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https://hackaday.com/2018/10/01/remember-when-blockbuster-video-tried-burning-game-cartridges-on-demand/ | Remember When Blockbuster Video Tried Burning Game Cartridges On Demand? | Drew Littrell | [
"Featured",
"History",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"blockbuster",
"duplication",
"game cartridge",
"history",
"ibm",
"NewLeaf Entertainment",
"on-deman",
"vintage"
] | By the onset of the 1990s one thing was clear, the future was digital. Analog format sales for music were down, CD sales were up; and it was evident, at least in the US, that people were bringing more computing devices into their homes. At the beginning of the decade, roughly 1 in 3 American households had a Nintendo E... | 32 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5186010",
"author": "Genki",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T14:14:45",
"content": "I have a few of the green label Game Factory carts (one has Toejam and Earl on it) and one blue label that I think is 32MB. Blank of course as they weren’t used when the program got abandoned before it lau... | 1,760,374,200.160597 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/10/01/pristine-apple-i-sells-at-auction-for-a-jaw-dropping-price/ | Pristine Apple I Sells At Auction For A Jaw-Dropping Price | Dan Maloney | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"apple",
"Apple 1",
"auction",
"collectible",
"jobs",
"Wozniak"
] | If you think Apple products are overpriced now, wait until they’re 50 years old.
This original Apple I recently sold at auction for $375,000
, making it one of the most expensive 6502-based computers in history. Given that only something like 60 or 70 of the machines
were ever made
are known to exist, most built by han... | 29 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5185422",
"author": "Jeramiah",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T11:07:29",
"content": "One Apple I went for $905,000 back in 2014, and another went for $815,000 in 2016.in context, $375,000 is not that jaw dropping really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{... | 1,760,374,199.960486 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/10/01/microsoft-releases-crown-jewels-from-1982/ | Microsoft Releases Crown Jewels — From 1982! | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"github",
"ms-dos",
"msdos"
] | If you look back 30 or so years ago, it wasn’t clear what was going to happen with personal computers. One thing most people would have bet on, though, was that CP/M — the operating system from Digital Research — would keep growing and power whatever new machines were available. Except it didn’t. MS-DOS took over the w... | 45 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5185246",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T08:20:52",
"content": "I guess you could always “fork” itEdLin, now THATS a text editor. I was most taken back at a it job interview way back when and they looked at me blankly when I mentioned I was comfortable using EdLin – ... | 1,760,374,199.589889 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/how-to-build-an-inverter-and-why-not-to-bother/ | How To Build An Inverter, And Why Not To Bother | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"DC to AC",
"h-bridge",
"inverter",
"modified square wave",
"sine"
] | It’s ridiculously easy to lay hands on a cheap DC-to-AC inverter these days. They’re in just about every discount or variety store and let you magically plug in mains powered devices where no outlets exist. Need 120- or 240-VAC in your car? No problem – a little unit that plugs into the lighter socket is available for ... | 30 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5185005",
"author": "Mike Massen",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T05:49:17",
"content": "Ah ha, good post. All sorts of issues with switch mode inverters. I designed the “Mypower-200” automotive unit circa 1990. ie cig lighter plug to basic modified sine offering 200w surge mode around 15... | 1,760,374,199.848334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-scan-lots-of-buttons/ | What’s The Cheapest Way To Scan Lots Of Buttons? | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"hardware",
"Microcontrollers",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"button",
"input pins",
"Input/output",
"key matrix scanner",
"keyboard",
"keyboard input",
"matrix scanner",
"multiplex"
] | So you’re building a new mechanical keyboard. Or attaching a few buttons to a Raspberry Pi. Or making the biggest MIDI grid controller the world has ever know. Great! The first and most important engineering question is; how do you read all those buttons? A few buttons on a ‘Pi can probably be directly connected, one f... | 33 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5180324",
"author": "PreferLinux",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T03:28:21",
"content": "Some interesting methods there!But there’s one very practical way to increase the number of usable switches without using external ICs that it is missing: use an MCU with more pins.",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,374,200.038097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/hackaday-links-september-30-2018/ | Hackaday Links: September 30, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"crowdfunding",
"retro edition",
"snake oil",
"system76",
"zero point energy"
] | If you’re looking for an Open Source computer, good luck. The RISC-V stuff isn’t there
yet
, and with anything else you’re going to be dealing with NDA’d Intel, AMD, or some other proprietary cruft. System76, however, makes the most big-O Open computer, and
they will be announcing a new Open computer called the Thelio ... | 51 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5175287",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T23:20:42",
"content": "I wonder if the Xbattery or whatever is just using a battery’s rebound effect, but yeah, the link definitely smells.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "51... | 1,760,374,199.678947 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/an-enigma-wrapped-in-a-riddle-wrapped-in-a-vintage-radio/ | An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle Wrapped In A Vintage Radio | Steven Dufresne | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"Arduino Uno",
"box",
"puzzle",
"Puzzle Box"
] | Puzzle boxes are great opportunities for hacking. You can start with a box which was originally used for something else. You get to design circuitry and controls which offer a complex puzzle for the players. And you can come up with a spectacular reward for those who solve it. [thomas.meston’s]
Dr. Hallard’s Dream Tran... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5174950",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T21:55:47",
"content": "Great repurposing of anice old case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5175501",
"author": "Alex99a",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T00:25:01",
"... | 1,760,374,199.507456 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/icestick-makes-terrible-radio-transmitter/ | ICEstick Makes Terrible Radio Transmitter | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"fpga",
"morse code",
"transmitter",
"verilog"
] | We’ve done a lot of posts on how to use the Lattice iCEstick ranging from FPGA tutorials to how to use one as a logic analyzer. If you picked up one of these inexpensive boards here’s a fun little experiment. [T4D10N] saw a project [Hamster] put together to send SOS on the FM radio band using nothing but an FPGA. [Hams... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5174848",
"author": "Bruce Perens K6BP",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T21:36:30",
"content": "Please don’t send “SOS” on any radio transmitter unless you actually have an emergency! Send your name, or CQ, etc. It’s grossly illegal with big penalties to make a false distress call, it make... | 1,760,374,200.207163 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/tindie-guides-that-hackaday-prize-entry-into-your-hands/ | Tindie Guides That Hackaday Prize Entry Into Your Hands | Roger Cheng | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"marketplace",
"production",
"Seed Funding",
"Tindie"
] | The Hackaday Prize invites everyone to focus on specific challenges with encouragement of prize money and motivation of deadlines. But what happens after the award ceremony? While some creators are happy just to share their ideas, many projects need to get into the real world to make their full impact. Several past pri... | 5 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "5174476",
"author": "Electronic Eel",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T20:32:11",
"content": "Now, wouldn’t it be the proper way to add a disclaimer that Tindie is owned by Hackaday?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5174793",
"... | 1,760,374,199.899284 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/maker-faire-ny-getting-physical-with-minecraft/ | Maker Faire NY: Getting Physical With Minecraft | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"Games",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"bluetooth",
"MetaWear",
"minecraft",
"motion control",
"raspberry pi",
"reed switch"
] | If you’ve been hanging around Hackaday for a while, you’ve likely seen a few attempts to bridge the real world with the voxel paradise that is
Minecraft.
In the past, projects have connected physical switches to virtual devices in the game, or took chunks of the game’s blocky landscape and turned it into a 3D printable... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5175844",
"author": "Aid Vllasaliu",
"timestamp": "2018-10-01T02:19:14",
"content": "How weird. Today someone advertised a Minecraft + Arduino project on Discord which seemed pretty cool.What’s going on with all the Minecraft/Arduino projects coming up out of nowhere all of a sudden... | 1,760,374,200.085796 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/watch-the-snappy-insect-like-moves-of-this-diy-quadruped-robot/ | Watch The Snappy, Insect-like Moves Of This DIY Quadruped Robot | Donald Papp | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"arduino",
"diy",
"ESP-8266",
"ESP-8266EX",
"insect",
"quad",
"quadruped",
"robot",
"servo",
"Servo driver",
"sg90",
"Wemos d1",
"wireless"
] | Some legged robots end up moving with ponderous deliberation, or wavering in unstable-looking jerks. A few unfortunates manage to do both at once. [MusaW]’s
3D Printed Quadruped Robot
, on the other hand, moves in rapid motions that manage to look sharp and insect-like instead of unstable. Based on an earlier design he... | 28 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5173010",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T11:27:39",
"content": "That actually looks a bit freaky – almost lifelike",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5173203",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,374,200.342614 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/30/an-sla-printed-pogo-pin-programming-jig/ | An SLA-Printed Pogo Pin Programming Jig | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"Pogo pin",
"pogo pin jig",
"programming jig",
"testing jig"
] | If you have a microcontroller to program, it can be an easy enough process to hook up a serial lead and perform the task. If however you have hundreds of microcontrollers on PCBs to program, connecting that lead multiple times becomes an impossibility. In manufacturing environments they have pogo pin jigs, an array of ... | 5 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5174078",
"author": "Greenaum",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T18:24:21",
"content": "Finally, takes a Brit to get that saying about the pudding right!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5174140",
"author": "BT",
"times... | 1,760,374,200.490232 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/this-nixie-device-is-useless-but-pretty/ | This Nixie Device Is Useless, But Pretty | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"nixie",
"nixie tester",
"nixie tube"
] | Nixie clocks, they’re a bit of a cliché, aren’t they? But still, they’re pretty to look at.
