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https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/win-a-laser-cutter-by-playing-with-light/ | Win A Laser Cutter By Playing With Light | Brian Benchoff | [
"contests"
] | [
"contest",
"laser",
"project"
] | Buildlounge and Full Spectrum Laser have decided to
give away a laser cutter
to whoever comes up with the best project involving light.
The contest is in part sponsored by
adafruit industries
. The focus of the contest is
light
– just design something around light, submit it, and you’re in the drawing for your own lase... | 19 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "474808",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T21:35:39",
"content": "does it have to be the visible spectrum or is the entire EM spectrum open for the contest?lol darn optoelectronics class",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,065.316685 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/adafruit-celebrates-ada-lovelace-day/ | Adafruit Celebrates Ada Lovelace Day | Mike Nathan | [
"News"
] | [
"Ada Lovelace",
"adafruit",
"news"
] | If you weren’t aware,
today is [Ada Lovelace] day
, so [Ladyada] and Adafruit Industries are spending the day celebrating the achievements of women in the fields of technology, art, engineering, and electronics. Specifically, the focus is on fellow female makers/hackers who are helping shape and promote the industry.
O... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "474800",
"author": "bzroom",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T21:25:53",
"content": "Is it just me or are all the female hackers pretty attractive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "474876",
"author": "Promethius",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,065.080913 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/analog-iphone-amplifier-made-from-recycled-trumpets/ | Analog IPhone Amplifier Made From Recycled Trumpets | Mike Nathan | [
"iphone hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"analog tele-phonographer",
"iphone",
"ipod",
"music",
"phonograph"
] | It’s no secret that the audio quality of the iPhone’s built-in speakers isn’t exactly what you would consider to be hi-fi. Sound quality aside, there are plenty of times where even the volume doesn’t do the music justice. While you can always go out and buy a fancy dock to amplify your iGadget’s sound, artist
[Christop... | 14 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "474756",
"author": "Squintz",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T20:03:27",
"content": "That is really fun. Nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "474785",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T20:59:33",
"content": "Y... | 1,760,377,064.879779 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/playing-dubstep-on-real-instruments/ | Playing Dubstep On Real Instruments | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"dubstep",
"electronic music",
"pedal board"
] | When we first saw the
live cover of Skrillex
Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
by the band Pinn Panelle, we had to know how a band is able to play live dubstep on real instruments. We emailed the band and they spilled the beans on how to process the hell out of an instrument in a live environment.
First up is the bassist... | 52 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "474687",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T18:15:39",
"content": "dubstep ftw! i know some people that may be *very* interested in this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "474691",
"author": "Oatman",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,065.258061 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/making-the-most-of-your-diy-development-boards/ | Making The Most Of Your Diy Development Boards | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"16f1827",
"development board",
"pic"
] | [Rajendra] built a rather
impressive development board based around a PIC
microcontroller. At its center, he’s got a PIC 16F1827 chip, but we think the design is easily adapted to your microcontroller of choice.
The I/O pins on the microcontroller aren’t actually connected to any of the components on the board. Instead... | 10 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "474645",
"author": "florinzgtrst",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T17:04:26",
"content": "Wow, that’s one good looking dev board",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "474678",
"author": "JohnnyMax",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T18:02:33"... | 1,760,377,064.773484 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/8-pin-micro-plays-pong-on-you-widescreen/ | 8-pin Micro Plays Pong On Your Widescreen | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"assembly",
"attiny45",
"pong",
"vga"
] | [Fernando] sent in a tangential project update that uses
an ATtiny45 to play Pong on his television
. Last time we looked in on his work he had just finished getting the eight-pin
chip to display a big number on the TV
via the VGA port. This expands on the idea while he continues to wait for parts.
Right now the chip p... | 12 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "474628",
"author": "alan",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T16:35:11",
"content": "If you just have one input free, you could still have an unlimited amount of controllers connected. Just use serial data.You could even use something like RC5 protocol to pick up the signal from a pair of IR ... | 1,760,377,065.172388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/hackerspace-competition-combines-drinking-and-lock-picking-need-we-say-more/ | Hackerspace Competition Combines Drinking And Lock Picking – Need We Say More? | Mike Nathan | [
"contests",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"booze",
"contests",
"lockpicking"
] | The guys from Bloomington’s Fraternal Order of Lock Sport (FOOLS) sure know how to throw a party! At this year’s DerbyCon event down in Louisville, the group put on
an awesome event that combined lockpicking and drinking
– what could be better?
The Rumble Challenge is lock picking game where six people compete head to ... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "474582",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T15:12:24",
"content": "The hotel wouldn’t let them give away alcohol at the event, so we let them set up at the LVL1 Derbycon Afterparty. Great fun, pictures of the game start here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/lvl1/6204693837/in/p... | 1,760,377,065.123372 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/hardware-based-keyboard-remapping/ | Hardware-based Keyboard Remapping | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"AT90USBKey",
"keyboard",
"lufa",
"mapping"
] | [Nav] wanted to change his keyboard mapping for one particular keyboard, rather than on each operating system. He used an AT90USBKey as a replacement PCB by soldering to all of the contacts on the key matrix. This allows him to
remap the keys by following onscreen prompts
.
The board enumerates as an HID device, and ha... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "473648",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T18:12:01",
"content": "or… you know.. just add a udev rule",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "473650",
"author": "astro73",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T18:12:29",
"content"... | 1,760,377,064.729291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/magic-table-gives-disabled-child-control-over-her-music/ | Magic Table Gives Disabled Child Control Over Her Music | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ipod",
"music",
"rfid"
] | Instructables user [XenonJohn] recently put together a fantastic tutorial detailing how he made an RFID-controlled jukebox. The
Magic Music Table
was created for a disabled child, who is unable to use a CD payer, nor navigate small buttons and menus on MP3 players. He originally though about making the buttons more acc... | 11 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "473628",
"author": "Colecago",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T17:33:31",
"content": "Seems pretty sweet, I don’t know how easy it is to interface with the iPod, so for me I’d have gone a mini/old windows machine. Awesome job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,065.029911 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/meet-the-pinguino-a-completely-open-pic-based-dev-platform/ | Meet The Pinguino – A Completely Open PIC-based Dev Platform | Mike Nathan | [
"Interviews",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"Arduino-compatible",
"chipkit",
"Pinguino"
] | [Phillip Torrone] from Make
recently sat down with [Jean-Pierre Mandon] and [Tsvetan Usunov]
, creators of the Pinguino, to hear more about their product. While the name might not sound familiar, we’re pretty sure you’ll be seeing more of this development platform as time goes on.
Essentially created by makers for make... | 18 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "473564",
"author": "psuedonymous",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T16:28:12",
"content": "While the name might not sound familiarNo, it’s soundsvery familiar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "473649",
"author": "M",
"t... | 1,760,377,064.828643 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/qr-code-key-fob-helps-your-lost-keys-find-their-way-home/ | QR Code Key Fob Helps Your Lost Keys Find Their Way Home | Mike Nathan | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"keys",
"qr code",
"smartphones"
] | Don’t you hate that feeling, the one you get when you have just realized that you have no clue where you may have left your keys? If you are unlucky enough to have lost them in a public place, odds are they are as good as gone. Pumping Station One member [celtwolf] thought it would be great if your keys could help some... | 53 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "473466",
"author": "damox",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T14:11:20",
"content": "What if I lose my phone with my keys?I’m pretty forgetful after-all.Neat idea; a bit cleaner that one of those little tags with your contact info on them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,065.516548 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/sustainability-hacks-poop-power/ | Sustainability Hacks: Poop Power | Brian Benchoff | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"japan",
"sustainability hacks",
"toilet bike"
] | Yes. That’s a motorized tricycle with a toilet. Let that sink in for a minute. Oh, that isn’t a concept sketch of something that will never be built. The
Toilet Bike Neo
is most assuredly a real thing.
