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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/23/shih-chieh-huangs-recycled-bots/ | Shih Chieh Huang’s Recycled Bots | Kimberly Lau | [
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"glow",
"robots",
"santa monica",
"SantaMonica",
"sculpture",
"shih chieh huang",
"ShihChiehHuang"
] | We’re really sorry to have missed
GLOW
. It was a unique all-night art and music event that took place the evening of July 19, 2008, in Santa Monica, and lasted until dawn. We were most intrigued by [
Shih Chieh Huang
]’s haunting robotic sculptures. They were eerily beautiful, and appeared to be alive and “breathing”.... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39446",
"author": "Me",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T22:53:14",
"content": "@ all ‘that’s not a hack’ whiners – Go whine somewhere else.If you had paid attention to the ‘art’ in question you would have noticed that they are hacked-together bits of hardware and other materials doing some... | 1,760,377,784.538984 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/23/modding-the-oppo-980-for-better-audio-output/ | Modding The Oppo 980 For Better Audio Output | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"audiophile",
"cd",
"dvd"
] | There’s an
interesting thread
discussing mods to improve the inexpensive Oppo 980 DVD player for better performance. The power supply, capacitors and opamps can benefit from some higher end components. [Occam] suggests several replacement opamps options for upgrading the audio output. The realatively low cost of Oppo g... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39440",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T15:35:55",
"content": "the dac is likely the weakest link. run the digital out into an external dac and then into a preamp of your choice. damping the transport would be good too.Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,377,784.169843 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/22/hacking-at-random-2009/ | Hacking At Random 2009 | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"berlin",
"ccc",
"cccamp",
"conference",
"hackercon",
"hackerconference",
"har",
"har2009",
"toorcamp",
"whatthehack",
"wth"
] | Hacking At Random 2009
has recently been announced. It’s brought to you by the same people who held the outdoor hacking event
What The Hack
, which we
covered in 2005
. Date, location, and many other details are still up in the air. They’re looking to host 3000 attendees and we’re guessing it will be similar in nature ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "39438",
"author": "Davood Safvat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T22:20:13",
"content": "Hi Salam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39439",
"author": "FooBar",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T10:44:23",
"content": "It’s not the exa... | 1,760,377,784.249801 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/openmoko-usability-review/ | OpenMoko Usability Review | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"cellphone",
"freerunner",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"mobilephone",
"openmoko"
] | [Dave Fayram] has
put out two videos
covering the interface of the FreeRunner from
OpenMoko
. For those unfamiliar, we’ve covered it a
few
times
before. It is an opensource mobile platform that includes a full X server. They encourage people to make their own software and even release the CAD files for chassis modifica... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "39277",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T23:44:39",
"content": "Open source or not, the more support you show for something the better it will get if the people behind it are any good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3... | 1,760,377,784.592232 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/sim-card-reader/ | SIM Card Reader | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"cellphone",
"gsm",
"mobilephone",
"reader",
"sim",
"simreader",
"smartcard",
"smartcardreader"
] | Adafruit Industries
just announced their next kit: a
SIM card reader
. Using the kit, you can read or write any SIM card. You could use this for fun things like recovering deleted contacts and SMS messages. The kit looks like a very straight forward design (based on
[Dejan]’s work
); the only chip is a hex inverter and... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "39261",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T06:50:31",
"content": "mmm, not quite sure where you saw this was announced. :)the kit isn’t available yet, i havent posted about it on my forums or blog and the documentation isnt complete. the kit will be announced on friday, a... | 1,760,377,784.497017 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/usb-nes-controller-plus/ | USB NES Controller Plus | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"games",
"nes"
] | USB NES controllers are old school these days, but [Jay] put together a
nice new take on the project
. He shoehorned a USB interface adapter, USB hub and a USB memory stick to store his collection of NES roms and emulators right on the controller. He even dug up a black USB cable to keep the original look of the contro... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "39255",
"author": "mechaman",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T15:08:33",
"content": "Now this is a hack worthy of duplication. I may have to try to apply this to a genesis, snes, or n64 controller. I haven’t rtfa yet, but I’m surprised that there haven’t been others to do this before.",
... | 1,760,377,784.290504 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/hope-2008-wikiscanner-20/ | HOPE 2008: Wikiscanner 2.0 | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"hackercon",
"hope",
"thelasthope",
"virgil",
"virgilgriffith",
"wiki",
"wikipedia",
"wikiscanner"
] | [
Virgil
] presented the
next version of Wikiscanner
at
The Last HOPE
today. To build the original
Wikiscanner
, he scanned the monthly database dump of anonymous edits and compared that against a purchased list of known company IP addresses. The 34.5 million edits account for nearly 21% of all edits. The idea was to u... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,784.127387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/hope-2008-cold-boot-attack-tools-released/ | HOPE 2008: Cold Boot Attack Tools Released | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"appelbaum",
"coldboot",
"hope",
"jacobappelbaum",
"memory",
"princeton",
"thelasthope"
] | The team from Princeton has
released their cold boot attack tools
at
The Last HOPE
. Earlier this year they showed how to recover crypto keys from the
memory of a machine that had been powered off
. Now they’ve provided the tools necessary to acquire and play around with your own memory dumps. The bios_memimage tool is... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "39245",
"author": "Snaptastic",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T02:16:03",
"content": "I love that photo. The reflection with the hackaday logo on the phone, awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39246",
"author": "pascal",
... | 1,760,377,784.216755 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/the-trackable-last-hope-conference-badge/ | The Trackable Last HOPE Conference Badge | Will O'Brien | [
"cons"
] | [
"badges",
"cons",
"nyc",
"soldering iron burns",
"SolderingIronBurns"
] | While Defcon badges have taken on the habit of being hackable electronics,
The Last Hope
badge is taking a new shape this year. It’s dubbed the
Attendee Meta-Data project
(AMD for short). Aside from the tombstonian dimensions, it features a trackable RFID tag that’s going to be used to create a different sort of confer... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "39240",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T07:18:43",
"content": "well thats just a spiffy idea huh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39241",
"author": "ck76",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T07:42:58",
"content": "I’... | 1,760,377,784.326732 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/hope-2008-the-impossibility-of-hardware-obfuscation/ | HOPE 2008: The Impossibility Of Hardware Obfuscation | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"crypto",
"hope",
"karstennohl",
"matlab",
"rfid",
"silicon",
"thelasthope",
"tlh"
] | The Last HOPE
is off and running in NYC. [Karsten Nohl] started the day by presenting The (Im)possibility of Hardware Obfuscation. [Karsten] is well versed in this subject having worked on a team that the
broke the MiFare crypto1 RFID chip
. The algorithm used is proprietary so part of their investigation was looking d... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39238",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T04:07:04",
"content": "We’ll see how impossible in a few years when the IBM Cell BE based QS20 and PS3 still have a proven DRM platforms based on die keys and Type I hypervisors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,784.448027 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/xim360-mouse-and-keyboard-for-360/ | Xim360: Mouse And Keyboard For 360 | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"360",
"xbox",
"xfps",
"xim",
"xim2",
"xim360"
] | Many a computer gamer has scowled at the thought of trying to control an FPS with thumb sticks. When you’re used to the precision and speed of a mouse, the analog stick feels, well… just wonky. XIM360 has built, what is hopefully a
big step forward
in inputs for the 360. The device is an add on to the
XFPS
, and suppos... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39235",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-07-19T02:24:15",
"content": "This is shit. Really. Games and platforms should natively support custom key mapping and mouse/keyboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39236",
"a... | 1,760,377,784.764965 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/techie-hall-of-shame/ | Techie Hall Of Shame | Kimberly Lau | [
"News"
] | [
"deb perelman",
"DebPerelman",
"hackers",
"hacking",
"kenneth kwak",
"KennethKwak",
"system admins",
"SystemAdmins",
"terry childs",
"TerryChilds"
] | In the aftermath of
[Terry Childs], the jailed disgruntled software engineer
who created a God password and effectively locked San Francisco officials out of their own computer system, IT Grind unveils its
Techie Hall of Shame
. The Hall of Shame highlights figures who give computer professionals a bad name. From [Roge... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "39223",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T19:21:43",
"content": "I have one that should be on there. A company i once contracted out to the owner passed and his daughter who had the IQ of a peanut and hated me took over. She considered herself to be a brilliant IT person... | 1,760,377,784.725254 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/18/cheap-arm-color-lcd-platform/ | Cheap ARM Color LCD Platform | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [
"cheap",
"games",
"portable",
"pspish"
] | Today, [sprite_tm] let us in on one of his
pet projects
. This is an inexpensive portable game platform runs about $50 and happens to use an ARM CPU and a 320×240 color LCD. Because it’s so cheap, he’s been working on reverse engineering the thing and there’s already a proof of concept
homebrew
version of Pong out for ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "39217",
"author": "Orkie",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T14:56:29",
"content": "Nice, we’ve been doing the same for Blackfin PMPs. I do know another guy who got his own code running on this same ARM PMP a while ago, but he lost interest after he worked out how the hardware worked so it’s... | 1,760,377,785.137589 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/17/why-we-mod/ | Why We Mod | Caleb Kraft | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] | [
"homebrew",
"psp",
"sony",
"sonypsp"
] | [Codejunkie] has written up a great explanation as to why we mod. He’s specifically talking about the
Sony PSP
, but many of the points he makes carry over to any modding. Though the “why” question may seem like a no brainer to most of us, we do hear it a lot. We strongly suggest you take a few moments to
read his arti... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "39205",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T23:45:23",
"content": "Great article- a recent crippleware issue I dealt with;Sansa E250 Doesnt Support SDHC cards-but if you “mod” it and install ROCKBOX firmwareIT DOES…..I mod so that I can give it to the man, and take back... | 1,760,377,785.033037 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/17/nodeblinky-rechargeable-and-full-of-blink/ | Nodeblinky, Rechargeable And Full Of Blink | Caleb Kraft | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"AVRmega",
"blinky",
"led",
"lightemittingdiode"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si—o0fEto&hl=en&fs=1]
Over 2500 unique patterns and up to 25 hours of winky blinky fun, that’s what you get with
Nodeblinky
. This contraption was designed by the Image Node crew as a learning platform and a way to raise money for their upcoming
Burning Man
display.
