url stringlengths 37 208 | title stringlengths 4 148 | author stringclasses 173
values | publish_date stringclasses 1
value | categories listlengths 0 12 | tags listlengths 0 27 | featured_image stringlengths 0 272 | content stringlengths 0 56.1k | comments_count int64 0 900 | scraped_comments_count int64 0 50 | comments listlengths 0 50 | scraped_at float64 1.76B 1.76B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/arcade1up-cabinet-solderless-upgrade-with-a-side-of-raspberry-pi/ | Arcade1up Cabinet Solderless Upgrade With A Side Of Raspberry Pi | Drew Littrell | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"arcade cabinet",
"EmulationStation",
"raspberry pi",
"solderless"
] | Upon announcement of the Arcade1up replica arcade cabinets earlier this year, many laid in waiting for the day they could see a teardown. A four foot tall cab with an LCD outputting the proper 4:3 aspect ratio and the simple construction of IKEA furniture certainly seemed appealing. In theory, it wouldn’t take long to ... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5554190",
"author": "CityZen",
"timestamp": "2018-12-02T00:41:52",
"content": "In describing the LCD setup, it seems like you’ve got input and output reversed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5554337",
"author": "RÖB",
"... | 1,760,374,127.738498 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/naomi-wu-on-the-sinobit-3d-printers-and-open-source-hardware-in-china/ | Naomi Wu On The Sino:Bit, 3D Printers, And Open Source Hardware In China | Jenny List | [
"Tech Hacks"
] | [
"china",
"China open source conference",
"open source"
] | Many readers will be familiar with [Naomi Wu], the prolific hardware hacker who has shown us so much of the epicentre of Chinese tech in her native Shenzhen through a lens that most outsiders would struggle to achieve. We’ve seen her touring factories and electronics marts, building a load of interesting projects, and ... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5553806",
"author": "walter",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T22:47:26",
"content": "“a Chinese developer painstakingly transcribing all the Chinese character set (…) would have cost a non open-source developer a significant sum”Well, Chinese invented the wheel, no ?So why not REUSING it ... | 1,760,374,127.48252 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/retrotechtacular-before-the-internet-mudpie/ | Retrotechtacular: Before The Internet: MUDPIE | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"computer history",
"retrocomputing"
] | It is easy to forget how disconnected computers used to be. There was a time when sites with similar computers would do a tape rotation where a tape (or whatever media) would arrive in the mail. You’d spend some time looking at what was on it and then add anything interesting that you had to the end of it before sendin... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5553095",
"author": "harper1852",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T18:09:24",
"content": "I don’t remember that. A little before my time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5553324",
"author": "John Q. Public",
"timestamp": "2018-12... | 1,760,374,127.585531 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/simple-low-cost-rig-lets-the-budding-biohacker-run-dna-gels/ | Simple, Low-Cost Rig Lets The Budding Biohacker Run DNA Gels | Dan Maloney | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"agarose",
"biohacking",
"dna",
"gel electrophoresis",
"protein",
"rna",
"staining buffer",
"uv"
] | We all the know the basic components for building out an electronics lab: breadboards, bench power supply, a selection of components, a multimeter, and maybe an oscilloscope. But what exactly do you need when you’re setting up a biohacking lab?
That’s the question that [Justin] from The Thought Emporium is trying to an... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5553067",
"author": "jrd210",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T17:59:21",
"content": "Dan–great little Electrophoresis video, really good demos, what was wrong with your Bento PCR–mine os on the way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5553... | 1,760,374,127.791792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/henry-the-hoover-gets-a-weapons-upgrade/ | Henry The Hoover Gets A Weapons Upgrade | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"flame thrower",
"flamethrower",
"henry the hoover",
"hoover",
"radio control",
"radio controlled",
"rc",
"vacuum cleaner"
] | In this day and age of unprecedented military expenditure, we’re used to seeing weapons upgrades across all manner of war fighting hardware – tanks, helicopters, attack aircraft, you name it. We’re
somewhat less accustomed
to seeing the same on a domestic appliance.
Regardless, we now have Henry the Hoover packing some... | 12 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5551826",
"author": "John blackthorn",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T13:06:23",
"content": "“Henry the hoover” so not “Henry the Dyson” or Henry the vacuum cleaner a hoover is a vacuum cleaner made by hoover, a company that makes many other domestic appliances.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,127.228923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/12/01/germinate-seeds-with-the-help-of-3d-printing/ | Germinate Seeds With The Help Of 3D Printing | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"growing",
"hydroponics",
"plants"
] | Microgreens, also known as vegetable confetti, are all the rage in fancy restaurants around the globe. Raised from a variety of different vegetable seeds, they’re harvested just past the sprout period, but before they would qualify as baby greens – usually 10-14 days after planting. There’s a variety of ways to grow mi... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5551626",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T12:14:31",
"content": "theres something similar in the wild already – named “växxar” and it comes to your favorite nordic supplier of household items. includes rack and lighting if you fancy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,374,127.635274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/arduino-hits-the-rails/ | The Arduino Hits The Rails | Al Williams | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dcc",
"digital command control",
"locomotive",
"model railroad",
"model train",
"railroad",
"train"
] | Certain hobbies come in clusters. It isn’t uncommon to see, for example, ham radio operators that are private pilots. Programmers who are musicians. Electronics people who build model trains. This last seems like a great fit since you can do lots of interesting things with simple electronics and small-scale trains. [Ji... | 14 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5551634",
"author": "SomeUser",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T12:16:44",
"content": "Some clarification: in DCC, power and signal on the rails is the same thing. It’s alternating, and bits are encoded in the signal. The signal is simply rectified to get DC for a motor and whatever other ... | 1,760,374,127.280149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/1000-watt-power-supply-tear-down-and-repair/ | 1,000 Watt Power Supply Tear Down And Repair | Al Williams | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Teardown",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"instek",
"power supply",
"teardown"
] | [TheSignalPath] wanted to repair a broken Instek PSW80-40.5 because it has a lot of output for a programmable power supply — 1,080 watts, to be exact. This isn’t a cheap supply — it looks like it costs about $2,200 new. The unit wasn’t working and when he took it apart, he found a nasty surprise. There is a base PCB an... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5550322",
"author": "CMH62",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T05:14:17",
"content": "Definitely a current and powerful article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5550500",
"author": "Dion",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T06:16... | 1,760,374,127.321803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/professional-results-from-cheap-air-compressors/ | Professional Results From Cheap Air Compressors | Tom Nardi | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"air cleaner",
"air compressor",
"air tools",
"cyclone separator",
"spray paint"
] | The portable air compressors sold at big box hardware stores like Lowe’s and Home Depot are perfectly suited for the jobs they’re advertised for: namely throwing some nails into the wall or filling tires. But if you try to respray your car with that $50 Black Friday pancake air compressor, you’re going to have a bad da... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5549408",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T00:22:19",
"content": "You could also just go to Harbor Freight and buy an air compressor with a bigger tank for about the same price. Sure the quality isn’t very good, but if you’re only using it occasionally you’re not go... | 1,760,374,127.542574 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/air-bubble-characters-float-along-this-unique-scrolling-display/ | Air Bubble Characters Float Along This Unique Scrolling Display | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bubble",
"dot matrix",
"flip-dot",
"Pneumatics",
"scrolling",
"solenoid"
] | We’ve seen a lot of unique large-format scrolling message boards on these pages, but most of them use some sort of established technology – LEDs, electromechanical flip-dots, and the like – in new and unusual ways. We’re pretty sure
this air-bubble dot matrix display
is a first, though.
While it may not be destined for... | 16 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5548804",
"author": "Alan Kilian",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T21:23:58",
"content": "For more bubble-fun, take a look at Bruce Shapiro’s Pipedream series.http://www.taomc.com/pipe-dreamSome of us helped him build a 96-tube one in the Ontario Science Centre.http://bobodyne.com/web-docs... | 1,760,374,127.683595 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/retrotechtacular-some-of-the-last-crts-from-the-factory-floor/ | Retrotechtacular: Some Of The Last CRTs From The Factory Floor | Drew Littrell | [
"Retrotechtacular"
] | [
"crt",
"manufacturing",
"retrotechtacular",
"sony",
"television",
"television manufacturing"
] | It seems crazy having to explain what a piece of technology was like to someone who is barely fifteen years your junior, but yet we have reached that point when it comes to CRTs. There may still be remnants of CRT televisions and monitors left out in the wild, however, the chances that a kid preparing to enter high sch... | 41 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5548509",
"author": "Chris Cocca",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T20:06:37",
"content": "There was more open flame involved in that process than I would have thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5548571",
"author": "BNBN",
... | 1,760,374,127.876845 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/building-portable-linux-devices-never-easier-but-still-hard/ | Building Portable Linux Devices: Never Been Easier, But Still Hard | Jenny List | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"handhelds hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"portabe devices",
"portable"
] | We live in a Golden Age of single-board computers. There was a time when a portable computer that was any good was a relatively rare and expensive device, certainly not something you could expect to replicate for yourself. A Psion, or later a Palm or perhaps a WinCE device would have been a lot more than an impulse pur... | 35 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5547287",
"author": "janostman",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T18:27:27",
"content": "The Zerophone is plain ugly and a good example of what you should not do when building something portable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "554846... | 1,760,374,127.956474 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/build-a-plate-reverb-from-ikea/ | Build A Plate Reverb From Ikea | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"DAW",
"plate reverb",
"recording",
"reverb"
] | Back before we all pirated FruityLoops, before ProTools, and before VSTs and DAWs, audio recording was much, much cooler. Reverbs were entire rooms. Sometimes they were springs. Sometimes, in the high-end music studios, reverbs were plates. These plate reverbs were simply a gigantic sheet of metal mounted in a box abou... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5541220",
"author": "rfi",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T21:44:51",
"content": "Plate reverbs also never sounded all that good. Best electromechanical reverb I have ever heard was the AKG BX20 with it’s torsion spring and servo controlled damper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,374,128.083031 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/sdr-is-at-the-heart-of-this-soup-can-doppler-radar-set/ | SDR Is At The Heart Of This Soup-Can Doppler Radar Set | Dan Maloney | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"2.4 ghz",
"Doppler",
"fft",
"gnu radio companion",
"ISM",
"LimeSDR mini",
"LNA",
"radar",
"receive",
"sdr",
"transmit"
] | Want to explore the world of radar but feel daunted by the mysteries of radio frequency electronics? Be daunted no more and abstract the RF complexities away with
this tutorial on software-defined radar by [Luigi Cruz]
.
