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https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/grow-your-own-tin-crystals/ | Grow Your Own Tin Crystals | John Baichtal | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"Chemistry",
"crystals",
"electrolysis",
"tin"
] | [The Plutonium Bunny] saw homegrown tin crystals on YouTube and reckoned he could do better—those crystals were flimsy and couldn’t stand up outside of the solution in which they were grown. Having previously tackled copper crystals, he
applied the same procedure to tin
.
Beginning with a 140 ml baby food jar filled wi... | 16 | 2 | [
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"comment_id": "3672389",
"author": "SparkyGSX",
"timestamp": "2017-06-14T05:57:37",
"content": "How do 6 diodes in series give him a total voltage drop of 1V? Also, if you’re using a LM317 anyway, why no use it as a current regulator, if you are interested in a constant current? In constant curren... | 1,760,374,793.370016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/single-part-boost-converter-challenge-completed/ | Single Part Boost Converter Challenge (Completed) | Al Williams | [
"ATtiny Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"boost converter",
"challenge"
] | [Josh] posed an interesting challenge. Create
a boost converter
that can light a blue LED using a nearly dead battery and one part. Well, we were skeptical until we saw he wasn’t counting an ATtiny processor as a part. You can see a video of the challenge, below.
The challenge has already been solved, so if you view th... | 54 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "3672174",
"author": "Galane",
"timestamp": "2017-06-14T02:09:05",
"content": "Norwegian Blue?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3673392",
"author": "SlowBro",
"timestamp... | 1,760,374,793.205225 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/the-mini-apple-iie-that-runs-on-c-h-i-p/ | The Mini Apple IIe That Runs On C.H.I.P. | Steven Dufresne | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"apple iie",
"CHIP Pro"
] | [Cupcakus]’s mini Apple IIe must surely be a contender for the
smallest computer running an Apple II emulator
. We’d mentioned it a few months ago in a
Links post
when it had been posted to a forum along with a few videos of it in action, but now popular YouTube channel, [Tested], has released
a video
wherein they not ... | 12 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671919",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T23:04:35",
"content": "How sweet it is.. As luck would have it, I still have a C.H.I.P awaiting a project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3672053",
"author": "Adam... | 1,760,374,793.697653 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/brdmaker-a-diy-pick-and-place-machine/ | BrdMaker, A DIY Pick And Place Machine | Brian Benchoff | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"brdMaker",
"Chipsetter",
"hackaday.io",
"pick and place"
] | A small, desktop pick and place machine has obvious applications for hackerspaces, small companies, and even home labs. However, despite multiple efforts, no one has come up with a solution that’s both better and cheaper than buying a used, obsolete pick and place machine.
[Mika]’s brdMaker is yet another attempt
at a ... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671797",
"author": "Jan Ciger (@janoc200)",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T20:41:53",
"content": "I would say that an unusuccessful Kickstarter is a pretty good indication that market *is not ready* for another pick and place machine. There are plenty of professional machines with proven... | 1,760,374,793.048451 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/hackaday-prize-entry-internet-of-fidget-spinners/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Internet Of Fidget Spinners | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"Fidget Spinner",
"fidget spinners",
"internet of things"
] | We just closed out the Internet of Useful Things round of the Hackaday Prize, which means we’re neck deep in judging projects to move onto the final round this fall. Last week, everyone on Hackaday.io was busy getting their four project logs and illustrations ready for the last call in this round of the Hackaday Prize.... | 23 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671721",
"author": "aonomus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T18:57:00",
"content": "Perhaps you can electroplate the outer raceway of the bearing in nickel, then copper, then chemically tin plate it to make it solderable.Or just use a high performance adhesive epoxy that glues fiberglass... | 1,760,374,792.998736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/our-gunpowder-and-tea-came-from-china-why-didnt-we-copy-their-wheelbarrows/ | Our Gunpowder And Tea Came From China, Why Didn’t We Copy Their Wheelbarrows? | Jenny List | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"barrow",
"centre wheel barrow",
"single wheel barrow",
"transport",
"wheelbarrow"
] | My dad’s low-loader barrow. You would not believe how useful it is.
Everyone must have a few things that are emotive of their childhood, perhaps a sight, a sound, or a smell. For me, growing up as I did on a small British organic farm in the 1970s, my emotive things are the smell of rain hitting parched earth, or of th... | 75 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671601",
"author": "mfsamuel",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T17:15:36",
"content": "Part of the issue is how you define a wheelbarrow. There are a ton of Two-Wheel Garden Carts designed to balance the load over the wheels. I think the reason you don’t see more 1 wheeled center load is ... | 1,760,374,793.318374 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/a-magic-light-bulb-for-all-your-bright-ideas/ | A Magic Light Bulb For All Your Bright Ideas | James Hobson | [
"hardware",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"bulb",
"internet of things",
"light",
"smart",
"smart home",
"voltage regulator"
] | [Uri Shaked]’s lamentation over the breaking of his smart bulb was brief as it was inspiring — now he had a perfectly valid excuse to hack it into a
magic light bulb
.
The first step was disassembling the bulb and converting it to run on a tiny, 130mAh battery. Inside the bulb’s base, the power supply board, Bluetooth ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671737",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T19:21:37",
"content": "Many years ago I made a uncle Fester gag light bulb. I went in thru the glass seal in the base. A single AA cell and flashlight bulb inserted thru the end. A tongue actuated strip of metal at the base... | 1,760,374,792.940252 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/the-red-special-brian-mays-handmade-guitar/ | The Red Special: Brian May’s Handmade Guitar | Adam Fabio | [
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"History",
"Musical Hacks",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"Brian May",
"guitar",
"queen",
"Red Special"
] | Guitarists are a special breed, and many of them have a close connection with the instruments they play. It might be a specific brand of guitar, or a certain setup required to achieve the sound they’re looking for. No one has a closer bond with an instrument than Brian May to his Red Special. The guitar he toured with ... | 58 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671385",
"author": "Saabman",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T14:17:07",
"content": "That’s an awesome read.I found it amusing that a home made guitar requires a professional luthier to revive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "367150... | 1,760,374,793.649698 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/a-cold-press-juicer-for-the-price-of-a-few-trips-to-jamba-juice/ | A Cold Press Juicer For The Price Of A Few Trips To Jamba Juice | Jamie Navarro | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"juice",
"juice press",
"juicer",
"kitchen"
] | Do you enjoy drinking juice but hate the cleanup after making it? Yeah, we do too. So does [Max Maker], which led to the
design and birth of the $40 cold-press juicer
. If you’ve been thinking about buying a juicer but the cost has been keeping you from pulling the trigger, you should definitely check it out. This buil... | 32 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3671204",
"author": "ThisGUy",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T11:30:11",
"content": "Those folded corners look great for trapping dirt, moisture and mould/bacteria. Not great for something intended for food prep.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"c... | 1,760,374,793.118249 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/13/harrier-like-tilt-thrust-in-multirotor-aircraft/ | Harrier-like Tilt Thrust In Multirotor Aircraft | Inderpreet Singh | [
"drone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"design",
"omnidirectional",
"quadcopter"
] | A traditional quadcopter is designed to achieve 6 degrees of freedom — three translational and three rotational — and piloting these manually can prove to be a challenge for beginners. Hexacopters offer better stability and flight speed at a higher price but the flight controller gets a bit more complex.
Taking this to... | 18 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3670868",
"author": "yodaMaster",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T08:27:16",
"content": "Actually, a traditional Quadrokopter is NOT able to achieve all 6 DOFs. At least not indipendent. If a traditional Quadrokopter rolls to the right for example (a positive angle around the x-axis, which... | 1,760,374,793.442111 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/a-universal-usb-to-quadrature-encoder/ | A Universal USB To Quadrature Encoder | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"BBC Micro",
"mice",
"mouse",
"quadrature",
"retrocomputing",
"usb"
] | Computer mice existed long before the Mac, and most of the old 8-bit computers had some software that could use a mouse. These mice had balls and quadrature encoders. While converters to turn these old mice into USB devices exist, going the other way isn’t so common. [Simon] has developed the answer to that problem
in ... | 9 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3670665",
"author": "Genki",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T06:37:01",
"content": "What about C64 and 128? 2 different mouse styles existed and depending on the software used like GEOS. One style is like joystick where the mouse sends pulses for up, down, left, and right and were used whe... | 1,760,374,793.741081 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/oh-no-its-the-claw-again/ | Oh No! It’s The Claw Again! | Al Williams | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arcade",
"arduino",
"claw",
"claw game",
"claw machine"
] | [Ryan Bates] apparently
really likes building claw machines
. We noticed his latest build with a new PCB, but then we scrolled down and found other incarnations of the machine going back to 2015.
The laser-cut claw is interesting looking and the brains are an Arduino. You can see the action in the video below and there... | 7 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3670385",
"author": "geocrasher",
"timestamp": "2017-06-13T02:04:39",
"content": "Oh no! Here’s comes the claw! The Claaaaw’s going to get you! Watch out for the claw!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3671956",
"author"... | 1,760,374,793.863157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/paper-circuit-does-binary-math-with-compressed-air/ | Paper Circuit Does Binary Math With Compressed Air | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"adder",
"and",
"fluidics",
"full adder",
"gate",
"half-adder",
"logic",
"OR",
"paper",
"Pneumatics"
] | Most of us can do simple math in our heads, but some people just can’t seem to add two numbers between 0 and 3 without using paper, like [Aliaksei Zholner] does with his
fluidic adder circuit built completely of paper
.
