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https://hackaday.com/2010/08/28/tube-preamp-with-a-dazzling-wood-case/ | Tube Preamp With A Dazzling Wood Case | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"Ground",
"preamp",
"tube",
"wood"
] | It’s been a while since we’ve looked in on the world of vacuum tube audio equipment. [Bruce] just finished documenting
a tube preamp he built
. He actually made a couple of these with slightly different cases but they use the same circuit design. We found his discussion of common errors made when tying into ground quit... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "174429",
"author": "vlc",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T16:04:52",
"content": "Is this dolby digital? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174436",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T16:29:54",
"content": "What a glo... | 1,760,377,385.436726 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/28/robotic-helicopter-that-can-grasp-a-payload/ | Robotic Helicopter That Can Grasp A Payload | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"grab lab",
"hand",
"helicopter",
"lift",
"prosthetic"
] | Like the Grand Theft Auto RC missions come to life,
this helicopter can grasp objects for transport
. They don’t have to be a special size or shape, and it can lift them even if they are not centered. This is thanks to a load-balancing hand (
originally developed as a prosthesis
) that relies on flexible joints and a t... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "174404",
"author": "Sammy",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T13:19:29",
"content": "Very cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174411",
"author": "zeropointmodule",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T13:52:55",
"content": "epic win!Int... | 1,760,377,385.837269 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/27/airport-express-speaker-mashup/ | Airport Express Speaker Mashup | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"airport",
"express",
"ikea",
"speakers",
"stereo",
"wifi"
] | [Wei] salvaged the internals from an Airport Express that had a blown power supply. From there he built this
streaming music box
. The case is from an IKEA clock with the face removed. He added some decorative fabric around a grill to make an acoustically transparent front panel. Inside you’ll find the Airport guts con... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "174187",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2010-08-27T18:56:32",
"content": "Awesome build. Just the kind of hacking together that I love to see.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174194",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,385.687117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/27/hydropower-generator/ | Hydropower Generator | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"cabin",
"generator",
"hydropower",
"pelton",
"stream",
"turbine",
"water",
"wheel"
] | [Paul] wanted to have access to renewable energy at his cabin. It’s a relaxing place, nestled in a tall forest that shelters him from the sun and wind. This also means that solar and wind energy aren’t an option. But there is a stream running through the property so he decided to build his own version of
a small water-... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "174139",
"author": "ferdi",
"timestamp": "2010-08-27T17:15:19",
"content": "This is not a niewe ideei see it beforeon discovery chanel whas a programabout green seltion on problemsit whas whit tha colenel dick from screpheap chalens en u athur guyi dont no that program name",
"p... | 1,760,377,385.509878 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/27/iphone-drum-machine-isnt-synthesized/ | IPhone Drum Machine Isn’t Synthesized | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"iphone",
"open sound control",
"osc",
"solenoid",
"touchosc"
] | There was a time when a drummer would grab some sticks and lay out a groove using the items around him as instruments. [Lsa Wilson] would rather not work quite that hard and has chosen to
do the same thing by tapping on an iPhone screen
. As you can see in the clip after the break, many of the items in the room around ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "174115",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-27T16:29:34",
"content": "The Multixylophoniomnibus link is dead. Perhaps a misspelling?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174118",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2010-... | 1,760,377,385.639434 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/27/devote-your-life-to-replicating-a-lightsaber/ | Devote Your Life To Replicating A Lightsaber | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"force fx",
"hasbro",
"lightsaber",
"machining",
"replica",
"star wars"
] | Life-sized Star Wars replica props, it’s one way to keep the ladies away. But if you’re going to make them, you should do it right. [Bradley W. Lewis] spent some serious time
getting this [Obi-Wan Kenobi] lightsaber right
. The seven-page build log provides plenty of eye-candy. We especially enjoyed the machine and col... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "174088",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2010-08-27T15:15:24",
"content": "It takes an extreme geek to machine his own parts and build this (or a jedi). Love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174089",
"author": "Chickenbiske... | 1,760,377,386.116606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/27/spy-video-trakr-first-impressions/ | Spy Video TRAKR: First Impressions | Phil Burgess | [
"Reviews",
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"maker faire",
"robot",
"spy",
"toy",
"tracker",
"trakr",
"video",
"wild planet",
"wireless"
] | At the Bay Area Maker Faire this past May, we had our
first glimpse of Wild Planet’s Spy Video TRAKR
, a $130 radio-controlled toy with some surprises under the hood.
On the surface, the Spy Video TRAKR — the latest addition to the popular
Spy Gear
toy line — is an R/C tank with a video camera and night vision, with th... | 67 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "174031",
"author": "minipimmer",
"timestamp": "2010-08-27T11:53:49",
"content": "If the purpose of this gift was to convince your readers to buy one. I am sure it worked. I am definitely getting one of these things as soon as they sell them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,385.785117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/26/led-goggles-make-you-trip-out/ | LED Goggles Make You Trip Out? | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"goggles",
"hallucination",
"mask",
"ping pong",
"rgb",
"welder"
] | Who knows if this works and should you really want to try to induce hallucinations by flashing colors in front of your eyes? But we do love the zaniness of the project. [Everett’s] homemade hallucination goggles come in two flavors,
the small swimming-goggle-type
model and the
heavy-duty trip visor
made from welder’s g... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "173772",
"author": "damested",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T20:52:53",
"content": "sam fisher?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173773",
"author": "t&p",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T20:55:45",
"content": "They do nothing",
... | 1,760,377,386.005001 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/26/so-you-want-to-make-a-command-line-interface/ | So You Want To Make A Command Line Interface | Jakob Griffith | [
"Featured",
"how-to"
] | [
"c++",
"command line",
"console",
"directX",
"interface",
"programing"
] | [Keba] not only asked
Answeres.HackaDay.com
, but also sent us an email as follows.
“Can you make a basic guide to designing a good Command Line User Interface?”
Wouldn’t you know the luck, I’m currently working on a Command Line type interface for a project of mine. While after the jump I’ll be walking through my expl... | 42 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "173750",
"author": "Daniel Higgins",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T19:46:24",
"content": "Man! I’ve been looking for something like this for a very long time!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173760",
"author": "JeffR",
"times... | 1,760,377,385.594135 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/26/building-a-laser-cutter-from-a-weak-laser/ | Building A Laser Cutter From A Weak Laser | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"cutter",
"diode",
"ir",
"laser",
"sls"
] | We covet laser cutters and
this diy model with a 1 Watt IR diode
may be well within our price range. Most commercially available laser cutters, and
some homemade ones
, work in the 20-100 Watt ranges, using a CO2 laser. They have more than enough power to cut right through a lot of materials so how can a 1W diode compa... | 24 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "173721",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T18:16:18",
"content": "Insert “You’ll shoot your eyes out” comments below.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173722",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2010-... | 1,760,377,386.06447 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/26/hacking-a-code-protected-hard-disk/ | Hacking A Code-protected Hard Disk | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"16f883",
"diskgenie",
"encrypted",
"hdd",
"istorage",
"keypad",
"pic",
"usb"
] | Our friend [Sprite_TM] took
a look at the security of a code-protected hard disk
. The
iStorage diskGenie
is an encrypted USB hard drive that has a keypad for passcode entry. After cracking it open he found that the chip handling the keypad is a PIC 16F883 microcontroller. He poked and prodded at the internals and foun... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "173690",
"author": "goldscott",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T17:03:54",
"content": "AVRs attacking PICs?! Noooo!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173698",
"author": "Zem",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T17:19:07",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,386.178817 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/26/burglar-alarm-in-a-zippo-lighter/ | Burglar Alarm In A Zippo Lighter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"alarm",
"spy",
"zippo"
] | [Madmanmoe64] has really done a fantastic job with this
burglar alarm built into a zippo
. He crammed a picaxe microcontroller, some IR LEDs, an IR sensor, a battery and various switches in there quite well. It almost closes perfectly, something we think he could remedy if it really bugged him that much.