The kit measu... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39202",
"author": "westopher",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T00:06:57",
"content": "What song is this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39203",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T01:11:21",
"content": "I don’t know... | 1,760,377,785.370784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/17/should-you-get-a-seedbox-for-your-bittorrent-needs/ | Should You Get A Seedbox For Your Bittorrent Needs? | Kimberly Lau | [
"downloads hacks"
] | [
"bit torrent",
"bittorrent",
"filesharing",
"hosting",
"seedbox",
"torrent"
] | Torrentfreak offers up a few reasons
why you should get a seedbox if you’re a bittorrent user who likes to share a lot of files. A seedbox is a dedicated private server used exclusively for torrent transfers. [sharky] discusses a few pros and makes a few claims that we think might be a little overblown. Although the se... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "39194",
"author": "Thund3rstruck",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T00:41:33",
"content": "I’d love a seedbox just for the central management and reporting features and the ability to queue up downloads and be able to power off workstations.Unfortunately TorrentFlux (at least the WAMP relea... | 1,760,377,785.275034 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/17/maximize-the-iphone-3gs-battery-life/ | Maximize The IPhone 3G’s Battery Life | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"apple",
"battery",
"battery life",
"BatteryLife",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone3g"
] | Gizmodo has posted a guide for
extending the battery life of your shiny new iPhone 3G
. Apple is notorious for pushing products with unimpressive battery life, and the new
iPhone
is no different. The battery isn’t user-replaceable, which means you can’t keep a spare, and the energy needs of the 3G chipset adds to the p... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "39179",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T22:56:22",
"content": "The MintyBoost (the second usb extra battery you linked to) does NOT work with the iphone.http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/(it’s listed under the ‘sorta works’ section, but my new 3G doesn’t charge off of m... | 1,760,377,785.096078 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/21/fun-with-radioheads-data-from-house-of-cards/ | Fun With Radiohead’s Data From ‘House Of Cards’ | Will O'Brien | [
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"augmented reality",
"houseofcards",
"Radiohead",
"video"
] | Radiohead recently released the 3D data that was used to create the video for their song ‘
House of Cards
‘. [Micheal_z] sent in some of the results of
his groups playtime with the data
. The first effort involved some data translation. Then they created an atomizer of the head and put it up on their ungodly huge
8160×... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,785.171269 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/21/pic-based-boiler-controller/ | PIC Based Boiler Controller | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"heating",
"microcontroller",
"pic"
] | We’re used to central A/C, so we were surprised by
this
PIC controller based heater controller. It’s based around a pump controlled boiler/radiator system. A PIC 16F84 is used to input the set point and control a pump to circulate the heated water as needed. You can grab full schematics on the
project page
.
Update: We... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39342",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2008-07-21T16:18:06",
"content": "It would be nice if people hosted their pages on real web servers, instead of those toy sites, like Yahoo and GeoCities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "393... | 1,760,377,785.218038 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/20/the-next-hope-announced/ | The Next HOPE Announced | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"conference",
"hackercon",
"hope",
"thelasthope"
] | Against all previous indications-including being called
The Last HOPE
-the conference will not only be returning in 2010, it will be at the Hotel Pennsylvania. We’re looking forward to
The Next HOPE
, which will probably followed by The Last HYPE, which in turn will be followed by: We’re Super Serious This Is The Last ... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "39324",
"author": "2bithacker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-21T05:14:50",
"content": "I thought it odd that they’d be ending a successful convention.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39325",
"author": "davis",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,785.336136 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/20/simple-fish-feeder/ | Simple Fish Feeder | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] | [
"fish"
] | [BahaTanju] sent in this oh so simple
fish feeder
. It’s a mechanical light timer with a simple dispensing bottle mounted to the rotating time wheel. As the timer rotates, food is dispensed and the aquarium light is activated. If you have bigger fish, you could adapt this to work on a solenoid and use a timer with mult... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "39318",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2008-07-20T17:27:36",
"content": "This is just one of those hacks where you smack yourself upside the head and go “WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT!?” Brilliant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3... | 1,760,377,785.47662 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/iphone-pwnage-tool-20-released/ | IPhone Pwnage Tool 2.0 Released | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"activate",
"iphone",
"iphone 2.0",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone dev team",
"Iphone2.0",
"iphone3g",
"iphonedevteam",
"jailbreak",
"pwnage",
"pwnage tool 2.0",
"PwnageTool2.0",
"unlock"
] | Earlier today, the
iPhone Dev Team
teased that they wouldn’t release their latest Pwnage Tool
until Sunday
. Since this was
yet
another
in a week long
bit of teasing
, we were somewhat surprised when a few hours later they posted a rather relaxed
Thanks for waiting :)
post announcing that Pwnage Tool 2.0 is available. ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "39302",
"author": "Spud",
"timestamp": "2008-07-20T07:24:17",
"content": "If ATT would get their head out of their ass and get this Direct Fulfillment BS sorted out, I might be able to give it a test.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,785.42536 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/creating-web-applications-for-the-iphone/ | Creating Web Applications For The IPhone | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"ajax",
"apple",
"cocoa touch",
"CocoaTouch",
"dominiek ter heid",
"DominiekTerHeid",
"hacking",
"iphone",
"iphone 3G",
"iphone3g",
"javascript",
"web"
] | [Dominiek ter Heid] wanted to prototype an application for the iPhone that incorporated GPS. He experimented, and came up with a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a web application that would push GPS information to his iPhone through the use of JavaScript and AJAX. This tutorial will save web hackers who want to ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39300",
"author": "kamu",
"timestamp": "2008-07-20T09:02:25",
"content": "A web application that gives me a free iPhone. Oh and a telco that gives unlimited data for a decent price.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39301",
"a... | 1,760,377,785.882812 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/19/hope-2008-community-fabrication/ | HOPE 2008: Community Fabrication | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"fabathome",
"hacktory",
"hope",
"philadelphia",
"rapidprototyping",
"reprap",
"rp",
"thelasthope"
] | Today at
The Last HOPE
, [Far McKon] from Philadelphia’s
Hacktory
presented on community fabrication. Over the last few years we’ve seen a lot of different accessible rapid prototyping machines created. There’s the
RepRap
, a fabrication machine that has
achieved self replication
; our friends at Metalab have gotten th... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39296",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-20T01:58:08",
"content": "btw the image text translates as “Metalab: People, Technology, Magic”, which I think is hilarious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39297",
"author":... | 1,760,377,786.06774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/17/xbox-controller-usb-labotomy/ | XBox Controller USB Labotomy | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"crappy drivers",
"CrappyDrivers",
"games",
"xbox"
] | [sprite_tm]’s back with one of his excellent Atmel projects.
