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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/11/wiitendo-a-wii-in-an-nes-case/ | Wiitendo: A Wii In An NES Case | Caleb Kraft | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"gamecube",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"wii",
"wiimod",
"wiitendo"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTs8c4r8m94&hl=it&fs=1]
[Matt] has managed to cram a
Wii into an old NES
. The write up is fairly short, but does mention a few details. He installed some Game Cube controller ports and a Game Cube memory card. He’s added some external LEDs connected to the Wii’s power button. He... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "40399",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T19:56:59",
"content": "looks good but no effort 4/10",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40400",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T20:16:23",
"content": "True, n... | 1,760,377,774.514983 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/10/miniature-balancing-robot/ | Miniature Balancing Robot | rossfairgrieve | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"balance",
"electronics",
"instructables",
"robot",
"stability"
] | It might not be as elegant or technologically-advanced as a Segway or a
motorized unicycle
, but this easily constructed
2-wheeled robot
might be a fun project for a free afternoon. The heart of the balancing mechanism is an SPDT switch with a button cell attached that reverses the motor when the robot begins to tip in... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "40387",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T03:57:57",
"content": "wow, that poor thing looks like it’s having a seizure :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40388",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T04:... | 1,760,377,774.563439 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/10/defcon-16-covert-warballooning-flight/ | Defcon 16: Covert Warballooning Flight | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cons",
"News",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"covert",
"defcon 16",
"defcon16",
"rick hill",
"RickHill",
"warballooning",
"wireless"
] | Since last month,
when the Defcon warballooning event was announced
, [Rick Hill] finished building his rig and even got FAA approval for the flight. Just when everything seemed set,
the Riviera Hotel management decided not to allow the takeoff from their property
. So, naturally, [Rick] and his team rented a moving tr... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "40381",
"author": "Droose",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T01:44:38",
"content": "Nothing like private institutions retracting promises at the last minute. On a side bar, is there more documentation regarding the building of these balloons? May make for an interesting hack-a-day",
"pa... | 1,760,377,774.429162 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/10/free-parking-garage-access/ | Free Parking Garage Access | Jason Rollette | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"garage",
"parking",
"parkinggarage",
"proximity",
"video"
] | This hack is an interesting twist that will allow you to
get in or out of some parking garages
when the attendant isn’t looking. Using something metal to trip the parking lot’s proximity sensor that is meant to let cars out automatically you can get into the garage or vice-versa without opening your wallet. A magnet fr... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "40362",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T23:57:51",
"content": "lol, this my come in handy in the future",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40363",
"author": "homer simpson",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T00:00:38",
... | 1,760,377,774.617465 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/09/defcon-16-pacemaker-b-gone/ | Defcon 16: Pacemaker-B-Gone | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"defcon 16",
"defcon16",
"gnu radio",
"GnuRadio",
"pacemaker"
] | A collaboration of various medical researchers in the academic field has led to proof that
pacemakers can be remotely hacked with simple and accessible equipment
. [Kevin Fu], an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, led the team. [Kevin] first tried to get documentation from the manufactur... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "40340",
"author": "voodoo-chile",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T05:01:20",
"content": "That is a VERY old pacemaker; pacemaker technology changes drastically every 6 months, so everything they learned with that one is moot. Those pacemakers used a wired magnetic transducer placed direct... | 1,760,377,774.343309 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/arduino-tux-plant-care/ | Arduino Tux Plant Care | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"equinoxefr",
"ledmatrix",
"moisturesensor",
"plant",
"plantwatering"
] | Some of us need a little help keeping our green leafy friends happy. The
Arduino Tux
(
translated
) plant care system was built to make things a little easier.
The author had a broken tux toy laying around and wanted to do something fun with it. He cut a hole in the front to mount an LED matrix and connected it all to ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "40505",
"author": "ret",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T20:20:21",
"content": "that’s a led matrix, not a lcd matrix. that’s ell-ee-dee, not lcd. led != lcd. repeat after me. ell-ee-dee. ell-ee-dee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "405... | 1,760,377,774.229438 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/black-hat-2008-nic-based-rootkit/ | Black Hat 2008: NIC Based Rootkit | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"clearhat",
"covertchannel",
"ids",
"intelpro100b",
"intrusiondetectionsystem",
"ndis",
"networkcard",
"nic",
"rootkit",
"shawnembleton",
"sherrisparks",
"snort"
] | While
Black Hat
and
Defcon
have both concluded, we’re going to post a few more talks that we think deserve attention. [Sherri Sparks] and [Shawn Embleton] from
Clear Hat
presented Deeper Door, exploiting the NIC chipset. Windows machines use
NDIS
, the Network Driver Interface Specification, to communicate between the ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "40494",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T18:39:48",
"content": "… just another supporting reason for the physical security of your infrastructure!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40495",
"author": "Comm_Hawk",
... | 1,760,377,774.195388 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/russia-vs-georgia-the-online-front/ | Russia Vs Georgia, The Online Front | Nick Caiello | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"attack",
"conflict",
"cyberattack",
"ddos",
"denialofservice",
"dos",
"georgia",
"hackers",
"hacking",
"russia"
] | While we’re sure that just about everyone has heard about the conflict between Russia and Georgia, few have probably heard about the role of
cyber attacks
in the conflict. Shortly before Russia’s armed response, Georgian state web servers were attacked by individuals assumed to be Russian hackers. This attack almost co... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "40481",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T17:56:52",
"content": "Most bot nets are Russian owned. Rustok.c was authored by a “russian hacker.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40482",
"author": "Mr. Mediocre",
... | 1,760,377,774.285906 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/possible-entrapment-scenario-in-hacking-case/ | Possible Entrapment Scenario In Hacking Case | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"brian salcedo",
"BrianSalcedo",
"crime",
"entrapment",
"fbi",
"hackers",
"hacking",
"secretservice"
] | [Brian Salcedo] made headlines a few years ago as a hacker who attempted to break into Lowe’s corporate network. He is currently serving a
nine-year prison sentence
, one of the longest sentences for a computer hacking offense. Recent events surrounding a different hacking case have revealed that the buyer he worked fo... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "40478",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T18:08:31",
"content": "Im going to go out on a limb here and say I do beileve this is a case of entrapment. That Gonzolez informant was only supposed to help officials apprehend “current” hackers with criminal histories, no... | 1,760,377,774.464522 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/motherboard-walls/ | Motherboard Walls | Kimberly Lau | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"decor",
"decorating",
"geek",
"motherboard",
"motherboards"
] | [Chris Harrison] and a friend created these
motherboard walls
for Carnegie Mellon professor [Scott Hudson]. According to [Harrison], he amassed over 150 pounds of motherboards, most of them off of eBay, to create this surreal project. Nearly every inch of the lab is covered with motherboards, of different lengths and v... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "40465",
"author": "wiccan2",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T16:23:08",
"content": "This is realy cool, would consider creating something like this for my self. Though i would do one thing diferently, i would have to make them run, as a cluster maybe that would be realy cool.",
"paren... | 1,760,377,774.387213 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/12/autonomous-helicopter-learns-autorotation/ | Autonomous Helicopter Learns Autorotation | rossfairgrieve | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"autonomous",
"autorotation",
"flight",
"helicopter",
"stanford",
"video"
] | Stanford’s
autonomous helicopter group
has made some impressive advancements in the field of autonomous helicopter control, including inverted hovering and performing aerobatic stunts. The group uses reinforcement learning to teach its control system various maneuvers and has been very successful in doing so. One of th... | 10 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "40457",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T05:12:34",
"content": "Cool! The video got kind of boring after the first few landings though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40458",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,774.93145 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/12/drive-a-robot-in-australia-over-the-web/ | Drive A Robot In Australia Over The Web | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"bp",
"bpaustrailia",
"robot",
"solar",
"solarpowered",
"surveyer",
"telepresence",
"webcontrolled"
] | BP Australia has commissioned an
online game
where you get to drive robots around an obstacle course. Make no mistake, these are real robots. Actually they are modified versions of the
Surveyor SRV-1
vehicles that are popular with research labs, and schools everywhere.
