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https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/booby-box-its-a-trap/ | Booby Box – It’s A Trap! | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"bomb",
"booby-trap",
"box",
"trap"
] | Here’s
a puzzle oddity that challenges you to open the box
without falling into one of the booby-traps. It was built as a side-distraction from the more serious events happening at
Insomni’hack 2011
. [Sergio] and a colleague built the box to resemble a ticking bomb like in the blockbuster action movies we know you loo... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "378849",
"author": "Drake",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T15:14:29",
"content": "Aww I was expecting to see a breast that when you went to touch it a trap would be set off or something similar. . .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378... | 1,760,377,218.083014 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/dynamic-dns-updating-no-pc-required/ | Dynamic DNS Updating – No PC Required | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dynamic dns",
"dyndns",
"home networking"
] | [Boris] from Open Electronics recently wrote us to share their latest creation. Like many of us, he uses DynDNS to keep his home network a FQDN’s reach away. While DynDNS is quite a convenient service, many people don’t like the idea of leaving their computer on all the time to keep the IP updated. That’s where the
Ard... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "378804",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T14:25:16",
"content": "now THAT’S clever!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378805",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T14:25:35",
"content": "The last ... | 1,760,377,218.201238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/temperature-sensing-mug-means-never-burning-your-mouth-again/ | Temperature Sensing Mug Means Never Burning Your Mouth Again | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"diode",
"drinks",
"leds",
"pic",
"temperature sensor"
] | Some people tend to get awfully attached to their favorite mug. Like an old friend, the mug holds a special place in their hearts, and there’s a weird sadness when it finally gives up the ghost. Through the winter months [Ben’s] girlfriend is never without hers, and when it broke, he decided to give her a new one
with ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "378781",
"author": "Life2Death",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T13:49:08",
"content": "Why not a single RGB led?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378784",
"author": "Mccoywm",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T13:55:56",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,218.136093 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/play-unreleased-retro-games-on-the-real-thing/ | Play Unreleased Retro Games On The Real Thing | Kevin Dady | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"SES",
"Starfox2"
] | Star Fox, one of the greatest 3D space shooters ever developed, has a pretty decent fan base even after eighteen or so years. It had a sequel that was 99% complete, but it came very late in the Super Nintendo’s life and it was held off so that the next great Star Fox would be on the newest Nintendo console, the N64.
Yo... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "378742",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T11:19:46",
"content": "If anyone cares, there’s a bounty for doing this with Wing Commander 2 for the SNES. You can talk to the site admins athttp://www.wcnews.comfor information, it’s a good community that is known for ge... | 1,760,377,218.542676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/controlling-weapons-with-kinect/ | Controlling Weapons With Kinect | Mike Nathan | [
"Kinect hacks",
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"Kinect",
"rocket launcher",
"usb"
] | It was only a matter of time before someone would figure out how to weaponize their Kinect. Hacker [Jonas Wagner] was fiddling with his Kinect one day and thought that it would be cool to
launch missiles simply by gesturing
. Not having any real missiles on hand, he settled for controlling a USB-powered foam missile la... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "378497",
"author": "aztraph",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T22:07:29",
"content": "nice, and the kid didn’t even flinch",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378535",
"author": "Donovan",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T00:07:52",
"co... | 1,760,377,218.246492 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/giant-scale-printer/ | Giant Scale Printer | Jason Komp | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"giant printer"
] | This
giant printer
was originally constructed by [Komponent/LAB] in 2006 to print some large-format banners for a festival, but has recently been pulled out of storage and updated for the
Venture Cup competition
. The system received a few mechanical and software updates and was also mounted on tripods in order to make... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "378403",
"author": "Robot",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T19:21:07",
"content": "Predated byhttp://www.hektor.chI think? Is this by the same people?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378408",
"author": "yetihehe",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,218.406685 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/ball-bot-constructed-from-power-tools-and-pet-toys/ | Ball Bot Constructed From Power Tools And Pet Toys | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ball bot",
"remote control",
"zigbee"
] | Hackaday forum member [machinelou] says he’s been fascinated with remote controlled hamster balls for quite some time. Inspired by a ball bot he saw on a BBC show, he finally picked up a 12″ plastic ball
and got to work
.
He used a small drill to provide the power required to roll the ball, and an Arduino is used as th... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "378371",
"author": "badspyro",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T18:18:11",
"content": "import SOULThat is all…http://xkcd.com/413/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378402",
"author": "Roberto",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T19:18:55",... | 1,760,377,218.356618 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/new-inexpensive-dso-now-shipping/ | New, Inexpensive DSO Now Shipping | Jeff Katz | [
"hardware"
] | [
"oscilloscope"
] | Seeed Studio’s line of hacker-friendly tools has expanded by one, they’ve announced that beta units of their DSO Quad oscilloscope are now available for shipping. The DSO Quad is about the size of a thick iPod yet packs impressive features such as two 72MSPS analog channels and a signal generator. By far the coolest ‘f... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "379105",
"author": "Dino",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T22:05:22",
"content": ",, out of stock ):",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "379113",
"author": "Justblair",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T22:10:29",
"content": "I was luck... | 1,760,377,218.310795 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/led-build-monitor-helps-keep-an-eye-on-your-servers/ | LED Build Monitor Helps Keep An Eye On Your Servers | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"atmega",
"development",
"led",
"programming",
"status"
] | In his line of work, Hackaday reader [Pedantite] often has to monitor the build status of several continuous integration servers throughout the day. One afternoon, he got the idea to install a set of stop lights in the office in order to monitor the status of the servers, but filed it away as a “wouldn’t it be cool if…... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "379071",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T21:16:46",
"content": "Nice – I have had a similar idea before to monitor server statuses. Clean build, serves its purpose well! Would love to see schematics or an arduino version :)",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,218.027474 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/homebrew-z80-computer-inspires-awe/ | Homebrew Z80 Computer Inspires Awe | Brian Benchoff | [
"classic hacks",
"hardware"
] | [] | How this one missed us, we’ll never know.
[GG] built himself a retro-styled
Z80 nanocomputer
over two years using all 1980’s tech. Laid out on one of the largest pieces of perfboard we’ve ever seen on a project, the computer uses a vintage Z80 CPU running at 2.5MHz, 8K ROM, 16K RAM, RS-232 and Parallel ports, an EPROM ... | 30 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "379029",
"author": "1000100 1000001 1010110 1000101",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T20:16:31",
"content": "Damn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "379037",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T20:35:40",
"content": "I w... | 1,760,377,218.476117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/dishwasher-notifier-for-the-absent-minded/ | Dishwasher Notifier For The Absent-minded | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"555 timer",
"dishwasher",
"over-engineered",
"thermistor"
] | [Quinn] over at BlondiHacks is admittedly pretty absent-minded when it comes to household chores such as emptying the dishwasher. She often can’t remember if the dishes are dirty or ready to be put away, so she decided it was time to devise a mechanism that would help keep her on task. She originally considered a doubl... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "379013",
"author": "scumdog",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T19:35:58",
"content": "It doesn’t wirelessly tweet status, or use any micros? I’d say it’s not quite enough overkill yet.I like this one though. Clean design and build, for something that could easily be done with a magnet or ot... | 1,760,377,218.723151 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/prototyping-with-a-gps-module/ | Prototyping With A GPS Module | Mike Szczys | [
"gps hacks"
] | [
"ATmega32",
"fv-m8",
"san jose navigation",
"serial"
] | [Oneironaut] is
trying out a new GPS module
with the prototype seen above. It’s a San Jose Navigation device identified as
FV-M8 and sold by Sparkfun
for just under a hundred bucks. That’s it hanging off the bottom-right of the breadboard seen above. They’ve packed a lot of power into the small footprint, and made it v... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "378987",
"author": "deathventure",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T18:32:17",
"content": "you can get cheapy usb gps units from ebay for around 15 bucks. They tend to use serial to usb bridge chips so you can probably hook directly to the gps unit itself bypassing the usb if need be for a ... | 1,760,377,218.858461 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/geohot-case-settlement/ | Geohot Case Settlement | Mike Szczys | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"geohot",
"georgehotz",
"playstation",
"ps3"
] | It looks like Sony and [George Hotz]
have reached an out-of-court settlement
in the case brought against the hacker who is more well-known as [Geohot].
