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https://hackaday.com/2010/02/06/hardware-based-randomness-for-linux/ | Hardware Based Randomness For Linux | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"andy green",
"cpdl",
"entropy",
"random",
"whirlygig"
] | True randomness can be hard to come by in the digital world. [Andy Green] is making it easier to
get true entropy by using this random USB dongle
. The Whirlygig uses a
CPDL
to gather data from a set of of oscillators. The oscillators have a constantly fluctuating frequency due to temperature changes; if they run faste... | 28 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "122321",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2010-02-06T17:31:20",
"content": "now just for McGuvyer to poison the database with his trusty Zippo and then hack the Gibson with a paper clip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122326",
... | 1,760,377,499.425767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/05/pre-spun-hard-drives/ | Pre-spun Hard Drives | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"hdd",
"psu",
"relay",
"staggered"
] | This device is lovingly called the SPINmaster. [Linux-works] built it to
spin up multiple hard drives before the motherboard starts up
. It detects the power-up from the PSU and uses a relay to hold the motherboard in reset, indicated by the red LED. Each of four relays then spins up a hard drive and illuminates the gr... | 56 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "122148",
"author": "mef",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T21:18:40",
"content": "Why not just hold the reset to MB down for few seconds, would be quite simpler with cap and resistors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122149",
"autho... | 1,760,377,499.707065 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/05/pipe-heating-with-an-atmega8/ | Pipe Heating With An ATMega8 | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"heat",
"pipes",
"thaw"
] | [Viktor] wanted a system to keep his pipes from freezing. The common method of using heat tape works pretty well, but can be wasteful. Many people just turn it on for the entire winter. [Viktor] wanted to
automate the heat tape’s power
so that it only activated during times that the pipes could actually freeze. To do ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "122143",
"author": "nimitzbrood",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T21:03:43",
"content": "Very cool and much more geeky than my solution would be. (An X10 module and transmitter run by a cron script on a server. Take the outside temp from someplace local like a 1-wire weather unit and turn... | 1,760,377,499.363089 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/05/repurposing-a-click-wheel/ | Repurposing A Click Wheel | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"attiny88",
"AVR",
"click wheel",
"ipod"
] | We think the click wheel is the biggest contributor to the success of the original iPods. The devices were a brick with a monochrome screen but the user interface was slick and easy to use. [Jason] decided he wanted to
add a click wheel to his own project
. After using a logic analyzer he discovered that it doesn’t imp... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "122112",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T18:47:47",
"content": "first url is a dud",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122113",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T18:50:41",
"content": "isnt the... | 1,760,377,499.07651 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/05/arduino-to-nintendo-ds-interface/ | Arduino To Nintendo DS Interface | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ds",
"ds lite",
"gba",
"nintendo"
] | [Hounjini] was poking around at the Game Boy Advanced bus of his Nintendo DS lite and figured out how to use it to
connect an Arduino to the DS
. For testing he’s soldered an IDC plug to the cartridge cover pin interface but this only requires four connections. The Arduino can both send and receive data from the DS lit... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "122101",
"author": "Rfx",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T17:52:56",
"content": "It’s not messy enough !I do prefer mine :pIt’s in french but pics and vids vill show you what i mean :http://blog.yasaw.net/?page_id=47Arduino free !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,499.257975 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/05/antique-juke/ | Antique Jukebox Audio Streamer | James Munns | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"antique",
"audio",
"jukebox",
"streamer"
] | Reader [Jimmy] sent us some info about his recently completed
antique radio
to audio streamer conversion. The electronics from the original radio were too far gone to repair, but he took the time to pull apart modern components to provide a polished looking finished project without losing the antique feel. We like it, ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "122102",
"author": "Paul Potter",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T17:54:15",
"content": "Great work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122107",
"author": "MkMan",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T18:26:12",
"content": "Two thumbs up!... | 1,760,377,499.201729 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/print-your-own-pizza/ | Print Your Own Pizza | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"Pizza",
"repstrap",
"sprayer"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ7gD0nH-xA]
If you think there’s never enough computerized numerical control in your life perhaps
the pizza plotter
should be your next project. This is a large 2-axis machine that shoots pressurized sauce onto a pizza crust. It’s a food-grade
RepStrap
and appears to use a
garde... | 37 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "121691",
"author": "Tito",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T20:14:33",
"content": "Mama-mia!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121692",
"author": "raged",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T20:15:00",
"content": "why not use a turntable... | 1,760,377,499.532469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/lego-spider-bot/ | Lego Spider-bot | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"hdpe",
"lego",
"legs",
"mill",
"mindstorm",
"spider"
] | [MkMan’s]
LEGO spider robot
combines pieces from a Mindstorm kit with a few milled plastic parts. The legs are a locomotive concept called a
Klann Linkage
. They operate in pairs and convert the rotational force from one motor into movement for two legs. Here, a total of four rotating gears moves eight legs, besting
th... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "121676",
"author": "Ashmedai",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T19:09:19",
"content": "Somehow, the second vid makes me want to go out and duct tape two crabs together.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121681",
"author": "Andrew",
... | 1,760,377,499.305765 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/amplifier-built-inside-a-9v-battery/ | Amplifier Built Inside A 9v Battery | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"9v",
"amp",
"amplifier",
"lm386"
] | It’s pretty creative to use a 9v battery as an enclosure. That’s what [Osgeld] did when building
this amplifier
. There are several advantages; they’re easy to find, it keeps a bit of the dead battery out of the landfill, and this method provides a built-in connector for a 9v power source. In this case the circuit is b... | 42 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "121648",
"author": "jeff-o",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T17:56:41",
"content": "Neat. I wonder if it could be improved by using higher-end surface mount parts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121658",
"author": "osgeld",
"... | 1,760,377,499.152655 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/ask-a-winner-updates-day-4-answers/ | Ask A Winner Updates Day 4: Answers | Jakob Griffith | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"answers",
"competition",
"interview",
"kaping with the n900",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push",
"questions",
"winner"
] | Not too long ago
we asked our readers
what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered.
Solderin Skaters are really making progress. They’ve gotten their printed circuit boards and mounting eq... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,499.464442 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/php-runtime-rewritten-by-facebook/ | PHP Runtime Rewritten, By Facebook? | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"c++",
"efficient",
"facebook",
"g++",
"hack",
"hackathon",
"php",
"speed"
] | Yes, its true. Facebook has completely
rewritten the PHP runtime
to make it faster and more efficient, and its completely open source. Named HipHop, its described as a source code transformer, changing PHP into optimized C++ which is then compiled using g++. Thus keeping the best aspects of PHP while taking advantage o... | 42 | 42 | [
{
"comment_id": "121616",
"author": "Laminar",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T15:26:36",
"content": "Apostrophes. It’s okay to use them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121617",
"author": "osgeld",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T15:31:11",
"cont... | 1,760,377,499.784458 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/foil-impressioning-defeats-security-locks/ | Foil Impressioning Defeats Security Locks | Mike Szczys | [
"lockpicking hacks"
] | [
"bump",
"foil",
"impressioning",
"lock",
"security"
] | Apparently it’s been around for fifteen years but
using foil impressions to pick locks
is new to us. This is similar to using
bump keys
but it works on locks that are supposedly much more secure. This method uses a heavy gauge aluminum foil to grab and hold the pins in the correct place for the lock to be turned. The f... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "121603",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T13:42:10",
"content": "Where’s the detail and fascinating demonstration?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121606",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T13:57:43",
... | 1,760,377,499.853212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/02/usb-hdd-enclosure-to-dvd-connector/ | USB HDD Enclosure To DVD Connector | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"adapter",
"dvd",
"enclosure",
"hackintosh",
"usb"
] | This is a “why didn’t I think of that?” idea. [Alec] needed a way to connect an IDE DVD drive using USB. Rather than order a connector
he pulled the circuit board out of an old USB hard drive enclosure
and connected to his DVD drive. Bang, recognized and running.