Biogas, or methane produced from decaying plant or animal wastes, is a legitimate form of energy. Waste gasses from la... | 33 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "473379",
"author": "oodain",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T12:08:49",
"content": "the future is looking weirder by the minute.why does it talk?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4IJix0tUi8&w=640&h=360]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,065.430575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/open-source-makes-this-usb-arcade-controller-build-a-breeze/ | Open Source Makes This USB Arcade Controller Build A Breeze | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arcade controller",
"Joystick",
"lufa",
"usb"
] | [Jamie] built his own
USB connected arcade controller
. We’ve been seeing a lot of these lately, and they usually involve
soldering buttons to a keyboard PCB
. But [Jamie] decided to go a different route and use his own microcontroller. This method always gets a bit hairy when it comes to deciding how to connect it to ... | 18 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "473135",
"author": "Zack C",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T00:48:51",
"content": "My only suggestion would be to lay out the buttons in a more ergonomic fashion. Other then that this looks like an excellent alternative to hacking a keyboard for a mame cabinet controller and probably a b... | 1,760,377,066.228314 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/tetris-on-a-building/ | Tetris On A Building | Brian Benchoff | [
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"building",
"tetris"
] | Around a year ago, a bunch of blinkenlights were installed in the HCI-Building of ETH Zürich. These LED spots weren’t interactive and only showed hardcoded patterns. Of course a bunch of LEDs demand interactivity, so for the first-semester party this year a
giant game of Tetris
was built on the side of a building.
Ther... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "473083",
"author": "ELduderino",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T23:22:13",
"content": "looks like fun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "473124",
"author": "neoxide",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T00:29:13",
"content": "I always t... | 1,760,377,065.723225 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/light-up-biking-vest-shows-impatient-drivers-how-fast-you-are-going/ | Light Up Biking Vest Shows Impatient Drivers How Fast You Are Going | Mike Nathan | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bicyce",
"el wire",
"safety",
"spedometer",
"vest"
] | [Mykle Hansen] is an avid cyclist, and
safety is a big concern for him.
He says that bicyclists often receive a lot of honks and grief from passing motorists because they perceive them as moving far slower than they really are. According to [Mykle], this misjudgment can result in “right hook” collisions, which kill sev... | 61 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "474529",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T14:05:45",
"content": "Front would be far better located IMO, most near impacts I have are from people who pull out in front of me while I’m shifting, despite lights and reflective gear. It’s the old SMIDSY – or “didn’t think you ... | 1,760,377,065.989389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/sustainability-hacks-solar-panels-built-from-old-windows-and-factory-rejects/ | Sustainability Hacks: Solar Panels Built From Old Windows And Factory Rejects | Mike Nathan | [
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"solar",
"sustainability hacks"
] | The crew over at The Tech Junkies recently took another look at solar power and thought that the pricing had come down enough for them to consider
powering their entire shop via the sun.
Cheaper or not, they still didn’t want to pay retail for solar panels, so they decided to build their own instead.
They scoured eBay ... | 37 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "474495",
"author": "Alwar",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07T13:06:16",
"content": "I can’t open the linkhttp://ttjcrew.com/2011/10/solar-panel-buildIs down or isn’t well formed? or is my connection?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "47... | 1,760,377,065.874177 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/video-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-dc-motors/ | Video: Everything You Wanted To Know About DC Motors | Jack Buffington | [
"News"
] | [] | Continuing on with our series of Hackaday original videos, this week we are presenting a video all about DC motors. DC motors are relatively simple electromechanical devices that turn electrical energy into rotational movement. In this video, [Jack] takes apart a small DC motor and shows off all of the parts inside and... | 33 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "473895",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T23:45:34",
"content": "He drew on the table! His mother is going to KILL him!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "473936",
"author": "Leslie Wong",
"timestamp": "2011-10-07... | 1,760,377,066.171712 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/vetinari-clock-will-drive-you-insane/ | Vetinari Clock Will Drive You Insane | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clock",
"discworld"
] | Sometimes we need more psy ops in our life. Being an eminent fan of the
Discworld
series, Reddit user [rdmiller3] decided he needed to build
Lord Vetinari’s clock
. This fictional clock was placed in the waiting room for Lord Vetinari in several of the
Discworld
books. Although the clock keeps accurate time overall, it... | 47 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "473846",
"author": "pete",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T22:12:13",
"content": "Ive never heard of discworld, but this clock is hilarious. I love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "473856",
"author": "Gearbox",
"ti... | 1,760,377,065.800631 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/reclaiming-waste-heat-from-appliances/ | Reclaiming Waste Heat From Appliances | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"clothes dryer",
"heat exchanger"
] | Here we see [Christopher Suprock] hanging out in his basement laundry area in order to show off
his intelligent heat exchanger
. The reason for the device is simple, when you use your clothes dryer , hot water heater, other other utilities that generate heat, energy is often wasted in the form of hot exhaust gases. Why... | 87 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "473802",
"author": "mohonri",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T21:11:46",
"content": "The point about condensation is a fair one, but easily handled with a drain or trap.I’ve thought about a similar system for water–when you take a hot shower in the middle of winter, it’d be nice to use the... | 1,760,377,066.410773 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/a-masochistic-video-card/ | A Masochistic Video Card | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"74xx",
"vga",
"video card"
] | Have a penchant for pain? Why not destroy your fingertips with a wire-wrap tool building a video card
made entirely out of discrete components
.
When [Chris] decided to build an entry for the Dangerous Prototypes
7400 logic competition
he already had his hands full. The 74xx chips he had on hand had a maximum clock fre... | 24 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "473737",
"author": "Jas",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T20:05:41",
"content": "It’s not that impressive given that the original IBM VGA was pretty much built from TTL logic and a couple of ULAs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4737... | 1,760,377,066.29117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/06/decorate-your-house-in-vacuum-tubes/ | Decorate Your House In Vacuum Tubes | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"vacuum tubes"
] | [Autuin] wrote in to share a few things he’s put together using spare vacuum tubes he had sitting around. With no other practical use for the tubes in mind, he fiddled around and
came up with a couple of items
that could be neat to have around the house, depending on your style of decor.
The first item is a vacuum tube... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "473689",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2011-10-06T19:09:41",
"content": "This is very cool. I wonder what the life expectancy of those tubes are, since he’s operating them on double voltage. I sure hope the steampunk guys don’t see this, lest we see the price of good NOS tubes skyr... | 1,760,377,066.459571 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/resurrecting-an-xt/ | Resurrecting An XT | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"cga",
"IBM xt",
"MDA",
"xt"
] | The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. At least that’s what we’d tell ourselves if we couldn’t find a 30-year-old computer monitor. [Andrew] picked up an old IBM XT on eBay recently and
tried to get the video working
. He hasn’t seen any success yet, but the way he goes about solving this problem is very clev... | 28 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "470596",
"author": "Andrew Jenner",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T15:28:55",
"content": "I’ve fixed the power supply now, replaced the video card with a CGA and written a “Hello World” program in ROM BASIC. Unfortunately there’s a bad RAM chip somewhere so I’m currently limited to 192Kb ... | 1,760,377,066.567683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/freakyphone-has-a-puzzle-for-you/ | Freakyphone Has A Puzzle For You! | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"Freakyphone",
"puzzle"
] | [Mime] likes to
make puzzles and games for his friends to play
, often using recycled electronics to construct them. He had been contemplating a sound-based game for some time when he came across an old rotary phone at a garage sale that would be perfect for what he had in mind.
He calls his creation the Freakyphone, a... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "470583",
"author": "st2000",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T14:58:05",
"content": "A real ringer takes 90 volts AC (slow, like several cycles a second) to run. I would not bother as such voltages are “shocking” and dangerous to low voltage semiconductors. I would just play back a ring s... | 1,760,377,066.502404 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/sustainability-hacks-bio-diesel-motorcycle-speed-record/ | Sustainability Hacks: Bio-diesel Motorcycle Speed Record | Brian Benchoff | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"biodiesel",
"biofuel",
"green",
"motorcycle"
] | Sometimes you don’t need a lot of horsepower to win a speed record. In a fluke of no one else competing in the alt fuel class, [John]’s
biodiesel motorcycle
set a new land speed record at the
LTA event
last summer.
[John]’s bike is a junkyard 1978 Kawasaki KZ400. The stock engine was replaced with a Chinese knock off ... | 30 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "470546",
"author": "bhtooefr",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T13:13:19",
"content": "One thing to note is that biodiesel isn’t vegetable oil.Vegetable oil has the fatty acid chains attached to glycerine, whereas biodiesel has them attached to methanol or occasionally ethanol.Vegetable oil... | 1,760,377,066.63974 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/how-to-build-your-own-cat-door/ | How To Build Your Own Cat Door | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"cat door",
"habitat for humanity"
] | [Dino] continues his to satisfy his weekly hacking goal by
building a cat door for his pets
. He has a
Habitat For Humanity resale store
nearby that was doing a 50% off sale on doors. So he picked up a six-panel door and set to work.
