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https://hackaday.com/2018/02/07/locally-sourced-pla-adhesive/ | Locally Sourced: PLA Adhesive | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Reviews",
"Slider"
] | [
"cyanoacrylate",
"DAP",
"glue",
"gorilla glue",
"HDX",
"Loctite",
"PLA",
"PLA adhesive"
] | When I first started getting into 3D printed projects that would require final assembly from multiple parts, I wanted to make sure I had an adhesive that would really hold up. I couldn’t imagine anything worse than spending 10’s of hours printing and assembling something, only to have it fall apart because my adhesive ... | 61 | 39 | [
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"comment_id": "4347030",
"author": "ItsThatIdiotAgain",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T15:23:06",
"content": "You could try a little weak acid to inhibit the cheap cyanoacrylate, and isopropanol or even just water to speed it up.Try misting the part with a little white vinegar first, then use the glue, ... | 1,760,374,490.673667 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/07/debugging-an-arduino-with-an-arduino/ | Debugging An Arduino With An Arduino | Tom Nardi | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"ATtiny Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"arduino",
"attiny85",
"AVR",
"debugger",
"debugwire",
"decompile"
] | As every Hackaday reader knows, and tells us at every opportunity in the comments, adding an Arduino to your project instantly makes it twice as cool. But what if, in the course of adding an Arduino to your project, you run into a problem and need to debug the code? What if you could use
a second
Arduino to debug the f... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "4346820",
"author": "ItsThatIdiotAgain",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T12:16:51",
"content": "I’ll see your debugging a humble 8 bit AVR with another AVR and raise you debugging an ARM STM32 with an ARM STM32http://www.stm32duino.com/viewforum.php?f=37Black magic probe, stlinkv1&2, Jlink... | 1,760,374,490.356722 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/07/darpa-enlisting-nemo-and-dory-to-find-you/ | DARPA Enlisting Nemo And Dory To Find You | Roger Cheng | [
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"bio engineering",
"Bio hacking",
"biosensor",
"darpa",
"motion sensing",
"ocean research",
"ocean sensors",
"pressure sensor",
"proximity sensor",
"sensor network",
"undersea",
"undersea exploration"
] | The ocean is a hostile environment for man-made equipment, no matter its purpose. Whether commercial fishing, scientific research, or military operations, salt water is constantly working to break them all down. The ocean is also home to organisms well-adapted to their environment so DARPA is curious if we can leverage... | 9 | 8 | [
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"comment_id": "4346934",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T13:58:30",
"content": "Algae in relation to ocean temperature.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4346939",
"author": "customdev",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T14:11:08",... | 1,760,374,490.207634 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/hacking-a-sonoff-wifi-switch/ | Hacking A Sonoff WiFi Switch | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"ESP8266",
"home automation",
"sonoff",
"switch",
"uart",
"USB to serial",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] | The ESP8266 platform has become so popular that it isn’t just being used in hobby and one-off projects anymore. Companies like Sonoff are basing entire home automation product lines around the inexpensive WiFi card. What this means for most of us is that there’s now an easily hackable and readily available product on t... | 53 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "4346430",
"author": "Pez",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T06:13:25",
"content": "The Node-Red folks use these all the time. Incredibly easy to integrate these into NR, and from there into.ptetty.mich any kind of stack you want.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,374,490.757687 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/eating-a-qr-code-may-save-your-life-someday/ | Eating A QR Code May Save Your Life Someday | Tom Nardi | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"inkjet",
"medicine",
"prescription",
"qr code",
"University of Copenhagen"
] | QR codes are easy to produce, resistant to damage, and can hold a considerable amount of data. But generally speaking, eating them has no practical purpose. Unfortunately the human digestive tract lacks the ability to interpret barcodes, 2D or otherwise. But thanks to the University of Copenhagen, that may soon change.... | 51 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "4346315",
"author": "Internet",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T03:11:59",
"content": "I guess you could design it to print the QR code and if you had the ability to selectively print specific ingredients in certain spaces and fill the rest with null spaces to finish the code, one could ac... | 1,760,374,490.299774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/esp32-we-have-ways-to-make-you-talk/ | ESP32, We Have Ways To Make You Talk | Al Williams | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"dac",
"digital to analog",
"ESP32",
"wav file",
"wave file"
] | One of our favorite scenes from the [James Bond] franchise is the classic exchange between [Goldfinger] and [Bond]. [Connery] (the One True Bond) says, “You expect me to talk?” And the reply is, “No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” When it comes to the ESP32, though, apparently [XTronical] expects it to talk. He posted ... | 24 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4346147",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-02-07T00:12:43",
"content": "For some reason evil villains always want to tell the good guy their plans.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4346177",
"author": "Olsen",
... | 1,760,374,490.884753 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/printed-adapter-teaches-an-old-ninja-new-tricks/ | Printed Adapter Teaches An Old Ninja New Tricks | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"cooking hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"3d printed",
"adapter",
"food processor",
"Fusion 360",
"ninja",
"product design",
"spline"
] | Do you like change for the sake of change? Are you incapable of leaving something in a known and working state, and would rather fiddle endlessly with it? Are you unconcerned about introducing arbitrary compatibility issues into your seemingly straight-forward product line? If you answered “Yes” to any of those questio... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4346013",
"author": "megaeggz",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T21:53:00",
"content": "totally wild",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4346106",
"author": "Pirate Labs",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T23:22:48",
"content": "Well don... | 1,760,374,490.577159 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/water-cooling-a-3d-printer/ | Water Cooling A 3D Printer | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"E3D",
"water cooler",
"water cooling"
] | It may seem like a paradox, but one of the most important things you have to do to a 3D printer’s hot end is to keep it cool. That seems funny, because the idea is to heat up plastic, but you really only want to heat it up just before it extrudes. If you heat it up too early, you’ll get jams. That’s why nearly all hot ... | 45 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345882",
"author": "Josh Cawood",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T19:35:07",
"content": "I tired this. It worked, but the heater couldn’t keep up. Temps where over 260C and I couldn’t print fast. Never jammed (wich was my problem I was trying to solve), but the water just pulled way too m... | 1,760,374,490.831425 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/mae-jemison-and-the-final-frontier/ | Mae Jemison And The Final Frontier | Kristina Panos | [
"Biography",
"Featured",
"History",
"Original Art"
] | [
"biomedical",
"Lt. Uhura",
"Mae Jemsion",
"nasa",
"peace corps",
"ST:TNG",
"STS-47"
] | From the time Mae Jemison was a little girl, she was convinced that she would go to space. No one could tell her otherwise. She was sure that space travel would be as common as air travel by the time she was an adult. That prediction didn’t pan out, but that confidence combined with her intellect, curiosity, and the ab... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345845",
"author": "Antron Argaiv",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T18:54:15",
"content": "Small point: the shuttle name is Endeavour…spelled the British way, for Capt. Cook’s ship.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4345861",
... | 1,760,374,490.415997 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/cpap-hacked-into-super-charged-3d-printer-cooler/ | CPAP Hacked Into Super Charged 3D Printer Cooler | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"hardware",
"Parts"
] | [
"3d printing",
"CPAP",
"fan",
"part cooling",
"smoothieboard"
] | Of all the parts on your average desktop 3D printer, the nozzle itself is arguably where the real magic happens. Above the nozzle, plastic is being heated to the precise temperature required to get it flowing smoothly. Immediately below the nozzle there’s a fan blowing to get the plastic cooled back down again. This ca... | 27 | 9 | [
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"comment_id": "4345709",
"author": "Pirate Labs",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T16:53:43",
"content": "Does this cure print apnea?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4345725",
"author": "Andrew Hasara",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T17:02... | 1,760,374,490.947647 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/are-there-better-things-to-hurl-into-orbit-than-a-sports-car/ | Are There Better Things To Hurl Into Orbit Than A Sports Car? | Jenny List | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Rants"
] | [
"car",
"electric car",
"Elon Musk",
"Falcon Heavy",
"space",
"SpaceX",
"tesla",
"Tesla Roadster"
] | We’ve been having a lively discussion behind the scenes here at Hackaday, about SpaceX’s
forthcoming launch of their first Falcon Heavy rocket
. It will be carrying [Elon Musk]’s red Tesla Roadster, and should it be a successful launch, it will place the car in an elliptical orbit round the Sun that will take it to the... | 151 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345589",
"author": "macsimski",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T15:15:31",
"content": "I contemplated offering my 1994 Citroen bx break as a swap with the roadster. But no,i would miss it beyond measure. Although a roadster would buy me all bx-ses in existance… hmmm.",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,374,491.215286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/this-nes-rom-is-a-zip-of-its-source/ | This NES ROM Is A ZIP Of Its Source | Eric Evenchick | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"nes",
"PoC||GFTO",
"polyglot",
"rom",
"zip"
] | Polyglots, in computing terms, are files have multiple valid meanings. We’ve seen some amazing examples of polyglot files in releases of
The International Journal of PoC||GTFO
. One example: a PDF that is also a ZIP, HTML file, and BPG image.