Pneumatic AND gate
There’s some good detail in
[Aliaksei]’s translated post
on the “Only Paper” foru... | 32 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "3670144",
"author": "Howard",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T23:09:38",
"content": "Sometimes the words “cool hack” just don’t seem sufficient. Beautiful build!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3670175",
"author": "dr.rockzo"... | 1,760,374,793.818737 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/new-brain-for-smart-vacuum/ | New Brain For Smart Vacuum | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"ESP8266",
"Neato",
"user interface",
"vacuum",
"wifi"
] | The ESP8266 has found its way into almost everything now. With its tiny size, low price tag, and accessible programmer, it’s perfect for almost any application that requires WiFi. [HawtDogFlvrWtr] decided that will all of the perks of the platform, an ESP8266 was practically begging to be shoehorned into his automatic ... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3670011",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T21:30:24",
"content": "Clickbait title. I was hoping the esp8266 was going to be the actual vacuum controller, as in mapping, obstacle avoidance etc, not just a wifi interface. Almost disappointed, slightly glad no one has beat me ... | 1,760,374,793.93344 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/hackaday-prize-entry-compact-braille-printing-press/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Compact Braille Printing Press | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"braille"
] | For the last few years of the Hackaday Prize, we’ve seen a few projects that aim to bring Braille to the masses in a cheap, easy to use electronic device. Aside from the interesting technology that would go into such a device like tiny motors moving even tinier bumps, these projects are a great example of an enabling t... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3669740",
"author": "Alan Hightower",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T19:23:02",
"content": "http://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/designing-products-with-injection-molding-in-mind/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3669975",
"author"... | 1,760,374,793.988689 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/prusacontrol-the-beginners-slicer/ | PrusaControl: The Beginner’s Slicer | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"3d printing",
"cura",
"PrusaControl",
"slic3r",
"slicer",
"software"
] | There are two main applications for managing 3D prints and G-Code generation. Cura is a fantastic application that is seeing a lot of development from the heavy hitters in the industry. Initially developed by Ultimaker,
Lulzbot has their own edition of Cura
, It’s the default software packaged with thousands of differe... | 29 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3669655",
"author": "Doug Leppard",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T18:22:18",
"content": "This statement is so true:3D printing is hard. This may come as a surprise to anyone who has been using a printer since we were making hotends out of nichrome wire. If 3D printing is to grow any more... | 1,760,374,794.116148 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/wings-wheels-and-walkers-that-move-humanity-forward/ | Wings, Wheels, And Walkers That Move Humanity Forward | Mike Szczys | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"Wings Wheels Walkers"
] | Rise to the challenge of building Wings, Wheels, and Walkers. Today, we begin the search for things that move and make the world a little bit better place. This is the first day of a new round in the 2017 Hackaday Prize and your renewed opportunity to show us what you’ve got.
We just closed off the IuT ! IoT round, a m... | 13 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3669518",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T16:11:13",
"content": "“Now we want to see even more creations that move humanity forward.”Rockets and catapults.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3669565",
"auth... | 1,760,374,794.04575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/how-smart-is-the-grid/ | How Smart Is The Grid? | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Slider"
] | [
"batteries",
"connected",
"generation",
"grid",
"meter",
"microgeneration",
"modernization",
"renewable",
"SCADA",
"smart"
] | Marketing and advertising groups often have a tendency to capitalize on technological trends faster than engineers and users can settle into the technology itself. Perhaps it’s no surprise that it is difficult to hold back the motivation to get a product to market and profit. Right now the most glaring example is the p... | 82 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "3669286",
"author": "Rev Tactule",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T14:14:00",
"content": "Having worked directly with the 520 and 1150 series, the HELP indication actually is a product of smart self diagnostics. The unit needs replacing. Better to have an LCD display than have a lineman ri... | 1,760,374,794.981431 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/design-a-coil-for-a-specific-inductance/ | Design A Coil For A Specific Inductance | Jack Laidlaw | [
"how-to",
"Parts"
] | [
"coils",
"diy coil",
"diy inductor",
"how-to",
"inductance",
"inductor",
"inductors"
] | YouTuber [RimstarOrg], AKA Hackaday’s own [Steven Dufresne], shows how to make a
DIY inductor for a specific inductance
. This is obviously a great skill to learn as sometimes your design may call for a very accurate inductance that may be otherwise hard to find.
Making your own inductor may seem daunting. You will hav... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3669121",
"author": "DainBramage",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T13:10:29",
"content": "Good article.Am I the only one wondering why it wasn’t written by [Steven Dufresne] instead?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3669193",
... | 1,760,374,794.425926 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/12/big-slew-bearings-can-be-3d-printed/ | Big Slew Bearings Can Be 3D Printed | Dan Maloney | [
"hardware",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Autodesk Fusion 360",
"ball bearing",
"bearing",
"Fidget Spinner",
"fidget spinners",
"parametric",
"roller bearing",
"slew bearing"
] | Consider the humble ball bearing. Ubiquitous, useful, and presently annoying teachers the world over in the form of fidget spinners. One thing ball bearings aren’t is easily 3D printed. It’s hard to print a good sphere, but that doesn’t mean you can’t
print your own slew bearings
for fun and profit.
As [Christoph Laime... | 20 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3668450",
"author": "Daired",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T08:12:24",
"content": "Really nice. Thanks for your video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3668522",
"author": "cyk",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T08:53:02",
"conten... | 1,760,374,794.376262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/multifunction-raspberry-pi-chiptune-player/ | Multifunction Raspberry Pi Chiptune Player | Inderpreet Singh | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"80's",
"AY-3-8910",
"chiptune",
"chiptunes",
"led bar",
"led matrix",
"lm386",
"raspberry pi"
] | General Instrument’s AY-3-8910 is a chip associated with video game music and is popular with arcade games and pinball machines. The chip tunes produced by this IC are iconic and are reminiscent of a great era for electronics. [Deater] has done an amazing job at creating a harmony between the old and new with his
Raspb... | 17 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3668154",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T05:47:54",
"content": "You don’t need two chips for stereo. The AY-3-8910 actually has *three* independent channels – it’s not “three simultaneous notes” mixed internally, each channel has it’s own output pin. So you can do ster... | 1,760,374,794.567085 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/universal-robots-vision-based-lego-stacker/ | Universal Robots Vision-Based LEGO Stacker | John Baichtal | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Duplo",
"matlab",
"Universal Robots"
] | [Thomas Kølbæk Jespersen] and his classmates at Aalborg University’s Robot Vision course used MATLAB code and URscript to program a Universal Robots UR5 to
stack up Duplo bricks
. The Duplo bricks are stacked into low-fi Simpsons characters — yellow for Homer’s head, white for his shirt, and blue for his pants, for exa... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3667892",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T04:02:45",
"content": "I parsed that headline as two separate phrases. Maybe I’ve been reading r/The_Donald too long.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3670074",
"author":... | 1,760,374,794.510487 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/hackaday-links-june-11-2017/ | Hackaday Links: June 11, 2017 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"atari",
"documentary",
"EEVblog",
"Fusion 360",
"hong kong",
"meetup",
"oshpark",
"pcb art"
] | PCB art is getting better and better every year. This year, though, is knocking it out of the park. In March,
[Andrew Sowa] turned me into money
. More recently, [Trammell Hudson] has explored the layers of OSH Park soldermask and silk
to create a masterpiece
. Now, we’re moving up to
full-blown art
. [Blake Ramsdell] ... | 29 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3667137",
"author": "i-use-green-text",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T00:10:20",
"content": "ftfy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3667688",
"author": "Brian Benchoff",
"timestamp": "2017-06-12T03:01:00",
"co... | 1,760,374,794.633556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/hackaday-prize-entry-usb-gsm-gps-9dof-sd-tinytracker-has-all-the-acronyms/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: USB GSM GPS 9DOF SD TinyTracker Has All The Acronyms | Bob Baddeley | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"2g",
"arduino",
"gps",
"gsm",
"internet of things",
"usb"
] | [Paul] has put together an insanely small yet powerful tracker for monitoring all the things. The USB
TinyTracker
is a device that packages a 48MHz processor, 2G modem, GPS receiver, 9DOF motion sensor, barometer, microphone, and micro-SD slot for data storage. He managed to get it all to fit into a USB thumb drive enc... | 28 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666743",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T20:12:33",
"content": "Isn’t 2G being shut down in the US?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3666840",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T20:53:04",... | 1,760,374,795.043934 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/the-oldest-known-surviving-pc-operating-system/ | The Oldest Known Surviving PC Operating System | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"dos",
"ibm",
"IBM 5150",
"pc",
"PC DOS"
] | You’ll all be familiar with the PC, the ubiquitous x86-powered workhorse of desktop and portable computing. All modern PCs are descendants of the original from IBM, the model 5150 which made its debut in August 1981. This 8088-CPU-driven machine was expensive and arguably not as accomplished as its competitors, yet bec... | 67 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666511",
"author": "Miles Archer",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T17:30:41",
"content": "It wasn’t expensive compared to contemporary CP/M machines. I can’t believe anyone bought one without one floppy drive. Floppy drives were not that expensive and if you think cassette tape was accept... | 1,760,374,794.736274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/sdr-sniffing-electric-gates/ | SDR Sniffing Electric Gates | Inderpreet Singh | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"Electric gate",
"omega",
"Onion Omega",
"OOK",
"RF",
"sdr"
] | Most wireless OEM hardware traditionally use 433MHz OOK modules to exchange information. The encoding and encryption of this data stream is left as a task for the embedded software designer. In most cases, the system can be hacked using a replay attack where an RF packet is recorded and replayed to emulate a valid user... | 11 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666498",
"author": "Mike Rogers",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T17:08:43",
"content": "I’ve been meaning to try something like this to control my Hampton Bay ceiling fan in an automated way. I’m surprised that the SDR dongles have become so cheap now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,374,795.141151 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/scanning-electron-microscope-adds-to-already-impressive-garage-lab/ | Scanning Electron Microscope Adds To Already Impressive Garage Lab | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"CNC vacuum table",
"copper",
"JEOL",
"scanning electron microscope",
"sem",
"sputtering"
] | When you’re a high schooler who built a semiconductor fab in your garage, what’s next on your agenda? Why,
adding a scanning electron microscope
to your lab, naturally. How silly of you to ask.
