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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/01/powered-bicycles/ | Powered Bicycles | Sean Percival | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"bicycle",
"bike",
"electic vehicle",
"electical",
"ElecticVehicle",
"ev"
] | We’ve started to noticing a lot of commercial electric bikes on the street. Last year we looked at an
electric trike project
, after the break find out what people have been up to lately with similar projects.
[Jeff Radtke] and [Hans Noeldner] are two engineers who put together a
self-contained electric powered bicycle... | 17 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "36079",
"author": "robind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-02T04:11:28",
"content": "So then he just leaves his electric bike kit on the side of the road? It probably won’t get stolen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36080",
"author"... | 1,760,377,825.621126 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/01/this-week-in-our-history/ | This Week In (our) History | Sean Percival | [
"News"
] | [
"2005",
"cable",
"hackaday",
"nokia",
"nokia770",
"nokia810",
"speaker",
"speakercables",
"week"
] | Time to look way back into the Hackaday archives, well back to 2005 at least. This is a new feature to follow up and revisit some of our favorite projects of the past. Our first installment includes the week of May 24-31 2005.
Pictured above we see one of the amazing cable braiding machines from UK based
Cobra Machiner... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "36071",
"author": "Kenneth",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T22:08:57",
"content": "Excellent post – but there’s one thing I’d like to say: I would be careful to make sure that projects have had progress or that you have something more to say. Other sites, like LifeHacker, started gettin... | 1,760,377,825.471322 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/09/ti-83-intervalometer/ | TI-83 Intervalometer | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"dslr",
"eos",
"texasinstruments",
"ti",
"ti-83"
] | The headline
How to Make Time Lapse Video With Your DSLR
didn’t really grab us. Honestly, you pay that much for a camera and it can’t do time lapse out of the box? Well, we nearly missed the real story: [Chris Martino] was
using a TI-83 to act as the intervalometer
for the camera. The calculator has a 2.5mm audio jack ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "36529",
"author": "Nephroth",
"timestamp": "2008-06-09T19:32:39",
"content": "Yeah, I wrote a lot of programs for the TI83 back in high school, and I always lamented its lack of an RTC. Neat idea though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"commen... | 1,760,377,825.768129 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/09/rgb-laser-diode-projector/ | RGB Laser Diode Projector | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [
"friggin lasers",
"FrigginLasers",
"hd-dvd",
"lasers"
] | [fl-consult] published
this
interesting RGB laser diode projector. The build uses three lasers, 532nm green, 660nm red and a 405nm blue diode from an XBox 360 HD-DVD drive. Aside from the salvaged diodes, it uses some off the shelf hardware to power and scan the lasers to make the display. Details are a bit lacking, b... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "36518",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-09T15:31:34",
"content": "Add a smoke machine between the projector and the projection screen :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36519",
"author": "cossist",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,825.530148 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/08/hackit-simple-portable-monitor/ | Hackit: Simple Portable Monitor | Eliot | [
"HackIt"
] | [
"display",
"HackIt",
"playstation",
"psone",
"screen"
] | We’re often asked what a simple way to add a display to a project is and we even hinted at this yesterday with
the HMD comparison
. The answer is: we’re not really sure. In the past, the go to was
PSOne add on displays
. They accept composite input which means you can painlessly attach almost any other consumer device ... | 43 | 43 | [
{
"comment_id": "36480",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-09T06:06:31",
"content": "There’s no lower common denominator than HD44780-based character LCDs. They’re cheap, easy to find, easy to interface to, and don’t have the uC memory overhead of storing fonts and icons. Moving on up, ther... | 1,760,377,825.714852 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/08/portrait-robot/ | Portrait Robot | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"drawing",
"ink",
"portrait",
"quill",
"robot"
] | [
bre
] passed along this
portrait drawing robot
from the same people that brought you the
chief cook robot
. Like the previous project, the portrait drawing bot emphasizes man machine interaction. The subject sits down and is asked for the quill. The robot captures the subject’s image and runs it through several proce... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "36474",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-06-09T02:49:12",
"content": "This is quite a feat – just the image processing is pretty hard, getting a (probably grainy) image of the person, seperating it from the background, detecting edges etc. is a real challange.The voice synt... | 1,760,377,825.915451 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/08/robofish-real-fish/ | Robofish > Real Fish | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"fish",
"robofish",
"robot",
"robotics",
"robots",
"underwater",
"underwaterrobot"
] | This is the kind of engineering that gets us excited, and not just because we like
machines modeled on living things
. Science Daily reports that Associate professor [Kristi Morgansen] from The University of Washington has
developed these robofish for underwater data collection
. Her technology is notable for two major... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "36469",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-08T20:40:01",
"content": "After everyone started complaining I don’t think I’ve seen a bad post on the site…Good job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36470",
"author": "Gibbta... | 1,760,377,825.960816 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/08/diy-tomtom-docking-station/ | DIY TomTom Docking Station | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"gps hacks",
"handhelds hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"gpd",
"pcb"
] | TomToms have been getting pretty cheap. We like ’em because they’re
nice and hackable
.
This
diy docking station was made from some etched PCBs, a bunch of male pin headers and a bit of hot glue.
permalink | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "36466",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-08T17:15:20",
"content": "oh mah god that is so ghetto, i love itbut Tomtoms are still WAY overpricedin Poland you can get Chinese knockoffs running Windows CE like Akira 3512 or Manta 020 for $90http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgC-avBD... | 1,760,377,825.566373 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/07/consumer-hmd-comparison/ | Consumer HMD Comparison | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"gizmodo",
"goggles",
"headmounteddisplays",
"hmd",
"videogoggles"
] | We’ve wanted headed mounted display technology to take hold for a long time. Gizmodo recently
compared two consumer models
: the Zeiss Cinemizer ($400) and the Myvu Crystal ($300). Unfortunately the resolution of HMDs has gone nowhere in the last 10 years. These two devices only support 640×480 and are aimed specifical... | 28 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "36442",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-08T07:21:55",
"content": "Snow Crash.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36443",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-06-08T07:30:48",
"content": "oh, please…",
... | 1,760,377,825.872493 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/01/picaxe-tachometer/ | Picaxe Tachometer | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"digital gauges",
"DigitalGauges",
"diy",
"gauges",
"vehicle"
] | It might seem like we’re on a vehicle hacking kick this weekend, but [Rex] built an excellent
custom digital tach
for his race car. It uses the classic seven segment displays, a PICAXE microcontroller and works with most engines. He’s released full source and PC board designs to boot. This looks like a great little tac... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "36066",
"author": "splame",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T14:34:01",
"content": "If anyone has a good resource that describes how to ‘condition’ the output on the coil and the a pulse counting input on a tachometer/rev-counter (basically, take the huge voltage spike when the field around... | 1,760,377,825.809689 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/31/silicon-hacking/ | Silicon Hacking | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"chris",
"christarnovsky",
"nailpolish",
"nds",
"nitricacid",
"satellite",
"silicon",
"smartcard",
"smartcards"
] | Wired recently posted
an article
and
video
detailing our friend [Chris Tarnovsky]’s process for hacking smart cards. In the video, [Chris] shows how he strips away physical components of the chips inside the smartcards using various gadgets and chemicals.
The first step is to remove the chip from its plastic frame. Aft... | 13 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "36057",
"author": "Bp",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T06:49:40",
"content": "sweet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36058",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T07:03:01",
"content": "does any one else think t... | 1,760,377,826.035279 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/31/robotic-cats/ | Robotic Cats | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"cat",
"necoro",
"robot",
"roboticcat"
] | It’s caturday, so let’s post some freaking cats. With a little research we found commercial, hobbyist, research, and cyborg cats.
First up is
NeCoRo
. Released in 2001, this is probably the most recognized commercial robot cat; renowned for its creepiness.
Not wanting to be shut out of a market Sega has developed their... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "36047",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T03:15:29",
"content": "nice post!since reading/watching this i’m now very afraid of cats, thanks for ruining that feline avenue for me.i also herd u liek mudkips?/b/tards are everywhere!man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,377,826.194565 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/31/nanobot-nanosoccer/ | Nanobot Nanosoccer | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"football",
"medgadget",
"nanobots",
"nanosoccer",
"nanotechnology",
"nist",
"robocup",
"robocupopen",
"robot",
"soccer"
] | Medgadget recently published a post about a
soccer competition for nanobots
at
RoboCup
. The nanobots compete on a field that measures 1500 by 2500 micrometers with goals on the long sides jutting 500 micrometers out. Like normal soccer athletes, the nanobot teams attempt to push the ball – in this case, a silicon diox... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "36045",
"author": "Dosbomber",
"timestamp": "2008-06-01T08:51:47",
"content": "FYI, a micrometer = one millionth of a meter, or one thousandth of a millimeter.Cans of compressed air don’t filter foreign particles this small.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []... | 1,760,377,826.436238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/31/digidash-digital-dashboard-for-megasquirt/ | Digidash: Digital Dashboard For Megasquirt | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"dashboard",
"digital",
"efi",
"knight rider",
"KnightRider"
] | The
Digidash project
is an open source digital dashboard designed just for the megasquirt EFI system we mentioned in our diy
EFI motorcycle post
. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t link the hardware design. From the description, I’m assuming that it’s essentially a graphic LCD driven by an Atmel microcontroller that talk... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "36041",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-05-31T19:48:29",
"content": "I’d be interested in something like this that output to a standard composite cable based LCD. I’ve got a double din DVD/NAV unit in my car and plan in moving to a MegaSquirt system in the future…. t... | 1,760,377,826.32737 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/alternative-3d-controllers/ | Alternative 3D Controllers | Sean Percival | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"3d",
"3dconnexion",
"googleearth",
"SecondLife"
] | There are several very nice 3D mice out there for navigating services like Google Earth or
Second Life
.
