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https://hackaday.com/2008/11/28/96-led-pov/ | 96 LED POV | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"led",
"persistence of vision",
"POV"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oAAfypDO8s]
We pretty much don’t know anything about this POV device other than it uses 96 LEDs. We’ve seen
POVs with more LEDs
, but usually they aren’t packed in so tight. This thing looks almost capable of displaying low res movies. Wouldn’t this thing be cool, and probably d... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "52649",
"author": "gilbert garcia",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T19:41:05",
"content": "I wonder if itd be possible to play gameboy games on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52652",
"author": "Nephroth",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,721.816118 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/bicycling-in-the-fall/ | Bicycling In The Fall | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Roundup",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"headlamp",
"led",
"lights",
"safety",
"turn signal"
] | Every year, as it gets cold, many of us put our faithful two wheeled companion away for the winter. Despite that, there have been a veritable smorgasbord of bicycle related projects posted to instructables this last week. In honor of our human powered transportation, lets take a peak at a few projects.
Bicycle safety ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "52208",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T19:13:58",
"content": "My bike is easy to see day and night. I have a pair of 3V red led’s blinking away on the rear. I blind people in the daytime for miles. Same in white in the front. as well as a 1/2W one at the top of th... | 1,760,377,721.297565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/a-basic-stamp-supercomputer/ | A Basic Stamp Supercomputer | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"basic",
"cluster",
"supercomputer"
] | Hobby super computer building isn’t something you hear about every day. This project is even more peculiar due to the fact that it is a
supercomputer built with BASIC Stamps
. [humanoido] posted some great pictures and detailed info about his project. We’re not completely sure what definition of
supercomputer
he’s usin... | 149 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "52185",
"author": "medix",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T15:04:11",
"content": "But..It runs on basic stamps..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52186",
"author": "ThatGuyBoston",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T15:25:59",
"conten... | 1,760,377,721.576603 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/tisch-multitouch-framework/ | TISCH, Multitouch Framework | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"floe",
"framework",
"gesture",
"interface",
"multitouch",
"thesis",
"tisch",
"widget"
] | [floe] wrote in to tell us about his
multitouch based thesis work
. While many projects have focused on the
hardware side of multitouch
, TISCH is designed to promote the software side. TISCH is a multiplatform library that features hardware abstraction and gesture recognition. This takes a lot of weight off of widget ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "52156",
"author": "polymath",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T07:22:15",
"content": "So when are they going to combine this with smart paper? It would be pretty sweet to have google maps on a real honest to god folding map.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,721.248012 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/blackberry-storm-click-screen-teardown/ | BlackBerry Storm Click Screen Teardown | Eliot | [
"blackberry hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"blackberry",
"blackberry storm",
"engadget",
"n95",
"nokia",
"nokia n95",
"phonewreck",
"rim",
"storm",
"teardown",
"touchscreen"
] | RIM has decided to venture into the touchscreen phone market with the new
BlackBerry Storm
. Unlike other companies’ offerings, the Storm has a touchscreen that clicks when you press it. phoneWreck
disassembled the Storm
to see what
magic was involved
in the device. There’s not much too it, it’s just a big button. pW n... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "52143",
"author": "bluehash",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T04:32:08",
"content": "That’s way too simpler than what I thought it was. KISS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52144",
"author": "Curtisbeef",
"timestamp": "2008-11... | 1,760,377,721.62679 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope-first-alpha-released/ | Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope First Alpha Released | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"downloads hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"News"
] | [
"9.04",
"alpha",
"android",
"arm",
"debian",
"download squad",
"G1",
"jaunty jackalope",
"ubuntu"
] | The target release date may be over five months out, but the Ubuntu team is already pushing the
first alphas of Jaunty Jackalope
out the door. The new release is not for the weak and is intended solely for people who want to vet bugs and contribute to the project. The release is designed to bring Ubuntu back in line wi... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "52140",
"author": "TheFu",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T04:26:46",
"content": "I can’t wait to drop this on my N800!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52158",
"author": "Davi Jordan",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T07:23:27",
"c... | 1,760,377,721.725538 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/iphone-jailbreaks-updated-for-22-release/ | IPhone Jailbreaks Updated For 2.2 Release | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"3g",
"apple",
"firmware",
"firmware update",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone dev team",
"iphone unlock",
"iphone-dev",
"pwnagetool",
"quickpwn",
"unlock"
] | Working as quick as ever, the iphone-dev team have
updated the PwnageTool and QuickPwn
to work with the new iPhone 2.2 firmware update. The trouble with the new firmware is that it updates the baseband of the phone, which could potentially undo any
progress made towards an iPhone 3G unlock
in the future. If you don’t c... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "52142",
"author": "whatsup",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T04:28:54",
"content": "How does WinPwn work?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52315",
"author": "mrsayao",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T19:30:32",
"content": "marius, ... | 1,760,377,721.771393 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/ut-austins-massive-tile-display/ | UT Austin’s Massive Tile Display | Eliot | [
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"30inch",
"austin",
"dell",
"display",
"engadget",
"san diego",
"ucsd",
"university of california",
"university of texas",
"university of texas austin",
"ut"
] | The Texas Advanced Computing Center has built one of the
largest tiled displays ever
. They arranged 75 30inch Dell displays in a 5×15 pattern. The overall the system has 36GB of graphics memory and 108GB of system memory. They intend on using the system to display very large data sets. If you think the size seems arbi... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "52122",
"author": "deoryp",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T02:23:15",
"content": "shoot… i only have 68",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52124",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T02:27:17",
"content": "now remove... | 1,760,377,721.339979 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/25/processing-10/ | Processing 1.0 | Kimberly Lau | [
"digital audio hacks",
"News"
] | [
"art",
"cdm",
"opensourcesoftware",
"processing",
"programming language",
"xml"
] | Processing
, the open source programming language designed for artists and other creative types, finally went 1.0. Processing inspired numerous outpourings of creativity and beauty, from
interactive art installations
to
sound sculptures
. Improvements to Processing include OpenGL anti-aliasing, an extensible Tools menu... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "52327",
"author": "Tricky",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T00:14:20",
"content": "This was a triumph.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52333",
"author": "timour",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T00:39:08",
"content": "“An error oc... | 1,760,377,721.493383 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/25/xbox-360-arcade-controller/ | Xbox 360 Arcade Controller | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"arcade controller",
"xbox 360"
] | [weirdo] sent in this
sweet Xbox 360 arcade controller
project(
translated
). He really wanted an arcade controller for the new Mortal Kombat game. After noticing that the expensive retail arcade controllers were missing the trigger buttons, he decided to hack his own together. After dissecting the controller, he solde... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "52298",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T16:09:39",
"content": "the led in the joystick is a really neat touch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52299",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T16:17:49",
"... | 1,760,377,721.678146 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/simple-midi-thru-box/ | Simple MIDI Thru Box | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"daisy chain",
"midi",
"midi thru",
"schmitt trigger",
"synth-diy",
"through box",
"thru",
"thru box"
] | [Aris] has quite a few
MIDI
devices that only have in and out ports. To chain together multiple devices, the MIDI slaves must have a “thru” port. Instead of daisy chaining, a better solution is to build a thru box to split the signal from the master. [Aris]’s
thru box design
uses an optocoupler on the input, which conn... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "52275",
"author": "oil painting",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T08:34:48",
"content": "irregular updates… I think…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78808",
"author": "Jerry",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T22:27:10",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,721.857787 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/boxee-on-apple-tv-23-firmware/ | Boxee On Apple TV 2.3 Firmware | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"apple tv",
"atv",
"atv usb creator",
"boxee",
"xbmc",
"xbox"
] | We heard some fear mongering that Apple had
released Apple TV firmware 2.3
to break
Boxee
and XBMC. It certainly was a side effect of the upgrade, but that
doesn’t matter now
since a new version of
ATV USB Creator
has been released to work with the new firmware. So, everything is essentially back to normal for the two ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "52257",
"author": "theweirdness",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T05:40:13",
"content": "lol, wish I could try this out, still waiting on my invite for it :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52305",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,722.036428 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/25th-chaos-communication-congress-schedule/ | 25th Chaos Communication Congress Schedule | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"25c3",
"4d-micro-USB module",
"adjustable voltage regulator",
"berlin",
"biohacking",
"ccc",
"chaos cummunication congress",
"conference",
"fios",
"germany",
"gsm",
"hacker conference",
"hackercon",
"plc",
"schedule",
"tor"
] | The team behind
25C3
has published the first draft of
this year’s schedule
. The annual Chaos Communication Congress is happening December 27th to 30th in Berlin, Germany. There are plenty of interesting talks already in place. We’re spotting things we want to attend already: The conference starts off with
how to solar... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "52246",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T02:17:51",
"content": "I usually don’t care very much about CCC, but this time, damn, it will be GOOD (for those without the script, “good” is in caps)I wish I could be there :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"... | 1,760,377,722.08924 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/notacon-call-for-papers/ | Notacon Call For Papers | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"bagcam",
"circuit bending",
"cleveland",
"conference",
"demo",
"demoscene",
"fpga",
"genesis",
"hacker conference",
"hackercon",
"jeri ellsworth",
"notacon",
"sega",
"sega genesis",
"sigflup",
"trixter",
"TSA",
"tsa bagcam"
] | Notacon
has
just announced
their first round of talk selections. The Cleveland, OH area hacker conference will be celebrating its sixth year April 16th-19th. When we attended this year we saw talks that ranged from
circuit bending
to the infamous
TSA bagcam
.
