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https://hackaday.com/2011/07/27/hackaday-comment-policy-were-cleaning-up/ | Hackaday Comment Policy; We’re Cleaning Up. | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Rants"
] | [
"comments",
"trolls"
] | Sit down for a moment commenters, we need to talk.
Yes, you all knew this post was coming one day. We’ve talked about this topic at length internally, and we have decided that we’re going to clean up our act. For some time, Hack a Day has been growing a reputation as the prime source of extremely negative, vulgar, rude... | 565 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "423725",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-27T20:06:37",
"content": "As a long time reader and first time poster; I always enjoyed reading the comments due it’s gossipy nature.But I guess that’s what Facebook is for…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,132.087754 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/27/bass-hero-combines-guitar-hero-with-dance-dance-revolution/ | Bass Hero Combines Guitar Hero With Dance Dance Revolution | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"dance dance revolution",
"gamecube",
"guitar hero"
] | Standing up to play Dance Dance Revolution type games is sooooo much work. Thankfully, [Jebadiah0001] is taking the strenuous exercise component out of the game by
altering a guitar controller to play dancing games
.
He’s calling it Bass Hero because the DDR games only use four inputs, reducing the guitar controller to... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "423705",
"author": "Xsoft",
"timestamp": "2011-07-27T19:09:53",
"content": "Yeap well .. its a fun. I tried this few years ago. Double mode is also interesting.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6oB3CrKKdMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSV_gBaWQwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSZamkNQ... | 1,760,377,131.542028 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/add-external-mic-input-for-samsung-hmx-t10-videocamera/ | Add External MIC Input For Samsung HMX-T10 Videocamera | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"input",
"mic"
] | [Kalin] loved the picture from his new Samsung HMX-T10 camcorder, but the sound quality didn’t match up. Since it records video that can be directly imported to his editing suite of choice he didn’t want to just buy a different model, so
he cracked it open and added an external mic input
.
As with most consumer electro... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "423348",
"author": "falso",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T23:27:55",
"content": "the link to the article is incorrect!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "423363",
"author": "me.",
"timestamp": "2011-07-27T00:40:04",
"content... | 1,760,377,131.495161 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/auxiliary-display-for-beat707-works-via-i2c/ | Auxiliary Display For Beat707 Works Via I2C | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"attiny85",
"beat707",
"cd4067",
"i2c",
"midi"
] | Bigtime
is a simple way to create an auxiliary display for
the Beat707 MIDI controller
. The right half of the display shows the beat pattern that the drum machine is using, while the left half keeps track of the current measure.
Just a few components went into the extra hardware. A four-digit seven segment display is ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "423324",
"author": "Beat707",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T22:28:19",
"content": "In case anyone wonders, SV3 and SV1 are headers on the Beat707 PCB. Also, the GitHub files includes everything you need to flash the ATtiny85 chip, so no googling for messy libraries and tutorials, its all... | 1,760,377,131.991115 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/purdue-ieee-rov/ | Purdue IEEE ROV | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"ieee",
"mate competition",
"purdue university",
"rov"
] | Purdue University’s IEEE branch participated in this year’s Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Competition, taking second place for
the Hybris ROV seen above
. The competition included several compulsory functions, including the ability to cap an underwater oil well, collect biological samples, and take water ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "423317",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T22:06:46",
"content": "Go Purdue!Maybe when the next well blows we will be able to figure out how much is spilling AND fix it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "423318",
... | 1,760,377,131.35008 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/hackaday-links-july-26-2011/ | Component Storage Roundup | Brian Benchoff | [
"Hackaday links",
"hardware",
"Parts",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"component storage",
"storage"
] | It’s been suggested that the first self-replicating computer virus was a single IC that eventually expanded into multiple plastic component storage boxes. Organizing components by their values is a huge PITA as well. Here’s some solutions we’ve found:
Photo Boxes
[Mathew] sent in
his organization scheme
that uses 4×6 p... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "423232",
"author": "justDIY",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T18:56:26",
"content": "I wonder if one of those heat-bar type plastic bag sealers would work on anti static bags?For example, the larger kind like orders from Mouser / Digikey sometimes arrive in, seal some pockets into them, an... | 1,760,377,131.750877 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/a-study-in-avr-power-saving-techniques/ | A Study In AVR Power Saving Techniques | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Software Development"
] | [
"adafruit industries",
"assembly",
"Atmel",
"attiny",
"AVR"
] | [Scott] found the iCufflinks from Adafruit Industries pretty interesting, but he thought that the stated run time of 24 hours was a bit short. He figured
he could improve the product’s power consumption
at least a little bit, to improve the overall battery life.
From their schematics, he placed an order for parts and b... | 88 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "423191",
"author": "yetihehe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T17:29:17",
"content": "“The power savings from this change alone was a whopping 261μA”. And diodes suck around 5-10mA…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "423203",
"author"... | 1,760,377,131.945403 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/the-isostick/ | The Isostick | Jeremy Cook | [
"hardware",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"iso",
"isostick",
"usb"
] | The
Isostick
, a Kickstarter project now in development, is meant to emulate an optical drive in the form of a USB stick. Although there is nothing new with putting an iso file (optical disk image) on a USB stick, what is unique about this drive is that it fully emulates a drive without actually having to worry about ... | 93 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "423115",
"author": "sariel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T15:06:29",
"content": "isn’t this alot like the S3 jumpdrives? from what i understand S3 was developed to create a virtual optical drive so it could autostart a program from the manufacturer. If this is just the hardware equiva... | 1,760,377,131.854982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/locking-notebook-enclosure/ | Locking Notebook Enclosure | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"lock",
"papercraft",
"puzzle"
] | [Dombeef] made
a locking enclosure for his sketchbook
. The diamond seen in the center of the book is formed by the four sliding parts of the lock. Only with the proper movements will you get the cover open so you can plan your next hack.
He was inspired by
this wooden version
created by artist [Kagen Schaefer]. There ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "423103",
"author": "dombeef",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T14:08:31",
"content": "I also mentioned that I am making a wooden one eventually, but I still need to modify my plans a bit.And I really like the part” Being the papercraft ninja that he is” That made my day :)",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,377,131.39117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/update-arduino-shift-register-pwm-gets-speed-boost/ | Update: Arduino Shift Register PWM Gets Speed Boost | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"pwm",
"shift register"
] | Community collaboration is a great thing. Take the Arduino PWM library for shift registers. Some folks at the Arduino forum pitched in and helped [Elco] trim off a bunch of clock cycles by using the Rotate Over Carry instruction. Now he’s reduced the overhead per shift-register from 108 down to just 43. So far this doe... | 14 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "423086",
"author": "Bogdan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T13:27:06",
"content": "“ShiftPWM computes the outputs in a timer interrupt and uses the SPI to control the shift registers as fast as possible.”Finally. Hardware SPI.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,131.442387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/understanding-interrupts-in-pic-microcontrollers/ | Understanding Interrupts In PIC Microcontrollers | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"16f688",
"interrupts",
"pic",
"tutorial"
] | Interrupts are the name of the game for more functional microcontroller firmware. [Rajendra] just posted a tutorial covering all of the
interrupt types for the PIC 16F688 microcontroller
. He gives an overview of all of the major points: what an interrupt is, what causes interrupts, how to read the datasheet (often ove... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "423109",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T14:18:29",
"content": "That’s a big LED!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "423282",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T20:38:33",
"content": "These tutorials ... | 1,760,377,132.130882 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/26/regarding-atmels-xmega-chips/ | Regarding Atmel’s Xmega Chips | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"Atmel",
"xmega",
"xmega128a1"
] | A few years back Atmel announced a new line of chips, the XMega series. We see the name bouncing around here and there, but when [Michael Kleinigger] mentioned that he’s seen very few project using these chips we realized that not only is he right, but we know next to nothing about them. Just
give his XMega review post... | 35 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "423038",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T11:14:30",
"content": "Hmm, looks like we broke the site… I can’t connect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "423039",
"author": "tz",
"timestamp": "2011-07-26T11:15:... | 1,760,377,132.201502 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/ignored-disabled-man-builds-his-own-damn-elevator/ | Ignored Disabled Man Builds His Own Damn Elevator | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"accessibility",
"diy",
"lift",
"WheelChair"
] | There’s an old saying that goes something like, “When the going gets tough, the tough builds their own 5-story wheelchair lift.”
