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https://hackaday.com/2011/07/16/playing-dvds-on-an-ipad/ | Playing DVDs On An IPad | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"apache",
"dvd",
"idevice",
"ipad",
"stream",
"vlc"
] | [Harrison Jackson] figured out
how to add DVD playback to an iPad
. It doesn’t require a jailbreak, or any hardware modifications to your prized tablet. The work is done with some server-side processing and played back through the browser.
The popular open-source multimedia player VLC has the ability to encode from the... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "418463",
"author": "popoffka",
"timestamp": "2011-07-16T20:10:59",
"content": ">320×240 format that is iPad friendlyOh lol. Buying a huge 10″ tablet to watch QVGA videos on it is very badass indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,142.437677 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/16/building-a-simple-fm-transmitter-bug/ | Building A Simple FM Transmitter Bug | Mike Nathan | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"bug",
"fm",
"kit",
"transmitter"
] | [Dino] got his hands on an FM transmitter “bug” kit via a friend, and thought it would make for
an easy and fun Hack a Week project
. The kit is simple two transistor half-wave FM transmitter, which the manufacturer suggests could be used to bug a room, hence the name. After poking a bit of fun at the instructions, [Di... | 49 | 47 | [
{
"comment_id": "418443",
"author": "stormdog",
"timestamp": "2011-07-16T18:36:39",
"content": "He says that’s a Hartley oscillator. Is that correct? Doesn’t a Hartley need two inductors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2746494",
"au... | 1,760,377,142.625253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/16/skateboard-tagging/ | Skateboard Tagging | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"pool",
"rc",
"remote control",
"skateboartd",
"SprayPaint"
] | We abhor vandalism, but we love art. Here’s
a skateboard hack that lets skate punks young and old tag their turf
while they ride. [D*Face], a
multimedia street artist
who grew up in London, added a mounting system to the bottom of his skateboard which includes a can of spray paint. We’re a bit surprised that there’s ro... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "418408",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-16T16:25:22",
"content": "Still no posts about the new arduinos?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "418409",
"author": "ferdie",
"timestamp": "2011-07-16T16:32:29",
... | 1,760,377,142.375128 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/15/race-car-pov-led-displays/ | Race Car POV LED Displays | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"gps",
"led",
"POV",
"race car"
] | Last year, when [Alex] was asked by his friend [Martin] to help him out with building
some LED POV modules for a race car
, his response was a enthusiastic “YES!”
[Martin’s] goal was to involve fans more deeply in the race, so he decided that the POV modules would carry messages from fans on-board, printing them in the... | 26 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "418113",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T21:15:34",
"content": "This post prompted a discussion internally.When does POV become light painting? We’ve heard people get nitpicky on the subject in our comment section.I propose this. If it *can* be seen by the naked ey... | 1,760,377,142.541857 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/15/cheap-voice-controlled-lighting/ | Cheap Voice-controlled Lighting | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"automation",
"AVR",
"voice recognition"
] | Voice-controlled home automation doesn’t have to be wildly expensive if you have a little bit of time and some know-how
to do the job yourself
. [jjshortcut] wanted to control the lighting in his room without using physical switches. On his blog, he describes how he did it without spending a ton of money.
He picked up ... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "418124",
"author": "wifigod",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T21:35:39",
"content": "What’s “cheap”? The VRbot is the older version, with EasyVR being its successor. EasyVR is right around $60US, not sure about across the pond. I wouldn’t exactly say that $100 (added $30 for RF outlets and... | 1,760,377,142.480465 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/15/arduino-video-sampler/ | Arduino Video Sampler | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"video sampler"
] | [gijs] sent in
an Arduino video sampler
he’s been working on. The sampler is able to capture, pause and play a short video forwards and backwards.
The video capture circuit is based on the
Nootropic Design video experimenter
. We’ve seen
a few project
use this video experimenter board, but never with such
smooth video
... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "418081",
"author": "Philippe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T19:11:38",
"content": "Hmmmm… 1.5 bit is 3 bits for two pixels ?That would give 3 “colors” per pixel : black, white and gray.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "418085",
"... | 1,760,377,142.32014 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/15/surplus-bazooka-converted-to-shoot-firework-artillery-shells/ | Surplus Bazooka Converted To Shoot Firework Artillery Shells | Mike Nathan | [
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"bazooka",
"fireworks",
"mortar"
] | [Mark] and his friends love fireworks, but got tired of the traditional ground-launched mortar rounds,
so they decided to spice things up a bit
.
A while back he purchased an Army-issue bazooka at a gun show but didn’t use it for much, so it sat unused for about 10 years. He dug it out of storage, then hit up his local... | 41 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "418040",
"author": "BirchSama",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T17:46:13",
"content": "Wha- what? Who buys a bazooka? Is the gun market in USA so loose? We can’t even buy a pistol in EU without 452364 mental exams and certifications.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": ... | 1,760,377,142.268814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/controlling-a-counter-top-water-distiller-with-salvaged-parts/ | Controlling A Counter Top Water Distiller With Salvaged Parts | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"water distillation"
] | Hackaday reader [Kyle] wrote in to share a project he recently wrapped up, involving a
counter top water distillation unit
he uses at home.
He lives in Atlanta, and hates both the taste and contaminants in the water, so using this distiller is an absolute must in his house. The problem with this cheap unit is that it w... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "416298",
"author": "RicoElectrico",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T22:12:19",
"content": "Pure distilled water is harmful as it leaches out minerals (ie. ions) from your organism!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416303",
"author":... | 1,760,377,142.771902 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/computer-controlled-el-wire-light-show/ | Computer-controlled EL Wire Light Show | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"el wire",
"sparkfun"
] | [Paul] wrote in to share a project he recently helped assemble,
a huge rolling light sculpture
with a ton of computer-controlled EL wire circuits. The sculpture recently featured as a float at the Starlight Parade held in Portland, Oregon.
Working alongside the folks from Hand Eye Supply, [Paul] helped design and build... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "416277",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T21:17:02",
"content": "To give credit where credit is due, the float design was all the vision and hard work of Laurence Sarrazin, of Hand-Eye Supply (who sponsored this huge project)http://www.handeyesupply.com/",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,142.089771 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/running-android-on-large-touch-screen-displays/ | Running Android On Large Touch Screen Displays | Mike Nathan | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"lcd",
"multi touch",
"touch screen"
] | Forget Microsoft Surface, what do you think about having a 32-inch Android-powered touchscreen display in your living room? That possibility
might not be too far off
, thanks to the engineers over at SKR Technology in Japan.
Primarily a company that designs and builds digital signage, they were approached by several cu... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "416266",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T20:37:56",
"content": "http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/monitors/touchscreenmonitors/novatech/nov-22tch.htmlI have one of these, and to be frank the touch screen functionality is pointless, however if it were part of a tabl... | 1,760,377,142.686661 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/crafting-a-hexapod-with-an-rc-controller/ | Crafting A Hexapod With An RC Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hexapod",
"rc",
"RF",
"servo motor"
] | Here’s a fantastic project that lets to
drive a hexapod around the room using an RC controller
. [YT2095] built the bot after replacing the servo motors on his robot arm during an upgrade. The three cheapies he had left over were just begging for a new project, and he says he got the first proof-of-concept module put t... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "416456",
"author": "Eirinn",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T06:48:51",
"content": "That’s an amazingly cute little robot. I like the 90 degree angled pcb – makes it look very homebrew :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416473",
"a... | 1,760,377,142.815435 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/building-a-stepper-driver/ | Building A Stepper Driver | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"555",
"cd4013",
"cd4015",
"stepper motor",
"stepper motor controller"
] | [TBJ] is building what he calls a junkbox 3D printer. You can probably guess that he’s trying to salvage most of the parts for the device, and after pulling a stepper motor from an old printer he was in need of a way to control it. What he came up with is
a stepper driver that uses discrete components
that are easy to ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "416219",
"author": "Roman Dulgarov",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T18:17:22",
"content": "Nice, for once something where Bi-Polar and Girlfriend are not in same sentence lol. Interesting design….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416... | 1,760,377,142.962826 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/diy-clock-replica-is-better-than-the-real-thing/ | DIY Clock Replica Is Better Than The Real Thing | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"clock",
"led",
"thinkgeek"
] | After seeing the TIX clock for the first time,
[Gweedo Steevens] really wanted one
, but wasn’t interested in paying the seemingly high asking price
over at ThinkGeek
. He figured it wouldn’t be too incredibly hard to build his own, so he decided to give it a shot.