Self-taught silicon designer
[Jeri Ellsworth] presented on F... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "52240",
"author": "Rad",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T01:05:50",
"content": "Ηowcome no one looks at the dancing robot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52251",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T03:53:26",
"conte... | 1,760,377,722.137449 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/24/hey-look-there-a-dancing-robot/ | Hey, Look There, A Dancing Robot. | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"chief cook",
"pong",
"robot"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH2n-7b0UIs]
People often accuse the computer of cheating when it is the opponent. This could be partially attributed to the fact that you don’t have a physical representation to identify with, the computer seems like an all knowing adversary that divines your moves from the aeth... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "52226",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T21:51:35",
"content": "hey look… there’s steve!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52231",
"author": "ant",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T23:20:17",
"content": "tha... | 1,760,377,722.239764 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/arduino-buyers-guide-and-the-seeeduino/ | Arduino Buyers Guide And The Seeeduino | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Tool Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"ATmega168",
"AVR",
"duemilanove",
"freeduino",
"i2c",
"icsp",
"lilypad",
"make",
"Sanguino",
"seeeduino",
"smd",
"uart"
] | Make has
assembled a buyers guide
for the many different types of Arduino devices. The
Arduino
is an open hardware platform designed to make prototyping easily accessible. The design allows for other people to modify, expand, and improve on the base, and many people have started producing their own versions. The guide ... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "52450",
"author": "Curtisbeef",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T03:32:16",
"content": "Is there a PIC equivalent to Arduino’s? I like PIC a little better. And it would be nice to have a nice small Dev board for PIC’s with the included USB chip…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,722.464327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/vacuum-micromouse/ | Vacuum Micromouse | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"competition",
"micromouse",
"momoco08",
"robot",
"vacuum"
] | Micromouse
competitions have been running in Japan since 1980. In all that time, the ruleset has remained essentially unchanged. The autonomous robot mouse navigates a 16×16 maze creating a map. It then determines the optimal solution for future runs. Current records are in the six to seven second range. Teams have had... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "52443",
"author": "blakecormier",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T02:14:08",
"content": "Wow, that’s really neat. I’ve never thought of using a vacuum to get more traction out of a robot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52446",
"au... | 1,760,377,722.654319 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/lori-drew-not-guilty-of-felony-computer-hacking/ | Lori Drew Not Guilty Of Felony Computer Hacking | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"ashley grills",
"computer fraud and abuse act",
"computer hacking",
"drew",
"grills",
"lori drew",
"megan meier",
"meier",
"myspace",
"suicide",
"terms of service",
"tos"
] | Today, a Los Angeles jury acquitted [
Lori Drew
] of three felony computer hacking charges. She was
convicted of three misdemeanor counts
for accessing a computer without authorization. The 49-year-old Missouri resident posed as a teenage boy on MySpace and harassed her daughter’s estranged friend [
Megan Meier
], who ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "52422",
"author": "ACEdotcom",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T23:36:51",
"content": "this is a victory for all of us that have ever left a hateful comment on the internet.assholes rejoice!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52424",
"... | 1,760,377,722.409174 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/usb-power-from-your-vga-port/ | USB Power From Your VGA Port | Caleb Kraft | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"adapter",
"power",
"usb",
"vga"
] | [gmgfarrand] needed an extra USB port to power some devices. Since he just needed power, and no data, he slapped together this quick adapter that pulls
power from the vga port
instead. While we’re not sure if this could possibly damage your video card if you pull too much power from it, we’re happy to see someone being... | 41 | 38 | [
{
"comment_id": "52398",
"author": "ngth",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T19:56:11",
"content": "My only concern is that someone will plug in a current hogging device. I’m not sure of the video card +5V protection circuitry, but using the port without some protection circuit on your end is a little stupid... | 1,760,377,722.538267 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/build-a-portable-nes/ | Build A Portable NES | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"nintendo",
"portable nes"
] | [1up] has posted his
portable NES
as an entry for the
Sanyo Eneloop contest
. We’ve seen some
really cool
portable builds, but this one has a complete step by step writeup of the process too. Many of these projects start with the little all in one devices that contain 99 games already. [1up] wanted to use original hard... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "52396",
"author": "efnx",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T19:38:32",
"content": "hey, this is awesome! way to go 1up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52397",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T19:41:40",
"content... | 1,760,377,722.351844 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/25/how-to-read-a-fedex-kinkos-smart-card-sle4442/ | How-to: Read A FedEx Kinko’s Smart Card (SLE4442) | Ian | [
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"2 wire interface",
"bus pirate",
"data dump",
"electronics",
"hack",
"serial interface",
"sle4442",
"smart card",
"snooping"
] | Our wallets are filling up with SIM and RFID cards that contain hidden information. Using our latest project, the
Bus Pirate universal serial interface
, we can dump the memory from many common smart cards. In today’s How-to, we show you how to interface common
smart cards
, and walk you through the data stored on a
Fe... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "52340",
"author": "Elwood",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T02:01:45",
"content": "Isn’t this pretty old? There’s quite a few videos out hacking these cards to show a $50 value.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52343",
"author": "g... | 1,760,377,722.728797 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/25/fuzebox-open-source-gaming/ | Fuzebox, Open Source Gaming | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"AVR",
"fuzebox",
"icsp",
"isp",
"microcontroller",
"nes",
"sd",
"smd",
"snes",
"uzebox"
] | Adafruit has just put their
Uzebox
based console into production. The
Fuzebox
is an 8bit game console based around the ATmega644-20PU microcontroller. Full 256 color 240×224 resolution video output is provide by either a composite connection or svideo. There is an SD card slot on board for future expansion. The chip ta... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "52322",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T22:11:41",
"content": "Ohh fun!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52326",
"author": "damien",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T22:41:43",
"content": "awesome I li... | 1,760,377,722.777332 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/28/parts-133mhz-162khz-programmable-oscillator-ds1077/ | Parts: 133MHz-16.2kHz Programmable Oscillator (DS1077) | Ian | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"bus pirate",
"chips",
"clock",
"electronics",
"frequency dividers",
"ics",
"interfacing",
"maxim",
"oscillator",
"parts"
] | The
DS1077
is a 5volt, 133MHz to 16kHz programmable clock source. The internal frequency divider is configured over a simple I2C interface, and the chip requires no external parts. Not bad for under $2. We used
the Bus Pirate
to test this chip before using it in a project. Grab the
datasheet
(PDF) and follow along.
