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https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/all-the-hardware-badges-of-def-con-25/ | All The Hardware Badges Of DEF CON 25 | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"badge",
"badge builders meetup",
"badgelife",
"DEF CON",
"defcon 25",
"hardware badge"
] | Hardware is the future. There is no better proof of this than the hardware clans that have grown up around DEF CON, which in recent years has become known as Badgelife. I was first drawn to the custom hardware badges of the Whiskey Pirates at DC22 back in 2014. Hardware badges were being made by several groups at that ... | 22 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3858114",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T20:41:01",
"content": "Kudos to all!These badges are great![Mike]To follow up on your (rhetorical) question of what we will see in 5 years…I prophesy that most of the various badges there will fit together into one huge “MegaZord” ... | 1,760,374,729.688214 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/hackaday-prize-entry-a-six-axis-robotic-arm-with-fingertip-control/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: A Six Axis Robotic Arm With Fingertip Control | Jenny List | [
"Robots Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"6-axis",
"armatron",
"robot",
"robot arm"
] | If you were a child of the 1980s whose fascination extended to the contents of your local Radio Shack store, you may remember the Armatron robot arm as a particular object of desire. It was a table top robot arm operated not by motors or a microcontroller, but by a clever set of gears directed manually from a pair of j... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3858079",
"author": "ganzuul",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T20:20:08",
"content": "Very cool! Cable-drive robotics is interesting. :)Here’s some stuff I’ve found about the topic…According this chart, choosing aluminum for its stiffness/density is a solid idea:http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Ein... | 1,760,374,729.125633 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/hack-your-memory/ | Hack Your Memory | Will Sweatman | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Original Art",
"Skills",
"Slider"
] | [
"memory",
"memory championship",
"memory palace",
"method of loci",
"sherlock holmes"
] | Imagine a fire hydrant being lifted high into the air by a large helium balloon. It goes higher and higher, but suddenly gas starts to leak out of the nozzle, which makes it sound like it’s trying to talk… but with a distinct lisp. A colorful bumblebee then lands on the balloon, licks it, and says “really yum!” Then t... | 78 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857858",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T17:27:28",
"content": "Interesting. Usually I just write stuff down",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3858420",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2017-08-0... | 1,760,374,729.437519 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/neural-nets-in-the-browser-why-not/ | Neural Nets In The Browser: Why Not? | Al Williams | [
"Software Development",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"artificial intellegence",
"gpu",
"neural net",
"neural network",
"parallel computing",
"parallel processing",
"tensorflow",
"WebGL"
] | We keep seeing more and more Tensor Flow neural network projects. We also keep seeing more and more things running in the browser. You don’t have to be Mr. Spock to see
this one
coming. TensorFire runs neural networks in the browser and claims that WebGL allows it to run as quickly as it would on the user’s desktop com... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857778",
"author": "vactor20",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T15:42:30",
"content": "Has anyone a good manual/tutorial/read that explains neural networks for a total newcomer? Sorry for sidetracking the comments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,374,729.233876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/pogo-pin-serial-adapter-thing/ | Pogo Pin Serial Adapter Thing | Brian Benchoff | [
"Featured",
"hardware",
"Skills"
] | [
"ftdi",
"hardware",
"jig",
"Pogo pin",
"pogo pins",
"programming",
"USB to serial"
] | A few weeks ago, I was working on
a small project of mine
, and I faced a rather large problem. I had to program nearly five hundred badges in a week. I needed a small programming adapter that would allow me to stab a few pads on a badge with six pogo pins, press a button, and move onto the next badge.
While not true f... | 37 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857720",
"author": "Alphatek",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T14:10:11",
"content": "Obvious improvement would be to have a channel part-length alongside the popo pins. Normal wire can then be soldered well to the body of the pogo pin easily",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"... | 1,760,374,729.319289 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/simple-3d-printed-circuitry/ | Simple 3D-Printed Circuitry | John Baichtal | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"circuitry",
"conductive filament"
] | One of the problems encountered thus far with 3D-printing circuits with conductive filament is that it doesn’t really bond to anything, let alone solder, so how does one use it?
[mikey77] wrote an Instructable showing how to
print circuit boards
and create simple circuits, using shape of the plastic as a way to control... | 12 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857705",
"author": "121gw",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T13:36:15",
"content": "how about a 3d printed camera focus jig/sarcasm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3857745",
"author": "mdszy",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T14:51:43"... | 1,760,374,729.18087 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/04/opencv-turret-tracks-motion-busts-airsoft-pellets/ | OpenCV Turret Tracks Motion, Busts Airsoft Pellets | John Baichtal | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"airsoft",
"airsoft turret",
"opencv"
] | In the eternal struggle for office dominance, the motion-tracking Airsoft/Nerf/whatever, the autonomous turret seems to be the nuclear option. [Aaron] and [Davis] built a
motion-tracking turret
that uses openCV to detect movement, before hitting a relay to trigger the gun.
There’s a Raspberry Pi controlling a Logitech ... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857564",
"author": "neon22",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T10:57:00",
"content": "OK. lets see the star wars option. a tracker that looks for fired pellets from this and shoots them down. Ballistic tracking and a very high frame rate required….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,729.727929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/optogenetics-for-100-euros/ | Optogenetics For 100 Euros | Michael Uttmark | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"fish",
"lab equipment",
"optogenetics",
"PLOS",
"science equipment",
"thermogenetics",
"worms",
"zebrafish"
] | Larval zebrafish, Drosophila (fruit fly), and Caenorhabditis elegans (roundworm) have become key model organisms in modern neuroscience due to their low maintenance costs and easy sharing of genetic strains across labs. However, the purchase of a commercial solution for experiments using these organisms can be quite co... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857352",
"author": "amchagas",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T05:22:20",
"content": "https://hackaday.io/project/5059-flypi-cheap-microscopeexperimental-setup",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3857742",
"author": "AsianHornet",
... | 1,760,374,729.476742 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/diy-wind-turbine-for-free-energy/ | DIY Wind Turbine For Free Energy | Inderpreet Singh | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"energy",
"renewable",
"turbine",
"wind"
] | With electricity cost going up and the likes of British Gas hiking up their price, everyone could use a bit of free energy. There are a number of ways to harvest renewable energy including solar and wind, however, the cost of setting up a wind farm can be quite high. [Mr Tickles] has uploaded a video where he has a che... | 35 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857178",
"author": "nsayer",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T02:12:06",
"content": "People sort of throw around the word “free” like it’s magic or something.This isn’t free. I’ll grant you it’s extremely low cost energy, but you do have to amortize the cost of creating (and maintaining) t... | 1,760,374,729.796245 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/the-alarm-clock-ate-my-duvet-cover-thats-why-im-late/ | “The Alarm Clock Ate My Duvet Cover, That’s Why I’m Late!” | Dan Maloney | [
"clock hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"alarm",
"barrel",
"bed",
"blanket",
"comforter",
"duvet",
"motor",
"oversleep",
"roller",
"sheets",
"sleep"
] | Some people just won’t wake up. Alarm clocks don’t cut it, flashing lights won’t work, loud music just becomes the soundtrack of an impenetrable dream. Maybe
an alarm clock that rudely yanks the covers off the bed
will do the trick.
Or not, but [1up Living] decided to give it a go. His mechanism is brutally simple — a ... | 23 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3855466",
"author": "geonomad",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T11:25:38",
"content": "Reminds me ofThomas Midgely, the one man atmosphere destroyer. After blessing the world by inventing the lead additive for petrol/gasoline and CFCs for refrigeration, he was suffocated by a contraption h... | 1,760,374,729.855928 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/motorized-turntable-created-from-tv-stand/ | Motorized Turntable Created From TV Stand | John Baichtal | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"fusion360",
"turntable"
] | [Robin Reiter] had a powered TV stand that only rotates around 20°, because who really needs their TV to rotate fully? He wanted to turn it into a
motorized turntable
for shooting videos, but first he had to hack it.
After opening it up [Robin] discovered that there was a surprising amount of electronics in the base. I... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3855392",
"author": "dfa85",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T11:02:26",
"content": "I would properly just have remove the gear from the turntable and covered the gear on the motor with a thick rubber band etc…However, it wouldn’t work for heavier items, like a TV, and it’s not as fun as cr... | 1,760,374,730.019075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/cascade-lnas-and-filters-for-radioastronomy-with-an-sdr/ | Cascade LNAs And Filters For Radioastronomy With An SDR | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"1420.4058 MHz",
"21-cm",
"filter",
"H-line",
"hydrogen",
"LNA",
"microwave",
"radioastronomy",
"spectrum"
] | It may not be the radio station with all the hits and the best afternoon drive show, but 1420.4058 MHz is the most popular frequency in the universe. That’s the electromagnetic spectral line of hydrogen, and it’s the always on the air. But studying the H-line is a non-trivial task unless you know
how to cascade low-noi... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3855697",
"author": "Teg",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T12:45:58",
"content": "I followed the link and it’s an excellent article. It mentions that other LNAs are available and the QPL9065 has much better specs than the PSA4-5043.0.55 dB NF compared to 0.75 and 37.5 dB gain compared to 1... | 1,760,374,730.432163 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/eradicating-mosquitoes-from-your-backyard-with-seltzer/ | Eradicating Mosquitoes From Your Backyard — With Seltzer? | Dan Maloney | [
"green hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"co2",
"Dengue",
"malaria",
"mosquito",
"seltzer",
"suction",
"Zika"
] | Q: What do you call 8000 dead mosquitoes in a Mason jar?