Go to the website, get in queue and pray for no cl... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "40427",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T23:07:47",
"content": "Omg I totally want to do thisâ¦. There was a Clemson University student by the name David Shelato. Who designed a wifi robot ..:virtually:.. the very same concept here. Every since I found out about Indus... | 1,760,377,774.807534 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/07/homeland-security-issues-policy-on-laptop-seizures/ | Homeland Security Issues Policy On Laptop Seizures | Nick Caiello | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"border",
"dhs",
"eff",
"HomelandSecurity",
"laptop",
"search",
"seizure",
"without cause",
"WithoutCause"
] | The US Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed a new policy
that allows agents to seize laptops
, or anything capable of storing information, “for a reasonable period of time”. Okay, so this seems normal; A government agency is declaring they may confiscate personal property. However, the strange part of thi... | 40 | 40 | [
{
"comment_id": "40216",
"author": "jp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-07T22:37:06",
"content": "and to keep them busy with decoding, deciphering and translating generate some enigmatic documents here:http://joerg.piringer.net/vy2ms/and store them on your laptop to make sure they don’t run out of work…",
... | 1,760,377,775.039213 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/07/hacking-pleo-for-face-recognition-and-remote-control/ | Hacking Pleo For Face Recognition And Remote Control | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"facialrecognition",
"pleo",
"ugobe",
"xbee"
] | GRIP, the Group for Interdisciplinary Psychology at the University of Bamberg have put together a couple tutorials on
hacking the Pleo
. For those unfamiliar, the
Pleo
is a small robot shaped like a dinosaur. Their goal was to make it cute and simulate emotion at a higher level than previously attained by consumer robo... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "40215",
"author": "fruehrentner",
"timestamp": "2008-08-08T16:59:41",
"content": "WOW!! I study at the Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg and I never heard of that before ;o)Thanx for the update",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,774.96678 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/black-hat-2008-pwnie-award-ceremony/ | Black Hat 2008: Pwnie Award Ceremony | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"award",
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"dankaminsky",
"kapersky",
"pwnie",
"pwnieaward"
] | The first night of
Black Hat
briefings concluded with the
Pwnie Award Ceremony
. The awards reward achievements in security… but mostly failures. Notably, this was the first year anyone accepted an award in person. Hack a Day took home an early victory by producing a MacBook mini-DVI to VGA adapter (pictured above). Th... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "40209",
"author": "Viper007Bond",
"timestamp": "2008-08-07T06:29:05",
"content": "I’m confused about WordPress — how can you consider vulnerable 3rd party code (plugins) manually installed by the user a vulnerability of WordPress itself? Especially more so if the user opts not to ke... | 1,760,377,775.082355 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/black-hat-2008-fastrak-toll-system-completely-broken/ | Black Hat 2008: FasTrak Toll System Completely Broken | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"blackhat2",
"california",
"con",
"dot",
"ezpass",
"fastrak",
"hackercon",
"lawson",
"nate",
"natelawson",
"security",
"toll",
"tollbooth",
"transponder"
] | FasTrak
is the electronic toll collection system used by the state of California. Motorists can purchase a toll transponder for ~$26 and link the serial number with a debit account to have their tolls deducted automatically. Today at
Black Hat
in Las Vegas, security researcher [
Nate Lawson
] presented not just the pri... | 35 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "40177",
"author": "jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-07T00:45:03",
"content": "We have all read ‘Little Brother’ by Cory Doctorow, right? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40178",
"author": "pepe prawn",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,775.293647 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/black-hat-2008-dan-kaminsky-releases-dns-information/ | Black Hat 2008: Dan Kaminsky Releases DNS Information | fabienneserriere | [
"cons",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"Black Hat",
"black hat 2008",
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"conference",
"Dan Kaminsky",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"DNS cache poisoning",
"DnsCachePoisoning"
] | [Dan Kaminsky]’s much anticipated talk on his DNS findings finally happened at
Black Hat
2008 in Las Vegas today. [Dan] has already uploaded the complete
slides
from his talk as well as posted a short
summary
to his site. New information in the slides
since
our
previous
coverage
includes “Forgot My Password” attacks an... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,775.11627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/black-hat-2008-eff-coders-rights-project-announced/ | Black Hat 2008: EFF Coders’ Rights Project Announced | jimmierodgers | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"conference",
"eff",
"legal",
"security"
] | The EFF has just announce the creation of the
Coders’ Rights Project website
at the
Black Hat conference
. The sites’ main goal is to centralize legal information for coders, and to help protect important security work from legal actions that may be taken against them with the DMCA and other legal black holes. While th... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,775.228493 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/hybrid-headphone-amplifier/ | Hybrid Headphone Amplifier | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"amplifier",
"diyaudio",
"headphone",
"headphoneamplifier",
"mosfet",
"tubeamp"
] | [Rogers Gomez] has posted up this
hybrid tube based headphone amplifier
over at DIY Audio. Being a fan of tube amplifiers, but wanting something with lower voltage and lower cost, he put together this little system out of spare parts he had lying around. He wanted it to have as few parts as possible and be able to powe... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "40173",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-07T01:21:54",
"content": "you are welcome.The project does look interesting. Most will likely have a 12-13V power supply kicking around so you can do this real cheap. I have tried the szekeres mosfet follower:http://diy... | 1,760,377,775.366453 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/09/fun-with-barbie-karaoke-machines/ | Fun With Barbie Karaoke Machines | Patrick Lokken | [
"classic hacks",
"cons",
"iphone hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"barbie",
"bending",
"digital audio",
"DigitalAudio",
"iphone",
"karaoke",
"pro tools",
"ProTools",
"synthesizer"
] | [Peter Edwards] at
Casper Electronics
built a
modular synth
and integrated it with the Barbie karaoke machines
we saw
at
Notacon
last April. The complete unit consists of 25 modules which are wired together using banana cables. He’s using
this
homebrew step sequencer to control the bent karaoke machines which then feed... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,775.331073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/09/defcon-16-mit-boston-transit-presentation-gagged/ | Defcon 16: MIT Boston Transit Presentation Gagged | Patrick Lokken | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"convention",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"hackercon"
] | [
Zack Anderson
], [
RJ Ryan
], and [
Alessandro Chiesa
] were sued by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for an alleged violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after copies of their presentation slides were circulated at Defcon 16. The slides give an eye widening glimpse into the massive security holes pres... | 13 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "40330",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T04:41:56",
"content": "Warcarting! I love it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40331",
"author": "Eddie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T05:24:20",
"content": "“We have... | 1,760,377,775.44736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/09/black-hat-2008-google-gadgets-insecurity/ | Black Hat 2008: Google Gadgets Insecurity | Kimberly Lau | [
"News"
] | [
"black hat 2008",
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"google",
"google gadgets",
"GoogleGadgets",
"hackercon",
"security"
] | Black Hat presenters [Robert “RSnake” Hansen], CEO of SecTheory, and [Tom Stracener], security analyst at
Cenzic
,
criticized Google in their presentation “Xploiting Google Gadgets”
. [Hansen] and [Stracener] say that there’s currently no way for Google to confirm whether
Google Gadget
creations contain malicious conte... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "40328",
"author": "Matt Cutts",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T10:08:46",
"content": "(Disclosure: I’m a software engineer at Google.)I think the AP story about this had more info from Google:“Google disputes Hansen’s characterization of its vetting process for gadgets.The company said in... | 1,760,377,775.485095 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/08/black-hat-2008-whats-next-for-firefox-security/ | Black Hat 2008: What’s Next For Firefox Security | Kimberly Lau | [
"firefox hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"firefox",
"security",
"threat modelling",
"ThreatModelling",
"window snyder",
"WindowSnyder"
] | Mozilla security chief [Window Snyder] made some
surprising announcements about Firefox Next
, Mozilla’s next major browser overhaul. In her chat at the
Black Hat
security conference, she introduced three new initiatives that focused on threat modeling, training, and vulnerability metrics. For the threat modeling initi... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "40306",
"author": "cb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-09T02:56:25",
"content": "Whoa, noscript in the core? That would be seriously awesome and bypass some of the dance the extension has to do to get it to work (though ff3 improved things). I wonder if they’re going to make adblock+ feature... | 1,760,377,775.577117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/08/black-hat-2008-french-hacking-failure/ | Black Hat 2008: French Hacking Failure | Patrick Lokken | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"convention",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"defcon2008 blackhat",
"Defcon2008Blackhat",
"hackercon"
] | French reporters at Black Hat crossed the line when they
sniffed fellow reporters’ login
info on the designated “safe” wired network. Proud of their handiwork, they were nabbed when they tried to get their spoils posted on the
wall of sheep
, which is used to publicly post attendees credintials. It turns out that monit... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "40287",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-08-09T03:37:42",
"content": "I would think they’d be appreciative of someone discovering a security vulnerability and reporting it before more damage can be done. But instead they kick them out of the conference and may be considering pres... | 1,760,377,775.639246 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/08/usb-wall-charger/ | USB Wall Charger | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cellphone",
"charger",
"ipod",
"motorola",
"usb"
] | [rbhays] did this sweet little hack back in 2006. He took a Motorola cellphone wall charger and modified it into a
USB wall charger
. He needed to charge his iPod, but misplaced the original charger. A replacement would have cost him $30. So he did what any respectable hacker would do, he cut up something else to make ... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "40269",
"author": "mike sty",
"timestamp": "2008-08-09T00:16:51",
"content": "That’s actually amazing because I have almost exactly the same phone charger, and the end that connects to the phone is broken. I posted on the instructables forums asking if this would make a suitable USB... | 1,760,377,775.692368 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/07/new-e-passports-cloned/ | New E-Passports Cloned | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"e-passports",