It has severa... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "173657",
"author": "m!nus",
"timestamp": "2010-08-26T14:04:42",
"content": "The video is probably interesting, unfortunately it contains content from EMI and isn’t available here in Germany.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "811... | 1,760,377,386.448525 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/25/take-better-pictures-of-your-projects/ | Take Better Pictures Of Your Projects | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"better",
"led",
"levels",
"photography"
] | [PT] let us know about a fantastic
guide to taking better photographs of your projects
. It’s a hefty read but well worth the effort. Author [Johngineer] helps us understand how to use simple (and possibly inexpensive) tools like lights, mirrors, and a background material. He also gives some tips on how to recognize wh... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "173387",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T21:48:33",
"content": "Take this to heart! I usually try to get my photos on a white background with diffuse lighting. Maybe I should blog my hackety ligting rig.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,386.377983 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/25/wristwatch-board-with-throwback-digits/ | Wristwatch Board With Throwback Digits | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"16f628a",
"7 segment",
"crystal",
"led",
"pic",
"wristwatch"
] | This
wristwatch circuit board
has some pretty interesting digits. They’re older components that give a classic look to your wristwatch display. On board you’ll find a PIC 16F628A running with an external clock crystal. The display isn’t always illuminated (kind of like
Woz’s watch
) in order to save the batteries, but ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "173354",
"author": "Tech B.",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T20:13:55",
"content": "I love how most posts on here that have anything to do with time, it displays 4:20. For that I give this place kudos.As for the watch… wait, what was I thinking about¿ lolbut really, cool watch.",
"par... | 1,760,377,386.275271 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/25/modem-used-in-an-alarm-system/ | Modem Used In An Alarm System | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"16f628a",
"alarm",
"modem",
"pic",
"pir",
"sensor"
] | This
alarm system senses motion and then alerts you by phone
. [Oscar] had an old external modem sitting around and, with some wise hardware choices, he came up with a simple circuit to use it. First up is the PIC 16F628A chosen because it doesn’t require an external crystal. This connects with the modem via a DS275 RS... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "173344",
"author": "JeffR",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T19:22:58",
"content": "Cool, just point it to the google voice number and I can has a record of how many times my liqueur cabinet is accessed when I am not there :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,386.332658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/25/el-wire-make-it-connect-it-power-it/ | EL Wire: Make It, Connect It, Power It | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"ac",
"el",
"electroluminescent",
"jeri ellsworth",
"panel",
"pcb",
"phosphors",
"power supply",
"psu",
"wire"
] | [Jeri’s] back with a series of videos that outlines the
step-by-step electroluminescent wire manufacturing
, making
EL panels from PCBs
, and
assembling power supplies for EL hardware
. These concepts are actually quite approachable, something we don’t expect from someone who
makes their own integrated circuits
at home... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "173247",
"author": "Hiroe",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T15:50:10",
"content": "Did the green pixel move?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173263",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T16:18:00",
"content": "wow a p... | 1,760,377,386.731186 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/25/electric-scooter-sings-as-it-travels/ | Electric Scooter Sings As It Travels | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"electric",
"lead-acid",
"lithium",
"motor",
"scooter"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaQuRnZYKPc]
This
scooter has been fitted with a three-phase induction motor
. It reminds us of the sound effects from vehicles in
the
Jetsons
. Right now they’re using lead-acid batteries and get about 15 miles of range from one charge. Once they switch over to lithium polymer t... | 34 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "173195",
"author": "po",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T13:30:35",
"content": "It Sings!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "173199",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2010-08-25T13:48:29",
"content": "I was in Elk Rapids, Michi... | 1,760,377,387.319213 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/in-dash-motorcycle-display/ | In-dash Motorcycle Display | Mike Szczys | [
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"16f877a",
"computer",
"ecm",
"motorcycle",
"pic",
"temperature"
] | [Muth]
added an auxiliary display to his motorcycle
instrument panel. He started out prototyping with a PIC 16F877A which he used to access information through the ECM diagnostic connection. Once he had that working he found this tiny display which fits perfectly between the speedometer and tachometer. There’s a short ... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "172972",
"author": "CutThroughStuffGuy",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T21:56:59",
"content": "Going past 230 km/h would result in inaccurate speed displays!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172977",
"author": "Jordan",
"timest... | 1,760,377,386.847569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/adventures-in-consumer-electronics-control-cec/ | Adventures In Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"18f87j50",
"audio",
"cec",
"consumer electronics control",
"hdmi",
"pic",
"trueHD"
] | [Valkyrie-MT] was frustrated by the inability to control TrueHD audio volume from his computer. That’s because digital audio passes through the cable to the receiver where the volume adjustments are done. This meant that his RF computer remote was no good because the receiver uses an IR remote. He set out to find a way... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "172938",
"author": "f8l_0e",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T19:31:12",
"content": "Damn, this post makes me wish HAD included a rep system. Kudos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172941",
"author": "ino",
"timestamp": "2010-0... | 1,760,377,386.784976 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/digital-view-master/ | Digital View-Master | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"key chain",
"lcd",
"stereoscopic",
"view-master"
] | Who could forget the stereoscopic goodness of a View-Master? [Tuttle] put a modern flair on the classic optical device by
adding two 1.5″ LCD screens
. The screens replace the film disk of the original, showing slightly different images to produce a 3D effect. No word on a camera rig used to take the original images, b... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "172910",
"author": "Zat",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T18:33:14",
"content": "Now, start watching Avatar in 3D! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172915",
"author": "HackJack",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T18:42:28",
"conte... | 1,760,377,387.05397 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/pet-gaming-computer-module/ | PET-Gaming Computer Module | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"cartridge",
"controller",
"display",
"fpga",
"full color",
"led",
"zilog ez80"
] | This 64×48
full color LED display
goes much further than we expected at first glance. The display is actually a computer with a Zilog eZ80F91 core utilizing an FPGA for the hardware interface. Some nifty applications currently built include mostly games, but there is also visualizations, network file systems, video str... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "172871",
"author": "Osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T17:21:30",
"content": "“What else would you do with a giant LED display?”dunno, mine just sits on my oscilloscope (though 32×32 is not giant)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,386.992448 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/top-5-integrated-development-environments/ | Top 5 Integrated Development Environments | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"Software Development"
] | [
"dev",
"development",
"platform"
] | So, you want to do some programming but don’t have the budget of a major corporation? This is just the thing for you because all of these development environments are free of charge! Many Integrated Development Environments are marketed towards companies who have money to pay for such expensive environments. Here are ... | 185 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "172764",
"author": "GZPhreak",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T14:37:25",
"content": "gedit? How abouthttp://www.codeblocks.org/?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172765",
"author": "Franklyn",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T14:38:23"... | 1,760,377,386.948676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/attiny2313-prime-number-generator/ | ATtiny2313 Prime Number Generator | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"attiny2313",
"AVR",
"generator",
"led",
"matrix",
"prime number"
] | [Scott Harden’s]
prime number generator
exhibits a great way to use an LED matrix to present readable information. The project resides in a hinged wooden box with a grid of holes on the lid for the LEDs. [Scott] has overlaid the matrix with a printout showing powers of two that represent different prime numbers. Inside... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "172755",
"author": "ColinB",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T13:26:34",
"content": "It’s weird that the photo has 2**13 twice but the video has 2**23 in the right spot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172758",
"author": "ColinB",
... | 1,760,377,387.198954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/24/surgical-microscope-gets-led-retrofit/ | Surgical Microscope Gets LED Retrofit | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bulb",
"led",
"microscope",
"replacement",
"retrofit",
"surgical"
] | [Roberto Barrios] picked up a surgical microscope to add to those other fun lab toys you seen in the background. These work very well when soldering small components because they don’t have to be as close to the viewed objects as traditional microscopes. But [Robert] didn’t care for the heat generated by the incandesce... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "172733",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2010-08-24T11:59:07",