When last we stumbled across the goings on in the most interesting garage in New Jersey, [Sam Zeloof] was giving
a tour of his... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666279",
"author": "Steven-X",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T12:37:26",
"content": "Nice lab for someone at any age. When I was a kid, I would of died of ecstasy to have even a corner of a garage for a workshop. I did have a drafting table in my room.I was also caught in the catch-22 of... | 1,760,374,795.092423 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/11/3d-printed-radiation-patterns/ | 3D Printed Radiation Patterns | Michael Uttmark | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"antenna",
"Antenna Design"
] | Radiation patterns for antennas can be utterly confusing, especially when presented in two dimensions, as they usually are. Fear not, [Hunter] has your back with 3D printed and color-coded radiation patterns.
In the field of antenna design, radiation patterns denote the relationship between the relative strength of rad... | 19 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666351",
"author": "yagi",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T14:19:04",
"content": "Yagi. Make a yagi next.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3673466",
"author": "ar0cketman",
"timestamp": "2017-06-15T04:34:44",
... | 1,760,374,795.193347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/the-internet-of-interactive-cats/ | The Internet Of Interactive Cats | Jenny List | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cats",
"robots",
"telepresence"
] | [Tuco] is a cat who shares the space of [Micah Elizabeth Scott]. He is a large tabby tomcat, and he is polydactyl, which is to say he has a congenital excess of toes. He is an extremely active and engaging creature and enjoys playing and interacting with her. We covet [Tuco].
Sadly for the rest of us who love cats, of ... | 17 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3666030",
"author": "notarealemail",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T05:39:28",
"content": "3:55 You win the internet.4:20 My cat does the same, gotta go get the ladder… haha.What does [Tuco] keep chasing? It looks like popcorn, sounds like a plastic bead.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,374,795.247705 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/quality-assurance-through-fpga/ | Quality Assurance Through FPGA | John Baichtal | [
"FPGA"
] | [
"color detection",
"Cyclone V",
"morphology",
"Spree"
] | [Claire Chen] and [Mark Zhao], students in [Bruce Land]’s ECE5760 class at Cornell, created a project aimed at the manufacturing sector:
quality-checking manufactured products automatically
by visually scanning a bunch of them and processing the pixels one at a time. Ordinarily, the time when the widget comes off the l... | 13 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665950",
"author": "Mike Lu",
"timestamp": "2017-06-11T03:05:51",
"content": "5-10FPS is pretty slow. I once wrote a frame differencer in Python with OpenCV and the outdated GTX 570 in that lab machine easily did well over 60FPS at 1080p. Probably not surprising when GPUs are desig... | 1,760,374,795.295878 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/drop-in-controller-for-ebay-k40-laser-engraver-gets-results/ | Drop-in Controller For EBay K40 Laser Engraver Gets Results | Donald Papp | [
"cnc hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"co2 laser",
"controller",
"ebay",
"grbl",
"inkscape",
"K40",
"laser controller",
"laser cutter",
"laser engraver",
"open source"
] | [Paul de Groot] wrote in to let us know about a
drop-in controller replacement
he designed for those economical K40 laser engravers that are everywhere on eBay. With the replacement controller, greatly improved engraving results are possible along with a simplified toolchain. Trade in the proprietary software and that ... | 42 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665728",
"author": "jrfl",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T23:11:16",
"content": "Is there actually any information about this project? The page seems to be a thinly veiled add for their kickstarter.The software seems to be stock version of grbl, so the magic arduino-to-k40 adapter board ... | 1,760,374,795.421522 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/hackaday-prize-entry-earthquake-warnings-via-tweets/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Earthquake Warnings Via Tweets | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"earthquake"
] | Seismic waves travel through the Earth’s crust at about four kilometers a second. Light travels through fiber at about 200,000 kilometers per second. Taking network lag into account, it’s possible to read a Tweet about an earthquake a few seconds before the shaking starts. This is the concept behind
an XKCD strip
and
a... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665442",
"author": "James Stoffel",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T20:18:42",
"content": "You should look at the following, create by Ben Davidson.http://quakewatch.net/As well as phone apps to help notify you of impending danger.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.disaster... | 1,760,374,795.340938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/shapes-made-from-light-smoke-and-a-lot-of-mirrors/ | Shapes Made From Light, Smoke, And A Lot Of Mirrors | James Hobson | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"barrier",
"hologram",
"light",
"mirror",
"projector",
"Rulr",
"vector"
] | Part lightshow, part art piece, part exploratory technology,
Light Barrier (third edition)
by South Korean duo [Kimchi and Chips] crafts a visual and aural experience of ephemeral light structures using projectors, mirrors, and a light fog.
Presently installed at the ACT Center of Asia Culture Complex in Gwangju, South... | 21 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665346",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T17:45:19",
"content": "“image accuracy” and “an astounding 16 million ‘pixel beams’ of refocused light” immediately resulted in my imagination running wild… only to be corrected a few moments later by the video showing foggy blobs ... | 1,760,374,795.477627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/the-monolith-brings-the-boom-to-maker-faire/ | The Monolith Brings The Boom To Maker Faire | John Baichtal | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"Monolith",
"synthesizer",
"Teensy 3.6"
] | [Ross Fish], [Darcy Neal], [Ben Davis], and [Paul Stoffregen] created “the Monolith”, an
interactive synth sculpture
designed to showcase capabilities of the Teensy 3.6 microcontroller.
The Monolith consists of a clear acrylic box covered in LED-lit arcade buttons. The forty buttons in front serve as an 8-step sequence... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665307",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T16:57:29",
"content": "Oh my, such hair… and so many blinky buttons! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3665753",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T23:28:2... | 1,760,374,795.600352 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/scotty-warp-screen-sharing/ | Scotty, Warp Screen Sharing! | Al Williams | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"screen",
"screen sharing",
"terminal sharing",
"tmux",
"warp"
] | When working collaboratively, it is handy to be able to see someone’s screen. For the GUI, there are plenty of options. There are a few ways to share a terminal screen (such as screen, tmux, and tmate). Now there’s a new terminal sharing program based on the Go language from developer [spolu] called
Warp
.
Unlike some ... | 21 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3665058",
"author": "Cmh62",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T11:24:07",
"content": "When you shut down the program, does it give you a message that it’s ejecting the warp core? ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3665071",
"author"... | 1,760,374,795.726434 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/10/detect-lightning-strikes-with-audio-equipment/ | Detect Lightning Strikes With Audio Equipment | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"audacity",
"audio",
"audio jack",
"detector",
"lightning",
"weather"
] | One of the driving principles of a lot of the projects we see is simplicity. Whether that’s a specific design goal or a result of having limited parts to work with, it often results in projects that are innovative solutions to problems. As far as simplicity goes, however, the latest project from [153armstrong] takes th... | 21 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664871",
"author": "darkspr1te",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T08:07:28",
"content": "hmm, i think i will try this in the coming rainy season.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3664878",
"author": "macona",
"timestamp": "2017-... | 1,760,374,795.78565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/electronics-that-can-handle-the-pressure/ | Electronics That Can Handle The Pressure | Inderpreet Singh | [
"hardware"
] | [
"electronics",
"exploration",
"HDDG",
"ocean",
"pressure",
"pte",
"tolerant",
"undersea"
] | Deep-sea exploration is considered as a relatively new area of research and the electronics involved has to be special in order to survive some of the deepest parts of the ocean.
Pressure Tolerant Electronics
is a new subject and has its own challenges as explained by [
Nic Bingham
] of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
[Ni... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664761",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T05:45:51",
"content": "I would think that the best way to make tolerant electronics would be to turn your entire system into a big-ass ASIC. We really need to get on the ball with the DIY silicon machines.",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,374,795.83367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/visual-scanner-turns-obstacles-into-braille/ | Visual Scanner Turns Obstacles Into Braille | John Baichtal | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"braille",
"navigation",
"obstacle avoidance"
] | This interesting project out of MIT aims to use technology to help
visually impaired people navigate
through the use of a haptic feedback belt, chest-mounted sensors, and a braille display.