"pkd",
"rfid"
] | Within an hour, Jeron Van Beek was able to create
a successful clone of Britain’s new E-Passport
. All he needed was a £40 card reader, two £10 RFID chips, and a small, improvised script. Although the exact details were not specified, it looks like he read the ID on the real passport using the RFID reader, then he wrot... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "40253",
"author": "John Harrison",
"timestamp": "2008-08-08T05:42:58",
"content": "It has been a few years since I worked on the passport cards and many of the specifics aren’t fresh in my mind, but it is my recollection that there was very little effort made to protect against clon... | 1,760,377,776.204706 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/new-from-sparkfun/ | New From SparkFun | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"fm",
"fmreceiver",
"lilypad",
"muscle",
"nanomuscle",
"temperature",
"temperaturesensor"
] | SparkFun is
rolling out interesting things
to play with every week. They’ve added a
NanoMuscle
actuator that uses a shape memory alloy to lift nearly 70 times its own weight. Their LilyPad collection has expanded to include
small momentary switches
and a
thermistor type temperature sensor
. Lastly, they’ve got an
FM re... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39998",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T07:15:03",
"content": "Wow, those muscle fibers make me wanna drool. They say they can lift 70grams, but I wonder if you can increase that by using abunch of them at the same time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,775.925991 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/aboutconfig-hacks-for-firefox-3/ | About:config Hacks For Firefox 3 | Kimberly Lau | [
"firefox hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"aboutconfig",
"firefox3",
"hacks"
] | Blogs DNA has some great suggestions for
tweaking the Firefox 3 about:config file
. Customize
Firefox 3
to your particular preferences with hacks to reduce the number of auto-complete list in your URL bar, extend spell check to forms, and disable blinking text. All it takes is a few simple modifications to the
about:co... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39990",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T06:36:00",
"content": "I can photoshop! The giveaway is a list of more than 10 most recently closed tabs — and not a porn site in the bunch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment... | 1,760,377,776.011775 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/apple-newton-dev-kit/ | Apple Newton Dev Kit? | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"applenewton",
"messagepad",
"pda"
] | [phooky] picked up this bizarre bit of dev hardware three years ago and isn’t really sure what it is. It has lots of general purpose switches, LEDs, and audio jacks. The processor is a StrongARM chip in a ZIF socket. It has two serial ports, a CF, and PCMCIA slot too. Commenter [Glen Raphael] says it looks a lot like t... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39987",
"author": "Lynn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T04:00:02",
"content": "He probably got it at Goodwill Computer Works in Austin Texas. Check out their vintage/rare systems, etc at the museum if you are ever in town.http://www.austincomputerworks.org/index.html",
"parent_id": ... | 1,760,377,775.967336 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/getting-around-the-great-firewall-of-china/ | Getting Around The Great Firewall Of China | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"china",
"great firewall",
"great firewall of ch...",
"GreatFirewall",
"GreatFirewallOfCh...",
"vpn"
] | [Zach Honig] is a photographer in Beijing covering the Olympics. In light of recent allegations of the
Chinese government installing monitoring software
and hardware in foreign-owned hotels, the necessity of protecting one’s information has become vital and urgent, especially for journalists and photographers.
[Honig] ... | 15 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "39978",
"author": "Carlyle",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T02:55:22",
"content": "Better idea: Don’t travel to China at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39979",
"author": "nathan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T06:04:19",
... | 1,760,377,776.152982 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/laser-etching-printed-circuit-boards/ | Laser Etching Printed Circuit Boards | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"epilog",
"etch",
"etching",
"laser",
"laserpcb",
"macetech",
"pcb"
] | While we hope you enjoyed our
How-To: Etch a printed circuit board
, toner transfer certainly isn’t the only way to get the job done. [Garrett] from
macetech
has recently been playing around with using an Epilog laser to etch PCBs. He started by applying a thin even coat of flat black spray paint to the copper board. T... | 23 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "39966",
"author": "SuperJdynamite",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T01:06:09",
"content": "Maybe using layout fluid would work better. It’s designed to put a thin even film on metal which you then scribe into to mark cut lines. It typically has a complementing remover liquid that takes i... | 1,760,377,776.106238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/02/more-defcon-16-events-announced/ | More Defcon 16 Events Announced | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"con",
"conference",
"davix",
"defcon",
"hackerspace",
"nist",
"quantum",
"quantumcomputing"
] | Defcon
keeps announcing more and more interesting events for next week’s conference. A
free workshop
is planned for the soon to be released
DAVIX live CD
. DAVIX is a collection of tools for data analysis and visualization. They’ll be running through a few example packet dumps to demonstrate how the tools can help you ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "119936",
"author": "wifi security",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:23:10",
"content": "at last the information i needed thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,776.048927 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/02/red-bull-flugtag-portland/ | Red Bull Flugtag Portland | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"banjo",
"flugtag",
"flying",
"flyingmachine",
"portland",
"redbull",
"redbullflugtag",
"spaceballs",
"video"
] | Off all the competitions for poorly performing human powered flying machines, the Red Bull Flugtag is one of our favorites. Honestly, it’s the only one we can think of, but that doesn’t mean we’re any less enthusiastic about giving flight to half baked ideas. Today was the Portland round of the international event. Tea... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39956",
"author": "Matt_",
"timestamp": "2008-08-03T10:18:37",
"content": "Umm, the banjo fell straight into the water, then the glider kept going.Hmm, maybe everyone should just set gliders on top of their contraptions…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,776.24492 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/defcon-16-badge-details-released/ | Defcon 16: Badge Details Released | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"badge",
"conference",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"freescale",
"hackercon",
"ir",
"JoeGrand"
] | Defcon
will once again be one-upping the sophistication of the conference attendee badges. Wired has just published a
preview of this year’s badge
. The core is a Freescale Flexis MC9S08JM60 processor. The badge has an IR transmitter and receiver on the front plus eight status LEDs. On the back (pictured below), there ... | 16 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "40078",
"author": "Eddie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T22:53:21",
"content": "This should prove to be interesting. It’s a shame I won’t be able to attend this year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40079",
"author": "Michael Wit... | 1,760,377,776.299837 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/how-to-the-hackers-soldering-station/ | How-To: The Hacker’s Soldering Station | Adam Harris | [
"classic hacks",
"how-to"
] | [
"extractor",
"fume extractor",
"fumes",
"hackaday",
"how-to",
"howto",
"soldering",
"soldering iron",
"solderingiron"
] | A good soldering station and fume extractor is a must for anyone interested in hacking and modding, but not everyone can afford the
expensive
professional
models
on the market. This How-To and the tips within it will guide you through the process of building an inexpensive homebrew fume hood complete with built-in time... | 51 | 41 | [
{
"comment_id": "40053",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T14:25:20",
"content": "One of my biggest problems with this project is the too small square filter tacked onto the round fan.the air will simply go out the gaps, rendering the filter absolutely meaningless.I have a few other... | 1,760,377,776.454274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/04/magnetic-stripe-card-spoofer/ | Magnetic Stripe Card Spoofer | Adam Harris | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"card",
"card reader",
"CardReader",
"magnetic",
"magnetic card",
"magnetic strip",
"MagneticCard",
"MagneticStrip",
"reader",
"spoof"
] | After building a
USB magnetic stripe reader
, [David Cranor] has found a way to fool a magnetic stripe reader using a hand-wound electromagnet and an iPod. The data on a card is read and stored on a computer, then encoded as a WAV file using a C++ program. The iPod plays the WAV file with the data through a single-stag... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "40032",
"author": "MrGlass",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T07:12:15",
"content": "Major malfunction was working on something very similar a couple of years ago. He showed an early prototype at Defcon 14.Also, he pegged the correct inspiration for this hack: terminator 2 (john connor uses... | 1,760,377,776.576628 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/04/the-gifar-image-vulnerability/ | The GIFAR Image Vulnerability | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cons",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"GIF",
"gifar",
"jar",
"ngs",
"picture",
"vulnerability"
] | Researchers at NGS Software have come up with
a method to embed malicious code into a picture
. When viewed, the picture could send the attacker the credentials of the viewer. Social sites like Facebook and Myspace are particularly at risk, but the researchers say that any site which includes log ins and user uploaded ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "40025",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T03:40:29",
"content": "i was hoping the Black hats wouldn’t be on this axis.interesting. i know you can hide text in blank pixels, but this is new to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"co... | 1,760,377,776.508357 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/04/make-television/ | Make: Television | Adam Harris | [
"News"
] | [
"magazine",
"make",
"make magazine",
"MakeMagazine",
"makezine",
"public television",
"PublicTelevision",
"submissions",
"television",
"video"
] | Make Magazine
, famous for the
Maker Faire
, among other things, has announced a new project called
Make: television
. The show will be coming to public television stations throughout the USA starting early 2009. The big news is that you can submit 2 minute long videos of your projects to be included in the show’s
Make... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "40023",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T02:56:12",
"content": "cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40024",
"author": "Coniferous",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T09:30:04",
"content": "This. Is. Great!People te... | 1,760,377,776.940001 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/04/build-a-simple-bat-detector/ | Build A Simple Bat Detector | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bat",
"batdetector",
"batman",
"bats",
"echolocation",
"sonar",
"ultrasonic"
] | [Tony Messina] had been fascinated with bat’s
echolocation
since he was a kid. After he retired, he decided to act on this fascination and built a
simple bat detector
.