A: A good start. And [Dan Rojas]’s
low-tech mosquito trap
accomplished the feat in two nights with nothing fancier than a fan and a bottle of seltzer.
We know what you’re thinking: Where’s the hack? Why not at least use
a laser sentry gun
to zap skeeters on the f... | 81 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3853903",
"author": "jcwren",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T02:06:37",
"content": "I wonder how well Alka Seltzer tablets would work. Probably not as cheap as seltzer water.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3853953",
"author... | 1,760,374,730.843509 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/raspberry-pi-tracks-office-happiness/ | Raspberry Pi Tracks Office Happiness | Rich Hawkes | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"happyness",
"leds",
"raspberry pi"
] | It’s always great to see people who haven’t had the opportunity to work with hardware like the Raspberry Pi before come up with a great project and have fun putting it together. [Katja]’s company has a two-day hackfest where employees can work on some cool non-work-related projects. [Katja]’s team decided to use a Ras... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3853846",
"author": "jawnhenry",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T01:42:39",
"content": "Great idea, and great job, Katja![Finally! Something a Raspberry Pi can handle.]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3854508",
"author": "Katja",
... | 1,760,374,730.524226 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/mini-tetris-game-packs-a-tiny85/ | Mini Tetris Game Packs A Tiny85 | John Baichtal | [
"ATtiny Hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"tetris"
] | [dombeef] originally built
pocketTETRIS
as a Father’s Day gift for his Tetris-loving pops. However, having finished the project he’s decided to share it with the universe, and it’s looking rather sweet.
He made the game the smallest he could make, with size limitations imposed by a 0.96” OLED display, the coin-cell bat... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3853197",
"author": "Dave Davidson",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T21:25:21",
"content": "Needs a Midi that playsKorobeinikihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLnkyPSlEM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3853201",
"author": "Da... | 1,760,374,730.470244 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/friday-hack-chat-pcb-manufacturing/ | Friday Hack Chat: PCB Manufacturing | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"Hack Chat",
"pcb",
"pcb manufacturing"
] | There’s a world of difference between building
one
of something and building
multiples
of something. The effort that goes into manufacturing does not scale linearly, and manufacturing is a skill in itself. This Friday, we’re going to be
talking all about PCB manufacturing and assembly over on Hackaday.io
On deck for th... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3852858",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T18:58:35",
"content": "I’m the one IP banning you. You’re leaving comments that are off topic and often making personal attacks. That behavior is not welcome here. If you would like to discuss further feel free to contact m... | 1,760,374,730.573142 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/under-the-hood-of-amds-threadripper/ | Under The Hood Of AMD’s Threadripper | Bryan Cockfield | [
"computer hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"amd",
"core",
"delidded",
"desktop",
"processor",
"threadripper"
] | Although AMD has been losing market share to Intel over the past decade, they’ve recently started to pick up steam again in the great battle for desktop processor superiority. A large part of this surge comes in the high-end, multi-core processor arena, where it seems like AMD’s threadripper is clearly superior to Inte... | 52 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3856994",
"author": "Winston",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T23:29:47",
"content": "The two extra cores are non-functional dummy dies added to support the lid uniformly when under pressure from the cooler. Also, money is saved by using the same die mounting configuration as Epyc.",
"... | 1,760,374,730.928613 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/the-amazon-echo-as-a-listening-device/ | The Amazon Echo As A Listening Device | Jenny List | [
"home hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"alexa",
"Amazon Echo",
"echo",
"security"
] | It is an inevitability that following swiftly on the heels of the release of a new device there will be an announcement of its rooting, reverse engineering, or other revealing of its hackability. Now the device in question is the Amazon Echo, as MWR Labs announce their work in
persuading an Echo to yield the live audio... | 31 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3856865",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T20:08:02",
"content": "“It should be stressed, that this is an exploit that requires physical access to the device and a bit of knowledge to perform. But it’s not inconceivable that it could be made into a near-automated proce... | 1,760,374,730.731308 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/superconference-interview-spritetm/ | Superconference Interview: SpriteTM | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"Interviews"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Superconference",
"Hackaday SuperConference",
"sprite_tm"
] | SpriteTM, or [Jeroen Domburg], has a bit of a following around these parts. He’s installed
Linux on a hard drive
the hard way.
He can play Snake on his keyboard
. He’s cared for
several generations of Tamagotchis
. In short, there are very few people who have both the technical ability and sense of humor to pull off wh... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "3857413",
"author": "Trax",
"timestamp": "2017-08-04T06:59:22",
"content": "This guy is my idol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,374,730.611478 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/hackaday-prize-entry-pi-driven-google-glass/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Pi-Driven Google Glass | John Baichtal | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"google glass",
"heads up display",
"homemade google glass"
] | [Ricardo Ferro] didn’t want to buy a Google Glass, so he made his own.
The
Raspberry Pi Zero Prism
consists of a 3D-printed headset the side-pieces of which hold a variety of electronic components, including a Pi Zero running Raspbian Jessie, a Pi Noir IR camera, a WiFi/Bluetooth module and a whole mess of SMD tactile ... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3856747",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T18:56:12",
"content": "It looks like a lefty. I always wear my rear-vue mirror on my glasses on the left because of right side driving in USA. I still get the occasional comment “is that Google Glass?’ no because GG is on the... | 1,760,374,730.662061 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/mini-hacker-breaks-down-how-to-build-it/ | Mini Hacker Breaks Down How To Build It | John Baichtal | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Featured"
] | [
"arduino",
"DIY Projects",
"electronics",
"kid"
] | I read the other day that the hot career choice for kids these days is: YouTuber. That means every kid — yes, including mine — has two or three attempts at a YouTube show on their account and then they get into the next big thing and forget about it. On the other hand, sometimes you find someone who has a lot of ideas ... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3856509",
"author": "Robot",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T17:17:00",
"content": "Dang, I’m envious of his workshop and I’m an ADULT :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3856524",
"author": "Chief",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T17:... | 1,760,374,730.980659 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/a-chrome-extension-for-being-a-jerk/ | A Chrome Extension For Being A Jerk | Michael Uttmark | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"chrome",
"extension",
"joke",
"video speed",
"youtube"
] | What do you do to someone you want to make suffer, slowly? Specifically, at around 70% speed. To [Stephen], the answer is clear, you
hit them where it really hurts
: YouTube.
Creatively named “Chrome Engine,” [Stephen]’s diabolical Chrome extension has one purpose: be annoying. Every day, it lowers playback rate by 1% ... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3856238",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T15:47:17",
"content": "In the old days of Mac OS 7, we had this extension that would decrease the screen resolution of your Mac by one pixel * one pixel, every time the computer is restarted.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,374,731.380475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/03/avoiding-the-engineer-saviour-trap/ | Avoiding The Engineer-Saviour Trap | Jenny List | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Rants"
] | [
"aid",
"aid solutions",
"charity",
"developing countries",
"engineering aid",
"engineering solutions",
"Savior"
] | The random seaside holidays of Hackaday staffers rarely sow the seeds of our articles, but my most recent trip had something slightly unusual about it. I was spending a couple of days in a resort town on the Isle of Wight, just off the coast of Southern England, and my hotel was the local outpost of a huge chain that p... | 94 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "3855921",
"author": "electronorama",
"timestamp": "2017-08-03T14:07:33",
"content": "The brand new Travellodge just built at redbridge Oxford has disabled rooms on the top floor DUH!The designers apparently put them out of the way without thinking about the fact according to fire re... | 1,760,374,731.738527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/3d-printed-curta-gets-upgrades/ | 3D Printed Curta Gets Upgrades | Inderpreet Singh | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"calculator",
"Curta",
"diy",
"hack"
] | It is amazing how makers can accomplish so much when they put their mind to something. [Marcus Wu] has uploaded a
mesmerizing video on how to build a 3D printed Curta Mechanical Calculator
. After nine iterations of design, [Marcus] presents a polished design that not only works but looks like a master piece.
For the u... | 16 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3848641",
"author": "radiusmike",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T23:25:03",
"content": "Impressive. What a masterpiece of design and engineering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3848652",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2017... | 1,760,374,731.225201 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/amateur-radio-just-isnt-exciting/ | Amateur Radio Just Isn’t Exciting | Jenny List | [
"Radio Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"amateur radio",
"ARRL",
"ham radio",
"radio"
] | As ARRL president, [Rick Roderick, K5UR] spends a significant amount of time proselytising the hobby. He has a standard talk about amateur radio that involves tales gleaned from his many decades as a licence holder, and features QSL cards from rare DX contacts to show how radio amateurs talk all over the world.