[
Marcin Saj
] has completely got our number, and with his
Useless Nixie Device
has stripped away any pretence of functionality from his Nixie and concentrated solely on the looking pretty part. It’s a box that steps through th... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5172282",
"author": "geocrasher",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T05:49:41",
"content": "So, it’s Pretty Useless? I like it :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5172348",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T06:12:15",
... | 1,760,374,200.389487 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/putting-m5stack-on-lora-and-the-things-network/ | Putting M5Stack On LoRa And The Things Network | Eric Evenchick | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"LoRa",
"M5Stack",
"The Things Network"
] | LoRa is the new hotness in low-power, long-range communications. Wanting to let the packets fly, [Xose] was faced with a frequecny problem and ended up
developing a Europe-friendly LoRa module
for the M5Stack system. The hardware is aimed at getting onto
The Things Network
, a LoRa based network that provides connectiv... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5172062",
"author": "Thorsten (@tvoneicken)",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T03:24:58",
"content": "RFM96. An RFM69 would be of little use in a LoRa project ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5172453",
"author": "RÖB",
"times... | 1,760,374,200.427476 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/walk-it-off-healing-robots/ | Walk It Off, Healing Robots | Brian McEvoy | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"damage",
"healing",
"resilient",
"robot",
"self-healing",
"soft robot",
"soft robotics"
] | For many of us, our first robots, or technical projects, were flimsy ordeals built with cardboard, duct tape, and high hopes. Most of us grow past that scene, and we learn to work supplies which require more than a pair of kitchen scissors. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Iowa State University have made a... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5172014",
"author": "Jose Romero (@cyborgar)",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T02:33:12",
"content": "T1000 here we go",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5172128",
"author": "Mike Massen",
"timestamp": "2018-09-30T03:58:06",
"... | 1,760,374,200.758315 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/gesture-control-without-fancy-sensors-just-pots-and-weights/ | Gesture Control Without Fancy Sensors, Just Pots And Weights | Donald Papp | [
"Robots Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"diy",
"gesture control",
"Joystick",
"motion control",
"pendulum",
"pot",
"robotics"
] | [Dennis] aims to make robotic control a more intuitive affair by ditching joysticks and buttons, and using wireless gesture controls in their place. What’s curious is that there isn’t an accelerometer or gyro anywhere to be seen in his
Palm Power!
project.
The gesture sensing consists not of a fancy IMU, but of two pot... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5171712",
"author": "Art Mezins",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T20:15:56",
"content": "“Fancy”? I thought the IMU had become mostly blasé as it is so ubiquitous now (every phone, car, and most tablets).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,374,200.800234 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/turn-a-cheap-3d-printer-into-a-cheap-laser-cutter/ | Turn A Cheap 3D Printer Into A Cheap Laser Cutter | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Laser Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"conversion",
"inkscape",
"laser cutter",
"laser module",
"Octoprint"
] | We know it’s hard to hear it, but the days of you being a hotshot at the local Hackerspace because you’ve got a 3D printer at home are long gone. While they’re still one of the most persnickety pieces of gear on the hacker’s bench, they’re certainly not the rarest anymore. Some of these printers are so cheap now they’r... | 26 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5171577",
"author": "deshipu",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T17:18:08",
"content": "> Like it or not, few people outside of your grandmother are going to be impressed […]What about the people inside my grandmother?Why do you have such big eyes, granny?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,374,200.869298 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/maker-faire-ny-cocoa-press-chocolate-printer/ | Maker Faire NY: Cocoa Press Chocolate Printer | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"cons",
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"3d printer",
"chocolate",
"extruder",
"FDM",
"marlin",
"peltier cooler",
"RAMPS"
] | If you haven’t figured it out by now, the hype over desktop filament printers is pretty much over. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t new avenues worth exploring that use the basic FDM printer technology. If anything, the low cost and high availability of 3D printer parts and kits makes it easier to branch off into new... | 11 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5171500",
"author": "mjrippe",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T15:19:41",
"content": "Pretty clever keeping spares on the back burner. Any 3D printed poop emojis?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5171576",
"author": "some guy",
... | 1,760,374,200.919199 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/these-3d-printed-supports-can-take-hard-use-thanks-to-resin-filling/ | These 3D Printed Supports Can Take Hard Use, Thanks To Resin Filling | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"captive nut",
"casting",
"epoxy",
"fasteners",
"machine screw",
"resin",
"resin filling",
"two-part resin"
] | Liquid two-part resins that cure into a solid are normally used for casting, and [Cuddleburrito] also found them useful to
add strength and rigidity to 3D printed pillar supports
. In this case, the supports are a frame for some arcade-style buttons, which must stand up to a lot of forceful mashing. Casting the part en... | 16 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5170970",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T11:55:11",
"content": "Hmm… are the pillars pillars or are the pillars just a mold that you can leave when you are done.Anyway, what surprises me the most is that these firm shaped pillars are not expected to be strong enough using... | 1,760,374,200.978309 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/29/drill-jig-helps-mount-wemos-d1-mini/ | Drill Jig Helps Mount WeMos D1 Mini | Tom Nardi | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"drill press",
"ESP8266",
"jig",
"mounting",
"wemos d1 mini"
] | As far as ESP8266 boards go, the WeMos D1 Mini is a great choice if you’re looking to get started with hackerdom’s microcontroller du jour. It’s small, well supported, and can be had ridiculously cheap. Often going for as little as $3 USD each, we buy the things in bulk just to have spares on hand. But that’s not to sa... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5170105",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T09:22:38",
"content": "You could use nylon screws by the antenna traces",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5170319",
"author": "Gordon",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T09:56:27... | 1,760,374,201.108495 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/faux-aircon-units-made-entirely-from-2d-cuts/ | Faux Aircon Units, Made Entirely From 2D Cuts | Donald Papp | [
"cnc hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"aircon",
"bearing",
"cyberpunk",
"Electromagnetic Field 2018",
"electromagnetic field camp",
"EMF camp",
"fake rust",
"fan",
"laser cut",
"null sector",
"prop",
"rust",
"rust effect"
] | 2D design and part fabrication doesn’t limit one to a 2D finished product, and that’s well-demonstrated in these
Faux Aircon Units
[Martin Raynsford] created to help flesh out the cyberpunk-themed Null Sector at the recent 2018 Electromagnetic Field hacker camp in the UK. Null Sector is composed primarily of shipping c... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5168541",
"author": "Cbob",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T05:16:14",
"content": "Is it April already?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5169314",
"author": "uxorious4ever",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T06:54:31",
"content": "Pe... | 1,760,374,201.157432 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/fpga-jacked-into-pinball-machine-masters-high-scores/ | FPGA Jacked Into Pinball Machine Masters High Scores | Brian Benchoff | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"arcade",
"arcade machine",
"fpga",
"pinball"
] | How do you preserve high scores in an old arcade cabinet when disconnecting the power? Is it possible to inject
new
high scores into a pinball machine? It was the b-plot of an episode of
Seinfield
, so it has to be worth doing, leading [matthew venn]
down the rabbit hole of FPGAs and memory maps
to create new high scor... | 13 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5164760",
"author": "aigjdifgj",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T11:59:24",
"content": "Few days back there was story about using FRAM in Sega Saturn to preserve game saves. Same could work here as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,374,201.20715 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/sounding-a-sour-note-can-save-people-from-a-sour-stomach-or-worse/ | Sounding A Sour Note Can Save People From A Sour Stomach (Or Worse) | Roger Cheng | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"acoustic",
"density",
"diy instrument",
"drugs",
"musical instrument",
"pharmaceutical",
"science equipment"
] | We’ve covered construction of novel music instruments on these pages, and we’ve covered many people tearing down scientific instruments. But today we’ve got something that managed to cross over from one world of “instrument” into another:
a music instrument modified to measure a liquid’s density
by listening to changes... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5164682",
"author": "larry",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T11:25:44",
"content": "would it depend on the mobile phone what sound quality you would gather, some older phones had great mics but most of them where pretty crap until recently.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,374,201.258253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/antennas-that-you-install-with-a-spray-can/ | Antennas That You Install With A Spray-Can | Al Williams | [
"News",
"Radio Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"mxene",
"nanomaterial"
] | With the explosion in cell phones, WiFi, Bluetooth, and other radio technologies, the demand for antennas is increasing. Everything is getting smaller and even wearable, so traditional antennas are less practical than ever. You’ve probably seen PCB antennas on things like ESP8266s, but Drexel University researchers are... | 30 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5163499",
"author": "Pez",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T05:19:26",
"content": "I like the fact that Drexel pops up on Hackaday relatively often. Go Dragons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5163546",
"author": "energybreakthrough... | 1,760,374,201.32595 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/three-part-deep-dive-explains-lattice-ice40-fpga-details/ | Three Part Deep Dive Explains Lattice ICE40 FPGA Details | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"fpga",
"iCE40",
"icestick",
"lattice"
] | It is no secret that we like the Lattice iCE40 FPGA. It has a cheap development board and an open source toolchain, so it is an easy way to get started developing low-cost, low-power FPGA designs. There are a few members of the family that have similar characteristics including the top-of-the-line UltraPlus. [Steve] fr... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5164428",
"author": "fede.tft",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T09:56:56",
"content": "If you buy the iCE40-HX8K Breakout Board (http://www.latticesemi.com/en/Products/DevelopmentBoardsAndKits/iCE40HX8KBreakoutBoard.aspx) which costs not much more than the iCEstick you can synthesize the R... | 1,760,374,201.37568 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/sorting-lego-is-like-making-a-box-of-chocolates/ | Sorting LEGO Is Like Making A Box Of Chocolates | Steven Dufresne | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"conveyor belt",
"Google Inception",
"lego",
"lego sorter",
"neural network",
"sort"
] | Did you know that chocolate candy production and sorting LEGO bricks have something in common? They both use the same techniques for turning clumps of chocolates or bricks into individual ones moving down a conveyor belt. At least that’s what [Paco Garcia] found out when making
his LEGO Sorter
.