The first step is drawing out the opening and cutting it with a jigsaw. Once he was do... | 29 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "470170",
"author": "N0LKK",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T21:57:33",
"content": "Personally if a classic door with a window is salvageable at all, I’d repair it before, I’d replace it with a hollow core door that lacks a window.Because I have a rural residence a cat door isn’t an option ... | 1,760,377,066.828658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/robotic-arm-follows-the-movements-of-your-own-limbs/ | Robotic Arm Follows The Movements Of Your Own Limbs | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"PVC",
"robot arm",
"servo"
] | [Alejandro] and his friends recently finished
a first prototype of scratch-built robotic arm
. They’ve got some nice electronics bench equipment for use with a project like this, but for the actual fabrication work it’s off to the kitchen.
As you can see in the video after the break, they’re using PVC as the stock mate... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "470273",
"author": "jmicz",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T00:49:33",
"content": "Awesome project, maybe I’ll try to make oneP.S. Not to be critical or anything it would be “two friends and I”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "470594",
... | 1,760,377,066.732837 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/clement-sees-the-cargo-bike-and-raises-a-bicycle-cargo-trailer/ | [Clement] Sees The Cargo Bike And Raises A Bicycle Cargo Trailer | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"cargo",
"trailer"
] | [Clement] and his friends were going on a long bike tour and needed a way to carry their gear along with them. They set to work and managed to
build this cargo trailer from mostly reused materials
.
The only part of this trailer that is reused junk is the connection mechanism that lets you attach it to just about any b... | 16 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "470134",
"author": "Clement",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T20:26:40",
"content": "Oh my gosh! that’s my name too! :D And that is a great idea too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "470143",
"author": "Alt30",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,066.69344 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/page-turning-book-scanner-roundup/ | Page-turning Book Scanner Roundup | Brian Benchoff | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Roundup"
] | [
"book scanner",
"books",
"page turning"
] | [Daniel] at diybookscanner.org
posted a roundup
of the best automatic book scanner builds to date. A lot of the comments on our
last coverage of book scanners
were summed up by [Spork] with, “No automatic page turning = no use.” Turning a page in a book with a robot is
really hard
, though, and these builds do a really... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "470108",
"author": "anyone",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T19:19:50",
"content": "i’m pretty interested in this methodhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExW64zOZGoIit appears to even capture the page curves and makes the necessary corrections.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,067.038741 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/wifi-jamming-via-deauthentication-packets/ | WiFi Jamming Via Deauthentication Packets | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"aircrack-ng",
"authentication",
"bash",
"jammer",
"jamming",
"wifi"
] | [Elliot] put together an intriguing proof-of-concept script that uses
repeated deauthentication packet bursts to jam WiFi
access points. From what we can tell it’s a new way to use an old tool. Aircrack-ng is
a package often seen in WiFi hacking
. It includes
a deauthentication command
which causes WiFi clients to stop... | 109 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "471994",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T22:13:26",
"content": "SIR!I am going to help you.Please unplug your router form the wall.Now plug your router back in.Did that fix the problem sir?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"commen... | 1,760,377,067.273363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/effortlessly-troll-your-friends-each-time-they-reach-for-a-snack/ | Effortlessly Troll Your Friends Each Time They Reach For A Snack | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"insults",
"refrigerator"
] | If you’re trying to lose some weight, [Grissini]
has got the just the thing you need!
He recently tweaked his refrigerator to throw out insults each time its opened, though not for his own physical well-being. While we imagine that an abusive refrigerator would help curb your appetite for late night snacks, [Grissini] ... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "471973",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T21:43:10",
"content": "Obviously I’d take it out and replace the messages. Less obviously, I’d replace them with something soothing yet slightly crappy, like Enya.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,067.321552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/gaming-scoreboard-and-storage-box-in-one/ | Gaming Scoreboard And Storage Box In One | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"attiny2313",
"card game",
"MAX7219",
"munchkin",
"scoreboard"
] | This
game storage box will also keep score for you
. [Marcus] built it for playing
the card game Munkin
, but some clever programming could adapt it for most needs. The hardware is built around an ATtiny2313 to do the thinking, and a MAX7219 to drive the 7-segment displays. Each player has their own two-digit score rea... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "471927",
"author": "anonemouse",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T20:36:20",
"content": "One person in charge of keeping score? This is Munchkin, where the rule about cheating is “don’t get caught”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47256... | 1,760,377,067.365121 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/makita-jobsite-radio-gets-a-few-extra-bells-and-whistles/ | Makita Jobsite Radio Gets A Few Extra Bells And Whistles | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"charger",
"cigarette lighter",
"fm radio",
"makita",
"radio",
"usb"
] | [Jose]
added several features to a Makita AM/FM jobsite radio
, and did such a good job that you can’t tell they weren’t originally part of the design.
The original radio
has a compartment for a battery pack used with Makita’s line of rechargeable tools, and offers AM/FM radio, as well as auxiliary audio playback via a... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "471893",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T19:13:21",
"content": "Cant tell? those tweeters are obvious el cheapo car tweeters just glued on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "472051",
"author": "tinkerer",
"... | 1,760,377,067.462396 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/hackaday-links-october-4-2011/ | Hackaday Links: October 4, 2011 | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"Grand Theft Auto",
"PCB holder",
"processing",
"snake",
"stationary bike",
"tshirt bleaching",
"x86 Android"
] | Playing Snake on a MIDI controller
While you’re waiting for your bandmates to finish arguing/making out/their beer, you can play Snake on your MIDI controller. Luis
wrote a Snake game
for an Akai APC40 controller. Everything is built with Processing and should provide a great distraction from (for?) your 14-year-old gr... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "471822",
"author": "Lee",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T16:52:05",
"content": "Re the magnet… As long as don’t go over the curie temp (the point of which the magnet loses magnetism from heat), you should be OK with using baking clay. Check the package to see how high of a temp you need ... | 1,760,377,067.582749 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/dslr-focus-stacking-assistant-takes-the-hard-work-out-of-macro-photography/ | DSLR Focus Stacking Assistant Takes The Hard Work Out Of Macro Photography | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"canon",
"dslr",
"eos",
"focus stacking"
] | Focus stacking makes for fantastic macro images
, but the process can be tedious without the right tools. While some focus stacking rigs require the camera to be moved away from the subject in small increments, others choose to keep the camera stationary while focusing the lens before each shot.
Both methods produce gr... | 8 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "471747",
"author": "statik",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T15:20:53",
"content": "Awesome project; I made a much lower tech version which moved the whole camera using a stepper, lots of disadvanges, but on the plus size it works with manual focus macro lenses (ie. a reversed standard len... | 1,760,377,067.41156 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/pc-temperature-monitoring-system-lights-up-when-things-get-hot/ | PC Temperature Monitoring System Lights Up When Things Get Hot | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"gpu",
"graphics card",
"pc"
] | [Taylor] popped a new graphics card into his computer, but before he could settle in for a round of gaming, his card started to overheat. He eventually tracked the problem down to an undersized power supply, but the prospect of cooking his new GPU to death made him think twice about
how he was monitoring his system’s h... | 23 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "471715",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T14:19:55",
"content": "I don’t see how an underpowered PSU will cause a GPU to overheat. Usually it’ll pop whatever breaker that PSU has (if it has one) or the PSU will pop and crackle and let the magic smoke out. Neat unit to moni... | 1,760,377,067.523869 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/slick-robot-with-tank-treads-can-move-every-which-way/ | Slick Robot With Tank Treads Can Move Every Which Way | Mike Nathan | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"Omni-Crawler",
"rc",
"wheels"
] | It’s always interesting to see new and innovative means of robot locomotion. At the recent “Innovation Japan 2011” conference researchers from Osaka University unveiled the
Omni-Crawler
, which is aimed at changing the way both robots and people move.
The Omni-Crawler’s movement is provided by Omni-Balls, an Osaka Univ... | 21 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "470937",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T22:37:17",
"content": "So much awesome in one video",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "470944",
"author": "Darkstar",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T22:47:55",
"content": "T... | 1,760,377,067.645367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/build-your-own-portal-turret-in-150-easy-steps/ | Build Your Own Portal Turret In 150 Easy Steps | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"portal",
"turret",
"valve",
"wav shield"
] | If there were a contest for the most thorough step-by-step project log [Kurt] would the champion. He recently a posted 150 step build log for his
fleece-covered Portal turret project
. If you can get over the need to click-through 30 pages of steps, there’s a lot to like about this project.
