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https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/build-a-simple-switch/ | Build A Simple Switch | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"button",
"cd",
"copper",
"switch",
"velcro"
] | Forget hacking an easy button, grab a couple of those outdated CD-Rs and
build your own switch
for that next project. This was developed with handicapped accessibility in mind; assembled easily with common products and it’s fairly robust. In fact, our junk box has everything you need except the adhesive backed copper f... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "191747",
"author": "NickS",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T21:07:30",
"content": "This idea has been around forever. The Army’s Improvised Munitions Handbook has something similar as a trigger for IEDs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,363.098237 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/cheaper-biometric-gun-safe/ | Cheap(er) Biometric Gun Safe | Jakob Griffith | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"biometric",
"fingerprint",
"gun",
"lock",
"pistol",
"reader",
"safe",
"scanner"
] | [Greg] sent in his
biometric pistol safe lock
. He keeps his guide light on details so not every Joe can crack the system (
there is a thread
to sift through if you really wanted to), but the idea runs fairly simple anyway. [Greg] took an old garage door opening fingerprint scanner and wired it into a half broken keypa... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "191726",
"author": "Volfram",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T20:20:37",
"content": "if your old friend [Sprite] is anybody to go by…http://spritesmods.com/?art=secustickThis could be really, really insecure if not done right.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,377,363.296799 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/munchausen-makes-nes-a-cartridge-programmer/ | Munchausen Makes NES A Cartridge Programmer | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"bootloader",
"cartridge",
"flash",
"munchausen",
"nes",
"usb"
] | What a beautiful image of NES cartridges showing their private parts. These are the raw materials for the Munchausen Flash Cartridge project. A combination of a modified game cartridge and special USB cable makes it possible to
program NES cartridges while inside an unmodified console
. The cartridge has an added flash... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "191691",
"author": "Alex Rossie",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T19:11:14",
"content": "Awesome, just plain awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "191695",
"author": "JMLB",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T19:12:23",
"content":... | 1,760,377,362.930123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/a-ride-into-space-but-nothing-fancy/ | A Ride Into Space, But Nothing Fancy | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"balloon",
"camera",
"gps",
"hand warmer",
"hd",
"iphone",
"parachute",
"space"
] | [Luke Geissbuhler]
wanted to send something into space
, a fun project his kids could get in on too. Instead of
sending up a suite of electronic components
they went with consumer electronics. The key element, an HD camera to record the event, is protected by a styrofoam shell and soft foam padding. To help ensure that... | 67 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "191597",
"author": "fluidic",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T16:07:04",
"content": "“Nothing fancy” is the best ride into space.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "191600",
"author": "craig christ",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T16:07... | 1,760,377,363.177677 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/build-a-beach-winch-for-wakeboarding/ | Build A Beach Winch For Wakeboarding | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"wakeboard",
"waterskii",
"watersports",
"winch"
] | Here’s a build log for
a nice beach winch
for your next trip out to go beachwinching. Beachwinching is when you use a fast winch on shore to pull you in, allowing you to wakeboard, wakeskate, or water skii without the need of waves or a boat or jet ski to pull you along. While there’s nothing amazingly groundbreaking h... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "191566",
"author": "Hurz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T15:10:04",
"content": "If you can get your car close to the water, you can also use a wheel rim.related Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo_s83UStkA",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comme... | 1,760,377,363.23068 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/05/bronze-casting-with-makerbot/ | Bronze Casting With MakerBot | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bronze",
"cast",
"coin",
"hackspace",
"makerbot",
"plastic"
] | That
, dear readers, is the smell of a new Hackspace opening up
in Davenport Iowa
. It is also the lovely scent of burning plastic. Because how do you celebrate a new Hackerspace? By
casting bronze coins of course
!
Begin by having a MakerBot extrude plastic coins, then compact the plastic coin in sand to produce a mol... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "191545",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T14:37:09",
"content": "medallion would be better than coin and to complete the cycle infill part of the medallion using the makerbot. dont forget to embed a rfid chip in the infill plastic for key-less access to the new hackerspace... | 1,760,377,362.74341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/photo-booth-in-briefcase-form/ | Photo Booth In Briefcase Form | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"briefcase",
"canon",
"case",
"lenovo",
"pelican",
"photo booth",
"photoboof"
] | Taking portability one step further [Marty Enerson] built
a photo booth in a roll-away case
. The Pelican mobile case houses an Elo Touchscreen, a Canon PIXMA iP3000 photo printer, and a Canon Powershot SD100 digital camera. Most of this, including a Lenovo laptop to run it, was purchased second-hand from eBay, with a ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "190989",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T22:12:36",
"content": "i wanna see a stereoscopic 3D photo booth XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "190994",
"author": "lee",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T22:22:43",
"... | 1,760,377,362.793016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/from-sign-language-to-spoken-language/ | From Sign Language To Spoken Language | Mike Szczys | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"flex sensor",
"mega",
"sign language",
"speakjet",
"voicebox"
] | As part of a senior design project for a biomedical engineering class [Kendall Lowrey] worked in a team to develop
a device that translates American Sign Language into spoken English
. Wanting to eclipse
glove-based devices that came before them
, the team set out to move away from strictly spelling words, to combining... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "190886",
"author": "fluidic",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T20:14:03",
"content": "Now that’s how you use an Arduino.Can it be ARM time now? Triple bonus score given the application.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "190889",
"auth... | 1,760,377,363.038114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/more-openwrt-image-building-for-the-dockstar/ | More OpenWRT Image Building For The Dockstar | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"dockstar",
"freeagent",
"openwrt",
"samba",
"seagate",
"subversion"
] | [Der_picknicker] wrote in to let us know about a guide to
building OpenWRT images for the dockstar
(
translated
). What they end up with is a nice little network attached storage device that runs SAMBA and subversion under the umbrella of OpenWRT. We looked at
flashing and building OpenWRT
images for this device back i... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "190843",
"author": "Mr_Bishop",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T19:28:57",
"content": "You darn Germans and your awesome skills with hacking/modding. But quick question why is this better then the default firmware? Other then its the legendary OpenWRT (my shatty Linksys routers wont let me... | 1,760,377,362.978465 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/125-off-the-evalbot-is-a-steal/ | $125 Off The Evalbot Is A Steal | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"arm",
"cortex-m3",
"coupon",
"discount",
"evalbot",
"stellaris",
"texas instruments",
"ti"
] | When you see $125 off something you probably assume it cost several times that to start with. Nope, this drastic discount leaves just $25 plus shipping. Use coupon-code: 2JLP-R4XRT3
when ordering the little rover
. There’s a quick video snippet of it embedded after the break.
What you’ll get is a Stellaris ARM Cortex-M... | 518 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "190735",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T17:43:30",
"content": "Cool little device, I’d buy it if I had an extra $25 laying around.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "190737",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,362.879122 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/wood-burning-house-heater/ | Wood Burning House Heater | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"burning",
"danger",
"heater",
"rocket stove",
"wood"
] | Dabbling in alternative heating technology, [Rob Steves]
built a wood stove
to dispose of his scrap wood while negating his home’s fire insurance at the same time. As the leftover bits from his wood projects started to stack up he wondered how he would dispose of them. Burning the bits for heat means he’s using every l... | 59 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "190708",
"author": "Bergo",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T16:39:18",
"content": "hahaany everyone was complaining the laser hacks were unsafe…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "190709",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-10... | 1,760,377,363.496123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/electronic-dice-overkill-and-simplified/ | Electronic Dice, Overkill And Simplified | Caleb Kraft | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"dice",
"random",
"simple"
] | [littlebird] posted a tutorial on
making electronic dice
. He’s using an ATmega328 for the numbers work, and a mercury switch to activate it all. A nice blue enclosure to match the blue LEDs he’s using for the number display wraps it up nicely. Of course, someone had to mention that this was an amazing amount of over ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "190641",
"author": "The DON",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T14:49:59",
"content": "A little bit more programming needed.At the moment, the ‘dice’ can flip from one ‘side’ to the opposite ‘side’ instantly. EG: the numbers can be seen to flash through from 3 to 4 (opposite sides of a die) ... | 1,760,377,364.523085 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/04/ir-receiver-as-usb-keyboard/ | IR Receiver As USB Keyboard | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"18F2550",
"ir",
"pic",
"protocol",
"receiver",
"sirc",
"sony",
"usb",
"xbmc"
] | [Arthur] built
an IR receiver to use with XBMC
. Because it’s software specific he identifies the device on USB as a keyboard, and passes the IR commands as keystrokes used by the popular media platform.