Actually we’re pretty sure that’s not even close to how the saying goes, but when his local council turned their backs on [Dmitry Bibikow’s] request for wheelchair access to his apartment,
th... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "422823",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T23:08:52",
"content": "badass!I’d be nervous trying it out haha.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422826",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T23:15:13",
... | 1,760,377,132.29088 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/diy-segway-recycles-broken-electric-scooters/ | DIY Segway Recycles Broken Electric Scooters | Brian Benchoff | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"cnc",
"gyroscope",
"h-bridge",
"segway"
] | [Petter] built himself a
DIY Segway
out of a couple of cheap electric scooters. We’ve seen a couple of very nice Segway builds in the past like the
all analog Segway
, or the
creepy walking version
, [Petter]’s Segway build seems like it would be a useful human transport device.
The motors, chains, gears, and wheels ar... | 21 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "422815",
"author": "Mathias",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T22:55:38",
"content": "Cool that it is finally finished. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "425533",
"author": "Gurgalof",
"timestamp": "2011-07-30T01:00:... | 1,760,377,132.415856 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/is-that-a-rom-in-your-locket/ | Is That A Rom In Your Locket? | Kevin Dady | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"eeprom",
"locket"
] | [Andrew] recently ordered some lockets to bejewel them with some LEDs but got a bonus small locket for free with the order. Not really having a plan for the small locket it kind of sat around until finally some inspiration hit. Meet the
ee-locket
which contains a tiny circular pcb with a 64k eeprom, a few passive suppo... | 31 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "422770",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T21:12:03",
"content": "Is that a male pin header in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422771",
"author": "liard nelson",
"time... | 1,760,377,132.356709 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/digital-cootie-detector/ | Digital Cootie Detector | Brian Benchoff | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"attiny45",
"cooties",
"galvanic skin response"
] | Kids love games of exclusion. This usually manifests itself in games of ‘keep away,’ having someone ‘catch cooties,’ or the ever-popular ‘No Brian club.’ [Rob] wrote in to tell us about the
digital cootie detector
he built. The cootie detector operates on galvanic skin response. It’s actually very similar to an
E-Meter... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "422747",
"author": "Decius",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T20:16:12",
"content": "Never heard of a ‘No Brian Club’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422751",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T20:25:49",
"conten... | 1,760,377,132.619897 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/pass-the-bomb-electronic-drinking-game/ | Pass The Bomb Electronic Drinking Game | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"arduino",
"drinking games"
] | [Ragnar] and his friends were getting tired of the usual Friday night drinking games. They went through dice games, card game, and TV show based games before [Ragnar] retired to his workbench to whip up an electronic solution that would randomly pick a player and assign a certain number of drinks. That’s a novelty at f... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "422321",
"author": "Devin",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T21:45:52",
"content": "This would be a good Android/iOS app",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422334",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T22:29:17",
"conte... | 1,760,377,132.46424 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/going-a-long-way-for-game-boy-advanced-video-out/ | Going A Long Way For Game Boy Advanced Video Out | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"fpga",
"game boy",
"video out",
"xilinx"
] | Here’s an intense hack that lets [Matt Evans]
play Game Boy Advanced on a larger LCD monitor
. He didn’t take the easy way out during any step of the process.
He’s using an FPGA to translate the LCD signals from the GBA hardware into a 1280×960 picture that is then pushed to the large monitor. But did he use an FPGA de... | 26 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "422305",
"author": "Nate",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T21:06:01",
"content": "WTB +1 button",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422329",
"author": "VV",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T22:14:37",
"content": "I used to love that ga... | 1,760,377,132.792961 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/hackaday-links-july-24-2011/ | Hackaday Links: July 24, 2011 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"chair",
"encrypted",
"guitar",
"plasma",
"power meter"
] | Plasma speakers
Apparently if you run AC and DC currents through a welding torch flame you can
use the resulting plasma as a loudspeaker
. [Thanks Cody]
Power metering
The Google Power Meter API is no longer in development but that didn’t stop [Pyrofer] from finishing
his metering hardware
. It uses a reflectance senso... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "422287",
"author": "haexn",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T20:36:34",
"content": "Does anyone know about this ghostcoder software? How does it tamper with torrent files and not mess up the hash check? Wont people using the software just get marked as a bad uploader?",
"parent_id": nul... | 1,760,377,132.676641 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/desktop-email-notification-bell/ | Desktop Email Notification Bell | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"cortex 3",
"email",
"notifier"
] | Instructables user [meseta] wanted an audible notification whenever he received an email, but must have thought that his computer’s built-in sounds were lacking in some regard. To get the perfect sound that he desired, he built himself
a USB-powered notification bell
.
Using an off the shelf “front desk bell” and a han... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "422266",
"author": "bty",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T19:03:47",
"content": "An ARM Cortex-M3 processor to drive a coil.. talk about overkill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422268",
"author": "Franklin",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,132.73102 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/guitar-becomes-an-improved-color-organ/ | Guitar Becomes An Improved Color Organ | Brian Benchoff | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"color organ",
"guitar",
"led",
"music is only a theory"
] | [Charles] wanted to put some LEDs in his guitar. He also wanted individual notes to output certain colors, but he couldn’t find any projects with tone-based algorithms to convert sound into colors. After about a year of work, his
ColorChord guitar
was born.
Unlike every other
color organ
build we’ve seen, the color of ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "422229",
"author": "Dino",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T17:23:28",
"content": "Bonus points for the Lava Lamp!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422232",
"author": "jordan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T17:29:10",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,132.996428 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/all-about-accelerometers/ | All About Accelerometers | Jeremy Cook | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Parts"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"adxl345",
"netduino"
] | If you’ve ever wondered about the use of or theory behind or the use of accelerometers,
this tutorial
by Love Electronics is a very good resource. In this article, Love takes one through how to hook up an
ADXL345
accelerometer and use it with a
Netduino
processor. Before the subject of hooking everything up is broached... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "422247",
"author": "zrzzz",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T18:02:37",
"content": "I imagine to test it, the first thing you’d do is move it all around randomly, but how do you do that when its delicately connected to a breadboard and whatever’s on the other end of those USB connectors?",
... | 1,760,377,133.038124 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/using-an-arduino-to-measure-inductance/ | Using An Arduino To Measure Inductance | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"inductance",
"lm339",
"quad comparator"
] | Measuring an inductor is not something that most multi-meters can do. You usually need a high precision resistor (1% or better) in series with the inductor, a function generator to put a signal through the circuit, and an oscilloscope to measure the result. But what can you do if you don’t have these tools on hand? [An... | 24 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "422197",
"author": "Weasel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T15:36:27",
"content": "Hahaha I was literally just about to look this up and it was in my RSS feed. I just need a few components.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422217",
... | 1,760,377,133.102024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/using-binary-code-modulation-to-control-led-brightness/ | Using Binary Code Modulation To Control LED Brightness | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"bcm",
"binary code modulation",
"led",
"pwm"
] | Pulse Width Modulation is definitely the preferred method of dimming an LED with a microcontroller, but we were interested in hearing about a different method called
Binary Code Modulation
. BCM does the same thing as PWM, it turns the LED on and off very rapidly so that your eye cannot detect a flicker. The brightness... | 15 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "421420",
"author": "Doc Oct",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T20:33:36",
"content": "Don Lancaster’s magic sinewaves might be good to use for this too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421422",
"author": "foogoid",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,133.253538 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/resistor-substitution-box/ | Resistor Substitution Box | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bcd",
"decade box",
"e series",
"resistor"
] | [Vincent] on the EEVblog forums had an idea for an inexpensive
resistor substitution decade box
.
The build uses cheap decimal thumbwheel switches he bought on eBay. Each switch is wired up with resistors for each digit, and each switch is wired up in series. The result is a small, easy to read resistor box with a rang... | 16 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "421423",
"author": "mstone",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T20:41:04",
"content": "It’s a nice idea, but those things are a bitch to calibrate. You need as many significant digits of precision in your components as you have stages.A 1% 1M resistor will be somewhere within 10k of a megohm... | 1,760,377,133.155826 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/beefy-rover-looks-like-tons-of-fun/ | Beefy Rover Looks Like Tons Of Fun | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"6-wheeled",
"arduino",
"robot"
] | [Eric] and the crew over at The Tech Junkies, just put the finishing touches on
a pretty powerful robot
that they call “Mantis”.