Taking inspiration from our own [Gregory L. Charvat], whose
many radar projects
have graced our pag... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5542061",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T02:01:52",
"content": "Thanks for the last paragraph clarifying the scope of “budgetary”. While the lime SDR is less expensive than many alternatives it is not exactly cheap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,374,128.125681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/katrina-nguyen-automates-her-mice/ | Katrina Nguyen Automates Her Mice | Dan Maloney | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"biohacking",
"feeder",
"feeding",
"mice",
"rodent"
] | When embarking on a career in the life sciences, it seems like the choice of which model organism to study has more than a little to do with how it fits into the researcher’s life. I once had a professor who studied lobsters, ostensibly because they are a great model for many questions in cell biology; in actuality, he... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5541080",
"author": "Nate B",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T20:35:02",
"content": "I wonder if the mice change their behavior when the whole meal worth of food is visible at once, versus only being revealed one pellet at a time…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,128.219754 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/wonderful-sculptural-circuits-hide-interactive-synthesizers/ | Wonderful Sculptural Circuits Hide Interactive Synthesizers | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"Art",
"hardware"
] | [
"art",
"deadbug",
"deadbugging",
"flyfire",
"led",
"lighting",
"music",
"robot",
"sculpture",
"synthesizer",
"wire bending"
] | When it rains, it pours (wonderful electronic sculpture!). The last time we posted about freeform circuit sculptures there were a few eye-catching comments mentioning other fine examples of the craft. One such artist is [Eirik Brandal], who has a large
selection of electronic sculptures
. Frankly, we’re in love.
A comm... | 14 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5540678",
"author": "TheRafMan",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T17:51:58",
"content": "Really cool, love them all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5549766",
"author": "DR. RICHARD E. DANELZ II",
"timestamp": "2018-12... | 1,760,374,128.276068 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/interstellar-8-track-the-low-tech-data-recorders-of-voyager/ | Interstellar 8-Track: The Not-So-Low-Tech Data Recorders Of Voyager | Dan Maloney | [
"Engineering",
"Interest",
"Original Art"
] | [
"8-track",
"data storage",
"space",
"space exploration",
"tape",
"voyager"
] | On the outside chance that we ever encounter a space probe from an alien civilization, the degree to which the world will change cannot be overestimated. Not only will it prove that we’re not alone, or more likely weren’t, depending on how long said probe has been traveling through space, but we’ll have a bonanza of su... | 47 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "5540246",
"author": "OwlMan",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T15:27:25",
"content": "Our mainframe, back in the early 70’s, used 10.5 inch NAB spools containing 3600 feet of 1/2 inch tape as primary backing store (the exchangable disc packs had a massive 60 megs, so there was a lot of tape... | 1,760,374,128.434645 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/reverse-engineering-with-sandpaper/ | Reverse Engineering With Sandpaper | Brian Benchoff | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"emmc",
"reverse engineering",
"sandpaper"
] | Every once in a while, and more so now than before, you’ll find a really neat chip with zero documentation. In [David]’s case, it’s a really cool USB 3.0 eMMC/ SD MMC controller. Use this chip, attach a USB port on one end, and some memory on the other, and you have a complete bridge. There are drivers, too. There are ... | 34 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5539663",
"author": "Cyk",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T12:27:41",
"content": "A short Google search gave me this schematic:http://image.cirmall.com/Fue7gNYf8jaEDJAz2uKquo15t173?watermark/1/image/aHR0cDovL2ltYWdlLmNpcm1hbGwuY29tL2Npcm1hbGwtd2F0ZXJtYXJrLnBuZw==/dissolve/50Not EMMC, but S... | 1,760,374,128.34683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/saucebot-uses-g-code-to-apply-condiments-with-precision/ | SauceBot Uses G-Code To Apply Condiments With Precision | Dan Maloney | [
"cooking hacks",
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"condiment",
"food",
"fundraising",
"g-code",
"gantry",
"hackerspace outreach",
"hot dogs",
"peristalic pump"
] | You just can’t please some people. Take a 3D-printer disguised as a condiment dispenser to a public event and next thing you know people actually expect you to
build a 3D-condiment dispenser
for the next time. How can you help but oblige?
We have to admit to more than a little alarm when [ShaneR] sent us this tip, as o... | 28 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5539068",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T09:12:56",
"content": "Clearly a device needed on the space station. A bit more research, some AI and cameras to decide what the said enhancements are being applied to and you have the perfect fast food faster than humanly possibl... | 1,760,374,128.655684 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/extreme-pi-overclocking-with-mineral-oil/ | Extreme Pi Overclocking With Mineral Oil | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"bath",
"cable",
"cooling",
"header",
"heat",
"heat sink",
"laser cut",
"liquid",
"mineral oil",
"raspberry pi",
"routing",
"submerged"
] | Liquid cooling is a popular way to get a bit of extra performance out of your computer. Usually this is done in desktops, where a special heat sink with copper tubing is glued to the CPU, and the copper tubes are plumbed to a radiator. If you want dive deeper into the world of liquid cooling, you can alternatively
subm... | 31 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5545965",
"author": "harper1852",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T17:07:48",
"content": "Are you going to feel bad when people start dumping laptops in oil? Ha ha.Seriously, I don’t have a clue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "55493... | 1,760,374,128.718375 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/packing-decimal-numbers-easily/ | Packing Decimal Numbers Easily | Al Williams | [
"FPGA",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"bcd",
"binary coded decimal",
"c++",
"dense packed decimal",
"verilog"
] | While desktop computers have tons of computing power and storage, some small CPUs don’t have a lot of space to store things. What’s more is some CPUs don’t do multiplication and division very well. Same can be said for FPGAs. So suppose we are going to grab a bunch of three-digit decimal numbers from, say, a serial por... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5545601",
"author": "Duality",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T15:40:04",
"content": "There is an archive of sorts here:https://github.com/algorithm-archivists/algorithm-archiveand here is the website:https://www.algorithm-archive.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies"... | 1,760,374,128.591876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/new-part-day-the-twenty-five-cent-usb-microcontroller-with-a-toolchain/ | New Part Day: The Twenty Five Cent USB Microcontroller (With A Toolchain!) | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware"
] | [
"CH554",
"New Part Day",
"usb"
] | Last year, Jiangsu Yuheng Co., Ltd introduced a new microcontroller.
The CH554
is a microcontroller with an E8051 core with a 24 MHz clock, a little more than 1 kB of RAM, and a bit more than 14 kB split between the code and data Flash. In short, it’s nothing too spectacular, but it makes up for that with peripherals. ... | 40 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "5544825",
"author": "Sjaak",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T12:15:51",
"content": "Lots of interesting and cheap chips comming from China! Keep them comming.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5545068",
"author": "walter",
... | 1,760,374,128.801123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/30/buy-or-build-an-autonomous-race-car-to-take-the-checkered-flag/ | Buy Or Build An Autonomous Race Car To Take The Checkered Flag | Roger Cheng | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"amazon",
"amazon web services",
"AWS",
"DeepRacer",
"Donkey Car",
"reinforcement learning",
"Robot Operating System",
"ros"
] | Putting autonomous vehicles on public roads takes major resources beyond most of our means. But we can explore all the same general concepts at a smaller scale by modifying remote-control toy cars, limited only by our individual budgets and skill levels. For those of us whose interest and expertise lie in software, Ama... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5544489",
"author": "Tegwyn☠Twmfatt",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T10:47:38",
"content": "Long live AWS !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5544760",
"author": "lamalas",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T11:56:02",
"content": "~10... | 1,760,374,128.853651 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/an-englishman-and-48-gameboys-walk-into-a-bar/ | An Englishman And 48 Gameboys Walk Into A Bar… | Lewin Day | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"game boy",
"gameboy",
"music",
"nintendo",
"synth",
"synthesizer"
] | The original Nintendo Gameboy is perhaps one of the most revered platforms for the music known as chiptune. Primarily, artists will use the console with software like LSDJ or Nanoloop to produce their compositions. Some artists will even use two consoles when performing live.