This is the end (we think) of an ongoing saga that
originally drew our ire
when Sony removed OtherOS support as a sledge-hammer-type fix for holes that [Geohot] found i... | 49 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "378948",
"author": "addidis",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T17:14:02",
"content": "Nice graphic lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378952",
"author": "Jarret",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T17:18:30",
"content": "The back an... | 1,760,377,218.805112 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/12/do-your-projects-violate-international-traffic-in-arms-regulations/ | Do Your Projects Violate International Traffic In Arms Regulations? | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"arms trafficking",
"itar",
"law"
] | From time to time we consider the ramifications of hacking prowess being used for evil purposes. Knowledge is a powerful thing, but alone it is not a dangerous thing. Malicious intent is what takes a clever project and turns it to a tragic end. Conscientious hackers realize this, and [George Hadley] is one of them. Whi... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "378877",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2011-04-12T16:02:50",
"content": "Are there not a huge amount of patents for many specifics of such devices – which would make the details of which, public knowledge already?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,377,218.947476 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/retrode-gets-an-upgrade/ | Retrode Gets An Upgrade | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"atari",
"emulator",
"gameboy",
"GBx",
"Matthias",
"retrode",
"retrode II",
"sega",
"snega2usb",
"snes",
"virtual boy"
] | We’ve been following the
Retrode
since it was an
obscure video on YouTube
that we swore was an elaborate hoax. Now, [Matthias] tell us it’s getting its third major upgrade, and it is really starting to resemble a commercial project. The video features the new prototype case for the Retrode II, which has been
3d printed... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "378271",
"author": "Stevie",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T15:12:17",
"content": "“The new Retrode II will have ports built in so SEGA and SNES controllers can be plugged in. ” – Huh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378321",
"aut... | 1,760,377,219.060005 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/diy-mp3-player-shows-that-no-hack-is-ever-obsolete/ | DIY MP3 Player Shows That No Hack Is Ever Obsolete | Mike Nathan | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"mini-itx",
"mp3",
"portable"
] | [Ole Wolf] wrote in to tell us about a project he has been working on for several years now.
The Wacken Death Box
serves as a reminder that once you start a DIY project, it’s probably a good idea to finish it in a reasonable amount of time, lest it risk becoming obsolete.
His Death Box is an MP3 player that he takes al... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "378252",
"author": "lwatcdr",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T14:40:38",
"content": "This is so over powered for an MP3 player it isn’t funny. A beagle board would offer a lower power solution but would lack an HD driver. You could also gut an NSLU and use that with a USB sound device.To c... | 1,760,377,219.35107 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/print-your-own-header-shrouds/ | Print Your Own Header Shrouds | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"header",
"idc",
"printable",
"shroud"
] | Don’t get us wrong, printable whistles are cool and all, but
these printable header shrouds
make us think that filament printers like the Makerbot and RepRap might just be worth their salt. This utilitarian purpose is a departure from
the souvenirs
,
toys
, and
art
that we’re used to seeing from the expensive developme... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "378214",
"author": "mess_maker",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T13:32:10",
"content": "Great idea. I always want to order shrouds, but for some reason I always forget.Funny that I was thinking of stand offs as well, though the threading was not in my mind. That would be a great addition... | 1,760,377,219.225273 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/potentially-explosive-spritz-cookies/ | Potentially Explosive Spritz Cookies | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"cookie press",
"cookies",
"melamine",
"spritz"
] | Do you recognize the shapes of these spritz cookies? Theoretical physicists and nuclear engineers might. They are representative of a hydrogen atom in several different states. Oh, and they’re delicious. [Windell] over at Evil Mad Scientist Labs
cut his own spritz cookie discs
in order to bake the hydrogen look-a-likes... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "378217",
"author": "mess_maker",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T13:33:30",
"content": "Some of those look like stylized tie fighters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378320",
"author": "caleb",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T16:19:1... | 1,760,377,219.174395 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/11/fan-and-vent-holes-prevent-sweaty-gaming-hands/ | Fan And Vent Holes Prevent Sweaty Gaming Hands | Mike Szczys | [
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"fan",
"usb",
"vent",
"xbox 360"
] | [Happy Dragon] grew tired of wiping moist palms on his pants during intense gaming sessions. To combat the issue he tried adding a fan to an Xbox 360 controller that he had sitting around. He pulled a small PC fan from a Nyko Airflow and glued it over a hole he cut into the battery compartment of the controller. This f... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "378161",
"author": "Jason Knight",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T11:09:39",
"content": "Funny — I always just use some 3M spray adhesive and some cut to fit gore-tex, tex-ply or similar breathable cloth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,219.294095 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/flipflop-clock-uses-mains-frequency-to-keep-time/ | FlipFlop Clock Uses Mains Frequency To Keep Time | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"7 segment",
"breadboard",
"clock",
"flipflop"
] | One afternoon, [Sam] was a bit bored and
decided he would build a clock
. Not wanting to spend any money on the project, he set off to construct his clock using only the components he had on hand – this meant no micro controllers would be used whatsoever.
Built on a set of four breadboards, his clock sports a pretty sh... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "377846",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T21:48:51",
"content": "This is a piece of art!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377850",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T21:52:59",
"content": "Or... | 1,760,377,219.132298 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/pic-based-temperature-logger-with-onboard-storage/ | PIC-based Temperature Logger With Onboard Storage | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"eeprom",
"pic",
"temperature sensor"
] | Last summer, [Rajendra Bhatt] built himself
a simple PIC-based temperature monitor
with data logging abilities and recently got around to sharing it on his site. The sensor is based on a PIC12F683 micro controller and measures the ambient temperature on a set interval, storing the values on the MCU’s internal EEPROM.
H... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "377826",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T20:50:19",
"content": "I’d love to see this expanded to SD card storage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "378058",
"author": "MORA",
"timestamp": "2011-04-11T06:54:20... | 1,760,377,219.393261 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/brainwave-based-assistive-technology-in-the-home/ | Brainwave-based Assistive Technology In The Home | Mike Nathan | [
"home hacks",
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"als",
"assistive technology",
"eeg",
"smart home"
] | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating disease that eventually causes the afflicted individual to lose all control of their motor functions, while leaving their mental faculties intact. Those suffering from the illness typically live for only a handful of years before succumbing to the disease. On some o... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "377827",
"author": "Amnon",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T20:52:59",
"content": "HiThey are doing great job.This system is the last in a series of project we are doing an the last few years at Ort Hramlin :We had the speech controlled wheel chair :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDvF975JV... | 1,760,377,219.44062 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/hackaday-reader-throwdown-electronic-dice/ | Hackaday Reader Throwdown: Electronic Dice | Mike Nathan | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"7 segment",
"attiny",
"dice"
] | Hackaday reader [Daid]
posted in our forums
showing off a set of electronic dice he recently constructed. Back in January,
we featured a similar set of electronic dice
built with an Arduino that was way overpowered as far as [Daid] was concerned. Not satisfied with simply saying it could be done better,
he put his mone... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "377810",
"author": "Halexander",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T20:14:09",
"content": "And don’t forget their faithful canine companion, Scoo- oh, you know the rest.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377832",
"author": "Ryan leach",... | 1,760,377,219.524482 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/doom-ii-on-epaper-display/ | Doom II On Epaper Display | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"doom",
"e-ink",
"epaper",
"freescale",
"Pearl"
] | We love to see Doom ported to new hardware because it usually means that someone has found a way around the manufacturer’s security measures. But the most exciting thing for us to see this time is that
Doom II is played on an epaper display
. These are notorious for slow refresh rates, but as you can see in the video a... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "377659",
"author": "Chris Rojas",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T15:35:32",
"content": "Pretty impressive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377661",
"author": "ian",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T15:36:20",
"content": "Wow! Way ... | 1,760,377,219.581534 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/are-phones-with-haptic-feedback-in-our-future/ | Are Phones With Haptic Feedback In Our Future? | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"haptic",
"rotary encoder",
"spring",
"sqeeze"
] | Can we do away with a keypad and just squeeze our phones to check messages and dial contacts? [Sidhant Gupta] has been
researching the idea of an electronically adjustable spring mechanism
that might just make this possible. He calls the prototype above the SqueezeBlock. If you pick it up and give it a squeeze you can ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "377640",
"author": "Adam Outler",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T15:14:13",
"content": "I think we all know that electro-motive parts and parts which the user touches are the first to fail. Mostly that which the user touches. If this idea is deemed good for phones, it will be many years... | 1,760,377,219.627569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/webcam-images-processed-and-played-back-on-led-display/ | Webcam Images Processed And Played Back On LED Display | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"Atmel",
"fpslic",
"led",
"matlab",
"matrix"
] | [Mathieu] has bee working to refine the code running on an LED matrix, and
added some neat display tricks along the way
. He wanted to make the display directly addressable from a computer. The
96×64 bi-color LED display
is powered by an Atmel FPSLIC and already used double-buffering. Enabling a PC to write directly to... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "377605",
"author": "BitMage",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T13:42:18",
"content": "Trippy, I want one.(Also, first post!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377607",
"author": "Roon",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T13:46:40",
"con... | 1,760,377,219.943578 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/hackaday-links-april-10-2011/ | Hackaday Links: April 10, 2011 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"fiber optics",
"game boy",
"kids",
"toilet paper"
] | Sunlit LCD screen
[A.J.] did some experiments and managed to
replace his LCD backlight using fiber optics and the sun
.
