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https://hackaday.com/2024/09/29/internet-connected-ti-84-to-cut-your-academic-career-short/ | Internet Connected TI-84 To Cut Your Academic Career Short | Danie Conradie | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"calculator",
"ChatGPT",
"ESP32",
"ti-84"
] | In an educational project with ethically questionable applications, [ChromaLock] has converted the ubiquitous TI-84 calculator into
the ultimate cheating device.
The foundation of this hack lies in the TI-84’s link protocol, which has been a mainstay in
calculator mods
for years. [ChromaLock] uses this interface to con... | 22 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8045135",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2024-09-29T08:35:48",
"content": "Love the delicacy on how this article was approached :)It will always baffle me that the most creative students that less need to cheat, are the ones that go into these extents lol",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,371,778.51783 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/an-esp32-delivers-perfect-slot-car-control/ | An ESP32 Delivers Perfect Slot Car Control | Jenny List | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"electronic speed control",
"ESP32",
"slot car"
] | If your memory of slot cars as a childhood toy is of lightweight controllers with wire-wound rheostats inside, then you’re many years behind the state of the art when it comes to competitive slot car racing. In that world the full force of modern electronics has been brought to keeping the car on the road, and as an ex... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8045465",
"author": "kodacy",
"timestamp": "2024-09-30T06:38:55",
"content": "Great project and instructions. Thank you for your sharing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8045534",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2024-09... | 1,760,371,778.190984 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/the-last-sun-sparc-workstation/ | The Last Sun Sparc Workstation | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"solaris",
"Sun Microsystems"
] | The truth is, our desktop computers today would have been classed as supercomputers only a few decades ago. There was a time when people who needed real desktop power looked down their noses at anyone with a Mac or a PC with any operating system on it. The workstation crowd used Sun computers. Sun used the Sparc proces... | 38 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "8045036",
"author": "George B",
"timestamp": "2024-09-29T02:18:17",
"content": "I think I might have an old Ultra 5 in the garage somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8045195",
"author": "Macarty",
"times... | 1,760,371,778.268282 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/dog-poop-drone-cleans-up-the-yard-so-you-dont-have-to/ | Dog Poop Drone Cleans Up The Yard So You Don’t Have To | Dan Maloney | [
"drone hacks",
"home hacks",
"Machine Learning"
] | [
"computer vision",
"drone",
"machine learning",
"poop",
"quadcopter",
"removal",
"uav"
] | Sometimes you instantly know who’s behind a project from the subject matter alone. So when we saw this
“aerial dog poop removal system”
show up in the tips line, we knew it had to be the work of [Caleb Olson].
If you’re unfamiliar with [Caleb]’s oeuvre, let us refresh your memory. [Caleb] has been on a bit of a dog poo... | 21 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044986",
"author": "Caleb Olson",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T23:04:40",
"content": "Sky dump!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8045024",
"author": "paxton",
"timestamp": "2024-09-29T01:29:57",
"content": ... | 1,760,371,778.458552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/man-in-the-middle-pcb-unlocks-hp-ink-cartridges/ | Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges | Maya Posch | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"circumvention",
"drm",
"inkjet printer",
"man-in-the-middle"
] | It’s a well-known secret that inkjet ink is being kept at artificially high prices, which is why many opt to forego ‘genuine’ manufacturer cartridges and get third-party ones instead. Many of these third-party ones are so-called re-manufactured ones, where a third-party refills an empty OEM cartridge. This is increasin... | 151 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044953",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T20:12:37",
"content": "Dont use inkjets, its a drain of your wallet.And if you save on your printouts the cartridges dry out an you still have to pay more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,371,778.926495 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/vr-headset-with-custom-face-fitting-gets-even-more-custom/ | VR Headset With Custom Face Fitting Gets Even More Custom | Donald Papp | [
"Virtual Reality",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"3d scan",
"custom",
"custom fitting",
"ergonomic",
"headset",
"hmd",
"vr"
] | The Bigscreen Beyond is a small and lightweight VR headset that in part achieves its small size and weight by requiring custom fitting based on a facial scan. [Val’s Virtuals] managed to improve fitment even more by
redesigning a facial interface and using a 3D scan of one’s own head
to fine-tune the result even furthe... | 7 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044904",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T17:47:04",
"content": "Well, certainly better than the Lilygo t-glass",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8045217",
"author": "Felix Domestica",
"timestamp": "2024-09... | 1,760,371,778.390857 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/whats-the-deal-with-ai-art/ | What’s The Deal With AI Art? | Elliot Williams | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"ai",
"art",
"newsletter"
] | A couple weeks ago, we had a kerfuffle here on Hackaday: A writer put out a piece with AI-generated headline art. It was, honestly, pretty good, but it was also subject to all of the usual horrors that get generated along the way. If you have played around with any of the image generators you know the AI-art uncanny st... | 103 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044839",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T14:11:40",
"content": "Clearly labeled, and the courts sort out the copyright issue (it can be trained on legally acquired art).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044842"... | 1,760,371,778.733083 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/winamp-a-few-days-later-you-can-fork-and-watch-for-gpl-violations/ | Winamp A Few Days Later: You Can Fork, And Watch For GPL Violations | Jenny List | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"open source",
"source available",
"winamp"
] | A few days ago the source code for the popular Winamp music player was released into the world, with as we reported at the time, a licence that left a lot to be desired. Since then it seems some of the criticism has caught up with the company, for not only have they
modified their terms to allow forking
, they’ve react... | 35 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044820",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T11:59:48",
"content": "Good on them for acting on feedback and being responsive to GPL violation claims.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044928",
"author": "re... | 1,760,371,778.343092 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/see-the-hands-on-details-behind-stunning-helmet-build/ | See The Hands-on Details Behind Stunning Helmet Build | Donald Papp | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"cosplay",
"helmet",
"sanding"
] | [Zibartas] recently created wearable helmets from the game
Starfield
that look fantastic, and we’re happy to see that he created a video showcasing the whole process of design, manufacture, and assembly. The video really highlights just how much good old-fashioned manual work like sanding goes into getting good results... | 6 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044845",
"author": "LookAtDaShinyShiny",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T14:41:30",
"content": "Superb!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044887",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T17:08:37",
"co... | 1,760,371,778.101812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/spectroscopy-on-the-cheap/ | Spectroscopy On The Cheap | Al Williams | [
"Science",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"spectrometer",
"spectroscopy"
] | [Project 326] wanted to know exactly what gas was in some glass tubes. The answer, of course, is to use a spectrometer, but that’s an expensive piece of gear, right?
Not really
. Sure, these cheap devices aren’t perfect, but they are serviceable and, as the video below shows, there are ways to work around some of the l... | 11 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044780",
"author": "Davidmh",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T08:20:44",
"content": "Hamamatsu has some very nifty microspectrometer modules. Not as cheap, but cover more ranges, and are of professional quality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"co... | 1,760,371,778.151858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/turn-a-mouse-into-an-analogue-tuning-knob/ | Turn A Mouse Into An Analogue Tuning Knob | Jenny List | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"mouse",
"rotary encoder",
"tuning knob"
] | The software defined radio has opened up unimaginable uses of the radio spectrum for radio enthusiasts, but it’s fair to say that there’s one useful feature of an old-fashioned radio they lack when used via a computer. We’re talking of course about the tuning knob, because it represents possibly the most intuitive way ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044742",
"author": "CMH62",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T02:44:02",
"content": "Would be nice to see him use one button to switch quickly between the various digits of the frequency so he could rapidly get gross, medium, and fine control of the frequency sweeping instead of having to t... | 1,760,371,779.012556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/3d-printed-jellyfish-lights-up/ | 3D Printed Jellyfish Lights Up | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Art"
] | [
"jellyfish",
"kinetic sculpture"
] | [Ben] may be 15 years old, but he’s got the knack for 3D printing and artistic mechanical design. When you see his
3D-printed mechanical jellyfish lamp
, we think you’ll agree. Honestly, it is hardly fair to call it a lamp. It is really — as [Ben] points out — a kinetic sculpture.
One of the high points of the post is ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044726",
"author": "limroh",
"timestamp": "2024-09-28T00:29:41",
"content": "Looks great! :-)Some suggestions for future iterations:~ (pseudo) randomly moving all tentacles (probably a lot more complicated with some fancy gears or easier with a lot of very tiny motors?).~ sound int... | 1,760,371,778.972931 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/hacking-kia-remotely-hijack-a-car-using-only-its-license-plate/ | Hacking Kia: Remotely Hijack A Car Using Only Its License Plate | Maya Posch | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"car security",
"Kia"
] | These days everything needs to be connected to remote servers via the internet, whether it’s one’s TV, fridge or even that new car you just bought. A recently discovered (and already patched) vulnerability concerning Kia cars was a doozy in this regard, as a fairly straightforward series of steps allowed for any attack... | 55 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044634",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T20:42:11",
"content": "How many people legitimately use these features anyway? How hard is it to just get in your car and start it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044636",
... | 1,760,371,779.142275 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/2024-sao-contest-speak-sao/ | 2024 SAO Contest: Speak, SAO | Kristina Panos | [
"contests"
] | [
"2024 Supercon SAO Contest",
"sao",
"speak 'n spell"
] | For some of us, the Speak ‘n Spell evokes pleasant memories of childhood as our first computer, along with one of those Merlin things. For others, it’s the ultimate circuit bending victim. For [Jeremy Geppert], they’re all-around good fun and
he wanted to immortalize the device in a Simple Add-On (SAO)
.