However, that’s all fairly quaint as far as... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5543206",
"author": "furrtek",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T06:24:41",
"content": "How about fitting 48 Gameboy APU cores and a digital mixer in a single FPGA ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5543251",
"author": "Gravis",... | 1,760,374,128.91387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/mipi-csi-2-implementation-in-fpgas/ | MIPI CSI-2 Implementation In FPGAs | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"CSI-2",
"fpga",
"mipi",
"Zynq"
] | [Adam Taylor] always has interesting FPGA posts and his latest is no exception. He wanted to use a Zynq for image processing. Makes sense. You can do the high-speed parallel parts in the FPGA fabric and do higher-level processing on the built-in CPU. The problem is, of course, you need to get the video data into the sy... | 31 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5542821",
"author": "Nathan McCorkle",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T05:01:08",
"content": "I read this earlier when Google auto-suggested it for me… Even though I work with these terms often, I found the article lacking in clarity and detail. For example what are the acronyms PL and PS?... | 1,760,374,128.982187 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/adopting-an-orphaned-ultralight/ | Adopting An Orphaned Ultralight | Tom Nardi | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"airplane",
"glass cockpit",
"homebuilt",
"two-stroke",
"ultralight"
] | Owning and flying your own small airplane offers a nearly unmatched level of freedom and autonomy. Traveling “as the crow flies” without having to deal with traffic on the ground immediately shrinks your world, and makes possible all sorts of trips and adventures. Unfortunately the crippling downsides of plane ownershi... | 69 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5542045",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2018-11-30T01:58:48",
"content": "“Owning and flying your own small airplane offers a nearly unmatchedchance of death.”FTFY.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5542197",
"author... | 1,760,374,129.089529 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/mini-vectrex-prototype-restored-by-national-videogame-museum/ | Mini Vectrex Prototype Restored By National Videogame Museum | Drew Littrell | [
"News"
] | [
"prototype",
"vectrex",
"videogames"
] | The crash of the videogame market in 1983 struck down a slew of victims, and unique products such as the Vectrex were not immune to its destructive ways. The all-in-one console featured a monochromatic vector display and offered an arcade-like experience at home complete with an analog joystick controller. It sadly nev... | 15 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5539968",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T13:57:58",
"content": "Cute, even with the same annoying buzz from the speaker :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5540020",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp... | 1,760,374,129.141253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/9-planes-combine-to-make-one-giant-flexible-flier/ | 9 Planes Combine To Make One Giant Flexible Flier | Adam Fabio | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"dihedral",
"flexible",
"radio control",
"rc"
] | [Ran D. St. Clair] has created a unique flying machine in the Flex 9. It’s not every day that you see a completely new and unusual aircraft, but the Flex 9 definitely fits the bill. [Ran] took 9 radio controlled planes, connected them together, and made one giant plane — and with an 18-foot wingspan, giant isn’t a misn... | 18 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5538362",
"author": "Ø",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T03:55:24",
"content": "I can only assume this is the end result of a “hold my beer and watch this” brainfart.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5538551",
"author": "duh",... | 1,760,374,129.194297 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/pedal-far-with-a-solar-powered-tricycle/ | Pedal Far With A Solar Powered Tricycle | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"bicycle",
"bike",
"charge",
"electric",
"panel",
"range",
"recumbent",
"solar",
"tricycle"
] | More and more electric bikes have been rolling out into the streets lately as people realize how inexpensive and easy they are to ride and use when compared to cars. They can also be pedaled like a normal bike, so it’s still possible to get some exercise with them too. Most have a range somewhere around 10-30 miles dep... | 23 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5536803",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T00:06:15",
"content": "And if it rains it keep you dry!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5536884",
"author": "AKA the A",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T00:22:... | 1,760,374,129.335692 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/sniffing-rfid-readers-with-a-piece-of-paper/ | Sniffing RFID Readers With A Piece Of Paper | Tom Nardi | [
"hardware",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"baudline",
"paper",
"rfid",
"sniffer",
"sound card"
] | We feature plenty of printed projects here on Hackaday, though they tend to be of the three dimensional type thanks to the proliferation of affordable 3D printers. But in this case, [Milosch Meriac] has managed to put together a printable design that’s not only a very cool hack, but is made up of a scant two dimensions... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5536404",
"author": "janostman",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T22:46:54",
"content": "Just a simple detector.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5538712",
"author": "deralchemist",
"timestamp": "2018-11-29T05:59:50",
... | 1,760,374,129.275705 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/homebrew-battery-discharger/ | Homebrew Battery Discharger | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"discharge",
"discharger"
] | Rechargable batteries are great – they save money and hassle when using portable devices. It’s pretty common to want to recharge a battery, but less common to intentionally discharge one.
Regardless, [Pawel Spychalski] is working on a device to do just that – in a controlled fashion, of course.
[Pawel] himself notes th... | 13 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5535690",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T19:47:13",
"content": "Those power resistors need to be bolted to a heat sink.They are rated 50W when bolted 12” x 12” x .059” Aluminum panel, as per the data sheet.In the intended automotive application at 13.8V the resistor is b... | 1,760,374,129.384086 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/linux-fu-controlling-the-terminal/ | Linux Fu: Controlling The Terminal | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Linux Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"Linux Fu",
"ncurses",
"shell script",
"terminal",
"tput"
] | A Linux terminal has a lot more features than the TeleType of yore. On a TeleType, text spews out and scrolls up and is gone forever. A real terminal can use escape characters to do navigate around and emulate most of what you like about GUIs. However, doing this at the lowest level is a chore and limits portability. L... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5535367",
"author": "rsmilward",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T18:53:52",
"content": "Right at the beginning, you say “On a TeleType, text spews out and scrolls up and is gone forever.” Except of course that it still exists on paper, thereby providing a valuable “audit trail” of previous... | 1,760,374,129.685207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/xbox-one-x-gets-aluminum-laptop-makeover/ | Xbox One X Gets Aluminum Laptop Makeover | Tom Nardi | [
"Games",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"cad",
"console",
"laptop",
"xbox one",
"xbox one x"
] | While many a gamer was willing to brave hand-to-hand combat this Black Friday just to get a few bucks off of Microsoft’s premium-tier game console, [jomega] was already cutting his to pieces from the comfort of his own home. Not dissuaded by the system’s fairly high sticker price or relatively limited modding scene, he... | 26 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "5535059",
"author": "harper1852",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T17:41:47",
"content": "I don’t do any gaming.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5538475",
"author": "Programmer Dude (@koppanyh)",
"timestamp": "2018-11-... | 1,760,374,129.5013 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/collecting-repairing-and-wearing-vintage-digital-watches/ | Collecting, Repairing, And Wearing Vintage Digital Watches | Gregory L. Charvat | [
"clock hacks",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Slider",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"calculator watch",
"clock repair",
"digital wristwatch",
"VDW",
"Vintage Digital Watch",
"watch repair",
"wristwatch"
] | Electronics enthusiasts have the opportunity to be on the very cusp of a trend with vintage digital watches (VDW). Vintage digital watches are those watches that from the late 70’s and throughout the 80’s. They’re unlike any watch style today, and for anyone around when they made their debut these deliver a healthy dos... | 91 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "5534327",
"author": "harper1852",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T15:24:03",
"content": "Vintage and digital sounds like a misnomer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5535054",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2018-11-2... | 1,760,374,129.830957 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/72-tranducers-for-acoustic-levitation/ | 72 Tranducers For Acoustic Levitation | Lewin Day | [
"Science"
] | [
"acoustic levitation",
"acoustic levitator",
"levitation",
"levitator",
"transducer",
"ultrasonic",
"ultrasound"
] | Levitation has a way of arousing curiousity and wonder wherever it appears. There’s a multitude of ways to do it, each with their own strengths and weaknesses and ideal use cases.
[Julius Kramer] tried his hand at acoustic levitation, and decided to share his build.
The build relies on an astounding number of ultrasoni... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5532745",
"author": "f",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T12:30:23",
"content": "Is 72 really an astounding number? That’s not that many, and they’re small",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5533141",
"author": "John",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,374,129.8777 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/28/advances-in-flat-pack-pcbs/ | Advances In Flat-Pack PCBs | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware",
"Holiday Hacks"
] | [
"badgelife",
"castellation",
"pcb"
] | Right now, we’ve got artistic PCBs, we’ve got #badgelife, and we have reverse-mounted LEDs that shine through the fiberglass substrate. All of this is great for PCBs that are functional works of art. Artists, though, need to keep pushing boundaries and the next step is obviously a PCB that doesn’t look like it has any ... | 44 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5531782",
"author": "alphatek",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T09:12:57",
"content": "Nice. I’ve wondered about mounting devices in a pcb like this before, but hadn’t considered castellation!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5531783",
... | 1,760,374,129.96589 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/amazon-creates-distributed-satellite-ground-stations/ | Amazon Creates Distributed Satellite Ground Stations | Brian Benchoff | [
"News"
] | [
"amazon",
"satellite",
"satellite tracking",
"SatNOGS"
] | Here’s an interesting thought: it’s possible to build a cubesat for perhaps ten thousand dollars, and hitch a ride on a launch for free thanks to a NASA outreach program.