The clock relies on 27 LEDs to display the time, which... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "416184",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T17:11:00",
"content": "I think scotty wants his warp core back.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416189",
"author": "Kelly",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T17:18:48",
"co... | 1,760,377,143.060748 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/led-wand-for-light-painting-photography/ | LED Wand For Light Painting Photography | Brian Benchoff | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"HL1606",
"led",
"light painting",
"light wand",
"photography"
] | [Michael Ross] is a photographer who has been getting into light painting recently. He’s come up with his own RGB light wand to create some
amazing images
, and also written a very, very
thorough tutorial
(PDF warning) on how to build your own light wand.
The light wand is based on an Arduino Mega board and uses an RGB... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "416146",
"author": "TM101Radio",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T15:37:05",
"content": "This is the coolest thing i ever seen.. When you said wand in the title i thought whoopy doo another led pen for picture taking.. BUT a programmable led light strip blows my mind..",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,377,143.010723 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/scavenging-ambient-electromagnetic-energy/ | Scavenging Ambient Electromagnetic Energy | Mike Nathan | [
"News"
] | [
"electromagnetic",
"energy",
"inkjet",
"radio waves",
"scavenging"
] | At this very moment, unseen radio waves are bouncing off almost everything that surrounds you. Emitted by everything from radio and TV stations to cell phone networks and satellites, these waves are full of unharnessed energy.
That is, until now.
Researchers at the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Enginee... | 66 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "416089",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T13:27:10",
"content": "These waves aren’t unused or unharnessed energy resources! By the law of conservation of energy, these guys are powering devices by attenuating your TV signal.The process is quite cool though. I was reading ... | 1,760,377,143.552871 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/waterfall-signal-visualizer-from-arduino-and-cellphone-lcd/ | Waterfall Signal Visualizer From Arduino And Cellphone LCD | Mike Szczys | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ham",
"lcd",
"signal visualizer",
"waterfall"
] | [Leigh] is a HAM operator (you may know him as wa5znu). He is familiar with a signal visualization tool called a waterfall which plots signal strength and frequency over time. He wanted to build his own waterfall and ended up with this
Arduino-based version which he calls Cascata
. Cascata means waterfall in Italian wh... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "416084",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2011-07-11T13:18:29",
"content": "Always wanted to teach myself FFT… This seems like a useful way to do so.Keep the ham hacks coming :)KC2ZYS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416097",
... | 1,760,377,143.465923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/how-to-build-your-own-pulsed-laser-pistol/ | How To Build Your Own Pulsed Laser Pistol | Mike Nathan | [
"Laser Hacks",
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"gun",
"laser",
"ssy-1",
"yag"
] | Self-declared Mad Scientist and Instructables user [Trevor Nestor] recently built a pulse laser pistol and decided to share his build process, so that
you too can build a ray gun at home
. The gun is made up of mostly scavenged components, save for the Neodymium:YAG laser head, which he purchased on eBay for about $100... | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "415859",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T23:50:59",
"content": "Ugh. Save yourself some time:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFuHr1uG-o#t=7m45s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "415860",
"author": "daniel",
"t... | 1,760,377,143.414222 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/sound-card-microcontrollerpc-communication/ | Sound Card Microcontroller/PC Communication | Brian Benchoff | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"communication",
"microcontroller",
"serial port",
"usb"
] | The usual way send data from a microcontroller is either over RS-232 with MAX232 serial ICs, crystals, and a relatively ancient computer, or by bit-banging the USB protocol and worrying about driver issues. Not content with these solutions, [Scott] came up with
sound card μC/PC communication
that doesn’t require any ex... | 40 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "415790",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T21:10:03",
"content": "i figured the usual way these days was for your arduino to send it’s data back over the ftdi usb link?more seriously, you could probably crack open one of your cheap usb/rs-232 adapters, strip out the level co... | 1,760,377,143.330457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/a-homemade-electric-chair-reveals-a-darker-side-of-hacking/ | A Homemade Electric Chair Reveals A Darker Side Of Hacking | Nick Schulze | [
"News"
] | [
"electric chair"
] | Here is an example of what happens when someone is tempted to use their hacking skills for evil. Hopefully it goes without saying, but do NOT try
this one
at home.
When his wife asked for a divorce [Andrew Castle] obviously did not like the idea so got busy building himself a DIY electric chair, placing a metal chair i... | 77 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "415752",
"author": "Giovanni",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T20:07:11",
"content": "I believe it’s more of a twisted mind issue than true evil. If he just wanted to get rid of his wife, he would shoot, stab, poison her… anything that’s easier. Also, he clearly didn’t plan it to look like... | 1,760,377,143.67858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/bubble-blowing-bot-blows-big-bouncy-bubbles/ | Bubble Blowing Bot Blows Big Bouncy Bubbles | Nick Schulze | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"Bubbles Bot"
] | [Rob] Was cleaning out his car hole when he stumbled across a servo, a PC cooling fan, an Arduino and apparently a whole lot of bubble mixture. With all of this, some scrap timber and a few trips to the dollar store, he was able to whip up this
bubble blowing bot
to entertain his children. It looks like a fairly simple... | 7 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "415719",
"author": "patman2700",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T19:00:47",
"content": "There’s certainly something to be said for the ease-of-use inherent with microcontrollers.Now I wonder how this could be done using a few 555 timers…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,143.594707 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/improved-fpga-synth/ | Improved FPGA Synth | Brian Benchoff | [
"hardware",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"fpga",
"midi",
"music"
] | A week or so ago we featured an FPGA MIDI interface. Since then the builder has gone crazy with his FPGA and revised his code to
include polyphony and PWM output
, and posted a
polyphony demo
.
In our
previous coverage
of the build, the synth was monophonic, and the MIDI implementation was pretty shaky. After realizing... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "415655",
"author": "woutervddn",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T16:06:10",
"content": "things like this.. just give me an eargasm..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "969023",
"author": "emsynthuser2009",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,143.725243 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/fpga-generated-spdif-output/ | FPGA Generated SPDIF Output | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"74hc04",
"fpga",
"spdif",
"toslink"
] | [Mike Field] just finished implementing
SPDIF generation on an FPGA
. SPDIF is an industry standard for transmitting digital audio signals; the acronym stands for Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format. It’s been around for more than a decade and since it’s found on most home-audio equipment, building an SPDIF output... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "416669",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T18:23:18",
"content": "Why is jitter a problem with digital transmission? Can’t it simply be eliminated at the recieving end by buffering the signal?Or is this another hi-fi voodoo argument like putting the CD player on a slab of ro... | 1,760,377,143.77634 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/fablab-helps-the-developing-world-set-up-long-distance-wireless-ethernet/ | FabLab Helps The Developing World Set Up Long-distance Wireless Ethernet | Mike Szczys | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"ethernet",
"mesh",
"parabolic",
"reflector",
"wrt54g"
] | The wooden frame seen above hosts a parabolic reflector making up one side of a wireless network link. This is a Fab Lab project called FabFi which uses common networking hardware to
setup long-distance wireless Ethernet connections
. It’s a bit hard to tell in the image above, but the reflector focuses radio waves on ... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "416646",
"author": "Robot",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T17:12:01",
"content": "I’m getting totally discouraged listening to story after story of large institutions faling individual. . . so storys like this make my day. Thanks!– Robot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,377,143.895445 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/zzstructure-emulator/ | Zzstructure Emulator | Brian Benchoff | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"hypertext",
"operating system",
"Project Xanadu",
"zzstructure"
] | [John Ohno] has been working on a zzstructure operating system written C since January. [John] realizes not many people know what a zzstructure is, so he posted a
demo
of his project. [John] has also put all the
code
online.
A
zzstructure
is both a hypertext and operating system unlike anything we have today. You could... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "416636",
"author": "ENKI-][",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T16:26:37",
"content": "A couple of minor corrections:* ZigZag is a side project of Xanadu. My implementation resembles the first implementation of ZigZag, not the first implementation of Xanadu.* A zzstructure isn’t an OS, it’s ... | 1,760,377,143.82533 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/wearable-video-coat/ | Wearable Video Coat | Brian Benchoff | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"coat",
"led",
"wearable"
] | [David Forbes] is no stranger to the weird and esoteric, so he created
a color LED TV built into a lab coat
. He plans on bringing it to Burning Man next month.