He’s de... | 171 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "3847991",
"author": "p",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T20:21:30",
"content": "How is this a surprise to anyone from the ARRL, much less the president? Most, though not all, of my ham friends have pretty much lost interest over the last ten years. The only ones that ARE still active are o... | 1,760,374,731.595487 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/these-are-the-twenty-finalists-for-the-hackaday-prize-best-product/ | These Are The Twenty Finalists For The Hackaday Prize Best Product | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize"
] | Hackaday is hosting the greatest hardware competition on Earth, and we’re giving away thousands of dollars to hardware creators to build the next generation of electronics.
This is the Hackaday Prize
, and already we’ve selected dozens of projects, one of which will win $50,000 USD.
Like last year, this year’s Hackaday... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3847807",
"author": "MikeFez",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T18:49:27",
"content": "These collages really need to be individual clickable links.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3847871",
"author": "Brian Benchoff",
... | 1,760,374,732.080343 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/how-to-do-beautiful-enclosures-with-custom-fiberglass/ | How To Do Beautiful Enclosures With Custom Fiberglass | Bil Herd | [
"car hacks",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Skills"
] | [
"audio",
"bil herd",
"custom",
"fiberglass",
"hackaday",
"pod",
"resin",
"spekaer"
] | There are times when I feel the need to really make a mess. When I think of making messes with a degree of permanency, I think of fiberglass. I also really like the smell, reminds me of a simpler time in 8
th
grade shop class. But the whole process, including the mess, is worth it for the amazing shapes you can produce... | 50 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3847630",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T17:45:10",
"content": "I haven’t watched your video, just read it here.Does the work release from the mold easy enough? I would think the resin would seep through the fleece and stick it to the MDF.",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,374,731.977725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/this-weekend-vintage-computer-festival-west/ | This Weekend: Vintage Computer Festival West | Mike Szczys | [
"cons"
] | [
"computer history museum",
"retro computing",
"VCF",
"VCF West XII"
] | Next weekend is the
Vintage Computer Festival West
, held at the Computer History Museum. Hackaday is once again proud to sponsor this event that brings together the people and hardware that drove the information revolution. [Bil Herd] and [Joshua Vasquez] will be on hand representing the Hackaday Crew.
This year’s tal... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3847407",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T16:23:05",
"content": "“This year’s talks show an impressive lineup of people. [Bil Herd] will be on stage with a collection of other engineers who secured Commodore’s place in history.”I imagine some would like that bit of hi... | 1,760,374,731.783706 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/going-digital-upgrading-a-boats-analog-gauge/ | Going Digital: Upgrading A Boat’s Analog Gauge | James Hobson | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"boat",
"capacitance",
"Guage",
"NEMA 2000",
"sensor",
"Teensy"
] | The odds are that many of you do not own a boat that you get to tinker around with. [Mavromatic] recently acquired one that had — much to his consternation — analog gauges. So in order to get his ship ship-shape, he built himself a
custom digital gauge
to monitor his vessel’s data.
Restricted to the two-inch hole in hi... | 16 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3847168",
"author": "denis",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T15:07:24",
"content": "Why is this not a commercial product :( stunning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3847461",
"author": "Nicholas",
"timestamp": "2017-... | 1,760,374,732.026694 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/a-case-for-the-desktop-vinyl-cutter/ | A Case For The Desktop Vinyl Cutter | Sonya Vasquez | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"crease",
"papercraft",
"pepakura",
"plotter",
"stencil",
"stickers",
"vinyl cutter"
] | As far as desktop workbench fab tools go, it’s too easy to let 3D printers keep stealing the spotlight. I mean, who doesn’t appreciate that mechatronic “buzz” as our printer squirts a 3D CAD model into plastic life? While the 3D printer can take up a corner of my workbench, there’s still plenty of room for other deskto... | 61 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "3846938",
"author": "Dirty Engineer",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T14:07:08",
"content": "Interesting, no mention of using vinyl cutters for making solder stencils?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxlQ2l_AHM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comm... | 1,760,374,732.182341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/eclipse-2017-where-will-you-be-when-the-sun-goes-away/ | Eclipse 2017: Where Will You Be When The Sun Goes Away? | Dan Maloney | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"eclipse",
"meetup",
"solar eclipse"
] | In less than a month, on August 21, 2017, the Moon will cast its shadow upon the Earth, a relative pinprick at only 60 miles across. The shadow will begin in the Pacific Ocean off North America, make landfall south of Portland, Oregon, and rake diagonally across the United States. Charging southeastward at about 2000 m... | 62 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "3852610",
"author": "spuder",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T17:17:20",
"content": "Shoot! I thought the volcano outside rexburg was my little secret.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3853012",
"author": "meme",
"time... | 1,760,374,731.88423 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/a-wii-u-that-is-both-computer-and-console/ | A Wii U That Is Both Computer And Console. | James Hobson | [
"computer hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"Compute Stick",
"console",
"intel",
"laptop",
"pololu",
"Teensy",
"touchscreen",
"Wii U"
] | Legendary sudomod forum user [banjokazooie] has once again demonstrated their prowess in Wii U console modification — this time by transforming it into a
powerhouse portable computer
!
We loved [banjokazooie]’s
RetroPie Wii U mod
, and happy to see them back again with this build. What’s in this thing this time around... | 16 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3852315",
"author": "Vinalon",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T15:39:30",
"content": "So…wait, I’m confused. It looks like a computer turned into a console?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3852320",
"author": "keaoli",
... | 1,760,374,732.334156 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/why-i-got-the-job/ | Why I Got The Job | Lewin Day | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"employment",
"engineer",
"interview",
"interview techniques",
"job",
"jobs",
"Story",
"Tech",
"technology"
] | Hackaday readers are a vast and varied bunch. Some of us would call ourselves engineers or are otherwise employed in some kind of technical role. Others may still be studying to gain the requisite qualifications and are perhaps wondering just how to complete that final leap into the realm of gainful employment. Well, t... | 72 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "3852008",
"author": "Alphatek",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T14:08:48",
"content": "…”However, if in the interview you can direct me to check out TarasAwesomeWebsite.com”…No, you should’ve had than in your CV, so that I could look at it beforehand. Interviewers aren’t mindreaders, have ... | 1,760,374,732.447156 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/scissor-lift-table-from-the-wood-shop-for-the-wood-shop/ | Scissor Lift Table From The Wood Shop, For The Wood Shop | Dan Maloney | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Acme thread",
"cart",
"lift table",
"pantograph",
"scissor lift",
"table",
"wood"
] | The value of a mobile adjustable height cart in the shop can’t be overestimated. From moving tools around to installing heavy fixtures on walls and ceiling, a scissor-lift platform is a great tool. Commercial versions get a bit expensive, though, so
a shop-built scissor lift table made of wood
might be a nice project f... | 19 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3851907",
"author": "Dave Davidson",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T13:31:53",
"content": "Finger Crushing Good!, OMG Gotta go to work got stuck watching this wood porn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3851932",
"author": "Rudy v ... | 1,760,374,732.502311 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/02/dead-bug-soldered-led-ring-of-awesome/ | Dead Bug Soldered LED Ring Of Awesome | Jack Laidlaw | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"0402",
"Atmel 328P",
"dead bug soldering"
] | Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most beautiful. [The Tweaker] has
soldered an LED circle on the top of an ATmega328P
chip, and it looks great.
Using nothing more than some solder, wire, 20 x Pico 0402 (1mm x 0.5mm) blue LEDs and an ATmega328P (7mm x 7mm), [The Tweaker] managed to cram 20 LEDs into a circl... | 54 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "3850156",
"author": "richfiles",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T08:07:09",
"content": "I’ve always appreciated when art and circuitry meet… That’s actually really nice looking!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3853191",
"auth... | 1,760,374,732.591865 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/getting-data-out-of-air-gapped-networks-through-the-power-cable/ | Getting Data Out Of Air-Gapped Networks Through The Power Cable | Jenny List | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"air gap",
"airgap",
"current transformer",
"network security",
"power-line"
] | If you are an organisation that is custodian of sensitive information or infrastructure, it would be foolhardy of you to place it directly on the public Internet. No matter how good your security might be, there is always the risk that a miscreant could circumvent it, and perform all sorts of mischief. The solution emp... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3849799",
"author": "Mr B. Whiff",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T05:50:19",
"content": "Not exactly air gapping but one of my favourites in a similar vein is “Recovering speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbbCJc... | 1,760,374,732.84747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/using-a-logic-analyzer-to-generate-screenshots-from-a-game-boy/ | Using A Logic Analyzer To Generate Screenshots From A Game Boy | John Baichtal | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"gameboy",
"logic analyzer",
"screen shots"
] | Wouldn’t you like to go back to a dead handheld and extract the proof of your 90s-era high scores? Of course you would.
[svendahlstrand] bought his first logic analyzer, a Logic 8 from Saleae and decided to play around with an old Game Boy. He opened up the handheld with a tri-point screwdriver and hooked six wires up ... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3849173",
"author": "peterlarson233",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T02:27:06",
"content": "Mole Mania was great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3849182",
"author": "AmEv",
"timestamp": "2017-08-02T02:28:43",
"content": "I... | 1,760,374,732.716259 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/be-the-firebender-you-want-to-see-in-the-world/ | Be The Firebender You Want To See In The World | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"arc lighter",
"arduino",
"arms",
"butane",
"flame",
"wearable",
"wrist"
] | Always wanted to be a citizen of Fire Nation? Here’s one way to ace the citizenship exam:
punch-activated flaming kung fu gauntlets of doom
.