Tracking
that satellite along its entire orbit would require dozens or hundreds of ground stations, all equipped with antennas and a connection to th... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5531568",
"author": "2ftg",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T08:01:16",
"content": "No mention of frequency bands supported.But I guess it’s gona be mostly commercial.Baseband RF is offered in “Vita 49” format, which seems to be some industry thing.And it’s not self-serve so I guess they wo... | 1,760,374,130.012486 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/soft-silicone-pneumatics-are-3d-printed-in-a-tub-of-gel/ | Soft Silicone Pneumatics Are 3D-printed In A Tub Of Gel | Brian Boucheron | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"pneumatic",
"silicone"
] | We’ve seen our fair share of soft silicone robots around here. Typically they are produced through a casting process, where molds are printed and then filled with liquid silicone to form the robot parts. These parts are subsequently removed from the molds and made to wiggle, grip, and swim through the use of pneumatic ... | 28 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5531255",
"author": "ringdown",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T06:32:20",
"content": "https://sci-hub.tw/10.1089/3dp.2017.0037Sci-Hub has the paper, but I haven’t read it, so I can’t tell you if it’s something someone can hack their 3D printer to do over the weekend.",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,374,130.081881 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/tiny-drone-racing-gates-use-up-those-filament-scraps/ | Tiny Drone Racing Gates Use Up Those Filament Scraps | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"drone hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"drone",
"drone racing",
"filament",
"gates",
"stl"
] | Drone racing comes in different shapes and sizes, and some multirotor racers can be
very
small indeed. Racing means having gates to fly though, and here’s a clever DIY design by [Qgel] that uses a small 3D printed part and a segment of printer filament as the components for
small-scale drone racing gates
.
The base is ... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5530526",
"author": "leesamn",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T03:08:10",
"content": "I wonder if you could rough up the side of a clear filament and shine an led in the ends to make the loop glow. Even just feeding it through the extruder might mark it up enough.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,130.12441 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/blimpduino-hits-version-2/ | Blimpduino Hits Version 2 | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Arduino Hacks",
"ARM",
"drone hacks"
] | [
"balloon",
"blimp",
"blimpduino"
] | We always think that crossing the Atlantic in a blimp would be very serene — at least once they put heaters on board. The Hindenburg, the R-101, and the Shenandoah put an end to the age of the airship, at least for commercial passenger travel. But you can still fly your own with a helium balloon and some electronics. O... | 17 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5529255",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T00:47:29",
"content": "Second paragraph, first sentece; replace “.. four motor outputs, two motor outputs ..” with “.. four motor outputs, two servo outputs ..”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,374,130.174083 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/a-guide-for-driving-led-matrices/ | A Guide For Driving LED Matrices | Bryan Cockfield | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"board",
"chip",
"driver",
"guide",
"led",
"matrix",
"outline"
] | Building an LED matrix is a fun project, but it can be a bit of a pain. Usually it starts with hand-soldering individual LEDs and resistors together, then hooking them up to rows and columns so they can be driven by a microcontroller of some sort. That’s a lot of tedious work, but you can order an LED matrix pre-built ... | 9 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5531823",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T09:25:17",
"content": "I approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5533799",
"author": "rbscharette",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T14:36:48",
... | 1,760,374,130.22011 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/treasure-trove-of-projects-provides-endless-examples/ | Treasure Trove Of Projects Provides Endless Examples | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"collection",
"project log"
] | Sometimes, traveling the internet feels a little like exploring an endless cave system looking for treasure. Lots of dark passageways without light or life, some occasional glimmers as you find a stray gold doubloon or emerald scattered in a corner. If we take the metaphor too far, then finding [Paul]’s
“Little Arduino... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5530563",
"author": "Ken N",
"timestamp": "2018-11-28T03:15:37",
"content": "Great find. Like those “101 Electronic Projects” books that some of us grew up on. Least that’s what I was told.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "553278... | 1,760,374,130.262587 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/bill-gross-on-why-your-startup-will-succeed/ | Bill Gross On Why Your Startup Will Succeed | Brian Benchoff | [
"Business",
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"Bill Gross",
"Idealab",
"keynote"
] | Bill Gross is one of the great heros when it comes to technology incubators. Twenty years ago, he founded
Idealab
, a business whose business plan is to create more businesses. This started out with just a handful of companies in 1996, and has since gone on to found 150 companies, that have collectively raised three an... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5527125",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T18:11:18",
"content": "“Tesla would have failed if Elon founded it in the year 2000”Wait a minute that doesn’t sound right?“Tesla was founded in July 2003, by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, under the name Tesla Mot... | 1,760,374,130.339593 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/the-most-3d-printed-3d-printer/ | The Most-3D-Printed 3D Printer | Inderpreet Singh | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"diy",
"parts"
] | The most awesome things about having a 3D printer is that you can create almost anything which includes parts for the 3D printer itself. Different materials give power to your imagination and allow you to go beyond the 3D printed vase. So much so that one maker has gone as far as
3D print the bearings as well as the ax... | 46 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5526838",
"author": "Eric Cherry",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T16:43:00",
"content": "Nice job! Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5553368",
"author": "Spacedog",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,374,130.588291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/sci-hub-breaking-down-the-paywalls/ | Sci-Hub: Breaking Down The Paywalls | Steven Dufresne | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"computer hacking",
"paywall",
"science"
] | There’s a battle going on in academia between the scientific journal publishing companies that have long served as the main platform for peer review and spreading information, and scientists themselves who just want to share and have access to the work of their fellows.
arxiv.org
launched the first salvo, allowing rese... | 125 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "5526468",
"author": "ehud42",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T15:06:47",
"content": "Lets start with a basic injustice: research that is public/government funded should by definition never be locked up behind a paywall. All government research grants should come with a mandate to freely an... | 1,760,374,130.90571 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/the-electronics-of-cold-war-nightmares/ | The Electronics Of Cold War Nightmares | Al Williams | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"geiger",
"nerve agent",
"nerve gas",
"radiation",
"russian",
"USSR"
] | It is a good bet that if you look around you, you’ll be able to find at least one smoke detector in sight. If not, there’s probably one not too far away. Why not? Fires happen and you’d like to know about a fire even if you are sleeping or alert others if you are away. During the cold war, there were other things that ... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5525773",
"author": "ИНЖЕНЕР",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T12:36:39",
"content": "Lol, googled the device name for information, found out that I can buy one in place nearby for less than 100$.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "552627... | 1,760,374,130.632649 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/27/video-details-construction-of-transparent-wood/ | Video Details Construction Of Transparent Wood | Al Williams | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"transparent wood"
] | We’ve talked about transparent wood before. However, the process can be difficult to get just right. [NileRed] recently posted a video with very
detailed instructions on how he’s doing it
. Aside from the dangerous way he uses a table saw — something he realized after he watched the video — it is some great information... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5524964",
"author": "mike stone",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T09:36:44",
"content": "It’s an interesting development, but calling it ‘transparent wood’ is kinda like calling a PCB ‘conductive cotton mesh’. It neglects an important detail or two.The part that’s actually transparent is ... | 1,760,374,130.953034 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/hackaday-assembling-at-35c3/ | Hackaday Assembling At 35C3 | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"35C3",
"ccc",
"chaos communication congress",
"Leipzig"
] | Hackaday is going to be at the 35th annual Chaos Communication Congress (35C3), December 27th – 31st, and we’re
putting together an assembly
. If you’re coming to 35C3, come join us!
If you’ve never been to a Congress before,
it’s an amazing scene
. This year over 15,000 hackers will take over the Leipzig Congress Hall... | 5 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5525364",
"author": "Jeff Katz (杰夫) (@kraln)",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T10:54:08",
"content": "As a former writer/contributor, I’ll definitely stop by, but I already have an assembly :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5525793"... | 1,760,374,131.002262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/plug-your-ears-and-hop-on-this-jet-powered-ebike/ | Plug Your Ears And Hop On This Jet-Powered EBike | Dan Maloney | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"12s",
"Ducted Fan",
"ebike",
"EDF",
"esc",
"jet engine",
"lipo"
] | Ah, the simple pleasures of a bike ride. The rush of the wind past your ears, the gentle click of the derailleurs as you change gears, the malignant whine of the dual electric jet turbines pushing you along. Wait, what?
