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https://hackaday.com/2009/03/05/automated-dvd-dispenser/ | Automated DVD Dispenser | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"dispenser",
"dvd"
] | [Andrew] made this
DVD dispenser
for his senior project in high school. It is using an ATmega8515 for the brains, and a custom coded driver for the LCD. As you can see in the video, after the break, you can select a
DVD
by various identifiers such as genre or title. It then pushes that DVD out of the rack so you can gr... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "65373",
"author": "The MPAA",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T20:14:56",
"content": "Hey, those DVDs look pirated. We know where you live, Andrew",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65378",
"author": "urlax",
"timestamp": "2009-03... | 1,760,377,677.176348 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/04/n8vem-computer-with-a-3km-wireless-link/ | N8VEM Computer With A 3Km Wireless Link | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"cpm",
"home brew computer",
"n8vem"
] | [James] sent in this project in which he
built a tiny computer with text based OS and a 3Km wireless link
. The details are a bit scarce, but he used an N8VEM, a Propeller Pocket Term, a 4 line LCD and an RF Transceiver to build it. It runs CP/M, the text based operating system and uses less than a half of a watt, with... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "65298",
"author": "hum4n",
"timestamp": "2009-03-04T23:36:29",
"content": "that could run some neat little stationary solar gadgets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65303",
"author": "orgy316",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T0... | 1,760,377,677.109094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/02/restoring-yellowed-computer-plastics/ | Restoring Yellowed Computer Plastics | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"amiga",
"apple",
"commodore",
"glycerine",
"hydrogen peroxide",
"oxy",
"plastic",
"restoration",
"restore",
"retr0brite",
"snes",
"super nintendo",
"vintage",
"vintage computing",
"xanthan gum",
"yellow plastic"
] | Many of our cherished computers and consoles from the past have not stood up well over time. It’s not the hardware as much as the color. From Commodores, Apples, to Super Nintendos, the machines have slowly drifted towards a sickly yellow and even brown. The culprit appears to be the fire retardant chemicals used in th... | 39 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "64907",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T20:31:18",
"content": ":awesome:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64908",
"author": "The Moogle",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T20:40:39",
"content": "I can see it no... | 1,760,377,677.401285 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/02/parts-32kb-spi-sram-memory-23k256/ | Parts: 32KB SPI SRAM Memory (23K256) | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"23k256",
"32K",
"memory",
"parts",
"ram",
"spi",
"sram",
"storage"
] | Microchip’s new
23K256
is a serially interfaced 32 kilobyte
SRAM
memory chip, available in 8 pin DIP and 8 pin SO packages. SRAM, like
EEPROM
, is a data storage medium. Data stored in SRAM is lost without constant power, but it’s really fast and there’s no limits to the number of write cycles. EERPOM stores data even ... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "64887",
"author": "stunmonkey",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T18:46:02",
"content": "32k? That’s totally not enough to run Crysis…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64898",
"author": "x",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T19:38:47",
... | 1,760,377,677.048341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/02/hexapod-helicopter/ | Hexapod Helicopter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"helicopter",
"hexapod",
"robot"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhrSwatSiE]
[Kiethrobot]
built this six legged little helicopter
. You can see that it is fairly mobile. You can also see that it doesn’t really make it off the ground really well. He must have gotten more power out of it though because he destroyed it in a crash the day after ... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "64870",
"author": "EdwardNardella",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T17:01:25",
"content": "Maybe jumping will help get it off the ground?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64872",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T17:04... | 1,760,377,677.455378 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/01/nerf-sniper/ | Nerf Sniper | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"gun",
"nerf"
] | a true hacker knows that you just can’t blow away the competition with a stock piece of equipment. Nerf warfare is no different. These guys did what they had to do to become the dominant force in their offices Nerf wars. They
built their own high power Nerf rifle
. Using some PVC, a sprinkler valve, and a bicycle pump,... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "64804",
"author": "Reezy",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T00:54:08",
"content": "replace that manual pump with an electric one and it would be much cooler. Also need to sit down and re-design the aesthetics/function form. Its clumsy looking and cumbersome, not to mention a pain to reload ... | 1,760,377,677.562024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/03/01/skate-or-die2-with-a-real-skateboard/ | Skate Or Die With A Real Skateboard | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ballance board",
"commodore",
"skateboard"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIwJO-Ekj4]
In order to update Skate or Die to a newer experience, [Jeff] has
hacked together a skateboard controller
for his Commodore 128. He’s using a parallax propeller to interface the skateboard to the unit, and another controller to boot up the game. Watch out Wii. | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "64786",
"author": "Nemo",
"timestamp": "2009-03-01T22:10:47",
"content": "Ha. Small world. Was looking on the parallax website earlier today (going to get a demo board for my b-day *yay*), and I looked at that exact same thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies":... | 1,760,377,677.495789 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/28/full-debian-on-a-router-board/ | Full Debian On A Router Board | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"debian",
"linux",
"mips",
"router"
] | [Anthony] has
transformed a simple router board into a fully fledged Debian system
. The board is an
RB433AH
which has a 680Mhz development board with 3 LAN ports and 3 Mini PCI slots intended for routing tasks. At roughly $150, this could be a pretty versatile tool to have around. Possibly more useful than the
SheevaP... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "64695",
"author": "konez2k",
"timestamp": "2009-02-28T22:07:24",
"content": "better a SheevaPlus if we compare a 680mhz CPU @ $150 and a 1.2 Ghz CPU @ 99$ if you wish to use as a webserver / dbserver",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,676.927481 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/28/automatic-grow-light/ | Automatic Grow Light | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"automated",
"gardening",
"plants"
] | We’ve covered
automated plant growing
before, but that project might be overkill for many situations. Many of us don’t need our plants to have
facial expressions
either. Sometimes, we just need a little bit of help. This
automated grow light
is a nice little project that supplies decent light when necessary. You can do... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "64688",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2009-02-28T20:18:57",
"content": "Did anyone else see little ceramic disk capacitors growing in the B&W pic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64689",
"author": "ragnar",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,677.23845 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/25/kindle-2-teardown/ | Kindle 2 Teardown | Eliot | [
"handhelds hacks",
"News"
] | [
"amazon",
"arm",
"book",
"e-ink",
"e-paper",
"ebook",
"eink",
"freescale",
"keyboard",
"kindle",
"kindle 2",
"make",
"teardown"
] | The people at iFixit have shown that they’re still on top of their game by
tearing down the new Kindle 2
eBook
reader. The main processor is a 532MHz ARM-11 from Freescale. Interestly, there isn’t any significant circuitry behind the large keyboard; it seems its existence is just to hide the battery.
Related:
previous ... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "64356",
"author": "moj",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T02:23:02",
"content": "Very interest article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64357",
"author": "hum4n",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T02:25:32",
"content": "the thing is ... | 1,760,377,676.991231 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/25/sheevaplug-tiny-linux-server/ | SheevaPlug, Tiny Linux Server | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"sheevaplug",
"wall wart"
] | This little wall plug is actually a full computer
with 1.2GHz cpu, with 512MB of RAM and 512MB of of flash memory. It comes with versions of linux, ported for its ARM processor. At $50, this cool system could be finding itself in a lot of homes. You can get
more information
from the manufacturer. What uses can you thin... | 132 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "64301",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2009-02-25T20:59:37",
"content": "That is bad-ass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64302",
"author": "Laslow",
"timestamp": "2009-02-25T21:06:30",
"content": "it could be used... | 1,760,377,677.650119 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/25/propirc-propeller-based-irc-client/ | PropIRC: Propeller Based IRC Client | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"client",
"internet relay chat",
"irc",
"microcontroller",
"parallax",
"propeller"
] | Many people don’t want to miss anything in their IRC room, so they “idle” or just leave the client open to capture all the conversations. It can be annoying to have it going in the background on your computer though. To remedy this, [Harrison]
built a simple computer from a propeller microcontroller that’s only purpose... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "64298",
"author": "macegr",
"timestamp": "2009-02-25T20:21:15",
"content": "“IRC room”? blasphemy! they’re called channels!I love this project though…one of these days I’ll have enough free time to play with a Propeller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,677.766209 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/24/parts-analog-distance-sensors-sharp-gp2d122y0a02/ | Parts: Analog Distance Sensors (Sharp GP2D12/2Y0A02) | Ian | [
"Parts",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"2y0a02",
"distance sensors",
"gp2d12",
"ir rangers",
"ir sensors",
"measurement",
"robot sensors",
"sensors",
"sharp ir rangers"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGiRK0vmcUw]
Sharp GP2D12 and 2Y0A02 infrared rangers output a voltage proportionate to the distance of an object from the sensor. The GPD12 senses objects at a distance of 10-80cm, while the 2Y0A02 has twice the range.