As with all the
many
,
many
,
many
flamethrower projects we’ve featured before, we’ve got to say this is just as bad an idea as they are and that you should not build any of them... | 24 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3846423",
"author": "Frank XLT",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T11:19:38",
"content": "I must say, well executed. That looks very fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3846513",
"author": "Czokoloko",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T... | 1,760,374,732.779509 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/08/01/look-what-people-brought-to-breakfast-at-def-con/ | Look What People Brought To Breakfast At DEF CON | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"DEF CON",
"defcon 25",
"Hackaday Meetup",
"meetup"
] | Sunday was our Breakfast at Hackaday meetup and a swarm of folks showed up, take a look at the hardware they brought with them! Vegas can be a tough place to set up a meetup — especially if you don’t want to rent a room. We filtered into a Starbucks across the street from Caesar’s and ended up packing the high-top tabl... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3845555",
"author": "Oliver",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T08:03:33",
"content": "Expected to see fun breakfast items, but instead i just see a bunch of neat hardware and a cup of that foul sewer water you people call coffee.Now i need coffee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,732.95909 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/tinyfpga-is-a-tiny-fpga-board/ | TinyFPGA Is A Tiny FPGA Board | Al Williams | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"fpga",
"ice",
"lattice"
] | We recently noticed an open source design for
TinyFPGA A-Series boards
from [Luke Valenty]. The tiny boards measure 18 mm by 30.5 mm and are breadboard friendly. You can choose a board that holds a Lattice Mach XO2-256 or an XO2-1200, if you need the additional capacity.
The boards have the JTAG interface on the side p... | 40 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3845599",
"author": "onebiozz",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T08:19:18",
"content": "The lines are starting to blur a lot between FPGAs and CPLDs as far as architecture goesBut looks like the XO2-256 does not have internal configuration flash so really the XO2-1200 is your only option un... | 1,760,374,733.03559 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/low-cost-rain-gauge-looks-for-floods/ | Low-Cost Rain Gauge Looks For Floods | John Baichtal | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"rain gauge"
] | We’ve seen a lot of uses for the now-ubiquitous ESP chip, including a numerous wilderness-monitoring devices.
Pluvi.on
stands out with some attractive solutions and a simple design.
A lot of outdoor projects involve some sort of stock weather-resistance enclosure, but this project has a custom-designed acrylic box. Abo... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3844733",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T04:13:00",
"content": "This project rocks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3846678",
"author": "localhost",
"timestamp": "2017-08-01T12:47:20",
... | 1,760,374,732.894108 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/borrow-payment-cards-with-nfc-proxy-hardware/ | “Borrow” Payment Cards With NFC Proxy Hardware | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"Apple Pay",
"China UnionPay",
"contactless",
"contactless payment",
"DEF CON",
"defcon 25",
"NFC",
"nRF24L01+",
"PN7462AU",
"proxy",
"Quickpass",
"Unicorn Team"
] | Contactless payments are growing in popularity. Often the term will bring to mind the ability to pay by holding your phone over a reader, but the system can also use NFC tags embedded in credit cards, ID card, passports, and the like. NFC is a reasonably secure method of validating payments as it employs encryption and... | 31 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3843909",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T23:12:29",
"content": "I suppose this would be even easier for chip cards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3844464",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,374,733.439938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/these-twenty-wheels-wings-and-walkers-won-1000-in-the-hackaday-prize/ | These Twenty Wheels, Wings, And Walkers Won $1000 In The Hackaday Prize | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"Wheels Wings and Walkers"
] | Today, we’re excited to announce the winners of the
Wheels, Wings, and Walkers
portion of
The Hackaday Prize
. We were looking for the next generation of robots, drones, machines that make machines move, and hackers who now know far too much about inverse kinematics. The results were spectacular.
Hackaday is currently ... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3843512",
"author": "CarlosA",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T20:24:23",
"content": "Someone is going to say to make the thumbs clickable … I say just open them all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3843881",
"author": "miked... | 1,760,374,733.077103 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/the-dark-arts-remote-file-inclusion/ | The Dark Arts – Remote File Inclusion | Will Sweatman | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"anonymous",
"hacking",
"lulzsec",
"security"
] | In the waning hours of 2010, a hacking group known as Lulzsec ran rampant across the Internet, leaving a path of compromised servers, a trail of defaced home pages, leaked emails, and login information in their wake. They were eventually busted via human error, and the leader of the group becoming an FBI informant. Thi... | 26 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3842980",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T17:31:17",
"content": "oh man, if that’s how you decide to include files then you should be spanked, php.ini protections or not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3845639",
... | 1,760,374,733.270222 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/beautiful-rocketeer-jetpack-replica-boasts-impressive-metalwork/ | BeautifulRocketeerJetpack Replica Boasts Impressive Metalwork | Jenny List | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"cosplay",
"jetpack",
"metalwork",
"panel beating",
"panelbeating",
"Rocketeer",
"rocketpack",
"sheet metal",
"sheet metalwork"
] | Fans of the
Rocketeer
comic book and movie franchise will be familiar with its hero’s 1930s-styled rocket backpack. It’s an intricate construction of complex streamlined curves, that has inspired many recreations over the years.
Most
Rocketeer
jetpacks are made from plastic, foam, and other lightweight materials that ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3842743",
"author": "RandyKC",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T16:05:17",
"content": "I’m still waiting for the sequel.Investing in some Cleco temporary fasteners is some of the best money you’ll spend if you do much of anything in metalwork. Saves the continual rivet and drill out cycle.h... | 1,760,374,733.19792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/failing-infrastructure-and-the-lessons-it-teaches/ | Failing Infrastructure And The Lessons It Teaches | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Current Events",
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Slider"
] | [
"bridge",
"catastrophic failure",
"dam",
"I-35W Bridge",
"infrastructure",
"Taum Sauk"
] | Infrastructure seems so permanent and mundane that most of us never give it a second thought. Maintenance doesn’t make for a flashy news story, but you will frequently find a nagging story on the inside pages of the news cycle discussing the slowly degrading, crumbling infrastructure in the United States.
If not given ... | 64 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "3842426",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T14:12:34",
"content": "I see bean counters as partially to blame. They gain power by reducing budgets. And, never underestimate engineering elite-ism. They also gain power by reducing budgets. (Many times, that reduced budget is ... | 1,760,374,733.545358 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/worried-about-running-out-of-filament-mid-print-join-it/ | Worried About Running Out Of Filament Mid-Print? Join It! | James Hobson | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"cheap",
"filament",
"hot air",
"Join",
"Kapton",
"thrifty"
] | If you’ve ever cringed over throwing away any printer filament you know wouldn’t cover your next small part — let alone an overnight print — you may appreciate [starlino]’s method for joining two
spools of filament together
.
While there are
other methods
to
track how much filament
you’re using, this method removes som... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3842260",
"author": "Perry",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T11:11:59",
"content": "I’ve been trying for a long time.I have to give it a try.Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3842262",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2017-... | 1,760,374,733.718233 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/31/listen-to-your-fermentation-to-monitor-its-progress/ | Listen To Your Fermentation To Monitor Its Progress | Jenny List | [
"Beer Hacks",
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"alcohol",
"audio",
"beer",
"fermentation",
"fft",
"filter",
"wine"
] | If you are a wine, beer, or cider maker, you’ll know the ritual of checking for fermentation. As the yeast does its work of turning sugar into alcohol, carbon dioxide bubbles froth on the surface of your developing brew, and if your fermentation container has an airlock, large bubbles pass through the water within it o... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3842143",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T09:03:55",
"content": "maybe instead of an optical system and ultrasonic transducer on each side of the airlock to detect fluid or bubble as its passes by.Or measure the presuure in the fermenter as it takes so many mm of water... | 1,760,374,733.592056 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/fishing-for-airpods-with-magnets/ | Fishing For AirPods With Magnets | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"AirPod",
"crane",
"electromagnet",
"lift",
"magnet"
] | Note to self: if you’re going to hack at 4 in the morning, have a plan to deal with the inevitable foul ups. Like being able to
whip up an impromptu electromagnetic crane to retrieve an AirPod
dropped out a window.