The six wheel, chain-driven robot is pretty impressive at first glance. The robot is centered around a Netduino, which controls four 60 amp speed controllers. The speed controllers are tasked... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "421393",
"author": "Drake",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T19:07:42",
"content": "Looks like someone is a child brought up by FIRST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421394",
"author": "Drake",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T19:09:38"... | 1,760,377,133.204822 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/modded-wall-e-becomes-a-real-robot/ | Modded Wall-E Becomes A Real Robot | Brian Benchoff | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"computer vision",
"object tracking",
"remote control",
"robot",
"servos",
"wall-e"
] | [DJ Sures] got his hands on a plastic Wall-E toy and decided to
build a robot
that includes a camera, voice recognition, and object tracking. The result is
adorable
so we’re putting this video before the break:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJiMUzJHYFk&w=470]
Wall-E is built around an
EZ-B Bluetooth Robot con... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "421315",
"author": "ZeUs",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T15:30:46",
"content": "He could easily be more adorable by smoothing out those movements of his. That EZ-B software really seems to pay off.Nice build.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"commen... | 1,760,377,133.360389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/hack-a-day-visits-lvl1-hackerspace-in-louisville/ | Hack A Day Visits LVL1 Hackerspace In Louisville | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"hackerspace",
"kentucky",
"louisville",
"lvl1",
"tour",
"visit"
] | We recently had the pleasure of visiting the
LVL1 hackerspace in Louisville, Kentucky
. Any hackers in the Louisville area who haven’t visited yet are doing themselves a big disservice. The space recently had its one year anniversary in July, but it’s hard to tell. The space features many of the things you’d only exp... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "421274",
"author": "Dormant Labs",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T14:10:38",
"content": "I wish Sioux Falls SD had a hackerspace :|",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "664993",
"author": "DanH03",
"timestamp": "2012-06-0... | 1,760,377,133.307079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/sandia-labs-hopper-robot/ | Sandia Labs “Hopper” Robot | Jeremy Cook | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"darpa",
"hopper",
"sandia"
] | Made by Boston Dynamics under contract from Sandia Labs, this “hopper” is quite incredible as you can see in the
video
after the break. Boston Dynamics is no stranger to great robotics designs, including the well known
“Big Dog”
four-legged robot. This robot, although possibly less advanced, has a very unique trick up ... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "421252",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T13:14:29",
"content": "“shown to be five times more efficient than hovering”Also shown to make my bullshit meter go off.The launching action reminds me of Toro’s compressed gas “launcher” from the Battlebot show….",
"pa... | 1,760,377,133.428077 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/roll-your-own-toner-transfer-dice/ | Roll Your Own Toner Transfer Dice | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"dice",
"diy",
"games"
] | If you happen to be in the market for some designer dice or need a set of custom dice for a game you have created, you could pay a ton of money to have them made,
or you can do it yourself
.
[Dicecreator] runs a blog dedicated to the ins and outs of creating DIY game and collector’s dice. This subject is not something ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "421204",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T11:29:02",
"content": "Why not leave this kind of stuff to Make blog?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421213",
"author": "The Ideanator",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T11... | 1,760,377,133.480489 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/creating-music-from-gpu-noise/ | Creating Music From GPU Noise | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"amp",
"gpu",
"guitar",
"laptop",
"pickup"
] | Yep, that’s a picture of a Laptop rocking out on an electric guitar. In what can only be described as a truly bizarre hack [CNLohr] discovered that the RF noise from the computer can be
used to play music through the guitar’s pickup
.
Check out the clip after the break to hear an annoying, but very discernible renditio... | 27 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "422172",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T14:27:58",
"content": "Wow! No hardware modding required makes this x1000 times cooler. Great find!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422174",
"author": "Japa",
"time... | 1,760,377,133.67958 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/23/cypherbot-uses-older-uc-and-retro-controller/ | Cypherbot Uses Older UC And Retro-controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"atari",
"board of education",
"bs2",
"ping",
"servo",
"xbee"
] | [PJ Allen] has been
working on a little robot
which he calls Cypherbot. The control circuitry is quite familiar; a Board of Education which features the Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller. This is an older and slower microprocessor, but it works quite well for this application since there’s no need for speed or heavy number... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "421936",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T23:47:06",
"content": "The BS2 isn’t that old…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421969",
"author": "jmicz3d",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T00:05:15",
"content": "My firs... | 1,760,377,133.61753 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/23/the-firebird32-a-new-dev-board-on-the-block/ | The Firebird32, A New Dev Board On The Block | Nick Schulze | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"codewarrior",
"coldfire",
"firebird32",
"flexis",
"freescale"
] | Here is yet another development board to add to your list (If you are into keeping lists), introducing the
Firebird32
. There seems to be no end to the production of new development boards, following the current style the Firebird32 comes in the familiar Arduino form factor to fit all of your Arduino shields.
The Fireb... | 35 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "421825",
"author": "Bryson",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T18:05:10",
"content": "first. Awesome though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421832",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T18:16:31",
"content": "@Brysonಠ_... | 1,760,377,133.891767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/23/frustrating-fun-with-magnetic-levitation/ | Frustrating Fun With Magnetic Levitation | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"levitation",
"magnet"
] | [Andrey Mikhalchuk]
built his own magnetic levitation device
and you can too… if you have the patience. He’s not using electromagnets, like the
Arduino levitator
or the
floating globe
. Instead, a pair of ceramic ring magnets and a few hours are all it takes.
The base of his device is a couple of very large ring magnet... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "421816",
"author": "LoW_CoG",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T17:31:53",
"content": "hmm reminds me of inception",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421847",
"author": "Techartisan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T19:09:18",
"content... | 1,760,377,133.821016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/23/apple-laptop-batteries-vulnerable-to-firmware-hack/ | Apple Laptop Batteries Vulnerable To Firmware Hack | Mike Nathan | [
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"batteries",
"macbook",
"malware",
"security",
"vulnerability"
] | When you think about hacking laptops, it’s highly unlikely that you would ever
consider the battery as a viable attack vector
. Security researcher [Charlie Miller] however, has been hard at work showing just how big a vulnerability they can be.
As
we have been discussing recently
, the care and feeding of many batteri... | 45 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "421733",
"author": "CRJEEA",
"timestamp": "2011-07-23T13:15:51",
"content": "scary thought really I suppose that someone could press a key and cause the battery to shut off or even over heat and explode. It won’t be much longer then before people are needing to buy anti virus softwa... | 1,760,377,134.059545 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/radio-shack-will-now-stock-cellphones-cellphone-accessories-arduinos/ | Radio Shack Will Now Stock Cellphones, Cellphone Accessories, Arduinos | Brian Benchoff | [
"News"
] | [
"radio shack"
] | A few months ago, we covered
Radio Shack’s efforts to suck less
, and the Radio Shack DIY team has now come back with the
top ten suggestions
submitted. Of course Arduinos make the list at number 1, which we somewhat expected for beginner projects. Here’s the entire list in order:
Arduino
More kits and project suggest... | 123 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "421469",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T23:04:25",
"content": "freekin sweet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "421471",
"author": "hpux735",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T23:13:34",
"content": "FIRST!haha, just... | 1,760,377,133.979511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/22/adding-video-out-to-the-open-pandora/ | Adding Video Out To The Open Pandora | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"openpandora",
"pandora",
"tv out"
] | There’s very few users out there who actually have their hands on an Open Pandora Console. But the ones who do might find this hack useful for
getting TV out up and running
. It’s actually not hard at all, but if you don’t want to alter the hardware on the device you’ll first have to find a cable plug that will fit the... | 29 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "421451",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T22:11:13",
"content": "The reason why I don’t have my hands on an openpandora is because its wifi performance sucks, the hw developers don’t care about it, it’s closed hardware and they increased the price significantly recently. (An... | 1,760,377,134.174576 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/klout-klok-tracks-your-popularity-time/ | Klout Klok Tracks Your Popularity, Time | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"influence",
"klout",
"netduino",
"tft"
] | [Fabien Royer] has been playing around with Netduinos and he just came up with a really awesome project that will
display the time and social media popularity
. It’s a very nice build, and we’d guess that his social media influence is going to go up very shortly.
Klout
is a service that connects to your Facebook or Twi... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "420773",
"author": "NATO",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T13:44:11",
"content": "It’s really sad when people start caring how much “influence” that they think they have on other people. What is the word for this type of self-centered thinking? It’s becoming more and more popular nowaday... | 1,760,377,134.108098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/using-a-router-as-a-linux-based-pid-controller/ | Using A Router As A Linux-based PID Controller | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"espresso",
"linux",
"openwrt",
"PID controller",
"router"
] | [Nathan] had an small router kicking around and thought that he might as well put it to good use. He had always been interested in getting a better handle on his espresso machine, and figured that the router would be
a perfect Linux-based PID controller
.