We’ve previously looked at the
Sharp GP2Y0D02 digital proxi... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "64218",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-25T00:12:38",
"content": "that’s some brilliant timing, i impulse bought a gp2d12 along with some other stuff last week. saw some on a robot at work and thought it might be cool to play with. my intention is to combine it with a vibrati... | 1,760,377,677.712214 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/24/windows-95-running-on-an-n95/ | Windows 95 Running On An N95 | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"n95",
"symbian",
"windows"
] | We’ve had this same hack submitted by two people, pointing to two
different
(
translated
)
sources
(
translated
) today. It seems with a recent version of dos box, you can load windows 3.1 or windows 95 on N95 or N85 devices. They’re both in polish, so they may be the same people posting in different places. If you ca... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "64204",
"author": "Phaux",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T22:35:18",
"content": "I’m totally trying this on my N95-3 when I get home :DI wonder if this will pave the way to installing other types of OSes on it, like a full copy of linux, or maybe Win2k or XP? Probably not enough power to... | 1,760,377,677.890389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/24/bar2d2-gets-automated/ | Bar2d2 Gets Automated | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"alchohol",
"bar",
"bar2d2"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITcC3QazHyg]
When we showed you
Bar2d2
, the bar tending party bot, there was one huge hurdle left to solve. It was only a drink dispenser at that, while awesome, couldn’t actually mix drinks. That has been remedied in this update. Now, a computer handles all of the drink orders,... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "64187",
"author": "JediSquirrel",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T18:15:48",
"content": "That is truly amazing, good work! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64188",
"author": "Hacksaw",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T18:16:56",
... | 1,760,377,678.48595 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/23/sslstrip-hijacking-ssl-in-network/ | Sslstrip, Hijacking SSL In Network | Eliot | [
"cons",
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"Black Hat",
"black hat dc",
"browser",
"forbes",
"HTTP",
"https",
"moxie",
"moxie marlinspike",
"security",
"ssl",
"unicode",
"url"
] | Last week at Black Hat DC, [Moxie Marlinspike] presented a novel way to hijack SSL. You can read about it in this
Forbes article
, but we highly recommend you watch the video.
sslstrip
can rewrite all https links as http, but it goes far beyond that. Using unicode characters that look similar to / and ? it can construc... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "64145",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T03:52:15",
"content": "scary cool, yet another reason to go to my bank or store in person.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64151",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2009... | 1,760,377,678.539618 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/23/4-or-more-servos-on-an-arduino/ | 4 Or More Servos On An Arduino | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"roboduino",
"servo"
] | The latest version of the
Arduino software
allows you to use more than two servos at a time.
Curious Inventor has posted a demo
showing how to run 4 servos from a keyboard input. The code should also work just fine on Arduino clones, like the Roboduino pictured above. They point out that if you are running version 12 o... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "64118",
"author": "nathan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T21:44:55",
"content": "I didn’t know I was limited to 2. Here I went and made things that use up to 6 servos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64119",
"author": "thethirdm... | 1,760,377,678.19793 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/23/false-theremin/ | False Theremin | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"photoresistor",
"theremin"
] | [vilxes91] sent in this cool little
false-theremin
(
translated
). Its a
pretty simple circuit
, that can fit in really small places. It isn’t a true theremen because it uses the amount of light coming in around the lid for the modulation. To play it, you turn it on and open it up, the more open the lid, the higher the... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "64107",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T20:24:18",
"content": "Whats a theremin?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64109",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T20:35:10",
"content": "musical instru... | 1,760,377,678.089986 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/22/x11-on-android/ | X11 On Android | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"downloads hacks",
"g1 hacks"
] | [
"android",
"debian",
"desktop environment",
"G1",
"ghostwalker",
"icewm",
"linux",
"lxde",
"t-mobile g1",
"vnc",
"vnc client",
"vnc server",
"window manager",
"x11"
] | [ghostwalker] has put together instructions for
running X11 on your Android device
. This means you can run a full-blown Linux desktop environment on your phone. It requires you to already have a Debian shell on the phone,
which we covered earlier
. Instead of having to come up with a custom display driver, it’s hooked... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "64028",
"author": "indiekid97",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T02:59:26",
"content": "this is exactly the kind of thing i was hoping to find before pulling the trigger on the g1 dev editionthanks hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,377,678.145511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/22/qrss-radio-amateurs-slow-speed-narrowband/ | QRSS: Radio Amateurs’ Slow-speed Narrowband | Eliot | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"10.140mhz",
"amateur radio",
"dsp",
"guest post",
"ham",
"morse",
"morse code",
"narrowband",
"qrss",
"soldersmoke"
] | Host of the
Soldersmoke
podcast, [Bill Meara], contributed this guest post.
While the rest of the world is moving toward high speed broadband, some hams—including one Nobel Prize winner—are going in exactly the opposite direction. Our ‘QRSS’ mode makes use of an unusual mixture of modern digital signal processing (DSP)... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "64014",
"author": "chinesegambling",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T23:37:57",
"content": "sorry, don’t get it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64015",
"author": "rick",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T23:54:13",
"content": "it’s ... | 1,760,377,678.274574 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/22/nes-controller-on-a-ds/ | NES Controller On A DS | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"ds",
"dsl",
"dslight",
"nes",
"nintendo"
] | You can get most of the old NES games for the DS, but they just don’t feel the same. Sure your hands still cramp up, but its just not the same cramp we remember. What is the solution?
Put an old Nintendo Entertainment System controller on your DS
. [Parker] did exactly that. The method he used is fairly strait forward... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "63995",
"author": "Tri-edge",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T17:17:26",
"content": "This originally came from acidmods.http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=22502.0",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63997",
"author": "calebk... | 1,760,377,678.328404 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/21/dell-mini-9-osx-install/ | Dell Mini 9 OSX Install | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"boing boing gadgets",
"dell",
"dell mini 9",
"dvd",
"eula",
"gizmodo",
"hackintosh",
"leopard",
"mini 9",
"netbook",
"OsX"
] | Installing OSX on commodity PC hardware has advanced a lot since the early days of OSx86 when Apple switched to Intel. With the advent of
netbooks
, a new target platform has emerged; one that doesn’t have an official Apple equivalent. The small subset of models means that it’s easy to find someone else that has the sa... | 36 | 36 | [
{
"comment_id": "63932",
"author": "gordunk",
"timestamp": "2009-02-21T23:10:13",
"content": "Why would you want to install OSX on a computer that comes with WinXP, the best windows OS to ever come out. I can understand if it came with vista, but hell, Mac can’t possibly have that much going for it... | 1,760,377,678.61702 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/21/high-quality-macro-lens/ | High Quality Macro Lens | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"canon",
"lens",
"macro",
"photography"
] | [Chris] wanted to do some macro photography, but found the price tag off putting. He was looking at roughly $800 for a decent macro lens. Instead, he decided to
build his own
. He wanted to build a lens that could be removed and used just like his normal lenses. He picked up a standard Canon AF lens for $10 to start wi... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "63919",
"author": "thethirdmoose",
"timestamp": "2009-02-21T21:26:34",
"content": "sometimes, it’s really hard to figure out what a hack is about if you link to a page somewhere in the middle of the article. please link to the front page of the hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,678.663317 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/27/tweet-a-watt-wins-greener-gadgets-design-competition/ | Tweet-a-Watt Wins Greener Gadgets Design Competition | Eliot | [
"home hacks",
"News",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"802.15.4",
"competition",
"dvice",
"greener gadgets",
"kill a watt",
"killawatt",
"power",
"tweet a watt",
"wattcher",
"xbee",
"zigbee"
] | The team behind the the Tweet-a-Watt/
Wattcher
just
won first prize
at the Greener Gadgets design competition. The device is a hacked
Kill A Watt
that transmits power consumption using an XBee. After checking out DVICE’s
preview of the competitors
yesterday, we’re happy to see a prototype win instead of just a concept ... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "64616",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2009-02-28T01:40:32",
"content": "wasn’t there a hackaday Twitter moratorium?so, yeah, neat gadget an all, but this just drives home the problem with many Twitter-enabled devices: what’s the point? i see a tweet and… do i run home and swi... | 1,760,377,678.732172 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/27/laser-lighter/ | Laser Lighter | Caleb Kraft | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"blue ray",
"blueray",
"laser",
"lighter"
] | [rog8811] shared his
laser lighter
with us. He has gutted a zippo style lighter and inserted a blue ray laser module. The old fuel compartment houses the batteries. This is pretty cool, though it might take forever to actually light a cigarette with it. His build log is quite nice with diagrams and detailed pictures of... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "64589",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T22:34:42",
"content": "it’s pointed the wrong way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64590",
"author": "hypoxide",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T22:38:42",
"content": "t... | 1,760,377,678.79411 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/27/tools-proxxon-drill-press-tbm115tbm220/ | Tools: Proxxon Drill Press TBM115/TBM220 | Ian | [
"Reviews"
] | [
"circuit board",
"drill",
"drill press",
"electronics tools",
"pcb drill",
"proxxon",
"review",
"tbm115",
"tbm220",
"tools"
] | A decent drill press is a crucial tool for an electronics lab. We use our drill press to make holes in our own circuit boards, and tap or break traces on existing circuit boards. We’ve used a lot of tools to drill circuit boards — power drills, power drills in “drill press stands”, and high-speed rotary tools — but whe... | 30 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "64583",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T21:41:03",
"content": "What’s the largest bit size it can handle? Can I drill 1/2″ holes with it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6727970",
"author": "Sam H Re... | 1,760,377,678.959685 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/27/bmow-a-home-made-cpu/ | BMOW: A Home Made Cpu | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"cpu",
"wire wrap"
] | Building your own CPU sounds like quite a daunting task as it is.
