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https://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/make-any-gloves-work-with-a-touch-screen/ | Make Any Gloves Work With A Touch Screen | Phil Burgess | [
"iphone hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"capacitive",
"conductive",
"e-textiles",
"sewing",
"thread",
"touch",
"touchscreen"
] | The chill of autumn is upon us, and with it comes the awkward sport of trying to work touch-sensitive phones and gadgets with gloved fingers. One can try toughing it out with fingerless gloves, or we’ve seen some costly solutions in the forms of specialized gloves and capacitive-compatible styluses, but sometimes simpl... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "108987",
"author": "Mdnight",
"timestamp": "2009-11-26T00:25:36",
"content": "LilyPad Arduino :’)dude I was annoyed by the anti-arduino comments but it seems you guys are have these things up your ass waiting to come out with every new article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": ... | 1,760,377,542.254327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/recover-borked-hdd-after-xbox-360-ban/ | Recover Borked HDD After Xbox 360 Ban | Mike Szczys | [
"Security Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"ban",
"banned",
"hdd",
"hex",
"xbox 360"
] | [Incudie] tipped us off about
a method to fix a borked HDD in your Xbox 360
. Many of the
one million consoles banned
earlier in the month also had the hard disks scrambled making off-line gaming impossible as well. It turns out that this is caused by having a ban flag in the NAND chip on the motherboard. It has been d... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "108951",
"author": "xeracy",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T21:33:48",
"content": "It was only a matter of time…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108953",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T21:37:08",
"content": "Ju... | 1,760,377,542.467136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/turkey-fryer-awful-bad-and-worse/ | Turkey Fryer; Awful, Bad, And Worse | Mike Szczys | [
"Roundup"
] | [
"deep fry",
"fire",
"fryer",
"idiot",
"turkey"
] | Tomorrow’s turkey day here in the United States. Do you fully expect your trashy neighbor to burn down his house while trying to cook a holiday feast? To see what’s in store for your neighborhood we’ve rounded up a great collection of idiots deep frying turkeys.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=473QNZss0PM]
Let’... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "108941",
"author": "ClutchDude",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T20:43:17",
"content": "Mr. Brown, while often right on the matters of ktichen might be overkill.Then again, I was talking to a guy talking about frying inside because it’s “too cold outside” and thought about doing it in the ... | 1,760,377,542.388503 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/voice-controlled-lock-almost/ | Voice Controlled Lock? Almost… | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"keypad",
"lock",
"voice control"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/7504447%5D
If you watched the video before
reading the article
(like we did) and started shaking in your boots at a voice controlled lock system, prepare to be disappointed. His spoken commands are actually to his son to press the appropriate keys on a keypad off screen, the lock is not actually... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "108927",
"author": "Magrathea",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T19:22:58",
"content": "Won’t work unless the door pegs are perfectly aligned, if there’s the slightest tension there’s no way that flimsy motor is going to do the job, besides there’s no way to fit that into a regular door, pl... | 1,760,377,542.514663 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/25/ti-sports-watch-for-hacking/ | TI Sports Watch For Hacking | Mike Szczys | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"development",
"RF",
"texas instruments",
"usb",
"wristwatch"
] | How would you like to have a 3-axis accelerometer, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, RF wireless, and an LCD screen in a development package? What if we told you that you can have it in the form factor of a
wristwatch offering from Texas Instruments
? How much would you pay for such a device? Quit guessing, you can... | 60 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "108914",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T18:04:52",
"content": "ooooooooooooooooooooooo this looks like some fun.would be awesome to see 2 or 4 of these implicated ats motion detection for each limb of a person and make it a useful interface for virtual reality stuff. i i... | 1,760,377,542.145379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/28/using-an-iphone-as-a-newton-keyboard/ | Using An IPhone As A Newton Keyboard | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"iphone",
"newton"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN44Eq4Thgo]
[Jesus Alvarez] sent us this funny little project. If you happen to have an iPhone and an old Apple Newton, you can
use the iPhone as a keyboard for the Newton
. You can download the schematic from his site to build the wire to connect the two. After that, you have t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "109351",
"author": "Godi",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T22:37:33",
"content": "The other week I did something similar by logging into my laptop from a Tandy model 200, not as fancy, but still fun though. And quite amazing to see a piece of 25yr old hardware just work.",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,542.719664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/28/gsm-enabled-security-door/ | GSM Enabled Security Door | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"gsm",
"lock",
"security",
"xbee"
] | The security door at the front of [Oliver’s] building uses an intercom system to let in guests remotely. Each unit has an intercom handset with a button that unlocks the door. [Oliver] wanted a way to enter without carrying any extra items so
he built a system to unlock the door with his cell phone
.
He patched into th... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "109343",
"author": "Neckbeard",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T21:56:54",
"content": "No Arduino, no hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109346",
"author": "Oliver Nash",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T22:09:35",
"content": "I... | 1,760,377,542.197045 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/28/how-to-use-wiimotes-w-linux/ | How To Use Wiimotes W/ Linux | Jake W | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"mouse",
"nintendo",
"pointer",
"software",
"wii"
] | [
Sprite_tm
] has whipped up
yet another interesting tutorial
– software-based this time. He basically describes how he connected his Wiimotes to an HTPC. A USB Bluetooth receiver, and a little bit of Linux scripting, was all that was necessary to get the system up and running. To add to the fun, [Sprite_tm] configure... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "109314",
"author": "Juan Cubillo",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T17:10:20",
"content": "wake up, have some coffee, then post.double check for typing errors ;)Cool guide though (:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109315",
"author":... | 1,760,377,542.31687 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/28/13th-century-navigation-system/ | 13th Century Navigation System | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"astrolabe",
"clock",
"navigation",
"sky",
"stars",
"survey"
] | [ted id=694]
[Tom Wujec] explains
how an astrolabe works
and its importance in our technological development. He argues that an astrolabe was the world’s first “popular computer”. It measures the sky and that measurement can be used to tell time, survey land, and navigate a ship.
Astrolabes are built from three pieces ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "109307",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T15:20:35",
"content": "Could we maybe move the video to after the break please? Flash player is a bit big for some people.Also Astrolabes are cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,542.572758 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/27/four-tear-downs-for-your-friday-afternoon/ | Four Tear-downs For Your Friday Afternoon | Jakob Griffith | [
"Teardown"
] | [
"dsi ll",
"nintendo",
"sega mega drive",
"sony",
"tear-down"
] | We know that feeling, you’ve been up all morning working hard, and now you just want to relax. What better way than to sit back and watch as helpless electronic devices are stripped, forced to show their goods, then put back together only hap hazardly – not that we’re into that or anything. Today, we had one thing on o... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "109274",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2009-11-28T03:41:37",
"content": "for some strange reason, seeing Sony stuff in pieces brings me joy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109276",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2009-... | 1,760,377,542.056627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/27/door-opening-help/ | Door Opening Help | Caleb Kraft | [
"Medical Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"accessibility",
"prosthetic"
] | For those who are seeking prosthetic limbs, or just require a little bit of robotic gripper help, the choices are very few and very costly. A newcomer to the area is hoping to change the costly part with their
door opening arm
. Costing only $2,000 to build, it is quite cheap compared to the other offerings. This arm c... | 21 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "109205",
"author": "hackforfree",
"timestamp": "2009-11-27T17:54:56",
"content": "still no reason why it should cost $2000 and the assumption thats a great deal is ridiculous. i really wish people building this stuff would lose a limb and then some slime ball would offer them assist... | 1,760,377,542.774213 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/27/autonomous-turret-wielding-biped-bot/ | Autonomous Turret Wielding Biped Bot | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"gun",
"robogames",
"turret"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMhrvKEmyTY]
Pay close attention. At roughly 36 seconds we see Asimov’s laws going out the window. We’re pretty sure we saw this little
autonomous battle bot
take a shot at a human. We can’t tell for sure, but it looked like it enjoyed it too.