Yes, it’s
a jet bike
, and its construction was strictly a case of “Why not?” for [Tech Ingredients]... | 30 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5522257",
"author": "Levi",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T06:34:07",
"content": "Ducted Fans are not jets…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5524123",
"author": "bbp",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T07:54:47",
"cont... | 1,760,374,131.066888 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/fcc-gets-complaint-proposed-ham-radio-rules-hurt-national-security/ | FCC Gets Complaint: Proposed Ham Radio Rules Hurt National Security | Al Williams | [
"News"
] | [
"encryption",
"fcc",
"ham radio"
] | On November 10th, [Theodore Rappaport] sent the FCC an
ex parte
filing
regarding a proposed rule change that would remove the limit on baud rate of high frequency (HF) digital transmissions. According to [Rappaport] there are already encoded messages that can’t be read on the ham radio airwaves and this would make the ... | 141 | 41 | [
{
"comment_id": "5521414",
"author": "harper1852",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T03:12:19",
"content": "It’s weird that this post just popped up. I know nothing about ham radios but yesterday I was thinking about what we could do when/if the internet crashes and Ham radios came to mind. I don’t have a cl... | 1,760,374,131.24044 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/a-sub-1000-non-x86-motherboard/ | A Sub-$1000, Non-X86 Motherboard | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware"
] | [
"power",
"Power9",
"Raptor Engineering",
"risc"
] | If you’re building a computer, your options are nearly limitless. You can get a motherboard with red LEDs, with blue LEDs, green LEDs, or if you’re feeling spendy,
RGB LEDs
. You can get custom-milled heat spreaders in any shape you want, as long as it’s angular and screams ‘gamer’. If you want a motherboard that doesn... | 101 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "5520595",
"author": "Steven13",
"timestamp": "2018-11-27T00:10:05",
"content": "What about Raspberry Pi? Arduino? You should add a qualifier to your article that excludes these, otherwise you’ll look uninformed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,133.604161 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/poke-ball-plus-teardown-reveals-no-pikachu-inside/ | Poké Ball Plus Teardown Reveals No Pikachu Inside | Drew Littrell | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"nintendo",
"teardown",
"videogames"
] | The latest entry in the fan favorite franchise Pokémon saw release earlier this month alongside a particularly interesting controller. Known as the Poké Ball Plus, this controller is able to control Pokémon games that are available on completely separate platforms, as well as transfer data between them. It rumbles, It ... | 8 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5518809",
"author": "Entropy512",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T21:04:30",
"content": "” It features a USB-C port for charging, though no confirmation of fast charging capabilities was provided.”Given the 220 mAh battery, there’s no need for USB-PD. Even the old USB 2.0 SDP limit of 500... | 1,760,374,133.650031 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/designing-space-rated-pcbs/ | Designing Space-Rated PCBs | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"design",
"pcb",
"rocket science",
"ruggedized",
"space",
"vibration"
] | We’ve reduced printed circuit board design to practice so much that we hardly give a thought to the details anymore. It’s so easy to bang out a design, send it to a fab house, and have ten boards in your hands in no time at all. All the design complexities are largely hidden from us, abstracted down to a few checkboxes... | 40 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5517609",
"author": "Mr. Happyface",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T18:14:28",
"content": "if the main issue for pcbs is the vibration, then give it no room to vibrate, simple.although this may cause some Tetris style problems in the designing process",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,374,133.07443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/applied-science-rolls-an-electroluminescent-controller/ | Applied Science Rolls An Electroluminescent Controller | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware",
"Slider"
] | [
"el",
"EL display",
"EL driver",
"electroluminescent"
] | After LEDs and TFTs and OLEDs and liquid crystals, there’s another display technology that doesn’t get a lot of attention. Electroluminescent displays have been around for ages, and there still aren’t a whole lot of applications for them. That might change soon, because Applied Science a.k.a. [Ben Krasnow]
figured out ... | 30 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5517151",
"author": "Burak",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T16:48:47",
"content": "have you seen the price of the material ? 700+ euros for 120 milliliters",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5519644",
"author": "Hank R Hill",
... | 1,760,374,133.306806 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/already-impressive-cnc-router-gets-an-extra-axis/ | Already Impressive CNC Router Gets An Extra Axis | Dan Maloney | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"ChucK",
"cnc",
"lathe",
"machine tools",
"router",
"runout",
"servo",
"spindle",
"stepper"
] | The type of CNC machine within the financial reach of most DIYers is generally a three-axis affair, with a modest work envelope and a spindle that never quite seems powerful enough. That’s not to say that we don’t covet such a machine for our own shop of course, but comparing small machines with the “big boy” five-axis... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5512350",
"author": "TerrannosaurasTechs",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T20:23:30",
"content": "Impressive. I also have a mill/lathe CNC combo Frankensteined from China parts. Works for me, but nothing nearly as fancy as your get up. Love the puns and innuendos and funny stuff. Keep ... | 1,760,374,132.992414 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/3d-printed-v8-engine-uses-solenoids/ | 3D Printed V8 Engine Uses Solenoids | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"classroom demonstrator",
"crankshaft",
"science project",
"v8"
] | Normally when you think of a V8 engine you think of pistons driven by exploding fuel, pushing a crankshaft. [Miller’s Planet’s]
version
doesn’t use pistons, instead it uses solenoids along with a 3D printed crankshaft. The finished product would make a great science project or classroom demonstration of how a crankshaf... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5510739",
"author": "mogwopjr",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T16:46:18",
"content": "I could see some of the bits made from delrin or ptfe to help with the friction. Not nearly as “easy” to do as 3D printering though, and that looks like it took quite a bit of doing.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,374,132.951182 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/diy-ovalia-chair-serves-your-futuristic-fantasies/ | DIY Ovalia Chair Serves Your Futuristic Fantasies | Lewin Day | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"chair",
"egg",
"egg chair",
"ovalia",
"ovalia chair",
"woodwork"
] | The 1960s were a heady time, with both society and the language of design undergoing rapid changes over a short period. Back in 1968, Henrik Thor-Larsen exhibited his Ovalia egg chair for the first time, at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair. With original examples now antiques, and with even replicas being prohibitively ... | 16 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5509600",
"author": "Darren",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T12:06:14",
"content": "Nanu Nanu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5510240",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T14:13:58",
"content": "I’ve seen a vari... | 1,760,374,133.466123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/mug-o-matic-plots-on-coffee-mugs/ | Mug-O-Matic Plots On Coffee Mugs | Al Williams | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"coffee mug",
"eggbot",
"mug",
"plotter"
] | There is something fascinating about watching an autonomous machine. An automatic car wash, a soda vending machine that picks up the product behind a window, a plotter, or a robot like a CNC or 3D printer are all interesting to watch. Although [EngineerDog] bills
Mug-O-Matic
as a tiny CNC, we think it is more of a plot... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5509687",
"author": "Doug Leppard",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T12:24:12",
"content": "very creative. You let the world know how you are doing each day or hour.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5510376",
"author": "Sam King",
... | 1,760,374,133.186166 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/set-up-a-headless-raspberry-pi-all-from-another-computers-command-line/ | Set Up A Headless Raspberry Pi, All From Another Computer’s Command Line | Donald Papp | [
"ARM",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"automation",
"chroot",
"headless",
"Pi",
"raspberry pi",
"remote access",
"rpido",
"sd card",
"shell script"
] | There are differences between setting up a Raspberry Pi and installing an OS on any other computer, but one thing in common is that if you do enough of them, you seek to automate the process any way you can. That is the situation [Peter Lorenzen] found himself in, and his solution is
a shell script to install and confi... | 17 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5508336",
"author": "M",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T06:54:46",
"content": "Neat. I need to get back to my project to install steam and run half life on a raspi. multiarch/qemu can’t do it, but I think chroot/qemu can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,133.237229 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/im-sorry-alexander-im-afraid-i-cant-do-that/ | I’m Sorry, Alexander, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Airbus",
"astronaut",
"cimon",
"germany",
"ibm watson",
"international space station",
"iss",
"robot",
"space"
] | Getting people to space is extremely difficult, and while getting robots to space is still pretty challenging, it’s much easier. For that reason, robots and probes have been helping us explore the solar system for decades. Now, though,
a robot assistant is on board the ISS to work with the astronauts
, and rather than ... | 21 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5507819",
"author": "radcom123",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T03:14:56",
"content": "Kinda reminds me of GERTY from Moon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5507928",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T03:47... | 1,760,374,133.137726 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/mining-airport-wifi-data-this-sunday-is-the-worst-day-to-fly/ | Mining Airport WiFi Data: This Sunday Is The Worst Day To Fly | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"Airport WiFi",
"Freedom of Information Act",
"SFO",
"wifi"
] | This is Thanksgiving weekend in the United States; the country’s most congested travel weekend of the year. It’s common knowledge, and it’s easy to infer that this holiday weekend is one of the busiest for air travel. But can you prove it empirically? Apparently so. [Bertrand Fan]
filed a Freedom of Information Act req... | 6 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5508345",
"author": "M",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T06:59:39",
"content": "10 days is pretty fast. I wonder what other data they’re collecting about the wifi…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5510305",
"author": "Leithoa"... | 1,760,374,133.703255 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/agilent-lcr-meter-teardown/ | Agilent LCR Meter Teardown | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"agilent",
"circuit",
"design",
"lcr",
"meter",
"multimeter",
"teardown",
"vlsi"
] | Since 1999, one of the more popular manufacturers of test equipment has been Agilent, the spun-off former instrument division of Hewlett-Packard. From simple multimeters to fully-equipped oscilloscopes, they have been covering every corner of this particular market. And, with the help of [Kerry Wong] and his
teardown o... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5507439",
"author": "Nate B",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T23:58:28",
"content": "Between 1999 and 2014, you mean. Since 2014 the test and measurement products have been under the Keysight name.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55074... | 1,760,374,134.08909 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/adding-vector-art-to-your-eagle-boards/ | Adding Vector Art To Your Eagle Boards | Brian Benchoff | [
"Art"
] | [
"artistic pcb",
"badgelife",
"eagle",
"illustrator",
"svg"
] | Badgelife and the rise of artistic PCBs are pushing the envelope of what can be done with printed circuit boards. And if you’re doing PCB art, you really want to do it with vectors. This is a surprisingly hard problem, because very few software tools can actually do DXFs and SVGs properly.
