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https://hackaday.com/2009/10/18/laser-raygun-boasts-300mw-hunts-klingons/ | Laser Raygun Boasts 300mW, Hunts Klingons | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"blu-ray",
"boost",
"diode",
"kill",
"laser",
"phaser",
"stun"
] | Phasers come with two settings: stun and kill. [Luke] took this seriously when he put
two Blu-ray lasers into a toy raygun
. He picked up the toy from Amazon for about twenty bucks and set to work.
The laser diodes are both pulled out of a 6x BD-R burner, which we think is a pretty expensive source to scavenge from. [L... | 39 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "102051",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-10-18T14:58:53",
"content": "300 mW is an extremely dangerous level of power for a laser. At that point it can reflect off of any remotely shiny object (or even the air) and cause eye problems if you don’t have eye protection. I can’t w... | 1,760,377,564.468115 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/16/mouse-runs-through-vr-maze/ | Mouse Runs Through VR Maze | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"dome",
"mouse",
"projection",
"vr"
] | In an effort to determine the brain of animals during movement,
scientists have built this contraption
. It is a VR pod for a mouse. While we’re pretty sure/hopeful that none of you need a mouse VR system, we think the rig is interesting enough to stand on its own. It appears to be a convex mirror setup, projected in a... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "101715",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T16:19:50",
"content": "Hahahaha! Wow, they really didn’t do such a good job on the movement interface – the mouse seems very frustrated with how he’s positioned on the sphere. I do find the idea of an animal in a VR environment... | 1,760,377,564.272828 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/16/skittles-the-robotic-blimp/ | Skittles, The Robotic Blimp | James Munns | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"airship",
"blimp",
"high school",
"robot",
"skittle"
] | Funky Shiitake Mushrooms
, a high school design team from Fremont, CA, have created a low cost airship they call Skittles the Second. Skittles is a remote control robotic blimp, complete with 4 reversible propellers, wireless video, and 2.4 a GHz remote control. Somewhere between a regular
RC blimp
and a
Predator Dron... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "101702",
"author": "chiefcrash",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T15:17:57",
"content": "Will a little boy pretend to climb inside so we can half round the clock news coverage of this thing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101703",
... | 1,760,377,564.6094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/16/rfid-enabled-robot-tail/ | RFID-enabled Robot…mood…tail…thingy. | Phil Burgess | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"animatronic",
"arduino",
"nunchuk",
"rfid",
"tail",
"wii"
] | Furries: is there nothing they cannot do? Well okay, “shower” remains an elusive concept, but wearable technology seems to be in,
as evidenced by this robotic mood tail
. [Wei-Chieh Tseng]’s adorable Arduino-driven fashion accessory operates either via Wii
Nunchuk
or a set of
RFID
cards tagged with specific emotions to... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "101691",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T14:07:08",
"content": "Sure, you’re PICTURING it on some cute girl, but you know it’s far more likely to be seen on some big, sweaty douche who thinks it’s funny to act like Barf from Spaceballs and put his tail in your dri... | 1,760,377,564.786894 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/16/animatronic-winged-demon-terrorizes-local-garage/ | Animatronic Winged Demon Terrorizes Local Garage | Jakob Griffith | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"animatronic",
"flying ghost",
"halloween",
"pants",
"winged demon"
] | Halloween is on its way, and if you’re going to do it right, you’re going to
overdo it
right. A few days ago we showed you
[Jake’s] flying Crank Ghost
, the idea is simple and creates lovely motion that is sure to scare some small children. But what if you want people leaving your little shop of horrors needing a new p... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "101685",
"author": "bobob",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T13:36:02",
"content": "are you fucking serious??? all that hardware,wiring,and control systems just to make that thing open it’s wings/arms and throw it’s head back!!thats the most wasteful example of overkill i’ve EVER seen.",
... | 1,760,377,564.32356 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/sphere-bots-get-some-new-skills/ | Sphere Bots Get Some New Skills | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"sphere"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWkK-o4Vq-A]
Spherical robots , or in this case RC vehicles are pretty versatile. They travel about the same on most terrains, including water in some cases. That’s not to say that they travel particularly well on those terrains though. The common problem is that they can’t reall... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "101571",
"author": "Pard",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T20:03:38",
"content": "I made a sphere bot using a hamster ball and a series of motors with weights on them. They are fast and fun. Would love to see how this thing conquers stairs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,564.850814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/72-led-persistence-of-vision-globe/ | 72 LED Persistence Of Vision Globe | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"display",
"globe",
"headphone",
"jack",
"led",
"persistence of vision",
"POV"
] | [Ben] told us about
his POV globe
yesterday. We took a look and saw just one photo and the code with no real explanation of his project. He certainly set to work over night and now we see
all the goodies we look for in a great build log
. He even threw the Hackaday logo up for our enjoyment. His build is well executed ... | 34 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "101561",
"author": "Stu",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T19:31:09",
"content": "Wonderful idea that audio jack power xfer point.I was forced to abandon my POV design (just a line of LEDs going in a circle) because of power transfer difficulties to the graphics driver circuit.It seems now ... | 1,760,377,565.020191 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/halloween-prop-diy-fog-machine/ | Halloween Prop: DIY Fog Machine | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"fog",
"fog juice",
"Halloween props",
"iron",
"machine",
"roasting pan"
] | Reader [Daniel] told us about a
video detailing how to make your own fog machine
. This project uses two disposable roasting pans to create a fog chamber. Inside you will find an upside-down clothes iron to convert fog liquid into a gas. The liquid is gravity-fed from a water-bottle reservoir on top, converted to smoke... | 30 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "101540",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T18:04:42",
"content": "when will you get back to posting real hacks and stop playing pattycakes with aluminum pans and irons",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101542",
"auth... | 1,760,377,564.39528 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/18/1480w-scooter-motor-guarantees-head-trauma/ | 1480W Scooter Motor Guarantees Head Trauma | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"1480w",
"brushless",
"electric",
"scooter"
] | [Jerome’s] been working on some
improvements to an electric foot scooter
he picked up from a friend. He ordered up a powerful brushless motor and some lithium batteries. His system uses a belt drive and at 33 volts it can reach 25 miles per hour.
He had some problems with too much torque when the motor was first starte... | 79 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "102029",
"author": "S",
"timestamp": "2009-10-18T13:31:24",
"content": "Mike is very wise. Ask your local ER doctor about head injuries without helmets. After you vomit and then cry yourself to sleep, you’ll find yourself reaching for your helmet without even thinking about it.",
... | 1,760,377,564.551058 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/17/nes-processor-cloned-on-a-fpga/ | NES Processor Cloned On A FPGA | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"cpld",
"fpga",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"processor"
] | [Bradley] decided to tackle the challenge to
recreate the original Nintendo Entertainment System’s processor
in a Field Programmable Gate Array. Say what? The original NES is a
Legacy System
, still used but no longer manufactured. If a system breaks, it becomes more and more difficult to repair or find replacements pa... | 58 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "101942",
"author": "Zengar",
"timestamp": "2009-10-17T23:26:00",
"content": "Kirov, did you read the last paragraph of the post? The one where they say that it isn’t the actual end result that they are posting this for but rather the process of cloning the processor?I don’t have any... | 1,760,377,564.71019 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/17/radio-cabinet-media-center/ | Radio Cabinet Media Center | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"18f4450",
"media center",
"Philco",
"pic",
"radio",
"xubuntu"
] | [Jon] picked up an old Philco radio from a pawn shop for $81. The electronics were shot and the controls had seen better days. So he set to work
giving this old beast a makeover
, turning it into a beauty of a media player.
