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https://hackaday.com/2010/11/10/android-talks-pulsewave/ | Android Talks Pulsewave | Joseph Thibodeau | [
"Android Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"dac",
"rs232",
"serial"
] | Serial communications are a mainstay of digital computing. They don’t require much physical infrastructure and they exist in variations to fit almost any application. The behaviour of serial communications lines, varying from high to low voltage in a timed pattern, is analogous to a 1-bit DAC.
Using a whole DAC for ser... | 41 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "210389",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timestamp": "2010-11-10T13:36:51",
"content": "hey this is very cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210391",
"author": "Owen",
"timestamp": "2010-11-10T13:43:24",
"content": "I’... | 1,760,377,339.650338 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/beginner-concepts-leds-and-laws/ | Beginner Concepts: LEDs And Laws | Devlin Thyne | [
"hardware",
"LED Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"adafruit",
"beginner concepts",
"led"
] | Adafruit has a
new LED tutorial
for people wanting to get started with electronics. It is full of useful diagrams, pictures, and quizzes to help make sure you are understanding the concepts. This is the real basic stuff here: LEDs, resistors, and the laws from Kirchhoff, and Ohm. It starts out explaining the parts of a... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "210219",
"author": "nizon",
"timestamp": "2010-11-10T01:20:49",
"content": "The positive side is longer, should you ever feel the need to bend it into a + sign :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210231",
"author": "jamieridd... | 1,760,377,340.17264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/propeller-and-machine-gun-timing/ | Propeller And Machine Gun Timing | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"airsoft",
"gun",
"interrupter gear",
"pellet",
"propeller",
"synchronize"
] | [Matt] was looking for a challenge. Inspired by the machine gun setups on World War I planes he wanted to make
a gun that can shoot between the blades of a spinning propeller
. The original guns used
an interrupter gear
that synchronized machine gun firing with the engine mechanically. [Matt] set out to do this using a... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "210211",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-10T00:35:50",
"content": "i thought some guy 60 years ago make a simple gar for this? XDbut yeah i love the concept XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210214",
"author": "Myt... | 1,760,377,340.013049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/solderless-drawdio-terminally-implemented/ | Solderless Drawdio Terminally Implemented | Joseph Thibodeau | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [
"drawdio",
"music",
"pencil",
"synth",
"toys"
] | So you’re stuck in a boring class and you can’t fight off the urge to hack something, even your pencil, to pass the time. Maybe you are performing a live electronics show and you drop your synth down a flight of stairs and all that you are left with is a handful of components, a screw terminal block and a pencil. There... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "210178",
"author": "Eirinn",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T23:09:33",
"content": "Y’know, if they modded it to follow a scale; Say the pentatonic one – it would also sound good :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210266",
"author"... | 1,760,377,339.768943 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/ros-turns-three/ | ROS Turns Three | Chris Nelson | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"library",
"os",
"robot"
] | Since its first debut three years ago,
ROS
has been gaining some
popularity
with the robotics folks. It’s behind the scenes of those impressive
quadcopters
you may remember from a while back. ROS helps abstract the lower level functions of a robot by supplying lots of code for commonly used components (
wiimote
for e... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "210169",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T22:23:15",
"content": "Those turtles are so CUTE!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210176",
"author": "Eirinn",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T23:08:04",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,340.266786 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/debounce-code-one-post-to-rule-them-all/ | Debounce Code – One Post To Rule Them All | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"button",
"code",
"debounce"
] | Last month
we asked you to send in your debounce code
. You didn’t disappoint and it’s time to share the code received. There were some guideline for sending in code so if you don’t see yours here, it probably didn’t follow the rules, sorry. We also tried to weed out code that using delay loops for debounce. These tend... | 39 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "210124",
"author": "guess",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T20:47:40",
"content": "Putting a tens of lines of code into a RSS header – splendid!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210129",
"author": "Guy",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09... | 1,760,377,339.726769 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/android-on-iphone-new-treats/ | Android On IPhone: New Treats | James Munns | [
"Android Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"2g",
"3g",
"android",
"apple",
"froyo",
"idroid",
"iphone",
"openiboot"
] | It seems that the iPhone 2g and 3g are the
newest phones
to get Android 2.2, codenamed Froyo. The process for installing Froyo if you have a
jailbroken
device seems to get even easier every time, with this revision being as simple as adding a repository, downloading Froyo, and pressing go. Follow the link for a wonderf... | 44 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "210081",
"author": "Mi6",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T19:44:42",
"content": "Good news, but considering the price and ep!c ghayness related to the manufacturer one could just run down the street and get a brand new huge screen Dell Streak or HTC even?",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,339.851082 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/avr-controlled-rgb-led-matrix-plays-tetris/ | AVR Controlled RGB LED Matrix Plays Tetris | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"led",
"matrix",
"rgb",
"tetris"
] | [Stan] built this
LED matrix using a 16×16 grid
of RGB LEDs. He built the hardware and wrote some subroutines to randomize the colors. He’s not using PWM because frame buffering is not feasible for the 1k SRAM limit of the ATmega168 he used. Instead, shift registers drive the lights which can be mixed to achieve eight ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "210071",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T19:11:50",
"content": "Why would PWM not be feasible? I understand you don’t want to do 24bit color with it, but surely 8bit (3r 3g 2b) should be doable? It’d take 3/4 of the sram, but in the worst case you could put the game ... | 1,760,377,340.115805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/home-automation-without-pulling-wires/ | Home Automation Without Pulling Wires | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ATmega88",
"home automation",
"openwrt",
"remote control",
"RF",
"router",
"switched outlet"
] | Here’s a bit of simple home automation using hacks with which we’re become pretty familiar. [Mrx23] combined OpenWRT, a microcontroller, and a set of RF controlled outlet switches to
add automation to his plug-in devices
. An RF remote that controls the switched outlets has been connected to an Arduino. The router comm... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "210030",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T18:15:35",
"content": "Nice hack but isn’t this a little round about way of setting up an x10 setup. I have 15 devices in my house and a modified wrt Linksys to connect to the usb x10 interface. The wrt already runs a webserver but... | 1,760,377,340.06846 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/09/machine-your-own-ring-light/ | Machine Your Own Ring Light | James Munns | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"lathe",
"led",
"lexan",
"light",
"microscope",
"ring"
] | [Alan] acquired a stereo microscope from eBay, and decided to save some more money by designing, machining, and assembling his own
arc reactor
ring light
to go along. After finding an LED driver board sitting around as well as ordering some surface mount LEDs, he set about using a lathe to cut away a block of lexan, ma... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "209966",
"author": "dkavanagh",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T15:37:37",
"content": "Are you sure he isn’t building an ironman suit?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209967",
"author": "Colecago",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T15:3... | 1,760,377,340.227617 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/swapping-speedometer-needle-for-leds/ | Swapping Speedometer Needle For LEDs | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"car",
"display",
"driver",
"led",
"lm3914",
"speedometer"
] | [Ah2002] didn’t like the shaky needle in his car’s speedometer so
he replaced it with a ring of LEDs
. The old speedometer had a cable which rotated along with the gearbox for mechanical speed measurement. By connecting the stepper motor from a printer instead of this cable, a voltage is generated that fluctuates with ... | 44 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "209602",
"author": "Darkrocker",
"timestamp": "2010-11-09T00:15:25",
"content": "Definitely like it, although I think I;’d go with red. Looks better (imo) and better for your night vision. When you want to give your car a more custom look doing a mod like this is a great alternative... | 1,760,377,340.345457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/build-a-confetti-cannon-for-your-next-party/ | Build A Confetti Cannon For Your Next Party | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cannon",
"confetti",
"fire extinguisher",
"pneumatic",
"solenoid",
"valve"
] | [Scott]
built a confetti canon
to spice up the party. It’s pneumatic and re-purposes a fire extinguisher as the air tank. He had a refillable extinguisher that used water instead of chemical retardant. After emptying the water and ensuring all of the pressure had been release he swapped the hose and nozzle for a sprink... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "209595",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T23:38:25",
"content": "I wouldnt have thought this kind of solenoid valve would be the best pick given the reaction time delay between trigger and the valve fully opening. This valve works by triggering on a pressure differencial ... | 1,760,377,340.804044 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/czech-discovery-ressurects-ps2-keyboard/ | Czech Discovery Ressurects PS/2 Keyboard | Joseph Thibodeau | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"contest",
"discovery",
"keyboard",
"ps2",
"stm32"
] | Like us, you probably have piles of old PS/2 keyboards occupying strategic positions in your house and causing all sorts of trouble with the neighbours. As luck would have it, there is a way to put those lazy peripherals to work!