[Vi Grey] was inspired by PoC||GTFO’s release of a PDF/ZIP/NES ROM hybrid fil... | 12 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345434",
"author": "Tim Gremalm",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T12:36:39",
"content": "This reminds me of the talk: Funky File Formats (Ange Albertini, CCC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCs6bPM4is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,374,491.020954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/delivery-drones-can-learn-from-driving-and-cycling/ | Delivery Drones Can Learn From Driving And Cycling | Steven Dufresne | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"autonomous drone",
"drone",
"neural network",
"self-driving"
] | Increasingly these days drones are being used for urban surveillance, delivery, and examining architectural structures. To do this autonomously often involves using “map-localize-plan” techniques wherein first, the location is determined on a map using GPS, and then based on that, control commands are produced.
A neura... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345249",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T09:18:53",
"content": "Why, rather than being trained by vehicles, can the drones not instead take inspiration from nature and just fly OVER things?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment... | 1,760,374,491.774851 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/repairs-you-can-print-fixing-a-rat-attacked-mic-cord/ | Repairs You Can Print: Fixing A Rat-Attacked Mic Cord | Dan Maloney | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"contests"
] | [
"cord",
"microphone",
"potting",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"retractile",
"splice"
] | We’ve all been there — a steamy night in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea, sweaty slumber disturbed by the unmistakable sounds of gnawing. In the morning we discover that a rodent of unusual tastes has chewed the microphone cable of our transceiver right half in two, leaving us out of touch with base camp. If we had ... | 23 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345055",
"author": "Precious Mettle",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T06:05:12",
"content": "‘Right half in two’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4345171",
"author": "MAybe",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T07:40:16",
... | 1,760,374,492.099321 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/repairs-you-can-print-model-coal-car-fix/ | Repairs You Can Print: Model Coal Car Fix | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"3d printing",
"repair"
] | Model railways are a deep and rewarding hobby, and the mechanisms involved can be both surprisingly intricate and delightful. A great example that may surprise the unfamiliar is that of model train carriages, such as coal cars, that are capable of both receiving and dumping a load at various points on a model layout. T... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "4345391",
"author": "Jii",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T11:40:11",
"content": "It just occured to me, that when i was a kid, i assempled a model of Mil Mi-28 (Havoc). Of course the blades broke and also the wheel shock. I tried gluing them but naturally that would not work. Maybe i coul... | 1,760,374,491.625608 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/circuit-bent-casio-sk-1-gets-an-arduino-brain/ | Circuit Bent Casio SK-1 Gets An Arduino Brain | Tom Nardi | [
"classic hacks",
"hardware",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"Casio SK-1",
"circuit bending",
"NEC 23C256",
"rom"
] | The Casio SK-1 keyboard is fairly well-known in the “circuit bending” scene, where its simple internals lend themselves to modifications and tweaks to adjust the device’s output in all sorts of interesting ways. But creating music via circuit bending the SK-1 can be tedious, as it boils down to fiddling with the intern... | 28 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4344782",
"author": "l_szabi",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T00:17:38",
"content": "The arduino could easily replace the rom chip. You just have to program it properly instead of using that digitalWrite crap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comm... | 1,760,374,492.220367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/repairs-you-can-print-a-little-love-for-the-glove-box/ | Repairs You Can Print: A Little Love For The Glove Box | Kristina Panos | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"car hacks"
] | [
"abs",
"glove box",
"glove box mount",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"strange fuse box locations"
] | A few years ago, [Brieuc]’s car blew a fuse. He went to replace it, which unfortunately means removing the entire glove box. In his haste to get his baby back on the road, he accidentally broke one of the clips that holds the glove box on the dashboard.
[Brieuc] tried to just glue the thing back together, but it didn’t... | 25 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4343735",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T21:29:15",
"content": "That’s good he went for ABS. I printed up some sun visor clips for my daughters VW beetle a couple of years ago in PLA. They worked great till summer came around and they melted :o",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,374,492.334387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/3d-printering-printing-sticks-for-a-pla-hot-glue-gun/ | 3D Printering: Printing Sticks For A PLA Hot Glue Gun | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Featured",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Skills",
"Slider",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"diy",
"diy tool",
"extruder",
"glue",
"glue gun",
"glue stick",
"PLA",
"plastic",
"plastic welding",
"tools",
"welding"
] | When is a hot glue stick not a hot glue stick? When it’s PLA, of course! A glue gun that dispenses molten PLA instead of hot glue turned out to be a handy tool for joining 3D-printed objects together, once I had figured out how to print my own “glue” sticks out of PLA. The result is a bit like a plus-sized 3D-printing ... | 84 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "4342925",
"author": "oinbna",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T18:12:48",
"content": "3D printing is the bitcoin of CNC world.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4343771",
"author": "arduinoman",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T... | 1,760,374,492.620876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/making-smoke-that-really-performs/ | Making Smoke That Really Performs | Lewin Day | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"potassium nitrate",
"Rocket Candy",
"smoke",
"smoke bomb",
"smoke device"
] | Smoke is a useful thing, whether you want to hide from enemy combatants or just make a big scene at a local sporting match. Smoke devices have lots of applications, many of which will likely cause a nuisance to somebody, somewhere. With that said, they can also be really cool, and
[Tech Ingredients] is here to tell you... | 40 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "4342773",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T16:33:45",
"content": "WooHoo!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4342776",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T16:36:55",
"content": "Bear in mind that in some... | 1,760,374,491.724083 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/black-holes-and-the-elusive-mystery-that-lies-within-an-equation/ | Black Holes And The Elusive Mystery That Lies Within An Equation | Will Sweatman | [
"Featured",
"History",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"black hole",
"einstein",
"event horizon",
"Jocelyn Bell Burnell",
"pulsar",
"Schwarzschild Radius",
"singularity"
] | “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” This famous quote by Isaac Newton points to an axiom that lies at the heart of The Sciences — knowledge precedes knowledge.
What we know today is entirely based upon what we learned in the past. This general pattern is echoed througho... | 83 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "4342672",
"author": "doc_brown",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T15:16:39",
"content": "May I suggest you add the correct “Schwarzschild” to your spell checker? I see “Schwaszchild” and “Swartzchild” before eventually settling onto “Schwarzchild”. Even the built-in spell checker (English) ... | 1,760,374,492.022708 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/making-software-defined-radio-portable/ | Making Software Defined Radio Portable | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"amateur",
"android",
"battery",
"ham",
"LimeSDR",
"limesdrmini",
"phone",
"radio",
"sdr"
] | While most smartphones can receive at least some radio, transmitting radio signals is an entirely different matter. But, if you have an Android phone and a few antennas (and a ham radio license) it turns out that it is possible to get
a respectable software-defined radio on your handset
.
[Adrian] set this up to be ful... | 20 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4342482",
"author": "Truth",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T12:29:02",
"content": "$139 is the current price from crowdsupply with no case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4342534",
"author": "Hong's Electronics LLC (@Electr... | 1,760,374,492.41661 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/05/repairing-a-wounded-mantis/ | Repairing A Wounded Mantis | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"Fusion 360",
"mantis",
"microscope",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"Tronxy P802M"
] | While it’s true that we didn’t
specifically
say making Hackaday staff exceedingly jealous of your good fortune would deduct points from your entry into our ongoing “Repairs You Can Print Contest”, we feel like [Sam Perry] really should have known better. During a recent dumpster dive he found an older, slightly damaged... | 20 | 9 | [
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"comment_id": "4342229",
"author": "Gijs",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T09:04:08",
"content": "Very cool yet picking pla might be a mistake – it handles stress (continuous) very poor. I’m certain this scope will just dive into the desk after a couple of days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,492.70685 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/a-game-that-does-more-with-less/ | A Game That Does More With Less | Donald Papp | [
"ATtiny Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"AVR",
"charlieplexing",
"game",
"led",
"maze",
"minimalist"
] | [David Johnson-Davies] created a minimal
Secret Maze Game
using a single ATTiny85 and a few common components. This simple game uses four buttons, four LEDs, and a small speaker. The player moves in the four cardinal directions using buttons, and the LEDs show walls and corridors. If an LED is lit, it means the path in... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "4342227",
"author": "codifies",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T09:01:20",
"content": "neat! its crying out to be a business card…!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4345598",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T... | 1,760,374,492.786114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/always-misplacing-your-keys-you-can-fix-that-with-some-logic-chips/ | Always Misplacing Your Keys? You Can Fix That With Some Logic Chips | Kristina Panos | [
"Lifehacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"audio jack",
"car keys",
"decade counter",
"piezo siren",
"reed switch"
] | Every time he came home, it was the same thing. As soon as he crossed the threshold, his keys just disappeared. There was no other logical explanation for it. And whenever it was time to leave again, he had to turn the house upside down to find them.
One day, [out-of-the-box] decided he’d had enough and built
a door-ac... | 19 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4341832",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T04:35:15",
"content": "The thumbnail looked like an IED. I clicked this so fast thinking “why did they use this picture?!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4341849",
"au... | 1,760,374,493.067175 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/hackaday-links-february-4th-2018/ | Hackaday Links: February 4th, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"Chinook",
"epoxy",
"harrier",
"jump jet",
"rc",
"remote controlled",
"two part epoxy"
] | Here’s something remarkably displeasant.