This will prove extremely handy if you have a netbook wi... | 123 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "121415",
"author": "Volfram",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T21:04:16",
"content": "I actually have thought of this myself, and used it several times. I would recommend caution if you intend to boot from the drive, though. Some USB->IDE adapters can’t be seen by BIOS.",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,499.934695 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/02/our-favorite-xbox-to-htpc-hacks/ | Our Favorite XBOX To HTPC Hacks | Mike Szczys | [
"Roundup",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"case",
"mod",
"xbmc",
"xbox"
] | Let’s face it, the original Xbox is ugly. It might have looked cool when it first came out but now most would be embarrassed to display that old beast with the rest of their entertainment hardware. This is unfortunate because the
old girl still has some life in her
. If you have tools, time, and talent you can give the... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "121399",
"author": "djneo",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T20:05:09",
"content": "But i am still doing my XBOX HTPC project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121404",
"author": "CodeAsm",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T20:20:21",
... | 1,760,377,500.005416 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/02/minneapolis-hackerspace-twin-cities-maker/ | Minneapolis Hackerspace: Twin Cities Maker | James Munns | [
"Hackerspaces"
] | [
"hackerspace",
"Minne-Faire",
"Minneapolis",
"St. Paul",
"Twin City Maker"
] | After announcing the grand opening of a St. Louis Hackerspace, we received a tip that another group of our readers had an event coming up.
Twin City Maker
of the Minneapolis/St.Paul area are hosting a Maker Faire and art show next weekend. Unfortunately, we don’t have any writers in that neck of the woods, so there won... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "121395",
"author": "noise",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T19:49:34",
"content": "You must have an Arduino in your possession to gain admittance.I kid!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121397",
"author": "Jtbarclay",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,500.057289 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/02/beginner-concepts-555-push-button-toggle/ | Beginner Concepts: 555 Push Button Toggle | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"555",
"555 timer",
"beginner concepts",
"flip-flop",
"tactile switch",
"toggle"
] | PIC, AVR, and Arduino are ubiquitous in projects these days and a lot of the time it’s easy to over-complicate things with their use. In this case, [Tod] wanted to use a momentary tactile switch to turn something on and off. Instead of going with a microcontroller
he built the circuit around a 555 timer
. What he reall... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "121377",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T17:31:05",
"content": "I finally purchased one at Rat Shack, and lost it in my friends yard before I even got it home.Cool on the use of a flip-flop, I must check that out.Maybe eBay has some 555s for a couple $$.",
"parent_id... | 1,760,377,500.314 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/02/icosatetrapedal-robot/ | Icosatetrapedal Robot | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"24",
"icosatetrapod"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REzrYWOzhWc]
24, Icosatetrapeds have 24 legs. This robot, built by [Monica Anderson] back in 2005 has 24 pneumatic soft legs. The motion is fantastic, like watching some kind of sea creature walk. Though it only goes about 1 meter per minute, we just couldn’t stop watching. The... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "121368",
"author": "deathventure",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T16:03:18",
"content": "That’s great. It definitely reminds me of the bottom of a starfish creeping along the sea-floor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121370",
"au... | 1,760,377,500.244258 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/game-controllers-using-usb-host-shield/ | Game Controllers Using USB Host Shield | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bluetooth",
"playstation 3",
"ps3",
"usb host shield",
"wii"
] | [I-Bot] has put together some libraries that make it easy to
use gaming controllers with an Arduino
. They interface through the
USB host shield
. This means that PS3 controllers connect via USB through a cable or a dongle. With the Wii remote things get a little more interesting. A
Bluetooth dongle
is used to make the... | 21 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "121233",
"author": "Oleg",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T20:52:45",
"content": "A little correction – code, video and articles were written by Richard Ibbotson AKA I-Bot. I am just hosting them.Oleg.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1... | 1,760,377,500.114846 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/leapfrog-didj-handheld-linux-on-the-cheap/ | Leapfrog Didj: Handheld Linux On The Cheap | James Munns | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"Didj",
"Embedded Linux",
"Leapfrog",
"linux",
"woot"
] | Today our good friends over at
Woot!
are selling the Leapfrog Didj, a low cost educational toy aimed at little kids. Lucky for hackers out there, the Didj is actually
a linux device
, and gaining serial console access is as easy as
soldering two wires
. The documentation out there is a little outdated, with a number of... | 64 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "121201",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T18:31:04",
"content": "This is on woot.com RIGHT NOW!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121202",
"author": "Alastair",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T18:31:10",
"content":... | 1,760,377,500.455145 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/snow-blower-robot/ | Snow Blower Robot | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"blower",
"mower",
"snow"
] | For those of us who are stuck in the middle of a cold and snowy winter, this project will seem like a stroke of genius. [Jimmy Bui] has
put together this robotic pushing platform
. While it is seen in the video (on the linked page) pushing a snow blower, it seems to be simply bolted on. This means it could push pretty ... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "121187",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T16:30:14",
"content": "Snobots, sno!You do realize they will take over the planet. Until global warming melts all the snow and they will be out of a job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,500.367642 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/android-audio-serial-connection/ | Android Audio-serial Connection | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"audio",
"flight simulator",
"modem"
] | This seems like something of a throwback hack. [WilinNeofoxx] has built
an audio modem interface for use with his Android phone
. A program running on the Android device takes the accelerometer data and converts it into a 9600bps audio signal, kind of like a dial-up modem. His custom circuit board takes that sound in t... | 15 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "121244",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T22:25:12",
"content": "We are planning something similar. So far we have 9600 baud transmission working. I am currently fiddling with the mic input. We plan on producing a sub $20 kit for Android->arduino and Android->PC serial ... | 1,760,377,500.499463 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/ask-a-winner-updates-day-3-answers/ | Ask A Winner Updates Day 3: Answers | Jakob Griffith | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"answers",
"competition",
"interview",
"kaping with the n900",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push",
"questions",
"winner"
] | Not too long ago
we asked our readers
what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered.
The days are getting closer and closer to the N900 PUSH Showcase, and as such the teams are getting more... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,500.580731 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/im-me-screen-reverse-engineered/ | IM-ME Screen Reverse Engineered | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"im-me",
"lcd",
"spi",
"st7565s",
"wireless"
] | [Dave]
figured out the command set for the IM-ME terminal
. It took a bit of sleuthing to get this
pink plastic peripheral
to give up these secrets. He used an oscilloscope to sniff out the SPI connections, then used
a hacked IM-ME
to capture the traffic from a factory-fresh unit. He managed to extrapolate how write da... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "121236",
"author": "CodeAsm",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T21:01:16",
"content": "Awesome, I just got mine. Now I just need to get some time for these cool hacks/mods.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121359",
"author": "Chris",
... | 1,760,377,500.541818 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/wii-motion-plus-direct-pc-interface/ | Wii Motion Plus Direct PC Interface | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"i2c",
"motion plus",
"parallel port",
"wii"
] | You can pick up a Wii Motion Plus module for under $20 and that’s not bad for an I2C gyroscope. This hack
taps into the device through a PC parallel port
. The connection calls for some level conversion to step down to the 3.3v needed by the module. The communication protocol borrows from the
Wii on Arduino code exampl... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "121232",
"author": "phsr",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T20:50:40",
"content": "its “Phsr” :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121305",
"author": "Catfood",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T05:47:28",
"content": "Um, why dont you... | 1,760,377,500.746047 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/31/120v-switching/ | 120v Switching | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"power",
"switching"
] | [Kenneth] built
a 5v controlled power outlet
inside of a junction box. We’ve seen plenty of projects that can switch 120v outlets using 5v logic for
refrigerator controllers
,
lighting controllers
, or
grow systems
, but they almost always use solid state relays to facilitate the switching. This iteration uses mechanic... | 52 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "121061",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T21:31:04",
"content": "I’d be reluctant to actually put this in a wall in a home. having both low voltage and high voltage in the same box is a big NEC no no.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,377,500.833808 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/31/hacking-a-digital-bathroom-scale/ | Hacking A Digital Bathroom Scale | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"parallax",
"scale"
] | [Micah] was inspired by projects he had seen of people using the Wii balance board as an input. He realized the balance board was overkill, and pricey for many applications. Since it is basically just 4 weight sensors, he thought, why not just use a scale? Often, only one sensor is needed and they’re really cheap from ... | 18 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "121058",
"author": "jh",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T21:08:29",
"content": "*is even… damn typos",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121079",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T22:21:37",
"content": "inb4 troll post... | 1,760,377,500.887368 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/31/recycled-cat-feeder/ | Recycled Cat Feeder | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"autodine",
"cat",
"feeder",
"h-bridge",
"servo"
] | I find that I do a lot of fun projects but I’m very bad about documenting them when I’m done. Holidays are for hacking (in my mind) so I usually plan ahead and do something cool during my time off. This project, which I loving call the Autodine-2009, was a spontaneous event over Thanksgiving that I’m just getting aroun... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "121029",
"author": "Glenn v",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T18:24:23",
"content": "Where do you obtain all these recycled cats, and to what do you feed them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121034",
"author": "aztraph",
"time... | 1,760,377,500.943646 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/29/another-take-on-roasting-those-beans/ | Another Take On Roasting Those Beans | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"bread maker",
"coffee",
"heat gun",
"roaster"
] | [Andrew] takes his coffee very seriously and like any hardcore aficionado he wanted to do the roasting himself. The
coffee roaster design
uses a heat gun for the roasting and sources an old bread maker as a vessel. As part of the automatic bread making process there’s a little agitator arm inside which keeps the beans ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "120700",
"author": "SPARCS",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T22:52:10",
"content": "it’s called a “corretto” it is the weapon of choice for many over athttp://www.coffeesnobs.com.authere are also ones made from a turbo roaster (the pot oven things MrT advertises) and pasta pots with a litt... | 1,760,377,500.977976 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/29/salty-leds/ | Salty LEDs | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"aquarium",
"coral",
"light",
"tank"
] | [Davross] pulled off
an LED lighting build
for his coral aquarium. The module consists of a wooden body holding a 3×16 grid of LEDs. They are mounted to heat sinks which themselves have cooling fans to help keep those puppies from melting. The system is
controlled by an Arduino
which allows for almost limitless lightin... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "120673",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T20:33:44",
"content": "in after arduino hate…oh wait, im the first posterfriken arduinos!it looks nice but since this has ardunios, why didnt he use rgb leds and allow ANY color combo??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,501.155869 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/29/and-were-back/ | And We’re Back | Jakob Griffith | [
"News"
] | [
"competition",
"fail",
"sorry",
"we messed up"
] | Several of you were rather angry with us yesterday for
our competition
. Those not in the loop, our email competition@hackaday.com was not correctly configured and no body could send in their entries!