Normally,
homebrew IR receivers
would use
LIRC
, the Linux Infrared Remote Control software. But this method doesn’t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "190581",
"author": "Ben Ryves",
"timestamp": "2010-10-04T13:14:42",
"content": "Nice work! I built something similar for PowerDVD using an ATtiny84 and V-USB:http://benryves.com/products/powerdvdremote",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_... | 1,760,377,364.277929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/03/hackaday-links-october-3-2010/ | Hackaday Links: October 3, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"bit-52",
"case",
"lego",
"rocket",
"tower"
] | Sugar rocket
We’re told that
this rocket
is sugar powered. It’s quite a bit bigger than the
homemade sugar motors
we saw last week and it makes for quite a show. [Thanks Estqwerty]
Wooden PC construction
The finished look of this wooden PC case seems very familiar to us but we’re not sure we’ve seen
pictures of the bui... | 32 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "190089",
"author": "Navic",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T19:12:28",
"content": "Awesome rocket flight! The scale is amazing, great recovery! Sure was a large batch of propellant to make, lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "190091... | 1,760,377,364.228684 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/03/millennium-falcon-doll-house/ | Millennium Falcon Doll House | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"millenium falcon",
"minifig",
"peg doll",
"pixie",
"star wars"
] | Sometimes all it takes is one idea. The shape of a cutting board found at a thrift store prompted [Paul] to build
a Millenium Falcon doll house
. In addition to the strangely shaped cutting board, a ring from a CD spindle and some wood slats divide the internals while PVC fittings complete the cockpit assembly. To real... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "189974",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T17:19:28",
"content": "X3 sometimes you wish you were a kid again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189985",
"author": "vonskippy",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T17:32:59",
... | 1,760,377,364.025422 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/03/zinc-sulfide-glow-power-at-home/ | Zinc Sulfide Glow Power At Home | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"glow",
"pennies",
"powder",
"torch",
"zinc sulfide"
] | Further solidifying her mad-scientist persona, [Jeri Ellsworth] is
making glow powder with household chemicals
. When we saw the title of the video we though it would be fun to try it ourselves, but the first few minutes scared that out of us.
To gather the raw materials she puts some pennies in a bench motor and files... | 40 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "189963",
"author": "hmm",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T16:47:30",
"content": "Destroying currency is illegal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189967",
"author": "Zengar",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T16:59:26",
"content": "@... | 1,760,377,364.356041 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/03/chiptune-instrument-from-nes/ | Chiptune Instrument From NES | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"2a03",
"arduino",
"chiptune",
"mega",
"midi",
"nes"
] | [Jarek Lupinski] wanted an instrument that would let him play chiptunes live, without a need for pre-programming a cartridge for playback during a concert. His preferred hardware is an original Nintendo Entertainment System because of its familiar nostalgic sound. After picking up a lot of 5 broken NES units
he set out... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "189918",
"author": "IX",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T15:29:29",
"content": "Gah! I was working on pretty much the same thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189948",
"author": "embedded",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T16:21:35"... | 1,760,377,364.406176 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/03/spinning-pov-clock-done-oh-so-right/ | Spinning POV Clock Done Oh-so-right | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"atmega324",
"clock",
"double sided",
"hall effect",
"induction",
"ir",
"led",
"pcb",
"POV"
] | [Kizo] built
an extraordinary persistence of vision clock
. The design uses a PC cooling fan to spin the propeller-like PCB. As it goes around, a hall effect sensor synchronizes the illumination of the LEDs to draw the display. Power for the rotating electronics is transferred wirelessly via a transformer on the base a... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "189867",
"author": "Eirikur Hrafnsson",
"timestamp": "2010-10-03T13:11:35",
"content": "Wow that is amazingly well done! Make a kit :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189875",
"author": "Marcus Quintilian",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,364.090313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/02/decoding-mp3-in-python/ | Decoding MP3 In Python | Mike Szczys | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"codec",
"decoder",
"h.264",
"mp3",
"python"
] | We all listen to them, but do you know how the compression for an MP3 file actually works? [Portalfire] wanted to find out, while honing his Python skills at the same time. He’s been working on
an MP3 decoder in the Python language
. So far he’s had some success, with
the first working decoder
clocking in at just 34 ti... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "189455",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T21:09:21",
"content": "It’s an interesting project. Most “real” decoders are heavily optimized which decreases code readability. This is a lot of educational value to this project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,377,364.157186 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/02/diy-night-vision-monocle/ | DIY Night Vision Monocle | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camcorder",
"infrared",
"ir",
"led",
"monocle",
"night vision"
] | This interesting mashup shows it’s easy to
make your own night vision goggles
. It makes use of just a few parts; the viewfinder from an old camcorder, a low-light security camera module, and a collection of infrared LEDs.
The low-light camera is capable of detecting infrared light, which is invisible to our eyes. If y... | 29 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "189404",
"author": "Cubby",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T19:20:05",
"content": "Cool idea. Happen to have an old camera viewfinder laying around, along with a bunch o’ spare IREDS and a couple of security camera modules. Now I can do something with ’em.Never would have thought about do... | 1,760,377,364.470576 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/02/rc-ppm-hacked/ | R/C PPM Hacked | Jakob Griffith | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"control",
"flying",
"model aircraft",
"ppm",
"rc",
"remote",
"usb"
] | [Thomas Pfeifer] has taken the PPM signal produced by model aircraft wireless controllers, and with an ATMega8,
converted the signal to act as a USB joystick
. Which means you can now use a standard R/C remote control to fly model aircrafts on your computer. Of course now with PPM decoded you could also use the signal ... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "189307",
"author": "anontroll",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T17:17:42",
"content": "has been done many times before. what’s novell?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189310",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T17:25:45... | 1,760,377,364.587882 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/02/android-apps-using-processing/ | Android Apps Using Processing | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"emulator",
"processing",
"sdk"
] | Processsing has come to Android. [Jer] posted a guide to setting up the software and
coding your first Processing app for Android
. The module which supports Google’s mobile operating system is not yet part of the stable Processing release but it works and is
available to download and use
. It provides support for Andr... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "189277",
"author": "hmm",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T15:36:26",
"content": "I’d rather have a Processing 101 than a C Sharp Development 101.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189290",
"author": "Neil",
"timestamp": "2010-10-... | 1,760,377,364.69803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/02/usb-ports-hidden-inside-gaming-mouse/ | USB Ports Hidden Inside Gaming Mouse | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"cartridge",
"g5",
"hub",
"logitech",
"mouse",
"usb",
"weight"
] | [Gigawatts]
built a pair of USB ports into his mouse
and there’s enough room to plug-in small USB drives and dongles. After seeing
Thursday’s storage mouse hack
he decided to tip us off about the post.