He installed OpenWRT on the router, then disassembled it in orde... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "420727",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T11:53:35",
"content": "Wow really light on details. What model and brand router? details on the schematic? how about a bit of code?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420729... | 1,760,377,134.233567 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/followup-portable-sid-player-is-now-pc-output/ | Followup: Portable SID Player Is Now PC Output | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"6581",
"8580",
"MOS SID",
"sid"
] | When we first covered [Markus]’
portable SID player
we starting dreaming about an alternative universe circa 1987 that included a pocket-sized music player called the Commodore ePod. [Markus]’
updated firmware that connects his SID player to a PC
will have to do for now, we suppose.
The new firmware boots the Portable ... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "420416",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T21:36:56",
"content": "More demos please…MP3s of the thing putting out some beetz for hours on end would be great…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420437",
"author": "MJD... | 1,760,377,134.277504 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/amazing-pipe-organ-desk-features-secret-compartments-and-an-all-wood-logic-board/ | Amazing Pipe Organ Desk Features Secret Compartments And An All-wood Logic Board | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"desk",
"logic board",
"organ",
"pneumatic",
"wood"
] | Feeling pretty good after putting together your brand new standing computer desk? Step aside please, [Kagen Schaefer]
has something he’d like to show you.
His Pipe Organ Desk is undoubtedly one of the coolest pieces of furniture we have seen in a long time. The project took [Kagen] over three years to complete, which s... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "420359",
"author": "Squintz",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T19:54:36",
"content": "Here is a video:http://vimeo.com/25735281",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420363",
"author": "andar_b",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T20:01:01",
... | 1,760,377,134.350618 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/roomba-used-to-map-indoor-air-quality/ | Roomba Used To Map Indoor Air Quality | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"air quality",
"arduino",
"roomba"
] | The next time you set off for a long day in the coal mines, forget the canary –
bring your Roomba along instead!
While we are pretty sure that canaries are no longer used in the mining industry, this Roomba hack could make a suitable replacement if they were. A team from the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Sc... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "420311",
"author": "macw",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T17:36:07",
"content": "The “bad air” map is an interesting idea, but doesn’t the air move around and change the distribution? Wouldn’t even the Roomba itself passing by blow some of the gases around into a new pattern?I think I lik... | 1,760,377,134.39943 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/output-up-to-768-pwm-signals-from-one-arduino/ | Output Up To 768 PWM Signals From One Arduino | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"595",
"pwm",
"shift register"
] | Here’s
an Arduino library that will let you drive a very large number of LEDs
. [Elco Jacobs], an electrical engineering student, is the author of the library. He has a work-study job that has him helping out others with their electrical projects and he was constantly being solicited for methods to control droves of li... | 46 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "420239",
"author": "UltraMagnus",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T15:05:49",
"content": "Yet another, “flash a LED with an arduino” project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420241",
"author": "Andy Goth",
"timestamp": "2011-07-... | 1,760,377,134.567172 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/hackaday-in-the-social-tangle/ | Hackaday In The Social Tangle | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"facebook",
"g++",
"googleplus",
"reddit",
"slashdot",
"twitter"
] | Like any other organization out there, we’re always trying to find new ways to reach our audience. Admittedly, we’re not the fastest when it comes to adopting a new social communication site. We’re working on it though, trying to be a bit more interactive … or just plain active.
So, if you’re looking for other ways to ... | 35 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "420208",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T14:06:40",
"content": "Aaaaand that’s exactly what’s wrong with having so many social media platforms. Pick one, and stick to it. Personally, I prefer the website, because I don’t want to have to check 9 different places to find ou... | 1,760,377,134.638114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/magic-the-gathering-nixie-life-counter/ | Magic: The Gathering Nixie Life Counter | Brian Benchoff | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"card games",
"life counter",
"magic the gathering",
"nixie"
] | Someone sent in a tip that pointed us to
this Magic: The Gathering forum thread
where a user named [DistortedDesigns] made a life counter for Magic: The Gathering out of Nixie tubes. While there’s not many details for this build, it’s just too cool to be forgotten in a single forum.
The project began by
etching some pl... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "420971",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T23:09:03",
"content": "The only problem I can see with that is you could never use it in any kind of tournament, because you’d be so constantly mobbed by impressed passersby that you’d never have time to play the game. :D",
"p... | 1,760,377,134.856071 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/power-tool-battery-charger-repair/ | Power Tool Battery Charger Repair | Mike Nathan | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"charger",
"drill",
"fan",
"repair"
] | [Webby] inherited a cordless drill from his dad and when he finally got around to using it, found that
the charger was dead in the water
. He disassembled it and narrowed the issue down to the charger’s primary transformer, but didn’t know where to go from there. A friend suggested that the coil’s thermal fuse might ha... | 14 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "421000",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2011-07-22T00:38:15",
"content": "If I knew this would end up on HaD I would have spent more than 5 seconds on the soldering… ah well, such is life! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,377,134.688613 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/demystifying-pid-control-with-a-look-at-the-new-arduino-pid-library/ | Demystifying PID Control With A Look At The New Arduino PID Library | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"library",
"pid"
] | We’ve been hiding away in air-conditioned comfort to wait out the hot weather afflicting most of the US right now. Luckily we’re keeping busy with the great links coming into our tips box.
[Brett] sent us a note about his work on the new Arduino PID library. He is the author of the original library and recently decided... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "420921",
"author": "Robot",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T21:18:27",
"content": "Sweet! I especially appreciate the documentation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420924",
"author": "Stunt21",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T21:31:1... | 1,760,377,134.911049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/intro-to-dc-motor-control-using-the-sn754410/ | Intro To DC Motor Control Using The SN754410 | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"h-bridge",
"motor controller",
"pic",
"sn754410"
] | So your electronic hobby skills are coming along quite nicely but you’re not very comfortable doing more than blinking a few LEDs. Now’s a good time to try something new by
driving a couple of DC motors
.
You probably know that you can’t just hook these up to the pins of your favorite uC and call it good. The motors dr... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "420903",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T20:20:40",
"content": "Scorpian?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420919",
"author": "dombeef",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T21:13:11",
"content": "^I was thinking tha... | 1,760,377,135.011972 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/lg-tv-hacking-via-serial-connection-or-ir-codes/ | LG TV Hacking Via Serial Connection Or IR Codes | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"LG",
"rs232",
"script",
"tv"
] | [Brendan Robert] has been sending us forum thread links outlining the things he’s learned while hacking LG televisions. They were a bit hard to follow for the uninitiated, so we asked if he could give us
an overview of what he’s been working on
. Not only did he do that, but he made a little Hackaday shout-out seen abo... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "420877",
"author": "M",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T18:52:42",
"content": "It’d be sweet if he ditched the KVM and used Synergy (http://synergy-foss.org/) and a custom hook to switch the TV input when his cursor hit the screen edge.Synergy only works if you aren’t VPNing though.",
... | 1,760,377,134.967556 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/bypassing-manufacturer-imposed-battery-lockouts/ | Bypassing Manufacturer-imposed Battery Lockouts | Mike Nathan | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"repair",
"sony"
] | When [Barret] went to use his camera the other day it kept shutting down on him, and upon inspecting the battery, he found that it was a bit swollen. Knowing that he needed a replacement,
he turned to an aftermarket battery
he had sitting around, but grew pretty annoyed when his Sony Cybershot camera would not accept i... | 62 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "420808",
"author": "yetihehe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T16:05:37",
"content": "I think it’s good idea, but please watch out for explosions. Aftermarket batteries may have a little different chemistry, for which sony controller would be mistuned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,377,135.108977 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/21/controlling-an-infuriating-game-with-an-accelerometer/ | Controlling An Infuriating Game With An Accelerometer | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"game",
"gyroscope",
"processing"
] | [Daniel] just made a
motion controlled game controller
to go with his
infuriating game
. Thankfully, [Daniel]
posted the source for this game
so first time players already know the level select codes.