The belt consists of a vibration motors controlled by what appears to be a Raspberry Pi (for the prototype anyway) with a distance... | 8 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664870",
"author": "Nitpicker Smartyass",
"timestamp": "2017-06-10T08:06:58",
"content": "Very interesting approach. I was always wondering why we didn’t see more (no pun intended) use of “haptic feedback” as assistent systems for the visually impaired. I guess it’s mainly because ... | 1,760,374,796.207197 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/bouncing-pack-eases-those-tired-shoulders/ | Bouncing Pack Eases Those Tired Shoulders | Jenny List | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"backpack",
"hiking",
"Wearables"
] | If you are a hillwalker, wherever your preferred stomping ground may be you’ll know the importance of a pack with a good strap system. A comfortable pack will make the difference between tiredness and agony, and can easily add a considerable difference to your daily range.
At Arizona State University’s Human Integratio... | 41 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664233",
"author": "Leithoa",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T23:19:08",
"content": "…… so it reduces the impact by accelerating the pack upwards? Your smart pack is pushing off something, I don’t see how this reduces the impulse. If anything it increases it.Far better to use a good hip ... | 1,760,374,796.068794 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/casting-cylinder-heads-out-of-jb-weld/ | Casting Cylinder Heads Out Of JB Weld | Brian Benchoff | [
"Engine Hacks"
] | [
"engine",
"epoxy",
"JB Weld"
] | Like friendship, JB Weld is magic. Rumors persist of shade tree mechanics in the Yukon repairing cracked engine blocks with JB Weld, and last month
this theory was proved correct
. [Project Farm] over on YouTube took a grinder to the head of a lawnmower engine, filled the gouge with JB Weld, and ran the engine for twen... | 57 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664107",
"author": "William Jackson",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T20:08:07",
"content": "Sure you can do it and it might endure in a low compression engine, but not under tenrional stress. It may also lose adhesion with water/oil cycling",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,374,796.161389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/hackaday-prize-entry-cosmic-particle-detector-is-citizen-science-disguised-as-art/ | Hackaday Prize Entry : Cosmic Particle Detector Is Citizen Science Disguised As Art | Anool Mahidharia | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"BPW34F",
"CI-22BG",
"cosmic ray",
"cosmic ray detector",
"Gieger tube",
"muon",
"Photodiodes",
"SiPin Photodiode"
] | Thanks to CERN and their work in detecting the Higgs Boson using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), there has been a surge of interest among many to learn more about the basic building blocks of the Universe. CERN could do it due to the immense power of the LHC — capable of reaching a beam energy of almost 14TeV. Compare... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664043",
"author": "RMD",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T18:54:48",
"content": "Cool. There was a big-assed version of this at Burning Man a few years ago.https://douglasruuska.com/cosmic-praise/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3664... | 1,760,374,795.891392 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/electronics-education-courtesy-of-the-us-navy/ | NEETS: Electronics Education Courtesy Of The US Navy | Al Williams | [
"Engineering"
] | [
"classes",
"mitx",
"navy",
"neets",
"training"
] | Just about everything the US Government publishes is available to the public. Granted, browsing the GPO bookstore yields a lot of highly specialized documents like a book on how to perform pediatric surgery in hostile environments. However, there are some gems if you know where to look. If you ever wanted to have a com... | 29 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3663935",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T17:38:04",
"content": "“Some of the content is a bit dated — the computer section talks about magnetic core and bubble memory, for example, even though the latest revision we know of was in 1998. ”Considering the pace of techn... | 1,760,374,796.45599 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/portable-jacobs-ladder-for-when-you-know-you-need-a-portable-jacobs-ladder/ | Portable Jacob’s Ladder For When…You Know… You Need A Portable Jacob’s Ladder | Al Williams | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"high voltage",
"jacob's ladder",
"portable",
"portable jacobs ladder"
] | When do you need a portable Jacob’s Ladder? We don’t know, but apparently [mitxela] doesn’t want to leave home (or the laboratory) without one. So he built
a portable unit
that works for a few minutes on a battery. In the video (see below), he says he wouldn’t presume to claim it was the smallest Jacob’s Ladder ever, b... | 32 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3663792",
"author": "nuclear",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T15:46:22",
"content": "I made a jacob’s ladder out of brass welding rods and a neon sign 12,000 V power supply I picked up at a flea market for $12. It’s pretty fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,796.27658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/retrotechtacular-reading-and-sorting-mail-automatically/ | Retrotechtacular: Reading And Sorting Mail Automatically | Jenny List | [
"Retrotechtacular"
] | [
"mail",
"ocr",
"Philco",
"post office",
"retrotechtacular",
"snail mail",
"sorting office"
] | We often read about the minicomputers of the 1960s, and see examples of their use in university research laboratories or medium-sized companies where they might have managed the accounts. It’s tempting though to believe that much of the world in those last decades of the analogue era remained untouched by computing, on... | 21 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3663724",
"author": "carpetbomberz",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T14:48:16",
"content": "In the hierarchy of “storage” technologies, Disk Drives were around back then and bigger than the Drum storage. The reason Drum was used was it’s high speed of read/write operations versus a spinnin... | 1,760,374,796.339106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/giving-a-camera-mount-a-little-magnetic-attractiveness/ | Giving A Camera Mount A Little (Magnetic) Attractiveness | Jamie Navarro | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"News"
] | [
"camera mount",
"digital camera"
] | It’s probably safe to say that most hackers and makers don’t really want to fuss around with the details of making video documentation of their work. They would rather spend their time and energy on the actual project at hand…you know — the fun stuff.
[Daniel Reetz] has been wanting more mounting options for his camera... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3663498",
"author": "Perry",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T11:15:57",
"content": "Why not use tape?or put a larger peace of PVC n put it on top of the shaft.to much work for me.k.i.s. .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3663540",
"... | 1,760,374,796.383244 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/09/being-a-friend-to-mans-best-friend/ | Being A Friend To Man’s Best Friend | Dan Maloney | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Alzheimer's",
"canine cognitive dysfunction",
"CCD",
"circling",
"dementia",
"senility"
] | When [Jason Dorie] tipped us off on this, he said, “This barely qualifies as a hack.” We disagree, as would any other dog lover who sees how it improved the life of his dog with
a simple mood-altering doggie-bed carousel
.
[Jason]’s hack lies not so much in the rotating dog bed – it’s just a plywood platform on a beari... | 21 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3663298",
"author": "Nitpicker Smartyass",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T08:17:06",
"content": "Sure it’s a hack – and a well done, too. If hacking can give a beloved one, two-, three or four-legged, some comfort, hack away!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,374,796.51559 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/controlling-a-moog-werkstatt-with-a-capacitive-touch-janko-keyboard/ | Controlling A Moog Werkstatt With A Capacitive Touch Jankó Keyboard | John Baichtal | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"analog synthesizer",
"capacitive touch",
"moog",
"werkstatt"
] | [Ben Bradley], a member of Freeside Atlanta, built a
capacitive touch Jankó keyboard
for the Georgia Tech Moog Hackathon.
Jankó Keyboards
are a 19th-Century attempt to add a more compact piano keyboard. There are three times as many keys as a traditional piano but arranged vertically for (supposedly) greater convenienc... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "3664122",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T20:29:40",
"content": "If the wood is not sealed it will have a changing moisture content which will throw off things as well if it gets dirty or wet. Here is a simple idea for a good looking version. Cut in a jig of wood, un... | 1,760,374,796.55077 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/hackaday-prize-entry-printing-bones/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Printing Bones | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"3d printer",
"powder printer"
] | You would be forgiven to think that 3D printing is only about rolls of filament and tubs of resin. The fact is, there are many more 3D printing technologies out there. Everything from powders to paper can be used to manufacture a 3D model.
[Jure]’s Hackaday Prize entry
is meant to explore those weirder 3D manufacturing... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662858",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T02:17:05",
"content": "Does this mimic the hollow nature of bone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3663019",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2017-06-09T... | 1,760,374,796.61143 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/mini-delta-3d-printer-in-action-at-the-monoprice-booth/ | Mini Delta 3D Printer In Action At The Monoprice Booth | Mike Szczys | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Interviews"
] | [
"Bay Area Maker Faire 2017",
"delta",
"delta printer",
"Monoprice",
"MP Mini",
"MP Mini Delta"
] | When I was at Bay Area Maker Faire a few weekends ago I stopped by the Monoprice booth to chat with [Chris Apland], their head of 3D Printing. Earlier in the week, the company had just announced preorders for their new $169 delta-style 3D printer called the MP Mini Delta.
[Brian Benchoff]
covered that launch
and I don’... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662693",
"author": "Lord Nothing",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T23:55:28",
"content": "print speed doesnt look any better than my printrbot play. quality is down abit too. and the area is smaller (i have the y axis upgrade though).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies"... | 1,760,374,796.905989 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/sony-unveils-swarm-robots-for-kids/ | Sony Unveils Swarm Robots For Kids | Adam Fabio | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Aibo",
"education",
"robot",
"sony",
"steam",
"Toio"
] | Sony recently unveiled
Toio, an educational robotics toy for young programmers
. We all know Sony as an electronics giant, but they do dabble in robotics from time to time. The
AIBO
dog family is probably their most famous creation, though there is also
QRIO
, a bipedal humanoid, and on the stranger side, the
Rolly
.