The face plate for the controls had seen better days. His solution was to replace it, which gave... | 26 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "101935",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-10-17T22:29:06",
"content": "OH MY GOD GUYS DID YOU SEE THAT HE MODIFIED SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HOUSE A COMPUTER AND HE STUFFED A COMPUTER INTO IT THAT HAS LITERALLY NEVER BEEN DONE BEFOREyet another story from the “not actu... | 1,760,377,565.08237 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/17/the-glass-recycling-game/ | The Glass Recycling Game | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"arcade",
"bottles",
"recycling",
"the fun theory"
] | Operating under the premise that glass bottles were not being recycled as much as plastic or aluminum because there’s no payment for the effort, the team at The Fun Theory set out to add a non-monetary incentive. Here is the fruit of their efforts,
the Bottle Bank Arcade
. Now recycling glass bottles comes with a bit o... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "101914",
"author": "sneakypoo",
"timestamp": "2009-10-17T21:16:05",
"content": "If anyone wonders what the kid screams at the end it’s: “No one will beat our high-score!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101915",
"author": "b... | 1,760,377,565.20334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/17/polycarbonate-fish-uses-three-servos-to-swim/ | Polycarbonate Fish Uses Three Servos To Swim | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"16f877a",
"doom",
"epoxy",
"fish",
"hot glue",
"pic",
"polycarbonate",
"servo",
"varnish"
] | [Amnon] is learning the hard way that water and electronics don’t always like to play nicely together. He’s been working on creating
a swimming fish that uses three servos
to flex a sheet of fish-shaped polycarbonate. This photo doesn’t really do the project justice but you can get a better idea of what he’s accomplish... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "101902",
"author": "Potterda42",
"timestamp": "2009-10-17T19:47:33",
"content": "Very nice, I would also have liked to see it dipped in molten glue. I like this idea, perhaps there is a way to waterproof it using removable casing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,565.262014 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/17/easy-touch-capacitance/ | Easy Touch Capacitance | Jakob Griffith | [
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"touch"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euv8ZLgPh8A&feature=player_embedded%5D
[Humberto] from NerdKits is one of our
favorite tipsters
. We like how he can take a concept that seems so extremely complicated, in this case
touch capacitance sensing
, and present it in a clear and concise manner thats impossible to not l... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "101881",
"author": "Rui",
"timestamp": "2009-10-17T15:02:32",
"content": "Years ago, i found how to replace a computer on/off switch with a capacitive surface.I already wanted to apply that same schematic to another project, but never found that webpage again not even information re... | 1,760,377,565.48267 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/16/tying-the-knot-with-makerbot/ | Tying The Knot With MakerBot | Phil Burgess | [
"cnc hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"engagement",
"love",
"makerbot",
"marriage",
"proposal",
"ring"
] | De Beers would have you believe that only diamonds will do, but hackers are hardly ones to follow convention. How better to say “I love you” than with a
MakerBot-extruded black ABS engagement ring
? [Adam Elkins] did just that, creating the design with a combination of
GIMP
,
SketchUp
and
Blender
, then producing the f... | 51 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "101747",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T18:06:36",
"content": "hurf durf guys look at me i have a 3d printer am i cool nowcommon whats next in the line of “omg guys look what i can print out” line of stories. We get it you can use photoshop and CAD you don’t need to pos... | 1,760,377,565.428094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/morphing-robot-demonstrated-at-iros/ | Morphing Robot Demonstrated At IROS | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"blob",
"darpa",
"inflate",
"irobot",
"IROS",
"jamming",
"robot",
"skin"
] | A morphing robot was demonstrated at the IROS conference this week. This orb has no rigid structure but uses some type of “inflation” system for locomotion. This
robot concept is offered up by the iRobot company
as part of a DARPA initiative they’re working on. The “inflation” is really a substance in the skin that can... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "101525",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T17:12:57",
"content": "I WANT ONE!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101526",
"author": "Oler",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T17:13:45",
"content": "looks verry... | 1,760,377,565.3274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/turntable-sequencer-scratches-with-coins/ | Turntable Sequencer Scratches With Coins | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"coin",
"scratching",
"sequencer",
"ttymidi",
"turn table"
] | [tvst] has an interesting take on a sequencer.
His design uses coins on a turn table
to trigger midi events in a loop. There are four tracks available, each having its own sensor above the spinning platform. The sensors consist of an IR transmitter and receiver setup as a voltage divider. When something passes below th... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "101510",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T16:05:48",
"content": "I didn’t quite understand until I saw the video.That’s pretty neat right there man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101520",
"author": "Wrait... | 1,760,377,565.606775 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/15/nes-guitar/ | NES Guitar | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"guitar",
"nes"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WUNyImfBPQ]
[Dave] set out to build the ultimate NES guitar. He’s apparently done a pretty good job,
this thing is pretty remarkable
. Every detail is covered in NES goodness. The body is a console, the head is a cartridge, his knobs are even replaced by goofy little heads of Ma... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "101493",
"author": "l",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T14:34:19",
"content": "Oh my wow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101495",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-15T14:48:02",
"content": "wow and a lot a N... | 1,760,377,565.72464 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/finally-a-keyboard-for-the-iphone/ | Finally, A Keyboard For The IPhone | Jakob Griffith | [
"classic hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"iphone",
"keyboard"
] | We can’t say we’ve had problems typing on our iPhones here at HackaDay, must be the elfin fingers, but for [Ben Kurtz] it was a real pain. The
obvious solution
is to carry around an Arduino, 9 volt battery, iPhone breakout board, a ps2 keyboard, and of course the iPhone itself. Well, maybe it could be a little smaller ... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "101369",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T23:40:23",
"content": "love the smell of an arduino :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101371",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T23:58:49",
"c... | 1,760,377,565.676336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/snega2usb-preorder-now-available/ | Snega2usb Preorder Now Available | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"AVR",
"cart",
"cartridge",
"diy",
"electronics",
"emulator",
"genesis",
"megadrive",
"microcontroller",
"nintendo",
"sega",
"snega2usb",
"snes",
"super nintendo",
"superfx",
"usb"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySs4cRVzPAY]
We’ve been watching
the development
of the snega2usb since it’s
debut
on Hackaday. Now it’s grown up and is ready to be manufactured. In the low quality video above [Matthias] shows some of the latest high quality additions to the board. It now has a case, shiny new ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "101351",
"author": "Dan P",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T21:49:08",
"content": "The amount of devotion this guy is putting into this device is phenomenal. I’ve been watching the development of this hardware since Hackaday initially posted it and have been throughly impressed with his pr... | 1,760,377,565.827097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/online-chip-reference-trims-the-fat/ | Online Chip Reference Trims The Fat | Phil Burgess | [
"News",
"Parts"
] | [
"cheat sheet",
"chip",
"database",
"ic",
"online",
"parts",
"search"
] | Quick: which pins are used for I2C on an ATmega168 microcontroller?
If you’re a true alpha geek you probably already know the answer. For the rest of us,
ChipDB is the greatest thing since the resistor color code cheat sheet
. It’s an online database of component pinouts: common
Atmel
microcontrollers, the peripheral I... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "101316",
"author": "ProblemChild",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T20:20:17",
"content": "I normally don’t like negative posts. But I hope that they get a lot more data in there before long otherwise unless you are an Arduino nut there isn’t that much in there !",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,565.778746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/add-a-key-fob-opener-to-your-door/ | Add A Key-fob Opener To Your Door | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"555",
"door opener",
"dorm",
"printer",
"RF",
"timer",
"Vassar"
] | It seems like creating an automatic dorm room door opener is a rite-of-geek-passage each fall. [Adam], a student at
Vassar
, passed with flying colors by
creating this clean setup
. We’ve got video, more pictures, and a description after the break.