This time
he decided to turn an original XBox controller (cause he likes ’em) into a standard USB HID device. He gutted the custom USB chip that Microsoft installed and replaced it with an Atmel ATMega88. The ATMega required a few changes to the board, but no... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "39170",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T14:04:56",
"content": "seems like a lot of work when he could have just installed a driver on his PC.http://redcl0ud.com/xbcd.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "391... | 1,760,377,785.834291 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/16/machine-embroidered-led-matrix/ | Machine Embroidered LED Matrix | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"csu",
"leahbuechley",
"smd",
"video",
"wearable"
] | Our favorite electric textiles expert, [Leah Buechley], put together this
machine embroidered LED matrix
proof of concept. For the vertical rows, the top thread is conductive, while the thread on the underside (the bobbin) is not. For the horizontal rows, the the thread is swapped and the fabric acts as an insulator be... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39166",
"author": "johnny",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T11:07:43",
"content": "this is great. Siegfried and Roy will be very excited about these developments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39167",
"author": "aXit",
"times... | 1,760,377,786.261461 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/16/nyc-soldering-championships/ | NYC Soldering Championships | Will O'Brien | [
"contests",
"News"
] | [
"electronics",
"hack-a-day",
"ignite",
"ignitenyc",
"nyc",
"solder",
"soldering",
"solderingiron"
] | [Matt] let us know about the
New York City Soldering Championships
. They’ll be happening during the
Ignite talks
on July 29th at 7pm. 25 people will race head to head to assemble a fully functional electronics kit. Participants have to register in advance and are encouraged to bring their own iron. The kit hasn’t been... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "39154",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T04:55:39",
"content": "yes – smd parts… – perhaps they could also throw in an soic package ic chip, or some small piezo discs (need good temp. control techniques or you burn through them)perhaps some crazy point-to-point as wel... | 1,760,377,785.936673 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/16/tennis-for-two-resurrected/ | Tennis For Two Resurrected | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"emsl",
"evilmadscientistlaboritories",
"oscilloscope",
"tennisfortwo",
"videogame",
"williamhiginbotham"
] | The first video game every created is attributed to physicist William Higinbotham.
Tennis for Two
is played on an oscilloscope using two controllers. Each one has a knob that controls the trajectory and a button to hit the ball. The fine folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have
recreated the game so you can play i... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39147",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T03:49:01",
"content": "wow took me a minuet to realise how they detached the ball from the rest of the trace so well… they didnt! its a dual trace scope lol.no info on the original design. with digital accessible and easy to do i th... | 1,760,377,786.221327 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/16/turn-any-motor-into-a-servo-with-repraps-new-board/ | Turn Any Motor Into A Servo With RepRaps New Board | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"awesome",
"reprap",
"servo"
] | [Zach] just let us know about a
new board
that’s available from the
RepRap project
. It uses an AS5040 magnetic rotary encoder to measure the absolute position of the rotor of whatever motor you’re using. This is actually pretty damn exciting. Powerful servo motors are expensive, but with one of these, you can use what... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "39128",
"author": "Doug Parker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T16:37:39",
"content": "Does this mean I can use my washing machine motor? Oh, shoot, that’s AC…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39129",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
... | 1,760,377,786.175969 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/iphone-3g-under-the-hood/ | IPhone 3G: Under The Hood | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"3g",
"apple",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"mac",
"macintosh",
"teardown"
] | TechOnline has
cracked open
the iPhone 3G to find out what makes it tick. They’ve released detailed diagrams as well as some
videos
of the dissection.
Calling this an incremental update, they note that the changes seem to be additions and improvements rather than a total rebuild of the original platform. They get into ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "39122",
"author": "ouphie",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T08:34:29",
"content": "I work for Triquint and was stoked to hear we were in the new iPhone. Though the most I could get out of anyone was a “neither confirm nor deny” speech. Now if we can just muscle what remains of Skyworks a... | 1,760,377,786.111738 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/pspseq-30-psp-sequencer-release-and-interview/ | PSPSeq 3.0, PSP Sequencer Release And Interview | jimmierodgers | [
"handhelds hacks",
"Playstation Hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] | [
"audio",
"homebrew",
"interview",
"psp",
"pspseq",
"sequencer"
] | DSPmusic.org
has just released the latest version of its homebrew PSP music sequencer
PSPSeq 3.0
. With PSPSeq you can create songs with up to 16 independent audio tracks, use WAV audio clips of your own and then modify them with a number of settings, or even use some of the built in synthesizers to generate sounds. Th... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39117",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T06:26:40",
"content": "how good is this compared to psprhythm?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39118",
"author": "ethan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T07:52:41",
"content... | 1,760,377,786.373328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/exposing-and-photographing-silicon/ | Exposing And Photographing Silicon | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"hacking",
"silicon",
"silicondie",
"smartcard",
"ublog"
] | Have you ever wanted to break open your IC and see where those pins really go? [nico]
goes through his process
of dissolving ICs to their core and photographing the tiny die. The technique involves liquefying the package in sulfuric acid until all the packaging material and pins are gone. He even explains how to use so... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "39114",
"author": "Ziggit",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T05:38:11",
"content": "In my highschool’s electron microscopy club, we managed to find a pre prepared sample in a ti brochure (it may have been another company, but I can’t remember). it was pretty cool. sadly I no longer have th... | 1,760,377,786.306716 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/atmega88-webserver/ | ATmega88 Webserver | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ATmega88",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"HTTP",
"TCP",
"webserver",
"youritronics"
] | If you are an Atmel fan, you may enjoy
this webserver built around the ATmega88
. Since it has full TCP and HTTP support, communication can be done using a standard web browser on any system. We also noticed that the code uses AVR Libc and the processor can be replaced with an ATmega168, both used on the Arduino platfo... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "39099",
"author": "Shackadoodl",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T00:03:02",
"content": "Wow, just genius, i knew that you could make arduinos work together with processing server, but imagine 10 of those little puppies working together on a big project while sending data to a central apach... | 1,760,377,786.504848 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/scavenging-a-wwvb-module-from-an-rc-clock/ | Scavenging A WWVB Module From An RC Clock | fabienneserriere | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"atomic",
"atomic clock",
"AtomicClock",
"parts",
"radio controlled",
"radiocontrolled",
"rc",
"rc-clock",
"rcclock",
"scavenge",
"wwvb"
] | [Chris Kuethe]
shows how
to scavenge what could be a pricey
WWVB
module from a radio controlled clock. WWVB is a special radio station in Colorado that transmits an atomic-clock-derived signal to RC clocks. The clock model he uses, the
Atomix 13131
, goes for less than twenty bucks. He also shares the link to another t... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39096",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T23:32:47",
"content": "Awesome… this goes perfect with the Nixie clock build that was just posted. now where is the hack with the MCU code to interpret the WWVB output into easily usable data.nixie + atomic clock = head a... | 1,760,377,786.634774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/sensesurface-custom-inputs-on-your-lcd-screen/ | SenseSurface: Custom Inputs On Your Lcd Screen | Caleb Kraft | [
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"knob",
"laptophack",
"mixer",
"SenseSurface",
"tangible",
"tangibleinterface"
] | [Lindsay Williams] has come up a novel way of constructing custom physical inputs for your programs.
SenseSurface
is a viable alternative to
building a new interface
for each application. Simply place the dials, buttons, and sliders on your screen wherever you want them.
A sensor board, placed behind the display, picks... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "39090",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T00:04:09",
"content": "Now that is what I call a genuine novel approach to increasing interface usability!No more dremelling to add another knob to your panel, just stick it on!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"... | 1,760,377,786.579923 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/install-debian-on-the-nokia-n810/ | Install Debian On The Nokia N810 | Kimberly Lau | [
"Tablet Hacks"
] | [
"linux",
"maemo",
"maemo4",
"n810",
"nokia",
"nokia n810",
"NokiaN810",
"OpenSource",
"os2008",
"tablet"
] | The
Nokia N810 tablet
is a great buy, especially for hackers. It already ships with a Linux-based operating system, called
OS2008
, which is based upon
Maemo 4.0
. However, for those who aren’t fans of OS2008, you can
install Debian easily
with some patience and an extra memory card. The Debian install includes OpenOff... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39087",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T22:35:48",
"content": "I hate to be picky, but the N810 already runs Debian. ‘Maemo’ is a Debian-based distribution, in much the same way Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution.It is a hack though ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,377,786.688986 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/iphone-dev-team-shows-ssh-access/ | IPhone Dev Team Shows Ssh Access | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"iphonedevteam",
"jailbreak",
"jailbroken",
"shell",
"ssh"
] | They still haven’t released the jailbreak yet, but the iPhone dev team hasn’t been sitting idly by either. They recently posted
this video
of ssh access on the iPhone 3G. Not only have they succeeded in hacking into the phone, they say that apple
can’t fix it
without a hardware change. Having root level access to the d... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "39085",
"author": "jdog",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T16:18:36",
"content": "Resistance is futile. But seriously, I understand that Apple wants to keep this device closed because they can see the $$$ potential from the sale of games and apps. As I own an earlier model of the iPod Tou... | 1,760,377,786.848688 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/15/ice-carving-robot/ | Ice Carving Robot | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"more power",
"MorePower",
"robots"
] | [Bruce] and [Jesse] put together an
ice carving robot
a while back. For the most part, it’s a CNC machine that is placed on top of the ice. In order to handle the actual ice cutting, they opted for a weed eater turned super rotary tool.