But have no fear, we have fixed the problem and now you can send in your guesses. To remedy the situation we have decid... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,501.186418 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/ask-a-winner-updates-answers/ | Ask A Winner Updates: Answers | Jakob Griffith | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"answers",
"competition",
"interview",
"kaping with the n900",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push",
"questions",
"winner"
] | Not too long ago
we asked our readers
what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered.
Todays team interview is
KAPing with the N900
. They’re N900 hack is the high flying Kite Aerial Photogr... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "120541",
"author": "A",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T01:37:28",
"content": "I’m curious if Ricardo actually wrote that perl.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120542",
"author": "Xobs",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T02:04:02",
... | 1,760,377,501.079876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/contest-win-push-showcase-tickets/ | Contest: Win Push Showcase Tickets | Jakob Griffith | [
"contests",
"News",
"Phone Hacks"
] | [
"competition",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push",
"tickets",
"winner"
] | Who is ready to win some tickets to the
PUSH N900
Showcase?
The showcase is an event where all
5 teams
from the Push N900 competition are going meet up in London and present their N900 hacks. Including N900s that fly, skate, Etch a Sketch(TM), and more. We also hear there is going to be a poll-dancing robot thanks to
[... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,501.24904 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/happy-meal-toy-scavenging/ | Happy Meal Toy Scavenging | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"avatar",
"happy meal",
"salvage",
"scavenge",
"toy"
] | We’re sometimes shocked at the electronics included in ‘disposable’ items. For some reason (our tech inclinations?) we’ve been getting those audio greeting cards from relatives and it kind of kills us to see the PCB, batteries, and speaker in what would have otherwise been a fully recyclable card. Now we’ve got several... | 51 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "120488",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T21:51:21",
"content": "I had Doc’s DeLorean(http://www.bttf.net/Doc_s_DeLorean_Happy_Meal_Toy_p/bf01.htm) It showered sparks when you roll it along. Very useful for burning down your house!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,377,501.341136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/drill-powered-go-cart/ | Drill-powered Go Cart | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"drill",
"electric",
"go cart",
"neglect"
] | Here we have a
toy car modified to use a drill as the powertrain
. [Hans] has thrown a 12v 4.5 amp battery in to power the motor and it tops out around 9 miles per hour. This is similar in concept to the
trash-based go cart
from last week but this time there’s video. He’s built a couple of these and there’s footage of ... | 36 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "120469",
"author": "vonskippy",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T20:46:26",
"content": "Clever Dads ROCK!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120472",
"author": "jjrh",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T21:09:33",
"content": "dang... | 1,760,377,501.422863 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/31/add-a-bluetooth-terminal-to-your-kindle/ | Add A Bluetooth Terminal To Your Kindle | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"Bluetooth Mate",
"kindle",
"kindle dx",
"qt",
"sparkfun"
] | This is an Amazon Kindle DX with a Sparkfun Bluetooth Mate stuck in it. [Darron]
hacked the two together
in order to have a wireless serial terminal on the device. There are three big pads in the middle of the Kindle PCB labelled GND, RX and TX, making it easy to figure out those connections. Getting voltage was a bit ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "121065",
"author": "blah",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T21:38:48",
"content": "First, also this is bad ass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121108",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T02:42:24",
"content": "kudos,... | 1,760,377,501.464456 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/31/hackaday-links-january-31st-2010/ | Hackaday Links: January 31st, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"links",
"ps3 eye",
"urine"
] | Marble Junker
Here’s
a quick and dirty kinetic sculpture
. It’s a track for a steel marble to roll around in with a magnet on a rotating wheel to pick it up and start it over again. Not every hack has to be
a beautiful masterpiece
, they just need to be fun. Of course, if this were
an incredibly complicated piece
it pr... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "121014",
"author": "Tachikoma",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T16:04:25",
"content": "Just a small suggestion here, I think it would make more sense to put subheadings above the relevant image.Oh yeah, if anyone is interested to learn more about opamps, download the Texas Instrument’s Han... | 1,760,377,501.516774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/30/hybrid-analogbinary-clock-the-mk2/ | Hybrid Analog/binary Clock, The MK2 | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"analog",
"arduino",
"binary",
"chronodot",
"clock",
"digital",
"multimeter",
"telcom linesman"
] | [Kieran] let us know about his
hybrid analog/binary clock
. The circuitry behind the clock is nothing too new. An Arduino combined with a
Chronodot
to produce an accurate clock. What we really enjoyed however was the creative implementation of an old British Telecom Linesman’s Multimeter as the case. The
analog meter
a... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "120952",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T01:31:58",
"content": "That is a BEAUTIFUL object. I really, really want one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120958",
"author": "gt",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T02:28:25... | 1,760,377,501.617125 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/30/the-ultimatesimon/ | The UltimateSIMON | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"18F2550",
"game",
"pcb",
"pic",
"simon"
] | [Simon Inns] designed
a circuit board to retrofit an original Simon
electronic game. This hack is immediately a win because he made sure that his design required no modification of the original case. The new PCB has many improvements. It moves the device from using 2 D-cells over to a 9 volt battery, the incandescent b... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "120936",
"author": "outroot",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T00:36:16",
"content": "I don’t see moving from 2 D cells to a 9V as an improvement. Maybe in size, but it definitely will not last as long.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1... | 1,760,377,501.564641 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/30/robot-band-gives-us-so-much-to-make-fun-of/ | Robot Band Gives Us So Much To Make Fun Of | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"drums",
"easy listening",
"percussion",
"robot",
"solenoid"
] | [Pat Metheny] has a robot armada backing him up when he performs on stage. They’re going on tour and he’s done an
interview explaining his mechanical band
. Like
the auto-drummer
, this setup uses multitudes of solenoids to play the percussion instruments, each getting commands from a computer. It’s pretty wicked to
se... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "120916",
"author": "Mr.Bigglsworth",
"timestamp": "2010-01-30T22:47:06",
"content": "If not the robot band the guy who looks like a loser from the 80s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120925",
"author": "Tyrone Shewlaces",
... | 1,760,377,501.788426 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/30/ask-a-winner-updates-day-2-answers/ | Ask A Winner Updates Day 2: Answers | Jakob Griffith | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"answers",
"competition",
"interview",
"kaping with the n900",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push",
"questions",
"winner"
] | Not too long ago
we asked our readers
what they would like to hear about from the PUSH N900 winners and their hacks. We got some silly questions, and some serious, we asked both and now the PUSH teams have answered.