Above we see the device mounted on the inside of the door. The larger b... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "101286",
"author": "b",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T18:37:24",
"content": "that’s really cool!! very neat looking to great job!muah ha ha first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101287",
"author": "Concino",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,565.892313 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/dell-mini9-tablet/ | Dell Mini9 Tablet | Caleb Kraft | [
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"netbook",
"tablet"
] | [Rob928] has done a fantastic job
converting his Dell mini9 into a tablet
. He has done several updates, such as an SSD hard drive and touchscreen. The final product looks quite nice. From a few feet away, we wouldn’t have noticed that it was a home made one. We’ve seen several tablet conversions before from
macbooks
t... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "101253",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T17:04:38",
"content": "looks good",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101283",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T18:32:42",
"content": "A real h... | 1,760,377,565.940217 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/it-has-blades-dysons-little-white-lie/ | It Has Blades: Dyson’s Little White Lie | Mike Szczys | [
"Rants"
] | [
"bladeless",
"dyson",
"fan",
"ionic wind",
"marketing",
"p.t. barnum"
] | ‘There’s a sucker born every minute” -P.T. Barnum
This morning we’ve been having a heated discussion at the Hack a Day offices (read:
legion of doom
) over
Dyson’s new offering
, a “bladeless fan”. At first this seemed extremely exciting, but how is the air being moved? We were hoping for a device operating via
ionic w... | 112 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "101212",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T15:53:38",
"content": "for sure it is note the air speed that is X 15,but only the flow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101215",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,377,566.2283 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/dash-clever-construction-and-resilience-in-robotics/ | DASH: Clever Construction And Resilience In Robotics | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"hexapod",
"ieee iros",
"muscle wire",
"polymer laminate",
"robot",
"uc berkeley"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTKAtBBkfU]
Behold the Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod (DASH). The
video above
was presented at the 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. In it we see the toils of a team from UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab. They’ve developed a robot pro... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "101205",
"author": "aztraph",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T15:34:15",
"content": "Neat, I bet it could run across water with very little modification.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101219",
"author": "RonaldRaygun",
"time... | 1,760,377,566.40469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/led-pocket-watch/ | LED Pocket Watch | James Munns | [
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"pocket",
"watch"
] | Today, it is not difficult to find
all kinds
of
watches
with
LED displays
. After [Paul]’s grandfather, a master
horologist
and pocket watch collector, passed away, he decided to
retrofit a broken watch
left to him with a custom LED face. Starting from scratch, he designed a PCB complete with 133 (hand soldered) LEDs, ... | 59 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "101180",
"author": "polymath",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T14:13:33",
"content": "Sweet! It’d be great for a steam punk Halloween costume, hell it’d be great for everyday use. I’d like to see one with color LCD. Maybe yank the screen from an old cell phone or one of those “wrist TVs”."... | 1,760,377,566.321547 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/14/cnc-router-on-the-way/ | CNC Router On The Way | Jakob Griffith | [
"cnc hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"emc2",
"open source cam",
"router",
"tim taylor"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/7019823%5D
We love
CNC hacks,
so when [Jonny] sent in his
nearly complete CNC router
we were ecstatic. There are only a couple of posts thus far, and it takes some digging, but its pretty easy to understand his mindset and overall plan while making the CNC. It currently has full 3 axis movement ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "101168",
"author": "The_Evil_Machinist",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T13:37:17",
"content": "I’m sorry, I have to do this but, I am tired of people trying to make their own NC equipment. Yea its a cool project and he did a nice job with the lead screws and gib ways, but still. Two hose ... | 1,760,377,566.547471 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/100-portable-wikipedia/ | $100 Portable Wikipedia | Zach Banks | [
"Linux Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"freerunner",
"microsd",
"openmoko",
"portable",
"wikipedia",
"wikireader"
] | OpenMoko, the company behind the
FreeRunner open-source phone
, released their latest product today:
WikiReader
. It’s a small mobile device for browsing Wikipedia. Rather than use a wireless network to pull data off of the web, it has local copy of the database on a 8GB microSD card. This approach
has been used before... | 78 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "101055",
"author": "Knightrous",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T23:09:34",
"content": "Very keen to see this thing hacked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101056",
"author": "_matt",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T23:13:13",
"co... | 1,760,377,566.499357 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/jamin-to-bach-commodore-64-style/ | Jamin’ To Bach, Commodore 64 Style | Mike Szczys | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"atmega8",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"commodore 64",
"midi",
"mos6581",
"sid"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOhzkWZHBfM]
[thrashbarg] missed the sounds of the Commodore 64 and longed to hear the great masters in 8-bit glory. To get his fix, he
created a midi device using the original Sound Interface Device
from those long-dead systems. He’s interfaced the
MOS6581 SID
with an Atmel AVR ... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "101039",
"author": "Ben Ryves",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T22:21:55",
"content": "Sounds very nice. If you like this sort of thing I expect you’d also like the arrangements and performances by Walter/Wendy Carlos!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,566.773008 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/olpc-pedal-power/ | OLPC Pedal Power | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"Afghanistan",
"olpc",
"xo"
] | A One Laptop Per Child group out of Afghanistan have come up with a way to
power the XO using pedals
. The system interfaces a set of pedals with the
Freeplay hand-crank charger
, freeing up both hands for typing. Although not as compact, using both legs makes power generation much easier. Apparently a child as young a... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "101016",
"author": "kirov",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T21:10:06",
"content": "FAKE",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101019",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T21:17:37",
"content": "Forget that, I’m not sit... | 1,760,377,566.655545 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/halloween-props-flying-crank-ghost/ | Halloween Props: Flying Crank Ghost | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"crank ghost",
"ghost",
"Halloween props",
"microwave"
] | [Jake’s]
projects
have become
regular
features
here on Hack a Day. He keeps the Halloween hack-fest rolling with his
Flying Crank Ghost
. For the ghost he used a store-bought skull but sculpted some hands himself out of Styrofoam. The body is fashioned from coat hangers with a bit of creepy fabric draped over the hole ... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "101002",
"author": "David S",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T20:23:04",
"content": "Super creepy. Nice job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101025",
"author": "VIPER!",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T21:37:21",
"content": "CREEP... | 1,760,377,566.588959 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/binary-adder-will-give-you-slivers/ | Binary Adder Will Give You Slivers | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"adder",
"adding machine",
"binary",
"digital",
"marble"
] | A while back we looked at [Matthias’]
one-pin dot matrix printer
. Now we’re jumping over to his woodworking website to feast on his
wooden binary adding machine
. His creation uses glass marbles as the data for this device. A resolution of up to six bits can be set on the top of the adder, then dropped into the machin... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "100989",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T19:16:32",
"content": "I thought hackaday covered this a few years ago. It’s been online for about 6 years. Nomatter it’s a great hack but what’s more important is that it doesn’t use any tech. This might aswell have been discov... | 1,760,377,566.842022 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/robot-einstein-could-save-humans-from-killbot-destruction/ | Robot Einstein Could Save Humans From Killbot Destruction | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"einstein",
"emotions",
"empathy",
"facial recognition",
"robot"
] | Earlier this year we saw the
Einstein robot that is being developed to facilitate human facial emotions
in robots. [David Hanson], the man in charge of this project,
has given a TED talk on his work
that includes a show-and-tell of his most recent progress. We’ve embedded the video after the break for your enjoyment.
T... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "100976",
"author": "walt",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T18:25:32",
"content": "goofy faces on robots = gay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100977",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T18:27:19",
"content": "@1... | 1,760,377,566.711805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/daft-punk-replica-helmet/ | Daft Punk Replica Helmet | Phil Burgess | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"cosplay",
"costume",
"daft punk",
"helmet",
"mold",
"resin",
"silicone"
] | For all their varied and entertaining uses, circuits and code comprise only part of the complete hacking experience. To really put your project over the top, sooner or later you’ll want to possess some physical
fabrication
skills. Consider the works of [Ben Heckendorn]: He’s always done a fantastic job with the electro... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "100966",
"author": "Aphex13",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T17:39:24",
"content": "I want one…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100986",
"author": "Concino",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T19:02:52",
"content": "WOW! Inspiration... | 1,760,377,566.896782 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/haptic-halluc-2/ | Haptic Halluc 2 | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"dome",
"halluc",
"haptic",
"hull",
"octopod",
"projector",
"robot"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4UKXyPlO8Q]
We can not express the childlike glee that we experienced watching this video. We want so badly to have
one of these setups
. What you are seeing is a half dome projected cockpit with two haptic controllers in the style of a delta robot. This is controlling the Hallu... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "100955",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T16:13:07",
"content": "if i get the money i should build one of those :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100958",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009... | 1,760,377,567.075937 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/how-to-populate-a-surface-mount-pcb/ | How To Populate A Surface Mount PCB | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"Kapton",
"pcb",
"reflow",
"smt",
"stencil",
"surface mount",
"temperature marker",
"toaster oven",
"USB Isolator"
] | Let’s face it friends, everything is moving toward surface mount components. We’ve seen quite a few features here that cover using
stencils to populate boards
and using
ovens to reflow
. [Oleg] has put together
a tutorial on the process he uses
to populate and reflow his own boards.