Apartment dweller [Tyler Efird]’s tale of woe began with a wee-hours 3D print in need of sanding. Leaning... | 35 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3839692",
"author": "Orlando Hoilett",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T05:09:43",
"content": "That’s awesome. Lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3839754",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T05:15:56",
"content": ... | 1,760,374,733.659534 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/false-claims-on-kickstarter-whats-new/ | False Claims On Kickstarter: What’s New? | Jack Laidlaw | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Crowd Funding"
] | [
"arduino",
"attiny",
"crowdfunding",
"Crowdfunding Follies",
"kickstarter",
"kickstarter fail",
"worlds smallest"
] | Kickstarter and its ilk seem like the Wild West when it comes to claims of being “The world’s most
(Insert feature here)
device!” It does add something special when you can truly say you have the world record for a device though, and [MellBell Electronics] are currently running a Kickstarter claiming the
worlds smalles... | 56 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "3837373",
"author": "nsayer",
"timestamp": "2017-07-31T02:03:59",
"content": "I believe I made the world’s first two headed (single circuit with current sharing) J1772 charging station.It’s not the *only* one anymore, unfortunately.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,374,733.823581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/hackaday-links-july-30-2017/ | Hackaday Links: July 30, 2017 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [] | What are you doing next weekend? How about going to the
Vintage Computer Festival West
at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Hackaday is sponsoring, and there are always a ton of awesome builds. Last year,
someone played
Tron
on a Commodore PET
. Not a video game — the movie.
In case anyone forgot,
I created... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3835785",
"author": "deshipu",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T23:22:40",
"content": "Hmm, come to think of it, for most modern movies you only need two colors, teal and orange, anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3837051",
... | 1,760,374,735.676291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/find-instructions-hidden-in-your-cpu/ | Find Instructions Hidden In Your CPU | Al Williams | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"cpu",
"instruction set architecture",
"intel",
"isa",
"undocumented",
"undocumented instructions",
"x86"
] | There was a time when owning a computer meant you probably knew most or all of the instructions it could execute. Your modern PC, though, has a lot of instructions, many of them meant for specialized operating system, encryption, or digital signal processing features.
There are known undocumented instructions in a lot ... | 79 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3833962",
"author": "Lars R.",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T20:21:54",
"content": "“Maybe you want to run sandsfilter”What I want is to run an open source softcore such RISC-V on an open source FPGA.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,374,736.47623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/looking-forward-to-sha2017/ | Looking Forward To SHA2017 | Jenny List | [
"cons"
] | [
"sha",
"SHA Camp",
"sha2017"
] | We’re at the start of August, which can only mean one thing. Europe’s hackers and makers are about to converge in a field somewhere for a long weekend of sitting around drinking beer and Club-Mate, eating unhealthy street food, being assaulted by some of the most underground chiptune electronic dance music on the plane... | 17 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3833990",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T20:25:02",
"content": "Gasp… 250 Euro for a standard ticket? that’s my food & drink budget for a whole month",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3841036",
"author": "Jen... | 1,760,374,735.776439 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/hackaday-prize-entry-18-dof-hexaopod-aiming-to-float/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: 18-DOF Hexaopod Aiming To Float | John Baichtal | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"flotation",
"hexabot"
] | [Ken Conrad] didn’t like spiderbot projects he saw on the Internet: they mostly had 2 degrees of freedom per leg—if not fewer. He set out to make a
hexapod robot with 18 DOF
and the ability to move in any direction. Measuring around 20” from tip to tip, the custom, 3D-printed chassis was designed around eighteen SG90 9... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3831034",
"author": "Jan Paweł II ssał małe fiutki",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T14:51:42",
"content": "Tower pro servos? Really? You can do better than that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3832039",
"author": "RÖB",
... | 1,760,374,735.816244 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/autonomous-boat-sails-the-high-seas/ | Autonomous Boat Sails The High Seas | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"autonomous",
"boat",
"ESP8266",
"gps",
"ocean",
"robot",
"sensor",
"waypoint"
] | As the human population continues to rise and the amount of industry increases, almost no part of the globe feels the burdens of this activity more than the oceans. Whether it’s temperature change, oxygen or carbon dioxide content, or other characteristics, the study of the oceans will continue to be an ongoing scienti... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3830797",
"author": "Adrian",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T13:24:34",
"content": "If you’re interested in oceangoing autonomous vessels, also check out the Microtransat Challengehttp://www.microtransat.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_... | 1,760,374,735.722165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/30/portable-stir-fry-range/ | Portable Stir-Fry Range | James Hobson | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"butane",
"make",
"portable",
"range",
"Stir-fry",
"stove"
] | If you love a good stir-fry, you know that it can be a challenge to make on your stove at home. Engineer gourmet and Youtuber [Alex French Guy Cooking], in collaboration with [Make:], whipped up a portable range capable of
making delectable stir-fry
.
There are three major problems when it comes to cooking stir-fry: wo... | 19 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3827641",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T09:39:20",
"content": "Talented guy, and that work space is awesome. The design is well thought out, for a hack, and he is responsible enough to point out that it is not without it’s risks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,374,735.871313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/spice-up-your-bench-with-3d-printed-dancing-springs/ | Spice Up Your Bench With 3D Printed Dancing Springs | Inderpreet Singh | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"diy",
"led",
"neopixel",
"Slinky",
"sound",
"toy"
] | Not all projects are made equal. Some are designed to solve a problem while others are just for fun. Entering the ranks of the most useless machines is a project by [Vladimir Mariano] who created the
3D Printed Dancing Springs.
It is a step up from 3D printing a custom slinky and will make a fine edition to any maker b... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3825771",
"author": "Edgar Vice",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T07:35:44",
"content": "Most useless machine no. 2. I like this device because now there’s one arseduino less.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3827875",
"author": "Ja... | 1,760,374,735.625868 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/michael-ossmann-pulls-dsss-out-of-nowhere/ | Michael Ossmann Pulls DSSS Out Of Nowhere | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Slider",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"DEF CON",
"defcon 25",
"Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum",
"DSSS",
"gnu radio",
"gps",
"michael ossmann",
"reverse engineering",
"Wireless Hacking Village",
"zigbee"
] | [Michael Ossmann] spoke on Friday to a packed house in the wireless hacking village at DEF CON 25. There’s still a day and a half of talks remaining but it will be hard for anything to unseat his
Reverse Engineering Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
(DSSS) talk as my favorite of the con.
DSSS is a technique used to trans... | 23 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3821089",
"author": "CMH62",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T02:18:53",
"content": "DSSS is the kind of story I like to see on Hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3821424",
"author": "RandyKC",
"timestamp": "2017-07-30T02... | 1,760,374,735.937696 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/injecting-code-into-mouse-firmware-should-be-your-next-hack/ | Injecting Code Into Mouse Firmware Should Be Your Next Hack | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Microcontrollers",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"binary",
"DEF CON",
"defcon 25",
"firmware",
"firmware dump",
"gaming mouse",
"injection",
"mouse",
"STM32F4",
"STM32F4 Discovery"
] | Here’s a DEF CON talk that uses tools you likely have and it should be your next hacking adventure. In their
Saturday morning talk
[Mark Williams] and [Rob Stanely] walked through the process of adding their own custom code to a gaming mouse. The process is a crash course in altering a stock firmware binary while still... | 22 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3818734",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T23:06:10",
"content": "Yeah i was thinking an off-color joke, but I’ll stick with this as a possible man-in-the-middle vector.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3830821",
... | 1,760,374,736.246149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-logic-probes/ | Everything You Need To Know About Logic Probes | Elliot Williams | [
"hardware"
] | [
"logic analyzer",
"logic probe",
"OpenBench Logic Sniffer",
"salae",
"sigrok"
] | We just spent the last hour
watching a video
, embedded below, that is the most comprehensive treasure trove of information regarding a subject that we should all know more about — sniffing logic signals. Sure, it’s a long video, but [Joel] of [OpenTechLab] leaves no stone unturned.
At the center of the video is the op... | 43 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3816910",
"author": "CRImier",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T20:08:59",
"content": "Just got a $5 Saleae8 clone, guess I’ll get right on watching, and repeating everything as I go =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3820528",
... | 1,760,374,736.971009 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/bessel-filter-design/ | Bessel Filter Design | Bryan Cockfield | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"analog",
"audio",
"bessel",
"design",
"filter",
"guide",
"how-to"
] | Once you fall deep enough into the rabbit hole of any project, specific information starts getting harder and harder to find. At some point, trusting experts becomes necessary, even if that information is hard to find, obtuse, or incomplete. [turingbirds] was having this problem with Bessel filters, namely that all of ... | 28 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3815436",
"author": "Nathan",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T17:54:14",
"content": "Come hang out on freenode IRC and chat with the creator directly! ##hplusroadmap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3820256",
"author": "Adam",... | 1,760,374,736.544301 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/broadpwn-all-your-mobiles-are-belong-to-us/ | Broadpwn – All Your Mobiles Are Belong To Us | Pedro Umbelino | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"broadcom",
"bug",
"security",
"wifi",
"worm"
] | Researchers from Exodus Intel recently
published details on a flaw
that exists on several Broadcom WiFi chipsets. It’s estimated to affect nearly
1 Billion
devices, from Android to iPhone. Just to name a few in the top list:
Samsung Galaxy from S3 through S8, inclusive
All Samsung Notes3. Nexus 5, 6, 6X and 6P
All iPho... | 50 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "3812967",
"author": "Dave Davidson",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T14:09:13",
"content": "back to the Nokia 5110 it is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3813006",
"author": "SlurmMcKenzie",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T1... | 1,760,374,736.632238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/nixie-tachometer-displays-in-style/ | Nixie Tachometer Displays In Style | John Baichtal | [
"car hacks"
] | [
"dwell sensor",
"nixie",
"nixie tachometer",
"nixie tube",
"tachometer"
] | Nixietach II is a
feature-rich tachomoter
[Jeff LaBundy] built for his 1971 Ford LTD. It displays RPM with an error rate of only 0.03 RPM at 1,000 RPM
The latest iteration of a long-running project, [Jeff] approached it with three goals: the tachometer had to be self-contained and easy to install, the enclosure had to ... | 10 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3811842",
"author": "Locke",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T11:56:32",
"content": "This is an absolutely gorgeous piece of work and an equally amazing amount of documentation on his site. I’m nearly speechless with dreams of making one myself. Would be nice to see more pictures of it inst... | 1,760,374,736.67962 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/29/a-flexible-sensor-that-moves-with-you/ | A Flexible Sensor That Moves With You | James Hobson | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"capacitance",
"conductive",
"Harvard University",
"muscle",
"sensor",
"silicone",
"Stetch"
] | If you have a project in mind that requires some sort of gesture input or precise movements, it might become a nettlesome problem to tackle. Fear this obstacle no longer: a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard have designed a novel way to make wearable sensors that can
stretch a... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3811178",
"author": "Transit Address",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T09:11:46",
"content": "These type of sensors can even be used in LED Tshirts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3814664",
"author": "bigbob",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,374,736.719552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/fail-of-the-week-good-prosthetic-hand-design-goes-bad/ | Fail Of The Week: Good Prosthetic Hand Design Goes Bad | Dan Maloney | [
"Fail of the Week",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"ball and socket",
"fingers",
"hand",
"Prosthesis",
"prosthetic",
"servo",
"wrist"
] | Is this a case of a good design gone wrong in the build phase? Or is
this DIY prosthetic arm
a poor design from the get-go? Either way, [Will Donaldson] needs some feedback, and Hackaday is just the right place for that.