The simple bat detector uses frequency division to lower the bat’s chirping to a frequency we can hear. For example, if a bat is calling at 91kHz the s... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "40015",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T00:48:11",
"content": "damn. i just stick my head out the door. if a bat is doing the sonar bounce off my head, i hear it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40016",
"author... | 1,760,377,776.673889 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/03/cnc-wood-router/ | CNC Wood Router | Eliot | [
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"cncrouter",
"cnczone",
"engraver",
"hobbyrobotics",
"router"
] | [GlacialWanderer] has published the
first pictures from his CNC machine build
. It’s a three axis gantry style machine that he intends to route and engrave wood with. He’s posted a detailed cost breakdown: $1800. He estimates spending 30 hours researching on sites like
CNCzone
. The build time for the mechanical side w... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "40001",
"author": "budy500000",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T09:58:16",
"content": "overall i like the machine but the z axis looks like it will require a 5″ long router bit to function",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40002",
"a... | 1,760,377,776.624581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/remote-controlled-pill-bot/ | Remote Controlled Pill-bot | jimmierodgers | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"adhesive",
"carnegie mellon",
"CarnegieMellon",
"medical",
"robot"
] | The
NanoRobotics Lab
at Carnegie Mellon University has come up with a
medical robot that can be swallowed
, and is then able to be controlled from outside the body. The device has small arms with adhesives that can attach to slippery internal surfaces, which has previously proven difficult. Once inside the body, it can... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "40164",
"author": "badmojo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T20:58:25",
"content": "Cool, wheres the plans? I wanna build one and put it in my dog.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40165",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-0... | 1,760,377,776.816077 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/autonomous-swarm-at-large/ | Autonomous SWARM At Large | chriskiick | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"autonomous",
"burningman",
"burningman2008",
"makerfaire",
"orb",
"sphere",
"swarm"
] | SWARM
has been showing up at a
number of places
. Until now, the mysterious spheres have been under human control. However, the SWARM has taken the
first steps to autonomous control
. The SWARM is a kinetic art project consisting of several large self-propelled metallic spheres that interact with each other and their e... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "40155",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T14:11:15",
"content": "My toes!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40156",
"author": "mesoiam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T15:35:07",
"content": "They should let them loo... | 1,760,377,776.860825 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/more-on-gifar/ | More On GIFAR | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"gifar",
"gnucitizen",
"hacking",
"jar",
"pdp",
"security",
"zip"
] | [pdp] provides
some
perspective
on the
news
regarding the GIFAR attack developed by researchers at NGS Software. As he explains, the idea behind the attack, which basically relies on combining a JAR with other files is not new. Combining JAR/ZIP files with GIF/JPG files will create hybrid files with headers at both the... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "40148",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T10:12:36",
"content": "I’d bet people are racing to use this to do root kit droppers already for bot nets. If someone used this with a modified Rustock.C, most windows users would never know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth"... | 1,760,377,776.901832 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/06/laptop-containing-33000-clear-users-information-stolen/ | Laptop Containing 33,000 Clear Users Information Stolen | Nick Caiello | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [] | Security 101: Never put unencrypted sensitive information on a laptop and expect that it’s safe. Especially if you are the TSA. Recently, the TSA announced that a laptop was stolen from San Francisco International Airport containing “
pre-enrollment records of approximately 33,000 customers
” for the
Clear Trusted Trav... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "40131",
"author": "Bobdiya",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T07:28:08",
"content": "A little late on the story…they found the laptop in the airport. Perhaps it was misplaced, and then reported stolen? In any regard, it doesn’t excuse the lack of encryption.",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,777.166736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/diy-kidney-machine-saves-girl/ | DIY Kidney Machine Saves Girl | Adam Harris | [
"News"
] | [
"design",
"doctor",
"health",
"hero",
"heroes",
"heroic",
"kidney",
"kidney failure",
"KidneyFailure",
"medical"
] | When the tool you need doesn’t exist, you must make one. That’s exactly what [Dr. Malcolm Coulthard] and kidney nurse [Jean Crosier] from Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary did two years ago.
When a baby too small for the regular dialysis machine (similar to the one pictured above) needed help after her kidneys faile... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "40116",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T04:03:54",
"content": "That is kick ass. making babies is fun, but saving them is pretty cool too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40117",
"author": "clark",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,777.078055 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/vista-on-a-ps3/ | Vista On A PS3 | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [
"emulation",
"microsoft",
"ps3",
"qemu",
"sony",
"vista",
"vlite",
"windows"
] | Apparently you can run pretty much anything on a PS3. [mopx0] has managed to get
Vista running on his PS3
. He used
Qemu 9.0.1
to install Vista on a PC. He says it takes “about a day or so”, after using
Vlite
to speed it up, so be patient. You then make an image of the install and copy it to your PS3. Don’t worry thoug... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "40100",
"author": "crossbox",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T01:32:35",
"content": "What song is that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40101",
"author": "2hochn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T01:35:28",
"content": "He used Qemu... | 1,760,377,777.252226 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/05/deogen-tiny-monitor-tester/ | Deogen, Tiny Monitor Tester | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"AVR",
"crt",
"deogen",
"monitor",
"monitortester",
"vga",
"vgatester"
] | Deogen
is a small, self contained device for testing monitors. It was designed back in 2000 to reduce the amount of space and effort required to test monitors in a computer shop. The initial design used an AT90S1200 microcontroller to generate test patterns for the monitors. Being about the size of a portable CD player... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "40094",
"author": "0xtob",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T00:56:37",
"content": "Microcontrollers with VGA? Reminds me of the brilliant Craft by LFThttp://pouet.net/prod.php?which=50141",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40095",
"au... | 1,760,377,777.115112 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/02/iphone-dev-team-progress-update/ | Iphone-dev Team Progress Update | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"3g",
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"baseband",
"firmware",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"iphonedev",
"iphonedevteam",
"ripdev",
"unlock"
] | The iphone-dev team hasn’t been resting on their laurels since releasing the
iPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0
nearly two weeks ago and decided to
update everyone on their progress
. Despite the
iPhone 2.0 jailbreak
, there still isn’t a way to unlock a 3G phone. They’ve managed to do other things like
downgrade a 3G
to an older ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39953",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-03T02:14:34",
"content": "I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again guys, enough with the Jesus Phone “hacks” please. Its a closed source , proprietary product that I’m sick to death of hearing about, and it is more of a status symbol tha... | 1,760,377,777.202657 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/02/stickduino-usb-stick-arduino-clone/ | StickDuino, USB Stick Arduino Clone | Eliot | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"hardwareclone",
"pcb",
"smd",
"stickduino",
"usb"
] | The Arduino hardware clones keep rolling in. This weeks entry into the modern dev board’s roster is the
StickDuino
. The board is designed to be fully hardware compatible and plugs directly into your USB port. The StickDuino uses all SMD components. The creators know that this can make assembly more difficult so they’v... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "39946",
"author": "firetech",
"timestamp": "2008-08-02T22:25:17",
"content": "Nice! Keep the arduino articles coming!Can we get a quick link on the right for the arduino articles?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39947",
"aut... | 1,760,377,777.291198 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/exposing-poorly-redacted-pdfs/ | Exposing Poorly Redacted PDFs | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"acrobat",
"google",
"googlemaps",
"larrypage",
"pdf",
"screencast",
"video"
] | Privacy watchdog group, National Legal and Policy Center has released a
PDF detailing Google founder Larry Page’s home
(
dowload PDF here
). They used Google’s Maps and Street View to assemble all of the information. Google is
currently involved in a lawsuit
resulting from a Street View vehicle traveling and documentin... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "39933",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-02T06:10:58",
"content": "isn’t the most secure way to redact a document the following?a) print it out. (on a printer without the yellow dot tracking feature)b) cut out the parts you don’t want anyone to see.c) scan it back in.looks li... | 1,760,377,777.495723 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/new-features-on-wikiwatcher/ | New Features On Wikiwatcher | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"beaverscope",
"checkuser",
"poormanscheckuser",
"virgil",
"virgilgriffith",
"wiki",
"wikimedia",
"wikipedia",
"wikiscanner",
"wikiwatcher"
] | Wikiwatcher has just
officially released their new tools
. We
covered their announcement
at
The Last HOPE
just last month. The 2.0 version of Wikiscanner is not ready just yet.