Building your own CPU using manual wire wrapping
transcends difficult to become an art form. [Steve] has built a CPU by
manually wrapping
every single wire. That’s 1253 wires, or 2506 wrapped ends. Even if it didn’t work, it would be nice to look at. But... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "64576",
"author": "DerAxeman",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T20:22:25",
"content": "Its been a long time since I have seen a bit sliced CPU. I never thought I would see another one after fpgas came out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,377,678.875302 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/26/paintball-gun-turret/ | Paintball Gun Turret | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"gun",
"invent geek",
"InventGeek",
"jared bouck",
"kit",
"paintball",
"paintball gun",
"q-loader",
"rc",
"sentry",
"sentry gun",
"trigger"
] | [Jared Bouck] has been sending in his projects for a couple years now. We’ve enjoyed his
heavy-duty DDR pads
,
LCD backlight repair
, and
ion cooling projects
. His latest, an
RC paintball gun turret
, is our favorite though. He actually rates this as one of the easier projects he’s published; it just took a while to a... | 39 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "64501",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T03:05:10",
"content": "C’mon, no video?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64503",
"author": "Mr. Sandman",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T03:21:09",
"content": "Spy’s sappin... | 1,760,377,679.050664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/26/icast-imac-lcd-dreamcast/ | ICast: Imac + LCD + DreamCast | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"dreamcast",
"imac"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwMSQP-qPg]
[Logicdustbin] sent in his
iCast project
. He gutted a blue
iMac
and inserted a DreamCast and an LCD. It looks very nice. His ports on the front seem almost factory installed. You can
follow his build on the cgcc forums
. | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "64460",
"author": "spacecoyote",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T21:17:16",
"content": "How do you change the disc?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64466",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T22:08:14",
"content": "L... | 1,760,377,679.135923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/26/avr-mega8-rss-reader/ | AVR Mega8 RSS Reader | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"AVR",
"microcontroller",
"rss",
"serial"
] | [Barney_1] built this
sereial RSS reader
. He’s using the
Dragon Rider 500
development board, which is a kit that has expansions available including the LCD, serial interface, and power supply. You don’t need the kit though, you could just build your own with similar specs. He has written a program in python to scrape ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "64453",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T20:51:56",
"content": "Sounds like a fun project for [barney_1] to have done, if a little weak for a H-A-D post. Though, I might have to take his script and do the same with an old WRT router as the network backend.",
"parent_... | 1,760,377,679.191546 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/18/vacuum-former-toy/ | Vacuum Former Toy | Eliot | [
"Roundup",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"drcrash",
"easy-bake oven",
"lightbulb",
"mattel",
"ralis kahn",
"toy",
"toymax",
"vacuum",
"vacuum formed",
"vacuum former",
"vacuum forming"
] | Vacuum formers are still fairly rare in our community, so it was a surprise to see that in the 1960s Mattel
marketed one as a toy
. It used a hot plate to mold plastic sheets into various shapes. The design was updated by Toymax in the early ’90s to use a light bulb heating element to make car bodies, like some sort of... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "63595",
"author": "vinnymeyer",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T04:10:33",
"content": "I used to have one of these!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63596",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T04:14:09",
"content":... | 1,760,377,679.253957 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/18/temperature-sensing-munny/ | Temperature Sensing Munny | Eliot | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"adc",
"Atmel",
"attiny",
"attiny5l",
"AVR",
"gift",
"isp",
"joao silva",
"kidrobot",
"led",
"lm35cz",
"munny",
"present",
"rgb",
"RGB LED",
"temperature",
"thermometer",
"valentine"
] | Here’s another nerdy present that was built for Valentine’s Day. [João Silva] created a
temperature sensing Munny
. A
Munny
is a vinyl toy made to be customized. Other than these
Munny speakers
, we haven’t seen them in many electronics projects. The LM35CZ temperature sensor has an analog output that connects to the A... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "63593",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T03:37:10",
"content": "from smurf to lgm (think toy story) in a few degrees",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63616",
"author": "João Silva",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T07:19... | 1,760,377,679.557732 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/18/dirks-accident/ | Dirk’s Accident | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"finger",
"magnet"
] | Warning: this link contains graphic images depicting
removal of a fingernail by giant freaking magnets
. [Dirk] likes to collect odd things. A few of those odd things, just happen to be massive Neodymium magnets. Even though he was really really careful, somehow two of them ended up close enough to attract each other. ... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63544",
"author": "compukidmike",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T22:19:20",
"content": "All I can say is wow! I’ve had my finger get in the way of some hard drive magnets and it hurt for a while but this is insane! (they were from a 10 platter SCSI drive and are about 1″x2″x1/2″ thick, so... | 1,760,377,679.339349 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/18/lcd-repair/ | LCD Repair | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"capacitor",
"fix",
"lcd",
"monitor",
"repair"
] | [Andrew] sent us this great breakdown of an
LCD monitor repair
. After his wife’s monitor developed an issue with rippling in the picture, he was forced to decide between trashing it, or fixing it. He decided for the latter, possibly to his wife’s disappointment. The rippling image could easily be attributed to a faile... | 42 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "63520",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T20:29:37",
"content": "he was forced to decide between fixing it, or trashing it. he decided for the latterYou mean he chose the former? Cause he fixed it right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,679.5096 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/17/sparkfun-stencil-and-solder-paste-class-notes/ | SparkFun Stencil And Solder Paste Class Notes | Eliot | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"boulder",
"class",
"landon",
"mightyohm",
"pcb",
"smd",
"solder",
"solder paste",
"sparkfun",
"video"
] | Hobby electronics manufacturer SparkFun has started offering
various classes
at their Boulder, CO facility. [Landon] has been attending as many as possible and posted about his
experience during their Stencil and Solder Paste class
. Solder paste is used when manufacturing boards with a reflow oven. He took quite a few... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "63426",
"author": "alexfox",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T03:31:47",
"content": "why exactly must you learn it hands-on?i learned it by reading a few websites on the matter, and then trying it once…thats all it takes; its not that difficult, especially compared to the alternative of sol... | 1,760,377,679.859082 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/17/hackit-hackable-bluetooth-bracelet/ | Hackit: Hackable Bluetooth Bracelet? | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"HackIt",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"bracelet",
"bt",
"caller id",
"callerid",
"display",
"dvice",
"HackIt",
"wearable"
] | We spotted this odd piece of geek couture
on DVICE today
. It’s a bracelet that
displays incoming calls via Bluetooth
and also vibrates. The intended use is kinda interesting, but we wonder what else could be done with it. Could you update it with any text you want by creating fake caller ID messages? You could have yo... | 63 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63416",
"author": "Hellmark",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T02:36:13",
"content": "If it was more like a Dick Tracy communicator watch, I think it would be cooler.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63420",
"author": "biozz",
"t... | 1,760,377,679.647407 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/17/mac-mini-in-an-old-mac-disk-drive/ | Mac Mini In An Old Apple II Disk Drive | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"mac",
"macintosh"
] | Yo dawg, we heard you liked macs. [Charles] got sick of his Mac mini looking nice and pretty and decided to
cram it into an old beige box
. This old beige box just happened to be an old Apple II disk drive, so we guess that gives it some more street cred. The original disk drive sold in 1978 for $500. Man times have ch... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "63364",
"author": "Peter Hosey",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T22:46:57",
"content": "The Disk II was for the Apple II, not the Mac.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63365",
"author": "Deadpan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T22:47:... | 1,760,377,679.707106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/20/tools-aoyue-968-3-in-1-soldering-and-rework-station/ | Tools: Aoyue 968 3-in-1 Soldering And Rework Station | Ian | [
"Reviews",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3-in-1",
"aoyue",
"aoyue 968",
"combined tools",
"hot air rework station",
"multitools",
"reviews",
"soldering",
"soldering iron",
"soldering station",
"tool reviews"
] | The $10 “fire-starter” is the most common beginner soldering iron. These are simple irons with a hot end, a handle, and little else. There’s no temperature control or indication. Despite their simplicity, they’ll do just about anything. You can solder any legged chip type with this type of iron. We used fire-starters i... | 73 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63825",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T23:23:54",
