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https://hackaday.com/2024/03/07/ethernet-for-hackers-transformers-macs-and-phys/ | Ethernet For Hackers: Transformers, MACs And PHYs | Arya Voronova | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"8p8c",
"ethernet",
"Ethernet PHY",
"phy",
"PoE",
"power over ethernet"
] | We’ve talked about
Ethernet basics
, and we’ve talked about
equipment you will find with Ethernet
. However, that’s obviously not all – you also need to know how to add Ethernet to your board and to your microcontroller. Such low-level details are harder to learn casually than the things we talked about previously, but... | 21 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6739229",
"author": "MattAtHazmat",
"timestamp": "2024-03-07T18:16:11",
"content": "The single pull-up resistor is not universal. More typically, I’ve seen individual 49.9 ohm resistors pulling up to the supply on each leg of the differential pair, with the center tap of the transfo... | 1,760,371,986.319813 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/07/ct-scan-reveals-secrets-of-heinzs-new-ketchup-cap/ | CT Scan Reveals Secrets Of Heinz’s New Ketchup Cap | Lewin Day | [
"Tech Hacks"
] | [
"cap",
"CT Scan",
"heinz",
"ketchup"
] | Ketchup bottles are a solved technology, right? Wrong! As it turns out, there is still great development being done in this space. Industrial imaging company Lumafield reveals to us
the secrets of Heinz’s new ketchup bottle cap
, reportedly the result of a seven-figure investment and eight long years of toil.
Lumafield... | 57 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "6739185",
"author": "DainBramage",
"timestamp": "2024-03-07T17:03:14",
"content": "Anyone else remember when ketchup came in glass bottles and required the use of a butter knife in order to get enough out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"co... | 1,760,371,986.458617 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/07/stacking-solar-cells-is-a-neat-trick-to-maximise-efficiency/ | Stacking Solar Cells Is A Neat Trick To Maximise Efficiency | Lewin Day | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Misc Hacks",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"efficiency",
"perovskite",
"semiconductors",
"silicon",
"solar",
"solar panel",
"solar power"
] | Solar power is already cheap and effective, and it’s taking on a larger role in supplying energy needs all over the world. The thing about humanity, though, is that we always want more! Too much, you say? It’s never enough!
The problem is that the sun only outputs so much energy per unit of area on Earth, and solar cel... | 51 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6739178",
"author": "RunnerPack",
"timestamp": "2024-03-07T16:42:43",
"content": "“Solar power is already cheap and effective” (Citation needed)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6739210",
"author": "TG",
"timest... | 1,760,371,986.258722 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/07/older-nissan-leafs-lose-their-app-are-they-the-first-of-many/ | Older Nissan Leafs Lose Their App, Are They The First Of Many? | Jenny List | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"apps",
"cars",
"Nissan Leaf"
] | There was a time when all you needed to use your car was a key. On older vehicles it was a traditional metal key, on more recent ones it had some kind of RFID chip for the immobilizer. As vehicles have become more and more computers on wheels though, the key has disappeared in favor of an electronic key using RF, and i... | 103 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "6739078",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-03-07T12:09:11",
"content": "Do consider that people who buy new cars rarely hold on to it for more then 5 years, and they don’t care what happens with it after that.I still have one of the older cars. It’s got electronic ignition (p... | 1,760,371,987.046627 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/06/thumbs-up-to-this-pico-midi-kalimba/ | Thumbs Up To This Pico MIDI Kalimba | Kristina Panos | [
"Musical Hacks",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"capacitive touch",
"kalimba",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi Pico"
] | The kalimba, or thumb piano, is an easy way to make some music even if you have next to no idea what you’re doing. The only real downside is that they are limited to the twinkly sounds of metal tines being plucked by thumbs.
[Jeremy Cook] broke the sonic possibilities wide open by
converting a couple of kalimbas into c... | 8 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738682",
"author": "eeucalyptus",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T16:36:18",
"content": "Whoa, I was about to start making a midi controller for an event, but I guess now I’ll just take this as my model. Cute little project, though maybe a bit wasteful with otherwise fine instruments :D I... | 1,760,371,987.109629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/06/dial-up-is-still-just-barely-a-thing/ | Dial-Up Is Still, Just Barely, A Thing | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"Featured",
"Network Hacks",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"dial-up",
"internet",
"modem",
"us robotics"
] | In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence is not a mere relic of nostalgia — but a testament to the diverse and uneven nature of internet infrastructure across the country.
Yes, d... | 97 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738634",
"author": "Dude",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T15:14:27",
"content": "Having worked with cellular devices “in the field”, the benefit of dialup vs. GPRS is that it’s not flaky and prone to outages due to weather. If it’s on, it stays on, instead of cutting off randomly in the ... | 1,760,371,986.915823 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/06/gps-antenna-mods-make-starlink-terminal-immune-to-jammers/ | GPS Antenna Mods Make Starlink Terminal Immune To Jammers | Arya Voronova | [
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"bias tee",
"gps antenna",
"GPS jammer",
"Starlink"
] | The Starlink receivers need positioning and precise timing information to function, and currently the best way to get that information is to use a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) such as GPS. Unfortunately, the antenna used for this secondary satellite connection leaves something to be desired. Of course, whe... | 70 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738606",
"author": "Jace",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T13:23:00",
"content": "Whoa whoa, they’re fighting Russia AND The Horde?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6738637",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T15:18:10... | 1,760,371,986.777569 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/06/automated-system-keeps-camper-van-air-fresh-and-warm/ | Automated System Keeps Camper Van Air Fresh And Warm | Lewin Day | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"camper",
"cooling",
"electronics",
"heating",
"hvac"
] | Air quality has become a hot topic in recent years. [Ryan Stout] was interested in improving it in his camper van, and set about doing something about it. His solution was an automated system
that provided cleaner air and better comfort to boot.
The concept was simple. [Ryan]’s system is based on an Arduino clone, and ... | 22 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738597",
"author": "Łukasz",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T12:22:02",
"content": "I have similar setup with esphome scd40 and another esphome fan. Logic is controlled by HA.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6738620",
"autho... | 1,760,371,986.59078 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/yuzu-and-citra-emulators-shut-down-after-legal-pressure-from-nintendo/ | Yuzu And Citra Emulators Shut Down After Legal Pressure From Nintendo | Maya Posch | [
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [
"citra",
"emulator",
"nintendo"
] | In a move that came rather like a surprise to many, the company behind the well-known Switch and 3DS emulators Yuzu and Citra – Tropic Haze LLC – as reported by
PC Gamer
has
shutdown
both projects
and associated websites as part of a US$2.4M settlement with Nintendo with a last message left on the
Yuzu website
. This c... | 40 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738521",
"author": "Lee Stella",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T06:36:56",
"content": "If Nintendo sues someone, it clearly crossed a line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6738551",
"author": "Andrea Campanella",
"t... | 1,760,371,986.533752 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/large-language-model-can-help-you-develop-for-the-amiga/ | Large Language Model Can Help You Develop For The Amiga | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"amiga",
"ChatGPT"
] | Developing for the Amiga used to involve reading dense programming manuals and trial and error. In contrast, developing these days can be as simple as barking orders at ChatGPT to spit you out some Python code. However, that technique doesn’t work so well for Amiga languages, as ChatGPT hasn’t read much about the now-a... | 13 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738503",
"author": "Tom K",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T05:06:22",
"content": "I haven’t tried using it for coding but it is giving me good advice on how to troubleshoot my Amiga 4000. Not a lot of places you can go to get that type of help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
... | 1,760,371,986.366979 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/rgb-led-disco-ball-reacts-to-sound-and-color/ | RGB LED Disco Ball Reacts To Sound And Color | Kristina Panos | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"color changing",
"color sensor",
"disco ball",
"microphone",
"raspberry pi",
"RGB LED",
"RGB LEDs"
] | Although disco music and dancing may be long dead, the disco ball lives on as a staple of dance parties everywhere. [Tim van de Vathorst] spent a considerable amount of time
reinventing the disco ball
into something covered with RGB LEDs that reacts to sound and uses a color sensor to change hue based on whatever it’s ... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738614",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-03-06T14:00:14",
"content": "God’s (ie David Gilmour’s) disco ballhttps://youtu.be/9Sa2q-b3oRoat 6:42",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6739054",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "... | 1,760,371,987.158432 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/goatee-pasta-maker-makes-us-hunger-for-hair/ | Goatee Pasta Maker Makes Us Hunger For Hair | Navarre Bartz | [
"cooking hacks"
] | [
"cooking",
"pasta",
"pasta maker",
"simone giertz"
] | Some hacks are pure acts of whimsy, and [Simone Giertz] is back to her roots with this
Goatee Pasta Maker
.