Game Boy LCD Repair
[Alan] found that he could
fix dead columns on his Game Boy LCD screen
with a little reflow work on the connector.
3DS Design Flaw?
Anyone having problems with the way their Ninten... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "377593",
"author": "ftorama",
"timestamp": "2011-04-10T12:58:32",
"content": "OMG, that’s the first time I see something useful from Apple ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377594",
"author": "Hipcat",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,219.89286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/09/growling-doorbell-lets-you-know-guests-have-arrived/ | Growling Doorbell Lets You Know Guests Have Arrived | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"doorbell",
"growl",
"iphone",
"notification"
] | [Sean] was screwing around online looking for nothing in particular when he came across a mailbox hacked to notify the homeowner when the mail had been delivered. Since his mail is delivered via a slot in the door, he had no use for the hack as is, but
something similar soon came to mind
.
His dog isn’t too keen on vis... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "377124",
"author": "ho0d0o",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T17:52:49",
"content": "Not a bad idea. Does seem a bit laggy but then again it sounds like he threw this together pretty quick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377139",
"... | 1,760,377,219.993207 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/09/how-low-can-you-go/ | How Low Can You Go? | Jason Komp | [
"clock hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"clock",
"launchpad",
"msp430"
] | That’s exactly what [Kenneth Finnegan] figured out with his
original investigation
into low powered MSP430-based circuits. He was able to keep a count-up timer running off of 20F worth of capacitors for over 10 weeks. Although quite impressive by its own merit, many people left comments that questioned whether similar ... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "377060",
"author": "MRC",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T16:19:41",
"content": "he built a prototype wrist watch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377078",
"author": "DXWXC",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T16:56:18",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,220.246365 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/09/bolt-action-pneumatic-spud-gun/ | Bolt Action Pneumatic Spud Gun | Jesse Congdon | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [] | No one should ever make a potato cannon. They are wildly unsafe, powerful, and can easily shatter your neighbor’s gaudy bay window, you know the neighbor with the mean dog.
That said, [Jeremy Cook] made a minature bolt action
spud gun
! Using a custom machined Delrin bolt, a fitted Delrin reducer, and some PVC, the spu... | 44 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "377047",
"author": "Mirlotus",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T15:48:30",
"content": "nice! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377049",
"author": "macw",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T15:54:08",
"content": "that’s adorable. I’d ... | 1,760,377,220.127723 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/09/according-to-pete-new-online-video-series/ | According To Pete – New Online Video Series | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"engineer",
"sparkfun",
"vblog",
"video"
] | This is [Pete Dokter], the fourth employee that Sparkfun ever had and currently Director of Engineering there. As you can see, they’re not letting [Peter] come out of his hole. Instead of designing new breakout boards they’ve given him a camera that he’ll be using to record his occasional pontifications.
‘According to ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "377054",
"author": "wosser",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T16:02:09",
"content": "Once a month? Seriously? This show had better be 4 hours long each time then.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377255",
"author": "Brett W. (Fight... | 1,760,377,220.037684 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/09/kequencer-2-0-is-cheaper-and-easier-to-build-still-awesome/ | Kequencer 2.0 Is Cheaper And Easier To Build — Still Awesome | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"kequencer",
"protoboard",
"sequencer"
] | [Rich Decibels] decibels received so much interest in his original sequencer build that he decided to make
another one that was a bit easier and less expensive to replicate
. The original design, called
the Kequencer
, featured a nicely finished look for the user interface. For the Keyquencer 2.0 he decided that adding... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "377014",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T13:22:17",
"content": "LOUD NOISES!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "377023",
"author": "Matthias_H",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T13:56:01",
"content": "I’m missin... | 1,760,377,220.174496 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/compost-heap-temperature-logger-helps-keep-things-hot/ | Compost Heap Temperature Logger Helps Keep Things Hot | Mike Nathan | [
"chemistry hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"compost",
"temp logger"
] | HackHut user [lackawanna] is
looking to start his own compost pile
, but as many urban composters discover, things can get quite smelly if you don’t manage it properly. The process of composting is broken up into two phases, aerobic and anaerobic decomposition. The former is the first stage to occur and produces plenty... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "376548",
"author": "AeroNotix",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T21:55:35",
"content": "A whole 328?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "376551",
"author": "MRC",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T22:01:33",
"content": "good to see some ... | 1,760,377,220.358478 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/pcb-parts-salvaging-made-easy/ | PCB Parts Salvaging Made Easy | Mike Nathan | [
"Parts"
] | [
"pcb",
"recycling",
"salvage"
] | Take a moment to think about how many old or damaged computer motherboards you have tossed away over the years. Sure we try to repurpose everything we can, but reclaiming electronic components from complex devices can be overly time consuming if you don’t have the proper means of doing so.
Ideally, if we were to try re... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "376435",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T19:35:15",
"content": "Quick and dirty but effective. Looks like he keeps the heat to the back of the board. I wonder if there is any possibility of damage to any of the more delicate components as a result of the som... | 1,760,377,220.306308 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/light-sensing-circuit-for-power-saving-applications/ | Light-sensing Circuit For Power Saving Applications | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"555 timer",
"light sensing",
"schmitt trigger"
] | Instructables user [MacDynamo] was thinking about home security systems and wondered how much electricity is being wasted while such systems are powered on, but not activated. He pondered it awhile,
then designed a circuit
that could be used to turn a security system on or off depending on the time of day, but without ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "376402",
"author": "Barefoot",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T18:57:52",
"content": "Great idea! I can see this being used to automatically turn on those giga-watt Christmas displays once the sun goes down.——–Note to HaD writers:weary = physically or mentally fatiguedwary = on guard; watc... | 1,760,377,220.403648 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/nxt-machine-sorts-lego-blocks-automatically/ | NXT Machine Sorts LEGO Blocks Automatically | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"conveyor belt",
"lego",
"nxt",
"sort"
] | Smart people don’t put their toys away, they build machines to do it for them. Case and point:
this NXT project which can sort LEGO pieces
. Just dump a bucket of random blocks in a hopper on one end of the machine. One slice at a time, these plastic pieces will be lifted onto a conveyor system made up of several diffe... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "376292",
"author": "andar_b",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T16:09:58",
"content": "Nifty projectand it’s spelled chute. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "376293",
"author": "MrX",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T16:11:28",
"con... | 1,760,377,220.504353 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/midi-drum-interface-helps-you-step-up-your-game/ | MIDI Drum Interface Helps You Step Up Your Game | Mike Nathan | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"drums",
"piezo",
"rock band",
"video games"
] | [Dan] likes Rock Band, but playing it makes him feel as useful as a one-legged man in
an ass-kicking
a drumming contest. He says that even using his friend’s ION kit leaves him searching out excuses as to why he’s not as good as he should be on the drums.
Eventually, he decided that he would
settle things once and for ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "376266",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T15:29:16",
"content": "Don’t assume the loss of a limb can ruin a drumming career: just look at Rick Allen!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "376296",
"author": "jon",
"... | 1,760,377,220.62908 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/friday-converting-from-clutter-closet-to-dreamy-datacenter/ | Converting From Clutter Closet To Dreamy Datacenter | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"closet",
"data center",
"exhaust",
"fan",
"rack"
] | [DocDawning] had a nice home network up and running, but the messy pit housing the hardware made him avoid that part of the house. In an effort to cut down on noise, and clean up the clutter,
he built himself a very nice data center inside a small closet
.