"content": "I have to ask, what surface mount component requires a surgical microscope to solder!?The only time I’ve used the microscope at work was when I had to tack ~40 guage mag wire to the ribbon cable traces that l... | 1,760,377,387.250681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/23/wifi-controlled-arduino-bot/ | WiFi Controlled Arduino-bot | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"asynclabs",
"range finder",
"servo",
"wishield"
] | This little robot
was built very quickly thanks to the rapid prototyping capabilities of the Arduino. It uses a
WiShield 1.0 from AsyncLabs
to connect to a wireless network for control via a TCP connection. The body and wheels are wood, with a servo for each motor and a third used to scan a range finder from side to si... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "172548",
"author": "Killer346",
"timestamp": "2010-08-23T19:08:01",
"content": "Pretty interesting little bot. Should have a camera or something on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172567",
"author": "dhinkle9",
"time... | 1,760,377,387.3658 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/23/profit-less-space-program-launches-in-one-week/ | Profit-less Space Program Launches In One Week | Mike Szczys | [
"News"
] | [
"copenhagen suborbital",
"launch",
"rocket",
"space",
"submarine"
] | The
Copenhagen Suborbitals
are now within one week of their first launch. We looked in on
the non-profit and non-secretive space program
back in March but we had no idea the group had a frickin’ submarine at their disposal. What you see above is the rocket on its floating launch platform. The submarine will haul it out... | 40 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "172524",
"author": "parag0n",
"timestamp": "2010-08-23T17:59:18",
"content": "That submarine?They built that too. See the thread on it athttp://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3005279",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,387.441725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/23/indestructible-ti-89/ | Indestructible TI-89 | James Munns | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"aluminum",
"calculator",
"graphing",
"ti"
] | Sometimes, expensive calculators hit the floor. It’s happened to almost anyone with a graphing calculator from TI or HP. Sadly, they don’t always bounce. After this happened to [Howard C.], an Industrial Engineering student from U. of Iowa, he decided to spend $50 on milling his own replacement case out of aluminum rat... | 65 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "172500",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2010-08-23T17:10:00",
"content": "Wow, that looks pretty sweet! I think if I was modifying my TI-89, I would put in a better battery system such as lithium. Then when I grab my calculator after months of no use, it will still be ready for... | 1,760,377,387.600163 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/23/a-different-take-on-electric-motor-cars/ | A Different Take On Electric Motor Cars | Jakob Griffith | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"car",
"controller",
"electric",
"magnet",
"motor",
"pcb",
"vehicle",
"winding",
"wire"
] | [Craig Carmichael] has been hard at work on his
electric hub motor for cars
. Unlike
typical electrical vehicles
the plan is to bypass the transmission, differential, and everything else all together by connecting directly to the hub of the wheel. The goal of giving greater thrust and still allowing the use of a gas en... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "172474",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-23T15:41:37",
"content": "Should’ve been ‘a different SPIN on electric motor cars’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "172477",
"author": "Pablo Rivera",
"timestamp": "2010-08... | 1,760,377,387.51362 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/23/hexapod-controlled-by-android-and-iphone/ | Hexapod Controlled By Android And IPhone | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"bluetooth",
"hexapod",
"wifi"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvEBUd_EqbQ]
This video
is a blatant example of having too many high-end toys but we love it anyway. [Robert Stephenson] is controlling a rather awesome-looking hexapod via a Bluetooth connection to his HTC Hero. The app allows on-screen selections to decide which portion of the ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "172471",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2010-08-23T15:34:16",
"content": "“This video contains content from UMG. It is restricted from playback on certain sites.”Fuck you, music Nazis. Die in a fire. Soon, preferably.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,388.007933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/22/hackaday-links-august-22-2010/ | Hackaday Links: August 22, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"amiga",
"backlit",
"balloons",
"cannon",
"chrome",
"demo",
"el",
"tabs",
"transformers"
] | EL back-lit keyboard
A couple bucks worth of EL wire gives a nice green glow to [Mark Shasha’s] T400 Elite. Hopefully [Jeri Ellsworth] has some time to pull those how-to videos together so that we can
make our own EL wire
to replicate this hack.
Mini kaboom
This tiny cannon is right out of Night at the Museum. It works... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "172279",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2010-08-22T22:54:10",
"content": "Jeri has already put out a couple of more vids on the diy EL Wire:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2HS7_Mg6o&feature=channelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4O3BGjxd5I&feature=channel",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,387.899095 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/22/giving-an-ir-transmitter-some-strength/ | Giving An IR Transmitter Some Strength | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"RF",
"thomson",
"transistor",
"transmitter",
"video sender",
"vs360u"
] | [Jkx] was using a Thomson VS360U video transmitter to make a wireless connection between a cable box and his television. The system using an RF remote, but relies on an IR transmitter to communicate between the base station and the cable box. He found the IR module that comes with the device is under-powered and
set ou... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "172229",
"author": "mjrippe",
"timestamp": "2010-08-22T18:42:47",
"content": "What, no lasers? Seriously though this is a simple and elegant solution. Well, perf board is about as elegant as *I* get. Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,387.780171 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/22/another-home-built-laser-projector/ | Another Home-built Laser Projector | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"atmega64",
"galvanometer",
"laser",
"projector",
"vector"
] | [Jarrod] sent us a link to this
home-built laser projector
after seeing a different projector that we
featured yesterday
. This system is fundamentally different. [ChaN], who finished the project several years ago, didn’t use a loudspeaker to move the mirrors, but instead build his own closed-loop Galvanometers. Two of... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "172214",
"author": "zeropointmodule",
"timestamp": "2010-08-22T17:49:25",
"content": "just the thing for projecting targeted ads onto convenient walls…bonus if it autodetects via bluetooth the type of phone they are carrying and then displays accessories and applications for it..",
... | 1,760,377,387.837186 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/22/laminar-water-jet-explained/ | Laminar Water Jet Explained | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"fountain",
"water"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijn98G0I99E]
[Dave] has put together this
laminar water jet
, mainly from PVC and drinking straws. There isn’t a project page, but he does go into a little depth explaining how it works. The water enters at the bottom and is slowed down by a series of sponges, then forced through... | 37 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "172174",
"author": "Anonymous Coward",
"timestamp": "2010-08-22T14:40:11",
"content": "Let me guess, the video has some commercial music in the background? Youtube just shows me “This video is not available in your country.” when accessing it from Germany.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,388.421869 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/15/hackaday-links-august-15-2010/ | Hackaday Links: August 15, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"inkjet",
"laser cut",
"star wars",
"starwars",
"uncanny valley"
] | Creepy or not?
Do you find
these faces
creepy or cute? They can display a huge range of facial gestures and the German engineers who designed them were trying to avoid
the uncanny valley
. That’s the point at which human features on a robot seem quite real, but are off in just the right way as to cause revulsion. [Than... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "168950",
"author": "zool",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T22:22:45",
"content": "did he try just shaking the ink cartridge first, that works a lotlaser record was ok but it’s just loops and not really something recordedit would be interesting if you could actually cut a song with itmaybe ... | 1,760,377,387.964169 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/15/making-el-wire/ | Making EL Wire | Mike Szczys | [
"chemistry hacks"
] | [
"el",
"electroluminescent",
"inductor",
"jeri ellsworth",
"phosphors",
"wire"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKBGxJJmwg]
[Jeri Ellsworth]
adds electroluminescent wire to the list of things she makes
. The materials list is incredibly low. The common components are epoxy coated magnet wire for the center conductor and bare wire for the second conductor. The part you don’t have on hand i... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "168921",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T20:16:14",
"content": "There is a green pixel in the video. I though my monitor was going bad.BTW : This is awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168923",
"author": "zero... | 1,760,377,388.309914 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/15/more-car-audio-input-hacking/ | More Car Audio Input Hacking | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"audio",
"car",
"cassette",
"deck",
"head unit",
"ipod",
"pic"
] | [Dave] pulled the head unit out of his dashboard to
add an iPod input
. He took a much more invasive route than
the other hack we saw
a few days ago. He actually patched into the audio lines going from the Dolby reader head chip to the amplifier.