DS1... | 23 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "52647",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T19:29:33",
"content": "Thank you for these new posts. I’ve been visiting hack a day almost since it started! This is defiantly a new reason not to miss a post. Every one of these posts has been bookmarked!",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,722.843776 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/27/atmega-controller-wiring-upgrade/ | ATmega Controller Wiring Upgrade | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"atmega",
"AVR",
"ide",
"jelengar",
"wiring"
] | [jelengar] liked the ease of use of the Arduino, but wanted a much higher pin count. He set about converting the
ATmega Controller for use with Wiring
, the code that the Arduino IDE is based on. The ATmega128 in the controller features 53 pins as opposed to the 11 on the Arduino’s ATmega168. You also get
128kb of memo... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "52582",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T04:20:49",
"content": "@spammergo die in a fire",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52588",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T05:07:10",
"content": "Good id... | 1,760,377,722.887082 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/27/diy-cardboard-iphone-dock/ | DIY Cardboard IPhone Dock | Nick Caiello | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"cardboard",
"diy",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone dock"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXCA8SM9nS4]
While the iPhone 3G included several new features that its predecessor lacked, one thing it did not include was a dock. Instead of shelling out $30 to buy Apple’s iPhone 3G dock, [Roland] and the folks at Geeky-Gadgets.com decided to design their own
cardboard iPhone... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "52545",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T23:28:23",
"content": "umm… i guess you really get what you pay for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52549",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T00:36:04",
"... | 1,760,377,722.975511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/27/weee-man/ | WEEE Man | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"recycle",
"recycling",
"sculpture",
"weee man"
] | WEEE Man is an art display
that has been roving around England. No, he doesn’t walk or talk. He is here to remind us of how wasteful we can be. Hackers rejoice, we’re part of the solution. It also doesn’t hurt that he is Seven Meters tall and over three tons. WEEE Man looks awesome, but are we the only ones that spotte... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "52546",
"author": "jaduncan",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T23:48:56",
"content": "To be fair, I think someone already used it for a cool project…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52556",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,722.933175 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/27/zap-new-life-into-ni-cads/ | Zap New Life Into Ni-Cads | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"ni-cad",
"nicad",
"nickel cadmium"
] | Apparently you can
revive dead Ni-Cad batteries
by zapping them with high voltage. Some people have used
welders
in the past, but many of us just don’t have access to one. This project shows you how to hack a disposable camera into a battery revival device. This could be very cost effective. A single regular AA battery... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "52520",
"author": "adamastor",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T18:23:39",
"content": "very nice site :)i already bookmark it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52522",
"author": "pewpdisturber",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T18:32:09"... | 1,760,377,723.227728 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/27/rocket-camera/ | Rocket Camera | Caleb Kraft | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"altimiter",
"camera",
"rocket"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfVTCSYekso]
[Jordan] sent us his
Rocket Camera project
. It really isn’t much that we haven’t seen before, but we thought many of you would be feeling the effects of gravity a little harder today. So when your belly is stretched to its limits with
Turbaconducken
and you don’t th... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "52508",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T16:26:34",
"content": "Helluva ride!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52512",
"author": "Pedant",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T17:00:53",
"content": "Lose != loos... | 1,760,377,723.406177 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/26/lockpicking-operation-game/ | Lockpicking Operation Game | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"game",
"keyhole",
"laparoscopic",
"moritz waldemeyer",
"operation",
"waldemeyer"
] | [Moritz Waldemeyer], a
favorite artist of ours
, has a brand new project. He went wanting to design a 3D version of the game
Operation
. The piece he ended up with is called
Keyhole Surgery
. It’s essentially the
laparoscopic
version of operation. The player guides a metal key through the passages of a translucent bloc... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "52494",
"author": "Pouncer",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T14:09:17",
"content": "That’s very cool. Looks like quite the challenge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52550",
"author": "Devilpigeon",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T00... | 1,760,377,723.16734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/g1-multitouch-proof-of-concept/ | G1 Multitouch Proof Of Concept | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"google hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"G1",
"multitouch",
"ryebrye",
"synaptics",
"tmobile",
"tmobile g1",
"youtube"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSBYqmWVqeM]
[RyeBrye] has been trying to get
multitouch
working on the Android based
T-Mobile G1
. He hacked the Synaptics touchscreen driver so that it would
dump raw event info to a character device
. The demo above is using example code from Google for a fingerpaint program. ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "52119",
"author": "Curtisbeef",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T01:27:20",
"content": "it umm kinda works…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52120",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T01:53:45",
"content": "now l... | 1,760,377,723.310656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/23/cubear-berkeleys-rubiks-cube-solver/ | CuBear, Berkeley’s Rubik’s Cube Solver | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cube",
"cube solver",
"rubiks cube",
"rubikscube",
"servo",
"solver",
"uc berkeley",
"webcam",
"youtube"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BksZZyAdc&fmt=18]
A team of five UC Berkeley engineering built this impressive Rubik’s Cube solver. The CuBear is a giant transparent cube with a servo attached to each face to rotate the cube’s six faces. The user can either scramble the cube using computer controls or show th... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "52112",
"author": "Vincent",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T23:52:52",
"content": "I love this song.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52113",
"author": "Vincent",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T23:53:35",
"content": "I love this ... | 1,760,377,723.648399 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/advanced-beauty-generative-video-art/ | Advanced Beauty Generative Video Art | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks",
"downloads hacks"
] | [
"advanced beauty",
"audio",
"processing",
"sculpture",
"sound processing",
"video",
"vimeo",
"visual",
"visualizer"
] | Advanced Beauty
is a collection of 18 “sound sculptures” pairing artists and programmers to create a collaborative work visualizing sound. The styles run a broad range from fluid simulations to manipulating cell animation. The demos were built using
Processing
. While all of these were built using human input, we see p... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "52058",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T07:10:52",
"content": "that is really trippy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52069",
"author": "andrut",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T14:00:04",
"content": "This reminds... | 1,760,377,723.370467 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/stupidly-huge-pov-display/ | Stupidly Huge POV Display | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"irda",
"led",
"mario mauerer",
"persistence of vision",
"POV",
"smd",
"video",
"youtube"
] | [Mario Mauerer] and friends were commissioned to build this
2m persistence of vision display
(translated) for a party (in a hight-voltage lab no less). Dubbed “Display from Hell”, it uses 100 blue SMD LEDs to generate the
POV
images. They’re connected to an ATMega64 via shift registers. Their target speed is 600rpm for... | 28 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "52036",
"author": "Farles",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T03:41:03",
"content": "a typical reason why my project list only keeps expanding…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52037",
"author": "deoryp",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T... | 1,760,377,723.508167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/slot-loading-xbox-360/ | Slot Loading Xbox 360 | Eliot | [
"Mac Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"360",
"bic",
"blueberry",
"dvd",
"hitachi",
"imac",
"imac g3",
"rdc",
"slot loading",
"xbox",
"xbox 360",
"xbox-scene"
] | File this one under: “Wow, that’s even possible?” xbox-scene hacker [RDC] has been hard at work
converting his Xbox 360 to slot loading
. To start, He removed the slot loading drive from a blueberry iMac G3. The loading mechanism is the top half of the drive. He split this off and married it to the reading mechanism in... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "52046",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T04:44:54",
"content": "I am trying to do this to a PSone but I lack a PSone.At least this proves it is possible! =3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52059",
"author": "e... | 1,760,377,723.606985 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/tennis-ball-fetcher/ | Tennis Ball Fetcher | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"Atmel",
"cmucam",
"competition",
"mice",
"microcontroller",
"omniwheel",
"ps2",
"robot",
"rotation sensor",
"spi",
"tennis ball",
"youtube"
] | Reader [Julian von Mendel] and his team built this
tennis ball fetching robot for a competition
(translated). The first version used distance sensors to locate the tennis balls for pick-up, but they changed to a
camera based approach
. The robot has three omniwheels and is designed to calculate the shortest path to the... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "52085",
"author": "Tim M",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T18:56:59",
"content": "When will we see this on a broadcast tennis event?Soon, I would think!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52206",
"author": "Coderer",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,723.447146 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/ccfl-bike-wheel-lights/ | CCFL Bike Wheel Lights | Eliot | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"backlight",
"bicycle",
"ccfl",
"depotdevoid",
"lcd",
"lcd monitor",
"POV",
"spokepov"
] | We’d never discount the beauty that is the
SpokePOV
bike wheel kits, but if you want to just turn your bicycle into a blinding blur, [depotdevoid] has the solution for you. He had a
CCFL
tube left over from an abandoned LCD monitor backlight repair, and decided to see
what it would look like as a wheel light
. The resu... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "52029",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T01:46:17",
"content": "one could also use a small battery powered tesla coil to light the tubes. wireless power transmission ftw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52030",
... | 1,760,377,723.559735 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/cythbot-pneumatic-guitar-hero/ | Cythbot, Pneumatic Guitar Hero | Eliot | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cyth systems",
"guitar hero",
"guitar hero iii",
"guitarbot",
"machine vision",
"nintendo",
"nintendo wii",
"pneumatic",
"robot",
"wii"
] | Here’s yet another robot hoping to dominate the human race through the power of ROCK.
