden-clock-to-fpga-conversion/ | Wooden Clock To FPGA Conversion | Al Williams | [
"clock hacks",
"FPGA"
] | [
"clock",
"fpga"
] | [John] wanted a project to help him learn more about FPGAs. So he started with his wooden clock — made with an Arduino — and
ported it over to a Lattice FPGA using Icestorm
. What’s nice is that he takes you through the steps he used to simulate the design using the Falsted simulator and then realizing it in the FPGA. ... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5710545",
"author": "zaprodk",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T07:34:03",
"content": "Falster/Falstad (Spelling)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5711368",
"author": "Artenz",
"timestamp": "2019-01-03T10:06:10",
"content": "... | 1,760,374,092.136499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/a-page-turner-on-kindle-one-step-at-a-time/ | A Page-Turner On Kindle – One Step At A Time | Sven Gregori | [
"Kindle hacks"
] | [
"automation",
"e-reader",
"ESP8266",
"kindle"
] | You don’t have to be an avid bookworm to find use for an e-book reader. Take your local wedding band for example: with a big repertoire of songs to cover, you don’t really want to drag huge folders full of chords and lyrics around, tediously browsing through them to find the correct one for every new song. Even the big... | 6 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5707576",
"author": "Wade",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T20:09:52",
"content": "The newest Kindles have Bluetooth, I wonder if you could use a simple Bluetooth HID to turn pages. Seems like they don’t support Bluetooth keyboards out of the box, but maybe with some hacks.",
"parent_i... | 1,760,374,092.27715 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/fail-of-the-week-eproms-rats-nests-tanning-lamps-and-cardboard-on-fire/ | Fail Of The Week: EPROMs, Rats’ Nests, Tanning Lamps, And Cardboard On Fire | Elliot Williams | [
"Fail of the Week",
"hardware",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"eprom",
"fail",
"fire",
"hack",
"led",
"ultraviolet",
"uv"
] | It all started when I bought a late-1990s synthesizer that needed a firmware upgrade. One could simply pull the ROM chip, ship it off to Yamaha for a free replacement, and swap in the new one — in 2003. Lacking a time machine, a sensible option is to buy a pre-programmed aftermarket EPROM on eBay for $10, and if you ju... | 87 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "5707045",
"author": "komradebob",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T18:24:21",
"content": "If I had a big pile of EPROMs, _and_ had my act together, I’d back up all the EPROMS in all of the computers, printers, and test equipment I have laying around the lab, er, house.Problem is, there are ... | 1,760,374,092.521435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/1973-when-calculators-were-built-like-computers/ | 1973: When Calculators Were Built Like Computers | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"calculator",
"calculator teardown",
"retro calculator",
"teardown"
] | Should you ever pick up [Steve Wozniak]’s autobiography, you will learn that in the early 1970s when his friend [Steve Jobs] was working for Atari, [Woz] was designing calculators for Hewlett Packard. It seems scarcely believable today, but he describes his excitement at the prospects for the calculator business, admit... | 55 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5706632",
"author": "Antron Argaiv",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T16:34:40",
"content": "Or, as in the case of the KIM-1 and MEK6800D2-KIT, computers were built like calculators :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5706645",
"aut... | 1,760,374,092.611158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/your-face-is-going-places-you-may-not-like/ | Your Face Is Going Places You May Not Like | Bob Baddeley | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"camera",
"face recognition",
"face tracking",
"facial recognition",
"facial tracking",
"opencv"
] | Many Chinese cities, among them Ningbo, are investing heavily in AI and facial recognition technology. Uses range from border control —
at Shanghai’s international airport
and the
border crossing with Macau
— to the trivial: shaming jaywalkers.
In Ningbo, cameras oversee the intersections, and use facial-recognition to... | 62 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "5706361",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T15:11:09",
"content": "“Someone with a camera outside a bar will be able to identify everyone that goes in and how frequently, and publish that information to people who will be critical, unforgiving, and who will use that inf... | 1,760,374,092.71615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/use-your-game-boy-as-a-wireless-controller/ | Use Your Game Boy As A Wireless Controller | Lewin Day | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"game boy",
"nintendo",
"Nintendo Game Boy",
"nRF24L01+",
"wireless"
] | Like many retro favourites, the Game Boy is in no way dead — development continues apace through its many fans.But what about the hardware side? This is a particularly interesting one: [Alex] wondered if a Game Boy could be readily used as a wireless controller. Set out to make it happen, the final product is
a game ca... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5705611",
"author": "jalnl",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T12:38:39",
"content": "That’s a Gameboy Advance, not a Gameboy?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5706035",
"author": "PaulR",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T14:05:... | 1,760,374,092.764525 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/02/add-a-trackpoint-to-a-mechanical-keyboard/ | Add A Trackpoint To A Mechanical Keyboard | Rich Hawkes | [
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"input",
"keyboard",
"lenovo",
"lenovo keyboard",
"TrackPoint"
] | People love their tech, and feel like something’s missing when it’s not there. This is the story of one person’s desire to have the venerable trackpoint in their new keyboard.
[Klapse] loves a Lenovo old-style non-chicklet keyboard, so, despite the cost, five were ordered. They very quickly ended up with keys that didn... | 21 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5705599",
"author": "Eugene",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T12:36:27",
"content": "The few laptops I’ve had with those I’ve had to take the time to remove them, always bump them when typing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5705639"... | 1,760,374,092.993741 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/picovoice-puts-smarts-offline-in-512k-of-memory/ | Picovoice Puts Smarts Offline In 512K Of Memory | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"Personal Assistant",
"picovoice",
"speech recognition",
"voice command",
"voice control"
] | We live in the future. You can ask your personal assistant to turn on the lights, plan your commute, or set your thermostat. If they ever give Alexa sudo, she might be able to make a sandwich. However, you almost always see these devices sending data to some remote server in the sky to do the analysis and processing. T... | 36 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5703470",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T06:28:10",
"content": "Yes it is. Now for the other part of the clod solution. Data mined enough that one can go beyond just dictionary lookup. In other words the “I” in AI.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,374,093.068031 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/raspberry-pi-raccoon-proof-cat-feeder/ | Raspberry Pi Raccoon-proof Cat Feeder | Richard Baguley | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"cat feeder"
] | Feeding things in the outside world is difficult, especially when there are clever creatures like raccoons out there that will break in and steal everything given half a chance. [_ah6] wanted to build a
feeder for feral cats that would dispense food, but without encouraging the local raccoons
. So, they built a feeder ... | 21 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5702421",
"author": "bty",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T03:13:23",
"content": "OpenCV includes a haarcascade classifier for cat faces :https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/master/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalcatface.xml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,374,093.169042 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/forcing-amazon-alexa-compatible-stuff-to-speak-to-google-assistant/ | Forcing Amazon Alexa Compatible Stuff To Speak To Google Assistant | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"alexa",
"Amazon Alexa",
"google assistant",
"google home",
"internet of things"
] | It took a long time, but it’s 2019, and we’re starting to get used to the concept of talking to a computer to make it control things around the house. It’s not quite as cool as it seemed when we saw it in films way back when, but that’s just real life. The problem is, there’s a multitude of different systems and standa... | 21 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5701513",
"author": "Dorrington Williams",
"timestamp": "2019-01-02T00:52:20",
"content": "“It took a long time, but it’s 2018…”Pssst… It’s 2019.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5706389",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
... | 1,760,374,093.225175 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/netflix-drops-zx-spectrum-homebrew-title-nohzdyve/ | Netflix Drops ZX Spectrum Homebrew Title Nohzdyve | Drew Littrell | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"sinclair",
"spectrum",
"videogames",
"ZX Spectrum"
] | The dark, dystopian future is ever-present in the Netflix show Black Mirror, but the latest release in the series, Bandersnatch, presents a decidedly different narrative. Bandersnatch is a branching story that follows the fictional events of a garage-programmer named Stephan who develops the titular game, Bandersnatch,... | 13 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5700195",
"author": "Michael Jensen",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T22:04:22",