The RGB LEDs are mounted narrow flex boards, providing a 160×120 pixel NTSC display. Video processing is taken care of by an Xilinx FPGA that takes the YCrCb v... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "416597",
"author": "marks256",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T15:12:44",
"content": "That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see it when it’s finished.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416600",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2011-0... | 1,760,377,143.948433 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/one-click-unbrick-for-samsung-phones/ | One-click Unbrick For Samsung Phones | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"cellphone",
"mobile",
"samsung",
"unbrick"
] | [Adam Outler] has been pretty heavy into mobile device hacking lately. The biggest problem with that field is recovering from back flashes or development firmware glitches. In many cases you can use a JTAG programmer to reflash stock firmware to resurrect a handset. Unfortunately you’ll be hard pressed to find a phone ... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "416643",
"author": "j0z0r",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T16:50:37",
"content": "I think it’s crap that you can turn any high end consumer electronic into worthless plastic with a few ones and zeroes… I mean, where’s the virus killer app that just bricks the planet?",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,377,144.072733 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/re-manufacturing-inkjet-cartridges-for-3d-printing/ | Re-manufacturing Inkjet Cartridges For 3d Printing | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"binder",
"cartridge",
"ink jet"
] | [Nullset] uses inkjet printer technology for his 3D printing needs. We usually think of hot-plastic printing like the RepRap or Makerbot when we hear about rapid prototyping, but this setup uses a liquid bonding agent to turn powder into a solid structure. Standard inkjet cartridges can be used to precisely place the b... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "416668",
"author": "Bogdan",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T18:20:58",
"content": "Good tutorial, but nothing extraordinary about it. It’s just what i (and maybe many others) would have thought of given the task.I’m still waiting for some sort of ink that hardens and turns into the printe... | 1,760,377,144.5724 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/accounting-for-material-loss-when-laser-cutting/ | Accounting For Material Loss When Laser Cutting | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"kerf",
"laser cutter"
] | When you cut something out, you lose a bit of material in the process. Think of a table saw and the sawdust it produces, that’s the waste material lost in an area the width of the blade. It’s really easy to measure that, just measure the blade. But [James] started wondering about
a good way to measure material loss fro... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "416528",
"author": "Phlip",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T11:27:51",
"content": "Couldn’t you just weight it before and after?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416529",
"author": "poisonfist",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T11:34:28... | 1,760,377,144.310527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/diy-wiper-speed-control-and-collision-avoidance/ | DIY Wiper Speed Control And Collision Avoidance | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"automotive",
"ir",
"laser",
"msp430"
] | On many new cars, automatic wiper speed control can be had as an upgrade, though most cars do not offer front-end collision prevention at all. [Rishi Hora] and [Diwakar Labh], students at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi,
developed their own version of these features
, (PDF warning, skip to pa... | 24 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "417105",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T17:48:17",
"content": "What I really want is a DIY Adaptave speed Cruise control.Make it easy to draft a Semi truck by making the car speed up and slow down with the trucker that cant keep his speed stable.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,144.372691 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/building-a-solar-power-heliostat/ | Building A Solar Power Heliostat | Brian Benchoff | [
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"heliostat",
"solar power",
"sun tracking"
] | [Frits] has been working on an
solar panel heliostat
(in Dutch, check out the translated page
here
).
The heliostat uses a small PICAXE to control the motor, along with an
DS1307 real-time clock
to make sure the motors start at dawn. Instead of using optical encoders or magnetic sensors, the angle of the heliostat is m... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "417049",
"author": "password",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T14:17:14",
"content": "wow accurate to about 1 degree – *me calculates * – that accurate to 4min of the earths rotation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417052",
"autho... | 1,760,377,144.622846 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/automotive-battery-voltage-monitor/ | Automotive Battery Voltage Monitor | Mike Nathan | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"alternator",
"battery",
"charging system",
"pic",
"voltage"
] | [Rajendra’s] car had just about all the bells, whistles, and gauges he could dream of, but he thought
it was missing one important item
. In an age where cars are heavily reliant on intricate electrical systems, he felt that he should have some way of monitoring the car’s battery and charging system.
To keep tabs on hi... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "417022",
"author": "Bobby J",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T13:17:27",
"content": "Or you could buy a ScanGuage and read it directly from the ODB port as well as a bunch of other information…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417026",
... | 1,760,377,144.528196 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/13/faux-led-scroller-using-phosphorescence/ | Faux LED Scroller Using Phosphorescence | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"phosphorescent",
"pic",
"scroller"
] | Hackaday reader [BGR] wrote in to share
a video he put together
showing off a cool “poor man’s LED scroller” that he built. Rather than build a huge array of LEDs, spending tons of time time wiring and programming, he decided to use only a handful of LEDs on a moving display instead.
The scroller is built upon a PIC16F... | 38 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "416979",
"author": "zuul",
"timestamp": "2011-07-13T11:23:26",
"content": "haha, actually a pretty good ideadies out about the time it comes around again too",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416982",
"author": "Pup",
"tim... | 1,760,377,144.750402 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/xbox-360-dvd-changer-is-the-ultimate-in-gaming-laziness/ | Xbox 360 DVD Changer Is The Ultimate In Gaming Laziness | Mike Nathan | [
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"ben heck",
"cd changer",
"gaming",
"xbox"
] | Let’s face it – gamers have a reputation for being pretty lazy.
In the most recent episode of his web series
, [Ben Heck] takes on the stereotypical gamer role and cranks the laziness factor to 11, lamenting the fact that he needs to get up off the couch to swap discs in his Xbox 360 console. Never allowing laziness ge... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "416749",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T22:07:17",
"content": "JTAG, Freeboot and a Large HDD…. Just saying.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416750",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T22:09:33",
... | 1,760,377,144.817843 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/shoulder-surfing-with-opencv/ | Shoulder Surfing With OpenCV | Mike Nathan | [
"iphone hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ipad",
"iphone",
"opencv",
"security",
"shoulder surfing"
] | While it seems that many people are wise to shoulder surfing, keeping a lookout for anyone spying on their passwords, [Haroon] wrote in to remind us that
the threat is just as real today as it ever was
.
The subjects of his research are touch screen phones and tablets, which utilize on-screen keyboards for data entry. ... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "416726",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T21:18:17",
"content": "Erm, how do you disable keyboard highlighting in iOS?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416736",
"author": "AJ",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T21:29:55... | 1,760,377,144.676683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/12/character-lcd-screen-add-on-for-android-devices/ | Character LCD Screen Add-on For Android Devices | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"accessory",
"adk",
"android",
"arduino",
"atmega2650",
"usb"
] | Here’s an
Android accessory project that adds a secondary LCD
display. It utilizes the Android Open Accessory Development Kit standard to connect the 16×2 character LCD as a USB device. It pairs an app on the phone which runs transparently with firmware for the ATmega2560-based Arduino compatible board you see to the l... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "416697",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-12T20:05:49",
"content": "I love (?) it how the breadboard, Arduino board and LCD is about 1.5x the size of the entire phone!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "416702",
... | 1,760,377,144.865489 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/slick-16-segment-pov-hard-drive-clock/ | Slick 16-segment POV Hard Drive Clock | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"16 segment",
"clock",
"hard drive",
"hdd",
"led",
"POV"
] | Hackaday reader [svofski] sent in
a fantastic looking hard drive-based POV clock
(
Google Translation
) created by a maker in the Sichuan province of China. The clock,
like the one [svofski] built
, relies on LEDs placed behind the spinning platter to create the POV effect.