[Oleg] is the creator of the
USB Iso... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "100941",
"author": "medix",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T15:06:17",
"content": "“How to populate a surface mount PCB”: Very carefully ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100947",
"author": "grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2009-10... | 1,760,377,567.18709 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/halloween-props-the-honking-pumpkin/ | Halloween Props: The Honking Pumpkin | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"haloween prop",
"horn",
"jack o lantern",
"pumpkin",
"scare"
] | We see a lot of Halloween projects attempt to scare people. Many of them work with the element of surprise, jumping or flashing lights when triggered. We’ve noticed though, people have come to expect those things. This project is a real sleeper. No one expects a couple car horns to blare in their face when they push t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "100712",
"author": "killerabbit",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T15:25:31",
"content": "Ha! Love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100713",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T15:29:08",
"content": "we’ll see ... | 1,760,377,567.128748 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/home-made-rollerbar-mouse/ | Home Made Rollerbar Mouse | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"input",
"mouse",
"rollerbar",
"steampunk"
] | [Judyofthewoods] has hacked together this
rollerbar mouse
. We’ve heard people talk about these in a positive way, going on about how comfortable they are. We haven’t really experimented with one much to verify. This one looks surprisingly nice considering it is made from scrap. The image above is showing it without th... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "100705",
"author": "make",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T14:28:55",
"content": "I don’t get it? How does a rollerbar mouse work? I’ve never heard of it before, and I can’t seem to find much information how to actually use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,567.335426 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/cheap-and-easy-top-down-camera-quadpod/ | Cheap And Easy Top-down Camera Quadpod | Mike Szczys | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"mount",
"plexiglas",
"quadpod",
"threaded rod",
"tripod"
] | We keep waiting for evolution to give us that third arm but in the mean time, this may be the solution for holding the camera while you document your projects. [DHagen] has made a
four legged tripod (quadpod) for his camera
in order to use it as a digital copy machine. We’ve spent many a night trying to get a steady an... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "100697",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T13:35:52",
"content": "truly a “why didn’t i think of that” i think (i just thought of an array of cameras…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100701",
"author": "P... | 1,760,377,567.385115 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/11/analog-space-invaders-with-human-controller/ | Analog Space Invaders With Human Controller | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"analog",
"human-based controller",
"smart ass",
"space invaders"
] | [fidepus] put together a
pretty nifty version of the game Space Invaders
. This is an analog version that involves an ink and paper based display system.
He printed out one piece of paper for each different enemy, mother ship, laser beam, and player vehicle. The human-based controller is used to move the pieces in all ... | 79 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "100523",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T22:52:37",
"content": "odd…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100524",
"author": "DubMuffin",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T22:55:11",
"content": "…",
"paren... | 1,760,377,567.469569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/11/stove-built-from-beer-can-hobos-rejoice/ | Stove Built From Beer Can. Hobos Rejoice. | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"alcohol",
"backpacking",
"heineken",
"penny stove",
"stove"
] | [Charles] sent in a tip about an
alcohol based stove built from beer cans and a penny
. The burner is efficient, lightweight, and tiny all while still packing a pretty big punch. It can boil water for sterilization, cook some rice for your meal, or make a spot of tea. The penny is used as the regulating valve. The cup ... | 52 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "100475",
"author": "Shabadage",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T16:22:55",
"content": "Some one else has made one from beer bottle caps as well. Think you can find it on instructables (along with a thousand variations on this stove).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,377,567.747669 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/11/hack-together-some-science-stuff-win-money/ | Hack Together Some Science Stuff, Win Money | Caleb Kraft | [
"contests"
] | [
"contest",
"low cost",
"science"
] | Ok hackers, it is time to show what you are made of. [Michael] has issued a challenge. He is willing to pay for hacked together science tools that meet some accuracy and price requirements. You could win money for doing what most of you are already doing. He needs a few specific things, so go to his site to see
what h... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "100470",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T15:42:08",
"content": "Liquid nitrogen generator for 100$? Wow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100484",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T17:56:52",
"con... | 1,760,377,567.595367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/11/nes-controller-storage-with-security/ | Nes Controller Storage With Security | Caleb Kraft | [
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"konami",
"nes",
"nintendo"
] | [Joven] wrote in to show us his unique
NES controller mod
. He initially thought of just putting some flash storage in his controller like so many others. Then he got the idea to a security feature. You must first enter a code to access the memory. What code? Yes, that one. He chose the
Konami code
. As he notes, this ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "100457",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T13:46:51",
"content": "You could always tell who had friends with that one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100458",
"author": "Entropia",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T14:1... | 1,760,377,567.52765 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/diy-dyson-vac-hack/ | DIY Dyson Vac Hack | Phil Burgess | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"dust",
"garage",
"shop",
"vac",
"vacuum",
"workshop"
] | [James Dyson] may have built eleventy billion prototypes to perfect his famous cyclonic vacuum, but sometimes just one will do the trick.
A cyclonic separator is used in workshops to keep larger cruft out of the dust collection system. The airflow inside a separator creates a vortex that flings heavier bits and particl... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "100932",
"author": "grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T14:04:47",
"content": "This post sucks! He He!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100933",
"author": "dnm",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T14:16:49",
"content": "I’ll... | 1,760,377,567.653123 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/13/a-different-breed-of-camera-controllers/ | A Different Breed Of Camera Controllers? | Jakob Griffith | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"automated",
"AVR",
"camera",
"cheap",
"control",
"wireless"
] | We’ve covered almost every way possible to remotely control a camera setup, from
lasers
, to
Lego
, to
doorbells
, and even having a
Nintendo DS run the show
. But at the end of the day, what if you want something that’s small, simple, has amazing flexibility for future additions, and most importantly doesn’t take away... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "100927",
"author": "Sturmflut",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T13:48:45",
"content": "No Arduino?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100981",
"author": "Whiternoise",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T18:39:48",
"content": "It is the ... | 1,760,377,567.909182 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/itunes-lp-theres-a-hack-for-that/ | ITunes LP: There’s A Hack For That | Phil Burgess | [
"digital audio hacks",
"downloads hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"disney",
"itunes",
"itunes lp",
"lp"
] | One of the most-hyped features of iTunes version 9 is the addition of “iTunes LP,” which aims to recreate the classic
record album experience
with artwork and photos, lyrics, and liner notes — provided, of course, that you can pony up the purported $10,000 for production and you’re not one of those filthy indie labels.... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "100808",
"author": "Gopher",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T21:04:56",
"content": "Wonderfull!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100815",
"author": "Funky Gibbon",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T21:18:45",
"content": "Wait a Minut... | 1,760,377,567.798783 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/take-the-python-challenge/ | Take The Python Challenge | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"IDLE",
"learn",
"python",
"Python Challenge"
] | It’s hard to believe that we haven’t covered this one before. If you enjoyed out
Barcode
challenges
from last week, perhaps now is the time for you to
take the Python Challenge
. We made it through the first 18 levels about a year back but with a total of 33 levels we’re not even close to being finished.
This is an exc... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "100803",
"author": "Falcolas",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T20:45:44",
"content": "Yeah, but don’t do this if you are not a fan of riddles. Programming skills I’ve got in spades. Riddle skills I don’t got.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_... | 1,760,377,567.863036 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/easter-egg-challenge/ | Easter Egg Challenge | James Munns | [
"contests",
"hardware"
] | [
"atari",
"challenge",
"easter",
"egg",
"hardware"
] | Often, hardware designers include nonfunctional additions into designs to make them feel more personal. Commonly known as
easter eggs
, these additions can often go unnoticed by the public for years. While taking apart an Atari San Francisco Rush: The Rock sound board, reader [Jason] noticed a hidden message on the PCB... | 72 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "100766",
"author": "koe",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T19:05:55",
"content": "The signatures are from inside an Amiga 1000 (not an Atari)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100767",
"author": "hacknet",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12... | 1,760,377,568.178938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/underwater-laser-just-add-shark/ | Underwater Laser, Just Add Shark | Mike Szczys | [
"Laser Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"flashlight",
"laser",
"sharks with lasers",
"under water",
"waterproof"
] | [iskor12]
put together a blu-ray laser
that is waterproof and packs quite a punch. At 182 mW there is enough power here to pop dark colored balloons (see the video after the break). To make this happen, he found an LED flashlight that has rubber o-rings for waterproofing. Although small, there is enough space in the ca... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "100747",
"author": "DW",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T18:15:52",
"content": "“This is probably the wrong question to ask, but now that he has this what do you do with it?” Wear safety goggles. Reflected laser light is not to be screwed with. You get one set of eyes.That said, it’s int... | 1,760,377,568.085602 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/12/emulator-in-nes-cartridge-so-clean-it-looks-factory-made/ | Emulator In NES Cartridge – So Clean It Looks Factory Made | Mike Szczys | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"ben heck",
"cartridge",
"emulator",
"game boy",
"game boy color",
"mod",
"nes"
] | We extend our congratulations to [airz] over at the ben heck forums. He
put together a mod that fits an emulator into an original NES cartridge
and utilizes a butchered original NES controller; and he did an amazing job!