Can you cook a steak with glue
? [Dom] and [Chris] from ExplosiveDischarge have cooked a steak using a huge, huge amount of two-part epoxy. The chemistry behind this is just the exothermic reaction when two-part epoxy kicks off, and yes, the steak (a very thin cut) was sufficien... | 14 | 4 | [
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"comment_id": "4341512",
"author": "AKA the A",
"timestamp": "2018-02-05T00:23:42",
"content": "The actual Harrier did NOT have any active stability control (that’s why so many of them crashed upon landing), it was all done by weight distribution and hard pilot work, so he’s cheating a little ther... | 1,760,374,493.16358 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/benchtop-fume-extractor-cuts-the-cord-clears-the-air/ | Benchtop Fume Extractor Cuts The Cord, Clears The Air | Dan Maloney | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"exhaust",
"extractor",
"fan",
"fume",
"inhalation",
"safety",
"smoke",
"solder"
] | What good is safety gear that isn’t used because it’s annoying and gets in the way of getting the job at hand completed? None, really, and the solder fume extractor is one item that never seems to live in harmony with your workspace. They’re often noisy, they obstruct your vision, and a power cord draped across your be... | 32 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "4341168",
"author": "Nay",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T21:10:52",
"content": "It doesn’t exactly extract anything, does it? Blowing the fumes around is helpful, of course.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4341333",
"author... | 1,760,374,493.382407 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/repairs-you-can-print-nintendo-3ds-xl-lives-again/ | Repairs You Can Print: Nintendo 3DS XL Lives Again! | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"hinge repair",
"Nintend 3ds",
"Repairs You Can Print"
] | Handheld game consoles have a hard life, and even the most well-built models can sometimes fail. The Nintendo 3DS XL, for example, can fail at its hinge, which is what happened to the one owned by [Mark]. Would he fix the hinge? No, he had a far simpler if a little less flexible solution,
a 3D-printed bracket that clip... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4340911",
"author": "pacman10101",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T18:14:08",
"content": "it’s like a neck brace for the ds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4341056",
"author": "categoryq",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T19:58:16",
... | 1,760,374,493.010747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/a-few-laser-cut-cases-for-your-sbcs/ | A Few Laser-Cut Cases For Your SBCs | Jenny List | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"cases",
"laser cut",
"laser cut cases",
"SBC",
"SBC cases"
] | Single-board computers, usually featuring ARM processors, have revolutionized the world of the hardware hacker over the last decade. The computing power you would have found in a desktop computer not so long ago, mounted on a small PCB and powered from a mobile phone charger.
With a few notable exceptions though, these... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4340710",
"author": "Mike R",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T15:49:06",
"content": "Looks like the ESPRESSObin site got the Hackaday hug of death. Multiple gigabit network ports, SATA, USB3, and an optional pci-e wifi card looks like the makings of a decent roll-your-own router/NAS combo.... | 1,760,374,493.439191 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/beating-life-force-amulet/ | Beating Life-Force Amulet | James Hobson | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"Amulet",
"cosplay",
"heartbeat",
"magic",
"necklace",
"Oil Line",
"prop"
] | It’s one thing to see science-fiction slowly become reality, but quite another to take that process into your own hands. Inspired by a movie prop, [Eric Strebel] decided to build himself a 21st science-fiction artifact: a
pulsing, life-force amulet
.
At the — aheam — heart of this amulet is a blinking LED circuit which... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4340536",
"author": "Alphatek",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T13:17:43",
"content": "Braided oil line? Ouch, poor neck hairs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4340774",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2018-02-0... | 1,760,374,493.499451 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/04/a-3d-printable-raman-probe/ | A 3D Printable Raman Probe | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"3d printed",
"Raman",
"raman spectrometer",
"spectroscopy"
] | Scientific instruments are expensive. In a lot of cases,
really
expensive, so if you have spent any time in a well-equipped lab, the chances are that it would have been one backed up by the resources of a university, or a large company. Those experimenters who wish to pursue such matters outside those environments have... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4340555",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T13:40:28",
"content": "“Those experimenters who wish to pursue such matters outside those environments have traditionally had to rely on obsolete instruments from the surplus market. ”Obsolete==nonfunctional?Obsolete==out of c... | 1,760,374,493.113381 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/towards-sensible-packaging-for-3d-printer-filament/ | Towards Sensible Packaging For 3D Printer Filament | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3D printer filament spool",
"3d printing",
"filament",
"printer filament",
"spool"
] | Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 grams. Use the filament, and that spool will be thrown in the trash. Very, very few products have such wasteful packaging as... | 66 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "4340074",
"author": "richfiles",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T06:59:03",
"content": "This is really one of those ‘It’s about time’ type things. Why is this only just becoming a thing?Are the zip-ties even needed? Three or so strips of thin cardboard wrap seem fine. Insert on the spool, ... | 1,760,374,493.71872 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/boost-tube-replacement-through-3d-printing/ | Boost Tube Replacement Through 3D Printing | Lewin Day | [
"car hacks"
] | [
"car",
"corrado",
"intake",
"supercharger",
"vw corrado"
] | [Sam] is the lucky owner of a 1990 VW Corrado G60. To the uninitiated, that’s the souped-up, go fast version with the fancy supercharger on top. While performing some mods to the air intake (car-speak for “hacks”), there came a need for a custom tube to eliminate the original silencer box. With available options costin... | 15 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339915",
"author": "BrendaEM",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T03:18:02",
"content": "The Corrado was a cute car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4339943",
"author": "Cobalt Griffon",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T04:09:56",
"c... | 1,760,374,493.770415 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/sifive-introduces-risc-v-linux-capable-multicore-processor/ | SiFive Introduces RISC-V Linux-Capable Multicore Processor | Brian Benchoff | [
"News"
] | [
"HiFive",
"RISC-V",
"SiFive",
"SoC"
] | Slowly but surely, RISC-V, the Open Source architecture for everything from microcontrollers to server CPUs is making inroads in the community. Now SiFive, the major company behind putting RISC-V chips into actual silicon, is releasing a chip that’s even more powerful. At FOSDEM this weekend, SiFive announced the relea... | 39 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339827",
"author": "Redhatter (VK4MSL)",
"timestamp": "2018-02-04T00:20:04",
"content": "It’ll be great to see where this goes in the coming years, and when we can get Linux-capable RISC-V chips for less than a kilobuck.You and me both. I have a debit card, its limit is AU$999.99.... | 1,760,374,493.583548 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/crowdfunding-is-now-a-contract-between-company-and-backer/ | Crowdfunding Is Now A Contract Between Company And Backer | Brian Benchoff | [
"Crowd Funding"
] | [
"crowdfunding",
"indiegogo",
"law",
"spectrum",
"ZX Spectrum",
"ZX Spectrum Vega"
] | Kickstarter is not a store. Indiegogo is not a store. Crowdfunding is not buying something — you’re merely donating some money, and you might get a reward for your pledge.
Caveat emptor
doesn’t apply, because there is no buyer, and no one can figure out what the correct Latin translation for ‘backer’ is. These are the ... | 42 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339688",
"author": "Khordas",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T21:13:53",
"content": "This is a positive development. I’ve lucked out with buying things through crowdfunding, either because I’ve managed to avoid the pie-in-the-sky wishlist stuff, or because my standards are low and I’m sa... | 1,760,374,493.903938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/mit-makes-lego-lab-for-microfluidics/ | MIT Makes Lego Lab For Microfluidics | Richard Baguley | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"lego",
"microfluidics"
] | As any good hacker (or scientist) knows, sometimes you find the tools you need in unexpected places. For one group of MIT scientists, that place is a
box of Lego
. Graduate student [Crystal Owens] was looking for new ways to make a cheap, simple microfluidics kit. This technique uses the flow of small amounts of liquid... | 18 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339548",
"author": "Wow laser",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T18:04:28",
"content": "Laser engraving could achieve smaller channels",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4341366",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2018-0... | 1,760,374,493.822389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/3d-print-a-3d-printer-frame/ | 3D Print A 3D Printer Frame | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"reprap",
"self-replicating"
] | It is over a decade since the RepRap project was begun, originally to deliver 3D printers that could replicate themselves, in other words ones that could print the parts required to make a new printer identical to themselves. And we’re used to seeing printers of multiple different designs still constructed to some exte... | 26 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339389",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T15:07:40",
"content": "There have been many printers with printed frames in the past, so nothing new in that respect. Though an interesting angle the creator has taken here to essentially swap real aluminum extrusion for printed.",... | 1,760,374,494.027501 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/heres-why-hoverboard-motors-might-belong-in-robots/ | Here’s Why Hoverboard Motors Might Belong In Robots | Donald Papp | [
"hardware",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"BLDC",
"brushless",
"brushless motor",
"Concept",
"Electric motor",
"esc",
"hoverboard",
"motor",
"ODrive",
"open source",
"robot arm",
"robotic arm",
"robotics"
] | [madcowswe] starts by pointing out that the entire premise of ODrive (an open-source brushless motor driver board) is to make use of inexpensive brushless motors in industrial-type applications. This usually means using hobby electric aircraft motors, but robotic applications sometimes need more torque than those motor... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339193",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T12:33:22",
"content": "They are better described as motorwheels because they have appeared on many motorized devices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4629257",
"au... | 1,760,374,493.969929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/03/a-wrencher-on-your-oscilloscope/ | A Wrencher On Your Oscilloscope | Jenny List | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"javascript",
"jolly wrencher",
"oscilloscope art",
"scope art",
"wrencher"
] | We like oscilloscope art here at Hackaday, so it was natural to recently feature a Javascript based oscilloscope art generator on these pages, along with its companion clock. Open a web page, scribble on the screen, see it on the ‘scope.