This bot is being built by [xdream] ... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "109186",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-27T15:28:35",
"content": "i love autonomous guard bots :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109187",
"author": "cacovsky",
"timestamp": "2009-11-27T15:58:49",
... | 1,760,377,542.871977 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/21/review-mbed-nxp-lpc1768-microcontroller/ | Review: Mbed NXP LPC1768 Microcontroller | Phil Burgess | [
"Reviews"
] | [
"arm",
"cortex",
"m3",
"mbed",
"microcontroller",
"nxp",
"prototyping"
] | mbed
is a next-generation 32-bit microcontroller platform. It’s a prototyping and teaching tool somewhat along the lines of Arduino. On steroids. With claws and fangs. Other contenders in this class include the MAKE Controller, STM32 Primer and Primer 2, Freescale Tower, and Microchip’s PIC32 Starter Kit. The mbed hard... | 54 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "108285",
"author": "bencoder",
"timestamp": "2009-11-21T17:03:27",
"content": "Nice review, thank you. It sounds like it would be a good idea for mbed to eventually release a command line compiler so that those of us who like to actually use capable editors can do so on our system o... | 1,760,377,543.230205 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/20/multixylophoniomnibus/ | Multixylophoniomnibus | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"augmented",
"multixylophoniomnibus",
"xylophone"
] | [Ania] wrote in to let us know her team had finished the Multixylophoniomnibus and that
they have posted an extensive writeup
about it. We covered this
augmented xylophone
when it was still in development at the beginning of this month. Originally they wanted to use mallets wrapped in tinfoil as switches that close whe... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "108220",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T21:26:55",
"content": "Voting this as the hardest HAD article title to pronounce.@Mike: I hear what you’re talking about hahaHere’s a supa slick cover of Money btwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaR4fsUeTVY",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,377,543.077623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/20/tube-prototyping-station/ | Tube Prototyping Station | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"prototype",
"solderless",
"tube",
"vacuum tube"
] | [Gio] enjoys using vacuum tubes in his projects. He designs the circuits using a CAD program but was finding that there is no substitute for actually building a prototype before heading to a final design. To make this process easier,
he built his own tube prototyping station
.
At the top of the board he’s got three dif... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "108212",
"author": "theweirdness",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T20:17:37",
"content": "Thats Pretty sick!Great idea and it looks like it would be fun to use :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108213",
"author": "Kaj",
"times... | 1,760,377,543.020809 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/20/remote-uses-no-batteries/ | Remote Uses No Batteries | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"no battery",
"piezo effect",
"piezoelectricity",
"remote",
"RF"
] | How often do you change the batteries in your television remote control? Yeah, basically never. But that’s a tribute to how efficient the device is and not a reason to overlook this development. NEC is showing off
a remote control that uses no batteries
. Power is generated using the piezo effect that occurs when a bu... | 32 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "108190",
"author": "kb",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T18:10:40",
"content": "I realize it’s not the same, but this reminds me of the very early TV remotes (of very limited function) where pressing the button struck a little metal bar which caused something inside the TV to resonate, the... | 1,760,377,543.143517 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/20/usb-accelerometer-controller/ | USB Accelerometer Controller | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"drive",
"game",
"Joystick",
"pic",
"RACE"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szZv2YYQm0U]
As you can see above, there is no wiimote in that accessory steering wheel. There is, instead, a
home-made accelerometer controller
that connects to the pc via USB. Based around a PIC 18F2550 and a 2 axis accelerometer, this device is detected by windows as a standar... | 10 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "108178",
"author": "jamieriddles",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T16:45:28",
"content": "“home-made accelerometer controller” makes it sound like he built an accelerometerstill a cool hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108179",
... | 1,760,377,543.272724 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/axe-your-camera-again/ | Axe Your Camera (again!) | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"3.0",
"axe",
"camera",
"flash",
"high speed",
"photography",
"trigger"
] | [Maurice] let us know that his latest photography tool for hackers, the
Camera Axe 3.0
, is now available. The
original
allowed you to trigger a high-speed flash and camera from a multitude of sensors, including light and sound. The new one does all that, but also: allows multiple cameras or multiple flashes, clean up ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "108141",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T05:19:57",
"content": "This looks really good. It’s fun watching projects evolve from rough prototypes to finished products.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108144",
"au... | 1,760,377,543.372784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/complete-the-maze-get-a-gumball/ | Complete The Maze, Get A Gumball | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"candy",
"maze"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcj9Sdiohog&w=470]
This neat
accelerometer controlled marble maze
adds a level of fun to retrieving a gum ball. You have to first navigate the maze using a controller that has a dual axis accelerometer in it to control the angle of the platform. Though that does look like a wii a... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "108087",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T21:13:23",
"content": "/me puts thumb over hole for free gum. SCORE!I played one of these marble games on an accelerometer enabled mobile device, and it was very nostalgic, the only thing it needed was vibration when the ball h... | 1,760,377,543.534944 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/another-stationary-bike-vr-rig/ | Another Stationary Bike VR Rig | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"exercise",
"google earth",
"second life"
] | [Shingo] shared his implementation of a
stationary bike as a virtual reality
interface. This is similar to the
Google Street View setup
we covered a week ago but goes a few steps further. They patched into the bike computer to pick up rotation of the bicycle wheel and added an accelerometer for directional control. Thi... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "108107",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T22:35:27",
"content": "this would be really interesting to use for games like grand theft auto and other open world types of games. Not necessarily for completing the game, but for exploring and looking for hidden packages and suc... | 1,760,377,543.3253 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/avr8-virtual-processor-on-fpga/ | AVR8 Virtual Processor On FPGA | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"atmega103",
"AVR",
"butterfly",
"fpga",
"maple",
"vhdl"
] | [Jack] wrote in to let us know about a
project that creates a virtual microprocessor core
based on the ATmega103 by using a Field-Programmable Gate Array. Great, we thought. Here’s another rather esoteric project like the
NES on a FPGA
, but what’s the motivation behind it? We asked [Jack] and he provided several scena... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "108078",
"author": "urlax",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T20:11:14",
"content": "the fun of this is that you can build peripherals into the same FPGA! so if you want to control a led matrix, you could connect a port expander to PORTA & B, but you can do the same inside the FPGA!you can, ... | 1,760,377,543.422971 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/when-an-axe-isnt-enough/ | When An Axe Isn’t Enough | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"final countdown",
"guitar",
"keyboard"
] | [Chris] wanted a guitar with a keyboard but didn’t want a keytar. Like any good hacker he took a cheap guitar and a small keyboard and
introduced them to each other
. He moved the control knobs to make room for the keyboard and added the control circuitry from the keyboard to the top of the guitar’s body. A 9v battery ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "108058",
"author": "JKirchartz",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T17:45:52",
"content": "methinks the transformer trick is using an impedance matching transformer like 1000ohm to 8ohm to bring the keyboards speaker/headphone levels down closer to the levels produced by the guitar.",
"pa... | 1,760,377,543.481856 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/uzebox-in-an-nes-controller/ | Uzebox In An NES Controller | James Munns | [
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"fuzebox",
"game",
"gaming",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"uzebox"
] | [David Cranor] has
managed to fit
a fully working Uzebox system into an old NES controller.