3Dconnexion
for example makes a whole line of devices for 3D navigation. Their compact units offer 6-8 degrees of freedom with several customizable options. The company has an SDK available and many of their devices... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "36035",
"author": "moses",
"timestamp": "2008-05-31T07:28:58",
"content": "Um you forgot the do-it-all Wii-remote.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36036",
"author": "Che Gumby",
"timestamp": "2008-05-31T09:09:04",
"c... | 1,760,377,826.634731 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/upcoming-convention-roundup/ | Upcoming Convention Roundup | Sean Percival | [
"cons"
] | [
"con",
"conference",
"conferences",
"convention",
"defcon16",
"thelasthope"
] | Lots of con news is coming in these days so lets do a quick roundup of upcoming events:
REcon
June 13-15, 2008
Montreal, Canada
REcon has started posting information about their
training sessions
such as the
Advanced Reverse Engineering
session with Nicolas Brulez.
The Last HOPE
July 18-20, 2008
New York City
The Last ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "111639",
"author": "Audio Visual Installations",
"timestamp": "2009-12-14T06:30:08",
"content": "You wouldn’t believe it but I have wasted all day looking for some articles about this. Thanks for this, it was a wonderful read and really helped me out. Have a good one,Audio Visual ... | 1,760,377,826.496347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/roomba-pac-man/ | Roomba Pac-Man | Sean Percival | [
"LED Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"led",
"mpu",
"pacman",
"roomba"
] | [
Ron Tajima
] fashioned a
Pac-Man casemod for his Roomba
using 448 LEDs and a SH2 MPU control unit. It features the correct arcade sounds and even the death animation. The bot has Bluetooth access thanks to his
previous Wiimote hack
. He hopes to use this platform to create a real world version of the game.
[youtube=h... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "36222",
"author": "will d.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T06:36:29",
"content": "i really like this guy’s sense of humor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36223",
"author": "Carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T06:57:00",
... | 1,760,377,826.542373 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/using-multiple-browsers-for-security/ | Using Multiple Browsers For Security | Sean Percival | [
"firefox hacks",
"News"
] | [
"browser",
"bug",
"firefox",
"linux",
"memory",
"securosis",
"virtualmachine"
] | [Rich] over at Securosis takes us through some of his
browser paranoia exercises
. He uses different browser profiles for different types of web activities. Based on potential risk, various tasks are separated to protect from
CSRF attacks
and more. Everyday browsing with low risk passwords is done in one. RSS reading w... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "36207",
"author": "ronsense",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T04:45:20",
"content": "wow. how very slashdot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36208",
"author": "bikedude880",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T04:55:17",
"content": "W... | 1,760,377,826.593637 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/playing-the-building-with-david-byrne/ | Playing The Building With David Byrne | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"art",
"artinstallation",
"artinstallations",
"building",
"buildings",
"byrne",
"davidbyrne",
"installation",
"organ",
"pipeorgan",
"talkingheads"
] | Do you remember the
solenoid concert
that used a sequencer to control several solenoids striking different surfaces? Musician
David Byrne
has taken the concept and executed it on a much larger scale with his “
Playing the Building
” installation in an old municipal ferry terminal in New York. Devices that bang the gird... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "36204",
"author": "zoinks",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T11:59:44",
"content": "no writeup? no schematic? no hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36205",
"author": "Phil Barrett",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T16:51:45",
"... | 1,760,377,826.709205 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/creeping-wave-antenna/ | Creeping Wave Antenna | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"antenas",
"antenna",
"biosensor",
"creepingwave",
"medgadget",
"medical",
"wban"
] | Monitoring medical patients remotely 24 hours a day has always proven to be a difficult proposition due the size of the wireless sensors attached to the patient’s body to relay vital signs. A team from Queen’s University Belfast has come up with a solution that
utilizes the creeping wave effect
. The effect applies to ... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "36202",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-04T00:53:46",
"content": "I heard the test gave 40% stronger results in men under the age of 25… Hmmm … ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36203",
"author": "amor fati",
"ti... | 1,760,377,826.671366 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/flying-manta-ray-blimp/ | Flying Manta Ray Blimp | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"airray",
"air_ray",
"balloon",
"festo",
"helium",
"heliumballoonaircraft",
"manta",
"MantaRay",
"mantas",
"ray"
] | German engineering firm Festo has created
this flying manta ray
. Dubbed the Air_ray, it’s a balloon made of an aluminum-vaporised “PET foil”. Inflated with helium, the Air_ray’s propulsion system is a flapping wing drive. Each wing has alternating pressure and tension flanks that are attached to an internal set of rib... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "36187",
"author": "EvilTwin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-03T21:32:28",
"content": "That is seriously cool-looking. The Zeppelin mk2! ; )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36188",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-03T22:01... | 1,760,377,826.762069 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/03/cnc-milling-gun-parts/ | CNC Milling Gun Parts | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"aluminum",
"beretta",
"cnc",
"gun",
"guns",
"milling"
] | Gun issues aside, [Justin]’s been CNC milling his own gun parts for quite a while. We’ve been a fan of his work simply because of the technical challenge that this sort of milling presents. Even if you’re anti-gun, you should check out the work he’s been turning out. Pictured is one of his early projects: a
92fs Berett... | 31 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "36166",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-03T14:22:58",
"content": "nice, illegal in Poland tho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36167",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-03T15:33:21",
"content": "Awesome, ... | 1,760,377,827.053726 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/02/diy-ballistic-gel/ | DIY Ballistic Gel | Sean Percival | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"ballistic",
"ballistics gel",
"ballisticsgel",
"chronograph",
"gel"
] | Earlier today, we looked at
DIY ballistic glass
, so we decided to look into
DIY ballistic gel
as well. Anyone who watches
Mythbusters
is probably already well familiar with their extensive use of this wonderful gel. Turns out the stuff is beyond easy to create at home. With some gelatin molds (and firepower) you could... | 14 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "36154",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-03T05:58:46",
"content": "The chronograph link didn’t work, I think this is the right linkhttp://www.geocities.com/pest3125/chrono/chrono.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "36155... | 1,760,377,826.977238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/oink-arrests/ | OiNK Arrests | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"arrest",
"arrests",
"bittorrent",
"filesharing",
"music",
"oink",
"torrent",
"torrentfreak",
"torrents"
] | British authorities have reportedly begun arresting users of
OiNK
. Last week at least one person was
arrested for seeding a single album
on the now-defunct torrent index. The user was questioned by police and then released on bail.
Though it is not new for record companies to engage in civil action against users of fi... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "36008",
"author": "David R",
"timestamp": "2008-05-31T01:30:29",
"content": "I’m confused…why is this posted on hackaday? I come here for neat hardware/software homebrew/hacks/etc. I could care less about legal action against some random pirate stealing some random album.",
"par... | 1,760,377,827.122124 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/psp-external-controller-wiring/ | PSP External Controller Wiring | Eliot | [
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"playstation",
"ps2",
"psp"
] | Acimods contributor [Blizzrad] has just finished one of the cleanest mods we’ve seen in a while. With minimal modification to the outside of the PSP he was able to
add an external PS2 controller
. This naturally took a lot of internal modification. The controller and PSP use a 25 pin SMT connector salvaged from a lapto... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "36004",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T22:08:59",
"content": "There’s a PSP look-a-like that also has an external controller port.But I think a firmware hack is more useful to the rest of us.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,827.196976 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/xy-fabric-interface/ | XY Fabric Interface | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"conductivefabric",
"ConductiveTechnology",
"textile",
"xyinteraction"
] | [Maurin Donneaud], the
giant fabric keyboard
builder, has also been working on the
XYinteraction tactile interface
. XYinteraction is made of two sheets of fabric stretched across a square frame with the conductive threads of each sheet running in opposite directions. When the user touches one of the sheets, it makes c... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "4174247",
"author": "Maurin DONNEAUD",
"timestamp": "2017-10-30T10:43:07",
"content": "Seehttp://eTextile.org;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,827.605696 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/led-ambient-light-strips/ | LED Ambient Light Strips | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"ambient",
"ambilight",
"led",
"leds"
] | [Shadow] sent in his ambient LED strip project. He picked up a ton of RGB (Red/Green/Blue) LEDs off of eBay and built several LED strips. To get up and running, he used an
LED-wiz controller
. With the off the shelf controller, this is a pretty easy project, and the ambient lighting effect looks great. Check out the vi... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "35998",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T16:18:24",
"content": "YE GODS! SEIZURE TIME.Ok you really need to add some fade control to that. Your ambient lights are seriously ambient _strobe_ lights. A fade system would make it even more professional. That video w... | 1,760,377,827.274475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/30/best-of-the-rest/ | Best Of The Rest | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"bestoftherest",
"links"
] | Here are some more stories from yesterday that we found interesting:
MediaDefender takes down Revision3
. Revision3 posts about it; takes down self.