First, what it doesn’t do: T... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "470911",
"author": "TheCapt",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T21:51:38",
"content": "Funny – when I read “The body itself is a food storage container” I thought, hey great, put cake in there and when a coworker comes to get it, this fires up, but alas, only the components are in the food c... | 1,760,377,067.691958 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/hone-your-skills-by-building-control-systems/ | Hone Your Skills By Building Control Modules | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"enclosure",
"laser cut",
"led strip",
"rgb"
] | If you ask us, there’s no substitute for learning by doing. But often the hardest part of acquiring new skills is coming up with the idea for a project that utilizes them. [Mike Rankin] wanted to develop a project using laser cut acrylic, and settled on
building a control box for an RGB LED strip
. He got some practice... | 23 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "470870",
"author": "Pat",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T21:06:08",
"content": "How about a link to the writeup:https://sites.google.com/site/0miker0/arduino-led-controller",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "470874",
"author": "andre... | 1,760,377,067.752798 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/avr-chiptune-project-turns-this-simple-code-into-music/ | AVR Chiptune Project Turns This Simple Code Into Music | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"AVR",
"chiptune",
"filter",
"ham"
] | [Mark] had seen a few examples of algorithmic music generation that takes some simple code and produces complex-sounding results. Apparently it’s possible to pipe the output of code like this directly to audio devices on a Linux box, but [Mark] decided to go a different direction. His project lets you
play simple algor... | 21 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "470821",
"author": "Rob Carlson",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T19:33:24",
"content": "Nicely done, but transmitting music on 144.300 is technically a Part 97 violation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "470828",
"author": "k... | 1,760,377,068.033424 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/hack-a-watchman/ | Hack A Watchman | Kevin Dady | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"Watchman"
] | I have been on the hunt in our local thrift and random junk stores lately for a small TV to hopefully modify into a decent enough computer monitor for my Apple //C and Trash80. While there are TONS of TV’s out there, none were really striking me in tube size or picture quality. Roaming around the last resource I happen... | 29 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "470757",
"author": "sariel",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T18:05:55",
"content": "looks awesome but totally wanna see some video of this thing in action!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "470760",
"author": "Beat707",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,067.975814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/diy-signal-generator-probe/ | DIY Signal Generator Probe | Brian Benchoff | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"probe",
"signal generator"
] | A signal generator is a handy bit of kit and with the right components, it’s pretty easy to build one. Fabricating a proper signal generator probe is another matter entirely. [Frank]’s
DIY signal generator probe
does exactly what it claims to, and is very cheap to boot.
After [Frank] made a
simple signal generator
with... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,068.348362 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/03/animated-turn-signals-add-a-little-bit-of-cylon-to-your-automobile/ | Animated Turn Signals Add A Little Bit Of Cylon To Your Automobile | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cylon",
"mustang",
"turn signal"
] | [StarfireMX] churned out
a fantastic turn signal replacement for his Mustang
. When he switches on his blinker, a chasing pattern of amber LEDs is shown on the front corner of his car. Pretty cool, and as far as we can tell this is still street legal. But once he gets onto private property [StarfireMX] can have a littl... | 71 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "470709",
"author": "djneo",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T16:40:53",
"content": "Awesome, but is it legal ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "470736",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-10-03T17:25:48",
"con... | 1,760,377,068.629876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/student-built-robot-chassis-has-something-you-can-learn-from/ | Student Built Robot Chassis Has Something You Can Learn From | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"F",
"omni-wheel",
"omnidirectional"
] | This is
a four-wheeled robot chassis built by high school students
over the summer. They were participating in workshops put on by xbot robotics in Seattle, Washington. The goal is to get them participating in events like
FIRST Robotics
and LEGO league, and eventually into science related careers.
At first glance we th... | 27 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "473051",
"author": "Austin Nordman",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T22:11:00",
"content": "This has been used in first FRC teams forever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "473060",
"author": "Adam sidelsky",
"timestamp": "2011-1... | 1,760,377,068.523637 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/portable-light-box-for-photographers-on-the-go/ | Portable Light Box For Photographers On-the-go | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"carrying case",
"case",
"light tent",
"portable"
] | Looking to make a quality light box more portable, [Hharry] designed
a collapsible version complete with adjustable side lighting
.
Light tents are used by photographers as a stage for photographing small items. The use of multiple light sources, and a fabric that will diffuse them, means a reduction in shadows that mi... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "473020",
"author": "lostalaska",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T21:14:45",
"content": "That is pretty slick. I’ve been thinking of putting one together using PVC tubes, but I might have to rethink that after seeing this bad ass little gem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,068.189525 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/iphone-controlled-daft-punk-helmet-replica-a-dazzling-build/ | IPhone Controlled Daft Punk Helmet Replica A Dazzling Build | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"daft punk",
"helmet",
"iphone",
"marquee",
"wifi"
] | This Daft Punk helmet replica is beautiful to look at, but the deeper we delve into the build process, the more we begin to think that
the entire project is a piece of artwork
. [Harrison Krix] has been working on it for months, and just posted his three-part build log in September. Check out the video and the links to... | 21 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "472954",
"author": "nico",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T20:01:17",
"content": "I’m speechless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "472956",
"author": "Unknown",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T20:01:54",
"content": "How well are yo... | 1,760,377,068.247562 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/quick-and-easy-diy-pic-development-board/ | Quick And Easy DIY PIC Development Board | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"dev board",
"development board",
"pic",
"toner transfer"
] | A few months back, [Phil] was looking to get into PIC development, but he
couldn’t seem to find a simple development board
for the PIC16F883 microcontroller he wanted to use. Since no retail offering had exactly what he was looking for, he decided to put together a dev board of his own.
He spent a couple hours in Eagle... | 27 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "472846",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T17:34:19",
"content": "“not necessarily a hack”this is most definitely a hack!it takes a certain level of intelligence to use a tool. it takes a higher level of intelligence to design a new tool.",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,068.311124 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/adalight-ladyadas-ambilight/ | Adalight: Ladyada’s Ambilight | Brian Benchoff | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"adalight",
"ambilight",
"led",
"processing"
] | The latest and greatest ambilight clone, the
Adalight
, comes from the fruitful mind and cluttered workbench of the sometimes Hack A Day
contributor
[
Phil Burgess
].
We’ve seen
a
few
clones of the Philips ambilight tech, but [Phil] knocked this one out of the park. The hardware is a string of
12mm RGB LEDs
connected t... | 28 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "472694",
"author": "jaybles",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T14:13:17",
"content": "I’d love to see the performance on this while playing a Radiohead concert dvd. On second though it might just be a lot of flashing and not many color shifts. Nevermind! I probably should even have submitte... | 1,760,377,068.694448 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/05/sustainability-hacks-auto-feeding-wood-fired-generator/ | Sustainability Hacks: Auto-feeding Wood-fired Generator | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"generator",
"power turbine",
"wood"
] | Here’s a project that’s hard to categorize.
It generates electricity by burning wood
. The diamond-plate wrapped column to the right is a magazine that stores the wood, which is gravity fed as pieces below are consumed. The heat is used to drive a power turbine which is responsible for generating the electricity.
This ... | 48 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "472642",
"author": "craig christ",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T13:12:16",
"content": "You forget that wood and other biomass is CAPTURE CO2. So, if you re-release it, you are still more or less carbon neutral. The alternative is rotting wood releasing CO2 and possibly methane (worse)... | 1,760,377,068.776814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/04/very-impressive-steampunk-keyboard/ | Very Impressive Steampunk Keyboard | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"keyboard",
"Model M",
"steampunk"
] | After spending more than 250 hours on his project, [Admiral Aaron Ravensdale]’s
steampunk keyboard
is finally done.