Quite a few carefully placed cuts have been m... | 20 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "415613",
"author": "t&p",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T14:13:33",
"content": "OMG those cuts are crazyI don’t know how you would program something like that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "415620",
"author": "DarkFader",
"ti... | 1,760,377,144.920854 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/10/repairing-a-broken-salad-spinner/ | Repairing A Broken Salad Spinner | Mike Szczys | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"floss",
"grommet",
"parachute cord",
"salad spinner"
] | Behold [Quinn’s] broken salad spinner, and just when lettuce and other garden produce are hitting their peak. We were surprised to find out that she was able to get the mechanism apart to
fix the broken cord
. We’re sick and tired of ultrasonically welded plastic enclosures that lock out the most well-intentioned repai... | 47 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "415566",
"author": "karl",
"timestamp": "2011-07-10T12:50:31",
"content": "iZsh:Well, how do you define a hack?To me, it’s modifying something for an unintended use, or improvising a fix for a problem when help with, or a repair is not readly avalible –Before you call it a non-hack,... | 1,760,377,145.004157 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/hardware-xor-for-output-pins-on-avr-microcontrollers/ | Hardware XOR For Output Pins On AVR Microcontrollers | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"assembler",
"attiny13",
"AVR",
"toggle",
"xor"
] | Did you know that most AVR chips have a type of hardware exclusive OR (XOR) option when it comes to the logic levels of the output pins? If you look in the datasheet (the image above is a screenshot from an ATtiny13 datasheet) you’ll find a section on Toggling the Pin. It turns out that if you set a PORT as an output, ... | 30 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "415359",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T22:14:57",
"content": "Haha, I mentioned this trick on a blog post about IO instruction times that was featured by HAD last year.http://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/todays-arduino-moment/I didn’t deconstruct machine code but analysed th... | 1,760,377,145.113597 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/live-cd-for-rfid-hacking-on-the-go/ | Live CD For RFID Hacking On The Go | Mike Nathan | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"live cd",
"mifare",
"NFC",
"rfid",
"sniffing"
] | [Milosch] wrote in to tell us that he has recently released
a bootable RFID live hacking system
– something he has been diligently working on for quite some time. The live distro can be used for breaking and analyzing MIFARE RFID cards, as well as a reasonable selection of other well-known card formats. The release is ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "415346",
"author": "Gil",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T21:10:39",
"content": "Sounds very interesting. It’s only a shame not being compatible with 32bit processors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "415412",
"author": "MS3FGX",
... | 1,760,377,145.163868 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/amazing-hemispherical-omnidirectional-gimbaled-wheel-robot/ | Amazing Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimbaled Wheel Robot | Mike Nathan | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled wheel",
"hog",
"robot"
] | Bradley University grad student [Curtis Boirum] has built a robot which uses quite a unique drive system,
one we’re guessing you have never seen before
. The robot uses a single motor to drive its hemispherical omnidirectional gimbaled wheel, propelling it across the floor at amazing speeds with uncanny agility.
The ro... | 33 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "415284",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T18:17:02",
"content": "Need 2 of these for omnidirectionability in a combat robot, stat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "415285",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"tim... | 1,760,377,145.303961 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/turn-any-bluetooth-device-into-a-midi-controller/ | Turn Any Bluetooth Device Into A MIDI Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"bluetooth",
"midi controller"
] | [Peter Brinkman] is working on
a circuit that makes it easy to interface MIDI and Bluetooth devices
. His target hardware has been a MIDI compatible keyboard and an Android phone. He was inspired to tip us off about the project after reading about yesterday’s
Bluescripts project
.
We’ve embedded two demo videos after t... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "415275",
"author": "lou eney",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T17:23:20",
"content": "this is awesome. I have the same yamaha keyboard as you and this is a cool tool if put to good use. Picture this with a midi guitar…. my mouth waters",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,145.211926 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/measuring-home-networks-with-bismark/ | Measuring Home Networks With BISMark | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bandwidth",
"gateway",
"openwrt",
"router"
] | The
Broadband Internet Service BenchMARK
is an open source initiative to put tools in the hands of the common Internet user that will make measurement and analyzation of home network traffic easier. It targets LAN and WAN network utilization by measuring latency, packet loss, jitter, upstream throughput, and downstream... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "415227",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T15:01:32",
"content": "“Analyzation”? The word is ‘analysis’. Jesus H. Christ, do any of you ever read what you type at any point before or after it’s posted?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,145.639182 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/09/diy-guitar-fuzz-pedal/ | DIY Guitar Fuzz Pedal | Mike Nathan | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"fuzz pedal",
"geranium",
"music",
"transistors"
] | Instructables user and Community Manager [Randy Sarafan] recently put together a tutorial
on how to build an ages-old musical standard
, the “Fuzz Pedal”. He says that the secret to rocking out is fuzz, so if you can handle both a soldering iron and a guitar, this project is for you.
When you take a close look, the ped... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "415196",
"author": "ZeUs",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T12:52:53",
"content": "I like how quality sound is playing throughout the video and it ends with that really blank sound coming from that self-build guitar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,145.692799 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/internal-7-segment-ps3-display/ | Internal 7-segment PS3 Display | Brian Benchoff | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"fan speed",
"multiple 7-segment display",
"ps3"
] | [Zach] sent in his
temperature controller and display for PS3
, and even though it only works with a PS3 fat, we like our PS2 backwards compatibility very much, thank you.
The build stated off with [Zach] putting thermal sensors on the CPU, the RSX, and Northbridge of his PS3. After starting out controlling the fan wit... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "414998",
"author": "John Boxall",
"timestamp": "2011-07-09T00:30:52",
"content": "Excellent mod, love the ‘1977’ look with the 7-segment display.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "415005",
"author": "Pilotgeek",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,145.74725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/g-mean-pay-kyle-mcdonald-a-visit/ | G-men Pay [Kyle McDonald] A Visit | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"fraud",
"kyle mcdonald",
"secret service",
"united states"
] | Looks like
the men in black have paid [Kyle McDonald] a little visit
. The United States Secret Service is investigating him for fraud and related activity for
his People Staring At Computers project
. We just took a look at that one yesterday, and were thankful that all he was doing was taking people’s pictures and no... | 112 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "414941",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T22:47:41",
"content": "“Let us know in the comments what you think [Kyle] might be up against”Yes. Let’s throw some gasoline onto this fire. Let’s do that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"co... | 1,760,377,145.583884 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/voice-recognition-system-controls-everything-hopefully-wont-kill-us/ | Voice Recognition System Controls Everything, Hopefully Won’t Kill Us. | Brian Benchoff | [
"home hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"android@home",
"home automation",
"voice control"
] | [Aaron Bitler] and [Bud Townsend] have been working a
natural user system
that is, in their own words, “what android@home should have been.”
The
video
they posted is pretty impressive. The automation system responds to voice and can control appliances, ‘throw a party’, and provide a user with their location. This is ju... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "414938",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T22:35:36",
"content": "this should be entertaining..I’d like to announce that I’ve perfected automation with square wheels..on a related note..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,145.794021 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/chibimo-an-avr-based-usb-display/ | ChibiMo – An AVR-based USB Display | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ChibiMo",
"display",
"lcd",
"usb"
] | [Ko] wanted to add an extra monitor to his computer, but he wasn’t looking for something huge that would sit atop his desk – he desired something smaller, much smaller.
His ChibiMo mini USB monitor
is a neat little creation that lets you extend or mirror your Windows desktop onto a tiny 128×64 pixel LCD panel. At first... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "414892",
"author": "sariel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T20:48:32",
"content": "thats great! but for the price he paid for the arduino and lcd plus the time he used in creating it, he could have bought a small 4inch usb lcd off ebay and saved himself the trouble. but i still love the... | 1,760,377,145.845578 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/on-dash-g-meter-project-is-another-way-to-distract-drivers/ | On-dash G-meter Project Is Another Way To Distract Drivers | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"g-meter",
"sx28"
] | [PJ Allen] built
a meter to display gravitation force
in an easy to read way. Good thing it’s easy to read, because he’s added it to the dashboard of his car. That way he gets instant feedback when he puts the pedal to the metal. We’re hoping this encourages safe driving practices. But since it appears that not only is... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "414827",
"author": "Alwar",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T18:37:25",
"content": "I would change the blinking led by fade in/out to show more accuracy…Caution with this man in the road xD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414831",
"... | 1,760,377,145.900878 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/phillip-torrone-on-why-all-makers-should-learn-chinese/ | [Phillip Torrone] On Why All Makers Should Learn Chinese | Mike Nathan | [
"News",
"Rants"
] | [
"chinese",
"Makers",
"phillip torrone"
] | A while ago when he was working in China, [Phillip Torrone] started learning Mandarin Chinese in order to help him communicate more efficiently with his peers. Unfortunately, once he returned to the US, he slowly started forgetting most of what he had learned. He
recently wrote a piece over at Make:
explaining why he’s... | 135 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "414770",
"author": "mike bradley",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T17:21:06",
"content": "Just my 2 cents, english is spoken in so many other places around the world in business, and if chineese want to manufacture my products, they can learn english. I will however try my best to learn th... | 1,760,377,146.033538 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/bluescripts-makes-bluetooth-control-from-android-a-bit-easier/ | Bluescripts Makes Bluetooth Control From Android A Bit Easier | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"bluescripts",
"bluetooth",
"control"
] | Here’s a way to
gain control of your projects using an Android device
. Bluescripts is a free app available in the Android market that makes it a bit easier to make interfaces to send customizable messages. If you have a Bluetooth receiver in your project, connecting to it is as easy as putting the MAC address into an ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "414738",
"author": "Colecago",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T16:26:20",
"content": "You’re right, it is cooler to write your own android program. But if you are going to promote your android programming series in all these bluetooth posts, maybe finish your freaking android bluetooth tu... | 1,760,377,145.950037 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/mini-ir-theremin/ | Mini IR Theremin | Brian Benchoff | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"infrared",
"theremin"
] | [Chris] at PyroElectro sent in a great 8-part write-up of a
miniature infrared theremin
.