If violence to mannequin heads is upsetting, the video may be a bit NSFW (to warn you now that you already clicked on it). What started out as a pasta-making version of those Play-Doh hair people quickly morphed ... | 9 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738207",
"author": "P Curley",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T06:59:00",
"content": "I did not read that headline correctly the first time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6738241",
"author": "Mr Name Required",
"ti... | 1,760,371,987.201231 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/oc-accelerate-your-large-builds-locally-with-distcc/ | Accelerate Your Large Builds Locally With Distcc | Dave Rowntree | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"compiling",
"distcc",
"distributed computing",
"gcc",
"network"
] | The motto of Sun Microsystems back in the day was “The Network Is The Computer” which might be kind of relevant when CPUs were slower and single-core affairs, but lately to get a faster compile, you’d simply throw more cores and memory at the problem. The thing is, most of us don’t do huge compilations all that often, ... | 20 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738193",
"author": "ecloud",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T04:05:12",
"content": "distcc!?! you have to configure the machines you’re going to use, last I checked: they don’t discover each other.https://github.com/icecc/icecreamis like that but does discovery, so that machines can come ... | 1,760,371,987.467288 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/design-tips-to-hide-layer-lines-in-3d-printed-parts/ | Design Tips To Hide Layer Lines In 3D Printed Parts | Donald Papp | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printing",
"dfm",
"layer lines",
"mass production",
"optimizing"
] | [Slant 3D] knows a lot about optimizing 3D prints so that they can be cranked out reliably with minimal need for post-processing, and
in this short video
he uses a cube as a simple example of how a few design changes can not only optimize for production, but can even hide layer lines pretty effectively.
Just to be perf... | 31 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738155",
"author": "LookAtDaShinyShiny",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T00:07:38",
"content": "I like slant3d videos but I wish this was a little more in depth, showing things like fuzzy skin or applying the height maps to get rid of layer lines. Fuzzy skin is a slicer feature, so that ... | 1,760,371,987.411915 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/optical-guitar-pickup-works-with-nylon-strings/ | Optical Guitar Pickup Works With Nylon Strings | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"guitar",
"led",
"phototransistor"
] | Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t tend to perturb magnetic fields nearly as much, beyond some infinitesimal level that some quantum physicist could explain. So w... | 67 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738114",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T21:09:09",
"content": "Maybe having two pickups per string in antiphase would get rid of some background noise?I believe that’s vaguely how humbuckers works?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,987.304746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/pager-lives-again-thanks-to-python-and-mastodon/ | Pager Lives Again Thanks To Python And Mastodon | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"mastodon",
"pager",
"python"
] | Pagers were a big deal for a while there, even if they never quite made it into the pantheon of excellent sitcom plot devices like answering machines did. Anyway, [Finnley Dolfin] had some pagers and gave them a refresh for the modern era,
using them to receive message alerts from Mastodon
.
The project is laced togeth... | 6 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738078",
"author": "Clind",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T20:02:40",
"content": "neat project I wish I’d do to put right next the minitel terminal ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6738115",
"author": "Paul LeBlanc",
"times... | 1,760,371,987.341749 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/retrotechtacular-the-free-piston-engine/ | Retrotechtacular: The Free Piston Engine | Jenny List | [
"Retrotechtacular",
"Slider",
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [
"2-stroke",
"engine",
"free piston"
] | We all know how a conventional internal combustion engine works, with a piston and a crankshaft. But that’s by no means the only way to make an engine, and one of the slightly more unusual alternatives comes to us courtesy of a vintage Shell Film Unit film,
The Free Piston Engine
, which we’ve placed below the break. I... | 20 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738006",
"author": "smellsofbikes",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T18:20:41",
"content": "Stirling free piston engines, that couple energy out through linear magnetic arrays, seem to be at least competitive for some industries and business cases where very low vibration is necessary. Th... | 1,760,371,987.819007 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/high-vacuum-hack-chat/ | High Vacuum Hack Chat | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"Hack Chat"
] | Join us on Wednesday, March 6 at noon Pacific for the
High Vacuum Hack Chat
with Niklas from Advanced Tinkering!
To the casual observer, there’s not much that goes on in experimental physics that doesn’t require at least a partial vacuum. It makes sense when you think about it; our atmosphere is so thick and so loaded ... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738129",
"author": "Prfesser",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T22:06:58",
"content": "I’m unlikely to make this one–having mouth bones scraped, x-rayed, probably drilled-and-filled, etc. “The Amateur Scientist” has a lot of older articles, many by John Stong, on vacuum processes and const... | 1,760,371,987.650733 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/luggable-cyberdeck-can-still-be-a-luggable-pc/ | Luggable Cyberdeck Can Still Be A Luggable PC | Kristina Panos | [
"Cyberdecks"
] | [
"cyberdeck",
"luggable",
"luggable computer"
] | In the 80s and early 90s, there existed a class of personal computers that are no longer around today — the luggable. Planted firmly between a desktop and a laptop, these machines were lovingly called so because they were portable, but just barely. Think Kaypro, Osborne, or the Compaq Portable.
First things first —
thi... | 3 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738253",
"author": "zoobab",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T12:17:06",
"content": "You could see a Kaypro2 in a McGyver episode with a computer recycling facility in Ghana i think. I will try to find back the episode.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,371,987.6145 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/avi-loeb-and-the-interstellar-lottery/ | Avi Loeb And The Interstellar Lottery | Dan Maloney | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Original Art",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"exoplanet",
"extraterrestrial",
"SETI"
] | Except for rare occasions, I don’t play the lottery. Like many of you, I consider state-run lotteries to be a tax paid only by people who can’t do math. That’s kind of arrogant coming from a guy who chose to go into biology rather than engineering specifically because he’s bad at math, but I know enough to know that th... | 94 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737929",
"author": "Zoe Nagy",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T15:17:34",
"content": "So why do people win the lottery if chances are slim?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737934",
"author": "Piotrsko",
"timestamp":... | 1,760,371,987.952883 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/cant-disable-dji-drone-id-spoof-it-with-an-esp/ | Can’t Disable DJI Drone ID? Spoof It With An ESP! | Arya Voronova | [
"drone hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"anti drone defenses",
"anti-drone",
"data privacy",
"DJI",
"location tracking",
"quadcopter"
] | We have been alerted to a fun tool, a
DJI DroneID spoofer
software for ESP8266/ESP32 and some other popular MCUs. Last year,
we’ve told you about DJI DroneID
— a technology DJI added to their drones, which broadcasts data including the drone operator’s GPS position, which, in turn, appears to have
resulted in Ukrainian... | 20 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737886",
"author": "Gregg Cabe Bond",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T12:13:37",
"content": "I wonder how many drones one could emulate with something more capable, like a WiFi Pinapple for instance…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67... | 1,760,371,988.065995 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/04/the-juggler-in-rust/ | The Juggler: In Rust | Dave Rowntree | [
"Raspberry Pi",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"amiga",
"juggler",
"raspberry pi",
"ray tracing",
"rust",
"softbuffer",
"vecmath",
"winit"
] | Back on the theme of learning to program by taking on a meaningful project — we have another raytracing demo — this time using
Rust on the Raspberry Pi
. [Unfastener] saw our previous article about
writing a simple raytracer in spectrum BASIC
and got inspired to try something similar. The plan was to recreate the famou... | 12 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737865",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T10:26:14",
"content": "Give it to me straight boys, should I learn Rust? I work with Cortex M4 MCUs mostly.I find the push towards using Rust inorganic and unnatural, and I cannot help feel someone stands to gain by its adopt... | 1,760,371,988.119585 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ | Fail Of The Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t | Dan Maloney | [
"Fail of the Week",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [
"deep cycle",
"fail of the week",
"fotw",
"h-bridge",
"rc",
"remote",
"snow",
"snowblower",
"track drive"
] | [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and the snow keeps falling. If you’re sick of shoveling the driveway and the walk and you don’t have a kid handy to rope into the job, relax —
this rapidly assembled junkyard RC snowblower
will do just as crappy a job whil... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737840",