"content": "I’ve had mine for at least a year or so for light soldering and occasionally rework and its great. The holder is mildly annoying but you can get the air extractor to fit outside the ring and the soldering part... | 1,760,377,679.80026 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/20/non-von1-supercomputer/ | Non-von1 Supercomputer | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"parallel",
"supercomputer",
"von neumann"
] | [Chris] sent us this project, where he built a
tiny supercomputer called the Non-von1
. Wanting a supercomputer, but lacking space and funds, he opted to go after the supercomputers of the 80s. His system was patterned after the “
Von Neumann
” systems developed at Columbia university. His system has 31 8 bit processor... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "63818",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T21:52:55",
"content": "this is actually a *non*-von neumann machine, meaning it does not store program and data in the same memory space. the decidedly non-supercomputeriffic intel 8048 and 8051 are also non-von designs.",
... | 1,760,377,679.964548 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/20/experiments-in-polaroid/ | Experiments In Polaroid | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"camera",
"exposure",
"film",
"polaroid"
] | [Peter] found that Polaroid film was an easy medium to play with, as the ability to develop it is built in. He has done several fun experiments, from
electrocuting it to making giant mozaics
. The Polaroid film may not be easy to get your hands on though. They stopped producing it in the summer of 2008. Some
former emp... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "63806",
"author": "dildo baggins",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T20:45:41",
"content": "Kind of neat photos, especially the static fields, but god is that guy ever an obnoxious douche:“I disrupt the authority and authenticity inherent to Polaroid imaging. I am able to disorient an audien... | 1,760,377,679.912376 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/20/flatpack-walker/ | Flatpack Walker | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"2 servo",
"arduino",
"beam robotics",
"walker"
] | If you’re into robotics, you’re probably already familiar with the 2 motor walker. This design, usually used in
B.E.A.M. robotics
is a pretty easy way to make a 4 legged walking robot. [Edwindertien] has made the design a little bit easier to build with these
flatpack walker plans
. He used 4mm thick birch, cut by la... | 9 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "63804",
"author": "polymath",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T20:10:22",
"content": "wonder if you link a bunch of em together and make a centipede",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "904145",
"author": "matrix29bear",
"t... | 1,760,377,680.077788 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/19/stantums-high-precision-multitouch/ | Stantum’s High Precision Multitouch | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"cellphone",
"engadget",
"multitouch",
"mwc",
"stantum",
"touchscreen",
"video"
] | We love keeping track of new interaction technologies and this new touchscreen by Stantum looks especially promising. Engadget shot a
hands-on video with it
at the Mobile World Conference. It’s a resistive screen, so it can be used with both fingers and styluses (unlike capacitive screens). It’s sensitive enough that y... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "63739",
"author": "jaded124",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T02:21:32",
"content": "Awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63748",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T04:03:03",
"content": "Need one of those for m... | 1,760,377,680.014916 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/19/segway-and-input-filtering/ | Segway And Input Filtering | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"accellerometer",
"gyroscope",
"segway"
] | [Kerry] is
building a segway type vehicle
for a senior project. Though it doesn’t appear to be done yet, there is some good work finished. As with any balancing bot, it relies heavily on input from a gyroscope, and at least in this case, an accelerometer. That data can be very messy. The sensitivity of the sensor means... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "63689",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T20:56:14",
"content": "What the hell? Not available outside US? WHY???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63695",
"author": "Frac",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T21:14:11",
... | 1,760,377,680.150274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/19/bristle-bot-controversy/ | Bristle Bot Controversy | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"bristle",
"ems",
"emsl",
"evil mad scientist laboratories",
"klutz",
"make",
"OpenSource"
] | When the
Bristlebots
were released back in 2007 by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, we all thought they were pretty cool. Apparently someone at Klutz did too. They have released a book, with the title “Invasion of the BristleBots”. The bots seem to be identical and the name is identical. There is no mention of Evil Mad... | 66 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63683",
"author": "Hackius",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T20:01:18",
"content": "It might just be a case of different paths converging to the same solution. It’s not like it has more than 3-4 parts.If it had more parts you could say it’s an idea but with current toothbrushes having elec... | 1,760,377,680.35681 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/17/cell-phone-triggered-fireworks/ | Cell Phone Triggered Fireworks | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"cellphone",
"fireworks"
] | [Mr. Hasselhoff] is
using a disposable cell phone to trigger his fireworks
. He has wired into the speaker leads for the speaker phone. When the phone rings, the current sets off a
thyristor
allowing for a battery pack to be discharged into a rocket fuse. These fuses heat up and ignite, so you can use them to light fir... | 68 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63313",
"author": "Slurpy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T19:22:05",
"content": "This is how they set off roadside bombs..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63314",
"author": "ant",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T19:23:58",
"cont... | 1,760,377,680.263269 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/shmoocon-2009-chris-pagets-rfid-cloning-talk/ | ShmooCon 2009: Chris Paget’s RFID Cloning Talk | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"125khz",
"13.56mhz",
"900mhz",
"chris paget",
"contactless",
"e-passport",
"epc",
"gnu radio",
"mifare",
"passport",
"passportcard",
"payment card",
"rfid",
"shmoocon",
"shmoocon 2009",
"shmoocon2009",
"usrp",
"whti"
] | [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-282861825889939203]
When we first saw
[Chris Paget]’s cloning video
, our reaction was pretty ‘meh’. We’d seen RFID cloning before and the
Mifare crack
was probably the last time RFID was actually interesting. His ShmooCon presentation, embedded above, caught us com... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "63248",
"author": "Túlio Fernandes",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T04:07:48",
"content": "Amazing presentation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63260",
"author": "chippy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T08:12:29",
"content": "m... | 1,760,377,680.691147 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/pirate-bay-trial-starts/ | Pirate Bay Trial Starts | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"copyright",
"copyright infringement",
"criminal",
"piratebay",
"sweden",
"The Pirate Bay",
"trial"
] | The first day of The Pirate Bay’s trial has concluded. The prosecution, representing many large media companies, is attempting to prove that the defendants are directly responsible for copyright infringement. The members of The Pirate Bay are treating the trial as a
reality TV farce
. From
TorrentFreak’s coverage
, it ... | 41 | 41 | [
{
"comment_id": "63209",
"author": "Mattias",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T23:57:13",
"content": "As a swedish citizen I will stand outside that court waving the pirate banner! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63213",
"author": "sean",
"ti... | 1,760,377,680.640491 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/solar-batteries/ | Solar Batteries | Eliot | [
"home hacks",
"Solar Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"knut karlsen",
"prototype",
"rechargeable batteries",
"solar",
"solar battery",
"solar cell"
] | [Knut Karlsen] put together a prototype set of
solar rechargeable batteries
. He always seemed to have batteries laying around on his worktable and figured they might as well be charging. The flexible solar cells were given to him by researchers at the
IFE
and are rated at 1.8V. He used superglue to secure them to the ... | 51 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "63185",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T22:37:23",
"content": "DO WANT!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63188",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T22:41:25",
"content": "Did anybody else read... | 1,760,377,680.560682 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/molten-metal-led-display/ | Molten Metal LED Display | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"mercury",
"wood's metal"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuDudCiPR8]
firstly, we don’t know why they are doing this, and we don’t care. You are watching an
LED panel, controlled by molten metal
. The panel has the leads sticking down below the bottom of the board, so the metal can make connections as it flows past. They are using
Wood... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "63168",
"author": "meowsqueak",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T20:38:14",
"content": "According to the linked Wikipedia article, Wood’s metal is quite toxic, especially when molten. Including the fumes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,680.800277 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/parts-i2c-audio-volume-potentiometer-ds1807/ | Parts: I2C Audio Volume Potentiometer (DS1807) | Ian | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"audio",
"bus pirate",
"ds1807",
"i2c",
"parts",
"potentiometer",
"volume"
] | The
DS1807
contains two logarithmic
digital potentiometers
(pots) for audio volume adjustment. Each pot has 64 volume levels plus a mute setting. The volume level of each pot is set over a two-wire
I2C
serial interface. We’ll show you how to connect and interface the DS1807 below.