Our friends in the Czech Republic have successfully interfaced a
PS/2 keyboard to an STM32... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "209570",
"author": "Merried Seinor Comic",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T22:39:10",
"content": "Fiends? It’s not like they can help they’re from the Czech Republic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209573",
"author": "guest",
... | 1,760,377,340.700026 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/water-use-feedback-changes-behavior/ | Water Use Feedback Changes Behavior | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"koolance",
"meter",
"usage",
"water",
"wifi"
] | How much water do you use when showering, or washing your hands, or washing the dishes? Not how much does the average person use, but how much to
you
use? That’s what the team over at Teague Labs set out to find with this
water usage feedback system
. The sensor used is a Koolance flow meter which is intended to measur... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "209094",
"author": "theodore",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T20:20:13",
"content": "why can’t you plumb it to the main line coming off the pump? Then you would have the total water usage for the house. it would take me less than 20 min’s to install. not very hard to do at all.",
"par... | 1,760,377,340.980852 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/exploit-bait-and-switch/ | Exploit Bait And Switch | James Munns | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"EFTPS",
"hack",
"malware",
"virus",
"Zeus"
] | When a new virus or other piece of malware is identified, security researchers attempt to get a hold of the infection toolkit used by malicious users, and then apply this infection into a specially controlled environment in order to study how the virus spreads and communicates. Normally, these toolkits also include som... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "209056",
"author": "pwnr",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T19:17:27",
"content": "Though evil virus writers suck, I vote they put more emphasis and focus on OSX for a couple years ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209065",
"autho... | 1,760,377,340.874839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/your-mobile-phone-now-with-100-more-rfid/ | Your Mobile Phone, Now With 100% More RFID | James Munns | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"pass",
"phone",
"rfid",
"subway",
"tag"
] | More and more today, it is becoming harder to avoid having some sort of RFID tag in your wallet. [bunnie], of
bunnie:studios
decided to ease the clutter (and wireless interference) in his wallet by transplanting the RFID chip from one of his subway cards into his mobile phone. Rather than the tedious and possibly impo... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "208973",
"author": "Squirrel",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T17:07:26",
"content": "Awesome!!Now madison just needs to build a subway system so that I can do this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209016",
"author": "Gdogg",
"t... | 1,760,377,340.754436 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/the-transistor-takes-on-the-machine/ | The Transistor Takes On The Machine | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"Arduion",
"competition",
"hackerspace",
"imac g3",
"laser",
"racecar",
"scion",
"take on the machine",
"xbee",
"zombie"
] | It only took 4 hackerspaces, but we finally get to see a zombie movie inspired project; hackerspace
The Transistor Takes on the Machine
with a Dawn/Shawn of the Dead movie theme. Race cars disguised as zombies swarm toward the players, who then use laser tag like guns to “shoot” down the approaching undead. The whole t... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "208949",
"author": "Pix3l the B1t",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T14:48:29",
"content": "Cool! I assume that the zombies would have proximity sensing or something of the like so they wouldn’t collide. I think that these would be awesome if they had good swarm AI, i.e. flanking abilities ... | 1,760,377,340.918634 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/06/hacking-together-a-sous-vide-cooker/ | Hacking Together A Sous Vide Cooker | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"cook",
"food"
] | Those amongst you that are cooks won’t need this explanation, for the rest of us, lets just get this out of the way.
Sous Vide
is when you cook things at a temperature lower than normal, for a period of time longer than normal to attain specific results in texture. A chef can tell you more intricate details about it, b... | 40 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "208584",
"author": "pwnr",
"timestamp": "2010-11-06T17:48:02",
"content": "Nice hack – prime rib is a good example of food cooked sous vide!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208596",
"author": "nanomonkey",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,341.098749 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/06/step-by-step-antique-radio-repair-and-upgrade/ | Step By Step Antique Radio Repair And Upgrade | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"radio",
"retro",
"tube"
] | [M3talhead] takes us through a very informative repair of an
old tube radio
. In this case, his radio was from the late 30s. He was able to find the original data from
Radiomuseum.org
. He painstakingly dismantles the radio components and the cabinet. Instead of completely modernizing the internals, he replaces the bad... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "208526",
"author": "wouter",
"timestamp": "2010-11-06T15:15:12",
"content": "I’m going to mod my brAun 199 (1975) so it will be sort of like a squeezebox.. but the restoration is taking far more time than I thought..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,341.23662 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/06/some-weekend-robot-goodness/ | Some Weekend Robot Goodness In Link Form | Caleb Kraft | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"books",
"robots"
] | PBS Newshour
did a piece on robots
. They talked about NASA’s bot pictured above, Asimo, Big Dog, PR2, Robbie the robot and a few others. We didn’t see anything new, but we really do like the coverage getting out there. We also never need an excuse to watch that guy kick big dog around for a while. We know it’ll only b... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "208515",
"author": "daniel_reetz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-06T14:19:46",
"content": "Oh man, yeah, you really DO need a DIY Book Scanner. Those instructions are pretty outdated… be sure to check out some of the one-camera designs or our “new standard scanner” on the forums. A lot has ... | 1,760,377,341.025757 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/the-v4z80p-the-8-bit-laptop/ | V4Z80P: The 8-bit Laptop | James Munns | [
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"cpld",
"fpga",
"laptop",
"Spartan",
"xilinx",
"z80",
"zilog"
] | [Phil] over at Retroleum has cobbled together a clean, well put together
laptop
based entirely around a
Zilog Z80
microprocessor and a pair of Spartan II FPGAs. These FPGAs allow him to reduce the number of devices on his board, and therefore cut his production cost as well as device size. He even managed to integrate ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "209543",
"author": "javajunkie",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T21:24:53",
"content": "Reminds me of my first laptop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209546",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T21:27:18",
"conte... | 1,760,377,341.290972 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/swiveling-arms-replace-laptop-lcd-hinges/ | Swiveling Arms Replace Laptop LCD Hinges | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"ben heck",
"laptop",
"lcd",
"notebook",
"screen",
"swivel"
] | This swivel arm LCD screen
is [Ben Heck’s] latest hack. It replaces the hinges that normally only allow one point of rotation on the screen. You can still use the laptop like normal, but when space is at a premium a second adjustment, both in rotation and linear position, has been added using the slots and screw knobs ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "209523",
"author": "24601",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T20:33:26",
"content": "Is this video another one of those where he starts one project, then in the middle switches to a different project for most of the video, before finally finishing the first project? If so, PASS.",
"pare... | 1,760,377,341.351527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/cnc-machine-from-pc-parts/ | CNC Machine From PC Parts | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"floppy drive",
"mill",
"optical drive",
"parts",
"pc",
"pcb",
"plotter",
"stepper"
] | [Mike Rankin] built
a small CNC machine using some PC parts
. He repurposed two optical drives and a floppy drive to create the plotter seen drawing the Hackaday logo above. The X and Y axes use the stepper motor controlled read heads from two optical drives. The Z axis is built using the read head hardware from a flop... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "209501",
"author": "Necromant",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T19:19:45",
"content": "Awesome… Looks like my next weekend project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209502",
"author": "Necromant",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T19:22:... | 1,760,377,341.511988 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/win-big-american-design-style/ | Win Big: American Design Style | James Munns | [
"contests"
] | [
"contest",
"design",
"stm",
"STMicroelectronics"
] | Last week we announced a Germany based design contest only accepting applicants from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Unfortunately, this left out one of the larger segments of our readers. After doing some scrounging around (and a helpful tip from [Flash Gordon]), we managed to find a similar contest
run by STMicroe... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "209466",
"author": "Andee",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T17:30:12",
"content": "Rules:http://stm32challenge.net/official-rules",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "209486",
"author": "TheBadWolf",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T18:30:0... | 1,760,377,341.446532 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/08/make-a-knitting-machine-print-pixel-art/ | Make A Knitting Machine Print Pixel Art | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"art",
"floppy",
"ftdi",
"knitting machine",
"pixel",
"tandy"
] | [Becky Stern] shows how to take an old
electronic knitting machine and interface it with a computer
. After seeing the Brother KH-930E knitting machine in the video after the break it looks like the controls function quite like a CNC milling machine. Patterns can be programmed in and stored on a floppy disk. Since we d... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "209477",
"author": "redbeard",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T18:15:57",
"content": "Also, for the crib notes, check out Limor & I’s github accounts where we put together some of the code for this:https://github.com/brianredbeard/knitting_machinehttps://github.com/adafruit/knitting_machin... | 1,760,377,341.560162 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/project-enclosures-the-right-way/ | Project Enclosures The Right Way | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"box",