Uzebox
, an open source gaming platform based on the ATmega 644 and an AD725 NTSC encoder, is one of a
couple systems
that are becoming
more
and
more
widespread and accessible. There are a number of
ready-to-go
Uzebox kits avail... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "108052",
"author": "urlax",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T17:06:28",
"content": "I’ve heard of a Vuzebox, but never a Uzebox..nice hacking! the resistor network DAC is a bit crude though..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108071",
... | 1,760,377,543.576932 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/19/mini-earthquake-in-your-living-room/ | (Mini) Earthquake In Your Living Room | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"boarduino",
"earthquake",
"processing",
"seismic"
] | Today we stumbled upon [jimthree’s]
Seismic Reflector
while looking at projects that employ the
Processing
language
we mentioned
a few days ago. Utilizing a Boarduino and some vibration motors from a game controller, the Seismic Reflector does just as its name implies – rattles itself around whenever there is an earthq... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "108036",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T15:05:25",
"content": "OMG 165 quakes its 2012",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108037",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-19T15:32:52",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,543.647431 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/18/outerspace-reactive-robotics/ | Outerspace: Reactive Robotics | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"crabfu",
"personification",
"robot"
] | While
Outerspace
may not have an extremely useful function, being an art installation, we really enjoyed reading through the build information. Basically, Outerspace is supposed to appear to be curious, exploring it’s surroundings and reacting to your contact. We do enjoy a
little bit
of
personality
in robots, so this ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "107954",
"author": "sexualrobot",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T23:10:55",
"content": "Kinda looks and acts like a programmable female toy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107961",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T2... | 1,760,377,543.89044 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/18/look-ma-no-wires/ | Look Ma, No Wires | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"induction",
"inductive coupling",
"wireless electricity"
] | [Robotkid249] details
how to build a wireless power transmission system
. This is similar to the commercial applications we have seen in a
TED talk
as well is in a
Sony prototype
. Power is fed to a ring made of magnet wire. A smaller loop is attached to the system that you want to power and picked up from the base uni... | 47 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "107891",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T18:11:35",
"content": "Recharging mousepad: Afroman did it.http://www.afrotechmods.com/fuxx0red/mouse/mouse.htmDo follow the link on the bottom of the page too, btw; he improves the (non-working) mousepad to get something whic... | 1,760,377,544.040704 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/18/pic-powered-avr-programmer/ | PIC Powered AVR Programmer | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"18f4550",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"isp",
"pic",
"programmer"
] | [Texane] wrote in to let us know he has implemented
AVR ISP programming using a PIC microcontroller
. He wrote some code for an 18F4550 that uses the STK500 standard for In System Programming. This means that his hardware is compatible with
AVRdude
, the open source AVR programming software. There has long been an argu... | 28 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "107880",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T17:12:45",
"content": "next programing PICs from and AVR…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107882",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T17:20:58"... | 1,760,377,543.95722 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/18/argh-thar-be-a-big-wheel/ | Argh, Thar Be A Big Wheel | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"burning man",
"pirate",
"structural engineer",
"welding"
] | If you’re marooned on a desert island, you want to have a Professor who can build useful items out of coconuts. [LostMachine] is one of those guys, and he’s currently
building a land-loving pirate ship
. The wacky vehicle will use the giant wheel above to propel the vessel while the captain sits comfortably in the loft... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "107878",
"author": "MarekSokal",
"timestamp": "2009-11-18T16:39:20",
"content": "You know if this guy teamed up with the guy that made the spiral island teamed up, we could probably start creating nations of hackers that live at sea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,544.085911 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/diy-mood-lamp-looks-store-bought/ | DIY Mood Lamp Looks Store-bought | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"mood lamp",
"polypropylene",
"potentiometer",
"rgb"
] | [NeZoomie]
built an RGB mood lamp
as his first electronics project. He certainly hit it out of the park with this one, ending up with a design so clean it could be a commercial product. The controller is an Arduino board (further proof that this is a fantastic entry-level platform) that interfaces with 8 RGB LEDs. He’s... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "107751",
"author": "landon",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T22:32:58",
"content": "kool project, i really like the look of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107753",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T22:38:05",
... | 1,760,377,544.280513 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/beam-robot-tumbles-aimlessly/ | BEAM Robot Tumbles Aimlessly | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"74HD240",
"beam",
"robot",
"tumble"
] | [Harm’s]
tumbling robot
from a few years back is an excellent study in simple motion. Foregoing wheels or legs, he uses four flippers to roll the robot around the room. Two motors are used, each in charge of two flippers. Identical but separate circuits drive the motors with a 74HC240 gate IC monitoring the continuousl... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "107747",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T22:28:10",
"content": "Wow, the concentric ring bot is pretty clever. A more advanced version might be able to push itself on edge and roll around if it found flat ground (in a segway-esque style of balancing).",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,544.134564 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/banned-xbox-360s-boon-or-bust/ | Banned Xbox 360’s – Boon Or Bust? | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"ban",
"banned",
"resale",
"xbox 360",
"xbox live"
] | We’re sure you’ve heard about
Xbox 360s facing an other round of bans
from Xbox Live last week. It seems that living in a hole, or even in
Grenora, North Dakota
couldn’t help you escape hearing this from every news source possible. Apparently, this has caused
a slew of banned consoles to go up for sale
in a buyer-bewar... | 103 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "107708",
"author": "nate",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T19:48:34",
"content": "On the plus side, honest sellers might sell their banned consoles cheaply, which would be great for people who want a 360 but who wouldn’t be using Live anyway. Of course, the intersection of the set of hones... | 1,760,377,544.218434 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/rc-airplane-motors-from-computer-trash/ | R/C Airplane Motors From Computer Trash | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"airplane",
"motors",
"radio controlled",
"rc"
] | Here’s something that the R/C airplane crowd might think of as old news. These directions show us how to rework floppy drive and
CD Rom motors to be high power airplane motors
. There are several listed, with details on each, but those unfamiliar might want to start with the most
basic CD Rom version
. It covers wind... | 18 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "107689",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T17:25:01",
"content": "There was a post about a uuv (unmanned underwater vechicle) that used modded CDROM motors to provide a water proof way to transfer power to the props. Very neat idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,377,544.342916 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/omni-car/ | Omni-car | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"omnidirectional",
"radio controlled"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB15-uSNvHA]
We stumbled onto one of [Nik Melton]’s projects, an
Omni-car
. It is omnidirectional, meaning it can go any direction at any time without having to turn. The body was designed by him, then printed with a 3D printer. The control scheme is what interests us though. He ... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "107670",
"author": "Remarknl",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T16:21:09",
"content": "looks weird how it moves.. pretty cool though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107671",
"author": "Finger",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T16:23:49"... | 1,760,377,544.47388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/23/cnc-circuit-board-fabrication/ | CNC Circuit Board Fabrication | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"etch",
"mill",
"pcp",
"router"
] | [Jonathan Ward’s]
pcb mill
is as impressive as it is inexpensive. Twenty-six plywood parts, labeled A-Z, are used to assemble the machine along with the customary precision rods, stepper motors, and router assembly. His
bill of materials
prices the unit at $458.18, a small price to pay in order to forgo a
multi-step et... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "108492",
"author": "wolfy02",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T18:00:50",
"content": "thats waaaay cool, but waaaay out of my price range. Guess it’s time to build my own",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108504",
"author": "Manfre",... | 1,760,377,544.416002 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/23/sparkfun-product-used-for-immoral-hacking/ | SparkFun Product Used For Immoral Hacking | Jakob Griffith | [
"News"
] | [
"bluesmirf",
"hack",
"sparkfun",
"unethical"
] | While we have our fun ethically hacking, its very easy to forget that sometimes our ideas could be used with
malicious goals
. Take for instance SparkFun’s
BlueSMiRF
– the device’s original intention is simply to act as a wireless serial cable replacement. After hackers discovered several PIN pads use a serial interfac... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "108468",
"author": "markii",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T16:09:38",
"content": "good publicity :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108469",
"author": "Harvie",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T16:12:55",
"content": "So now we ha... | 1,760,377,544.560704 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/23/automatic-pneumatic-drum-kit/ | Automatic Pneumatic Drum Kit | Jake W | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"automatic",
"drum",
"max",
"midi",
"pneumatic",
"robot"
] | Move over
Steve
and
PEART
… there’s yet another robotic drummer in town. [Fauzii] tipped us off to his own MIDI-controlled creation –
WizardFingers
. According to him, WizardFingers is already capable of 64th note rolls at over 250 beats per minute. That’s on every drum simultaneously. Each drum is hit with a lever att... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "108464",
"author": "Laminar",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T15:30:41",
"content": "I thought websites like that died with GeoCities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108465",
"author": "HogieWan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T15:3... | 1,760,377,544.641811 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/22/building-capacitive-sensitive-floor-tiles/ | Building Capacitive Sensitive Floor Tiles | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"capacitive",
"dance dance revolution",
"ddr",
"sensor"
] | That title’s a mouthful but you’re already familiar with the technology and application of foot pads as sensors in games like Dance Dance Revolution. The
usbddr project sought to make a USB connected DDR controller from scratch
. The microcontroller used is an Atmel ATmega8 running the V-USB firmware for connectivity a... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "108394",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2009-11-22T20:19:30",
"content": "What you ‘really’ need to be doing is creating capacitive floor titles which store the energy into batteries, which can then be used to interface into your home or some other circuit. Think GREEN…",
"pare... | 1,760,377,544.716991 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/22/hackaday-links-sunday-november-22-2009/ | Hackaday Links: Sunday November 22 | Caleb Kraft | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"3d",
"beer",
"brass",
"links",
"mario"
] | Hacklab’s laser cutter got the customary musical treatment. You can
see it play the theme from mario brothers
here. It’s
nothing new
to us, but we still enjoy seeing it done.