"content": "Tape drive? — Weird, I always thought everyone just used MP3 players with the Spectrums now-a-days. XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5700731... | 1,760,374,093.113539 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/designing-tiny-motors-right-into-the-robots-circuit-board/ | Designing Tiny Motors Right Into The Robot’s Circuit Board | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"brushless motor",
"Carl Bujega",
"esc",
"pcb motor"
] | Motors are not overly complex, but this one is downright simple. Carl Bujega has been working on a motor design that heavily relies on the capabilities of the printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication processes. His talk at the 2018 Hackaday Superconference covers how
he built a brushless DC motor and speed controller in... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5700699",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T23:06:14",
"content": "Borg nanoprobes are a step closer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5700741",
"author": "SparkyGSX",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T23:10:05",
... | 1,760,374,093.293883 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/a-smartwatch-you-can-easily-build-yourself/ | A Smartwatch You Can Easily Build Yourself | Lewin Day | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"atmega328",
"smartwatch"
] | The concept of a smartwatch was thrown around for a long time before the technology truly came to fruition. Through the pursuit of miniaturisation, modern smartwatches are sleek, compact, and remarkably capable for their size. Companies such as Apple and Samsung throw serious money into research and development, but th... | 16 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5698107",
"author": "Electra",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T16:57:27",
"content": "Both this and the ESP8266 has the same flaw: There are parts on the back of the board, that press, rub and get corroded by the sweat on your arm.Love the ideas in both, both are flexible and very hacker ... | 1,760,374,093.347011 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/ask-hackaday-how-would-you-detect-a-marauding-drone/ | Ask Hackaday: How Would You Detect A Marauding Drone? | Jenny List | [
"Ask Hackaday",
"drone hacks",
"Featured"
] | [
"Ask Hackaday",
"drone",
"multirotor",
"radar"
] | The last few days have seen drone stories in the news, as
London’s Gatwick airport remained closed for a couple of days amid a spate of drone reports
. The police remained baffled, arrested a couple who turned out to be blameless, and finally admitted that there was a possibility the drone could not have existed at all... | 117 | 40 | [
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"comment_id": "5697634",
"author": "cyberteque",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T15:12:28",
"content": "if it’s a “drone” with a data link back to a mobile device, they present as an APjust look for a new access point showing upfor a home built, look for 2.4Ghz, 5.8Ghz or 900Mhz video",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,374,093.67682 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/open-source-company-gives-us-a-peek-at-financial-innards/ | Open Source Company Gives Us A Peek At Financial Innards | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"how-to",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"business",
"Farmbot",
"farming",
"Hackaday Prize",
"open source",
"vendors"
] | Here at Hackaday we are willing to bet that in a universe free of all monetary constraints, many of our readers would leave their day jobs in order to pursue their hardware hobbies full time. Obviously this is only practical for a lucky minority of people (for a wide variety of reasons) but we’re willing to bet that a ... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5697645",
"author": "Better Automations",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T15:15:09",
"content": "Very eager to read this as I also am starting a business similar to FarmBot. In fact they inspired me. I’m automating chicken coop operations :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,374,093.515123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/01/excuse-me-i-have-to-feed-the-computer/ | Excuse Me, I Have To Feed The Computer | Al Williams | [
"Science"
] | [
"amoeba",
"np",
"np-hard",
"optimization",
"Physarum polycephalum",
"traveling salesman",
"tsp"
] | It is a staple of science fiction to see a brain in a jar or other container, maybe used as some sort of computer device. You are probably imagining a brain-powered supercomputer with a room full of humans with electrodes in their heads, or maybe some other primate. The reality though is it might be just a small dish f... | 13 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5696320",
"author": "Quin",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T09:55:06",
"content": "One of the greatest joys of college was the semester where the networking courses taught BGP, math courses taught NP-hard, NP-complete, and the halting problem, while Comp-Sci taught Knuth’s solutions to som... | 1,760,374,093.725431 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/artificial-limbs-and-intelligence/ | Artificial Limbs And Intelligence | Brian McEvoy | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"artificial",
"limb",
"machine learning",
"prosthetic",
"replacement"
] | Prosthetic arms can range from inarticulate pirate-style hooks to motorized five-digit hands. Control of any of them is difficult and carries a steep learning curve, rarely does their operation measure up to a human arm. Enhancements such as freely rotating wrist might be convenient, but progress in the field has a lon... | 1 | 1 | [
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"comment_id": "5696370",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T10:06:47",
"content": "It’s like the difference between a backhoe operator who can smoothly manipulate all the joint levers simultaneously VS one who yanks one lever at a time all the way to its stop.It’s like watching a... | 1,760,374,093.765012 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/hacking-a-20-year-old-subaru/ | Hacking A 20 Year Old Subaru | Eric Evenchick | [
"car hacks"
] | [
"automotive",
"car hacking",
"speed limiter",
"ssm1",
"subaru",
"Teensy"
] | While cars are slowing becoming completely computer-controlled, road vehicles have been relying on computers since the 1970’s. The first automotive use of computers was in engine control units (ECUs) which came along as fuel injection systems started to replace carburetors.
[P1kachu]’s 1997 Subaru Impreza STi, like mos... | 45 | 10 | [
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"comment_id": "5692030",
"author": "Allan H",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T03:31:46",
"content": "1953 bits per secondLet me guess. That’s a 512us bit period, coming from a UART (in x16 mode) with a baud rate clock of 1MHz / 32. Or perhaps a UART (in x64 mode) with a baud rate clock of 1MHz / 8.",
... | 1,760,374,093.843422 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/35c3-safe-and-secure-drivers-in-high-level-languages/ | 35C3: Safe And Secure Drivers In High-Level Languages | Sven Gregori | [
"cons",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"35C3",
"drivers",
"iommu",
"linux",
"nic",
"userspace"
] | Writing device drivers is always a good start for a journey into the Linux kernel code. Of course, the kernel is a highly complex piece of software, and if you mess up your code properly, you might take down the entire system with you. User-space drivers on the other hand might not look as good on your CV, but they can... | 12 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5690780",
"author": "f",
"timestamp": "2019-01-01T00:26:25",
"content": "Why do they all have the same face?Aside from that, I like the idea. For drivers specifically and low-level code in general, it’s basically an unmanageable task to consistently write secure code by hand. While ... | 1,760,374,093.956036 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/35c3-a-deep-dive-into-dos-viruses-and-pranks/ | 35C3: A Deep Dive Into DOS Viruses And Pranks | Dan Maloney | [
"cons",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"35C3",
"assembler",
"ccc",
"dos",
"exploit",
"interrupt",
"ms-dos",
"payload",
"pc",
"retrocomputing",
"virus",
"x86"
] | Oh, the hijinks that the early days of the PC revolution allowed. Back in the days when a 20MB hard drive was a big deal and MS-DOS 3.1 ruled over every plain beige PC-clone cobbled together by enthusiasts like myself, it was great fun to “set up” someone else’s machine to do something unexpected. This generally amount... | 29 | 14 | [
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"comment_id": "5689105",
"author": "BobbyMac",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T21:27:22",
"content": "I was a Sr. Systems Developer at a large computer company – the Person that they gave all of the unsolvable problems, so I got the diagnostic for viruses nobody could track or destroy. Things like code ... | 1,760,374,093.908967 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/the-art-of-vacuum-tube-fabrication/ | The Art Of Vacuum Tube Fabrication | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"fabrication",
"tubes",
"vacuum tubes"
] | Vacuum tubes fueled a technological revolution. They made the amplification of signals a reality for transatlantic telephone cables (and transcontinental ones too), they performed logic for early computers, and they delivered that warm fuzzy sound for high fidelity audio. But they were labor intensive to produce, and f... | 32 | 13 | [
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"comment_id": "5688001",
"author": "Gary",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T18:22:20",
"content": "I can’t get past reinventing a light bulb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5689542",
"author": "cactus-roy",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T... | 1,760,374,094.030007 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/cybersecurity-and-insurance/ | Cybersecurity And Insurance | Al Williams | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"cybersecurity",
"cybersttack",
"cyberwar",
"notpetya"
] | Insurance is a funny business. Life insurance, for example, is essentially betting someone you will die before your time. With the recent focus on companies getting hacked, it isn’t surprising that cybersecurity insurance is now big business. Get hacked and get paid. Maybe.