The theremin is based on a PIC microcontroller and an infrared distance sensor. The build log goes through the theory of operations for the
IR sensor
and
tone generation
. [Chris] definitely does a great job showing the math that... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "414720",
"author": "gijs",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T15:41:15",
"content": "related link:http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=wavetable-radar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414726",
"author": "BobSmith",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,147.662292 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/reverse-engineering-vxworks-which-replaces-linux-on-newer-routers/ | Reverse Engineering VxWorks (which Replaces Linux On Newer Routers) | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"DD-WRT",
"linux",
"reverse engineering",
"router",
"RTOS",
"Tomato",
"vxworks",
"wrt54g"
] | The Linksys router seen about is a WRT54G version 1. It famously runs Linux and was the source of much hacking back in the heyday, leading to popular alternative firmware packages such as DD-WRT and Tomato. But the company went away from a Linux-based firmware starting with version 8 of the hardware. Now they are using... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "414678",
"author": "Roel",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T14:14:01",
"content": "IDA has been the de facto standard for reverse engineering since decades. Shame on you ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414680",
"author": "Boris",... | 1,760,377,147.960648 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/vu-meter-scarf-lights-up-the-night/ | VU Meter Scarf Lights Up The Night | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"clothing",
"led",
"scarf",
"VU meter"
] | [Eli Skipp] wrote in to share a project she has been working on bit by bit, for over a year –
an LED VU meter scarf
. The project was originally going to be built using a custom PCB, but no matter how long she spent troubleshooting the piece, it just wouldn’t work right. She eventually broke down and purchased a VU met... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "414760",
"author": "robomonkey",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T17:06:05",
"content": "hook it up to the ipod,zune,walkman….people can see what you’re hearing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414788",
"author": "Will",
"timest... | 1,760,377,148.207488 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/08/humanoid-robot-listens-to-music-plays-along-on-his-theremin/ | Humanoid Robot Listens To Music, Plays Along On His Theremin | Mike Nathan | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hrp-2",
"humanoid",
"music",
"robot",
"theremin"
] | Researcher and YouTube user [mspetitegeek] along with her lab mate [Tatsuhiko Itohara] have been fortunate enough to spend some time working with the HRP-2 humanoid robot from Kawada Industries. Their research has seemingly been focused on using the robot to create real-time interactions with humans
for entertainment p... | 13 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "414656",
"author": "Philippe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T13:19:42",
"content": "It… uh… rocks !?!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414665",
"author": "kabadisha",
"timestamp": "2011-07-08T13:31:07",
"content": "Who on... | 1,760,377,147.901361 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/diy-table-saw-cuts-through-anything-leaves-no-room-for-mistakes/ | DIY Table Saw Cuts Through Anything, Leaves No Room For Mistakes | Mike Nathan | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"pcb saw",
"switching power supply",
"table saw",
"tools"
] | Students in the BASTLI lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich had been stuck using underpowered and unreliable saws for quite some time. The saws often got stuck while cutting through PCBs and were generally a drag to use. When group member [Mario Mauerer] came across a big and powerful brushless motor... | 62 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "414407",
"author": "purduecer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T22:14:21",
"content": "Safety glasses!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414409",
"author": "hoooooooooooooooooooooooorj",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T22:20:14",
"c... | 1,760,377,147.746717 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/minecraft-is-now-a-3d-design-tool/ | Minecraft Is Now A 3d Design Tool | Brian Benchoff | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"cnc",
"minecraft",
"python"
] | [Cody Sumter] and [Jason Boggess] are students at the MIT Media Lab, and they just came up with
Minecraft.Print()
, an attempt to create a bridge between Minecraft and the real world via 3D Printers.
The print is first prepared by placing obsidian, diamond, gold, and iron blocks on opposite corners of the model in Mine... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "414388",
"author": "Finger",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T21:21:58",
"content": "Between the companion cube and the Enterprise – D, they’ve just made my day ^____^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414397",
"author": "xorpunk",
... | 1,760,377,148.162935 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/update-playing-piano-with-optical-sensors/ | UPDATE: Playing Piano With Optical Sensors | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"keyboard",
"reflectance",
"reflective sensor"
] | [Sebastian Steppeler] has been hard at work on his
optical sensors for an electric piano
. When we looked in on the project back in October
he was testing reflective sensors
to increase responsiveness and MIDI data resolution for his electric keyboard. Since then he’s finalized the sensor circuits and produced enough b... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "414376",
"author": "John P",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T20:43:33",
"content": "Will there be files posted? i.e. pcb/code?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414398",
"author": "CRJEEA",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T21:55:29",
... | 1,760,377,148.108974 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/ardudelta-would-make-a-great-pick-and-place-machine/ | ArduDelta Would Make A Great Pick And Place Machine | Brian Benchoff | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"delta",
"delta robot",
"pick and place",
"robot"
] | [Bogdan] sent in a great build of a delta robot
he originally posted on the Arduino forum
, but he didn’t receive much feedback there. We think a build like this deserves a lot more credit.
After working for 7 months on his robot, [Bogdan] has a pretty stable (and very classy) platform made out of wood. The platform an... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "414348",
"author": "yetihehe",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T19:22:38",
"content": "Fast: yes. Precise: not. Does it have Parkinson’s disease or what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414349",
"author": "pod",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,147.802398 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/hacking-and-rolling-at-the-red-bull-creation-challenge/ | Hacking And Rolling At The Red Bull Creation Challenge | Mike Nathan | [
"contests"
] | [
"badge hacking",
"contests",
"funny",
"red bull"
] | The crew over at the HarfordHackerspace used their wits and creativity to land a spot at the final round of Red Bull’s Creation challenge.
The team arrived in Brooklyn just yesterday
, ready to take on all comers in the 72-hour hacking challenge which kicked off earlier this morning.
Like any other hacker convention, t... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "414327",
"author": "bsom",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T18:20:44",
"content": "We are HarfordHackerspace.org, not NartfordHackerspace. :-) Happens all the time :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414328",
"author": "bsom",
"... | 1,760,377,148.252537 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/infrared-control-for-appliances/ | Infrared Control For Appliances | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"decade counter",
"infrared",
"tsop1738"
] | [RB] at Embedded Lab sent in a great guide on how to
control appliances with a remote control
using a really clever implementation of a decade counter and IR receiver.
The
build
itself is very simple – just a relay connected to mains power and a handful of resistors and transistors. The device is controlled with a deca... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "414300",
"author": "Rock Salt Lamps",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T17:35:30",
"content": "Great work good keep it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414301",
"author": "True Lover's",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T17:36:08",
... | 1,760,377,147.849368 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/play-dress-up-with-kinect/ | Play Dress Up With Kinect | Mike Nathan | [
"Kinect hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"Kinect",
"openni",
"virtual"
] | While we have seen Kinect-based virtual dressing rooms before, the team at Arbuzz is
taking a slightly different approach
(
Translation
) to the digital dress up game. Rather than using flat images of clothes superimposed on the subject’s body, their solution uses full 3D models of the clothing to achieve the desired e... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "414263",
"author": "z",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T16:20:08",
"content": "This website should be called “Kinect a Day”.I’m not trying to be negative, but surely there is more news than this Kinect news?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,148.309419 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/use-bluetooth-to-open-your-garage-and-start-your-car-remotely/ | Use Bluetooth To Open Your Garage And Start Your Car Remotely | Mike Nathan | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"bluetooth",
"home automation",
"remote control"
] | Instructables user [tcollinsworth] is a big fan of his Android smart phone. He practically carries it with him everywhere, so he figured it would be cool to
integrate as many of his home electronics with the phone as possible
. His garage door openers seemed like easy enough targets, and while he was in the garage, he ... | 19 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "414243",
"author": "Aaron Bitler",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T15:41:10",
"content": "This is pretty cool, now if you could incorporate this with voice recgention that would be cool… for example:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6Ubllw_4k",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,148.473523 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/vfd-hacking/ | VFD Hacking | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"reverse engineering",
"vfd"
] | [Mostafa] was a bit bored and had a broken DVD player sitting around, so he decided to take it apart
to see what made the machine’s LCD panel tick
. Once he popped it open, he discovered it wasn’t an LCD panel at all, it was a VFD.