"author": "Morz46",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T06:42:51",
"content": "Add a flamethrower to melt the snow, and also flamethrower.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737869",
"author": "S_Hennig",
"timesta... | 1,760,371,988.007746 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/iphone-6s-nvme-chip-tapped-using-a-flexible-pcb/ | IPhone 6S NVMe Chip Tapped Using A Flexible PCB | Arya Voronova | [
"iphone hacks",
"Phone Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"bga",
"BGA soldering",
"flexible printed circuit",
"fpc",
"iphone",
"iPhone 6s",
"NVMe",
"PCIe",
"storage"
] | Psst! Hey kid! Want to reverse-engineer some iPhones? Well, did you know that modern iPhones use PCIe, and specifically, NVMe for their storage chips? And if so, have you ever wondered about sniffing those communications? Wonder no more, as this research team
shows us how they tapped them
with a flexible printed circui... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737911",
"author": "Maave",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T14:06:39",
"content": "Dang that’s cool. I like this new era of MitM flex cables.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6738206",
"author": "Someone",
"timestamp": "2024-03... | 1,760,371,988.15757 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/hackaday-links-march-3-2024/ | Hackaday Links: March 3, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"Blackbird",
"c/c++",
"camera",
"Consumer Reports",
"doorbells",
"enhance!",
"hackaday links",
"Ingenuity",
"javascript",
"memory-safe",
"Perseverance",
"php",
"printer",
"rental",
"security",
"sql",
"SR-71",
"subscription"
] | Who’d have thought that
$30 doorbell cameras would end up being security liabilities
? That’s the somewhat obvious conclusion reached by
Consumer Reports
after looking at some entry-level doorbell cameras available through the usual outfits and finding glaring security gaps which are
totally
not intentional in any way.... | 26 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737792",
"author": "gregg4",
"timestamp": "2024-03-04T00:09:52",
"content": "Not surprisingly I’ve done both, I’ve read an excellent book on the big black bird, and seen one upclose. She lives at the museum that the Air Force has on their base in Ohio near where the Wright Brothers... | 1,760,371,988.296416 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/making-a-crystodyne-radio-with-zinc-oxide-and-cats-whiskers/ | Making A Crystodyne Radio With Zinc Oxide And Cat’s Whiskers | Maya Posch | [
"classic hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"crystal radio",
"Oleg Losev",
"Tunnel diode"
] | Zinc negative resistance oscillator circuit. (Credit: Ashish Derhgawen)
During the first half of the 20th century radio technology was booming, albeit restricted by the vacuum tube technology of the time which made radios cumbersome in size and power needs. The development of a solid state alternative to the vacuum tub... | 19 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738443",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T23:21:43",
"content": "Would it work with copper oxide also?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6738898",
"author": "Valentin Angelovski",
"timestamp": "2024-03... | 1,760,371,988.224165 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/gaming-on-a-tp-link-tl-wdr4900-wireless-router/ | Gaming On A TP-Link TL-WDR4900 Wireless Router | Maya Posch | [
"Games",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"GTA",
"powerpc",
"tp-link"
] | When you look at your home router, the first thought that comes to mind probably isn’t about playing games on it. But that doesn’t stop [Manawyrm] and [tSYS] from taking on the task of turning the 2013-era TP-Link TL-WDR4900 router
into a proper gaming machine
using an external GPU. This is made possible by the PCIe la... | 18 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738389",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T19:39:19",
"content": "Recycling is as much about economics as it is capability. Right now the above is an investment in knowledge, capability, and time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,371,988.35674 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/jennys-daily-drivers-damn-small-linux-2024/ | Jenny’s Daily Drivers: Damn Small Linux 2024 | Jenny List | [
"computer hacks",
"Hackaday Columns",
"Slider"
] | [
"damn small linux",
"dsl",
"minimalist distro"
] | There was a time when the gulf between a new computer and one a decade or more old was so large as to be insurmountable; when a Pentium was
the
chip to have an older computer had a 16-bit 8086 or 286. Here in the 2020s, though, that divide is less stark. While a machine from the mid-2000s may no longer be considered qu... | 37 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738371",
"author": "Rafael Lago",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T18:25:24",
"content": "DSL brings me to the time I was just an intern (2007) and was discovering Linux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6738510",
"author": "h... | 1,760,371,988.441929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/a-simple-hack-for-running-low-power-gear-from-a-usb-battery-pack/ | A Simple Hack For Running Low-Power Gear From A USB Battery Pack | Lewin Day | [
"Battery Hacks"
] | [
"battery bank",
"current",
"current draw",
"power bank",
"usb"
] | We’ve all been there. You’ve cooked up some little microcontroller project, but you need to unhook it from your dev PC and go mobile. There’s just one problem — you haven’t worked up a battery solution yet. “No problem!” you exclaim. “I’ll just use a USB battery pack!” But the current draw is too low, and the pack won’... | 34 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738337",
"author": "paulvdh",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T16:42:38",
"content": "I do not really consider 15mA “low power gear”, and pumping it up to 53mA is just atrocious.There are plenty of “battery managment PCB’s”, that meant for this task and they are not very expensive. It’s wo... | 1,760,371,988.516938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/walking-and-talking-through-the-uk-national-museum-of-computing/ | Walking And Talking Through The UK National Museum Of Computing | Dave Rowntree | [
"computer hacks",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Slider"
] | [
"35mm film",
"adventure",
"Elliot 803B",
"Lorentz attractor",
"Marconi",
"TAC",
"TR-48",
"zork"
] | I found myself in Milton Keynes, UK, a little while ago, with a few hours to spare. What could I do but rock over to the National Museum of Computing and make a nuisance of myself? I have visited many times, but this time, I was armed with a voice recorder and a mission to talk to everybody who didn’t run away fast eno... | 17 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738313",
"author": "Microgadgethacker",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T15:32:05",
"content": "Nice write up. BTW for shooting photos through glass try bringing a DSLR circular polarizing filter. Even if you shot with a cell phone or point and shoot you can hold it over the lens.",
... | 1,760,371,988.582447 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/hacking-an-actual-wifi-toothbrush-with-an-esp32-c3/ | Hacking An Actual WiFi Toothbrush With An ESP32-C3 | Maya Posch | [
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"IoT",
"replacement firmware",
"toothbrush"
] | Following on the heels of a fortunately not real DDoS botnet composed of electric toothbrushes, [Aaron Christophel] got his hands on a sort-of-electric toothbrush which could
totally be exploited for this purpose
.
Evowera Planck Mini will never gonna give you up, never let you down. (Credit: Aaron Christophel)
The Evo... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738258",
"author": "clind",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T12:41:23",
"content": "Wow toothbrushes now have bluetooth, wifi and color displays !As much as the though of a botnet attack made of a swarm of toothbrushes make me smile and reminiscent of rpg sessions with friends, this also ... | 1,760,371,988.909878 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/05/reverse-engineering-the-behringer-ultranet-protocol/ | Reverse Engineering The Behringer Ultranet Protocol | Richard Baguley | [
"digital audio hacks"
] | [
"AES/EBU",
"audio",
"fpga"
] | Ultranet is a protocol created by audio manufacturer Behringer to transmit up to 16 channels of 24-bit sound over a Cat-5 cable. It’s not an open standard, though: Behringer doesn’t offer an API or protocol description to build your own Ultranet devices. But that didn’t stop [Christian Nödig], thanks to a defective mix... | 26 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6738229",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2024-03-05T09:50:27",
"content": "“which are passed to an ADC and analog output”Or perhaps a DAC?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6738247",
"author": "ytrewq",
"timestamp": "2024-... | 1,760,371,988.974053 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/outdated-hp-microserver-gets-a-new-brain/ | Outdated HP Microserver Gets A New Brain | Navarre Bartz | [
"computer hacks"
] | [
"computer case",
"restomod"
] | What to do if you have a really cool old HP MicroServer that just can’t keep up with the demands of today? [jacksonliam] decided to restomod it by
installing a mini PC into the drive bay
.
The HP N54L MicroServer was still running, but its soldered CPU and non-standard motherboard made a simple upgrade impossible. Eval... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737757",
"author": "GameboyRMH",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T22:23:05",
"content": "I always thought it would be cool to turn an old tower server into a something like a blade server by stuffing SBCs or mini-PCs into the plentiful drive bays…it would be even cooler to adapt the case t... | 1,760,371,989.38954 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/bring-linux-to-ch32v003-through-yes-risc-v-emulation/ | Bring Linux To CH32V003 Through, Yes, RISC-V Emulation | Arya Voronova | [
"Linux Hacks",
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"CH32V003",
"Embedded Linux",
"GNU/Linux",
"psram",
"RISC-V"
] | Like playing around with Linux on low-power devices? You’d be hard pressed to find a better example than the [tvlad1234]’s
linux-ch32v003
project.
It’s not just a one-off — it’s something you could build right now, since it requires hardly any extra parts.