Monkey cyborg
Multiplayer iPod Touch Pong
[via
Waxy
]
Powered exosuit available for preorder
, 200 pound capacity
Atari Punk Capsule
[via
BoingBoing
]
That
CSS history lea... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "35993",
"author": "redfireant3",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T14:35:40",
"content": "great, coming soon army of Doc Oct!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35994",
"author": "Tijmen Stam",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T15:00:47",
... | 1,760,377,827.23784 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/29/solar-powered-lawnmower/ | Solar Powered Lawnmower | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"batterycharging",
"electricalwiring",
"lawn",
"lawnmower",
"lawnmowerbattery",
"solar",
"solarpanel",
"solarpower"
] | Our post about what it takes to
convert your home to solar power
probably put you in a green mood, but if you want to start with something smaller, check out this guide on
how to add a solar panel to your lawnmower
.
You will need a battery-powered lawnmower for this, as well as a 12-volt solar charger with a car light... | 8 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35987",
"author": "Joel Sullivan",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T15:12:20",
"content": "This is crap. That cheap amorphous panel is most likely rated at 5 watts. There is —no–possible–way— that solar panel is going to charge those batteries in 4 to 6 hours. Try more like 2 weeks.This ... | 1,760,377,827.571692 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/29/how-to-super-simple-serial-terminal/ | How-To: Super Simple Serial Terminal | Adam Harris | [
"how-to",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"hackaday",
"howto",
"lcd",
"linux",
"serial",
"terminal"
] | This hack shows how to make a dumb terminal out of a keyboard, LCD screen, and an 8-bit microcontroller. From time to time, a portable dumb terminal can be handy for when you have to rescue a headless server that’s acting up or if you are building a minicomputer out of a WRT, or if you just want to learn how to run a k... | 38 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "35955",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T03:25:53",
"content": "Nice, this is sooo detailed, I actually might try it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35956",
"author": "TheZeusJuice",
"timestamp": "2008-05-30T... | 1,760,377,827.367604 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/29/what-it-takes-to-go-solar/ | What It Takes To Go Solar | Juan Aguilar | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"alternativeenergy",
"greenpower",
"solar",
"solarpanel",
"solarpanelinstallation",
"solarpanels",
"solarpower"
] | ExtremeTech has posted
an article detailing the process of adding solar power to a house
. The author included some interesting detail about his personal power consumption, and details about the process of selecting his contractor too. The total cost of the installation came to about $36,000 after state and federal reb... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "35936",
"author": "Michael Gross",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T22:54:25",
"content": "Glad it was done, and I like the return numbers. If the cost is still too big for you, register for another method athttp://SolarPanel-Rental.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies"... | 1,760,377,827.437079 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/29/mpguino-injector-level-fuel-montoring/ | Mpguino: Injector Level Fuel Montoring | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"efi",
"fuel",
"fuel montoring",
"FuelMontoring",
"mpg"
] | [dcb] posted about his work on the
mpgduino
mpguino
. The project uses an arduino with a LCD display to monitor fuel consumption based on vehicle speed and the pulses of the fuel injectors being fired. It’s definitely an interesting project given current fuel costs and the passive nature of the project. You can easily ... | 28 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "35912",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T15:03:40",
"content": "I would think that any fuel monitoring system of a modern EFI engine would be done at the injector level, Where else would you monitor the fuel? I suppose you could run some fancy calculation taking... | 1,760,377,827.668747 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/28/best-of-the-rest-2/ | Best Of The Rest | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"android",
"balanceboard",
"bestofrest",
"links",
"wii",
"wiifit",
"windows7"
] | Here are some more stories from today that we found interesting:
First Wii Fit hack:
Control Google Earth
New Android UI demoed
Google opens App Engine
Windows 7 demoed
, multitouch ducttaped in
Mac security update released
Hacker scripts $50000 in microdeposits
Displacements
shows history of white washed room
Biggest ... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35908",
"author": "tjhow",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T08:23:54",
"content": "“First Wii Fit hack”, NEGATORY!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35909",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T09:49:20",
"content": "so... | 1,760,377,827.748134 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/28/embedded-led-pong-table/ | Embedded LED Pong Table | Juan Aguilar | [
"LED Hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"corian",
"dupont",
"led",
"leds",
"moritzwaldemeyer",
"pong",
"table"
] | There are few things that are enduring and axiomatic in life, but one of the things on our short list is love of Pong. Designer [Moritz Waldemeyer] apparently shares our obsession: you may remember the
LED-lined stage uniforms
he designed for OK Go, but this concept for a Pong table is certainly older and arguably seve... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35902",
"author": "Ammoc",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T07:27:59",
"content": "This would be great alternative for my new kitchen counter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35903",
"author": "A_Blind_Man",
"timestamp": "2008-0... | 1,760,377,827.708519 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/28/giant-fabric-keyboard/ | Giant Fabric Keyboard | Juan Aguilar | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"conductivefabric",
"ConductiveTechnology",
"fabric",
"fabrickeyboard",
"keyboard",
"keyboardhack",
"ladyada",
"maurin",
"maurindonneaud",
"textile"
] | [
ladyada
] pointed us in the direction of this giant fabric keyboard built by [Maurin Donneaud]. The construction of it looks fairly simple, like the buttons used in [fbz]’s
WiFi detecting backpack strap
, but on a larger scale. We’ll take you through its construction, pictures and all, after the break.
[Maurin] used ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "35893",
"author": "zinge",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T03:00:21",
"content": "Could the same design/idea be used to build one of those giant floor piano/keyboards like they have at FAO Schwartz?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3589... | 1,760,377,827.921347 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/28/beverage-cooling-contraption-contest/ | Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest | Juan Aguilar | [
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bccc",
"beer",
"beveragecooling",
"beverages",
"cooling",
"coolingdevices",
"defcon",
"defcon16"
] | Let’s face it: no one likes warm beer. In the arid August air of Las Vegas, though, it’s difficult to get anything else. To combat this problem, Deviant has hosted a competition the last three years at
Defcon
called the
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest
, or BCCC. We’re not talking about something as simple as a Col... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "35876",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-05-29T00:18:40",
"content": "Rapid temperature change destroys a beer’s flavor, but this could be great for other stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35877",
"author": "hog... | 1,760,377,828.037101 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/28/gsm-remote-control-project/ | GSM Remote Control Project | Will O'Brien | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"open source",
"OpenSource",
"remote control",
"remotecontrol",
"sms"
] | It’s been
a while
since we’d seen any new SMS/GSM/serial remote interface projects. [Emanuele] sent in
his version
of a project to do just that. It uses a PIC16F84 and will send or receive commands. A pair of relays provide options for controlling whatever you want to hook it up to. You’ll need a login, but he’s releas... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "35870",
"author": "varient6",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T20:01:48",
"content": "Nicely done. Only problem that I see, is that this is very similar to devices being used to detonate IED’s in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whatever your position on the conflicts there are, I personally would b... | 1,760,377,827.87453 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/porting-chdk-to-new-cameras/ | Porting CHDK To New Cameras | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"chdk",
"digicam",
"digitalcamera",
"firmware",
"ir",
"raw",
"serial",
"soundcard"
] | While researching the
CHDK How-To
, we came across the team’s instructions for
porting the firmware to entirely new cameras
. In theory, CHDK should work on any Canon running the DIGIC II or III processor since most of them are running the same VxWorks OS. A dump of the camera’s firmware is required before porting work... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "35862",
"author": "Taylor Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T06:42:46",
"content": "Canon 40D? The firmware images are freely downloadable online (assuming it’s the right format). I’d love to be able to do time lapse without hooking it up to a PC (or maybe it does this? heh, i hav... | 1,760,377,827.965002 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/the-integrated-desk/ | The Integrated Desk | Sean Percival | [
"home hacks"
] | [
"cables",
"desk",
"lego",
"legos",
"office",
"workbench",
"workspace"
] | Since it happens to be the day after a nice holiday break, many of us are finding ourselves back in front of our desk once again. Perhaps some of you never left it the entire weekend. In any case, it seems fitting to take a look at a few interesting integrated desks we’ve come across lately. Follow through after the br... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "35842",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T05:19:36",
"content": "I need to get a new desk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35843",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T05:21:09",
"content": "Nic... | 1,760,377,828.335208 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/violating-terms-of-service-equals-hacking/ | Violating Terms Of Service Equals Hacking | Juan Aguilar | [
"News"
] | [
"fraud",
"hackinglaws",
"hackingnews",
"law",
"lawsuit",
"loridrew",
"meganmeier",
"termsofservice",
"tos",
"tosviolation"
] | A new legal precedent may be set with the case of [
Lori Drew
], the St. Louis woman who posed as a teenage boy on MySpace and harassed 13-year-old [
Megan Meier
] until she committed suicide. Drew is being charged under the
computer fraud and abuse act
, on the grounds that she violated the terms of service agreement ... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "35812",
"author": "Ray",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T02:14:58",
"content": "I’m all for sending people like her to jail, but this is the wrong way to solve this problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35813",
"author": "Wizzar... | 1,760,377,828.271426 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/wireless-hacking-with-the-olpc-xo/ | Wireless Hacking With The OLPC XO | Eliot | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [
"metasploit",
"nessus",
"olpc",
"olpcxo",
"slashdot",
"xo"
] | Not even a week ago we asked
what we should do with our OLPC XO
. InformIT’s [Seth Fogie] has written a great two part article that covers turning it into a hacker toolkit. Part one is an
overview of the OLPC
, how to upgrade it, and do some usability tweaks.