However, he didn’t find... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5162590",
"author": "Miles Archer",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T23:09:43",
"content": "Not meta enough. Needs to be a lego sorter made out of lego!/kidding, nice job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5163494",
"author": "extec",... | 1,760,374,201.509144 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/rtl-sdr-paves-way-to-alexa-controlled-blinds/ | RTL-SDR Paves Way To Alexa Controlled Blinds | Tom Nardi | [
"home hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"433MHz",
"ESP8266",
"RTL-SDR",
"Universal Radio Hacker"
] | You’d be forgiven for occasionally looking at a project, especially one that involves reverse engineering an unknown communication protocol, and thinking it might be out of your league. We’ve all been there. But as more and more of the devices that we use are becoming wireless black boxes, we’re all going to have to ge... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5162242",
"author": "jlboygenius (@jlboygenius)",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T21:09:35",
"content": "Interesting… I setup my alexa/SmartThings to control my adjustable bed. In that case it used a CC2500 transmitter, so it was easier to capture the data.I have a fan that uses a similar ... | 1,760,374,201.564207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/the-redox-keyboard/ | The Redox Keyboard | Rich Hawkes | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"columnar keyboard",
"ergodox",
"ergonomic",
"mechanical keyboard"
] | Alternative keyboard layouts like Colemak and Dvorak are nothing new; they allow easier access to more often used keys to reduce the strain placed on the hands during typing. Building on the popularity of the ergonomic Ergodox keyboard, [Mattia Dal Ben] has
developed the Redox keyboard
, the Reduced Ergodox, to make an... | 19 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5161397",
"author": "dcfusor2015",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T18:54:46",
"content": "Can’t read the keycaps in the article pic or the link. That’s not the least ergonomic ;~) I can’t see which are the enter or backspace keys in the pic! Spacebar? Gosh, only the most-used keys, sho... | 1,760,374,201.626216 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/epoxy-fix-for-a-combusted-pcb/ | Epoxy Fix For A Combusted PCB | Dan Maloney | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"copper",
"epoxy",
"fiberglass",
"fr4",
"JB Weld",
"magic smoke",
"pcb",
"Printed Circuit Board",
"resin"
] | When the Magic Smoke is released, chances are pretty good that you’ve got some component-level diagnosis to do. It’s usually not that hard to find the faulty part, charred and crusty as it likely appears. In that case, some snips, a new non-crusty part, and a little solder are usually enough to get you back in business... | 29 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5159134",
"author": "kmpres",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T05:44:50",
"content": "I heard that JB Weld is made with powdered steel if I’m not mistaken which could account for its color and strength. It is therefore possible it could be conductive, at least a little bit compared to a re... | 1,760,374,201.761256 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/learn-verilog-in-your-browser/ | Learn Verilog In Your Browser | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"browser based tool",
"fpga",
"teaching",
"verilog"
] | We are big fans of tools in the browser for education. You have a consistent environment maintained by someone else, you don’t have to install anything, and you can work from any computer you happen to find yourself. The
HDLBits site
has a great set of Verilog “exams” that would be a big help to anyone trying to learn ... | 13 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5158729",
"author": "Yann Guidon / YGDES",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T02:12:34",
"content": "And don’t forget, kids !For all your VHDL needs, use open source !GHDL is the most incredible system you can download, despite the steeper learning curve.http://ghdl.free.fr/",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,374,201.697121 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/apples-best-computer-gets-wifi/ | Apple’s Best Computer Gets WiFi | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"68k",
"macintosh",
"SE/30",
"wifi"
] | The greatest computer Apple will ever make isn’t the Apple II, it isn’t the Bondi Blue iMac, it isn’t the trash can, and it certainly isn’t whatever overheating mess they’re pushing out now. The best computer Apple will ever make is the SE/30, at its time a server in a tiny portable shell, and capable of supporting 128... | 20 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "5158369",
"author": "Lord Nothing",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T23:42:07",
"content": "these were also my favorite macs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5158430",
"author": "scriptguru",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T00:05:52",
... | 1,760,374,201.836284 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/bask-in-the-warm-glow-of-diy-incandescent-bulbs/ | Bask In The Warm Glow Of DIY Incandescent Bulbs | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"Dumet",
"filament",
"glassblowing",
"incandescent",
"light bulb",
"soda-lime",
"tungsten"
] | With most of the apparatus and instruments we now take for granted yet to be developed, the early pioneers of the Electric Age had to bring a lot to the lab besides electrical skills. Machining, chemistry, and metallurgy were all basic skills that the inventor either had to have or hire in. Most of these skills still h... | 15 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5157937",
"author": "Charles S Haase",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T20:30:10",
"content": "One small correction… the bulbs are heated *during* vacuum and *before* sealing to drive out the water. Otherwise the water has nowhere to go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,374,201.909823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/hair-is-good-electronic-hub-real-estate/ | Hair Is Good Electronic Hub Real Estate | Steven Dufresne | [
"The Hackaday Prize",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"electronics hub",
"wearable electronics",
"Wearables"
] | When it comes to wearables, there are a few places you can mount rechargeable batteries and largish circuit boards. Certainly, badges hanging from a lanyard are a favorite here on Hackaday. A belt is another option. [deshipu] has come up with a good location on your head, provided you have long hair that is. That’s the... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5157820",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T19:27:39",
"content": "As a bald person.. er.. I mean a person with follicle deficiency… no, still not PC enough….As a person who is experiencing hairlessness, I find the post DEEPLY offensive and DEMAND it be removed POST HASTE!"... | 1,760,374,201.96825 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/building-a-hardware-store-faraday-cage/ | Building A Hardware Store Faraday Cage | Tom Nardi | [
"classic hacks",
"Featured",
"hardware",
"Original Art",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"chicken wire",
"diy",
"faraday cage",
"hardware store",
"interference",
"shielding"
] | Most Hackaday readers are no doubt familiar with the Faraday cage, at least in name, and nearly everyone owns one: if you’ve ever stood watching a bag of popcorn slowly revolve inside of a microwave, you’be seen Michael Faraday’s 1836 invention in action. Yet despite being such a well known device, the average hacker s... | 78 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "5157562",
"author": "wasabijunction",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T17:25:36",
"content": "If you’re looking to isolate a small RF device, you can go to the hardware store and get a gallon paint can with lid and use this. With the lid sealed there’s NO RF getting out. I’ve used this to t... | 1,760,374,202.245261 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/bring-your-own-controller-kits-just-add-bluetooth/ | Bring Your Own Controller Kits Just Add Bluetooth | Drew Littrell | [
"Games",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"kit",
"more",
"retro gaming",
"videogames"
] | Known for their build quality and low latency, the [8bitdo] line of Bluetooth controllers are generally well liked among classic videogame devotees. They match modern conveniences like rechargeable batteries and Bluetooth connectivity with old school color schemes and the tried-and-true feel of a D-pad. All of their cu... | 12 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5157413",
"author": "moromiken",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T15:54:28",
"content": "wireless charging could’ve made this conversion kit just perfect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5157620",
"author": "Drew Littrell",
... | 1,760,374,202.019899 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/hack-my-house-raspberry-pi-as-infrastructure/ | Hack My House: Raspberry Pi As Infrastructure | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"home hacks",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hack my House",
"home automation",
"raspberry pi"
] | I finally had my own house. It was a repossession, and I bought it for a song. What was supposed to be a quick remodel quickly turned into the removal of most of the drywall in the house. There was a silver lining on this cloud of drywall dust and loose insulation. Rather than constantly retro-fitting cabling and gadge... | 78 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "5157258",
"author": "komradebob",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T14:22:05",
"content": "After having done this several time for large renovations (300+ person theater, 20,000ft^2 maker space, typical home) over the last 30 years I have one word for you:conduitThe physical infrastructure m... | 1,760,374,202.540656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/adding-analog-touch-to-nearly-any-mechanical-keyboard/ | Adding Analog Touch To (Nearly) Any Mechanical Keyboard | Brian Benchoff | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"analog",
"analog sensor",
"inductance",
"keyboard",
"mechanical keyboard"
] | The new hotness for DIY electronics is mechanical keyboards, and over the past few years we’ve seen some amazing innovations. This one is something different. It adds an analog sensor to nearly any mechanical key switch, does it with a minimal number of parts, and doesn’t require any modification of the switch itself.