The reason I say maybe is because of the
rece... | 45 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "5687047",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T15:15:07",
"content": "Timely topic..https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-times-malware-attack-folo-20181230-story.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5687139",
... | 1,760,374,094.176724 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/ion-powered-airplane-not-coming-to-an-airport-near-you/ | Ion Powered Airplane: Not Coming To An Airport Near You | Al Williams | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"airplane",
"ion",
"ion power",
"mit",
"solid state airplane"
] | Not that we don’t love Star Trek, but the writers could never decide if ion propulsion was super high tech (Spock’s Brain) or something they used every day (The Menagerie). Regardless, ion propulsion is real and we have it today on more than one spacecraft. However, MIT recently demonstrated an ion-powered airplane. Ho... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5686321",
"author": "Barry L Woods",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T12:52:09",
"content": "You guys need to stop spying on my youtube history. I just watched the top video last night!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5686540",
... | 1,760,374,094.088973 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/31/take-a-mini-lathe-for-a-spin/ | Take A Mini Lathe For A Spin | Brian McEvoy | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"belt driven machines",
"lathe",
"mini lathe",
"review",
"tool"
] | [This Old Tony] is no stranger to quality tools, but he started on a
mini lathe
. Nostalgia does not stop him from broadcasting his usual brand of snark (actually, it is doubtful that anything short of YouTube going offline will stop that). He rates the lathe’s ability to machine different materials and lets you decide... | 24 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5685709",
"author": "Electra",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T10:52:15",
"content": "Minila Tha!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5686264",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T12:40:11",
"content": "Did you also... | 1,760,374,094.239615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/finding-bugs-in-bluetooth/ | 35C3: Finding Bugs In Bluetooth | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"35C3",
"bluetooth",
"bug",
"conference",
"hack",
"vulnerability"
] | [Jiska Classen] and [Dennis Mantz] created a tool called Internal Blue that aims to be a Swiss-army knife for playing around with Bluetooth at a lower level. The ground for their tool is based in three functions that are common to all Broadcom Bluetooth chipsets: one that lets you read arbitrary memory, on that lets yo... | 24 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5684733",
"author": "Nova Robotics",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T06:25:14",
"content": "Huh. Is this why they want you to turn on Bluetooth when you’re waiting in airport security?There have been signs up asking people to turn on Bluetooth at the security line at Halifax international... | 1,760,374,094.411319 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/rfid-doing-more-than-id/ | RFID Doing More Than ID | Brian McEvoy | [
"Science",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"diabetes",
"diabetic",
"glucose",
"sensors",
"wireless"
] | RFID is a workhorse in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets. Passive tags, like work badges and key fobs, need a base station but not the tags. Sensors are a big market and putting sensors in places that are hard to reach, hostile, or mobile is a costly proposition. That price could drop, and the sensors could ... | 25 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5684268",
"author": "Tien Gow",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T03:53:01",
"content": "“Passive tags, like work badges and key fobs, need a base station but not the tags.”I don’t really understand that sentence.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"com... | 1,760,374,094.347458 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/pushbutton-%e2%86%92-push-notification/ | Pushbutton → Push Notification | Brian McEvoy | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"assistance",
"emergency push button",
"ESP8266",
"push",
"push notification",
"pushbutton",
"simplicity"
] | How many mundane devices upgrade to IoT because they let you monitor a single data point or a variable? That little nudge over the communication precipice allows you to charge 500% more. Now, if you are as handy as a Hackaday reader, you can throw a lazy afternoon at the problem and get the same effect from a “dumb” ap... | 21 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "5683675",
"author": "Severe Tire Damage",
"timestamp": "2018-12-31T00:07:17",
"content": "Yep. My current IoT projects are a doorbell to wifi gateway (so I can get notifications in my shop without running more wire through a trench) and a mail arrival message sender. A car in the ... | 1,760,374,094.598151 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/starlite-super-material-that-protects-hands-from-pesky-blowtorches/ | Starlite: Super Material That Protects Hands From Pesky Blowtorches | Jonathan Bennett | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Fireproof",
"Starlite"
] | A super-material that’s non-toxic, highly flame resistant, and a good enough insulator, you can literally hold fire in your hand? Our interest was definitely caught by [NightHawkInLight] and his recent video about Starlite, embedded below the break.
Starlite was the brainchild of English hairdresser, [Maurice Ward]. Th... | 41 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5683119",
"author": "TheRegnirps.",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T21:18:55",
"content": "I wonder how well sawdust and glue, or a piece of hardwood will work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5683191",
"author": "jafinch78",... | 1,760,374,094.681953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/the-very-slow-movie-player-does-it-with-e-ink/ | The Very Slow Movie Player Does It With E-Ink | Richard Baguley | [
"Raspberry Pi",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"e-ink",
"raspberry pi",
"slow motion",
"slow video",
"stop motion",
"time-lapse"
] | Most displays are looking to play things faster. We’ve got movies at 60 frames per second, and gaming displays that run at 144 fps. But what about moving in the other direction? [Bryan Boyer] wanted to try this out, so he built the
VSMP, or Very Slow Movie Player
. It’s a neat device that plays back a movie at about 24... | 18 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5681165",
"author": "theovasilis",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T19:04:15",
"content": "I find this cool beyond words! Well done. The e ink resolution makes it appealing as well. I can imagine entering a room and checking to see which scene it is on and maybe being inspired to make a qui... | 1,760,374,094.736751 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/this-raspberry-pi-is-a-stereo-camera-and-so-much-more/ | This Raspberry Pi Is A Stereo Camera And So Much More | Jenny List | [
"Crowd Funding",
"digital cameras hacks",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Virtual Reality"
] | [
"compute module",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi Compute Module"
] | Over the years we have featured a huge array of projects featuring the Raspberry Pi, but among them there is something that has been missing in all but a few examples. The Raspberry P Compute Module is the essentials of a Pi on a form factor close to that of a SODIMM module, and it is intended as a way to embed a Pi in... | 27 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5679339",
"author": "Nate B",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T15:36:37",
"content": "I can’t find the schematic, so I’m still puzzled on one basic question: Obviously the SoC supports two cameras because most mobile phones have front and rear cameras, but don’t they have different numbers ... | 1,760,374,094.912573 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/3d-printing-wankel-engine-from-mazdas-beloved-rotary-rocket/ | 3D-Printing Wankel Engine From Mazda’s Beloved “Rotary Rocket” | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Engine Hacks"
] | [
"3dprinting",
"internal combustion engine",
"rotary engine",
"thingiverse",
"Wankel"
] | Although there was briefly a company called Rotary Rocket, the term is much better known as a nickname for the Mazda RX-7 — one of the few cars that used a Wankel, or rotary, engine. If you ever wondered how these worked, why not print a model? That’s what [Engineering Explained] did. They printed a
1/3 scale model
and... | 30 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5679064",
"author": "bl",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T14:29:09",
"content": "always wanted an rx7 when I was growing up. that was one of the cool cars to have, back in the 70’s and 80’s.I didn’t know that its that bad for emissions. we really do need more choices than pistons and e-c... | 1,760,374,094.804362 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/30/turning-lego-blocks-into-music-with-opencv/ | Turning LEGO Blocks Into Music With OpenCV | Donald Papp | [
"Musical Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"lego",
"music",
"opencv",
"sequencer"
] | We’re not sure what it is, but something about LEGO and music go together like milk and cookies when it comes to DIY musical projects. [Paul Wallace]’s
Lego Music project
is a sequencer that uses the colorful plastic pieces to build and control sound, but there’s a twist. The blocks aren’t snapped onto anything; the sy... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5677944",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T09:19:41",
"content": "Take the Jackson Pollock approach to this form of LEGO music. Throw a handful of blocks on the table, have this setup read it, and you’re done. Whatever it cranks out is your composition.",
"pa... | 1,760,374,094.842454 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/pov-tops-hobbyist-abilities/ | POV Tops Hobbyist Abilities | Brian McEvoy | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"persistance of vision",
"POV",
"top",
"toy"
] | Sometimes a beautiful project is worth writing on that merit alone, but when it functions as designed,someone takes the time to create a thorough and beautiful landing page for their project, we get weak in the knees. We feel the need to grab the internet and point our finger for everyone to see. This is one of those p... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5677617",
"author": "Severe Tire Damage",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T07:00:41",
"content": "Very nice — and thank goodness, an ARM processor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5677966",
"author": "Terry",
"timestam... | 1,760,374,094.965341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/infinity-cube-is-gorgeous-yet-simple/ | Infinity Cube Is Gorgeous Yet Simple | Lewin Day | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"cube",
"infinity",
"infinity cube",
"infinity mirror",
"lamp",
"led",
"led strip"
] | Typically when we hear the words “LED” and “Cube”, we think of small blinking devices on protoboard designed to flex one’s programming and soldering skills. However, while [Heliox]’s
Cube Infini could be described as “a cube of LEDs”
, it’s rather a different beast (video in French, subtitles available).