"case",
"enclosure",
"mill",
"project",
"sparkfun"
] | [Stephen Eaton] created an enclosure and shared his process in
a pair
of
blog post
. We thought is was amusing that he remarks on how rarely his projects get the to point that you’d want to make an enclosure for them. We’ve certainly got a lot of bare-PCB creations lying around. But when it does come time, we think his... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "209159",
"author": "Avaviel",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T22:53:40",
"content": "[corrections]Change“project box and the obliged.”add [y] to end of [the].“project box and the obliged.”(For some reason, it cleared the text of my previous post. Whoops.)",
"parent_id": null,
"dept... | 1,760,377,341.655616 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/07/im-me-plays-music-in-preparation-for-gaming/ | IM-ME Plays Music In Preparation For Gaming | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"frequency",
"game",
"im-me",
"music",
"piezo",
"tetris"
] | [Emmanuel Roussel] is coding a version of
Tetris for the IM-ME
. Before you get too excited, he hasn’t actually written the game yet, but instead started with the familiar theme music. The IM-ME has a piezo speak on board so it’s just a question of frequency and duration. [Emmanuel] developed an Open Office spread shee... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "209127",
"author": "Mr_Bishop",
"timestamp": "2010-11-07T21:36:12",
"content": "ok this is slightly off topic, but I saw a post having to due with using one of these to monitor a spectrum, my question, is there any way to record(packet sniff?) analog and digital waves on the 2.4GHz ... | 1,760,377,341.609555 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/kilobuck-open-kinect-project-prize/ | Kilobuck Open Kinect Project Prize | Devlin Thyne | [
"contests",
"News",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"adafruit",
"Kinect",
"Open Kinect",
"open source",
"prize",
"xbox"
] | Full of video and audio sensors, the newly released
Kinect
is Microsoft’s answer to Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus and Sony’s PlayStation Move. Now there is money up for grabs to hack it. Adafruit is offering up a
one thousand dollar prize
to open source the driver for the Kinect. What do they want this driver to do? They w... | 83 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "207795",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T22:18:21",
"content": "i got to play with one and its not all its hyped up to bei prefer the playstation move XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207799",
"author": "Patric... | 1,760,377,341.983554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/apple-studio-display-connector-ports/ | Apple Studio Display Connector Ports | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"dvi",
"lcd",
"monitor",
"power",
"studio display",
"usb"
] | [Warrior_Rocker] pulled off his own
Apple Studio Display hack by removing the cable and adding ports
. As we saw in
Wednesday’s post
, these displays use a cable with a proprietary connector that combines DVI, USB and Power. Instead of altering the cable, [Warrior_Rocker] removed it completely. By wiring up a standard ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "207762",
"author": "Me",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T21:17:28",
"content": "That is very well done, kudos to you for it.But it also shows how proprietary Apple is, and which lengths users will have to go to in order to enjoy a simple bit of standard connectivity.I don’t mean to bash Ap... | 1,760,377,341.89473 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/mac-se-reborn-as-a-server-and-mac-emulator/ | Mac SE Reborn As A Server And Mac Emulator | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"AVR",
"dockstar",
"emulator",
"floppy",
"seagate",
"usb"
] | [Sprite_TM] cooked up an amazing hack by
resurrecting a Mac SE using a Dockstar and ARM processor
. The retro hardware had a bad mainboard thanks to the corrosive properties of a failed backup-battery. He had been wanting to do something with
the Seagate Dockstar
and decided it would find a nice home in the Mac. But wh... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "207751",
"author": "wouter",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T20:25:06",
"content": "now that kicks ass big time xDit’s cool he’s reusing it as a computer to, but I doubt he’s going to use the emulator for anything else then getting the dockstar back online..BTW: is the emulator running fro... | 1,760,377,342.091149 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/snes-controller-dock-for-dell-streak/ | SNES Controller Dock For Dell Streak | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"cable",
"controller",
"dell",
"emulator",
"pdmi",
"snes",
"streak",
"sync"
] | The Dell Streak is an Android tablet. [Collin Meyer] wanted to use an original SNES controller to play emulated games on the device. What he came up with is
a controller that is a dock for he handheld
.
Several things have to come together to make this happen. The Streak uses a standard PDMI dock that connects to a com... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "207734",
"author": "Nair",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T19:39:04",
"content": "Why not for N900, I just installed mario with emu on it. It’s a pain in the ass playing it with the normal cursor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207737... | 1,760,377,342.031001 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/quick-and-easy-street-view-treadmill/ | Quick And Easy Street View Treadmill | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"google",
"stealth switch",
"street view",
"treadmill"
] | This is [Thomas Clauser’s]
Google Street View enabled treadmill
. He points out that most of the
Street View hacks
use a measurement of rotational movement to interface with a computer. He respects that but didn’t want to take the time to make it work with his treadmill. Instead, he used a stealth switch propped up on ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "207698",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T17:38:36",
"content": "Wouldn’t a piece of tape of the tread and a reflective light sensor be even ‘easier’ then lifting a treadmill and trying to get the switch positioned just right? Would also work at lower speeds as well, and a... | 1,760,377,342.213735 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/win-a-harley-in-this-design-contest/ | Win A Harley In This Design Contest | James Munns | [
"contests"
] | [
"contest",
"discovery",
"EBV",
"Elektronik",
"HarleyHarley",
"stm32"
] | EBVElectronik of Germany is hosting a
design contest
based around the STM32F microcontroller. They are inviting engineers and inventors to come up with the best general purpose design ideas, with prizes including a Harley Davidson Motorcycle and a 1000 euro Apple voucher. Even better, they are offering a free
STM32 Dis... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "207669",
"author": "Troll_Dragon",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T16:07:58",
"content": "The board is only $10 anyway…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207673",
"author": "Julien",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T16:23:18",
"conte... | 1,760,377,342.166295 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/diy-coffee/ | DIY Coffee Gripper | James Munns | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"coffee",
"egg",
"grounds",
"hand",
"vacuum"
] | Here at Hackaday, we love it when people make home brew versions of elaborate, expensive, and technical equipment. By gathering up some coffee grounds, a balloon, some plastic tubing, and his lungs, [Carlos] has provided a
good how-to
on making your own coffee grounds robotic hand. Inspired by the U. Chicago, Cornell, ... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "207651",
"author": "wouter",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T15:05:48",
"content": "CHECK xDWant want want!btw: who’s making the robot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207660",
"author": "Nathan Zadoks",
"timestamp": "2010-11-0... | 1,760,377,342.351009 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/04/test-beds-and-jigs-with-pogo-pins/ | Test Beds And Jigs With Pogo Pins | Devlin Thyne | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"hardware",
"Microcontrollers",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Pogo pin",
"production hacks",
"Test bed",
"Test jig"
] | Pogo pins – spring-loaded pin contacts are pretty fun to play with and even cooler when they get used in electronic devices like Adafruit and SparkFun’s test jigs. Check after the break for how these two companies have created their own production hacks.
At
Adafruit
, they build up from an Arduino with a proto shield. ... | 21 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "207632",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2010-11-04T14:02:57",
"content": "I made similar automatic tests for Teensy, but using a piece of plastic and drill press instead of fabricating PCBs. It’s pretty easy to just print a copy of the original PCB on a laser printer, tape it to t... | 1,760,377,342.405445 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/03/rc-bristlebot-shifts-weight-for-steering/ | RC Bristlebot Shifts Weight For Steering | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"bristlebot",
"rc",
"steering"
] | This large bristlebot
has no prolem steering itself by shifting its weight. It’s easy enough to watch the video after the break and see how this works. But there’s still the same air of “I can’t believe that actually works” which we experienced with
the original bristlebot
.
This is not the first
attempt to calm a bris... | 39 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "207294",
"author": "Fetret",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T20:20:36",
"content": "First sentence, “prolem”. Other than that cool bot, I love the homemade look (and the fact that it is home made)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207296... | 1,760,377,342.545178 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/03/patching-into-android-music-control/ | Patching Into Android Music Control | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"control",
"music",
"nexus one",
"resistor",
"trrs"
] | Here’s a look at
the TRRS cable
that Android phones use. [Rich Kappmeier] want to control the music player on his Nexus One while driving. It’s not necessarily a safe endeavor if you’re staring at the screen and poking away with one hand while trying to stay in your lane. A little bit of research helped him figure out ... | 26 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "207258",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T18:08:49",
"content": "Awsome. I’ve been waiting for this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207263",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T18:17:48",
"content"... | 1,760,377,342.469854 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/03/rgb-stroboscopic-guitar-tuning/ | RGB Stroboscopic Guitar Tuning | Mike Szczys | [
"cons"
] | [
"badge",
"defcon",
"guitar",
"led",
"rgb",
"stroboscopic",
"tuner"
] | This is [Michael Ossmann’s]
RGB LED stroboscopic guitar tuner
. If his name is familiar that’s because
we mentioned
he’d be giving a talk with [Travis Goodspeed] at ToorCon. But he went to DefCon as well and spent the weekend in his hotel room trying to win the badge hacking contest.