With help of a 8 MB PSRAM chip for RAM supplementation purposes... | 14 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737720",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T20:38:59",
"content": "“you could literally etch a PCB for this project…”Could you connect this Linux system to a larger screen, install KiCAD on this Linux system, then design this board in KiCAD, use software running on this L... | 1,760,371,989.136046 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/whats-a-transfluxor/ | What’s A Transfluxor? | Al Williams | [
"Parts",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"Arma",
"core memory",
"transfluxor"
] | In the 1967 movie
The Graduate
, a wise older man gives some advice to the title character: plastics. Indeed, plastics would become big business. In 1962, though, a computer-savvy character might have offered a different word: transfluxor. What’s a transfluxor? Well, according to computer history sleuth [Ken Shirriff],... | 11 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737672",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T15:39:02",
"content": "Darn. And here we was hoping for time travel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737729",
"author": "Sergio P",
"timestamp": "2024-0... | 1,760,371,989.33742 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/building-your-own-4g-lte-base-station/ | Building Your Own 4G LTE Base Station | Arya Voronova | [
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Radio Hacks"
] | [
"4g",
"base station",
"GSM base station",
"LTE",
"srsRAN"
] | We’ve seen quite a few DIY 2G networks over the years, but the 4G field has been relatively barren. Turns out, there’s an open source suite called srsRAN that lets you use an SDR for setting up an LTE network, and recently,
we’ve found a blog post from [MaFrance351]
(
Google Translate
) that teaches you everything you ... | 14 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737668",
"author": "XFwordie",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T14:29:26",
"content": "Band 48 is CBRS in USA. You could in theory operate on it without legal issue?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737669",
"author": "ftg",
... | 1,760,371,989.209678 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/a-better-use-for-the-agp-slot-decades-later/ | A Better Use For The AGP Slot, Decades Later | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"AGP",
"interfacing",
"pci"
] | For a while around a quarter century ago PC motherboards came with a special slot, a little shorter than the PCI slots which ruled the roost back then, and offset from them further into the case. This was the Accelerated Graphics Port, or AGP, a standard created to more quickly serve the 3D graphics cards which were th... | 25 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737643",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T10:03:25",
"content": "Very well written. It should be noted, that the 200MB/s were obviously not achieved with the network card used for initial testing, but a SATA SSD connected via a PCI-X SATAII controller.",
"parent_id":... | 1,760,371,989.281354 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/cybiko-repair-a-thon-with-memory-upgrade/ | Cybiko Repair-A-Thon With Memory Upgrade | Maya Posch | [
"Repair Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"Cybiko"
] | Concluding a four-part repair-a-thon on a stack of Cybiko handheld computers, [Robert] over at
Robert’s Retro
covered the intricate details
of fixing a last batch of four in a nearly one-hour long video. These devices, with their colorful transparent cases, are a great time capsule of the early 2000s. Even with their l... | 9 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737665",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T14:20:22",
"content": "I’d use one of these today. Especially with LoRa built in.Reminds me of thishttps://hackaday.com/2022/05/25/long-distance-text-communication-with-lora/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"repl... | 1,760,371,989.439092 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/lost-print-vacuum-casting-in-a-microwave/ | Lost Print Vacuum Casting In A Microwave | Navarre Bartz | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"3d printed",
"aluminum",
"brass",
"copper",
"forming",
"kiln",
"metal",
"microwave",
"mold",
"pencil",
"plaster of paris",
"plastic",
"vacuum"
] | Hacks are rough around the edges by their nature, so we love it when we get updates from makers about how they’ve improved their process. [Denny] from
Shake the Future
has just provided an
update on his microwave casting process
.
Sticking metal in a microwave certainly
seems
like it would be a bad idea at first, but w... | 16 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737626",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T06:36:21",
"content": "OK… so I’m not totally against videos but they aren’t a great way to explain things. In this case, a video exceedinga full houris just obscene. Seriously, a paper with illustrations and maybe a few demonst... | 1,760,371,989.501486 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/the-six-million-dollar-jellyfish/ | The Six Million Dollar Jellyfish | Navarre Bartz | [
"Science"
] | [
"bioengineering",
"biomimetic",
"biomimicry",
"deep ocean exploration",
"jellyfish",
"sensors",
"underwater sensor"
] | What if you could rebuild a jellyfish: better, stronger, faster than it was before? Caltech now has the technology to build
bionic jellyfish
.
Studying the ocean given its influence on the
rest of the climate
is an important scientific task, but the wild pressure differences as you descend into the eternal darkness mak... | 14 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737404",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T05:39:53",
"content": "Real jellyfish will feel their jobs are threatened and kill it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737417",
"author": "Reluctant Cannibal",
... | 1,760,371,989.556294 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/an-open-sparcstation-usb-keyboardmouse-adapter/ | An Open SPARCstation USB Keyboard&Mouse Adapter | Arya Voronova | [
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"sparc"
] | Got a SPARCstation? You might have had to deal with the proprietary DIN port used for keyboard and mouse input. However, you need not look for outdated hardware anymore – we’ve recently found
an adapter project
called [usb3sun], which lets you use a regular USB keyboard and mouse instead! Designed by [
delan
] from
[th... | 12 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737376",
"author": "Gösta",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T02:23:46",
"content": "I have a Sparkintosh!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737521",
"author": "forty-2",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T17:43:39",
"con... | 1,760,371,989.610417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/educational-arduino-clock-uses-analog-meters-for-display/ | Educational Arduino Clock Uses Analog Meters For Display | Lewin Day | [
"clock hacks"
] | [
"arduino",
"clock",
"real time clock"
] | When it comes to educational electronic projects, it’s hard to go past building a clock. You learn tons about everything from circuit concepts and assembly skills to insights about the very nature of time itself. And you get a clock at the end of it! [hamblin.joe] wanted to do a simple project for kids along these line... | 13 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737333",
"author": "a_do_z",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T21:26:46",
"content": "But can Gen-Zers tell time on it? ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737340",
"author": "Feinfinger (M-x totally-tame-mode)",
"tim... | 1,760,371,989.668551 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/build-yourself-a-little-mangonel-you-deserve-one/ | Build Yourself A Little Mangonel, You Deserve One | Lewin Day | [
"Toy Hacks",
"Weapons Hacks"
] | [
"age of empires II",
"mangonel",
"siege",
"siege engine",
"siege weapon"
] | If you’re of a certain age, you almost certainly learned about mangonels by playing
Age of Empires II
. Any intermediate player will tell you they are a powerful siege weapon that nevertheless cannot destroy trees (in game). However, why limit yourself to experiencing this capable siege engine in digital form? With the... | 17 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737316",
"author": "anonymous coward",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T19:49:02",
"content": "That’s an onager not a mangonel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737326",
"author": "anonymous joker",
"timestamp": "2024... | 1,760,371,990.000938 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/hackaday-podcast-episode-260-kicad-8-two-weather-stations-and-multiple-i2cs/ | Hackaday Podcast Episode 260: KiCad 8, Two Weather Stations, And Multiple I2Cs | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Podcasts"
] | [
"Hackaday Podcast"
] | It’s a leap year, so Elliot and Dan put the extra day to good use tracking down all the hottest hacks from the past week and dorking out about them. There’s big news in the KiCad community, and we talked about all the new features along with some old woes. Great minds think alike, apparently, since two different e-ink ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737317",
"author": "Tom Donnelly",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T19:49:17",
"content": "What’s that sound. Judy Teen by Cockney Rebel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,989.944093 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/if-you-thought-sega-only-made-electronic-games-think-again/ | If You Thought Sega Only Made Electronic Games, Think Again | Jenny List | [
"Games"
] | [
"electromechanical",
"gun fight",
"restoration",
"sega"
] | Most of us associate the name Sega with their iconic console gaming systems from the 1980s and 1990s, and those of us who maintain an interest in arcade games will be familiar with their many cabinet-based commercial offerings. But the company’s history in its various entities stretches back as far as the 1950s in the ... | 4 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737320",
"author": "metalman",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T20:06:25",
"content": "“the company’s history in its various entities stretches back”thats moving the goal posts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737384",
"autho... | 1,760,371,989.908778 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/this-week-in-security-forksquatting-rustdesk-and-mms/ | This Week In Security: Forksquatting, RustDesk, And M&Ms | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"Avast",
"RustDesk",
"This Week in Security",
"wordpress"
] | Github is struggling to keep up with
a malware campaign that’s a new twist on typosquatting
. The play is straightforward: Clone popular repositories, add malware, and advertise the forks as the original. Some developers mistake the forks for the real projects, and unintentionally run the malware. The obvious naming ch... | 14 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737289",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T17:36:53",
"content": "The 9.8 rating for RustDesk is legit when even the developer doesn’t know what’s going on.https://i.ibb.co/bHjMYWH/2024-02-08-00h41-11.png",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,990.318596 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/cheap-microscope-can-take-amazing-images-with-some-simple-upgrades/ | Cheap Microscope Can Take Amazing Images With Some Simple Upgrades | Lewin Day | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"education",
"microscope",
"raspberry pi",
"upgrade"
] | [Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they purchased a cheap microscope and
upgraded it to do the job instead.
Usability and performance is greatly improved over the stock unit, which ... | 12 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737591",
"author": "Stendall",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T00:54:58",
"content": "Borg Microscope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737604",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T02:31:40",
"content"... | 1,760,371,990.100775 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/its-a-coco-no-its-an-apple-ii/ | It’s A CoCo! No, It’s An Apple II! | Jenny List | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"6502",
"6809",
"Apple 2",
"CoCo",
"tandy"
] | Original retrocomputing hardware is now decades old and showing its age, so the chances are it’s more common in 2024 to experience a machine from the 1970s or 1980s by way of an emulator on a modern machine than it is on the real hardware. There’s another more limited emulation scene as similar 8-bit machines emulate e... | 2 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737576",
"author": "Folkert van Heusden",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T23:04:35",
"content": "Reminds me of 1994 when I wrote an MSX emulator for the Atari ST…in basic (GFA basic). Not very fast but it worked somewhat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,990.140311 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/diy-geophone-build-performs-well/ | DIY Geophone Build Performs Well | Lewin Day | [
"classic hacks",
"Science"
] | [
"geology",
"geophone",
"seismic",
"seismic activity"
] | If you want to know what’s going on with the ground, geologically speaking, a geophone is a great tool to have. It lets you listen in on the rumbles and grumbles beneath your feet, and can give you great insight into matters of seismic importance.