Part two
covers installing Nessus, Metasploit, and doing som... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "35805",
"author": "thegimpster",
"timestamp": "2008-05-28T01:14:12",
"content": "I almost wish i had one of these to screw with. Not like I don’t have enough projects to work on right now. I love all of the new stuff coming out, but you might want to call the sight hacks-a-day. Chee... | 1,760,377,828.185387 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/how-to-expand-your-camera-with-chdk/ | How-To: Expand Your Camera With CHDK | loganwilliams | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"how-to"
] | [
"camera",
"canon",
"chdk",
"digicam",
"digitalcamera",
"dslr",
"firmware",
"hdr",
"howto",
"intervalometer",
"lifehacker",
"pointandshoot",
"powershot",
"timelapse"
] | As anyone who has lusted over the technical specifications for Canon’s new
Digital Rebel XSi
knows, the capabilities of the average point and shoot camera are severely limited. Using the
CHDK firmware hack
, the features of Canon point and shoot cameras can be significantly expanded, allowing for ultra-high speed photo... | 50 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "35782",
"author": "buzzkill",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T18:59:07",
"content": "Now THAT is a freakin hack-a-day article. I LUV CHDK. I recently discovered it and put it to use with the motion detection on my SD 850 IS. My son had a science project about hummingbirds. We loaded up... | 1,760,377,828.587094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/automatic-muffin-maker/ | Automatic Muffin Maker | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"automatic",
"automation",
"muffin"
] | [Jerome] sent in this
awesome Muffin maker
(yes, muffins) that [Carl Boucher] and [Dominic Dussault] built for [Carl]’s final project in his Industrial Electrical Technician program. No real technical details, just some tasty inspiration. If you prefer cookies, you might want to check out
fabbing with Nutella
.
permali... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "35770",
"author": "Ortzinator",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T15:37:04",
"content": "rip muffin man",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35771",
"author": "nahtical",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T15:41:04",
"content": "This brings... | 1,760,377,828.497288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/26/homebrew-channel-for-wii/ | Homebrew Channel For Wii | Juan Aguilar | [
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] | [
"homebrewchannel",
"homebrewchannelwii",
"twilighthack",
"twilighthackwii",
"wii",
"wiihomebrechannel",
"wiitwilighthack"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/6ji2imug_bc]
Had enough Nintendo homebrew action yet? We haven’t either. Especially not now that the doors to the homebrew scene have been blown open by
The Homebrew Channel
. Up to this point, the only way you could run homebrew on an unmodded Wii was the
Twilight Hack
, which leverag... | 29 | 29 | [
{
"comment_id": "35757",
"author": "Jordan Horwich",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T04:39:01",
"content": "Yay! Finally some nice good homebrew for the Wii instead of the old homebrew for the GameCube. Can’t wait to see the new homebrew apps!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,828.685023 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/26/beverage-hacks/ | Beverage Hacks | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"beer",
"guinness",
"margarita",
"mixer"
] | It’s Memorial Day in the US, so we thought we’d put together a collection of links we’ve covered in the past that might help you celebrate.
The
Apu 3000
is one of the finer examples of drug use leading to carpentry. It’s a 4 gallon frozen margarita machine built out of a garbage disposal. A
new
garbage disposal. We don... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "35748",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T00:48:16",
"content": "i was thinking of using an atmel chip to do a vari-temp freezer. i managed to find this quite awesome freezer in the trash! just like the guy who made the kegerator has, only free. only problem is that it ca... | 1,760,377,828.446698 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/26/make-an-ecg-with-your-sound-card/ | Make An ECG With Your Sound Card | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"deadly",
"diy",
"ecg",
"electronics",
"op-amp"
] | [Marcus] sent in his
work
on making ECGs. His
first
one was inspired by
[Jason]’s
. Believe it or not, you can build this thing for under $5. After getting it semi-functional, he decided to
pick up a cheap one
and mod it for PC input via the sound card. (There are plenty of
sound card oscilloscope
projects that will wo... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "35742",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T01:08:21",
"content": "I think you meant incorrectly placed electrical shocks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35743",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-05-27T07:03... | 1,760,377,828.62734 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/25/simple-linux-robot-with-ir-camera/ | Simple Linux Robot With IR Camera | Juan Aguilar | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"ir",
"linuxrobot",
"qwerk",
"robot",
"webcam"
] | Here’s something else we found while writing up our duplicate
Ikea Linux Cluster
post. [Janne] also built this
simple linux robot
. The robot uses the
Qwerk robot controller
, a webcam with the IR filter removed (something like
this one
), a usb WiFi card, an IR spotlight, and a set of repurposed model airplane wheels.... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "35741",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T19:54:41",
"content": "Seems like fun !! I gotta build me some robots too ! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "182980",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2010-09... | 1,760,377,828.86281 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/25/ikea-linux-cluster/ | IKEA Linux Cluster | Sean Percival | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"cluster",
"ikea",
"ikeacluster",
"ikeahack",
"linux",
"render"
] | Building a render cluster doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money, even if you’re buying brand new hardware. [Janne] built this
6 unit cluster
inside of a 6 drawer IKEA Helmer cabinet. He wanted the cluster to be low power and low cost. After finding a good price on 6 65nm Intel Core 2 CPUs, he found 6 cheap Giga... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "35732",
"author": "Ari",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T02:24:41",
"content": "Isn’t this a repeat?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35733",
"author": "Wonko",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T02:27:36",
"content": "I’ve seen this ... | 1,760,377,828.825497 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/25/nintendo-ds-music-creation/ | Nintendo DS Music Creation | Juan Aguilar | [
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"ds",
"dscratch",
"gba",
"midi",
"nintendo",
"nintendods",
"scratch",
"touchscreen"
] | [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQCZnwNr0ms&hl=en]
Homebrew developer [yaarglafr] recently released this video of his Protein DScratch in action. You can download a
demo version here
. The program simulates DJ scratching on the DS with an intuitive interface much like the ones on the touchscreen turntables
we d... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35729",
"author": "bikedude880",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T00:11:22",
"content": "Very slick and responsive! It’s homebrew like this that makes me wonder why companies don’t open up the hardware…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3... | 1,760,377,828.946671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/25/lcd-projector-repair/ | LCD Projector Repair | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"gimp",
"graphics",
"hometheater",
"ht",
"parts",
"projector",
"repair"
] | [Kieth] picked up an Infocus projector only to find that it
needed some repair
. The polarizer on the blue light path was
toast
. When he
parted out
an Optoma projector he scored a polarizer that was just about right for the repair. It’s a good read even if you don’t have a projector in pieces at the moment. He ended u... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "35727",
"author": "Tuckie",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T04:51:29",
"content": "I have a projector (vpl-hs3)that has random blue pixels scattered throughout the image (any input/even over the osd), focused primarily on the bottom half and middle of the screen. Does anyone know what wou... | 1,760,377,828.906179 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/25/metalabs-led-matrix-display/ | Metalab’s LED Matrix Display | Will O'Brien | [
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"fpga",
"led",
"project"
] | Our friends at Vienna’s
Metalab
have been working on this project quite a while. Soldering their hearts out to create an FPGA controlled monochrome LED dot matrix display. It’s 48×72 array totaling
3,456 LEDs, soldered by hand. It creates some serious geek bling thanks to an mplayer plugin developed just for the projec... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35714",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T11:46:25",
"content": "great project. pretty impressive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35715",
"author": "mitch",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T12:37:44",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,830.780567 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/haptic-feedback-roundup/ | Haptic Feedback Roundup | Sean Percival | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"haptic",
"haptic feedback",
"haptic technology",
"hapticfeedback",
"HapticTechnology",
"touch",
"touchscreen",
"touchsensor"
] | Haptic feedback (sometimes referred to as tactile or force feedback) offers what some might call a
brave new world
of interaction and immersion. The 1932 book of the same name was probably the first introduction many people got to the idea of computer generated touch sensations. In the book, movies are replaced with wh... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35625",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T05:06:31",
"content": "Cool… just wanted to say that the site has really been moving lately and that you all are doing a really good job with very cool articles lately, keep up the good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,... | 1,760,377,830.72825 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/touchscreen-turntables-scratching-without-vinyl/ | Touchscreen Turntables, Scratching Without Vinyl | Juan Aguilar | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"attigo",
"attigott",
"finalscratch",
"scotthobbs",
"scratch",
"touchscreen",
"turntable"
] | While we were researching the
AudioCubes
, we ran into this
amazing DJ system by designer [Scott Hobbs]
. He calls it the ATTIGO TT, and it uses two touchscreens to simulate the turntables on a conventional system. More technical details after the break.