Ever been curious how a pole transformer is made? Quench that curiosity
with this educational video
. [via
HackedGadets
]
Here’s a quasi humanoid... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "108385",
"author": "kikkoman",
"timestamp": "2009-11-22T18:21:34",
"content": "that robot’s lips look like a sex toy. a very weird sex toy. how can you NOT stare at those lips when you’re supposed to exercise?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"... | 1,760,377,544.874737 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/21/build-a-camera-boom-at-less-than-a-grand/ | Build A Camera Boom At Less Than A Grand | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"boom",
"camera",
"crane",
"junkyard wars"
] | The folks at The Geek Group
built a camera crane for less than $1000
. In the video embedded after the break a presenter takes you through the different parts that make up the boom and how it is operated. This feels like something from a
Junkyard Wars
challenge as most of the parts are scavenged or from an industrial s... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "108331",
"author": "The Cheap Vegetable Gardener",
"timestamp": "2009-11-22T00:29:20",
"content": "Man you just made me miss JunkYard Wars…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108333",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,544.995247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/21/led-pdf-from-ti-kuwta/ | LED PDF From TI (KUWTA) | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"design ideas",
"led",
"pdf",
"texas instruments"
] | [Satiagraha] let us know that Texas Instruments(TI) has given out a neat “
LED Reference Design Cookbook
” PDF. The document contains 17 some odd little projects featuring different TI ICs and ways of using them to control LEDs in things from
backlights
to
torches
to
solar lanterns
to
advanced PWM control
! Sure the do... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "108367",
"author": "Drone",
"timestamp": "2009-11-22T10:41:44",
"content": "This was nice HaD. Thanks. Not strictly a hack but, nice. More like this – less blinky Arduinos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108416",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,544.914785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/17/rfid-door-lock-the-right-way/ | RFID Door Lock – The Right Way | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"door lock",
"eletric strike",
"rfid"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT7E_GEIPVg]
[Pcmofo] has shared a well-built, well-explained example of
how to implement an RFID key system for a door
. We call this the right way because it is well thought out and functional. In the past we’ve seen doors that unlock
via a secret knock
,
keypads
, and
RFID
, b... | 40 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "107661",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T15:22:23",
"content": "well done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107662",
"author": "Daley",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T15:55:03",
"content": "I agree with... | 1,760,377,545.303274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/16/rotating-radar-visualization/ | Rotating Radar Visualization | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ir",
"radar",
"sensor",
"sonar",
"ultrasonic"
] | [flickr video=http://www.flickr.com/photos/peplop/4106571163/]
We ask, who wouldn’t want a rotating motion and distance tracking radar? Sure in today’s day and age anyone could purchase a wide-angle sonar or IR solution that achieves the same goal, but [LuckyLarry] took it old school and made his own
rotating radar
. H... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "107594",
"author": "Vonskippy",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T01:34:04",
"content": "So does it actually work? The demo video just shows a sweep with nothing on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107596",
"author": "monkeyslaye... | 1,760,377,545.061019 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/16/usb-to-serial-adapter/ | USB To Serial Adapter | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"serial",
"usb"
] | [Spikenzie] is at it again. This time he’s posted a
nice USB to serial converter
. He points out that you can buy a USB to serial adapter pretty cheaply, but sometimes you want this functionality built into your project enough to justify the greater cost. In those cases where you want to integrate it, this is an elegan... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "107577",
"author": "sephamorr",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T00:11:54",
"content": "Personally, I would not even include this unless a serial port is necessary on a commercial product.I obtained my (working) serial dongle off ebay for about 50 cents as do many others…it’s simply not wo... | 1,760,377,545.124046 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/16/led-ring-light/ | LED Ring Light | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"led",
"ring flash",
"ring light"
] | [Jani]
built his own photography ring light
based on automotive LED rings. The rings he used are meant to encircle headlights on a car and are available at a low cost. The assembly is built around a filter that attaches to his camera lens. Two rings of LEDs are then glued to a case made from the plastic of a CD-R conta... | 30 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "107544",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2009-11-16T21:38:23",
"content": "Creative use of CD box, very nice project, spectacular results (I hate making macro shots for the very reason I either get grainy dark crap or overexposed blob from the flash).I give it 3 strawberries.",
... | 1,760,377,545.190223 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/16/radio-assisted-drawing-device/ | Radio Assisted Drawing Device | Mike Szczys | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"etch a sketch",
"gantry",
"guest book",
"plotter",
"r.a.d.d.",
"rc"
] | An exhibition
just wrapping up at the Russian Frost Farmers Gallery in New Zealand presented an interactive artwork hack. Called the Radio Assisted Drawing Device (R.A.D.D), it is a plotter that mounts on the wall. It isn’t computer controlled, but rather relies on a remote control with two sticks to move the plotter
E... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "107534",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2009-11-16T20:07:17",
"content": "Good sound :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107538",
"author": "nitpicker",
"timestamp": "2009-11-16T20:47:25",
"content": "Oh, for god’... | 1,760,377,545.232375 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/16/tauntaun-costume/ | Tauntaun Costume | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"costume",
"halloween",
"tauntaun"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upl7F5p0DHY]
[Scott Holden] went all out this year and built an amazing
Tauntaun costume
. The
Tauntaun from Star Wars
was massive, standing 8 feet tall, and usually carrying a rider. [Scott] wanted to make it the correct size, and ultimately pulled it off. He had to build custo... | 20 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "107526",
"author": "nave.notnilc",
"timestamp": "2009-11-16T18:56:23",
"content": "it doesn’t make tauntaun noises! :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107527",
"author": "chicosoft",
"timestamp": "2009-11-16T19:16:12",
... | 1,760,377,545.357051 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/15/radar-detector-tester/ | Radar Detector Tester | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"detector",
"lidar",
"police",
"radar"
] | [Blacklight99] made this cool tool. It is a
tester for those radar detectors that people keep in their cars
. Though this seems like it would rarely be a tool we would need, it’s an interesting project. Some speed guns that the police use have a “stealth” mode that makes them invisible to some detectors. This tool can ... | 38 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "107443",
"author": "stealthmonkey",
"timestamp": "2009-11-15T22:09:29",
"content": "YAY! It’s a hack this time on hackaday =]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107448",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2009-11-15T23:00:57",
... | 1,760,377,545.509265 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/15/bulbdial-redux/ | Bulbdial Redux | Jakob Griffith | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"AVR",
"bulbdial",
"circle of light",
"clock",
"led",
"pic",
"rtc"
] | [Taufeeq] sent in his “
Circle of Light
” bulbdial clock. You may remember when we showed you
Evil Mad Scientist’s version
a while back, and [Taufeeq] did use it as a base but he’s added some of his own little touches. Some of the changes include using a PIC with an
RTC
chip instead of AVR, which allowed him to shrink ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "107437",
"author": "xGROMx",
"timestamp": "2009-11-15T20:42:20",
"content": "WOW! Now this is great! I am working on a clock with rope lights and 110v. But this is way more original. Congrats with this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,545.44079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/14/rc-lawnmower/ | R/C Lawnmower | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"lawn",
"mower",
"rc"
] | [Johndavid400] built this
incredible looking R/C lawnmower
. After spending some time repairing broken R/C cars, he wanted to move on to something a little more useful and powerful. He decided to build a mower. He’s using a transceiver set from ebay, with an Arduino interpreting the signal and outputting to his custom ... | 56 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "107324",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T17:14:53",
"content": "nicely done and, I WANT ONE lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107327",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T17:31:15",
"con... | 1,760,377,545.592469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/14/mouse-a-ps2-to-c64-adapter/ | [M]ouse: A PS/2 To C64 Adapter | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"c64",
"commodore",
"mouse"
] | [svofski] has a friend who is a pixel artist. They really wanted to try out their skills on a c64, but were missing a mouse. The original mouse for the c64 was not only serial, but used a different method of communication than more modern mice. [svofski]
built this adapter to translate the ps/2 data
to something the c6... | 30 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "107310",
"author": "Frank McSteez",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T15:18:35",
"content": "What a ridiculous looking mouse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107311",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T15:22:56",
... | 1,760,377,545.657838 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/13/diylilcnc-do-it-yourself-cnc-mill/ | DIYLILCNC: Do-it-yourself CNC Mill | Phil Burgess | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"axis",
"cnc",
"creative commons",
"fabrication",
"machining",
"mill",
"milling"
] | The DIY LIL CNC project
is the newest member of the homebrew fabrication scene. This is a three-axis
CNC
mill that can be built by anyone with basic shop skills and about $700 in their pocket. Many of the materials can be acquired from the likes of Home Depot: the basic framework is assembled from Masonite, while other... | 39 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "107257",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T02:17:39",
"content": "I’ve been looking for a decent way to make PCBs. I’ve been following the postings on this site, but have often wondered if a homebrew CNC machine could perform this task fairly well (among numerous other task... | 1,760,377,547.75963 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/13/duino-tag/ | Duino Tag | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ir",
"tag",
"wireless"
] | During our daily rounds we stumbled upon
Duino Tag
. Sure it’s not as awesome as a
coil gun
but it really sparked our imagination. First the base: an Arduino is wired up with IR LEDs and placed inside of a plastic pistol. A second Arduino with an IR receiver is scanning for the first Arduinos signal. A ‘shot’ of IR lig... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "107250",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T01:11:24",
"content": "Ranges, it would be great if different guns had different set ranges, this could create an effective team atmosphere. Also reload times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"... | 1,760,377,547.890081 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/13/auto-drummer/ | Auto-drummer | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"drum",
"rick allen",
"robotic drummer",
"steve"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COl1xmWAjUw]
Mix a cup of mechanical engineering with a dash of drum set and you end up with
Steve, the robotic drummer
. We know that it uses an
MSA-T Midi Decoder
but that’s about the extent of what has been shared. Just from observing the video, we think Steve’s got a few thin... | 25 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "107223",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2009-11-13T22:25:18",
"content": "maybe this will end the tradition that 99% of bands on earth are constantly looking for a drummer…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107224",
"author... | 1,760,377,547.997824 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/13/hackaday-links-friday-the-13th-2009/ | Hackaday Links: Friday The 13th, 2009 | Caleb Kraft | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"bowling",
"brew",
"coffee",
"dress",
"sphere",
"wort"
] | This
wort cooler
looks beautiful. No, it’s not for removing warts, it’s part of the brewing process for the nectar of the gods. Even if it wasn’t meant to create alcohol, we would be drawn in by those pretty copper curves.