[mircemk] has designed a very capable geophone
that’s simple enough for ... | 14 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737528",
"author": "Mark Topham",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T18:08:55",
"content": "All I’m going to pickup is the vibration caused by snowplowing the street in front of my apartment. I’m on the 16th floor (by height, not floor number), and the building is a tuning fork for snow clea... | 1,760,371,990.048334 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/sometimes-its-the-little-things/ | Sometimes It’s The Little Things | Elliot Williams | [
"Microcontrollers",
"Rants"
] | [
"clever",
"i2c",
"i2c addressing",
"multiplexer",
"newsletter"
] | I had one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-it moments this week, reading
this article about multiplexing I2C on the ESP32 microcontroller
. The idea is so good, and so simple, that it’s almost silly that it’s not standard hacker practice. And above all, it actually helps solve a problem that I’ve got. This is why I read ... | 16 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737485",
"author": "BobH",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T15:08:15",
"content": "On many of my projects, finding two acceptable pins free for the I2C bus is difficult enough. Looking for 3 or 4 gets more painful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"... | 1,760,371,990.190629 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/designing-a-usb-c-upgrade-pcb-for-the-mx-ergo-mouse/ | Designing A USB-C Upgrade PCB For The MX Ergo Mouse | Jenny List | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"logitech",
"micro-USB",
"USB C"
] | As the world of electronic gadgetry made the switch from micro USB to USB-C as the charging port of choice, many of us kept both of the required cables handy. But it’s fair to say that these days a micro USB port has become a pretty rare sight, and the once ubiquitous cable can be a bit elusive in the event that you en... | 16 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737498",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T15:50:49",
"content": "Its also amazing what you can do with a usb-C breakout board and a whole lot of epoxy ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737517",
"author": "L... | 1,760,371,992.141499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/02/on-the-merits-of-a-solid-state-dehumidifier-filament-dry-box/ | On The Merits Of A Solid-State Dehumidifier Filament Dry Box | Maya Posch | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"3d printer filament",
"dehumidifier"
] | How good are ion membrane dehumidifiers for keeping FDM filament dry and ready for printing? This is the question which
[Stefan] at
CNC Kitchen
sought to answer in a recent video
. Like many of us, he was inspired by a video which [Big Clive] made a while ago in which said dehumidifiers were demonstrated for keeping an... | 43 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737427",
"author": "Harvie.CZ",
"timestamp": "2024-03-02T10:48:47",
"content": "There are some youtube videos about making ion exchange membranes using napkins, pva glue, cement and some unfamiliar chemicals. Maybe someone can figure out opensource version of this as well…",
"p... | 1,760,371,991.945343 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/bluetooth-wearable-becomes-rad-synth-controller/ | Bluetooth Wearable Becomes Rad Synth Controller | Lewin Day | [
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"filter",
"midi",
"pinewatch",
"synth",
"volca"
] | Once upon a time, a watch was just a watch. These days, though, smartwatches have all kinds of tricks built in, from heartrate sensors, to accelerometers, gyros, and tons of networking capability. Take advantage of just some of that hardware, and you have yourself a pretty nifty controller.
And that’s precisely what [S... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737664",
"author": "Oleksiy",
"timestamp": "2024-03-03T13:48:06",
"content": "OMG, finally a cool use for my PineTime that been collecting dust for about a year. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,991.8212 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/thinkpad-x1-carbon-turned-usb-device-through-relentless-digging/ | ThinkPad X1 Carbon Turned USB Device Through Relentless Digging | Arya Voronova | [
"laptops hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"facedancer",
"thinkpad",
"USB Gadget",
"usb gadget framework",
"usb3",
"USB3300",
"xhci"
] | In what’s perhaps one of the most impressive laptop reverse engineering posts in recent memory, [Andrey Konovalov] brings us
an incredibly detailed story
of how he’s discovered and successfully enabled a USB
device
controller in a ThinkPad X1 Carbon equipped with a 6th gen Intel CPU.
If you ever wanted to peek at the d... | 15 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737209",
"author": "Zoe Nagy",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T13:13:26",
"content": "Or just buy a Macbook.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737262",
"author": "bebop",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T16:08:04",
"c... | 1,760,371,992.037489 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/doom-runs-on-husqvarnas-robot-lawnmower/ | DOOMRuns On Husqvarna’s Robot Lawnmower | Lewin Day | [
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"does it run doom",
"doom",
"mower",
"robot"
] | DOOM
has been ported to a lot of platforms — to the point where the joke is kind of getting old now. Evidence of that is available in the fact that brands are now getting in on the action. Yes, as reported by
The Register,
you can now officially play
DOOM
on your
Husqvarna’s Automower
.
Nice, right? Speedrun it on this... | 26 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737143",
"author": "issalig",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T09:29:04",
"content": "Release in April? April 1st?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6737168",
"author": "Andrea Campanella",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T10:49:55",
... | 1,760,371,992.371203 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/easily-add-link-cable-support-to-your-homebrew-gba-game/ | Easily Add Link Cable Support To Your Homebrew GBA Game | Maya Posch | [
"Games",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks"
] | [
"game boy advance",
"Game Boy Link Cable"
] | The Game Boy Advance (GBA) link cable is the third generation of this feature which originated with the Gameboy. It not only allows for peripherals to be connected, but also for multiplayer between GBAs – even with just one game copy – and item sharing and unlocking of features in specific games. This makes it an inter... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737120",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T07:38:31",
"content": "With a breakout board that SPI mode would be great for a GameBoy tricorder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6737126",
"author": "Daid",
"ti... | 1,760,371,991.864649 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/internet-of-production-alliance-wants-you-to-think-globally-make-locally/ | Internet Of Production Alliance Wants You To Think Globally, Make Locally | Navarre Bartz | [
"hardware"
] | [
"decentralized",
"distributed manufacturing",
"fablab",
"fourth industrial revolution",
"Internet of Production Alliance",
"makerspace",
"manufacturing",
"open source hardware",
"production",
"supply chain"
] | With the proliferation of digital fabrication tools, many feel the future of manufacturing is distributed. It would certainly be welcome after the pandemic-induced supply chain kerfuffles from toilet paper to Raspberry Pis. The
Internet of Production Alliance
(IoP) is designing standards to smooth this transition. [via... | 19 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737072",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T03:36:45",
"content": "Or we could.. Idunno, try and be self-sufficient and make stuff again instead of giving our whole country away… Just a wacky idea.You can keep your “fourth industrial revolution.” Gross.",
"parent_id": nul... | 1,760,371,992.293766 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/a-3-tool-selector-box-for-a-jbc-soldering-station/ | A 3-tool Selector Box For A JBC Soldering Station | Dave Rowntree | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"arduino pro mini",
"JBC",
"relays",
"soldering",
"uln2003A"
] | Soldering is one of those jobs that are conceptually simple enough, but there’s quite a bit of devil in the detail and having precisely the right tool for the job in hand is essential for speed and quality of results. The higher-quality soldering stations have many options for the hot end, but switching from a simple p... | 4 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6737167",
"author": "lis0r",
"timestamp": "2024-03-01T10:49:14",
"content": "Anyone know what the “mechanical tip cleaner” noise is that he triggers off screen before replacing the iron each time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id"... | 1,760,371,991.981108 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/for-today-only-pi3/ | For Today Only, Pi=3 | Jenny List | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"leap year",
"raspberry pi",
"Raspberry Pi birthday"
] | In 1897 the state assembly of the American state of Indiana famously tried and failed to pass a bill which would have had the effect of denying the value of the mathematical constant Pi. It was an attempt to define a method to “square the circle”, or draw a square of the same area as a given circle through a series of ... | 47 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736941",
"author": "Luis Mercado",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T21:17:13",
"content": "Maybe someone more versed in maths can explain to me by they had to go to such extremes to propose a bill to deny the value of Pi. Wouldn’t be enough to simply substitute Pi, in any given formula, wi... | 1,760,371,992.237829 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/washing-machine-motors-unlocked/ | Washing Machine Motors Unlocked | Jenny List | [
"Parts"
] | [
"induction motor",
"motor",
"washing machine motor"
] | There’s great potential in salvaging a motor from a broken appliance, but so often the part in question is very specific to its application, presenting a puzzle of wires to the experimenter. This was very much the case with older washing machines and other white goods, and while their modern equivalents may have switch... | 19 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736904",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T19:44:22",
"content": "Phase shift.https://woodgears.ca/motors/reversing.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6736918",
"author": "spaceminions",
"timest... | 1,760,371,992.088774 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/floss-weekly-episode-772-raspberry-pi-from-the-man-himself/ | FLOSS Weekly Episode 772: Raspberry Pi From The Man Himself | Jonathan Bennett | [
"Podcasts"
] | [
"broadcom",
"Eben Upton",
"FLOSS Weekly",
"Rasperry Pi"
] | This week, Jonathan Bennett and Elliot Williams talk with Eben Upton about the Raspberry Pi! The conversation covers
the new Pi 5
, the
upcoming CM5
, the possible Pi500, and the Initial Public Offering (IPO) that may happen before too long. There’s also the PCIe port, the RP1, and the unexpected effects of using Broad... | 15 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736880",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T18:29:29",
"content": "Rasperry Pi 5 is probably going to be the last iteration that isn’t plainly focused on profit. IPOs end up destroying companies from the inside out and the top down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1... | 1,760,371,992.425148 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/making-a-dye-sensitized-solar-cell-is-almost-diy-able/ | Making A Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Is Almost DIY-able | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"solar",
"solar panel"
] | We see plenty of solar projects here on Hackaday, but they primarily consist of projects that use an off-the-shelf solar panel to power something else. We see very few projects where people actually create their own solar panels. And yet,
that’s precisely what [Shih Wei Chieh] has done!