Despite adversity he did get his tu... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "207248",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T17:32:31",
"content": "This is pretty sweet, they have existing stroboscopic tuners out there but they’re rather novel. There is one that is in keychain form and only flashes at the frequency of the low E string, which is awesom... | 1,760,377,342.598595 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/03/normal-connectors-for-apple-studio-display/ | Normal Connectors For Apple Studio Display | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple display connector",
"dvi",
"lcd",
"monitor",
"studio display"
] | [Sherry Wu] sent in a link to her
Apple Studio Display hack
. She got her hands on the 17″ display which has a proprietary Apple Display Connector that rolls signals for DVI, USB, and 25V power into one plug. Convenient right? Not if you want to use it on a machine that has standard video connections. No problem, she g... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "207213",
"author": "P",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T16:09:20",
"content": "nice work with the hack, but she could have simply consulted the internet :)http://pinouts.ru/Video/apple_adc_pinout.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2... | 1,760,377,342.661099 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/03/how-to-program-pics-using-linux/ | How-to: Program PICs Using Linux | Devlin Thyne | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"linux",
"Microchip PIC",
"pic",
"PIC12F675",
"PIC16F688",
"pic16f887",
"PICkit 2",
"PICStart+",
"SDCC"
] | Arguably, Microchip’s PIC microcontrollers do not get enough posts here. One of the drawbacks for some of us is that Linux support for PICs is not very well known. The information is out there, but no one has laid out the process of going from writing C code to programming a chip. Written for Linux users that are famil... | 94 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "207153",
"author": "Squirrel",
"timestamp": "2010-11-03T14:08:46",
"content": "Very nice.I’m liking these tutorials..I think that ARM programming should come next",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "207160",
"author": "Mat",
... | 1,760,377,342.832855 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/robot-bicep-curl-accompanied-by-too-much-fanfare/ | Robot Bicep Curl Accompanied By Too Much Fanfare | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"dumbbell",
"marketing",
"mecanum",
"tap light"
] | So this is
the world’s strongest robot arm
. Great… no really, that’s wonderful. We think lifting a 1000 kilogram dumbbell is a good way to show it off to the public. But with great power came the world’s most over-the top marketing. Well, maybe not as bad as the
shake weight
but it’s getting there. In the video after ... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "206817",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T20:35:05",
"content": "Well the marketing is clearly working….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206818",
"author": "Jef",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T20:37:39",
"conten... | 1,760,377,342.738983 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/avr-programming-03-reading-and-compiling-code/ | AVR Programming 03: Reading And Compiling Code | Mike Szczys | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"AVR",
"bitwise",
"c++",
"code",
"datasheet",
"programmer",
"programming"
] | In
the last installment
of our tutorial series we built a simple circuit on a breadboard and programmed an ATmega168 to make it run. That proves that you know how to follow directions, but the eureka moments of doing everything yourself are on the way. This time around you will get down and dirty with the datasheet, le... | 41 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "208256",
"author": "jamieriddles",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T23:14:25",
"content": "excellent serieskeeps this upits gonna be a while before my brain takes this all in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208347",
"author": "mini... | 1,760,377,343.324347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/robot-eyes-look-where-you-do/ | Robot Eyes Look Where You Do | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"augmented reality",
"eye",
"robot",
"tracking",
"wearable"
] | This robot eye
can move five times faster than the human eye. It’s capable of being used to follow a human gaze and, as you can see by that coin, it’s small enough to be used in pairs. When used to follow your gaze it needs a custom-made eye tracker. The thought here is that a lot can be learned about a person’s psyche... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "208197",
"author": "Physics_Dude",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T20:15:34",
"content": "If I’m not mistaken, that uses the same magnetic technology that your hard drive uses to move the pinheads.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20819... | 1,760,377,342.93058 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/ai-via-super-mario-evolution/ | AI Via Super Mario Evolution | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"artificial intelligence",
"evolution",
"mario",
"super mario bros"
] | Can Super Mario teach you to think? That’s the idea behind using a simple version of the
game to teach artificial intelligence
. [Oddball] calls this The Mario Genome and wrote at program that can take on the level with just two controls, right and jump. He gave the script 1000 Marios to run through the level. It then ... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "208175",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T19:10:02",
"content": "very neat to try on my machine. i don’t know much about this stuff, but it’s fun to watch all them little marios!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208184"... | 1,760,377,343.204406 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/chest-freezer-temperature-controller/ | Chest Freezer Temperature Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Beer Hacks"
] | [
"atmega48",
"chest freezer",
"controller",
"ferment",
"temperature"
] | [Mikey Sklar] finds himself in need of a temperature regulated refrigerator for fermenting foods like yogurt, kimchi, bread, and beer. After some testing he found that by
building his own controller
he can get a chest freezer to outperform an upright refrigerator at this task by 2-to-1.
The controller is based around a... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "208171",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T18:35:17",
"content": "nice Mikey! Good seeing your project posted here!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208176",
"author": "PanicOpticon",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T19:13... | 1,760,377,343.136392 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/making-point-contact-transistors/ | Making Point Contact Transistors | Devlin Thyne | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"germanium",
"point contact transistor",
"transitor"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmotkjMSKnI&w=470]
[Jeri Ellsworth] is back at it again. We seem to cover her work
a lot here
. Her latest video above covers how she created a point contact transistor from a 1N34 germanium cat whisker diode. After opening the glass casing on the diode, she uses sharpened phosph... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "208143",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T17:07:02",
"content": "these are like the first type of transistors made right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208174",
"author": "zerth",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T19... | 1,760,377,343.473073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/racing-sim-cockpit-stores-inside-an-ottoman/ | Racing Sim Cockpit Stores Inside An Ottoman | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"ottoman",
"racing",
"simulator"
] | [Lyscho] built a racing simulator cockpit based on a PVC frame but it took up a lot of space when not in use.
His second generation
is built inside the frame of an ottoman, meaning it can be stored right under your feet.
The pedals are fixed in place, with some padding below to rest your heels on. The cockpit chair and... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "208122",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T16:00:04",
"content": "Not wireless?LAME!get wireless power in there!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "208128",
"author": "jayson",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T16:26:56... | 1,760,377,343.878687 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/05/have-you-ever-wanted-to-be-on-internet-tv/ | Have You Ever Wanted To Be On (Internet) TV? | James Munns | [
"contests"
] | [
"badge",
"Independent",
"Inventor",
"Rev3",
"revision3",
"tv"
] | Are you an independent inventor? It might just be your lucky day. The fine folks at
Independent Inventor TV
, a new show currently filming for Revision3, is looking for home and garage based inventors to present their inventions for the camera. Currently they are based out of San Francisco, CA and are looking to film p... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "208109",
"author": "skater_j10",
"timestamp": "2010-11-05T15:04:28",
"content": "Hey kinda coincidental, but one of my projects was just featured on TV last week on the Daily planet’s “Planetyou”. Check it out:http://tinyurl.com/2vqmlyuThere have been a few other Hackers and makers ... | 1,760,377,343.242641 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/lego-ball-mill/ | LEGO Ball Mill | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"aluminum powder",
"ball mill",
"lego",
"PVC",
"pyrotechnics"
] | This is a ball mill
used for refining materials into a fine powder. [Jpoopdog] built it in two parts, a base and the tumbler chamber. The base itself is build using LEGO wheels as rollers. The motor and controller from an NXT kit is used to drive the rotation, with programming to stop the mill every so often so that th... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "206771",
"author": "hacknet",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T19:14:34",
"content": "PVC seems very static prone to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206773",
"author": "dwqasw",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T19:18:07",
"conte... | 1,760,377,343.937558 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/lego-barcode-scanner/ | LEGO Barcode Scanner | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"barcode",
"lego",
"nxt",
"scanner"
] | Playing store just got really, really fun because you can now
build your own LEGO barcode scanner
. As you can see after the break, it works well and it’s fast like a real barcode scanner. Unfortunately it doesn’t scan real barcodes. Or at least not traditional ones. As we learned in
the Barcode Challenge
, standard ba... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "206763",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T18:40:02",
"content": "I have found the NXT light sensor to be rather noisy. Getting accurate results at that scanning speed is quite an achievement.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,343.511896 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/hacking-a-hack-disassembly-and-sniffing-of-im-me-binary/ | Hacking A Hack: Disassembly And Sniffing Of IM-ME Binary | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"binary",
"bus pirate",
"disassembly",
"im-me",
"reverse engineering",
"sniffing",
"spi"
] | It’s fun to pick apart code, but it gets more difficult when you’re talking about binaries. [Joby Taffey] opened up the secrets to one of [Travis Goodspeed’s] hacks by
disassembling and sniffing the data from a Zombie Gotcha game binary
.