DS1807 I2C audio volume potentiometer ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "63165",
"author": "sanchoooo",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T19:46:57",
"content": "Excellent post. Very Well done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63170",
"author": "rectilinear",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T20:41:36",
"co... | 1,760,377,680.74664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/16/vhs-toaster/ | VHS Toaster | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"toast",
"vcr",
"VHS"
] | Though the inspiration was said to have come from a clip of The
Young Ones
, we all know this was bound to happen eventually. [lemonie] has turned a
VHS deck into a toaster
. They’ve done a fantastic job, it looks almost perfectly stock. We can imagine that maintaining the look of the VCR was pretty difficult especiall... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "63137",
"author": "g3n",
"timestamp": "2009-02-16T15:53:06",
"content": "I’d be careful eating the toast as I don’t think all those plastics are made to sustain high temperatures…there could be bad fumes coming out.Very nice thing though !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,682.957909 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/12/pdf-redaction-still-not-working/ | PDF Redaction Still Not Working | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"adobe",
"ap",
"black bars",
"bryan veloso",
"connectu",
"copy",
"facebook",
"humor",
"investment",
"paste",
"pdf",
"redact",
"redaction",
"techcrunch"
] | Facebook’s internal valuation was revealed this week thanks to
shoddy PDF redaction
. Court documents from a settlement between Facebook and
ConnectU
showed that Facebook values itself at $3.7 billion, much less than the $15 billion that was speculated during the Microsoft investment. The
AP uncovered this
by cutting a... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "62802",
"author": "hc",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T00:39:29",
"content": "pwned!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62812",
"author": "roshamboe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T02:34:43",
"content": "who cares",
"parent_id... | 1,760,377,683.012219 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/12/curiosity-killed-the-twit-twitter-clickjacking/ | Curiosity Killed The Twit, Twitter Clickjacking | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"clickjacking",
"don't click",
"iframe",
"javascript",
"security",
"snippet",
"tinyurl",
"twitter",
"twitter.com"
] | Twitter was flooded this morning with users posting “Don’t Click:
http://tinyurl.com/amgzs6”
;. TinyURL has since
terminated the URL
. The
original page
doesn’t seem to be live either. It displayed a button that said “Don’t Click”. If the user happened to be logged into Twitter, it would automatically update their... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "62768",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T20:32:21",
"content": "I am not from Nigeria and have absolutely no connection to any royalty of any country. You have no relation (familiar or friendly) with me or anyone I know. There is no money available for you and I am... | 1,760,377,682.708977 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/12/impress-tactile-interface/ | Impress: Tactile Interface | Caleb Kraft | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"input",
"multitouch",
"tactile"
] | Touch screen interfaces are generally hard and flat.
Impress
tries to break from that tradition by making the display flexible. Allowing you to feel more like you are interacting with the display. In the image above, the circles seem to physically fall into the dent made by your fingers. Another application shows some ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "62765",
"author": "Dean Putney",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T20:11:01",
"content": "This seems to be a prime candidate for rear projection. Since they’re using fabric, it should be relatively easy to see light coming from behind.Their major changes would be removing the foam padding an... | 1,760,377,682.897049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/12/solar-charging-your-ds/ | Solar Charging Your DS | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"ds",
"nintendo",
"solar"
] | [dark sponge] decided to make his DS lite, solar powered. Or, at least
charged via solar panels
. He was able to find solar cells that were 60×60 mm, which means he could fit 4 of them on the outside of the DS. This gives him a total of 6V at 80 mA output. These panels charge the battery between uses. The DS has to be... | 38 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "62734",
"author": "Ben S",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T16:46:15",
"content": "Should have cannibalized an AC adapter for its connector and used it to make a dongle to plug into the AC port.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62736",
... | 1,760,377,682.647527 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/11/electric-matchstick/ | Electric Matchstick | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"match"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-HY8a9cCvI]
Here is a cool little toy, an LED matchstick. We don’t really know what purpose it serves, but [dhananjaygadre] did a pretty good job of reproducing the effect. The light is controlled by a microprocessor to emulate the flickering of a flame. It holds a charge for a ... | 34 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "62634",
"author": "techyguru",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T21:49:35",
"content": "Looks perfect for a play or musical in a theater that does not allow open flame. Perhaps a high school or middle school.The flicker is great but I might use a orange led.",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,683.324454 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/11/cell-phone-shoe/ | Cell Phone Shoe | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"cell phone",
"get smart",
"shoe",
"shoephone"
] | Sometimes you absolutely need to keep your phone a secret. You know, like when you’re on spy missions. The goons at the door will always frisk you, but they never check under your shoe, right? [mikeyberman] shows us how to make our own
Maxwell Smart style shoe phone
. All you need is to dig a giant hole in your shoe so... | 59 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "62614",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T19:51:36",
"content": "Horrible job on this. Where’s the movable heel?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62617",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T20:21:44",
... | 1,760,377,682.573558 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/backtrack-4-beta-released/ | BackTrack 4 Beta Released | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"backtrack",
"distro",
"exploit",
"fpga",
"iso",
"livecd",
"pentest",
"remote-exploit",
"security",
"vmware"
] | The
Remote Exploit Development Team
has just
announced BackTrack 4 Beta
. BackTrack is a Linux based LiveCD intended for security testing and we’ve been watching the project since the very early days. They say this new beta is both stable and usable. They’ve moved towards behaving like an actual distribution: it’s base... | 101 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "62558",
"author": "Daniel Velazquez",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T04:46:53",
"content": "I used backtrack on a macbook to hack all the wireless networks surrounding me and works great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62564",
"au... | 1,760,377,682.846133 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/wifi-and-bluetooth-tethering-on-android/ | WiFi And Bluetooth Tethering On Android | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"google hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"adb",
"adp1",
"android",
"android debug bridge",
"bluetooth",
"bt",
"firmware",
"G1",
"ipod",
"jesusfreke",
"laptop",
"moussam",
"nat",
"proxy",
"socks",
"t-mobile g1",
"Tether",
"tetherbot",
"usb",
"wifi"
] | Many G1/ADP1 owners have been using the app
Tetherbot
to get internet access on their
laptop
via
USB
to the phone’s data connection. The app relied on the
Android Debug Bridge
to forward ports. It worked, but people wanted a solution better than a SOCKS proxy. The community figured out a way to create a
properly NAT’d ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "62556",
"author": "clark",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T04:14:04",
"content": "wow, it sure took you guys long enough to get this on here. I’ve been using the Adhoc tether app on my rooted G1 for abou 1.5-2 weeks now. its a nice little way to set up a quick lan in an office suite.anyh... | 1,760,377,682.7577 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/brain-controlled-fluid-simulation/ | Brain Controlled Fluid Simulation | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"Video Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"besmoke",
"bil",
"brain",
"brain control",
"eric gradman",
"fluid dynamics",
"fluid simulation",
"gradman",
"nia",
"ocx nia",
"ocz",
"video"
] | [vimeo 3157584]
Here’s another
video demo
of [Eric]’s
Besmoke
interactive fluid simulation that we
covered earlier
. It was put together for the
BIL Conference
last weekend. This time around he’s strapped the iPhone to his head (complying with California’s handsfree laws). To make things interesting, he’s also added
OC... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "62509",
"author": "beanpolev",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T23:03:04",
"content": "That song is totally awesome, anyone know what it is?Oh and the head-thingy is cool too ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62510",
"author": "mad... | 1,760,377,683.147713 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/accelerometer-controlled-pong-2/ | Accelerometer Controlled Pong | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"accellerometer",
"atmega",
"pong"
] | [Adam] sent us this cool game he made. It is
accelerometer controlled pong
(
translated
). The screen is a Nokia 3310 LCD, tied to an ATmega8 for the brains. He’s using an MMA7260 accelerometer for the controls. The whole thing is encased in an iPod nano box. this looks like a pretty fun little game, though we’d like t... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "62500",
"author": "hum4n",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T22:18:46",
"content": "i made a multiplayer TI 84 pong once. somehow reminds me of that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62507",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,683.442129 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/the-ponginator/ | The Ponginator | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"parallax",
"ping pong ball",
"robot"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYfybYkB2io]
All bow your heads in reverence to
the Ponginator
. This bad boy is a performance robot, mounted to the end of a 3 story tall crane. He makes all kinds of noises, flashes all kinds of lights, and shoots ping pong balls at 170 miles an hour. This thing looks like it w... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "62493",
"author": "Dan P",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T21:32:17",
"content": "Damn sexy! All hail the robot overlords!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62494",
"author": "cyrozap",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T21:44:00",
"co... | 1,760,377,683.860481 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/vaio-p-xp-install/ | VAIO P XP Install | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"downloads hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"gps",
"netbook",
"sony",
"sony vaio",
"sony vaio p",
"tnkgrl",
"unboxing",
"vaio",
"vaio p",
"vista",
"wwan",
"xp"
] | Sony recently started to shipping the
VAIO P
don’t-call-it-a-netbook
netbook. It comes stock with 2GB of RAM, which means
it’s not eligible
for Microsoft’s XP ultra low cost pc licensing. Hackers wanting to exorcise Vista have run into a few issues. After doing her
unboxing photoshoot
, [tnkgrl] wrote a guide for
repla... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "62427",
"author": "chicosoft",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T11:45:03",
"content": "Put Linux… never worry with microsoft again…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62431",