As part of our coverage we laid down the challenge: “
If any of you would like to ... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4339153",
"author": "Ted",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T11:52:21",
"content": "You can see the whole thing at once, suitable for a normal frame grab, by adjusting the timebase (set to 10ms or longer). Playing with the memory depth can substitute as a persistence control in this mode. ... | 1,760,374,494.074164 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/start-your-apollo-collection-with-an-open-source-dsky/ | Start Your Apollo Collection With An Open Source DSKY | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"agc",
"apollo",
"CM",
"DSKY",
"LEM",
"prop",
"replica",
"seven segment"
] | Given that there have been only six manned moon landings, and that almost all of the hardware that started on the launch pad was discarded along the way, getting your hands on flown hardware is not generally the business of mere mortals. Such artifacts are mostly in museums or in the hands of very rich private collecto... | 20 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338220",
"author": "prps",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T16:44:24",
"content": "I wouldn’t recommend buying actual flown hardware even if you can afford it. NASA has a tendency to steal it back.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "433... | 1,760,374,494.237054 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/what-are-those-hieroglyphics-on-your-laptop-charger/ | What Are Those Hieroglyphics On Your Laptop Charger? | Bob Baddeley | [
"Featured",
"hardware",
"Interest",
"Original Art"
] | [
"EMC testing",
"materials testing",
"power supply",
"regulations",
"Safety Testing",
"standards"
] | Look on the back of your laptop charger and you’ll find a mess of symbols and numbers. We’d bet you’ve looked at them before and gleaned little or no understanding from what they’re telling you.
These symbols are as complicated as the
label on the tag of your shirt
that have never taught you anything about doing laundr... | 93 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338112",
"author": "denis",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T15:05:30",
"content": "China export /= CE(europe) both examples present in title picture.https://siloscordoba.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CE-and-China-Export-1.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,494.479837 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/flexiphone-rises-from-the-ashes-of-broken-instruments/ | Flexiphone Rises From The Ashes Of Broken Instruments | Adam Fabio | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"bell",
"chromatic",
"flexiphone",
"piano"
] | The mechanics of an old Rhodes Piano, and a set of chromatic saucer bells rescued from a reed organ. What do these two things have to do with each other? If you’re [Measured Workshop], they are the makings of a new instrument.
The Flexiphone is a transposable instrument
with a piano keyboard and interchangeable sound s... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4337944",
"author": "Blamoo",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T12:27:34",
"content": "And if you search for “Flexiphone”, you get lots of news about flexible screens… Lame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4337956",
"author": "Mr Nam... | 1,760,374,494.180563 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/keeping-magnetized-marbles-from-stopping-the-music/ | Keeping Magnetized Marbles From Stopping The Music | Dan Maloney | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"ball",
"bearing",
"demagnetizer",
"gears",
"instrument",
"magnet",
"marble",
"music"
] | Take a couple of thousand steel balls, add a large wooden gear with neodymium magnets embedded in it, and what do you get? Either the beginnings of a wonderful kinetic music machine, or a mess of balls all stuck together and clogging up the works.
The latter was the case for [Martin], and he needed to find a way to dem... | 18 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4337721",
"author": "John Jorsett",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T09:31:43",
"content": "I am in awe of this guy. He’s like Da Vinci in his melding of art and engineering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4337778",
"author":... | 1,760,374,494.650303 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/a-grandfather-clock-barbot/ | A Grandfather Clock BarBot | James Hobson | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"bar",
"dispenser",
"drink",
"grandfather clock",
"peristaltics",
"voice controlled"
] | As the saying goes, it’s five o’clock somewhere; when the clock finally strikes the hour,
that same clock can pour you a drink
thanks to redditor [Diggedypomme].
This bar-clock can dispense beverages with up to four different spirits and four mixers, and takes orders over voice, keyboard, or web-controls. A belt-driven... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338046",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T13:48:13",
"content": "heres the thing ive always wondered about bar-bots, what is the average maintenance and cleaning schedule. How often do the designers think about the cleaning procedure when building them and what is the way... | 1,760,374,494.587029 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/three-wires-one-motor/ | Three Wires = One Motor | James Hobson | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"coil",
"electromagnetic field",
"motor",
"Party Trick",
"wire"
] | Here’s a quick build to show off fundamentals of electric current to new makers — or a cool party trick that might earn you a buck. [Jay] from the [Plasma Channel] shows off how you can make a simple
motor with only three pieces of enameled wire in under five minutes
.
Start with a roll of 26-guage — or thicker — magne... | 24 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "4337367",
"author": "ANC",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T03:38:11",
"content": "Spherical?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4337558",
"author": "Per",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T07:24:17",
"content": "Why do yo... | 1,760,374,494.536623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/handholo-a-homebrew-arg/ | HandHolo: A Homebrew ARG | James Hobson | [
"Android Hacks",
"Phone Hacks",
"Virtual Reality"
] | [
"Android O",
"augmented reality",
"bluetooth",
"game",
"mouse"
] | Taking a dive into VR or augmented reality — once, dreamed-of science fiction — is not only possible for the average consumer, but crafting those experiences is as well! Hackaday.io user [kvtoet]’s HandHolo is a homebrew method to cut your teeth on
peeking into a virtual world
.
This project requires a smartphone runni... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "4337201",
"author": "FW",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T00:27:17",
"content": "Cardboard. So, just start with mashed crap. Got it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4337257",
"author": "fm`",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02... | 1,760,374,494.743095 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/repairs-you-can-print-3d-printing-is-for-solder-suckers/ | Repairs You Can Print: 3D Printing Is For (Solder) Suckers | Kristina Panos | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"desoldering",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"solder sucker"
] | [Joey] was about to desolder something when the unthinkable happened: his iconic blue anodized aluminium desoldering pump was nowhere to be found. Months before, having burned himself on copper braid, he’d sworn off the stuff and sold it all for scrap. He scratched uselessly at a solder joint with a fingernail and thou... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338894",
"author": "jioag",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T07:26:13",
"content": "Or you can go to local electronics store and buy a new one for $2.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4339476",
"author": "Wade",
"times... | 1,760,374,494.814375 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/careful-testing-reveals-usb-cable-duds/ | Careful Testing Reveals USB Cable Duds | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"cable",
"current voltage drop",
"DC load",
"jack",
"plug",
"power",
"testing",
"usb"
] | What’s worse than powering up your latest build for the first time only to have absolutely nothing happen? OK, maybe it’s not as bad as releasing the Magic Smoke, but it’s still pretty bewildering to have none of your blinky lights blink like they’re supposed to.
What you do at that point is largely a matter of your tr... | 29 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338742",
"author": "Bootstrap",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T03:23:38",
"content": "I spent a number of hours testing a SBC in a retail POS to find out why Android failed to boot sometimes, turned out to be the cables. Shorter is better!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,374,494.955906 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/you-can-learn-a-lot-from-a-blinkenrocket/ | You Can Learn A Lot From A Blinkenrocket | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"hardware"
] | [
"34C3",
"automation",
"badge",
"diy",
"kits",
"workshop"
] | At this year’s Chaos Communication Congress, we caught up with [muzy] and [overflo], who were there with a badge and soldering project they designed to teach young folks how to solder and program. Blinkenrocket is a basically a 64-LED matrix display and just enough support hardware to store and display animations, and ... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338980",
"author": "overflo",
"timestamp": "2018-02-03T09:06:13",
"content": "Thanks for the nice writeup!I promised I would send you something to build upon, but I haven’t found the time yet to do so.The components in the kit are all 1206 and the footprints are huge to help make u... | 1,760,374,494.883341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/next-week-vintage-computer-festival-pacific-norhtwest/ | Next Week: Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons"
] | [
"VCF",
"VCF Pacific Northwest",
"vintage",
"vintage computer"
] | Next week something magical is happening. Seattle is getting a Vintage Computer Festival.
It’s the Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest
, and it’s happening Saturday, February 10th and Sunday, February 11th at the Living Computers Museum and Labs.