Never fear, because [TallDark... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5506890",
"author": "Darren",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T19:28:21",
"content": "Simple just use KiCAD instead, no effort at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5507379",
"author": "Neolker",
"timestamp": "2018-1... | 1,760,374,134.042249 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/the-best-laptop-gets-even-better/ | The Best Laptop Gets Even Better | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"raspberry pi",
"thinkpad",
"Thinkpad UltraBay",
"UltraBay"
] | The ThinkPad is the greatest laptop ever created. It doesn’t come in rose gold, it comes in black. It doesn’t have a weird screen instead of an escape key. For less than half the price of a MacBook, you can have a capable laptop that will somehow fit three drives inside. It’s madness, but it’s still not the perfect too... | 85 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "5506322",
"author": "graeme",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T15:10:30",
"content": "The link is broken",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5507762",
"author": "Red Five",
"timestamp": "2018-11-25T02:40:35",
"cont... | 1,760,374,135.075274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/electrolysis-tank-removes-rust/ | Electrolysis Tank Removes Rust | Al Williams | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"Chemistry",
"electrolysis",
"rust"
] | If you have something rusty, you can get a wire brush and a lot of elbow grease. Or you can let electricity do the work for you in an electrolysis tank. [Miller’s Planet] shows you how to
build such a tank
, but even better, he explains why it works in a very detailed way.
The tank uses a sodium carbonate electrolyte —... | 18 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5505997",
"author": "RoGeorge",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T12:10:22",
"content": "rustup self uninstall:o)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5506023",
"author": "Jcwren",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T12:22:35",
"content": "“... | 1,760,374,134.146128 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/24/put-that-dlp-printer-to-use-making-pcbs/ | Put That DLP Printer To Use Making PCBs | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"blender",
"dlp",
"EasyADA",
"etch",
"inkscape",
"pcb",
"photoresist"
] | Now that these DLP printers are cheaper and more widely available, we’re starting to see hackers poking around the edge of the envelope to see what else the machines are capable of. [Electronoobs] recently got his hands on a couple of these printers, and thought
he would do some experiments with using them for PCB prod... | 38 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5505560",
"author": "M B",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T09:50:59",
"content": "Bit of a pet peeve of mine: Both of these machines are LCD SLA printers, not DLP printers.DLP is a technology developed by TI that uses micromirrors to project light onto a surface. There is no DMD (digital m... | 1,760,374,134.287437 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/energy-sipping-neodymium-sphere-keeps-on-spinning/ | Energy Sipping Neodymium Sphere Keeps On Spinning | Tom Nardi | [
"hardware",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"capacitor",
"coil",
"electromagnet",
"oscillator",
"solar"
] | At this point we’re sure you are aware, but around these parts we don’t deduct points for projects which we can’t immediately see a practical application for. We don’t make it our business to say what is and isn’t worth your time as an individual hacker. If you got a kick out of it, great. Learned something? Even bette... | 16 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5505249",
"author": "Sooner Boomer",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T07:46:14",
"content": "In the mid-80’s I worked at the calibration lab at a Texas Instruments semiconductor manufacturing facility. One of the highly accurate instruments we had was a Leybold Heraeus spinning ball viscom... | 1,760,374,134.204684 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/look-like-a-movie-hacker/ | Look Like A Movie Hacker | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"hackers",
"movie",
"screen candy"
] | On the old original Star Trek series, they bought some futuristic salt and pepper shakers to use on an episode. The problem is they didn’t look like salt and pepper shakers, so they used normal ones instead and turned the strange-looking ones into Dr. McCoy’s medical instruments. This demonstrates the value of looking ... | 33 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5504754",
"author": "Prof.Dr. Feinfinger",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T03:08:04",
"content": "Show me a screen full of distractions and I’ll show you a skriptkiddie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5505109",
"author": "Sc... | 1,760,374,134.355528 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/nasas-supersonic-x-plane-to-take-flight-in-2021/ | Shushing Sonic Booms: NASA’s Supersonic X-Plane To Take Flight In 2021 | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Slider",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"concorde",
"lockheed",
"nasa",
"supersonic",
"X-Plane"
] | The history of aviation is full of notable X-Planes, a number of which heralded in new generations of flight. The Bell X-1 became the first aircraft to break the speed of sound during level flight in 1947 with the legendary Charles “Chuck” Yeager at the controls. A few years later the X-2 would push man up to Mach 3, r... | 35 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5516966",
"author": "p",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T15:28:41",
"content": "“With today’s computer modeling, it might seem strange that the X-59 needs to be built at all. The science of supersonic shock waves is well understood at this point, and neither NASA nor Lockheed Martin really... | 1,760,374,134.432119 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/risc-v-cpu-gets-a-peripheral/ | RISC-V CPU Gets A Peripheral | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"fpga",
"icestorm",
"lattice",
"RISC-V",
"SoC",
"system on chip",
"tinyfpga"
] | One of the ways people use FPGAs is to have part of the FPGA fabric hold a CPU. That makes sense because CPUs are good at some jobs that are hard to do with an FPGA, and vice versa. Now that the RISC-V architecture is available it makes sense that it can be used as an FPGA-based CPU. [Clifford Wolf] created PicoSOC — a... | 15 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5516687",
"author": "Pete",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T13:37:56",
"content": "I really wish I had more hours in my day to work with this stuff. Very interesting. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5516800",
"author": "L... | 1,760,374,134.523738 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/26/watch-the-low-cost-mechatronics-lab-dispense-candy-sort-cups/ | Watch The Low-Cost Mechatronics Lab Dispense Candy, Sort Cups | Donald Papp | [
"hardware",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"automation",
"candy dispenser",
"educational",
"LCMT",
"mechanical design",
"mechatronics",
"plc"
] | A lot can be done with simple motors and linear motion when they are mated to the right mechanical design and control systems. Teaching these principles is the goal behind the
LCMT (Low Cost Mechatronics Trainer)
which is intended primarily as an educational tool. The LCMT takes a “learn by doing” approach to teach a v... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5515976",
"author": "Mart",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T12:02:44",
"content": "niiice i want one ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5517842",
"author": "SeasonedEngineer",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T18:49:07",
"content":... | 1,760,374,134.473383 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/yell-to-press-b-mod-makes-n64-controller-worse/ | “Yell To Press B” Mod Makes N64 Controller Worse | Donald Papp | [
"how-to",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"audio sensor",
"microphone",
"n64",
"N64 controller",
"nintendo",
"yell to press b"
] | There’s probably no reason anyone would actually desire a mod like this. Well, no
good
reason. But [William Osman] had been pondering what it would be like to play some classic games with inputs other than buttons, and decided to
make an audio sensor responsible for pressing the B button
on an old N64 controller. This ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5515349",
"author": "Braneman",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T07:48:40",
"content": "It should have been scream to press A, you only need to press that about 20ish times to beat Mario 64.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5516702",
... | 1,760,374,134.624563 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/quick-face-recognition-with-an-fpga/ | Quick Face Recognition With An FPGA | Inderpreet Singh | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"ai",
"artifical intelligence",
"fpga",
"knn",
"neural",
"student project"
] | It’s the 21st century, and according to a lot of sci-fi movies we should have perfected AI by now, right? Well we are getting there, and this project from a group of Cornell University students titled, “
FPGA kNN Recognition
” is a graceful attempt at facial recognition.
For the uninitiated, the K-nearest neighbors or ... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5514129",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T03:30:40",
"content": "Nice, but I’d like to see a better example. The hardware advances are a little overshadowed by the toy example case. It’s hard to tell how well it actually works without changing lighting/clothing/scene inf... | 1,760,374,134.760124 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/hackaday-links-november-25-2018/ | Hackaday Links: November 25, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"bad obsession",
"black friday",
"cyber monday",
"mini",
"uber",
"Uber Air"
] | Bad Obsession Motorsport have been stuffing the engine and suspension from a 4WD Celica into an old Mini since forever. It is a wonderful homage to
Police Squad
and some of the best machining and fabrication you’ll see on YouTube.