One of the biggest changes in the setup provides adequate cooli... | 51 | 47 | [
{
"comment_id": "376221",
"author": "bash",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T14:18:08",
"content": "love love love it! This is almost exactly what I want for my own place!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "376223",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,220.788288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/mayor-is-a-hacker-and-wants-to-use-diy-parking-meters/ | Mayor Is A Hacker And Wants To Use DIY Parking Meters | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"parking meter",
"penny"
] | The Mayor of Silverton, Oregon is a hacker and
wants to use roll-your-own hardware in the town’s parking meters
. It’s not that he thinks he can do a better job than companies selling modern meters (although there have been
notable problems with those
), but he wants to retain the sentiment of the 1940’s era parking me... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "376192",
"author": "Parcanman",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T13:11:17",
"content": "With a little stepper motor, he could even use the original dial. A servo would be easier, but servos need constant power to hold a position, which can be challenging on batteries, but one of those real... | 1,760,377,220.697414 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/sequencer-built-on-a-cycle-ii-fpga-board/ | Sequencer Built On A Cycle II FPGA Board | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"Altera",
"cyclone II",
"fpga",
"sequencer"
] | [Matt’s] finishing up his computer science degree. As part of a class assignment he programmed
his own sequencer which runs on a Cyclone-II FPGA
development board. We’ve embedded a video below the fold that shows you what it can do. The buttons and LEDs offered on the board actually allowed him to create a nice user in... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "376172",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T12:24:54",
"content": "i have one of these for college. The software running it is closed source and EXTREMELY expensive and documentation is really hard to find.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{... | 1,760,377,221.043167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/08/body-heat-sensing-pc-security-system/ | Body Heat Sensing PC Security System | Mike Nathan | [
"computer hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"security",
"software",
"temperature monitoring"
] | [Didier Stevens] wrote in to tell us about a little piece of PC security software he put together recently. His application,
LockIfNotHot
, works in conjunction with your PC as well as an IR temperature sensor in order to lock your computer the moment you step away.
The theory behind the system is pretty simple. Basica... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "376132",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timestamp": "2011-04-08T11:13:51",
"content": "it works great, but it would be even better if web cam could be used for this. maybe a range finder app on already integrated web cam?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,220.995655 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/one-eyed-one-armed-metal-rolling-roomba-robot/ | One-eyed, One-armed Metal Rolling Roomba Robot | Mike Nathan | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"robot",
"roomba",
"servo",
"webcam"
] | [Erik] was
looking for a sturdy robotics platform
and was initially considering the iRobot Create, until he found that he could score a Roomba Discovery series for a fraction of the price. The Discovery includes a battery, which is missing from the iCreate, though it also has all of the standard vacuum bits included as... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "375805",
"author": "Payne",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T22:33:09",
"content": "…. so is this a ‘one-eyed monster’???OK, I can go back to being an adult!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375812",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,220.93397 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/simulating-vhdl-of-an-avr8-soft-processor/ | Simulating VHDL Of An AVR8 Soft Processor | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arduino",
"avr8",
"fpga",
"papilio",
"simulator",
"xilinx"
] | Okay, now we’re beginning to feel a bit like [Alice].
This tutorial shows you how to simulate VHDL code
. This code is intended to run on an FPGA and includes a software-only version of the AVR 8-bit microcontroller core. Essentially, you’ll simulate VHDL code that simulates AVR hardware. Wrap your mind around that!
Th... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "375415",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T13:50:54",
"content": "“Essentially, you’ll simulate VHDL code that simulates AVR hardware. Wrap your mind around that!”We have to go deeper! Run it in a virtual machine!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"... | 1,760,377,221.089064 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/super-vmw-cpu-meter/ | Super VMW CPU Meter | Kevin Dady | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"cpu meter"
] | After many delays, restarts, and years, [Vince ] has finally finished his
Super VMW CPU Meter.
Featuring six alphanumeric red led displays, two 10 segment bar graphs, twelve red LEDs, and six color LEDs its got plenty of “screen” space to show all sorts of useful information.
Electrically its driven by four SAA1064 LE... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "375362",
"author": "Fallen",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T12:30:30",
"content": "“which is banged” probably should be which is bit banged…makes a bit more sense.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375383",
"author": "Pedro",
"t... | 1,760,377,221.134256 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/pic-based-ham-radio-autotuner/ | PIC-based Ham Radio Autotuner | Mike Nathan | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"cw",
"ham radio",
"pic"
] | A few years back, [Floyd, K8AC]
built a high frequency autotuner as an addition to his Ham radio setup
. Based off a design he saw in QST magazine back in the early ’90s, he has been using the tuner almost daily for the last few years, on both the 3.5 MHz and 7 MHz bands.
Built into the wall in his radio room, it is a ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "375335",
"author": "Garreth",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T11:21:30",
"content": "This will not make you sound like mega-gigabyte T pain",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375395",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T13... | 1,760,377,221.181464 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/circuit-building-with-a-hammer-and-nails/ | Circuit Building With A Hammer And Nails | Mike Nathan | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"breadboard",
"circuits"
] | [Collin Cunningham] over at Make recently wrapped up another edition of “Collin’s Lab” –
this time around, the subject is breadboards
. He starts off by discussing a common solderless breadboard, something you are no doubt familiar with. What you might not know however is how breadboards got their name.
Way back when, ... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "375009",
"author": "Alan Yates",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T22:36:28",
"content": "Copper roofing nails work well, you can solder to them easily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375010",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,221.258143 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/building-an-augmented-reality-display-using-obsolete-technology/ | Building An Augmented Reality Display Using Obsolete Technology | Mike Nathan | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"augmented reality",
"projector"
] | Augmented reality might be all the rage these days, but when you take a closer look at the technology, you will find that these sorts of optical illusions are not new at all.
Artist [Sebastian Schmieg] was pondering augmented reality for a bit and
decided he could replicate the effect
using old and obsolete technology.... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "375063",
"author": "Spayum",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T00:59:34",
"content": "I hate to be this kind of person, especially on a website about home-brew tech, but slides and slide projectors are nowhere near obsolete. (Feel free to argue about resolution and crap all you want, that’s ... | 1,760,377,221.475444 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/15-digit-nixie-clock-contains-mostly-non-useful-information/ | 15-digit Nixie Clock Contains Mostly Non-useful Information | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"clock",
"ds1307",
"metronome",
"nixie",
"rtc"
] | [Jarek Lupinski] is at it again, this time building
a clock using 15 Nixie tubes
. Just look at the time…. wait, how do you read this now? It’s not seconds since the epoch, but an homage to a very expensive New York City art piece. [Jarek] took his inspiration from the
Metronome art installation
in Union Square.
We had... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "374964",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T21:06:10",
"content": "I have one for sale at $4.1 million.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374970",
"author": "ColinB",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T21:15:56... | 1,760,377,221.422777 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/baking-pan-tube-amp-sounds-better-than-youd-expect/ | Baking Pan Tube Amp Sounds Better Than You’d Expect | Mike Nathan | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"amplifier",
"tube amp",
"vacuum tube"
] | A few years back, [Gio] decided to try his hand at building a couple of tube amplifiers.
The first amp was more of an experiment
to see how well a DIY single-ended tube amp would sound. The amp is based off the 6T9 design created by Spare Time Gizmos, and incorporates a pair of 6T9 vacuum tubes, hence the name. He wir... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "374910",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T19:37:39",
"content": "Metal enclosures should always be connected to earth.He should have mounted the whole thing on a breadboard. The kitchen kind…It always shocks me how expensive amplifiers are, even DIY ones.",
"parent_id... | 1,760,377,221.373167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/a-breakout-board-for-your-android-phone/ | A Breakout Board For Your Android Phone | Brian Benchoff | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Phone Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"sparkfun"
] | [sparkfun] announced a
new board
called the IOIO (pronounced “yo-yo”) this week that allows communication from your Android devices to your upcoming projects.
The board hasn’t been released yet; [sparkfun] is still pulling together documentation and waiting on their first production run. We do know that the board conta... | 50 | 48 | [
{
"comment_id": "375714",
"author": "dbear",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T20:06:16",
"content": "Way cool. Any idea on price yet?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375716",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T20:09:01",
"content": "5... | 1,760,377,221.897092 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/sticky-sweet-animatronic-peep-show/ | Sticky Sweet Animatronic Peep Show | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"leds",
"peeps"
] | With Easter quickly approaching, [Kyle] decided to finally build a project that is as tasty as it is wrong.
Behold, the
Animatronic “Peep” show!