Cythbot
was built to demonstrate Cyth Systems machine vision systems. The device uses a camera to watch the Guitar Hero monitor and identify notes for button presses. The strum bar is then triggered after a delay. The notes are identi... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "52034",
"author": "Twitch",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T03:37:31",
"content": "NICE going..I would love to see someone to keep up with that by hand. A+++++",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52040",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,723.80018 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/22/simple-servo-bot-plans/ | Simple Servo Bot Plans | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Robots Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"acrylic",
"arduino",
"boe-bot",
"laser cut",
"oomlout",
"parallax",
"pwm",
"robot",
"youtube"
] | oomlout has posted some interesting
plans for a simple robot
. It’s based around an Arduino and is a platform similar to the Parallax
Boe-Bot
. The Arduino sends PWM signals to continuos rotation servos that drive the two main wheels. All of the structural components are laser cut from acrylic with slots to hold standa... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "52022",
"author": "Anon",
"timestamp": "2008-11-22T23:54:17",
"content": "That looks a lot a like a Nintendo DS gadget I saw on a website.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52024",
"author": "Del",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23... | 1,760,377,723.84445 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/johnny-lees-favorite-wiimote-projects/ | Johnny Lee’s Favorite Wiimote Projects | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"chicken head tracking",
"head tracking",
"johnny lee",
"nintendo",
"nintendo wii",
"pigeon",
"pigeon guided missile",
"wii",
"wiimote"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtl51YDMYw&fmt=18]
There is no doubt that [Johnny Lee] is the authority on Wiimote based projects. So, when he compiles a list of his
favorite Wiimote projects
, we definitely pay attention. He’s organized the list as a progression of the unusual. By the time you get to ‘
Chicke... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "51961",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-11-22T03:08:15",
"content": "40 bucks a few extra parts? Craziness. I love these applications.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51971",
"author": "_matt",
"timestamp": "2008... | 1,760,377,723.984653 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/cnc-engraver-upgrades/ | CNC Engraver Upgrades | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"axis",
"backlash",
"cnc",
"duct tape",
"dust collection",
"glacialwanderer",
"router",
"z-axis"
] | We’ve been following [glaciawanderer]’s CNC build for quite some time and he’s recently added a few upgrades to make for an
even more interesting machine
. He’s been trying out new bearing blocks, anti-backlash nuts, and z-axis plates hoping to get some improvements. In the case of the bearing blocks, he went back to t... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "51977",
"author": "stunmonkey",
"timestamp": "2008-11-22T09:30:14",
"content": "Cool. You still have the Z axis bolted on backwards, but other than that its looking good! Nice to see its making chips fly, and the results of your cuts so far.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,723.922621 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/youtube-testing-even-higher-quality-videos/ | YouTube Testing Even Higher Quality Videos | Eliot | [
"google hacks",
"News"
] | [
"embed",
"flash",
"hd",
"highdef",
"video",
"youtube",
"youtube hd"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY&fmt=22]
YouTube, purveyor of some of worst looking flash video is
finally getting their act together
. We
posted the other day
about embedding videos using &fmt=18 to get higher quality YouTube videos. It seems the awesome knob has now been turned up to &fmt=22. All o... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "51940",
"author": "foo",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T23:03:13",
"content": "And this is on hackaday.com because …!? Seriously, don’t do regular news authors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51942",
"author": "willdibbern",
... | 1,760,377,724.172605 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/robot-mimic/ | Robot Mimic | Caleb Kraft | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"robot",
"telemetry"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSj0lNweq-c]
Here’s a video of a student submission to the 2008 NHK RoboCon competition. The robot, who vaguely looks like a giant lego minifig, is controlled via a suit. The robot mimics the moves of the wearer. We can’t help but have visions of the clown from
F/X2
.
[via
ROBOT... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "51929",
"author": "Raley",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T22:14:05",
"content": "Ah, it’s like from that movie F/X 2. Except in the movie it was incredibly obvious that the robot was a guy in a clown suit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id... | 1,760,377,724.11565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/wii64-a-nintendo-64-stuffed-into-a-wii/ | Wii64: A Nintendo 64 Stuffed Into A Wii | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"nintendo 64",
"wii",
"wii64"
] | File this one under “stuff that doesn’t make sense”. Someone put a
Nintendo 64 into a Wii
. Yes, we know you can download those games with virtual console. Maybe they did it just to look cool. Maybe a Wii case just happened to be laying there when they got some Nintendo 64 guts. Whatever the reason, it is for sale on
E... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "51921",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T20:42:57",
"content": "So that’s how you increase the power of a Wii!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51922",
"author": "tgamer",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T20:4... | 1,760,377,724.341606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/21/graduation-gown-vu-meter/ | Graduation Gown VU Meter | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"graduation",
"led",
"VU meter",
"wearable"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mqnA3v1V8]
[ricosgoo] wanted a way to stand out at his graduation. We think he succeeded with his graduation
gown VU meter
. After putting the circuit together at the last minute, he made a mounting harness out of duct tape. The electronics hang like a sash, placing the bulk un... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "51918",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T20:21:33",
"content": "The thing I found most interesting is that LM3914 chip. I had no idea there was a monolithic IC for these types of bargraphs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,724.28873 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/faster-browsing-with-ram-disks/ | Faster Browsing With RAM Disks | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"firefox hacks",
"Lifehacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"firefox",
"ram",
"RAM disk",
"ramdisk",
"safari",
"xbench"
] | A coworker approached us today wondering if they could get a performance boost using
Samsung’s newly announced 256GB SSD
. Most of their work is done in browser, so we said “no”. They’d only see benefit if they were reading/writing large files. Their system has plenty of RAM, and we decided to take a different approach... | 70 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "51814",
"author": "derek",
"timestamp": "2008-11-21T03:49:46",
"content": "This seems like it’s most useful for the initial startup and load of pages for the first time (that you’ve already cached).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,724.4917 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/duiphone-hack/ | DuiPhone Hack | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"nada mobile",
"sketchtools"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/2286835%5D
Tellart
turned an iPhone into a
duiPhone
with its latest
Sketchtools
kit. Combine a 3G iPhone, an ordinary store-bought breathalyzer, and the
NADA Mobile
, which consists of a communication board, sensors, and actuators, and get a useful iPhone application. Blow into the mouthpiece, a... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "51769",
"author": "levi",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T22:59:09",
"content": "now if only they made it check your location…and if at a bar, you would have to test before sending a text or a call (other than, say a cab). sure would cut down on drunk dialing and we all know that is the re... | 1,760,377,724.381919 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/boom-bench/ | Boom Bench | Kimberly Lau | [
"digital audio hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [
"audio",
"bluetooth",
"notcot",
"sound",
"sound system"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/1976994%5D
German designer [Michael Schoner] of
NL Architects
turned an
ordinary street bench into a public sound system
that can be accessed by passersby with
iPods
and cellphones with Bluetooth. Boom Bench features 60 watt co-axial speakers, two subwoofers, and a bass shaker in the seat that’l... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "51750",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T21:30:00",
"content": "Dude this is exactly the type of thing that GRL is into. Along with me and my buddies. Gives me some cool ideas!Imagine interfacing one of these with a cordless phone or cell phone sniffer, could be... | 1,760,377,724.589286 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/ti-84-led-mod/ | Ti-84 LED Mod | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"graphing calculator",
"led",
"texas instruments",
"ti-84"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSJz9-ImHo]
Add lights to your graphing calculator
. Do it now. [Sil3ntP8nd8] added some, and seems to have done a decent job. They are spread around the back, supplying a nice even light on, well, on whatever is under your calculator. It may be difficult to see too much detail ... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "51753",
"author": "walt",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T21:36:07",
"content": "ummm. ok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51754",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T21:37:24",
"content": "“intillectual” <- meant to b... | 1,760,377,724.700516 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/sonar-navigation-jacket/ | Sonar Navigation Jacket | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"blind",
"jacket",
"lilypad",
"sonar"
] | [Lynne] had this crazy idea to build
a piece of clothing that would give you feedback about your surroundings using sonar
. She started with a carefully selected thrift store jacket. She wanted something that looked good and also provided plenty of places to hide electronics. She used the
LilyPad system
, with a vibrat... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "51745",
"author": "localroger",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T21:05:19",
"content": "For steps down, the thing would be to apply the same principle to the soles of shoes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51747",
"author": "Jack",
... | 1,760,377,724.543219 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/20/interplanetary-internet-passes-first-test/ | “Interplanetary Internet” Passes First Test | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"epoxi",
"internet",
"interplanetary internet",
"nasa",
"outer space"
] | NASA
just completed the first
deep-space test of what could one day become the interplanetary internet
. Images of Mars and its moon
Phobos
were sent back and forth between computers on Earth and NASA’s
Epoxi
spacecraft. Instead of
TCP/IP
a new protocol, named “
Disruption/Delay Tolerant Networking
” (DTN) was used. In... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "51743",
"author": "Levi",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T20:29:28",
"content": "Now I can be a space pirate! ARgh!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51744",
"author": "Yarrgh mateys!",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T20:42:33",
"co... | 1,760,377,724.637901 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/alarm-clock-automated-blinds/ | Alarm Clock Automated Blinds | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"alarm",
"alarm clock",
"AlarmClock",
"anupam pathak",
"attiny",
"attiny45",
"AVR",
"microcontroller",
"servo",