We’re not surprised at all to see this
remote-controlled bowling ball
. We’ve seen
remote-control... | 13 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "107225",
"author": "taylor",
"timestamp": "2009-11-13T22:35:39",
"content": "I’m liking the links section being back. Thanks guys!-Taylor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107227",
"author": "Michiel",
"timestamp": "2009-1... | 1,760,377,547.611282 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/13/instruments-as-games-games-as-instruments/ | Instruments As Games – Games As Instruments | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"beatboxing",
"flute",
"guitar hero",
"junxion",
"midi controller",
"osculatro",
"rock band"
] | Here’s a pair of diametrically opposed hacks. One makes use of a real instrument to play Rock Band, the other makes use of a game controller to play real music.
[Tim] lets us know that his friend figured out how to
play Rock Band 2 on expert level by playing flute
instead of singing. Of course this works because the ga... | 13 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "107203",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2009-11-13T19:30:28",
"content": "If the vocal section of *-band games is frequency-based alone, it seems like a perfect candidate for a Vocaloid ‘hack’. No results on Youtube or Nicovideo, so it looks like nobody has tried this before. Unfort... | 1,760,377,547.322617 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/thingamawha-thingamagoop2/ | Thingamawha? Thingamagoop2! | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital audio hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"2",
"ledacle",
"thingamagoop",
"thingamakit"
] | Introducing the
Thingamagoop2
! Remember that
awkward looking box
with two LEDacles sticking out and a bunch of strange buttons and knobs that with some
circuit bending
synthesized different sounds that kept your neighbor up for hours on end? Well now its back! Smaller and one less LEDacle, but jam-packed with more fea... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "107081",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T23:33:54",
"content": "I’m not a huge fan of random noise myself. It seems like it wouldn’t be that hard to at least organize the sounds into a melody or something. I even enjoy electronic music and chiptunes, so it’s not li... | 1,760,377,547.684202 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/raid-the-dollar-store-for-an-illuminated-umbrella/ | Raid The Dollar Store For An Illuminated Umbrella | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"dollar store",
"flashlight",
"led",
"umbrella"
] | Here’s a quick and easy
illuminated umbrella
that [Mikeasaurus] built. How’s this for economical? He found an umbrella that someone left on the bus, and used an LED flashlight and clear poncho from the dollar store for the rest of the parts.
The scavenged LED circuit board is the perfect diameter to fit inside the hand... | 23 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "107056",
"author": "directive0",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T20:43:50",
"content": "This is a very cool idea! I’ve wanted my very own “Blade Runner” umbrella for a while!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107063",
"author": "Mic... | 1,760,377,547.560999 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/robot-interface-lets-fingers-do-the-walking/ | Robot Interface Lets Fingers Do The Walking | Mike Szczys | [
"iphone hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"best interface",
"fingers",
"gesture",
"iphone",
"robot"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=945Z2xtdEBE]
We’re filing this one under “best interface implementation”. This
robot is controlled by finger gestures
on the surface of an iPod Touch. It can walk forward, turn, sidestep, jump, and kick a ball based on the input it receives from your sweaty digits. Unlike vehicle... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "107054",
"author": "t3rcio",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T20:15:22",
"content": "Easy to control. Very creative. And very usefull. A light interface that lets a easy control for heavy devices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107062"... | 1,760,377,547.941379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/set-phasers-to-blind/ | Set Phasers To “blind” | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"diode",
"enterprise",
"laser",
"phase pistol",
"phaser",
"star trek"
] | [Directive0]
added a 200mW laser to his Enterprise Phase Pistol
toy. This joins the ranks of
hand-held
laser hacks
that we’ve seen around here lately. His build makes use of the stun and kill settings of the toy to switch between different modes. The built-in 9 volt battery holder is tapped into for power. When set to ... | 30 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "107020",
"author": "AridTag",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T18:04:57",
"content": "“and the trigger sends the fill current from the battery”I think you mean full.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "107021",
"author": "Mike Szc... | 1,760,377,547.824923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/too-much-time-not-enough-pressure/ | Too Much Time, Not Enough Pressure | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clock",
"pressure gauge",
"real time clock",
"restore",
"rtc",
"stepper motor",
"timer"
] | [Audin] got a hold of a pressure gauge and decided to
turn it into a clock
. We were under the impression that these types of gauges were filled with oil but he didn’t detail cleaning it up for his purposes. Once he gained access to the guts he replaced them with a stepper motor. The motor connects to an Arduino with t... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "107007",
"author": "Happosai",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T17:10:47",
"content": "Would’ve been cooler to drive it using actual pressure (electronic valve connected to an air cylinder?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107010",
... | 1,760,377,547.501127 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/12/linear-optical-encoder/ | Linear Optical Encoder | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"dc motor",
"linear",
"optical encoder",
"reprap"
] | Optical encoders are nothing new; they can be found in everything from mice to printers. They’re great for allowing DC motors to know their exact position and even current direction. If this is sounding like old hat, it’s because we’ve shown you rotational versions before.