The seven segment display looked to be controlled by an ET16312n VFD driver, so he dug a... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "414195",
"author": "Techie",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T14:26:57",
"content": "Nice hack… Even better, he uses a Mac.. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414198",
"author": "andar_b",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T14:29:26",
... | 1,760,377,148.412839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/07/smile-your-face-is-on-the-internet/ | Smile, Your Face Is On The Internet | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"apple store",
"face recognition",
"internet",
"picture",
"webcam"
] | [Kyle McDonald] is up to a bit of no-good with a little piece of software he wrote. He’s been installing it on public computers all over New York City. It uses the webcam found in pretty much every new computer out there to detect when a face is in frame, then
takes a picture and uploads it to the Internet
.
We’ve embe... | 98 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "414112",
"author": "Me",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T12:12:53",
"content": "Would have been very cool if he’d made the public exhibition show a live video feed of another of the public computers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "414... | 1,760,377,148.566207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/driving-game-steering-wheel-controller-without-the-wheel/ | Driving Game Steering Wheel Controller Without The Wheel | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"Kinect",
"racing",
"video games"
] | For some reason this project makes us think of the Light Cycles in Tron. You know, the bike forms around the rider after they grab onto the wand that makes up its controls? Certainly you’re not going to see a car form out of thin air, but this
driving controller let you grab onto nothing to control a racing game
.
You ... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "413876",
"author": "cyrozap",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T22:52:11",
"content": "This made me think of this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AacoxHFYvZw",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413883",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,149.088879 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/playing-chess-on-a-microcontroller/ | Playing Chess On A Microcontroller | Brian Benchoff | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"chess",
"conways game of life",
"dma",
"pic",
"vga"
] | [Arthur Benemann] started a little project for his electrical engineering program, and suffered the worst case of feature creep we’ve ever seen. He just posted an instructable of his
picChess
project that is able to play chess on a VGA monitor with a keyboard, with sound, a clock, temperature sensor. Apparently, [Arthu... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "413905",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-07-07T01:00:01",
"content": "“temperature sensor”?Uhh? What possible purpose does that serve?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413914",
"author": "evs",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,148.868153 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/moisture-control-for-a-diy-greenhouse/ | Moisture Control For A DIY Greenhouse | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"gardening",
"greenhouse"
] | [Clover] loves plant biology, and tends a small garden while she is at home during breaks from college. She says that her family is notoriously unreliable when it comes to caring for plants,
so she decided to construct a greenhouse
to ensure that her garden will still be around the next time she comes home.
With her ra... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "413819",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T20:14:38",
"content": "“half a person, or lots of plants” hahaLooks nicely done. Might have some issues with corrosion and dust, but it’s simple enough to replace if that becomes necessary.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,149.156317 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/propeller-based-robot-with-basic-object-avoidance/ | Propeller-based Robot With Basic Object Avoidance | Mike Nathan | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hack a week",
"parallax",
"ping",
"propeller",
"robot"
] | The Parallax Propeller is a pretty powerful MCU as [Dino] recently discovered
in his latest Hack a Week installment
. He wanted to build a simple robotics platform that he could use for testing out various sensors, and he figured he might as well learn about a different type of micro controller in the process.
He piece... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "413807",
"author": "crazymike",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T19:04:46",
"content": "I remember making this exact same type of robot with a BASIC Stamp II about ten years ago, great times playing with stamps!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"commen... | 1,760,377,148.908794 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/mb-led-is-next-generation-of-led-video-block-puzzles/ | MB LED Is Next Generation Of LED Video Block Puzzles | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"GLiP",
"puzzle",
"stm32",
"video"
] | Meet MBLed
, a set of interactive 8×8 LED tiles. Put them next to each other and they will orient themselves into a video screen which is the sum of the parts. If this sounds familiar it’s because we’ve seen the concept before in
the GLiP project
. [Guillaume] tells us that MB Led is the new version of GLiP and from wh... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "413761",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T17:17:54",
"content": "PURE. WIN.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413774",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T17:47:39",
"content": "The way you say “Elect... | 1,760,377,148.964654 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/your-snapshot-on-a-thermal-printed-receipt-instantly/ | Your Snapshot On A Thermal Printed Receipt, Instantly! | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"atmega8",
"thermal printer"
] | What could be better than a low-res black and white photograph printed instantly on paper that will yellow and crumple over time? Wow, we really need to work on our sales pitch. But all kidding aside, we love the idea that [Niklas Roy] came up with in order to build
this thermal printing camera
.
His
Picasa album
has t... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "413752",
"author": "willow",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T16:47:55",
"content": "This is very awesome.. love the idea and re-use of material",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413755",
"author": "Aleks Clark",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,148.810403 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/retro-radio-building-on-another-wifi-radio-hack/ | Retro-radio: Building On Another WiFi Radio Hack | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"radio",
"router",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] | [Jay Collett] likes listening to Internet radio stations and decided to build
his own standalone hardware that lets him listen
without being at his computer. But he wasn’t starting from square one on this project. [Jay] built on the epic instruction set that [Mighty Ohm] published when he first built
his own WiFi radio... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "413732",
"author": "lou eney",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T15:24:22",
"content": "this is a cool build. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413734",
"author": "Tweeks",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T15:35:41",
"content":... | 1,760,377,149.01857 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/a-plotter-made-from-lego-parts/ | A Plotter Made From Lego Parts | Jeremy Cook | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"lego",
"plotter"
] | We’re always amazed at what people can come up with using Lego parts, but this hack certainly pushes the limits. Originally conceived as a 3D printer,
this plotter
is still an impressive proof-of-concept. Ironically, this “3D printer” was build with the hope of winning a Makerbot 3D printer, so be sure to vote for it i... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "413705",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T13:30:06",
"content": "You guys need to figure out how to embed the video so we can see the whole thing lol.Great concept though, neat to see it work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,149.279858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/06/magic-locket/ | Magic Locket | Nick Schulze | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"jewelry",
"led",
"locket",
"pic"
] | [Andrey] from RTFM has built himself a
glowing LED pendant
using only three parts and some simple code. The hack is not particularly complicated but [Andrey] provides some decent instructions on Pickaxe programming via an RS232 serial port and RGB LED control to produce the nice glowing effects. The pendant contains an... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "413675",
"author": "Tim P",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T11:47:21",
"content": "Did you misspell PICAXE as PICKAXE ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413677",
"author": "smoker_dave",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T11:51:49",
... | 1,760,377,149.337413 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/paper-craft-claw/ | Paper Craft Claw | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"claw",
"glue",
"paper",
"paper craft",
"tape"
] | Grab some stiff paper and get to work
building your own paper claw
. [Dombeef] posted the instructions to recreate the claw above because he was unsatisfied with his previous design which was flimsy and unable to pick up just about anything. This version is a bit larger and it internalizes all of the parts.
Being paper... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "413527",
"author": "bootnecklad",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T23:04:58",
"content": "Time for an upgrade to metal? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413530",
"author": "Dino",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T23:10:08",
"conte... | 1,760,377,149.383832 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/gps-lap-timer-from-secondhand-parts/ | GPS Lap Timer From Secondhand Parts | Mike Nathan | [
"gps hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"gps",
"lap timer",
"lcd",
"racing"
] | Hackaday forum member [nes] was training for an endurance race, and rather than having someone verbally call out his lap times,
he wanted something he could keep in-vehicle
to help keep track of his performance. With the race budget running dry, he and his teammates needed something cheap, if not free, to get the job d... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "413666",
"author": "Punkguyta",
"timestamp": "2011-07-06T11:00:02",
"content": "For what it’s worth, could he have not just worked on hacking a custom firmware onto the device instead of tearing it apart just for the GPS receiver, and from what I gather, a non-standard NMEA output t... | 1,760,377,149.426249 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/electronics-tutorial-twofer-soldering-skills-and-wires/ | Electronics Tutorial Two-fer: Soldering Skills And Wires | Mike Nathan | [
"how-to",
"News"
] | [
"basics",
"electronics",
"soldering",
"tutorial",
"wires"
] | There is a plethora of electronics tutorials scattered about online. Sometimes it can be hard to separate the good ones from the bad, and the enlightening from the misinformed. We recently came across a pair that we found helpful, and thought they would appeal to anyone starting off in electronics.