We looked in on [Travis’] work yesterday at
creating a game using sprites on the ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "206706",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T17:20:19",
"content": "#corrections “SPI baud rate” should be “SPI bit rate”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206710",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T17:... | 1,760,377,346.165719 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/halloween-prop-mario-bros-with-full-sound-effects/ | Halloween Prop: Mario Bros. With Full Sound Effects | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"greeting card",
"Halloween props",
"mini",
"nunchuck",
"sound effect",
"super mario bros",
"wii"
] | Creativity abounds in putting together this
pair of Super Mario Bros. costumes
. [Rob] and his wife didn’t stop with a well-assembled troupe of familiar wardrobe items, but decided to go for authentic sound effects as well. It started by finding a few of his favorite Mario sounds on the Internet. From there he grabbed ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "206668",
"author": "Imanoss",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T16:13:51",
"content": "so cool.that’s next year’s costume sorted for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206674",
"author": "kristian",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T16:28... | 1,760,377,345.943539 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/02/magnetic-card-stripe-spoofer/ | Magnetic Card Stripe Spoofer | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"credit card",
"magnetic stripe",
"magstripe",
"spoofer"
] | This hodge-podge of components is capable of
spoofing the magnetic stripe
on a credit card. [Sk3tch] built an electromagnet using a ferrous metal shim wrapped in enameled magnet wire. While he was doing the windings [Sk3tch] connected his multimeter to the metal shim and one end of the wire, setting it to test continui... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "206631",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2010-11-02T14:18:47",
"content": "I’m a bit ignorant in these matters, but don’t the magnetic stripes have 3 sub-stripes? Does this spoof all of them, or just simple cards like those used to give carpark access?",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,345.845877 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/01/augen-e-go-booting-linux/ | Augen E-Go Booting Linux | Mike Szczys | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"augen",
"Didj",
"e-go",
"linux",
"Windows CE"
] | The Augen E-Go is billed as a Netbook that ships with Windows CE. [Moogle]
got it to boot the Linux kernel
after a bit of
hardware snooping
. He found a UART connector on the main board and discovered that if you tie the enable pin to ground
you can send an ARM bootloader
to the device during boot up. His past experien... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "206334",
"author": "Decius",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T20:20:54",
"content": "What are the specs of this Device?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206336",
"author": "The Moogle",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T20:22:22",
"co... | 1,760,377,346.111348 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/01/futuristic-3d-mouse-originally-arduino-powered-and-3d-printed/ | Futuristic 3D Mouse Originally Arduino Powered And 3D Printed | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"arduino",
"mouse",
"printer"
] | We usually shy away from posting about commercial products. Strap on a bib to protect your shirt from the drool, watching the video after the break will show you why we had to post about this. [Valentin Heun] and his cohorts
developed this three-dimensional controller
using tools common to the hacker community. The pat... | 42 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "206299",
"author": "Craig Burden",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T19:08:13",
"content": "OMG!!! where can i buy one!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206300",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T19:08:47",
"content... | 1,760,377,345.718225 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/01/typewriter-as-io-lets-you-play-zork/ | Typewriter As I/O; Lets You Play Zork | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"resistor",
"solenoid",
"typewriter",
"zork"
] | Okay, for many the fact that
this typewriter plays Zork
on paper instead of a CRT is the fascinating part of this hack. But we love the implementation that makes the keys of the device an input and output.
The electric typewriter has been fitted with a solenoid for each key (wow, that’s a lot of work). In the image abo... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "206261",
"author": "Addidis",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T18:14:56",
"content": "filed under “How to kill trees at an alarming rate”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206262",
"author": "xythobuz",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T18... | 1,760,377,346.001576 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/01/im-me-graphic-manipulation-using-sprites/ | IM-ME Graphic Manipulation Using Sprites | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"animation",
"array",
"perl",
"sprite",
"travis goodspeed"
] | Here’s
a study in sprite animations
that [Travis Goodspeed] put together. He’s working with one of his favorites, the pink IM-ME device that
he’s been hacking on for a while
now. But if you don’t have this hardware that shouldn’t discourage you. There’s a lot to be learned from his methods which will translate to any m... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "206239",
"author": "JohnPower",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T17:10:09",
"content": "umm… where’s the link to the actual article of Travis?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206240",
"author": "Daid",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T1... | 1,760,377,346.046248 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/11/01/halloween-house-has-been-known-to-burst-into-song/ | Halloween House Has Been Known To Burst Into Song | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"halloween",
"House",
"Michael Jackson",
"Musical",
"Thriller"
] | Just a day after Halloween and a replacement for Michael Jackson has been found, in the form of a very talented
musical house
. Not only does this house come close to a Michael Jackson dance routine but can mimic the voice quite well. The house has also been known to do the
Monster Mash
as well as
Sandstorm (Techno) b... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "206225",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T16:18:22",
"content": "That is pure awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "206228",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2010-11-01T16:23:53",
"content": "“We know th... | 1,760,377,345.642114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/large-magnets-spark-on-halloween-who-knew/ | Large Magnets Spark On Halloween, Who Knew? | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"arduino",
"brain",
"foam",
"hot knife",
"led",
"pwm"
] | This
overly large magnet
certainly completes the mad scientist look (for an even crazier look, take a jar of water with red food coloring and place in one large cauliflower, instant brain in a jar).
The base of the magnet is painted foam cut with a makeshift hot-knife; to get the magnet sparking [Macegr] laser
etched a... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "205920",
"author": "Parker",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T19:20:20",
"content": "Now go up behind someone and wait.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205921",
"author": "tjb",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T19:20:42",
"content":... | 1,760,377,345.787163 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/mechanical-mustache-envy/ | Mechanical Mustache Envy | Jakob Griffith | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"brass",
"copper clad",
"mechanical",
"mustache",
"steam punk",
"tension"
] | While this
mechanical mustache
isn’t made for a Halloween costume, it certainly looks like part of one. Copper clad, brass, cable, and a few other bits come together in a similar style to
tension based hands
; the piece is then worn much like a Mardi Gras mask. To complete the rustic “old tyme” look [John] was after, t... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "205907",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T18:49:00",
"content": "“warn much like a Mardi Gras ”Come in guys….at least proofread and have someone else proofread your posts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205908",
... | 1,760,377,345.89192 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/even-more-halloween-links/ | Even More Halloween Links | Caleb Kraft | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"halloween"
] | We know you just got a links post a couple hours ago, but more people tipped us off to some great Halloween stuff and we just couldn’t wait.
[Michael] came up with this fantastic idea for a
flying ghost
. He’s using a twin prop tilt rotor design to fly his ghost all over the neighborhood. It has a camera mounted on boa... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "205897",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T18:18:31",
"content": "Video was taken down:“This video contains content from mahalo.com, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "205909",
... | 1,760,377,346.286788 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/keyboard-concept-uses-magic-trackpad/ | Keyboard Concept Uses Magic Trackpad | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"kernel",
"keyboard",
"linux",
"magic trackpad",
"multitouch",
"nail polish"
] | This is a keyboard alternative
that [Sebastian] is building from two Apple Magic Trackpads. The multitouch devices are a good platform for this because they’re designed to pick up several events at the same time. To prototype the locations of the keys he’s using printable transparency sheets. He gives you a sense of wh... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "205876",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T16:35:08",
"content": "Two $70 trackpads to emulate a keyboard?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205890",
"author": "the_author",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T17:41:58"... | 1,760,377,346.454889 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/hackaday-links-october-31-2010/ | Hackaday Links: October 31, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"coat",
"Halloween props",
"led",
"logo",
"skull",
"star wars",
"twitter"
] | Happy Halloween to one and all. Let’s celebrate the holiday with some related links.