... | 37 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5156984",
"author": "jibé",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T11:38:31",
"content": "Great idea, but I can’t find for which usage it’s made for.Except telling your customers the software you sold them is not buggy, it’s them not pressing the enter key hard enough…",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,202.319736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/giant-connect-four-pits-you-against-the-computer/ | Giant Connect Four Pits You Against The Computer | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Games"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"arduino",
"connect four",
"plywood"
] | You can build a Connect Four solver in software, but it won’t be all that much fun. Now apply that same automation to a 15-foot-tall plywood version of the classic board game and you’ve just created a smile-making-machine for everyone within eyesight. Behold the
Mono-Purpose Automated Robot Versed In Connnect4 (Marvin)... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5156671",
"author": "Gregg Eshelman",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T08:26:35",
"content": "How to win Connect Four.https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-to-win-every-time-at-connect-four-1474572099",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5157056",
... | 1,760,374,202.367742 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/a-nibble-and-a-half-of-wooden-bits/ | A Nibble And A Half Of Wooden Bits | Brian McEvoy | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"binary",
"counter",
"education",
"fun",
"mechanical",
"toy"
] | If you are familiar with binary, what would you need to teach someone who only knows decimal? If you do not know how to count in binary, let us know if
the video below the break
helps you understand how the base-2 number system works. If learning or counting binary is not what you are interested in, maybe you can appre... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5155613",
"author": "Invisible Rainbow Unicorn",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T05:03:59",
"content": "> Video nicht verfügbarThat’s the third state of a boolean? Not available!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5155698",
"aut... | 1,760,374,202.417225 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/nim-writes-c-code-and-more-for-you/ | Nim Writes C Code — And More — For You | Al Williams | [
"Software Development",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"c++",
"javascript",
"nim",
"programming language"
] | When we first heard Nim, we thought about the game. In this case, though, nim is a programming language. Sure, we need another programming language, right? But Nim is a bit different. It is not only cross-platform, but instead of targeting assembly language or machine code, it targets other languages. So a Nim program ... | 57 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5153511",
"author": "CMH2",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T03:07:56",
"content": "Mrs. Frisby would be proud!;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5154365",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2018-09-26T03:31:11",
... | 1,760,374,202.751018 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/diy-studio-lights-to-improve-your-videos/ | DIY Studio Lights To Improve Your Videos | Lewin Day | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"lighting",
"lights",
"professional lighting",
"video lighting",
"video lights"
] | It’s 2018, a full thirteen years since YouTube was founded. With an online sharing service up and running, and high-resolution cameras in just about every mobile phone, the production of video has been democratized. Sadly, for those citizens with eyes, the production of
good
video is not so widespread. What’s one thing... | 22 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5152807",
"author": "1",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T23:26:28",
"content": "What “defines” photography grade LEDs exactly? There are a few differences in terms of refresh rates that you sometimes cannot specify and color temperature that you can generally specify but what else sets LED... | 1,760,374,202.659581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/minimal-blinky-project-makes-the-chip-the-circuit-board/ | Minimal Blinky Project Makes The Chip The Circuit Board | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"555",
"blinkenlights",
"dead bug",
"dip",
"flasher",
"smd",
"timer"
] | We’ve got a thing for projects that have no real practical value but instead seek to answer a simple yet fundamental question:
I wonder if I can do that?
This dead-bug style 555 blinky light
is one of those projects, undertaken just to see how small a circuit can be. Pretty small, as it turns out, and we bet it can get... | 16 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5152171",
"author": "Anon",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T20:27:45",
"content": "This is far away from tiny, not even a soic package. A lot wasted space only because of the ic itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5152199",
... | 1,760,374,202.594482 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/laser-noob-getting-started-with-the-k40-laser/ | Laser Noob: Getting Started With The K40 Laser | Adam Fabio | [
"Featured",
"Laser Hacks",
"Original Art",
"Skills",
"Slider"
] | [
"40 watt",
"china",
"K40",
"laser",
"tube"
] | Why spend thousands on a laser cutter/engraver when you can spend as little as $350 shipped to your door? Sure it’s not as nice as those fancy domestic machines, but the plucky K40 is the little laser that can. Just head on down to Al’s Laser Emporium and pick one up. Yes, it sounds like a used car dealership ad, but ... | 77 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "5161108",
"author": "Lolucoca (@LolucocaPC)",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T17:20:19",
"content": "I love that thing. In fact I got one sitting right behind me right now. It’s a great machine once you add a little air assist (a cheap aquarium pump will do) and a laser pointer to show you... | 1,760,374,202.875371 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/kipp-bradford-on-the-importance-of-boring-projects-medical-tech-and-sci-fi-novels/ | Kipp Bradford On The Importance Of Boring Projects, Medical Tech, And Sci Fi Novels | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Interviews"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"hvac",
"infrastructure",
"Kipp Bradford",
"mit",
"mit media lab",
"sci-fi",
"Supercon"
] | If someone suggests you spend time working on boring projects, would you take that advice? In this case, I think
Kipp Bradford
is spot on. We sat down together at the Hackaday Superconference last fall and talked about medical device engineering, the infrastructure in your home, applying Sci-Fi to engineering, and yes,... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5160852",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T16:10:47",
"content": "” At first glance these don’t feel flashy like the latest and greatest smart watch design. ”A product of our image based culture, but there are people who find “boring” interesting for the same reasons s... | 1,760,374,202.966809 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/the-new-improved-open-hardware-certification-program/ | The New, Improved Open Hardware Certification Program | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"certification",
"open hardware",
"Open Hardware Summit",
"OSHWA"
] | Today at the Open Hardware Summit at MIT, OSHWA, the Open Source Hardware Association has announced a huge revision to the Open Hardware certification process. The goal here is to design a better platform for creating Open Hardware.
While all hardware already certified as Open Hardware will remain Open Hardware, this r... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5160676",
"author": "Squonk42",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T15:37:44",
"content": "Is this new certification program supposed to be global?I see references to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) everywehre in the certification process description. What about if you li... | 1,760,374,202.914069 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/can-you-take-back-open-source-code/ | Can You “Take Back” Open Source Code? | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider",
"Software Development"
] | [
"FSF",
"GNU General Public License",
"gpl",
"licensing",
"linux",
"open source"
] | It seems a simple enough concept for anyone who’s spent some time hacking on open source code: once you release something as open source, it’s open for good. Sure the developer might decide that
future
versions of the project close up the source, it’s been known to happen occasionally, but what’s already out there publ... | 155 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "5160442",
"author": "Rog Fanther",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T14:16:19",
"content": "“which essentially prevents an individual from going back on a promise if the other party took action based on that promise” … that would also prevent the changing of that code of conduct since the ne... | 1,760,374,204.028972 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/the-exquisite-badges-of-open-hardware-summit/ | The Exquisite Badges Of Open Hardware Summit | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"hardware"
] | [
"badgelife",
"ohsummit",
"open hardware",
"osh",
"OSHWA"
] | The past few years have been all about electronic conference badges and this year is no different. Right now, we’re setting up at the
Open Hardware Summit
at MIT, and this year’s badge is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s a WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled e-paper badge, individually programmed for every attendee. The 201... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5160310",
"author": "Steve123",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T13:42:47",
"content": "I wish someone would release one of those “widescreen” e-paper displays with 4 or even 16 shades of grey.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5160427"... | 1,760,374,203.175284 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/maker-faire-ny-infinite-autonomous-3d-printing/ | Maker Faire NY: Infinite Autonomous 3D Printing | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"3d printer",
"build plate",
"maker faire",
"printer",
"World Maker Faire"
] | Although it’s not an idea that has yet trickled down to $200 printers drop-shipped from China, one of the most innovative ideas in the 3D printing world in the last few years is putting plastic down on a conveyor belt. Yes, MakerBot was doing it back in 2010, but we’re not going to talk about that. Printing on a convey... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5159755",
"author": "Alan Kilian",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T11:26:40",
"content": "Chris’ project is over, but you can read a lot about how he kept a 3D printer running OUTSIDE in Boston for a year.Here’s one article about the end.https://m.all3dp.com/famous-chinatown-3d-printed-roo... | 1,760,374,203.230264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/fallout-watch-build-triumphs-in-adverse-conditions/ | Fallout Watch Build Triumphs In Adverse Conditions | Lewin Day | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"badge",
"Fallout",
"pipboy",
"watch"
] | Is it a badge? Is it a watch? Well, it’s
[Sarif’s] take on a wrist-mounted computer
from the Fallout series, so you’re free to choose your own designation! We think the Brotherhood of Steel would be proud to have this piece of kit.
[Sarif] commenced the build after first getting their feet wet with the
pipman,
a watch ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5159456",
"author": "Commodore Z",
"timestamp": "2018-09-27T08:50:57",
"content": "I got to see this thing in person, it’s quite an impressive watch. The toggle switches really tie it all together.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,374,203.459948 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/planned-obsolescence-isnt-a-thing-but-its-your-fault/ | Planned Obsolescence Isn’t A Thing, But It Is Your Fault | Bob Baddeley | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"design for manufacture",
"dock connector",
"harbor freight",
"lightning connector",
"manufacturing",
"obsolete",
"obsolete hardware",
"planned obsolescence"
] | The common belief is that big companies are out to get the little people by making products that break after a short period, or with substantially new features or accessories that make previous models obsolete, requiring the user to purchase a new model. This conspiracy theory isn’t true; there’s a perfectly good expla... | 192 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "5139132",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T14:10:20",
"content": "Design engineers receive praise and raises by saving the company money. Every failure Ive seen, can be traced back to an engineering decision to trim something, quality or function.",
"parent_id": null,... | 1,760,374,203.823287 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/tearing-into-a-1-3-million-oscilloscope/ | Tearing Into A $1.3 Million Oscilloscope | Dan Maloney | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"bandwidth",
"indium",
"Keysight",
"microwave",
"oscilloscope",
"RF"
] | Most hackers are rankled by those “Warranty Void If Broken” seals on the sides of new test equipment. Even if they’re illegal, they at least put the thought in your head that the space inside your new gear is off-limits, and that prevents you from taking a look at what’s inside. Simply unacceptable.