T... | 24 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662527",
"author": "vcv",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T20:28:37",
"content": "wow, moving brick!i’m completely unimpressed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3662706",
"author": "TacticalNinja",
"timestamp": "2017-06... | 1,760,374,796.854115 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/torlo-is-a-beautiful-3d-printed-clock/ | TORLO Is A Beautiful 3D Printed Clock | Lewin Day | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"3d print",
"3d printed",
"3d printer",
"3d printing",
"attiny",
"clock"
] | What if you could build a clock that displays time in the usual analog format, but with the hands moving around the outside of the dial instead of rotating from a central point?
This is the idea behind TORLO, a beautiful clock built from 3D printed parts.
The clock is the work of [ekaggrat singh kalsi], who wanted to b... | 26 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662522",
"author": "TacticalNinja",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T20:25:36",
"content": "What’s the escapement for if this is electronically pulsed? Looks great nonetheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3662571",
"autho... | 1,760,374,798.675145 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/from-50s-perceptrons-to-the-freaky-stuff-were-doing-today/ | From 50s Perceptrons To The Freaky Stuff We’re Doing Today | Steven Dufresne | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"deep learning",
"neural networks",
"perceptron"
] | Things have gotten freaky. A few years ago, Google showed us that
neural networks’ dreams are the stuff of nightmares
, but more recently we’ve seen them used for giving
game character movements
that are indistinguishable from that of humans, for creating
photorealistic images
given only textual descriptions, for provi... | 24 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662347",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T17:31:54",
"content": "“A deep neural network is one that has many layers. As our own Will Sweatman pointed out in his recent neural networking article, going deep allows for layers nearer to the inputs to learn simple feature... | 1,760,374,799.431791 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/raspberry-pi-malware-mines-bitcoin/ | Raspberry Pi Malware Mines BitCoin | Al Williams | [
"News",
"Raspberry Pi",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"bitcoin",
"cybersecurity",
"Dr.Web",
"raspberry pi",
"trojan",
"trojanhorse"
] | According to Russian security site [Dr.Web], there’s a new malware called
Linux.MulDrop.14
striking Raspberry Pi computers. In a separate
posting
, the site examines two different Pi-based trojans including Linux.MulDrop.14. That trojan uses your Pi to mine
BitCoins
some form of cryptocurrency. The other trojan sets up... | 80 | 18 | [
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"comment_id": "3662226",
"author": "sj4nes",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T15:37:57",
"content": "This sounds like an incredible amount of work to steal a ridiculously small amount of value. Are there really _that_ many Raspberry Pi’s out there left running unattended growing this groups’ BTC assets 30... | 1,760,374,799.360898 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/nuts-and-bolts-keeping-it-tight/ | Nuts And Bolts: Keeping It Tight | Dan Maloney | [
"Engineering",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"Bolts",
"din",
"hardware",
"Junker test",
"lock washers",
"materials testing",
"nuts",
"self-loosening",
"transverse vibration"
] | It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the wheels on your car. Though the penalty for failure is certainly higher in the latter than in the former, self-loosening of nuts ... | 72 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662151",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T14:22:40",
"content": "“It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart.”Another episode of that soap opera, “As the nut turns” sponsored by Procter and Gamble.",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,374,798.892825 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/adding-character-to-the-c64/ | Adding Character To The C64 | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"c64",
"cartridge",
"cartridge port",
"character lcd",
"commodore 64",
"expansion port",
"hd44780",
"lcd",
"retrocomputer",
"retrocomputing",
"vintage"
] | The venerable Commodore 64, is there anything it can’t do? Like many 1980s computer platforms, direct access to memory and peripherals makes hacking easy and fun. In particular, you’ll find serial & parallel ports are ripe for experimentation, but the Commodore has its expansion/cartridge port, too, and
[Frank Buss] de... | 5 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "3662003",
"author": "Ray Moore",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T11:21:59",
"content": "Memory mapped i/o. I have done it for many many years, starting with the vic-20 and working all the way to modern PC machines. He just doesn’t map very efficiently from the looks of it. A little more... | 1,760,374,798.931988 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/08/suffer-no-substitutes-the-hudspith-steam-bicycle-is-one-of-a-kind/ | Suffer No Substitutes — The Hudspith Steam Bicycle Is One-Of-A-Kind | James Hobson | [
"classic hacks",
"Engine Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"Boiler",
"power",
"steam",
"steampunk"
] | In a bit of punky, steam-based tinkering, Brittish engineer [Geoff Hudspith]’s obsession for steam and passion for cycles fused into the
Hudspith Steam Bicycle
.
Built and improved over the past thirty years, the custom steam engine uses a petrol and kerosene mix for fuel, reaching a top speed of 32km/h and has a range... | 25 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3661827",
"author": "jj",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T08:42:12",
"content": "If someone would be kind enough to do some open source free to use system for connecting a pi to all the modern bike electronics (theres a ton these days), they would get a world of cyclists thanking them. Eve... | 1,760,374,799.132615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/automotive-radar-and-the-doppler-effect/ | Automotive Radar And The Doppler Effect | Michael Uttmark | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"automotive",
"automotive radar",
"radar"
] | With more and more cars driving themselves, there is an increasing demand for precise environment aware sensors. From collision avoidance to smooth driving, environmental awareness is a must have for any self-driving cars. Enter automotive radar: cool, precise and relatively cheap. Thanks to a donated automotive radar ... | 47 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "3661652",
"author": "Allan H.",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T06:11:09",
"content": "s/adverse/averse/Or perhaps you really did mean adverse. “Maths adverse” – I like it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3661792",
"author":... | 1,760,374,799.01812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/solar-bulldozer-gets-dirty/ | Solar Bulldozer Gets Dirty | Bryan Cockfield | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"bulldozer",
"off grid",
"solar",
"tools"
] | As the threat of climate change looms, more and more industries are starting to electrify rather than using traditional fuel sources like gasoline and diesel. It almost all cases, the efficiency gains turn out to be environmentally
and
economically beneficial. Obviously we have seen more electric cars on the roads, but... | 33 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3661212",
"author": "scott t",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T02:35:01",
"content": "I think they had one of these on gilligan’s island.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3661223",
"author": "tdrttdtydtd",
"timestamp": "2017-06-... | 1,760,374,799.200895 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/helix-display-brings-snake-into-three-dimensions/ | Helix Display Brings Snake Into Three Dimensions | James Hobson | [
"hardware",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"display",
"encoder",
"helix",
"hologram",
"power",
"prop",
"propeller",
"wireless"
] | Any time anyone finds a cool way to display in 3D — is there an uncool way? — we’re on board. Instructables user [Gelstronic]’s method involves an array of spinning props to
play the game Snake in 3D
.
The helix display consists of twelve props, precisely spaced and angled using 3D-printed parts, each with twelve indiv... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660871",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T23:53:42",
"content": "Don’t let the cat near it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3661769",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08T07:50:17",
"cont... | 1,760,374,799.246829 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/robotic-arms-controlled-by-your-feet/ | Robotic Arms Controlled By Your….. Feet? | James Hobson | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"feedback",
"feet",
"hand",
"haptic",
"limb",
"mechanical",
"robot",
"third hand"
] | The days of the third hand’s dominance of workshops the world over is soon coming to an end. For those moments when only a third hand is not enough, a
fourth is there to save the day
.
Dubbed MetaLimbs and developed by a team from the [Inami Hiyama Laboratory] at the University of Tokyo and the [Graduate School of Medi... | 12 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660526",
"author": "Olsen",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T20:15:45",
"content": "Does this remind anyone of the twisted magician from the OZ books, or am I the only Baumhead?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3660531",
"author": "... | 1,760,374,799.067799 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/hackaday-prize-entry-diy-lcd-based-sla-3d-printer/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: DIY LCD Based SLA 3D Printer | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"3d printer",
"Concept",
"diy",
"lcd",
"resin",
"resin 3d printer",
"sla",
"uv"
] | Resin-based SLA 3D printers are seen more and more nowadays but remain relatively uncommon. This
Low Cost, Open Source, LCD based SLA 3D Printer
design by [Dylan Reynolds] is a concept that aims to make DIY SLA 3D printing more accessible. The idea is to use hardware and manufacturing methods that are more readily avai... | 11 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660434",
"author": "garlicbready",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T19:05:50",
"content": "I was under the impression that LCD panels are normally destroyed by UV light and that they have UV filters. Unless perhaps I’m missing something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,374,799.543774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/improving-mister-screamer-an-80-decibel-filament-alarm/ | Improving Mister Screamer; An 80 Decibel Filament Alarm | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Skills",
"Slider"
] | [
"3d printed",
"3d printing",
"filament",
"filament alarm",
"filament monitor",
"iterative design",
"let's prototype",
"PLA",
"prototyping"
] | I created
a prototype 3D printer filament alarm
that worked, but the process also brought some new problems and issues to the surface that I hadn’t foreseen when I first started. Today I’m going to dive further into the prototyping process to gain some insight on designing for a well-specified problem. What I came up w... | 46 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660261",
"author": "camerin",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T17:11:54",
"content": "Dumb question, why not use the ball switch like you said originally, but instead of driving the buzzer directly, drive the gate of a FET. the FET can drive the buzzer with as much current as you need.",
... | 1,760,374,800.445121 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/friday-hack-chat-8-bit-micros-with-microchip/ | Friday Hack Chat: 8-Bit Micros With Microchip | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"8 bit",
"AVR",
"Hack Chat",
"microchip",
"pic"
] | A few years ago, Microchip acquired Atmel for $3.56 Billion. There are plenty of manufacturers of 8-bit microcontrollers, but
everyone
makes 8051s, and the MSP430 isn’t as popular as it should be. Microchip’s acquisition of Atmel created what is probably the largest manufacturer of 8-bit micros, with a portfolio rangin... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660131",
"author": "Aitor",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T16:09:19",
"content": "The MSP430 is a 16 bit microcontroller, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3661552",
"author": "AerenS",
"timestamp": "2017-06-08... | 1,760,374,800.507423 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/fail-of-the-week-sand-casting-copper/ | Fail Of The Week: Sand Casting Copper | Dan Maloney | [
"Fail of the Week"
] | [
"copper",
"greensand",
"lost foam",
"metalworking",
"mold",
"polstyrene",
"sand casting"
] | There’s trouble in the Kingdom of Random – the smithies of the realm are
having trouble sand-casting copper
. And while [King Grant] might not be directly asking for help, we think the Hackaday community might have plenty to say about his efforts.