permalink | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "39083",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T19:06:17",
"content": "blast from the past.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,786.943314 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/dell-tablets-support-multitouch/ | Dell Tablets Support Multitouch | Eliot | [
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Tablet Hacks"
] | [
"dell",
"delllatitude",
"delllatitudext",
"gizmodo",
"latitude",
"latitudext",
"multitouch",
"osx86",
"tablet",
"windows",
"windows7"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arrkdO_SDm8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
Dell announced today that it will be offering a
free multitouch upgrade to their Latitude XT tablets
. You may remember Microsoft using an XT when they first demoed the
multitouch features in Windows 7
. Dell’s new fir... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39080",
"author": "seamonkey420",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T06:23:48",
"content": "i’ll be updating my work Dell XT Tablet w/it once it comes out! :) finally, something i love about my XT (but thats prob because i have to support over 300 of these tablets at a firm.. hehe..)",
"p... | 1,760,377,787.086677 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/deepnote-guitar-hero-bot/ | DeepNote Guitar Hero Bot | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"guitar",
"guitarhero",
"videogame"
] | A team of five high school seniors have released some videos of their
new Guitar Hero bot named DeepNote
. This bot uses a group of custom photodiode modules with an 8 nanosecond latency placed on the screen to sense the notes. The Parallax Propeller system takes this input and controls solid state relays hooked into t... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "39065",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T03:21:20",
"content": "AWESOME!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39066",
"author": "Marilynn",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T03:25:49",
"content": "That’s pretty cool, but... | 1,760,377,786.90524 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/diy-joystick-glove/ | DIY Joystick Glove | Will O'Brien | [
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"dataglove",
"games",
"glove",
"gloves",
"input",
"inputdevice",
"Joystick"
] | [Elf] sent in this interesting
DIY joystick glove
. There aren’t many details on the actual glove switch design, but from the schematic on the site, it seems to mostly consist of micro-switches with some pot adjusted transistors to calibrate the X-Y signals.
Related:
Data glove USB interface
and
Clove 2 one handed inpu... | 0 | 0 | [] | 1,760,377,786.808994 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/dewalt-16-how-rambo-would-remodel/ | DeWalt-16, How Rambo Would Remodel | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ar15",
"assaultrifle",
"dewalt",
"gun",
"hellokitty",
"m16",
"mod",
"rifle",
"toolmonger"
] | [David Wiggins] has sent some info on this
DeWALT M-16 gun mod
to Toolmonger. Inspired by a picture of an earlier version back in 2003, he decided to go a step further. He already had the M-16 and only lives a few miles from a DeWalt factory service location so he was able to get original stickers and battery casings. ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "39052",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T02:30:07",
"content": "roflcopter, but not a hack. fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39053",
"author": "Michael L",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T03:31:58",
"content":... | 1,760,377,786.989775 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/modifying-a-servo-for-continuous-rotation/ | Modifying A Servo For Continuous Rotation | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"continuous",
"continuousrotation",
"cr",
"crservo",
"instructables",
"rotation",
"servo",
"walkerrobot"
] | [robomaniac] shows us how to
modify a standard servo to allow continuous rotation
. This is a classic robotics hack and has been around for a while, but we really like the way he put this together. Although you may need some soldering and desoldering tools to open the servo up, the hack is a physical one. All you reall... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "39045",
"author": "Entropia",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T02:04:41",
"content": "Putting the bad English aside, I wouldn’t go about modifying a servo for continuous motion like that. You lose one kind of nifty feature by removing the whole controlling logic, which is the ability to dri... | 1,760,377,787.034946 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/victorian-nixie-tube-clock/ | Victorian Nixie Tube Clock | Caleb Kraft | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"clock",
"mantle",
"mantleclock",
"nixie",
"nixieclock",
"nixietube",
"tube",
"victorian",
"victorianclock"
] | [John Clarke Mills] has pieced together this tastefully done Victorian style Nixie tube clock. He picked up a kit from nixietube.com and an old clock off of eBay. A little bit of elbow grease and solder later, he has this very nice mantle piece. Well done.
For those unfamiliar, a
Nixie tube
is used for displaying numbe... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39040",
"author": "stopwhining",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T01:55:13",
"content": "this is a true thing of beauty.simple,basic classic beauty.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39041",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-... | 1,760,377,787.399692 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/mister-jalopy-on-npr/ | Mister Jalopy On NPR | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"diy",
"make",
"misterjalopy",
"mrjalopy",
"npr"
] | [Mister Jalopy] is an outspoken recycler. He believes it is wrong that we live in a “throw away culture” and we here at Hackaday tend to agree. There is so much potential left in products, long after they may have given up their original purpose. He has been pushing to get companies to work with the public, to encourag... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "39038",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T00:54:22",
"content": "Companies may get better customer satisfaction with this – however that is not their primary goal. Profits are. The only problem with this is that the re-use of products interrupts their business plan which f... | 1,760,377,787.152978 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/25/wiremap-a-volumetric-display/ | Wiremap, A Volumetric Display | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"alberthwang",
"lasthope",
"volumentric",
"wiremap"
] | While at
The Last HOPE
this year, we were fortunate enough to see
Wiremap
, a volumetric display made from thread. Using a projector and 256 individual strands of cotton thread, [Albert Hwang] produces 3D effects. The result is a visually stunning piece of work.
[Albert] started with 85 coat hanger wires and a projecto... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39548",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-07-26T02:36:36",
"content": "Just let the video buffer to 4:30 and start watching then. The first four minutes are pretty boring.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39549",
"autho... | 1,760,377,787.273971 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/25/predictive-blacklisting-with-dshield/ | Predictive Blacklisting With DShield | Caleb Kraft | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"antivirus",
"blacklist",
"blacklisting",
"dshield",
"malware",
"pagerank",
"scanning",
"security"
] | The
DShield project
is hoping to change how we protect our networks from malware with
predictive blacklisting
. Using a method similar to Google’s PageRank, DShield collects logs from network administrators to help develop a score based on maliciousness. They combine this score with information about where the malware ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39544",
"author": "Eighty Seven",
"timestamp": "2008-07-26T01:08:49",
"content": "Your post advocates a(x) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilanteapproach to fighting spam. Your idea will not work. Here is why it won’t work. (One or more of the following may apply t... | 1,760,377,787.43712 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/25/hope-2008-youtomb-a-free-culture-hack/ | HOPE 2008: YouTomb, A Free Culture Hack | Eliot | [
"cons",
"News"
] | [
"con",
"dmca",
"dmcatakedown",
"freeculture",
"hackercon",
"hope",
"mit",
"mysql",
"takedown",
"thelasthope",
"video",
"youtomb",
"youtube"
] | YouTomb
is a research project designed by the MIT Free Culture group to track video take downs on YouTube. To succeed, the team needed to track every single video on YouTube… which is close to impossible. Instead, they built several “explorer” scripts to track what videos were interesting. One explorer tracks all of Yo... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "39536",
"author": "b10hazard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T22:35:45",
"content": "I request that Crank That be banned in one more country.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39537",
"author": "Vinnie",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25... | 1,760,377,787.524141 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/25/uv-drip-bicycle-tracker/ | UV Drip Bicycle Tracker | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"gotducttape"
] | [Che-Wei Wang] has a few more projects up his sleeve aside from his
pneumatic power suit
. This is a bit artsy, but he created an ultraviolet ink dropper to leave
a trail of invisible ink
wherever he rides his bike. Just think of it as a modernized version of [MacGyver]’s paint can under the bad guys car tracking syste... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39528",
"author": "loosenut",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T17:33:42",
"content": "somehow i dont think having a constantly wet rear tire is the best idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39529",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp"... | 1,760,377,787.48154 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/24/drill-powered-mini-bike/ | Drill Powered Mini Bike | Eliot | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"dpx",
"dpxsystems",
"electric",
"electricdrill",
"ev",
"minibike",
"powerdrill",
"video",
"weedwhacker",
"weedwhackermotor"
] | DPX Systems
seems to deal exclusively in devices powered by handheld drills. In addition to the
mini bike in the video above
, they’ve made systems for wheelchairs, toolboxes, and hoists. The device costs $630, but we know most of you just need prompting that something is possible to be well on your way to building you... | 25 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "39512",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T04:39:15",
"content": "wow. that is awesome! I have a few drills sitting around, i might have to make use of them right now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "39513",
"author"... | 1,760,377,787.66866 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/24/dns-cache-poisoning-webcast/ | DNS Cache Poisoning Webcast | Eliot | [
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"blackhat",
"cache",
"cachepoisoning",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"DnsCachePoisoning",
"doxpara",
"jerrydixon",
"jonhart",
"michaelrash",
"openbsd",
"opendns",
"pj",
"richmogull"
] | UPDATE:
Full audio of the webcast is now available
Today
Black Hat
held a preview webcast with [Dan Kaminsky] about the massive DNS bug he discovered. On July 8th, multiple vendors
announced a patch for an undisclosed DNS vulnerability
. [Dan Kaminisky] did not release the details of the vulnerability at that time, but... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39508",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T04:57:27",
"content": "after the NANOG mailing list blew up my inbox, i realized that this was a big deal. i’ve tried running the doxpara tool on my home isp but it’s not working, so i too switched my router over to opendns. i’m j... | 1,760,377,789.252109 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/24/hope-2008-methods-of-copying-high-security-keys/ | HOPE 2008: Methods Of Copying High Security Keys | Eliot | [
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"barrywels",
"highsecurity",
"hope",
"impressioning",
"key",
"keycopying",
"lock",
"lockpick",
"lockpicking",
"oliverdiederichsen",
"security",
"thelasthope"
] | [Barry Wels] is well known for his lockpicking talks, but this year he wanted to talk about how he copies high security keys. If a key blank is available, you could make a copy just by viewing the original. High security keys generally have profiles with more side cuts, which means you can guess at how deep a specific ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "39505",