"author": "Imroy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T12:39:45",
... | 1,760,377,683.682791 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/09/defcon-17-call-for-papers/ | Defcon 17 Call For Papers | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"call for papers",
"cfp",
"defcon",
"defcon 17",
"hacker con",
"hacker conference",
"hacker convention"
] | Notorious hacker conference Defcon has just published their
Call for Papers
. The 17th annual event will happen July 30th through August 2nd. Most of the announcement is the same boilerplate they’ve included for the past two years. Like last year, they’re not defining the specific speaking track themes and will come up... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "62411",
"author": "marz",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T04:58:33",
"content": "What exactly is going on in that picture?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62415",
"author": "ccox",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T06:02:39",
"conte... | 1,760,377,683.615543 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/09/robotic-baby-crib/ | Robotic Baby Crib | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"baby",
"crib",
"infant",
"swing"
] | This surprisingly pleasant looking crib is actually
a robot, designed to keep babies quiet
and happy all night long. Once inside and locked up, the baby is under the robot’s care. When the robot senses crying, it rocks gently back and forth. This should allow parents the time to catch some sleep. As pointed out in the ... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "62339",
"author": "ob1",
"timestamp": "2009-02-09T22:20:58",
"content": "I find that duct tape is all that is needed to keep a baby from crying.Just duct tape her favorite mobile to the crib any everyone’s happy. What were you expecting? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,683.522106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/15/rear-projection-tv/ | Rear Projection TV Multitouch | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"laser plane",
"multitouch",
"projection tv",
"ps3 eye"
] | [Dave] sent us these fantastic instructions on how to
hack a rear projection tv to be a multitouch interface
. They’ve converted a 67″ inch TV by adding a couple of PS3 eye cameras and an infrared laser plane. There’s lots of great information, like how to replace the lenses on the PS3 eye cameras and how to create the... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "63076",
"author": "Failsafe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-15T18:45:17",
"content": "The example that you use to prove that this is not the first time a projection TV has ben converted into a multitouch is wrong. In the article you link to, it clearly states that he built the enclosure to... | 1,760,377,683.571045 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/14/flexible-circuit-valentine/ | Flexible Circuit Valentine | Eliot | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"Atmel",
"attiny",
"attiny45",
"AVR",
"circuitboard",
"dupont",
"etching",
"led",
"pyralux",
"shiftregister",
"valentine",
"xander"
] | [xander] built this
LED valentine
for his loved one. It’s interesting because he used
Pyralux
, a flexible circuit board material from DuPont. He describes the consistency as “tough plastic tissue-paper”, but had no trouble using standard toner transfer etching. It has an ATtiny45 microcontroller that pulses the 16 LED... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "63027",
"author": "jme",
"timestamp": "2009-02-15T03:27:13",
"content": "[ j m e ]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63029",
"author": "HaDAk",
"timestamp": "2009-02-15T03:38:21",
"content": "I wish I could do neat thi... | 1,760,377,683.819054 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/14/voice-controlled-home-automation/ | Voice Controlled Home Automation | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"automation",
"voice control"
] | [Brian] sent in this writeup on his
voice controlled home automation system
. Starting with the Microsoft SAPI, a voice recognition system, he programmed some basic home automation. In a move that makes this project decidedly more awesome, he decided to build a physical representation of his automation system. This dis... | 64 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "62967",
"author": "Tachyon",
"timestamp": "2009-02-14T15:03:04",
"content": "Oh yeah everybody thinks it’s cute to give your house controlling computer a name and a voice and shit, but just wait til it decides to vent your oxygen and it’s daisy daisy time…",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,683.769069 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/13/tools-smart-tweezers/ | Tools: Smart Tweezers | Ian | [
"Parts",
"Reviews"
] | [
"advanced devices",
"electronics",
"reviews",
"Smart Tweezers",
"smd",
"surface mount",
"test equipment",
"tool reviews",
"tools"
] | We’re big fans of surface mount parts. SMD components are cheaper, take less board space, and don’t require drilling; all the coolest new parts are only available in SMD packages.
Smart Tweezers
are an advanced multimeter tool specifically designed to test and troubleshoot SMD circuits. It automatically identifies resi... | 52 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "62893",
"author": "gabe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T23:38:24",
"content": "This isn’t a hack….It’s more of an ad than anything else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62894",
"author": "FDP",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T23:43:... | 1,760,377,683.952224 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/13/missile-launcher-iphone-interface/ | Missile Launcher, IPhone Interface | Caleb Kraft | [
"iphone hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"iphone",
"missile",
"python"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htd3s50Zhk8]
[Pedram] Sent us his
USB missile launcher interface project
. He happened to have some of the USB missile launchers lying around. having lost their initial draw, he wanted to do something to spice it up. He wrote an interface in python so he could control the launche... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "62883",
"author": "JD76",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T21:35:08",
"content": "LOL!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62887",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T22:23:51",
"content": "I hope it’s not nuclear... | 1,760,377,684.013412 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/13/vaio-p-hsdpa-mod/ | Vaio P HSDPA Mod | Eliot | [
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"cdma",
"evdo",
"gobi",
"gsm",
"hsdpa",
"netbook",
"qualcomm",
"qualcomm gobi",
"sim",
"sony",
"sony vaio p",
"subcompact",
"subnotebook",
"tnkgrl",
"vaio",
"vaio p",
"verizon"
] | [tnkgrl] has concluded her
Sony Vaio P
by
adding GSM support
. We covered the
switch to XP
earlier, but this should work on Vista too. The Vaio P is sold in the US with support for Verizon’s EVDO wireless broadband, but it uses the same hardware as the European model that uses GSM. This is possible because of the the Q... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "62878",
"author": "noxien",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T20:58:52",
"content": "It annoys me very much when manufactures artificially restrict their hardware. Glad to see someone has the balls to rip apart a bran new machine to do this mod and show us all.",
"parent_id": null,
"... | 1,760,377,684.095024 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/13/mcu-controllable-camera-mount/ | MCU Controllable Camera Mount | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"pan"
] | [psymansays] needed a
panning head
for his robotics projects. Already being familiar with the
NXP LPC2148
from work, so he wanted to use that to control it. he built his own carousel out of old CDs. The axle of the carousel is a potentiometer. This is what he’s using to determine position. The gear motor was actually ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "62882",
"author": "Psymansays",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T21:24:51",
"content": "Wow, as a daily reader of hackaday, I am very proud to see something of mine listed on this site.Thank you, Caleb Kraft, for the honor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{... | 1,760,377,684.054603 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/09/parts-ltc2631a-i2c-digital-to-analog-converter/ | Parts: LTC2631A I2C Digital To Analog Converter | Ian | [
"Parts",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"dac",
"digital to analog converter",
"electronics",
"i2c",
"ltc2631a",
"serial interface",
"voltage output"
] | Linear Technology’s
LTC2631A-LZ8
is an 8bit
digital to analog converter
(DAC) with an
I2C
interface. This DAC can output 255 different voltages, spaced evenly between 0 and 2.5volts. We previously demonstrated the
LTC2640
with a three-wire
SPI
interface, but this version is controlled with only two signal wires.
Bus Pi... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "62393",
"author": "Ion",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T01:47:16",
"content": "YAY another parts post, I love these, and this ones a doozy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62418",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T06:58... | 1,760,377,684.340094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/09/radio-controlled-beetle/ | Radio Controlled Beetle | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"beetle",
"insect",
"radio controlled",
"rc",
"robot"
] | Scientists at the university of California have managed to
implant a chip in a giant flower beetle
that makes it respond to commands from the computer. They can tell it to fly, stop, turn left and turn right. The controls are done through its optic nerves and wing muscles. Though the article states that flight signals... | 57 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "62315",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2009-02-09T20:59:35",
"content": "hey, so is it still alive when ya do this?seems a bit, well cruel, XD but being a techie,i have to say—AWESOME!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62317",
... | 1,760,377,684.515755 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/09/build-a-wiremap/ | Build A Wiremap | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"projection",
"wiremap"
] | For those of you who don’t recall, the
Wiremap is a 3d volumetric display
built from hundreds of tiny strands. An image is projected onto the strands to achieve 3d effects. [phedhex] has posted an in depth instructable on
how to build a wiremap
. He covers the construction with lots of good tips as well as giving links... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "62311",
"author": "j",
"timestamp": "2009-02-09T20:06:23",
"content": "If it can actually control the heighht of the bars then I could see a really awesome equalizer waiting to happen. That, or you could use it like a big 3d bar graph and display your network activity.",
"parent... | 1,760,377,684.391171 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/08/gray-hoverman-uhf-antenna/ | Gray Hoverman UHF Antenna | Caleb Kraft | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"digital switchover"
] | With the impending digital switchover, many of you will find yourselves not only in need of a new converter box, but an antenna as well. Just like everything else, there are
plans out there
on how to build your own. [William] has gone through the effort of
documenting his design and build
of a very nicely made version.... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "62228",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2009-02-08T23:18:50",
"content": "that is huge… and the parts list is less than an equivalent commercial version. when I get my own house, I may well build one like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,684.575948 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/08/plexi-cliffhanger-for-trackmate/ | Plexi Cliffhanger For Trackmate | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"multitouch",
"ps3 eye",
"tracking",
"trackmate",
"trackpad"
] | If you’ve ever wanted to play with tangible tracking systems quick and cheap, you might be interested in this
super quick tracking surface
for trackmate.