He is using a cheap but full featured emulator board. It comes with 4 gigs of memory but also has a... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "100734",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T17:26:21",
"content": "nice job :) but do we still play those games?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100739",
"author": "walker",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T17:... | 1,760,377,568.25747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/10/multi-touch-lcd-from-leds/ | Multi-touch LCD From LEDs | Jakob Griffith | [
"LED Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"lcd",
"led",
"multitouch"
] | [youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiJsBaBAUL4%5D
[Thomas] promised nearly a year ago he would give the community code and schematics of how he made his
LED Multi-touch panel
, but we would have to wait for his next version first. Well
its finally here
, bigger and better then we could ever have imagined. His new ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "100359",
"author": "digidev",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T02:00:55",
"content": "sweet/1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100366",
"author": "tjhooker",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T02:44:30",
"content": "Nothing code and ci... | 1,760,377,570.469587 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/10/diy-cell-phone-alti-variometer/ | DIY Cell Phone Alti-variometer | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"alti-variometer",
"altitude",
"atlimeter",
"cell phone",
"java",
"paragliding",
"sparkfun",
"variometer",
"Weather Board"
] | [Vlad-Andre] used some of his free time to
build an alti-variometer
. He does some para-gliding near restricted air space and wanted a backup altitude warning that would help keep him below the mandated altitude. His solution uses the SparkFun Weather Board in conjunction with their BlueSMiRF dongle to measure altitude... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "100325",
"author": "Andrew Cooper",
"timestamp": "2009-10-10T19:36:58",
"content": "It is not the cost, but the challenge and experience that matters. He did it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100328",
"author": "kyoorius"... | 1,760,377,570.133689 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/10/32gb-solid-state-zune-upgrade/ | 32GB Solid State Zune Upgrade | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"mp3",
"solid state",
"ssd",
"zune"
] | [Andrew] wrote in to show us how he
upgraded a broken Zune to solid state
. He had one that was giving the Error code 5 when it booted. This means the hard drive is bad. He was able to find a compatible solid state 32Gb drive that, with a little bit of case modification, he made fit. Everything fit back into the Zune a... | 20 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "100281",
"author": "thethirdmoose",
"timestamp": "2009-10-10T15:30:52",
"content": "I don’t get you guys. If someone flashes an LED using an Arduino, you go crazy. When someone does something that’s actually a hack, you “don’t think it’s too big a deal.”",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,570.29963 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/10/ir-air-conditioner-timer/ | IR Air Conditioner Timer | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"airconditioning",
"cool",
"heat",
"ir"
] | [Tom] has an office job in China. His office is cooled by a small single room air conditioner. In an effort to make his office a little more comfortable, he
built this IR timer unit
. It cools his office down before he gets there so he doesn’t have to wait for it in the morning. He started by decoding the IR signal fro... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "100271",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-10T14:02:34",
"content": "very interesting now i wonder what else i can apply that too….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100273",
"author": "gomer pyle",
"timest... | 1,760,377,570.0458 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/external-gps-for-ipod-and-iphone/ | External GPS For IPod And IPhone | Mike Szczys | [
"gps hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"ipod hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"gps",
"iphone",
"ipod touch",
"roqyGPS"
] | Ever wish your iPod touch or older generation iPhone had GPS capability? Now it can by using a
Bluetooth GPS module along with the roqyGPS app
.
In April we saw a pretty creative way to
add GPS to an iPod
by using a homebrew accessory. The new app is a better solution because it utilizes the larger screen and more func... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "100205",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T21:16:26",
"content": "This isn’t the first GPS for iPod touch to be released. Orange Gadgets has the iGPS360 and xGPS is on Cydia.I’t works pretty well.(no i don’t work for them)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,570.239201 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/pov-fan-eeprom-hack/ | POV Fan EEPROM Hack | Mike Szczys | [
"LED Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"barcode",
"blackhat",
"cenzic",
"challenge",
"eeprom",
"fan",
"persistence of vision",
"POV",
"swag"
] | Hacking with Gum got their hands on one of the persistence of vision display fans that
Cenzic
was giving away at
Blackhat
this year. It’s not the
biggest fan-based POV display
we’ve seen but it’s still a fun device to tinker with. They
hacked into the EEPROM on the device
in order to change the message the fan displaye... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "100368",
"author": "bill hates",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11T03:06:25",
"content": "You can buys these fans for two dollars at Walgreens..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100410",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-10-11... | 1,760,377,570.088917 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/safelock-biometric-typing-security/ | Safelock: Biometric Typing Security | Mike Szczys | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"biometrics",
"password",
"safelock",
"smu",
"uist"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vMb9JUhC1g]
We’ve seen some ways to
bypass biometric security measures
but here’s a new offering that we think will be hard to fool. The
Safelock system is used in conjunction with a password
to identify a specific user. This software records your typing style including the time... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "100164",
"author": "Aaron Kafton",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T19:08:47",
"content": "Add this with the pressure sensitive keyboard and its almost unbeatable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100168",
"author": "MS3FGX",
"tim... | 1,760,377,570.423898 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/portable-digital-stereoscopic-image-viewer/ | Portable, Digital Stereoscopic Image Viewer | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"convergience",
"polarized"
] | [madaeon] couldn’t find a digital viewer for his stereoscopic 3D images. He felt that he could probably build one,
so he did
. He found two identical digital picture frames and made a custom rig to hold the two frames. The method he is using involves polarized lenses, so you do have to put glasses on to see it. Being... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "100198",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T20:46:11",
"content": "I love this kind of thing, I have felt for a long time now that we all need to take 3d pictures and videos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100244",
... | 1,760,377,569.987697 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/4500-book-about-a-car-you-cant-afford/ | $4500 Book About A Car You Can’t Afford | Mike Szczys | [
"cnc hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"car",
"cobra",
"mill"
] | The folks over at Kirkham Motorsports have turned out two things of beauty. The first is a sky’s-the-limit milled aluminum car. The second is a book about the making of the car that runs $4500 per copy. Why so much for a book? The binding is milled out of a 35 pound aluminum billet.
The project spans a 2 1/2 year build... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "100148",
"author": "Till",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T18:05:43",
"content": "i buy two",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100151",
"author": "Nico",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T18:08:58",
"content": "Looks nice indeed. So, a... | 1,760,377,570.361394 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/metal-race-combines-operation-and-calculator-game/ | Metal Race Combines Operation And Calculator Game | Mike Szczys | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"graphing calculator",
"operation",
"RACE",
"ti-83"
] | [Greg] was feeling nostalgic about the game RACE for to TI-83 graphing calculator. In the game, your car is stationary with controls to move the scrolling maze from side to side in order to avoid a crash. He set out to build a
physical version of the game
with a don’t-touch-the-side concept that reminds us of
Operation... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "100119",
"author": "MrX",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T16:30:04",
"content": "The idea is cool but the implementation is kind of lame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100121",
"author": "Jeremy C",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T1... | 1,760,377,570.17717 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/adding-a-keypad-to-a-key-card-lock/ | Adding A Keypad To A Key Card Lock | Phil Burgess | [
"classic hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"door",
"duct tape",
"keypad",
"lock",
"microchip",
"pic",
"pic16"
] | [Colin Merkel] had a little problem: he was continually forgetting his electronic key card, locking himself out of his own dorm room. Like any normal Hack a Day reader, rather than getting in the habit of always carrying his card, the natural impulse of course is to
build this elaborate rig of electronics and duct tape... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "100090",
"author": "Chris N",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T15:32:27",
"content": "SMS of course… Open your dorm room from anywhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100092",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T15:34:57"... | 1,760,377,571.638085 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/hulu-desktop-for-linux-finally/ | Hulu Desktop For Linux . . . Finally | Brett Haddock | [
"downloads hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"News"
] | [
"hulu",
"Hulu Desktop",
"linux",
"television",
"tv"
] | The folks over at Hulu Labs have been busy it seems, as they have just released a version of their
desktop client for Linux
. Windows and OSX versions of the desktop client have been out for some time now, but Linux has been left in the dark. Functionality wise, it operates and plays videos identically to its counterpa... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "100059",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T14:07:53",
"content": "finally!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100060",
"author": "spacecoyote",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T14:10:40",
"content": "I have a fe... | 1,760,377,571.574285 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/beauty-in-destruction/ | Beauty In Destruction | Phil Burgess | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"bullet",
"fps",
"impact",
"million",
"photography",
"projectile",
"speed",
"testosterone",
"velocity",
"video"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDoQwIAaXg]
This is not a hack. In fact it’s a promotional montage for a collection of scientific equipment that few of us could likely afford. But like yesterday’s
giant marionettes over Berlin
, sometimes even a
costly and delicately-orchestrated achievement
transcends its own... | 49 | 49 | [
{
"comment_id": "100040",
"author": "Johnnu Num 5",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T13:16:37",
"content": "That is so awesome!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100041",
"author": "napalm",
"timestamp": "2009-10-09T13:21:41",
"content... | 1,760,377,571.722521 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/maggy-locked-and-loaded/ | Maggy, Locked And Loaded | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3",
"blackjack",
"coil gun",
"jak",
"maggy",
"stage"
] | Some readers may remember [Paul] from his project
Jak, the blackjack robot
; but his interests have moved toward coil gun creation.