The Haptic Guide team took a moment of their time for us today. Their N900 hack is a belt that helps poi... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "120856",
"author": "johnr",
"timestamp": "2010-01-30T16:07:30",
"content": "The project I have been working on is approaching things from a different direction, but when I saw what they are doing wished I had known about it previously!http://sites.google.com/site/publicstuffishere/f... | 1,760,377,501.828116 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/29/our-thoughts-on-the-ipad/ | Our Thoughts On The IPad | Caleb Kraft | [
"Mac Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"ipad",
"ipod"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiUlf9BAYU]
The
iPad
,
announced earlier this week
, has been a massive media extravaganza. Some people were elated, and some let down. We’ve been asked over and over what our thoughts on the device are. Join us after the break to find out.
[Caleb]
–My grandma would love this. ... | 162 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "120703",
"author": "Odin84gk",
"timestamp": "2010-01-29T23:08:20",
"content": "iPad is to netbooks what the iPod was to mp3 players. If they make it pretty enough and easy enough to use, it will succeed.On a side note, it can act like a phone with a bluetooth headset and a VOIP appl... | 1,760,377,501.969339 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/unlocking-multitouch-for-droid-and-nexus-one/ | Unlocking Multitouch For Droid And Nexus One | Mike Szczys | [
"Android Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"droid",
"multitouch",
"nexus one",
"pinch zoom",
"root"
] | We’re fans of pinch-zooming and that means multitouch. Although the interface is natively supported by both the hardware and operating systems of the Nexus One and Droid phones, it is locked out of the stock installation. You can make
multitouch work on both handsets
if you’re willing to do a little firmware alteration... | 23 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "119605",
"author": "hum4n",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T23:52:31",
"content": "is this really worth it?I have been waiting patiently for 2.1 for my Droid, and will this just make me have to do the multitouch process again when that comes out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,501.888681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/foul-mouthed-game-will-get-you-in-trouble/ | Foul-mouthed Game Will Get You In Trouble | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"language",
"nsfw",
"simon",
"simon says",
"swears"
] | [Fridgehead] modified his Simon Says
game to include a dirty word for each lighted button
. This is a real good way to teach kids to swear and to get child protective services to pay you a visit all at the same time. The hardware has been modified to use an Arduino in tandem with an
ISD audio chip
. These chips can rec... | 38 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "119548",
"author": "Odin84gk",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T21:12:22",
"content": "I fucking hate those ISD audio chips. I made 2 designs using the winbonds ISD audio chips, and both designs failed because Winbond discontinued them. 1 year of wasted work because Winbond doesn’t know how... | 1,760,377,502.102049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/things-that-kill-you-hacked-for-clean-energy/ | Things That Kill You, Hacked For Clean Energy | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"E coli",
"solar",
"solar cell",
"tobacco",
"virus"
] | Tobacco and E coli can wreak havoc on your body causing serious damage if not death. Some researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have found a way to take these potentially dangerous organisms and make them do our bidding. By genetically engineering a virus they have shown that
the two can be used to ... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "119530",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T20:22:11",
"content": "2 men enter…one man leaves…Good to see that even the worst things can be turned to good uses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119531",
"author": "B... | 1,760,377,502.275611 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/android-g1-serial-to-arduino/ | Android G1 Serial To Arduino | Caleb Kraft | [
"Android Hacks",
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"arduino",
"G1"
] | With the ability to get root access to some of these new powerful pieces of hardware we call cell phones, we’re a bit surprised we haven’t seen more interfacing with external hardware. Here’s
an example of some rudimentary connections between an Android G1 and an Arduino
. To do this, you must have your G1 rooted, have... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "119517",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T19:36:59",
"content": "FINALLY!I have been wanting to use the serial output and even have the little plug from sparkfun for it, but i found that android has ZERO libraries for using the serial!I can write android apps, but know n... | 1,760,377,502.160782 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/face-tracking-with-x10/ | Face Tracking With X10 | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"face tracking",
"facial recognition",
"x10"
] | If you are looking to do some face tracking and don’t know where to start, this explanation of
how to do it with X10 modules
could be pretty helpful. Aside from having, what some could consider to be, the absolute
most annoying website ever
for a company, X10 also makes modular systems for home automation.
X10 also ref... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "119500",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T18:12:47",
"content": "Jesus! At first I thought I had entered a p0rn site with all those flashing GIFs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119506",
"author": "Dave",
"ti... | 1,760,377,502.211933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/automated-super8-film-scanning/ | Automated Super8 Film Scanning | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"digitize",
"film"
] | For those of you who have been dreading the day that you have to dig out those old family films in Super 8 format and take them to get digitized, dread no more. Now you could turn it into a cool project. [Photobsen] has
posted pictures of an automated system
for scanning and compiling the film into a digital movie. The... | 27 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "119491",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T17:13:12",
"content": "Dread the day? are you kidding me? half the fun of watching old home movies is setting up the projector, setting up the screen, threading the film through the projector, playing with the frame and speed knobs,... | 1,760,377,502.335284 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/rotary-encoding-with-your-soundcard/ | Rotary Encoding With Your Soundcard | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"rotary",
"stepper"
] | [Stefan] sent in this project writeup to show us how he
used a stepper motor as a rotary encoder
. Using a stepper motor as an encoder isn’t really that new, as [Stefan] points out, we’ve seen it several times before. He wanted to use this in the quickest simplest way with his computer though. Instead of doing any deco... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "119477",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T15:44:02",
"content": "You know… like 3 days ago I was just thinking of doing something like this. Perfect timing HackaDay!oh yeah, first post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,502.389769 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/adding-a-netbook-keyboard-light/ | Adding A Netbook Keyboard Light | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"dell",
"hackintosh",
"keyboard",
"light",
"mini 9",
"vostro a90"
] | [Vikash] was having trouble using his netbook in the dark so he
added a keyboard light
. He’s got a Dell Vostro A90 which is the same hardware as the popular Dell Mini 9. We agree that the condensed keyboard layout makes it hard to type without looking; just try to find the quotation mark, brackets, and tilde keys! He ... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "120452",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T19:44:52",
"content": "One step up fromhttp://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/ti-84-led-mod/:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120453",
"author": "Gdogg",
"timestamp": "2010-0... | 1,760,377,502.463576 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/28/10000-watt-fluorescent-array/ | 10,000 Watt Fluorescent Array | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"16 segment",
"17 segment",
"arduino",
"fluorescent",
"optocoupler",
"TRIAC"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_t2jrSsVXs&NR]
This is an
array of flourescent tubes
that form a display. The video above is just two modules of a ten module installation that [Valentin] and his team are showing at an exhibition in Berlin tomorrow. The connected modules form something of a scrolling 16-segment... | 43 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "120416",
"author": "Johannes Burgel",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T16:49:11",
"content": "What amazes me the most:How much money and resources you can throw at an “art” project and still end up with something that looks like crap.If this is “art” then the giant LED advertisement screens... | 1,760,377,502.53677 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/5-legged-locomotion/ | 5 Legged Locomotion | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"gait",