The project consists of a large ... | 9 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736677",
"author": "KDawg",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T04:45:48",
"content": "Quarter watt ish in 2024 could power something useful if you don’t waste most of it in regulation so it conforms to modern digital everything",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,371,992.467012 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/the-strange-metal-phase-and-its-implications-for-superconductivity/ | The Strange Metal Phase And Its Implications For Superconductivity | Maya Posch | [
"Science"
] | [
"cuprates",
"fermi liquid",
"strange metal",
"superconductivity"
] | The behavior of electrons and the exact fundamentals underlying the phenomenon we call ‘electricity’ are still the subject of many competing theories and heated debates. This is most apparent in the area of superconducting research, where the Fermi liquid theory — which has has formed the foundation of much of what we ... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736868",
"author": "Gravis",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T18:06:01",
"content": "Excellent! “That’s weird…” is what leads to new ideas which ultimately helps us get closer to the truth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,992.637829 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/ethernet-for-hackers-equipment-exploration/ | Ethernet For Hackers: Equipment Exploration | Arya Voronova | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Network Hacks",
"Slider"
] | [
"8p8c",
"ethernet",
"ethernet switch",
"how-to",
"phy",
"PoE",
"power over ethernet",
"RJ-45",
"rj45",
"router",
"routers"
] | Last time,
we talked about the surface-level details of Ethernet.
They are fundamental to know for Ethernet hacking, but they’re also easy to pick up from bits and pieces online, or just from wiring up a few computers in your home network. Now, there’s also a bunch of equipment and standards that you will want to use w... | 28 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736532",
"author": "Pat",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T18:33:07",
"content": "“Have you heard about Ethernet hubs? “Hub” is generally a synonym for “switch” these days, but back in the 10 Mbps days, it used to be a different device – a passive way to tie three Ethernet devices into a n... | 1,760,371,992.716279 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/the-photodiode-you-never-knew-you-had/ | The Photodiode You Never Knew You Had | Jenny List | [
"LED Hacks",
"Parts"
] | [
"led",
"optoelectronics",
"photodiode"
] | Optoelectronics hold a range of possibilities for the hardware experimenter — indeed who among us hasn’t added LEDs aplenty to our work? What many of us may be unaware of though is that an LED is also a photodiode, and can even be persuaded to generate usable quantities of power.
[Voltative] takes a look at this phenom... | 34 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736483",
"author": "jenningsthecat",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T16:55:29",
"content": "“Would the large area of a lighting LED give a better result for example, or would the phosphorescent coating of a white LED make it useless?”That’s an interesting question. I suspect that the coat... | 1,760,371,993.02844 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/air-canadas-chatbot-why-rag-is-better-than-an-llm-for-facts/ | Air Canada’s Chatbot: Why RAG Is Better Than An LLM For Facts | Maya Posch | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"chatbot",
"large language model",
"retrieval augmented generation"
] | Recently Air Canada was in the news regarding the outcome of
Moffatt v. Air Canada
, in which Air Canada was forced to pay restitution to Mr. Moffatt after the latter had been disadvantaged by advice given by a chatbot on the Air Canada website regarding the latter’s bereavement fare policy. When Mr. Moffatt inquired w... | 32 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736459",
"author": "yet another bruce",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T15:29:05",
"content": "If Watson is the retrieval engine does that mean Sherlock is the LLM – or is it Moriarty?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737615",
... | 1,760,371,992.960736 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/avoid-i2c-address-conflicts-on-esp32-by-pin-muxing/ | Avoid I2C Address Conflicts On ESP32 By Pin Muxing | Arya Voronova | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"ESP32",
"i2c",
"i2c address translation",
"i2c addressing",
"i2c bus"
] | Using hardware I2C on an ESP32? Do you need to connect multiple I2C devices with the same address? Normally, you wouldn’t be able to do that without extra parts, but on the ESP32, [BastelBaus]
has found a nice hack
— just connect your devices to different pins and slightly abuse the ESP32 GPIO muxing, no extra hardware... | 20 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736411",
"author": "Antron Argaiv",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T12:35:13",
"content": "Heh. I actually have a patent* on (almost) that :-)(Got a buck and a placque for it)Mine uses an I2C PIO chip to generate the mux select signals at the far end of the I2C bus. So your master can be ... | 1,760,371,992.887247 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/the-white-house-memory-safety-appeal-is-a-security-red-herring/ | The White House Memory Safety Appeal Is A Security Red Herring | Maya Posch | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Rants",
"Software Development"
] | [
"code security",
"programming languages"
] | In the Holy Programming Language Wars, the lingua franca of system programming – also known as C – is often lambasted for being unsecure, error-prone, and plagued with more types of behavior that are undefined than ones that are defined by the C standards. Many programming languages were said to be ‘C killers’, yet C i... | 107 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736891",
"author": "Ostracus",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T18:53:54",
"content": "Security and zero-trust.https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2023/02/20/the-next-generation-in-data-center-security-smartnics-and-dpus/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,993.238322 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/piano-feeder-gets-pets-playing-for-their-supper/ | Piano Feeder Gets Pets Playing For Their Supper | Navarre Bartz | [
"home hacks",
"Musical Hacks"
] | [
"cats",
"dogs",
"pet feeder",
"pet food",
"pet health",
"pets"
] | If you ever watched a video of Piano Cat and wondered if your cat could learn to play, then [Sebastian Sokołowski] has a possible solution with this
combination piano tutor and cat feeder
.
Starting with a CNC cut MDF enclosure, [Sokołowski] developed a cat feeder that would fit in the rear of the piano. It had to be r... | 21 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736843",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T16:40:45",
"content": "Pentatonix, that’s so daft. Meow!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6736853",
"author": "LordNothing",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T17:17:36",
... | 1,760,371,993.091781 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/nasa-found-another-super-earth-with-tantalizing-possibilities/ | NASA Found Another Super Earth With Tantalizing Possibilities | Lewin Day | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Original Art",
"Science",
"Slider",
"Space"
] | [
"earth",
"exoplanet",
"habitable zone",
"Planet",
"planets",
"super earth"
] | Earth is a rather special place, quite unlike the other planets in the solar system. It’s nestled at the perfect distance from the sun to allow our water to remain liquid and for life to flourish in turn. It’s a rare thing; most planets are either too close and scorching hot, or too far and freezing cold.
NASA is alway... | 57 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736814",
"author": "Panondorf",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T15:26:37",
"content": "An orbit of only 19 days? That has to be tidally locked! I hope a tidally locked planet can be habitable, given how many keep being found but I am skeptical. Then there is the question of flares so clos... | 1,760,371,993.49124 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/an-automotive-locksmith-on-the-flipper-zero-and-car-theft/ | An Automotive Locksmith On The Flipper Zero And Car Theft | Jenny List | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"canada",
"car theft",
"flipper zero"
] | Here in the hacker community there’s nothing we love more than a clueless politician making a fool of themselves sounding off about a technology they know nothing about. A few days ago we were rewarded in spades by the Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, who railed against... | 61 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736765",
"author": "Gordon Shephard",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T12:36:26",
"content": "Unfortunately, the ‘non-technical people who might be inclined to believe’ problem is basic to the current state of our culture. Rapid (I almost wrote ‘rabid’) technological change will always le... | 1,760,371,993.335656 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/29/a-full-keyboard-for-5/ | A “Full” Keyboard For $5* | Kristina Panos | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"CH552",
"keyboard",
"keyboard for ants"
] | Sure, we’ve all seen PCB business cards at this point, but what about giving away a full-blown keyboard at meetups and such?
That’s just how cost-effective the idawgz32 keyboard is.