Maggy
, his latest weapon, may not be the
prettiest
of coil gun we’ve seen, or the
most environmentally friendly
, but does look to be promising. Featuring a triple stage, logic based acce... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "99901",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T23:29:44",
"content": "sweet but would have loved to have seen it shoot something…btw ARDUINO lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99915",
"author": "Mic",
"tim... | 1,760,377,571.213012 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/giants-roam-berlin/ | Giants Roam Berlin | Jakob Griffith | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"berlin",
"marionette",
"puppet"
] | I can hear the comments now: “Not a hack.” Yeah that might be true, but it’s still enormous puppets running around Berlin – that in its own right is pretty cool. The show, put on by the street theater group
Royal De Luxe
, is part of the 20th anniversary for the fall of the Berlin Wall. Spectators watched as the Big Gi... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "99883",
"author": "That commenter",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T22:30:59",
"content": "Not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99890",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T22:54:26",
"content": "not ... | 1,760,377,571.088643 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/a-stirring-hack/ | A Stirring Hack | Devlin Thyne | [
"home hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"Chemistry",
"magnets",
"stir"
] | [
Oleg
] of Circuits@Home and maker of the
USB Isolation Board
and the
USB Host Shield
has a new, two-part hack for his chemistry set. In
Part 1
of this hack, [Oleg] discusses the method he uses to make a stir bar spin and what types of stir bars work the best.
Part 2
discusses the motor control code and circuit. Give... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "99857",
"author": "RazorConcepts",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T21:18:07",
"content": "Those of you who are sarcastically going to mention arduino to be funny, just STFU now and not bother posting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99... | 1,760,377,571.157167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/a-modular-halloween-with-grid-beam/ | A Modular Halloween With Grid Beam | Phil Burgess | [
"home hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"animatronic",
"erector",
"gag",
"grid beam",
"gridbeam",
"halloween",
"scare"
] | The fantastic Creatrope blog has a great article
on quickly assembling
animatronic
Halloween gags using salvaged electric motors,
pvc
pipe, and “grid beam” construction.
Grid beam
is a prototyping and building medium that’s like a giant hippie Erector set. You can’t buy grid beam, but with a
drill press
, a jig, and so... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "99856",
"author": "MadMod",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T21:12:27",
"content": "OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME GRID BEAM!!IT IS AMAZING!! (Sorry for the caps but it requires emphasis lol) My next project will be an automated CNC Grid Beam hole driller! :Dhttp://www.gridbeamers.com... | 1,760,377,571.02746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/installing-a-starscape-ceiling/ | Installing A Starscape Ceiling | Mike Szczys | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"ceiling",
"fiber optic",
"illuminator",
"led",
"stars",
"starscape"
] | [Mike Galloway] set out to
install a lighted starscape in the ceiling
of the baby room. We remember first coming across this type of thing at a Planet Hollywood restaurant at least 10 years ago. We’ve always wondered how difficult this type of thing is to install.
This setup involves an LED based illuminator and bundle... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "99812",
"author": "Bonkers",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T18:08:45",
"content": "This would be a lot easier if installing a fine mesh or some other perforated material instead of a standard ceiling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "9... | 1,760,377,571.51021 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/ik-a-sketch-collaborative-scribbling/ | Ik-a-sketch Collaborative Scribbling | Mike Szczys | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"conference",
"ik-a-sketch",
"picnic",
"rfid",
"social networking"
] | At this year’s
PICNIC conference
[Neil Mendoza] and [Edwin Dertien]
built a giant Etch-a-Sketch to help bring attendees together
. The drawing area is a rear-projection screen, rather than
a physical powder based setup
, and is surrounded by the familiar red frame with vertical and horizontal control knob. Because the ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "99806",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T17:41:19",
"content": "i stink at anything related to art… but cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99807",
"author": "John Hopkins",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T... | 1,760,377,571.260458 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/barcode-challenge-part-2/ | Barcode Challenge – Part 2 | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt",
"News"
] | [
"barcode challenge",
"calc",
"code 128",
"openoffice",
"photoshop",
"solution",
"winner"
] | Yesterday we issued a
barcode challenge
in honor of the Barcode’s birthday. Congratulations to [
The Moogle
] for winning this challenge.
His submission
offers a very detailed explanation of how he solved the puzzle using Photoshop, OpenOffice Calc, and some web resources. We’ve got a detailed writeup on it after the b... | 40 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "99775",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T16:16:58",
"content": "i got the same code“hackaday.com – hacking since 2004”i usedhttp://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99776",
"author": "JP",
... | 1,760,377,571.440189 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/william-kamkwamba-talks-windmills-with-jon-stewart/ | William Kamkwamba Talks Windmills With Jon Stewart | Mike Szczys | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"circuit breaker",
"Daily Show",
"generator",
"google",
"Jon Stewart",
"ted",
"William Kamkwamba",
"windmill"
] | Last night
[Jon Stewart] interviewed [William Kamkwamba]
on The Daily Show. [William] is the young man from Malawi who at the age of 14
built a windmill generator out of discarded items
. Now at 22 years old, [William] is working on his SAT scores in hopes that he can attend college in the US. We get a bit more insight... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "99760",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T15:33:53",
"content": "I saw that interview last night and really enjoyed it. It’s a good reminder that good things can still be accomplished without expensive components or the Internet. Don’t get me wrong, I get the jitters if I... | 1,760,377,571.801456 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/scare-em-silly-with-a-moving-pumpkin/ | Scare ’em Silly With A Moving Pumpkin | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"attiny2313",
"evilmadscientist",
"halloween",
"lego",
"pumpkin",
"robot",
"servo"
] | Halloween is a scary time for the little ones. It’s dark, they can barely see through their injection molded Spiderman masks, but it’s all worth it for the candy.
Our friends over at
Evil Mad Scientist Labs have produced a pumpkin that moves on its own
. The little pumpkin was disemboweled from the bottom and its guts ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "99431",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T17:22:26",
"content": "-and then they win my heart back with the cuteness.:P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99472",
"author": "raged",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T... | 1,760,377,571.852552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/barcode-challenge/ | Barcode Challenge | Mike Szczys | [
"HackIt",
"News"
] | [
"anniversary",
"barcode",
"challenge",
"google"
] | This morning we logged into Google to find a Barcode instead of the normal logo (how strange that Google would
change their graphic
!). Apparently today is the anniversary of the
Barcode
. This method of easily labeling items for computer scanning is used for every type of commodity in our society. But do you know how ... | 184 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "99355",
"author": "JD",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T16:09:01",
"content": "Tool:http://www.datasymbol.com/barcode-recognition-sdk/barcode-reader/online-barcode-decoder.htmlResult:hackaday.com – hacking since 2004H",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,377,572.222014 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/ed-the-electric-delorean/ | ED, The Electric DeLorean | Jakob Griffith | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"back to the future",
"car",
"DeLorean",
"z2k-hv"
] | Who wouldn’t want a DeLorean, honestly it has to be the one of the coolest cars around, what with its gull wing doors and stainless steel siding. Joking aside [Tom Neiland] and [Dave Delman] went even further, creating eD, the
electric DeLorean
. It contains around 910 pounds of deep cycle lead batteries, custom transm... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "99340",
"author": "HogieWan",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T15:03:06",
"content": "Flux Capacitor is useless if the car only gets up to 85",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99341",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009... | 1,760,377,572.337447 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/record-eight-1seg-stations-at-once/ | Record Eight 1seg Stations At Once | Mike Szczys | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"1seg",
"capture",
"ISDB-T",
"mpeg2",
"one seg",
"oneseg",
"PVR",
"terrestrial"
] | [Aaron] tipped us off about a project over at mobilehackerz. They built something of a
PVR for 1seg broadcast stations
(
Google translation
). The
1seg
broadcast standard is aimed at mobile video service and available in countries like Japan and Brazil. Their terrestrial TV signals (
ISDB-T
) are divided into 13 segmen... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "99327",
"author": "David Ruger",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T13:37:30",
"content": "If you would like a translation, I can help you, but it won’t be cheap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99328",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,572.132715 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/exploding-processors-for-real/ | Exploding Processors For Real | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"fire",
"potassium chlorate",
"Thermite"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3whIm282X0]
After we posted the “
High explosives pc case
” earlier we saw a resounding outcry in the comments for combustible destruction. Oddly enough, we got a submission of something along just those lines. [tazzik] has taken the heat sink off of his athlon 1400+ and
covered... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "99196",
"author": "dumdum",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T22:04:00",
"content": "ok, this is just stupid. What is this for? A bunch of juvenile delinquents?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99197",
"author": "psycodrew",
"ti... | 1,760,377,572.419483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/halloween-prop-bigmouth-billy-bass/ | Halloween Prop: Bigmouth Billy Bass | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Toy Hacks"
] | [
"bass",
"halloween"
] | Back in 2001, the Bigmouth billy bass was still relatively new.