[Brandon] carved
the Hackaday logo into his Jack-‘o-Lantern
. But that’s not all, inspired by
EMSL’s Jack-‘o-Lantern
, as well as
our own offering
, he added LEDs. Three of them occupy the flesh behind the eyes and nose, fading in and ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "205850",
"author": "Ben Wright",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T15:37:51",
"content": "Yoda didn’t look like a hack. Thats a stencil out of the Star Wars pumkin carving book. I would of liked to see more halloween insprired hacks this year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,377,346.584482 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/halloween-props-voice-changing-daft-punk-costume/ | Halloween Props: Voice-changing Daft Punk Costume | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"daft punk",
"dsp",
"Halloween props",
"helmet",
"r-2r"
] | [Dr. West] shared his Halloween costume with us; a
Daft Punk inspired voice-changing helmet
. He stared with a motorcycle helmet, cutting out a hole in the back for a sub-woofer speaker. Inside there’s an old computer mic and the amp circuitry for a portable stereo system. An Arduino is used to pick up the wearer’s voi... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "205814",
"author": "coolty",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T13:33:39",
"content": "oh god what.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205818",
"author": "loans",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T13:52:22",
"content": "i bet that’s weird... | 1,760,377,346.496103 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/30/building-the-banana-jr-6000/ | Building The Banana Jr. 6000 | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"banana jr. 6000",
"bloom county",
"mini",
"plus"
] | [John’s] latest build strikes a chord of nostalgia by
realizing the Banana Jr. 6000
. The whimsical hardware is
the product of the Bloom County comic strip
. It first appeared in 1984, the same year as the Macintosh. [John] used a Mac Plus as the case but completely revamped the insides. An 8″ touchscreen takes the pla... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "205444",
"author": "mjrippe",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T23:29:00",
"content": "As one who fondly remembers both Bloom County and the birth of Macintosh, I give this three thumbs up!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205468",
"a... | 1,760,377,346.663222 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/30/tv-out-for-ti-calculators-using-the-link-port/ | TV Out For TI Calculators Using The Link Port | Jakob Griffith | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"calculator",
"link port",
"ti",
"TI-Presenter",
"tv"
] | Do people enjoy wasting 300$ on a bulky convoluted system, that only works for special “Teacher Edition” calculators, and is several years out of date; E.G. the TI-Presenter? [Benryves] certainly
does not
. So instead of purchasing a TI-Presenter, he made his own
TV out system
for the TI brand of calculators by using a... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "205408",
"author": "Michael Bradley",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T22:13:51",
"content": "Just curious, how is it showing on a VGA monitor? Does that monitor have NTSC in? I realy need to read the whole thing probly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,347.035633 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/30/beginner-concepts-electronics-basics-from-the-giz/ | Beginner Concepts: Electronics Basics From The Giz | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"beginner concepts",
"electronics",
"gizmodo. university"
] | Gizmodo University is open for business. This free educational series aims to
educate about the basics of electronic theory
. No prerequisite knowledge needed and they’re starting from the ground level. First lesson? Resistors! From there they’ve posted about voltage dividers, series/parallel circuits, Ohm’s law, and h... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "205410",
"author": "sweet",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T22:19:00",
"content": "nice idea for beginers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205426",
"author": "Ajaxx",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T22:39:20",
"content": "Thanks fo... | 1,760,377,346.978939 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/30/ignore-uop-on-the-osx-dvd-player/ | Ignore UOP On The OSX Dvd Player | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"dvd",
"leopard",
"OsX",
"playback",
"snow leopard",
"tiger",
"uop"
] | If you’ve been frustrated by the inability to skip past parts of DVDs on OSX the here is one solution. It’s a patch script that uses some binary hacking to
remove the User Operation Prohibition locks from DVD playback software
. Using
UOP flags
is a way to force users to watch trailers or warnings as part of the DVD ex... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "205302",
"author": "thebulbguy",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T18:16:02",
"content": "Yet another reason I still watch laserdiscs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205307",
"author": "UltraMagnus",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T18:... | 1,760,377,346.782691 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/30/this-is-a-peer-to-peer-filesharing-network/ | This Is A Peer-to-peer Filesharing Network | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"filesharing",
"flash drive",
"network",
"peer2peer",
"usb"
] | [Aram Bartholl] is
building his own filesharing network
that screws those fat cats who want to control your freedom. He’s added file cache devices throughout NYC (five so far but more to come) that are anonymous and free to use. Upload what you want, download what you want. They’re completely offline which means monito... | 116 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "205193",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T15:51:03",
"content": "I’m in love with this idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205194",
"author": "Nippey",
"timestamp": "2010-10-30T15:53:37",
"content"... | 1,760,377,346.866899 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/29/bbb-1-the-santa-pede-challenge/ | BBB #1: The Santa-pede Challenge | Caleb Kraft | [
"contests"
] | [
"contest",
"recycle",
"upcycle"
] | Welcome to the first
Buy Break Build
at hackaday, sponsored by
Adafruit Industries
and
Make
. This challenge will be focusing on dancing Santas, or what is inside them. We’ve seen them everywhere, and may even have one or two in an attic somewhere. These annoying little guys should have enough bits and pieces inside t... | 33 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "204795",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2010-10-29T19:19:25",
"content": "Bonus points if the final result resembles an evil multi-legged robo-santa",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "204797",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
... | 1,760,377,346.734304 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/29/exercise-along-to-google-street-view/ | Exercise Along To Google Street View | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"exercise",
"stationary",
"street view"
] | As part of a Master’s Thesis [Lette Moloney]
made this exercise bike control Google Street View
. The hardware setup is quite rudimentary, two hall effect sensors mounted next to each other detect a magnet that was hot-glued to the crank. When the magnet passes the sensors an Arduino establishes if it was a forward or ... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "204763",
"author": "Erik Johnson",
"timestamp": "2010-10-29T18:27:40",
"content": "@Dex Why would you be spending money on a fuckbuddy? I think you need to learn the difference between one of those and a girlfriend.Anyway, wasn’t this posted ages ago?",
"parent_id": null,
"... | 1,760,377,346.933204 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/29/maze-solving-robo-mouse/ | Maze-solving Robo Mouse | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"maze",
"mouse",
"RACE",
"speed"
] | Looking for something to build that will be challenging and interesting to laypersons at the same time? Take some inspiration from this
maze-solving robot mouse
. It take the idea of a line-following robot, and makes it infinitely more cool. The tiny rover uses sensors to map out a physical maze. Once it figure it out,... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "204729",
"author": "Squirrel",
"timestamp": "2010-10-29T17:20:15",
"content": "I’d like to see some more specs on that mousie. Like what type of sensors it uses, how it handles slip etc during its SLAM process (it almost has to be using Simultaneous Localization and Mapping to be a... | 1,760,377,347.088265 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/29/crutch-mounted-light/ | Crutch-mounted Light | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"crutches",
"flash",
"light",
"photography"
] | [Malikaii] is exercising the hacker spirit inside by
building light stands out of junk
. He’s using them as an alternative to purchasing off-camera flash units. He made this one using a lot of salvaged parts; two crutches make up the frame, a discarded reflector for one of those highway-work floodlights will house the ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "204713",
"author": "andres",
"timestamp": "2010-10-29T16:30:13",
"content": "from the picture that’s only one crutch to make the frame. of course it doesn’t free stand without that fan base you mentioned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,347.135897 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/29/tiny-usb-business-card/ | Tiny USB Business Card | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"attiny85",
"AVR",
"business card",
"diode",
"V-USB",
"zener"
] | [Frank Zhao] put together
a USB business card
. It’s even got the instructions printed right on the silk screen of the PCB explaining how it should be used. He based the design around an AVR ATtiny85 microcontroller. It runs the V-USB package that handles USB identification and communication protocols. The rest of the ... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "204671",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-29T15:17:55",
"content": "i think the usb would be better on top and shorten the card a bit so it does not snag in the wallet and you can pull it out with a convenient tab :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,347.217234 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/buy-break-build-a-hackaday-contest-series/ | Buy Break Build: A Hackaday Contest Series | Caleb Kraft | [
"contests",
"News"
] | [
"break",
"contest",
"prize"
] | We are proud to introduce a new contest here at Hackaday. Buy Break Build will be regular event where we challenge you to make something from something else. We want to work out your hacker brains to come up with inventive ways to use limited parts. We may have a specific product or genre in mind, and a specific out co... | 31 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "204313",
"author": "Ivan",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T20:16:36",
"content": "Cool… 1st!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204314",
"author": "mowcius",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T20:17:06",
"content": "Sounds like fun. Sig... | 1,760,377,347.301376 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/servicing-an-epson-projector/ | Servicing An Epson Projector | Mike Szczys | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"5500c",
"epson",
"powerlite",
"projector"
] | [Socket7] got his hands on a projector that had some color calibration problems. Of course the servicing manual says that there are no technician serviceable parts inside, but
he cracked it open and fixed it
anyway. This is an Epson PowerLite 5500c which was showing blue and yellow bands around the outside of the proje... | 32 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "204289",
"author": "Jules",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T19:14:00",
"content": "I LOVE the what not to do with the adjustment screws! Great write up.Jules",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204290",
"author": "Dex",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,347.481818 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/we-knew-we-were-doomed-when-the-t-shirt-cannon-bots-showed-up/ | We Knew We Were Doomed When The T-shirt Cannon Bots Showed Up | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cannon",
"robot",
"t-shirt"
] | The newest addition to the Skynet armada is this
10-barrel t-shirt cannon
. It’s capable of storming the battlements at over twelve feet per second with a firing rate of three T-shirts per second (ooh, is that cotton?).