[Shahriar] has no f... | 61 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "5138747",
"author": "SlurmMcKenzie",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T11:49:12",
"content": "impressive, but as far as i understand, he did not actually take it apart, he got some extra boards from the manufacturer for the review, so he does not need to open and take the boards from the wor... | 1,760,374,206.169157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/feeding-dogs-over-twitch-is-latest-e-sport-craze/ | Feeding Dogs Over Twitch Is Latest E-Sport Craze | Tom Nardi | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"ESP8266",
"mqtt",
"pet food dispenser",
"servo",
"twitch"
] | The modern social-networking fueled Internet loves two things more than anything: pets, and watching other people do stuff. There’s probably a scroll tucked behind a filing cabinet at Vint Cerf’s house that foretells anyone who can harness these two elements will gain control of the Internet
Ready Player One
style. If ... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5138242",
"author": "Nitpicker Smartyarse",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T08:09:13",
"content": "I fail to get it.It’s a DOG. One of the most social creatures we humans “designed”. Yet … you use computers and remote controls to interact with it? Feeding a dog is one of the most intimate ... | 1,760,374,206.501778 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/worlds-smallest-led-blinky/ | World’s Smallest LED Blinky | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"blinky",
"led",
"Mike Harrison",
"mikeselectricstuff",
"smallest",
"supercap"
] | [Mike Harrison] is known for incredibly tiny soldering. Now he’s claiming a “world’s smallest” in the form of
a stand-alone LED blinker
, and we think he’s got the record.
He brought it along with him to Friday’s Beagleboard Bring-a-Hack, and we got a close look at the diminutive assembly. The project was dreamed up wh... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5137717",
"author": "Biomed",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T05:15:00",
"content": "DUDE! You have a pre-made career in motorcycle gadgets! Every last one of them needs a turn signal reminder that gets visible and obnoxious after X seconds. Yah.. there’s stuff out there that does it, but... | 1,760,374,205.914255 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/the-tiniest-computer-vision-platform-just-got-better/ | The Tiniest Computer Vision Platform Just Got Better | Brian Benchoff | [
"Crowd Funding",
"hardware"
] | [
"computer vision",
"kickstarter",
"neural net",
"OpenMV"
] | The future, if you believe the ad copy, is a world filled with cameras backed by intelligence, neural nets, and computer vision. Despite the hype, this may actually turn out to be true: drones are getting intelligent cameras, self-driving cars are loaded with them, and in any event it makes a great toy.
That’s what mak... | 20 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5137609",
"author": "Miles Archer",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T03:43:46",
"content": "Also check out jevois.orgI have no idea if it’s smaller than this cam, but it’s pretty damn small. And the code is all open and in Github. I’ve modified it and compiled it myself after I bought one o... | 1,760,374,205.811874 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/hackaday-links-september-23-2018/ | Hackaday Links: September 23, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"c64",
"Muni",
"playstation",
"prius",
"twitch"
] | In the spirit of Nintendo’s NES mini and Super NES mini,
Sony is releasing a tiny version of the Playstation
. It’s a hundred bucks in December and it comes with Final Fantasy VII, what more do you want? While that’s marginally cool, check out the forums and comments of gaming blogs for some real entertainment — those ... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5135311",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T23:20:10",
"content": "Maybe Twitch can focus on a husband and wife working the TV remote? Co-op TV.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5135339",
"author": "William",
... | 1,760,374,206.023871 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/send-smooches-over-skype-with-the-kiss-interface/ | Send Smooches Over Skype With The Kiss Interface | Donald Papp | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"capacitive",
"Capacitive Touch Sensor",
"emoji",
"hid",
"key combo",
"kiss",
"skype",
"smooch",
"stm32",
"STM324042C6T6",
"touch sensor",
"TSC"
] | This project of [Nathan]’s certainly has a playful straightforwardness about it. His
Skype ‘Kiss’ Interface
has a simple job: to try to create a more intuitive way to express affection within the limits of using Skype. It all came about from a long distance relationship for which the chat program was the main means of ... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5135089",
"author": "Howard",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T20:27:43",
"content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO4BhXaMpxs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5135460",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
"timestamp": "2018-... | 1,760,374,205.97273 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/diy-puff-suck-interface-aims-for-faster-text-input/ | DIY Puff-Suck Interface Aims For Faster Text Input | Donald Papp | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"alternative",
"arduino",
"diy",
"morse code",
"phototransistor",
"pressure sensor",
"puff-suck",
"sip & puff"
] | Puff and Suck (or Sip and Puff) systems allow people with little to no arm mobility to more easily interact with computers by using a straw-like unit as an input device. [Ana] tells us that the usual way these devices are used to input text involves a screen-based keyboard; a cursor is moved to a letter using some meth... | 9 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5151950",
"author": "PETER PETIT",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T19:27:43",
"content": "I worked several years on faster input for impaired people. Using Morse code to dispense with the time-consuming on-screen keyboard seems like a very productive idea. Anything that speeds up input is ... | 1,760,374,206.319541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/maker-faire-ny-where-robots-come-out-to-play/ | Maker Faire NY: Where Robots Come Out To Play | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"Robots Hacks",
"Roundup"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"battlebots",
"bionic",
"robot musician",
"robotic arm",
"robots"
] | There was an unbelievable amount of stuff on display at the 2018 World Maker Faire in New York. Seriously, an unreal amount of fantastically cool creations from all corners of the hacker and maker world: from purely artistic creations to the sort of cutting edge hardware that won’t even be on the rest of the world’s ra... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5152332",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T21:15:28",
"content": "That fish mechanism looks cool, would be interesting to make a water drone that uses a flipper to propel itself.But ultimately I wonder if there’s any advantage over just using propellers.",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,374,206.076877 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/join-hackaday-and-tindie-this-thursday-at-open-hardware-summit/ | Join Hackaday And Tindie This Thursday At Open Hardware Summit | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons"
] | [
"cons",
"ohs",
"Open Hardware Summit",
"Open Hardware Summit 2018",
"OSHWA"
] | This weekend Hackaday and Tindie will be trekking out to beautiful Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the greatest congregation of Open Source hardware enthusiasts on the planet.