The cube start... | 23 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5677442",
"author": "Thopter",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T05:38:12",
"content": "It’s not an IR remote, it’s RF.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5677646",
"author": "rnjacobs",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T07:17:06",... | 1,760,374,095.023258 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/homemade-daft-punk-helmet/ | Homemade Daft Punk Helmet | Richard Baguley | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [] | You may not be French, and you may not have had a series of hit records, but you can still have the blinky LED helmet, thanks to this build from [Electronoobs]. They have put together a neat
Daft Punk helmet
built from 3D printed parts, an Arduino, a Bluetooth module, a string of WS2812 addressable LEDs and a simple ap... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5678372",
"author": "imqqmi",
"timestamp": "2018-12-30T11:05:51",
"content": "Nice build and does it’s name justice ;) Aside from that, I really like the PCB decoration in the background, gave me an idea to make something similar of all the PCB’s I’ve made myself and don’t use anymo... | 1,760,374,095.065953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/open-source-ide-for-fpgas-as-qtcreator-learns-verilog/ | Open Source IDE For FPGAs As QtCreator Learns Verilog | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"FOGA",
"icestorm",
"ide",
"qtcreator",
"verilog",
"yosys"
] | Classic battles: PC vs Mac, Emacs vs Vi, Tastes Great vs Less Filling, and certainly one that we debate around the Hackaday watercooler: command line or IDE? There’s something to be said for using good old command line tools, and even if you like to configure your favorite editor to be nearly an IDE, at least it is one... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5675945",
"author": "CMH62",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T21:11:33",
"content": "And who can forget “Red vs. Blue”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5676239",
"author": "Slartibart",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T22:23:0... | 1,760,374,095.112929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/voice-controlled-camera-for-journalist-in-need/ | Voice Controlled Camera For Journalist In Need | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"assistive technology",
"pan and tilt",
"voice control"
] | Before going into the journalism program at Centennial College in Toronto, [Carolyn Pioro] was a trapeze performer. Unfortunately a mishap in 2005 ended her career as an aerialist when she severed her spinal cord, leaving her paralyzed from the shoulders down. There’s plenty of options in the realm of speech-to-text t... | 13 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5676214",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T22:14:04",
"content": "“But as long as hackers are willing to donate their time and knowledge to creating bespoke assistive hardware, there’s still hope.”This story was probably designed to make the reader feel good and have “hop... | 1,760,374,095.250209 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/adaptive-infotainment-plays-tunes-to-match-your-dangerous-driving/ | Adaptive Infotainment Plays Tunes To Match Your Dangerous Driving | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"can-bus",
"car",
"driving",
"infotainment",
"music",
"ssm1",
"subaru",
"vehicle"
] | Part of the fun of watching action movies is imagining yourself as the main character, always going on exciting adventures and, of course, being accompanied by the perfect soundtrack to score the excitement and drama of your life. While having an orchestra follow you around might not always be practical, [P1kachu] at l... | 23 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5674401",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T16:05:57",
"content": "Match this with sensors to distinguish rate of gear changes and clutch slippage coupled with directional g-forces and you may just have a thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,095.330185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/freeforming-the-atari-punk-console/ | Freeforming The Atari Punk Console | Roger Cheng | [
"contests",
"digital audio hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Musical Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"555",
"555 audio",
"555 timer",
"555 timer IC",
"atari punk console",
"blinking led",
"blinkingled",
"camcorder",
"camcorder viewfinder",
"Circuit Sculpture",
"contest",
"crt",
"crt hacks",
"flickering led",
"led",
"miniature CRT",
"photocell"
] | This stunning piece of art is [Emily Velasco’s] take on the Atari Punk Console. It’s
a freeform circuit that synthesizes sound using 555 timers
. The circuit has been around for a long time, but her fabrication is completely new and simply incredible!
This isn’t [Emily’s] first rodeo. She previously built the
mini CRT ... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5673836",
"author": "Bubul",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T13:15:44",
"content": "At least to me these projects always feel like someone tried to forcibly combine technology with aesthetics without knowing much about either. Yeah, the sculpures look “strange”, but the design doesn’t impr... | 1,760,374,095.392098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/29/laser-harp-sounds-real-thanks-to-karplus-strong-wave-equation/ | Laser Harp Sounds Real Thanks To Karplus-Strong Wave Equation | Dan Maloney | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"harp",
"Karplus-Strong",
"laser",
"music",
"phototransistor",
"pic32",
"plucking",
"vibration",
"wave equation"
] | The harp is an ancient instrument, but in its current form, it seems so unwieldy that it’s a wonder that anyone ever learns to play it. It’s one thing to tote a rented trumpet or clarinet home from school to practice, but a concert harp is a real pain to transport safely. The image below is unrelated to the laser harp ... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5673307",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T10:35:46",
"content": "A different way to play a harp. Camille and Kennerly play Metallica’s “One” on a single harp, and also do a bit of percussion with it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhOhGhq0e54",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,374,095.440536 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/can-this-fire-fighting-robot-take-the-heat/ | Can This Fire Fighting Robot Take The Heat? | Lewin Day | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"fire fighting",
"robot",
"wiper motor"
] | Firefighting is a difficult and dangerous job, which puts humans on the front line to save life and property on a regular basis. It’s a prime candidate for some robot helpers, and
[Ivan] has stepped in with a fun build
that, while it won’t be serving in your municipal department any time soon, gets us thinking about th... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5672312",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T06:24:07",
"content": "I have a Circuit Celler issue, (Wasn’t that what it was called? Can’t find it, but I know it’s floating around here somewhere.) bought from- Circuit City? I don’t know it was years ago, but it had an article... | 1,760,374,095.781288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/peering-into-a-running-brain-sdram-refresh-analyzed-from-userspace-code/ | Peering Into A Running Brain: SDRAM Refresh Analyzed From Userspace | Ted Yapo | [
"computer hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"fft",
"Meltdown",
"refresh",
"Rowhammer",
"sdram",
"Spectre"
] | Over on the Cloudflare blog, [Marek] found himself wondering about computer memory, as we all sometimes do. Specifically, he pondered if he could
detect the refresh of his SDRAM from within a running program
. We’re probably not ruining the surprise by telling you that the answer is yes — with a little more than 100 li... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5666549",
"author": "Dave-B",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T13:13:22",
"content": "What about the 1000’s of lines of code in the lib’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5668637",
"author": "rnjacobs",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,374,095.583967 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/high-speed-camera-plus-lawnmower-equals-destructive-fun/ | High-Speed Camera Plus Lawnmower Equals Destructive Fun | Richard Baguley | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"chronos",
"High speed camera"
] | I hate gratuitous destruction videos. You know, the ones that ask “what happens if we drop a red-hot ball of Plutonium onto a bag of Cheetos?” There’s a lot of smoke, flames and a big pile of ad revenue for the idiots behind it.
This destruction video is a little different, though. [Tesla 500] wanted to mount his
high-... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5665882",
"author": "p",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T11:15:30",
"content": "c/ spins a $3000 camera at several thousand revolutions per second/ spins a $3000 camera at several thousand revolutions per minute/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"co... | 1,760,374,095.639189 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/1985-electric-vehicle-restoration/ | 1985 Electric Vehicle Restoration | Al Williams | [
"Teardown",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"C5",
"Clive Sinclair",
"electric bicycle",
"electric vehicle",
"Sinclair C5"
] | We tend to think of electric vehicles as a recent innovation, however many successful products are not the first ones to appear on the market. We have a habit of forgetting the progenitors such as mechanical scanned TVs or the $10,000 Honeywell kitchen computer. A case in point is [Clive Sinclair]’s C5 electric vehicle... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5664811",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T07:04:16",
"content": "Without a suspension it rode rough as hell. It took a few more years of BMX and bike suspensions to get it together. I rode the monorail at Disneyland in ’65 to realize that it too didn’t glide along, b... | 1,760,374,095.901457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/when-unfolding-an-stl-in-software-math-isnt-the-tricky-part/ | When Unfolding An STL In Software, Math Isn’t The Tricky Part | Donald Papp | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"3d model",
"blender",
"openscad",
"paper model",
"papercraft",
"pepakura",
"stl",
"unfold stl"
] | Some time ago, [Trammell Hudson] took a shot at
creating a tool that unfolds 3D models in STL format
and outputs a color-coded 2D pattern that can be cut out using a laser cutter. With a little bending and gluing, the 3D model can be re-created out of paper or cardboard.
There are of course other and more full-featured... | 14 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5665288",
"author": "rewolff",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T09:23:57",
"content": "I thought, not having read through to the end that I might have to drop a hint that adding glue tabs would be nice…> Adding things like glue tabs in sensible places isn’t trivial, either.Ah! Yes. I really... | 1,760,374,095.837103 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/improving-router-based-dev-boards-with-the-onion-omega2-pro/ | Improving Router-Based Dev Boards With The Onion Omega2 Pro | Brian Benchoff | [
"Crowd Funding"
] | [
"Onion Omega",
"Onion Omega Pro",
"router"
] | Before we had Raspberry Pis and Beaglebones, the art of putting a Linux system in a small, portable project was limited to router hacking. The venerable WRT54G controlled Internet-connected robots with a careful application of a Unix-ey firmware. Now, things are different but there’s still a need for a cheap, portable ... | 24 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5663260",
"author": "drenehtsral",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T00:29:01",
"content": "It actually only has 128MB of RAM but creates a flash-based swap file for the remaining 384MB if you read the fine print. Swap-to-NAND has serious performance and reliability issues such that it’s not... | 1,760,374,097.73858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/motorize-your-camera-slider-the-hacker-way/ | Motorize Your Camera Slider, The Hacker Way | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"camera slider",
"photography",
"time-lapse"
] | Camera sliders are a fantastic tool for those who wish to shoot beautiful and smooth panning video, or take expressive time-lapse shots. They can also be remarkably expensive, which creates an incentive for the DIYer to innovate at home. [Richard] wanted a motorized slider and didn’t want to break the bank, and thus,
a... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5662628",
"author": "Richard Moglen",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T22:34:50",
"content": "Thank you for sharing Lewin!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5664513",
"author": "kenpurcell",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T05:32:46",
... | 1,760,374,097.632479 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/does-electronic-current-flow-like-water/ | Does Electronic Current Flow Like Water? | Al Williams | [
"Science"
] | [] | If you think about an asylum, there are two kinds of people in it: staff and patients. We aren’t sure which one [Nick Lucid] is in the latest The Science Asylum
video
that tries to answer the question: does electricity really flow like water?