The keyboard mod was designed around a
Model M
. After removing the keycaps, [The Admrial] upcycled the keys from old Continental typewriters. Because his typewriters only had 47 keys and the Model M need... | 31 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "472042",
"author": "Halloween_Harry",
"timestamp": "2011-10-04T23:10:05",
"content": "pretty impressive keyboard. i like his choice of re-purposed keys, but dislike the typical gear that serves no purpose which seems to plague most steampunk builds..",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,068.910446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/star-wars-imperial-march-played-by-dual-floppy-drives/ | Star Wars Imperial March Played By Dual Floppy Drives | Jeremy Cook | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"floppy drive",
"imperial march",
"music",
"star wars"
] | Although many have made some sort of music with improvised electronics, few sound as cool as this Imperial March from Star Wars
played by two floppy drives
. According to [Pawel], “It’s nothing new” and quite simple. This may be true as we’ve featured an
Imperial March-playing floppy drive
here before, but it was only ... | 36 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "470017",
"author": "Khanzerbero",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T17:04:37",
"content": "Cool! if there were a way",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "470021",
"author": "jordan",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T17:08:05",
... | 1,760,377,068.848059 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/bread-head-makes-avr-programming-a-snap/ | Bread Head Makes AVR Programming A Snap | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"AVR",
"Bread Head",
"breadboard",
"header"
] | [Quinn] over at Blondihacks has been working with AVR microcontrollers a lot recently, and wanted a quick way to program the ATtiny13a (her current AVR of choice)
while the chip is still seated in a breadboard.
To speed up code revision and testing, she built a small programming header that she calls the Bread Head. Th... | 18 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "469950",
"author": "Christian Hülsemeyer",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T15:05:55",
"content": "I use such adapter a long time, too, but mine is a little bit smaller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "469952",
"author": "mohonri",
... | 1,760,377,070.659692 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/02/sustainability-hacks-thin-client-server/ | Sustainability Hacks: Thin Client Server | Brian Benchoff | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"home server",
"lamp",
"sustainability hacks"
] | It’s not environmentally friendly, but most of us run a small home server 24 hours a day. A small server is a useful tool to have that unfortunately wastes a lot of energy. [kekszumquadrat]’s
thin client home server
is actually a passable LAMP box that doesn’t draw a ton of power.
[kekszumquadrat] started looking at th... | 44 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "469903",
"author": "djneo",
"timestamp": "2011-10-02T13:17:29",
"content": "I also have a Thinclient as a server running. a T5100. its also really quiet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "469912",
"author": "Cadu",
"timest... | 1,760,377,071.130633 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/getting-the-lead-out-of-the-arduino-runtime/ | Getting The Lead Out Of The Arduino Runtime | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arduino",
"efficiency",
"runtime"
] | Ah, the Arduino.
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that part of its accessibility comes at the expense of speed and efficiency. We honestly like the platform as well as all of the others out there, because we believe that everything has its proper place and purpose. The crew over at Make, Hack, Void think that the... | 25 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "469408",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T22:29:44",
"content": "am i the only one who thought of the aircrack line looking at that arduino? XDbut nice i should stick this in one and give it a shot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,071.051108 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/spamming-a-label-printer-with-cookiehammer/ | Spamming A Label Printer With #cookiehammer | Brian Benchoff | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"printer",
"receipt printer",
"ruby",
"twitter"
] | [John] has always loved stock ticker machines. These machines are highly collectible, so short of finding one that wasn’t hurled from a Manhattan skyscraper in 1929, a stock ticker is out of reach for the casual enthusiast. There is another way to get a stock ticker-like device though:
hack a label printer
to print out... | 21 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "469397",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T22:14:22",
"content": "I love how the title already created two tweets with that hashtag to be created (@hackaday and @hackadayrss)…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "469416",
... | 1,760,377,070.607784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/incredibly-cheap-upcycled-cargo-bike/ | Incredibly Cheap Upcycled Cargo Bike | Mike Nathan | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"cargo bike",
"diy",
"lastenrad"
] | What has two wheels, is made from five different bikes, and can carry all of your stuff for miles and miles on end?
[Paul Blue’s] DIY Lastenrad, that’s what.
(Google Translation)
A Lastenrad is a cargo bike where the load sits in front of the rider rather than being towed behind. [Paul] wanted one for hauling things ar... | 27 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "469360",
"author": "Mime",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T21:11:38",
"content": "Nice one… just make sure to lock it when you are not around! bikes like this, or just bikes in general, have a nasty habit of being stolen. Once, I had my bike stolen, and I was so outraged I could probably h... | 1,760,377,070.550925 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/hacking-spot-personal-satellite-tracker-to-pass-more-information/ | Hacking SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker To Pass More Information | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"gps",
"satellite",
"spot",
"tracker"
] | For less than $100 you can buy a little tracking module that will upload your location to a satellite. But you’ll only get latitude and longitude information. [Natrium42] spent some time reverse engineering the hardware, and the communications protocol, to
allow custom data to be transferred using a SPOT module
.
The f... | 38 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "469289",
"author": "guile",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T19:23:53",
"content": "Please list: What’s something *REALLY* damn cool you can do with this?What could a science nerd do with this? PLEASE LIST!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,071.203718 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/make-your-own-gps-receiver/ | Make Your Own GPS Receiver! | Jeremy Cook | [
"gps hacks"
] | [
"gps",
"navigation"
] | GPS receivers may be available for well under $100 these days, but what’s the fun in buying one when you can
build it yourself
? According to [Andrew], the creator of this device, he was inspired by Matjaž Vidmar who developed a GPS receiver from scratch over 20 years ago. His article can be found
here
and includes som... | 40 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "468997",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T16:11:48",
"content": "is this legal?no International Traffic in Arms Regulations Violations?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "469002",
"author": "masterburner",
... | 1,760,377,070.988885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/a-sunrise-clock-for-those-cold-dark-winter-mornings/ | A Sunrise Clock For Those Cold, Dark Winter Mornings | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clock",
"sunrise"
] | For most of the working world, the onset of autumn and winter in the Northern hemisphere means one thing – waking up well before the sun rises to get a start on the daily grind. [Brent] from Freeside Atlanta knows that routine well and decided to build himself
a sunrise alarm clock
in an attempt to wake himself more na... | 26 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "468980",
"author": "5s5",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T16:01:14",
"content": "This looks like an awesome project. great job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "468983",
"author": "nate",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T16:03:13",
... | 1,760,377,070.721627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/weekly-roundup-10111/ | Weekly Roundup 10/1/11 | Jack Buffington | [
"News",
"Weekly Roundup"
] | [
"weekly roundup"
] | In case you missed them, here are our most popular posts from the past week.
Our most popular post was about a Chinese man who is attempting to
build an octocopter that he can fly around
by pairing motorcycle engines to propellers. There were a considerable number of comments on this one!
Next we have a post about a ... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,070.484053 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/10/01/sustainability-hacks-external-wood-burner/ | Sustainability Hacks – External Wood Burner | Jack Buffington | [
"News"
] | [] | Sometimes sustainability is about making do with what you have. This is the wood burner that I use for my personal workshop. In my area, it is mandated by law that we have to clear brush on a yearly basis. I live on a pretty large lot so we have plenty of brush to be cleared every year. Add to that the occasional ... | 50 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "468830",
"author": "Ted",
"timestamp": "2011-10-01T13:05:41",
"content": "Really, burning wood is carbon neutral? Interesting definition! Don’t get me wrong, I think all this carbon neutral stuff is a pile of crap and a scam anyway; this just proves it!",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,070.805754 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/fake-ps3-tracks-thieves-all-the-way-home/ | Fake PS3 Tracks Thieves All The Way Home | Mike Nathan | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"gps",
"ps3",
"tracking"
] | One of [Wayne’s] relatives had their house robbed during a blizzard/extended power outage, and as is typically the case, none of the stolen items were recovered. His nephew’s PS3 was among the pilfered belongings, which didn’t sit well with him. Taking a cue from police “bait cars”, he thought it would be cool to
fit a... | 73 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "468376",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T23:21:04",
"content": "nice idea hope hed added some weight to it so i feels right",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2176951",
"author": "Riy",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,071.31589 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/passive-rfid-tag-cloning/ | Passive RFID Tag Cloning | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"clone",
"pic",
"rfid",
"spoofer",
"tag"
] | Here’s
an open source RFID cloner design
that is about the same size as a standard RFID key card. It doesn’t need a battery to capture key codes, just the magnetic field generated by an RFID reader. You can see the functionality demonstrated in the video after the break. By holding the bottom button as the cloner is mo... | 34 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "468360",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T22:21:04",
"content": "Yes! I have been wanting to build this, and now someone has done the hard part for me. Thank you!Very slick board by the way I like the small/slim design.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,071.557472 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/new-bigdog-video-doesnt-fail-to-impress/ | New BigDog Video Doesn’t Fail To Impress | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"alphadog",
"bigdog",
"boston dynamics",
"darpa",
"quadruped"
] | Those following the evolution of quadrupedal assist robots will recognize the specimen seen above as a relative of BigDog. This is AlphaDog, one of the latest prototypes in
Boston Dynamics’ Legged Squadron Support Systems program
. It’s designed to carry 400 pounds of payload, which explains the disc weights seen on ei... | 40 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "468323",
"author": "eresonance",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T21:09:58",
"content": "That thing is the size of a horse! I’d like to see someone try to ride it, looks like it’s packing quite a bit of weight on it so it should be able to hold up an adult.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,377,071.491701 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/sustainability-hacks-heliostats/ | Sustainability Hacks: Heliostats | Jack Buffington | [
"News"
] | [] | Solar panels are a popular item among people who are trying to do more with less but, at least in the past, they have been pretty expensive to install. For some uses, you can forget using solar panels and use the sunlight directly with very little efficiency loss. A device that lets you do that is called a heliostat... | 12 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "468058",
"author": "raidscsi",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T13:48:21",
"content": "http://www.esolar.com/This is where solar power should be going. We already have advanced steam turbines and generators. Making the steam with the sun is a no brainer, and way better than using solar pane... | 1,760,377,071.37043 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/repairing-the-blue-canary-in-the-outlet-by-the-light-switch/ | Repairing The Blue Canary In The Outlet By The Light Switch | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"nightlight",
"repair"
] | [Vince] and his wife are big fans of [They Might be Giants], so when they were perusing their local Target one evening and stumbled upon a blue canary nightlight, they bought it immediately. While the nightlight was easy for his toddler to use, the LEDs inside started to dim after about a month, and eventually they sta... | 11 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "468022",
"author": "leafy",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T11:51:53",
"content": "Nice fix.If Vince wants more diffuse leds he should file them down. You can file off most of the focusing dome without coming anywhere near the actual electrodes and ruining the device. If you leave it rough... | 1,760,377,071.42077 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/booting-a-1989-mac-with-mario/ | Booting A 1989 Mac With Mario | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"IIci",
"Mac II",
"mario",
"rom"
] | As a new recruit to the
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
, [dougg3] is really showing off his hardware hacking ability. He came up with a replacement ROM SIMM for his Mac IIci and
made it play the Mario theme
on boot instead of the normal chimes.