We’ve all seen plenty of sand casting efforts before, including attempts... | 90 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "3660016",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T15:11:01",
"content": "Vacuum the air out of the sand mold. It will make the mold denser and prevent the air pockets from expanding from the extreme heat of the copper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,374,800.768844 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/reading-bingo-balls-with-microcontrollers/ | Reading Bingo Balls With Microcontrollers | Voja Antonic | [
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Microcontrollers",
"Slider"
] | [
"assembly language",
"bingo ball",
"computer vision",
"embedded",
"ocr",
"optical character recognition",
"sphere"
] | Every once in a while a project comes along with that magical power to consume your time and attention for many months. When you finally complete it, you feel sorry that you don’t have to do anything more.
What is so special about this Bingo ball reader? It may seem like an ordinary OCR project at first glance; a camer... | 38 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "3659912",
"author": "Yann Guidon / YGDES",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T14:11:59",
"content": "Wow ! That’s a nice collection of tricks !Congrats and thanks Voja :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3659940",
"author": "Internet"... | 1,760,374,800.092764 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/show-us-your-internet-of-useful-things-by-monday/ | Show Us Your Internet Of Useful Things By Monday | Mike Szczys | [
"contests",
"Hackaday Columns"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"connected devices",
"internet of things",
"Internet of Useful Things",
"IuT ! IoT"
] | Don’t forget to get your connected device entered in the Hackaday Prize by Monday morning. The current challenge is
IuT ! IoT
, a clever tilt at the Internet of Things, which is so hot right now. We don’t just want things to connect, we want that connection to be useful, so save your Internet Toasters and Twittering To... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "3659803",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T13:05:37",
"content": "A twittering toilet isn’t…useful?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3659820",
"author": "LOL",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T13:12:28",
... | 1,760,374,800.643566 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/diy-ram-pump-obeys-the-laws-of-physics/ | DIY Ram Pump Obeys The Laws Of Physics | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"entropy",
"hydraulic",
"hydraulic ram",
"in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics",
"momentum",
"pump",
"ram",
"ram pump",
"thermodynamics",
"water"
] | Despite the claims of “free energy” on the title of the video below, this is not yet another wacky perpetual motion story. We here at Hackaday fully support the laws of thermodynamics, and we think you should too. But you have to admit that
a pump that works without any apparent energy inputs
looks kind of shady at fir... | 45 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3659604",
"author": "tomás zerolo",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T11:16:35",
"content": "This is the hydraulic translation of the boost converter, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3659898",
"author": "A Mechanical Tig... | 1,760,374,800.588207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/07/summer-is-approaching-are-you-prepared-to-relax/ | Summer Is Approaching. Are You Prepared To Relax? | James Hobson | [
"how-to",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"hammock",
"Relax",
"stand",
"wood",
"woodworking"
] | [Blake Schreurs] found himself in dire straights — there was a critical lack of available hammocks in his immediate vicinity, and he wanted one. Fast. So he built a hammock stand in
half an afternoon
.
Initially dismayed by the cost of store-bought models, [Schreurs]’ hammock stand is perfect for woodworking-newbies an... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3659485",
"author": "Vincent",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T09:50:50",
"content": "Funny. I saw a very similar build howto on Belgian TV mid-May –https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_il-y-a-un-truc-fabriquer-un-hamac?id=2216532Same season – same ideas :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,374,800.136326 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/the-art-of-the-silicon-chip/ | The Art Of The Silicon Chip | Jenny List | [
"Parts"
] | [
"integrated circuits",
"reverse engineer silicon",
"reverse engineering",
"Silicon IC"
] | If you have followed the group of reverse engineers whose work on classic pieces of silicon we feature regularly here at Hackaday, you may well be familiar with the appearance of the various components that make up their gates and other functions. What you may not be familiar with, however, are the features that can oc... | 23 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "3659106",
"author": "Joseph",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T05:44:01",
"content": "I always find these really interesting. I wonder if they serve a purpose beyond pure amusement of the creators. Like would they function in a similar way copyright traps on maps?",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,800.255981 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/self-driving-rc-cars-with-tensorflow-raspberry-pi-or-macbook-onboard/ | Self-Driving RC Cars With TensorFlow; Raspberry Pi Or MacBook Onboard | Mike Szczys | [
"Raspberry Pi",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"autonomous car",
"autonomous vehicle",
"Bay Area Maker Faire 2017",
"Donkey Car",
"self-driving",
"sparkfun avc",
"tensorflow"
] | You might think that you do not have what it takes to build a self-driving car, but you’re wrong. The mistake you’ve made is assuming that you’ll be controlling a two-ton death machine. Instead, you can give it a shot without the danger and on a relatively light budget. [Otavio] and [Will] got into self-driving vehicle... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658859",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T02:11:15",
"content": "“You might think that you do not have what it takes to build a self-driving car, but you’re wrong.”Considering it’s summer. A self-driving mower would be nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,800.195721 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/how-many-hacks-in-an-led-display/ | How Many Hacks In An LED Display? | Steven Dufresne | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"Arduino Uno",
"bluetooth",
"darlington array",
"LED array",
"LED display",
"shift registers"
] | There are so many nice hacks in [Joekutz]’s
retro LED display project
that it’s hard to know where to start. There’s his DIY LED display controlled by an Arduino UNO. To have some text or picture for the display, he’s wired the output of a Bluetooth speaker directly to the Arduino, and sends it speaker tones that encod... | 10 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658685",
"author": "Bluewraith",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T23:14:07",
"content": "Feature-creep is a bitch.. And the biggest reason I never finish my projects. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3659174",
"author": "jo... | 1,760,374,800.820097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/the-other-kind-of-phone-hacking/ | The Other Kind Of Phone Hacking | Dan Maloney | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"arduino",
"ASCII",
"cordless",
"lcd",
"serial peripheral interface",
"spi",
"Uniden"
] | While it’s true that your parts bin might have a few parts harvested from outdated devices of recent vintage, there’s not much to glean anymore aside from wall warts. But the 3×48-character LCD from [Kerry Wong]’s old Uniden cordless landline phone was tempting enough for him to attempt
a teardown and reverse engineeri... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658510",
"author": "Dmitry Grinberg",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T20:32:02",
"content": "The initial bytes are config. Likely they do not need to be sent each time.The extra pin is Command/Data selection as is common with such LCDs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,374,800.859606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/hackaday-prize-entry-the-fpga-commodore/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: The FPGA Commodore | Brian Benchoff | [
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"commodore",
"Commodore 65"
] | The history of Commodore 8-bit computers ends with a fantastically powerful, revolutionary, and extraordinarily collectible device.