Hacking one to record and play back both audio and movement
was quite a new feat. You can read all about how they pulled it off. Though most of us agree that this could be done easier now, with off the shelf microcontrollers, this is a great example of con... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "99312",
"author": "McSquid",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T12:01:56",
"content": "Just when i thought id never have to look at one of these things again. thanks alot hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99317",
"author": "Jea... | 1,760,377,572.264988 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/five-concept-mice-add-multi-touch-control/ | Five Concept Mice Add Multi-touch Control | Mike Szczys | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"articulated",
"capacitive",
"laser",
"mashable",
"mice",
"microsoft",
"mouse",
"multi touch",
"qwerty"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLw1MXTDlAE]
Microsoft is showing off five concepts for added mouse functionality. All of them seek to replace traditional move-and-click with touch sensitivity through either capacitive sensing, video recognition, sensor articulation, or laser scanning. We’re excited about the p... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "99173",
"author": "JayNix",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T20:25:05",
"content": "These are extremely novel ideas. However, I don’t think the wheel needs to be re-invented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99180",
"author": "JKirch... | 1,760,377,572.638106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/nokia-destroying-phones-for-fun-and-profit/ | Nokia: Destroying Phones For Fun And Profit | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"cell phone",
"testing",
"wear"
] | No matter how grumpy you are in the morning, this video should make you smile. This is one of the jobs many of us dream of.
Take a tour around Nokia’s product testing facility with Engadget
. Watch in the video as phones are squashed, pinched, smacked, baked, shaken, dialed, slid, opened, and closed repeatedly. Sure, w... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "99742",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T14:11:13",
"content": "Awesome. This post did make me smile this morning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99753",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T1... | 1,760,377,572.685264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/08/software-auralization/ | Software Auralization | Phil Burgess | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"auralization",
"code",
"music",
"programming",
"software"
] | Have you heard the latest track by
gzip?
Maybe it’ll end up on a “Greatest Hits” album alongside Philip Glass.
Visualization techniques such as
animated algorithms
can help programmers better grasp the abstract theories that make software work. Could
auralization,
the sound equivalent of visualization, provide similar ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "99731",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T13:31:17",
"content": "I reverse engineer win32 applications, more so some years ago but occasionally still do today.The looping sequences of audio are familiar to me. lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [... | 1,760,377,572.472872 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/hack-a-usb-port-into-your-2010-prius/ | Hack A USB Port Into Your 2010 Prius | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"adapter",
"power",
"prius",
"toyota",
"usb",
"warranty"
] | [Rosenberger31] did a nice job of
adding a USB port to his 2010 Toyota Prius
. He removed the access door on the console where the traditional “cigarette lighter” 12 volt port is located. A Dynex 12-volt to USB adapter was piggy-backed onto the power lines and the USB connector was then fit into the blank accessory pla... | 46 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "99582",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T22:28:32",
"content": "I’m not 100% sure if it’s available on the new Prius or not, but some of the new Toyotas include a USB port that’s connected to the stereo, and will play songs off an iPod or USB stick, in addition to being ... | 1,760,377,572.817675 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/center-speaker-amp-for-an-ipod/ | Center Speaker Amp For An IPod | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"amp",
"amplifier",
"audio",
"center channel",
"goodwill",
"ipod",
"lm4950",
"protoboard",
"speaker"
] | A few weeks ago we saw [Jaroslaw’s]
universal credit card spoofer
. Now he’s sent in a project that incorporates an amplifier into a
center speaker for use with an iPod
or any device with an audio jack.
The build has two main components; an
LM4950 audio amplifier
and a center channel speaker he picked up for $3 at
Good... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "99553",
"author": "Yaffi",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T21:03:23",
"content": "kostenlose Kleinanzeigen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99560",
"author": "WeblionX",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T21:26:19",
"content": "I wond... | 1,760,377,572.738424 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/the-subway-never-sounded-so-good/ | The Subway Never Sounded So Good | Mike Szczys | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"commute",
"josh bell",
"piano",
"pressure sensor",
"subway",
"synthesizer"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivg56TX9kWI]
Reader [Philippe] tipped us off about this video showing a set of
subway steps being turned into a piano keyboard
(
english translation
). The creators wanted to make taking the stairs rather than riding the escalator a bit more fun. They added pressure sensors to ea... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "99533",
"author": "Nextuz",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T20:12:09",
"content": "Thats a nice comercial for contest about the “fun”theori… =)here they have thw deepest garbagecan in the world..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wOe0aqYguY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replie... | 1,760,377,573.086608 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/tv-b-gone-zilla-rar/ | TV-B-Gone-zilla! Rawr! | Phil Burgess | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"flashlight",
"infrared",
"ir",
"led",
"remote",
"shenanigans",
"tv",
"tv-b-gone",
"tvbgone"
] | TV-B-Gone
: antisocial nuisance or harmless prank? Whatever your feelings, there’s no denying this device has become a staple of the DIY hacking crowd, as evidenced by the countless
derivatives
since
hatched
. This latest mutation crushes them all.
[manekinen] from the Polish electronics blog
Elektroda
(“Electrode”) wa... | 34 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "99520",
"author": "daler",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T19:42:31",
"content": "Now we just need one that utilizes an infrared laser and rifle scope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "979401",
"author": "furrysalamander",
... | 1,760,377,572.962575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/07/hardware-hd-decoder-in-a-netbook/ | Hardware HD Decoder In A Netbook | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Netbook Hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"hd video",
"high def",
"netbook"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGEeTSJiy8g]
[banzai] wasn’t happy with the performance he was getting out of his Samsung netbook. He
decided it was time to do something about it
. He noticed that Dell and HP both sell an optional HD decoder card for their netbooks. After a short search, he found one on ebay fo... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "99465",
"author": "The Moogle",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T18:05:55",
"content": "why not populate the second slot and have both?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99474",
"author": "otomoton",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T18:20... | 1,760,377,573.145951 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/psp-plus-second-stick-camera-32-gigs/ | PSP Plus Second Stick, Camera, 32 Gigs | Mike Szczys | [
"PSP Hacks"
] | [
"analog stick",
"internal camera",
"mod",
"nub",
"psp",
"psp go",
"usb"
] | [JoblessPunk] recently finished his
what-a-psp-should-be mod
. He’s internalized a camera and added a switch in the body to toggle between using the camera or using the USB port. There’s an additional analog stick, and added charging functionality via the USB port. He’s also packed in an additional 32 GB of flash memor... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "99154",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T19:04:51",
"content": "sigh, shame about the techno.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99156",
"author": "babble",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T19:09:17",
"content": "si... | 1,760,377,573.031383 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/nikon-coolpix-s1000pj-teardown/ | Nikon Coolpix S1000pj (teardown) | James Munns | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Teardown"
] | [
"coolpix",
"digital camera",
"ifixit",
"nikon",
"pico",
"projector",
"teardown"
] | Earlier this year, Nikon released the
Coolpix S1000pj
, a 12 megapixel point and shoot with the usual features, including image stabilization, face recognition, etc. However, the S1000pj features a built in projector into the usual diminutive point and shoot footprint, and also comes with a remote for controlling the p... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "99145",
"author": "VIPER!",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T18:40:22",
"content": "Projectors Inside a Camera AWESOME!!! Now we have a Use for the I Pod Video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99191",
"author": "aztraph",
"times... | 1,760,377,573.419954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/high-explosives-pc-case/ | High Explosives PC Case | Mike Szczys | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"ammo case",
"Case mod",
"dvd",
"explosives",
"gfaf",
"htpc",
"steel"
] | [Ilias] let us know about his new
HTPC case mod
. He took a surplus Ammo-case and with a bit of work turned it into a livingroom
eye-sore
masterpiece. His build has some nice touches, including a slot-fed DVD player, switch-based fan control, and key-and-button “nuclear launch” type power-on controls.