Hobbs’ goal in making the ATTIGO was to create equipment that wou... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "35619",
"author": "wasted",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T01:44:33",
"content": "Hooooly smokes! This is pure awesome..though I’ll ahve to wait till I get home to see the video, but it will also be awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_i... | 1,760,377,830.980907 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/real-life-power-suits/ | Real Life Power Suits | Juan Aguilar | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cyberdyne",
"exoskeleton",
"hal5",
"hardiman",
"ironman",
"lifesuit",
"powersuit",
"powersuits"
] | There was a time when the notion of powered armor like the set Ironman wears was just science fiction, but that time is gone. So, while the
geeks at io9 are still dreaming of the future
we’re very much in tune with the work that is being done
right now
. We’ll go through some of the most impressive powered suits out th... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "35609",
"author": "bre",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T22:44:34",
"content": "Wow, that was an awesome rundown… and I could watch men in powersuits fall off cliffs all day!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35610",
"author": "Sp4nk... | 1,760,377,830.842438 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/lumenlabs-new-kit-open-source-cnc/ | Lumenlab’s New Kit: Open Source CNC | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"cnc",
"lumenlab",
"metal",
"robots"
] | Imagine our surprise when we stumbled on the
latest Lumenlab project
: gantry style CNC. Until now the only time we ever invoked their name was for
DIY projectors
. The kit looks pretty interesting, and they’re taking pre-orders right now. It’s designed for a full sized router and you should be able to cut a 4′ by 8′ s... | 12 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "35606",
"author": "MaX-MoD",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T19:46:20",
"content": "Nothing very impressive…The only remarkable point is that there’s a website with (quite) well structured informations.Rather a “résumé” of cnczone’s forum posts on tutos and worklogs.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,830.601627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/audiocubes-by-percussa/ | AudioCubes By Percussa | Sean Percival | [
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [
"audiocubes",
"cdm",
"createdigitalmusic",
"cube",
"dj",
"midi",
"percussa",
"video"
] | [Peter Nyboer] has written an extensive post about
his experience with AudioCubes
from
Percussa
. Aside from their unique glowing exterior, these cubes are an innovative way to control and even produce audio tracks. Four faces of each cube are equipped with IR sensors to detect distance and communicate with other cubes... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "35596",
"author": "Zinetwin",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T12:24:08",
"content": "Pretty spiffy, but not a cool as the reactable.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-RhyopUmchttp://reactable.iua.upf.edu/Reactable is a multitouch surface with as many cubes as you can stick on it.",
"par... | 1,760,377,830.530333 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/projector-hacks-roundup/ | Projector Hacks Roundup | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"diy",
"home theater",
"hometheater",
"mods",
"projector"
] | Projectors have long been a favorite toy of hardware hackers. From reactive displays to cheap home theater, there are plenty of reasons to play with photons. Seeing some
cheap projector repair
put us in the mood to cover some of our favorite projector projects – check em out after the break.
We’d be remiss if we didn’t... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35590",
"author": "tyler",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T08:05:20",
"content": "wow, i just had to comment on how awesome the site has been the past few days– things are picking up around here! keep up the awesome work guys, and bravo to the new hack a day contributers- top notch writeup... | 1,760,377,830.889704 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/twittering-from-the-command-line/ | Twittering From The Command Line | Sean Percival | [
"Arduino Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"adafruit",
"api",
"arduino",
"ethernet",
"hack",
"hardware",
"twitter"
] | Twitter
users often have trouble explaining just exactly what the service is for. The site specifically asks “What are you doing right now?” A simple interface and multiple ways to update means people have started hooking it to different real world objects… objects that aren’t reporting
what they had for lunch
. After ... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "35583",
"author": "Volt",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T09:21:10",
"content": "I actually came across a command line Twitter client written in Perl just a couple days ago:http://www.floodgap.com/software/ttytter/It uses curl or lynx to communicate with the servers.",
"parent_id": nul... | 1,760,377,830.691333 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/underwater-camera-housings/ | Underwater Camera Housings | Juan Aguilar | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"cvs",
"macroframer",
"photography",
"rov",
"underwater",
"underwatercamera",
"underwatercase",
"underwaterrov"
] | Underwater cameras can produce some amazing photography, but who wants to pay for housing if you can make something yourself?
This
underwater camera housing
on Instructables doesn’t require a specific container, allowing you to choose anything you have around the house that’s watertight and large enough to fit your cam... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35709",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T06:29:01",
"content": "I’ve always wanted a camera i could use while surfing, hey I want to run this by you guys, I surf a a lot and I’m learning to shape boards, is there any way I could place some LEDs in the foam of a board to ma... | 1,760,377,830.939499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/pic-controlled-spray-paint/ | PIC Controlled Spray Paint | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"pic",
"robot",
"spray paint",
"SprayPaint"
] | Most people make LEDs light up for their first microcontroller project. [Alex] built a “
large scale dot matrix printer
.” This beast is a PIC controlled ground graffiti machine. As it rolls across the ground it deposits strategically located bits of spray paint. Rather than use actual spray paint, he opted for a set o... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35705",
"author": "Kendall",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T12:09:36",
"content": "this looks like it could be the basis of an interesting business. “give us your images and we’ll paint them wherever you want them” and rig it up to go up and down a wall, on someone’s driveway, etc.",
... | 1,760,377,830.642371 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/icontrolpad-iphone-gamepad/ | IControlpad, IPhone Gamepad | Sean Percival | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] | [
"icontrolpad",
"iphone",
"OpenSource",
"sdk",
"snes"
] | [CraigX] has been dabbling in
iPhone
accessories lately by adding a gamepad. Called the
iControlpad
it surrounds the iPhone making it look very PSP like. As anyone who has jailbroken and installed emulators probably knows, without feedback the touch screen based buttons are less than great.
The unit is currently a prot... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35699",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T02:54:36",
"content": "YES! If this thing’s able to be produced at a decent price, I’d totally buy one. On-screen keys or accelerator-based controls simply don’t work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,831.113408 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/the-chief-cook-robot/ | The Chief Cook Robot | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"algorithm",
"chef",
"chief",
"cook",
"lasa",
"learning",
"robot",
"video"
] | We feel the need to apologize immediately for the use of Yakkity Sax in the
preceding video
and recommend you watch the longer, yak free, video below. It shows researchers at the
Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory
teaching a robot how to make a ham and cheese omelet. Each working area and food item is labeled w... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "35691",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T02:17:53",
"content": "http://www.hackaday.com/2008/05/06/teach-your-robots-to-cook/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35692",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-05-25T0... | 1,760,377,832.070499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/biggest-drawing-in-the-world-created-with-gps/ | Biggest Drawing In The World Created With GPS | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"gps hacks"
] | [
"art",
"battery",
"dhl",
"gps",
"package",
"pelican"
] | UPDATE:
The text: “This is fictional work. DHL did not transport the GPS at any time” has been added to the bottom of the page since the original posting.
Artist [Erik Nordenankar] has created the
Biggest Drawing In The World
. At least that’s what his URL says. He used the movement of a GPS device to create a giant si... | 44 | 44 | [
{
"comment_id": "35649",
"author": "mace",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T20:40:03",
"content": "Ambitious, but rubbish.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35650",
"author": "redguy",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T21:06:01",
"content": "Hmmm. I’d ... | 1,760,377,831.630357 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/24/the-best-cnc-project-machines/ | The Best CNC Project Machines | Will O'Brien | [
"cnc hacks",
"Roundup",
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"aluminum",
"cnc",
"cncmachine",
"machine shop",
"MachineShop",
"metal",
"minimill",
"robot",
"shopbot",
"snowboard"
] | We’ve lost track of the number of home built CNC machines we’ve covered in the past, but we thought a comprehensive list of the best would help you understand why we’re so excited about the
LumenLab CNC machine
.