The controller is based on an Arduino Uno with what looks to be a
Sparkfun 2-axis accelerometer
providing the tilt sens... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "420793",
"author": "BLuRry",
"timestamp": "2011-07-21T15:19:12",
"content": "That’s pretty cool! I was thinking along the same lines using the fram dev board I picked up from TI for $15 recently (I managed to read the accelerometer from java so far after hacking apart the demo sour... | 1,760,377,137.192882 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/beat707-le-a-button-pad-based-standalone-midi-sequencer/ | Beat707 LE: A Button Pad-based Standalone MIDI Sequencer | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"button pad",
"midi",
"sequencer",
"sparkfun"
] | [Guilherme] picked up a SparkFun Button Pad and was taking a closer look at the device when he noticed that it was based off the ATMega328 microcontroller. Since he loves working with MIDI, he thought that the Button Pad would make a
slick yet compact standalone MIDI controller
.
Since his ultimate goal was to create a... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "420207",
"author": "sawo",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T14:05:30",
"content": "Great stuff!How about chaining those up to e.g. 3pcs 4×4 boards?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420227",
"author": "Beat707",
"timestamp": "2011... | 1,760,377,137.399932 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/20/hacking-your-macbook-air-restore-drive-to-install-osx-lion/ | Hacking Your MacBook Air Restore Drive To Install OSX Lion | Mike Nathan | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"lion",
"macbook air",
"OsX",
"restore"
] | [Josh Wright] wrote in with
a handy little hack
just in time for today’s release of Mac OSX Lion. If you’re not familiar with the new version of the OS, Apple has decided to change things up this time around, completely eliminating physical distribution media.
In the event that you need to run a factory restore, this b... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "420182",
"author": "TNTC",
"timestamp": "2011-07-20T13:01:10",
"content": "Apple: Driving innovation in the hacker community by inconveniencing users.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "420194",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"times... | 1,760,377,136.905683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/rc-transmitter-does-everything/ | RC Transmitter Does Everything | Brian Benchoff | [
"Radio Hacks",
"Toy Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"radio"
] | [Demetris] sent in a tip about a project he’s working on: an
Open Source Remote Control transmitter
. This is one of the most impressive looking RC transmitters we’ve ever seen. The OSRC could be great for a
small UAV
– just get the GPS position from the aircraft and map it with the transmitter’s screen. There’s also s... | 56 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "419876",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T22:06:05",
"content": "Holy crap that is cool looking. If I can afford it I am definitely in to build it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419879",
"author": "Greg",
"t... | 1,760,377,137.353269 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/chilean-teen-builds-automatic-earthquake-alarm/ | Chilean Teen Builds Automatic Earthquake Alarm | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"alarm",
"arduino",
"earthquake",
"twitter"
] | When an earthquake is about to strike in Chile, who do you think is first to sound the alarm? You might be surprised that it’s not the government,
but rather a 14 year old boy
.
After living through an earthquake in 2010 and seeing the devastation this spring in Japan, Chilean teenager [Sebastian Alegria] decided that ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "419850",
"author": "Lee",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T21:20:07",
"content": "I wondered how it worked so I checked their website:http://quakealarm.com/faq.htmkudo’s for the kid hooking it up to an arduino. Half of me says congrats to the kit. The other half of me says it’s not a hack i... | 1,760,377,136.967291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/obstacle-avoiding-hexapod-from-reused-parts/ | Obstacle Avoiding Hexapod From Reused Parts | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dorkboard",
"hexapod",
"ping",
"servo",
"ultrasonic sensor"
] | [Rob]
built this hexapod
one day when he had some free time after work. Just like
the last hexapod we saw
, he based the build on
the Pololu design
which uses three servo motors for surprisingly reliable movement.
The hardware is very straight forward. A
Dorkboard
serves as the brain. It’s a PCB that is wider on each s... | 11 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "419848",
"author": "Ane",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T21:18:06",
"content": "OMG I like that sound!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419849",
"author": "2",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T21:19:13",
"content": "ahhhhhh! hello... | 1,760,377,136.765209 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/one-really-big-quadcopter-that-is-following-in-the-steps-of-the-spruce-goose/ | One Really Big Quadcopter That Is Following In The Steps Of The Spruce Goose | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"IMU",
"quadrotor",
"spruce goose"
] | Behold the Land-Bear-Shark,
a quadcopter on a rather grand scale
. At a full eight kilograms it’s an easy target to compare the [Howard Hughes] behemoth, but in addition to the weight, this still has yet to make its first flight.
To give you some scale to the image above, the board at the center is an Arduino. It contr... | 39 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "419795",
"author": "MumbleFysh",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T19:14:47",
"content": "Still looking for a sweet video. We also need a separate Quadcopter section.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419799",
"author": "Bogdan",
"... | 1,760,377,136.842871 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/gambiologia-brazilian-physical-item-hacking/ | Gambiologia – Brazilian Physical Item Hacking | Jeremy Cook | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"brazil",
"gambiologia"
] | Gambiologia, according to the
source article
, is the “science of Gambiarra.” For those not from Brazil, Gambiarra is “a Brazilian cultural practice of solving problems creatively in alternative ways with low cost and lots of spontaneity.” In other words, the hacking of real-world items. Gambiarra also has a connection... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "419757",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T17:18:17",
"content": "Stateside, the masses dont trust kludges… or anything lacking iPod polish, for that matter.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare)Here, money is thrown at problems and DIY fixes are looked dow... | 1,760,377,137.09819 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/jeri-ellsworth-builds-a-software-radio/ | [Jeri Ellsworth] Builds A Software Radio | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"fpga",
"ham radio",
"jeri ellsworth",
"radio",
"shortwave",
"software radio",
"software-defined radio"
] | [Jeri Ellsworth] has been working on a direct conversion receiver using an FPGA as an oscillator and a PC sound card DSP. Being the excellent presenter she is, she first goes through the
history and theory of radio reception
(fast forward to 1:30), before digging into the
meat of the build
(parts
2
and
3
are also avail... | 27 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "419729",
"author": "Seuros",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T16:07:24",
"content": "Jeri is the best presenter IMHO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419735",
"author": "lee",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T16:17:33",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,137.047619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/2011-ccc-r0ket-badge/ | 2011 CCC R0ket Badge | Mike Szczys | [
"cons"
] | [
"badge",
"chaos communication congress",
"RF"
] | [Geekabit] wrote in asking if we’d seen
the 2011 CCC badges yet
. The answer is NO, we haven’t
seen
them because the image above is the only sneek peek we can find on their broken-certificate website. But we are glad that he shared the link with us, because it does tell the tale of what hardware and firmware features w... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "419701",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T15:30:34",
"content": "why?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419703",
"author": "never_gonna",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T15:34:16",
"content": "http://r0ket.soup.i... | 1,760,377,137.147927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/analyzing-tvs-talking-heads-with-processing/ | Analyzing TV’s Talking Heads With Processing | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"closed captions",
"processing"
] | [Michael] from Nootropic Design wrote in to share
an interesting and fun project he put together
using one of the products his company sells. The gadget in question is their “Video Experimenter” shield which was designed for the Arduino. It is typically used to allow the manipulation of composite video streams via over... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "419675",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T14:12:51",
"content": "Well, I’m quite impressed. I expected some meaningless new media BS, but this is interesting, useful, and effective.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4196... | 1,760,377,137.447654 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/hackaday-links-tuesday-july-19th/ | Hackaday Links: Tuesday, July 19th | Jeremy Cook | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"cnc",
"gameboy",
"multimeter",
"Pogo pin",
"useless machine",
"verbalizer",
"walle"
] | Here’s another “useless machine” variant. The trick to this one is that it has dual “fingers” and can work either way. Which way it turns off is selectable via a switch on the side, and the fingers can both be turned on to “fight” each other. Check out the
video
here.
This video depicts the assembly of a
Gameboy MAME-... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "419669",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T13:49:12",
"content": "Cool probes!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419693",
"author": "D_",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T15:16:44",
"content": "Looks to be one of thos... | 1,760,377,137.645114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/19/modelling-chemical-reactions-using-an-fpga/ | Modelling Chemical Reactions Using An FPGA | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"chemical kinetic systems",
"fpga",
"stochastic solver"
] | [Bruce Land] is a professor at Cornell University who was looking for a way to quickly solve chemical kinetic systems. He had used MATLAB but longed for a faster method. His upgrade achieves a 100 times speed increase by
using an FPGA as a parallel stochastic solver
.