The first step was to trick the deck into thinking it had a cassette inse... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "168892",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T18:09:24",
"content": "That is just TOO COOL. Great job man!!! Truly the definition of a hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168893",
"author": "andrew",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,388.064565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/15/new-nook-says-no-root-for-you/ | New Nook Says: No Root For You! | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"b&n",
"Barnes & Noble",
"ereader",
"Nook",
"root",
"sd"
] | That is a blurry image of a Barnes & Noble
Nook eReader stuck in an infinite reboot loop
. This is the result of trying to downgrade the firmware to 1.0 in preparation to
soft-root the device
. So after a few failures the device will recover itself, right? It doesn’t look that way. No problem, don’t you just pop it ope... | 47 | 47 | [
{
"comment_id": "168865",
"author": "Henrik Pedersen",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T16:17:54",
"content": "What I hate about this is when you buy hardware, you expect to own it. This is just like Apple products. “If you can’t hack it, you don’t own it”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,377,388.239596 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/15/ym2149-gets-new-life/ | YM2149 Gets New Life | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"chiptune",
"generation",
"MCU",
"music",
"sound",
"yama",
"ym2149"
] | [MicroMinded] took us way back to our childhoods with his
experiments
and subsequent
YMstream music player
based on the Yamaha YM2149 sound generator used in old arcade systems, computers, and even phones (
think
chiptune
). This reminds us of the
Chipophone
, only this time the sound is achieved from ICs used back in ... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "168826",
"author": "bhtooefr",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T14:33:00",
"content": "There’s a few variants of that family.The YM2149 is Yamaha’s version, but it’s a clone of the General Instrument AY-3-891x family. AY-3-8910 should even be pin compatible.And, there’s tons of these chips ... | 1,760,377,388.352783 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/14/google-maps-wristlet-navigator/ | Google Maps Wristlet Navigator | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"brass",
"direction",
"google",
"maps",
"navigation",
"paper",
"scroll",
"wrist"
] | This
on-wrist navigation system
uses Google Maps and something called… paper. This is a throwback to scroll-based directions from the 1920’s and 30’s that [Simon] built. He soldered a couple of brass tubes to a brass back plate, then added sides and a face crystal. Now he prints out step by step direction from the popu... | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "168632",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T20:03:28",
"content": "It’s streamlined steampunk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168639",
"author": "l33ThAXOR",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T20:18:03",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,388.506286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/14/hacked-ac-and-ash-filter/ | Hacked AC And Ash Filter | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"air conditioner",
"ash",
"fire",
"ice",
"moscow",
"smoke",
"water"
] | Moscow is in a bit of a hot spot right now, dealing with a heat wave and enormous wildfires. The combination of smoke, ash, and heat was driving Andrew up a wall so
he built a contraption to provide some relief
. It has two chambers, the bottom houses ice water, the top is an air baffle. A small DC fan pumps air into t... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "168594",
"author": "Perkee",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T18:13:40",
"content": "This is similar to how a scrubber on top of a coal smokestack works; the aerosols get hit by the water and carried out. Rock and roll.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,388.573151 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/21/vector-plotter-with-lasers/ | Vector Plotter With Lasers | Jakob Griffith | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"cdrom",
"hdd",
"laser",
"plotter",
"speakers",
"vector",
"xy"
] | [Hubert] sent in
his experiments
using HDDs, CDROMs, speakers, and other components to make an XY laser plotter. Those carefully reading will note, its not all three to make one plotter, but rather three plotters each using a separate system. The setups have their advantages and disadvantages, and [Hubert] is sure to p... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "172010",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2010-08-21T18:35:40",
"content": "Those weren’t my experiments (but, I did send in the link), I don’t want to be seen taking credit for other people’s work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,388.629265 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/21/laser-microscope-projection/ | Laser Microscope Projection | Caleb Kraft | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"dangerous",
"easy",
"lasers",
"quick"
] | Ok, we’ll start this off by saying, looking at lasers can damage your eyes. Be careful. Now that we’ve got that absolutely clear, we couldn’t help but find this
super quick and dirty laser microscope
fascinating. Basically, they are just pointing a laser through a drop of water suspended from the tip of a syringe. The ... | 35 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "171953",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-08-21T14:35:23",
"content": "cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171954",
"author": "okay",
"timestamp": "2010-08-21T14:40:13",
"content": "That is awesome! I will be ... | 1,760,377,388.704039 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/20/electric-motorcycle-rocks-one-wheel/ | Electric Motorcycle Rocks One Wheel | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"balancing",
"motorcycle",
"one wheel",
"ryno motors",
"segway",
"unicycle"
] | We had to call it an electric motorcycle in the title because electric unicycle just sounds lame. But the video after the break shows you that
this prototype is anything but lame
. It takes minimalism to the extreme when you’re talking about powered transportation. The self-balancer is reminiscent of a Segway but the r... | 60 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "171731",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T21:38:54",
"content": "“How fast can it go?”“20”Stopped watching right there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171732",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20... | 1,760,377,388.787355 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/20/microscope-camera-adapter/ | Microscope Camera Adapter | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"adapter",
"composite",
"lense",
"microscope"
] | [Ben Krasnow] is capturing some great snapshots
using a microscope adapter and some tricks
. The camera attachment is just a lens adapter ring with a tube added. Unlike
other microscope imaging hacks we’ve seen
he used a real microscope but found that the pictures had a bit of light distortion to them. The camera senso... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "171668",
"author": "Jess",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T17:45:12",
"content": "Every time I look at the preview image I go bum bum BUMMMM when looking at the frames.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171674",
"author": "Gottabetha... | 1,760,377,388.839565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/20/1w-blue-laser-remarkably-easy-and-dangerous/ | 1W Blue Laser – Remarkably Easy And Dangerous | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"1w",
"blue",
"boost converter",
"diode",
"laser"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE3F7vjYx4U]
We’ve been covering Laser Hacks pretty much since the beginning but it’s surprising to see the niche market that has sprouted up around building powerful handheld modules. [Styropyro] filmed the video above as
a tutorial on building a 1W blue laser
. The “flashlight”... | 92 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "171633",
"author": "grenadier",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T15:38:34",
"content": "Oh no, the shit sure has hit the fan now. We can all expect lasers to be banned within the end of the year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171637",... | 1,760,377,389.287746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/20/microsoft-engineers-reinvent-the-optimus-keyboard/ | Microsoft Engineers Reinvent The Optimus Keyboard | Mike Szczys | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"contest",
"innovation",
"keyboard",
"microsoft",
"optimus",
"uist"
] | Looks like Microsoft has come up with
a pretty slick little keyboard
. It’s very much like
the Optimus
, which has an OLED screen in every key, except that it doesn’t have a screen in every key. Instead there’s just one screen on the whole unit and they keys have been overlayed on top while allowing the image to show t... | 46 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "171556",
"author": "Mark429",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T13:28:27",
"content": "Awesome, I hope this is less than $250",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171579",
"author": "MrBishop",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T13:37:50",
... | 1,760,377,388.918502 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/fpslic-powered-led-matrix/ | FPSLIC Powered LED Matrix | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"8x8",
"at94k",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"bicolor",
"fpslic",
"matrix",
"pong"
] | [Mathieu]
built this display
in hopes that he can play pong on it. You can imagine the headache that awaits when trying to figure out how to drive the 6144 bi-color LEDs. I must have worked out because the thing looks great in the video after the break. The solution he chose was a bit unfamiliar to us though. He used a... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "170376",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T21:16:28",
"content": "You must have worked out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "170394",
"author": "catzburg",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T22:16:59",
"content": "I t... | 1,760,377,388.984615 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/replace-batteries-with-usb-power/ | Replace Batteries With USB Power | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"adapter",
"apple",
"battery",
"dowel",
"magic",
"trackpad"
] | [Mark Bog] thought it was a waste to use batteries for his desktop touch pad. Quite frankly we agree that if you can avoid using disposable cells you should. He ditched the dual AA batteries inside of his Magic Trackpad and
built a battery-sized adapter to feed it some juice
. It consists of a dowel of similar diameter... | 47 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "170352",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T20:26:09",
"content": "I was going to make some sny remark about how he spent ENTIRELY too much money on his setup there…While thats still true, i just realized its all running off his macbook, thats pretty cool. The fact that appl... | 1,760,377,389.198076 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/modchip-hacks-ps3-via-usb-port/ | Modchip Hacks PS3 Via USB Port | Mike Szczys | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"backup",
"dongle",
"hard drive",
"modchip",
"playstation 3",
"psjailbreak",
"usb"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOEbZEkp9A]
It’s been a long time coming, but the video above shows a modchip circumventing the PlayStation 3 security by running a game from a hard drive. The sites
Ozmodchips.com which sells the modchip
, and
psx-scene.com which has confirmed them as working
are both unstable ... | 74 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "170272",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T17:32:33",
"content": "that’s crazy awesome, but soon all modding will be done wireless-ly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "170280",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,389.428707 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/todays-arduino-moment/ | Todays Arduino Moment | James Munns | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"digitalwrite",
"oled",
"shield"
] | We have gotten a number of Arduino tips in the last couple days, and we thought we would combine them for your convenience. The first tip we received was for some hints provided by [Bill] on some
digitalWrite() alternatives
. Similar to some
previous research
we covered, this tip also includes some tips on how to make ... | 21 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "170294",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T18:06:02",
"content": "“Direct port access is not for the faint of heart”… lmfaoSBI/CBI instructions take 2 cycles, but the OUT instruction only takes 1. So couldn’t you do this:register unsigned char toggleMask = _BV(bit);PINB = t... | 1,760,377,389.346829 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/lee-harts-memebership-card/ | Lee Hart’s “Memebership Card” | Caleb Kraft | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"1802",
"cosmac",
"retro"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbsPddZsmVI]
In an act of retro revival, [Lee Hart] has created this “
Membership Card
“, an altoid tin sized tribute to the 1802 CMOS chip. Made popular in the late 70s in the RCA COSMAC ELF computer, the 1802 stole many a hackers heart. There’s tons of information available if ... | 38 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "170227",
"author": "Onelix",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T14:50:19",
"content": "I do not understand what it does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "170232",
"author": "Edward",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T15:13:46",
"content... | 1,760,377,391.539994 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/19/7-segment-sudoku/ | 7-segment Sudoku | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"7 segment",
"nixie",
"shift register",
"sudoku"
] | [John Sarik] keeps cranking out new ideas for his digital Sudoku project.