Using nearly a dozen marshmallow Peeps, he constructed a stage for his “performers” and a seating area for their “clients”. The structure was built mostly from balsa wood and ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "375657",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T18:51:05",
"content": "Yay, Sony Music Entertainment is restricting embeds. So, YouTube only.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375666",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,223.87583 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/geiger-counter-built-in-an-ohmmeter-enclosure/ | Geiger Counter Built In An Ohmmeter Enclosure | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"geiger counter",
"radiation",
"tube"
] | Here’s
a Geiger Counter that makes itself at home inside of an old Ohmmeter
(
translated
). [Anilandro] set out to built this radiation detector in order to learn how they work. Like
other diy Geiger Counter builds
we’ve seen, this project assembles a circuit to interface with a gas-filled tube which serves as the dete... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "375660",
"author": "bothersaidpooh",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T19:02:44",
"content": "Nice hack!BTW you can make a basic alpha detector ionisation chamber using a single JFET and a suitable chamber with a sensor glued to it in order to offset temperature drift.I also ran into an inte... | 1,760,377,223.967963 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/shift-register-is-all-it-takes-to-make-a-3-wire-serial-lcd/ | Shift Register Is All It Takes To Make A 3-wire Serial LCD | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"595",
"hd44780",
"lcd",
"serial",
"shift register"
] | This hack is a bit older, but one aspect of the setup makes it worth sharing. Shift registers are a common component to include in a project when you need to increase the number of I/O pins available. We’ve used them to drive LCD screens before, but we never realize you could
use a 595 chip to make a 3-wire serial LCD ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "375604",
"author": "Emil Eriksson",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T17:43:34",
"content": "Better yet, use a 74HC164 which doesn’t have the latch register, only the shift register. The benefit of this is that the output won’t be one bit behind the shift register as is the case when you use... | 1,760,377,223.924763 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/art-installation-lets-you-be-your-own-souvenir/ | Art Installation Lets You Be Your Own Souvenir | Mike Nathan | [
"cnc hacks",
"Kinect hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"Kinect",
"printing",
"reprap"
] | The team at [blablabLAB] have been hard at work on their latest project,
which they unleashed on the streets of Barcelona
in the La Rambla pedestrian mall. Their art installation allows you to pose in the middle of the mall and receive a plastic statue of yourself as a souvenir.
Not unlike the “
Fabricate Yourself
” in... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "375554",
"author": "hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T16:37:06",
"content": "Neat, but they should do the head and sell it as part of a DIY bobblehead kit (Head, body & paint.) I alwayswanted to be a bobblehead. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,224.022627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/hacking-electronic-price-tags/ | Hacking Electronic Price Tags | Kevin Dady | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"e-ink",
"electronic price tag"
] | Something new is coming to a store near you:
electronic price tags
. [deadbird] decided to get one and see what makes it tick. First off it just looks like an LCD with some coin batteries and a simple board, but removing the batteries it was found that the text still appeared on the screen meaning its an E-Ink display.... | 67 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "375479",
"author": "jeicrash",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T15:04:43",
"content": "Electronic price tags are not really new, KOHL In Quincy il has them, they allow the store to remotely change prices. An alternate use would be kind of neat if the tags could be picked up cheap.",
"pa... | 1,760,377,223.824627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/07/ir-remote-control-jammer-makes-you-lord-of-the-livingroom/ | IR Remote Control Jammer Makes You Lord Of The Livingroom | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"555",
"ir",
"jammer",
"remote control",
"tv-b-gone"
] | Bring communications jamming technology into your TV viewing experience by
building this infrared LED driver circuit
. You’re probably familiar with
the TV-B-Gone
, which let’s you turn off any television at the touch of a button. But what if you actually want to watch the program that’s currently on the screen when th... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "375438",
"author": "HackerK",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T14:17:32",
"content": "simple and yet effective idea. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "375443",
"author": "Pwnsauce",
"timestamp": "2011-04-07T14:21:35",
"cont... | 1,760,377,223.604032 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/avr-hvsp-on-a-tiny-breadboard/ | AVR HVSP On A Tiny Breadboard | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"attiny13",
"attiny2313",
"AVR",
"breadboard",
"hvsp",
"isp"
] | AVR chips are convenient because you can program them in circuit at their operating voltage. That is, unless you screw up the fuse settings and they’ll no longer listen to an In System Programmer. If you find yourself facing this problem, just build this circuit on a breadboard and
‘unbrick’ by holding down the button
... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "374871",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T18:47:15",
"content": "Looks like a useful device – I’ve never really messed with fuse bits but I have a project or two that need one more I/O pin than the ATtiny13A provides. I should probably get round to making a HV programmer ... | 1,760,377,223.552854 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/alternate-keyboard-layouts-for-geekiness-and-other-reasons/ | Alternate Keyboard Layouts – For Geekiness And Other Reasons | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"cleaning",
"colemak",
"dvorak",
"keyboard",
"qwerty"
] | [BiOzZ] wanted to try a different keyboard layout than the ubiquitous Qwerty, so
he grabbed an old keyboard and converted it to the Dvorak setup
. This was accomplished by first popping off all of the keys from the black keyboard seen above, and boy did he find a mess underneath. It was nothing that a trip through the ... | 54 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "374833",
"author": "christian",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T17:41:56",
"content": "A friend of mine has been using this keyboard for about five years now.http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/bunnyf00f00/keyboard003.jpg?t=1302111546This is what happens when you buy 35 keyboards for £1... | 1,760,377,224.371795 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/blu-ray-laser-plotter-writes-on-glow-in-the-dark-screen/ | Blu-ray Laser Plotter Writes On Glow-in-the-dark Screen | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"blu-ray",
"diode",
"glow in the dark",
"laser",
"pololu",
"servo"
] | This laser display is persistent
thanks to a glow-in-the-dark screen. [Daniel] built it using a Blu-ray laser diode. As the laser dot traverses the screen, it charges the phosphors in the glow material, which stay charged long enough to show a full image.
The laser head is simple enough, two servo motors allow for X an... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "374820",
"author": "JP",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T16:53:45",
"content": "Does anyone else see large item 3d printing possibilities with this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374825",
"author": "jordan",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,223.503986 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/keep-fun-in-check-with-a-parental-count-down-timer/ | Keep Fun In Check With A Parental Count Down Timer | Jesse Congdon | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"AVR",
"capacitive sensor",
"timer"
] | Gaming industry software engineer [Pedantite] writes in to let us know about his latest endeavor, an AVR based parental assistant timer:
Good Times
. Looking for a new project that would be both useful and interesting, his wife suggested a “time out/ time’s up timer”. Like most of us [Pedantite]’s children are well s... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "374811",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T16:20:52",
"content": "For whatever it’s worth, stimuli correlated with the removal of a fun activity (the passage of time on the display in this case) tend to become aversive. His kids might appreciate it more if it counted down... | 1,760,377,223.644212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/bluetooth-headset-battery-swap-keeps-going-and-going/ | Bluetooth Headset Battery Swap Keeps Going And Going… | Mike Nathan | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Musical Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"headphones"
] | [Reginaldo] purchased a cheap Bluetooth headset adapter, and while it worked well with all of his devices, he was disappointed to find that the battery life didn’t quite live up to the manufacturer’s claims. Advertised as capable of operating for 10 hours, he discovered that the device would typically die after only 7.... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "374747",
"author": "MrX",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T14:04:19",
"content": "Just a note to editors: “amplificador” in Portuguese means indeed amplifier but in this context, Brazilians actually refer to it as an FM radio (amplifier).Other than that, great hack! Juicing 44 hours out an ... | 1,760,377,224.132139 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wall-warts/ | Everything You Need To Know About Wall Warts | Kevin Dady | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"power",
"wall wart"
] | If you work with electronics at any skill level you need juice. [Jon] has a great, and clearly worded tutorial about
Wall Wart Power Supplies
with pretty much everything you need to know about those little black boxes hanging off of your outlets.
The whole thing starts off with the basics like transformers, rectificati... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "374703",
"author": "TMXOD",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T12:24:59",
"content": "500 Internal Server Error‽",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374711",
"author": "tamasko",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T12:38:32",
"content": "Thi... | 1,760,377,224.213283 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/06/reverse-engineering-led-vodka-bottle-displays/ | Reverse Engineering LED Vodka Bottle Displays | Mike Nathan | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"alcohol",
"Atmel",
"led",
"pic",
"wireless"
] | When [Tyler] heard about the LED matrix display that Medea Vodka was building into their bottles, he immediately wanted to get his hands on one. Who could blame him? Someone had finally combined two things we love dearly: booze and LEDs.