How on Earth can it cost so little? [sporewoh] used the CH552 microcontroller, which comes in around a dollar and only needs a couple of c... | 14 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736732",
"author": "Confused",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T09:42:57",
"content": "Am I supposed to know what FAK stands for? FAKE? For A Keyboard?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6736799",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
... | 1,760,371,993.388844 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/flux-is-your-friend-for-archiving-old-floppy-disks/ | Flux Is Your Friend For Archiving Old Floppy Disks | Navarre Bartz | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"disc format",
"floppy",
"floppy disk",
"flux map",
"greaseweazel",
"kryoflux"
] | Nothing screams retrocomputing quite like floppy drives. If you want to preserve some of your favorite computing memories like that paper you wrote about the joys of the Information Superhighway, [Shelby] from Tech Tangents has a detailed dive into
how to preserve the bits off those old floppies
.
Back in the day, the ... | 13 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736729",
"author": "Zoe Nagy",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T09:30:58",
"content": "Don’t forget to share it on DC++, it’s still running well in 2024.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6736842",
"author": "Matt",
"ti... | 1,760,371,993.542559 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/restoring-starlinks-missing-ethernet-ports/ | Restoring Starlink’s Missing Ethernet Ports | Arya Voronova | [
"Network Hacks",
"Repair Hacks",
"Reverse Engineering"
] | [
"ethernet",
"ethernet jack",
"Starlink"
] | Internet connectivity in remote areas can be a challenge, but recently SpaceX’s Starlink has emerged as a viable solution for many spots on the globe — including the Ukrainian frontlines. Unfortunately, in 2021 Starlink released a new version of their hardware, cost-optimized to the point of losing some nice features s... | 29 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736667",
"author": "Capo",
"timestamp": "2024-02-29T04:19:01",
"content": "Elon, Elon, Elon, what a talent to create good first products and then turn around them to screw your customers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "67367... | 1,760,371,993.614791 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/28/esp32-weather-station-looks-great-with-color-e-paper-display/ | ESP32 Weather Station Looks Great With Color E-Paper Display | Lewin Day | [
"Microcontrollers"
] | [
"display",
"e-paper",
"ESP32",
"weather station"
] | [educ8s.tv] has built weather stations before, but his latest is his best yet. It’s all thanks to its low-power design,
enabled by its e-paper display.
The build is based around an ESP32 microcontroller, combined with a BMP180 sensor for measuring barometric pressure, and a DHT22 sensor for measuring temperature and hu... | 20 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736415",
"author": "Jan Praegert",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T12:47:03",
"content": "First, I want to say, the DHTxxs are terrible sensors. They should be forbidden by Government. Every Government. Worldwide.But ok, they use bme280 in this project as an alternative. So please, use th... | 1,760,371,993.670233 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/wire-wrap-odyssey-a-7400-series-homebrew-8-bit-computer/ | Wire Wrap Odyssey: A 7400-series Homebrew 8-bit Computer | Maya Posch | [
"classic hacks",
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"7400-series",
"8-bit computers"
] | The Wire Wrap Odyssey’s first Hello World from the CPU module, here hooked up to a logic analyzer in July of 2020. (Credit: Paul Krizak)
As part of his computer science curriculum at Texas A&M University in the early 2000s, [Paul Krizak] took a computer architecture course on the basics of their functioning. This and b... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736376",
"author": "BT",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T09:00:48",
"content": "I have been itching to do something like this for years, but… time, and other itches! Very well done and documented, I know it took perseverance and tenacity to get to this point, impressive.",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,371,993.728952 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/blast-from-the-past-schematic-templates/ | Blast From The Past: Schematic Templates | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"drafting template",
"schematic"
] | If you want to draw schematics today, you probably sit down at your computer. Why not? There are a ton of programs made to do the work easily, and the results look great. Back in the day, you might sit at a drafting table with a full set of T-squares, triangles, and maybe a Leroy. But what about when inspiration struck... | 29 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736326",
"author": "JohnS_AZ",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T04:26:11",
"content": "In “those days”, likely on a stool at the pink Formica counter of a Dunkin Donuts. (This was back when their donuts actually tasted good)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
... | 1,760,371,993.898648 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/wireless-telescope-guidance-you-can-build-on-the-cheap/ | Wireless Telescope Guidance You Can Build On The Cheap | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"astronomy",
"sky",
"telescope"
] | Telescopes are fun to point around the sky, but they’re even better when you have some idea of what you’re actually looking at. Experienced sky-gazers love nothing more than whipping out some quality glassware and pointing it to the heavens to try and view some photons from some fancy celestial point of interest. To ai... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "8081957",
"author": "Gregg",
"timestamp": "2025-01-12T03:46:47",
"content": "This is exactly what I need on my 8in Orion Starhopper. Can’t seem to find the esp32 code, where should I be looking?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,994.1205 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/3d-printed-automated-development-tank-for-classic-photo-films/ | 3D-Printed Automated Development Tank For Classic Photo Films | Lewin Day | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"darkroom",
"development",
"photography"
] | [packetandy] had a problem. He was still into classic analog photography, but local options for development were few and far between. After some frustration, he decided to take on the process himself, creating an automatic development tank
for that very purpose.
For black and white film, developing is fairly straightfo... | 7 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736292",
"author": "Llaves",
"timestamp": "2024-02-28T00:23:36",
"content": "Actually, film does not require continuous agitation. It requires periodic agitation, once every 30 seconds or minute for about 5 seconds. Never seemed all that tedious back when I did wet photography. Of ... | 1,760,371,993.964634 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/underwater-sensor-takes-single-pair-ethernet-for-a-dip/ | Underwater Sensor Takes Single Pair Ethernet For A Dip | Maya Posch | [
"Network Hacks"
] | [
"ethernet",
"single pair ethernet"
] | The 10BASE-T1 Ethernet standard is also known as ‘single pair Ethernet’ (SPE), as it’s most defining feature is the ability to work over a single pair of conductors. Being fairly new, it offers a lot of advantages where replacing existing wiring is difficult, or where the weight of the additional conductors is a concer... | 27 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736224",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T19:38:34",
"content": ">Whereas Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) uses its own dedicated pairYes, but only with 100M.The big advantage of SPE is the single pair, saving 2 wires compared to “normal” Ethernet.",
"parent_id": null,
"d... | 1,760,371,994.087365 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/joost-burgi-and-logarithms/ | Joost Bürgi And Logarithms | Al Williams | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"logarithms",
"slide rule"
] | Logarithms are a common idea today, even though we don’t use them as often as we used to. After all, one of the major uses of logarithms is to simplify computations, and computers do that just fine (although they might use logs internally). But 400 years ago, doing math was painful. Enter Joost Bürgi. According to [Wel... | 9 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736220",
"author": "alialiali",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T19:26:06",
"content": "I don’t mind people going unrecognised, if they insisted if keeping works unpublished before someone more sensible comes along.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
... | 1,760,371,994.020562 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/big-chemistry-hydrofluoric-acid/ | Big Chemistry: Hydrofluoric Acid | Dan Maloney | [
"Engineering",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"News",
"Original Art",
"Slider"
] | [
"acid",
"AHF",
"apatite",
"Big Chemistry",
"etchant",
"fluorine",
"fluorspar",
"HFA",
"hydrogen fluoride",
"sulfuric"
] | For all of the semiconductor industry’s legendary reputation for cleanliness, the actual processes that go into making chips use some of the nastiest stuff imaginable. Silicon
oxide is
comes from nothing but boring old sand, and once it’s turned into
ultrapure crystals
and sliced into wafers, it still doesn’t do much. ... | 32 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736132",
"author": "J.Cook",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T15:17:43",
"content": "It’s also a byproduct when you spill Chlorine Trifluoride (CF3), as noted by Derek Lowe in his infamous post “Sand won’t save you this time” (https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-t... | 1,760,371,994.329758 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/big-candy-is-watching-you-facial-recognition-in-vending-machines-upsets-university/ | Big Candy Is Watching You: Facial Recognition In Vending Machines Upsets University | Maya Posch | [
"Security Hacks"
] | [
"privacy",
"surveillance",
"surveillance state"
] | Most people don’t think too much of vending machines. They’re just those hulking machines that lurk around on train stations, airports and in the bowels of school and office buildings, where you can exchange far too much money for a drink or a snack. What few people are aware of is just how these vending machines have ... | 50 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736083",
"author": "Zoe Nagy",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T12:29:44",
"content": "Could lobotomize the camera with a drill bit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6736085",
"author": "Reluctant Cannibal",
"timestamp... | 1,760,371,994.253499 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/27/classic-calculator-goes-rpn-with-new-brain/ | Classic Calculator Goes RPN, With New Brain | Jenny List | [
"classic hacks"
] | [
"calculator",
"RPN",
"vfd"
] | In the era of the smartphone, an electronic calculator may seem a bit old-hat. But they continue to hold a fascination in our community, both when used for their original purpose, and as objects for hardware hacking in their own right. After their first few years when they were a rare and exclusive gadget, they were ma... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736050",
"author": "IIVQ",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T09:53:18",
"content": "I still use pocket calculators (I have 2 simple Casio FX-82MS) everyday as they provide a much better haptic feedback than a phone and are quicker than firing up a spreadsheet.",
"parent_id": null,
"... | 1,760,371,994.169875 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/a-deep-dive-into-a-1980s-radio-shack-computer-trainer/ | A Deep Dive Into A 1980s Radio Shack Computer Trainer | Dan Maloney | [
"Retrocomputing"
] | [
"microcomputer",
"radio shack",
"science fair",
"TMS1100",
"Tower of Hanoi"
] | For those of us who remember Radio Shack as more than just an overpriced cell phone store, a lot of the nostalgia for the retailer boils down to the brands on offer. Remember the Realistic line of hi-fi and stereo gear? How about Archer brand tools and parts? Patrolman scanners, Micronta test instruments, and don’t for... | 17 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736029",
"author": "Garth",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T07:53:31",
"content": "When I was a kid I had a friend who had one of those 100-in-1 kits with all the spring contacts, and I wanted one so badly I could taste it. This was approximately 1971, and I believe it was Heathkit brand... | 1,760,371,994.452622 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/integration-taught-correctly/ | Integration Taught Correctly | Al Williams | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"calculus",
"integral",
"integration"
] | [Math the World] claims that your calculus teacher taught you integration wrong. That’s assuming, of course, you learned integration at all, and if you haven’t forgotten it. The premise is that most people think of performing an integral as finding the area under a curve or as the “antiderivative.” However, fewer peopl... | 31 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736007",
"author": "shinsukke",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T05:03:50",
"content": "Doesn’t do much good if my goldfish brain can’t remember all the formulas regarding the integration of sin and cos and others",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"c... | 1,760,371,994.396594 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/the-dedeterminator-uses-quantum-physics-to-make-decisions-so-you-dont-have-to/ | The DeDeterminator Uses Quantum Physics To Make Decisions So You Don’t Have To | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"causality",
"philosophy",
"radioactive decay",
"random number generator"
] | Are you making your own decisions and mainlining causality like a sucker? Why go through the agony, when you could hand over the railway switch of determinism to a machine that can decide things for you!