The
hoss machine router
is the result of one man’s quest to upgrade the living hell out of a Chinese made m... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "35640",
"author": "kersny",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T17:09:49",
"content": "What about thehttp://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspxproject? It has instructional videos and some parts for build a very capable cnc machine. It also helps you understand how they work and the parts.",
"pa... | 1,760,377,831.880814 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/23/google-android-application-challenge-winners/ | Google Android Application Challenge Winners | Sean Percival | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [
"android",
"cellphone",
"google",
"googleandroid",
"linux"
] | The
Google Android
team recently launched a
challenge
to encourage development for their new cellphone based platform. Part of the first phase was to narrow down the 1,788 submissions to the best 50 application ideas. They’ve posted the
complete list
of winners on their website and put together a little
slide show
(PDF... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "35635",
"author": "Saint Alucard",
"timestamp": "2008-05-24T08:04:31",
"content": "anyone know any cool helio kickflip hacks? mine got disconnected and im anxious to reuse it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35636",
"author"... | 1,760,377,831.963032 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/what-to-do-with-an-old-laptop/ | What To Do With An Old Laptop? | Juan Aguilar | [
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"green",
"laptop",
"laptoprepair",
"mediaextender",
"mediastreamer",
"photoframe",
"pictureframe",
"recycling",
"repair"
] | Back in November
we asked
what you would do with an old unused laptop. If you have an old laptop that’s not doing much more than gathering dust, chances are you could put it to better use. You could sell it, but you probably wouldn’t get too much for it. Donating or recycling can also get it out your hair, but if you’d... | 60 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "35542",
"author": "Raging",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T22:46:18",
"content": "This is one of the best Hack a Day articles yet! I wish I had more craptops laying around. I turned my last craptop into a jukebox using win98 and dwjukebox.http://www.ragingcomputer.com/archives/51",
"p... | 1,760,377,831.553954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/how-to-go-green-with-lead-free-solder/ | How-To: Go Green With Lead Free Solder | Jason Rollette | [
"classic hacks",
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"california",
"eu",
"feature",
"hackaday",
"howto",
"lead",
"leadfree",
"rohs",
"solder",
"soldering",
"solderingiron"
] | We covered many of [Jason Rollette]’s personal projects in the past and are happy to welcome him as our newest Hack-A-Day contributor.
The electronics industry has shifted to lead free compliance, but most hobbyists haven’t even considered the personal impact of using lead. Today’s How-To will cover what it takes to sw... | 82 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "35514",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T19:59:28",
"content": "yeah i hate lead free solder. Glad i stocked up on the good stuff before this BS really went crazy. I know i will get jumped on for bashing lead free solder but it has caused us more headaches and really di... | 1,760,377,831.830936 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/cheap-projector-repair/ | Cheap Projector Repair | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"bulb",
"cheap",
"diy",
"home theater",
"hometheater",
"projector",
"replacement"
] | [Ryan] sent in this writeup on some
DIY projector repair
. The write-up is a little hard to follow, but maybe it’ll inspire some future projector landfill saves. [Dissident] replaced the light bulb and ballast in an older DLP projector with some salvaged MR-16 hardware from an even older over head projector. The main t... | 31 | 28 | [
{
"comment_id": "35506",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T18:56:57",
"content": "Quite interesting… though the key to a good projector bulb is it’s ability to produce a natural white light. Overhead projectors aren’t much on quality and usually just throw uneven dingy yellow sha... | 1,760,377,832.030623 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/22/fpga-projects-roundup/ | FPGA Projects Roundup | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"defcon",
"encryption",
"fpga",
"projects",
"roundup"
] | FPGA’s have become especially useful to the hacker community of late. Once upon a time, these lovely pieces of dedicated hardware were fabled to only be within reach of deep pocketed graphics card producers working to up their shader and vertex counts. Today they’re often found in the bowels of high end network gear. A... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "35499",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T13:19:53",
"content": "I followed the RFID cracking research from that one university for years. They never revealed details for there custom code.My interests for FPGA are in the form of demos and cracking.",
"parent_id": n... | 1,760,377,831.920358 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/guitar-hero-without-the-console/ | Guitar Hero Without The Console | Juan Aguilar | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | If you thought your Guitar Hero controller was only good for pretending to play music, think again. Yeah, lots of people have
hacked the controller
to
achieve perfect scores
, but what can you do that doesn’t require a console. Look after the break for some more creative ways of making music with a Guitar Hero controll... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "35492",
"author": "zishmusic",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T06:27:36",
"content": "This dude is the biggest f’in NERD! Awesome! I salute you, brother!Play sum skinnerd, man!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35493",
"author": "sar... | 1,760,377,832.115238 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/dish-wins-1050-in-satellite-cracking-case/ | DISH Wins $1050 In Satellite Cracking Case | Sean Percival | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [
"dish",
"dishnetwork",
"newscorp",
"satellite",
"silicon"
] | Who doesn’t love a good corporate espionage story? We certainly don’t mind them, especially when they involve hiring a notable hacker to do the company’s dirty work. It seems this is exactly what happened in the case of Dish Networks vs NDS Group. Last month, Christopher Tarnovsky
admitted he was paid $20,000 in cash
t... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "35489",
"author": "Cameron",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T05:29:22",
"content": "haha. i knew those cards could be cracked. ive wanted to do it but didnt want to risk getting caught. now somebody needs to do it to a cable box like cox, comcast, ect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth":... | 1,760,377,832.152067 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/hacking-the-olpc-now-and-the-future/ | Hacking The OLPC Now And The Future | Sean Percival | [
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"laptop",
"negroponte",
"olpc",
"olpcxo",
"xo",
"xo2"
] | While we haven’t talked about the OLPC
XO laptop
much here, don’t think we haven’t had our eyes on its developments. Originally shipping last November, this unit captured the interest of many for its humanitarian goal, low cost, and potential hackability. After the break, let’s take a look at what has been done with th... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "35473",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T04:21:46",
"content": "You could send it to me. :) As for typing on the “new” version, it probably wouldn’t be too much different from the first one. Those little rubber keys don’t have too much travel do they? I read somew... | 1,760,377,832.208519 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/16/how-to-scavenge-a-mouse-for-parts/ | How-To: Scavenge A Mouse For Parts | chriskiick | [
"classic hacks",
"how-to",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"feature",
"hackaday",
"howto",
"mouse",
"parts",
"ps2",
"salvage",
"scavenge",
"usb"
] | Chris Kiick posted about
swarm robotics
earlier in the week and today publishes his first Hack-A-Day How-To.