"sparkfun"
] | [Anupam Pathak] knows how jarring it can be to wake up to a traditional alarm clock. He decided to
hack an alarm clock
so that it would open the shades in his room to allow in natural light. He found the pin that went high when the alarm was triggered and used that to signal an ATtiny45. The microcontroller activates a... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "51393",
"author": "racr",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T04:41:07",
"content": "that’s pretty nice. i was thinking about this myself lately but didn’t have motivation to do anything but google search.this blinds system by biochemtronics automated wit ldr:http://www.instructables.com/id/Bu... | 1,760,377,726.511272 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/hacking-at-random-2009-dates-announced/ | Hacking At Random 2009 Dates Announced | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"camp",
"ccc",
"cccamp",
"con",
"conference",
"hacker conference",
"hacking",
"hacking at random",
"har",
"har2009",
"Netherlands",
"toorcamp"
] | Hacking at Random
, an international technology and security conference, has just announced the dates for their 2009 event. The four day outdoor technology camp will be held August 13-16 near Vierhouten, Netherlands. HAR2009 is brought to you by the same people who held What the Hack, which we
covered in 2005
. They’ve... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "51395",
"author": "BipPinu",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T04:49:22",
"content": "I will be a pin in the butt!! you can contact me atvippi006@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51952",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,726.402592 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/reversing-googles-iphone-voice-search/ | Reversing Google’s IPhone Voice Search | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"google hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"app store",
"apple iphone",
"goog411",
"google",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone app",
"stt",
"voice search"
] | Google recently updated their
Google Mobile App
with a couple new features. Voice Search automatically starts listening when you raise the phone to your ear. Just say what you’re looking for, and it will poll Google and return the results. The app leverages Google’s voice recognition engine, which they’ve been training... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "51394",
"author": "noob saibot",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T04:46:28",
"content": "wow, great find. the things google could use that data set research for is….yeah",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51422",
"author": "Spork",
... | 1,760,377,726.447551 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/guardian-hack-day/ | Guardian Hack Day | Kimberly Lau | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"guardian",
"hack day",
"hacking",
"robot"
] | [vimeo
http://vimeo.com/2276648%5D
The Guardian’s technology department
hosted its first Hack Day
last Thursday. Developers were freed from the drudgery of their everyday jobs to make fun toys and tools. Many of the hacks that developed played around with the website, like the
Guardian commenter blocker
, or the
Guardi... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "51391",
"author": "phirzcol",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T04:18:07",
"content": "congratz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,726.907948 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/animated-led-keyboard/ | Animated LED Keyboard | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"deck legend fire",
"keyboard",
"led"
] | [Brian] made this
really cool LED keyboard
. He started with a
Deck Legend Fire
. When he got it, he realized that every key had its own LED, but the entire unit was either on, or off. He just couldn’t live with that and decided to start hacking into it to make each light individually controlled. He found a perfect emp... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "51309",
"author": "Lupin",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T22:44:10",
"content": "Totally stunning! Really nice work!This hack sure was worth the effort. The effect is great and offers more possibilities for playing around with the keyboard.For example you could make light radiate from the... | 1,760,377,726.722716 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/18/gameboy-color-in-a-ti-83/ | GameBoy Color In A TI-83 | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"game boy",
"gameboy",
"texas instruments",
"ti"
] | [Mark] had a broken TI-83 graphing calculator and an overwhelming urge to play Pokemon in math class. The solution to his predicament, obviously, is to
hack a GameBoy color into the body of his TI-83
. He gutted the calculator and connected the front buttons to the contacts on the GameBoy. After some cramming and tapin... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "51275",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T17:30:02",
"content": "cat 5 wire. Is there nothing you can’t do?(or help undo?)(or re-do?)I hope they get what they wanted from the project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,726.824464 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/g-speak-spatial-operating-environment/ | G-speak Spatial Operating Environment | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"2d",
"3d",
"cintiq",
"g-speak",
"gui",
"interaction",
"interface",
"minority report",
"multitouch"
] | [vimeo 2229299]
Our fascination with
multitouch
is fairly well known, but it expands even further to cover all sorts of man machine interaction. Embedded above is a tech demo of
g-speak
, a spatial operating environment. The user combines gestures and spatial location to interact with on screen objects. If it seems fam... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "51220",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T04:54:09",
"content": "that is cool. i WANT it, now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51221",
"author": "polymath",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T05:14:46",
"content": "no... | 1,760,377,726.873449 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/16/simple-pwm/ | Simple PWM | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"afroman",
"afrotech",
"pwm",
"sprite_tm",
"video"
] | We mentioned Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) when talking about [sprite_tm]’s
marquee control
. It’s a method of power control. While [sprite_tm] did it in software, [Afroman] sent along a very straight forward
introduction to PWM using just a 555
. Check out his video for coverage of this fundamental electrical design te... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "51068",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T03:50:51",
"content": "personally i have used this for quite some time now. it is quite reliable for some applications but is not to accurate if your controlling the pwm with anything but a resistor (or a pot) also i have been told... | 1,760,377,726.772013 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/15/spoke-o-dometer-bicycle-pov-speed-display/ | Spoke-o-dometer Bicycle POV Speed Display | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"bicycle",
"bicycle pov",
"ladyada",
"persistence of vision",
"POV",
"spokepov"
] | [Rory Hyde] and [Scott Mitchell] are exploring several projects that add more information to public spaces. The first is the
Spoke-o-dometer
a persistence of vision device that can display
bicycle
speed and distance traveled. To develop the device, they first bought a few POV kits to test out. They decided to build the... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "50992",
"author": "Hawkeye18",
"timestamp": "2008-11-16T05:02:32",
"content": "Ooooh, cool! You could even program it to display user-created messages! I think you can do the math.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51089",
"au... | 1,760,377,726.954483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/15/failing-hard-drive-sounds/ | Failing Hard Drive Sounds | Kimberly Lau | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"hard drive",
"hard drive recovery"
] | Not all hard drives fail the same way. DataCent, a data recovery service based in Canada, has an impressive
archive of failing hard drive sounds
. If you’re ever in doubt about whether your hard drive needs help, this is your guide. From bad heads to stuck spindles, bad hard drives click, grind, hum, and scratch. It’s ... | 25 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "50963",
"author": "Amy",
"timestamp": "2008-11-15T22:30:04",
"content": "when my customers are wondering if they’ve got a bad hard drive, I hush them and ask them “does it sound like this?” and then drag my tongue barbell across my teeth",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,726.668298 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/15/microcontroller-fireworks-launcher/ | Microcontroller Fireworks Launcher | Kimberly Lau | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"arduino diecimila",
"controller",
"fireworks",
"microcontroller",
"missile launcher"
] | [vimeo 2245777]
After being inspired by our previous posts on a
microcontroller-powered missile launcher
and the
wireless fireworks controller
, [Adam] at
Additronics.com
decided to build his own
microcontroller launcher
. He combined elements from each of the prior projects, and included some of the advice from the Ha... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "50968",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-11-15T23:57:42",
"content": "Next one to make such device should use a briefcase. It’s more cool.And a 10 digit code. And a nicer video with more action, not show how it does not work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,727.168205 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/14/overhauling-led-marquees/ | Overhauling LED Marquees | Eliot | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ATmega88",
"AVR",
"led",
"led matrix",
"matrix",
"pwm",
"sprite_tm"
] | In a previous job, [sprite_tm] was responsible for wrangling many different LED text ad marquees. The hardware was fairly simple and he always figured they could be pushed much further with a little work. He recently acquired ten 32×16 LED displays a decided to
see what he could do with them
. By the end of the project... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "50907",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2008-11-15T05:05:49",
"content": "Wow, simpsons on an LED display, that’s awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50930",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-11-15T15:39:... | 1,760,377,727.005811 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/14/mac-pro-ultra-mini/ | Mac Pro Ultra Mini | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"mac",
"macbook",
"macintosh",
"water damage"
] | [Matthew] sent in this slick project where he made a
Mac pro Ultra Mini
. He received a
MacBook
that had been killed by water. He took it apart, re-soldered some connections and was able to get enough of it working to be a decent multimedia machine for his tv. To make it look nicer, he found an external drive case that... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "50849",
"author": "Hexxeh",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T20:50:03",
"content": "And this is what the new Mac Mini /should/ look like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50858",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T21:14:4... | 1,760,377,727.387142 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/14/scratch-input/ | Scratch Input | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"audio input",
"passive input",
"scratch"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E8vsQB4pug]
Scratch input allows us to use
solid surfaces as an input devices
by capturing the sounds they produce. Using a stethoscope and a high pass filter, they capture the unique sounds of specific gestures. Custom software then translates this to actions for applications. ... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "50841",
"author": "icefox",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T20:00:29",
"content": "This is very interesting. What about if 2 of these could be used to triangulate the position and make a table into a touch pad for a computer? It could be integrated to laptops with one on each side in the ... | 1,760,377,727.450075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/professional-soldering-guide/ | Professional Soldering Guide | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [] | Curious Inventor