He struggled to find a bottle at any of his local stores for the longest time, but... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "374680",
"author": "dkavanagh",
"timestamp": "2011-04-06T11:40:04",
"content": "Man, I hunted down one of these a year ago for the same intent, but we moved and I still don’t know where that thing got packed (9 months after moving!) Glad for the docs, thanks!",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,377,224.422436 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/atmega-analog-two-pack/ | Atmega Analog Two Pack | Kevin Dady | [
"how-to"
] | [
"analog",
"atmega"
] | Back in February, [ProtoStack] posted a pretty good tutorial on how to do
Analogue to Digital Conversion on an Atmega168
. Based on a bread board, the tutorial also shows the often forgotten low pass filter on the AVCC lines to ensure an extra stable reference and an analog input connection to a simple voltage divider ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "374003",
"author": "Daid",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T14:05:23",
"content": "The 2nd tutorial contains some wrong information:“Because we set the prescaler to 128, it take 128 clock cycles to read the analogue input. Whilst this is occuring we could be doing other things.”This is wron... | 1,760,377,224.467262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/redeye-printer-interface/ | Redeye Printer Interface | Kevin Dady | [
"LED Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"printer"
] | This
handy printer interface
started out as a request on our very own
forums
when forum member [victorf] needed some output via thermal printers. He had scored a number of HP82240B thermal printers intended for use with HP calculators, but of course they used the somewhat arcane HP protocol first drafted in the 1960’s ... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "373950",
"author": "Life2Death",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T12:08:59",
"content": "I wish this were an article, it would be easier than digging through forums (early in the morning before work, you see)But this is cool. I think its better than newer printers, if I assume correctly, it... | 1,760,377,224.518104 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/retrofitting-lcd-projectors-with-high-powered-leds/ | Retrofitting LCD Projectors With High-powered LEDs | Mike Nathan | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"lcd",
"led",
"projector",
"retrofit"
] | [Devon] recently repaired a handful of Phillips LCD projectors which he was quite excited to use. The only problem is that he didn’t want to mess with replacing the bulbs after every 2000 hours of use at $100 apiece. He was pretty confident that he could
find a better way to drive the projectors
, so he disassembled th... | 56 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "373679",
"author": "_matt",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T22:11:42",
"content": "He doesn’t say what LEDs he is using, but Dealextreme has some nice high power LEDs for cheap, I’ve seen some white ones over 900 lumens.Also, if he is using white, could that be the brightness problem? If h... | 1,760,377,224.656312 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/class-up-your-next-party-with-the-drink-making-unit-2-0/ | Class Up Your Next Party With The Drink Making Unit 2.0 | Mike Nathan | [
"Beer Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"alcohol",
"atmega",
"bar"
] | The crew over at [Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories] has been hard at work preparing for the Barbot 2011 cocktail robotic exhibition. This year, they are packing some serious drinking fun with the
Drink Making Unit 2.0
. The predictably named follow-up to last year’s wildly popular
Drink Making Unit
doubles the mixing ca... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "373670",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T21:37:11",
"content": "What a party piece. I could see this behind a glass plate at some bar fascinating anyone that orders a drink. And then the more you drink the more entertaining it becomes.. It would sell itself. I wish they ... | 1,760,377,224.564803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/kinect-hack-makes-april-fools-prank-a-reality/ | Kinect Hack Makes April Fools’ Prank A Reality | Mike Nathan | [
"Kinect hacks",
"News"
] | [
"april fools",
"faast",
"gmail motion",
"Kinect"
] | Unless you have been hiding out in a cave for the last week or so, you have heard about this year’s April Fools’ joke from Google. Gmail Motion was purported to be an action-driven interface for Gmail, complete with goofy poses and gestures for completing everyday email tasks. Unfortunately it was all an elaborate joke... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "373621",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T19:18:55",
"content": "It would be really cool if somebody could get the Kinect to read sign language.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "373623",
"author": "Squintz",
"ti... | 1,760,377,224.709984 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/rfid-drink-system-eliminates-the-need-for-change/ | RFID Drink System Eliminates The Need For Change | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"rfid"
] | [Avatar-X] snagged a drink vending machine online a few years back, and has been selling drinks to his neighbors ever since. People are always asking him for change, and just the other day he was thirsty and out of change himself. He considered adding an override key so that he could snag free drinks whenever he pleas... | 61 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "373579",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T18:14:15",
"content": "I can’t wait for the first one of his neighbors to spoof his card and get free drinks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "373580",
"author": "Cold_Turke... | 1,760,377,224.902465 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/power-sipping-msp430-mini-alarm-clock/ | Power-sipping MSP430 Mini Alarm Clock | Mike Nathan | [
"clock hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"alarm",
"clock",
"msp430"
] | [Markus] had a TI MSP430 sitting around from the LaunchPad kit he bought a while back. He didn’t know what to do with it, but eventually decided that it would make a
great miniature alarm clock
.
He added a shift register to the mix in order to drive his 7-segment LCD display, using two of the MSP430’s output pins in t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "373556",
"author": "rusty",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T17:25:38",
"content": "beautiful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "373559",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T17:31:04",
"content": "I like the well thou... | 1,760,377,224.95113 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/thinkpad-dock-picking/ | Thinkpad Dock-Picking | Caleb Kraft | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"lockpicking",
"thinkpad"
] | Hackers at the “RaumZeitLabor” hackerspace in Mannheim Germany have noticed that the locking mechanism on the thinkpad mini dock is
extremely easy to circumvent
. Sold as an additional layer of security, the mechanism itself is not really secured in any way. The button that actuates it is locked by a key, but the latch... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "373515",
"author": "MrX",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T15:54:10",
"content": "So far kensington locks have been pretty reliable..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "373526",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T16:21:14",... | 1,760,377,225.004885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/04/solar-powered-gameboy-color-never-runs-out-of-juice/ | Solar-powered GameBoy Color Never Runs Out Of Juice | Mike Nathan | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"gameboy color",
"handheld",
"solar"
] | Instructables user [Andrew] was given a free, but damaged GameBoy color by a friend. The friend’s dog had done quite a number on the outside of the handheld, but it was definitely usable. After replacing some of the outer shell, [Andrew] decided that he would try tweaking the GameBoy to
utilize a solar cell in order t... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "373512",
"author": "Fallen",
"timestamp": "2011-04-04T15:48:49",
"content": "Probably not a big deal, but without a charge controller there is a possibility of damaging the batteries if it gets left out in the sun too long. Probably not since a lot of solar lights seem to charge nim... | 1,760,377,225.049763 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/gun-turret-built-into-a-cake-box/ | Gun Turret Built Into A Cake Box | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"18f4520",
"airsoft",
"ir",
"pic",
"remote control",
"turret"
] | Couch potatoes have a new line of defense thanks to
this remote-controlled turret
. The gun itself is a hacked down airsoft model. The mount started with a servo motor in the center of a plastic cake box. A thin strip of plywood was added, along with a couple of sliding furniture feet to stabilize the platform as it ro... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "372990",
"author": "Brett W. (FightCube.com)",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T20:48:48",
"content": "That’s a really neat project! Might I suggest mounting the IR receiver on the top center?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "373004",
... | 1,760,377,225.869355 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/kapton-tape-aids-in-drag-soldering-surface-mount-parts/ | Kapton Tape Aids In Drag Soldering Surface Mount Parts | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"drag soldering",
"kapton tape",
"smd",
"smt",
"solder mask",
"surface mount"
] | Drag soldering works exactly as its name implies, by dragging a bead of solder across fine-pitch pins you can quickly solder an entire row. The method relies on clean joints, so liquid solder flux is often used to make sure there is good flow. But if you’re drag soldering on boards that you’ve etched yourself the solde... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "372951",
"author": "turbochris",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T19:37:39",
"content": "Usually when I hear Kapton I think of flaming aircraft falling from the sky. Good to see it put to good use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "372960... | 1,760,377,225.110133 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/aftermarket-visor-mounted-gps-better-than-oem/ | Aftermarket Visor-mounted GPS Better Than OEM | Mike Nathan | [
"gps hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"gps",
"retrofit",
"tomtom"
] | When [Roberto] bought his Mini Cooper, he opted to forgo the factory GPS system as it was over priced and didn’t have the best of reputations. He decided that he still needed GPS in his car, so
he committed himself to install a TomTom unit
in a way that would not detract from the car’s interior.
He dismantled the drive... | 40 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "372904",
"author": "MrJackson",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T18:04:28",
"content": "I think the passenger visor would have been a better location. You can follow the voice once your moving if alone, or the passenger can assist as needed when you’re not.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,377,225.322244 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/adjustable-prank-box-growls-and-screams/ | Adjustable Prank Box Growls And Screams | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"555 timer",
"prank",
"screamer"
] | [Brett] over at FightCube was tossing around ideas to build a
screaming prank circuit that fits inside an Altoids tin
. Sound familiar? We featured a story just a few days back about the construction of
a very similar item
by [Dino Segovis]. It seems that great minds think alike after all!