This is [Jerem... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044601",
"author": "Reactive Light",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T19:02:13",
"content": "“Now try…”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044619",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T19:48:10",
... | 1,760,371,779.056062 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/retro-gadgets-things-your-tv-no-longer-needs/ | Retro Gadgets: Things Your TV No Longer Needs | Al Williams | [
"Featured",
"History",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"nostalgia",
"tv"
] | It is hard to imagine that a handful of decades ago, TV wasn’t a thing. We’ve talked a few times about the birth of television. After an admittedly slow slow start, it took over like wildfire. Of course, anything that sells millions will spawn accessories. Some may be great. Then there are others.
We wanted to take a n... | 62 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044565",
"author": "Clara",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T17:31:15",
"content": "I just learned that antenna rotors are apparently considered retro, and something your TV no longer needs, by Hackaday. Weird, they were a fixture of my (recent, rural) childhood, and my parents very much s... | 1,760,371,779.765866 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/hackaday-podcast-episode-290-iphones-electric-glue-winamps-source-code-and-sonyas-beautiful-instructions/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 290: IPhone’s Electric Glue, Winamp’s Source Code, And Sonya’s Beautiful Instructions | Tom Nardi | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off by acknowledging an incredible milestone: 20 years of Hackaday! Well, probably. When a website gets to be this old, it’s a little hard to nail down when exactly things kicked off, but it seems like September of 2004 is about right. They’ll also ... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044548",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T16:21:48",
"content": "Okay, what’s the story on the paper tape machine?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044596",
"author": "Perry",
... | 1,760,371,779.536197 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/makerpipe-turns-conduit-into-structures/ | Makerpipe Turns Conduit Into Structures | Dan Maloney | [
"Parts"
] | [
"beam",
"conduit",
"connector",
"EMT",
"fitting",
"frame",
"pipe",
"structural"
] | At the risk of stating the obvious, building big things can be difficult. Sure, parts that fit on the bed of a 3D printer are easy to make, if not particularly fast, and scaling up from there is possible. But if you need a long beam or structural element, printing makes little sense; better to buy than build in that ca... | 25 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044530",
"author": "Impulse405",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T15:49:13",
"content": "MakerPipe is not as new as you think. They go back a few years now. 2019 first post on the MakerPipe blog. If you look at the Maker Pipe YT channel, the first videos are 8 years ago",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,371,779.600815 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/this-week-in-security-password-sanity-tank-hacking-and-the-mystery-9-9/ | This Week In Security: Password Sanity, Tank Hacking, And The Mystery 9.9 | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"linux",
"tanks",
"This Week in Security"
] | It looks like
there’s finally hope for sane password
policies. The US National Institue of Standards and Technology, NIST, has released a draft of SP 800-63-4, the
Digital Identity Guideline
.
There’s password guidance in there, like “SHALL NOT impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different chara... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044509",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T15:18:06",
"content": "“There is already a Proof of Concept that has leaked, so do check and pull the plug on any systems that expose this service.”Wouldn’t blocking Port 631 on the router be suffici... | 1,760,371,779.653519 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/british-commuters-get-their-wifi-hacked/ | British Commuters Get Their WiFi Hacked | Jenny List | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"mobile data",
"security",
"wifi"
] | As if there weren’t enough worrying global news stories already, today the British press and media have been full of
a story involving the public WiFi networks at some major railway stations
. Instead of being faced with the usual don’t-be-naughty terms and conditions page, commuters were instead faced with a page that... | 24 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044437",
"author": "Nobody",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T11:29:46",
"content": "I’m surprised Hackaday does not have Starlink Sat modules when out on the road.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044439",
"author": "Nobody"... | 1,760,371,779.999123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/27/blinking-an-led-passively/ | Blinking An LED Passively | Al Williams | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"blink",
"led"
] | It is a pretty common first project to use an Arduino (or similar) to blink an LED. Which, of course, brings taunts of: you could have used a 555! You can, of course, also use any sort of oscillator, but [Mustafa] has a different approach.
Blinking an LED with three resistors and a capacitor
. Ok, ok… one of the resist... | 44 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044378",
"author": "Abel",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T08:21:12",
"content": "LED is an active component.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044382",
"author": "zoenagy3466",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T08:42:14",
... | 1,760,371,779.929312 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/stretch-goal-300x-arduino/ | Stretch Goal: 300X Arduino | Al Williams | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"flexible circuits",
"stretchabale"
] | The Faboratory at Yale University has set a number of stretch goals. We don’t mean that in the usual sense. They’ve been making, as you can see in the video below, clones of commercial devices that can stretch over 300%. They’ve done Ardunios and similar controllers along with sensors. The idea is to put computer circu... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044474",
"author": "Warren J Taylor",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T13:24:10",
"content": "Stretch goal 300x.Great title. I hated this website when Phil sold it. It turned into a corporate joke.Lol stretch 300x goal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,371,780.052123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/want-to-help-capture-some-digital-ephemera-break-out-your-vhs-player/ | Want To Help Capture Some Digital Ephemera? Break Out Your VHS Player | Jenny List | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"history",
"teletext",
"viewdata"
] | Do you live in the UK, have a VCR and capture card, and an interest in Teletext?
[James O’Malley] needs your help
! Teletext was, for many people around the world, their first experience of an electronic information system. The simple text and block graphics were transmitted on rotation as data bursts in the frame blan... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044321",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T03:07:33",
"content": "Stick into a deck that transfers to recordable DVD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044330",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,371,780.105024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/a-universal-rf-amplifier/ | A Universal RF Amplifier | Al Williams | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"minicircuits",
"rf amplifier"
] | If you need an amplifier, [Hans Rosenberg] has some advice. Don’t design your own; grab
cheap and tiny RF amplifier modules
and put them on a PCB that fits your needs. These are the grandchildren of the old mini circuits modules that were popular among hams and RF experimenters decades ago. However, these are cheap, si... | 17 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044256",
"author": "Peter Puffer",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T23:37:20",
"content": "Don’t design your ownI thought this is HackADay, not EEVblog Forum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044287",
"author": "Andrew",
... | 1,760,371,780.261435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/reverse-time-back-to-the-days-of-rpn/ | Reverse Time Back To The Days Of RPN | Bryan Cockfield | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"calculator",
"display",
"mechanical keyboard",
"mechanical switch",
"programming",
"reverse polish notation",
"RPN",
"seven segment",
"stack"
] | While Texas Instruments maintains dominance in the calculator market (especially graphing calculators), there was a time when this wasn’t the case. HP famously built the first portable scientific calculator, the HP-35, although its reverse-Polish notation (RPN) might be a bit of a head-scratcher to those of us who came... | 68 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044168",
"author": "Orzel",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T20:04:51",
"content": "I’ve used an HP48GX for very long, and i still have the very good android emulator installed. RPN is not dead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "804417... | 1,760,371,780.208586 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/making-a-split-anode-magnetron/ | Making A Split-Anode Magnetron | Dave Rowntree | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"barium carbonate",
"diy",
"magnetron"
] | YouTuber
The Science Furry
has been
attempting to make a split-anode magnetron
and, after
earlier failures,
is having another crack at it. This also failed, but they’ve learned where to focus their efforts for the future, and it sure is fun to follow along.