pointed out
a cache of
training materials provided by IPC
. IPC is a trade organization that publishes standards for producing and evaluating electronics. They’re great looking full color guides that most hobbyists will probably never get their hands on. They have low resolution video demos as well. Go... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "51604",
"author": "arthur92710",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T04:38:57",
"content": "humm, I wonder how much longer the site will work.“Go snag them now in case they go away!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51614",
"author": "I... | 1,760,377,727.634075 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/psp-3000-hacked/ | PSP 3000 Hacked | Eliot | [
"News",
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"chris tarnovsky",
"christarnovsky",
"datel",
"homebrew",
"lite blue tool",
"maxconsole",
"psp",
"psp 3000",
"psp brite",
"psp hacking",
"psp3000",
"silicon",
"silicon hacking",
"sony"
] | Peripheral manufacturer Datel has been hard at work attempting to crack the
PSP 3000
since its release. They’ve developed the Lite Blue Tool battery to
force the PSP into service mode
so hackers can run any arbitrary code they want. According to MaxConsole, Datel performed a silicon level investigation of the PSP’s chi... | 63 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "51582",
"author": "Luiz",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T03:47:30",
"content": "The Datel battery does not allow hackers to run any arbitrary code they want.The battery simply puts the PSP in service mode but for code to be able to run it needs to go through some validation process which ... | 1,760,377,727.534765 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/iphone-dev-team-3g-soft-unlock-coming-soon/ | Iphone-dev Team 3G Soft Unlock Coming Soon | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"apple iphone",
"cellphone",
"cellphone unlock",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone dev team",
"iphone unlock",
"iphone-dev",
"unlock"
] | [vimeo 2291914]
The iphone-dev team has officially stated “
all that remains is implementation
“. They’ve developed all the pieces they need to perform a software unlock for the
iPhone 3G
, now it’s just a matter of putting them together in user friendly fashion. They’ve managed to run unsigned code on the baseband,
de... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "51574",
"author": "jerry",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T03:28:58",
"content": "i must have that song",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51578",
"author": "roy",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T03:41:05",
"content": "what song is t... | 1,760,377,727.937533 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/augmented-reality-in-flash/ | Augmented Reality In Flash | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ar",
"augmented reality",
"digital pictures interactive",
"flash",
"waxy"
] | Digital Pictures Interactive has put together a great
augmented reality demo
. Unlike many others, it’s entirely Flash based, so there’s no install necessary. Print out the custom symbol and try it out for yourself in your browser.
Augmented reality
refers to any mashup that combines computer generated content with a l... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "51561",
"author": "Manifesto",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T02:23:26",
"content": "This. Is. Awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51562",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T02:36:57",
"content": "woah, thats ... | 1,760,377,728.057998 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/how-to-the-bus-pirate-universal-serial-interface/ | How-to: The Bus Pirate, Universal Serial Interface | Ian | [
"hardware",
"how-to",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"bus",
"bus pirate",
"debug",
"debugging tools",
"eeprom reader",
"electronics",
"hacking tools",
"i2c",
"ic interface",
"serial port",
"spi",
"terminal",
"uart"
] | UPDATE:
New firmware with JTAG and more
We’re always excited to get a new chip or SIM card to interface, but our enthusiasm is often dampened by the prototyping process. Interfacing any chip usually means breadboarding a circuit, writing code, and hauling out the programmer; maybe even a prototyping PCB.
A few years ag... | 60 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "51532",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T23:46:55",
"content": "That is HOT.I’ll take 3 ;)I definitely know what I’ll be breadboarding next :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51534",
"author": "cde",
"times... | 1,760,377,727.824308 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/clickjacking-webcast-tomorrow/ | Clickjacking Webcast Tomorrow | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"adobe",
"blackhat",
"clickjacking",
"eric lawrence",
"jeremiah grossman",
"webcast"
] | [Jeremiah Grossman] and [Eric Lawrence] will be presenting on clickjacking and browser security
in an online seminar tomorrow
. Clickjacking allows an attacker to transparently place links exactly where a user would be clicking, essentially forcing the user to perform actions without their knowledge. This method of att... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "51528",
"author": "Brakk",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T23:14:38",
"content": "Security now had a good podcast on clickjacking.http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htmEpisode #168",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56512",
"author": "J78... | 1,760,377,727.568772 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/sgi-10000-core-concept/ | SGI 10,000 Core Concept | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"atom",
"high bandwidth",
"high performance",
"intel atom",
"molecule",
"sgi",
"silicon graphics"
] | In a bold move, Silicon Graphics has decided to see how
much crap
many cores they can shove in one box.
The Molecule
is 10,000 core rackmount machine designed to leverage low cost consumer CPUs like the Intel Atom. It emphasizes high memory bandwidth and throughput between CPUs. While this sort of space efficiency is i... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "51515",
"author": "nemo",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T21:43:02",
"content": "A couple of those, some giant heat sinks, and you have yourself some awesome high tech radiators. Save on your heating bill and do a huge number of calculations per second.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth"... | 1,760,377,727.884263 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/stribe-1-kits-available/ | Stribe 1 Kits Available | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"curious inventor",
"josh boughey",
"led",
"maker faire",
"max msp",
"maxmsp",
"music",
"softpot",
"spectra symbol",
"stribe"
] | We first spotted the Stribe music controller
at Maker Faire
. [Josh Boughey] has since refined the controller’s design so that it can be constructed in a modular fashion and it’s being
sold in kit form by Curious Inventor
. The kit has two columns of 64 LEDs and a
Spectra Symbol SoftPot
for control. You can daisy chain... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "50795",
"author": "Hawkeye18",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T05:08:14",
"content": "And if you’re not making music with it, you can turn it into a star trek transporter control panel! I know, I’m a dork.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,727.991319 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/google-explains-android-patches/ | Google Explains Android Patches | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"google hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"charlie miller",
"G1",
"google",
"google android",
"rc29",
"rc30",
"t-mobile",
"t-mobile g1"
] | Google has been trickling out info about what they’re actually
fixing in the G1 firmware updates
. Before RC29, users were able to bypass the phone lock using safe mode. RC29 also brought WebKit up to date, presumably patching the
bug [Charlie Miller] found
. RC30 takes care of
root console problem
. Unfortunately ther... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "50812",
"author": "Jonathan Wilson",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T12:17:28",
"content": "Wouldn’t surprise me if HTC and t-mobile would rather detailed information about a security issue that may still be present on x number of vulnerable phones wasnt posted all over the internet.",
... | 1,760,377,728.108982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/improved-led-menorah/ | Improved LED Menorah | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] | [
"avr attiny13",
"chanukka",
"hannuka",
"led",
"menorah"
] | Reader [Mike] was not too impressed by design in a recent post we did on an
LED menorahs
. Doing what any self respecting hacker would do, he
designed and built a better one
then sent it in to us. He just happened to have an AVR ATtiny13 sitting around, so he used that for the brains. It has single button operation, is... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "50739",
"author": "sparr",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T22:58:52",
"content": "far more impressive than my attempt at the same",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50787",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T03:09:... | 1,760,377,728.152243 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/flying-cars-a-reality/ | Flying Cars A Reality | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"flying",
"flying cars",
"flyingmachine"
] | [Stillboy] alerted us to a
flying car that runs on biofuel
. Flying cars have been the mainstays of science fiction and technological wish lists for years, but they elude production, as expenses, fuel, and gravity get in the way. [Gilo Cardozo], a
paramotor
manufacturer, managed to overcome those hurdles by thinking si... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "50704",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T20:16:23",
"content": "anyone dig up aquiring one of these vehicles (or something extremely similar in the United States?the website only lists UK and AUS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,728.211729 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/working-with-high-quality-youtube-videos/ | Working With High Quality YouTube Videos | Kimberly Lau | [
"downloads hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"embed",
"hd",
"kottke",
"video",
"youtube"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTJbsUcdeU&fmt=18]
[Kottke] posted advice for
watching and sharing high quality YouTube videos
. While it’s not HD quality, it’s much, much better than the normal, fuzzy quality you get on most videos. This hack has been available for some time, but it hasn’t been documented ver... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "50693",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T19:36:11",
"content": "Silly robot, there is no gravity in space.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50695",
"author": "Novolo",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T19:42:30",
"c... | 1,760,377,728.27131 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/13/mutant-lab-halloween-extravaganza/ | Mutant Lab Halloween Extravaganza | Caleb Kraft | [
"home hacks",
"News"
] | [
"automation",
"halloween",
"ir",
"phidgets"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnGLCG9Nzg&feature=channel]
Take a tour of the Mutex laboratories, where mutants are made and nothing could possibly ever go wrong. [Steve] directed us to these videos of the Halloween set up he did with his son this year. Neighbor kids got to go on an action packed tour where m... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "50684",
"author": "CJ",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T18:31:19",
"content": "WOW! that really has got to be the most complete halloween project ever! really like the idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50720",
"author": "Alcohol... | 1,760,377,728.542664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/recovering-photos-with-photorec/ | Recovering Photos With PhotoRec | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"christophe grenier",
"data",
"data forensics",
"data recovery",
"digital forensics",
"fat",
"forensics",
"photorec",
"recovery",
"sd",
"sd card"
] | A coworker approached us today with a corrupted SD card. It was out of her digital camera, and when plugged in, it wasn’t recognized. This looked like the perfect opportunity to try out [Christophe Grenier]’s PhotoRec.