"hexapod",
"legged"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Rxo6B4EQQ]
When designing legged robots, we generally see an even number of legs. Mainly, we think, it is due to us modelling things after nature. But with robotics, you’re free to do whatever you want. [Iketomu-san] has built this unsettling
5 legged robot
out of parts he had ... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "120213",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T21:08:55",
"content": "I prefer this to the 3 servo hexapod that was posted recently, which had 6 legs but much more limited motion. The zero turn radius on this robot is a major advantage in my book.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,504.761858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/nes-lovers-grew-up-and-now-theyre-coding-for-palm/ | NES Lovers Grew Up And Now They’re Coding For Palm | Mike Szczys | [
"Palm Pre Hacks"
] | [
"code",
"contra",
"konami",
"palm",
"pixi",
"pre",
"root"
] | In case you missed it back in June,
the Palm Pre was rooted
by extracting the Root ROM from a Palm tool used to reset a device with damaged software. A lot has been learned from examining the code inside that ROM but we’re most amused by one thing in particular. If you grew up in the 80’s there’s a pretty good chance y... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "120203",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T20:30:23",
"content": "yes, but does it give your Palm Pre 100 lives? (Well, in a way, it kind of does, I guess….. in a sort of “multiple personalities” kind of way)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},... | 1,760,377,504.129813 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/hdd-actuated-acoustical-instrument/ | HDD Actuated Acoustical Instrument | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"hard drive",
"hdd",
"mono filament",
"multichord",
"string"
] | This is the multichord,
a one-string musical instrument
built by [Christopher Mitchell]. The string is a 20 pound mono-filament thread stretched between a wooden bridge and the read/write head of a hard drive. The idea is that the vibrations of the string are picked up and amplified acoustically by the sounding box tha... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "120174",
"author": "spork.",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T18:17:59",
"content": "I am imagining a HD controlled Hurdy-Gurdy. Get one with 12 strings and a rotating Rosined Disc… holy crap.Note about this design, I noticed the beefyness of your bridge. if you made the bridge ALOT thin... | 1,760,377,504.411173 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/nanotouch-a-tiny-avr-media-thing/ | Nanotouch: A Tiny AVR Media Thing | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"AVR",
"media",
"yoomp"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLOQOTa4-aY]
[Rossum] is at it again. This time, he has created a
super tiny media device to get us drooling
. You might recall him from the
8-bit device
we showed you before. The Nanotouch is roughly the dimensions of a 96×64 OLED screen(slightly larger than a quarter), with abo... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "120157",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T17:06:00",
"content": "So it’s a tiny homemade version of the Iriver Lplayer? Mind you, that’s no criticism – it’s a tiny matchbox-sized music and video player and it works great (I use an Lplayer and it’s wonderful). It blows my... | 1,760,377,504.833112 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/ps3-exploit-released/ | PS3 Exploit Released | Mike Szczys | [
"Playstation Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"exploit",
"hack",
"memory",
"playstation 3"
] | You can now
download the exploit package for the PlayStation 3
. [Geohot] just posted the code you need to pull off
the exploit we told you about
on Sunday, making it available on a “silver platter” with
just a bit of explanation
on how it works. He’s located a critical portion of the memory to attack. By allocating it... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "120136",
"author": "thecityspiders",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T15:46:33",
"content": "Pwnage!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120139",
"author": "Cody",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T15:53:23",
"content": "That guy must ... | 1,760,377,504.64451 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/24/ps3-hacked/ | PS3 Hacked! | Jakob Griffith | [
"News",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"hypervisor",
"ps3",
"ps3 hacked",
"read/write"
] | There is very little information out at the moment, but [geohot] has successfully
hacked the PS3
to have full read and write access, bypassing the Hypervisor. At the moment he’s not revealing the exploit, but with this knowledge it wont be long before the PS3 finally gets whats coming. Keep track of [geohot’s] progress... | 72 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "119366",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T23:07:36",
"content": "only to be patched within 5 minutes of him actually releasing the exploit by sony, ensuing a many year long game of cat and mouse before sony can’t really do anything",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,377,504.497384 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/24/hackaday-links-106/ | Hackaday Links: Sunday January 24 | Jakob Griffith | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"arcade cabinet",
"arduino",
"binary",
"bus priate",
"clock",
"cnc",
"data over eithernet",
"diffraction",
"engrave",
"free day",
"glass",
"grating",
"link",
"links",
"music",
"projector",
"red button",
"stepper"
] | Everyone Remembers
Free day
right? [The Ideanator’s] Bus Pirate came in such a nice red box – he decided to make it his
permanent case
.
[Chico] is in the middle of making a CNC, but decided to
make some music
with the steppers in the mean time.
What looks like an old wooden box is actually [Ludvig’s] super sweet retro... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "119358",
"author": "Going Digital",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T21:51:42",
"content": "Its Lego, not Legos you numpty.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119359",
"author": "The Ideanator",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T22:01:17",
... | 1,760,377,504.5589 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/24/trashplane/ | Trashplane | Caleb Kraft | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"airoplane",
"airplane",
"radio controlled",
"rc"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-fY-eGZsdQ]
[Flyboy258]
shows us
that hobby R/C airplanes can be built from trash relatively easily. A bit of old tarp and a simple frame work as the body. The rudder is made from old foam packaging. It seems to fly pretty well considering the lack of official design, or aerod... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "119314",
"author": "Hopo28",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T16:25:08",
"content": "fantastic, so simple and effective :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119315",
"author": "Chris H",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T16:32:35",
"co... | 1,760,377,504.70714 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/23/iphone-look-alike-on-your-kitchen-wall/ | IPhone Look-alike On Your Kitchen Wall | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"ikitchen",
"iphone",
"recipe",
"touchscreen"
] | [Ryan] and his wife wanted to have
a touchscreen interface in the kitchen
to store their recipes and for various music, video, and Internet entertainment. We know where they’re coming from, we’re quite tired or cleaning flour (or worse!) off of our palm pilot screen after baking. The display you see on the wall is just... | 37 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "119202",
"author": "robomonkey",
"timestamp": "2010-01-23T19:56:42",
"content": "Windows7 on an old 2 GHz frame…ouch, no wonder he upgraded….but some UNIX or UBUNTU would have done the job as well with the same frame",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,504.291023 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/23/c64-interface-for-your-computer/ | C64 Interface For Your Computer | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"c64",
"commodore",
"comodore"
] | Before we get started, lets just point out that this C64 was broken. He did not take a functional C64 out of operation for this. What he did do, was to
build a hardware interface for for his VICE system
. For those unfamiliar, VICE is a cross platform C64 emulator. [Simon] points out that the old games just weren’t as ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "119192",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2010-01-23T18:08:59",
"content": "Yeah, but how did he get it so clean?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119193",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2010-01-23T18:29:35",
"conte... | 1,760,377,504.348516 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/23/ideas-based-on-photo-frame-clock/ | Ideas Based On Photo Frame Clock | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bare bones",
"clock",
"digital frame",
"sd"
] | [Mahto] bought a digital picture frame but the image quality turned out to be terrible. He decided to
turn it into a clock in a unique way
. He loaded up 720 images, one for each minute in a twelve hour period. He then used an Arduino to simulate a button once a minute, cycling to the next image.