The members of Team 254, which is hosted by Bellarmine College Preparatory School, built the robot o... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "204272",
"author": "typhon1126",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T18:11:05",
"content": "These guys are The Cheesy Poofs, a FIRST Robotics Competition team, and they rock!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204293",
"author": "Marco",
... | 1,760,377,347.601626 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/software-security-courtesy-of-child-labor/ | Software Security Courtesy Of Child Labor | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"bounty",
"firefox",
"mozilla",
"security",
"vulnerability"
] | We couldn’t help but poke a little fun in the headline. This is [Alex Miller], a twelve year old who
claimed a $3000 bounty from Mozilla
. See, [Alex] is a self-taught security guru. When
Mozilla upped the reward
for discovering and reporting critical security flaws in their software he went to work searching for one. ... | 34 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "204244",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T17:04:44",
"content": "god damn i thought i started young XDhe is second only to zero-cool XP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204245",
"author": "Gdogg",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,347.552098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/hacking-a-disobedient-act-that-drives-change/ | Hacking: A Disobedient Act That Drives Change | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"corey doctorow",
"disobedience",
"eula",
"warranty"
] | [Adam Dachis] published an essay a couple of days ago called
Why We Hack
. In it he discusses the outlook that hacking, on all of its various levels, is a simple form of disobedience. We have to agree with him. Manufacturers would like you to think that voiding the warranty is as good as smashing the product to bits. B... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "204223",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T16:14:23",
"content": "@TomasitoI came to the comments to post the exact same thing. Seriously HAD writers, if you’re only writing one or two paragraphs about a link, PROOF READ IT. It literally takes a minute to read over and i... | 1,760,377,347.655353 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/28/artisans-asylum-takes-on-the-machine/ | Artisans Asylum Takes On The Machine | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"artisans asylum",
"breakfast",
"machine",
"wallace and gromit",
"yum"
] | You’ll probably lose your appetite after watching
part one
and
part two
of Artisans Asylum as they Take on the Machine. Based around the Wallace and Gromit “automated”
set of contraptions
, the team from Boston set out to make their own
breakfast machine
. Of course, with only three weeks to work it didn’t exactly turn... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "204173",
"author": "Mason.moore",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T14:12:41",
"content": "First. Haha.I’m hungry. And I wish I had breakfast machine. Maybe I’ll try at this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204176",
"author": "uze... | 1,760,377,347.701062 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/unreal-speaker-build/ | Unreal Speaker Build | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"concrete",
"lathe",
"odyssey 2",
"speakers",
"stereo"
] | These speakers are hand made and almost one of a kind. [Lluís Pujolàs] didn’t come up with the original design, but he sure did an amazing job of crafting them, including
an eleven page build log
(
translated
). They’re called the Odyssey 2, after the original design. The shell-shaped cavity on the bottom was built as ... | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "203783",
"author": "grenadier",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T21:03:46",
"content": "Oh. My. God.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203786",
"author": "Grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T21:07:13",
"content": "Uh humm!!... | 1,760,377,347.784201 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/power-supplies-and-transformers-a-learning-experience/ | Power Supplies And Transformers; A Learning Experience | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ac",
"converter",
"dc",
"transformer",
"tutorial"
] | [Ladyada] is working on
a tutorial series covering power supplies
. If you’ve ever built an electronic project you’ve used some type of power supply but we think that most people have no idea how you get from mains power to the DC voltages that most small projects use. So if you want to learn, get started with the firs... | 38 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "203769",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T20:21:46",
"content": "So my first job involved switching DC/DC converter design, in fact, that’s all I did. It’s really not hard, but it can be quite difficult to do without a proper PCB and a good layout. The easiest thing to do... | 1,760,377,347.859155 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/halloween-props-borg-costume/ | Halloween Props: Borg Costume | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"borg",
"costume",
"Halloween props",
"star trek"
] | The Halloween hacks are rolling in late this year, but we’re delighted to see that [DJ Sures] finished
his borg costume
in time. It is made up of a hodge-podge of items from different cultures… oh wait, so are the borg. These include a set of hockey pads spray painted black with just a light misting of silver to give t... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "203753",
"author": "space",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T19:23:19",
"content": "Will it assimilate?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203759",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T19:46:07",
"content": "Very cool cos... | 1,760,377,347.915206 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/tanks-treads-for-your-next-robot/ | Tanks Treads For Your Next Robot | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"chain",
"tank",
"tread"
] | If you ever wanted to incorporate tank treads into one of your build
you should check out this guide
. The method shown above is our favorite, which uses rubber fuel line hose and #10 machine bolts to hold together two lengths of hollow-pin roller chain. You can see the drive sprocket is keyed into the outer length of ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "203160",
"author": "Giorgos Lazaridis",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T16:26:05",
"content": "Awesome idea! I feel that i will use this idea myself",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203165",
"author": "Life2Death",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,347.970759 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/ethernet-connection-using-capacitive-coupling/ | Ethernet Connection Using Capacitive Coupling | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"capacitive",
"ethernet",
"magnetics",
"network",
"switch"
] | Wanting to save space and weight on his project build [Florin] set out to find a way to
add Ethernet connectivity without the magnetics
. His ill-advised first try involved directly coupling two switches, frying both in the process. After some research he found that Ethernet hardware manufacturers have considered the n... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "203141",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T15:21:54",
"content": "It would be nice to include a line or two about how or why ethernet connections require magnets; I had no idea they did.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,377,348.033624 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/pc-game-controller-with-a-touch-of-class/ | PC Game Controller With A Touch Of Class | Jakob Griffith | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"game",
"keyboard",
"men of war",
"pc",
"pic",
"ps2"
] | The above is a
specially designed game controller
made by [Giorgos] solely for the RTS game Men Of War (now that’s dedication to a game). [Giorgos] started off with a rough breadboard and 11 buttons. Slowly overtime he included a joystick, countdown timers, and the wonderfully lit case. Under the hood is a couple of PI... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "203119",
"author": "Mr. Sandman",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T14:26:07",
"content": "reminds me of a Belkin Nostros (or however its spelled)pretty neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203120",
"author": "asdf-chan",
"times... | 1,760,377,348.919343 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/rc-controlled-camera-takes-intimate-video-of-rodents/ | RC Controlled Camera Takes Intimate Video Of Rodents | Mike Szczys | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"AVR",
"radio controlled",
"rc",
"recorder",
"sd",
"video"
] | [Leor] wanted to take some video of the wildlife in his yard, like this chipmunk or some hummingbirds, but every time he tried to get close it scared them away. His solution was to
rig up a cheap video recorder to be radio controlled
(PDF). The donor camera was a cheap SD card based eBay purchase that takes 720×480 vid... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "202801",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T22:59:21",
"content": "well cheaper than a telephoto lens i guess",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "202807",
"author": "bioss",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T23:14:05",
"... | 1,760,377,348.415727 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/gas-containment-for-laser-cutters/ | Gas Containment For Laser Cutters | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"gases",
"jeri ellsworth",
"laser",
"silicone",
"vent",
"wafer"
] | Tired of breathing all the noxious fumes your laser cutter puts out? Yeah… we don’t have a laser cutter either. But [Jeri Ellsworth] does and she needed a way to evacuate off-gases generated during cutting so that they don’t damage the laser cutter, or her lungs. What she came up with is
a containment box that attaches... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "202742",
"author": "Juan Cubillo",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T21:07:48",
"content": "Cool trick using the silicon wafer… but… can’t you just stick a computer fan on one end of the cutter and an air opening at the other side of the “printing” area space? Run a small pipe into a nearby ... | 1,760,377,348.352644 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/firesheep-promoting-privacy-in-a-scary-way/ | Firesheep: Promoting Privacy In A Scary Way | James Munns | [
"Security Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"extension",
"facebook",
"firefox",
"firesheep",
"flickr",
"plugin",
"twitter"
] | Often, software hackers are the activists that push software giants towards updating vulnerable applications. In todays example, [Eric Butler] is
pushing Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and more
all at the same time. By creating a
user
script-kiddie friendly extension for Firefox, he has allowed just about anyone to sniff u... | 50 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "202713",
"author": "really?",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T20:17:13",
"content": "“By creating a user script-kiddie friendly extension for Firefox, he has allowed just about anyone to sniff unsecured connections on public Wi-Fi access points and log into these unprotected accounts.”“We ... | 1,760,377,348.286158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/fully-customized-robots/ | Fully Customized Robots | James Munns | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"printing",
"robot",
"robots"
] | i.materialise, a custom 3D printing fabrication house are
looking for talented robotics enthusiasts
with the skills to design custom robotics parts such as functional frames, decorative shells, as well as unique parts required by robots to look and perform their best. The best part? They are offering free 3D printing o... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "202681",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T19:22:59",
"content": "…medabots?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "202682",
"author": "walt",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T19:23:52",
"content": "looks awesome. wonder ho... | 1,760,377,348.617165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/halloween-props-talking-skeleton-in-reaper-robes/ | Halloween Props: Talking Skeleton In Reaper Robes | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"Halloween props",
"reaper",
"skeleton",
"wav shield"
] | Here’s a great way to guard your front door on Halloween. [Sam Seide] built
a motion controlled talking skeleton
. The electronics are fairly straight forward, consisting of an Arduino, WAV shield, PIR motion sensor, servo motor for the jaw, and a couple of red LEDs for the eyes. But [Sam] did some really neat things i... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "203732",
"author": "sam seide",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T18:09:58",
"content": "Thanks for posting this! Be sure to check out the other halloween vids I put up on building tombstones, pvc candles, and my huge cemetary caretaker costume I’ll be wearing in my front yard this hallowee... | 1,760,377,348.574699 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/smallest-gaming-console-ever-ever/ | Smallest Gaming Console Ever. EVER! | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arm",
"cortex m0",
"game console",
"RBox",
"rossum"
] | That’s it… the
controller and the video game system
all in one. This is the standalone version of [Rossum’s] RBox.