The magnetron theory is simple enough, and we’ve covered this ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044219",
"author": "Observer",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T21:59:51",
"content": "Bravo. Love seeing experiments with home-brew hollow-state electronic devices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8044247",
"author": "fgsfds",
... | 1,760,371,780.306482 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/estimating-the-size-of-a-single-molecule-of-oil-using-water/ | Estimating The Size Of A Single Molecule Of Oil Using Water | Maya Posch | [
"History",
"Science"
] | [] | What is the size of a single molecule of oil? What may initially seem like a trick question – answerable only through the use of complicated, high-tech scientific equipment – is actually as easy to calculate as the circumference of planet Earth. Much like how [Eratosthenes] used a couple of sticks to achieve the latter... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044106",
"author": "Rex",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T17:09:30",
"content": "I thought that I discovered that when I took high school physics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8044128",
"author": "Paul",
"timestam... | 1,760,371,780.80485 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/an-ode-to-the-sao/ | An Ode To The SAO | Tom Nardi | [
"cons",
"Featured",
"hardware",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Supercon SAO Contest",
"badgelife",
"Simple Add-On"
] | There are a lot of fantastic things about Hackaday Supercon, but for me personally, the highlight is always seeing the dizzying array of electronic bits and bobs that folks bring with them. If you’ve never had the chance to join us in Pasadena, it’s a bit like a hardware show-and-tell, where half the people you meet ar... | 23 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044027",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T14:13:10",
"content": "Now to move SuperCon to a central USA location, with affordable hotels and parking!/s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8... | 1,760,371,780.744016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/broadcast-tv-simulator-keeps-the-nostalgia-flowing/ | Broadcast TV Simulator Keeps The Nostalgia Flowing | Dan Maloney | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"70s",
"antenna",
"broadcast",
"golden age",
"over the air",
"raspberry pi",
"rotator",
"tv"
] | Watch out, Gen X-ers — there’s a nostalgia overload heading your way, courtesy of
this over-the-air TV simulator
. And it has us feeling a little Saturday morning cartoon-ish, or maybe even a bit
Afterschool Special
.
[Shane C Mason]’s “FieldStation42” build centers around a period-correct color TV, and rightly so — a ... | 40 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043955",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T11:07:13",
"content": "Saturday morning cartoons on every channel, all day, everyday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8043981",
"author": "The Commenter Formerl... | 1,760,371,780.673336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/2024-hackaday-superconference-speakers-round-two/ | 2024 Hackaday Superconference Speakers, Round Two | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Hackaday Superconference",
"Supercon"
] | It’s honestly amazing the range of fascinating talks we have lined up for this year’s Supercon. From art robots that burp and belch to gliders returning from near-space, from hardcore DSP to DIY PCBs, and sketching with machines, Hackaday’s Supercon is like nothing else out there.
And in case you’re already coming, you... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043681",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T17:06:06",
"content": "“You’re killin’ me, Smalls!”B^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,780.597209 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/copper-bling-keeps-camera-chill/ | Copper Bling Keeps Camera Chill | Dan Maloney | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"Action camera",
"aluminum",
"copper",
"heat sink",
"heat spreader",
"thermodynamics"
] | Every action camera these days seems prone to overheating and sudden shutdowns after mere minutes of continuous operation. It can be a real pain, especially when the only heat problem a photographer might face back in the day was fogged film from storing a camera in a hot car. Then again, the things a digital camera ca... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043655",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T16:19:11",
"content": "“fancy boron nitride heat transfer paste”I.e. ghost grease?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8043692",
"author": "Fold... | 1,760,371,780.549241 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/tech-in-plain-sight-zipper-bags/ | Tech In Plain Sight: Zipper Bags | Al Williams | [
"Featured",
"History",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"entrepreneur",
"ziploc",
"zipper bag"
] | You probably think of them as “Ziploc” bags, but, technically, the generic term is zipper bag. Everything from electronic components to coffee beans arrive in them. But they weren’t always everywhere, and it took a while for them to find their niche.
Image from an early Madsen patent
A Dane named Borge Madsen was actua... | 24 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043632",
"author": "Prfesser",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T14:46:18",
"content": "The zipper-top bag revolutionized the packaging of…herbal mixtures…which up thru the 70s were still sold in plain plastic bags that were ineffectively spit-sealed. Or so I’ve been told… ;-)",
"parent... | 1,760,371,780.917931 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/cyberpack-puts-all-the-radios-right-on-your-back/ | Cyberpack Puts All The Radios Right On Your Back | Dan Maloney | [
"Cyberdecks"
] | [
"Anker",
"backpack",
"bluetooth",
"cyberdeck",
"gps",
"Lattepanda",
"sdr",
"wifi"
] | A disclaimer: Not a single cable tie was harmed in the
making of this backpack cyberdeck
, and considering that we lost count of the number of USB cables [Bag-Builds] used to connect everything in it, that’s a minor miracle.
The onboard hardware is substantial, starting with a Lattepanda Sigma SBC, a small WiFi travel ... | 28 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043583",
"author": "Dexter Meira",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T12:55:18",
"content": "Regulators would go nuts if they even imagine that exists.That’s a pretty good reason I’m willing to assembly one of those.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,371,781.119138 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/learn-gpu-programming-with-simple-puzzles/ | Learn GPU Programming With Simple Puzzles | Dave Rowntree | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"CUDA",
"google collaboratory",
"gpu",
"NUMBA",
"programming"
] | Have you wanted to get into GPU programming with CUDA but found the usual textbooks and guides a bit too intense? Well, help is at hand in the form of a series of
increasingly difficult programming ‘puzzles’
created by [Sasha Rush]. The first part of the simplification is to utilise the excellent
NUMBA python JIT compi... | 9 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043512",
"author": "Gösta",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T09:25:00",
"content": "Great graphics stuff :-) To hack is to learn, to make a hack to learn, is to hack a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8043670",
"author": "Greg... | 1,760,371,780.850097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/a-space-walk-through-iss/ | A Space Walk Through ISS | Heidi Ulrich | [
"Space"
] | [
"aerospace",
"documentary",
"international space station",
"iss",
"national geographic",
"space station"
] | The International Space Station (ISS) might not be breaking news, but this February,
National Geographic
released a documentary that dives into the station’s intricate engineering. It’s a solid reminder of what human ingenuity can achieve when you put a team of engineers, scientists, and astronauts together. While the ... | 15 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043452",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T06:21:57",
"content": "“Video unavailableThe uploader has not made this video available in your country” (UK)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8043502",
"author": "Gerhard",
... | 1,760,371,780.970747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/will-you-need-ad-block-for-your-car/ | Will You Need Ad Block For Your Car? | Navarre Bartz | [
"car hacks",
"Rants"
] | [
"auto as a service",
"enshittification",
"features on demand",
"ford",
"functions on demand",
"infotainment",
"patent",
"paywall",
"subscription",
"subscription fee",
"subscription service"
] | The modern web has become difficult to navigate without ad blocking software. Ford now has a patent application that would bring the
ads we hate
to your vehicle’s infotainment system. [via
PCMag
]
Ford has already replied to criticism with the usual corporate spiel of patents not necessarily being the direction the com... | 115 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043391",
"author": "John Q. Public",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T02:13:17",
"content": "Just out of curiosity, but wouldn’t sending ads to a car result in more distracted driving? We already have enough of that. Billboards, flashing signs, construction zones…ridiculous. Seems these da... | 1,760,371,781.333224 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/26/inside-a-1999-ramtron-ferroelectric-ram-chip/ | Inside A 1999 Ramtron Ferroelectric RAM Chip | Maya Posch | [
"Science",
"Teardown"
] | [
"FeRAM",
"teardown"
] | Structure of the Ramtron FeRAM. The image is focus-stacked for clarity. (Credit: Ken Shirriff)
Although not as prevalent as Flash memory storage, ferroelectric RAM (FeRAM) offers a range of benefits over the former, mostly in terms of endurance and durability, which makes it popular for a range of (niche) applications.... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043935",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T10:13:27",
"content": "Well that was an education, I’d never even heard of FeRAM!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8043941",
"author": "Clara",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T1... | 1,760,371,781.178702 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/bread-proofing-box-for-the-hungry-hacker/ | Bread Proofing Box For The Hungry Hacker | Heidi Ulrich | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"baking",
"bread",
"proofing box",
"sourdough",
"sourdough bread",
"sourdough starter",
"woodworking"
] | While normally more comfortable with a soldering iron, [LucidScience] recently took a dive into woodworking and hardware store electronics to build
a DIY proofing box
. It’s a clever design that doubles as furniture, with some cool problem-solving along the way. While it might not be your typical hack, repurposing seed... | 29 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043895",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T06:39:39",
"content": "Bakery idea: loaves with patterns lifted from interesting bicycle or car tire tread patterns",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8043901",
"author"... | 1,760,371,781.403828 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/remembering-compuserve-the-online-experience-before-the-world-wide-web/ | Remembering CompuServe: The Online Experience Before The World Wide Web | Maya Posch | [
"History",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"CompuServe",
"dial-up",
"online"
] | July 1981 cover of CompuServe’s magazine.
Long before the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web, there were other ways to go online, with Ohio-based CompuServe being the first to offer a consumer-oriented service on September 24, 1979. In an article by [Michael De Bonis] a listener-submitted
question to WOSU’s
... | 29 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043839",
"author": "Troy Davis",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T02:25:40",
"content": "I wish they would open source the software",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8043840",
"author": "AZdave",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T02:28:30... | 1,760,371,781.477631 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/the-statial-b-open-source-adjustable-mouse/ | The Statial-b Open Source Adjustable Mouse | Dave Rowntree | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"adjustable",
"ergonomic mouse",
"PWM3389"
] | Many of us are very heavy computer users, and two items that can affect our comfort and, by extension, our health are the keyboard and the mouse. We’ve covered many ergonomic and customisable keyboards over the years, but we are not sure we’ve covered a fully adjustable mouse until now. Here’s [Charlie Pyott] with thei... | 20 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043816",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T00:34:23",
"content": "The Title Photo made me think of the flying toy little Princess Leia had in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series. More like a ladybug.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,371,781.543602 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/a-davinci-screw-cutting-machine/ | A DaVinci Screw-Cutting Machine | Dave Rowntree | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"leonardo da vinci",
"screw-cutting",
"thread",
"woodworking"
] | It’s not news that Leonardo DaVinci was somewhat ahead of his time, and over the centuries many of the creations in his sketchbooks have been created and proved quite functional.