This is a simple solut... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "119179",
"author": "r10pez10",
"timestamp": "2010-01-23T16:00:29",
"content": "and then, of course, he could use the photos fromhttp://humanclock.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119181",
"author": "Gregg",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,505.140646 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/lcd-backlight-repair/ | LCD Backlight Repair | Mike Szczys | [
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"ccfl",
"inverter",
"lcd",
"tv"
] | Another broken LCD TV came [Steve DiRaddo’s] way. This one
had a broken backlight that he wanted to fix
. He scrapped his
LCD light table
in order use the inverter. The two televisions were not the same size, nor made by the main manufacturer, but backlights all operate under the same principles. Using an inverter from... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "119080",
"author": "Mikey",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T22:36:02",
"content": "I don’t really understand what this is a picture of. Is this the connector? It looks to small to be the tv with a bunch of wires running across it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [... | 1,760,377,504.95606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/hardware-store-follow-focus/ | Hardware Store Follow Focus | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"focus",
"follow focus",
"hose clamp"
] | Want to do quick and accurate focus change with your DSLR? Here’s a
discussion thread
covering dirt-cheap solutions. It starts with a
broccoli rubber-band and a couple of zip ties
. That being a bit chintzy,
the more popular build
seen above uses a hose clamp, rubber band for padding, a drawer pull, a nut, and some thr... | 31 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "119053",
"author": "Eloquent",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T21:27:34",
"content": "Mike: lern 2 spelchek’Every article you have posted in recent memory has had an obvious mistake in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119054",
"... | 1,760,377,505.077513 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/hack-together-a-coffee-roaster/ | Hack Together A Coffee Roaster | James Munns | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"coffee",
"cooler",
"evil mad scientist laboratories",
"roaster"
] | For most people, making coffee entails taking a couple scoops out of a can of pre-ground coffee, adding water, and pressing “Go” on the drip machine. To others coffee brewing is an artform, and want as much control over the process as possible. For those without an overflowing bank account for a home roasting machine,
... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "119029",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T20:16:02",
"content": "so snipping a wire or two to disable the heater counts as a hack now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119034",
"author": "James Munns",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,505.010414 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/electric-go-cart-from-trash/ | Electric Go Cart From Trash | Caleb Kraft | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"electric",
"neglect",
"trash"
] | A quick lesson on being a good parent. If you make an
awesome electronic cart out of trash
that may not necessarily be stable, or even fully capable of stopping once it gets going, you MUST put your children on it and insist that they drive. Did we mention that the system is full acceleration or no acceleration? Indeed... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "119002",
"author": "loans",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T18:05:50",
"content": "“the system is full acceleration or no acceleration”Don’t forget full acceleration in the negative axis!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119003",
"a... | 1,760,377,505.293914 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/simple-laptop-conversion/ | Simple Laptop Conversion | Caleb Kraft | [
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"hinge",
"laptop"
] | [Jakob] sent in his
method of dealing with broken laptop hinges
. Broken hinges are a plague. We have no less than 4 laptops lying around that are beyond repair with broken hinges. Some are just propped up against things,
some have had box hinges glued to them
and some are just waiting to die slowly from non use. [Jako... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "118999",
"author": "Ho0d0o/Heatgap",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T17:32:16",
"content": "Very interesting. This would be a fun project with an Acer Aspire 1 netbook I have that has broken hinge mechanism. I tiny 8in tablet minus the keyboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,505.417342 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/22/arduino-programmer-for-arduino/ | Arduino Programmer For Arduino | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"atmega328",
"AVR",
"isp",
"programmer"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sFQNIXde8]
Wow, that title is flamebait… but give us a chance to explain. [George] wrote some code for
the Arduino that allows it to program another Arduino
. You may be thinking to yourself “this has already been done”. In a way it has, with the
AVR ISP programming shield
. Bu... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "118982",
"author": "Ardruino",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T15:05:39",
"content": "Now people can roll out large productions of LED circuits in no time..Yo dawg I heard you like Ardruinos :pApparently not liking your content over flooded with half finished circuits which are at least 80... | 1,760,377,506.355623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/frustromantic-box-a-reverse-geocache/ | Frustromantic Box, A Reverse Geocache | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"geocache",
"hd44780",
"location box",
"reverse",
"servo",
"tinygps"
] | One of the best feelings in the world is when one of our posts inspires a fellow hacker to plan, create, and execute his or her own project.
[Russ] let us know about his
Frustromantic Box
which he gained inspiration from the original
Reverse Geochache
we posted about
. For those out of the loop, the box is locked and w... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "118795",
"author": "bencoder",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T00:22:08",
"content": "Well, if you like going on long walks in big, neat circles, then you could do it with 1 press :PFun project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118801",... | 1,760,377,505.543552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/spiderbot-prompts-laser-envy/ | SpiderBot Prompts Laser Envy | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hexapod",
"laser",
"plywood",
"robot",
"spiderbot"
] | [Daniel’s]
horrifying hexapod
makes us wish we were sitting next to a laser cutter. The parts are cut from 4.9mm plywood and include laser-sculpted sections to allow the twenty servos to properly seat in their mounting spaces. We would suggest that you build it in secret so as not to ruin the surprise when your house m... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "118762",
"author": "Ned",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T22:11:24",
"content": "Another hexapod that’s had a fair amount of development is the Chiara, made at CMU.http://chiara-robot.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118773",
"... | 1,760,377,505.469796 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/27/building-a-bigger-better-laser-engraver/ | Building A Bigger, Better Laser Engraver | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"etch",
"etching",
"laser",
"mach3",
"xmos"
] | [Bart]
built a giant laser etcher from scratch
. One of his first test engravings included the Hackaday skull-and-wrenches on a polished granite floor tile (we love it when people do that). He used an
XMOS controller
and
Mach3 CNC software
to handle the device. With just two axes to worry about this seem like an easy p... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "120134",
"author": "markii",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T15:25:46",
"content": "me want one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120138",
"author": "Jentulman",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T15:50:12",
"content": "I’m confused, ... | 1,760,377,505.366712 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/powering-a-switch-via-poe/ | Powering A Switch Via PoE | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"ip",
"phone",
"PoE",
"power over ethernet",
"switch"
] | [Kajer] was doing some work with IP phones that use Power over Ethernet. While trying to get this to work with a network switch he decided to
use PoE to power the switch itself
. The best thing about this is he managed to shoehorn all of the necessary bits into the stock case. Those bits include a bridge rectifier, tra... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "119892",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T00:08:02",
"content": "Nice job Kajer!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119898",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T00:16:40",
"content": "holy spellchecki... | 1,760,377,505.671221 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/palm-sized-atari-2600/ | Palm-sized Atari 2600 | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"atari",
"handheld",
"portable"
] | [The Longhorn Engineer] is working on
a portable Atari 2600
. Instead of taking the old gaming system and cramming it into a portable form factor he’s designed his own circuit board in a new-hardware initiative he calls Project Unity. The handheld will include everything you need to play, including video, audio, contro... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "119874",
"author": "wdfowty",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T23:11:05",
"content": "reminds me of a gameboy. neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119875",
"author": "arrangemonk",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T23:15:18",
"cont... | 1,760,377,505.594541 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/why-arent-we-building-our-own-printers/ | Why Aren’t We Building Our Own Printers? | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"ink",
"open source",
"printer"
] | We’ll ask it again, why aren’t we building our own printers? We’re building
3d printers
,
CNC mills
, and
hacking the ink cartridges
on commercial printers. What does it really take to build say a 300 dpi black and white printer? Something that lets you clean and service the print head rather than throwing it out when ... | 59 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "119840",
"author": "TelePunk5",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T22:15:51",
"content": "I am working with the project as a hardware person, and it is in the very early stages. Most of the organizing and discussion is done on our reddit, please check that out if you would like to help.http:/... | 1,760,377,505.852242 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/repair-or-improve-your-nes/ | Repair Or Improve Your NES | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Repair Hacks"
] | [
"hack",
"mod",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"repair"