Up front, we’ll say kudos to [Will] for having the guts to post a build that’s less than successful... | 31 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3811043",
"author": "seanrhinehart",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T06:30:13",
"content": "A few suggestions:1. Don’t give up. I applaud your courage for sharing your story.2. Start simpler, with just one finger, until the mechanical issues for a single finger are fully resolved.3. Once ... | 1,760,374,736.836533 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/edge-lit-pendants-show-two-layers-are-better-than-one/ | Edge-lit Pendants Show Two Layers Are Better Than One | Donald Papp | [
"how-to",
"Laser Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"badge",
"coin cell",
"cr2032",
"edge lighting",
"edge-lit",
"instructable",
"Laser cutting",
"laser engraving",
"led",
"pendant",
"rgb"
] | Engraved acrylic lights up nicely with LED lighting. Simply engrave clear acrylic with a laser engraver, then edge-light the acrylic and watch the engraving light up.
This badge made by [Solarbotics]
shows how they used this principle when creating some pendants for an event that performed particularly well in the dark... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3810495",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T02:05:24",
"content": "So if you use three layers R G B and dithering you can have a “full colour” image?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3810505",
"author": "?... | 1,760,374,736.763385 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/quick-hack-cleans-data-from-sump-pump/ | Quick Hack Cleans Data From Sump Pump | Dan Maloney | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"555",
"data",
"duty-cycle",
"level",
"pump",
"sonar",
"sump pump",
"ultrasonic"
] | Nobody likes to monitor things as much as a hacker, even mundane things like sump pumps. And hackers love clean data too, so when [Felix]’s sump pump water level data was made useless by a new pump controller, he just knew he had to
hack the controller to clean up his data
.
Monitoring a sump pump might seem extreme, b... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3810546",
"author": "stormdog",
"timestamp": "2017-07-29T02:21:21",
"content": "Something’s off in his write-up. He says his controller had a 100k resistor, giving him a 5 second delay. But the picture shows a 200k resistor, which should already give him the desired 10 sec delay. ... | 1,760,374,736.882314 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/arduino-vs-arduino-musto-out-banzi-in/ | Arduino Vs. Arduino: Musto Out, Banzi In | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"Arduino AG",
"Arduino Foundation",
"Arduino vs arduino",
"Fabio Violante",
"federico musto",
"massimo banzi"
] | Federico Musto, who until two days ago owned the largest part of Arduino AG has been bought out,
having today been replaced
by a combination of Massimo Banzi and Fabio Violante.
This should bring to a close the saga that began with a fork where two companies called themselves “Arduino” and bizarrely continued for almos... | 35 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3809620",
"author": "philosiraptor117",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T20:23:22",
"content": "at last we can finally still buy Chinese clones like literally everyone was always doing lol!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3809752",
... | 1,760,374,737.047628 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/stealing-joules-from-an-aluminium-air-battery/ | Stealing Joules From An Aluminium-Air Battery | James Hobson | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"aluminium",
"battery",
"cell",
"Joule",
"thief"
] | While batteries are cheap and readily obtainable today, sometimes it’s still fun to mess around with their less-common manifestations. Experimenting with a few configurations, Hackaday.io user [will.stevens] has assembled an
aluminium-air battery and combined it with a joule thief
to light an LED.
To build the air batt... | 36 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3809600",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T20:11:41",
"content": "Remember when PopSci did an article on an Aluminum-Air battery. If that had come to fruition then we would be filling up with aluminum chips.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,374,737.189398 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/where-a-wood-shop-goes-a-hackerspace-follows/ | Where A Wood Shop Goes, A Hackerspace Follows | John Baichtal | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackerspaces",
"Interest"
] | [
"hackerspaces",
"tools",
"woodshop"
] | The 2×4 Contest at my local hackerspace captured my interest. The challenge was to build something cool out of a
single eight-foot 2×4
with the winner getting free wood storage in the space. I had half an idea for a project, but I ran out of time and never even started it. My idea was to cut the board into half-thickne... | 18 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3809353",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T18:24:54",
"content": "“One of the entries is pictured above. [Jon Alt] designed this clock and phone charger that includes a capacitive charger for his smart watch. ”All I see is a pile of scrap lumber.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,737.404769 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/openems-makes-electromagnetic-field-solving-merely-difficult/ | OpenEMS Makes Electromagnetic Field Solving… Merely Difficult | Al Williams | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"electromagnetic fields",
"ems",
"modeling",
"openems",
"simulation"
] | To ordinary people electronics is electronics. However, we know that the guy you want wiring your industrial furnace isn’t the guy you want designing a CPU. Neither of those guys are likely to be the ones you want building an instrumentation amplifier. However, one of the darkest arts of the electronic sects is dealing... | 21 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3809154",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T15:37:39",
"content": "Does any of this use the GPU for solving?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3809188",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T... | 1,760,374,737.343074 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/north-carolina-hackerspace-destroyed-by-fire-members-vow-to-rebuild/ | North Carolina Hackerspace Destroyed By Fire, Members Vow To Rebuild | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackerspaces",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"fire",
"fire safety",
"hackerspace",
"insurance",
"tragedy"
] | There’s something about old industrial buildings that just seems to attract hackerspaces. It could be the open floor plans typical in buildings that used to house big manufacturing operations, or it could be a desire to reinvigorate places where machines once hummed and skilled hands plied their trades. Whatever the at... | 66 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "3809043",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T14:10:47",
"content": "Sad…As the facility failed the Fire Department’s inspection of the sprinkler system 2 days before, it does make me wonder ifsomeone (not pointing fingers) saw it as an “opportunity”, especially if they knew i... | 1,760,374,737.619875 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/four-chords-should-be-enough-for-anyone/ | Four Chords Should Be Enough For Anyone | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"four chords",
"midi",
"MIDI instrument",
"music",
"sequencer"
] | You might be surprised at how many pop songs are exactly the same.
Cat Scratch Fever
is the exact same song as
Smoke on the Water.
Even one of Yeezy’s songs is strikingly similar to a weird 90s French electronic group. Musically, though, there are an incredible number of songs that follow a I-V-vi-IV progression.
Let i... | 32 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3808889",
"author": "Mike Aberle",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T11:01:29",
"content": "Cat Scratch Fever is not a pop song.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3808923",
"author": "Pirate Tom",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28... | 1,760,374,737.730619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/28/give-your-bench-power-supply-a-helping-hand/ | Give Your Bench Power Supply A Helping Hand | Jack Laidlaw | [
"hardware",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bench power supply",
"diy psu",
"helping hand",
"helping hands",
"how-to",
"power supply"
] | [Sverd Industries] have created a pretty
cool bench power supply
integrating soldering helping hands into the build. This helps free up some much-needed bench space along with adding that wow factor and having something that looks unique.
The build is made from a custom 3D printed enclosure (
Thingiverse files here
), ... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3808852",
"author": "Michiel145",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T10:28:37",
"content": "Nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3808924",
"author": "Perry",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T11:35:22",
"content": "I really like your c... | 1,760,374,737.66726 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/edit-hex-in-the-browser/ | Edit Hex In The Browser | Al Williams | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"binary file",
"binary file editing",
"cloud application",
"editor",
"hex",
"hex editor",
"web application"
] | If you can’t stand the thought of using an application in your browser, you might as well jump ahead to the comments and start flaming.