The guys from the YouTube channel
How To Make Everything
have been looking at one such sketch, a
screw thread-cutting machine
.
At first glan... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043896",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-09-26T06:42:33",
"content": "Next do the transmission gearing in his “tank” vehicle design.(I suspect that was an innocent oversight on his part, he’s clearly smart enough to recognize that three gears all meshed together is a brick)",
... | 1,760,371,781.587716 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/reviving-a-15-year-old-asus-eeepc-with-modern-mx-linux/ | Reviving A 15-Year Old Asus EeePC With Modern MX Linux | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Reviews"
] | [
"linux",
"MX Linux"
] | Welcome back to 2010 and the Asus eeePC Netbook, Seashell series. (Credit: Igor Ljubuncic)
It’s often said these days that computers don’t become outdated nearly as quickly as they did in the past, with even a decade-old computer still more than capable of handling daily tasks for the average person. Testing that theor... | 71 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043728",
"author": "BadAngel",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T19:27:52",
"content": "Nice !I would like these device to be sold again (with updated hardware). From my point of view, smartphones are are too big as phones, and too small as computers, and having one that can run a linux dis... | 1,760,371,781.886442 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/25/floss-weekly-episode-802-emba-layers-upon-layers-of-bash/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 802: Emba – Layers Upon Layers Of Bash | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts"
] | [
"FLOSS Weekly",
"java",
"JBang"
] | This week
Jonathan Bennett
and and
Randal Schwartz
chat with Michael and Benedikt about Emba, the embedded firmware analyzer that finds CVEs and includes the kitchen sink! It does virtualization, binary analysis include version detection, and more. Check it out!
https://github.com/e-m-b-a/
https://github.com/e-m-b-a/em... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8044399",
"author": "Gösta",
"timestamp": "2024-09-27T09:26:31",
"content": "https://github.com/e-m-b-a/embaNever heard of Emba before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,781.628417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/winamp-releases-source-code-but-is-it-really-open/ | Winamp Releases Source Code, But Is It Really Open? | Jenny List | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"open source",
"source available",
"winamp"
] | The 1990s seem to have reached that point at which they are once more considered cool, and ephemera of the decade has become sought-after. One of the unlikely software hits from the period was Winamp, the MP3 player of choice in an era when time spent on dodgy file sharing sites or peer to peer sharing would snag you a... | 58 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043336",
"author": "Ken C",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T23:22:08",
"content": "back when i had win9x and win2k winamp was great, i switched to Linux when winxp was released,Audacious is plenty good,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,371,781.72026 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/esp32-powers-custom-darkroom-timer/ | ESP32 Powers Custom Darkroom Timer | Tom Nardi | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"control panel",
"darkroom",
"timer"
] | Developing your own film is an unabashedly analog process, which is one of the reasons people still gravitate towards it. After spending all day pushing buttons and looking at digital displays, spending some quiet time in the dark with pieces of paper and chemicals can be a way to decompress. But that doesn’t mean ther... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043304",
"author": "macsimski",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T21:07:16",
"content": "nice idea. I’m also still playing with the idea of a custom timer with programmable preset times for test strip exposure. Separate rotary encoders for minutes, ten second and single seconds an a A/B but... | 1,760,371,781.766064 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/3d-printing-on-top-of-laser-cut-acrylic/ | 3D Printing On Top Of Laser Cut Acrylic | Dave Rowntree | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"acrylic",
"plastic",
"Z-hopping"
] | [Julius Curt] needed to mark acrylic panels with a bit more clarity than the usual way of rastering the surface, so they attempted to
3D print directly to an acrylic sheet
, which worked perfectly. The obvious way to do this was to bond the acrylic sheet to the bed with glue temporarily, but another way was tried, and ... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043414",
"author": "Dave Z.",
"timestamp": "2024-09-25T03:35:15",
"content": "This is a great video, and a good reminder that even though 3d printers have come a long way towards being consumer products that “just work” instead of projects unto themselves, they’re still flexible an... | 1,760,371,781.996596 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/supercon-2023-the-road-to-writing-great-step-by-step-instructions/ | Supercon 2023: The Road To Writing Great Step-by-Step Instructions | Lewin Day | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"2023 Hackaday Supercon",
"2023 Hackaday Superconference",
"Hackaday SuperConference",
"instructions",
"lego",
"sonya vasquez",
"talk",
"wiring diagram"
] | IKEA is known as a purveyor of build-it-yourself flatpack furniture. LEGO is known as a purveyor of build-it-yourself toys. Both are known for their instructions. The latter’s are considered incredibly clear and useful, while the former’s are often derided as arcane and confusing—though the major difference between the... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043273",
"author": "Len Miller",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T19:08:54",
"content": "I’m part of the R2-D2 build community, and almost across the board, the instructions that people write for assembling their designs (e.g. the feet) are shite. These are brilliant people in their desig... | 1,760,371,781.9366 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/most-powerful-laser-diodes-now-more-powerful/ | Most Powerful Laser Diodes, Now More Powerful | Dan Maloney | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"driver",
"laser",
"Nichia",
"nixie",
"NUBM47",
"optical",
"pulse laser"
] | Many hobbies seem to have a subset of participants who just can’t leave well enough alone. Think about hot rodders, who squeeze every bit of power out of engines they can, or PC overclockers, who often go to ridiculous ends to milk the maximum performance from a CPU. And so it goes in the world of lasers, where
this av... | 31 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043206",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T15:40:46",
"content": "I’m not going to be the laser safety nanny here,except in the way of burning out a diode laser with too much current.That’s a fear that I have from the early 1990s when diode l... | 1,760,371,782.412851 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/2024-hackaday-supercon-workshop-tickets-go-on-sale-now/ | 2024 Hackaday Supercon Workshop Tickets Go On Sale Now | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Hackaday Columns",
"News"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"Supercon",
"tickets",
"workshops"
] | Our workshop ticket sales go live today at 8 AM PDT! If you’re coming to Supercon, and you’re interested,
go get your workshop ticket before they all sell out
!
There will be a change to this year’s workshop ticket limits. We heard our community’s feedback, and in the spirit of giving as many people as possible the opp... | 8 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043185",
"author": "Kenny Trussell",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T15:04:41",
"content": "Paul Beech: Mini Robot is not showing up in the ticket choices. I would have chosen that, but had to choose another. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"co... | 1,760,371,782.345701 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/little-pharma-on-the-prairie/ | Little Pharma On The Prairie | Brian McEvoy | [
"chemistry hacks",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"3D printable",
"chemical",
"DEFCON 32",
"medical",
"peristalic pump",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspi",
"reactor"
] | Let’s get the obvious out of the way first — in his
DEFCON 32 presentation
, [Dr. Mixæl Laufer] shared quite a bit of information on how individuals can make and distribute various controlled substances. This cuts out pharmaceutical makers, who have a history of price-gouging and discontinuing recipes that hurt their b... | 53 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043149",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T11:53:57",
"content": "Pretty cool, chemistry hacks are often not as visible as other kinds. And he is right that chemistry does seem less accessible.Keep the politics away though. I don’t care about the pricing, policy, lega... | 1,760,371,782.505835 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/24/replacing-selenium-rectifiers/ | Replacing Selenium Rectifiers | Al Williams | [
"Radio Hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"mosfet",
"Selenium",
"vintage radio"
] | Old radios often had selenium rectifiers to convert AC to DC. The problem is that the old units, dating back to 1933, are prone to failure and to release dangerous chemicals like hydrogen selenide. [M Caldeira] has a
new board made to fit a particular rectifier
and also allows a varying voltage drop. The circuit consis... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043104",
"author": "Tomasz",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T08:37:25",
"content": "Once, while restoring an ancient FM radio from the sixties (Nordmende, stereo, really big enclosure :-), I met a defunct selenium rectifier. I replaced it with a silicon rectifying bridge worth $0.2. It wo... | 1,760,371,782.556737 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/digital-audio-workstation-in-a-box/ | Digital Audio Workstation In A Box | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"behringer",
"DAW",
"digital audio workstation",
"digital effects",
"midi",
"music",
"reverb",
"sequencer",
"smartphone",
"synthesizer"
] | Although it’s still possible to grab a couple of friends, guitars, and a set of drums and start making analog music like it’s 1992 and there are vacant garages everywhere yearning for the sounds of power chords, the music scene almost demands the use of a computer now. There are a lot of benefits, largely that it drama... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043095",
"author": "Flotsam",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T07:05:39",
"content": "A friend of mine bought a DAW in a box for his studio around 30 years ago. The box was a six feet tall 19″ rack. IIRC The system cost about UKP90k and stored about 80 minutes of multitrack audio. How time... | 1,760,371,784.219658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/the-possibility-of-reverting-time-on-the-ageing-of-materials/ | The Possibility Of Reverting Time On The Ageing Of Materials | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"aging",
"materials science"
] | Everyone knows that time’s arrow only goes in one direction, regardless of the system or material involved. In the case of material time, i.e. the ageing of materials such as amorphous materials resulting from glass transition, this material time is determined after the initial solidification by the relaxation of local... | 7 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043062",
"author": "Ralph",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T02:21:18",
"content": "Physical aging in amorphous materials really has nothing to do with the way biological systems age. The former aging is caused by molecular relaxation to a lower, generally more dense, state. Biological s... | 1,760,371,784.398972 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/find-my-power-tool-battery/ | Find My Power Tool Battery | Jenny List | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Find My",
"lidl",
"Parkside"
] | Apple’s Find My network has seen its fair of hacks to devices, but perhaps the most unusual we’ve seen is before us today. [biemster]
has added a Lidl Parkside smart connected power tool battery to the network
, not by concealing an AirTag within it, but by hacking its on-board firmware.