[Chris] uses the same concept, but produced a
... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "106995",
"author": "Fallen",
"timestamp": "2009-11-12T15:58:44",
"content": "That encoder looks ghetto…but if it gets the job done that’s what matters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106997",
"author": "Shiftall",
"time... | 1,760,377,548.152327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/10/pcb-light-box-in-a-scanner-shell/ | PCB Light Box In A Scanner Shell | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Atmel",
"attiny2313",
"AVR",
"cfl",
"compact fluorescent",
"light box",
"pcb",
"uv"
] | [Kizo]
repurposed a flatbed scanner to use as an exposure box
for making printed circuit boards. Exposure time is controlled by an AVR ATtiny2313 microcontroller. The device is connected to a separate display board to control four 7-segment displays using one shift register for each. Time is set in ten second increment... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "106668",
"author": "Ben Ryves",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T17:22:37",
"content": "A nicely implemented project, and performance seems fine according to the project forum (and Google Translate) – “time highlighting the 2-2.5min and thus develop very quickly for about half a minute in 1... | 1,760,377,548.064199 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/10/voice-controlled-led-sign/ | Voice Controlled LED Sign | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"google voice",
"led",
"matrix",
"message",
"voice",
"voicemail"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiYYJ5WMG6I&feature=player_embedded%5D
120 LEDs and NerdKit, check. Python and appropriate Google Voice module, check. Blend on high for 2 minutes, bake for an hour at 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Your soufflé is done, whoops, we mean your
voice controlled LED sign
is done. Leave a vo... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "106652",
"author": "chicosoft",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T15:32:01",
"content": "Very cool hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106654",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T15:49:37",
"content": "Nice, thou... | 1,760,377,548.290876 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/10/roombas-with-uav-brains-play-pac-man/ | Roombas With UAV Brains Play Pac-Man | Devlin Thyne | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"pac-man",
"roomba",
"uav"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JHtX2JwZAY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
[Jack], [Cory], and [Maciej] are playing
Pac-Man with Roombas
on a lab floor. The
Roombas
are outfitted with
ALIX3d2
single board computers running Gentoo and a software suite developed for UAVs at t... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "106644",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T15:00:06",
"content": "sweet if i had the money and the space to do that i soooo would :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106651",
"author": "chicosoft",
"tim... | 1,760,377,548.330325 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/diy-circuit-etching-video-tutorial/ | DIY Circuit Etching Video Tutorial | Phil Burgess | [
"classic hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"board",
"circuit",
"diy",
"pcb",
"toner",
"transfer"
] | Circuit-bending blog GetLoFi has posted the
best tutorial yet on home-made printed circuit boards
using the toner transfer method.
We’ve covered
homebrew PCB
fabrication
techniques
about a
billion
times
before
. What sets this tutorial apart is that it collects many bits of knowledge otherwise scattered all about the w... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "106560",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T00:25:28",
"content": "He’s right about acetone smearing the toner across the board and making it permanently look “dirty”. One way to prevent that from happening is to use a brush like he does.Another method which I have discov... | 1,760,377,548.719592 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/quickhack-ipod-hdd-to-cf-conversion/ | Roundup: Simple Hacks | Mike Szczys | [
"Roundup"
] | [
"adapter",
"arduino",
"cf",
"compact flash",
"ethernet",
"hdd",
"lamp",
"led",
"lego",
"Simple Hacks"
] | Here’s a collection of simple hacks you can do in between larger projects. After the break we’ll look at converting an iPod from hard drive storage to Compact Flash, build an LED desk lamp using LEGO and USB power for charging, and use an Arduino shield to add network control at the touch of a button.
iPod HDD to CF Co... | 15 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "106549",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T23:05:20",
"content": "That’s a nice setup with the ethernet button. He could integrate a whole lot of controls like volume, next, prev, get the song title on a little LCD screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,548.833054 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/coaster-controlled-htpc/ | Coaster Controlled HTPC | James Munns | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"htpc",
"music",
"rfid",
"RFIDJ"
] | These days, HTPCs are becoming more and more common, however controlling the content elegantly can be a painfully annoying problem. Roteno Labs have come up with a wonderful solution they call
the RFiDJ
. Similar to the
RFID phone
we covered earlier, they used a set of picture frame coasters and mounted descriptive pic... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "106550",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T23:13:48",
"content": "“I am attempting to simplify the interface to my music”This looks cool and everything, but surely a more “simple” way to interface with your HTPC would not involve creating a physical coaster for every playli... | 1,760,377,549.002368 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/color-correction-patch-for-ps3-eye/ | Color Correction Patch For PS3 Eye | Mike Szczys | [
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"color correction",
"eye",
"kernel",
"patch",
"playstation 3",
"ps3"
] | [Max] was happy to see that the PlayStation 3 Eye has support in the newer Linux kernels. Having sat in his closet for quite some time, this would give the camera another chance at usefulness. Unfortunately, the driver doesn’t include framerate selection and color correction so he set about writing
a patch to control t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "106551",
"author": "GSV Ethics Gradient",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T23:30:57",
"content": "apparently the patch also removes beards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106557",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T00:02:... | 1,760,377,548.528136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/03/server-not-as-think-as-you-drunk-it-is/ | Server Not As Think As You Drunk It Is | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"Case mod",
"server",
"whiskey"
] | [Janos] pulled off a unique case mod by fitting
a computer system inside of a whiskey bottle
. Inside you’ll find a 733MHz processor, 256MB of ram, a 40GB hard drive, and a 60 watt power supply. The specs seem a little light but since this mod is from 2006 we certainly understand. Using
the right server software
this w... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "105345",
"author": "dennis",
"timestamp": "2009-11-03T17:12:25",
"content": "roflmao ubuntu server edition as a suggested OS??!what kind of a script kiddie moron would use such a piece of crap?You FAIL.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,548.649544 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/03/push-competition-winners/ | PUSH Competition Winners | Jakob Griffith | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"competition",
"N900",
"nokia",
"push"
] | Nokia team PUSH is proud to announce they have
winners from the contest
they held over the past two months. You may remember when
we first told you
about the competition, but here’s a recap. All you had to do was think of a good hack for the
Nokia N900
! Winners will receive funding and other resources to make their ha... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "105340",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-11-03T16:25:39",
"content": "Kind of dissapointing results. Nothing new just same old same old rehashed designs.I really had my hopes up for the PUSH contest to inovate",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,548.938133 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/02/augmented-xylophone/ | Augmented Xylophone | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"xylophone"
] | [Ania’s] been working on extending a xylophone in
a project called Multixylophoniomnibus
. She’s fitted a piezo sensor on the bottom of each xylophone key, interfacing it with an Arduino. When a mallet hits a key the corresponding box augments the sound in one of several ways. It looks like she’s prototyped a box that ... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "105242",
"author": "asdf",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T21:37:28",
"content": "is it really “augmented” if the xylophone no longer functions as a xylophone…? neat idea, but sounds lousy now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105244",
... | 1,760,377,548.782683 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/02/arduinix-nixie-shield-for-arduino/ | ArduiNIX: Nixie Shield For Arduino | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"ArduiNIX",
"high voltage",
"nixie tube",
"shield"
] | Flock of Butterflies has just published their
third post in a series about the ArduiNIX
, an Arduino shield that drives Nixie tubes.We’ve featured Nixie tube projects such as
a single tube clock
,
free-formed Nixie circuits
, and
tubes in a bottle
. Now the hurdle of handling high voltage tubes while protecting low vol... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "105238",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T21:00:26",
"content": "I can see it now… Arduino + nixies = lots of noobs getting electrocuted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105248",
"author": "bobob",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,548.882845 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/02/computer-learns-from-tic-tac-toe/ | Computer Learns From Tic-tac-toe | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"computer",
"MENACE",
"noughts and crosses",
"probability",
"tic-tac-toe"
] | MENACE, the Matchbox Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine, is a fancy name for a machine that plays Tic-Tac-Toe. The concept is a product of Professor [Donald Mitchie]’s work in the 1960’s and was featured as an example in
the “A New THEORY of AWESOMENESS and MIRACLES” talk
given at this year’s
UK games conference
.