Old computer mice are being abandoned in droves. They’re tossed out because of dirt, obsolescence, or for being entirely too beige. Anyone who has a computer usually has more than one mouse and you can get them ... | 35 | 33 | [
{
"comment_id": "35229",
"author": "Skyler Orlando",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17T01:21:40",
"content": "Salvage the mouse case. Remove the buttons, add a couple collision sensors to the openings, put some wheels in the back and a servo-controlled drive wheel in the front(or vice-versa). Add a tail and ... | 1,760,377,832.416175 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/syringe-logic-probe/ | Syringe Logic Probe | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | [Travis] sent in his oh so simple(why didn’t I think of that)
syringe logic probe
. that he put together for his version of the
sump logic analyzer
. Real probes tend to be pretty expensive. With some effort, you can probably fit an led/diode/resistor in there and make a simple 5v logic probe. If you’d like a nice logi... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35216",
"author": "Gordon Rogers",
"timestamp": "2008-05-16T06:10:48",
"content": "Another really nice logic probe that i have build from kit form in this one:http://siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_109342/article.htmlVery small and seems to work very well.",
"parent_id": null,
"dep... | 1,760,377,832.465239 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-spookiest-weapons/ | The World’s Spookiest Weapons | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"atomic",
"atomicbomb",
"darpa",
"engineering",
"heatray",
"military",
"popsci",
"popularscience",
"weapon"
] | As purveyors of a fine hacks, we often get pitched on what are generally considered
very bad ideas
. Luckily, most of these ideas die on the drawing board due to a lack of time and energy or maybe having a shred of moral accountability. There’s nothing that government funding can’t fix though. Popular Science has put t... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "35207",
"author": "wisefire",
"timestamp": "2008-05-16T02:47:35",
"content": "c..r..eepy..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35208",
"author": "Johnny B. Goode",
"timestamp": "2008-05-16T05:21:31",
"content": "Interest... | 1,760,377,832.587803 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/14/defcon-ctf-2008-qualifier/ | DefCon CTF 2008 Qualifier | Eliot | [
"cons"
] | [
"ctf",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"kenshoto",
"lasvegas"
] | Kenshoto
is back again to run the Capture the Flag competition at
DefCon
. CTF is a multiteam competition featuring creative attack and defense of servers and lasts the entirety of DefCon. Unreleased exploits are often seen during the competition. As in previous years, Kenshoto will be
narrowing the field with a qualif... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "35206",
"author": "hackerjoe",
"timestamp": "2008-05-23T03:37:09",
"content": "The Quals round starts on Friday MAY 30th !!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,832.756212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/14/bruce-schneiers-opinion-on-everything/ | Bruce Schneier’s Opinion On Everything | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"bruceschneier",
"crypto",
"cryptography",
"freakonomics",
"nytimes",
"schneier",
"security"
] | Honestly, we were originally sent
this Q&A with famed cryptographer [Bruce Schneier]
as a restaurant recommendation (
112 Eatery
, Minneapolis). Posted last fall on NYTimes’ Freakonomics blog it covers [Bruce]’s opinion on nearly everything. Here are a few items in particular that really stuck out to us:
The most immed... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "35204",
"author": "Kirby",
"timestamp": "2008-05-16T08:36:13",
"content": "Not to distract anyone from the rest of the post, but where can I get instructions for the led boards shown in the picture?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,377,832.721885 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/14/interfacing-your-laptops-onboard-i2c/ | Interfacing Your Laptops Onboard I2c | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | [ladyada]
ran across
this
excellent hack by [phillip]. Apparently there’s a clock, data, 5v and ground connection available in most modern video connections. (He even notes HDMI cable pins) He wrote some drivers and can now control i2c hardware directly from the
PC
Mac. [Ladyada] notes that most laptops use an i2c bus ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "35192",
"author": "pburgess",
"timestamp": "2008-05-14T10:24:12",
"content": "Woot, thanks for the mention. There’s a slightly more descriptive version (with additional pictures) posted at Instructables:http://www.instructables.com/id/worlds-cheapest-i2c-i-squared-c-adapter/I’m a bi... | 1,760,377,832.641148 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/13/swarm-robotics/ | Swarm Robotics | chriskiick | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"ai",
"austin",
"edatechforum",
"irobot",
"jamesmclurkin",
"mit",
"modular",
"OpenSource",
"robot",
"robotswarm",
"swarm"
] | Uber-geek [
James McLurkin
] was in Austin recently demoing his robot swarm. He’s on tour with
EDA Tech Forum
. [McLurkin] has multiple degrees from the MIT AI lab and worked at iRobot for a couple of years. Lately, he has been working on distributed robot computing: robot swarms.
[McLurkin] was an entertaining speaker... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35189",
"author": "Joey y",
"timestamp": "2008-05-14T06:10:20",
"content": "Any hope of seeing video of the physical bubble sort? I am certain that it would be quite entertaining…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35190",
"au... | 1,760,377,832.681057 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/multitouch-rear-projection-tv/ | Multitouch Rear Projection TV | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"instructables",
"jeffhan",
"multitouch",
"naturaluserinterface",
"nui",
"rearprojection",
"rp",
"surface",
"television",
"touch",
"touchscreen",
"tv"
] | [
Christopher Jette
] did a amazing job
converting a 56″ rear projection television into a multitouch display
. His original inspiration came from this
drafting table project
. The screen is a large sheet of 1/2″ acrylic with a screen material attached to the back side. The screen edge is surrounded by 168 IR LEDs. Whe... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35375",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-05-20T12:21:56",
"content": "thats a pretty impressive project. Im a big fan of the multitouch display.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35376",
"author": "zatblast",
"timest... | 1,760,377,832.817176 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/19/flying-rc-penis-violates-chessmasters-airspace/ | Flying RC Penis Violates Chessmaster’s Airspace | Sean Percival | [
"News"
] | [
"flyingpenisattack",
"garrykasparov",
"greifing",
"helicopter",
"loldong",
"minicopter",
"penis",
"quadcopter",
"rc",
"SecondLife"
] | A speech by famed chess player
Garry Kasparov
was
interrupted Saturday by a remote controlled flying penis
. Since many of you are at work or school we’ll leave all the pictures, videos, and tasteless jokes after the break.
LOLDongs definitely aren’t the main order of business in this office, but we have to admire the ... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "35347",
"author": "The Rocketeer",
"timestamp": "2008-05-20T02:44:51",
"content": "You have a typo. I believe that line should read, “some things just were meant to be airborne.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35348",
"aut... | 1,760,377,832.993039 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/19/bump-key-experiments/ | Bump Key Experiments | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"bump key",
"bumping",
"BumpKey",
"lock",
"lock picking",
"lockpicking",
"naughty"
] | [Barry] took one of his blog readers comments to heart and started wondering
just what happens
when you bump a lock. As suggested, he made a cut away lock core and started experimenting. [Barry] doesn’t have a high speed camera, so he tried some alternatives like filling the chambers with grease to indicate pin movemen... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35337",
"author": "Ari",
"timestamp": "2008-05-19T18:40:10",
"content": "Awesome, more locksport articles. I’m pretty familiar with bump keys, but I appreciate the foray into the genre.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35338",
... | 1,760,377,833.03659 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/18/usb-microcontroller-devemulation-sticks/ | USB Microcontroller Dev/emulation Sticks | Will O'Brien | [
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | [nazerine] sent in [Emanuele]’s
list
of interesting USB micro-controller development tools. Some of them are surprisingly cheap for what you get. The
wireless dev/emulator stick
looks extra interesting for developing remote projects. (The purchase links are through the manufacturer – at first I thought he might be sel... | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "35329",
"author": "otherguy",
"timestamp": "2008-05-19T05:53:20",
"content": "Yea, these have been around for a while. TI has annual conferences across the country (which are free) called 430 day (their processor is the MSP430 for those who didn’t already know). At the conferences t... | 1,760,377,833.079795 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/17/voice-controlled-wheel-chair/ | Voice Controlled Wheel Chair | Will O'Brien | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"robot",
"wheel chair",
"WheelChair"
] | [Amnon] sent in this demo of his groups voice controlled wheel chair. I couldn’t find any details, but sometimes just a demo is enough to find some new inspiration. They connected a
hm2007
speech recognition kit to an
Innovation FIRST controller board
on an electric wheel chair chasis. Additional sensors detect stairs ... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "35320",
"author": "[Matt]",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17T11:35:15",
"content": "for some reason, glovepie came to mind.dont know why though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35321",
"author": "Amnon",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17... | 1,760,377,833.220939 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/16/poll-where-should-we-go-from-here/ | Poll: Where Should We Go From Here? | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"hackaday",
"hiring",
"poll"
] | Hack-A-Day is looking to expand its coverage. We’re hiring
fulltime bloggers
and
freelance how-to contributors
. We have an idea of where we should go with the site, but we’d like to know what you, the readers, want to see more of on Hack-A-Day. | 55 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "35266",
"author": "Weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17T05:53:22",
"content": "I would vote for them all if I could…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35267",
"author": "Juan Cubillo",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17T06:01:43",
... | 1,760,377,833.514908 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/16/diy-rebreather-scrubber-refill/ | DIY Rebreather Scrubber Refill | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"rebreather",
"scuba"
] | Most people fear refilling their own ink cartridges. [Skipbreather]
made his own
CO2 scrubber refill for his rebreather. (Modern rebreathers are damn impressive.) The build is fairly straight forward, but requires some machining. I had to laugh when I found out that part of his build involved toilet seat hold down bolt... | 27 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "35251",
"author": "Michael Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-05-17T07:06:32",
"content": "please, stop posting scuba stuff. you said you wouldn’t post scuba stuff the first scuba post; it was too dangerous. this seems just as dangerous!stop posting theese!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"de... | 1,760,377,833.282777 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/media-streamers-buy-or-build/ | Media Streamers: Buy Or Build? | Juan Aguilar | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"bittorrent",
"mediastreamer",
"mythtv",
"netflix",
"roku",
"xbmc"
] | The market is flooded with new media streamers, but which one is for you? One of the cheapest and easiest options is the unambiguously titled
Netflix Player
. With an active account, the Netflix Player streams movies and television shows from their online library (currently around 10,000 videos). It connects to the int... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "35458",
"author": "dandin1",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T03:59:09",
"content": "I don’t think lack of wifi is really a downside for these kinds of products, since speed matters here.As for the DIY alternative, I’m still searching for one that isn’t its own distro and will only use a sp... | 1,760,377,833.4318 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/21/open-graphics-card-available-for-preorder/ | Open Graphics Card Available For Preorder | Eliot | [
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] | [
"fpga",
"graphicscard",
"ogd1",
"ogp",
"opendesign",
"opengraphicsproject",
"openhardware",
"OpenSource"
] | The Open Graphics Project has started
accepting preorders for their OGD1
, a graphics card with a completely open source design. This initial release is billed as a high-end FPGA prototyping kit specifically designed to test computer graphics architectures. The card has two DVI connectors, S-Video, 256MB RAM, and a 64b... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "35442",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T22:32:52",
"content": "not to detract from their proejct at al, but one side benefit of something like this is it might pressure the suits at ati and nv to open up their designs. That might seem anti-competitive, but if it shifts de... | 1,760,377,833.333599 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/erase-an-iphone-properly/ | Erase An IPhone Properly | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] | [
"air",
"apple",
"erase",
"flash",
"forensics",
"hack",
"iphone",
"macbook",
"macbookair",
"refurbished",
"ssd"
] | A fundamental problem with flash memory has just gone mainstream. A detective successfully
recovered data from a refurbished iPhone
purchased from Apple. Flash memory controllers write to blocks randomly so using standard secure erase techniques are no guarantee that all of the storage space will be written.