A few things to ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "99126",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T17:18:13",
"content": "hehehe now have it explode if the right password isn’t entered…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99132",
"author": "risu",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,573.242982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/atv-brings-skynet-closer/ | Robot Security Patrol Brings Skynet Closer | Mike Szczys | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"abomination",
"atv",
"autonomous",
"drone",
"overlord",
"robot",
"surveillance",
"terminator"
] | The students at the University of Oklahoma have put together a robot that will surely join the
other drones
in our future robot overlord regime. This autonomous vehicle was produced to replace human security patrols which can be both boring and dangerous. Intent on delivering surveillance to most locations, an all terr... | 11 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "99116",
"author": "Robert Perkins",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T16:29:57",
"content": "Wow. This is awesome, because hey… free Toughbook!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99120",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T... | 1,760,377,573.294054 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/how-to-crack-a-master-lock/ | How To Crack A Master Lock | Mike Szczys | [
"lockpicking hacks"
] | [
"brute force",
"master lock",
"picking",
"vulnerability"
] | Long, long ago we covered
a method to crack a Master lock
in about 30 minutes or less. Here’s a revival of the same method but now the
instructions to retrieve the combination are in info-graphic format
created by [
Mark Edward Campos
].
If you didn’t get to try this the first time around, here’s how it works: A combin... | 68 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "99105",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T15:03:55",
"content": "this could be usefull… both good and evil…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99113",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T16:05:38"... | 1,760,377,573.375841 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/there-i-fixed-it-a-blog-about-hacking-poorly/ | There I Fixed It: A Blog About Hacking, Poorly. | Gerrit Coetzee | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"blog",
"fix",
"hacks",
"humor",
"quick hack",
"thereifixedit"
] | Thereifixedit.com is a site filled with dubious innovations.
Some of them are cool, some of them are clever, and most of them are terrifying. Anyone who has ever stood in front of a broken household appliance with a roll of duct tape, one screw driver with a bit chipped off the flat part, and determination will laugh t... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "99093",
"author": "monkeyslayer56",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T14:17:05",
"content": "lol funny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99096",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T14:28:21",
"content": "Best use yet for... | 1,760,377,573.484735 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/06/doom-on-a-picture-key-chain/ | Doom On A Picture Key Chain | Jakob Griffith | [
"handhelds hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Linux Hacks"
] | [
"bifferboard",
"doom",
"key chain",
"ssh"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/6878807%5D
Alright, so Doom isn’t actually
running on the key chain
itself, but rather a
BifferBoard
: a small 150MHz x86 containing ethernet, serial, and even USB with only one watt of power consumption! The project is to show how easy it is to program the BifferBoard and getting it
talking to ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "99084",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T13:29:23",
"content": "The project makes use of the ST2205 picture frame hacking project I started:http://picframe.spritesserver.nl/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. It’s a shame that the guy who did this hack kept the remood licensing... | 1,760,377,573.570571 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/thermoelectric-solar-power/ | Thermoelectric Solar Power | Devlin Thyne | [
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"peltier",
"photovoltaic",
"power",
"solar",
"thermoelectric"
] | [Colin] has put together an instructable for a
solar power generator
that uses the thermoelectric effect instead of the photovoltaic (PV) effect. We have seen Peltier devices used in cooling
cans
,
solder paste
,
backs
, and
hacked hard drives.
This is the first hack we have seen where a Peltier device is used to gener... | 41 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "98965",
"author": "polymath",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T21:53:11",
"content": "i wonder what kind of efficiency you can get out of this? would it be same as when running it normally? or do they function better as generators. I have to admit that I know very little about peltier.",
... | 1,760,377,573.739947 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/vocoding-with-a-piano/ | Vocoding With A Piano | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"piano",
"talk",
"vocode"
] | This
really cool project allows a grand piano to “speak”
. We don’t know any details about its construction but we had to share. The keys are being hit by solenoids in a manner to replicate human speech. Click through to the video, it’s worth it. You may have to allow the popup to see the video, and it is in german, ... | 43 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "98931",
"author": "Ben Ryves",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T19:36:49",
"content": "I think the link should behttp://www.3sat.de/kulturzeit/tips/138237/index.html?Very interesting stuff, though I don’t think I’d have understood what it was “saying” without the subtitles..!",
"parent_... | 1,760,377,573.815137 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/pocket-multimeter-review/ | Pocket Multimeter Review | Mike Szczys | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"ebay",
"harbor freight",
"ladyada",
"mikey sklar",
"multimeter",
"pocket",
"radio shack",
"review"
] | Reader [Mikey Sklar] told us about a
review he wrote covering 3 different models of pocket multimeters
. We’re sure that you’ve had the same experiences we have being the go-to-guy or got-to-gal for all things electrical. For our sort, having a multimeter on hand at all times has become an expectation.
[Mikey] looks a... | 33 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "98902",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T18:11:04",
"content": "Cen-Tech makes an even cheaper multimeter with no CT model number, but it’s Harbor Freight item ITEM 90899; it’s currently listed at $4.99 and I’ve seen it at $2.99 in the local store. This is a fine li... | 1,760,377,573.968075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/jump-start-your-car-with-sega-parts/ | Jump Start Your Car With Sega Parts | Mike Szczys | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"amps",
"ghetto",
"jump start",
"macgyver",
"power supply",
"sega",
"volts"
] | [Jenn’s] family is a single-car household. Because of this, it’s a little more difficult to get a jump start when the headlights run down the battery. Not wanting to ask the neighbors for help, her husband [
Richard
] decided to come up with his own solution.
Rummaging through the parts on hand, [Richard] went with his... | 47 | 46 | [
{
"comment_id": "98883",
"author": "Fallen",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T17:09:53",
"content": "That definitely would not be enough to jumpstart a car. IIRC starters draw hundreds of amps of current. The one in my car is fused for 200A. It depends on the temperature what it draws.Anywho he probably jus... | 1,760,377,573.89651 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/halloween-props-low-cost-popup/ | Halloween Props: Low Cost Popup | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"halloween",
"pneumatic"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJoedH9thds]
[Backroads] has put together this nicely detailed writeup explaining how to
make a low cost popup prop
. He’s using a single pneumatic valve and a home made PVC piston to raise and lower a scary mask. He’s using an off-the-shelf 110v AC valve controller to control th... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "98878",
"author": "spacecoyote",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T16:27:42",
"content": "He should decorate the garbage can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98894",
"author": "Nigel Spowage",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T17:42:05",
... | 1,760,377,574.059999 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/building-an-ir-receiver-for-the-popcorn-hour-c-200/ | Building An IR Receiver For The Popcorn Hour C-200 | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"infra red",
"ir",
"popcorn hour c-200"
] | [Linuxworks] has posted a writeup on how to
build an IR module for the popcorn hour c-200
. We weren’t familiar with the
popcorn hour c-200
, so we had to look it up. It seems to be a media center pc sort of thing. We’re not reviewing the unit itself, since we’ve never used one, so we’ll just get back to the mod. The d... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "98869",
"author": "frollard",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T15:25:57",
"content": "Why would anyone not like rf (other than it doesn’t accept your universal remote signal…)The popcorn hour is an AWESOME ‘cheap’ htpc option. it’s a much more refined all in one box than the made-in-china ... | 1,760,377,574.020369 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/05/monome-case-mod-vintage-radio/ | Monome Case Mod: Vintage Radio | Mike Szczys | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"casemod",
"faceplate",
"monome",
"radio",
"vintage"
] | We’ve seen a lot of
the Monome
, a USB based controller often used as a sampler,
here at Hack a Day
. This is one of the more creative hacks. [brothernigel] took a Monome 40h kit and fit it inside the case of a vintage radio. The faceplate was a custom order to fit his purposes and incorporates the original radio frequ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "98868",
"author": "raged",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T14:31:29",
"content": "Nicely made",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98880",
"author": "darksim905",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T16:46:13",
"content": "That didn’t look ... | 1,760,377,574.103423 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/10/04/dance-of-the-construction-cranes/ | Dance Of The… (construction) Cranes | Jake W | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"brandon vickerd",
"crane",
"illuminated",
"nuit blanche",
"synched"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP_RhEstx_c]
Hacking is all about using parts and
resources in an unconventional way
. If stringing a
pair of high-rise cranes
with
LED Christmas lights
and making them move to a piece of classical music isn’t unconventional, then we don’t know what is. For nearly a quarter of ev... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "98764",
"author": "catzburg",
"timestamp": "2009-10-04T20:09:35",
"content": "I hear nothing!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98781",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2009-10-04T21:31:59",
"content": "Music Would be n... | 1,760,377,574.169977 |
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