It works by generating 100 pseudo-random 16-bit num... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "419650",
"author": "Orangensaft",
"timestamp": "2011-07-19T12:21:22",
"content": "1.1 seconds on a FPGA, 1000 seconds on the P4 (sorry if that was obvious to everyone else)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419654",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,137.740419 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/bringing-an-iwallet-back-to-life/ | Bringing An IWallet Back To Life | Mike Nathan | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"iphone",
"iwallet",
"repair"
] | The iWallet is a slick little device if you’ve got a big wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket. The $600 price tag was a little much for [cmw] to swallow,
so he bought a water damaged iWallet on eBay with hopes of repairing it
. Once took a close look, he knew that repairing it was a lost cause, so he decided to ha... | 43 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "419293",
"author": "Mark A",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T22:16:29",
"content": "You spent so much money making your wallet, you ended up with no money left over to put in the wallet. :o(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419294",
... | 1,760,377,137.821988 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/building-a-computer-around-a-ttl-cpu/ | Building A Computer Around A TTL CPU | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"cpu",
"homebrew",
"magic-1",
"minix",
"ttl"
] | [Bill’s] worked on
his homebrew computer
for almost a decade. He didn’t start with a Z80 processor like a lot of the projects we’ve seen, but instead build the CPU itself from 74-series TTL chips and a ridiculous amount of wire wrapping to connect it all.
The video after the break shows off the functionality. We love t... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "419272",
"author": "polossatik",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T21:34:16",
"content": "Gotto love the “lots of blinky lights” comments..But this is the coolest thing i’ve seen here yet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419273",
"aut... | 1,760,377,137.882788 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/iphone-to-arduino-communications-sans-jailbreak/ | IPhone To Arduino Communications Sans Jailbreak | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"arduino",
"iphone",
"sdk"
] | When Google released their ADK allowing Android smart phones to interact with Arduino-based devices, we’re sure there were at least one or two iPhone users who felt left out. Thanks to the folks over at Redpark, those people can now
interact with an Arduino without having to jailbreak their phone
.
For anyone looking t... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "419232",
"author": "FaultyWarrior",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T19:15:59",
"content": "Someone’s already “hacked” the MFI chips by chopping up an Apple USB cable and desoldering the chip. There was an article on here a while back about it. I think it was a clock radio or something.",... | 1,760,377,137.696891 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/diy-book-scanner-processes-600-pageshour/ | DIY Book Scanner Processes 600 Pages/hour | Brian Benchoff | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"book scanner",
"books",
"ebookreader",
"ereader",
"image processing",
"it scans all books - scifi AND fantasy"
] | Like any learned individual, [Justin] has a whole mess of books. Not being tied to the dead-tree format of bound paper, and with e-readers popping up everywhere, he decided to build a
low-cost book scanner
so an entire library can be carried in a his pocket. If that’s not enough, there’s also a complementary
book image... | 39 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "419204",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T18:10:47",
"content": "I found the title to be a little bit misleading. Although it’s a great and simple setup, the speed of scanning isn’t one of its highlights. If it had automatic page flipper, it would have been justified.",... | 1,760,377,138.0447 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/getting-more-information-from-your-battery-charger/ | Getting More Information From Your Battery Charger | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"battery charger",
"uart"
] | [Dane] bought a reasonably cheap ($17) Hobbyking Echo-6 battery charger and wanted to see
what sort of information he could pull from the unit
. Since the charger is designed for a variety of battery chemistries and sports an LCD screen, he figured that it contained a fairly decent microcontroller which he could tap in... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "419196",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T17:30:06",
"content": "Can’t say how well it works in practice, but that looks like a really nice tool for $17.Though I’m curious what those rows of bussed SMT components (resistors?) are for on the lines leading to the JST conne... | 1,760,377,137.969364 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/robot-band-covers-marilyn-manson/ | Robot Band Covers [Marilyn Manson] | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Marilyn Manson",
"robot band"
] | [James] built himself a robotic band from obsolete computer parts. The band needed something to play, and [Marilyn Manson]’s
Beautiful People
fit the bill. While it’s not the
Rock-fire Explosion
, having the [James]’ band cover [Marilyn Manson] is nearly as terrifying.
[James]’ original plan was to cover
Mad World
, bu... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "419141",
"author": "theodore",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T14:19:56",
"content": "When the robots rise I will hold my lighter in the air.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419145",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18... | 1,760,377,138.208978 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/diy-robot-remote-control/ | DIY Robot Remote Control | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"remote control",
"xbee"
] | [Patrick] wanted a remote control to control some of the robots he’s built. He also wanted to get some data back from his robots, so an inexpensive off-the-shelf solution wouldn’t be up to the task. Like all good geeks, [Patrick] decided to
build what he needed
.
For analog control, [Patrick] decided to use a Wiimote n... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "419130",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T13:35:52",
"content": "It seems a bit overengineered to me if this is just for sending joystick info to the robot. However, I can definitely see him reusing the controller on other projects, so all in all it looks like a pretty cool... | 1,760,377,138.084721 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/18/hacking-your-nesfamicom-console-for-better-video-and-audio/ | Hacking Your NES/Famicom Console For Better Video And Audio | Mike Nathan | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"famicom",
"nes",
"playchoice 10",
"ppu",
"vintage"
] | [Dominic] wrote in to share a pretty neat Famicom console mod that
improves both the video and audio output of the system
. While some of you may be familiar with the PlayChoice 10, we’re guessing that many of you are not. The PlayChoice 10 was an arcade-style machine that allowed you to play up to 10 different NES gam... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "419096",
"author": "MrBishop",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T11:03:55",
"content": "Amazing, that sir is a heck of a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "419097",
"author": "Johannes",
"timestamp": "2011-07-18T11:08:35",
... | 1,760,377,138.144032 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/cheap-and-easy-pcb-agitator-from-an-old-cd-rom/ | Cheap And Easy PCB Agitator From An Old CD-ROM | Mike Nathan | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"agitator",
"pcb",
"recycled"
] | Instructables user [mzsolt] enjoyed making his own PCBs, but
he wanted to speed up the etching process just a bit
. While some people put together elaborate bubble tanks and agitators, he wanted to keep his simple and more importantly, cheap.
He looked around the house and discovered an ancient CD-ROM drive that was co... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "418798",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T21:06:16",
"content": "brilliant hack, but I think after about 2 mins of that noise I’d have to take a hammer to it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "418802",
"author... | 1,760,377,138.278965 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/impressive-steampunk-keyboard/ | Impressive Steampunk Keyboard | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware"
] | [
"brass",
"keyboard",
"leather",
"steampunk"
] | This
amazing steam punk keyboard
was sent in to the tip line, and while it’s not necessarily a ‘hack’ in the purest sense, the level of quality in the build is incredible.
Each key was crafted from brass tubing that was later filled with a wooden dowel and covered with the key cap label. While there’s no mention of how... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "418781",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T20:08:22",
"content": "+1 for steampunk done right.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "418784",
"author": "andar_b",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T20:14:00",
"cont... | 1,760,377,138.465525 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/led-headgear-is-marvel-of-free-formed-circuitry/ | LED Headgear Is Marvel Of Free-formed Circuitry | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"hat",
"tlc5916"
] | Hackaday contributor [Nick Schulze] popped out
an impressive set of LED headgear
for a hat-themed party.
[Nick] is no stranger to working with LEDs. Previously he built a blue 8x8x8 cube something like this other
512 node full color version
. He had a bunch of LEDs left over from that project and decided to put them to... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "418786",
"author": "Vampyredh",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T20:15:44",
"content": "Why did he shape it like that? I think A top hat shape would have been much cooler.Otherwise nice job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "418815",
... | 1,760,377,138.316182 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/fpga-arduino-shield-uses-kickstarted-as-a-preorder-system/ | FPGA Arduino Shield Uses Kickstarter As A Preorder System | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arduino",
"Crowd Funding",
"fpga",
"jack gassett",
"spartan 3a",
"xilinx"
] | [ Jack Gassett] is working on
an FPGA shield for the Arduino
. At first the idea of this expansion board seemed a little silly. But [Jack] mentions that the FPGA board can be quite useful for adding higher-order electronic complexity like HDMI capabilities to an Arduino. We’re not totally sold on the idea, but he’s not... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "418741",
"author": "bothersaidpooh",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T18:14:35",
"content": "Yay, BGA hobbyists!This is pretty clever, I might have a go at making some BGA based systems shortly as this seems to be the direction things are going.As for inspecting the board, one method I ran ... | 1,760,377,138.536402 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/dont-buy-an-ipad-make-one/ | Don’t Buy An IPAD, Make One! | Nick Schulze | [
"computer hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"diy ipad",
"tablet pc"
] | When [Liu] decided he wanted one of the new iPads, rather than fork out the cash he decided to
build his own
tablet Mac. His creation functions just as you would expect any tablet PC with some nice extra features such as running on Windows XP for any of you Microsoft lovers. [Lui’s] tablet apparently only cost him abou... | 37 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "418697",
"author": "tooth",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T16:09:51",
"content": "that is vary nice. it cost half the price and it has more function than the i pad.it also can run xp. it looks a bit thick but i don’t think i would mind if it has more power and more function.",
"parent... | 1,760,377,138.650659 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/17/megavallometer-camera-trigger/ | Megavallometer Camera Trigger | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dslr",
"intervalometer",
"light sensor",
"sound sensor"
] | [Tobe] has an intervalometer for his camera, but he wanted a device that could trigger the shutter using several different methods, not just time.