] | There’s a warm place in our hearts for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. It’s too bad we don’t have that hardware sitting around anymore. But if you do there’s a chance it needs some TLC and there’s always room for a blue LED mod. [Raph] has a wonderful
collection of NES hardware repairs and hacks
that you sh... | 20 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "119810",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T20:32:26",
"content": "What, no arduino powering that blue LED?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119825",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T20:59:12",
"conten... | 1,760,377,505.756601 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/st-louis-hackerspace-arch-reactor/ | St. Louis Hackerspace: Arch Reactor | James Munns | [
"News"
] | [
"Grand Opening",
"hackerspace",
"St. Louis"
] | Here at HackaDay, we are always a fan of a group of hackers coming together to create a place to share ideas, tools, parts, and stories. A group from St. Louis called
Arch Reactor
have managed to secure a new location, and are having their grand opening this Saturday. From 4-10pm on the 30th, they will be hosting an op... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "119774",
"author": "wolfy02",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T17:07:42",
"content": "sweet, I might have to give them a visit sometime",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119778",
"author": "baslisks",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T17:3... | 1,760,377,505.90805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/25/gorgeous-portable-n64-built-to-order/ | Gorgeous Portable N64 Built To Order | Mike Szczys | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"commission",
"custom",
"mod",
"n64",
"portable"
] | [Hailrazer] is at it again with
a new portable N64 build
. He’s done the impossible by improving upon
his last design
. The LCD screen is now mounted flush for a cleaner and smaller case. The controls draw from a lot of different sources; a gamecube stick for durability, a 3rd party N64 controller for buttons, and a Pl... | 59 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "119592",
"author": "Michael L.",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T23:22:03",
"content": "Very very nice. Makes me want to make one myself, but I don’t have the soldering skill or the patience to do it. The only thing I can think of is combine the wall jack and battery charger and just step ... | 1,760,377,505.99855 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/adafruit-eagle-library/ | Adafruit Eagle Library | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"adafruit",
"EagleCad",
"footprint",
"library"
] | We love it when a PCB comes out right the first time. We’re careful enough with our designs that if something is wrong it’s usually a footprint problem, like we picked the wrong package for the components. Adafruit is helping to make the design process easier by
sharing their Eagle library
. Like the
Eagle library vers... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "118760",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T21:57:44",
"content": "What do you mean by “like 0805 surface mount pads”? Reason I’m asking is that I’m an SMD newbie getting ready to etch my first board that includes quite a few 0805 components.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,506.072771 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/turntable-light-sequencer/ | Turntable Light Sequencer | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"lp",
"sequencer",
"turntable"
] | [Benjamin] built
a sequencer that uses a turntable and light sensors
to lay down a funky beat. If you like creepy videos with repeated gratuitous corderoy-clad rear-ends we’ve got you covered after the break. Art film aside, he’s got an interesting project. Four light sensors are mounted below the turning record with L... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "118734",
"author": "Dielectric",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T20:18:59",
"content": "Und now is ze time on sprokets ven ve dance!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118737",
"author": "droolcup",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T20:26:... | 1,760,377,506.138842 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/coded-entry-using-your-wristwatch/ | Coded Entry Using Your Wristwatch | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"door",
"ez-430",
"lock",
"ti",
"watch",
"wristwatch"
] | [Ziyan] and [Zach] built a
door entry system that uses a code entered from your wristwatch
. They’re using the
TI eZ-430 Chronos
that we saw in November. There is a project box mounted over the deadbolt lever. Inside, the wireless fob waits for the watch to connect. When a watch has connected and the correct code is re... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "118713",
"author": "overengineer",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T18:23:25",
"content": "Pretty awesome, it’s a little bit of two-factor authentication (something you have, something you know), and a pretty clean installation. The “have” factor makes it a bit better than the “knock to ent... | 1,760,377,506.288588 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/buzzle-a-morse-code-puzzle-box/ | Buzzle: A Morse Code Puzzle Box | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"morse",
"puzzle"
] | [lucasfragomeni] built the
Buzzle
after being inspired by the
reverse geocache puzzle
. The Buzzle was built as a gift to a friend. It’s a tricky gift too. His friend can’t open it until he decodes the words being displayed in morse code via an LED. A word is chosen at random, so you would have to decode it each time y... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "118704",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T17:49:08",
"content": "Anyone who managed to learn to copy morse at decent WPM care to share their story? :) I tried Koch’s method many times but it’s hard not to grow bored while you’re still at some 3-5 characters.",
"pare... | 1,760,377,506.401474 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/robots-in-space/ | Robots In Space | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"mit",
"space",
"sphere"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl6lZbyLkzs]
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites)
are experimental robots made at MIT for the purpose of testing robot locomotion in space. As you can see in the video above, they are capable of maneuvering pretty well. They seem to hold ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "118667",
"author": "MS3FGX",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T15:15:52",
"content": "Is the idea here for these to be used in open space at some point in the future? Otherwise, couldn’t they use ducted fans for propulsion instead of the CO2 jets?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,506.457767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/21/live-high-altitude-balloon-launch/ | Live High Altitude Balloon Launch | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"gps hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"camera",
"civil aviation safety approval",
"high altitude balloon",
"humidity",
"pressure",
"space",
"tempurature",
"uk high altitude society"
] | [Terry] is planning to launch his
high altitude balloon
within the next few days. As
we’ve seen before
he has gone for a general setup – GPS tracking, environment sensors including temperature and humidity and pressure, and 2 on board cameras – all with an expected height of about 100,000 feet. What makes this project ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "118666",
"author": "kevin mcguigan",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T14:50:27",
"content": "is there a club here in the states that does this? i would really like to be involved in something like this. where can i look for clubs in the las vegas nevada area?",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,377,506.576941 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/20/billy-bass-with-selectable-clips/ | Billy Bass With Selectable Clips | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"16f452",
"billy bass",
"pic",
"secret santa",
"twitter"
] | [Will] enjoys giving hacked items as Secret Santa gifts and this year
he decided to augment a Billy Bass
. These gag items have become a popular hack to
use as a prop
or to
read your Twitter updates to you
. Right of the bat he scrapped the original PCB and sent it to the gift’s future recipient as if he were a kidnapp... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "118564",
"author": "oNo",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T23:13:52",
"content": "“That’s for voltages” Or as we like to say “Four” Interesting post and deff a headache with all those voltages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118567",
... | 1,760,377,506.516518 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/20/nes-console-to-cartridge-security-in-depth/ | NES Console To Cartridge Security In Depth | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"cic",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"rom",
"security",
"snes"
] | [Segher] has reverse engineered the hardware and command set for the NES CIC chips. These chips make up the security hardware that validates a cartridge to make sure it has been licensed by Nintendo. Only after authentication will the console’s CIC chip stop reseting the hardware at 1 Hz. The was no hardware informatio... | 45 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "118539",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T21:56:45",
"content": "firstandwhat is the point of continuing to work on the nes, there are already like 30 different emulators for every single system and it doesn’t even have that many good gameswhy not work on the xbox 360 or ... | 1,760,377,506.663189 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/20/nxt-hacks-tanks-and-heaters/ | NXT Hacks: Tanks And Heaters | Mike Szczys | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"aquarium",
"heater",
"lego",
"mindstorms",
"nxt",
"robot",
"sea-monkeys",
"tank"
] | Here’s a double-dose of Lego NXT goodness;
a robotic tank
and an
automatic aquarium heater
.
The image to the left is a robotic tank powered by the popular Lego Mindstorms NXT kit. The brains rest inside of a tube, including the controller brick, ultrasonic range finder, a gyroscope, and a compass. Two sets of treads s... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "118554",
"author": "Icarus",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T22:35:01",
"content": "Meh…I mean, it’s just lego. Not like he actually built something (am I wrong?)It’s kinda cool but I doubt the efficiency as a tank.On the other hand, the aquarium heater IS a hack so that’s pretty cool (and... | 1,760,377,506.713858 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/20/hey-man-ssh-to-my-guitar-and-setup-the-multitouch/ | Hey Man, SSH To My Guitar And Setup The Multitouch | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"guitar",
"linux",
"multitouch"
] | The
Misa Digital Guitar is a digital music controller
like we haven’t seen before. The body, machined out of ABS, looks like a guitar. The player puts theirs hands in the same places you would on a guitar but the lack of strings make it something different.