Swapping out the ROM in these old macs isn’t an uncommon procedure. On some ... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "467651",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T22:25:53",
"content": "He should have done the “Mushroom Power Up” sound for a quicker boot!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "467683",
"author": "Dude",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,071.608394 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/fully-fretted-guitar-midi-controller/ | Fully Fretted Guitar MIDI Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"16f74",
"fret",
"guitar",
"midi",
"midi controller",
"pic"
] | [Andy] came across this
guitar midi controller project
from way back and decided to
send us a tip
about it. The English version, translated from the original Russian, is easy to follow and documents the build process from first prototypes to the version you see above. It can connect via a standard MIDI cable and then b... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "467620",
"author": "loans",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T21:17:24",
"content": "No velocity data is a pretty big negative for a guitar-type MIDI controller…Otherwise it looks pretty sweet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "467872",
... | 1,760,377,071.757756 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/what-has-114-leds-and-is-always-running/ | What Has 114 LEDs And Is Always Running? | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"HL1606",
"spi",
"word clock"
] | The answer, of course, is a word clock. This is actually [Eric’s]
second version of a word clock
. Like the first one, it uses 114 LEDs to back light the words on the display.
In his first iteration he used an Arduino to drive a Charlieplex array of lights. It was an 11 by 10 grid, plus four LEDs to display the in-betw... | 27 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "467610",
"author": "B0b",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T20:59:54",
"content": ">In case you can’t figure out what time is displayed above,It’s ten past twelve. ;)Beautiful clock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "471306",
"au... | 1,760,377,071.907185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/prototyping-a-bluetooth-to-ir-remote-control-translator/ | Prototyping A Bluetooth To IR Remote Control Translator | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks",
"Arduino Hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"infrared",
"ir",
"remote control"
] | [James] is one of those guys on a quest to control everything with one device. His tool of choice is an Android phone, which can do quite a lot right out of the box. But he was never satisfied with its lack of IR remote control abilities. He fixed that feature-gap by
building a Bluetooth to Infrared translator
.
The ha... | 14 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "467562",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T19:26:24",
"content": "Call me when you’re driving the IR led with the headphone port.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "467568",
"author": "fred",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,071.956435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/remote-controlled-usb-switch/ | Remote-controlled USB Switch | Brian Benchoff | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"kvm",
"usb",
"usb keyboard"
] | When [beerninja] wanted to swap his USB keyboard from one game console to another without mucking about with wires, he
asked the Hack A Day forums
for some help. [Meseta] (AKA [UAirLtd]) came to the rescue and built [beerninja] a
remote-controlled USB switch
.
After opening up a
no-name USB switch
, [Meseta] discovered... | 10 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "467542",
"author": "insapio",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T18:52:13",
"content": "Fairly elegant. Especially considering it all fit back in the original enclosure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "467915",
"author": "Killer... | 1,760,377,071.709304 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/hacking-your-cars-multifunction-display/ | Hacking Your Car’s Multifunction Display | Mike Nathan | [
"ATtiny Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"attiny12",
"MFA",
"volkswagen"
] | [Steve] has an older third generation VW Golf, and as those who have owned one surely know, the beloved VR6 engine is wonderful but finicky. He says that the VR6 is particularly picky when it comes to oil temperature, so his daily routine involves
hitting the MFA switch five times
upon starting his car to bring up the ... | 27 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "467517",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T17:30:14",
"content": "if you do this in the US, don’t let the DOT know you’ve modded your cluster. they don’t like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "467530",
"au... | 1,760,377,072.087169 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/battery-less-electronic-dice-for-all-your-dd-needs/ | Battery-less Electronic Dice For All Your D&D Needs | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"dice",
"die",
"gaming",
"pic"
] | [Anthony] is a big fan of Dungeons & Dragons, but he thought the game would be far
more fun to play with an electronic die
rather than the traditional fare. Electronic dice are
nothing new
around here, though we can’t help but like his design.
He wanted to keep his electronic die as small as possible while ensuring it ... | 42 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "467482",
"author": "Doktor Jeep",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T16:08:17",
"content": "You know what would be REALLY REALLY REALLY cool?Imagine an electronic dice device that can read your brainwaves so you can use your thoughts to influence the outcome.That would be a great help when de... | 1,760,377,072.207146 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/putting-twitter-in-a-vfd-clock/ | Putting Twitter In A VFD Clock | Brian Benchoff | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"ice tube clock",
"vfd"
] | Not content with only knowing the time, [trandi] decided his Vacuum Fluorescent Display clock would be much better
if it displayed the weather and a Twitter feed
.
[trandi] received a Lady Ada
Ice Tube clock
last month. The kit went together almost too easily. Now he had to, “make it connect to other ‘stuff’ and displa... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "472406",
"author": "michael",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T07:04:16",
"content": "looks awesome. how much :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,072.129221 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/29/sustainability-hacks-automatic-window-control/ | Sustainability Hacks: Automatic Window Control | Brian Benchoff | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"green",
"linear actuator",
"rabbit 2000",
"window"
] | Sometimes, changing one little bit of a green hack turns it into a build that wastes as much energy as our gaming rig. [Dr. West]’s
automatic window controller
is one of these builds. The good news is the window controller can be easily modified to cut energy costs in the fall and spring.
[Dr. West] doesn’t have any co... | 43 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "467304",
"author": "JS",
"timestamp": "2011-09-29T13:42:26",
"content": "That is insane.As someone who have to pay to keep a reasonable temperature in winter such kind of waste is something that I don’t understand.Updating the heating system of the building is such a difficult thing... | 1,760,377,072.286473 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/msp430-based-wristwatch-project/ | MSP430-based Wristwatch Project | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"cr2032",
"lcd",
"msp430",
"wristwatch"
] | [Nav] is working on
a scratch-built wristwatch
. Although it is based on an MSP430 microcontroller, it’s not the ready-to-hack
ezCronos
that you might be thinking of. Instead, [Nav] started with a different TI development tool that we’ve looked at before,
the ez430-F2013
.
The breakout board for the F2013 is small enou... | 18 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "466839",
"author": "MobileWill",
"timestamp": "2011-09-28T23:19:59",
"content": "I really would like to know which screen he used. That is my biggest complaint with the Chronos is I wished it has a better screen. But I am thinking they chose that one for battery usage.",
"parent... | 1,760,377,072.343672 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/hackaday-links-september-28-2011/ | Hackaday Links: September 28, 2011 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"braille",
"coffee",
"iphone",
"macro photography",
"mouse"
] | Disposable coffee maker
[Sepehr] didn’t have a coffee maker, and the local coffee shops were all out of joe. He got his fix by making
a drip coffee maker out of disposable cups and knives
.