[Rich Mogu... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35433",
"author": "jrod krip",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T07:29:16",
"content": "hrrm, or you could try the will it blend approach…securely erasing the iPhone should work too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35434",
"author": ... | 1,760,377,833.37745 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/nintendo-ds-homebrew-guide/ | Nintendo DS Homebrew Guide | Juan Aguilar | [
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"dldi",
"ds",
"dshomebrew",
"homebrew",
"homebrewds",
"moonshell",
"nintendo",
"nintendods"
] | Running homebrew applications on the
Nintendo DS
is easier than ever these days, but if you didn’t get into the scene on the ground floor, knowing where to start can appear much more daunting than it actually is. The great thing is: you don’t need to crack open your DS and void the warranty. There are numerous peripher... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "35419",
"author": "dmang",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T05:01:11",
"content": "got anything for those gba sp people? preferably with a rtc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35420",
"author": "luke",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T05... | 1,760,377,833.867603 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/multitouch-project-roundup/ | Multitouch Project Roundup | Sean Percival | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks"
] | [
"multitouch",
"multitouch trackpad",
"multitouchscreen",
"multitouchtrackpad"
] | It seems that ever since Microsoft unveiled the
Surface
table the concept of multitouch has really started to snow ball. We’ve been fans ever since seeing
[Jeff Han]’s original research
in this area. Earlier today we looked at a
multitouch rear projection TV
project but what else is out there? After the break, we’ve go... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "35405",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T02:47:30",
"content": "How do they do multi-touch without a Camera? Is it possible to use the IR sensors from a mouse (ball style) or laser light sensors (from LED mouse) or would they not be powerful enough?",
"parent_id": nu... | 1,760,377,833.623073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/modular-reconfigurable-on-the-fly-robot-demo/ | Modular Reconfigurable On The Fly Robot Demo | Will O'Brien | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | [Erik] Sent in this modular robot video. It’s not as mentally disturbing as the
snake robots
we featured before, but it’s still pretty cool. It looks like it’s using
M-TRAN
modules. Details are completely lacking, so if you’ve got some, share ’em. | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "35397",
"author": "uRbAn",
"timestamp": "2008-05-21T00:50:19",
"content": "It’s like a Rubik’s Cube, but mechanically automatic. It’s still pretty cool, nonetheless.-=uÉqɹn=-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "35398",
"author... | 1,760,377,833.757188 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/20/phlashing-denial-of-service-attack-the-new-hype/ | Phlashing Denial Of Service Attack, The New Hype | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"ddos",
"embedded",
"embeddedsystem",
"firmware",
"fon",
"fonera",
"lafonera",
"pdos",
"router",
"slashdot",
"tftp"
] | Imagine how surprised we were to discover that by accidentally bricking our router we were executing a brand new attack:
Phlashing Denial Of Service (PDOS)
. This week at
EUSecWest
, researcher [Rich Smith] will present the theoretical PDOS attack. Instead of taking over control of an embedded system, the attacker turn... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "35388",
"author": "Jesse Krembs",
"timestamp": "2008-05-20T23:46:04",
"content": "Well this is pretty handy attack if, your not thinking commercially. If say my goal is to ruin your ability to operate on the internet and I can brick all your edge routers, I’d say it works for me. N... | 1,760,377,833.669002 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/10/maker-faire-2008-schwag/ | Maker Faire 2008: Schwag | Eliot | [
"cons"
] | [
"AVR",
"businesscard",
"eff",
"emsl",
"ifixit",
"makerfaire",
"makerfaire2008",
"shiftbrite"
] | As our final Maker Faire post, we thought we’d talk about some of the curious items that were handed us during the event.
While checking out
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
‘ latest generation
CandyFab
were given their
AVR business card breakout board
.
[Garrett] gave us a handful of
ShiftBrites
to play with in a futur... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "35100",
"author": "Wayne D.",
"timestamp": "2008-05-12T19:04:02",
"content": "If you want, I can take some of that off your hands…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,833.713713 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/10/kernel-driver-for-the-pic18f4550-microcontroller/ | Kernel Driver For The PIC18F4550 Microcontroller | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | [Pziz] wrote in with
one
of his projects. He created a linux kernel driver for the PIC 18F*55* series based on some available development tools. Continue reading for his (slightly edited) writeup.
I think Hack-a-day readers might be interested by a project I did, as a french (…) engineering school project. The goal was... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "35096",
"author": "bertrik",
"timestamp": "2008-05-11T01:49:04",
"content": "Why not use libusb instead of a kernel driver? AFAIK libusb supports any USB transfer mode except isochronous. It’s much safer to do this kind of thing in user-space.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,377,833.907159 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/09/diy-dynomometer/ | DIY Dynomometer | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | A Dynomometer measures actual horsepower and torque output at the wheels of a vehicle. Aside from racing, it’s long been the way to test out engine modifications. [Steve]
built his own
. It uses a Basic stamp for
data acquistion
, and a
custom machined drum
for the physical interface.
permalink | 8 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "35088",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-05-10T06:55:03",
"content": "I built one in welding shop in high school for use in the small engines class, but it wasn’t microcontroller’ed or anything. I forget which all parts I used, but they were old 80’s buick parts. I think like ... | 1,760,377,833.957712 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/09/maker-faire-2008-puzzlemation/ | Maker Faire 2008: Puzzlemation | Eliot | [
"cons"
] | [
"animation",
"grid",
"makerfaire",
"makerfaire2008"
] | [
John Peterson
] showed us his
Puzzlemation
, animated tile puzzle at Maker Faire. It was originally designed for the
Microchip 16-bit Embedded Control Design Contest
. The puzzle is made from multiple modules each with an 8×8 LED grid. The tiles are battery powered and each one has
PIC24FJ64GA004
microcontroller. The... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "64733",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2009-03-01T05:21:55",
"content": "There’s more information, and an embedded YouTube video demo athttp://www.puzzlemation.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,833.995049 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/09/hackers-needed-los-angeles/ | Hackers Needed, Los Angeles | Eliot | [
"News"
] | [
"engineer",
"hackaday",
"hacker",
"hackers",
"hiring",
"job"
] | Hack-A-Day is looking for fulltime contributors in the the Los Angeles area. The details are in
this Craigslist ad
.
Our friends at Mahalo are also looking for a
Systems Engineer, Los Angeles
.
permalink | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "33459",
"author": "Dean Putney",
"timestamp": "2008-05-10T00:41:56",
"content": "Bluh. How depressingly far away.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "33460",
"author": "XgenMods",
"timestamp": "2008-05-10T01:01:15",
"con... | 1,760,377,834.054839 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/09/maker-faire-2008-robogames-and-warships/ | Maker Faire 2008: RoboGames And Warships | Eliot | [
"cons"
] | [
"battleship",
"bbtv",
"boingboing",
"makerfaire",
"makerfaire2008",
"robot",
"robotgames",
"warship"
] | Today’s episode
of BoingBoing TV comes straight from Maker Faire. The first segement is about
RoboGames
arena combat. The second segment covers a favorite exhibit of mine.
Western Warship Combat Club
brought their 1/144th scale battleships to fight it out in a large pool. The RC boats fire ammunition up to 1/4-inch bal... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "33457",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-05-09T22:37:39",
"content": "Oh man those little warships are cool. I like anything that shoots stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "33458",
"author": "kelly",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,377,834.271992 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/05/08/long-range-rc-on-868mhz/ | Long Range R/C On 868Mhz | Will O'Brien | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"airplanes",
"rc",
"robots"
] | Been looking for some extra range for your R/C projects? [Tron]’s
managed to control
his planes from 9.8Km using this kit at 868Mhz. I don’t know if I’d have the patience to fly the plane for that long, but this beats the pants off of just about everyone else home R/C gear.
permalink | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "33447",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-05-09T05:33:11",
"content": "That’s _nice_!I’d like to use something like that with a wheeled ROV but real time video over those kinds of distances over the ground…ouch. :(This is an awesome project.",
"parent_id": null,
"... | 1,760,377,834.239288 |
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