Still with us? Imagine this scenario. You are at the office, at a client’s site, at a school, or visiting your mom. Suddenly, for some strange reason, you need to edit a hex file. We d... | 28 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3808186",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T05:25:50",
"content": "Interesting, it is amazing what you can do inside a browser these days…https://vfsync.org/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3808211",
... | 1,760,374,737.79946 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/unholy-mashup-of-spacemouse-and-sculpt-keyboard-is-rather-well-done/ | Unholy Mashup Of SpaceMouse And Sculpt Keyboard Is Rather Well Done | Jenny List | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"input device",
"keyboard",
"mouse",
"pointing device"
] | What do you do if you have a pair of input device peripherals for your computer, but they are from different manufacturers and thus not available as a single unit? If you are [Marco van Nieuwenhoven], you
combine the two to make a mashup single peripheral
.
[Marco]’s two peripherals were a 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Wirele... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3808414",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T06:59:28",
"content": "looks uncomfortable to use the SpaceMouse, I use myself the SpaceMouse Pro and cant imagine to have it attached to the bottom of the keyboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,374,737.84513 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/3d-printed-gearbox-lifts-an-anvil-with-ease/ | 3D Printed Gearbox Lifts An Anvil With Ease | Jack Laidlaw | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"anvil",
"gearbox",
"planetary gear",
"weight lifting"
] | How strong can you make a 3D-printed gearbox. Would you believe
strong enough to lift an anvil
? [Gear Down For What?] likes testing the limits of 3D printed gearboxes. Honestly, we’re amazed.
3D printing has revolutionized DIY fabrication. But one problem normally associated with 3D printed parts is they can be quite ... | 38 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3806655",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T23:16:25",
"content": "I’d like to see the condition of the gear teeth after running it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3806798",
"author": "Jack Laidlaw",
... | 1,760,374,737.918045 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/tell-time-with-a-reverse-sundial-watch/ | Tell Time With A Reverse-Sundial Watch | John Baichtal | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"magnetometer",
"sundial",
"watch"
] | [Xose Pérez] set out to make a
sundial wristwatch
by combining a magnetometer a small nylon bolt for the gnomon, but it doesn’t work like you’d think. Instead of using the magnetometer to point the sundial north, you angle the watch until the bolt’s shadow matches the white line on the PCB, and the ATmega328P computes ... | 23 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3806384",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T20:23:09",
"content": "“One fun detail of the project? You can’t tell what time it is without the sun, but you can’t read the bubble display in bright sunlight.”A corollary to “The Most Useless Machine” ?B^)",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,374,737.973254 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/hackaday-prize-entry-the-arduino-powered-led-persistence-of-vision-rechargeable-3d-printed-fidget-spinner/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: The Arduino Powered LED Persistence Of Vision Rechargeable 3D Printed Fidget Spinner | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"arduino",
"Fidget Spinner"
] | It had to come to this. For his entry into this year’s Hackaday Prize, [Sean Hodgins]
created a persistence of vision fidget spinner
. This isn’t just any PoV fidget spinner — this is the ultimate in fidget spinner technology. It’s rechargeable, and there’s an Arduino inside. The enclosure is 3D printed. It improves mo... | 43 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3806154",
"author": "telek9",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T18:34:31",
"content": "That’s pretty awesome! Does it generate any energy from the spinning itself? Seems like an easy way to keep it charged, especially if you could turn that on/off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,738.059554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/building-a-def-con-badge-in-two-weeks/ | Building A DEF CON Badge In Two Weeks | Brian Benchoff | [
"cons",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"badge",
"badgelife",
"conference badge",
"DEF CON",
"Tindie",
"tindie blinky badge"
] | DEF CON is starting
right now
, and this is the year of #badgelife. For the last few years, independent hardware wizards have been creating and selling their own unofficial badges at DEF CON, but this year it’s off the charts. We’ve already taken a look at
Bender Badges
,
BSD Puffer Fish
, and the
worst idea for a conf... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3806018",
"author": "Ted",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T17:15:57",
"content": "I HATE those tracking numbers. For a while, the place I was using had been very consistent about putting the number on the top layer of the board, so I got smart and flipped my design front-to-back before ma... | 1,760,374,738.132656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/dog-operated-treat-dispenser/ | Dog-Operated Treat Dispenser | James Hobson | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"dispenser",
"dog",
"servo",
"touchscreen",
"treat"
] | Every good dog is deserving of a treat. [Eliasbakken]’s dog [Moby] is a certified good boy, so he designed a dispenser with a touchscreen that his dog can
boop to treat himself
when he isn’t barking up a ruckus.
Adding a touchscreen to a treat dispenser when a button would suffice is a little overkill, but we’re not h... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3805915",
"author": "Jag",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T16:03:56",
"content": "Valchromat is a sort of resin-soaked wood paneling that’s absolutely great to work with (less splintering than real wood veneer, better durability than compressed/fiberboard).Also given it’s moistureproofing,... | 1,760,374,738.306228 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/telepresence-robot-2000-leagues-under-the-sea/ | Telepresence Robot 2000 Leagues Under The Sea | Gregory L. Charvat | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"live streaming",
"rov",
"telepresence",
"undersea exploration"
] | Telepresence robots are now a reality, you can wheel around the office and talk to people, join a meeting, see stuff and bump into your colleagues. But imagine if telepresence were applied to deep sea exploration. Today we can become oceanographers through the telepresence system created by
Bob Ballard
(known for locat... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3805697",
"author": "CampGareth",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T14:35:01",
"content": "While telepresence robots are a thing, the last one I tried was not a good thing yet. It went back into its box after one usage and immediately got written off. Most of it wasn’t a bad idea, it used a ... | 1,760,374,738.456551 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/play-with-a-papercraft-electronics-activity-book/ | Play With A Papercraft Electronics Activity Book | John Baichtal | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"conductive ink",
"education",
"educatonal",
"papercraft"
] | As conductive ink becomes readily available and in greater varieties, we’re starting to see some intriguing applications. [Marion Pinaffo] and [Raphaël Pluviange] created a
book of papercraft projects
that employ silver-based ink for making a circuit’s wires, carbon-based ink for resistance, as well as color-changing i... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3805315",
"author": "Loser",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T11:43:47",
"content": "Looks pretty neato :) I know that breadboards do mentally confuse some people and this would be a slightly different approach that may click for them. Good luck :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,374,738.350927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/27/pobduino-makes-the-most-of-grove/ | PobDuino Makes The Most Of Grove | John Baichtal | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"flowcode",
"grove",
"robot"
] | The chassis of a toy robot serves as the base of a robot built by [Jean Noel]. Called
#PobDuino, the robot features two Arduino-compatible boards under the hood
.
First, a Seeeduino Lotus, a Arduino board peppered with a dozen Grove-compatible sockets. The board, which is the size of an UNO, is mounted so that the plug... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "3808423",
"author": "ootsidebox",
"timestamp": "2017-07-28T07:05:20",
"content": "Thank you for the featuring, John :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,374,738.391138 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/eye-tube-tests-capacitors/ | Eye Tube Tests Capacitors | Al Williams | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"capacitor tester",
"eye tube",
"magic eye tube",
"paco",
"vintage"
] | Most component testers require removal of a component to test it. [Mr Carlson] recently restored an old Paco C-25 in-circuit capacitor tester. He does
a very complete video
tearing it down and showing how it works and why.
The tester uses an eye tube (sometimes called a magic eye tube) as an indicator. A 40 MHz oscilla... | 13 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3804579",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T07:11:22",
"content": "I used to have an Eico version of the unit with the round magic eye tube. Neat, but never really used it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3805520",
... | 1,760,374,738.864388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/make-your-own-reed-switches/ | Make Your Own Reed Switches | Jack Laidlaw | [
"how-to",
"Parts"
] | [
"component",
"components",
"how-to",
"magnetism",
"reed switch",
"reed switches",
"switches"
] | [Lucid Science] shows us how to make some simple reed switches. Reed switches are simple components that detect a magnetic field and can close or open a circuit once detected. While not really a thing of beauty, these
DIY reed switches
should help you out if you just can’t wait to order some or you fancied trying your ... | 19 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3804203",
"author": "Michael Black",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T04:05:57",
"content": "Aren’t window switches for alarm systems reed switches? I would think so, but I’ve not looked. I was thinking that the plastic is there to make more mountable switch, and inside would be a small ... | 1,760,374,738.621476 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/wire-bots-roll-out/ | Wire-bots, Roll Out! | James Hobson | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"1D",
"motor",
"printing",
"recycle",
"robot",
"weird",
"wire"
] | Designing and 3D-printing parts for a robot with a specific purpose is generally more efficient than producing one with a general functionality — and even then it can still take some time. What if you cut out two of those cumbersome dimensions and still produce a
limited-yet-functional robot
?