This time he’s using 7-segment displays
for each digit. The game play works the same as
the Nixie Tube version
, but this makes things quite a bit easier to build. The board above is one of the nine modules that make up the game. They each use th... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "170223",
"author": "catzburg",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T14:32:14",
"content": "9!!?!? wow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "170225",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2010-08-19T14:45:49",
"content": "minuturised it wou... | 1,760,377,391.375137 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/18/make-iphone-a-penetration-testing-tool/ | Make IPhone A Penetration Testing Tool | Mike Szczys | [
"iphone hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"aircrack-ng",
"ettercap",
"jailbreak",
"nikto2",
"penetration testing",
"pentesting",
"set"
] | [Nicholas Petty] has posted a guide to
setting up your iPhone as a penetration tester
. You already carry it around with you and, although not too beefy, it does have the hardware you need to get the job done. So if you’re not interested in
building a drone
or
carrying around a boxy access point
try this out. The first... | 27 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "169988",
"author": "giovannizero",
"timestamp": "2010-08-18T20:10:18",
"content": "Very cool, I’d like to see a similar guide for android.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2955526",
"author": "Classic Toxin",
"t... | 1,760,377,391.203606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/18/needs-more-leds-emsl-biggified-conways-game-of-life/ | Needs More LEDs, EMSL Biggified Conway’s Game Of Life | Jakob Griffith | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atmega164p",
"conway",
"game of life",
"giant",
"ir",
"large",
"led",
"leo villareal",
"table"
] | Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has
proven bigger is better
with their colossal LED table running
Conway’s Game of Life
. At the heart of the system is 44 ATmega164Ps controlling 352 LEDs on a 32×44 inch table; and to make it interactive IR LEDs detect the presence of objects.
The display is set up as an exhibit at the... | 33 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "169947",
"author": "turn.self.off",
"timestamp": "2010-08-18T18:15:07",
"content": "i do wonder if it would work better if they replaced the top cover with one based on the system used in ms surface and similar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,391.136848 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/super-simple-arduino-setup-lowers-electricity-bills/ | Super Simple Arduino Setup Lowers Electricity Bills | Jakob Griffith | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"ac",
"air conditioning",
"arduino",
"peter",
"system",
"thermostat"
] | An Arduino with 40 lines of code, a temperature resistor, and servo are all that’s truly needed to save some dough with
this thermostat
by [Peter Hamilton]. LEDs and a potentiometer are added as well to help set and read the desired temperature. With or without said additional parts, the hack is still ridiculously simp... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "169552",
"author": "flakelabs",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T13:34:02",
"content": "I’ve been thinking about this problem for a long time.First an sd card or xbee to log information.Now this is where it gets fun. I conjecture you could use an outside temp and correlate runtime for your ... | 1,760,377,391.33619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/brain-wave-skimming-on-the-go/ | Brain Wave Skimming On The Go | James Munns | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"mattel",
"Mentok",
"mind flex",
"mindflex",
"MOG"
] | Master EEG hackers [MOG] and [Tim] over at the Makers Local 256 have been working on creating a
Bluetooth EEG listener
made from a
Mattel Mindflex
. This build is based on an
earlier build
of a group called [Frontier Nerds] (thanks for the heads up [Nathan]!), but this version ditches the Arduino in favor of a basic se... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "169258",
"author": "Graham",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T22:08:56",
"content": "Honestly I don’t even care what the post is about. You guys win just for using the picture of Mentok. Hackaday is now forgiven for any and all grievances.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,391.427471 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/using-videotape-tape-as-a-controller/ | Using Videotape Tape As A Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"bodystick",
"cd40106",
"oscillator",
"tape",
"VHS",
"videotape"
] | Behold
the Bodystick
, an instrument built and demonstrated by [Erich Lesovsky]. It’s a bit like a string bass but instead of strings there is a strip of VHS tape. Apparently not all VHS tape will work, but if you have the right kind you can run voltage through it and then change the resistance with a touch of your fin... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "169229",
"author": "regis",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T21:05:13",
"content": "This reminds me a bit of a hack Laurie Anderson did — She replaced the string on her bow with a piece of audio tape, and put a tape pickup head on her violin, and she could move the bow back and forth to sam... | 1,760,377,391.262831 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/home-claw-game-delights-the-little-ones/ | Home Claw Game Delights The Little Ones | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"claw",
"game",
"lego",
"nxt",
"rcx"
] | After seeing Toy Story [Will Gorman’s] son wanted to play the Crane Game. Rather than hanging out in the lobby of the pizza parlor, [Will]
built one at home using Lego
. The skill crane as he calls it has a large gantry to travel over the top of the treasure box. The claw can move side to side on the gantry, dropping f... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "169208",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T19:38:32",
"content": "There’s a claw machine in some bar in LA where you try to pick live lobsters out of a saltwater tank. If you manage to grab one, they cook it up for you. Talk about playing with your food…",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,391.059899 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/robot-follows-the-rules-of-the-road/ | Robot Follows The Rules Of The Road | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Altera",
"intersection",
"netbook",
"traffic",
"vb.net",
"vhdl"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6R0wO1o01g]
This is a fantastic high school project. [Shmendrik213] built and robot a programmed it
to follow common traffic rules
. The robot drives itself with a DC motor, using one servo for steering and another to pan a webcam back and forth. The netbook that comes along for... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "169179",
"author": "Tokamak",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T18:16:28",
"content": "I wish I have some of those great fpga chips, I would build a managed microcontroller :D for school project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "169181",
... | 1,760,377,391.471779 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/androidome-monome-for-android/ | Androidome: Monome For Android | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"android",
"anroidome",
"app",
"monome"
] | [Ewan Hemingway] tipped us off about
his new Android app, Androidome
. This is the first one he’s turned out after going through
our Android development tutorials
. It combines an app running on his Android 2.1 device with a computer running Max/MSP 5. The two don’t needed to be tethered, they just need to be on the sa... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "169188",
"author": "dext0rb",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T18:38:38",
"content": "very cool, thanks for the source.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "169219",
"author": "vonskippy",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T20:17:03",
"con... | 1,760,377,391.013524 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/16/gameboy-analog-meter/ | GameBoy Analog Meter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"gameboy",
"nintendo"
] | Here’s an interesting setup
using a GameBoy Advance as an interface and power supply for a PIC microprocessor
. He’s got the PIC connected to the serial port of the GameBoy Advance and is able to pass and retrieve data for display on the screen. You can see above that he is showing two analog values from the pic. You c... | 30 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "169140",
"author": "Heatgap/Ho0d0o",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T14:42:13",
"content": "Sweet job. Give that Advance some re-purpose!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "169143",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T15:06:3... | 1,760,377,391.943249 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/18/drone-cracks-wifi-from-on-high/ | Drone Cracks WiFi From On High | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"drone",
"penetration",
"uav"
] | The WiFi Aerial Surveillance Platform, or WASP for short, is
an autonomous drone aircraft that sniffs out WiFi
networks. But it packs a much larger punch than that. Built into this US Army surplus target drone you’ll find an ITX form-factor computer with a Via C7 500 MHz processor that is running
Backtrack 4
, the popu... | 47 | 47 | [
{
"comment_id": "169899",
"author": "Nirav",
"timestamp": "2010-08-18T16:14:33",
"content": "all I have to say is..WTF..OMG! that has to be the most hardcore hardware project I’ve seen in months.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "169901",
"aut... | 1,760,377,391.875928 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/18/mbed-robo-rover/ | Mbed Robo-Rover | James Munns | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"first!",
"mbed",
"robo",
"robot"
] | There are a ton of rapid prototyping available on the market these days which all cater to different niches. Todays project, a
robotic rover on a 4 wheel chassis
, is based on the
NXP mbed
. The mbed is a popular board for higher need applications, and is centered around an ARM Cortex core.