[Ja... | 30 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "105221",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T19:10:16",
"content": "hackaday finally has a worthy hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105222",
"author": "thethirdmoose",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T19:25:10",
... | 1,760,377,549.068701 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/02/ping-pong-launcher-your-wife-cant-know-about/ | Ping-pong Launcher Your Wife Can’t Know About | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"compressed air",
"dangerous",
"launcher",
"lethal",
"ping pong"
] | Sometime the projects you see at the local hacker space are better left a secret when you return home for the evening. Case in point,
this ping-pong ball launcher that can put holes in a sheet of OSB
. The projectile is made more lethal because the ball has been injected with water to dramatically increase the density.... | 27 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "105214",
"author": "jrw",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T18:32:10",
"content": "Want…This is a completely pointless hack but a completely awesome one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105219",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,549.131725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/02/medium-format-camera-from-scratch/ | Medium Format Camera, From Scratch | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"film",
"traditional media"
] | [Peter Johansson] has taken it upon himself to
build a medium format camera
, from scratch. We know this is a shock to some of you, but this camera uses traditional medium. There is no sensor. He will be loading it with (gasps) film. He bought the lenses pre made, but everything else is being constructed by himself. Pr... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "105197",
"author": "Boudico",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T16:28:14",
"content": "Very cool.However, proof the story before trying to be ‘First!!!!”Medial? Really?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105198",
"author": "Glen",
"... | 1,760,377,549.179792 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/11/biking-through-google-street-view/ | Biking Through Google Street View | Caleb Kraft | [
"google hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"street view",
"virtual reality"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdWwtApn6aI]
[Aki] wanted to do some stationary cycling to get in shape. Unfortunately, his stationary cycle is located in his garage which doesn’t supply much inspiration or amusement. His solution was to
build a VR rig
so that he could ride around inside google street view. He ... | 49 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "106873",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T22:37:21",
"content": "That is cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106876",
"author": "MysticShadow",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T22:43:30",
"content": "REALLY?????",... | 1,760,377,549.625952 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/11/single-wing-flight-based-on-maple-seed-aerodynamics/ | Single-wing Flight Based On Maple Seed Aerodynamics | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"darpa",
"flight",
"maple seed",
"nano air vehicle",
"one wing",
"university of maryland"
] | The
Samara Micro-Air-Vehicle
is a product of over three years of work at the University of Maryland’s Aerospace Engineering Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory. The Samara is an applicant in the
DARPA nano air vehicle program
. Unlike the
ornithopter we saw in July
, this vehicle uses only one wing for flight. A small propel... | 77 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "106824",
"author": "Joe Knight",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T19:13:10",
"content": "I hope they never make an airplane out of this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106827",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T1... | 1,760,377,549.812428 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/11/battery-capacity-tester/ | Battery Capacity Tester | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"battery tester",
"rc"
] | [Moris_zen] built a
device to accurately measure the capacity of batteries
. He needed to have an accurate measurement for the batteries he uses in a RC airplane. Knowing the discharge time allows him to fly the friendly skies while avoiding crashes from lost communications.
He based the tester around the Arduino platf... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "106826",
"author": "Tito",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T19:20:44",
"content": "Awesome, I’d love to get one of these!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106848",
"author": "St.Jimmy",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T20:11:37",
"co... | 1,760,377,549.54086 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/11/eyewriter-is-the-fruit-of-the-kaneye-project/ | EyeWriter Is The Fruit Of The KanEye Project | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"eye",
"eye tracking",
"eyewriter",
"graffiti research lab",
"kaneye",
"playstation 3",
"sony",
"tempt1"
] | The
EyeWriter is an open source eye tracking
initiative. This is the mature version of the
KanEye project
we covered in April. Collaboratively developed by
Free Art and Technology (FAT)
,
OpenFrameworks
, and the
Graffiti Research Lab
, they seek to aid a friend of theirs who suffers from the degenerative muscle diseas... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "106814",
"author": "Aphex13",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T17:46:03",
"content": "That’s the best article I’ve seen on here in a while!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106816",
"author": "David S",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T1... | 1,760,377,549.48636 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/11/farewell-microblog/ | Farewell Microblog | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"farewell",
"microblog"
] | [Nico]’s
microblog
has been a regular source of inspiration since we were
introduced to it
last year. Aside from posting various technical thoughts and reviews, [Nico] won our hearts over by going through the trouble to strip chips and photograph them for our pleasure. Browse through his archive and download what you w... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "106813",
"author": "svofski",
"timestamp": "2009-11-11T16:25:50",
"content": "All the best wishes to Nico! Why not make a more or less permanent archive available for browsing though?Just BTW, whatever happened to Flylogic blog:http://www.flylogic.net/blog/? They used to have most a... | 1,760,377,549.433406 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/10/remotely-control-your-crappy-car-dangerously/ | Remotely Control Your Crappy Car (dangerously) | Mike Szczys | [
"iphone hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"danger",
"iphone",
"Power Wheels",
"remote control"
] | Here’s one that brings back that giddy feeling we got when the original episodes of thebroken were posted all those years ago. The lunatics over at Waterloo Labs have
altered a beat-up Oldsmobile for remote control
via laptop, iPhone, and…. wait for it…
Power Wheels
.
Brake and gas pedals are actuated using a wrench co... | 41 | 41 | [
{
"comment_id": "106696",
"author": "toogood",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T19:21:48",
"content": "teen wolf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106701",
"author": "gomi",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T19:52:09",
"content": "If you can slave it t... | 1,760,377,550.023073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/10/homopolar-motor/ | Homopolar Motor | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"homopolar",
"magnet",
"motor",
"rare-earth",
"useless machine"
] | Slow day at the office? Here’s a trick that’ll make your coworkers smile. Dangerously Fun has
a guide to build a homopolar motor
from a battery, copper wire, and magnet. A homopolor motor doesn’t rely on electromagnets in an armature changing their polarity to force a rotation movement compared to stationary magnets. ... | 36 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "106680",
"author": "vikki",
"timestamp": "2009-11-10T18:14:35",
"content": "neato, i’m gonna have to make one of those with my little girl, she’ll love",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106681",
"author": "Fallen",
"timest... | 1,760,377,549.887236 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/careless-with-your-jailbreak-youll-get-rickrolled/ | Careless With Your Jailbreak? You’ll Get Rickrolled | Mike Szczys | [
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"iKee",
"iphone",
"jailbreak",
"Rick Astley",
"Rick Rolled",
"worm"
] | Here’s further proof that you should understand what it is you’re doing when you go to hack your handheld. Jailbreaking an iPhone has been made quite easy to the point that a lot of folks do it without reading any of the accompanying documentation. Those who didn’t heed the warning to change the default SSH password on... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "106494",
"author": "Austin",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T19:21:51",
"content": "It is mostly young people jail breaking their iPhones so I do not find it surprising that this worm is spreading. What is the difference between the default SSH password and not to a high schooler?",
"... | 1,760,377,549.953214 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/awe-a-robotic-wall/ | AWE: A Robotic Wall | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"awe",
"robot",
"wall"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaMuS3wZ-bM]
AWE is an interesting project
, where your office wall is a helpful robot. That’s the goal anyway. The wall is articulated and can reconfigure its shape to fit your needs. You can see in their video that they have come up with several specific uses for AWE at differ... | 50 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "106457",
"author": "poot",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T17:28:34",
"content": "I’d hate to have that piece of crap fall on my head …LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106458",
"author": "Duncan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T17... | 1,760,377,550.186812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/09/bike-brake-light-senses-you-slowing-down/ | Bike Brake Light Senses You Slowing Down | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"brake light",
"cycling",
"cyclist"
] | Group riding can be a bit dangerous if the pace is fast and riders don’t notice a slowing in the front of the pack. [WyoJustin]
designed a brake light system
for cyclists to try and remedy this issue. LEDs are mounted in the end caps of the handlebars on a road bike. When an accelerometer senses the bike slowing down t... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "106437",
"author": "Jefke",
"timestamp": "2009-11-09T16:01:10",
"content": "Why would you want to use an arduino for this, seems like extreme overkill…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106438",
"author": "Jefke",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,550.108075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/08/gamecube-to-go/ | Gamecube To Go | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"Datamax",
"gamecube",
"Kidz Delight",
"lcd",
"mod",
"nintendo",
"playstation"
] | [Hailrazer]
built a handheld GameCube
so he could take his gaming with him. The final product is quite nice, providing a large display and about 3 hours of play time on the lithium polymer batteries.