The latest episode
tackled the electrical system and how to drive an alternator in an ext... | 20 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5513277",
"author": "CMH62",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T00:11:45",
"content": "That Tindie sale is one of the best you’ll see on the Interwebs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5513319",
"author": "Jeff Faust",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,374,134.915085 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/25/solar-powered-iot-sensor-saves-wine-batch-from-overheating/ | Solar-Powered IoT Sensor Saves Wine Batch From Overheating | Donald Papp | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Solar Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"fermentation",
"LoRa",
"LoRaWAN",
"sensor",
"temperature",
"winemaking",
"wireless"
] | Making wine isn’t just about following a recipe, it’s a chemical process that needs to be monitored and managed for best results. The larger the batch, the more painful it is to have something go wrong. This means that the stakes are high for small vineyards such as the family one [Mare] works with, which have insuffic... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5513340",
"author": "rogerclarkmelbourne",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T00:32:37",
"content": "Interesting use of LoRa etcChoice of temperature measurement IC seems odd. I can’t find any modules using this device, (apart from TI’s own evaluation board).I’d probably have use a DS18B20 as... | 1,760,374,134.956486 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/led-ifying-a-guitar-part-two/ | LED-ifying A Guitar, Part Two | Brian Benchoff | [
"LED Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"dmx",
"dmx512",
"guitar",
"led"
] | An electric guitar is all about stage presence. Need to be cooler than a single guitar? No problem — there are double neck guitars. Need to be cooler than that? No problem, the guy from Cheap Trick has a five-neck guitar. Need to be cooler than that? Robbie Robertson played a guitar with an extra mandolin neck on The L... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5504369",
"author": "Tomo",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T00:43:07",
"content": "Holy Smoke! — That’ll make the music press.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5504382",
"author": "Tomo",
"timestamp": "2018-11-24T00:47... | 1,760,374,135.203158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/move-over-strandbeest-heres-strider/ | Move Over Strandbeest, Here’s Strider! | Elliot Williams | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"Jansen linkage",
"Klann linkage",
"mechanical",
"simulation",
"strandbeest",
"walker"
] | Father-and-son team [Wade] and [Ben Vagle] have developed and extensively tested two great walker designs:
TrotBot
and the brand-new
Strider
. But that’s not enough: their website details all of their hard-earned practical experience in simulating and building these critters, on scales ranging from LEGO-Technic to
gara... | 20 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5503459",
"author": "fosselius",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T21:06:53",
"content": "That track is very hard for any vehicle to travel, this bot made it look easy, well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5503556",
"auth... | 1,760,374,135.452022 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/fail-of-the-week-did-my-laser-cutter-tube-really-burn-out/ | Fail Of The Week: Did My Laser Cutter Tube Really Burn Out? | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"co2 laser",
"fail of the week",
"fotw",
"K40",
"laser cutter"
] | All the cool kids are doing it these days, or more like for many years now: you can get a laser cutter for a song if you don’t mind doing your own repairs and upgrades — you know, being a hacker. The downside is that some failures can really ruin your day. This is what [Erich Styger] encountered with his cutter that is... | 28 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5502796",
"author": "Rafael I Tano",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T18:48:00",
"content": "The anode is probably tungsten.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5502820",
"author": "Prodigity",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T18:54:05",
... | 1,760,374,135.333958 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/five-year-old-bug-spawns-router-botnet-monster/ | Five Year Old Bug Spawns Router Botnet Monster | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Featured",
"internet hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"botnet",
"router firmware",
"security"
] | In the news has been
yet another router botnet
. [Hui Wang] and [RootKiter] of 360Netlab announced
their discovery of what they call the “BCMUPnP_Hunter” rootkit
. They estimate this botnet to be running on over 100,000 routers worldwide.
There are two elements of this story that I found particularly baffling. First, t... | 38 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5502124",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T15:49:03",
"content": "“As ISPs began handing out only a single IP address, and NAT routers became more popular, solutions like UPnP were needed to enable these peer to peer applications.”IPv6 should eliminate the need for all... | 1,760,374,135.151253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/overlooked-minimalism-in-assistive-technology/ | Overlooked Minimalism In Assistive Technology | Brian McEvoy | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"assistive",
"disability",
"eat",
"eating",
"food",
"Independent",
"minimal",
"minimalism",
"physical disability",
"rehabilitation",
"self sufficiency",
"self sufficient"
] | If your eyes are 20/20, you probably do not spend much time thinking about prescription eyeglasses. It is easy to overlook that sort of thing, and we will not blame you. When we found this creation, it was over two years old, but we had not seen anything quite like it. The essence of the
Bear Paw Assistive Eating Aid
i... | 27 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5501612",
"author": "Julian Silden Langlo",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T13:14:12",
"content": "That’s brilliantly simple!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5501894",
"author": "DainBramage",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23... | 1,760,374,135.271975 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/23/the-metal-that-never-forgets-nitinol-and-shape-memory/ | The Metal That Never Forgets: Nitinol And Shape-Memory | Mike Szczys | [
"Science"
] | [
"bill hammack",
"Engineer Guy",
"material science",
"nitinol",
"nitinol engine",
"shape memory",
"shape memory alloy"
] | You’ve likely heard of Nitinol wire before, but we suspect the common base knowledge doesn’t go much beyond repeating that it’s a shape-memory alloy. [Bill Hammack], the Engineer Guy, takes us on a quick journey of
all the cool stuff there is to know about Nitinol and shape-memory alloys
.
The name itself is like sayin... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5500974",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T09:09:25",
"content": "I suppose “Nitanol” is a typo ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5516519",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2018-11-26T12:53:... | 1,760,374,135.388421 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/bar-code-adds-a-third-dimension/ | Bar Code Adds A Third Dimension | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"barcode",
"jab",
"qr code"
] | We never really thought about it before, but a traditional barcode or QR code is pretty two dimensional. A 3D barcode sounds like marketing hype but the
JAB
(Just Another Barcode) system adds a third dimension in the form of color.
Traditional barcodes assume you have a pretty crude sensor, but a color camera now days ... | 40 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "5500384",
"author": "bertrandleroy",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T06:07:03",
"content": "This prior art comes to mind…https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode#Microsoft_Tag",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "550068... | 1,760,374,135.52839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/this-bitcoin-price-tracking-traffic-light-isnt-just-a-red-led/ | This Bitcoin Price Tracking Traffic Light Isn’t Just A Red LED | Brian Benchoff | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"bitcoin",
"Bitcoin price tracker",
"docker",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi Zero W"
] | Quick, what’s the price of Bitcoin? Is it lower today than yesterday? Are you overdrafting your Lamborghini account? What if you had an easy way to tell at a glance how much you could have made if you sold in December of last year?
That’s what this Bitcoin price tracking traffic light
is all about, and it’s a great use... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5500107",
"author": "rogerclarkmelbourne",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T05:10:37",
"content": "IMHO. A RPi Zero is a sledgehammer to crack a nut for this problem. An ESP8266 should be able to do this, because AFIK it can GET from HTTPS sources.Specifically, the data seems to come from h... | 1,760,374,135.581645 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/disco-aint-dead-blinky-ball-makes-you-solder-inside-a-dome/ | Disco Ain’t Dead: Blinky Ball Makes You Solder Inside A Dome | Mike Szczys | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"ball",
"disco ball",
"orb",
"sphere",
"Teensy 3.6",
"ws2812"
] | Disco balls take a zillion mirrors glued to a sphere and shine a spotlight on them. But what if the ball itself was the light source? Here’s
a modern version that uses addressable LEDs
in a 3D-printed sphere that also hides the electronics inside the ball itself.
Check out the video below to see the fantastic results. ... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5499558",
"author": "Breaker19",
"timestamp": "2018-11-23T00:23:20",
"content": "Too bad that the music they put on the background video was not “disco”, but that techno garbage.At least edit it with appropriate era music. Like this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tG5SllettU",
... | 1,760,374,135.646034 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/pla-foils-homemade-tachometer/ | PLA Foils Homemade Tachometer | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"PLA",
"tachometer",
"tesla turbine",
"turbine"
] | [Integza] built a Tesla turbine and wanted to know how fast it was spinning. However, he didn’t have a tachometer, and didn’t want to buy one. After a false start of trying to analyze the audio to measure the speed, he decided to use a tried-and-true method. Let the wheel break an infrared (IR) optointerruptor and coun... | 19 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5499171",
"author": "nickcasio",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T21:41:44",
"content": "This is a very weak post and it pisses me off that it is on HaD.Im not dissing the project or the individuals learning. I am pissed off with the lack of technical information and the fact that its here ... | 1,760,374,135.702131 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/tumbleweed-turbine-wins-dyson-foundation-award/ | Tumbleweed Turbine Wins Dyson Foundation Award | Elliot Williams | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"generator",
"prize",
"turbine",
"wind"
] | Wind turbines are great when the wind flow is predictable. In urban environments, especially in cities with skyscrapers, wind patterns can be truly chaotic. What you need, then, is a wind turbine that works no matter which way the wind blows. And just such a turbine has won the
global first prize James Dyson Award
. Ch... | 28 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5497753",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T18:09:04",
"content": "Says cardboard prototype, but I bet it could be 3D printed as well.https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2018/project/o-wind-turbine/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,135.937681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/kind-of-the-opposite-of-a-lightsaber/ | Kind Of The Opposite Of A Lightsaber | Brian McEvoy | [
"Medical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"heal",
"laser",
"medical",
"star trek",
"treatment",
"wound"
] | Lightsabers are an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Did you ever consider that cutting people’s hands off with a laser sword means automatically cauterized wounds and that lack of blood results in a gentler rating from the Motion Picture Association? Movie guidelines aside, a cauterizing pen is found in some fi... | 22 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5497211",
"author": "Samuel Jones",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T15:41:51",
"content": "Nice post…The Military is putting lazer wepons on ships to shoot down drones and aircraft…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5497280",
"... | 1,760,374,136.259187 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/neural-network-pies-that-might-be-worth-a-try/ | Neural Network Pies That Might Be Worth A Try | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"char-rnn",
"machine learning",
"neural network",
"neural networks"
] | Neural networks are a key technology in the field of machine learning. A common technique is training them with sample data, and then asking them to create something new in the same vein. AI researcher [Janelle Shane] decided to task a neural network with a fun task –
inventing new kinds of pie.