This multi-part writeup is a... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "169854",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2010-08-18T13:23:39",
"content": "I mentor the Rolling Thunder Robotics team (#2421) in Springfield, VA. My first year I was really amazed how well the kids took to building robots. FIRST is definitely a great program for learning electronics... | 1,760,377,392.048005 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/building-a-discrete-digital-analog-converter/ | Building A Discrete Digital-analog-converter | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"dac",
"digital to analog converter",
"ladder",
"r-2r",
"resistor"
] | Want to take back control of how your digital audio files become sound? One thing you can do is to
build your own digital to analog converter
. This one is made from discrete components, centered around a resistive ladder. Yes, there are a couple of integrated circuits in there which are used for demultiplexing the inc... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "169681",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T19:56:28",
"content": "This reminds me of the ‘Covox Speech Thing’ marketed in the late 1980s as a cheap sound card for attaching to the parallel port of a PC.It had a very unique sound!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,392.000386 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/ride-fly-segway-diy/ | Ride Fly: Segway DIY | Jakob Griffith | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"12ah",
"500 watt",
"diy",
"sb-scooter",
"segay"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/4317930%5D
The video above is the final
working DIY Segway
from [sb-scooter]. The website and build log don’t have a lot of information at the moment, but you can still gawk at several pictures of the
construction
(and a picture is worth 1000
German
words).
For those looking for the nitty gritty... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "169652",
"author": "Colecoman1982",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T17:43:36",
"content": "This looks like a nice implementation, but it is far, far, from being original. If you want a write-up, in English, with info on how to build your own version, check out Trevor Blackwell’s project p... | 1,760,377,392.088721 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/negative-laser-etching/ | Negative Laser Etching | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"etch",
"laser cutter",
"pcb",
"spray paint",
"toner transfer"
] | [James] has been refining a method of
negatively etching metal with a laser
. He had been using a product called Thermark which is designed for this process, but it’s quite expensive. He found that paint designed for wood stoves works just as well. To prepare the surface he bead blasted it and then cleaned of the resid... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "169603",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T16:06:17",
"content": "Oi! Don’t give spoilers for my next project! :D Laser etched then chem-etched circuit boards may be right after the shaft encoder.Thanks for the feature! I updated the laser cutter speed to 300 after you wro... | 1,760,377,392.274293 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/a-desktop-made-of-air/ | A Desktop Made Of Air | James Munns | [
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"keyboard",
"laptop",
"macbook"
] | [Bart] managed to get his hands on a
Macbook Air for free
. The catch was that the monitor hinge was broken and the laptop wasn’t in too great of a condition. Rather than scrapping it or using it as a
cake cutter
, he decided to turn it into a keyboard PC. By removing the internals he was able to fit all of the compone... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "169588",
"author": "donw35",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T15:11:47",
"content": "how cool, I started with a Commodore 64 way back, looks like this type of keyboard PC has a place in the market again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,392.212614 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/17/repairing-the-itona-vxl-thin-client/ | Repairing The Itona VXL Thin Client | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"cluster",
"thin client"
] | [Jim] was the happy recipient of 11 non working Itona VXL thin clients. The units he received were 800Mhz CPUs with 256 MB of Ram and 256MB of storage. None would power up. Upon internal inspection, he found a common theme. Leaky bulging capacitors in the power supplies. Since these came with custom 50W power supplies,... | 33 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "169567",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-08-17T14:10:40",
"content": "yea recapping, people that deal with vintage computers do it all the timeif I had my guess on these units, that little 50W power supply probably runs a bit hotter than intended (especially over time when du... | 1,760,377,392.343606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/14/portable-wifi-penetration-testing/ | Portable WiFi Penetration Testing | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"ATmega88",
"hd44780",
"la fonera",
"openwrt",
"pentest",
"wifi"
] | Inside this box you’ll find a La Fonera wireless access point. [Emeryth] and his band of miscreants built this
portable device for WiFi security testing
. The AP is running OpenWRT and has been set up to use the 16×4 character display as a terminal. An ATmega88 connects the LCD as well as six buttons to the UART of the... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "168569",
"author": "sM10sM20",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T16:18:04",
"content": "I fukken love it!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168570",
"author": "isama",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T16:22:44",
"content": "that’s a ... | 1,760,377,392.152008 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/14/rs232-and-rs485-networking-no-code-required/ | RS232 And RS485 Networking – No Code Required | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ethernet",
"lantronics",
"rs232",
"rs485",
"xport"
] | Here’s
a serial to Ethernet module
that you won’t have to write firmware to build. It uses
a Lantronix XPORT module
which takes care of all the work for you, including an embedded webserver. Both RS232 and RS485 data buses are connected to the XPORT serial input via a level converter to step the signal down to 3.3V. Th... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "168542",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T14:19:59",
"content": "Nice!It reminds me of some of the proprietary communications adapters I’ve seen used in the industrial process controls sphere, only without the proprietary. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,377,392.400633 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/building-a-yagi-uda-antenna/ | Building A Yagi-Uda Antenna | Mike Szczys | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"arrow",
"conduit",
"international space station",
"iss",
"satellite",
"shaft",
"yagi",
"yagi-uda"
] | [Tommy Gober]
built this Yagi-Uda antenna
that has some handy design features. The boom is a piece of conduit with holes drilled in the appropriate places. The elements are aluminum arrow shafts; a good choice because they’re straight, relatively inexpensive, and they have #8-32 screw threads in one end. He used some t... | 35 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "168310",
"author": "washer",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T20:29:12",
"content": "awesome. wouldn’t mind seeing more AARL stuff on HAD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168311",
"author": ":)",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T20:35:3... | 1,760,377,392.537367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/a-collection-of-quick-line-followers/ | A Collection Of Quick Line-followers | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"atmega328",
"baby orangutan",
"line follower",
"optical",
"pololu"
] | Here’s
a nice collection of line-following robots
(
translated
). They’re fast and they stay on track even through sharp turns. They center around a Baby Orangutan board which features an ATmega328 microcontroller and two motor driver channels. These drive the geared motors and use optical sensors to track a dark line ... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "168289",
"author": "LazyMegaMan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T18:43:46",
"content": "So… People have been trying to get cars to drive themselves for years. But they’ve been basing this on a large array of expensive cameras, real-time 3D laser scanning, and other environmental tracking ... | 1,760,377,392.594799 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/making-the-blubdial-clock-touch-sensitive/ | Making The Bulbdial Clock Touch Sensitive | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"bulbdial",
"mute",
"resistive",
"touch sensitive",
"transistor"
] | We never thought about it before, but having the controls on the bottom of a clock is a bit of an inconvenience. [Alex Whittemore] mutes the LEDs on his clock each night and after a while, decided he should
make the mute button into a touch strip
on the case. You’ll remember that
the Bulbdial clock
uses colored LEDs to... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "168259",
"author": "Anon",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T16:42:10",
"content": "The title says “Blubdial” instead “Bulbdial”.Alternatives are Lumie as a sunlight alarm clock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "168286",
"author"... | 1,760,377,392.699379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/porting-code-to-msp430/ | Porting Code To MSP430 | Mike Szczys | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"AVR",
"eeprom",
"flash",
"info flash",
"msp430",
"port",
"ported"
] | I took a little time to look into
porting code written for AVR
in order to run it on the MSP430 architecture. It’s easier than you think, being mostly small differences like an extra step to enable pull-up resistors. But there is a lot to be learned in order to transition away from using EEPROM.
Since the TI chips don’... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "168232",
"author": "Franklyn",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T15:15:28",
"content": "Does anyone know a good distributor to pickup this board from ?. They seem to be sold out everywhere except the TI estore where the shipping is $15.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,377,392.64919 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/eyemario-play-mario-with-your-eye-movements/ | EyeMario, Play Mario With Your Eye Movements | Caleb Kraft | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"eye tracking",
"mario"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24]
The folks at Waterloo Labs have delivered a quite amusing project where they built a system to
control Mario with eye movements
. Unlike the other eye movement systems we’ve seen that use
imaging to detect where you are looking
, this one is using electrodes on muscl... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "168222",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T14:46:09",
"content": "Am I the only one who notices that the whole Waterloo Labs thing is some sort of NI marketing stunt?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168235",
"auth... | 1,760,377,392.835039 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/13/cybraphon-rocks-hard-to-the-mood-of-the-internet/ | Cybraphon, Rocks Hard To The Mood Of The Internet | Jakob Griffith | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"beat",
"chimes",
"cigar box",
"cybraphon",
"farfisa",
"internet",
"mood",
"organ",
"record player"
] | Start off with a beat, wood sticks on cigar boxes will do. Add some chimes as accent, a Farfisa organ or record player for a voice, several other instruments for harmony and dissonance, and you’re still just on the tip of the iceberg for
understanding Cybraphon
.