He calls his creation the Megavallometer
, which can utilize any one of three distinct criteria.
He recently purchased an Arduino and a couple of shields, so he figured this... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "418668",
"author": "The Ideanator",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T14:03:32",
"content": "It seems a bit slow with the light and sound triggers, especially if this is intended to take something fast, like water drops or things igniting/exploding. I suppose it could be done better and smal... | 1,760,377,138.578378 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/16/android-controlled-t-shirt-cannon/ | Android Controlled T-shirt Cannon | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"arduino",
"cannon",
"t-shirt cannon"
] | Every year, Qualcomm hosts the “Battle of the Schools.” This year the goal was to build homemade contraptions that would be judged on how cool they are. [Doug DeCarme], [Shaver Deyerle], and [Zach Rattner] – three Qualcomm employees at Virginia Tech – built an
Android controlled t-shirt cannon
for this event and ended ... | 33 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "418519",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T00:54:12",
"content": "It looks like all they are doing is using the Arduino/android linkage is to fire the mess. Why not put a push button (optionally with relay) on some decent length wires and have done? About, what, 500$ c... | 1,760,377,138.80923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/16/vga-pong-on-a-chipkit/ | VGA Pong On A ChipKIT | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"chipkit",
"pong",
"uno32",
"vga"
] | [Nathan] got his hands on a chipKIT Uno32 development board and wrote
a Pong sketch that you can play with a VGA monitor
. We love the hardware that makes this feel very much like the classic. It uses a collection of resistor-based digital to analog converters to generate the color signals for the VGA protocol. The sco... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "418644",
"author": "Andrew Smith",
"timestamp": "2011-07-17T12:18:06",
"content": "Looks good, I have this piece of kit but haven’t played with it yet. Usually pong games are researved for my fpga",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,138.733482 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/adding-usb-connectivity-to-old-benchtop-tools/ | Adding USB Connectivity To Old Benchtop Tools | Mike Nathan | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bitbang",
"frequency counter",
"usb"
] | [Scott] was recently given a frequency counter, and once he brought it home, he started contemplating
how he could possibly make it better
. While the counter worked well as-is, he wanted to find a way to record data readings over a reasonably long period of time. He figured that interfacing it with his computer would ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "422727",
"author": "SuperNuRd",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T19:16:44",
"content": "This is great but could there be a more detailed schematic for this great design!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422734",
"author": "mess_maker... | 1,760,377,138.693963 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/singing-robot/ | Singing Robot | Kevin Dady | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Musical",
"robot"
] | The 4DOF CXN-I anthropomorphic robot arm in the Mechatronics Lab at FICES-UNSL (Engineering faculty, San Luis National University, Argentina) was built from scratch, and it is still a work in progress to teach and learn about mechatronics , in order to build another, more robust and precise arm in the future. When one ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "422645",
"author": "kaoD",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T16:12:49",
"content": "Worst post ever for SO MANY reasons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422665",
"author": "SuperNuRd",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T16:40:53",
"con... | 1,760,377,138.939298 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/50089/ | Hybrid Roller Coaster Concept | Mike Nathan | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"hybrid",
"regenerative braking",
"toyota"
] | Toyota recently ran an ad campaign touting “Ideas for Good” in which the actors speculated uses for Toyota Synergy Drive hybrid systems in non-automotive related applications. One idea that was floated involved using the car’s regenerative braking system at an amusement park, in an effort to reclaim and use some of a r... | 36 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "422610",
"author": "Aleks Clark",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T15:15:45",
"content": "more credible if they had shown the lights going *out* after the car came to a halt…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "430541",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,138.887384 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/robot-vacuum-makes-cleaning-into-a-game/ | Robot Vacuum Makes Cleaning Into A Game | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"CAN",
"missile command",
"roomba",
"vacuum"
] | This is not a Roomba hack, but a ground-up vacuum cleaner robot build. It’s the result of a class project from six students at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. There’s a slew of information available in their paper, but fair warning that it’s
an 8.6 MB PDF file
that we couldn’t get Google to translate. We w... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "422582",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T14:08:02",
"content": "“Unlike a Roomba, which just uses a little sweeper to pick up debris, this robot actually includes a vacuum”Pretty sure roombas have vacuums, and not just sweepers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,138.985344 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/clocks-built-from-old-aircraft-surplus-parts/ | Clocks Built From Old Aircraft Surplus Parts | Mike Nathan | [
"classic hacks",
"clock hacks"
] | [
"aircraft",
"atmega",
"clock",
"indicator unit"
] | A few years ago, Tube Clock forum member[Sine1040] bought a set of four brand new aircraft indicator units that were built some time in the early 70’s. He had no idea what the units were actually used for, but he did know that he could repurpose them
into some pretty slick looking clocks
.
He disassembled all four boxe... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "422554",
"author": "daqq",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T13:12:50",
"content": "Great build!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422557",
"author": "Bogdan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T13:14:55",
"content": "I have only one thi... | 1,760,377,139.046055 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/25/arduino-powered-2-4-ghz-spectrum-analyzer/ | Arduino Powered 2.4 GHz Spectrum Analyzer | Jesse Congdon | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Radio Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"frequency analyzer",
"spectrum analyzer"
] | [Fred] dropped a note in our tip line to let us know about arduino forum user [bilbo]’s
latest project:
A 3-in-one spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, volt-meter combo. The build consists of an Arduino, radio board and Nokia 5110 LCD breakout board. The (thin) video after the jump shows the rig in action. Though soldered... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "422538",
"author": "rick",
"timestamp": "2011-07-25T12:27:44",
"content": "Along a similar-ish line from last year:http://hackaday.com/2010/12/29/bringing-the-shark-to-the-bee/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "422655",
"autho... | 1,760,377,139.64517 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/24/hacking-14-year-old-power-pc-mac-back-to-life/ | Hacking 14 Year Old Power PC Mac Back To Life | Kevin Dady | [
"Mac Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"linux",
"macintosh",
"ppc"
] | For a while now I have been battling a dying 2.6Ghz dual core computer, but due to laziness and budget I just let it ride. At first it would occasionally crash in games, then it got to where it would crash during routine activities. After a year of this it would nail 105 degrees C in like 20 seconds and that is where t... | 63 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "422341",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2011-07-24T22:49:46",
"content": "I spy with my little eye an TI EvalBot box on the floor there behind your computer.(possible double post, HAD comments is acting up)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"co... | 1,760,377,139.363254 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/15/extmedia-an-xbmc-disc-changer-interface/ | ExtMEDIA: An XBMC Disc Changer Interface | Mike Nathan | [
"Video Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"ben heck",
"blu-ray",
"changer",
"htpc",
"xbmc"
] | A while back, [Ben Gilstad] built his first HTPC, loading XBMC on it to manage all of his digital media. He loved XBMC’s features and flexibility, but he
needed a way to enjoy his DVD and Blu Ray collection
on the device without too much hassle. Far before [Ben Heck] considered
fitting his Xbox 360 DVD drive into a CD ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "418026",
"author": "blue carbuncle",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T17:26:51",
"content": "If it’s streaming then why not just store it on the server computer’s hdd? I love all things Ben Heck, and thoroughly enjoyed his 360/multidisc hack and vid, but this seems like a lot of cart befor... | 1,760,377,139.231846 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/did-microsoft-steal-the-kinect/ | Did Microsoft Steal The Kinect? | Brian Benchoff | [
"News"
] | [
"Carlos Anzola",
"gesture interface",
"HiE-D",
"Kinect",
"microsoft",
"Project Natal"
] | In 2009, while Microsoft was busy designing and marketing what would become the Kinect, [Carlos Anzola], an inventor, tinkerer, and self-ascribed geek from Bogotá, Colombia, had been working for years on a nearly identical gesture interface for the PC. His creation, the Human interface Electronic Device, or HiE-D – pro... | 86 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "417816",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T04:02:47",
"content": "They bought it from a 3rd party company. /thread",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417819",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T04:09:35",... | 1,760,377,139.54493 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/adding-extra-buttons-to-a-cintiq-drawing-pad/ | Adding Extra Buttons To A Cintiq Drawing Pad | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"cintiq 21UX",
"drawing pad",
"linux",
"wacom"
] | [David Revoy] recently picked up a brand new Cintiq 21UX, and while he liked the drawing pad overall, he was less than impressed with the tablet’s buttons. He says that most 2D linux apps require a good bit of keyboard interaction, and
the built-in buttons just were not cutting it
.