As with all Vintage Computer Festivals, this is one with plenty o... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338510",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T22:42:48",
"content": "Been lookin’ for a new home for my Compaq “Lugable” CPM OS antique..Maybe next year I’ll drive North a bit..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4338745"... | 1,760,374,495.006511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/printed-nexus-7-sim-tray-is-good-nuff/ | Printed Nexus 7 SIM Tray Is Good ‘Nuff | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Android Hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"nexus",
"nexus 7",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"sim"
] | When repairing something, there are in effect two schools of thought: you can craft a repair that seamlessly blends into the original hardware and doesn’t
look
like a repair, or you can slap that thing together and keep it moving. A lot of variables go into this decision making process, such as the complexity of the re... | 9 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338476",
"author": "Somun",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T21:40:03",
"content": "“requires a fairly well calibrated printer”Well, its very hard to have a well calibrated FDM printer. Plastic will shrink in hard to predict ways. But one can always tweak the design or the slicing paramete... | 1,760,374,495.056814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/ill-have-a-beer-with-a-compliment-chaser/ | I’ll Have A Beer With A Compliment Chaser | Rich Hawkes | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"arduino",
"Compliment",
"thermal printer"
] | [Andrew MacPherson] found out that compliments, even insincere ones, make the recipients feel better. So, he put together a thermal printer and a hilariously large button with an Arduino and created
a machine that prints compliments
. And where best to put a machine that prints out compliments? The local bar, where els... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338407",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T20:01:58",
"content": "Needs an algorithm that slurs the compliments more for each drink drank…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4338421",
"author": "prps",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,374,498.223785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/02/linux-fu-a-little-help-for-bash/ | Linux Fu: A Little Help For Bash | Al Williams | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"bash",
"Linux Fu",
"linuxfu"
] | It isn’t uncommon these days for a programmer’s editor to offer you help about what you are typing, ranging from a pop up with choices to a full-blown code template. If you have written a million lines of code in the language, this might even annoy you. However, if you use it only occasionally, these can be very helpfu... | 23 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4338301",
"author": "N",
"timestamp": "2018-02-02T18:02:06",
"content": "breaking news, zsh exists and has crazy autocompletion",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4338343",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018... | 1,760,374,498.183157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/repairs-you-can-print-fixing-a-chewed-up-remote/ | Repairs You Can Print: Fixing A Chewed Up Remote | Dan Maloney | [
"contests",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"bose",
"radio",
"remote",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"Trinket",
"tv"
] | What is it about remote controls? They’re like some vortex of household chaos, burrowing into couch cushions while accusations fly about who used it last. Or they land in just the right spot on the floor to be stepped on during a trip to the bathroom. And don’t get us started about the fragility of their battery case c... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4337035",
"author": "evilmadscience",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T21:28:44",
"content": "$90 for a replacement remote from Bose? Remind me to never ever buy anything from them, Man if the batteries dies what would they want for a set of replacement AAA cells? $25? I hate places th... | 1,760,374,498.909131 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/travel-in-style-on-an-electric-air-sled/ | Travel In Style On An Electric Air Sled | Adam Fabio | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"air-sled",
"airsled",
"brushless",
"peter sripol",
"sled"
] | What do you do during the winter months in Ohio? Sledding of course! Sledding normally takes place on hills, but [Peter Sripol] is no slave to the terrain.
He’s built an air sled to conquer the barren wastelands of unplowed parking lots
. Air sleds aren’t as outlandish as you might think —
the Soviet Union had decades ... | 41 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336834",
"author": "Tommy",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T19:39:14",
"content": "Safety? Nah… That thing is gonna cut somebodys hand off, or worse…I don’t care how ingenious it is…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4336867",
... | 1,760,374,498.856758 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/mechanisms-the-screw-thread/ | Mechanisms: The Screw Thread | Dan Maloney | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"angle",
"bolt",
"crest",
"fasteners",
"lead",
"lead screw",
"Mechanisms",
"nut",
"pitch",
"root",
"screw",
"thread"
] | They hold together everything from the most delicate watch to the largest bridge. The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these mechanisms. Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making them that they’re seen as cheap commodities, but... | 65 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336663",
"author": "fosselius",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T18:08:31",
"content": "Ah, screws, where imperial and metric live together in harmony within the same standards..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4336667",
"aut... | 1,760,374,498.427911 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/twitter-celebration-of-scientist-hacks-for-lab-and-field/ | Twitter Celebration Of Scientist Hacks For Lab And Field | Roger Cheng | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"review",
"reviews",
"scientist",
"tool reviews",
"tools"
] | If you like reading about scientists creatively using household objects for their work, you will enjoy browsing Twitter hashtag
#reviewforscience
where scientists are sharing stories of repurposing everyday things for their lab and field.
Research papers focus on the scientific hypothesis and the results of testing it.... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336589",
"author": "Matt Cramer",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T16:52:42",
"content": "The second entry currently on that hashtag is seriously cringe inducing: a review of Loctite 234790 glue by Brian Cutting. “Occasionally effective in attaching RFID tags and radio transmitters to bee... | 1,760,374,498.116092 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/the-hard-learned-lessons-of-the-columbia-disaster/ | The Hard-Learned Lessons Of The Columbia Disaster | Tom Nardi | [
"Featured",
"History",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"Columbia",
"disaster",
"international space station",
"space",
"Space Shuttle",
"STS"
] | On February 1st, 2003 at eighteen seconds past 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Shuttle
Columbia
broke up during atmospheric entry over Texas. Still traveling at approximately Mach 18.3, the disintegration of
Columbia
was complete and nearly instantaneous. According to the official accident investigation, the c... | 136 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336516",
"author": "DainBramage",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T15:15:19",
"content": "The loss of both Columbia and Challenger were very sad events. While I was unhappy to see the shuttle mothballed, I understand the reasons why it was necessary.Sadly, there will likely never be anothe... | 1,760,374,498.779512 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/oscilloscope-art-from-your-browser/ | Oscilloscope Art From Your Browser | Jenny List | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"javascript",
"oscilloscope art",
"scope art"
] | Oscilloscope art is a fascinating pursuit in which waveforms are generated for the X an Y channels of an oscilloscope to draw pictures on its screen. It’s somewhat distinct from vector computer graphics of the type you might see in older arcade machines or the Vectrex console, in that while it uses a similar approach t... | 13 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336319",
"author": "Jonathan Wilson",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T12:32:54",
"content": "The logo for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (government run and providing TV and radio) was created on an Oscilloscope:http://logos.wikia.com/wiki/ABC_%28Australian_TV_channel%29The origin... | 1,760,374,498.278334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/02/01/sculptural-grade-mm-sorter/ | Sculptural Grade M&M Sorter | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"color",
"color sensor",
"color sorter",
"M&M",
"sorter"
] | Sorting M&Ms is really only a major concern if you happen to be working on a Van Halen tour, but it’s a fun exercise nonetheless. It’s for this reason we see plenty of sorting projects come our way, varying from the breadboard and cardboard variety, all the way up to final university projects.
Today, [Karl] has blessed... | 18 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336238",
"author": "thegink",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T10:06:47",
"content": "s/seperate/separate",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4336373",
"author": "Escalion",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T13:35:02",
"co... | 1,760,374,498.590841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/putting-the-pi-in-piano/ | Putting The Pi In Piano | James Hobson | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"composition",
"Electric Keyboard",
"midi",
"music",
"piano",
"Ravelox",
"zero"
] | Working on a PhD in composition, [Stephen Coyle] spends a fair bit of time at his electric keyboard. Setting himself up to work can be a bit of a task, so he felt he could improve the process and
make it easy as Pi
.
Finding it an odious task indeed to use notation software, connecting his laptop to his keyboard is a m... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4336217",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T09:32:43",
"content": "I am curious what it’s latency is. OK for composition but lag kills live performance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4336530",
"author":... | 1,760,374,498.323813 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/router-rebooter-eliminates-hassles/ | Router Rebooter Eliminates Hassles | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"ESP8266",
"modem",
"network",
"power cycle",
"reboot",
"router",
"wemos d1 mini"
] | Some low-end or older routers might get you a decent WiFi network in your house or apartment, but often these cheaply made devices are plagued with subtle software problems that cause the router itself to become unresponsive after a few days of operating. One solution is to just power cycle the router by hand whenever ... | 85 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335980",
"author": "werecatf",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T03:16:28",
"content": "I find it weird how many people just accept having to reboot their routers all the time as a fact of life. Not buying the cheapest, lowest-end piece of junk available often goes a long way towards not ha... | 1,760,374,499.63652 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/junk-build-printer-uses-pencil-to-print/ | Junk Build Printer Uses Pencil To Print | Richard Baguley | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"pencil",
"plotter",
"printer hacks"
] | Sometimes, it is interesting to see what you can build from the bits that you have in your junk drawer. [Dr West] decided to build a printer with spare parts including a hard drive, a scanner base and an Arduino. The result is
a rather cool printer that prints out the image using a pencil
, tapping the image out one do... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335931",
"author": "Rocky",
"timestamp": "2018-02-01T01:49:59",
"content": "My brain now hurtz, why not do a plotter instead?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4336594",
"author": "Martin",
"timestamp": "2018-02... | 1,760,374,499.688666 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/repairs-you-can-print-racing-the-clock-for-a-dishwasher-fix/ | Repairs You Can Print: Racing The Clock For A Dishwasher Fix | Dan Maloney | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"contests"
] | [
"appliance",
"Autodesk Fusion 360",
"detergent",
"dishwasher",
"fix",
"latch",
"lever",
"PETG",
"repair",
"Repairs You Can Print"
] | No matter how mad your 3D printing skills may be, there comes a time when it makes more sense to order a replacement part than print it. For [billchurch], that time was the five-hour window he had to order an OEM part online and have it delivered within two days. The race was on — would he be able to
model and print a ... | 38 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335752",
"author": "Tweepy",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T21:19:24",
"content": "Very well written article BUT:Ridiculous: 5 hours for 30 bucks, it’s a sweatshop wage…With all this hype around 3D printing, people forgot how simple things could be fixed with a drill press (in this case ... | 1,760,374,499.76815 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/the-engineering-analysis-of-plastic-dissolving-lubricant/ | The Engineering Analysis Of Plastic-Dissolving Lubricant | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"E3D",
"engineering",
"engineering challenges",
"extruder"
] | Over the years, E3D has made a name for themselves as a manufacturer of very high-quality hotends for 3D printers and other printer ephemera. One of their more successful products is
the Titan Extruder
, a compact extruder for 3D printers that is mostly injection-molded plastic. The front piece of the Titan is a block ... | 31 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335702",
"author": "elvin",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T19:45:19",
"content": "This is why I always use KY-Jelly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4335797",
"author": "Chris Knight",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T22:20:... | 1,760,374,500.146922 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/quantum-communications-in-your-browser/ | Quantum Communications In Your Browser | Al Williams | [
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Original Art"
] | [
"howto",
"quantum computing",
"tutorial"
] | Quantum computing (QC) is a big topic, and
last time
I was only able to walk you through the construction of a few logic gates, but you have to start somewhere. If you haven’t read that part, you probably should, because you’ll need to understand the simulator I’m using and some basic concepts.