Not only is this antique wardrobe completely autonomous,... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "168167",
"author": "DPTR",
"timestamp": "2010-08-13T13:32:24",
"content": "Wow… this is really quite good for automated. Everything seems pretty in sync. Scary yes… but good :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168231",
"autho... | 1,760,377,392.939897 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/2-foot-tall-pov-globe/ | 2 Foot Tall POV Globe | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"globe",
"led",
"persistance of vision",
"POV",
"sd",
"spi",
"ytai"
] | [Ytai] let us know about his
POV globe
, all
four parts
of its
current progress
. While he says he was inspired to write up the project from a
YouTube clip
, we know the
real reason
. Regardless, the plan is to have a 2 foot diameter globe with 256 LEDs spinning at 50 revolutions per second streaming images from an SD ... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "167980",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T21:06:58",
"content": "That’s just awesome.<>",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167986",
"author": "asheets",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T21:22:42",
"content": "My sug... | 1,760,377,392.888921 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/gba-emulator-ported-to-didj/ | GBA Emulator Ported To Didj | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"Didj",
"emulator",
"explorer",
"gba",
"leapster",
"rom"
] | Tired of messing with the hardware of the Didj you picked up? Now you can use it for gaming on that last road trip of the summer. A
Game Boy Advanced emulator has been ported
for use on both the Didj and the Explorer. You’ll have to dig up a copy of the original bios for a GBA as well as some ROMs, but the rest seems p... | 18 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "167964",
"author": "Mr_Bishop",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T20:04:09",
"content": "So what your saying is that POS is finally worth buying? Good show people I love to see a good game of pokemon on non-Nintendo hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,393.124266 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/beer-fridge-holds-ipad-hostage/ | Beer Fridge Holds IPad Hostage | Mike Szczys | [
"Beer Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"flow sensor",
"ipad",
"kegbot",
"lm335a"
] | A hackathon by the engineers over at Yelp produced this
iPad-centric beer fridge
. A thirsty dude bellies up to the contraption, swipes his or her RFID card, then dispenses a glass of frothy goodness. The iPad display shows information about what’s on tap, and allows you to give it a rating. This is based on
kegbot
but... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "167973",
"author": "BuRn",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T20:43:59",
"content": "Wow I’m almost impressed… but mostly saddened, how bored these guys must really be. I mean sure I appreciate the hard work that went into it, but seriously its Stella! :DAlthough i imagine at home it would be... | 1,760,377,392.993681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/adding-an-input-to-an-old-head-unit/ | Adding An Input To An Old Head Unit | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"avc-an",
"carolla",
"cassette",
"input",
"tape",
"toyota"
] | Tape decks in cars? Yes, that used to be quite common before optical media took over road. [Nirav Patel’s] 2004 Toyota Corolla had a deck that he used with a tape adapter in order to listen to music from his iPhone. But one day something happened and, although the adapter still worked, the cassette player started makin... | 38 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "167887",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T16:17:49",
"content": "No code makes this worthless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167888",
"author": "LG",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T16:22:00",
"content": "Thank y... | 1,760,377,393.068946 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/airsoft-minigun-packs-quite-a-punch/ | Airsoft Minigun Packs Quite A Punch | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"airsoft",
"ammo",
"automatic",
"bb",
"minigun"
] | [Kuba_T1000]
built a multi-barrell Airsoft minigun
with an unbelievable firing rate and an almost inexhaustible ammo pack. The gun is made entirely from aluminum which meant some time on the CNC machine. The six barrels don’t rotate but they are all used, resulting in the carnage shown in the video after the break. Tha... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "167854",
"author": "chango",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T14:16:47",
"content": "He should name it Reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167855",
"author": "Macpod",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T14:23:39",
"content": "Look... | 1,760,377,393.19182 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/12/one-handed-gamecube-controller/ | One-handed GameCube Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"attiny44",
"controller",
"dac",
"gamecube",
"hand"
] | [Hasse]
built a one-handed video game controller
for his brother. He fit everything he needed into the body of an existing controller and came up with a very usable system. The controller will be right-hand only, so the left shoulder button was moved underneath the right side where your middle finger can get at it. Thi... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "167848",
"author": "MS3FGX",
"timestamp": "2010-08-12T13:54:09",
"content": "Nice build here, seems to work pretty well. Hope his brother enjoys it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167851",
"author": "dmcbeing",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,393.242046 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/how-to-launchpad-programming-with-linux/ | How-to: Launchpad Programming With Linux | Mike Szczys | [
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"launchpad",
"msp430",
"mspdebug",
"mspgcc",
"ti"
] | When TI released their
Launchpad development board
at the end of June it generated a lot of Buzz. Here’s a package that delivered a programmer, debugger, two microcontrollers, and some accessories for less than five bucks (including shipping). They even provided a choice of two software suites but only for users runnin... | 139 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "167659",
"author": "JMLB",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T20:02:41",
"content": "Still waiting for mine I ordered it 1 day after it came out and it was back ordered until September 13 at mouser",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167660",... | 1,760,377,393.328699 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/droidx-gets-a-custom-recovery-image/ | DroidX Gets A Custom Recovery Image | Caleb Kraft | [
"Android Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"droid",
"droidx",
"motorola",
"rom",
"root"
] | [Birdman] has managed to
push a custom recovery image to the DroidX
. This previously impossible action opens the doors to all kinds of fun hacking. While you can’t just drop a custom Rom on the phone right now, this is the first step in making that happen. You can find the directions in the post, but they’ve got a whi... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "167650",
"author": "Zachariah Perry",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T19:24:23",
"content": "Awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167665",
"author": "MS3FGX",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T20:23:20",
"content": "Good news, a... | 1,760,377,393.380275 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/msp430-based-single-led-clock/ | MSP430 Based Single LED Clock | Mike Szczys | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"bi-color",
"clock",
"kenneth finnegan",
"launchpad",
"led",
"msp430",
"msp430g2101"
] | [Kenneth Finnegan’s]
latest clock
makes use of the TI Launchpad for programming and debugging MSP430 microprocessors.
We took a look at the Launchpad
when it was released and we’re glad to see some hacks resulting from availability of that tool. The clock reads out the time using a bi-color LED. Press the button and a ... | 62 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "167617",
"author": "P2 of BORG",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T18:15:23",
"content": "Have you ‘tried’ using a vinyl (flexible) faceplate?Works like a charm! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167620",
"author": "Vonskippy",
... | 1,760,377,393.599253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/snapping-pics-at-the-right-moment-with-a-pressure-plate/ | Snapping Pics At The Right Moment With A Pressure Plate | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"flash",
"fruit",
"pressure",
"relay"
] | [BiOzZ] built a
pressure sensitive camera accessory
to snap pictures at just the right moment. Before turning out all the lights the camera is set up with a twenty-second timer and a three-second exposure. The pressure plate doesn’t take the photo, but fires the flash to catch an image in the middle of the action.
The ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "167604",
"author": "blodgar",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T17:07:18",
"content": "Photo inspired by the famous Allman Bros. album, “Beat a Peach”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167609",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2010-... | 1,760,377,393.511893 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/11/road-tour-on-a-bike-with-an-attitude/ | Road Tour On A Bike With An Attitude | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bike",
"cancer",
"precious",
"twitter"
] | This is Precious. Precious is a bike that the folks over at BreakfastNY have anthropomorphised for a good cause.