Opening up the device reveals a... | 7 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043045",
"author": "a person",
"timestamp": "2024-09-24T00:42:52",
"content": "Definitely a hack! But findmy ‘coins’ are $5 including a case and battery and can be stuck to or embedded in just about anything…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,784.086417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/a-beautiful-lamp-inspired-pc-case/ | A Beautiful Lamp-Inspired PC Case | Navarre Bartz | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"3D printed computer case",
"casemod",
"cnc",
"CNC woodworking",
"Laser cutting",
"sewing"
] | Sometimes you see something super cool and think of how it would be really neat if applied in a totally different context. [MXC Builds] saw an awesome lamp from [karacreates], but decided it would be better as
a PC case
.
We love seeing how different techniques can be used in conjunction to make something that no one m... | 5 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8043008",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T21:16:18",
"content": "Nice,But does it suppress RFI?And a thief might pass by it not knowing what it is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8043... | 1,760,371,784.177535 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/custom-mini-neon-signs-in-10-minutes/ | Custom Mini-Neon Signs In 10 Minutes | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"LED lighting"
] | Sometimes, you see a project that isn’t a technical powerhouse but just looks so good you can’t help but think about duplicating it. That’s how we felt with the
mini-neon signs
made by [makerverse]. From an electronics point of view, it is just some filament LEDs and a 3D-printed casing. But, as you’ll see in the video... | 24 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042957",
"author": "clancydaenlightened",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T17:57:00",
"content": "Theres also el wire which is closer to neonNeeds 300 voltsBut doesn’t need a neon transformer and 20 – 50kv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,371,784.284498 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/revisiting-1990s-mac-games-that-never-were/ | Revisiting 1990’s Mac Games That Never Were | Dave Rowntree | [
"Mac Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"macintosh classic",
"macintosh plus",
"retrocomputing",
"Think Pascal"
] | [John Calhoun] was digging around their old MAC hard drives,
revisiting some abandoned shareware games
they wrote over three decades ago, and has
uploaded the recovered disk images to GitHub
for everyone to take apart and play with. This repository has a few of the games complete with their development files and the co... | 17 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042915",
"author": "Bobtato",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T16:18:52",
"content": "In future, when people choose to write “Mac” in all caps, instead of flying into a rage, I should make a fun game out of guessing what it’s supposed to stand for. Multipurpose Action Computer? Mothers Ag... | 1,760,371,784.536805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/fukushima-daiichi-cleaning-up-after-a-nuclear-accident/ | Fukushima Daiichi: Cleaning Up After A Nuclear Accident | Maya Posch | [
"Current Events",
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Slider"
] | [
"Fukushima",
"nuclear power"
] | On 11 March, 2011, a massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake shook the west coast of Japan, with the epicenter located at a shallow depth of 32 km, a mere 72 km off the coast of Oshika Peninsula, of the Touhoku region. Following this earthquake, an equally massive tsunami made its way towards Japan’s eastern shores, flooding... | 47 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042864",
"author": "Greg A",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T14:37:46",
"content": "since 2011, i have wondered why the various emergency core cooling systems (ECCS) didn’t function adequately. obviously, they weren’t up to the task, but i wish i understood more thoroughly why they were ... | 1,760,371,784.483649 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/new-release-of-vision-basic-hot-new-features/ | New Release Of Vision Basic: Hot New Features! | Alexander Rowsell | [
"computer hacks",
"Retrocomputing",
"Software Development"
] | [
"basic",
"c64",
"commodore 64",
"retro computing",
"retro gaming",
"software development"
] | As the Commodore 64 ages, it seems to be taking on a second life. Case in point: Vision BASIC is a customized, special version of the BASIC programming language with a ton of features to enable Commodore 64 programs to be written more easily and with all sorts of optimizations. We’ve tested out both the original 1.0 ve... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042908",
"author": "Ray",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T16:02:30",
"content": "At first, I thought another for-profit ad; then I read the author’s website and looked at the pricing of $59 (inc. shipping) and concluded that he is barely breaking even for his effort. So, this appears to b... | 1,760,371,784.136766 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/23/stratosoar-glider-flies-itself-from-high-altitude/ | StratoSoar Glider Flies Itself From High Altitude | Tom Nardi | [
"drone hacks"
] | [
"autonomous aircraft",
"glider",
"high-altitude"
] | As the technology available to the average hacker and maker gets better and cheaper each year, projects which at one time might have only been within the reach of government agencies are inching closer to our grasp. Take for example the impressive work
[Charlie Nicholson] has put into his StratoSoar
series of autonomou... | 32 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042742",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T08:52:31",
"content": "Extremely impressive. The creator is a child! I was wrestling in the mud with the other kids at that age",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8042844"... | 1,760,371,784.354733 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hands-on-with-new-iphones-electrically-released-adhesive/ | Hands-on With New IPhone’s Electrically-Released Adhesive | Donald Papp | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"adhesive",
"apple",
"electrical debonding",
"repair",
"tesa"
] | There’s a wild new feature making repair jobs easier (not to mention less messy) and iFixit covers it in their roundup of the iPhone 16’s repairability:
electrically-released adhesive
.