I like to get right into... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335686",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T19:19:27",
"content": "“QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS IN YOUR BROWSER”And the last mile monopoly has been solved.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4335717",
"author": "duh",
... | 1,760,374,500.326933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/friday-hack-chat-circuit-python/ | Friday Hack Chat: Circuit Python | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"CircuitPython",
"Hack Chat",
"micropython",
"python"
] | Back in the olden days, if you wanted to learn how to program a computer, you used the BASIC interpreter stored in ROM. This is how an entire generation of devs learned how to program. Now, home computers do not exist, there is no programming language stored in ROM, and no one should inflict JavaScript on 8-year-olds. ... | 32 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335660",
"author": "Bigger Hat",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T18:39:36",
"content": "What? Home computers do not exist? What are you talking about?Do you really suggest that we teach kids to start out by programming microcontrolers in Python using tiny cellphone screens as both display... | 1,760,374,500.223854 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/repairs-you-can-print-the-zipper-box/ | Repairs You Can Print: The Zipper Box | Kristina Panos | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"Repairs You Can Print",
"zipper",
"zipper box",
"zipper repair"
] | Picture it: winter, a few years ago. [Ted Yapo]’s son is sent to the front lines of a snowball war. He rises to the task, pelting kid after kid with ease and taking down the Johnson twins with a two-fisted trebuchet maneuver. As he hunkers down to form the last snowball needed to claim victory, the unthinkable happens:... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335562",
"author": "Predielis",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T16:11:22",
"content": "I like this contest. It really shows how useless hobbyist’s 3D printers are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4335684",
"author": "Padrote... | 1,760,374,500.271721 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/global-resistor-shortage-economics-and-consumer-behavior/ | Global Resistor Shortage, Economics, And Consumer Behavior | Brian Benchoff | [
"Business",
"Current Events",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"chip resistors",
"economics",
"jellybean parts",
"resistors",
"shortage",
"smd",
"supply chain",
"Yageo"
] | The passive component industry — the manufacturers who make the boring but vital resistors, capacitors, and diodes found in every single electronic device — is on the cusp of a shortage. You’ll always be able to buy a 220 Ω, 0805 resistor, but instead of buying two for a penny like you can today, you may only get one i... | 78 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335479",
"author": "scott t",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T15:04:04",
"content": "that box of resistors under my bed could become a gold mine!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4335485",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,374,500.529384 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/strumbot-the-guitar-that-strums-itself/ | Strumbot: The Guitar That Strums Itself | Adam Fabio | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"guitar",
"music",
"robot",
"strumbot"
] | [Clare] isn’t the most musically inclined person, but she can strum a guitar. Thanks to a little help from an Arduino,
she doesn’t even have to do that
.
She built the strumbot, which handles the strumming hand duties of playing the guitar. While [Claire] does believe in her strumbot, she didn’t want to drill holes in ... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335448",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T14:34:53",
"content": "I’d rather do the strumming and have something else fret with the frets!B^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4335468",
"author": "Jim",
... | 1,760,374,500.576102 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/31/what-is-this-a-controller-for-ants/ | What Is This, A Controller For Ants?! | James Hobson | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"gamecube",
"keychain",
"miniature",
"video game"
] | What’s the smallest controller you’ve ever used? [BitBuilt] forum user [Madmorda] picked up a cool little GameCube controller keychain with semi-working buttons at her local GameStop. As makers are wont to do, she figured she could turn it into a working controller and — well —
the rest is history
.
This miniaturized c... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335231",
"author": "piotr_go",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T09:27:06",
"content": "Make it wireless :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4335518",
"author": "Olsen",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T15:27:20",
"cont... | 1,760,374,500.620649 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/kids-kitchen-that-says-beep/ | Kids Kitchen That Says BEEP | Lewin Day | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"ikea hacks",
"kids oven",
"oven",
"toy"
] | Children have always liked to learn by copying the adults around them, and thus have always desired toys that emulate the tools which their older forebears use on a daily basis. [rhoalt]’s daughter wished for an oven to play with,
so a trip to IKEA was in order to get started.
The build begins with the
IKEA Duktig
, a ... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335210",
"author": "werecatf",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T09:09:55",
"content": "I should build one, too. With my cooking skills, my bf won’t let me near the real oven…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4335273",
"author"... | 1,760,374,501.365036 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/cell-phone-surveillance-car/ | Cell Phone Surveillance Car | James Hobson | [
"Android Hacks",
"Phone Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"AirDroid",
"dtmf",
"robot",
"security",
"surveillance"
] | There are many viable options for home security systems, but where is the fun in watching a static camera feed from inside your place? The freedom to really look around might have been what compelled [Varun Kumar] to build a
security car robot
to drive around his place and make sure all is in order.
Aimed at cost-effec... | 15 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "4335045",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T03:35:43",
"content": "At least he told us his pin code :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4335054",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T03:49:03",
... | 1,760,374,501.911351 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/smell-that-its-time/ | Smell That? It’s Time. | Inderpreet Singh | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"numitron",
"numitron clock",
"steam",
"steampunk"
] | Steampunk is beautiful. There is something about the exposed metal and primitive looking artifacts that visually appeal to the brain of a maker and engineer alike. Makers have been busy the last decade building clocks with this theme because hey, everyone needs a clock. [Fuselage] has put together a
Steam Punk Clock th... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334930",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2018-01-31T00:22:35",
"content": "Interesting build.Maybe needs to have the steam generator start up 2 minutes before the hour so it can release on the hour.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comme... | 1,760,374,501.701059 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/repairs-you-can-print-broken-glue-gun-triggers-replacement/ | Repairs You Can Print: Broken Glue Gun Triggers Replacement | Kristina Panos | [
"contests",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"design improvements",
"glue gun",
"openscad",
"PLA",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"teeth"
] | Picture this: you need to buy a simple tool like a glue gun. There’s usually not a whole lot going on in that particular piece of technology, so you base your decision on the power rating and whether it looks like it will last. And it does last, at least for a few years—just long enough to grow attached to it and get u... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334811",
"author": "Carngo",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T22:07:35",
"content": "Never knew I could print things like this. Time to make a brand new glue gun I guess :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4335106",
"author": "Nova"... | 1,760,374,501.752915 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/making-the-case-for-open-source-medical-devices/ | Making The Case For Open Source Medical Devices | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Medical Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Superconference",
"Ashwin K Whitchurch",
"certification",
"fda",
"health care",
"medical devices",
"open hardware",
"open soruce",
"patient monitor",
"regulation"
] | Engineering for medical, automotive, and aerospace is highly regulated. It’s not difficult to see why: lives are often at stake when devices in these fields fail. The cost of certifying and working within established regulations is not insignificant and this is likely the main reason we don’t see a lot of work on Open ... | 53 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334552",
"author": "Rog Fanther",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T19:42:35",
"content": "How about getting some better training for the midwife ? If you can get them a costly device, that will need training also ( in the countries he shows, how many midwifes ( for example ) know how to re... | 1,760,374,502.63433 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/jill-tarter-searching-for-e-t/ | Jill Tarter: Searching For E.T. | Dan Maloney | [
"Biography",
"Engineering",
"Original Art"
] | [
"Allen Telescope Array",
"astronomy",
"ata",
"Jill Tarter",
"phoenix",
"Radio Astronomy",
"SETI"
] | What must it be like to devote your life to answering a single simple but monumental question: Are we alone? Astronomer Jill Tarter would know better than most what it’s like, and knows that the answer will remain firmly stuck on “Yes” until she and others in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project (SETI) ... | 38 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334504",
"author": "Artenz",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T18:45:39",
"content": "Most likely, we’re not alone, but too far away to get a signal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4334791",
"author": "TheRegnirps.",
... | 1,760,374,501.653229 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/roll-your-own-magnetic-encoder-disks/ | Roll Your Own Magnetic Encoder Disks | Kristina Panos | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"magnetic encoder",
"magnets",
"open source robotics",
"rotary encoder",
"sumo bot"
] | [Erich] is the middle of building a new competition sumo bot for 2018. He’s trying to make this one as open and low-cost as humanly possible. So far it’s going pretty well, and the quest to make DIY parts has presented fodder for how-to posts along the way.