In this video tutori... | 27 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "413486",
"author": "Morten Larsen",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T20:24:01",
"content": "Dave Jones rules!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413497",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T21:16:37",
"content": "eev tut... | 1,760,377,149.765232 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/take-to-the-skies-with-this-flying-rc-superhero/ | Take To The Skies With This Flying RC Superhero | Mike Nathan | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"radio controlled plane",
"rc",
"toys"
] | It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s….
A flying RC super hero?
No, you’re not imagining things. Maker [Greg Tanous] loves both RC airplanes and super heroes, so he thought it would be awesome to
combine his two loves into one spectacular toy
. The RCSuperhero comes in two flavors, measuring 75″ and 57″ tall. The larger plan... | 42 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "413433",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T17:28:00",
"content": "Coool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413434",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T17:29:28",
"content": "Now I could be all seri... | 1,760,377,149.58272 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/02/game-boy-communicates-directly-with-an-sd-card/ | Game Boy Communicates Directly With An SD Card | Brian Benchoff | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"gameboy",
"sd card"
] | [kgsws] just finished his Game Boy upgrade that allows him to load games from an SD card. Loading a game off an SD card has been done before, but [kgsws] decided to not to use a cartridge-based device. In the end, he threw out all the stops and finished his project by having the
Game Boy access an SD card directly
.
[k... | 26 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "412447",
"author": "phase",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T15:34:26",
"content": "finished finished.Great post :). I love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412448",
"author": "Paul Potter",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T15:40:44"... | 1,760,377,149.704414 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/a-mame-cabinet-fit-for-a-doctor-who/ | A MAME Cabinet Fit For A Doctor (Who) | Mike Nathan | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"arcade",
"dr. who",
"mame",
"tardis",
"video games"
] | While many people would be satisfied leaving a MAME console on their desk, others take the time to put their MAME creations in a nice, authentic arcade cabinet. Some people like [Simon Jansen] take the craft to a whole new level,
crafting a TARDIS from the ground up in order to house a MAME console
.
It all started wit... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "404464",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2011-06-11T17:58:07",
"content": "EPIC, nothing else to say but EPIC Great job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "404471",
"author": "Hackerspacer",
"timestamp": "2011-06-11T18:22:4... | 1,760,377,149.64338 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/automated-led-hallway-lighting/ | Automated LED Hallway Lighting | Jeremy Cook | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"home easy",
"led",
"lighting"
] | If normal hallway lighting just doesn’t live up to your standards,
this hack
may be for you. When [Sean] fitted his kitchen, he replaced the flooring leading up to it. In true hacker form, he decided to forgo (supplement?) traditional lighting and came up with his own solution.
This solution involved embedding the ski... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "412238",
"author": "Keith",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T19:55:15",
"content": "LEDs are always nice. Not that he needed anything else for this project, but if the LEDs were all home wired individually you could add effects like chasing and cascading.",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,149.852764 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/boobie-board-powered-twitter-notifier/ | Boobie Board Powered Twitter Notifier | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"boobie board",
"lua",
"notification",
"twitter"
] | The team over at Archonix frequently challenge themselves to create a full working project in under 20 minutes. [Andrew Armstrong] put together a blog post detailing their most recent “Quickproject” –
a simple Twitter notifier built using their Boobie Board
.
They started by putting together a small notifier breakout m... | 16 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "412263",
"author": "mad_max",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T21:16:37",
"content": "Haha, boobie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "412312",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T00:53:39",
"content": "Bea... | 1,760,377,149.905803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/flogo-a-floating-foam-logo-generator/ | Flogo – A Floating Foam Logo Generator | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"advertising",
"bubbles",
"flogo",
"helium",
"stencil"
] | Check out this floating foam letter machine that was shown off at last year’s IFA show in Berlin, the German equivalent of CES.
The contraption is called Flogos
, and comes from a company named SnowMasters based out of Alabama.
The Flogos machine consists of a helium and compressed air bubble generator positioned below... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "412195",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T17:27:25",
"content": "Very clever! I like that it’s not over-engineered. Stencils work just fine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412197",
"author": "Oren Beck",
"time... | 1,760,377,149.970262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/livescribe-shuts-down-developer-program/ | Livescribe Shuts Down Developer Program | Brian Benchoff | [
"News"
] | [
"developers developers developers",
"livescribe",
"smartpen"
] | [Kelly] sent in a tip saying that Livescribe, the company behind a remarkable smartpen able to record handwriting, was shuttering the developer program by taking down their dev forums and removing the SDK, taking away the ability to write custom apps. [Kelly]
posted about this on her blog
.
Livescribe has a thriving co... | 35 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "412148",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T15:18:45",
"content": "why? cause companies die by force when they don’t cover costs..who here had one?I work in software, I know all about the general public wondering how no-return affects your company..people who aren’t even ... | 1,760,377,150.143955 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/electro-active-polymers/ | Electro-active Polymers | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"eap",
"electro-active polymers",
"muscle"
] | What’s that you say? You’ve got rigid materials that change their shape when exposed to electric current? Sign us up for some! Although the fabrication process looks a bit daunting, we love the results of
working with electro-active polymers
. These are sheets of plastic that can flex by contracting in one direction wh... | 22 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "412138",
"author": "Roman Dulgarov",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T14:19:30",
"content": "If made as a bunch of strips it may work as “muscle” fabric … not sure what the strength and power requirements are though… but looks very interesting one application I can see is possibly to alig... | 1,760,377,150.02493 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/cnc-pdbu-pancake-batter-dispenser-unit/ | CNC-PBDU (pancake Batter Dispenser Unit) | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"flapjacks",
"griddle",
"lego",
"nxt",
"pancakes"
] | Flapjacks taste infinitely better when they’re machine-made. Well, that’s true for [Mexican Viking] who
built an automatic pancake maker
to the delight of his family.
Obviously, the building material of choice is Lego. The machine consists of a base with two linear gears on either side. A gantry is held high above this... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "412129",
"author": "Mad Flapper",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T13:45:18",
"content": "Flippin’ Great !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412132",
"author": "mbtronics",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T13:47:55",
"content": "Is th... | 1,760,377,150.074402 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/importing-pcb-layout-into-google-sketchup/ | Importing PCB Layout Into Google Sketchup | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"cad",
"design",
"google",
"idf",
"pcb",
"sketchup"
] | If you’ve been spending hours with the digital calipers while designing enclosures for your circuit boards there may be a better way. [Phil] tipped us off about a new software package that will let you
import PCB layout files into Google Sketchup
. This way you can start working on the enclosure in CAD before you’ve po... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "412120",
"author": "steaky",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T12:35:14",
"content": "We have to export our PCB’s as a DXF file, then import into ProE.Bit of a pain though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412126",
"author": "pinky",
... | 1,760,377,150.31048 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/01/external-text-display-for-nexus-one/ | External Text Display For Nexus One | Noah Dunker | [
"Android Hacks",
"Arduino Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"android",
"arduino",
"cellphone",
"lcd",
"microcontroller",
"usb"
] | [follower] prototyped a
2-line external display for his Nexus One
using an Arduino with a USB Host Shield, and the Android Open Accessory Protocol. There are two basic software pieces at work: an Arduino sketch that handles displaying data sent from the phone, and a lightweight android app to detect the presence of the... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "412105",
"author": "BacklitVillain",
"timestamp": "2011-07-01T11:22:04",
"content": "Nice. Could be good to veiw sms/email/notifications etc without having to remove you phone from you pocket, via a watch or something, perfect for in a meeting or out jogging.",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,377,150.434294 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/30/new-conductive-ink-allows-circuit-prototyping-with-a-pen-and-paper/ | New Conductive Ink Allows Circuit Prototyping With A Pen And Paper | Mike Nathan | [
"News"
] | [
"circuits",
"conductive",
"ink",
"paper",
"pen"
] | Why spend time etching circuit boards and applying solder masks when all you really need is
a rollerball pen and some paper?