Here’s how it works. The adhesive looks like a curved strip with what appears to be a thin film of aluminum embedded into it. It’s app... | 65 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042702",
"author": "Oliver",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T05:56:35",
"content": "This should be made mandatory for all glues in phones, inc displays.When will ifixit sell replacement tape :DId want this tape just because its friggin cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,371,784.642863 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/the-tiny-toolkit-manifesto/ | The Tiny Toolkit Manifesto | Jenny List | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"tool roll",
"toolkit",
"tools"
] | Most of us have some form of an on-the-go toolkit, but how much thought have we put into its contents? There’s a community of people who put a lot of thought into this subject, and EMF Camp have put up one of their talks from earlier in the summer in which [Drew Batchelor]
sets out their manifesto
and introduces
tinyto... | 48 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042683",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T02:19:46",
"content": "“As an example he ended up culling a multi-tool from his kit, not because it’s not an extremely useful tool”I recently saw a “short” on YouTube, where a guy makes the case aga... | 1,760,371,784.881943 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/3d-printing-a-wire-wrap-tool-emergency-fix-or-permanent-solution/ | 3D Printing A Wire-Wrap Tool: Emergency Fix Or Permanent Solution? | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed tool",
"wire wrap"
] | Although less popular these days, wire-wrap is still a very relevant, easily reversible solder-free way to assemble (prototype) systems using wire-wrap wire and a wire-wrap tool. This latter tool can be either a hand or powered tool, but all it has to do is retain the stripped wire, fit around the wire-wrapping post an... | 17 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042672",
"author": "LordNothing",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T01:09:28",
"content": "you can braise two thin metal tubes together and print a handle with a hub for a wire spool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042677",
"autho... | 1,760,371,784.797475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hackaday-links-september-22-2024/ | Hackaday Links: September 22, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"crowd source",
"dragster",
"enshittification",
"fire",
"forward scatter",
"hackaday links",
"makerspace",
"nerfing",
"nitromethane",
"openai",
"prompt injection",
"Starlink",
"stealth",
"top fuel",
"Wyze"
] | Thanks a lot, Elon. Or maybe not, depending on how
this report
that China used Starlink signals to detect low-observable targets pans out. There aren’t a lot of details, and we couldn’t find anything approximating a primary source, but it seems like the idea is based on forward scatter, which is when waves striking an ... | 13 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042629",
"author": "0xdeadbeef",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T20:27:10",
"content": "This time around it’s the popular Wyze security cameras, where there’s an unconfirmed report that a recent firmware update nerfed the “Recording Cooldown” setting menu, making the option to have no coo... | 1,760,371,785.651998 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/linux-now-in-real-time/ | Linux, Now In Real Time | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"kernel",
"linux",
"operating system",
"real time operating system"
] | Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world that will almost always have developers reaching for a different operating system. Linux is not a real-time operating system (RTOS), meaning... | 27 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042378",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T20:42:00",
"content": "Okay, so it is not a Real Time system, but does give priority to declared critical operations.At this point, I’m okay with that, if I need a Real Time system, they are availab... | 1,760,371,784.945511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/jumperless-breadboard-v5-readies-for-launch/ | Jumperless Breadboard V5 Readies For Launch | Donald Papp | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"breadboard",
"prototyping",
"solderless"
] | When are jumper wires on a breadboard entirely optional? When it’s the latest version of
[Kevin Santo Cappuccio]’s Jumperless
, which uses a bunch of analog crosspoint switches (typically used for handling things like video signals) to create connections instead of physical wires. There’s even an RGB LED under each hol... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042350",
"author": "BrightBlueJim",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T19:24:53",
"content": "Okay, very clever. what happens when you have to connect a bunch of signals between the top and bottom sides? Seems like it would run out of LEDs to show the connections pretty quickly, making thi... | 1,760,371,785.160619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/against-elitism/ | Against Elitism | Elliot Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Slider"
] | [
"newsletter",
"rants"
] | A while back we got an anonymous complaint that Hackaday was “elitist”, and that got me thinking. We
do
write up the hacks that we find the coolest, and that
could
lead to a preponderance of gonzo projects, or a feeling that something “isn’t good enough for Hackaday”. But I really want to push back against that notion,... | 104 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042245",
"author": "ALI",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T14:25:16",
"content": "only n00b like me search for 1337 in 5min only to find its just elitist lang",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8042318",
"author": "Piecutter",
... | 1,760,371,785.391461 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/steel-reinforcement-toughens-cracked-vintage-knobs/ | Steel Reinforcement Toughens Cracked Vintage Knobs | Dan Maloney | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"collar",
"epoxy",
"heathkit",
"insert",
"JB Weld",
"knob",
"restoration",
"shaft"
] | Nothing can ruin a restoration project faster than broken knobs. Sure, that old “boat anchor” ham rig will work just fine with some modern knobs, but few and far between are the vintage electronics buffs that will settle for such aesthetic affrontery. But with new old stock knobs commanding dear prices, what’s the budg... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042247",
"author": "Felix Domestica",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T14:31:09",
"content": "This may turn out to be useful. I have an old piece of equipment in which one of the potentiometers was replaced at some point, and the new one’d shaft is not the same size as the original. I coul... | 1,760,371,785.065902 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/theres-no-lower-spec-linux-machine-than-this-one/ | There’s No Lower Spec Linux Machine Than This One | Jenny List | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"4004",
"linux",
"MCS-4",
"mips"
] | It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission that maybe a faster laptop is on the cards. Perhaps after seeing this project though, you’ll never again complain about that two-generations-ago 64-bit multi-core behemoth, because [Dimitri Grinberg] — who else! — has succeeded in booting ... | 47 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042172",
"author": "Menno",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T08:54:19",
"content": "“It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission that maybe a faster laptop is on the cards. ”You mean a Windows distro?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,371,785.246797 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/get-your-lisp-on-with-the-dune-shell/ | Get Your Lisp On With The Dune Shell | Dave Rowntree | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"bash",
"lisp",
"programming",
"rust",
"shell"
] | Lisp is one of those programming languages that seems to keep taunting us for not learning it properly. It is still used for teaching functional languages today. [Adam McDaniel] has an obvious fondness for this fifty-year-old language and has used it in several projects, including
their own shell, Dune
.
Dune is a shel... | 10 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042167",
"author": "Feinfinger (kinda angry here)",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T08:16:05",
"content": "Already too rusty!Rewrite it in C!Or in (Gambit-)Scheme?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8042271",
"author": "Gravis"... | 1,760,371,785.116518 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/amateur-astronomer-images-spy-satellite/ | Amateur Astronomer Images Spy Satellite | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Space"
] | [
"astrophotography",
"dobsonian",
"radar",
"satellite",
"space",
"spy satellite",
"Synthetic aperture radar",
"telescope",
"top secret"
] | As anyone who’s looked at the sky just before dawn or right after dusk can confirm, for the last seventy years or so there have been all kinds of artificial satellites floating around in low-Earth orbit that are visible to the naked eye. Perhaps the most famous in the last few decades is the International Space Station... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042160",
"author": "dudefromthenorth",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T07:49:06",
"content": "cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042164",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T08:06:07",
"content": "Looking at them l... | 1,760,371,785.441272 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/mechanical-logic-gates-with-amplification/ | Mechanical Logic Gates With Amplification | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Science"
] | [
"amplifier",
"analog",
"analogy",
"capstan",
"digital logic",
"electronics",
"lever logic",
"logic gate",
"mechanical",
"pulley",
"teaching"
] | One of the hardest things about studying electricity, and by extension electronics, is that you generally can’t touch or see anything directly, and if you can you’re generally having a pretty bad day. For teaching something that’s almost always invisible, educators have come up with a number of analogies for helping st... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042292",
"author": "Gar",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T16:19:33",
"content": "It is nice to see someone who appreciates the three requirements for logic.Amplification, Inversion and AND, or OR :)The Nand gate does all three, but still it is three parts.(Diode logic and do two, but amp... | 1,760,371,785.483662 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/raspberry-pi-rp2350-e9-erratum-redefined-as-input-mode-leakage-current/ | Raspberry Pi RP2350-E9 Erratum Redefined As Input Mode Leakage Current | Maya Posch | [
"Microcontrollers",
"News"
] | [
"raspberry pi",
"raspberry pi pico 2",
"rp2350"
] | Although initially defined as an issue with GPIO inputs when configured with the internal pull-downs enabled, erratum RP2350-E9 has recently been
redefined in the datasheet
(page 1341) as a case of increased leakage current. As it is now understood since we
previously reported
, the issue occurs when a GPIO (0 – 47) is... | 34 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042069",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T20:35:09",
"content": "Still not gonna buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8042116",
"author": "rclark",
"timestamp": "202... | 1,760,371,785.600595 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/fixing-an-elgato-hd60-s-hdmi-capture-device/ | Fixing An Elgato HD60 S HDMI Capture Device | Maya Posch | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"board-level repair",
"Elgato"
] | There’s a special kind of satisfaction found in the act of repairing a previously broken device, which is why YouTube is full of repair channels and guides on how to do it yourself. Inspired by this,
[Doug Brown] decided to give it a shot himself
, with an Elgato HD60 S HDMI capture device as the patient. As per the eB... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042241",
"author": "some guy",
"timestamp": "2024-09-21T14:19:00",
"content": "Nice work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042670",
"author": "Anthony Kouttron",
"timestamp": "2024-09-23T00:53:14",
"content": "This ... | 1,760,371,785.526952 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/hackaday-podcast-episode-289-tiny-games-two-modern-modems-and-the-next-big-thing/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 289: Tiny Games, Two Modern Modems, And The Next Big Thing | Kristina Panos | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | This week on the Podcast, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week.
First up in the news:
we’ve announced the 2024 Tiny Games Contest winners!