The left had manipulates inputs in the form of 144 sensors, si... | 37 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "118510",
"author": "Benny M",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T18:39:29",
"content": "Oh my god… That is AWESOME! I want one :DLooks like it has a lot of modding potential. Mad props to anyone who can build a FLStudio-like program that runs locally on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth... | 1,760,377,506.783198 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/20/sheevaplug-pbx/ | SheevaPlug PBX | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"home hacks",
"Linux Hacks",
"Phone Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"pbx",
"phone",
"sheevaplug"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIcTWya7TQA&feature=player_embedded]
[Greg] has been working on a version of Debian/ FreePBX/ Asterisk
for people to be able to drop onto a SheevaPlug. If you haven’t seen it, the SheevaPlug is a tiny computer housed in a wall plug. They made some waves when they were announced l... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "118492",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T15:17:03",
"content": "Is there basically only the producer of the SheevaPlug that distributes in the US? The number of distributors of the SheevaPlug seems to be very limited.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,507.16251 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/19/servo-hacked-linear-actuator/ | Servo Hacked Linear Actuator | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"cheap",
"linear actuator",
"motor",
"powerful",
"servo"
] | [AntonB] has
modified a servo
into a powerful linear actuator (think: changing rotational motion into linear motion). The process is simple enough, modify a servo for continuous rotation and then add the custom built actuating shaft. You do of course lose the precision of the servo, but a small price to pay to be able ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "118431",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T02:15:44",
"content": "If you’re giving up the position sensing of a servo, why not just attach the leadscrew to a cheaper & faster/more powerful gear motor? If all you have lying around are servos it works, just don’t go our of you... | 1,760,377,507.221074 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/19/cell-phone-based-car-starter-another-take/ | Cell Phone Based Car Starter, Another Take | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"cell",
"gsm",
"remote",
"start"
] | [Dave] Had been working on a
cell phone activated remote start
for his car for a while when we posted the
GSM car starter
. While both do carry out the same job, we feel that there is enough good information here to share. He’s gone a pretty simple way, by connecting the vibrator motor leads to a headphone jack. He’s u... | 56 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "118352",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2010-01-19T16:32:44",
"content": "most current remote start systems have an auto-cutoff time (usually 12-24min)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118356",
"author": "Frogz",
"timest... | 1,760,377,507.055068 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/19/polymorph-in-practice/ | Polymorph In Practice | Caleb Kraft | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"polymorph"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxy22VfZq0E&feature=player_embedded]
[Leesam] tipped us off to this cool
tutorial for shaping Polymorph
. For those who haven’t, it is pretty cool stuff. It is a plastic that comes in little pellets. You can melt it down at relatively low temperatures and mold it to the shape you... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "118344",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2010-01-19T15:50:06",
"content": "Milkbottle glasses, a beard and carrying a bit of timber.True hackadayer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118354",
"author": "joao",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,507.409001 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/rgb-display-development/ | RGB Display Development | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"display",
"i2c",
"led",
"light bulb",
"pca9635",
"rgb"
] | [SeBsZ] tipped us off that
he’s working on a display using RGB LEDs
. He’s etched some nice surface mount controller boards to carry the ATmega8 microcontroller and NXP PCA9635 drivers. This setup uses the I2C bus to address each expansion board of 5 LED modules. Theoretically this hardware would allow for 638 RGB modu... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "118040",
"author": "medix",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T23:41:26",
"content": "I recognize these chips. ;) Used them awhile back to also create a lighted sign, though no scrolling display. The sign consisted of 4 letters total (around 2 x 3 feet in size) populated with 20 – 30 RGB LED ... | 1,760,377,507.102363 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/guerilla-theater-hits-two-wheels/ | Guerilla Theater Hits Two Wheels | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"dmx",
"dmx512",
"guerilla theater",
"led"
] | [Tom] wanted to take the show on the road so
he added lights to his bike using theater grade control hardware
. The picture above shows three tail lights comprised of 195 LEDs. Built on perf-board, a
DMX512 controller
can display several patterns on each module. The lighting technician (bike pilot) controls the pattern... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "118034",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T23:18:02",
"content": "This is so far from a hack…he’s using commercial hardware. What part of this is hacky? Putting it on a bike? I used to bike around with 4 LED PAR cans for headlights and taillights. It was run by a car ba... | 1,760,377,507.265552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/cnc-brought-to-you-by-zip-ties/ | CNC Brought To You By Zip Ties | Jakob Griffith | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"dremel",
"drill",
"mill",
"parallel port",
"pc"
] | [lucassiglo21] let us know about his finished
3 axis CNC
(
Translation
via Google). While
home CNCs
are nothing new, we really liked this masterpiece. The CNC is entirely custom, from the electronic control boards (connected to a PC via parallel port) to the physical mill (with an end result of 30x30x15cm workable area... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "117999",
"author": "tehgringe",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T21:15:34",
"content": "Yes…I am in the process of scavenging parts to make my own CNC machine…was hoping to usehttp://hackaday.com/2009/02/27/tools-proxxon-drill-press-tbm115tbm220/but missed out in the last 30 seconds on ebay... | 1,760,377,507.467491 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/editorial-fear-of-the-unusual/ | Editorial: Fear Of The Unusual | James Munns | [
"News"
] | [
"editorial",
"hacking"
] | As an engineer and as a writer for Hack a Day, I am used to seeing hardware in all kinds of states; from looking
professionally done
, to
artfully constructed
, to
downright hackish
. Unfortunately in today’s society of manufactured goods, most people just don’t have any experience with homemade electronics. Furthermor... | 93 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "117977",
"author": "Simonious",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T20:29:23",
"content": "Very nice article, thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117979",
"author": "eNGINEER",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T20:37:50",
"conten... | 1,760,377,507.603676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/hackaday-links-january-17th-2010/ | Hackaday Links: January 17th, 2010 | Mike Szczys | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"beagleboard",
"circuit bending",
"jewelry",
"mouse"
] | Apple Magic Mouse on Windows
Looks like some folks snooped around the latest Bluetooth update from Apple and
managed to extract the Magic Mouse drivers
. Now you can use them to take this
complex peripheral
for a spin on Windows. [Thanks Juan]
Component jewelry: From geeky to gross
[Nikolaus] made
a pair of 300k Ohm ea... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "117956",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T18:29:07",
"content": "1st",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117960",
"author": "eggman",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T18:49:37",
"content": "last",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,507.521642 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/17/free-day-recap-video-and-book-recommendation/ | Free Day Recap Video And Book Recommendation | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"books",
"chris anderson",
"free",
"free day",
"wired"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFayRF4M2c]
SparkFun’s free day came and went as entertainment for some and an infuriating event for others. They filmed some video in their office during the madness to give us
a look at how it went on their end
. We find it amusing that
Solarbotics
, one of their competitors, ... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "117943",
"author": "Jesus Christ",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T16:49:52",
"content": "Free and in no cost and GNU free are nice, maybe one day bill collectors will see it too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117946",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,507.660133 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/16/developing-physical-controllers-for-the-uninitiated/ | Developing Physical Controllers For The Uninitiated | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"firmata",
"flash",
"games",
"workshop"
] | [Dave] hosted a one day seminar at the Illinois Institute of Technology which focused on
rapid electronics prototyping for those with little prior experience
blinking those LEDs. As the defacto standard for novice prototypers it’s no surprise that he gave an Arduino to each team to use as the controller-computer interf... | 29 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "117851",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T03:25:12",
"content": "Just what we need. The next generation of mc developers unable to develop without the hypersimplistic platform of the Arduino.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,507.726474 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/18/the-most-complicated-and-simplest-binary-clocks/ | The Most Complicated, And Simplest Binary Clocks. | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"mbed",
"PICAXE"
] | We were going to take a break from posting clocks. Really we were. This one came in the tip line today though, and we just couldn’t pass it up. [Alex] has built, what might be the most complicated clock we’ve seen. At least, it would appear that way initially. This
Binary clock
shows Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Days, and ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "118243",
"author": "Drone",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T21:38:01",
"content": "What the heck is this. The target site is a bunch of pictures, motors and stuff. Am I missing something here?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118244",
... | 1,760,377,507.786185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/18/the-polulu-3-servo-hexapod/ | The Pololu 3 Servo Hexapod | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hexapod",
"polulu"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqI-sDJTyuo&w=470]
Here’s a great tutorial on how to make a
tiny hexapod
walker. While this was written specifically for a kit that is sold by pololu, we like the simple layout. You could implement your own electronics if you prefer something else. If you want to follow along wi... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "118237",
"author": "Addictronics",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T20:55:34",
"content": "Ingenious! I’ve always wanted to build a hexapod but the cost of the required servos kept me away. This really is a fantastic idea for swarm bots. etc..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"r... | 1,760,377,507.88933 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2010/01/18/wii-nunchuk-train-controls/ | Wii Nunchuk Train Controls | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"control",
"nunchuk",
"set",
"train",
"wii"
] | While we’ve been told all of our lives Wiis and trains just don’t mix, they never said anything about Wii Nunchuks. One terribly abused joke later, [Ken] tipped us off about his
Wii Nunchuk controlled train set
.
By utilizing
Digital Command Control
(think pulse-width modulation) with an Arduino, he is able to have ful... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "118224",
"author": "SoDo120",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T19:47:04",
"content": "lol yea the Military has made wii controlers work for there robots its awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118226",
"author": "napalm",
"t... | 1,760,377,507.834916 |
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