He started with a Logitech G5 gaming mouse. The wireless version of this mouse has a battery pack, but on the corded v... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "189252",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02T13:07:11",
"content": "so in order to read usb stick he need to stop mouse usage?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "189255",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2010-10-02... | 1,760,377,364.760565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/open-source-pick-and-place/ | Open Source Pick-and-place | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"pcb",
"pick and place",
"tweezers",
"vacuum"
] | This is a
vacuum tweezers head for an open source pick-and-place
. Those are the machines that professional printed circuit board manufacturers use to populate a circuit board with components before heading to the reflow oven. [Drmn4ea] built it with at-home rapid manufacturing in mind. The black orb on the left is a w... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "188981",
"author": "mess_maker",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T21:36:31",
"content": "I love those machines, it is like watching a fish tank… very soothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188983",
"author": "Jack",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,364.903347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/disco-drumming-with-piezo-sensitive-lighting/ | Disco Drumming With Piezo Sensitive Lighting | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"attiny2313",
"drum",
"dutch carnival",
"led",
"piezo",
"rgb"
] | [Wilfred’s] brother outfitted a snare drum with LEDs for Dutch Carnival. They faded through different colors randomly and were a nice addition to the normal looking instrument, but [Wilfred] suggested that
the LEDs change color with each drum stroke
. He set out to design a controller circuit to provide the functionali... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "188876",
"author": "Mr. Sandman",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T17:53:54",
"content": "trippy…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188878",
"author": "Derek",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T18:06:19",
"content": "Thats Awesome, Wou... | 1,760,377,365.347443 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/next-generation-arduino-manufacturing-problems/ | Next Generation Arduino Manufacturing Problems? | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"manufacturing",
"mega",
"pcb",
"quality",
"routing",
"uno"
] | [The Moogle] just got his new Arduino Uno; wow, that was fast. What should have been a happy unboxing
turned sour when he took a close look at the board
. It seems that it exhibits several examples of sloppy fabrication. The the lower-left image shows unclean board routing, a discolored edge, and a sharp tooth sticking... | 119 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "188796",
"author": "redbeard",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T15:55:53",
"content": "How about the fact that they’re so hell bent for leather to use everything AVR that it shows up as a ttyACM device in linux (the source of a lot of the problems with the launchpad). You’d think somebody ... | 1,760,377,365.243086 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/youre-stealing-it-wrong-a-speech-by-jason-scott/ | You’re Stealing It Wrong: A Speech By Jason Scott | Caleb Kraft | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"defcon",
"piracy",
"warez"
] | [Jason Scott], data historian extraordinaire gave
this fantastic speech at Defcon 18 about the history of inter-pirate piracy
. At an hour long, it is an enthralling journey through computer history, especially pertaining to piracy. Take a seat, no matter how much you know about security and piracy, you are likely to l... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "188789",
"author": "draeath",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T15:31:34",
"content": "No transcript? I’d rather read than watch a presentation on vimeo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188790",
"author": "MRC",
"timestamp": "201... | 1,760,377,365.408271 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/gameboy-advance-rapid-fire-hack/ | GameBoy Advance Rapid Fire Hack | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"gameboy",
"gba",
"hack",
"rapid fire"
] | Ever find yourself in the middle of a Game Boy game and your hand cramps up? Save that sore wrist for something else because now you can
hack the Game Boy Advance to add Rapid Fire for the B button
. [William] has developed a way to do this by creating a simple circuit that generates a square wave on the B button whe... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "188755",
"author": "unaB",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T13:59:33",
"content": "YIKES! That is the gobbiest ugly solder mess Ive seen in a while. Maybe this is better suited for “kludge-a-day”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188757... | 1,760,377,365.156069 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/10/01/mac-tablet-keeps-the-look-of-the-donor-macbook/ | Mac Tablet Keeps The Look Of The Donor-Macbook | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"core2duo",
"macbook",
"tablet",
"touchscreen"
] | [Enigma-penguin] built
a tablet computer out of a Core2Duo Macbook
circa 2007. The battery exploded, damaging the case and a few components inside. But there was hope for a new life as a tablet computer. He removed the screen and tested to make sure the computer would still function without it by using the video out po... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "188738",
"author": "Grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2010-10-01T13:16:18",
"content": "once again proving that OSx works reasonably well when using ones finger as an input device. Im still trying to figure out how to make OSx recognise two or more cursors, thus allowing multitouch to ru... | 1,760,377,365.292351 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/launchpad-takes-ultra-low-power-to-the-extreme/ | Launchpad Takes Ultra Low Power To The Extreme | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"chip",
"count",
"display",
"launchpad",
"lcd",
"low power",
"msp430",
"raw"
] | We’ve all known the MSP430s under the Launchpad are designed to be low power, but who wants to bet
how long the chip can last
on only 20F worth of capacitors? A couple of hours? A day at max? [Kenneth Finnegan] setup a MSP430 with supercaps to find out. To make sure the chip is actually running, [Kenneth] programmed it... | 62 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "188397",
"author": "johannesburgel",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T22:04:29",
"content": "I think we will see more of these circuits soon – runs for weeks, and can be “reloaded” in seconds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188399",
... | 1,760,377,365.498927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/c-sharp-development-101-part-1-hello-world/ | C Sharp Development 101 – Part 1: Hello World | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"News",
"Software Development"
] | [
"c sharp",
"c++",
"programming",
"tutorial"
] | In this tutorial we are going to get up close with the Visual Studio 2010 environment. We will learn how to make a console application as well as a form to display our hello world applications. This will give us an opportunity to view 2 types of solutions of the many available in Visual Studio. We will start making t... | 50 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "188371",
"author": "PhilKll",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T21:21:41",
"content": "Thanks for the tutorial, I was worried, having previous done a few things in C# it would take a few of these before it got to anything new for me, but the explanation of Solutions and Projects, was very he... | 1,760,377,365.733707 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/build-a-cutting-laser-from-an-old-pc/ | Build A Cutting Laser From An Old PC | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"burn",
"cut",
"diode",
"lens",
"LM317",
"pc"
] | [Drake Anthony] makes
building a cutting laser from a PC
look easy, and it seems like it actually is. Almost everything you need can be found in a dead desktop unit. The diode is pulled from a DVD writer (16x or faster), with the power supply unit, and heat sinks from the processor and GPU being used as well. You’ll al... | 75 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "188338",
"author": "Terc",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T20:23:01",
"content": "Burning hand at 3:29",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1058582",
"author": "Logan",
"timestamp": "2013-09-15T02:31:13",
"content"... | 1,760,377,365.589136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/printing-from-a-famicom-clone-computer/ | Printing From A Famicom Clone Computer | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"db25",
"famicom",
"keyboard",
"nes",
"printer"
] | This is an 8-bit computer and Famicom clone that [133MHz] bought for $2. It plays Nintendo games and using an 80-in-1 cartridge it has a rudimentary operating system and set of applications. Seeing a standard DB25 port on the back [133MHz] wondered if he could
make the system talk to a printer
. His first step was to i... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "188295",
"author": "asheets",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T19:24:58",
"content": "Am I missing something here? It appears that the setup was designed from the start to print.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188298",
"author": "... | 1,760,377,365.639927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/the-new-apple-tv/ | The New Apple TV | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"a4",
"apple tv",
"arm",
"Cortex-A8",
"exploit",
"SHAtter",
"xbmc"
] | You’ve probably already heard about the Apple TV 2. It retails for $99 and packs a punch with HD video, optical audio, and WiFi in that tiny package. But as always, we like it for its hackability. Even though it’s just starting to ship, the hacks are already rolling in. The firmware is available from Apple’s servers an... | 38 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "188227",
"author": "3nigmat1c",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T17:22:48",
"content": "XBMC on the AppleTV would be pure win.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188240",
"author": "fdawg4l",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T17:50:38",
... | 1,760,377,365.808055 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/usb-mouse-with-storage-added/ | USB Mouse With Storage Added | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"hidden",
"hub",
"mouse",
"thumb drive",
"usb"
] | [Thice] wanted to try his hand at
incorporating a USB driving into other devices
. He chose to add storage to his USB mouse but didn’t want to alter the factory look provided by a color-changing LED inside. To make things fit he ended up cutting a good portion of a USB hub’s circuit board off and placing it beneath the... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "188184",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T16:05:26",
"content": "“I fear you are underestimating the sneakiness, sir.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188193",
"author": "NateDogg",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T16:... | 1,760,377,365.875405 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/wooden-quadcopter-body/ | Wooden Quadcopter Body | Caleb Kraft | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"flying",
"quadcopter",
"rc",
"wood"
] | [Greasetattoo] shares the process of
building his wooden quadcopter body
that won 2nd place in the Minnesota state fair. His plans were purchased as a kit back in 1999, but he never got around to actually building them. The original plans called for a foam board body, but he felt that a wooden piece of art would be mu... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "188158",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T15:22:30",
"content": "Maybe he could use the BaronPilot could complete it?http://www.elenafrancesco.org/arduino/baronpilot/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188187",
"autho... | 1,760,377,366.187121 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/30/dazzling-coat-sure-to-be-in-demand-with-pimps-everywhere/ | Dazzling Coat Sure To Be In Demand With Pimps Everywhere | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"burning man",
"coat",
"dreamcoat",
"faux",
"fur",
"rgb",
"tlc5940"
] | This is the newest addition to [Arren Parker’s] Burning Man wardrobe. The full-length lighted faux-fur coats is completely his creation. He started with a pattern that he acquired from Ebay, adding side pockets and changing the hood to a collar. From there he added the 256 RGB LEDs that make it shimmer so appealingly.