Starting with the case from a Kidz Delight Datamax game, he used
Bondo
ABS cement and plastic bumper filler to alter the... | 34 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "106355",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-11-08T20:17:35",
"content": "Wow I’m loving this, cravings for Sunshine coming back again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106356",
"author": "Anthology",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,550.263413 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/08/centipede-shield-design-contest/ | Centipede Shield Design Contest | James Munns | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"centipede",
"i2c",
"macetech",
"prototype"
] | Our friend [Garrett Mace] from macetech has
finished a prototype
of a new shield which allows the Arduino (or any other microcontroller with
I2C
) to add 64 digital I/O pins using only 2 of the analog pins. Currently he only has a few pre-production boards, and rather than selling them he is throwing a contest to win t... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "106341",
"author": "RazorConcepts",
"timestamp": "2009-11-08T17:43:45",
"content": "arduino.cc is broken…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106346",
"author": "BiOzZ(c)",
"timestamp": "2009-11-08T18:56:36",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,550.318358 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/07/mindflex-teardown/ | MindFlex Teardown | Nick Caiello | [
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"brainwave",
"mattel",
"mind control toy",
"mindflex",
"neurosky"
] | Maybe we’re just imagining things, but it seems to us like brainwave control is the latest trend in toys. Similar to Uncle Milton’s Force Trainer, Mattel has recently released the MindFlex, a game that involves moving a plastic ball up and down through an obstacle course that you control using your brainwaves. Naturall... | 36 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "106274",
"author": "Freax",
"timestamp": "2009-11-07T22:44:32",
"content": "On the german amazon-page you can find a description that it als works if you touch only your fingers with the electrodes and it is suspected to only use random movements… can somebody check if it does the r... | 1,760,377,550.45521 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/07/urban-defender-location-aware-game/ | Urban Defender: Location Aware Game | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"accelerometer",
"arduino",
"ball",
"game",
"gps",
"location aware",
"urban defender",
"vibrator",
"xbee"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrAFYava258&feature=player_embedded%5D
What do gangs, territories, cities, and glowing blue balls have in common? No, not that one drunken night you can’t seem to remember, rather a new location aware game called
Urban Defender
.
The
concept
behind the game is simple. A player ho... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "106266",
"author": "ino",
"timestamp": "2009-11-07T21:13:05",
"content": "“…the game has no start, no end …” and I would like to add ” no point too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106267",
"author": "zetsway",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,550.573324 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/06/servoelectric-guitar-is-a-keytar-with-strings/ | Servoelectric Guitar Is A Keytar With Strings | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"fret",
"guitar",
"servo",
"servoelectric"
] | [Keith Baxter] has undertaken something of a ‘Mount Everest’ of guitar modifications. He’s
developing a Servoelectric guitar
that trades frets for a keypad. It is still a guitar in the sense that it has a body, strings, and pickups to sense the strings vibrations and pass them to an amplifier. The left hand, which trad... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "106158",
"author": "placebo.3ffect",
"timestamp": "2009-11-07T00:18:00",
"content": "This is cool and all…. but I bet he goes through guitar stings like crazy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106159",
"author": "zxcbvnm",
... | 1,760,377,550.512233 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/06/physical-email-notification/ | Physical Email Notification | Jakob Griffith | [
"Arduino Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"email",
"Gmail",
"notification"
] | One day computers will exist in every part of our lives. You’ll be standing in the shower, lathering up when Chantal, your holographic computer controlled AI partner, informs you in a cool voice you have a new email. How splendid, it must be the office letting you know there is no work today! “Anything else?” You ask;... | 60 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "106137",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T23:12:20",
"content": "sigh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106138",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T23:15:56",
"content": "Kinda did the wireless serve... | 1,760,377,551.247939 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/06/cold-cathode-art-piece-controller/ | Cold Cathode Art Piece Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"16F628",
"cold cathode",
"daft punk",
"pic"
] | [Andrew] built a light box for an exhibition last year that displayed different colors statically. After showing it off, it went unchanged but future improvements remained in the back of his mind. Recently, he pulled it out again and
hacked together a controller to drive the colors individually
.
He’s actually reusing ... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "106129",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T22:16:51",
"content": "I’m actually shocked that I liked the effect, nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106151",
"author": "cyanide",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06... | 1,760,377,551.08762 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/06/didgeridoo-modded-to-include-electronic-manipulation/ | Didgeridoo Modded To Include Electronic Manipulation | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"didgeridoo",
"synthesizer"
] | It’s not a bazooka, but this altered instrument makes it look like the player is toking off of some type of weapon. [Kyle] wanted to take the already mysterious
sounds produced by a didgeridoo then capture and alter them electronically
.
The physical build of this project is nothing short of beautiful. He’s mounted sev... | 68 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "106098",
"author": "derp",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T20:01:03",
"content": "O.OIncredible!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106099",
"author": "JBot",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T20:07:25",
"content": "“malipulation”?",
... | 1,760,377,550.995554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/06/servo-database/ | Servo Database | Caleb Kraft | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"database",
"reference",
"servo"
] | Starting a new robotics project and want to find the perfect servo for the job? It can be a real pain in butt sometimes. This is where
ServoDatabase.com
comes in. They’re compiling specifications and reviews on servos. We love seeing these databases pop up. Remember the
online chip reference
? You simply can not have t... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "106078",
"author": "Dante",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T16:27:06",
"content": "Ok, that is way too handy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106079",
"author": "Manfre",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T16:35:51",
"content": "I’ve... | 1,760,377,551.042784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/05/udk-make-the-next-gears-of-war/ | UDK: Make The Next Gears Of War | Jakob Griffith | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"development kit",
"game",
"udk",
"unreal",
"xna"
] | Ever sat down from a long day of hacking and thought to yourself “I wish there was a cool video game out there made just for me. Better yet, made
by
me!” Today is your lucky day with the
release
of UDK –
Unreal Development Kit
.
In days of old, the only solution to satisfying your game creation desires was a cheap
gam... | 41 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "105985",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T00:01:18",
"content": "Pffft no mac support? Going back to Unity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105989",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T00:13:05",
"co... | 1,760,377,550.776746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/05/welcome-back-hackaday-links/ | Welcome Back, HackaDay Links | Caleb Kraft | [
"Hackaday links"
] | [
"links"
] | While browsing the web for new and interesting hacks to show you guys, we run across all kinds of interesting stuff. Often, we would love to share them with you, and get your thoughts, but they just simply don’t have enough information or aren’t hacks at all. This is where HackaDay Links come in. Occasionally we’ll gat... | 32 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "105971",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2009-11-05T22:37:30",
"content": "I like it! thanks…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105972",
"author": "macegr",
"timestamp": "2009-11-05T22:37:45",
"content": "Thanks for a... | 1,760,377,551.15498 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/04/knock-detecting-lock/ | Knock Detecting Lock | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"knock",
"lock"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE5PGeh2K9k]
[Steve] shows us his version of the
knock detecting lock system
. The idea is pretty simple, knock in a certain pattern and the door unlocks. We’ve
seen it
before
several times
. This solution is somewhat cleaner than the others, not only in physical design, but also... | 18 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "105610",
"author": "Cabe",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T16:10:06",
"content": "“Knock, Knock……click……..helllloooooo”Love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105614",
"author": "ham sandwich",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T16:24:2... | 1,760,377,551.341923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/04/hacky-thanksgiving/ | Hacky Thanksgiving | Mike Szczys | [
"Roundup"
] | [
"Halloween props",
"thankgiving gadgets",
"thanksgiving",
"turkey"
] | Friends, pilgrims, send us your hacks. Most especially, your Thanksgiving hacks. We had a wonderful time over the past six weeks collecting and highlighting your Halloween props and now it’s on to the next holiday. Did you build your own deep fried turkey rig with some special features? How about that pie making robot ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "105598",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T15:00:00",
"content": "Turning up the oven to “make it cook faster” doesn’t count.Please pass the potatoes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105606",
"author": "thed... | 1,760,377,551.291142 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/03/apple-remote-arduino-shield/ | Apple Remote Arduino Shield | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"ir",
"led",
"remote",
"tv-b-gone",
"universal remote"
] | [Computergeek] made an
Arduino Shield in order to use it as an Apple remote
. We like the construction technique that he used; taking perf-board and soldering the circuit and using stripped wire to interface with the pin sockets on the Arduino. He’s written the code needed to function as an Apple Remote but this shield... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "105473",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T00:20:12",
"content": "No menu button?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105482",
"author": "Russ",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T00:41:28",
"content": "I think he’s OK w... | 1,760,377,551.49859 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/11/03/ssd-upgrade-for-24-imac/ | SSD Upgrade For 24″ IMac | Mike Szczys | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"hdd",
"imac",
"solid state drive",
"ssd"
] | The hard drive in [Jason’s] 24″ iMac was on the blink. He decided that instead of just swapping out the bad drive for a traditional unit he would
upgrade to a solid state drive
. Tearing apart high-end hardware like this can be a bit nerve-racking but luckily the drive is mounted right behind the screen so he didn’t ha... | 78 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "105416",
"author": "jan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-03T21:57:24",
"content": "wow, what a hack,this guy changed the hdd of his mac…mike you should feel ashamed! you know nothing about hack spirit.. you should not stand in the tradition of had, ’cause you obviously dont…",
"parent_id... | 1,760,377,551.435803 |
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