[Brett’s] version is a bit mo... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "372863",
"author": "Dino",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T17:03:42",
"content": "Nice variation on a theme! :)I like the growliness. Nice job Brett!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "372876",
"author": "Brett W. (FightCube.com)",
... | 1,760,377,225.156094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/using-your-pc-as-a-simple-signal-generator/ | Using Your PC As A Simple Signal Generator | Mike Nathan | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"DC offset",
"signal generator"
] | [Debraj] needed a simple signal generator for a project he was working on, but didn’t have one handy. He found that the easiest and cheapest way to get clean, reliable signaling was by
using something that was already sitting on his desk
– his PC.
He found that the tone generator built into Audacity was quite useful, a... | 29 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "372795",
"author": "addidis",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T14:59:58",
"content": "This isnt a bad idea, you could merge this with a simple sound card scope mod and have a relatively cheap usable tool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,225.247581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/pid-sous-vide-slow-cooker-bon-appetit/ | PID Sous-Vide Slow Cooker – Bon Appétit! | Jason Komp | [
"cooking hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"cooking",
"pid",
"sous-vide"
] | In search of a perfectly-cooked brisket, [Aaron] recently completed this DIY
PID-controlled sous-vide slow cooker
. Sous-vide (French for “under vacuum”) is a cooking technique in which foods are typically vacuum-sealed and then cooked in a relatively low temperature water bath for an extended period of time. This is d... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "374300",
"author": "macw",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T21:11:47",
"content": "why shouldn’t it be accurate to 1 degree if the sensor is accurate to 0.9 degrees?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374307",
"author": "Wilin",
"t... | 1,760,377,225.57944 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/xbox-360-briefcase-is-ready-to-go-wherever-you-do/ | Xbox 360 Briefcase Is Ready To Go Wherever You Do | Mike Nathan | [
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"briefcase",
"portable",
"xbox"
] | Hackaday forum member [azazelcrey] recently wrote in to share his
portable Xbox 360 build
. This is not his first attempt at constructing one of these, as he completed his first portable console a few years back. This time, he has taken what he learned from the first go round, making his newest creation a bit cleaner a... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "374288",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T20:46:59",
"content": "Not bad. Needs a little finishing, but looks good otherwise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374339",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2011... | 1,760,377,225.505114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/hacking-automated-hand-sanitizers-with-ben-heck/ | Hacking Automated Hand Sanitizers With Ben Heck | Mike Nathan | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ben heck",
"hand sanitizer",
"propeller"
] | If you have visited a hospital any time recently, you probably noticed quite a few automated hand sanitizer dispensers scattered throughout the hallways and in each patient’s room. Since hospital-acquired infections are a growing problem, there has been a push for all personnel to use these hand sanitizers regularly to... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "374248",
"author": "Nick McClanahan",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T19:48:27",
"content": "Hey, Ben’s using a Propeller Platform USB! Also, is it me, or does he sound intentionally robotic when reading the Element14 plug?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,225.631149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/chill-your-phone-for-longer-battery-life/ | Chill Your Phone For Longer Battery Life? | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"cooler",
"heat sink",
"lithium",
"peltier"
] | The first specs we look at when choosing a cellphone are the battery life numbers. We know that eventually we’re going to see performance loss, and [Dr. West] wanted to see if there’s a way to delay the inevitable. What he found is that ambient temperature affects the battery throughout its life. He set out to
build a ... | 45 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "374134",
"author": "valbaca",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T18:05:56",
"content": "good idea. perhaps having something that taps into your already-running refrigerator for cooling power (as opposed to just putting your cell in the freezer or pulling watts from the outlet). I do already m... | 1,760,377,226.110629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/ti-adds-some-linux-support-for-evalbot-weve-got-hardware-coupon-codes-for-you/ | TI Adds Some Linux Support For Evalbot – We’ve Got Hardware Coupon Codes For You! | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"arm",
"codesourcery",
"cortex-m3",
"evalbot",
"linux",
"texas instruments",
"ti"
] | In case you missed it, Texas Instruments sells a little robot called the Evalbot as a development platform for ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers. Since its release we’ve seen a few hacks on the hardware; the image above is a proof of concept for
developing for the device under Linux
. We have criticized TI in the past for... | 109 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "374096",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T17:16:16",
"content": "i have the evalbot thanks to your first cuponhttp://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/065/d/6/owned_by_biozz-d3b2jtd.jpgit was easy to set up and get to work but it has no examples for the SD card or Ethernet ... | 1,760,377,225.717885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/retake-on-a-wii-remote-controlled-balancing-robot/ | Retake On A Wii Remote Controlled Balancing Robot | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"balancing",
"pololu",
"remote",
"segway",
"segwii",
"sparkfun",
"wii"
] | [Tijmen Verhulsdonck] built
his own version of a Wii remote-controlled balancing robot
. He drew his inspiration from
the SegWii
, which was built by [Ara Kourchians].
The body is built using one of our preferred fabrication methods; threaded rod makes up a rail system, with three sheets of hard board serving as a moun... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "374076",
"author": "MattQ",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T16:36:52",
"content": "Dutch vampire builds upright robot. This is actually pretty cool. I’m curious as to how much weight it can carry. Terrific design, thumbs up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,225.763843 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/05/cocktail-cabinet-to-be-proud-of/ | Cocktail Cabinet To Be Proud Of | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"cocktail cabinet",
"mame",
"sketchup"
] | At a glance you might think it’s the real thing, but if you look closer you’ll see that The Distraction Contraption is an extremely well-executed cocktail cabinet recreation that hosts a MAME setup. [Sam Freeman] took pictures of the entire build process and
has posted them, along with captions, as a Flickr collection
... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "374018",
"author": "TopHat",
"timestamp": "2011-04-05T15:05:43",
"content": "Those are some pretty interesting build techniques. Awesome cabinet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "374020",
"author": "Wizzard",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,225.815227 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/03/hacking-game-port-peripherals-to-work-with-modern-pcs/ | Hacking Game Port Peripherals To Work With Modern PCs | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"analog",
"game port",
"pc",
"pc gaming",
"wheel"
] | [Atiti] has a bad habit of hanging on to old things. Some people call this sort of behavior “hoarding”, but around here we understand his affliction. It turns out that in his collection of old computer peripherals, he located a Thrustmaster Formula 1 racing wheel he used back in the day. Analog racing wheels can cost a... | 25 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "372773",
"author": "ftorama",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T13:30:38",
"content": "Hey I had a project like this in a part of my head….but I would have used a Teensyduino or Teensy++ to get the HID class directly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,377,226.028108 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/02/macro-lens-and-image-stacking/ | Macro Lens And Image Stacking | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"bellows",
"helicon focus",
"macro",
"nikon",
"zeiss"
] | [Samuel Sargent] built his own lens for making stacked macro images.This project, which was completed as part of his senior thesis, utilizes a Zeiss enlarger lens. The aperture ring was broken, making it difficult to tell how much light was being let into the camera. Instead of scrapping the whole thing he turned it ar... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "372516",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T22:19:35",
"content": "http://bigwww.epfl.ch/demo/edf/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "372571",
"author": "d",
"timestamp": "2011-04-03T01:13:35",
"content": "Where... | 1,760,377,226.160841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/02/3d-printed-gun-fires-nerf-darts/ | 3D Printed Gun Fires Nerf Darts | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"dart",
"gun",
"nerf"
] | [Vik Olliver] adds a bit more power to what has traditionally been a store-bought toy by
designing this printable dart gun
. His design prints the follower in the track where it belongs, which means it’s not going to come loose unless the material itself fails. After printing you’ll need to clean up that track just a b... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "372420",
"author": "Bob D",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T17:51:54",
"content": "While printing the follower in the track is neat it’s a pain on extruderbots since it’s nearly impossible to print embedded parts that are actually separate with any quality. The same goes for a smooth track... | 1,760,377,226.218642 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/02/robotic-berimbau-plays-itself/ | Robotic Berimbau Plays Itself | Mike Nathan | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"berimbau",
"capoeira",
"music",
"robot"
] | If you have ever seen capoeira, you have undoubtedly heard the music of a berimbau. If you are not familiar, Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that melds martial arts, acrobatics, and music. This graceful fighting form is often accompanied by the sounds of a berimbau, a single-stringed musical instrument comprised of a ... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "372408",
"author": "Just L. Pauls",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T17:05:51",
"content": "Love it !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "372413",
"author": "Brett W. (FightCube.com)",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T17:16:46",
"cont... | 1,760,377,226.269693 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/02/manage-your-rechargeables-at-a-glance/ | Manage Your Rechargeables At A Glance | Kevin Dady | [
"hardware"
] | [
"rechargeable"
] | If you enjoy photography, radio controlled vehicles, or any other activity that requires you to keep multiple sets of rechargeable batteries on hand you know how much of a pain it can be if you get a dead battery mixed in with your charged batteries. This easy approach to
managing your batteries while on location
does ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "372347",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T14:29:49",
"content": "Similar approach to how you manage magazines to keep track of which are full and which are empty/low. You simply place them in the holster with the bottom facing up or down. At least that’s how we were d... | 1,760,377,226.369046 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/02/simple-dtmf-decoder-pulls-numbers-from-youtube-videos/ | Simple DTMF Decoder Pulls Numbers From YouTube Videos | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"dtmf",
"pots",
"telephone"
] | While many of us have banished land line telephones from our houses, there are still quite a few people who utilize POTS lines today. These analog phone systems use Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals in order to audibly represent all of the keys on a telephone keypad and place calls. [Brad] over at LucidScience d... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "372298",
"author": "YT2095",
"timestamp": "2011-04-02T12:40:42",
"content": "something like this would be useful in Ham radio too, for listening to the repeater access codes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "372314",
"author"... | 1,760,377,226.435694 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/awesome-portable-n64-keeps-your-games-in-hand-out-of-sight/ | Awesome Portable N64 Keeps Your Games In Hand, Out Of Sight | Mike Nathan | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"n64",
"nintendo",
"portable"
] | [David] recently wrote us to share the
portable Nintendo 64 he constructed
with the help of the friendly people over at the ModdedbyBacteria forums. We are
no strangers
to
N64 portables
, as
you may have noticed
, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Sheathed in a metallic blue case, this console is an instant st... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "371900",
"author": "G-reg",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T21:50:55",
"content": "Like it, dont love it. Portable is the purpose of handheld. Orig. gameboy knew that above sega. A hack… yes. But some how I feel jipped that its mostly a case mod thats just as thick as the n64 itself. Kudo... | 1,760,377,226.546362 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/bluetooth-bot-constructed-from-thrift-store-rejects/ | Bluetooth Bot Constructed From Thrift Store Rejects | Mike Nathan | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bluetooth",
"robot"
] | [John] wrote in to share his latest creation,
an Arduino-controlled Bluetooth robot
. You might remember him from one of his previous hacks,
the Lawnbot 400
. This time around, he has decided to scale things down a bit and focus his hacking on small R/C toys.