... | 37 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "188126",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2010-09-30T13:23:17",
"content": "It’s like a Christmas tree for hookers to sit around and get their presents!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "188129",
"author": "Jake",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,366.062286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/magnets-capable-of-brain-hacks/ | Magnets Capable Of Brain Hacks | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"magnet"
] | It has been recently discovered that all of the snap decisions that your brain makes on which hand to use to do simple tasks, such as picking up an object from a table, can now be automatically decided for you. This is done using magnetic stimulation that is applied using
transcranial magnetic stimulation
or TMS. Thi... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "187864",
"author": "Wolfton",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T21:30:02",
"content": "Magnetic Mind Control?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187878",
"author": "EFH",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T21:54:34",
"content": "It wasn’t... | 1,760,377,366.145646 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/dreamcast-vmu-meet-ipod/ | Dreamcast VMU, Meet IPod | Mike Szczys | [
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"6th generation",
"dreamcast",
"memory",
"sega",
"vmu"
] | We’d bet you never had a Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit, but if you can find one now
it can be turned into an iPod
(
translated
). The
VMU
was originally a memory card for the not-so-popular gaming console that put an LCD screen right in your controller. When you weren’t at home you could take it with you and play mini-g... | 55 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "187817",
"author": "UltraMagnus",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T20:11:21",
"content": "Let me be the first to ask, where can you buy one of those vibroscalpels?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187818",
"author": "spiritplumber",
... | 1,760,377,366.270166 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/tiny-cray-1-courtesy-of-an-fpga/ | Tiny Cray-1 Courtesy Of An FPGA | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"cray-1",
"fpga",
"Spartan-3E",
"supercomputer",
"xilinx"
] | [Chris Fenton] spent a year and a half
constructing a 1/10th scale Cray-1 reproduction
. The
famous supercomputer
was meticulously modelled in a field programmable gate array for a “nearly cycle-accurate” reproduction. [Chris’] hardware of choice for the project is a Xilinx Spartan-3E 1600 development board, using 75-8... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "187801",
"author": "F.",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T19:19:29",
"content": "Awww, aren’t you the cutest little supercomputer, aren’t you? Yes you are!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187802",
"author": "Jonathan Badger",
"t... | 1,760,377,366.332348 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/thinner-client-using-stm32-and-ntsc-monitor/ | Thinner Client Using STM32 And NTSC Monitor | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"framebuffer",
"ntsc",
"stm32",
"thin client"
] | [David Cranor], along with [Max Lobovsky’s] help,
managed to build a thin client
that uses an NTSC television as a monitor for only $6. This is his first foray into the world of ARM architecture and he has vowed to never use an AVR again. The powerful little chip uses timers to manage sync and DMA to transfer the full ... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "187778",
"author": "Taylor Alexander",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T18:32:04",
"content": "Yeah, I’ve been buzzing a bit about this in the comments myself lately, but I feel like it doesn’t hurt to say it a bit more.I’ve been looking at ARM too lately (Atmel SAM7 and SAM3… if the SAM3 e... | 1,760,377,366.401253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/lazarus-64-not-actually-64-bit-but-still-blows-our-minds/ | Lazarus-64, Not Actually 64 Bit But Still Blows Our Minds | Jakob Griffith | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"74H",
"AVR",
"console",
"game",
"ic",
"logic",
"video"
] | Lazarus-64, breadboard game system; certainly
sounds like something from the 1980s
. We were surprised to find out not only the name, but also all the ICs used are only those available from the retro age of 30 years back (Save for the AVR controlling everything, of course). Even more amazing is how it has 256 flicker f... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "187764",
"author": "c0olcast",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T17:36:28",
"content": "Some one pls, mirror this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187768",
"author": "nah!",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T17:54:51",
"content": "way... | 1,760,377,366.453382 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/creepy-robot-really-wants-money/ | Creepy Robot Really Wants Money… | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"beg",
"money"
] | As technology advances forward so does the numerous ways to beg for money. [Chris Eckert] has developed a robot to do the deed for him. With an odd eye mounted on the top of the robot to invoke pity presumably and a tin can out front to collect change from people it may encounter this is quite the hobo robot. On his... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "187740",
"author": "deathventure",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T16:10:54",
"content": "Please donate to the Skynet fund. If you donate, you will receive the great gift of serving your robot overlords instead of instant destruction.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,377,366.56904 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/16-bit-alu-in-minecraft/ | 16 Bit ALU In Minecraft | Caleb Kraft | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"minecraft",
"video game"
] | We love games here but we don’t often get a reason to write about them. This, however, is worth mentioning. The indie hit Minecraft is eating the entire internet right now. The game itself is hit and miss amongst our staff, but this project is unanimously accepted as awesome.
[Theinternetftw} has created a simulation o... | 34 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "187718",
"author": "sM10sM20",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T15:31:21",
"content": "Words cannot describe my respect for this man and his project… how may I serve you my master?No seriously, all jokes aside this is amazing. I love you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,366.523652 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/29/woot-lights-and-mice-transplants/ | Woot Lights And Mice Transplants | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"lights",
"logitech",
"LPT",
"microsoft",
"mouse",
"parrallel",
"port",
"quake 2",
"transplant",
"usb",
"woot"
] | [Nathan Long] sent in two fairly simple mods he’s been working on. The first is the control of
Woot-off Lights via LPT port
. A computer checks
Woot
for the Woot-off logo, and if the logo is spotted, on go the lights. It’s really just a twist on the
LED/Arduino email message system
, but the creativity is nice.
His oth... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "187710",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2010-09-29T14:32:26",
"content": "i’ve been considering a mouse transplant for a little while. i have renewed confidence of success now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187715",
"auth... | 1,760,377,366.609886 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/launchpad-not-limited-to-value-line-chips/ | Launchpad Not Limited To Value Line Chips | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"isp",
"launchpad",
"msp430f2272",
"texas instruments",
"ti",
"tssop"
] | Wanting to use my TI Launchpad as more than just a development board I thought I’d do a few experiments using it as an in-system programmer. After a few tripping points I was able to get it working and then some. It seems that the device is not limited to just the value line of microcontrollers it was intended to suppo... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "187396",
"author": "will",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T20:07:17",
"content": "really? i might get one or ten now…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187398",
"author": "NatureTM",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T20:14:02",
"conte... | 1,760,377,366.742254 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/building-a-crystal-oven/ | Building A Crystal Oven | Mike Szczys | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"crystal",
"frequency",
"mosfet",
"oscillator",
"oven",
"radio",
"scott harden",
"thermister"
] | Radio communications depend on stable oscillator frequencies and with that in mind, [Scott Harden] built
a module to regulate temperature of a crystal oscillator
. The process is outlined in the video after the break but it goes something like this: A small square of double-sided copper-clad board is used as a base. Th... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "187402",
"author": "bilbao bob",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T20:18:27",
"content": "I’ve had excellent luck using big old power FET heatsinks coupled to Peltier junctions and using foam enclosures over voltage or clock sources. It’s wild to see how controlling temp can increase precisi... | 1,760,377,366.88823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/graffiti-analysis/ | Graffiti Analysis | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"gesture",
"gml",
"graffiti analysis",
"graffiti markup language"
] | Here’s a fascinating project that started with a great idea and piled on a remarkable amount of innovation.