One of new bot’s features will be magnetic position encoders f... | 32 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334421",
"author": "sgneiio",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T17:24:14",
"content": "Sumo bots competitions in Poland – same three guys reach podiums since 2010 whilesuckersstudents with reasonably-priced bots waste their time and effort failing to move past qualifying stage. Similar stor... | 1,760,374,501.859019 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/making-the-case-for-slackware-in-2018/ | Making The Case For Slackware In 2018 | Tom Nardi | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"dependency resolution",
"linux",
"package management",
"Slackware",
"systemd",
"ubuntu"
] | If you started using GNU/Linux in the last 10 years or so, there’s a very good chance your first distribution was Ubuntu. But despite what you may have heard on some of the elitist Linux message boards and communities out there, there’s nothing
wrong
with that. The most important thing is simply that you’re using
Free ... | 147 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334316",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T15:04:59",
"content": "Slackware for when one had to fit a ten gallon drink into a five gallon cup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4334319",
"author": "Cathy Ga... | 1,760,374,502.455908 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/be-the-electronic-chameleon/ | Be The Electronic Chameleon | Al Williams | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"color changing fabric",
"heat sensitive dye",
"Leuco dye",
"textiles",
"wearable"
] | If you want to work with wearables, you have to pay a little more attention to color. It is one thing to have a 3D printer board colored green or purple with lots of different color components onboard. But if it is something people will wear, they are going to be more choosy. [Sdekon] shows us his
technique of using Le... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4334276",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T14:24:44",
"content": "ModPodgeNow that is a word I haven’t heard in a long time!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4334631",
"author": "dbear",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T... | 1,760,374,501.789682 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/30/flashing-light-prize-2018-this-time-with-neon/ | Flashing Light Prize 2018: This Time With Neon | Dan Maloney | [
"contests"
] | [
"contests",
"Flashing Light Prize",
"neon",
"prizes"
] | The Flashing Light Prize
is back this year with a noble twist. And judging from the small set of entries thus far, this is going to be an interesting challenge.
Last year’s Flashing Light Prize
was an informal contest with a simple goal: flash an incandescent lamp in the most interesting way possible. This year’s rules... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333775",
"author": "Cooper Hart",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T09:42:58",
"content": "Ben really is hacking royalty, I always learn something, and also feel stupid.It’s a shame his classic outro is missing from this though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,374,501.954028 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/the-engineering-case-for-fusing-your-led-strips/ | The Engineering Case For Fusing Your LED Strips | Lewin Day | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atx psu",
"danger",
"fire",
"fuse",
"fuses",
"fusing",
"led",
"leds",
"psu",
"short circuit",
"short circuits",
"ws2812",
"ws2812b"
] | Modern LED strips are magical things. The WS2812 has allowed the quick and easy creation of addressable RGB installations, revolutionizing the science of cool glowy things. However, this accessibility means that it’s easy to get in over your head and make some simple mistakes that could end catastrophically. [Thomas] i... | 47 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333623",
"author": "Internet",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T07:35:17",
"content": "Wouldn’t this be better solved by manufacturers just integrating resettable fuses in the actual strips?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4333640",
... | 1,760,374,503.042531 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/looking-back-at-microsoft-bob/ | Looking Back At Microsoft Bob | Al Williams | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"microsoft bob",
"retrocomputer",
"user interface"
] | Every industry has at least one. Automobiles had the Edsel. PC Hardware had the IBM PCJr and the Microchannel bus. In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s 1995 answer to why computers were so darn hard to use. [LGR] gives us
a nostalgic look back at Bob
and concludes that we h... | 52 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333481",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T03:07:03",
"content": "“Bob altered your desktop to be a house instead of a desk.”Seem to remember others tried something similar for the same reasons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,374,502.717286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/new-part-day-i2c-in-charlieplexed-leds-out/ | New Part Day: I2C In, Charlieplexed LEDs Out | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"IS31FL3731",
"IS31FL3741",
"ISSI",
"LED driver"
] | It seems that most of the electrical engineering covered on Hackaday concerns exactly one problem domain: how to blink a bunch of LEDs furiously. There are plenty of LED drivers out there, but one of the more interesting in recent memory came from ISSI in the form of a chip that turns I2C into a Charlieplexed LED array... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333409",
"author": "rnjacobs",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T01:00:08",
"content": "Unless I’m misreading things badly, there’s no charlieplexing in the new (‘3741) part; it appears to be a big 39×9 conventional matrix.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,374,502.917661 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/take-a-deep-breath-thanks-to-a-3d-printed-fume-extractor/ | Repairs You Can Print: Take A Deep Breath Thanks To A 3D Printed Fume Extractor | Sven Gregori | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"3d printer exhaust",
"fume extractor",
"fumes",
"safety",
"solder fume extractor",
"work safety"
] | If you are a maker, chances are that you will be exposed to unhealthy fumes at some point during your ventures. Whether they involve soldering, treating wood, laser cutting, or 3D printing, it is in your best interest to do so in a well ventilated environment. What seems like sound advice in theory though is unfortunat... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333429",
"author": "Maes",
"timestamp": "2018-01-30T01:33:33",
"content": "Seems running the fan ‘in’ the fume path might not be the best thing long-term. I wonder if it would be possible to 3D-print the baffle configuration of a ‘bladeless fan’ and use the feed-through for fume ex... | 1,760,374,502.865281 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/3d-printed-battery-pack-keeps-old-drill-spinning/ | 3D Printed Battery Pack Keeps Old Drill Spinning | Tom Nardi | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"contests",
"Repair Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"battery pack",
"cordless drill",
"nicad",
"nimh",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"ryobi"
] | The greatest enemy of proprietary hardware and components is time. Eventually, that little adapter cable or oddball battery pack isn’t going to be available anymore, and you’re stuck with a device that you can’t use. That’s precisely what happened to [Larry G] when the now antiquated 7.2V NiCd batteries used by his cor... | 12 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "4333067",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T19:32:39",
"content": "Well toss the tool, or scavenge it for parts for the next project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4333083",
"author": "Steven Clark",
"time... | 1,760,374,503.25505 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/smaller-and-smarter-the-electron-rocket-takes-flight/ | Smaller And Smarter: The Electron Rocket Takes Flight | Tom Nardi | [
"Engine Hacks",
"Space",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"electron",
"liquid fuel rocket engine",
"Rocket Lab",
"rocketry",
"space",
"SpaceX"
] | On January 21st, 2018 at 1:43 GMT, Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. Roughly eight minutes later ground control received confirmation that the vehicle entered into a good orbit, followed shortly by the successful deployment of the payload. On only their second attempt, Rocket L... | 67 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332977",
"author": "Chris (MN)",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T18:24:18",
"content": "Forgive me, but while a carbon fiber rocket with electropump engines is cool, disposing of expensive aerospace hardware is not “smarter.”And 3D printing does help reduce tooling costs at these small sc... | 1,760,374,502.822449 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/spiral-laser-cut-buttons-make-a-super-slim-usb-midi-board/ | Spiral Laser Cut Buttons Make A Super-Slim USB MIDI Board | Jenny List | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"hid",
"keyboard",
"laser cut",
"laser cut spiral"
] | We see a huge variety of human-computer interface devices here at Hackaday, and among them are some exceptionally elegant designs. Of those that use key switches though, the vast majority employ off the shelf components made for commercial keyboards or similar. It makes sense to do this, there are some extremely high q... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332852",
"author": "Drake",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T16:46:57",
"content": "A double (or better triple) spiral would probably help with the buttons torquing in turn causing inadequate closure of the circuits underneath",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,502.966157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/inventing-the-microprocessor-the-intel-4004/ | Inventing The Microprocessor: The Intel 4004 | Steven Dufresne | [
"computer hacks",
"Featured",
"History",
"Microcontrollers",
"Slider"
] | [
"calculator",
"Fairchild Semiconductor",
"intel",
"intel 4004",
"microprocessor",
"Robert Noyce"
] | We recently looked at the
origins of the integrated circuit (IC)
and
the calculator
, which was the IC’s first killer app, but a surprise twist is that the calculator played a big part in the invention of the next world-changing marvel, the microprocessor.
There is some dispute as to which company invented the micropro... | 66 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332726",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T15:17:06",
"content": "When did the RCA microprocessor enter the scene?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4332765",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,374,503.205661 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/chasing-the-electron-beam-at-380000-fps/ | Chasing The Electron Beam At 380,000 FPS | Adam Fabio | [
"News",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"crt",
"refresh",
"screen",
"television"
] | Analog TV is dead, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome. [Gavin and Dan], aka The Slow Mo Guys
recently posted a video about television screens
. Since they have some incredible high-speed cameras at their disposal, we get to see the screens being drawn, both on CRT and more modern LCD televisions.