That’s what University of Illinois professors [Jennifer Lewis and Jennifer Bernhard] were asking when they set off to research the possibility of putting conductive ink into a standard rollerball... | 42 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "411918",
"author": "KP",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T23:14:58",
"content": "That’s pretty neat, but how am I going to solder to paper?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "411921",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T23:... | 1,760,377,150.39262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/30/androcade-is-a-controller-and-stand-in-one/ | Androcade Is A Controller And Stand In One | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bluetooth",
"gaming",
"mame",
"retro",
"stand"
] | We remember when retro-gaming required a lot of equipment and a serious time commitment to put together a gaming interface. [Scooter2084] proves that we’ve come a long way with this
gaming controller built to complement Android hardware
.
It’s not immediately obvious from the image above, but the controller itself look... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "411914",
"author": "patman2700",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T22:53:51",
"content": "“We don’t the arms and legs have a functional use…”I don’t want to sound too critical, but it seems as if editors aren’t even reading over their own articles before posting them.Errors aside, looks real... | 1,760,377,150.482671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/30/driving-and-old-receipt-printer/ | Driving And Old Receipt Printer | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"parallel",
"receipt printer"
] | It seems like receipt printers are pretty popular as hacking targets lately. Aside from the wasted paper, they cooler than plain old blinking LEDs and we’d image there’s a ton of them floating around out there as advances in technology have prompted retailers to trade in the bulky dinosaurs for slimmer thermal printers... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "411888",
"author": "that1guy",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T21:15:25",
"content": "Driving and old receipt printer what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "411889",
"author": "Noodle",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T21:15:37",
"c... | 1,760,377,150.541683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/06/30/tweeting-home-alarm-system/ | Tweeting Home Alarm System | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"alarm",
"arduino",
"security",
"twitter"
] | Instructables user [willnue] wanted to build a DIY Tweeting alarm system from the ground up, but reconsidered after taking a close look at the scope of such a project. He settled on using an off the shelf security system,
taking care of the Twitter interface on his own
. He bought a GE 45142 Wireless alarm and promptly... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "411873",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2011-06-30T20:26:59",
"content": "I would love to see how to rig a up atracphone… i need to do somehting like this myself… howeverwe dont have any kind of telco/dsl/cable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,150.588908 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/03/sandbox-game-in-a-sandbox/ | Sandbox Game In A Sandbox | Brian Benchoff | [
"Kinect hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"Kinect",
"sandbox game"
] | The team at Monobanda have been working on a sandbox game called
Mimicry
that uses a Kinect to read the terrain of a sandbox.
From the
teaser video
and press release, the eventual goal appears to be controlling both a character in the game and the environment simultaneously. By reading the terrain of the sandbox with a... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "412824",
"author": "Volectorus",
"timestamp": "2011-07-03T19:36:36",
"content": "This would be Awsome for a motocross game.http://vimeo.com/25666910(additional vid)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412854",
"author": "GuyPate... | 1,760,377,150.723336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/03/a-simple-dolly-for-time-lapse-photography/ | A Simple Dolly For Time-Lapse Photography | Jeremy Cook | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"canon powershot",
"chdk",
"stepper"
] | [Henrique] wrote in to tell us about his time-lapse
photography hack
. Triggering of the camera is done via
CHDK
, or Canon Hack Development kit. This experimental kit allows Canon Powershot cameras to run scripts as well as other neat features without permanently changing anything. User scripts for
this hack
and other... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "412709",
"author": "saturnnights",
"timestamp": "2011-07-03T14:20:56",
"content": "canon, not cannon.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28company%29",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412720",
"author": "ic",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,150.656118 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/03/robotic-schadenfreude-quadrotor-blooper-reel/ | Robotic Schadenfreude – Quadrotor Blooper Reel | Mike Nathan | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"fail",
"quadrocopter",
"quadrotor"
] | While quadrotors might just become the killing machines of choice some time in the future, we’re pretty sure it will be awhile before they run amok and wipe humans off the face of the planet,
if the following video is any indication
.
The team over at UPenn’s GRASP Lab film everything they do when it comes to quadrotor... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "412698",
"author": "Colin",
"timestamp": "2011-07-03T13:11:12",
"content": "They may be bloopers, but some of that flying that they are attempting (e.g. putting a copter through a vertical slot or locating and flying through a hula hoop)is pretty damn impressive!",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,377,150.792625 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/02/3d-display-using-a-kinect/ | 3D Display Using A Kinect | Brian Benchoff | [
"Kinect hacks"
] | [] | Youtube user [programming4fun] got a Kinect for father’s day and with just a little bit of code, came up with
a 3D display using only a Kinect
. Instead of the usual Kinect hacks like
computer vision
or
playing Mario
, we think the ‘Holographic display’ for the Kinect is one of the most useful implementations of the Ki... | 31 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "412560",
"author": "fco",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T23:39:02",
"content": "it’s great when people do fantastic things and their ego doesn’t fly up.Two thumbs up!One for the work, the other for his attitude.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,150.86785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/02/controlling-a-cga-monitor-with-an-arduino/ | Controlling A CGA Monitor With An Arduino | Jeremy Cook | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cga",
"monitor"
] | CGA monitors may not be an amazing technological advance these days, but they can generally be found very cheaply. Additionally, they have a DB-9 connector and work off of TTL ranges (0-5VDC) making them ripe for experimentation.
This hack
takes advantage of all of these aspects to bring you an Arduino controlled CGA m... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "412537",
"author": "Gray Simpson",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T22:37:26",
"content": "I’m interested in seeing if this could result in a CGA converter for other signals!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "412541",
"author": "bootn... | 1,760,377,150.918459 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/02/not-your-ordinary-led-book-light/ | Not Your Ordinary LED Book Light | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"book",
"led",
"lighting"
] | [Steve Hoefer] is not a huge fan of traditional table lamps, so he set off to
build a reading light of his own
that was more aesthetically pleasing than the standard fare. He thought it would be pretty appropriate to construct his reading lamp out of a book, and we’re inclined to agree.
He stripped the pages from an ol... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "412505",
"author": "Anton Onszers",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T19:05:47",
"content": "I love the way you can regulate the beam of light in this design. This is especially practical if you have someone next to you you don’t want to disturb. Great idea. I want one of those!",
"paren... | 1,760,377,151.242446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/02/poor-mans-peltier-air-conditioner/ | Poor Man’s Peltier Air Conditioner | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"air conditioning",
"peltier"
] | It’s summer in Germany, and [Valentin’s] room was getting hotter than he could handle.
Tired of suffering through the heat
, and with his always-on PC not helping matters any, he decided that he must do something to supplement his home’s air conditioner. The result of his labor is the single room poor man’s A/C unit yo... | 68 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "412472",
"author": "????",
"timestamp": "2011-07-02T17:10:19",
"content": "How effective is the cooling? No mention on how effective it is in the article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6330614",
"author": "MM",
... | 1,760,377,151.111622 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/kinect-controlled-quadrotor/ | Kinect-controlled Quadrotor | Mike Nathan | [
"Kinect hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Kinect",
"motion controlled",
"quadrotor"
] | The team over at the Flying Machine Arena has been busy
combining two of our favorite toys – quadrotors and Kinect
.
Like many other hacks, they are using Kinect to monitor their joint positions, mapping a handful of actions to the operator’s movements. Once the quadrotor is aloft, it can be directed around the room us... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "413422",
"author": "BobSmith",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T16:13:00",
"content": "The hack is fun, but what’s really impressive is that quadcopter. It is astonishingly stable. I want one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413424",
... | 1,760,377,151.157319 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/07/05/voice-controlled-robot-controlled-by-an-android-phone/ | Voice Controlled Robot Controlled By An Android Phone | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"irobot",
"open accessory",
"voice control"
] | [Jeff] sent in a build of a
voice controlled robot
he just finished based on the
Android ADK
and an
iRobot Create
.
The robot is able to obey voice commands telling it where to go. Currently the robot responds to forward, reverse, left, right, stop, and ‘whistle while you work.’ It’s a creative use of the Android ADK w... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "413399",
"author": "Nardella",
"timestamp": "2011-07-05T13:12:35",
"content": "In other news, there is now a steering wheel controlled robot controlled by a car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "413413",
"author": "Dino",
... | 1,760,377,151.197461 |
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