Graffiti Analysis
is a project that captures gestures used to create graffiti art and codifies them through a data-type called Graffiti Markup Language (
GML
). After the break you can watch a video showing the d... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "187336",
"author": "Michaël",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T18:32:43",
"content": "If these guys were just a bunch of attic hobbyists making this stuff up to amuse themselves then i’d have said ‘awesome!’ but this bloated ‘fenominal’ ‘enhanced’ ‘so many applications’ nonsense really put ... | 1,760,377,366.838365 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/photo-booth-for-a-wedding/ | Photo Booth For A Wedding | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"photo booth",
"PVC",
"serial",
"wedding"
] | [Joe Bain]
built a portable photo booth
for his wedding. We’ve looked in on photo booths before, both as a robust feature
in your apartment
and as
a mobile option
. But making it part of a wedding reception is the best reason we’ve found to build one. [Joe’s] electronics consist of a laptop, camera, screen, and a big p... | 28 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "187325",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T17:59:28",
"content": "I built one for my wedding and have been renting it out to defray costs. Total cost was several times what a rental would have been, but I’ve been having fun with it. It’s certainly not a money-maker, thou... | 1,760,377,367.043227 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/single-string-servo-electric-guitar/ | Single String Servo Electric Guitar | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"guitar",
"instrument",
"midi",
"music"
] | Ah, we love musical hacks that actually play music. [Mike Baxter] is back again with a new servo electric guitar. This one, called the
physical string synthesizer
, and has only one string. He’s using two Arduinos to control the unit. One to change the midi file to a note within the string’s limits and the second to ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "187270",
"author": "s",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T15:16:13",
"content": "I love it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187297",
"author": "zing",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T16:23:40",
"content": "What’s more important is h... | 1,760,377,367.089713 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/solder-paste-how-to-tutorial/ | Solder Paste How-to Tutorial | James Munns | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"paste",
"solder",
"tutorial"
] | The
application of Solder Paste
is an essential part of short run manufacturing and prototyping. After getting back bare boards from a PCB shop, its time to get down to business and populate those boards. This new tutorial set assumes you have access to things such as stencils for your boards, but does mention a couple... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "187257",
"author": "Brad Hein",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T14:30:11",
"content": "I notice the paste is very carefully placed onto the pads in the picture without any paste in between. My understanding is that the paste can actually be slopped all over the pins and when it is heated, ... | 1,760,377,368.708442 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/28/homemade-solid-propellant-rocket-motors/ | Homemade Solid Propellant Rocket Motors | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"motor",
"potassium nitrate",
"propellant",
"rocket",
"solid",
"sugar"
] | [KoD] and [Navic] are
building solid propellant motors
using sugar and potassium nitrate. They cook up the two ingredients along with water and a bonding agent. They find that corn syrup is particularly good for bonding and that cooking the strange brew is more of an artform than science. Either way, the video after th... | 42 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "187240",
"author": "ClutchDude",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T13:41:18",
"content": "A good book that discussed this was “The Art of Living Dangerously”. I think he used Dextrose instead of sugar though.Good book though. Walks you through the basics and gives references for you to read ... | 1,760,377,369.25178 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/work-for-hack-a-day/ | Work For Hack A Day | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [] | HackADay.com, a well-known and respected blog dedicated to all things hardware and hacking related, is looking for knowledgeable and passionate writers to join their team of specialized and dedicated freelance writers. This is a paid, freelance position that requires professionalism, consistency, and reliability in... | 48 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "186708",
"author": "Donov4n",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T21:31:21",
"content": "So, how much do you guys pay for that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186710",
"author": "Shae Erisson",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T21:32:16",
... | 1,760,377,369.094057 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/gpu-processing-and-password-cracking/ | GPU Processing And Password Cracking | James Munns | [
"Security Hacks",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"amd",
"ATI",
"crack",
"CUDA",
"gpu",
"hack",
"NVIDIA",
"password",
"sdk",
"stream"
] | Recently, research students at Georgia Tech
released a report
outlining the dangers that GPUs pose to the current state of password security. There are
a number of ways
to crack a password, all with their different pros and cons, but when it comes down to it, the limiting factor in all of these methods is processing co... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "186690",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T20:22:45",
"content": "ruh-roh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186693",
"author": "haltux",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T20:28:48",
"content": "“GPUs are much bett... | 1,760,377,369.17989 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/wireless-electrocardiography-with-iphone/ | Wireless Electrocardiography… With IPhone | Mike Szczys | [
"Medical Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"ecg",
"electrocardiogram",
"iphone",
"msp430",
"wbsn",
"wireless"
] | This module is
a sensor package for monitoring the electrical activity of the heart
. It is the product of an effort to create a Wireless Body Sensor Network node that is
dependable while consuming very little electricity
, which means a longer battery life. To accomplish this, the microcontroller in charge of the node... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "186681",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T20:07:51",
"content": "video has no sound, reading the page I almost puked in my mouth (lots or MBA moronsspeak like shifting paradigms, im guessing they try to sell it to some corporation). iphone to be trendy …Sure it needs a lot... | 1,760,377,368.849819 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/arduino-uno-and-mega-2560/ | Arduino UNO And Mega 2560 | Devlin Thyne | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"ATMega8U2"
] | The Arduino Team
presented some new products at Maker Faire this weekend. It’s a significant update. The
Arduino UNO
and
Arduino Mega 2560
update the Duemilanove and Mega respectively. They now use an ATMega8U2 instead of an FTDI USB to serial converter chip. Allowing an Arduino to become nearly any kind of USB device.... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "186635",
"author": "Alton",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T17:04:46",
"content": "‘The booloader is now the Optiboot bootloader’ Now is that just because Halloween is coming, or did I miss a change in terminology somewhere along the way?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,377,369.316236 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/beginner-concepts-all-about-avr-interrupts/ | Beginner Concepts: All About AVR Interrupts | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"AVR",
"beginner concepts",
"external",
"interrupts"
] | Microcontroller interrupts are one of the big tools in our embedded programming arsenal. They make the chip listen for particular events, and once detected they stop what they’re doing and run a separate set of code called and Interrupt Service Routine. We’ve come across two fairly new tutorials on the subject that you... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "186617",
"author": "bryan",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T15:59:24",
"content": "love all the ‘n00b concept’ posts.. seriously.. it makes the HAD grow. thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186623",
"author": "r_d",
"timest... | 1,760,377,368.896903 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/scanning-tunneling-microscope-under-gpl3/ | Scanning Tunneling Microscope Under GPL3 | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"gpl",
"needle",
"probe",
"scanning tunneling microscope",
"stm"
] | ChemHacker has posted
schematics and code for a scanning tunneling microscope
. [Sacha De’Angeli] finalized the proof-of-concept design for version 0.1 and released all of the information under the
Gnu general public license version 3
. You’ll need to build a sensor from a combination of a needle, a piezo, and a ring o... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "186590",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T14:27:09",
"content": "did I miss the end result images?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186592",
"author": "craig christ",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T14:44:46",
"c... | 1,760,377,368.768975 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/27/making-your-own-lithium-ion-batteries/ | Making Your Own Lithium-ion Batteries | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"cell",
"controller",
"lithium ion"
] | You can make your own lithium-ion batteries if you have a source for individual cells and a control board to match your desired voltage levels. [Bill Porter]
put together a quick tutorial
where he makes a 14.4V 2.2 AH battery for about $10. He picked up a set of cable-modem backup batteries (used to make sure your bund... | 23 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "186584",
"author": "Just saying...",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T13:41:23",
"content": "Don’t leave that in a parking lot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186585",
"author": "John Boxall",
"timestamp": "2010-09-27T13:50:37"... | 1,760,377,368.951711 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/26/drm-causes-vulnerabilities/ | DRM Causes Vulnerabilities | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"digital rights management",
"dll",
"drm",
"exploit",
"microsoft"
] | We often hear people touting the evilness of DRM, but usually they are talking about the idea of ownership. In this case, DRM is actually causing harm. It turns out that Microsoft’s msnetobj.dll, which is supposed to enforce DRM on your computer, stopping you from doing certain things like saving files you don’t “own”
... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "186295",
"author": "Alexander Rossie",
"timestamp": "2010-09-26T20:18:42",
"content": "Why is this on HaD?Also RIP milw0rm.com =]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186335",
"author": "AS",
"timestamp": "2010-09-26T21:08:43... | 1,760,377,369.01255 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/26/ps3-sixaxis-controller-now-houses-exploit/ | PS3 Sixaxis Controller Now Houses Exploit | Mike Szczys | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"18F2550",
"pic",
"psgroove",
"sixaxis"
] | [Hasuky] posted
a guide for turning a PlayStation 3 Sixaxis controller into a PSGroove exploit device
(
translated
). Unfortunately you’ve got to crack open the controller and add some parts to get it working. The hack requires a PIC 18F2550 (a chip we’ve already seen
used as a standalone
PSGroove
device
), a crystal, ... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "186244",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-09-26T18:22:36",
"content": "hahaha never expected your own devices to exploit your own system now did you Sony? XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186251",
"author": "steaky",
... | 1,760,377,369.385039 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/26/from-cinema-to-stills-camera-lens-gets-new-life/ | From Cinema To Stills, Camera Lens Gets New Life | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"102",
"3.5mm",
"5d",
"camera",
"canon",
"cinema",
"F5.0",
"photography",
"picture"
] | [Timur Civan], with
a beautiful merge of past and present
, has taken a 102 year old camera lens (a 35mm F5.0 from hand cranked cinema cameras) and attached it to his Canon EOS 5D. While this is not the first time we’ve seen someone custom make a camera lens or attach a lens to a different camera, such as when we broug... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "186240",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2010-09-26T18:10:22",
"content": "i like the combination of “canon artifacts” caused by canon cameras and the artifacts of the old lensit gives a nice touch of old photography without the pain of film",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,377,369.541729 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/26/portable-password-vault/ | Portable Password Vault | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"at89s5131",
"Atmel",
"password",
"vault"
] | This little
box remembers all of your user names and passwords