If you think about it, that isn’t such a strange question. We talk about elec... | 31 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5662484",
"author": "Doppler",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T22:01:07",
"content": "More importantly: Does current flow pos to neg or neg to pos. Show proof please !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5663804",
"author": "Slo... | 1,760,374,097.860753 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/see-how-paper-mache-sculptor-uses-cloth-for-tricky-spots/ | See How Paper Maché Sculptor Uses Cloth For Tricky Spots | Donald Papp | [
"Art"
] | [
"art",
"dragon",
"ice dragon",
"mounted",
"paper",
"paper mache",
"papier mache",
"taxidermy"
] | When is paper maché not paper maché? When it is cloth, of course. [Dan Reeder] has been putting his own spin on paper maché art since the 70s and
demonstrates the technique of using cloth for tricky spots in his outstanding sculpture of an Ice Dragon
. Thin strips of cloth are used just as paper would be, but give a mu... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5671581",
"author": "Philippe",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T03:42:50",
"content": "It’s “papier mâché”. If you’re doing French, you might as well do it for both words.Literally, it means “chewed paper”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_... | 1,760,374,097.679941 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/improved-controller-for-e-skateboards/ | Improved Controller For E-Skateboards | Lewin Day | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"electric skateboard",
"eskateboard",
"nRF24L01+",
"skateboard"
] | [Timo] recently purchased himself a Acton Blink Qu4tro electric skateboard. Performance-wise, the board was great, but the controller left a lot to be desired. There were issues with pairing, battery displays, and just general rideability. Like any good hacker,
he decided some reverse engineering was in order, and got ... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5670735",
"author": "ian 42",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T00:54:19",
"content": "it makes you wonder why they did the original remote so badly..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5671112",
"author": "Timo Birnschein",
... | 1,760,374,097.790732 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/dainty-delta-is-about-as-small-as-a-robot-can-be/ | Dainty Delta Is About As Small As A Robot Can Be | Dan Maloney | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"ball joint",
"bowden cable",
"delta",
"end effector",
"micro servo",
"miniature",
"pick and place"
] | There’s something mesmerizing about delta robots. Whether they are used at a stately pace for a 3D-printer or going so fast you can barely see them move in a pick and place machine, the way that three rotary actuators can work together to produce motion in three axes is always a treat to watch. Especially with
a delta ... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5670538",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2018-12-29T00:21:22",
"content": "This really does demonstrate how to cost down a CNC or 3D printer. Loose the linear bearings and rails and all f a sudden there is so much room in the budget.Arc Deltas are fast and ideal for low load CNC app... | 1,760,374,098.115918 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/a-different-kind-of-hand-controlled-vehicle/ | A Different Kind Of Hand Controlled Vehicle | Lewin Day | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"gesture control",
"hand control"
] | It’s generally understood that most vehicles that humans interact with on a daily basis are used with some kind of hand controlled interface.
However, this build from [Avisha Kumar] and [Leul Tesfaye] showcases a rather different take
. A single motion input provides both steer and foward/reverse throttle control.
The... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5669538",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T20:54:31",
"content": "Pretty handy, eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5669556",
"author": "stressfish",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T20:58:01",
"content": "Oh, c’... | 1,760,374,098.16176 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/the-7400-quad-2-input-nand-gate-a-neglected-survivor-from-a-pre-microprocessor-world/ | The 7400 Quad 2-Input NAND Gate, A Neglected Survivor From A Pre-Microprocessor World | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks",
"Featured",
"History",
"Original Art",
"Parts",
"Slider"
] | [
"7400",
"NAND gate",
"ttl"
] | There are a range of integrated circuits that most of us would regard as definitive examples of their type, devices which became the go-to for a particular function and which have entered our collective consciousness as electronics enthusiasts. They have been in production since the early days of consumer integrated ci... | 63 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "5668478",
"author": "ameyring",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T18:13:06",
"content": "When I need an inverter and can use the 7400 in a circuit, I’ll use two of the unused inputs and one NAND becomes an inverter without using a 7404.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,374,098.073327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/rebuilding-an-extremely-rare-twin-mustang-fighter/ | Rebuilding An Extremely Rare Twin Mustang Fighter | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Slider",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"Air Force",
"aircraft",
"mustang",
"P-51",
"restoration",
"Twin Mustang",
"Warbird",
"wwii"
] | Towards the end of the Second World War, as the United States considered their options for a possible invasion of Japan, there was demand for a new fighter that could escort long range bombers on missions which could see them travel more than 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) without refueling. In response, North American... | 64 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "5667743",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T16:43:27",
"content": "I wonder how that configuration could fly farther,unless the center wing held a larger fuel tank?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5667870",
"au... | 1,760,374,097.965951 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/28/doom-retrospective-25-years-of-metal/ | DooM Retrospective: 25 Years Of Metal | Drew Littrell | [
"Featured",
"Games",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"does it run doom",
"doom",
"dos",
"retro"
] | Metal is many things. A material hard and coarse in nature that by forging it in fire becomes sharp enough to cut through anything in its path. The music that bares its namesake is equally cutting and exudes an unyielding attitude that seeks to separate the posers from the true acolytes. Metal is the sentiment of not b... | 35 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "5667354",
"author": "Miroslav",
"timestamp": "2018-12-28T15:35:43",
"content": "I will play some Doom today, to honor this great game and become young again …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5667531",
"author": "Ale",
... | 1,760,374,098.238441 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/printed-it-parametric-hex-key-holder/ | Printed It: Parametric Hex Key Holder | Tom Nardi | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"hex key",
"O-ring",
"Printed It",
"storage",
"tools"
] | Desktop 3D printing is an incredible technology to be sure, but it’s not a cure-all. If you’re interested in making something in large numbers, or if production speed is a concern, 3D printing probably isn’t what you’re looking for. But on the flip side, if you want to make a few highly specialized or customized object... | 22 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5661532",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T18:35:04",
"content": "The O-ring is a great idea, (among other great ideas in this build).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5661606",
"author": "Osgeld",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,374,098.577401 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/hd-video-and-telemetry-link-uses-standard-wifi-hardware/ | HD Video And Telemetry Link Uses Standard WiFi Hardware | Donald Papp | [
"drone hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"DDL",
"diy",
"drone",
"dronebridge",
"hd video",
"lightbridge",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi Zero",
"telemetry",
"video link",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] | [GlytchTech] decided to implement his own Digital Data Link (DDL) for his drone experiments, and by using a Raspberry Pi Zero and some open-source software, he succeeded in creating
a mostly self-contained system that delivers HD video and telemetry
using an Android phone as a display.
USB tethered Android phone used a... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5660675",
"author": "martonmiklos",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T17:06:31",
"content": "Did anyone tried to use the Rpi’s built in WIFI for this purpose with nexmon with this or similar projects?https://github.com/seemoo-lab/nexmonUFL connector can be added for sure:https://hackaday.com... | 1,760,374,098.406593 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/2018-as-the-hardware-world-turns/ | 2018: As The Hardware World Turns | Brian Benchoff | [
"Current Events",
"Featured"
] | [
"bitcoin",
"facebook",
"journalism",
"RISC-V",
"Year in Review"
] | 2018 is almost over, and we have another year in the dataset: an improbable number of celebrities died in 2016. The stock market is down, and everyone thinks a crash is coming. Journalists are being killed around the world. Fidget spinners aren’t cool anymore. Fortnite. Trade wars.
But not everything is terrible: Maker... | 45 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5660146",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T15:21:59",
"content": "But didn’t an improbable number of celebrities also die in 2018?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5660157",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,374,098.662797 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/top-secret-teardown-reveals-soviet-missile-secrets/ | Top Secret Teardown Reveals Soviet Missile Secrets | Al Williams | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"ir seeker",
"k-13",
"missile",
"soviet"
] | Technology has moved at such a furious pace that what would have been most secret military technology a few decades ago is now surplus on eBay. Case in point: [msylvain59] picked up a
Soviet-era K-13 IR seeker
used to guide air-to-air missiles to their targets. Inside is a mechanical gyroscope turning at over 4,000 RPM... | 46 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5659135",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T12:48:07",
"content": "It is strange to hear someone that fluent in English with such a bad pronounciation.Almost as if he learnt speaking English only from books.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,099.124028 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/27/doomba-transports-your-living-room-to-hell/ | Doomba Transports Your Living Room To Hell | Tom Nardi | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"3d scanning",
"doom",
"mapping",
"roomba",
"VSLAM"
] | Despite being over 25 years old, the original
DOOM
is still a favorite among gamers and hackers alike. For years now, running the 1993 demonic shooter has been a critical milestone when hacking or reverse engineering a piece of gear, and at this point we’ve seen it run on everything from voting machines to cameras.
But... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5657924",
"author": "Howie",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T09:44:05",
"content": "I’m not a fan of sticking cloud connected cameras or microphones inside my home, it’s impossible to know for sure that the device isn’t spying on you. There’s something unsettling about how they angled the ... | 1,760,374,099.043145 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/word-clock-dont-need-no-stencil-font/ | Word Clock Don’t Need No Stencil Font | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"epoxy",
"word clock"
] | Word clocks use natural language to display the time. They’ve been in vogue in the last 20 years or so, as low-cost digital technology makes them particularly cost effective and easy to build for the average maker. The hardware and software is a solved problem, so presentation is everything.
Luckily, [watsaig]’s effort... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5658014",
"author": "winkyffm",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T10:08:40",
"content": "Has anyone used a CNC router to create the front plate? In this case it would be easy to mill the characters (or only the critical characters like A) and leave 0.1 mm of wood. After the front plate is fi... | 1,760,374,098.837497 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/portmanteau-spewing-punbot/ | Portmanteau Spewing PunBot | Brian McEvoy | [
"Games",
"how-to"
] | [
"fun",
"funny",
"humorous",
"portmaneau",
"puns",
"python",
"rhymebrain",
"twilio",
"word play",
"wordplay"
] | When Python was created, [
Guido van Rossum
] knew that one day it would be fully realized and take its final form. Clearly, that day has arrived since there now exists a way to send a word query and receive a
lengthy list of potential portmanteaus
. Some may regard this as merely quaint, but it will be the most import... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5656751",
"author": "Chuck James",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T04:04:16",
"content": "Just another hook to get you to sign up for some type of social media account. Cute concept, but no thanks. My e-mail is already full of garbage and I don’t need to add any more.",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,374,098.993932 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/skeletal-robot-skips-the-chassis/ | Skeletal Robot Skips The Chassis | Tom Nardi | [
"contests",
"Microcontrollers",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"Circuit Sculpture",
"contest",
"robotics",
"rover",
"servo",
"ultrasonic"
] | With the high availability of low-cost modular electronic components, building your own little robot buddy is easier and more affordable than ever. But while the electronics might be dirt cheap thanks to the economies of scale, modular robot chassis can be surprisingly expensive. If you’ve got a 3D printer you can alwa... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5656743",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T04:01:45",
"content": "Nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5658260",
"author": "craighissett",
"timestamp": "2018-12-27T10:52:24",
"content": "Love it. I’d love t... | 1,760,374,098.947767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/make-an-impression-at-the-bar-with-a-cnc-coaster-plotter/ | Make An Impression At The Bar With A CNC Coaster Plotter | Dan Maloney | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"ESP32",
"grbl",
"plotter",
"polar",
"servo",
"stepper"
] | If you’re anything like us, your success with the opposite sex at the bar wasn’t much to brag about. But imagine if you had only had
this compact CNC polar plotter
and could have whipped up a few custom coasters for your intended’s drink. Yeah, that definitely would have helped.
Or not, but at least it would have been ... | 22 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654980",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T21:04:01",
"content": "“Yeah, that definitely would have helped.Or not,”Well played, sir!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5655163",
"author": "bl",
"timestamp": "2018-1... | 1,760,374,098.895646 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/bottom-of-the-barrel-connector-tell-us-your-socket-hacks/ | Bottom Of The Barrel Connector: Tell Us Your Socket Hacks | Brian McEvoy | [
"hardware"
] | [
"barrel connector",
"cobbled",
"function over fashion",
"function over form",
"functional",
"protoboard",
"solder",
"ugly"
] | Sometimes you get an epiphany for a project that will change the world. A simple device, on a custom circuit board with inexpensive parts that will disrupt the status quo and make you a billion dollars in no time. Then there are the times where you need to throw scraps of copper at a prototyping board and strangle nine... | 37 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654777",
"author": "Daren Schwenke",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T19:58:06",
"content": "Strip the middle of some stranded wire, un-twist, insert barrel. Re-twist.Works for a while..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5654880",
"... | 1,760,374,099.20515 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/a-daring-search-for-answers-in-soyuz-mystery/ | A Daring Search For Answers In Soyuz Mystery | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"international space station",
"investigation",
"repair",
"sabotage",
"Soyuz",
"Space Shuttle",
"spacewalk"
] | If you happened to tune into NASA TV on December 11th, you’d have been treated to a sight perhaps best described as “unprecedented”: Russian cosmonauts roughly cutting away the thermal insulation of a docked Soyuz spacecraft with a knife and makeshift pair of shears. Working in a cloud of material ripped loose during t... | 67 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654577",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T18:50:40",
"content": "If television dramas are any indication, quality control in many foreign countries is not “Job One”.Even here, decisions are often made to ensure higher payout to the shareholders/management types.",
"p... | 1,760,374,099.31658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/bonanza-of-keyswitch-datasheets-fills-our-decks-with-clack/ | Bonanza Of Keyswitch Datasheets Fills Our Decks With Clack | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"hardware"
] | [
"datasheet",
"github",
"mechanical keyboard",
"reference",
"resource"
] | Mechanical keyboards use switches of a few different types. But even those types include myriad variations. How’s a hacker to know just exactly what equipment is out there?
For example, if you grab a fellow cube-farmer’s mechanical keyboard (possibly because they clacked on their Cherry Blue’s just
one too many times)
... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654281",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T16:38:55",
"content": "Interesting it’s a pullable repo. Wonder if they accept pushes for new datasheets?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5654302",
"author": "ne... | 1,760,374,099.468887 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/ooops-did-we-just-close-an-airport-over-a-ufo-sighting/ | Ooops, Did We Just Close An Airport Over A UFO Sighting? | Jenny List | [
"Current Events",
"drone hacks",
"Featured",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"drone",
"drone law",
"Gatwick airport",
"multirotor"
] | Picture this: it’s late in the evening on a freezing cold, dark, and windy December night in southern England, and an airport worker at Gatwick — London’s second international airport — sees something fly past in the gloom above the floodlights. The weather and darkness makes it difficult to see what the object was, bu... | 61 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654087",
"author": "ScriptGiddy",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T15:12:22",
"content": "Size of a dime at arms length? ;)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6290798/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5654135",
"author": "Ostracus",
"t... | 1,760,374,099.420371 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/delicious-vector-game-console-runs-pac-man-tetris-mario-and-then-some/ | Delicious Vector Game Console Runs Pac-Man, Tetris, And Mario | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks",
"Games"
] | [
"assembly",
"ATmega128",
"javascript",
"oscilloscope",
"pac-man",
"super mario bros",
"tetris",
"vector",
"X-Y"
] | The only question we have about [mitxela]’s
DIY vector graphics game console
is: Why did he wait five years to tell the world about it?
Judging by the projects we’ve seen before, from
his tiny LED earrings
to cramming a MIDI synthesizer into both
a DIN plug
and later
a USB plug
, [mitxela] likes a challenge. And while ... | 20 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5653716",
"author": "Remon",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T12:17:34",
"content": "Cool build! I wonder if the output could be done with ilda, and (RGB) lazer for giant sky projected snake games.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5654... | 1,760,374,099.547698 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/machine-learning-on-tiny-platforms-like-raspberry-pi-and-arduino/ | Machine Learning On Tiny Platforms Like Raspberry Pi And Arduino | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"embedded",
"machine learning",
"microcontroller",
"programming",
"raspberry pi",
"SoC"
] | Machine learning is starting to come online in all kinds of arenas lately, and the trend is likely to continue for the forseeable future. What was once only available for operators of supercomputers has found use among anyone with a reasonably powerful desktop computer. The downsizing isn’t stopping there, though, as
M... | 25 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5646693",
"author": "NiHaoMike",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T13:57:41",
"content": "There’s also the AIY Vision kit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5646951",
"author": "jacques",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T15:14:10",
"co... | 1,760,374,099.961615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/lenses-for-diy-augmented-reality-will-get-a-bit-less-unobtainable/ | Lenses For DIY Augmented Reality Will Get A Bit Less Unobtainable | Donald Papp | [
"Virtual Reality",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"ar",
"augmented reality",
"beamsplitter",
"curved mirror",
"curved reflective lens",
"Leap motion",
"lenses",
"open source",
"optics",
"project north star",
"reflective lens"
] | You may remember that earlier this year Leap Motion revealed
Project North Star
, a kind of open-source reference design for an Augmented Reality (AR) headset. While it’s not destined to make high scores in the fashion department, it aims to be hacker-friendly and boasts a large field of view. There’s also an attractiv... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5646985",
"author": "Alan Hightower",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T15:24:48",
"content": "Seems TAMOLED would be a better solution here, no?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5647311",
"author": "koldCathode",
"times... | 1,760,374,099.800564 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/have-yourself-a-recursive-little-christmas-ornament-that-prints-ornaments/ | Have Yourself A Recursive Little Christmas: Ornament That Prints Ornaments | Dan Maloney | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Holiday Hacks"
] | [
"christmas",
"dlp",
"nanoDLP",
"ornament",
"printer",
"resin",
"sla",
"uv"
] | Sure there are the occasional functional Christmas tree ornaments; we had one that plugged into the lights and was supposed to sound like a bird gently trilling its song, but was in fact so eardrum-piercing that we were forbidden from using it. But in general, ornaments are just supposed to be for looks, right? Not so ... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5644288",
"author": "Aidan",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T07:04:57",
"content": "Now that’s a hack!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5644398",
"author": "Mechanicus",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T07:35:05",
"content": "This ... | 1,760,374,099.848387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/arduino-and-pi-share-boardspace/ | Arduino And Pi Share Boardspace | Brian McEvoy | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"328p Atmega",
"arduino",
"Due",
"i2c",
"Logic-level signaling",
"mega",
"raspberry pi",
"serial",
"spi",
"uno"
] | A Raspberry Pi Zero (W) and Arduino are very different animals, the prior has processing power and connectivity while the latter has some analog to digital converters (ADCs) and nearly real-time reactions. You can connect them to one another with a USB cable and for many projects that will happily wed the two. Beyond t... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5643226",
"author": "scott t",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T03:28:29",
"content": "seems like a pro mini would’ve been a better symbiote",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5643313",
"author": "Anathae",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25... | 1,760,374,099.898049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/a-safe-ducted-drone-with-no-visible-blades/ | A Safe, Ducted Drone With No Visible Blades | Ben James | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"Carbon Fibre",
"drone",
"duct",
"EDF",
"safety"
] | We love a good drone build here at Hackaday, but no matter how much care is taken, exposed propellers are always a risk: you don’t have to look far on the web to see videos to prove it. Conventional prop-guards like those seen on consumer drones often only protect the side of the propeller, not the top, and the same pr... | 47 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5642652",
"author": "Earl Colby Pottinger",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T01:34:12",
"content": "Neat idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5642671",
"author": "olsen",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T01:37:26",
"content": "What... | 1,760,374,100.045608 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/an-iot-christmas-tree-youre-invited-to-control/ | An IoT Christmas Tree You’re Invited To Control | Ted Yapo | [
"Holiday Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"IoT",
"led",
"tree"
] | We love IoT gadgets, but are occasionally concerned that they might allow access to the wrong kind of hacker. In this case, [Kevin] has created
an IoT tree that allows anyone to control the pattern of lights
, and he’s invited you to do so!