We looked in on the prototype in June
but that was using a bulky development board. You can see the CR1632 button battery, which powers the device for about four hours, sandwiched in between the joystick a... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "203697",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T16:13:58",
"content": "impressively small and impressively simple",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203700",
"author": "s133p",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T16:24:30",
"... | 1,760,377,348.751832 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/27/almost-free-robo-mower/ | Almost Free Robo Mower | Caleb Kraft | [
"contests"
] | [
"make",
"mower"
] | We’ve always felt that the hacker community is a unique one. Make reader [Gnomic] is reinforcing that feeling by running his own contest with unused equipment.
[Gnomic] is offering a free Robot lawnmower to someone, as long as they send the completed project writeup to Make
. The mower is a Robomower RL 850 and you ha... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "203689",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-27T15:24:31",
"content": "i wonder how he got so many mowers that he was willing to give them away O_oand why mowers? XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203690",
"author": "J... | 1,760,377,348.801977 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/70-led-matrix-in-a-jack-o-lantern/ | 70 LED Matrix In A Jack-o-lantern | Mike Szczys | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"LED Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"halloween",
"Halloween props",
"led",
"marquee",
"matrix",
"pumpkin",
"transistor"
] | What takes eight hours to solder and uses more shrink tubing that you thought imaginable? An LED matrix installed in a real pumpkin. When I mentioned that we’d like
the LED pumpkin in last Friday’s post
scaled up to a full LED matrix I had no idea it would be me doing the work. But [Caleb] and I thought it might be jus... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "203352",
"author": "bluewraith",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T22:23:52",
"content": "Nice writeup. I’ve been playing around with homemade 8×8 matrices for the past few days using a MAX7219. It takes care of the multiplexing for me, and all of the current limiting is done with just one r... | 1,760,377,348.689878 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/portal-shirt/ | Portal…shirt? | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"halloween",
"lcd",
"portal",
"shirt"
] | [Ben Heck] is in the
Halloween spirit
with his Portal inspired “see through” t-shirt. That is, a thin lcd is mounted on [Ben’s] chest, with a
not as thin
camera mounted on his back; when the system is running, everything behind him is captured by the camera and displayed on the LCD. The concept isn’t exactly new by any... | 29 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "203311",
"author": "Hirudinea",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T20:55:42",
"content": "Holy shirt, that’s neat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203313",
"author": "Caleb",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T21:06:27",
"content": "any... | 1,760,377,348.866083 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/robot-gripper-uses-coffee-to-pick-up-anything/ | Robot Gripper Uses Coffee To Pick Up Anything | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arm",
"balloon",
"coffee",
"grip",
"grounds",
"jamming",
"robot"
] | Picking up a raw egg is not something we’d think a robot gripper would be good at. But
this model uses a bulbous tip
instead of claw, which makes crushing the object less of a concern.
That tip is kind of like a balloon. It is stretched full with coffee grounds but air can also be pumped in and sucked out. When it come... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "203211",
"author": "hybrid_mind",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T18:06:12",
"content": "Now that’s an ingenious idea. I’m surprised that the tip can actually grip that well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203212",
"author": "lee... | 1,760,377,348.985557 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/26/security-flaw-bypasses-iphone-lock-screen/ | Security Flaw Bypasses IPhone Lock Screen | Mike Szczys | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"contact",
"flaw",
"ios",
"iphone",
"lock screen",
"security"
] | It looks like the iPhone lock screen provides just a marginal level of protection. [Jordand321] discovered
a key combination that opens the contact app
on a locked iPhone. Just tap the emergency call button, enter the pound sign three times (###), then tap call and immediately tap the lock key on the top of the phone. ... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "203187",
"author": "ACIDRAIN",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T17:13:59",
"content": "…and this is why I don’t like Apple or its philosophy of “We know what you need”.Like a pusher robot with a black turtleneck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,349.064061 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/hacker-housing-rally-to-restore-sanity/ | Hacker Housing – Rally To Restore Sanity | James Munns | [
"Hackerspaces",
"News"
] | [
"colbert",
"dc",
"hackerspace",
"housing",
"lodging",
"Rally",
"sanity",
"stewart",
"washington"
] | HacDC, Washington DC’s own hackerspace has been kind enough to
open their doors
(and floors) to fellow hackers planning on visiting DC this weekend for the upcoming
Rally to Restore Sanity
. They are taking registrations now, and space is limited, so act fast. They have a suggested donation of $20 a night, which will g... | 44 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "202617",
"author": "Noooooo",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T17:17:03",
"content": "Hack A Day, why in the world are you promoting political events? This is insanity. Please leave such nonsense behind. We Hack A Day readers aren’t interested in such things (at least not here). We can ... | 1,760,377,349.137734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/halloween-props-this-drill-makes-your-head-spin/ | Halloween Props: This Drill Makes Your Head Spin | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"drill",
"exorcist",
"Halloween props"
] | [Nollie551] sent us a demonstration of
his head spinning yard prop
. Adding a possessed child as part of your Halloween display is a nice touch. But when her head starts to spin (think:
The Exorcist
) as trick-or-treaters saunter by it should scare the life out of them. You can see that all it took is a jig to hold an ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "202665",
"author": "macw",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T18:52:17",
"content": "I don’t think this counts as a “hack” yet…it’s really just carpentry! If he included a system to make the head react to people walking by, or jitter the motor speed like that spider from a week ago, then we’d... | 1,760,377,349.184336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/25/avr-programming-02-the-hardware/ | AVR Programming 02: The Hardware | Mike Szczys | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"arduino",
"ATmega168",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"avr-gcc",
"avrdude",
"compiler",
"dapa",
"dragon",
"programmer",
"programming",
"stk500",
"usbtinyisp"
] | You may be able to write the most eloquent code in the history of embedded systems but without a way to run it on the hardware it will be worthless. In this installment of the tutorial series we will:
Look at some of the available AVR programmer options
Place the microcontroller on a breadboard and connect it to a powe... | 67 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "202502",
"author": "Akhil",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T13:17:59",
"content": "great… waiting for the part three.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "202543",
"author": "Panikos",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T14:00:47",
"conten... | 1,760,377,349.335646 |
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