"author": "seaniepants",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T15:43:51",
"content": "This is cool. Makes me want to start messing with locks. I just wish I new german so I could read that impression book.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,789.441415 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/hackit-ripping-dvds/ | Hackit: Ripping DVDs | Juan Aguilar | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"drm",
"dvd",
"dvdauthoring",
"dvdripper",
"dvdripping",
"encoding",
"HackIt",
"piracy",
"rip",
"ripping"
] | A recent report from Futuresource Consulting states that just under 1/3 of Americans and just over 1/3 of UK residents have
engaged in some form of DVD ripping
in the last 6 months. Though [Jacqui Cheng] of Ars Technica was unphased, we were very surprised to learn that one of the most common methods is possibly the mo... | 45 | 45 | [
{
"comment_id": "38820",
"author": "BLKMGK",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T04:55:25",
"content": "Slysoft AnyDVD underneath DVD shrink – no compression at all on main movie. Copy it to a media server running unRAID, and watch it using XBMC for Linux. Rip HD media using Slysoft, eac3to, and meGUI to end u... | 1,760,377,789.608613 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/biped-robot-version-3/ | BiPed Robot Version 3 | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"biped",
"instructables",
"robot",
"v3"
] | Instructables user [
alex.v
] posted
version 3 of his BiPed Robot
. This robot is designed to mimic the control and movements of a human’s lower body. It has 12 degrees of freedom and a nice custom framework CNC’d from acryl sheets. The electronics consist of servos controlled by a custom board built around an ATmega8 ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "38817",
"author": "defyboy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T09:50:59",
"content": "They look just the same as they did 3 years ago, new news please…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38818",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,789.290169 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/subwoofer-makes-cornstarch-dance/ | Subwoofer Makes Cornstarch Dance | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cornstarch",
"ferrofluid",
"magnetism",
"motion",
"subwoofer",
"vibration",
"video"
] | People tend not to think about the non-Newtonian properties of foodstuffs, but we’re glad at least one person did. When it comes to cornstarch, it’s indeterminate viscosity when mixed with water made it the perfect solution for a pretty neat trick: making a
liquid move in reaction to a subwoofer
. The unique motion can... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "38806",
"author": "stopwhining",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T03:25:17",
"content": "that just looks soooooo creepy and wrong. at the same time it looks sooooooo cooool.i love it.it’s weird off the wall surprises like this that keep me hitting this site every hour or so throughout the d... | 1,760,377,789.529953 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/microfluidic-art/ | Microfluidic Art | Kimberly Lau | [
"News"
] | [
"art",
"chips",
"j. tanner neville",
"J.TannerNeville",
"microfluidic"
] | Microfluidics
expert [
J. Tanner Neville
] decided to
turn his work into art
. Along with his student, [Austin Day], they turned lab chips into miniscule works of art by developing a technique of patterning proteins onto substrates. Each colored line you see is actually a groove full of liquid about 20 microns in width... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "38804",
"author": "TheSkorm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T02:55:47",
"content": "I’d like to see this put to better use. Something like some fluid computers that clock in the MHz.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38805",
"author... | 1,760,377,789.21361 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/memristor-based-memory-prototype-by-2009/ | Memristor-based Memory Prototype By 2009 | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"2009",
"EETimes",
"HP",
"memory",
"memristor",
"prototype",
"ram",
"RRAM"
] | An article in EETimes suggests that we may see
a memristor-based memory prototype
in development as soon as 2009.
The memristor
is claimed by many to be the theorized fourth passive circuit element, linking the fundamental circuit variables of charge and flux. This news may not sound that exciting to most computer geek... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "38800",
"author": "stopwhining",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T02:43:06",
"content": "this is not a hackthis is serious hi-sci-techi can’t wait for had to do their first post on dna based cpusi can see the comments now“since when has bacteria been a hack? whine whine”great stuff keep it ... | 1,760,377,789.481247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/7-really-creepy-robots/ | 7 Really Creepy Robots | Kimberly Lau | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"alberthubo",
"cracked",
"creepy",
"robot",
"uncannyvalley"
] | Creepiness is a hard feeling to objectively evaluate, but we dare you to not get creeped out by these realistic
robots listed by Cracked.com
. It’s the
uncanny valley
of robots that are almost, but not completely lifelike, and which repulse most humans. It begs the question: how could you resolve the uncanny valley pro... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "38799",
"author": "Earl Jr.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T05:14:06",
"content": "I’d just avoid the uncanny valley problem completely with robots like keeponhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzoIt’s recognizable enough to emphasize with and avoids uncanny valley (of course, you won’t ... | 1,760,377,789.32203 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/packet-trace-anonymization-with-pktanon/ | Packet Trace Anonymization With PktAnon | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"anonymity",
"anonymizer",
"anonymous",
"networks",
"security",
"xml"
] | If you’re a network researcher or systems administrator, you know that network traces are often necessary, but not easy to share with colleagues and other researchers. To help with both ease of use and handling of sensitive information, the Institute of Telematics has developed
PktAnon, a framework that anonymizes netw... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "38794",
"author": "bgugi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T01:42:36",
"content": "scientology raids…come on, guys…rules 1 and 2…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38795",
"author": "Anon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T02:14:57",
... | 1,760,377,789.398666 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/13/fabr-another-3d-printing-project/ | FABR: Another 3d Printing Project | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"8020",
"reprap"
] | [Lou]’s been working on his own 3d printer:
fabr
. We find it appealing because the entry cost is quit a bit lower than something like the reprap. 80/20 isn’t that cheap, but you don’t need a large commercial laser cutter to build the chassis. The steppers he used appear to be inexpensive ones that can be salvaged from... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "38942",
"author": "J Swift",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T18:19:44",
"content": "Its nice to see more people building 3d printers at home.I have built a RepRap printer, so I would like to clear up just a few statements in this article which are misleading.1. I built my RepStrap for just... | 1,760,377,789.36237 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/music-and-visual-arts-at-the-last-hope/ | Music And Visual Arts At The Last HOPE | Benjamin Eckel | [
"digital audio hacks",
"News"
] | [
"8bit",
"cdm",
"createdigitalmusic",
"highlyliquid",
"hope",
"music",
"thelasthope",
"visualization"
] | [
Peter Kirn
] from Create Digital Music has an article up highlighting many of the
great music and visual performance pieces
planned for
The Last HOPE
on Friday night. If you are around New York and not accustomed to hacking conferences, this could be a great excuse to go check it out. Here are some of our favorite pr... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38939",
"author": "Carlyle S.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T06:45:26",
"content": "Excellent post. Too bad last hope is half a dozen states away. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38940",
"author": "Peter Kirn",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,789.755945 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/handusb-data-gloves-interface/ | HandUSB Data Gloves Interface | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"atmega",
"Atmel",
"AVR",
"gloves",
"touch",
"usb"
] | Following
today’s earlier post on data gloves
,
HandUSB is a glove interface
designed to relay fingertip touch data to a computer via USB. Although the gloves themselves are not extremely interesting or useful for your average hacker, the project has some good documentation. The electronics are all open source and he h... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "38937",
"author": "thegimpster",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T06:12:18",
"content": "Its cool looking and all, but what is it used for? I know the other one was used as a keyboard, but can you do the same w/ this one? I still want one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repli... | 1,760,377,789.944691 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/toool-picksets-at-the-last-hope/ | Toool Picksets At The Last HOPE | Benjamin Eckel | [
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"blackbag",
"centipede",
"hope",
"last",
"lockpick",
"lockpicking",
"magentic",
"pick",
"picksets",
"ring",
"toool"
] | Speaking of laser engraving, the blackbag blog announced that
Toool has designed 2 unique picksets
for
The Last HOPE
this year. First is the credit card sized snap-off set seen above. They have named this one The Last HOPE emergency pickset. The other pickset is a new version of the ‘double sided pick’ series. This set... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "38927",
"author": "MikeFez",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T02:42:22",
"content": "Before some moron says something along the lines of “not a hack”, go tohttp://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38928",
... | 1,760,377,789.90185 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/epilog-zing-personal-laser-etching/ | Epilog Zing Personal Laser Etching | Benjamin Eckel | [
"Laser Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"engraving",
"epilog",
"ladyada",
"laser",
"zing"
] | The new Epilog Zing
is designed to bring laser engraving to the home for personal use. It’s got 25 watts of power, a small enough footprint to fit neatly on your desk, and the video above shows it has a pretty high resolution. But
compared to the mini18
, the Zing has less Z movement, a lower wattage, a smaller engravi... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "38916",
"author": "john.s948@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T02:37:55",
"content": "not a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38917",
"author": "cromag",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T03:33:22",
"content": "perhaps... | 1,760,377,790.230481 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/igiveup-bluetooth-handset/ | IGiveUp Bluetooth Handset | jimmierodgers | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"airsoft",
"apple",
"bluetooth",
"bluetooth headset",
"gun",
"headset",
"instructables",
"iphone",
"iphone3g"
] | Instructables user [ManaEnergyPotion] has posted a rather humorous
Bluetooth handset hack
. He simply took apart an airsoft handgun and a Bluetooth headset, and then placed the components neatly within the case. The earpeice is actually in the barrel of the gun, while the microphone is in the handle. You pull the trigg... | 36 | 34 | [
{
"comment_id": "38883",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T19:46:30",
"content": "Just remember not to answer your phone near any police officers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38884",
"author": "jjrh",
"timestamp": "2008-... | 1,760,377,790.016569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/12/clove-2-glove-for-one-handed-input/ | Clove 2 Glove For One Handed Input | Caleb Kraft | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"bluetooth",
"cemtech",
"clove2",
"glove",
"hid",
"inputdevice",
"keyboard"
] | [Christopher Mitchell] (
previously on Hack a Day
) has come up with a rather interesting input device.