Using the
char-rnn
libr... | 19 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "5496649",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T12:27:06",
"content": "And the winner is “Sae Fart Tart”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5496723",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T13:01:45",
"c... | 1,760,374,136.119065 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/22/beautiful-moving-origami-light-made-from-scrap/ | Beautiful Moving Origami Light Made From Scrap | Tom Nardi | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"capstan",
"decor",
"led",
"lighting",
"origami",
"salvage"
] | Whenever [MakerMan] hits our tip line with one of his creations, we know it’s going to be something special. His projects are almost exclusively built using scrap and salvaged components, and really serve as a reminder of what’s possible if you’re willing to open your mind a bit. Whether done out of thrift or necessity... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5496398",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T09:45:02",
"content": "“pleasing diffuse240 WattLED glow”It would be good with adjustable color temperature.Massively over-engineered – perhaps one desired spec is that you have to be able to swing on it.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,135.983006 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/creating-black-holes-division-by-zero-in-practice/ | Creating Black Holes: Division By Zero In Practice | Sven Gregori | [
"Featured",
"Slider",
"Software Development"
] | [
"arm",
"AVR",
"black hole",
"c programming",
"division",
"division by zero",
"floating point",
"IEEE 754",
"mathematics",
"raspberry pi",
"x86",
"x86_64"
] | Dividing by zero — the fundamental no-can-do of arithmetic. It is somewhat surrounded by mystery, and is a constant source for internet humor, whether it involves exploding microcontrollers, the collapse of the universe, or crashing your own world by having Siri tell you that you have no friends.
It’s also one of the f... | 31 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5492866",
"author": "Mike Massen",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T15:06:40",
"content": "One might consider the Matrix coding has need to remove components to reduce processing overhead so the so called Black Holes sequester the permutation such as to reduce overal computational load on t... | 1,760,374,136.059228 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/3d-printer-warning-heating-plastic-to-high-temps-is-not-healthy/ | 3D Printer Warning: Heating Plastic To High Temps Is Not Healthy | Bryan Cockfield | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"carcinogen",
"danger",
"fume",
"harm",
"health",
"plastic",
"safety",
"vapor"
] | If you’ve ever tried to cut a piece of acrylic with a tool designed to cut wood or metal, you know that the plastic doesn’t cut in the same way that either of the other materials would. It melts at the cutting location, often gumming up the tool but always releasing a terrible smell that will encourage anyone who has t... | 42 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "5492240",
"author": "GregP",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T12:10:12",
"content": "It would be helpful to compare the exposure risk to other types of known hazards. For instance smoking (either as an activity or passive), nail painting, glue on new carpet, etc. We’re exposed to a lot of c... | 1,760,374,136.201574 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/jittery-back-off-to-speed-up/ | Jittery Back Off To Speed Up | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"Software Development",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"exponential backoff",
"jitter",
"network programming",
"networking"
] | In systems where there are multiple participants who need to interact with a shared resource some sort of concurrency protection is usually appropriate. The obvious technique is to use locking (and fun words like “mutex”) but this adds a constant performance hit as every participant needs to spend time interacting with... | 6 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "5492002",
"author": "tomás zerolo",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T10:54:45",
"content": "Thanks for this one. (Randomised) exponential backoff is staple in network land in the context of a shared medium (think Ethernet or WiFi), but it’s nice to see it presented like this.I just don’t ge... | 1,760,374,136.306068 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/20/simulating-a-speaker/ | Simulating A Speaker | Al Williams | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"falstad",
"LTSpice",
"speaker",
"SPICE",
"thiele",
"tsp"
] | Speakers are one of those components that are simple to use, but difficult to simulate. Most of us have used a simple resistor to do the job. But a speaker’s response is much more complex, and while that might be enough for a simple simulation the fidelity is nowhere near close. [Sourav Gupta] recently shared his
techn... | 21 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5491217",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T06:55:04",
"content": "If this is for a sim which has “perfect” components then why the two capacitors instead of one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5491298",
"auth... | 1,760,374,136.368212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/20/little-emulators-do-8-bits-at-a-time/ | Little Emulators Do 8 Bits At A Time | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"acorn",
"Amstrad",
"browser",
"commodore",
"emulator",
"KC85",
"retrocomputing",
"sinclair"
] | Have you ever wondered how many, for example, Commodore 64s it would take to equal the processing power in your current PC?
This site might not really answer that
, but it does show that your machine can easily duplicate all the old 8-bit computers from Commodore, Sinclair, Acorn, and others. By our count, there are 86... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5491213",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T06:53:46",
"content": "I tried a CPC emulation because I have a CPC. The emulator is slower than the real thing and I am using a 2.7GHz quad core.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,374,136.412166 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/20/retro-wall-phone-becomes-a-doorbell-and-so-much-more/ | Retro Wall Phone Becomes A Doorbell, And So Much More | Dan Maloney | [
"home hacks",
"Phone Hacks"
] | [
"arduino nano",
"Bakelite",
"Domoticz",
"home automation",
"NRF24",
"retro",
"ringer",
"solenoid",
"telephone"
] | We have to admit that
this retasked retro phone
wins on style points alone. The fact that it’s filled with so much functionality is icing on the cake.
The way [SuperKris] describes his build sounds like a classic case of feature creep. Version 1 was to be a simple doorbell, but [SuperKris] would soon learn that one doe... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5492311",
"author": "rfdude",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T12:38:03",
"content": "Very nice! Nothing beats the sound of a real metal bell ringer. Great functionality from a very robust device. Cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_... | 1,760,374,136.454632 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/20/scratch-building-a-supersized-laser-cutter/ | Scratch-Building A Supersized Laser Cutter | Tom Nardi | [
"cnc hacks",
"Laser Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"aluminum extrusion",
"cad",
"co2 laser",
"GT2",
"laser"
] | Now that 3D printers have more or less hit the mass market, hackers need a new “elite” tool to spend their time designing and fiddling with. Judging by the last couple of years, it looks like laser cutters will be taking over as the hacker tool du jour; as we’re starting to see more and more custom builds and modificat... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5486179",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2018-11-20T21:09:06",
"content": "DO NOT LOOK INTO LASER WITH REMAINING EYE",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5486959",
"author": "ehrichweiss",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T... | 1,760,374,136.582091 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/growing-your-own-insulation/ | Growing Your Own Insulation | Bryan Cockfield | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"environment",
"fungi",
"fungus",
"green",
"heat",
"insulation",
"mycelium"
] | The latest craze in revolutionary materials science is no longer some carbon nanotube, a new mysterious alloy, or biodegradeable plastic. It seems as though a lot of new developments are coming out of the biology world, specifically from mycologists who study fungi. While the jury’s still out on whether or not it’s pos... | 45 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5495896",
"author": "CRImier",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T06:11:51",
"content": "Wondering if rats will also enjoy it, as they did enjoy the Mercedes soy-based wiring. I’ve also heard tales of that wiring disintegrating on its own…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,374,136.757751 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/tiny-ray-tracer-fits-in-64-bytes/ | Tiny Ray Tracer Fits In 64 Bytes | Al Williams | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"dos",
"ms-dos",
"ray tracing",
"software"
] | Throughout human history, people try to make the biggest, the fastest, and — sometimes — the smallest. [Hellmood] falls into the latter category and proves it with a 64 byte
interactive 3D raycasting application
for MSDOS.
Why MSDOS? We suppose why not? The .COM file format is lean, and you can take over everything wit... | 51 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "5495368",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T03:13:25",
"content": "Serpinki’s carpet right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5496334",
"author": "HellMood",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T09:00:32",
"... | 1,760,374,136.845366 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/battery-swap-keeps-sansa-clip-chugging/ | Battery Swap Keeps Sansa Clip+ Chugging | Tom Nardi | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"battery swap",
"Rockbox",
"sansa clip"
] | You’d be forgiven for not realizing there’s still a diehard group of people out there carrying around dedicated MP3 players. While they were all the rage a decade or so back, most consumers have since moved over to using their handy dandy pocket supercomputer for playing their music. Plus controlling every other aspect... | 40 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "5494992",
"author": "1",
"timestamp": "2018-11-22T01:28:22",
"content": "Is it the rockbox software specifically that’s the draw here? As much as one generally likes upgrading things, sometimes technology just gets better almost across the board. That commonly makes it more work to ... | 1,760,374,136.929842 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/11/21/see-cells-in-a-new-light-with-a-diy-fluorescence-microscope/ | See Cells In A New Light With A DIY Fluorescence Microscope | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"biohacking",
"CCD",
"emission",
"excitation",
"filter",
"fluorescent",
"Fluorophore",
"microscope",
"optics",
"shift",
"Stokes"
] | Ever since a Dutch businessman peered into the microscopic world through his brass and glass contraption in the 1600s, microscopy has had a long, rich history of DIY innovation.
This DIY fluorescence microscope
is another step along that DIY path that might just open up a powerful imaging technique to amateur scientist... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5494357",
"author": "James Finch",
"timestamp": "2018-11-21T21:06:27",
"content": "I always first think of that Dutch Businessman first looking at his sperm or being the first to view sperm under a microscope:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,374,136.967467 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.