Poor Man’s Checkuser
exposes the IPs of quite a few user accounts. There is a wealth of data here which can be used as a base for your own tool... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "39931",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-08-03T09:17:15",
"content": "Those new features? Yeah the links are broken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39932",
"author": "bhelx",
"timestamp": "2008-08-03T10:06... | 1,760,377,779.089803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/msi-wind-extended-battery/ | MSI Wind Extended Battery | Benjamin Eckel | [
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] | [
"battery",
"cells",
"laptop",
"msi",
"msiwind",
"subnotebook",
"wind"
] | [The Tech Guy] shows us how
he added cells to an MSI Wind’s battery
. This hack is extremely simple but it may be difficult to get the battery back into your laptop. Also, we’re not too sure how stable it is, and you can definitely
forget about taking this thing through an airport
. It would be really nice to start see... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "39921",
"author": "joshua hall",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T22:31:57",
"content": "This is nothing new, In Santa Monica,ca. USA (the unofficial cell phone capatiol) We call hacked battery packs “Ball and Chain batteries”. I had enough cell phone batteries tied together to give 24 hour... | 1,760,377,779.334204 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/tablo-fabric-gesture-controller/ | Tablo, Fabric Gesture Controller | Caleb Kraft | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"conductivefabric",
"gesturecontroller",
"multitouch",
"tablo",
"witchofagnesi"
] | [Adrian Freed] posted this
interesting fabric gesture controller
called Tablo. It uses a stretchy conductive fabric, laid over a framework to create a curve known as the
Witch of Agnesi
. Holding the center of the fabric up is an inverted bowl covered with sections of conductive material. The whole thing is wired to a ... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39913",
"author": "klintor",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T21:27:20",
"content": "DISTRACTION PENIS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39914",
"author": "Stuart Grimshaw",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T21:27:48",
"content": "What... | 1,760,377,779.267264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/essential-bluetooth-hacking-tools/ | Essential Bluetooth Hacking Tools | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"hacking",
"hacks",
"security",
"tools"
] | Security-Hacks
has a
great roundup of essential Bluetooth hacking
tools. As they point out,
Bluetooth
technology is very useful for communication with mobile devices. However, it is also vulnerable to privacy and security invasions. Learning the ins and outs of these tools will allow you to familiarize yourself with Bl... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39909",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T22:35:02",
"content": "Attention: Due to a change in the German Law against Cybercrime (§202c StGB) I can no longer offer this software and any infmormation about how to use it. I will no longer answer mails regardings this tool. ... | 1,760,377,779.449718 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/warballooning-at-defcon/ | WarBallooning At Defcon | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"defcon",
"drone",
"kismet",
"kismetdrone",
"sniffing",
"warballooning",
"wifi",
"wifisniffer",
"wifisniffing",
"wrt",
"wrt54g"
] | [rocketman] has posted about
a new event at Defcon dubbed WarBallooning
. They are using a Kismet drone (a modified WRT54G), a webcam, and a few high gain antennas. The balloon will be launched at about 15 stories and will be remotely fed targets chosen directly by the Defcon participants. The the directional antenna w... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39807",
"author": "TheSkorm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T03:51:20",
"content": "Don’t forget warriding and warwalking. Both of which that drone gets more time to scan for aps, usually getting a much higher AP count than wardriving.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies... | 1,760,377,779.48761 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/esquires-hackable-e-paper-display/ | Esquire’s Hackable E-paper Display | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"digital",
"eink",
"epaper",
"esquire",
"esquiremagazine",
"magazine",
"paper"
] | In celebration of there 75th year, Esquire magazine’s October issue will feature an e-paper cover. The display will be about 3mm thick flexible paper with four shades of gray and some animated text and images. The backside will also have a display featuring a Ford ad for the new Flex. The Ford ad is essentially subsidi... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "39780",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T03:51:37",
"content": "Now if only I could get my cotton-picking mitts on one down here in Australia somehow… :S",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39781",
"author": "ted",
... | 1,760,377,779.405391 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/robot-red-snapper/ | Robot Red Snapper | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"autonamous",
"fish",
"redsnapper",
"robot",
"robotfish",
"snapper"
] | Engineers at the University of Kitakyushu have built this
red snapper robot
. Intended for wildlife surveys, this robot sports an array of sensors as well as a hand painted silicon body. It is decidedly more realistic looking than the
Robofish
and the Essex University
robot fish
. They say that the life like constructi... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39772",
"author": "Christopher Finke",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T00:23:06",
"content": "Ahhh, a red snapper. Mmmmm, very tasty.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39773",
"author": "tommy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T00:28:36"... | 1,760,377,779.050767 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/bubbloo-interactive-floor-display/ | Bubbloo Interactive Floor Display | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"Bubbloo",
"display",
"frustratedtotalinternalreflection",
"interactive",
"interactivedisplay",
"interactiveprojection",
"projection",
"reactrix"
] | Bubbloo
is an interactive display at the Denver Art Museum. They appear to be embracing a more interactive approach to displaying some of their art and information. One of their displays, shown above, features a pair of projection systems working together to make a game. As you pop the bubbles, the artwork is displayed... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39768",
"author": "JayPetey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T00:48:11",
"content": "Ok, I’m very noob here in the “hacking” world… but… You can project light, which goes to say you can project IR light as well, right? Well isn’t that how most touch screens work… you pretty much saturate a... | 1,760,377,779.524367 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/teenager-invents-vehicular-antitheft-system/ | Teenager Invents Vehicular Antitheft System | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"antitheft",
"car",
"cellphone",
"mobilephone",
"security",
"theft",
"vehicle"
] | We are very inspired by the story of [Morris Mbetsa], an
18-year-old Kenyan who’s invented the “Block & Track”
, an antitheft and tracking system for vehicles that’s phone-based. [Mbetsa] has no formal training, but he’s been a lifelong inventor and tinkerer. [Mbetsa] combined voice,
DTMF
, and SMS text messaging techn... | 31 | 31 | [
{
"comment_id": "39744",
"author": "carl",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T17:10:40",
"content": "Isn’t this called ONSTAR?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39745",
"author": "lwr",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T17:32:10",
"content": "Sounds like... | 1,760,377,779.586196 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/nintendo-entertainment-system-hacks/ | Nintendo Entertainment System Hacks | Kimberly Lau | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"hacks",
"nintendo",
"nintendo entertainme...",
"NintendoEntertainme..."