After seeing a fellow artist use a j... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "417661",
"author": "????",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T22:07:50",
"content": "I like it when people custom tailor their home equipment to suit their lifestyle. Would recommend you upgrade the cardboard to abs plastic (vacuum form) or a project box.+1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,377,139.274561 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/building-a-single-button-combination-lock/ | Building A Single-button Combination Lock | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"lock",
"padlock",
"security"
] | [John Boxall] of Little Bird Electronics was thinking about combination locks, and how one might improve
or at least change the way
these locks work. Traditional combo locks can be implemented in a variety of ways, most of which we are all familiar with. Standard rotary padlock and keypad-based electronic safes work ju... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "417642",
"author": "Bob D",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T21:17:57",
"content": "Reminds me a lot of this projecthttp://grathio.com/2009/11/secret_knock_detecting_door_lock/Though it doesn’t look like it uses any of the same code.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [... | 1,760,377,139.597609 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/vodafone-femtocells-hacked-root-password-revealed/ | Vodafone Femtocells Hacked, Root Password Revealed | Mike Nathan | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"femtocell",
"security",
"vodaphone"
] | As phone systems have evolved over time, the desire to break them and exploit their usage continues to flourish. Just recently, [The Hacker’s Choice (THC)] announced that they had
accessed secure data from Vodafone’s mobile phone network
last year, via their femtocell product.
The purpose of the femtocell is to extend ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "417623",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T20:20:03",
"content": "eesh! this could be pretty bad news if the AT&T femtocells get the same treatment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417624",
"author": "Jon",
"t... | 1,760,377,139.695896 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/red-bull-creation-contest-results/ | Red Bull Creation Contest Results | Mike Szczys | [
"contests"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"chalkbot",
"creation",
"red bull",
"see-saw"
] | 72 hours of hacking came to a head with the completion of the Red Bull Creation. This years challenge was to build something out of junk that moves a human. It’s hard to pull all the aspects of the event together in one place, so here’s some links you’ll want to check out if you weren’t able to attend.
Tech Crunch has
... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "417578",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T18:29:59",
"content": "The uploader has not made this video available in your country.Sorry about that.!@#$%^&*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417587",
"author": "Sup... | 1,760,377,139.739865 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/ibutton-is-opening-doors-at-the-tkkrlab/ | IButton Is Opening Doors At The TkkrLab | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"ibutton",
"key",
"lock"
] | Finding
alternative ways to unlock doors
is a favorite hacker pastime.
TkkrLab
recently took on the challenge themselves. The hackerspace, which is located in the Netherlands, faced a problem common to communal workshops; how could they manage keyed access for a large number of members? The metal keys for the door are ... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "417546",
"author": "FredP",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T16:49:30",
"content": "“…they replaces the latching mechanism.”should be…“…they replaced the latching mechanism.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417552",
"author": "Jwatc... | 1,760,377,139.801423 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/a-beginners-guide-to-magnetometers/ | A Beginner’s Guide To Magnetometers | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"how-to"
] | [
"arduino",
"beginner concepts",
"magnetometer"
] | The folks over at LoveElectronics recently published
an article that explains some of the ins and outs of magnetometers
for those who are interested in trying one out, but might not understand how to use them.
A good part of the article focuses specifically on how to manipulate the HMC5883L magnetometer from Honeywell,... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "417488",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T13:24:59",
"content": "Android phones come with a 3-axis magnetometer standard. Along with a 3-axis accelerometer, and many other sensors.The API for accessing the sensors is incredibly simple and great for beginners.",
"parent... | 1,760,377,139.851104 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/14/incredible-1000-mw-iron-man-repulsor-beam/ | Incredible 1000 MW Iron Man Repulsor Beam | Mike Nathan | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"iron man",
"laser",
"super hero"
] | German lab technician by day, hacker by night [Patrick Priebe] has done it again, this time
strapping a ridiculously high-powered laser
to the palm of his hand. Earlier this year, we showed you an awesome
Neodymium:YAG pulse laser pistol
he built, and it seems he never takes a rest from constructing crazy laser project... | 55 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "417447",
"author": "RooTer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-14T11:23:49",
"content": "Can help but think that if he solds it to some kid there will be only trouble (poor neighbours)…But still cool hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41... | 1,760,377,139.939268 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/nd-sticks-it-to-traditional-gaming-giants/ | ND Sticks It To Traditional Gaming Giants | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"bob pelloni",
"gaming",
"nD"
] | What do you do if you’re a developer that gets shut out of the approval process for closed-shop gaming systems? If you’re [Robert Pelloni] you protest first, then establish your own startup to
develop a gaming platform that is open and inexpensive
. The hardware seen above is a rendering of the nD, a cheap and open gam... | 61 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "417241",
"author": "Adam Outler",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T23:06:40",
"content": "WTH? Sell you products for more then your true value, because you will believe they do more then they actually do…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,377,140.023758 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/ioio-upgrades-get-a-bit-easier/ | IOIO Upgrades Get A Bit Easier | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"24f",
"accessory",
"adk",
"ioio",
"pic"
] | The IOIO, a breakout board for Android phones that predates the Android Developer Kit hardware, is a now a little bit easier to upgrade. That’s because [Ytai’s]
IOIO manager app just his the Android market
. The PIC24F that sits proudly on top of the board has always been running a bootloader, but for security reasons ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "417229",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T22:26:29",
"content": "uses aes and hashing, use clock to glitch loader until you can get a read for your code, then dump stuff. Uses partitioning bit just like ARM and others..*I don’t own any of this stuff *",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,140.071885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/omniwheel-robot/ | Omniwheel Robot | Brian Benchoff | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Holonomic drive",
"omnidirectional",
"omniwheel",
"robot",
"wiimote"
] | Like all of us, [Jonathan Guberman] has a list of projects and builds that ‘will get done when I have time.’ His
Kiwi drive
robot is no exception. It’s intended to be one piece of a much larger project, but he decided to document it anyway (we think in the hope of getting is rear in gear).
The robot uses a
holonomic dr... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "417213",
"author": "elduderino",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T21:50:31",
"content": "very cool and interesting. But seems like a very inefficient way to move forward.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417235",
"author": "SuperNuRd... | 1,760,377,140.11747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/replacing-non-standard-usb-charging-ports/ | Replacing Non-standard USB Charging Ports | Mike Nathan | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"extusb",
"htc",
"repair"
] | While many mobile phone manufacturers are moving towards the micro-USB interface as a standard, others such as Apple and HTC are still bucking the trend. Part of [arto’s] job includes repairing mobile phones, and last month he found himself faced with a pair of broken HTC handsets
that needed their charging ports repla... | 20 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "417172",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T20:09:00",
"content": "HTC’s been putting microUSB ports on their phones for a while. The two phones in the article are 4-5 years old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4171... | 1,760,377,140.468092 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/color-changing-el-wire/ | Color Changing EL Wire | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware",
"Parts"
] | [
"el wire",
"electroluminescent",
"Teensy"
] | All EL wire drivers use a resonator circuit to supply power to the EL wire. It’s an efficient system, but [Paul] noticed that there was some color change when powering different lengths of wire off of the same driver. He realized that this is because of the changing frequency of the resonator circuit, so the only reaso... | 34 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "417132",
"author": "adam outler",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T19:11:38",
"content": "My el gauges in my car switch from blue to green. The controller is 6 years old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417155",
"author": "Alex",
... | 1,760,377,140.411987 |
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