. Inside you’ll find an Atmel AT89S5131 microcontroller which has built-in USB capability. When the box is plugged into a USB port it identifies as a keyboard. Manipulating the buttons on the top and side will select and print out various stored usernames a... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "186160",
"author": "Addidis",
"timestamp": "2010-09-26T14:31:13",
"content": "its very similar to the rfid hid device I was considering. :D minus the rfid part. hehe.No code again. bummer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186162",... | 1,760,377,370.289297 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/25/a-simple-fm-transmitter/ | A Simple FM Transmitter | Mike Szczys | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"condenser",
"fm",
"mic",
"microphone",
"transmitter"
] | Here is
a low component count FM transmitter
. It sacrifices some features, like the ability to adjust the frequency, for simplicity’s sake. The build method is fairly common with amateur radio but we don’t see it around here too much. Each component gets a 5mm-by-5mm copper clad pad which is super glued to the ground ... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "185901",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T22:22:49",
"content": "Well, this kind of device is pretty much flat out illegal to operate anywhere in Europe. You aren’t too likely to get caught due to the low power. However all it takes is only one person who files a complaint ... | 1,760,377,370.058487 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/25/laser-mic-makes-eavesdropping-remarkably-simple/ | Laser Mic Makes Eavesdropping Remarkably Simple | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"diode",
"infrared",
"laser",
"listening",
"lm386",
"mic",
"microphone",
"spy"
] | Here’s a surprisly simple way to
build yourself a laser-based listening device
. It consists of two modules, a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is a set of lasers, one is visible red for aiming, and the other is infrared for measuring the vibration of a surface. Point the transmitter at the window of the roo... | 56 | 48 | [
{
"comment_id": "185814",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T19:07:16",
"content": "Wicked, well implemented but Id be keen on seeing it on an actual window with conversation to see performance",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "185816",
... | 1,760,377,370.216276 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/25/rfid-readers-writers-and-spoofers/ | RFID Readers, Writers, And Spoofers | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ata5567",
"reader",
"rfid",
"spoofer",
"t5557",
"tag",
"writer"
] | [Carl] has done a lot of work developing
a collection of RFID hardware
. The two cards you see above are spoofers that can be programmed in the field using the keypad on the left, or the rather intimidating banks of DIP switches on the right. We also enjoyed his look at the Atmel T5557 and ATA5567 on-card chips used fo... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "185834",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T19:32:59",
"content": "What an interesting design and hack. I now want to have a go, primarily to work out which RFID tags actually use this chip. Congrats!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,369.863618 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/25/tokyo-hackerspace-akihabara-station-video-tour/ | Tokyo Hackerspace – Akihabara Station Video Tour | James Munns | [
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"hackerspace",
"japan",
"parts",
"tokyo"
] | This is the kind of footage that
makes our mouths water
here at Hackaday. [Akiba] of
Freaklabs
has been kind enough to take us all on a video tour of Akihabara Station, a treasure trove for electronics hackers located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo. The highlight includes surplus stores, specialty electronics shops, and ... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "185756",
"author": "skydiver",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T17:27:03",
"content": "AWESOME!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "185766",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T17:46:56",
"content": "We have similar thi... | 1,760,377,369.989388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/25/ps3-jailbreak-now-in-apple-flavor/ | PS3 Jailbreak – Now In Apple Flavor! | James Munns | [
"ipod hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"ipod",
"jailbreak",
"playstation",
"ps3",
"psgroove",
"Rockbox"
] | The newest member of the PS3 jailbreaking tool crowd is the
iPod family
. More specifically, iPods running the open source media firmware
Rockbox
. Even better news, theoretically it should be possible to use this same method on any MP3 player running the Rockbox software. Right now the exploit package only works on se... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "185631",
"author": "BenJ",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T14:21:28",
"content": "Alright, so first it was an expensive dongle. Then it was a cheap USBTiny. Then the Ti 84 that quite a few people have, now a popular electronic device that lots of people have.What next? PS3 jailbreak with a... | 1,760,377,369.812164 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/24/unmanned-ocean-crossing/ | Unmanned Ocean Crossing | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"gps",
"gumstix",
"iridium",
"pic",
"sail",
"sailboat",
"spot",
"tiller pilot"
] | This is the Pinta,
an autonomous sailboat built to attempt an ocean crossing
from Ireland to Martinique (in the Caribbean). A group of researchers at Aberystwyth University built her as part of
the Microtransat Challenge
.
To keep tabs on the vessel her creators included an Iridium short burst data modem with a backup ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "185257",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T19:08:17",
"content": "Wow that takes me backhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIbPvxf3hrkI hope they do better than I did at the time!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18... | 1,760,377,369.917421 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/24/gutting-an-air-freshener-for-the-parts/ | Gutting An Air Freshener For The Parts | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"air freshener",
"air wick",
"freshmatic",
"i-motion",
"led",
"parts",
"pir",
"pnp",
"transistor"
] | [Doug Paradis] took
a good look inside the Air Wick Freshmatic Compact i-Motion
and then stole all the parts for other projects. We’ve looked at
adding a manual spray button
or
making air fresheners Internet enabled
before. Those models didn’t have parts that were all that interesting, but this one has a passive infrar... | 40 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "185240",
"author": "girrrrrrr2",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T18:34:09",
"content": "The other day I cut the bottom out of one, now it can spray any type of air freshener, you just have to duct tape it in…If there is enough interest I can do a write up…but its pretty simple lol…",
"... | 1,760,377,370.129585 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/24/the-hdcp-master-key/ | The HDCP Master Key | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"drm",
"hdcp",
"master key",
"pastebin",
"reddit"
] | Pastebin has
the HDCP master key
that we talked about
in a post last week
. This is the encryption protocol used for HDMI content protection on media such as Blu-Ray and High Definition cable television.
The master key array is a 40×40 set of 56-bit hex used to generate the key sets. You get one brief paragraph at the ... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "185171",
"author": "Mr Hacker",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T16:46:16",
"content": "forget hdmi , back to using rgb cables like i do hahahaha , drm , you are down , i have a hdmi to rgb convertor , i i connect it to my computer and use debut video recorder to capture movies",
"paren... | 1,760,377,370.353328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/24/thieves-armed-with-a-vacuum-cleaner-still-on-the-run/ | Thieves, Armed With A Vacuum Cleaner, Still On The Run | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"robber",
"security",
"thief",
"vacuum"
] | Thieves in Paris have been
stealing money with the clever use of a vacuum
. Not just bits of change here and there, they’ve stolen over 500,000 euros. They noticed that Monoprix supermarkets use a pneumatic tube system to transport rolls of cash to and from the safe. Realizing this was the weakest point in the security... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "185143",
"author": "FoxxCommand",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T15:39:21",
"content": "Brilliant",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "185144",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T15:42:51",
"content": "who said crime ... | 1,760,377,370.418716 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/22/build-a-tetrahedral-ambisonic-microphone/ | Build A Tetrahedral Ambisonic Microphone | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"ambisonic",
"microphone",
"preamp",
"recording",
"tetrahedral"
] | [Dan Hemingson’s] been refining a design for
building a tetrahedral ambisonic recording system
. This is a set of four microphones used to record audio that can later be mixed down for a three-dimensional listening experience. His goal is an easy and inexpensive build while maintaining the highest fidelity standards po... | 27 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "184293",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T20:28:23",
"content": "good luck getting yourself in a theater with a iosono sound system… guess you could use",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "184294",
"author": "xeracy"... | 1,760,377,370.481651 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/22/input-device-using-led-and-four-photoresistors/ | Input Device Using LED And Four Photoresistors | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"CdS",
"led",
"mouse",
"photoresistor",
"Teensy",
"usb"
] | [Julien] built
an input device that uses reflected light detected by some photoresistors
. Placing your hand above the device will reflect light from the LED back down onto the cadmium-sulfide sensors. The resistance of those sensors is read by four ADC pins on a Teensy microcontroller and translated to mouse movements... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "184242",
"author": "RodgerTheGreat",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T18:35:40",
"content": "I presume you’re hosting the code for ‘posterity’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "184248",
"author": "kevin",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22... | 1,760,377,370.870446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/22/darbuka-band/ | Darbuka Band | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"darbuka",
"drum",
"robot",
"servo"
] | This robotic band
has just the right amount of drums. [Liat] and her colleagues fit a group of
Darbuka
drums
with a pair of servo-driven mallets. We’re quite surprised that the servo motors achieve such a successful strike and rebound without dampening the vibrations of the drum head. This is more
often accomplished wi... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "184203",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T17:24:16",
"content": "A strange choice of instrument for actuators/transducers like these? The darbukas are not meant to be hit with sticks, their sound in the video cries it out loud.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,370.788436 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/22/matrix-clock-is-a-breadboarding-win/ | Matrix Clock Is A Breadboarding Win | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"led",
"matrix",
"rtc"
] | Normally when we feature
a clock made with a 32×8 LED matrix
we’d load up an image of the display for the banner photo. But this time around we were so impressed by [JB’s] breadboard work we had to use this image. We see an ATmega168, three buttons, three LEDs, a piezo buzzer, 32.768 kHz crystal, smoothing capacitor, a... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "184173",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T16:30:53",
"content": "Damn. That’s packed in there pretty good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "184174",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T16:31:05",
"... | 1,760,377,370.669898 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/22/audio-ads-in-newspapers/ | Audio Ads In Newspapers? | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"newspaper"
] | Oh no, lets hope this little gimmick doesn’t catch on. Volkswagen has put out an advertisement in an Indian newspaper that
plays an audio file when you unfold the paper
. This appears to work much like those greeting cards that play a song when you open them. There’s a sensor that detects the newspaper opening, probabl... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "184118",
"author": "MigSantiago",
"timestamp": "2010-09-22T13:58:58",
"content": "They should add a Mute button… and make a smaller device :sIf you guys ever get one of those audio devices, take it apart and show us how they work ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,377,370.740771 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/small-and-simple-fm-radio/ | Small And Simple FM Radio | Mike Szczys | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"ar1010",
"attiny45",
"fm",
"i2c",
"radio"
] | [gpsKlaus]
built this little FM radio
(
translated
) based on the AR1010 IC. That chip is controlled via I2C by an ATtiny45 microcontroller. His tuning implementation relies on presetting 16 stations in the firmware and selecting them with the white potentiometer.