We asked you to show us your best tiny game, whether t... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042024",
"author": "Zach Hugethanks",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T18:37:40",
"content": "What’s that sound link not working?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8042028",
"author": "Tom Nardi",
"timestamp": "2024-09-... | 1,760,371,785.705466 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/inviting-the-public-to-take-stereo-photos-for-science/ | Inviting The Public To Take Stereo Photos For Science | Al Williams | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"citizen science",
"photogrametry"
] | [Lynnadeng]’s team wanted to monitor the Los Angeles River over time and wanted citizen scientists — or anyone, for that matter — to help. They built
a dual phone holder
to allow random passersby to use their phones to take photos. A QR code lets them easily send the pictures to the team. The 3D printed holder is fixed... | 14 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041969",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T16:50:20",
"content": "Two cell phones for stereo imaging? Really? One can find a two camera peripheral for Raspberry Pi with 8MP resolution on Amazon. This would be a cheaper, easier to build and easier to use. For example, wi... | 1,760,371,785.846472 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/this-week-in-security-open-source-c2-raptor-trains-and-end-to-end-encryption/ | This Week In Security: Open Source C2, Raptor Trains, And End To End Encryption | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"Command and Control",
"end-to-end cryptography",
"This Week in Security"
] | Open Source has sort of eaten everything in software these days. And that includes malware, apparently, with open source Command and Control (C2) frameworks like Sliver and Havoc gaining traction. And of course,
this oddball intersection of Open Source and security has intrigued at least one security researcher
who has... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041913",
"author": "Rog77",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T14:54:21",
"content": "I feel that there were a couple of security related incidents this week that you might have missed, they were in the news a lot… They even had hardware hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,371,785.904355 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/cobb-tuning-hit-with-2-9-million-fine-over-emissions-defeat-devices/ | COBB Tuning Hit With $2.9 Million Fine Over Emissions Defeat Devices | Maya Posch | [
"Engine Hacks",
"green hacks",
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"car tuning",
"clean air act"
] | Recently, the EPA and COBB Tuning
have settled
after the latter was sued for providing emissions control defeating equipment. As
per the EPA’s
settlement details document, COBB Tuning have since 2015 provided customers with the means to disable certain emission controls in cars, in addition to selling aftermarket exhau... | 110 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041841",
"author": "it's our fault",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T11:35:28",
"content": "Take one cruise liner out of commission and it would cut more emissions and toxic dumping than everything cobb tuning has ever sold, including the manufacturing emissions. Better yet, one ship of ... | 1,760,371,786.048316 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/20/laser-fault-injection-now-with-optional-decapping/ | Laser Fault Injection, Now With Optional Decapping | Dan Maloney | [
"Laser Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"ablation",
"decapping",
"die",
"epoxy",
"fault injection",
"laser",
"package",
"silicon"
] | Whether the goal is reverse engineering, black hat exploitation, or just simple curiosity, getting inside the packages that protect integrated circuits has long been the Holy Grail of hacking. It isn’t easy, though; those inscrutable black epoxy blobs don’t give up their secrets easily, with most decapping methods bein... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041818",
"author": "Jan-Willem",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T10:24:48",
"content": "The article is well written, and I like the rest of the series as well. The short history lesson on packaging is quite thorough. The part on decapping is correct, but it wasn’t as clear to the approach... | 1,760,371,786.08823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/inside-a-portable-satellite-dish/ | Inside A Portable Satellite Dish | Al Williams | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"satellite dish",
"winegard"
] | Like many of us, [Gabe] has things he just can’t stop buying. In his case, it is
portable satellite dishes
. You’ve seen these. They look like a dome or maybe a hard hat on some kind of motorized base. What’s in them? What can you do with them? Watch the video below and find out.
As [Gabe] points out, you can often fin... | 22 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041781",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T07:06:13",
"content": "Pretty neat… I have used these but I haven’t seen a nice teardown of one before, I hadn’t really thought of it before now. Nice work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"com... | 1,760,371,786.15288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/2024-sao-contest-the-jolly-tagger-is-a-golden-way-to-share-info/ | 2024 SAO Contest: The Jolly Tagger Is A Golden Way To Share Info | Kristina Panos | [
"contests"
] | [
"2024 Supercon SAO Contest",
"NFC",
"sao"
] | For this contest, we’re asking you to come up with the best SAO you can think of that does something cool. What could be cooler than
sharing your contact information all over Supercon and beyond with a tap of a Jolly Wrencher?
It’s way better than just some sticker, and with the extra solder pad on the back, you can tu... | 16 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041724",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T02:07:30",
"content": "OK, I’ll be the one: WTF is an SAO?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8041758",
"author": "Cyna",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T05:18:40",
... | 1,760,371,786.214185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/is-that-a-coaster-no-its-an-led-matrix/ | Is That A Coaster? No, It’s An LED Matrix! | Julian Scheffers | [
"Art"
] | [
"bitluni",
"led matrix",
"microcontroller"
] | I’m sure you all love to see some colorful blinkenlights every now and then, and we are of course no exception. While these might look like coasters at a distance, do not be deceived! They’re actually [bitluni]’s latest project!
[bitluni]’s
high-fidelity LED matrix
started life as some 8×8 LED matrices lying on the she... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041708",
"author": "Chinchilla",
"timestamp": "2024-09-20T00:19:30",
"content": "started life as some 8×8 LED matrices lying on the shelf for 10 years taunting him – admit it, we’re all guilty of this…yep.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"c... | 1,760,371,786.400152 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/reverse-engineering-a-keyboard-driver-uncovers-a-self-destruct-code/ | Reverse Engineering A Keyboard Driver Uncovers A Self-Destruct Code | Dave Rowntree | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"bricked",
"driver",
"keyboard",
"reverse engineering",
"windows",
"x64dbg"
] | Should you be able to brick a keyboard just by writing a driver to flash the lights on it? We don’t think so either. [TheNotary] got quite the shock when embarking on a
seemingly straightforward project to learn C++ on the x86-64 architecture with Windows
and sent it straight to
Silicon Heaven
with only a few seemingly... | 23 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041649",
"author": "Megol",
"timestamp": "2024-09-19T20:55:50",
"content": "Using HID as the base protocol is something most hw hackers should get familiar with. Really comfy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8041694",
... | 1,760,371,786.273623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/lathe-outfitted-with-electronic-gearbox/ | Lathe Outfitted With Electronic Gearbox | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"change gears",
"electronics",
"encoder",
"gear ratio",
"gearbox",
"lathe",
"stepper motor",
"Teensy 4.1"
] | Running a metal lathe is not for the faint of heart. Without proper knowledge and preparation, these machines can quickly cause injury or destroy expensive stock, tools, or parts. The other major problem even for those with knowledge and preparedness is that some of their more niche capabilities, like cutting threads w... | 45 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041599",
"author": "KDawg",
"timestamp": "2024-09-19T18:42:26",
"content": "CLOUGH42 makes a pretty good controller kit (just add stepper) for an electronic lead screw, and uses a fairly tame in comparison TI F280049CWhile the more the better, [Not An Engineer] did seem to go thoug... | 1,760,371,786.358815 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/19/design-and-the-golden-rule/ | Design And The Golden Rule | Al Williams | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Retrocomputing",
"Slider"
] | [
"golden rule",
"hp/1000",
"retrocomputing"
] | You often learn the golden rule or some variation of it as early as kindergarten. There are several ways to phrase it, but you most often hear: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” While that’s catchy, it is really an aphorism that encourages us to consider the viewpoints of others. As people who design... | 37 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041578",
"author": "Even if that person is yourself",
"timestamp": "2024-09-19T17:38:24",
"content": "I thought it was “program knowing that the next person to maintain it is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,371,786.526026 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/brass-propeller-gets-impressive-hand-trimming/ | Brass Propeller Gets Impressive Hand Trimming | Tom Nardi | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"boat",
"metalworking",
"propeller"
] | Whether you’re a landlubber or an old salt, you’ve got to appreciate the effort that
[The Aussie boat guy] puts into cutting an old brass propeller down
into a far smaller and sleeker specimen. Especially since he does the entire thing with hand tools, a couple different calipers, and that most valuable of natural reso... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042619",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T19:49:52",
"content": "Hmm, didn’t think I was going to see a propeller bris today.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042725",
"author": "hardwerker",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,371,786.445359 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/__trashed-26/ | Robotic Touch Using A DIY Squishy Magnetic Pad | Donald Papp | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"robotics",
"silicone",
"skin"
] | There are a number of ways to give a robotic actuator a sense of touch, but the
AnySkin
project aims to make it an overall more reliable and practical process. The idea is twofold: create modular grippy “skins” that can be slipped onto actuators, and separate the sensing electronics from the skins themselves. The whole... | 5 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042563",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T14:45:49",
"content": "My wife, a nurse, works a lot with preventing bed sores in patients. Shear is definitely a problem. I’m wondering how this sensor might be used in her work.",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,371,786.575162 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/hackfest-a-new-event-for-your-european-calendar/ | Hackfest, A New Event For Your European Calendar | Jenny List | [
"cons"
] | [
"hacker event",
"hackfest",
"Netherlands"
] | Our community’s events are something special, bringing as they do an opportunity to meet and mingle with other hackers whether their field be hardware, software, or security, to share ideas, and to see some very cool projects. Here at Hackaday aside from our own Supercon and Hackaday Europe events we try to take in as ... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042531",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T12:28:10",
"content": "Ah I see a shed outside to make us feel at home!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042538",
"author": "Mr Name Required",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T... | 1,760,371,786.621309 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/22/where-did-the-japanese-computers-go/ | Where Did The Japanese Computers Go? | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"japan",
"retrocomputing"
] | If you are a retrocomputer person, at least in North America and Europe, you probably only have a hazy idea of what computers were in the Japanese market at the time we were all buying MSDOS-based computers. You may have heard of PC-98, but there were many Japanese-only computers out there, and a recent post by [Misty ... | 23 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042516",
"author": "just another anon",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T11:13:25",
"content": "Still a lot of NEC PC98’s in old japanese cnc machine controls. Complete with their odd fd1135’s with vfo on the drive board not motherboard side like pc’s.I have one about 12ft from me here in ... | 1,760,371,786.81049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/freecad-is-near-1-0/ | FreeCAD Is Near 1.0 | Elliot Williams | [
"News",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"3D modelling",
"freecad",
"software",
"version"
] | The open-source parametric 3D modelling software,
FreeCAD, is out in a release candidate for version 1.0
. If you’ve tried FreeCAD before and found a few showstoppers, it might be a good time for you to test it out again because the two biggest of them have been solved in this latest version.