The Clove 2 glove is a Bluetooth data input interface
. The goal is to be able to “type” without the use of a traditional keyboard. Key strokes are achieved through finger movements. Your computer simply sees this as... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "38860",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T16:20:15",
"content": "this is nice, if it could be made into soemthing that wasn’t hot to wear i might actually use it.i think a bra computer interface device would be far more useful. It would let guys interface with their woma... | 1,760,377,790.145422 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/nvidias-problems-worse-than-expected/ | NVIDIA’s Problems Worse Than Expected? | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News"
] | [
"Asus",
"chip",
"dell",
"faulty",
"G84",
"G86",
"graphicscard",
"heat-cycling",
"HP",
"inquirer",
"NVIDIA"
] | According to the an article in the INQUIRER, it is very possible that
all chips with the G84 and G86 architecture are faulty
. The problem is said to be excessive heat cycling and when NVIDIA was questioned,
they blamed their suppliers
for the issue. Although NVIDIA is claiming that only a
few chips that went to HP
wer... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "38787",
"author": "Nicholas Lombardy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T02:12:40",
"content": "This is yet another reason AMD continues to provide the better value…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38788",
"author": "nhojflow",
"... | 1,760,377,790.185345 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/radiohead-makes-entire-video-with-friggin-lasers/ | Radiohead Makes Entire Video With Friggin’ Lasers | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"geometricinformatics",
"houseofcards",
"laser",
"lidar",
"music",
"Radiohead",
"scan",
"velodynelidar"
] | [Radiohead], being no
strangers
to
out of the box
delivery ideas, are preparing to release a new video that was
created without the use of cameras
. The entire video for the song House of Cards was “filmed” using lasers.
The system, known as
Geometric Informatics
and
Velodyne Lidar
, scanned the entire environment 900 ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38785",
"author": "David R",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T02:09:40",
"content": "the article itself says 900 times a minute, not second. that’s 15 times a second.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38786",
"author": "Scott",
"t... | 1,760,377,790.268444 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/iphone-dev-team-releases-jailbreak-video/ | IPhone Dev Team Releases Jailbreak Video | Caleb Kraft | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"cellphone",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"iphonedev",
"IphoneHack",
"jailbreak",
"mac",
"pwnage"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R63lKICiWfg&hl=en&fs=1]
The iPhone dev team, notorious for jailbreaking the iPhone has just
released a video
of the iPhone 3G hacked. Keep up to date with it and watch for a release on
their blog
. This is a major update to the
PwnageTool
which is already available for previous v... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "38784",
"author": "Christopher Reitmann",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T03:01:30",
"content": "I thought that when you bought the new 3G you had to sign a policy and contract or something? If you jailbreak your new iPhone won’t they know?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"re... | 1,760,377,790.363339 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/engadget-goes-in-depth-with-the-iphone-3g/ | Engadget Goes In Depth With The IPhone 3G | Caleb Kraft | [
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"apple",
"cellphone",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"mac",
"macintosh",
"mobilephone",
"phone"
] | Over at Engadget, they’ve taken some time to
completely review the iPhone 3G
. Take a few moments to stop reading about all the trouble
activating
them and read about the phone itself.
In short, they hit the following points:
The case feels thinner than it is.
The shape of the case makes it wobble on a hard surface.
Ca... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "38778",
"author": "Nate",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T00:52:17",
"content": "Once again not a hack. Hack a day becoming just another tech news site with a hack here and there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38779",
"author": "... | 1,760,377,790.305947 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/hacker-sentenced-for-stalking-internet-celebrity/ | Hacker Sentenced For Stalking Internet Celebrity | Kimberly Lau | [
"News"
] | [
"amorhilton",
"crime",
"hacker",
"hilton",
"jeffrey weinberg",
"JeffreyWeinberg",
"lexisnexis",
"myspace",
"stalker",
"stalking"
] | [Jeffrey Robert Weinberg] has been sentenced to 2 years
in state prison for a single act of computer intrusion. He had already served time in federal prison for
hacking into Lexis-Nexis
. Weinberg was caught through his cyberstalking – he went after an Internet celebrity. [
Amor Hilton
] was a MySpace user with a
popul... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "38760",
"author": "YoYo-Pete",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T22:02:33",
"content": "What an ID10T.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38761",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T22:17:14",
"content": "im waiting until... | 1,760,377,790.503851 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/map-abstraction-api-in-javascript/ | Map Abstraction API In Javascript | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"abstraction",
"api",
"googlemaps",
"javascript",
"mapping",
"mapquest",
"maps",
"mapstraction",
"yahoomaps"
] | Maybe you’ve tinkered a bit with the Google Maps API. Most of the software produced with it is not all that useful or entertaining, but
a few gem
have shone through. Still, wouldn’t it be better if applications produced with it could be easily ported to other online mapping services like Mapquest or Yahoo! Maps?
This i... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "56944",
"author": "Kazelkps",
"timestamp": "2008-12-28T03:32:05",
"content": "Hi!jzxv!http://piyytlsc.comqnnim znjhn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,790.396805 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/breath-controlled-led-candles/ | Breath Controlled LED Candles | jimmierodgers | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"AVR",
"birthday",
"candle",
"charlieplexing",
"instructables",
"led",
"microcontroller"
] | Instructables user [cedtlab] has posted an interesting LED project that
simulates birthday candles
. The circuit runs on an AVR ATTiny45, and is powered by 4 AA or AAA batteries. By using a
Charliplexing
technique, they are able to drive all 20 LEDs with only 5 pins of the ATTiny. A thermistor is used for detecting bre... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38757",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T20:33:46",
"content": "I would think the easier/cheaper method would involve a piezo mike — the DS uses the onboard mike to pick up “blowing”, which I’m pretty sure is just wind noise over the microphone. Aught to be easy enough t... | 1,760,377,790.453376 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/science-fiction-help-or-hindrance/ | Science Fiction, Help Or Hindrance? | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"books",
"io9",
"io9.com",
"metaverse",
"movies",
"nanotechnology",
"playinggod",
"science",
"sciencefiction",
"thediamondage"
] | [Annalee Newitz] from io9 has written a piece about how
science fiction can impact the public’s perception of scientific research
. She’s covered stories ranging from Frankenstein, for showing the negatives of humans “playing god”, to The Diamond Age, for showing an inspiring use of nanotechnology.
We wonder what direc... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39030",
"author": "brokenlcd",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T23:55:49",
"content": "The Sprawl trilogy by Gibson and Stephenson’s Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon were very inspiring, especially Cryptonomicon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,790.759643 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/mac-tablets-made-by-fans/ | Mac Tablets Made By Fans | Caleb Kraft | [
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Tablet Hacks"
] | [
"cintiq",
"diycintiq",
"diymactablet",
"itab",
"mactablet",
"modbook",
"pressuresensitive",
"tablet",
"touch",
"touchscreen",
"touchsensitive",
"trolltouch",
"wacom",
"wacomcintiq"
] | Macintosh makes a lot of wonderful pieces of technology, but they do not make a tablet. Pictured above is the
Modbook
, the closest you can currently get to a Mac tablet. Though not officially built by Apple, they are an Apple Premier Developer and that isn’t too shabby.