PhotoRec
is designed to recover lost files from many different types of storage media. We used it fro... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "50601",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T04:19:19",
"content": "I know half of the fun is using the command line, but I use a program that’s worked in the past called Exif Untrasher. (http://www.bluem.net/downloads/exif-untrasher_en/) It’s Mac OS X 10.3+ only but it’s re... | 1,760,377,728.499106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/company-shutdown-causes-23rds-drop-in-all-spam/ | Company Shutdown Causes 2/3rds Drop In All Spam | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"botnet",
"global crossing",
"hurricane electric",
"mccolo",
"phishing",
"server",
"spam",
"washington post"
] | The Washington Post is reporting that the shutdown of one hosting company has
caused the total volume of spam to drop by 2/3rds
. The company in question is McColo Corp. Both Hurricane Electric and Global Crossing pulled the plug today
after a damning report revealed
a number of illegal activities happening on McColo’s... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "50598",
"author": "arthur92710",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T03:19:16",
"content": "WOW!Not 2/3 but 75% or 3/4.But this is of “all” spam, all as in all spam world wide. And not just email spam but also phishing sites. Thats awesome! I hate those sites that open a dialog and start talki... | 1,760,377,728.608678 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/meggy-jr-rgb-portable-game-platform/ | Meggy Jr RGB Portable Game Platform | Joshua Wright | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"ATmega168",
"diy handheld",
"evil mad scientist laboratories",
"led",
"meggy jr",
"microcontroller",
"open source",
"peggy",
"peggy2",
"portable",
"RGB LED"
] | Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have just announced the release of the Meggy Jr RGB, a
fully programmable handheld console
with an 8×8 RGB LED matrix display. Like its big sisters
Peggy
and
Peggy 2.0
, the Meggy Jr is driven by an ATmega168 microcontroller and is made up of a bank of fully addressable LEDs. Unlike i... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "50591",
"author": "Ibenster",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T02:01:55",
"content": "wow I want one!BADLY!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50687",
"author": "ragnar",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T18:58:47",
"content": "This has... | 1,760,377,728.659005 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/hddj-hard-drive-as-rotary-input/ | HDDJ: Hard Drive As Rotary Input | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"hard drive",
"hdd",
"mixing",
"rotary",
"scratch",
"turntable"
] | [nvillar] wanted a relatively cheap way to make a
rotary input device for audio mixing
. After looking at several options including turn tables and professional audio scrubbers, they decided on the hard drive due to its size, price, and the feel of the disk. The geek factor of using a hard drive as an input device prob... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "50578",
"author": "Vlado",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T22:56:35",
"content": "Nice stuff tough why the hell not just buy a cheap DJ console , a good one is about 200-300$ , tough you could scrounge one up on ebay for 100 bucks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,728.723954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/wiimote-trackball-mod/ | Wiimote Trackball Mod | Joshua Wright | [
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"acidmods",
"nintendo",
"nintendo wii",
"nintendo wii hacks",
"trackball",
"wii",
"wiimote"
] | Hot on the heels of their
recent rapid-fire mod
, the creative minds at AcidMods have turned out yet another useful hack for for the Wii controller. This time around, they’ve replaced the peripheral’s “A” button with a
clickable trackball
, allowing the player to quickly navigate menus without readjusting their hold o... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "50572",
"author": "taft",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T22:11:26",
"content": "this is great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50576",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T22:45:10",
"content": "Seems like it wo... | 1,760,377,728.766255 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/12/pringles-can-macro-photography/ | Pringles Can Macro Photography | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"lenses",
"macro photography",
"pringles"
] | Reader [Harald] sent us this sweet
Pringles can macro photography
hack from way back in 2005. Using a Pringles can and a standard Cannon 50mm MKII lens, they have produced some amazing results. The image above is the tip of a ballpoint pen. Not only does he go through the steps to make it, but then goes in depth on how... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "50565",
"author": "Eric M",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T20:52:10",
"content": "I’ve actually created a slightly adapted version of this, and an Instructable here:http://www.instructables.com/id/SYZNYW3FLROKQCZ/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"co... | 1,760,377,728.891961 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/11/scratch-built-rfid-tags/ | Scratch Built RFID Tags | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"antenna",
"copper",
"instructable",
"rfid",
"rfid reader",
"rfid tag"
] | [nmarquardt] has put up an interesting instructable that covers
building RFID tags
. Most of them are constructed using adhesive copper tape on cardstock. The first version just has a cap and a low power LED to prove that the antenna is receiving power. The next iteration uses tilt switches so the tag is only active in... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "50464",
"author": "cirictech",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T06:08:23",
"content": "This is nifty, may actually be able to apply this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50512",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T14:13:1... | 1,760,377,728.823679 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/11/running-debian-and-android-on-the-g1/ | Running Debian And Android On The G1 | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"google hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"chroot",
"debian",
"G1",
"linux",
"t-mobile",
"t-mobile g1"
] | [Jay Freeman] has a rather exhaustive tutorial on how to
set up a Debian environment on your T-Mobile G1
. The first major issue with this is that
getting root level access through telnetd
is being patched. It certainly is a security issue that needs to be fixed, but a user shouldn’t have to root their own phone to beg... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "50442",
"author": "Sparragus",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T04:18:35",
"content": "This is awesome news! However, Google has already fixed the big that permitted this. Will this still be possible?http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/11/google-fixes-an.html",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,729.048727 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/dean-kamens-stirling-engine-car/ | Dean Kamen’s Stirling Engine Car | Eliot | [
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"chevy",
"chevy volt",
"dean kamen",
"gas electric hybrid",
"hybrid",
"hybrid car",
"kamen",
"make",
"segway",
"stirling",
"stirling engine",
"volt"
] | [Dean Kamen]’s company, the people behind the Segway, have created a
hybrid car that uses a Stirling engine
instead of a standard internal combustion engine.
Stirling engines
are closed cycle, meaning heat is applied to the outside of the cylinder walls. They are generally more efficient than standard car engines, but ... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "50105",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T05:27:24",
"content": "I’ve often wondered why no one has investigated the benefits of other types of internal combustion engines, particularly the ones that recycle the heat that is wasted in the typical four stroke.Carnot, mother ... | 1,760,377,729.117385 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/times-best-inventions-of-2008/ | TIME’s Best Inventions Of 2008 | Eliot | [
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"best of",
"best of 2008",
"cern",
"ibm",
"lanl",
"large hadron collider",
"lhc",
"petaflop",
"tesla",
"time"
] | Attempting to put our past behind us as quickly as possible, TIME has released what they feel are the
best inventions of 2008
. While there’s some pretty wishy-washy lab-only stuff on the list, we’re glad to see a lot of cool hardware made the cut. Some of our favorites are: The
Tesla roadster
proving electric cars can... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "50217",
"author": "vbrtrmn",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T19:05:12",
"content": "The best one is #40: The Seven New Deadly Sins. Sin number 6 is “accumulating excessive wealth”, the Catholic church has accumulated more wealth than any other organization in the entire world. Good to se... | 1,760,377,729.156231 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/new-wpa-tkip-attack/ | New WPA TKIP Attack | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"coWPAtty",
"cracking",
"injection",
"sans",
"security",
"sniffing",
"wep",
"wep cracking",
"wifi",
"wireless",
"wpa",
"wpa cracking"
] | [Martin Beck] and [Erik Tews] have just released a paper covering an improved attack against WEP and a
brand new attack against WPA
(PDF). For the WEP half, they offer a nice overview of attacks up to this point and the optimizations they made to reduce the number of packets needed to approximately 25K. The only seriou... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "56450",
"author": "design",
"timestamp": "2008-12-24T20:06:20",
"content": "http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78946",
"author": "ulises",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T23:58:52",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,729.242978 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/weasure-a-scale-that-weighs-and-measures/ | Weasure, A Scale That Weighs And Measures | Eliot | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"dev kit",
"digiweigh",
"lcd",
"led",
"parcel",
"postage",
"postal scale",
"pwm",
"scale",
"weasure"
] | [John Peterson] created this postal scale device for a Renesas design contest. The Weasure not only calculates the
package’s total weight but the dimensions as well
. He built it using a SKP16C62P evaluation board that had an LCD, pushbuttons, and indicator LEDs. The original DigiWeigh parcel scale was modified to prov... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "50095",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T02:36:44",
"content": "ok boss… pack it! ship it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50112",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T06:15:51",
"content": "You... | 1,760,377,729.197599 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/how-to-destroy-a-filesystem/ | How To Destroy A Filesystem | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"computer hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"G1",
"google",
"linux",
"rm",
"rm -rf",
"solaris",
"t-mobile",
"t-mobile g1",
"unix"
] | The G1 ‘
execute every command you type
‘ bug naturally spawned ‘rm -rf /’ jokes.