First, version 1.0 finall... | 48 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042502",
"author": "mista4a",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T08:59:52",
"content": "Great news for FreeCAD, especially for what concerns widespread adoption amongst hobbyists and professionals alike, especially considering the lack of viable alternatives in the Linux space for CAD toolin... | 1,760,371,786.975545 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/the-surprising-effects-of-fast-food-kiosks/ | The Surprising Effects Of Fast Food Kiosks | Al Williams | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"fast food",
"kiosks"
] | For as long as there have been machines, there have been fears of machines taking your job. One of the latest incarnations of this phenomenon is the fast-food ordering kiosk. No longer will you have some teenager asking you if you want fries with that. These days, you are more likely going to find the question on a tou... | 81 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042450",
"author": "SRSLY??",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T02:30:45",
"content": "doesnt make much sense to me.Are McDonalds expanding their kitchens to accommodate additional workers?There are only so many spots and positions to work in a kitchen.There are only so many windows to pass... | 1,760,371,787.089204 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/21/when-raw-network-sockets-arent-raw-raw-sockets-in-macos-and-linux/ | When Raw Network Sockets Aren’t Raw: Raw Sockets In MacOS And Linux | Maya Posch | [
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"internet protocol",
"networking"
] | Raw network sockets are a curious beasts, as unless you have a strong urge to implement your own low-level network protocol, it’s a topic that is probably best left to the (well-paid) experts. That said, you can totally use raw sockets in virtually every operating system, but one should be aware of a few things, the la... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8042518",
"author": "gav",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T11:27:35",
"content": "htonl() FTW",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8042587",
"author": "ziggurat29",
"timestamp": "2024-09-22T16:15:44",
"content": "“…a topic … bes... | 1,760,371,787.12694 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/a-brand-new-usb-modem-in-the-2020s/ | A Brand New USB Modem In The 2020s | Jenny List | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"modem",
"pots",
"usb modem"
] | The dulcet tones of a modem handshake may be a thing of the distant past for most of us, but that hasn’t stopped there being a lively hacking scene in the world of analogue telephones. Often that’s achieved using old devices resurrected from a parts bin, but sometimes, as with
[Brian]’s USB modem
, the devices are enti... | 11 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041074",
"author": "Karl Koscher",
"timestamp": "2024-09-18T05:16:53",
"content": "Here’s a cute Raspberry Pi hat modem, specifically designed to be used at hacker camps:https://x.com/AdiStuder/status/1800735915029221572Github repo:https://github.com/astuder/ModemHAT",
"parent_... | 1,760,371,787.179098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/thermal-runaway-solving-the-bane-of-electric-vehicles/ | Thermal Runaway: Solving The Bane Of Electric Vehicles | Maya Posch | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"electric car",
"electric vehicle"
] | Although battery fires in electric cars and two-wheeled vehicles are not a common phenomenon, they are notoriously hard to put out, requiring special training and equipment by firefighters. Although the full scope of the issue is part of a contentious debate, [Aarian Marshall] over at
Wired
recently wrote an article
ab... | 86 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041032",
"author": "ian 42",
"timestamp": "2024-09-18T02:24:01",
"content": "the difference between cars and electric bikes is that cars have to pass safety regulations to be sold, where electric bikes are made by anyone, to any random design, and may or may not even been tested – ... | 1,760,371,787.305629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/ferrites-versus-ethernet-in-the-ham-shack/ | Ferrites Versus Ethernet In The Ham Shack | Dan Maloney | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"amateur",
"ethernet",
"ferrite",
"ham radio",
"nanovna",
"QRM",
"RF",
"RFI",
"suppression"
] | For as useful as computers are in the modern ham shack, they also tend to be a strong source of unwanted radio frequency interference. Common wisdom says applying a few ferrite beads to things like Ethernet cables will help, but does that really work?
It surely appears to, for the most part at least, according to
exper... | 33 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "8041004",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-09-18T00:16:54",
"content": "So what’s it mean that it’s only 25dB down at 12:38 when he has disconnected the wire to put some more turns on his ferrite core?Measuring RF stuff is much more involved then just juggling around with som... | 1,760,371,787.540202 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/latest-pieeg-shield-now-offers-16-channels/ | Latest PiEEG Shield Now Offers 16 Channels | Tom Nardi | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"biosignals",
"brain-computer interface",
"eeg"
] | We’ve previously covered the PiEEG, an affordable brain-computer interface (BCI) shield designed to connect to the Raspberry Pi. The open source project developed by [Ildar Rakhmatulin] is intended to allow students and hobbyists to experiment with detecting electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and ele... | 24 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040956",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T20:51:46",
"content": "And then you hook the Pi up to an HDMI screen that is connected to wall power?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8040960",
"author": "clancydaenl... | 1,760,371,787.370032 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/new-duckypad-pro-is-bigger-and-smarter-than-original/ | New DuckyPad Pro Is Bigger And Smarter Than Original | Tom Nardi | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"duckyPad",
"macropad",
"mechanical switches"
] | In a world that has no shortage of macropads, the duckyPad still managed to set itself apart. The open source mechanical pad offered an incredible array of customization options, and thanks to its onboard OLED display, you never had to wonder which key did what. But there’s always room for improvement.
Announced earlie... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040972",
"author": "Dielectric",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T21:58:58",
"content": "This might be really cool with some KiCAD and FreeCAD keymaps. I started making my own spin on this like two years ago, but maybe the OLED is worth it instead of using re-legendable keys. My big dumb i... | 1,760,371,787.416457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/2024-hackaday-superconference-speakers-round-one/ | 2024 Hackaday Superconference Speakers, Round One | Elliot Williams | [
"cons",
"Featured",
"News",
"Slider"
] | [
"2024 Hackaday Supercon",
"2024 Hackaday Superconference"
] | Supercon is the Ultimate Hardware Conference and you need to be there! We’ve got a stellar slate of speakers this year — way too many to feature in one post. So here’s your first taste, and a reminder that Supercon
will
sell out so
get your tickets now
before it’s too late.
In addition to the full-length talks, we’ve g... | 6 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040908",
"author": "The Commenter Formerly Known As Ren",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T17:46:17",
"content": "Speaking of;“Ayesha Iftiqhar-WilsonEnvironmentally-Friendly Electronics: Design Principles for Sustainability”Maybe SuperCon badges should be designed/built forward looking for... | 1,760,371,787.471993 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/pc-floppy-copy-protection-electronic-arts-interlock/ | PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock | Maya Posch | [
"Retrocomputing",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"copy protection",
"electronic arts",
"reverse engineering"
] | Continuing the series on floppy copy protection, [GloriousCow] examines
Electronic Arts’ Interlock system
. This was used from 1984 to 1987 for at least fourteen titles released on both 5.25″ and 3.5″ floppies. Although not officially advertised, in the duplication mark sector the string
ELECTRONIC ARTS IBM INTERLOCK.
... | 8 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040902",
"author": "johm",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T17:16:00",
"content": "Can I point out that the contents of this article were very interesting, but I have never seen magnetic floppy data visualized…it is insane that we can store that information; which was once magnetically enc... | 1,760,371,787.590851 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/apple-may-break-into-the-hearing-aid-industry/ | Apple May Break Into The Hearing Aid Industry | Jenny List | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"AirPod",
"fda",
"hearing aid"
] | When the entry of a tech giant such as Apple into a market represents its liberation from exploitation, that market must be
really
broken, yet
the reported FDA approval of the hearing aid feature in the latest AirPod earbuds
seems to represent just that. The digital hearing aid business is notorious for its sharp sales... | 33 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040792",
"author": "Cheese Whiz",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T11:17:08",
"content": "I didn’t realize the hearing aid industry was so scummy. Challenge accepted!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8040821",
"author": "TG",... | 1,760,371,787.658457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/the-rise-of-self-cleaning-cat-killing-litter-boxes/ | The Rise Of Self-Cleaning, Cat-Killing Litter Boxes | Maya Posch | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"cat litter box",
"PSA"
] | Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding and cleaning Mr. Fluffles’ litter box — are generally a godsend, as they ensure a happy cat and a happy human. That is, unless said litter box-cleaning robot kills said cat. That’s the gruesome topic that... | 68 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "8040760",
"author": "A cat owner",
"timestamp": "2024-09-17T08:44:19",
"content": "Stick with the rotating globe ones that are impossible to kill your cat. They work just fine and are totally safe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,371,787.798001 |
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