Several people have taken it upon themselves to ... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "39021",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T23:50:31",
"content": "this is one hack I don’t get — how could anybody spend $2500 on the modbook when Lenovo sells the X61 tablet at ~half the price? and frankly there is no big difference between a cintiq and a tablet pc: no pe... | 1,760,377,791.088008 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/radiohead-releases-laser-music-video-with-data/ | Radiohead Releases Laser Music Video With Data | Caleb Kraft | [
"News"
] | [
"3d",
"houseofcards",
"laser",
"lidar",
"musicvideo",
"Radiohead",
"video"
] | Radiohead has released their music video for “House Of Cards.” We’ve
already covered
some of the tech involved. If making an entire video without cameras wasn’t edgy enough, they’ve released all the point data for people to play with and remix. The band is encouraging people to post their creations to their
YouTube gro... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "39014",
"author": "RetepV",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T21:44:25",
"content": "Wow, looking at that clip makes me nauseus (serious!). I wonder what it does to people with epilepsy. Or maybe I’m latent epileptic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,790.920884 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/ard-e-cheap-arduino-robot-platform/ | Ard-e: Cheap Arduino Robot Platform | Will O'Brien | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"cheap",
"robots"
] | [Adam] sent in his robot:
Ard-e
. It’s build on a cheap remote control bull dozer kit along with a pile of cheap parts. He managed to keep the cost under $100. You might be getting sick of the Arduino love, but we love how the platform makes it possible for the micro controller novice to get results without taking adva... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "39009",
"author": "firetech",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T17:19:56",
"content": "Cool cheap hack… I love the cheaper hacks!!Speaking of the Arduino… Can we get a hacks column on the right for all the projects that use the Arduino?I know there seem to be a fair amount of them lately.",
... | 1,760,377,790.877821 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/14/refillable-canned-air/ | Refillable Canned Air | jimmierodgers | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"air",
"airduster",
"cannedair",
"dangerous",
"recycling",
"reusable",
"reuse",
"schrader",
"schradervalve"
] | While not very technical, [3eff_Jeff] posted an
interesting modification to an empty air canister
that makes it refillable. He was tired of drilling holes in the ozone, so he carefully drilled a hole into the top of the can instead. In the name of caution, he made sure the can was completely empty first by tying the tr... | 31 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "38979",
"author": "Bobby",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T08:02:38",
"content": "Interestingly enough, there was a commercial product like this sold through Office Depot about 10 years ago. It was called EnviroDust or EnviroDuster. It was sold by Fellowes I believe. I’ve often thought ... | 1,760,377,790.987765 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/13/funkytown-performed-by-old-hardware/ | Funkytown Performed By Old Hardware | Eliot | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"funkytown",
"lippsinc",
"music",
"nude",
"obsolete",
"obsoletehardware",
"oldhardware",
"Radiohead"
] | Inspired by [James Houston]’s remix of
Radiohead’s Nude on obsolete hardware
, [bd594] put together this
mix of Lipps Inc.’s Funkytown
. No sampling was used, but he had to loop the footage of the Avaya dot matrix printer’s drum part because it shook the table too much. The guitar and bass line are performed by a
Commo... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "38974",
"author": "dinK3r",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T06:52:29",
"content": "coolest hack i’ve seen in years!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38975",
"author": "steveorama",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T07:14:21",
"cont... | 1,760,377,791.340262 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/13/will-it-blend-tests-the-iphone-3g/ | Will It Blend? Tests The IPhone 3G | Kimberly Lau | [
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"funny",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"tom dickson",
"TomDickson",
"will it blend",
"WillItBlend"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxq90xmYUs&hl=en&fs=1]
The
Will It Blend?
host, [Tom Dickson], is at it again. This time, he blends the new
Apple iPhone 3G
. We’re completely in awe of how efficient the blender is at the destruction of electronics, and this time, it’s no different. Watch in fascination (or hor... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "38946",
"author": "Steve DiRaddo",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T02:40:24",
"content": "the iphone is way overrated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38947",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T02:49:30",
... | 1,760,377,791.232539 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/11/usb-popcorn-popper/ | USB Popcorn Popper | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"gadgets",
"usb"
] | [sophia] sent in this interesting little video of a USB popcorn popper. It might just work too – we’ve burned our digits a time or two on a hot flashlight. The bottom is a jar lid, fitted with a pair of high intensity flashlight bulbs. These are wired directly to a USB cable (maybe a bit unwise). When plugged in, the b... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "38740",
"author": "Floe",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T15:50:55",
"content": "Uhm.. according to my humble physics knowledge, an USB port can supply a whopping 2.5 Watts (5V * 500mA). And that’s really supposed to be enough for heating that can? I’d be a bit less unbelieving if there wo... | 1,760,377,791.037848 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/dancing-wall-e-and-rhythmic-synth/ | Dancing Wall-E And Rhythmic Synth | Juan Aguilar | [
"digital audio hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"dance",
"music",
"nycresistor",
"rhythm",
"robot",
"synth",
"synthesizer",
"wall-e",
"walle"
] | Whether you loved, hated, or didn’t see Wall-E, it’s hard not to fall in love with the iDance Wall-E toy. Connect him to an audio source and
Wall-E will dance around like an epileptic Billy Bass
.
[Gian Pablo Villamil] at NYC Resistor wondered whether it would work with his custom made Rhythmic Synth, and to his and ou... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "38731",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T07:11:36",
"content": "A robot that convulses to noise, what an achievement…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38732",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T09... | 1,760,377,791.130494 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/spotlight-on-tinyminds/ | Spotlight On Tinyminds | Kimberly Lau | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"beam",
"beambots",
"etsy",
"handmade",
"robots",
"solar",
"solar energy",
"solar-powered",
"SolarEnergy"
] | Etsy
places a
spotlight on tinyminds
, creator of the much-hyped solar robots. [Jenny], the brains behind
tinyminds
and self-described “all round nerd and non-stop crafter”, claims to draw inspiration for her
BEAM
solar bug and monster robots from things as varied as paper and wood. She describes the process of creatin... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "38725",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T07:05:12",
"content": "Neat, but typically missing pictures from the back.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38726",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T07:17:... | 1,760,377,791.168425 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/pirate-bay-hits-the-road-angles-for-encryption/ | Pirate Bay Hits The Road, Angles For Encryption | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"decryption",
"encryption",
"ipaddress",
"piratbyran",
"piratebay",
"privacy",
"security",
"thepiratebay",
"torrent",
"torrents"
] | Piratbyrån and their hearties from The Pirate Bay are on a
pan-European summer journey
that will end at the
Manifesta art biennial
in Italy, but in the meantime they’ve been hard at work lobbying for
total network encryption
, a system that would protect users of a network (say, a P2P network) from deep packet inspecti... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "38723",
"author": "TheSkorm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T03:28:12",
"content": "You may be able to find the destination ip, but that info can useless if the network is setup correctly. Being a P2P, most target IPs will be client computers, which won’t run sites. The data could have be... | 1,760,377,791.377769 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/portable-air-conditioner/ | Portable Air Conditioner | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"airconditioner",
"airconditioning",
"cooler",
"styrofoam",
"swampcooler",
"temperature",
"temperature-control"
] | The dog days of Summer are looming just over the horizon like a hot sticky wave of impending doom, but you don’t have to take it lying down.
Building a portable air conditioner
is cheap easy, and we daresay refreshing.
You’ll need the following materials: a condenser, heater core, or radiator, a styrofoam cooler, a sub... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "38711",
"author": "redfireant3",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T02:09:11",
"content": "try a hand full of salt with ice and water, cools faster.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38712",
"author": "Andrew Cooper",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,377,791.428266 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/cheap-hack-may-double-solar-panel-power/ | Cheap Hack May Double Solar Panel Power | Benjamin Eckel | [
"News",
"Solar Hacks"
] | [
"efficiency",
"mit",
"solar",
"solarpanel",
"wired"
] | MIT researchers have devised something they call the
Solar Concentrator
which is to be placed on top of existing solar cells. Its purpose is to separate the visible and infrared spectra of light by absorbing the visible spectrum and routing the energy to specialized cells. They claim this could lead to doubling the pan... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "38708",
"author": "Skyler Orlando",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T02:51:43",
"content": "Yeah, if you could control how much light was absorbed, you’d have self-powered auto-dimming windows! lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38709"... | 1,760,377,791.468483 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/tangible-sequencer-interface-with-skittles/ | Tangible Sequencer Interface With Skittles | Benjamin Eckel | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"candysequencer",
"kylemcdonald",
"sequencer",
"skittles",
"tangibleinterface",
"video"
] | Using a webcam, some cardboard, and a bag of Skittles, [Kyle McDonald] created this
tangible interface for a beat sequencer
. The Skittles are dropped onto the rows which correspond to a drum channel and each Skittle represents an 1/8th note. For such cheap components, the system seems to recognize the sequences pretty... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "38703",
"author": "toki mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T01:16:51",
"content": "the next step in Skittles technology",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38704",
"author": "dane",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T03:07:28",
"con... | 1,760,377,792.073671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/motorized-unicycles/ | Motorized Unicycles | Caleb Kraft | [
"Roundup",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bombardier",
"embrio",
"monowheel",
"motorcycle",
"motorizedunicycle",
"noah",
"segway",
"singlewheelmotorcycle",
"trevorblackwell",
"unicycle"
] | The
Segway
may be a technological wonder, but motorized balancing transportation has been around for a while. We’ve gathered up some of our favorite motorized unicycles for your knee scraping enjoyment.