By adding sensors
for a variety of data sources to the bike, and transmitting them back to a server via a cellular module, Precious can spit out cheeky comments about the ride on its Twitter feed. Right now ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "167577",
"author": "Stunt21",
"timestamp": "2010-08-11T15:23:53",
"content": "I think I should do something like that for my downhill bike! :)Ride!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167580",
"author": "isama",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,393.648345 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/10/android-development-101-part-6getting-ready-for-market/ | Android Development 101 – Part 6:Getting Ready For Market! | Greg R. Jacobs | [
"Android Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"android",
"development",
"software",
"tutorial"
] | In this tutorial we are going to cover packaging one of our applications into an .apk file and getting it ready for the Android Market. After we have completed this tutorial you should be able to use the tools provided in the AndroidSDK to sign your application, put the application on your phone and install it or send... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "167404",
"author": "Filete",
"timestamp": "2010-08-10T20:27:04",
"content": "Many Thankss for all the tutorials. From Spain",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167408",
"author": "dext0rb",
"timestamp": "2010-08-10T20:40:33"... | 1,760,377,393.878451 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/10/super-simple-inch-worm-mechanism/ | Super Simple Inch Worm Mechanism | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"feet",
"legs",
"locomotion",
"mechanism"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvplpWJ9CcI]
Sticklers for the definition of “robot” should simply avert your gaze for the opening title of the video. [Randofo] has posted this
beautifully simple inch worm mechanism
using only a ruler, some connectors, a switch, a servo, a comb, some batteries, and a couple Tup... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "167316",
"author": "nave.notnilc",
"timestamp": "2010-08-10T15:12:08",
"content": "good to see well-thought-out mechanics in a simple robot, err, motile electromechanical platform :Pmaybe stick something a little more frictiony on the bottom?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,377,393.994098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/10/out-now-el-coat-coming-soon-el-hat/ | Out Now: EL Coat, Coming Soon: EL Hat | Jakob Griffith | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clothing",
"coat",
"controller",
"el",
"electroluminescent",
"glow",
"high voltage",
"hot topic",
"inverter",
"wire"
] | [Render] says
his coat
is simply “enhanced with EL wire”, but we know the truth. He’s secretly an alien that can’t block out all of his glowing green skin with a the black coat. No? Fine,
You can put away the sewing machine, [Render] simply used a needle and fishing line to attach ~50-70 foot of electroluminescent wire... | 41 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "167299",
"author": "Darkrocker",
"timestamp": "2010-08-10T13:42:10",
"content": "Wow, that definitely looks… umm interesting. Not my style but points for creativity. Would be great to wear to a rave! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,393.813681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/09/rgb-lamp-bulb-replacement/ | RGB Lamp Bulb Replacement | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"ikea",
"led",
"pwm"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwZBMJS1teg]
Wanting to make some unique and interesting gifts for his nieces as well as improve his PCB skills and expand beyond Arduino, [Jay] has made these
color changing Ikea lamps
. He’s using an ATTiny2313 for the brains, a handful of RGB LEDs plus 3 warm white LEDs to kee... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "167080",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2010-08-09T15:20:12",
"content": "Why is every post with a microchip tagged as an “arduino hack”? This has as much to do with arduino as it does with Lego Mindstorms. I don’t understand HAD’s fetishism with arduino.This is a WONDERFUL microc... | 1,760,377,394.173449 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/09/guide-to-producing-tilt-shift-photography/ | Guide To Producing Tilt-shift Photography | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"lens",
"miniature",
"tilt-shift"
] | [Bhautik] is back again with more tilt-shift photography. This time, hes brought us a
quite in depth guide to tilt-shift photography
. He covers the technical side of how tilt-shift works, showing the differences in several methods. There is a breakdown of different cameras and ease of modification as well as links to... | 26 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "167067",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timestamp": "2010-08-09T14:25:39",
"content": "Thanks, I love tilt-shift photography!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167108",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2010-08-09T17:21:04",... | 1,760,377,393.942043 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/09/spin-peggy-get-3d-pov/ | Spin Peggy, Get 3D POV | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"display",
"don smith",
"led",
"peggy",
"persistance of vision",
"POV",
"spin",
"volumetric",
"wes faler"
] | We put a temporary ban on posting POV projects after receiving several LED spheres back in May. But we had to lift the injunction after seeing this superb
Volumetric 3D POV display
by [Wes Faler] and [Don Smith].
Their creative use of several readily available components adds to the alluring setup; the central elements... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "167057",
"author": "TexasWilly",
"timestamp": "2010-08-09T13:38:29",
"content": "Very cool, also I like Office Space playing in the background.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167068",
"author": "elektrophreak",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,394.047033 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/08/behind-the-scenes-of-a-1k-graphics-demo/ | Behind The Scenes Of A 1K Graphics Demo | Phil Burgess | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Software Development"
] | [
"1K",
"demo",
"demoscene",
"graphics",
"javascript",
"optimization"
] | Programmer/designer [Steven Wittens] has posted a fantastic write-up on the
black art of producing compact demo code
, dissecting his own entry in the
1K JavaScript Demo Contest
. The goal is to produce the best
JavaScript
demo that can be expressed in 1024 characters or less and works reliably across all standards-com... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "166828",
"author": "h3po",
"timestamp": "2010-08-08T19:20:20",
"content": "wow, this javascript won’t even run at more than 5fps in my firefox 3.6.8 on one of my quadcores cores @3,0ghz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166831",
... | 1,760,377,394.125718 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/08/adding-a-microphone-jack-to-a-ham-radio-handset/ | Adding A Microphone Jack To A HAM Radio Handset | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"ham",
"radio"
] | [dajjhman] wrote in to show us how he
added a microphone jack to the handset of his Yaesu
radio while retaining the DTMF functions. He states that there were some adapters available on the market, but they are non standard and didn’t really fit his needs. The modification itself is pretty simple, especially with his gr... | 18 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "166818",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2010-08-08T18:33:10",
"content": "is it true that the modification of any radio transmission/receiver device is illegal? so sayeth the fcc…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "166839",
... | 1,760,377,394.227152 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/08/chainsawflashlight-overkill/ | Chainsaw/flashlight Overkill | Caleb Kraft | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"flashlight",
"overkill",
"vampire"
] | [Robbtoberfest] has earned our admiration with this
crazy chainsaw powered spot light
. It looks horribly dangerous, extremely inefficient, and woefully under engineered. We absolutely love it.
This could be plucked from a video game or a movie and seems to be one UV bulb away from being the ultimate post apocalyptic z... | 45 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "166780",
"author": "Nomad",
"timestamp": "2010-08-08T14:31:28",
"content": "This is totally an anti-vampire weapon :Di think i’m going to make a 3D model of this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166782",
"author": "HARaaM",
... | 1,760,377,394.303587 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/07/solar-panel-charger-analysis-with-ladyada/ | Solar Panel Charger Analysis With Ladyada | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"adafruit",
"ladyada",
"solar panel"
] | [vimeo =
http://vimeo.com/13936259%5D
[Phillip Torrone], one of the original crew of HackaDay, now working with [LadyAda] tipped us off to this video of her
explaining the device they built for configuring
the charging circuits to be used with their solar panels. Unlike most of their tutorials, this one is not intended... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "166527",
"author": "stol24",
"timestamp": "2010-08-07T15:40:08",
"content": "nice case.. (that sounds more like an industrial complex than a park btw..)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166530",
"author": "Al Drig",
"time... | 1,760,377,394.391614 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/07/texas-instruments-watch-claims-its-a-computer-mouse/ | Texas Instruments Watch Claims It’s A Computer Mouse | Jakob Griffith | [
"computer hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"chronos",
"ez430",
"flying",
"interface",
"mouse",
"snap"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDL3JRG_zrs%5D
[Jack Toole] and his team [Aaron King] and [Libo He] sent in their computer interface dubbed the
Chronos Flying Mouse
. The video above explains the concept very thoroughly, but we’ll reiterate some of the highlights here. The project uses a
Chronos EZ430
with its ... | 54 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "166479",
"author": "tulcod",
"timestamp": "2010-08-07T12:47:50",
"content": "yes, being able to hold a book really is an extra feature. who would’ve known.i can’t say i’m impressed; these guys basically did for chronos what johnny lee did for the wiimote, except that johnny’s implem... | 1,760,377,394.544573 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/06/open-graphing-calculator-beagleboard-r/ | Open Graphing Calculator: Beagleboard + R | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"beagleboard",
"beagletouch",
"calculator",
"graphing",
"open source",
"r project"
] | It looks like we missed the boat on this one but just in case you missed it everywhere else on the Internet, last Saturday [Matt Stack]
introduced the world to a completely open source calculator
. This marries two heartily tested open source projects; the
R Project for Statistical Computing
and the
Beagleboard
. The h... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "166259",
"author": "lwatcdr",
"timestamp": "2010-08-06T19:24:29",
"content": "Very cool.A suggestion I have would be to replace the beagle board with a GumStik to make the package a little smaller.Over all really cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,394.459544 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/08/06/miniscule-intervalometer/ | Miniscule Intervalometer | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"10f222",
"12f675",
"canon",
"dslr",
"intervalometer",
"pic",
"small",
"time-lapse"
] | Calling
this intervalomemter
small would be a glaring understatement. It’s tiny enough to fit inside the plastic cover for a 2.5mm jack for use with a Canon DSLR camera. We should point out that the image we put together is a bit misleading. The picture of the jack is
version 1
of this circuit and uses an 8-pin SOIC ch... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "166207",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-06T17:02:22",
"content": "Pretty clever software design but I would hardly call it “amazing.” I could whip that up in 15 minutes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166212",
"... | 1,760,377,394.63646 |
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