Now we all know... | 20 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332616",
"author": "Redhatter (VK4MSL)",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T12:32:02",
"content": "Minor nit: voltagedoesn’tpass through anything… current does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4332657",
"author": "A guy",
... | 1,760,374,503.09889 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/29/the-noisiest-seven-segment-display-ever/ | The Noisiest Seven-Segment Display Ever | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"display",
"electromechanical",
"flip",
"MC33996",
"relay",
"seven segment"
] | Few mechanical clocks are silent, and many find the sounds they make pleasant. But the stately ticking of an old grandfather clock or the soothing sound of a wind-up alarm clock on the nightstand are nothing compared to the clattering cacophony that awaits [ProtoG] when he finishes the clock that
this electromechanical... | 30 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332481",
"author": "Halberd",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T09:08:19",
"content": "The sound’s great indeed, but the “drawing” of the numbers is pretty cool as well!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4332556",
"author": "duh... | 1,760,374,503.469324 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/28/opt-out-fitness-data-sharing-leads-to-massive-military-locations-leak/ | Opt-Out Fitness Data Sharing Leads To Massive Military Locations Leak | Roger Cheng | [
"Current Events",
"gps hacks",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"aggregate",
"anonymize",
"exercise",
"fitbit",
"fitness devices",
"fitness tracker",
"geolocation",
"heatmap",
"tracking"
] | People who exercise with fitness trackers have a digital record of their workouts. They do it for a wide range of reasons, from gathering serious medical data to simply satisfying curiosity. When fitness data includes GPS coordinates, it raises personal privacy concerns. But even with individual data removed, such data... | 79 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332415",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T06:35:45",
"content": "It gets tiring being called a tinfoil hat just because one respects on principle one’s own privacy and that of others.Aside from perhaps the old OpenMoko line of phones or the stuff we make and program for o... | 1,760,374,503.921036 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/28/more-than-just-an-atari-look-alike/ | More Than Just An Atari Look-Alike | James Hobson | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"atari",
"console",
"Emulator N64",
"game",
"overclock",
"retropie",
"video"
] | The Raspberry Pi has been a boon for hackers with a penchant for retro gaming. Redditor [KaptinBadkruk] Wanted to get on board the game train and so built himself an
Atari 2600-inspired Raspberry Pi 3 console
!
A key goal was the option to play Nintendo 64 titles, so [KaptinBadkruk] had to overclock the Pi and then imp... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332398",
"author": "Electra",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T05:52:57",
"content": "“a fan from an old 3D printer” We now live in a world were 3d printers are being salvaged for parts for other projects THAT ARE NOT 3D PRINTERS.. What a future. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,374,503.527034 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/28/hackaday-links-january-28-2018/ | Hackaday Links: January 28, 2018 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"amiga",
"contest",
"fpga",
"IoT",
"kickstarter",
"Repairs You Can Print",
"sparklecon"
] | In case you haven’t heard, we have a 3D printing contest going on right now.
It’s the Repairs You Can Print Contest
. The idea is simple: show off how you repaired something with a 3D printer. Prizes include $100 in Tindie credit, and as a special prize for students and organizations (think hackerspaces), we’re giving ... | 14 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332271",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T00:41:01",
"content": "“This actually performs a service for scientists, because every moron is mining Bitcoin and Etherium now, vastly reducing the computational capabilities of these distributed computing projects. ”The “if ... | 1,760,374,503.756045 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/28/esp32-makes-for-worlds-worst-radio-station/ | ESP32 Makes For World’s Worst Radio Station | Dan Maloney | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"am",
"amplitude",
"dac",
"ESP32",
"lolin32",
"modulation",
"oscillator",
"radio",
"sdr"
] | We can say one thing for [bitluni]: the BOMs for his projects, like
this ESP32 AM radio transmitter
, are always on the low side. That’s because he leverages software to do jobs traditionally accomplished with hardware, always with instructive results.
In this case, the job at hand is creating an RF oscillator in the b... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "4332122",
"author": "Tomo",
"timestamp": "2018-01-28T21:27:51",
"content": "This is great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4332278",
"author": "fonz",
"timestamp": "2018-01-29T01:00:15",
"content": "I suspect FM woul... | 1,760,374,503.805411 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/counting-is-for-sheep-use-a-light-to-fall-asleep/ | Counting Is For Sheep: Use A Light To Fall Asleep | Kristina Panos | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"breathing control",
"led",
"power hold relay",
"relay",
"sleep"
] | How do you get to sleep at night? For some of us, it can be the most difficult thing we do all day. Worrying about falling asleep and letting other intrusive thoughts in night after night only compounds the problem, as less sleep leads to depression which (for us) leads to even less sleep. We lay there, trapped inside ... | 12 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330909",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-27T01:19:16",
"content": "What I have read about SAD, a blue light hinders falling asleep. My SAD light emits blue light to trigger my brain into thinking it is morning. Probably a red light should be used.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,503.963788 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/students-hack-an-unusual-violin/ | Students Hack An Unusual Violin | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Hackerspaces",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed musical instruments",
"3d printed violin",
"musical instrument",
"university of texas",
"violin"
] | [Sean Riley] is a violinist who had a problem. He wanted to play one particular piece, but he couldn’t. It wasn’t that he lacked the skill — he a doctoral student at the University of Texas and has two degrees in violin performance from The Julliard School. The problem was that “The Dharma at Big Sur” by [John Adams] i... | 18 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330767",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2018-01-26T21:51:02",
"content": "Details of the violin would have been nice. This films is nothing more than a wave to the inflated egos of the people who created it. Yawn. A white stick with 6 strings and what looks like vestigial insect ... | 1,760,374,504.017478 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/drink-lots-of-beer-to-raise-your-monopole/ | Drink Lots Of Beer To Raise Your Monopole | Jenny List | [
"Beer Hacks",
"News",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"amateur radio",
"beer can",
"beer can antenna.",
"groundplane",
"ham radio",
"monopole antenna",
"radio"
] | When we published a piece about an ADS-B antenna using a Coke can as a groundplane, Hackaday reader [2ftg] got in contact with us about something with a bit more…
stature
.
A monopole groundplane antenna is a single vertical conductor mounted on an insulator and rising up above a conductive groundplane. In radio terms ... | 19 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330622",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-26T19:41:05",
"content": "” ( we suspect steel cans may have been more common than aluminum back then)”I recall hearing “new” all aluminum (aluminium – Jenny) beer can commercials during the mid to latter 1960’s.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,374,504.071742 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/the-coolest-electronic-toys-youll-see-at-namm/ | The Coolest Electronic Toys You’ll See At NAMM | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"amplifier",
"eurorack",
"eurorack synth",
"guitar",
"guitar pedal",
"marketing",
"NAMM",
"Nutube",
"rat",
"TubeScreamer"
] | Winter NAMM is the world’s largest trade show for musical instrument makers. It is a gear head’s paradise, filled to the brim with guitars, synths, amps, MIDI controllers, an impossibly loud section filled with drums, ukuleles, and all sorts of electronic noisemakers that generate bleeps and bloops. Think of it as CES,... | 49 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330538",
"author": "Darren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-26T18:25:16",
"content": "HaHa, put a tube in a foot-pedal, vibration is their worst enemy, Audio-foolery is still alive and kicking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4330547"... | 1,760,374,504.169641 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/home-brew-solar-cells-for-the-chemically-curious/ | Home Brew Solar Cells For The Chemically Curious | Dan Maloney | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"Copper Oxide",
"Cuprous oxide",
"photovoltaic",
"semiconductor",
"solar cell",
"stannous oxide",
"thin film"
] | The idea of making your own semiconductors from scratch would be more attractive if it weren’t for the expensive equipment and noxious chemicals required for silicon fabrication. But simple semiconductors can be cooked up at home without anything fancy, and they can actually yield pretty good results.
Granted, [Simplif... | 20 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330456",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2018-01-26T16:38:13",
"content": "Who else had the Lindsey Electronics book about this!? I miss those wonderful catalogues..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4330541",
"author": "CRJE... | 1,760,374,504.223195 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2018/01/26/ode-to-the-zipper/ | Mechanisms: Ode To The Zipper | Dan Maloney | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art"
] | [
"clothing",
"crimping",
"fastener",
"manufacturing",
"Mechanisms",
"punching",
"teeth",
"textile",
"zip",
"zipper"
] | Look around yourself right now and chances are pretty good that you’ll quickly lay eyes on a zipper. Zippers are incredibly commonplace artifacts, a commodity item produced by the mile that we rarely give a second thought to until they break or get stuck. But zippers are a fairly modern convenience, and the story of th... | 37 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "4330386",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2018-01-26T15:12:27",
"content": "IIRC, the word “Zipper” was the brand name of rubber overshoe that first used the mechanism.It later became part of the generic lexicon such as Kleenex, and Xerox…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,504.31846 |
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