The design above makes us immediately think of the
very recent wonder
by [Ben Gulak] that earned him the
cover of Pop... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "38697",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T01:04:30",
"content": "these are just flat out bad ideas. the diy ones are cool from the because i can perspective, but if they aren’t fast enough to be laterally stable, they’re useless as more than a toy, and if they are fast ... | 1,760,377,791.597606 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/black-ox-robot-for-sale/ | Black Ox Robot For Sale | Kimberly Lau | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"anime",
"blackox",
"crunchgear",
"gigantor",
"preorder",
"robot"
] | Remember
Gigantor
, the anime about the original “Iron Man”? Fans of the show will want to take note:
Vstone
, maker of robots and other products, is now accepting orders for the Black Ox, Gigantor’s nemesis. It’s a real robot with 22 joints, and can be controlled via a wireless remote. The product can only be ordered
... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "38690",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T00:30:23",
"content": "now only if it could shoot lasers yo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38691",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T00:49:55",
"content": ... | 1,760,377,792.197389 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/neo-freerunner-software-review/ | Neo FreeRunner Software Review | Kimberly Lau | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"arstechnica",
"cellphone",
"development",
"freerunner",
"linux",
"mobilephone",
"open source",
"openmoko",
"phone",
"software"
] | A first look from Ars Technica
at the newly released Neo FreeRunner phone
by OpenMoko reveals some interesting information. There are three different software stacks available to use; the Neo FreeRunner will ship with the GTK-based stack, referred to as om2007.2. It offers conventional smartphone applications, but most... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38687",
"author": "miknix",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T23:56:07",
"content": "“Since none of the stacks are considered “fully functional”, OpenMoko may have a difficult time attracting a mainstream audience.”Looking at other alternatives, Windows Mobile for instance, I can say that Op... | 1,760,377,792.029785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/iphone-20-firmware-jailbroken-3g-taken-apart/ | IPhone: 2.0 Firmware Jailbroken, 3G Taken Apart | Juan Aguilar | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"3g",
"apple",
"firmware",
"ifixit",
"iphone",
"Iphone2.0",
"iphone3g",
"iphonedevteam",
"jailbreak",
"teardown"
] | Oh, iPhone Dev Team, you are a hoot. It isn’t that you managed to
jailbreak the iPhone 2.0 firmware
on the day of its release, although we can’t help but smirk at that. It isn’t even that you revealed your handiwork in a playful way. We simply love that you expertly work us into a frenzy for the new jailbreak installer... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "38681",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T22:52:07",
"content": "Luckily, people are wanting the iPhone so badly already, that this jailbreak doesn’t really increase the number of buyers. But thanks for letting us know though.I hope jailbroken iPhones work nicely with ... | 1,760,377,792.15041 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/magnetic-movie/ | Magnetic Movie | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"auroraborealis",
"magneticfieldlines",
"magneticfields",
"magnetism",
"movie",
"nasa",
"semiconductor",
"video"
] | Magnetic field lines may be invisible to the naked eye, but they behave in ways that would amaze us if only we could see them. [Ruth Jarman] and [Joe Gerhardt] from Semiconductor wanted to make them visible for everyone, so they produced
Magnetic Movie
, a film that combines animations, theoretical models, and actual V... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38678",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T21:59:19",
"content": "oh you should really add a “ultra-high-latency blogging” category, this has been on infostetics months ago :)but not bad, it’s beautiful enough…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}... | 1,760,377,791.948466 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/optical-dj-controller/ | Optical DJ Controller | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"dance",
"dj",
"music"
] | [Adrian] sent in
this
sweet little optical DJ controller. The ‘turntable’ was made from a CD and an encoder wheel created with a laser printed transparent overhead sheet. You can score some optical gear from a spare mouse, or just buy the parts. A PIC18F452 encodes everything into a midi signal. You can find a good pho... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "38673",
"author": "gardeski",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T16:37:38",
"content": "wow, slick concept and good skratching, i’m impressed, how-to please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38674",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,792.113211 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/new-sparkfun-designs/ | New Sparkfun Designs | Juan Aguilar | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] | [
"arduino",
"atmega",
"charger",
"ic",
"led",
"pcb",
"sparkfun"
] | Sparkfun has recently released a
bevy of new boards and other devices
, with some very intriguing new builds among them.
The first board that caught our attention is the
Wee
. It is a compact Arduino compatible controller that features a small size, low voltage, and many other minimalist attributes. It is built around ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "38667",
"author": "Norm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T12:34:15",
"content": "really loved the lilypad led.. there are so many ways to play with it.. intertwining your sewing with thin metal wires and arranging the lilypads on the wires would allow powering from a centralized source.. i... | 1,760,377,791.994896 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/laser-exposing-pcb-resist/ | Laser Exposing PCB Resist | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"electronics",
"etching",
"laser",
"pcb"
] | [andre] sent in his first attempt at using a
HD-DVD laser diode to expose photosensitive resist
to create PC boards. We’ve been meaning to give this a shot with the ol’ Epilog laser cutter. For the test, he coated the board with some resist and hand exposed it with the laser. Finally, he etched it with some sodium hydr... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "38612",
"author": "lwr20",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T15:07:20",
"content": "I suspect he *developed* the board with Sodium Hydroxide and then etched it with something else… But I can’t check ATM because the link is broken :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,792.335583 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/touchkit-ir-multitouch-screen/ | Touchkit – IR Multitouch Screen | Will O'Brien | [
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"kit",
"ladyada",
"multitouch",
"nord",
"preorder",
"projector",
"surface",
"touchkit"
] | If you’ve got an extra grand laying around, you can pre-order one of [nortd]’s
touchkits
. It features a unique custom made acrylic screen with a crap ton of IR LEDs embedded in it. An included IR camera provides the input and a projector (you get to supply your own) is used to light the surface. We mentioned this in o... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "38601",
"author": "Leif902",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T06:40:10",
"content": "Or, for 40 bucks you could imitate Johnny Lee and build one out of a Wii Remote. Take your pick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38602",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,792.243042 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/microwaving-rfid-cards/ | Microwaving RFID Cards | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"contactless",
"creditcard",
"mastercard",
"microwave",
"paymentcar",
"paypass",
"rfid"
] | Buzzsurf
microwaved an RFID card
so you don’t have to. Pointless, but real, unlike those
piles of $20s
.
[via
Synaptic Seepage
]
permalink | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "38592",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T04:39:49",
"content": "well maybe only some $20 have rfid inside to help the cops track crims???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38593",
"author": "J. Carnelian",
"times... | 1,760,377,792.29106 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/nokia-haptikos-patent-application-reveals-its-technology/ | Nokia Haptikos Patent Application Reveals Its Technology | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"haptic",
"hapticfeedback",
"haptics",
"haptikos",
"nokia",
"patentapplication",
"patents",
"touchscreen"
] | We’ve been waiting for more information on the Nokia Haptikos, the haptic feedback touchscreen announced last October and largely forgotten until now. We knew that it would be a device that could raise sections
of its touchscreen to simulate the feel of buttons or keys, we just weren’t sure how Nokia would pull that of... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "38589",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T04:18:17",
"content": "i have the voyager (touch screen phone with keypad) and i have gota say IT SUCKS i have also had the iphone IMPOSABLE TO TEXT i would be really interested in geting this phone if it allows software to b... | 1,760,377,792.461341 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/guide-to-creating-small-planets/ | Guide To Creating Small Planets | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"imageediting",
"panoramic",
"panoramicphotography",
"photography",
"photoshop",
"planets",
"rasterbation",
"rasterbator",
"smallplanets"
] | We at Hackaday often dream of having our own personal planets where we wouldn’t have to deal with other people, but our spaceships aren’t quite ready. While we figure that out, you can do the next best thing: render small planets using Photoshop or GIMP with a few other graphics apps and this
guide to making small plan... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "38580",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T04:23:56",
"content": "lol nice one … reminds me of some book i red in 9th grade … forgot the name",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38581",
"author": "Wolf",
"time... | 1,760,377,792.804936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/lively-googles-stab-at-second-life/ | Lively, Google’s Stab At Second Life | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"avatar",
"avatars",
"google",
"lively",
"mud",
"muds",
"second life",
"SecondLife"
] | Google has just released their own avatar based social arena a la Second Life, which is called
Lively
. It will require a client download and install like the popular MUD, but after that it can be accessed via IE and Firefox.
Lively
allows user to create their own online spaces that can include natural or human-built s... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "38571",
"author": "tjhow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T03:06:23",
"content": "wtf? stop posting bs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38572",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T03:55:48",
"content": "@ tjhow... | 1,760,377,792.759019 |
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