] | MetaFilter has a nice
roundup of various NES hacks
. You might have seen these before, but it’s great to see them all in one place. Our personal favorite is the
NES in an NES cartridge
, and who could forget the
NES controller coffee table
? Don’t forget to check the comments for more
interesting
NES
hacks
. We think t... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "74872",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T00:13:26",
"content": "I was wundering could who ever made the portable nes system it’s awesome. Could you send me some instrutions on how to make please. My msn isbrandon.hendry@gmail.comthanks see ya…",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,779.224833 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/30/shell-case-your-flash-drive/ | Shell Case Your Flash Drive | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"usb"
] | [Aki] sent in his collection of projects. We like his
bullet shell cased USB flash drive
and his take on
our friend
, the simple
parallel port based logic analyzer
. The flash drive uses a B style USB connector, mounted inside a big freakin’ bullet shell. The logic analyzer is the classic version, but uses a rather nic... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39742",
"author": "techyguru",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T20:40:03",
"content": "I’ve seen some cool flash drive cases but I like this one.Like you said it’s a little inconvenient to not have a usb-a connection on it but it’s more geek art than practical anyways.Now I think you should... | 1,760,377,779.624711 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/01/electric-screwdriver-robot-hand/ | Electric Screwdriver Robot Hand | Jason Rollette | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"grabber",
"hand",
"pincher",
"robot",
"rov"
] | Here’s an interesting
grabber hand
built for use on an
ROV
. This grabber is a novel use of a very common and extremely cheap electric screwdriver, that is probably found in everyone’s toolbox. It is also a great way to reuse that small electric screwdriver you have kicking around that uses proprietary batteries that a... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "39908",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T21:18:48",
"content": "The viability of this thing would depend heavily on how long motor lasts under water. Also, this could benefit alot from double hinge design that keeps the gripping surfaces parallel.Those things aside, this i... | 1,760,377,779.890619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/breakthrough-in-water-based-energy-storage/ | Breakthrough In Water Based Energy Storage | jimmierodgers | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"energy",
"photosynthesis",
"renewableenergy",
"solar",
"solarpower"
] | [
Daniel Nocera
], working with the
MIT Energy Initiative
, has come up with a method to easily and cheaply store energy generated from solar electricity with water. The method uses two catalysts of non-toxic and abundant metals to separate the water into both oxygen and hydrogen. These gases are then stored, and later... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "39865",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T06:44:09",
"content": "Yeah, but how do large companies make a profit? (end sarcasm.) I believe Nikola Tesla had an idea of transmitting free energy, though, I could not see that ever happening as no one can make a profit out of... | 1,760,377,780.218669 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/securing-dns-on-osx/ | Securing DNS On OSX | rossfairgrieve | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"dnsattack",
"mac",
"OsX",
"terminal",
"vulnerability"
] | It’s been a few weeks since [Dan Kaminsky] announced the nature of the
DNS vulnerability
and allowed 30 days of non-disclosure for patches to be applied before details of the exploit went public. Unfortunately, the details were
leaked early
and it didn’t take long for a functional exploit to be
released into the wild
.... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39860",
"author": "sPiTfIrE-K1LL",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T05:29:20",
"content": "why would you want to run DNS on a Mac, anyways? (Yes I know it’s Apple, not Mac).Windows is for gamingLinux is for serversMac is for looking pretty",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,377,780.023327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/unmouse-cheap-multitouch-prototype/ | UnMouse Cheap Multitouch Prototype | Caleb Kraft | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"microsoftresearch",
"multitouch",
"multitouchmouse",
"pressuresensitive"
] | A Microsoft research team has delivered a
prototype
called the UnMouse that could really be a big hit. This unit is a mouse pad sized sensor that is multitouch and pressure sensitive. It is flexible and thin enough to roll up. The article mentions that the construction of the device is “dirt cheap”. This is very exciti... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "39849",
"author": "Hockeytree",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T01:47:01",
"content": "Using that to control midi software, or just as an instrument by itself would be pretty damn impressive…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39850",
... | 1,760,377,779.979288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/russian-homemade-telescope/ | Russian Homemade Telescope | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"barnaul",
"eclipse",
"observatory",
"telescope"
] | In the Russian city of Barnaul, some enthusiasts are gathering their resources to revive a
home made telescope
and observatory. Built by [Mikhail Levchenko], in the mid 70’s, the telescope is quite impressive. [Levchenko] kept his hobby somewhat of a secret so as not to arouse the suspicions of his neighbors, but its p... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39845",
"author": "Eugene",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T02:44:27",
"content": "The picture appears to be of a reflecting telescope not a refracting telescope and would use a parabolic mirror instead of a lens.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"com... | 1,760,377,779.931672 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/british-hacker-to-be-extradited-to-us/ | British Hacker To Be Extradited To U.S. | Kimberly Lau | [
"News"
] | [
"army",
"britain",
"british",
"GaryMckinnon",
"hacker",
"hackers",
"military",
"terrorism",
"usarmy",
"usgovernment"
] | British computer hacker
[Gary McKinnon] lost his final appeal
to block his extradition to the U.S. He stands accused of hacking into almost 100 U.S. military and NASA computers from his girlfriend’s aunt’s house in London over a four year period by the U.S. government. If convicted of the crimes in a U.S. court, he cou... | 26 | 26 | [
{
"comment_id": "39820",
"author": "Jerome Demers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T01:08:19",
"content": "Kudos!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39821",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T01:29:27",
"content": "The moon is a UFO... | 1,760,377,780.330489 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/31/hacking-animatronic-elvis/ | Hacking Animatronic Elvis | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"creepy"
] | [Scott] shot us a tip about
some progress
on hacking those creepy
[Elvis] heads
produced by Wowee. The head uses a flash cartridge to store all the data used for the motion/audio control. The cartridge uses NAND flash, so a quick solder job to an XD flash card reader yielded a useful dump of the memory cartridge – whic... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "39809",
"author": "Frollard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T15:35:02",
"content": "According to the writeup – its formatted fat16…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39810",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T17:19:30",
... | 1,760,377,780.141996 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/hackit-crap-modding/ | Hackit: Crap Modding | Eliot | [
"HackIt",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"animatronic",
"elvis",
"gear",
"HackIt",
"hand",
"musicbox",
"parts",
"robot",
"woot"
] | When
Boing Boing Gadgets posted
about this
$13 robot hand music box
, we immediately thought “OH EXPLOITABLE!”. Over the years, we’ve acquired quite a bit of cheap trash just operating under the assumption that we would turn it into something else. Most of our acquisitions are
Woot
‘s fault. Just this morning we were d... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "39713",
"author": "Marty Capella",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T04:07:21",
"content": "Like everywhere else in the US, my electric company, Southern California Edison, subsidizes compact fluorescent light bulbs for sale at local markets and hardware stores. My two favorite recent subsi... | 1,760,377,780.394377 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/digital-wall-harp/ | Digital Wall Harp | Caleb Kraft | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"infrared",
"instrument",
"IRsensor",
"midi",
"miditron",
"music"
] | [Alison Lewis] has posted this fantastic
digital wall harp
project at My Home 2.0. They built an infrared MIDI instrument into a wall, using a
MidiTron
and some IR sensors. It all connects to a computer running a MIDI sequencer via a MIDI to USB converter. The project was built for a family home. They wanted something ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "39711",
"author": "thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T06:58:58",
"content": "Honestly guys, this is not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39712",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T22:31:31",
"content... | 1,760,377,780.526579 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/nyc-soldering-championships-tonight/ | NYC Soldering Championships Tonight | Eliot | [
"contests",
"News"
] | [
"ignite",
"ignitenyc",
"nyc",
"nycresistor",
"solder",
"soldering",
"solderingiron"
] | The
NYC Soldering Championships
are happening tonight at
Ignite
in M1-5. It looks like there might still be some slots open if you want to compete. You can bring your own iron, it’s all through-hole, but you can’t use helping hands. Good luck, and we can’t wait to see how this inaugural event turns out!
[photo:
Nick Bi... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39708",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-07-30T05:24:03",
"content": "Does that mean I can use my teeth and/or lips? Word of caution: be very cautious when using your mouth and don’t breathe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,780.257062 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/the-liquid-display/ | The Liquid Display | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"shiny"
] | [Nicolas] sent in his
liquid display project
.Think of it as the opposite of a fountain display. Instead of water, it releases bubbles into a flat panel filled with liquid. There aren’t many details on the site, but it’s a nice twist on an classic concept. He also created an odd sort of liquid interface. Touching the l... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39705",
"author": "Todd Grigsby",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T22:07:46",
"content": "Great use of tech. This immediately made me think of an upscale restaurant/jazz bar/coffee shop with long panels lining the walls. Minus the liquid interface, this has immediately marketable applicat... | 1,760,377,780.562919 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/medeco-high-security-lock-picking/ | Medeco High Security Lock Picking | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"barrywels",
"blackbag",
"highsecurity",
"highsecuritylock",
"jonking",
"lock",
"lockpick",
"lockpicking",
"locksport",
"medeco",
"medecoder",
"nde",
"toool"
] | Despite, Hack a Day seeming to be fairly
lock heavy
lately, we’ve yet to cover a major story from
The Last HOPE
. At the conference, [Jon King] talked about vulnerabilities in
Medeco
locks and presented his Medecoder tool. Medeco is really what makes this story interesting; unlike the EU, the US has very few high secur... | 11 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39701",
"author": "TBare",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T17:03:29",
"content": "I’m so jealous! i wish i could have gone to the last hope. :(at any rate, isn’t it amazing that even though vulnerabilities like this are known, nothing is being done about them. I work for a company that dea... | 1,760,377,780.655264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/29/found-artifacts-from-the-future/ | Found: Artifacts From The Future | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"artifacts",
"deadtree",
"found",
"futurism",
"infoporn",
"metafilter",
"waxy",
"wired"
] | MetaFilter is reporting that Wired magazine (available on paper) has
killed one of our favorite features
. Found: Artifacts From the Future was a back page that asked artists and designers to create possible future products. While the magazine generally had a positive view, even in its sloppy use of infoporn, Found alw... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "39690",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T16:14:43",
"content": "Aw for crying out loud, it’s one of the things that WIRED does best, exploring the social aspects and consequences of advancing technology, mixed with style. This was a flagship feature. I hope they c... | 1,760,377,780.609565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/simple-xbox-360-rapid-fire-mod/ | Simple Xbox 360 Rapid Fire Mod | rossfairgrieve | [
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"gaming",
"rapid fire switch",
"RapidFireSwitch",
"xbox",
"xbox360",
"xboxlive"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Gjzm1A5-GMk&w=470]
Back in May we mentioned AcidMods’
spitfire mod
that enabled rapid fire (amongst other things) and was undetectable by Xbox Live. The parts list was quite low, needing just a PIC16F84A and a few other components, which led to third parties selling controller mod kits... | 166 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "39678",
"author": "davis",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T06:11:40",
"content": "Nice hack made simpler! I wonder why he puts so much emphasis on this not being fake though..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39679",
"author": "Gh0... | 1,760,377,780.829698 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/lock-picking-and-security-disclosure/ | Lock Picking And Security Disclosure | rossfairgrieve | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"bumping",
"key",
"lock",
"lockbumping",
"lockpicking",
"lockpicks",
"locks",
"medeco",
"security",
"slate"
] | Slate is running an
interesting article
about taking new security approaches to lock vulnerabilities. In the past, lock makers such as Medeco have been able to quietly update their product lines to strengthen their security, but as movements such as
Locksport International
gain popularity and lock picking videos on You... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39673",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T01:54:20",
"content": "dont forget dental tool hacking for lock pickinghttp://inventgeek.com/Projects/lockpick/Overview.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39674",
"author":... | 1,760,377,780.702334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/how-to-etch-a-single-sided-pcb/ | How-To: Etch A Single Sided PCB | Jason Rollette | [
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"acid",
"circuit",
"circuitboard",
"copper",
"etch",
"etching",
"how-to",
"muriaticacid",
"pcb",
"peroxide",
"protoboard"
] | Making a PCB is very simple; it does not consume a lot of time and the results look professional. After reading this How-To and watching the step by step video, you will be able to make your own PCB in your workshop using just a few inexpensive materials.