Trackmate
is open source software for physical object tracking. Making a surface for it isn’t that hard in the first place but this one is probably the easiest. All ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "68586",
"author": "Issac Collins",
"timestamp": "2009-03-30T15:45:34",
"content": "That is, there is live performances and, in contrast to it, The whole thing. Sure you could use live performances of a channel, but I think that\\’s more subjective. It is live performances.",
"pa... | 1,760,377,684.435998 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/07/desulfator-in-an-altoids-tin/ | Desulfator In An Altoids Tin | Caleb Kraft | [
"Tool Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"sulfate"
] | If you’ve ever let a car sit for a period of time and returned to find that the battery was mysteriously “dead”, you were probably experiencing a sulfate crystal build up. Often, people just buy a new battery and plop it in, but that isn’t absolutely necessary. [Kmpres] takes us through the process of
building a desulf... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "62175",
"author": "Peep",
"timestamp": "2009-02-08T04:28:10",
"content": "wow this rules. seriously something useful on this site? haha that rules my hats off to you hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62178",
"author"... | 1,760,377,684.637309 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/07/ir-controlled-light-dimmer/ | IR Controlled Light Dimmer | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"120v",
"dimmer",
"infra red",
"ir",
"remote controlled"
] | This is a pretty useful device. It is an
IR controlled light dimmer
. It goes in line with the main power and controls how much gets through to your light. You can adjust the brightness with a TV remote control. Finally, we can retire our
clapper
! These are commercially available, but making your own is just so much m... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "62157",
"author": "Jududdar",
"timestamp": "2009-02-07T21:18:27",
"content": "This is pretty amazing. In the process of completely gutting an apartment and rebuilding it for myself – dang, now I’ve got to build a bundle of these! =) Great post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,377,684.685473 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/06/openvulture-software-for-unmanned-vehicles/ | OpenVulture, Software For Unmanned Vehicles | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"ardupilot",
"arm",
"barbie",
"ethan otoole",
"matt davis",
"nslu2",
"powerwheels",
"shmoocon",
"uav",
"unmanned aerial vehicle",
"wingspan"
] | The first talk of
ShmooCon
was [Ethan O’Toole] and [Matt Davis] presenting their
OpenVulture
software for unmanned vehicles. In the initial stages, they had just planned on building software for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, but realized that with the proper planning it could be used with any vehicle: airplanes, cars, boat... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "62113",
"author": "hum4n",
"timestamp": "2009-02-07T02:12:10",
"content": "I remember power wheels! I had a dump truck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62114",
"author": "wafermouse",
"timestamp": "2009-02-07T02:17:32",
... | 1,760,377,684.736724 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/06/fiber-optic-flash-ring-2/ | Fiber Optic Flash Ring | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"flash",
"macro",
"photography",
"ring light"
] | For those who enjoy photography, a ring light is a nice tool to have. Being hackers, making your own seems only logical. This writeup will take you through the process of
making one from fiber optics for super cheap
. They basically gutted some fiber optic toys and strapped them to the lens. Sure there was a little mor... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "62101",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T22:34:46",
"content": "For a photog that first set of example images looks terrible. The first one looks like a 256 colour GIF and the other two have a JPEG quality value of about 3. The second set’s nice though.I love hacks lik... | 1,760,377,684.782512 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/06/augmented-fps-gaming/ | Augmented FPS Gaming | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"fps",
"virtual reality",
"vr",
"wiimote"
] | [MikeFez] sent in this info about his
augmented FPS set ups
. He started this project back with an original XBox in 2006. He wanted a more immersive way of interacting with his games. Pointing out that gaming visuals and interactivity have come leaps and bounds while the controllers themselves have basically just add... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "62076",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T20:04:56",
"content": "Ha, good timing. Yesterday and today I’ve been knocking together a similar idea, but using face tracking and a webcam to control where the player is looking in an FPS. Move your head up and left to look up and ... | 1,760,377,684.833169 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/06/the-2009-shmooball-gun/ | The 2009 ShmooBall Gun | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"airgun",
"co2",
"con",
"convention",
"hacker con",
"larry pesce",
"paul asadoorian",
"pauldotcom",
"shmooball",
"shmoocon"
] | The registration desk hasn’t opened yet at
ShmooCon 2009
, but we’re already running into old friends. We found [Larry Pesce] and [Paul Asadoorian] from the
PaulDotCom Security Weekly
podcast showing off their latest ShmooBall gun. ShmooBalls have been a staple of ShmooCon from the very beginning. They’re soft foam bal... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "62062",
"author": "eyrieowl",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T16:39:00",
"content": "tagged as security hack? nice piece of work regardless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62063",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T16... | 1,760,377,684.995457 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/tinkerkit-physical-computing-toolkit/ | TinkerKit, Physical Computing Toolkit | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"arduino shield",
"physical computing",
"sensor",
"shield",
"tinker.it",
"tinkerkit",
"toolkit",
"video",
"vimeo"
] | TinkerKit
is a collection of 20 different sensors and 10 actuators. It’s meant to make prototyping of physical computing devices much quicker/easier. The devices plug into a Sensor Hub
Arduino
shield. There is also a similar hub board that can emulate a keyboard; it translates sensor input directly to key strokes. It l... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "62037",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T11:24:42",
"content": "this looks great. the best thing about the arduino platform is that you can easily go from having an idea to having a prototype in the space of about 10 minutes.however, for me at least there’s a crucial period... | 1,760,377,684.947108 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/parking-violation-leads-to-malware-download/ | Parking Violation Leads To Malware Download | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"grand forks",
"malware",
"parking",
"phishing",
"vehicle",
"violation"
] | It seems some enterprising individual in Grand Forks, North Dakota has been
placing fake parking violations on cars
. If the recipient visited the URL on the flyer, they would be told to install a toolbar to view pictures of their vehicle. That piece of malicious software would then attempt to install several more. The... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "61990",
"author": "yup",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T23:20:08",
"content": "wow, spam moving to real life. I can’t wait until I start getting flyers in the mail trying to get me to download botnet clients.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"com... | 1,760,377,685.385187 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/sparkfun-releases-rgb-button-controller/ | SparkFun Releases RGB Button Controller | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"lock",
"monome",
"monome clone",
"rgb",
"RGB LED",
"rgb monome",
"sparkfun",
"spi"
] | SparkFun has been selling button pad parts for some time and we used them in our
RGB door lock project
. A excellent part, but you needed to implement your own interface to use the boards. SparkFun has just released two additional versions to make it easier on builders. The first is their
Button Pad Controller USB
. It... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "61993",
"author": "macgyver",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T23:32:06",
"content": "It’s more of a paid advertisement than a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61996",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T23:43:19",
... | 1,760,377,685.201264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/03/toorcamp-2009-held-at-missile-silo/ | ToorCamp 2009 To Be Held At Missile Silo | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"ccc",
"cccamp",
"cccamp2007",
"har",
"har2009",
"missile",
"missile silo",
"silo",
"titan 1",
"titan i",
"titan1",
"toorcamp",
"toorcon",
"washington",
"wth",
"wth2005"
] | After running a successful hacker convention for ten solid years, the people who brought you
ToorCon
are planning a new event to shake up the US hacker scene.