This is the Open Hardware Summit
. It’s every year, most of the time in different places, and this year it’s back in the hallowed halls of MIT. So... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5152160",
"author": "Keyser Söze",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T20:24:51",
"content": "Unfortunately, that’s a few plane rides too far for me.I’ve been trying to start my own hardware company, but I’ve found the concept of OSHW, outside of the hobbyist market (break-out boards, Arduino ... | 1,760,374,205.849852 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/buy-a-baofeng-while-you-still-can-fcc-scowls-at-unauthorized-frequency-transmitters/ | Buy A Baofeng While You Still Can? FCC Scowls At Unauthorized Frequency Transmitters | Jenny List | [
"News",
"Radio Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"baofeng",
"DA 18-980",
"fcc",
"FM transceiver",
"radio",
"transceiver"
] | There was a time when a handheld radio transceiver was an object of wonder, and a significant item for any radio amateur to own. A few hundred dollars secured you an FM walkie-talkie through which you could chat on your local repeater, and mobile radio was a big draw for new hams. Thirty years later FM mobile operation... | 93 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "5151335",
"author": "AVR",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T15:08:46",
"content": "already got mine but now I need to get more",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5356886",
"author": "Techno",
"timestamp": "2018-10-27T19:2... | 1,760,374,206.446781 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/productivity-unfinished-projects-and-letting-go/ | Productivity, Unfinished Projects, And Letting Go | Steven Dufresne | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"BB-8",
"DIY Projects",
"pepper's ghost",
"projects"
] | Most of us have been there, some projects just don’t get finished. Everyone shelves an in-progress build from time to time, and some hackers drop almost every project for fully finishing it. Why does it happen? What can we do about it? Or does it even matter? My own most memorable one is the wine glass rack I was makin... | 64 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "5151300",
"author": "Bleeto Bob",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T14:27:55",
"content": "“I have a friend who…”Ha! I recognize those words. That’s what everyone says just before they start talking about themselves!That’s ok though.We all have “that friend” here, am I right?I know I certain... | 1,760,374,207.887812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/trials-and-tribulations-in-sending-data-with-wires/ | Trials And Tribulations In Sending Data With Wires | Kerry Scharfglass | [
"hardware",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"crc",
"differential pair",
"differential signaling",
"ftdi",
"microcontroller",
"reliable transport",
"RS-422",
"spi",
"state machine"
] | When working on a project that needs to send data from place to place the distances involved often dictate the method of sending. Are the two chunks of the system on one PCB? A “vanilla” communication protocol like i2c or SPI is probably fine unless there are more exotic requirements. Are the two components mechanicall... | 14 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5151131",
"author": "some guy",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T11:23:16",
"content": "oh men, this sounds like somebody had a lot of fun…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5151151",
"author": "AVR",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T11:4... | 1,760,374,206.929438 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/25/that-trs-jack-on-your-graphing-calculator-does-more-than-you-think/ | That TRS Jack On Your Graphing Calculator Does More Than You Think | Brian Benchoff | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"graphing calculator",
"maker faire",
"ti-83",
"ti-84"
] | It’s not Apple IIs, and it’s not Raspberry Pis. The most important computing platform for teaching kids programming is the Texas Instruments graphing calculator. These things have been around in one form or another for almost three decades, and for a lot of budding hackers out there, this was the first computer they ow... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5150829",
"author": "IanS",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T08:25:57",
"content": "According to the National Model Railroad Association, who apparently standardized it, “DCC is an acronym for Digital Command Control”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,206.817593 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/self-solving-rubiks-cube/ | Self-Solving Rubik’s Cube | Dan Maloney | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Slider",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"cube",
"robotic rubik's cube solver",
"Rubik"
] | Rubik’s Cube has been around for what seems like forever now, and has spawned an entire subculture devoted to solving the puzzle with automation. Most Rubik robots put the cube in a specially designed cradle bristling with actuators and sensors, and while those rigs are impressive, they don’t come close to
this robotic... | 48 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "5141642",
"author": "Neil",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T05:09:09",
"content": "This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6311637",
"author": "John Cena",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,374,207.464509 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/infection-your-smartphone-will-see-you-now/ | Infection? Your Smartphone Will See You Now | Al Williams | [
"Medical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"bacteria",
"biomedical",
"medical",
"medical device",
"smartphone"
] | When Mr. Spock beams down to a planet, he’s carrying a tricorder, a communicator, and a phaser. We just have our cell phones. The University of California Santa Barbara
published a paper
showing how an inexpensive kit can allow your cell phone to identify pathogens in about an hour. That’s quite a feat compared to the ... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5141004",
"author": "RandyKC",
"timestamp": "2018-09-25T02:31:45",
"content": "I thought LAMP was just limited to a web service stack. I guess the internet is more versatile that I thought.????To get this through the FDA you’d end up charging $500 more per test. IF it made it throug... | 1,760,374,207.300875 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/cheating-the-perfect-wheelie-with-sensors-and-servos/ | Cheating The Perfect Wheelie With Sensors And Servos | Dan Maloney | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"arduino",
"balance",
"bicycle",
"bike",
"center of gravity",
"center of mass",
"gyro",
"wheelie",
"wheelstand"
] | Everyone remembers popping their first wheelie on a bike. It’s an exhilarating moment when you figure out just the right mechanics to get balanced over the rear axle for a few glorious seconds of being the coolest kid on the block. Then gravity takes over, and you either learn how to dismount the bike over the rear whe... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5140733",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T23:15:58",
"content": "None he needs to incorporate the control of the motor and save the effort of peddling just activate wheelie modes and enjoy the ride ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,207.512167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/a-three-axis-mill-for-the-end-of-the-world/ | A Three Axis Mill For The End Of The World | Tom Nardi | [
"hardware",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"cross slide vice",
"junk bin",
"machining",
"metalworking",
"mill"
] | A mill is one of those things that many hackers want, but unfortunately few get their hands on. Even a low-end mill that can barely rattle its way through a straight cut in a piece of aluminum is likely to cost more than all the other gear on your bench. A good one? Don’t even ask. So if something halfway decent is out... | 20 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5140259",
"author": "gniso",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T20:09:13",
"content": "Keep in mind that under load motor of this Proxxon drill is rated for 20% duty cycle (15 mins).so it’s a comedy, not a mill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"commen... | 1,760,374,208.044094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/a-motion-capture-system-for-everyone/ | A Motion Capture System For Everyone | Steven Dufresne | [
"hardware",
"The Hackaday Prize",
"Virtual Reality"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"blender",
"i2c",
"IMU",
"motion capture",
"motion capture suit",
"raspberry pi"
] | [Chordata] is making
a motion capture system for everyone to build
and so far the results are impressive, enough to have been a finalist in the
Hackaday Human Computer Interface Challenge
.
It started a few years ago as one person’s desire to capture a digital performance of a dancer on a stage and has grown into a com... | 23 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5140120",
"author": "dahud",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T19:11:12",
"content": "I’m a bit surprised the LSM9DS1 is capable of this. I spent some time trying to do translational and rotational tracking with just one, and accelerometer error would build up so quickly that the board thoug... | 1,760,374,207.578281 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/box-forts-for-adults-best-practices-and-design-strategies/ | Box Forts For Adults: Best Practices And Design Strategies | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"green hacks",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"box",
"box fort",
"boxes",
"building",
"cardboard",
"construction"
] | Many a grown up can reminisce about building various architectural wonders in their youth. Forts, whether based on boxes or blankets, were the order of the day, and an excellent way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.
It just so happens that there is no law against scaling up such activities once one has reached the age... | 33 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5139845",
"author": "out green",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T17:32:17",
"content": "“tarpaulins or various types of linoleum sheet can be used for a hard-wearing surface”Consider where you are building and whether you care what happens to the lawn in that spot or not. If you do care th... | 1,760,374,207.77731 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/24/a-rotary-axis-cnc-machine/ | A Rotary Axis CNC Machine | Brian Benchoff | [
"cnc hacks",
"cons",
"Slider"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"cnc",
"maker faire",
"rotary axis mill",
"Rotomill",
"World Maker Faire"
] | There’s a certain class of parts that just can’t be made on a standard 3-axis mill, nor with a 3D printer or a lathe. These parts — weird screws, camshafts, strange gears, or simply a shaft with a keyway (or two) — can really only be made with a rotary axis on a CNC machine. Sure, you could buy a rotary axis for a Haas... | 20 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5139800",
"author": "none",
"timestamp": "2018-09-24T17:15:32",
"content": "Nice build, but not a hack: commercial software, and no info on performance at all. I think it also unlikely that a fellow “hacker” would build such a specific / limited machine. Adding a fourth axis to a re... | 1,760,374,207.695982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/there-are-multiple-ways-to-gesture-with-this-serpentine-sensor/ | There Are Multiple Ways To Gesture With This Serpentine Sensor | Steven Dufresne | [
"The Hackaday Prize",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"touch sensor",
"triboelectric",
"wearable"
] | Serpentine is a gesture sensor that’s the equivalent of
a membrane potentiometer, flex and stretch sensor, and more. It’s self-powering and can be used in wearable hacks such as the necklace shown in the banner image though we’re thinking more along the lines of the lanyard for
Hackaday conference badges
, adding one ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5133220",
"author": "Jane Autin",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T05:34:26",
"content": "Great Post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5134084",
"author": "volt",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T11:02:07",
"content": "“surprising va... | 1,760,374,208.169311 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/prusa-introduces-a-resin-printer-at-maker-faire-ny/ | Prusa Introduces A Resin Printer At Maker Faire NY | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"cons",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"maker faire",
"MSLA",
"prusa",
"resin",
"resin printer",
"sla",
"World Maker Faire"
] | For one reason or another, the World Maker Faire in New York has become the preeminent place to launch 3D printers. MakerBot did it with the Thing-O-Matic way back when, and over the years we’ve seen some interesting new advances come out of Queens during one special weekend in September.
Today Prusa Research announced... | 35 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "5131645",
"author": "RandyKC",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T19:07:19",
"content": "OK, I’ll bite.How does the FEP film keep the UV light from cooking and breaking down the organic Liquid Crystals in the LCD? If it filters then doesn’t that decrease the efficiency of the UV?After long te... | 1,760,374,208.12791 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/i-hear-you-offer-wifi/ | I Hear You Offer WiFi | Brian McEvoy | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"augmentation",
"biohacking",
"biology",
"biopunk",
"brains",
"cyborg",
"hearing",
"hearing aid",
"psychology",
"senses",
"sensory",
"wearable",
"wifi"
] | We are swimming in radio transmissions from all around, and if you live above the ground floor, they are coming at you from below as well. Humans do not have a sensory organ for recognizing radio signals, but we have lots of hardware which can make sense of it. The chances are good that you are looking at one such devi... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5130684",
"author": "Mark Croft",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T14:39:12",
"content": "will this become an open source project on github or somewhere?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5130703",
"author": "OwlMan",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,374,208.222619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/wonderful-ipad-mini-2-home-made-spiral-notebook-case/ | Wonderful IPad Mini 2 Home Made Spiral Notebook Case | Richard Baguley | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"design",
"ipad",
"ipad case"
] | Part of the joy of hacking is the joy of discovery, of seeing how things go right as well as wrong. That’s one cool thing about this
iPad Mini 2 case build
by [Eric Strebel]: in the video, he details the things that went wrong as well as those that went right. For instance, he used glue on one version that melted the f... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5130503",
"author": "none",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T13:44:14",
"content": "So if I fold hack a piece of paper into a funnel – could I get featured here, too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5131003",
"author": "Jan",
... | 1,760,374,208.269556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/turn-your-teddy-bear-into-a-robot-with-yales-robotic-skin/ | Turn Your Teddy Bear Into A Robot With Yale’s “Robotic Skin” | Roger Cheng | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"actuator",
"actuators",
"pneumatic actuators",
"pneumatic muscles",
"pneumatic robot",
"robotics",
"soft robot",
"soft robot arm",
"soft robotics",
"wearable"
] | Despite what we may have seen in the new
Winnie the Pooh
movie, our cherished plush toys don’t usually come to life. But if that’s the goal, we have ways of making it happen. Like these
“robotic skins” from Yale University
.