Flexible braille display
Thin film technology is being developed to help the visually impaired. This flexible OLED display has
emb... | 17 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "466822",
"author": "mrreality13",
"timestamp": "2011-09-28T23:02:49",
"content": "great idea -I will remember it for next time i loose power as i have a gas stove",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "466824",
"author": "mrr... | 1,760,377,072.401129 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/ambilight-clone-built-from-arduino-and-shiftbrite-modules/ | Ambilight Clone Built From Arduino And ShiftBrite Modules | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"ambilight",
"boblight",
"htpc",
"LM317",
"shiftbrite"
] | [Don] put together a guide that will help you
build your own Ambilight Clone for about $40
plus the cost of an Arduino. He’s using it with the HTPC seen above, and utilized modular concepts in building it so that you can easily disconnect your Arduino board when you want to use it for prototyping.
For RGB light sources... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "466704",
"author": "defyboy",
"timestamp": "2011-09-28T19:22:03",
"content": "Another nice clone, I still however would like to see a computer independent implementation of one.I have 3 LCD TV’s of varying ages all of which have composite A/V output, perhaps there is some simple pro... | 1,760,377,072.457457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/basic-micro-atom-nano-giveaway/ | Basic Micro ATOM Nano Giveaway | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"News"
] | [
"ATOM Nano",
"Basic Micro",
"giveaway"
] | UPDATE:
As several readers have already noted, these things sold out very quickly – in less than 15 minutes! Big thanks to Basic Micro!
If you have been considering the purchase of a Basic ATOM Nano product, but you weren’t quite ready to lay down the cash for a dev board and Nano microcontroller, boy to we have a dea... | 43 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "468265",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T20:05:16",
"content": "Woo hoo! Got mine!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "468269",
"author": "bV",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T20:09:52",
"content": "checkout doesnt w... | 1,760,377,072.534552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/get-digital-plastic-surgery-thanks-to-openframeworks-and-some-addons/ | Get Digital Plastic Surgery Thanks To OpenFrameworks And Some Addons | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"facial recognition",
"facial tracking",
"kyle mcdonald",
"openframeworks"
] | [Kyle McDonald] is trying out a new look, at least in the digital world, with the help of
some openFrameworks video plugins
. He’s working with [Arturo Castro] to make real-time facial substitution as realistic as possible. You can see that [Arturo’s]
own video
has a different take on shading and color of the facial al... | 27 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "468242",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T19:05:30",
"content": "This is freaking awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "468245",
"author": "Chad",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T19:07:10",
"content": "this is j... | 1,760,377,072.646657 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/cocktail-machine-minces-words/ | Cocktail Machine Minces Words | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"15-segment",
"alcohol",
"cocktail",
"drink",
"mixer",
"syringe",
"tubing"
] | For those living in a magical land of candy, with orange-faced helpers to do their bidding, the ability to taste your words is nothing new. But for the rest of us,
the ability to taste what you type in cocktail form
is a novelty. [Morskoiboy] took some back-of-the-envelope ideas and made them into a real device that us... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "468226",
"author": "that1guy",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T18:24:41",
"content": "Maybe the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. I still don’t understand how that display works exactly, is that custom built or is there really a display like that out there?",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,377,072.582562 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/recreating-the-first-pc/ | Recreating The First PC | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"kenbak-1"
] | If you’re looking for a simple Ardunio project, why not
replicate the first personal computer
?
After discovering the Arduino, [Mark] realized recreating really old computers would be a fun project. An
Altair 8800
was on the table, but the sheer number of blinkenlights, switches and the Intel 8080 CPU made that a fairl... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "468224",
"author": "dana",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T18:18:00",
"content": "Arguably theScelbi-8Hwas the first hobbiest PC, but the hobby really took off after the Altair was introduced.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "468228",... | 1,760,377,072.69695 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/using-polycarbonate-filament-with-a-reprap/ | Using Polycarbonate Filament With A RepRap | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"extruder",
"filament",
"polycarbonate",
"reprap"
] | [Rich] couldn’t find any instances where RepRap owners had used polycarbonate as a 3D printing source material. He’s filled that knowledge gap by
running multiple polycarbonate printing tests
. Polycarbonate is a plastic that is highly resistant to shattering yet it’s still rather soft. With enough effort it can be ben... | 19 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "468131",
"author": "FoxxCommand",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T16:05:10",
"content": "Does it really matter if it comes out cloudy or not? unless of cause the cloudiness is a sign of instability or something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"commen... | 1,760,377,073.08029 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/video-soldering-our-pic-development-board/ | Video: Soldering Our PIC Development Board | Jack Buffington | [
"News",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"pic",
"soldering",
"video"
] | For those of you who followed along with our Eagle CAD series, here is the final payoff where we assemble the circuit board that was designed. In this video, [Jack] explains where things will go on the board and then shows you how to solder the parts. For the advanced folks out there who haven’t moved to solely surface... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "468123",
"author": "Elias",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T15:35:00",
"content": "Actually to prevent cold solder you should bring the solder not directly to the tip but rahter to the pad and the component leg while heating it up from the other side of the leg.Once the solder starts to me... | 1,760,377,072.871437 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/30/workshop-88-hosts-a-near-space-balloon-contest/ | Workshop 88 Hosts A Near Space Balloon Contest | Mike Nathan | [
"contests"
] | [
"contests",
"hackerspaces",
"near space",
"Workshop 88"
] | Launching high-altitude balloons to take pictures of the Earth from space is great fun. Heck, even credit card commercials are now suggesting you cash in your rewards points to organize a space balloon adventure for you and your friends.
Capturing snapshots of the Earth from space is such a good time that Workshop 88, ... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "468116",
"author": "Lovro",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T15:21:25",
"content": "link is dead…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "468117",
"author": "Mike Nathan",
"timestamp": "2011-09-30T15:22:21",
"content... | 1,760,377,072.918149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/which-resistor-values-should-you-order-for-all-circumstances/ | Which Resistor Values Should You Order For All Circumstances? | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"0603",
"0805",
"python",
"resistor",
"resistor values",
"surface mount"
] | A hard drive crash, and some other happenings that aren’t entirely clear to us, led [Devbisme] to put in a parts order. As he wanted to make the most of his shipping costs, he decided to fill out the order with parts that he’ll use eventually. He’s been working with surface mount designs and wanted to move from using r... | 29 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "466586",
"author": "pooty",
"timestamp": "2011-09-28T17:12:02",
"content": "I guess you didn’t read the article all the way through. He concluded that it comes cheaper to just buy a kit for $40 then to waste time with stacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,377,073.185341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/sustainability-hacks-solar-batterysmartphone-charger/ | Sustainability Hacks: Solar Battery/smartphone Charger | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"banana plug",
"battery charger",
"solar",
"solar panel",
"usb"
] | [Michael] took a battery charger meant to be connected to mains power and
converted it to work with a solar panel
. This was a traditional 4 cell charger which charges the batteries in pairs. He kept that functionality, but added USB charging with a special over-current feature. That’s because his Android phone has a f... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,073.120579 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/28/making-a-simple-addressable-array-from-led-strips/ | Making A Simple Addressable Array From LED Strips | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"addressable",
"array",
"led strips"
] | [Patrick] was prepping for some future projects he had in mind, for which he will need a simple
2D array of addressable LEDs.
While it is certainly possible for him to build his own LED array and control hardware, he thought he would try out some off the shelf products to see if something might fit his needs.
He picked... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "466232",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2011-09-28T11:18:36",
"content": "Might want to make it clearer that these are digital led strips, not regular led strips.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "466267",
"author": "Connor Ta... | 1,760,377,073.229136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/running-the-linux-kernel-on-a-de0-nano-fpga-board/ | Running The Linux Kernel On A DE0-nano FPGA Board | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"DE0-nano",
"fpga",
"uclinux"
] | [Mike] has been filling up a rather intense wiki entry outlining
how to run uClinux on a DE0-nano FPGA board
. This is an inexpensive dev board that will run you somewhere between $80 and $100. Right off the bat he goes into a hefty list of the reasons that this is a foolish activity. To name a few: Once you’ve complet... | 23 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "465842",
"author": "danjul",
"timestamp": "2011-09-27T23:39:05",
"content": "raspberry pi will completely remove the need for this soon! fingers crossed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "466377",
"author": "JohnnyMax",
... | 1,760,377,073.290712 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/cv-sequencer-with-a-tv-out/ | CV Sequencer With A TV Out | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"CV",
"sequencer",
"TVout"
] | [gijs] sent in the
control voltage sequencer
he’s been working on that uses the TVout Arduino library to provide a graphical interface.