[Sebastian Risi] and his ... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3804043",
"author": "Als",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T02:49:55",
"content": "Looks like a pubic hair",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3805889",
"author": "Chris Buckley",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T15:54:20",
... | 1,760,374,738.559067 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/fidget-spinner-slash-drone-is-both/ | Fidget Spinner Slash Drone Is Both | John Baichtal | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"drone",
"Fidget Spinner",
"quadcopter"
] | So Hackaday loves fidget spinners and we don’t care who knows it. Apparently so does [Jeremy S Cook], who decided to
mash up a spinner and a cheap quadcopter
. To what end? Is that even a question? Spinners are the bearing-studded equivalent to the Rubik’s Cube craze of the ’80s and all we can do is embrace it.
[Jeremy... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803710",
"author": "Unferium",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T21:00:08",
"content": "Good writeup sir,The 90* circuit issue with the accelerometer, Does the maker know what type of chip contains the accelerometer (BGA,QFP,…) and if it can easily be soldered 90* relative to the board with... | 1,760,374,738.6681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/hackaday-prize-entry-pan-and-tilt-sprinkler/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Pan And Tilt Sprinkler | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"irrigation",
"pan-tilt",
"sprinkler"
] | There are a few very popular irrigation systems entered into this year’s Hackaday Prize. In fact, last year’s winner for the Best Product portion of the Prize was the
Vinduino
, a soil moisture monitor for vineyards. Most of these irrigation systems use drip irrigation or are otherwise relatively small-scale. What if y... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803603",
"author": "Trevor",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T19:37:39",
"content": "Truly a great idea – why install expensive individually addressable irrigators when just one can cover the whole lawn? This way the system can adapt to spatially varying water needs at a low cost.",
"p... | 1,760,374,738.815323 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/superconference-interview-samy-kamkar/ | Superconference Interview: Samy Kamkar | Mike Szczys | [
"cons",
"Interviews",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Superconference",
"Hackaday SuperConference",
"samy kamkar"
] | Samy Kamkar has an incredible arsenal of self-taught skills that have grown into a remarkable career as a security researcher. He dropped out of high school to found a company based on Open Source Software and became infamous for releasing the Samy worm on the MySpace platform. But in our minds Samy has far outpaced th... | 3 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803725",
"author": "Pener Tante",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T21:14:49",
"content": "This site is dead and it’s for a reason",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3803780",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2017-0... | 1,760,374,738.902852 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/rotary-phones-and-the-birth-of-a-network/ | Rotary Phones And The Birth Of A Network | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"History",
"Retrotechtacular",
"Slider"
] | [
"dial",
"exchange",
"strowger",
"telephone",
"telephone exchange",
"telephone switch"
] | I can’t help but wonder how long it will be before the movie title “Dial M for Murder” becomes mysterious to most of the population. After all, who has seen a dial phone lately? Sure, there are a few retro phones, but they aren’t in widespread use. It may not be murder, but it turns out that the dial telephone has its... | 85 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803447",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T17:15:20",
"content": "When I worked for GTE labs in Phoenix, AZ, they had a display in the lobby with the story of Strowger’s invention. It claimed that the operator would even falsely tell callers that his line was busy and then... | 1,760,374,739.037185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/friday-hack-chat-crowd-supply/ | Friday Hack Chat: Crowd Supply | Brian Benchoff | [
"Crowd Funding",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"Crowd Supply",
"crowdfunding",
"Hack Chat"
] | Crowdfunding is a mixed bag, at best. On one hand, you have fantastically successful products like Pebble, Oculus, and the Kano personal computer that managed to take in money, turn out a product, and become a successful company. (If even just for a while, the Pebble was great.) On the other hand, you have obvious scam... | 8 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803460",
"author": "LOL",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T17:28:22",
"content": "Why can’t they raise the same production capital as the hype sites?Hint: Normal consumers see unpackaged parts as garbage…. and Crowd-Supply is 99% unpackaged parts (having a >50% China drop-ship module inven... | 1,760,374,739.086676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/maywa-denkis-nonsense-machines/ | Maywa Denki’s Nonsense Machines | Elliot Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"factory",
"machine"
] | We just spent a few hours trying to figure out
Japanese techno-performance-art-toy company
[Maywa Denki]. As self-described “parallel-world electricians”, the small art collective turns out strange electro-mechanical instruments, creates bellows-powered “singing” sculptures, and puts on concerts/demos/lectures. And if ... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803659",
"author": "Stefan_Z",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T20:20:40",
"content": "A true icon of hacking culture.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3803743",
"author": "Unferium",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T21:34:29",
"con... | 1,760,374,739.219665 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/home-automation-evolution-of-a-term/ | Home Automation: Evolution Of A Term | John Baichtal | [
"Curated",
"Featured",
"home hacks",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"home automation",
"raspberry pi"
] | Home automation: for me the term recalls rich dudes in the ’80s who could turn off their garage lights with remote-control pads. The stereotype for that era was the more buttons your system had—even non-enabled ones—the more awesome it was, and by extension any luxury remote control had to be three times the size of an... | 31 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803273",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T14:15:49",
"content": "“This Moonraker-esque notion of home automation turned out to be something of a red herring, because home automation stopped being pretty forever ago; eventually it became available to everyone with a Wi... | 1,760,374,739.164515 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/measuring-air-flow-with-ultrasonic-sensors/ | Measuring Air Flow With Ultrasonic Sensors | Dan Maloney | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"duct",
"flow",
"flow meter",
"HC-SR04",
"hvac",
"sensor",
"time of flight",
"TOF",
"ultrasonic"
] | Measuring air flow in an HVAC duct can be a tricky business. Paddle wheel and turbine flow meters introduce not only resistance but maintenance issue due to accumulated dust and debris. Being able to measure ducted airflow cheaply and non-intrusively, like with
this ultrasonic flow meter
, could be a big deal for DIY p... | 23 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3803040",
"author": "Michiel145",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T11:22:32",
"content": "How about as a replacement for the automotive MAF?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3803071",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,374,739.329297 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/26/the-most-straightforward-wind-turbine/ | The Most Straightforward Wind Turbine | James Hobson | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"dc",
"generator",
"green",
"power",
"recycle",
"Recycleables",
"turbine",
"wind"
] | We can all use a little more green energy in our lives at home. So when [
ahmedebeed555
] — a fan of wind power — ran into durability troubles with his previous home-built turbine, he revised it to be
simpler than ever to build
.
Outside of the DC generator motor, the rest of the turbine is made from recycled parts: a ... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3802867",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T09:16:09",
"content": "Link is to instructables startpage",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3805494",
"author": "Pete Willard",
"timestamp": "2017-07-27T13:0... | 1,760,374,739.274184 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/25/rapidly-prototyping-rf-filters/ | Rapidly Prototyping RF Filters | Brian Benchoff | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"filter",
"microstrip",
"microstrip filter",
"pcb",
"radio",
"RF",
"rf filter"
] | RF filters are really just a handful of strategically placed inductors and capacitors. Yes, you can make a 1 GHz filter out of through-hole components, but the leads on the parts turn into inductors at those frequencies, completely ruining the expected results in a design.
The solution to this is microstrip antennas, o... | 25 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3802388",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T05:23:28",
"content": "Handy for those working with microwaves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3802441",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26... | 1,760,374,739.392212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/25/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-use-pushbuttons/ | Fail Of The Week: How Not To Use Pushbuttons | Jenny List | [
"Fail of the Week"
] | [
"component orientation",
"fotw",
"pcb",
"pushbutton"
] | If you are a regular at creating printed circuit boards, it is likely that somewhere in your shop there will be a discard pile of boards on which you placed a component in the wrong orientation such that it would not work. It’s easily done, and don’t be shy to admit it if it’s happened to you.
[Bill] was making his own... | 48 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "3801927",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2017-07-26T02:05:46",
"content": "Yep, did a small production run of a device with the whole keyboard array wrong rotated ( :(Lots of cutting tracks and rewiring required ….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,374,740.184496 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/25/make-a-bit-of-cloth-with-this-3d-printable-loom/ | Make A Bit Of Cloth With This 3D Printable Loom | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"loom",
"rigd heddle",
"table loom",
"weaving"
] | When the hackspace where this is being written created their textile room, a member who had previously been known only for her other work unexpectedly revealed herself to be a weaver, and offered the loan of a table-top loom. When set up, it provided an introduction to the art of weaving for the members of all differen... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3801416",
"author": "feodor",
"timestamp": "2017-07-25T23:06:12",
"content": "Amazing work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3801420",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-07-25T23:10:39",
"content": "Quilt-making... | 1,760,374,739.436749 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/07/25/smart-gun-beaten-by-dumb-magnets/ | Smart Gun Beaten By Dumb Magnets | Michael Uttmark | [
"Security Hacks",
"Slider",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"defcon",
"penstesting",
"pentest",
"security",
"smart gun"
] | [Plore], a hacker with an interest in safe cracking, read a vehemently anti-smart-gun thread in 2015. With the words “Could you imagine what the guys at DEF CON could do with this?” [Plore] knew what he had to do:
hack some smart guns
. Watch the video below the break.
Armed with the Armatix IP1, [Plore] started with o... | 221 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "3801053",
"author": "SlowBro",
"timestamp": "2017-07-25T20:06:00",
"content": "Meanwhile, pipes and shotgun shells abound.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3806802",
"author": "Greenaum",
"timestamp": "2017-07-2... | 1,760,374,740.104065 |
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