The
FM chip came on a breakout board from SparkFun
. No... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "183881",
"author": "Nonya-Biz",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T20:29:54",
"content": "i planed on using one of these, and a tda1515bq to make a radio for my car clubs dragster. it would be lighter than a regular stereo. never got around to programing a micro controller, or finding a good ... | 1,760,377,370.926379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/discussing-pulse-width-modulation/ | Discussing Pulse-Width Modulation | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"flicker",
"parasitic",
"power loss",
"pulse-width modulation",
"pwm"
] | [Michael Kleinigger] posted
a lengthy discussion on Pulse-Width Modulation
that goes beyond the traditional beginner tutorial. He starts a bit of background info on PWM and a tip about using a camera to judge frequency and duty cycle of LEDs. From there it’s down the rabbit hole with some testing of power-loss versus f... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "183843",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T19:09:27",
"content": "Hi there, I think the link above is missing.frank",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183844",
"author": "CampGareth",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T19:1... | 1,760,377,371.060751 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/24/full-featured-avr-time-lapse/ | Full-featured AVR Time-lapse | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"hd44780",
"rotary encoder",
"time-lapse"
] | This
time-lapse photo trigger
was built [Lukasz Goralczyk]. It is controlled by an ATmega168 and we were surprised to read that it uses about 12k of code. Curious about what takes up that much space, we were impressed to see all the features demonstrated in the video after the break. The small device, running on two AA... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "185151",
"author": "AS",
"timestamp": "2010-09-24T15:49:14",
"content": "Very nice. My biggest question with things like this is where to get the required plug to attach to the camera? For example many canon SLRs use a small 3 pin connector as shown here:http://tinyurl.com/26dld7x",... | 1,760,377,370.974943 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/youll-shoot-your-eye-out-another-coilgun/ | You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out, Another Coilgun | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"1.25kj",
"coil",
"CoilGun",
"energy",
"gun",
"shot",
"single stage"
] | All we needed to read was 4x 3900uF capacitor bank to know we had yet another decently sized
homemade coilgun
on our hands. And for the math buffs, that equates out to 1.25kJ of potential energy (efficiency kills it down to 37j of kinetic, but large numbers are more fun) which is more than enough to break skin; of cour... | 41 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "184773",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T22:14:34",
"content": "3900 uF? That’s like, 3.9 mF!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "746490",
"author": "shayne",
"timestamp": "2012-08-21T18:20:10",
... | 1,760,377,371.246526 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/wifi-ap-gets-antenna-augmentation/ | WiFi AP Gets Antenna Augmentation | Mike Szczys | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"Asus",
"DD-WRT",
"wifi",
"wl-330ge"
] | Feeling bad that his access point was being made fun of by models with beefier external antennas, [Customer Service] decided to do something about it. After cracking open the
Asus wl-330ge he found it would be quite easy to add a connector
. This access point has two internal antennas that are quite small and use a spr... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "184764",
"author": "Decius",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T21:46:23",
"content": "Sounds like something I may want to do ;o",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "184765",
"author": "goldscott",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T21:48:49",
... | 1,760,377,371.17132 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/analog-stylophone/ | Analog Stylophone | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"555",
"analog",
"pcb",
"stylophone"
] | [Doug Jackson] just finished building
an analog Stylophone
. We’ve seen this instrument a few times before, most recently
with an Arduino-based controller
, but this one makes use of 555-timer, resistors, and potentiometers to generate the waveform for each note. If you’ve got the copper-clad and the means to etch the ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "184716",
"author": "D_",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T20:30:04",
"content": "Unlike the vuvuzela that just exist to make an annoying noise. you could play a tune with this stylophone How well this would sound is the question, where not talking Yamaha keyboard here.",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,377,371.105242 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/codec2-gnu-low-bitrate-speech-codec/ | Codec2: GNU Low-bitrate Speech Codec | Mike Szczys | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"codec2",
"compression",
"ham",
"melp",
"radio",
"speech",
"voice"
] | Low bandwidth speech compression is a desirable concept for amateur radio enthusiasts. Unfortunately there isn’t a great open-source option out there, but that’s changing with the
low-bitrate speech compression package called Codec2
. It manages to transmit and decode at 2550 bits per second with results comparable to ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "184705",
"author": "hellst0rm",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T19:28:45",
"content": "Thats great! I can finally do VOIP over my 2400 baud modem ….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "184706",
"author": "Doc Oct",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,377,371.294677 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/2-bit-paper-processor-teaches-how-they-work/ | 2-bit Paper Processor Teaches How They Work | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"2-bit",
"assembly",
"computer",
"paper",
"processor"
] | Take a few minutes out of your day, grab your scissors, and learn how a simple processor works. [Saito Yutaka] put together
an exercise to teach processor operations with paper
. After downloading the PDF you can cut out the Address and Data pointer as well as two-bit data tokens for each. The processor has three instr... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "184647",
"author": "Leigh",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T17:09:00",
"content": "This reminds of the the Bell Labs CARDIAC, a similar concept but base 10. I had one when I was 9 or 10. Later I found a stash of them and bought a few but I believe they may all be gone now; at least, the ... | 1,760,377,371.349212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/23/a-fantastic-collection-of-slapped-together-bots/ | A Fantastic Collection Of Slapped Together Bots | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"reuse",
"simple",
"trash"
] | [David Williamson] has put together
some pretty amazing little robots from bits of stuff
he laying around the house. What initially caught our attention was this
drawing robot over at HackedGadgets
. We were impressed by the construction, as it looks like almost all of it was scrap. Upon clicking through the link we fo... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "184604",
"author": "walt",
"timestamp": "2010-09-23T14:24:17",
"content": "not sure how slapped together they are. the materials used are pretty random, but they seem well thought out.oh yeah… 1st!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,377,371.390621 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/20/audio-cabinet-refit-with-modern-equipment/ | Audio Cabinet Refit With Modern Equipment | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"amp",
"ATmega168",
"fleetwood",
"ir",
"turntable"
] | Hard at work on making this 1960’s Fleetwood audio console usable again, [Travis]
packed a lot of power
into the retro case. Both the radio and turn table had stopped working but the cabinet looks great and the speakers still work. In the lower center cavity you’ll now find a full computer motherboard and replacement a... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "183392",
"author": "Nomad",
"timestamp": "2010-09-20T19:36:06",
"content": "Why not move the original IR-receiver to the front instead of using a mega168 for such easy task?Considering you need one pin for the receiver (those things have 3 AFAIK…i’d go for Vcc, Gnd and Data) and ano... | 1,760,377,371.445672 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/20/beefing-up-a-cheap-drill-motor/ | Beefing Up A Cheap Drill Motor | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"drill",
"harbor freight",
"welding"
] | [Rob] just finished
reinforcing a cheap drill motor
. He picked up the tool at Harbor Freight and ditched the case. The plastic retaining ring was replaced with a thick metal washer which he machine The washer uses three bolts to attach to the mounting plate that he welded together. We’re not exactly sure what he’s got... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "183346",
"author": "tempestion",
"timestamp": "2010-09-20T17:12:12",
"content": "Come See the new hackerspace this was made at. Newly opened Makeit Labs at 111 tanner st Lowell MA. there will be open houses on thurs from 7pm on. Come down see some projects or work on some of your ow... | 1,760,377,371.773642 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/20/world-maker-faire-new-york/ | World Maker Faire New York 2010 | Devlin Thyne | [
"News"
] | [
"maker faire",
"Maker Faire NYC"
] | A quick heads-up to those of you that will be at the
New York Maker Faire
and the
Open Hardware Summit
.One of our writers, [Devlin Thyne], will be there checking out projects and handing out Hack a Day stickers. Be sure to stop him to say hello and maybe show off your projects. We look forward to seeing you and your p... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "183307",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2010-09-20T14:34:09",