The sequencer doesn’t produce any sound on its own. Instead, it outputs a Control Voltage so other synths can be sequenced with [gijs]’ TVSCV. Before MIDI came around, CV was the stand... | 11 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "465810",
"author": "Christian",
"timestamp": "2011-09-27T22:30:30",
"content": "Love it!Gijs makes soooo cool stuff, have a look on his other projects!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "465816",
"author": "anonymouse",
"ti... | 1,760,377,073.39723 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/amazing-rgb-pov-clock/ | Amazing RGB POV Clock | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"hard drive",
"led",
"POV"
] | We’re no strangers to
POV time pieces
around here, but something about them never gets old. Whether they use
a ring of LEDs
to draw clock hands, or an
intricately cut HDD platter
to replicate LCD segments, we love seeing them. [David] sent in this hard drive POV clock built by a fellow named [Kly], and it’s just beauti... | 21 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "465781",
"author": "Ned",
"timestamp": "2011-09-27T21:31:05",
"content": "Amazing clock. I’ve always wanted to make one of these!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "465784",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2011-09-27T2... | 1,760,377,073.348218 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/they-may-be-for-developing-countries-but-we-want-a-concrete-lathe/ | They May Be For Developing Countries, But We Want A Concrete Lathe | Brian Benchoff | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"concrete",
"developing",
"lathe",
"machine tools"
] | At the 2009 Ghana Maker Faire, [Pat Delany] met a young carpentry student that saved for three months to buy a cheap Chinese wood plane. He was confounded by this distribution of resources, so [Pat] created the
Concrete Lathe project
that aims to get useful machine tools out to where they’re needed most.
The idea for c... | 59 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "465751",
"author": "madmaze",
"timestamp": "2011-09-27T20:45:55",
"content": "Has anyone actually built one of these? Id really be interested in seeing something like this in action.. then suggest it to my local hackspace!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,377,073.497535 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/25/attiny-hacks-stopwatch-turned-race-clock/ | ATtiny Hacks: Stopwatch Turned Race Clock | Kevin Dady | [
"ATtiny Hacks"
] | [
"Race Clock"
] | The folks over at blondihacks are gearing up for an event called “The 24 Hours Of LeMons” which is a form of low-budget endurance racing involving cheap cars, heroic repairs, wacky themes, and a lot of serious driving. The format of the race is pretty simple, the cars race around the track continuously for a set amount... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "463842",
"author": "Keith",
"timestamp": "2011-09-25T14:40:29",
"content": "Nice job!There is a better/cheaper engineered solution for nearly everything as long as it doesn’t involve a big corporation or other greedy entity. It also doesn’t need to be manufactured in China.",
"... | 1,760,377,073.53724 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/25/attiny-hacks-attiny4585-servo-library/ | ATtiny Hacks: ATtiny45/85 Servo Library | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"attiny45",
"attiny85",
"library",
"servo"
] | Servo8bit is a library for AVR microcontrollers that allows you to drive servo motors
without the need for a 16-bit timer. Obviously, this is quite useful for smaller chips that only have 8-bit timers and it is specifically targeted at the ATtiny45 and ATtiny85 microcontrollers. The library offers 256 steps of resoluti... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "463800",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2011-09-25T11:59:32",
"content": "Epic! (And useful…) ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "463808",
"author": "Ivan",
"timestamp": "2011-09-25T12:48:55",
"content": "I have alwa... | 1,760,377,073.582922 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/interfacing-with-a-ps2-mouse/ | Interfacing With A PS/2 Mouse | Brian Benchoff | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"mouse",
"PIC16F726",
"ps2"
] | [David] sent in his implementation of
reading a PS/2 mouse
with a PIC microcontroller and some LED displays. Of course, this follows hot on the heels of using a PIC with a
PS/2 keyboard
so now might be the time to start digging out your old peripherals out of your junk pile.
[David] began his project trying to figure o... | 18 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "463498",
"author": "andres ortiz",
"timestamp": "2011-09-24T20:24:03",
"content": "haha, i built something exactly like this a while ago :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cKJelHNju4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "463617",
... | 1,760,377,073.716739 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/pinball-machine-eats-your-quarters-tells-time/ | Pinball Machine Eats Your Quarters, Tells Time | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks"
] | [] | [alanamon] had an old pinball machine in his basement, and thought it would be cool to
rig it up to serve as a clock as well.
He didn’t want it to be just any clock however, he wanted the pinball machine to be the most accurate clock in his house.
Other than telling time using the game’s scoring reels, there were two o... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "463479",
"author": "WhiteGoblin",
"timestamp": "2011-09-24T19:24:23",
"content": "Whew! I was about ready to go atomic rage on this one, then I read that it still functions completely as normal with nothing lost along the way. Excellent mate!Also I have to say I approve of all thing... | 1,760,377,073.786275 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/automated-humane-pest-control/ | Automated Humane Pest Control | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"pest control",
"rat",
"trap"
] | [Tobie] seems to have
a bit of a rat problem.
While most people would be inclined to simply buy the oversized Victor spring-loaded rat traps and call it a day, [Tobie] is a bit more humane. To help remedy his problem while also ensuring that no rats are harmed in the process, he built the Rat Trap 2000.
Self-described ... | 36 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "463410",
"author": "Techartisan",
"timestamp": "2011-09-24T16:21:35",
"content": "so the PVC triggered the mad scientist in me to think of a far less humane…though perhaps more entertaining rat trap…..An automated dispenser drops apple bits down a PVC tube….rat enters tube….upon nea... | 1,760,377,073.897671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/weekly-roundup-92411/ | Weekly Roundup 9/24/11 | Jack Buffington | [
"News"
] | [] | In case you missed them, here are the most popular posts from this past week.
Our most popular post is about a
hand-made security robot
that any good hacker would be proud of. This robot was built by a father-daughter team and has an interesting holonomic drive train that allows it to drive in any direction at any tim... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,073.8262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/attiny-hacks-robot-halloween-costume/ | ATtiny Hacks: Robot Halloween Costume | Brian Benchoff | [
"ATtiny Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"costume",
"halloween",
"shift register"
] | When it comes to Halloween costumes, [Michael] doesn’t like buying expensive and poorly made bits of cloth and fabric that resembles [random Disney character]. Last year, his son decided to be a robot for Halloween and although gray spray paint and dryer vent hose make a very good costume, that only goes so far. The ro... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "463404",
"author": "mess_maker",
"timestamp": "2011-09-24T16:08:29",
"content": "HA, good for him. :) I hope [Michael] enjoyed making this as much as his son liked the costume.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "463464",
"auth... | 1,760,377,074.198977 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/24/attiny-hacks-attiny10-game-doing-more-with-less/ | ATtiny Hacks: ATtiny10 Game – Doing More With Less | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"assembly",
"attiny10",
"simon says"
] | Okay, you’ve got a six-pin microcontroller with 1k of program memory, 32 bytes of SRAM, and it can’t be programmed using an In-System-Programmer. Do you think you can use it to develop a game? [Wrtlprnft] managed to build
a Simon Says game based on the diminutive device
that has four buttons and four LEDs. Judging from... | 12 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "463304",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2011-09-24T11:18:08",
"content": "why does the sequence change every time? didn’t simon build on the existing sequence?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "463334",
"author": "wrtlp... | 1,760,377,074.342925 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/09/23/octocopter-will-someday-kill-someone/ | Octocopter Will Someday Kill Someone | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"motorcycle engine",
"octocopter",
"propeller"
] | Above you can see
Doctor Wily
a Chinese hacker starting up one of the propellers on
his octocopter
. It seems that the man is using a collection of eight motorcycle engines, each with its own wooden propeller to create an eight-bladed helicopter. We were able to locate some video footage of his experiments, which you’l... | 104 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "462862",
"author": "Csae",
"timestamp": "2011-09-23T19:45:54",
"content": "That absolutely looks like its going to kill someone. A propeller hitting something and coming loose, or part of it, it slipping towards someone, god the number of things!That being said, kudos to him for try... | 1,760,377,074.445947 |
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