ToorCamp
will be held July 2nd-5th, 2009 at a former missile silo in central Washington state. Hackers will camp on-site for two days of talks followed by two da... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "61799",
"author": "dubloe7",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T01:32:51",
"content": "Anyone have any pricing info? I don’t see any on the site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61801",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,685.156953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/03/rock-band-kick-pedal/ | Rock Band Kick Pedal | Caleb Kraft | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"bass bedal",
"drum",
"guitar hero",
"piezo",
"rock band"
] | [Raphael] sent us this nice
kick pedal mod for Guitar Hero: World Tour
. After breaking his kick pedal repeatedly, he decided to build something a bit more robust. He went to the music store intending to pick up a cheap kick pedal to start with and happened to start a conversation with an employee who had a practice pa... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "61776",
"author": "joe57005",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T21:35:25",
"content": "Wow. all that effort just to pretend to play music. I’d be more impressed if they used it as a midi controller for REAL musical performance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,685.325491 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/03/punchy-punchout-controller/ | Punchy Punchout Controller | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"nes",
"punch",
"tactile"
] | We love alternative inputs. They can revitalize an old classic or add a twist to most any mundane task. Here, we see a perfect example where the game
Punch Out for the NES is being controlled by a punching bag type thing
. The impact sensors were made by hand, and wired to a PC game pad. They were mounted on some foam,... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "61763",
"author": "Timothy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T19:02:55",
"content": "that’s cool. I’d love to play the game w/ one of those. Awesome idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61764",
"author": "DrewG",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,377,685.523083 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/mobile-rfid-scanning/ | Mobile RFID Scanning | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Transportation Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"aclu",
"chris paget",
"con",
"dc",
"flexilis",
"motorola",
"passport",
"passport card",
"random_uid",
"RF",
"rfid",
"rfidiot",
"shmoocon",
"shmoocon 2009",
"shmoocon2009",
"video",
"xr400"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isKnDiJNPk]
[Chris Paget] is going to be presenting at
ShmooCon 2009
in Washington D.C. this week. He gave a
preview of his RFID talk to The Register
. The video above demos reading and logging unique IDs of random tags and
Passport Cards
while cruising around San Francisco. He’... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "61694",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T03:16:50",
"content": "My passport didn’t come with a shielding sleeve.. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61704",
"author": "Sushi",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T03:... | 1,760,377,685.57449 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/bobbie-teaches-you-about-ssh-tunnels/ | Bobbie Teaches You About SSH Tunnels | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bobbie",
"humor",
"lon",
"sunset.cc",
"video",
"youtube"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-e1g4vOak]
Here’s a
quick video
covering some of the pitfalls you may encounter when setting up
SSH tunnels
.
Related:
Björk teaches you about electronics
[Thanks
Lon
] | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "61654",
"author": "Irish_wolf",
"timestamp": "2009-02-02T22:33:54",
"content": "I hope Bobbie and Skip, or whatever his name was, will post a video clearing up that whole quantum physics nonsense next! That Bobbie is a genius!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies"... | 1,760,377,685.701725 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/monocular-head-mounted-display/ | Monocular Head Mounted Display | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"glasses",
"head mounted display",
"heads up display",
"hmd",
"monocular"
] | [Xenonjon] wanted to make a Heads Up Display that he could use while maintaining the ability to see. The most logical choice was a monocular set up. He had an old Eye-Trek laying around and decided to
sacrifice it to make his Heads Up Display
. Combining a screen from his TV glasses and a wireless security camera setu... | 13 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "61659",
"author": "purduecer",
"timestamp": "2009-02-02T22:57:59",
"content": "DBZ style scouter anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61663",
"author": "XionicWaste",
"timestamp": "2009-02-02T23:07:10",
"content":... | 1,760,377,685.622774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/pong-playing-robot/ | Pong Playing Robot | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"pong",
"robot"
] | [vimeo=1564591]
Sometimes, it can be very difficult to find a partner to play pong. Lets face it, pong just isn’t worth playing alone. Someone has come up with the perfect solution, a
robot built specifically for playing pong
. It watches the “ball” with a web cam and presses the appropriate buttons on the keyboard wit... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "61652",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2009-02-02T20:54:07",
"content": "Half of the time, if it wasn’t overkill… it wouldn’t be worth watching.I am a little confused about the robot moving it’s “head” around since it should be able to see the entire playing field from a neutral cen... | 1,760,377,685.746587 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/radio-controlled-sphere/ | Radio Controlled Sphere | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"radio controlled",
"rc",
"sphere"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twa_zqT9Vg&feature=player_embedded]
[prabbit22m] has written an instructable on
how to build a radio controlled sphere
. The mechanism is fairly simple, with one drive motor, one servo and a gyro for stability. To turn, the servo shifts the center of gravity off to one side. You... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "61977",
"author": "Dan P",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T21:27:19",
"content": "Anyone else reminded of this? :Phttp://www.xkcd.com/413/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61982",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T21:58... | 1,760,377,685.798044 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/haptic-compass/ | Haptic Compass | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"clown belt",
"compass",
"haptic",
"vibrator"
] | [eric], inspired by
this Wired article
, built his own
haptic compass
. Named “the clown belt”, it is a belt with 12 little vibrating motors mounted evenly all around. A digital compass vibrates whichever motor is closest to north at all times. This basically gives the owner an extra sense. He doesn’t go much into his... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "61964",
"author": "jaded124",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T20:14:19",
"content": "does that guy in the picture have a… boner?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61967",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2009-02-05T20:34:15",
... | 1,760,377,685.877079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/04/mobius-circuit/ | Mobius Circuit | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"fabric",
"led",
"mobius"
] | [flickr video=3252983302]
We don’t want your brains to explode, so just trust us that
this is a truly one sided circuit
. Being a
mobius strip
means that this circuit has uber geek bragging rights. Beware, your friends who have never heard of a mobius strip will argue until they are blue in the face that there are two ... | 33 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "61885",
"author": "markps2",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T22:35:45",
"content": "s.o.b.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61886",
"author": "TALR",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T22:40:16",
"content": "Sweet..",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,377,686.03596 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/04/wireless-tac-2-joystick/ | Wireless TAC-2 Joystick | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"c64",
"commodore 64",
"Joystick",
"TAC-2",
"wireless"
] | [Aki] had a broken TAC-2 joystick that was just begging for some new and improved use. Since it was the cable that was broken, [Aki] had the idea to
make it wireless
. He designed custom boards for the transmitter and receiver. Each is controlled by an ATTiny2313. He fitted it with the stock connector so it could poss... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "61883",
"author": "Jochen Zurborg",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T22:25:45",
"content": "Hi,last year I’ve designed a such a piece of hardware for all Commodore Amiga, C64, Atari VCS and similar computers with D-Sub 9pin connector.Our device has two DSub 9pin connectors at the sender sid... | 1,760,377,685.921446 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/04/laser-pup/ | Laser Pup | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"dog toy",
"iobridge",
"iphone",
"laser"
] | [Joe] sent us this project called
Laser Pup
. After seeing many other projects with the ioBridge like
beer pouring
and
dog treat dispensing
, he wanted to make his own. His project allows him to play with his dog via a ceiling mounted laser pointer. We know, you were hoping for something more along the lines of
Laser ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "61849",
"author": "Timothy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T16:13:03",
"content": "That’s crazy. I wonder if the dog knows this is a game or just wants to kill that glowing dot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61853",
"author": "k... | 1,760,377,686.103372 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/03/wifi-streaming-radio-update/ | WiFi Streaming Radio Update | Nick Caiello | [
"digital audio hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"AVR",
"mightyohm",
"openwrt",
"radio",
"streaming",
"tuning control",
"wifi",
"wifi radio",
"wrt"
] | [flickr video=3238566442]
Since our
last post
about his
WiFi Streaming Radio Project
, [Jeff] has been hard at work to release
part 8
of the project where he adds tuning control to the radio. Interestingly enough, the addition of the tuning control only requires a potentiometer and the completed AVR LCD board from
part... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "61819",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T05:10:44",
"content": "interesting, but it would be a lot sweeter if he used the AVR to handle a wifi module and once a stream is established feed that into a mp3 decoder chip. (i wonder if that propeller chip might be better s... | 1,760,377,686.348547 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2009/02/03/hackit-are-you-running-osx-on-your-netbook/ | Hackit: Are You Running OSX On Your Netbook? | Eliot | [
"HackIt",
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"apple",
"appledifferent",
"Asus",
"benchmark",
"boing boing gadgets",
"eee pc",
"g4",
"hackintosh",
"macbook",
"macbook air",
"msi wind",
"netbook",
"obsessable",
"OsX",
"osx86"
] | AppleDifferent decided to run some benchmarks on their MSI Wind hackintosh to see
how it stacked up to real Apple hardware
. It comes in under the
MacBook
Air in most cases and they conclude that it performs about as well as a four year old G4. Being so small and inexpensive, you can’t really expect much better. As a c... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "61809",
"author": "Soliqsnake",
"timestamp": "2009-02-04T03:13:08",
"content": "How well is the graphics card supported? I imagine most of them have a generic Intel chipset with intel embedded graphics. Do most/all of them support core image? I doubt that they’d support quartz ex... | 1,760,377,686.306716 |
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