We played with the tree a bit, and the web interface is fairly powerful. For ea... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5641285",
"author": "JK",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T21:24:04",
"content": "His site is down",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5641403",
"author": "kcuzner",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T21:45:31",
"content": "... | 1,760,374,100.088383 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/oh-the-lessons-youll-learn-by-building-a-robot-familiar/ | Oh The Lessons You’ll Learn By Building A Robot Familiar | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Interviews",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"Alex Glow",
"archimedes",
"Google AIY",
"Owl",
"Supercon"
] | A familiar spirit, or just a familiar, is a creature rumored to help people in the practice of magic. The moniker is perfect for Archimedes, the robot owl built by Alex Glow, which wields the
Amazon
Google AIY kit to react when it detects faces. A series of very interesting design choices a what really gives the creatu... | 20 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5640811",
"author": "Johnathan",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T19:37:38",
"content": "“Amazon AIY kit”?Did you mean:DeeplensGoogle AIY Vision Kit 1.0/1.1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5641226",
"author": "Alex Glow",
... | 1,760,374,100.143823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/26/kinetic-wire-animatronics-bend-it-like-disney/ | Kinetic Wire Animatronics Bend It Like Disney | Dan Maloney | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"animatronic",
"character",
"cnc",
"disney",
"plastic deformation",
"robotic",
"skeleton",
"wire bending"
] | The House of Mouse has been at the forefront of entertainment technology from its very beginnings in an old orange grove in Anaheim. Disney Imagineers invented the first modern animatronics in the 1960s and they’ve been improving the technology ever since, often to the point of being creepy.
But the complicated guts of... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5654038",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T14:43:32",
"content": "Interesting. I was at Disney last week, and didn’t see any wires/Clever these Disney peeps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5654140",
"author": "Os... | 1,760,374,100.191959 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/cortex-2-is-one-serious-3d-printed-experimental-rocket/ | Cortex 2 Is One Serious 3D Printed Experimental Rocket | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Space"
] | [
"3d printed",
"carbon fiber",
"crash",
"experimental",
"formlabs",
"high temp resin",
"minirocket",
"model rocketry",
"parachute",
"rocket",
"rocket engine",
"Rocket Motor",
"sla printing",
"ultimaker"
] | Rocketry is wild, and [Foaly] is
sharing build and design details of the
Cortex 2
mini rocket
which is entirely 3D printed. Don’t let that fool you into thinking it is in any way a gimmick; the
Cortex 2
is a serious piece of engineering with some fascinating development.
Cortex 1
was launched as part of
C’Space
, an ev... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5652654",
"author": "Ale",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T06:17:55",
"content": "IF everything fails… reverse polarity !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5653278",
"author": "Foaly",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T09:36:05",
"con... | 1,760,374,100.243043 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/fail-of-the-week-hard-lessons-in-3d-printed-bushings-for-a-giant-rc-car/ | Fail Of The Week: Hard Lessons In 3D-Printed Bushings For A Giant RC Car | Dan Maloney | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Fail of the Week"
] | [
"bearings",
"bushing",
"OpenR/C",
"radio control",
"rc"
] | Can you turn 47 pounds (21 kg) of PLA filament into a gigantic working 3D-printed RC car?
No, no you can’t
— at least not if you eschew proper bearings in favor of printed bushings.
That’s the hard lesson that [Joel Telling] learned with his scaled up version of
the OpenRC F1 car
, an RC car that can be mostly 3D-print... | 18 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5652341",
"author": "keithfromcanada",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T03:51:15",
"content": "(FWIW, there are good comments on the video that contain suggestions on how to reduce the problems.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "565300... | 1,760,374,100.295028 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/the-umbrella-that-tells-you-the-weather/ | The Umbrella That Tells You The Weather | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"internet of things",
"IoT",
"projects with a tenuous connection to rhianna songs",
"umbrella",
"weather measurement",
"weather station"
] | Most people can tell you the various uses of the umbrella — it keeps the rain off, pokes sleeping train passengers awake, and can be used as an improvised defensive weapon when tension in the hot dog line reaches boiling point. A true Englishman would never deign to employ their brolly so imprudently, of course,
but th... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5651796",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T00:13:24",
"content": "Nice, but I prefer the umbrella in Kingsmen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5652738",
"author": "TacticalNinja",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,374,100.38406 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/achieving-zen-the-arduino-way/ | Achieving Zen The Arduino Way | Dan Maloney | [
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"gravel",
"grbl",
"gShield",
"sand",
"X-Y",
"zen",
"zen garden"
] | The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes created by painstakingly placing rocks and raking gravel into perfect patterns, is the doing of the thing. Making sure every line is perfectly formed is no mean feat, and the concentration required to master it is the point of the whole thing. But who has time for ... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5651676",
"author": "Jeffeb3",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T23:41:11",
"content": "Hooray sandify!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5654560",
"author": "Mark M",
"timestamp": "2018-12-26T18:45:01",
"content"... | 1,760,374,100.665407 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/how-a-microcontroller-hiding-in-a-usb-port-became-an-fpga-hiding-in-the-same/ | How A Microcontroller Hiding In A USB Port Became An FPGA Hiding In The Same | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"FPGA",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"arm",
"dev board",
"Fomu",
"fpga",
"RISC-V",
"tomu",
"usb"
] | When you think of microcontroller development, you probably picture either a breadboard with a chip or a USB-connected circuit board. But Tim Ansell pictured an ARM dev board that is almost completely hidden inside of a USB port.
His talk at the 2018 Hackaday Superconference
tells that story and then some. Check out th... | 21 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5649537",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T18:39:43",
"content": "Neat! The preloaded RISC-V core is especially gool.https://media.giphy.com/media/x5kvlARMAkxri/giphy.gif",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5651399",
... | 1,760,374,100.859865 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/25/automatic-soap-dispenser-hides-arduino-board/ | Automatic Soap Dispenser Hides Arduino Board | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"ATTiny 48",
"dispenser",
"firmware",
"isp",
"soap"
] | If you’ve been hanging out here at Hackaday for awhile, you’ve certainly seen projects that were based around the concept of putting a miniature computer inside the carcass of some other piece of electronics. In fact at this point it’s something of a running joke, certainly we must have seen an Arduino or Raspberry Pi ... | 46 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "5646939",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2018-12-25T15:10:44",
"content": "Just because there is an Atmel processor in a product does not mean its Arduino.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5647235",
"author": "tgt",
... | 1,760,374,100.752316 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/ambitious-homebrew-x-ray-machine-reveals-what-lies-within/ | Ambitious Homebrew X-Ray Machine Reveals What Lies Within | Dan Maloney | [
"Medical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"anode",
"cathode",
"cockroft-walton",
"dental x-ray",
"fluoroscopy",
"high voltage",
"ionizing radiation",
"x-ray"
] | We’re not quite sure what to say about
this DIY X-ray machine
. On the one hand, it’s a really impressive build, with incredible planning and a lot of attention to detail. On the other hand, it’s a device capable of emitting dangerous doses of ionizing radiation.