Many people use protoboard and point-to-point wire everything, b... | 82 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "39641",
"author": "Jonathan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T16:08:34",
"content": "Why tin the traces? This seems like a big waste of time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1839636",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": ... | 1,760,377,780.930266 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/wiimoteless-ir-whiteboard/ | Wiimoteless IR Whiteboard | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"whiteboard",
"wii"
] | [Eduard] sent in his
IR webcam whiteboard project
. He wanted something like the
Wiimote version
, but without the expense of a Wiimote. He added some film negative to the camera to reduce the amount of visible light picked up by the CCD. (He notes that you might need to pull the IR filter from your camera to get a dec... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39632",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T19:00:05",
"content": "That’s awful complicated for something that can be done for $40 and a few minutes downloading and installing. What I hope to see(or submit if I get it working) is a whiteboard with different colored ‘marke... | 1,760,377,780.983835 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/solder-paste-fridge/ | Solder Paste Fridge | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"cooler",
"flickr",
"hotair",
"reflow",
"smd",
"solder",
"solderpaste",
"solderstation"
] | MightyOhm’s laboratories have recently decided to start tackling more surface mount work. As part of this upgrade to SMD hot air reflow stations, they’re handling a lot of solder paste. Solder paste is happy at less than 50degF and above freezing, and [Jeff] didn’t want to chance that lead infiltrating his Manwich, so ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39629",
"author": "reza",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T22:06:12",
"content": "Overkill for solder paste. I get my solder paste in small tubes from Zephyrtronics, and they have a formulation (they say) that works well at room temperature. I’ve stored the small tubes for months out in t... | 1,760,377,781.029072 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/rc-duck-decoys/ | RC Duck Decoys | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"decoys",
"duck",
"duckcam",
"duckdecoy",
"instructables",
"movieplot",
"movieplotthreat",
"rc",
"rcduck"
] | Here’s something for those of you who always wanted your projects to attract more shotgun blasts. [courtney] built two
RC duck decoys
. The decoys were only $10 to begin with and the RC submarines were an additional $20 at RadioShack. The construction is fairly clever, using a heat gun to conform the duck body to the s... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "39624",
"author": "kamu",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T12:30:22",
"content": "That is fantastic. All it needs is some basic AIif see moving object larger than a duck:haul ass in the opposite directionThen you could leave it at your closest park with a pond.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,781.085074 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/monitoring-home-energy-consumption/ | Monitoring Home Energy Consumption | Kimberly Lau | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"energy",
"energy conservation",
"EnergyConservation",
"home automation",
"HomeAutomation",
"smart meters",
"SmartMeters",
"technology"
] | Power monitoring and home automation systems are coming to mainstream consumers. The New York Times
covers the latest technologies
(annoying login required) that improve and monitor energy efficiency in the home. As energy use and costs continue to increase, companies are popping up to offer cheaper solutions that will... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39615",
"author": "AKMA",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T10:43:36",
"content": "[…. monitoring and home automation systems are coming to mainstream consumers. The New York Times covers the latest technologies (annoying login required) that …]surely, you must have heard of “bugmenot.com”?... | 1,760,377,781.136892 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/28/synchronizing-fireflies-ng/ | Synchronizing Fireflies NG | Eliot | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"attiny13",
"fireflies",
"firefly",
"led",
"mote",
"motes",
"rgb",
"rgbLED",
"sync",
"tinkerlog"
] | [Alex] from Tinkerlog has revisited an old project with
Synchronizing Fireflies NG
. Fascinated by how fireflies blink at same rate and synchronize with each other, he built a digital version. Each board has an RGB LED and a phototransistor or photoresistor. A ping-pong ball is used as a diffuser. The blink rate is con... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39606",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T08:45:55",
"content": "There’s something about this hack that is really appealing to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39607",
"author": "Inkwina",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,781.181469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/27/sonar-controlled-usb-missile-launcher/ | SONAR Controlled USB Missile Launcher | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"pic",
"usb"
] | Check out this add on for that cheap USB missile launcher we know you bought last year. It uses
ultrasonic sensors to provide sonar feedback for the aiming system
. A PIC 18F455 drives a servo to aim the sensor and massage the signal from the sensor. It still depends on a PC application to put everything together. If y... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39601",
"author": "Sean T.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T19:07:43",
"content": "Just modify that USB missile launcher to trigger a solenoid when it fires the “missile”, mount a loaded Glock with the solenoid on the trigger and you’ve got a decent intruder (or cubicle vandal) eliminator... | 1,760,377,781.224502 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/rgb-led-cylinder/ | RGB LED Cylinder | Benjamin Eckel | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cylinder",
"led",
"nycresistor",
"rgb"
] | [Dave Clausen] from NYC Resistor sent in his
open source RGB LED cylinder
. We have seen many
cubes in the past
(even
one that display low-res 3D video
) so a cylinder is certainly a new concept and the RGB LEDs are a nice upgrade. The LEDs are wired in a 5-way multiplexed grid using four
TLC5940NT
s (16 channel LED dr... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39592",
"author": "Br0",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T07:06:33",
"content": "diggin’ it. Im glad the guy presenting the hack wasnt completely a social failure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39593",
"author": "michaelb",
"t... | 1,760,377,781.40158 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/boxee-available-for-ubuntu/ | Boxee Available For Ubuntu | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"boxee",
"linux",
"mediacenter",
"OsX",
"ubuntu",
"xbmc"
] | The Boxee blog has recently announced that they have
finally released a Linux version
. So far, only Ubuntu 7.10 through 8.04 support is available. We covered Boxee when
they released their alpha version
a few months ago. One of the unique things we found about it was the added social layer that allows the user to shar... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39584",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T05:56:59",
"content": "not a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39585",
"author": "bhelx",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T11:06:16",
"content": "Yeah, not a hack. You g... | 1,760,377,781.266511 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/adeona-an-open-source-laptop-tracking-system/ | Adeona: An Open Source Laptop Tracking System | Kimberly Lau | [
"laptops hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"adeona",
"laptops",
"open source",
"OpenSource",
"schneier",
"security",
"theft",
"tracking"
] | Adeona
is an open source internet-based laptop tracking system that is free to use. It’s available for Linux, OSX, and Windows XP/Vista. After installation, Adeona will submit at random intervals, anonymously encrypted updates on the computer’s location to servers on the Internet, specifically to
OpenDHT
, a free stora... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "39580",
"author": "klintor",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T03:22:32",
"content": "My laptop is a Dell, but it’s got a built-in webcam (as do many, MANY windows lappies). Is there a free open source app for that?Also, not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,781.351907 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/five-plugins-and-tips-to-secure-your-wordpress-blog/ | Five Plugins And Tips To Secure Your WordPress Blog | Kimberly Lau | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"plugins",
"security",
"tips",
"tricks",
"wordpress"
] | How do you protect your own blog from getting hacked? There’s never a foolproof answer, but with some added tools and caution, you can make your website a little safer from getting into harm’s way. Cats Who Code has
five plug-ins and tips you can use
to protect your
WordPress
install. Some of the tips are common sense ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39578",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-27T02:21:53",
"content": "Hey thanks for that post. That will help a lot for WordPress security.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39579",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"tim... | 1,760,377,781.489469 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/honeybike-bicycle-thief-honeypot/ | Honeybike: Bicycle Thief Honeypot | Will O'Brien | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"shocking"
] | [liseman] decided to build a
honeypot for bicycle thieves
. He mounted a pay as you go cell phone and a gutted stun gun inside a water bottle. When the phone is dialed, the stun gun is activated thanks to a tap on the vibration motor inside the phone. He also installed some tracking software on the phone so the bike ca... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "39561",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-26T16:06:05",
"content": "oh, now that’s evil. no matter how expensive the bike was — it’s clearly disproportional to shock the thief while they’re possibly riding the bike. I imagine it’s quite easy to be run over by a car when you ... | 1,760,377,781.614609 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/25/surveillance-as-art/ | Surveillance As Art | Benjamin Eckel | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"CCTV",