Each module is a collection of sensors and actuators mounted on a flexible substrate, which is ... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5130321",
"author": "fosselius",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T12:46:16",
"content": "Now, how do you generate compressed air or hydralic preassure in a lightweight, silent and energy/cost efficient manner? Thats the only thing i can think of when i see those type of solutions..",
"p... | 1,760,374,208.320105 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/this-tardis-is-bigger-on-the-inside/ | This TARDIS Is Bigger On The Inside | Rich Hawkes | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"bigger on the inside",
"Doctor Who",
"model",
"tardis"
] | A few months ago, YouTube user [Maladroit Modeller] uploaded a video of his model TARDIS from Doctor Who which shows an inside that’s bigger than the outside. Recently, [Maladroit Modeller]
posted some pictures
and has now uploaded a video showing how it’s done.
The TARDIS model itself is a 3:75 scale “Spin & Fly” mode... | 24 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "5128849",
"author": "Mike Massen",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T05:28:43",
"content": "Nice one, well built :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5128914",
"author": "Steven Clark",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T06:06:52",
"con... | 1,760,374,208.380221 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/make-an-electric-skateboard-for-your-cat/ | Make An Electric Skateboard For Your Cat | Richard Baguley | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"cat",
"feline",
"skateboard"
] | Have you ever looked at your cat and thought “You know, my
kitten really needs an electric skateboard!
” Probably not, but this seems to have happened to [Kim Pimmel] while looking at his cat MIDI, so he decided to build one. This process involved building a simple, low powered skateboard with a
Feather mainboard
and
m... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5128608",
"author": "Invisible Rainbow Unicorn",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T02:19:22",
"content": "What about curves?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5128658",
"author": "RoGeorge",
"timestamp": "2018-09-22T03:18:24",
... | 1,760,374,208.424435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/creating-antimatter-on-the-desktop-one-day/ | Creating Antimatter On The Desktop — One Day | Al Williams | [
"News",
"Science"
] | [
"particle accelerator",
"physics",
"positron"
] | If you watch Star Trek, you will know one way to get rid of pesky aliens is to vent antimatter. The truth is, antimatter is a little less exotic than it appears on TV, but for a variety of reasons there hasn’t been nearly as much practical research done with it. There are well over 200 electron accelerators in labs aro... | 28 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5167240",
"author": "RandyKC",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T02:19:16",
"content": "So, how much damage would the elimination of one Positron with one electron cause?How many before we have to warn the neighbors…assuming we still have any left?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,208.603363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/bot-makes-etch-a-sketch-art-in-one-continuous-line/ | Bot Makes Etch A Sketch Art In One Continuous Line | Dan Maloney | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"Canny",
"edge detection",
"etch a sketch",
"open cv",
"plotter",
"raspberry pi",
"stepper",
"X-Y"
] | Introduced in 1960 for the princely sum of $2.99 ($25.00 today), Etch A Sketch was to become a standard issue item for the Baby Boomers’ toy box. As enchanting as the toy seems, it’s hard to see why it had staying power: it was hard for young fingers to twirl the knobs, diagonal lines and smooth curves required a conce... | 17 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5166422",
"author": "JWhitten",
"timestamp": "2018-09-29T00:00:36",
"content": "Now if he could add a feature to blow a hole through the poachers he might have something…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5170231",
"auth... | 1,760,374,209.827835 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/gaze-upon-this-daft-punk-helmets-rows-of-utterly-perfect-hand-soldered-leds/ | Gaze Upon This Daft Punk Helmet’s Rows Of Utterly Perfect Hand-Soldered LEDs | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"APA106",
"costume",
"daft punk",
"hand soldering",
"helmet",
"led",
"plasti-dip",
"prop",
"RGB LED",
"robot",
"Teensy",
"Teensy 3.2"
] | The iconic robot helmets of
Daft Punk
feature prominently as challenging DIY hardware projects in their own right, and the results never disappoint. But [Nathaniel Stepp]’s
photo gallery of his own version
really sets the bar in both quality and attention to detail. The helmet uses a Teensy 3.2 as the main processor, a... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5166078",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T20:37:27",
"content": "This is just incredible. Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5166200",
"author": "Vishal",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T22:08:22",
"con... | 1,760,374,209.876287 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/give-yourself-a-sixth-sense-with-an-arduino/ | Give Yourself A Sixth Sense With An Arduino | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"app",
"bluetooth",
"compass",
"direction finding",
"location"
] | If you carry a smartphone around in your pocket, you have a GPS navigation system, a compass, an altimeter, and a very powerful computer at your fingertips. It’s the greatest navigational device ever created. To use this sextant of the modern era you’ve got to look down at a screen. You need to carry a phone around wit... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "5165834",
"author": "Tore Lund",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T18:46:15",
"content": "This is clever. I remember a kick starter for some bicycle handle bars that worked the same way, by a vibration motor in each handle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,374,210.131403 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/retrotechtacular-heres-how-they-programmed-the-edsac-computer/ | Retrotechtacular: Here’s How They Programmed The EDSAC Computer | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Retrotechtacular"
] | [
"early computer",
"edsac",
"Electromagnetic Field 2018",
"tube computer"
] | When you write a program for your computer, whether it is a desktop machine, a microcontroller, or a supercomputer, the chances are that you use software tools to help you get the job done. High level languages, compilers, linkers, assemblers, debuggers, and code libraries have become so integrated that in many cases y... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "5165768",
"author": "monsonite",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T18:31:35",
"content": "Jenny,We had a special EDSAC themed days at OSHUG last year in Hebden Bridge. There are a couple of Verilog implementations of EDSAC – so you can now port it to your favourite FPGA.As EDSAC only had 18... | 1,760,374,210.17806 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/maker-faire-ny-developing-for-the-final-frontier/ | Maker Faire NY: Developing For The Final Frontier | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"cons",
"Space"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"arduino",
"international space station",
"Mindstorms EV3",
"space",
"SPHERES"
] | The cost of getting a piece of hardware into space is now cheaper than ever, thanks in no small part to the rapid progress that’s been made by commercial launch providers such as SpaceX. In the near future, as more low-cost providers come online, it should get even cheaper. Within a few years, we could be seeing per ki... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5165300",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T15:40:59",
"content": "” In the near future, as more low-cost providers come online, it should get even cheaper. ”Tragedy of the commons?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,374,210.261172 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/28/inductance-in-pcb-layout-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly/ | Inductance In PCB Layout: The Good, The Bad, And The Fugly | Bil Herd | [
"Featured",
"hardware",
"Misc Hacks",
"Slider",
"Tech Hacks"
] | [
"bil herd",
"ground plane",
"henry ott",
"High Speed Design",
"inductance",
"MECL",
"pcb",
"pcb layout",
"self-inductance"
] | When current flows through a conductor it becomes an inductor, when there is an inductor there is an electromagnetic field (EM). This can cause a variety of issues during PCB layout if you don’t plan properly, and sometimes we get burned even when we think we
have
planned for unwanted inductance and the effects that co... | 39 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "5165111",
"author": "Jonathan Bennett",
"timestamp": "2018-09-28T14:15:37",
"content": "This is so much good stuff! Looking forward to later in the day when I can watch the whole video and read more carefully.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,374,210.346247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/this-pinball-game-doesnt-come-in-a-box-it-is-the-box/ | This Pinball Game Doesn’t Come In A Box… It Is The Box | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"cardboard",
"papercraft",
"pinball",
"pinbox 3000"
] | Pinball still has that bit of magic that makes it stand out from first person shooters or those screen mashers eating up your time on the bus. The secret sauce is that sense of movement and feedback, and the loss of control as the ball makes its way through the play field under the power of gravity. Of course the real ... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5134922",
"author": "Arne",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T18:34:57",
"content": "Cool, but sadly I cannot order this, living out side of the United States if America.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5135065",
"author": "starhawk"... | 1,760,374,210.461258 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/using-an-fpga-to-navigate-chinas-railroads/ | Using An FPGA To Navigate China’s Railroads | Bryan Cockfield | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"china",
"cornell",
"dijkstra's algorithm",
"engineering",
"fpga",
"hard processor system",
"hps",
"rail",
"travel",
"traveling salesman"
] | If you’re headed over to mainland China as a tourist, it’s possible to get to most of the country by rail. China is huge though, about the same size as the United States and more than twice the size of the European Union. Traveling that much area isn’t particularly easy. There are over 300 train terminals in China, and... | 19 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5134477",
"author": "anszom",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T14:13:37",
"content": "“With so many nodes this can get cumbersome for a computer to calculate”… really? shortest path in a 300-node graph? What kind of computer would have trouble with this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth"... | 1,760,374,210.791936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/greasing-robot-hands-variable-friction-makes-robo-mitts-more-like-our-own/ | Greasing Robot Hands: Variable Friction Makes Robo-Mitts More Like Our Own | Brian McEvoy | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"friction",
"gripper",
"hand",
"manipulator",
"position",
"robot",
"variable-friction",
"Yale"
] | Unless you are in the fields of robotics or prosthetics, you likely take for granted the fine motor skills our hands have. Picking up and using a pen is no small feat for a robot which doesn’t have a dedicated pen-grabbing apparatus. Holding a mobile phone with the same gripper is equally daunting, not to mention movin... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "5135356",
"author": "Danny",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T23:41:40",
"content": "This is an excellent project! It seems like building this wouldn’t be too difficult; perhaps I should include something like it in my next build.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,210.530111 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/23/submarine-to-plane-can-you-hear-me-now-the-hydrophone-radar-connection/ | Submarine To Plane: Can You Hear Me Now? The Hydrophone Radar Connection | Brian McEvoy | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"communication",
"millimeter",
"radar",
"radio",
"sonar",
"sound",
"sound wave",
"translation",
"waves"
] | How does a submarine talk to an airplane? It sounds like a bad joke but it’s actually a difficult engineering challenge.