His Bluetooth bot was constructed using a cheap R/C tank he ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "371836",
"author": "David Kavanagh",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T19:30:35",
"content": "Great! I’ve been a proponent of repurposing RC toy platforms for years. Back in ’94, I got one almost exactly like this for $10 after christmas at RadioShack. I added a 68HC11 controller and motor d... | 1,760,377,226.490328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/sparkfuns-has-da-kewt-kitty-parades-of-stuf/ | SPARKFUNS HAS DA KEWT KITTY PARADES OF STUF | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"News"
] | [
"butts",
"icanhaz",
"kitteh",
"lol",
"sparkfun",
"the death of the english language"
] | HAY GUISE! SPARKFUN ADDED AWESUM NEW STUF 2DAY. DA PICTURZ WERE SUPER BORING NERD STUF SO I ADDED SUM AWESOME KITTEHS TO THEM. THA WUN ABUV IZ AN ADORUBLE RED HAIRED KITTEH OVER DA SPARKFUN
SOLDERING IRON KIT
! IT’S SUPER KEWLS FOR SURE.
HAH, I DUNNO WHAT
THIS DOES
BUT LOOK AT DAT KEWT KITTEH DAT JUS OPEN ‘IS LIL EYES.... | 39 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "371769",
"author": "The Ideanator",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T18:06:03",
"content": "FIRSTEST!!!T3H LIEZ!!!11!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371771",
"author": "Danj",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T18:08:37",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,226.691527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/whistle-to-make-the-art-flow/ | Whistle To Make The Art Flow | Kevin Dady | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"augmented reality",
"generative art"
] | A new project from [James] targets the iPhone with this wild
generative art in an Augmented Reality environment
(free) app for 3GS and 4 running running iOS 4+. Powered by the
String
augmented reality library, and written in C + OpenGL the combo present a power AR platform offering over 100,000 polygons on screen with... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "371751",
"author": "Erik Johnson",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T17:39:38",
"content": "Is this an advertisement? Or am I getting pulled into the 4/1 joke",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371788",
"author": "Masta Squidge",
"t... | 1,760,377,226.836544 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/3d-printer-gets-a-big-resolution-improvement/ | 3D Printer Gets A Big Resolution Improvement | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3d printer",
"projector",
"resin",
"resolution"
] | [Jose Carlos Veloso Junior] has been
working on his 3D printer to improve the resolution
. We looked in on his project back in October when
he was printing the blue busts
like the one seen above.
We were impressed by the resolution he was able to achieve back then, using liquid resin that is cured with visible light. T... | 48 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "371692",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T16:15:52",
"content": "um. WOW",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371695",
"author": "Chalkbot",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T16:17:50",
"content": "That is awesome. Nice ... | 1,760,377,226.795694 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/kinect-produced-autostereograms-magic-eye-pictures/ | Kinect Produced Autostereograms (Magic Eye Pictures) | Mike Szczys | [
"Kinect hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"autostereogram",
"Kinect",
"magic eye"
] | [Kyle McDonald], working collaboratively with [Golan Levin] at the Studio for Creative Inquiry, has come up with
an application that can produce autostereograms
. These are pictures that appear to be three-dimensional thanks to a visual illusion created by forcing your eyes to adjust focus and vergence differently than... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "371656",
"author": "pRtkL xLr8r",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T15:22:38",
"content": "Cool – now use it to make full-motion video autostereograms…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371666",
"author": "hunternet93",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,227.202507 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/transmitting-power-and-data-through-thick-metal-enclosures/ | Transmitting Power And Data Through Thick Metal Enclosures | Mike Szczys | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"nuclear",
"piezo",
"submarine",
"transducer",
"wireless electricity"
] | So let’s say you have a submarine, or a nuclear containment chamber which has walls made of thick metal. Now let’s say you want to transmit power or data through this wall. Obviously you’re not going to want to drill a hole since this wall is either keeping seawater out, or potential contamination in, but wireless sign... | 49 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "371565",
"author": "nardella",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T13:18:14",
"content": "04 01 perhaps?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371570",
"author": "xorpunk",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T13:24:27",
"content": "Hope the fac... | 1,760,377,227.283608 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/04/01/i-can-has-hackz/ | I Can Has Hackz? | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"annoying april fools site pranks"
] | AFTR NARROWLY AVOIDIN TEH AQUIZISHUN BY AOL FEW YEERS AGO, HACKADAI HAS DECIDD IT IZ TYME 2 PARTNR UP WIF TEH CHEEZBURGER NETWORK.
THOUGH U CUD NOTICE SUDDEN AN SHARP INCREASE IN KITTEHS LOCATD IN R POSTS, WE WILL STRIV 2 CONTINUE DELIVERIN TEH HIGHEST QUALITY HACKZ WE CAN FIND ON TEH NET. WE EXPECT DAT DIS NEW POSISHU... | 42 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "371502",
"author": "benji skool",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T11:13:39",
"content": "this is great idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371504",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2011-04-01T11:15:39",
"content": "pretty... | 1,760,377,226.913973 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/03/31/thanks-for-ruining-a-good-thing-or-trying-to/ | Thanks For Ruining A Good Thing, Or TRYING To! | Kevin Dady | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"oshw"
] | It seems that there has been some shenanigans happening with the OSHW logo voting page
as some are using scripts to game the system for their favorite design
. Why? Who knows… How? Well one of the advocates of OSHW [Bill Porter] set about figuring that out, and things should be patched up now, though that still leave... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "371271",
"author": "Bill Porter",
"timestamp": "2011-03-31T22:45:34",
"content": "Fess up people! I still don’t understand why someone would do this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "371278",
"author": "hpux735",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,227.098044 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2011/03/31/diy-camera-stabilizer-keeps-your-video-shake-free-on-the-cheap/ | DIY Camera Stabilizer Keeps Your Video Shake Free On The Cheap | Mike Nathan | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"stabilizer",
"video"
] | Commercial vest-based camera stabilizer systems are quite expensive, sometimes bearing price tags in the $700-$800 dollar range. Photographer [Miguel Vicente] has a pretty well-stocked workshop and decided there was no way he would shell out that much cash for a rig,
so he simply built his own
.
“Simply” is a bit of a ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "371272",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2011-03-31T22:46:47",
"content": "The link is light on build details, the video is merely an assembly sequence video. From the video we get there are two equal length parallel arm assemblies, supported by a pair of springs each. A gimbal at t... | 1,760,377,227.154417 |
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