rm
is the Linux command for deleting files. The -r and -f flags will cause it to remove files recursively and ignore confirmation. Executed as root it will annihilate the entire filesystem. Won’t it? [Jon Hohle] decided to
test exactly ho... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "50076",
"author": "poisomike87",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T00:11:56",
"content": "i did that in operating systems unix2 at my collegeso much fun watching stuff crash and burn lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50077... | 1,760,377,729.345217 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/led-menorahs/ | LED Menorahs | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Roundup"
] | [
"candle",
"decoration",
"emsl",
"evil mad scientist laboratories",
"hanukkah",
"holiday",
"jewish",
"led",
"menorah"
] | We’re barely past Halloween and people are already working on their next LED based holiday decorations. For Hanukkah,
Gizmodo
pointed out the
PCB menorah
pictured above. It uses a set of DIP switches to control which LEDs are lit. A couple years ago, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories put together a tutorial for
building ... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "50090",
"author": "makeprinceton",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T01:49:10",
"content": "Hmmm… I know that some orthodox sects aren’t allowed to push buttons or flip switches on the Shabbos…What this *really* needs is a timer to light one more LED every day.",
"parent_id": null,
"... | 1,760,377,729.280167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/09/android-executes-everything-you-type/ | Android Executes Everything You Type | Eliot | [
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"google hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"G1",
"google",
"t-mobile",
"t-mobile g1",
"telnetd",
"tnkgrl"
] | This is one of the more bizarre bugs we’ve ever heard. The
T-Mobile G1
has an open root shell that
interprets everything you type as a command
. It was discovered when a user just happened to type the word ‘reboot’ in a conversation and the phone immediately rebooted. A patch has already been rolled out to fix this iss... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "50052",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-11-09T20:50:23",
"content": "this is not a but, it is a feature :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50057",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-11-09T21:01:49",
... | 1,760,377,729.608689 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/auduino-software-synth/ | Auduino Software Synth | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"auduino",
"matrixsynth",
"pots",
"synthesizer",
"tinker.it"
] | Tinker.it has published plans for building a software synthesizer using an
Arduino
. The
Auduino
uses granular synthesis to create a truly unique sound. The grain is constructed from two triangle waves. Each one has adjustable frequency, decay rate, and the repetition rate can be changed too. The Arduino just needs fiv... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "51210",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T03:00:05",
"content": "Oooh! WantwantwantWantWANTWANT!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51212",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T03:57:34",
"content": "Awe... | 1,760,377,729.661438 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/sketchup-adds-dynamic-components/ | SketchUp Adds Dynamic Components | Eliot | [
"downloads hacks",
"google hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"3d modeling",
"dynamic components",
"make",
"modeling",
"sketchup",
"sketchup 7",
"thingiverse"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aVW5X-tb8s]
Google just
announced the release of SketchUp 7
. SketchUp is a 3D modeling program with a fairly robust free version. They’ve added quite a few features and the one that caught our eye in particular was dynamic components. Dynamic components have behavior specific t... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "51217",
"author": "confusis",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T04:34:41",
"content": "I probably won’t end up using it, but this is a cool new function of a very easy-to-learn program. I use sketchup a lot to design electronics cases and furniture",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,729.7577 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/javascript-drum-machine/ | Javascript Drum Machine | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks",
"downloads hacks"
] | [
"909",
"cameron adams",
"drum machine",
"javascript",
"js",
"library",
"roland",
"sample",
"waxy"
] | [Cameron Adams] recently appeared on a panel about JavaScript libraries. He represented the hard working coder that still wrote everything from scratch. He wanted to make something mindblowing for the audience. He ended up creating the JS-909
drum machine entirely in javascript
without relying on libraries or flash. Wh... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "51170",
"author": "crizo",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T22:56:49",
"content": "Looks nice but doesn’t work on my machine. It tells me I need quicktime, but it’s already installed. Firefox 3.0.4 on win xp.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,729.715399 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/led-crazy-ds/ | LED Crazy DS | Caleb Kraft | [
"handhelds hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"ds",
"led",
"nintendo"
] | [blip.tv ?posts_id=1482920&dest=-1]
Adding LEDs makes everything better. Watch this video as a regular old
DS
gets turned into one of the most awesome things on the planet. A ton of LEDs were added, some to the body, some to an extra cartridge, some behind buttons. Parts are wired into the speakers, so you get nice eff... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "51146",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T21:02:55",
"content": "Did I heard the battery will survive for 5 minutes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51148",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T21:14:36",... | 1,760,377,729.987493 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/17/honeycomb-tire-wont-go-flat/ | Honeycomb Tire Won’t Go Flat | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"honeycomb",
"tire",
"tweel"
] | A
new breed of tire
has been developed that won’t go flat, even if it gets bombed. Resilient Technologies L.L.C. has started making these decidedly cool looking tires for the military. The honeycomb of stiff but flexible plastic acts as a shock absorber just as an air filled tire would. Unlike a normal tire, it won’t p... | 46 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "51141",
"author": "Spedione",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T20:46:52",
"content": "Will bees make honey in it?Just Kidding",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51142",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T20:49:34",
"con... | 1,760,377,729.880365 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/16/full-fabric-soft-switches/ | Full Fabric Soft Switches | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Wearable Hacks"
] | [
"conductive fabric",
"conductive thread",
"fabric",
"mouse",
"plusea",
"scroll wheel",
"soft switch",
"wearable"
] | When we created our
backpack strap WiFi detector
for Engadget, we embedded soft switches to control the device. They used two sheets of aluminum foil separated by a layer of foam with holes punched in it. [Plusea] has taken a similar approach but has
replaced the aluminum foil with conductive fabric
. The end result is... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "51075",
"author": "dokumentamarble",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T05:20:28",
"content": "That would be great for kids toys.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51084",
"author": "furry",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T06:53:18",
"... | 1,760,377,729.802975 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/16/case-prototyping/ | Case Prototyping | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"3d printer",
"deviant ollam",
"hackerspace",
"metalab",
"printer",
"rapid prototyping",
"reprap",
"youtube"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqNPXCm3jc]
[Deviant Ollam], lockpicker and
beverage cooling contest
host, was recently in Vienna, presumably for
DeepSec
. While there, he stopped by the
Metalab
hackerspace and checked out their
RepRap
rapid prototyping machine. You can see video of his visit above. He had the... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "51091",
"author": "kikkoman",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T08:08:06",
"content": "i’m still freaked out by the accuracy of that thing, considering the fact it’s hot glue. just awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51093",
"au... | 1,760,377,730.029015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/11/11/liquid-tree/ | Liquid Tree | Kimberly Lau | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"home hacks",
"Lifehacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"conservation",
"energy conservation",
"green",
"shower",
"visual display",
"water"
] | Liquid Tree
is decorative, functional, and green. It’s a liquid feedback display created by [Jia Yi Lin] that is designed to tell you exactly how much water you’re wasting in the shower. Behind the pretty tubes is some interesting hardware. [Lin] used an
Arduino
board, and based her code off the
Unipolar Stepper exampl... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "50376",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2008-11-11T20:16:59",
"content": "Nice. Now you can waste power while you waste water. ;)I kid, but I do wonder whether it’s possible to put a small turbine or wheel inline with the water pipe so the circuit is hydropowered. Somewhat similar ... | 1,760,377,729.938906 |
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