Traditionally the submarine must surface or get shallow enough to deploy a communication buoy. That communication buoy uses the same type of radio technology as planes. But submarines often rely on a... | 34 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "5133643",
"author": "RoGeorge",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T09:27:30",
"content": "Very nice idea.The main drawback is that the communication is one way only, from water to air.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5133686",
"... | 1,760,374,210.864167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/diy-arduino-soldering-iron-hits-version-2-0/ | DIY Arduino Soldering Iron Hits Version 2.0 | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Microcontrollers",
"Slider",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"atmega328p",
"lm358",
"soldering iron",
"t12",
"ts100"
] | A few months ago we brought word that [Electronoobs] was working on his own open source alternative to pocket-sized temperature controlled soldering irons like the TS100. Powered by the ATMega328p microcontroller and utilizing a 3D printed enclosure, his version could be built for as little as $15 USD depending on wher... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5133202",
"author": "Daren Schwenke",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T05:25:49",
"content": "Somehow I missed this the first time around. Good project. Thank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5133255",
"author": "James",
"ti... | 1,760,374,211.512781 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/one-mans-disenchantment-with-the-world-of-software/ | One Man’s Disenchantment With The World Of Software | Jenny List | [
"Slider",
"Software Development"
] | [
"bad software",
"bloat",
"software"
] | There is a widely derided quote attributed to [Bill Gates], that “640k should be enough for anyone”. Meaning of course that the 640 kb memory limit for the original IBM PC of the early 1980s should be plenty for the software of the day, and there was no need at the time for memory expansions or upgrades. Coupled with t... | 164 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "5132800",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T02:08:55",
"content": "January 2020, Windows stops updating, rumors exist about annual payment to keep the system alive.THe future seems to be a massive swir=tch to Linux..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": ... | 1,760,374,212.527739 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/22/maker-faire-ny-programmable-air/ | Maker Faire NY: Programmable Air | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"hardware",
"Slider"
] | [
"2018 Maker Faire New York",
"maker faire",
"penumatic",
"Pneumatics"
] | At this year’s World Maker Faire in New York City we’re astonished and proud to run into some of the best projects that are currently in the running for
the Hackaday Prize
. One of these is
Programmable Air
, from [Amitabh], and it’s the solution to pneumatics and pressure sensing in Maker and IoT devices.
The idea beh... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "5132853",
"author": "Piecutter",
"timestamp": "2018-09-23T02:40:11",
"content": "Soft robotic love…….It might not be mainstream, but you KNOW it’s already happening. Just think. Socially awkward robotics geek, too introverted for the destructive mayhem and the limelight of B@ttle B@... | 1,760,374,212.656186 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/the-un-economy-of-building-your-own-spot-welder/ | The Un-Economy Of Building Your Own Spot Welder | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware"
] | [
"battery tab",
"spot welder",
"supercap",
"welder"
] | If there’s one thing that brings hackers together, it’s the ability to build something for less money than it takes to buy it. It’s an exercise [Great Scott Gadgets] put to the test because he was playing around with some 18650 lithium cells, and had a huge need to put some tabs on batteries. This can be done by solder... | 47 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "5128460",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T23:11:25",
"content": "And this is why you breadboard your circuits.Which you can’t, with surface mount components. Oh well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5128498",
... | 1,760,374,211.877874 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/building-a-pocket-sized-arduino-oscilloscope/ | Building A Pocket Sized Arduino Oscilloscope | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino nano",
"diy oscilloscope",
"dso",
"frequency counter",
"signal generator"
] | There’s little question that an oscilloscope is pretty much a must-have piece of equipment for the electronics hacker. It’s a critical piece of gear for reverse engineering devices and protocols, and luckily for us they’re as cheap as they’ve ever been. Even a fairly feature rich four channel scope such as the Rigol DS... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5128166",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T20:37:28",
"content": "It’s adorable!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5128240",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T21:14:10",
"content": "I like his write-... | 1,760,374,211.746665 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/the-diaphragm-is-the-coil-in-these-flexible-pcb-speakers/ | The Diaphragm Is The Coil In These Flexible PCB Speakers | Dan Maloney | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Prize",
"audio",
"magnet",
"neodymium",
"speaker",
"transducer"
] | Speakers used to be largish electromechanical affairs, with magnets, moving coils, and paper cones all working together to move air around in a pleasing way. They’ve gotten much smaller, of course, small enough to screw directly into your ears or live inside the slimmest of smartphones and still delivery reasonable sou... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "5127996",
"author": "Deep Jeep",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T19:30:36",
"content": "This technology is called Electro Dynamic Planar Loudspeaker (EDPL) in case you want to know more about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5128043... | 1,760,374,212.970701 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/myopenlab-talks-to-arduino-pi-and-more/ | Easy GUI Front Ends For Arduino, Rasberry Pi, And More With MyOpenLab | Al Williams | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [] | If you want to integrate a nice graphical interface with a microcontroller or single-board computer for a useful piece of custom equipment, how will you go about it?
MyOpenLab is a platform that makes it easy to design virtual interfaces your electronic builds
. If you want controls and readouts for Arduino, Raspberry ... | 24 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "5127724",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T17:53:50",
"content": "ahhh LabVIEW… everyone who has ever used it will agree when I ask “where’s the #$#$%#% zoom button!!!”Because how wonderful and practical LabVIEW can be, I still cannot understand why they still haven’t added... | 1,760,374,212.23248 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/convince-your-boss-to-send-you-to-supercon/ | Convince Your Boss To Send You To Supercon | Mike Szczys | [
"cons"
] | [
"2018 Hackaday Superconference",
"approval letter",
"Hackaday SuperConference",
"Supercon"
] | The
Hackaday Superconference
is rapidly approaching and you need to be there. The good news is, if you play your cards right you can get your boss to sign off on sending you to Supercon as part of your professional development.
This is the Ultimate Hardware Conference. This is your chance to recharge your batteries and... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "5127528",
"author": "Daren Schwenke",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T16:36:38",
"content": "Social engineering at it’s best, laid out in easy to use template form. :)If only my day job involved anything remotely related..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,374,211.693823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/prusa-unveils-their-own-line-of-pla-filament/ | Prusa Unveils Their Own Line Of PLA Filament | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"News"
] | [
"filament",
"PLA",
"prusa",
"QR codes",
"quality control"
] | There’s little debate that the Original Prusa i3 MK3 by Prusa Research is just about the best desktop 3D printer you can buy, at least in its price bracket. It consistently rates among the highest machines in terms of print quality and consistency, and offers cutting edge features thanks to its open source iterative de... | 33 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5127302",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T15:06:12",
"content": "is it just me or ABS is getting out of fashion?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5127310",
"author": "AVR",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T... | 1,760,374,211.965959 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/21/the-n64-controller-gets-brass-gears-through-3d-printing/ | The N64 Controller Gets Brass Gears Through 3D Printing | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"Joystick",
"n64"
] | The controller for the Nintendo 64 is a masterpiece of design, and despite being more than two decades old, people are still using this controller competitively. Smash Bros, you know. Those competitive gaming enthusiasts are
hard
on their controllers, and after decades and tournaments, the analog stick will wear out. P... | 36 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "5126938",
"author": "Michael J Aberle",
"timestamp": "2018-09-21T12:27:37",
"content": "The N64 controlller is one of the worst first party video game controllers ever designed. Have you ever played video games?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,212.602675 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/20/golf-practice-made-easy-with-robotics/ | Golf Practice Made Easy With Robotics | Al Williams | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"golf",
"Orange Pi",
"robot"
] | When you think of sports, you usually think of something that takes a lot of physical effort. Golf is a bit different. Sure, you can get some walking in if you don’t take a cart. But mostly golfing is about coordination and skill and less about physical exertion. Until you want to practice driving. You hit a bucket of ... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "5121390",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-09-20T15:40:51",
"content": "“When you think of sports, you usually think of something that takes a lot of physical effort.”Chess!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5121596",
... | 1,760,374,212.702331 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/20/space-garbage-truck-passes-its-first-test/ | Space Garbage Truck Passes Its First Test | Tom Nardi | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"capture",
"cubesat",
"orbit",
"RemoveDEBRIS",
"space junk"
] | Back in April we reported on the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station which carried, along with supplies and experiments for the orbiting outpost, the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft. Developed by the University of Surrey, RemoveDEBRIS was designed as the world’s first practical de... | 54 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "5121289",
"author": "fanoush",
"timestamp": "2018-09-20T14:11:20",
"content": "that image looks likehttp://stuffin.space/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5121323",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2018-09... | 1,760,374,212.926836 |
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