The Commodore 65
was the chicken lip’ last-ditch effort to squeeze every last bit out of the legacy of the Commodore 64. Basically, it was a rework of a 10-year-old design, adding advanced... | 30 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658459",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T19:58:51",
"content": "“Only 200 prototypes were produced, and when these things hit the auction block, they can fetch as much as an original Apple I.”*checks attic* Nope. Darn!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,374,800.929196 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/automate-the-freight-maritime-drone-deliveries/ | Automate The Freight: Maritime Drone Deliveries | Dan Maloney | [
"drone hacks",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"Automate the Freight",
"delivery",
"drone",
"inshore",
"maritime",
"shipping",
"tanker",
"uav"
] | Ships at sea are literally islands unto themselves. If what you need isn’t on board, good luck getting it in the middle of the Pacific. As such, most ships are really well equipped with spare parts and even with raw materials and the tools needed to fabricate most of what they can’t store, and mariners are famed for th... | 50 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658256",
"author": "Biomed",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T17:08:01",
"content": "Safe bet this will succeed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3658728",
"author": "LOL",
"timestamp": "2017-06-07T00:03:41",
"... | 1,760,374,801.679835 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/you-wont-believe-that-fidget-spinners-are-obvious-clickbait/ | You Won’t Believe That Fidget Spinners Are Obvious Clickbait! | Brian Benchoff | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"clickbait",
"Fidget Spinner",
"oscilloscope"
] | I don’t know why fidget spinners are only getting popular
now
. They’ve been selling like hotcakes on
Tindie
for a year now, and I’ve been seeing 3D printed versions around the Internet for almost as long. Nevertheless, fidget spinners — otherwise known as a device to turn a skateboard bearing into a toy — have become ... | 72 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658144",
"author": "Biomed",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T15:33:38",
"content": "You gonna swear in the replies again Brian?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3658154",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06... | 1,760,374,801.478313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/the-ip-of-the-infinite-build-volume-3d-printer/ | The IP Of The Infinite Build Volume 3D Printer | Brian Benchoff | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Engineering",
"Featured"
] | [
"BlackBelt",
"Blackbelt 3D"
] | Last week, the Blackbelt 3D printer
launched on Kickstarter
. What makes the Blackbelt 3D printer different than any other 3D printer on Kickstarter? This printer has an infinite build volume. It’s built for continuous production. As long as you have a large enough spool of filament, this printer will keep producing pl... | 55 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "3658002",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T14:03:43",
"content": "“As long as you have a large enough spool of filament, this printer will keep producing plastic parts with no downtime in between.”Sounds like when I screw up in Infinifactory.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,801.372077 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/you-had-one-job-bot/ | “You Had One Job”, Bot | Anool Mahidharia | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"climbing",
"robot",
"rope climbing"
] | Only a Human would understand the pithy sarcasm in “You had one job”. When [tterev3]’s RopeBot the Robot became sentient and asked “What is my purpose?”, [tterev3] had to lay it out for him quite bluntly – “You cut the rope”. He designed
RopeBot
(YouTube video embedded below) for one job only – single mission, single u... | 29 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "3657780",
"author": "rastersoft",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T11:23:16",
"content": "By adding a little parachute (just hanging, no need to include deploying systems) he can recover the robot without damage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"com... | 1,760,374,801.270893 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/06/hand-wound-brushless-motors-revive-grounded-quad/ | Hand-Wound Brushless Motors Revive Grounded Quad | Dan Maloney | [
"drone hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"BLDC",
"brushless",
"coil",
"Kv",
"magnet",
"phase",
"rotor",
"stator",
"winding"
] | You’re happily FPVing through the wild blue yonder, dodging and jinking through the obstacles of your favorite quadcopter racing course. You get a shade too close to a branch and suddenly the picture in your goggles gets the shakes and your bird hits the dirt. Then you smell the smoke and you know what happened – a bro... | 33 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3657916",
"author": "Ren",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T13:14:48",
"content": "My former supervisor, when he was a child, would re-wire the motors of his mini-race cars with a larger diameter wire to draw more current to get faster cars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,374,801.843606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/amazon-gets-a-patent-for-parachute-labels/ | Amazon Gets A Patent For Parachute Labels | Inderpreet Singh | [
"drone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"amazon",
"delivery",
"drone",
"patent",
"uav"
] | Delivery by drone is a reality and Amazon has been pursuing better and faster methods of autonomous package delivery. The US Patent and Trademark Office just issued a
patent
to Amazon for a shipping label that has an embedded parachute to ensure soft landings for future deliveries.
The patent itself indicates the const... | 58 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3656351",
"author": "???? ????",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T05:19:09",
"content": "Ahahaha but they forgot to also get a patent for a parachute with a label on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3658507",
"author": "Jon... | 1,760,374,801.77438 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/soft-legged-robot-handles-rough-terrain-with-ease/ | Soft-legged Robot Handles Rough Terrain With Ease | Dan Maloney | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"flexible",
"pneumatic",
"pressure",
"quadruped",
"soft"
] | Whether it’s wheels, tracks, feet, or even a roly-poly body like BB-8, most robots have to deal with an essential problem: dirt and grit can get into the moving bits and cause problems. Some researchers from UCSD have come up with a clever way around this:
pneumatically actuated soft-legged robots
that adapt to rough t... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3655863",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-06T03:48:12",
"content": "Wouldn’t a snake robot (http://snakerobots.com/) be better for S&R?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3657461",
"author": "martinmuunk",
... | 1,760,374,801.889174 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/mitosis-anatomy-of-a-custom-keyboard/ | Mitosis: Anatomy Of A Custom Keyboard | James Hobson | [
"hardware"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"coin cell",
"keyboard",
"mechanical",
"Mitosis",
"wireless"
] | Ergonomic. Wireless. Low-latency. Minimalist. Efficient. How far do you go when you design your own open-source keyboard? Checking off these boxes and providing the means for others to do so, Redditor [reverse_bias] presents the
Mitosis keyboard
, and this thing is cool.
The custom, split– as the namesake implies — mec... | 14 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3654462",
"author": "abb",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T23:32:04",
"content": "40 images!Looks like the two layers use the same PCB design, with some notches cut to allow bits to be removed for the top layer. Quite clever, saves on production costs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,374,801.940436 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/hackaday-prize-entry-sub-gigahertz-rf/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Sub Gigahertz RF | Brian Benchoff | [
"Radio Hacks",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"ADF7023",
"ISM",
"radio"
] | For all the press WiFi and Bluetooth-connected Internet of Things toasters get, there’s still a lot of fun to be had below one Gigahertz. For his Hackaday Prize entry, [Adam] is working on an open source, extensible
915 and 433 MHz radio
designed for robotics, drones, weather balloons, and all the other fun projects th... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "3653831",
"author": "F4GRX",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T21:27:11",
"content": "Hey Hackaday you should have a look at FaradayRFhttps://faradayrf.com/network/Far more interesting that the internet of shit :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"com... | 1,760,374,801.988953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/exposing-dinosaur-phone-insecurity-with-software-defined-radio/ | Exposing Dinosaur Phone Insecurity With Software Defined Radio | Brian Benchoff | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"cordless",
"cordless phone",
"HackRF",
"landline",
"phone",
"sdr"
] | Long before everyone had a smartphone or two, the implementation of a
telephone
was much stranger than today. Most telephones had real, physical buttons. Even more bizarrely, these phones were connected to other phones through
physical wires
. Weird, right? These were called “landlines”, a technology that shuffled off ... | 74 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "3653299",
"author": "Jason Smith (@Mazzic911)",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T19:14:45",
"content": "This is the stupidest thing I have seen all week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3657802",
"author": "Piano Man (@pianoma... | 1,760,374,802.095856 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/designing-products-with-injection-molding-in-mind/ | Designing Products With Injection Molding In Mind | Bob Baddeley | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"The Hackaday Prize"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"best product",
"injection mold",
"injection molding",
"plastic"
] | 3D printing is a technique we’ve all been using for ages at home, or via Shapeways, but if you are designing a product, 3D printing will only get you so far. It’s crude, slow, expensive, and has lots of limitations. While it’s great for the prototyping stage, ultimately products manufactured in volume will be manufactu... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3653104",
"author": "Olsen",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T18:12:09",
"content": "This is a cool piece of knowledge that is vitally important to many modern maufacturing processes. I’m guessing many of the skills developed in injection molding cross over into other kinds of mold fabricat... | 1,760,374,802.158763 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/formlabs-announces-a-desktop-sls-3d-printer/ | Formlabs Announces A Desktop SLS 3D Printer | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"News"
] | [
"3d printer",
"formlabs",
"fuse 1",
"laser sintering",
"selective laser sintering",
"sls"
] | Formlabs have just announced the
Fuse 1
— a selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer that creates parts out of nylon. Formlabs is best known for their
Form
series of resin-based SLA 3D printers, and this represents a very different direction.
SLS printers, which use a laser to sinter together models out of a powder-b... | 30 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3652997",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T17:38:37",
"content": "Oi! 10 grand for an SLS machine is still too steep for your average joe. :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3653013",
"author": "Sweeney",
... | 1,760,374,802.265376 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/diy-grid-eye-ir-camera/ | DIY Grid Eye IR Camera | Michael Uttmark | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"GRID-EYE",
"ir",
"ir camera",
"led matrix"
] | Tindie is a great place to find uncommon electronic components or weird/interesting boards. [Xose Pérez] periodically “stroll the isles” of Tindie to keep up on cool new components, and when he saw Panasonic’s Grid_EYE AMG88 infrared sensor, [Xose] knew that he had to build
something
with it. The awesome find is an 8×8... | 8 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3652671",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T15:40:42",
"content": "“While commercially available IR Cameras have thousands of pixels and can overlay a normal image over an IR image among other fancy stuff, they are sometimes prohibitively expensive…”FLIR one is about $3... | 1,760,374,802.202841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/hacking-on-tv-what-you-need-to-know/ | Hacking On TV: What You Need To Know | Jenny List | [
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"entertainment",
"game shows",
"media",
"television",
"tv"
] | It seems to be a perennial feature of our wider community of hackers and makers, that television production companies come up with new ideas for shows featuring us and our skills. Whether it is a reality maker show, a knockout competition, a scavenger hunt, or any other format, it seems that there is always a researche... | 58 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "3652236",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T14:24:43",
"content": "“It seems to be a perennial feature of our wider community of hackers and makers, that television production companies come up with new ideas for shows featuring us and our skills.”I blame it on MacGyver... | 1,760,374,803.125227 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/starship-one-the-ultimate-90s-synthesizer/ | Starship One: The Ultimate 90’s Synthesizer | Adam Fabio | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"starship one",
"synthesizer",
"Technics"
] | We’ve seen some crazy music production stations over the years. But this synthesizer system may just take the cake.