"obesity",
"RCA",
"surveillance",
"wemakemoneynotart",
"wmmna"
] | The Target Project is a graduate project from the Royal College of Arts in London. It is designed to make us question our
relationship with surveillance technology and CCTV
. This is a particularly meaningful demonstration for a country like Britain which is said to contain up to
4.2 million CCTV cameras or roughly 1 f... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39556",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-26T04:16:53",
"content": "Lol bigotcam.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39557",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2008-07-26T08:02:13",
"content": "Music video m... | 1,760,377,781.654302 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/22/name-that-ware/ | Name That Ware | Eliot | [
"contests",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"board",
"bunnie",
"bunniestudios",
"hardware",
"isa",
"namethatware"
] | Last month we mentioned [bunnie]’s
Name that Ware competition
where participants try to guess the functionality of a random bit of hardware. We thought you might want to see another example; pictured above is the
June 2008 ware
provided by [xobs]. You can see a
high res version here
and an
image of the daughter card
as... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39436",
"author": "Enrico Fermi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T20:23:21",
"content": "god, you people need to look at amiga dual time base corrector cards more often… oy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39437",
"author": "Steve ... | 1,760,377,781.698504 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/22/home-made-pcb-drill-press/ | Home Made PCB Drill Press | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"dremel",
"drill",
"drillpress",
"pcb",
"rotarytool"
] | [yellowduck] took some fantastic initiative with this
home made PCB drill press
. Many people have a rotary tool already. Just add some scrap wood and four hinges. The drill press isn’t perfect; it pivots a little as it lowers. This shouldn’t be a problem for drilling printed circuit boards though. The PCB should be th... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "39426",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T01:28:08",
"content": "How about mounting the dremmel to a pipe and then using a smaller vertical pipe or dowel as a guide? It will take up less space an not pivot.Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,781.740937 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/22/annoy-your-friends-with-high-pitched-noise/ | Annoy Your Friends With High Pitched Noise | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"annoy",
"highfrequency",
"highfrequencysounds"
] | [Hungry_Myst] has put together this fantastic device to
annoy your friends
. It randomly emits high pitched sounds, then stops for a while to make it very hard to locate. He has added an extra level of annoyance by putting the noise in vicinity of 17KHz thus making it almost undetectable by people over the age of 30. T... | 32 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "39407",
"author": "David Major",
"timestamp": "2008-07-22T23:46:40",
"content": "This could be even better with 2+ of them spread through the room with really long intervals between beeps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39408",... | 1,760,377,781.817611 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/22/1-wire-barometer/ | 1-wire Barometer | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"1-wire",
"barometer"
] | [David] put together this rather nice
1-wire barometer
. An MPX4115 measures the pressure while an SMD DS2438 mounted to an 8 pin DIP socket provides the 1-wire interface. The writeup includes a nice description of the board layout and wiring, making this project accessible to just about anyone with a decent tip on the... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39403",
"author": "Dowser",
"timestamp": "2008-07-22T15:00:22",
"content": "If you don’t have a decent tip on your soldering iron, get a pre-made TAI8570 fromhttp://www.aagelectronica.com/aag/index.html?target=p_21.htmlor some other place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,781.861167 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/21/rewalk-suit-for-paraplegics/ | ReWalk Suit For Paraplegics | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"argo",
"exosuit",
"poweredexoskeleton",
"powersuits",
"rewalk"
] | We here at Hack a Day are
really interested in power suits
, so
the ReWalk suit for paraplegics
immediately caught our attention. By using unique robotic control algorithms, the suit works with the user rather than for the user. This allows the user to experience the sensation of walking autonomously and a chance at a ... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "39383",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-22T02:24:49",
"content": "Congrats to Argo if that works as well as the video would have you believe. This is the kind of technology we should be exploring. Not sophisticated weapons systems to destroy life.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,781.926549 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/21/hackit-designing-a-web-tablet-for-200/ | Hackit: Designing A Web Tablet For $200 | Benjamin Eckel | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"HackIt",
"n800",
"nokia",
"nokian800",
"pepperpad",
"tablet",
"techcrunch",
"webpad",
"webtablet"
] | TechCrunch is asking its readers to
help them design a web tablet costing just under $200
. They claim that there does not yet exist a cheap and usable web tablet designed for things like browsing, web conferencing, mail, chat, and VoIP. Here are some of the specs they are asking for:
thin as possible
touch screen (exc... | 34 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "39353",
"author": "knoopx",
"timestamp": "2008-07-22T01:28:49",
"content": "well i do neither know any of them but would be nice to own one like this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39354",
"author": "Some Guy",
"timest... | 1,760,377,782.149084 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/21/nes-crammed-into-a-light-gun/ | NES Crammed Into A Light Gun | Caleb Kraft | [
"handhelds hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"duckhunt",
"lightgun",
"nes",
"superjoy"
] | [GonzoMPM-1] Has gutted an NES knock off called
Super Joy III
and
crammed it inside of a light gun
. Inspired by a daughter that loves duck hunt, he wanted to consolidate the package and make it more portable. He’s managed to pull off some nice finish, it look almost professional in the picture above. The unit is power... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39350",
"author": "D",
"timestamp": "2008-07-21T22:08:53",
"content": "Don’t try to take your game on a plane…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39351",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T13:36:58",
"conte... | 1,760,377,782.187718 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/24/behead-your-laptop/ | Behead Your Laptop | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"laptops",
"mac",
"recycle"
] | [Mark] sent in this nice trick for
breathing new life into an old laptop
. [Sarc] had a tibook with a broken LCD. It was still usable with an external monitor, so he simply removed the broken LCD. The tibook (and MacBook) uses a magnetic sensor to monitor the LCD position. To put the machine in the right mode, he taped... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "39488",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-07-24T14:15:05",
"content": "Not too shabby at all!I like the tricking the machine with a magnet part too. (old tricks are the best tricks)I’ve removed the broken LCD panels from three otherwise fine laptops in the past for makesh... | 1,760,377,782.073079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/23/build-a-robonova-i/ | Build A ROBONOVA-I | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"davidcalkins",
"hitec",
"robogames",
"robonova",
"robot",
"servo",
"systm",
"video"
] | On the
latest episode of Systm
, they talk to [David Calkins], founder of the
RoboGames
competition, about humanoid robotics. The robots featured in the episode are Hitec’s
ROBONOVA-I
. The ROBONOVA is about a foot high and has 16 servos with support for up to 24, all connected to an Atmel controller. The episode is qu... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "39474",
"author": "brokenlcd",
"timestamp": "2008-07-24T05:46:34",
"content": "“next year’s competition will allow airsoft weapons to be attached”The robot revolution is just a stone’s throw away…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": ... | 1,760,377,782.439565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/23/dns-exploit-in-the-wild/ | DNS Exploit In The Wild | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"cache",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"druid",
"exploit",
"hdmoore",
"matasano",
"metasploit"
] | We’ve been tracking
Metasploit
commits since Matasano’s
premature publication
of [Dan Kaminsky]’s DNS cache poisoning flaw on Monday knowing full well that a functional exploit would be coming soon. Only two hours ago [HD Moore] and [I)ruid] added a module to the Metasploit Project that will let anyone test the vulnera... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39470",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-07-24T14:46:40",
"content": "does the exploit affect the dns servers running the internet or just home systems?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39471",
"author": "Mark",
"... | 1,760,377,782.227562 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/23/simple-tracking-in-3d-space/ | Simple Tracking In 3D Space | Caleb Kraft | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"3dtracking",
"arduino",
"capacitivedistancesensing",
"wii"
] | [kylemcdonald] has posted this how to build a
simple 3D tracking interface
. Using 6 resisters, some wire, aluminum foil, an Arduino, and a cardboard box, he was able to do 3D capacitive sensing. Coupling that with
Processing
, he was able to overlay an interface using augmented reality. The video above shows a 3D tic ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "39454",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T21:45:52",
"content": "3d tic tac toe……..sweet. Thats going to be the next big craze like the rubix cube or sudoku.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39455",
"author": "Bjonn... | 1,760,377,782.490189 |
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