In the end, we’ll leave judgment on the pros and cons of... | 31 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5639437",
"author": "Dj Biohazard",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T15:14:00",
"content": "I would love an x-ray machine.I just don’t want to be Marie Curie.Also, first!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5639564",
"author": "im... | 1,760,374,101.023271 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/vintage-toys-live-on-through-3d-printing/ | Vintage Toys Live On Through 3D Printing | Tom Nardi | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"computer",
"logic game",
"preservation",
"recreation",
"vintage"
] | We all have fond memories of a toy from our younger days. Most of which are still easy enough to get your hands on thanks to eBay or modern reproductions, but what if your childhood fancies weren’t quite as mainstream? What if some of your fondest memories involved playing with 1960’s educational games which are now so... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5639235",
"author": "Michael Gardi",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T14:20:55",
"content": "I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I was inspired by the excellent Digi-Comp I replica created by Mark Ziemer:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1477209Mike",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,374,100.795354 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/24/ipv6-christmas-display-uses-75-internets-worth-of-addresses/ | IPv6 Christmas Display Uses 75 Internet’s Worth Of Addresses | Ted Yapo | [
"internet hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"christmas tree",
"IPv6",
"led",
"ping"
] | We’ve seen internet-enabled holiday displays before, and we know IPv6 offers much more space than the older IPv4 addressing scheme that most of us still use today, but the two have never been more spectacularly demonstrated than at
jinglepings.com.
The live video stream shows an Internet-connected Christmas tree and an... | 33 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5638456",
"author": "Wouter Vandenneucker",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T11:09:05",
"content": "aah, I used to work at that tech campus (Corda Campus in Hasselt, Belgium). Great to see they found a way to get rid of the falus symbols on the display! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,374,101.138775 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/23/leds-and-pi-let-you-virtually-decorate-this-online-christmas-tree/ | LEDs And Pi Let You Virtually Decorate This Online Christmas Tree | Dan Maloney | [
"Holiday Hacks"
] | [
"christmas",
"christmas tree",
"ESP8266",
"led",
"PiCam",
"python",
"raspberry pi",
"rgb",
"ws2811"
] | Anyone who has decorated a Christmas tree knows that the lights are what really make the look. But no matter how many strings you wrap around it, there never seems to be enough. Plus the standard sets either sit there and do nothing, or just blink on and off at regular intervals. Yawn.
But hackers aim higher, and [leo.... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5637303",
"author": "gregkennedy",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T06:52:29",
"content": "SO COOL! I love the animated gif feature… spent a bunch of time trying different ones, though the low resolution was a challenge. (Probably for the best as I saw some kids come through the room…)",
... | 1,760,374,101.069841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/23/lighting-up-a-very-wiry-candle/ | Lighting Up A Very Wiry Candle | Tom Nardi | [
"ATtiny Hacks",
"contests",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"Circuit Sculpture",
"cr2032",
"LED candle",
"pwm"
] | Entries into the Circuit Sculpture Contest tend to be pretty minimalist by nature, and
this LED candle by [Amal Mathew] is a perfect example
. The idea here was to recreate the slim and uncomplicated nature of a real candle but with a digital twist, and we think he’s pulled it off nicely with a bare minimum part count ... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5638525",
"author": "Jakob",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T11:25:46",
"content": "Haha, there is something very absurd about it that I quite like! I think I must call this art.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5660512",
"author":... | 1,760,374,101.295104 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/23/hackaday-links-christmas-eve-eve-2018/ | Hackaday Links: Christmas Eve Eve, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"Apollo 8",
"claw machine",
"fcc",
"nasa",
"santa",
"satellite"
] | The entirety of Silicon Valley is predicated on the ability to ‘move fast and break laws’. Have an idea for a scooter startup? No problem, just throw a bunch of scooters on the curb, littering and e-waste laws be damned. Earlier this year,
Swarm Technologies launched four rogue satellites on an Indian rocket
. All comm... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5635509",
"author": "Prof.Dr. Feinfinger",
"timestamp": "2018-12-24T01:09:51",
"content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDKQz39xh8Well, that’s a good way to jail ourselves for a loooong time on this planet.I love it!Remember the 1st moon landing?Even before the 1st human stepped... | 1,760,374,101.194302 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/23/arduino-heart-rate-monitor-has-star-trek-chic/ | Arduino Heart Rate Monitor Has Star Trek Chic | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"heart rate",
"pulse",
"sensor",
"star trek",
"tricorder"
] | Building a real-life version of the
Star Trek
tricorder has been the goal of engineers and hackers alike since the first time Dr McCoy complained about being asked to work outside of his job description. But while modern technology has delivered gadgets remarkably similar in function, we’ve still got a long way to go b... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5635091",
"author": "JacksonRoyKirk",
"timestamp": "2018-12-23T21:51:22",
"content": "I do not see any resemblance to any Star Trek device.What’s with the superlatives, non-sequitors (excuse me Nomad), lately involving the comparison of devices that don’t even remotely remind anyone... | 1,760,374,101.251801 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/21/weather-forecasting-clock-makes-an-almighty-racket/ | Weather Forecasting Clock Makes An Almighty Racket | Lewin Day | [
"clock hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"alarm clock",
"clock",
"weather",
"weather forecast",
"weather station"
] | The old-fashioned alarm clock was a staple of cartoons in years past, with loud clanging bells and slap-to-shutoff functionality. Despite being an excellent dramatic device, these classic timepieces began to lose favor to the digital clock radio, and, in more recent times, the smartphone alarm.
However, [LenkaDesign] h... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5625809",
"author": "RoGeorge",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T21:49:51",
"content": "Weather forecast is a good start, but if one could just make a clock to generally forecast the future…:o)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5625851"... | 1,760,374,101.510404 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/21/were-dreaming-of-a-circuit-sculpture-christmas/ | We’re Dreaming Of A Circuit Sculpture Christmas | Tom Nardi | [
"contests",
"Holiday Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"555",
"christmas tree",
"Circuit Sculpture",
"contest",
"led",
"NE555"
] | Whether or not you chose to believe our claim that we planned it this way, the holidays happen to fall right smack in the middle of our ongoing
Circuit Sculpture Contest
, which challenges hackers to build circuits that double as bona fide works of art. It’s become almost too easy to spin up your own PCB, so why not tr... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5625417",
"author": "Yann Guidon / YGDES",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T20:14:52",
"content": "I wanted to do something like that !But I was already too busy…OK this only proves that good ideas will always emerge, whoever does it first :-P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,374,101.560598 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/21/radio-gets-ridiculous/ | Radio Gets Ridiculous | Al Williams | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"Doppler",
"gnu radio",
"GreatFET",
"Hackaday Supercon",
"radio",
"RDF",
"receiver",
"sdr",
"software-defined radio",
"Supercon",
"transmitter"
] | There were plenty of great talks at this year’s Supercon, but we really liked the title of Dominic Spill’s talk:
Ridiculous Radios
. Let’s face it, it is one thing to make a radio or a computer or a drone the way you are supposed to. It is another thing altogether to make one out of things you shouldn’t be using. That’... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5625116",
"author": "zibri",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T18:55:10",
"content": "I love this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5625677",
"author": "TheRegnirps.",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T21:16:50",
"content": "If you loo... | 1,760,374,101.468586 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/21/manual-3d-digitizer-works-a-bit-like-3-dimensional-measuring-tape/ | Manual 3D Digitizer Works A Bit Like 3-Dimensional Measuring Tape | Donald Papp | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d digitizer",
"3d printed",
"3d scanning",
"arduino",
"digitizing",
"digitzer",
"encoder",
"laser cut",
"measure",
"probe"
] | Digitizing an object usually means firing up a CAD program and keeping the calipers handy, or using a 3D scanner to create a point cloud representing an object’s surfaces. [Dzl] took an entirely different approach with his
DIY manual 3D digitizer
, a laser-cut and 3D printed assembly that uses rotary encoders to create... | 26 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5624606",
"author": "chuckstephensarts",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T16:44:06",
"content": "Much cheaper than a Faro arm! Cool project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5624770",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T17:... | 1,760,374,101.63393 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/21/linux-fu-share-terminal-in-browser/ | Linux Fu: Share Terminal In Browser | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"linuxfu",
"shell",
"tty"
] | The title of this post says it all:
GoTTY
is a program that lets you share Linux terminal applications into a web browser. It is a simple web server written in Go that runs a non-GUI program and can push it out a socket in such a way that a browser can display it and, optionally, let the user interact with it.
With the... | 20 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5624295",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2018-12-21T15:14:10",
"content": "Nothing about this actually seems like a good idea due to security. SSH is well vetted and secure. Need it in a browser? There’s an extension for that forChromeorFirefox.",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,374,101.69823 |
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