Starship One is the creation of [Marc Brasse]
. At first glance, this music battle station looks like it belongs on the bridge of the Enterprise. The resemblance is not entirely unintentional. [Marc] hims... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3651919",
"author": "mike_calvin",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T12:28:33",
"content": "Most important thing is the sound. Please add a link to a sample.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3658748",
"author": "Andrew Patterson... | 1,760,374,802.340541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/05/sun-ray-thin-client-becomes-raspberry-pi-workstation/ | Sun Ray Thin Client Becomes Raspberry Pi Workstation | Jenny List | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"raspberry pi",
"sun",
"Sun Ray",
"thin client"
] | One of the great predictions of desktop computing from the mid 1990s was that we would all move to so-called thin clients, stripped-out desktop computers containing only processor, display driver, and peripheral interfaces, that would call up their applications not from a local hard disk but from a remote server. It wa... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3651333",
"author": "Redhatter (VK4MSL)",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T08:47:40",
"content": "MIPS? I thought the Sun Rays were SPARC?*looks up the 270*Hmm, truth is stranger than fiction… AMD Au1550, which is a MIPS32 chip, basically SPARC’s opposition. Perhaps I was thinking of the ... | 1,760,374,802.932024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/esp8266-mqtt-remote-gate-entry/ | ESP8266 MQTT Remote Gate Entry | Jamie Navarro | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"Electric gate",
"ESP8266"
] | Do you live in an area where you (or your car) are locked in by a gate? If so, you may know how [Alexander Else] feels about letting his guests in and out constantly with a remote control — it’s just not convenient. [Alexander] could have just purchased some extra remote controls and passed them out, but they aren’t ex... | 39 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "3651090",
"author": "RÖB",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T07:11:12",
"content": "I don’t know why people choose such complex software setups.Here is a GET request sent over a TCP/IP stackGET /blog/ HTTP/1.1\\r\\nHost: hackaday.com\\r\\n\\r\\nIf you don’t have DNS then use the IP addressGE... | 1,760,374,802.612671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/__trashed-15/ | Hackaday Prize Entry: Safety Glasses Are Also Hands-Free Multimeter | Bryan Cockfield | [
"The Hackaday Prize",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"2017 Hackaday Prize",
"arduino",
"bluetooth",
"display",
"glasses",
"heads-up",
"meter",
"multimeter",
"pro micro",
"remote",
"safety"
] | It seems like the multimeter is never easy to see during a project. Whether it’s troubleshooting a vehicle’s electrical system and awkwardly balancing the meter on some vacuum lines and the intake manifold, or installing a new solar panel and hoping the meter doesn’t fall on the ground while the leads are in both hands... | 23 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "3650131",
"author": "Daniel O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2017-06-05T02:14:00",
"content": "Combining this with a mooshimeter would be pretty cool IMO.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3650260",
"author": "scott t",
"timestamp... | 1,760,374,802.672984 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/hackaday-links-june-4-2017/ | Hackaday Links: June 4, 2017 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"Anycon",
"Apple I",
"auction",
"kerbal space program",
"MICRAL",
"RISC-V",
"Stratolaunch"
] | Quick question: what was the first personal computer? We
love
pointless arguments over technological history, so let’s just go down the list. It wasn’t an IBM, and
the guy who invented the personal computer said he didn’t invent the personal computer
. The Apple I is right out, and there were some weird Italian things ... | 49 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3649480",
"author": "CRImier",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T23:06:52",
"content": "The Imgur comments on the “dumbest person with an EE degree” link actually tell a lot more than the picture description does, do expand the comments and everything if interested to know the story behind t... | 1,760,374,802.879732 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/impression-products-v-lexmark-international-a-victory-for-common-sense/ | Impression Products V. Lexmark International: A Victory For Common Sense | Jenny List | [
"Current Events",
"hardware",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"court case",
"drm",
"eff",
"impressum",
"legal",
"Lexmark",
"supreme court"
] | A few months ago
we reported on a case
coming before the United States Supreme Court that concerned recycled printer cartridges. Battling it out were Impression Products, a printer cartridge recycling company, and Lexmark, the printer manufacturer. At issue was a shrinkwrap licence on inkjet cartridges — a legal agreem... | 56 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "3649093",
"author": "David Lang",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T20:15:53",
"content": "One nice thing about this ruling is that they specifically referenced the Kirtsaeng case, so this is very clearly strengthening the First Sale Doctrine for both Copyright and Patent law (and it’s alrea... | 1,760,374,803.029113 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/a-retro-car-stereo-with-arduino-inside/ | A Retro Car Stereo With Arduino Inside | Jenny List | [
"car hacks"
] | [
"car audio",
"car radio",
"car stereo"
] | For some car enthusiasts whose passions run towards older vehicles, only originality will do. [RetroJDM] for instance has an RA28 Toyota Celica from the mid 1970s for which he has gone to great lengths to source a pristine center console to replace a damaged original.
There is only one problem with the center console o... | 28 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "3648937",
"author": "Adrian",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T17:40:40",
"content": "I like the display, it looks a lot like the VFD matrix displays of yore. Look up HCMS-29xx. Too bad that they are so expensive starting at $24 for a 1×4 module.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,374,803.297824 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/gimbal-sdi-camera-mod/ | Gimbal SDI Camera Mod | Michael Uttmark | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"gimbal",
"Micah Scott",
"reverse engineering",
"sdi"
] | Sometimes when you need something, there is a cheap and easily obtainable product that
almost
fits the bill. Keyword: almost. [Micah Elizabeth Scott], also known as [scanlime], is creating a hovering camera to follow her cat around, and her Feiyu Mini3D 3-axis brushless gimbal
almost
did everything she’d need.
After a ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "3648887",
"author": "some guy",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T16:51:01",
"content": "There is already a next video on the same thing: scanlime:021https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIaJBqcjNISadly it lacks some kind of introduction so it’s a bit difficult to follow, even if you know the ba... | 1,760,374,803.335986 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/arduino-and-encoder-form-precision-jig-for-cutting-and-drilling/ | Arduino And Encoder Form Precision Jig For Cutting And Drilling | Dan Maloney | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Arduino Uno",
"chop saw",
"cnc",
"encoder",
"jig",
"measure",
"optical"
] | “Measure twice, cut once” is great advice in every aspect of fabrication, but perhaps nowhere is it more important than when building a CNC machine. When precision is the name of the game, you need measuring tools that will give you repeatable results and preferably won’t cost a fortune. That’s the idea behind
this Ard... | 24 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "3648513",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T12:27:42",
"content": "Clever and awesome as usual. This guy knows the basics and knows how to make everything from cheap materials.Metalworking precision and a solid base workshop do the restWell done",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,374,803.232583 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/a-mobile-bar-in-a-trailer/ | A Mobile Bar In A Trailer! | James Hobson | [
"Beer Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"alcohol",
"bar",
"battery",
"lights",
"mobile",
"renovation",
"trailer"
] | Ok, there are some worthy laws in place regulating the sale and distribution of alcohol — and for good reason. For many a bootlegger, however, the dream of renovating an old trailer from 1946 into a mobile bar is a dream that must– wait, what?
That already exists
?
It’s no
mobile workshop
, but the bar was initially bu... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "3648406",
"author": "anginere",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T10:12:44",
"content": "Plumbing the depths of HaD vacuity…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3648704",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T14:47:43",... | 1,760,374,803.169228 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/03/building-a-self-balancing-robot-made-easy/ | Building A Self-Balancing Robot Made Easy | Steven Dufresne | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"2 wheel robot",
"arduino pro mini",
"Arduino Uno",
"balancing robot",
"MPU-6050",
"wii nunchuck"
] | Not only has [Joop Brokking] built an
easy to make balancing robot
but he’s produced an excellent set of plans and software for anyone else who wants to make one too. Self-balancers are a milestone in your robot building life. They stand on two-wheels, using a PID control loop to actuate the two motors using data from ... | 14 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3648317",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T08:36:41",
"content": "Interesting video, very informative.Fun project, thanks for sharing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3648741",
"author": "Lou",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,374,803.393173 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/03/saving-a-part-way-through-failed-3d-print/ | Saving A Part-Way-Through Failed 3D Print | Jenny List | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer 3d printing",
"g-code"
] | This will be an experience shared by all 3D printer owners; a long print is mostly done, and something goes wrong. Result: most of the print and a heap of plastic vermicelli, or worse still, a print with an obviously offset layer in it.
[Simon Merrett] had a large part running on his printer, and 2.5 hours in to a 3 ho... | 17 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "3647841",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2017-06-04T03:35:32",
"content": "Some slicers (Slic3r and S3D definitely do, not sure about Cura) and most 3d design tools allow you to cut a print at a specific height, so it might be easier to use the slicer (that you’re already using) to... | 1,760,374,803.569352 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2017/06/03/z80-based-raspberry-pi-look-alike/ | Z80 Based Raspberry Pi Look-alike | Inderpreet Singh | [
"classic hacks",
"hardware"
] | [
"clone",
"raspberry pi",
"retrocomputer",
"z80"
] | Homebrew computers are the ‘in thing’ these days and the Zilog Z80 is the most popular choice for making one on your own. We have seen some pretty awesome builds but [Martin K]’s
Z-berry
is the smallest on record yet. As the name suggests, the retrocomputer conforms to the Raspberry Pi form factor which includes the GP... | 53 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "3647439",
"author": "nsayer",
"timestamp": "2017-06-03T23:03:03",
"content": "Can it run (or be made to run) CP/M?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3647455",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2017-06-03T23:0... | 1,760,374,803.656684 |
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