"content": "That picture makes me feel tiny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183312",
"author": "redbeard",
"timestamp": "2010-09-20T15:02:24",
"conten... | 1,760,377,372.566886 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/19/hackaday-links-september-19-2010/ | Hackaday Links: September 19, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"6502",
"dockstar",
"iron man",
"kickstand",
"smoking"
] | 6502 Gate Simulator
Ever wondered what’s going on inside that chip as the program executes? Now you can take a look at the die itself with this
visual gate simulator for the 6502
processor. [Thanks Puli and Svofski]
Copper corrosion
[Moogle]
cracked open his DockStar
to find corroded copper. It seems that Seagate left ... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "183088",
"author": "uzerzero",
"timestamp": "2010-09-19T20:11:56",
"content": "#4: Damn. Are they wearing chain mail? Just imagine how the 100 Years War could’ve turned out if the French had Tesla generators…#5: Guess that’s an efficient and safe way of collecting butts for DIY ammo... | 1,760,377,371.720106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/19/autonomous-rover-roams-the-halls/ | Autonomous Rover Roams The Halls | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"autonomous",
"dspic33",
"maxbotix",
"rc",
"rover",
"servo",
"sonar",
"traxxas"
] | [ESylin] built
an autonomous rover that roams the vacant halls
of his school. On the hood of the vehicle he’s mounted two
Maxbotix
sonar sensors that do a great job of keeping the vehicle centered in the hallway. It will follow a wall around a corner (favoring its left side because of the left-facing sensor) and it wil... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "183066",
"author": "nimitzbrood",
"timestamp": "2010-09-19T19:07:40",
"content": "Is anybody else thinking of the tiny robot from the Death Star?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183091",
"author": "jaqen",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,371.822673 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/19/wiimote-accessibility-modifications/ | WiiMote Accessibility Modifications | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"disabled",
"handicap",
"xbee"
] | [Catea] has put some considerable effort into making a wiimote more accessible to people with physical disabilities. He started by
extending the buttons out to much larger versions mounted on a lap tray
. This makes playing games much easier for those that are lacking the fine motor skills to hit the buttons on the wii... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "183093",
"author": "jaqen",
"timestamp": "2010-09-19T20:33:44",
"content": "lol @terribledamage does that apply to people with social disabilities as well?Irony may be present in this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183132"... | 1,760,377,372.610896 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/19/hackerspaces-sprouting-up-around-the-midwest/ | Hackerspaces Sprouting Up Around The Midwest | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"hackerspace",
"non-profit",
"qc co-lab",
"school factory",
"sector67"
] | [Chris Cooper] wrote in letting us know that this weekend is the grand opening of
QC Co-Lab, a hackerspace in Davenport, Iowa
. They kicked the weekend off in grand fashion on Friday by sand casting bronze medallions with a blast furnace. The 4000 square foot facility has plenty of room for new members so if you’re in ... | 19 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "183035",
"author": "sariel",
"timestamp": "2010-09-19T15:58:25",
"content": "I love it when hackerspaces open. it warms me like a 6000° furnace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183046",
"author": "nimitzbrood",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,372.186433 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/another-approach-to-power-meter-data-harvesting/ | Another Approach To Power Meter Data Harvesting | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"current cost",
"embedded",
"google powermeter",
"perl",
"webserver"
] | [Dodgy] wrote in to talk about
his power meter data harvesting programs
. This uses the same hardware by CurrentCost as
the hack we looked at over the weekend
but [Dodgy’s] implementation is different. It’s separated into two parts, the first is a webserver written in C that harvests the data and makes it available at ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "183752",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T17:08:51",
"content": "“One thing that interests us is his comment that you should be able to compile the server side C code for an embedded device.”Hackers start your Dockstars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,377,372.130527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/hackerspace-competition-looks-promising/ | Hackerspace Competition: Looks Promising | Jakob Griffith | [
"News"
] | [
"competition",
"hackerspace",
"mitch",
"take on the machine"
] | This is what happens
when [Mitch Altman] comes together with hackerspaces nationwide to have a contest. In short, 5 hackerspaces will “take on the machine” and come up with 5 original ideas for existing devices. There are a few more rules, but you can catch them in the video in the link above. There is hinting at a sl... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "183748",
"author": "Fallen",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T16:47:14",
"content": "Too distracted by the hair to read the article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183751",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T17:02:39"... | 1,760,377,372.056593 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/machined-steadicam-steadier-than-the-rest/ | Machined Steadicam, Steadier Than The Rest | Jakob Griffith | [
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"aluminum",
"cnc",
"gimbal",
"machine",
"mill",
"steadicam"
] | No, the picture above is not a store made steadicam. Rather,
a CNC machined one
by [Matt]. Interestingly, unlike most steadicams
we’ve seen before
the gimbal is
not
the main focus of the design
though an aluminum machined gimbal would make us drool
. The central idea is allowing for X and Y axis adjustment to get oddly... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "183724",
"author": "shogunx0",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T15:30:48",
"content": "Nice. Now, I wonder what nice piece of tech one can do without a cnc machine. Nowadays – almost nothing ;<",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183725",
... | 1,760,377,371.960159 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/something-wicked-this-way-comes/ | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"halloween"
] | Halloween is rapidly approaching. This is just a reminder to you all to send in your Halloween hacks now so that we can all see them and
steal your ideas
get inspiration for our own projects. We’ve seen fantastic stuff in the past from motorized pumpkins to costumes that are simply awe-inspiring. Take a few moments to ... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "183715",
"author": "Clueless_Being",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T14:37:23",
"content": "im making a spartan armor made out of paper",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183722",
"author": "MoJo",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T15:16:2... | 1,760,377,372.000597 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/21/new-term-for-art-sculptural-robotics/ | New Term For Art: Sculptural Robotics | Jakob Griffith | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"art",
"robot",
"sculpture",
"solar"
] | [Dan Roe] has been working on
Sculptural Robotics
for quite some time, and most recently presented his newest creation: Solar Flowers 2010. Typically, Sculptural Robotics (coined by [Dan] himself) are stand alone,
static art presentations
made from electronic components and wire. [Dan] of course has
taken it quite a bi... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "183701",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T13:25:37",
"content": "What he tried to take credit for inventing BEAM robotics ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "183703",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-09-... | 1,760,377,372.257275 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/20/homebrew-firmware-upgrade-for-vci-100-turntable-controller/ | Homebrew Firmware Upgrade For VCI-100 Turntable Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"firmware",
"flash",
"midi",
"reverse engineer",
"rs232",
"vci-100"
] | We love hacks that take quality products and make them better. This
enhanced firmware for the VCI-100
is a great example of that. In a similar fashion as
the Behringer hack
, [DaveX]
reverse engineer the firmware
for the device and figured out a few ways to make it better. It improves the scratch controller and slider ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "183487",
"author": "ehrichweiss",
"timestamp": "2010-09-21T00:51:53",
"content": "roy, you must have nothing to call a life to feel the need to say that. I’ve scored first post countless times but never once had an urge to just say “first”..I guess because doing so makes you look st... | 1,760,377,372.435612 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/09/20/motorcycle-rear-view-with-in-helmet-display/ | Motorcycle Rear-view With In-helmet Display | Mike Szczys | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"display",
"helmet",
"motorcycle",
"myvu",
"rear-view"
] | Want to see what’s behind you when riding your sport bike without taking your eyes off the road? They make rear view cameras for that but [Nescioqd] wanted
a rear display right in his helmet (PDF)
. He started by mounting a rear-pointing camera on the back of the bike, powered from the 12V feed for the taillight. On th... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "183410",
"author": "Circuitmage",
"timestamp": "2010-09-20T20:42:09",
"content": "Thoughts:#1. Cool.#2. A monitor on the front ferring/wind shield might be better. Larger screen, non intrusive.#3. My 92 Kawi 600 ninja had rampant Vreg problems…Kawi sux!#4. Metal bracket to the face.... | 1,760,377,372.513768 |
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