Enter the DeDeterminator, a decision machine from [Oliver Child].
The construction is simple enough, being built ins... | 20 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735963",
"author": "TG",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T00:33:17",
"content": "An overengineered D2 die (AKA a coin) (Yes he probably mentioned this himself) (No I didn’t watch)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6735965",
"author":... | 1,760,371,994.511637 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/kicad-8-makes-your-life-better-without-caveats/ | KiCad 8 Makes Your Life Better Without Caveats | Arya Voronova | [
"News",
"Software Hacks"
] | [
"design tool",
"eda",
"KiCAD",
"kicad integration",
"pcb layout"
] | A few days ago,
KiCad 8 was released,
and it’s a straight upgrade to any PCB designer’s quality of life. There’s a blog post as usual, and, this year, there’s also
a FOSDEM talk
from [Wayne Stambaugh] talking about the changes that we now all get to benefit from. Having gone through both of these, our impression is tha... | 61 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735878",
"author": "ziggurat29",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T21:10:39",
"content": "alas no win7, so hopefully the hacks for kicad 7 still work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6735882",
"author": "Dagobert",
"ti... | 1,760,371,994.768584 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/radioactive-3d-printed-flower-glows-and-glows/ | Radioactive 3D Printed Flower Glows And Glows | Al Williams | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"radioactive",
"Tritium"
] | Glow-in-the-dark projects aren’t that uncommon. You can even get glow-in-the-dark PLA filament. However, those common glowing items require a charge from light, and the glow fades very quickly. [Ogrinz Labs] wasn’t satisfied with that. His “
Night Blossom
” 3D-printed flower glows using radioactive tritium and will con... | 7 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735825",
"author": "m1ke",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T19:08:07",
"content": "Great project. The video is long winded, I skipped around and got nothing out of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6737077",
"author": "Mich... | 1,760,371,994.668171 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/dietpi-version-9-1-now-with-raspberry-pi-5-support-and-more/ | DietPi Version 9.1: Now With Raspberry Pi 5 Support And More | Maya Posch | [
"Raspberry Pi"
] | [
"DietPi",
"Raspberry Pi 5"
] | DietPi recently
released version 9.1
, which among other changes includes new images for the Raspberry Pi 5, Radxa Rock 4 SE and NanoPi R5S/R5C & 6. The Radxa Rock 4 SE image was necessary because the Rock 4’s RK3399 SoC is
subtly different
from the RK3399-T’s SoC in terms of memory support, which prevents a Rock 4 ima... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735778",
"author": "Misterlaneous",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T17:15:02",
"content": "I run my x86 home server on dietpi. It’s tiny and fast. 0 complaints.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "8050848",
"author": "john",
... | 1,760,371,994.626192 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/ask-hackaday-what-if-you-did-have-a-room-temperature-superconductor/ | Ask Hackaday: What If You Did Have A Room Temperature Superconductor? | Al Williams | [
"Current Events",
"Featured",
"Interest",
"Science",
"Slider"
] | [
"science",
"superconductivity",
"superconductor"
] | The news doesn’t go long without some kind of superconductor announcement these days. Unfortunately, these come in several categories: materials that require warmer temperatures than previous materials but still require cryogenic cooling, materials that require very high pressures, or materials that, on closer examinat... | 80 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735720",
"author": "Mark Topham",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T15:24:21",
"content": "Not the same discussion, but a conversation at work someone posed the idea of what if we had things like the Ironman arc reactor.My answer was railguns.My answer for this is also rail guns. Even if su... | 1,760,371,995.037754 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/on-click-install-local-ai-applications-using-pinokio/ | On-click InstalllocalAI Applications Using Pinokio | Dave Rowntree | [
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | [
"ai",
"apps",
"browser"
] | Pinokio is billed as an autonomous virtual computer, which could mean anything really, but don’t click away just yet, because this is one heck of a project. AI enthusiast [cocktail peanut] (and other undisclosed contributors) has
created a browser-style application
which enables a virtual Unix-like environment to be em... | 29 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735687",
"author": "echomrg",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T13:22:48",
"content": "I’m wondering if all the stuff it downloads and install is sandboxed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6735716",
"author": "A",
"tim... | 1,760,371,994.925029 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/26/deep-dive-into-a-prison-laptop/ | Deep Dive Into A Prison Laptop | Maya Posch | [
"laptops hacks"
] | [
"laptop",
"prison gear"
] | The phenomenon of prison electronics is by now relatively well-documented, with striking transparent radios, televisions, and kin easy to recognize. Yet what about prison laptops? As it turns out, these are a thing as well, and [Zephray Wenting] got one from eBay to investigate, as
documented over at Twitter
(
ThreadRe... | 30 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735639",
"author": "Reluctant Cannibal",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T09:31:57",
"content": "“see what more functionality can be wrung out of this piece of prison kit, all hopefully from the right side of the prison bars” ….. surely, being conscious of the laptop’s normal environment, ... | 1,760,371,995.102475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/tuneshroom-is-an-artistic-mushroom-themed-midi-controller/ | TuneShroom Is An Artistic Mushroom-Themed MIDI Controller | Lewin Day | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [
"controller",
"midi",
"mushroom",
"notes"
] | Most MIDI controllers are modelled after traditional instruments, like pianos, flutes, or guitars. [Oliver Child] went in a different direction
for the TuneShroom
, instead modelling his DIY controller after the terrifying, unclassifiable living organism we call the mushroom.
The project was a fun way for [Oliver] to t... | 1 | 1 | [
{
"comment_id": "6736009",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2024-02-27T05:12:32",
"content": "A whole bunch of these and laptops loaded with ZynAddSubFX for a shroom party!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,371,995.135896 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/theres-hope-for-that-cheap-lathe-yet/ | There’s Hope For That Cheap Lathe Yet! | Jenny List | [
"Tool Hacks"
] | [
"chinese lathe",
"lathe",
"machining"
] | There may be few cases where the maxim that “you get what you pay for” rings true, than a lathe. The less you spend on a lathe, the closer you get to a lathe-shaped object and the further from, well, a lathe. [Camden Bowen] has bought a cheap lathe, and he’s not content with a lathe-shaped object, so
he takes us in the... | 30 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735604",
"author": "SlowEng",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T06:54:18",
"content": "These “cheap” lathes are at least good for learning how to tune and setup a lathe without worrying you are going to ruin something. It’s a low stress entry to machine tools after all it’s not hardinge or ... | 1,760,371,995.198973 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/hackaday-links-february-25-2024/ | Hackaday Links: February 25, 2024 | Dan Maloney | [
"Hackaday Columns",
"Hackaday links",
"Slider"
] | [
"airline",
"Artemis",
"AWS",
"camera",
"cloud",
"cybertruck",
"eclipse",
"flood",
"fording",
"hackaday links",
"iphone",
"logo",
"nasa",
"outage",
"rice",
"wiring harness",
"worm",
"Wyze"
] | When all else fails, blame it on the cloud? It seems like that’s the script for just about every outage that makes the news lately, like
the Wyze camera outage this week
that kept people from seeing feeds from their cameras for several hours. The outage went so far that some users’ cameras weren’t even showing up in th... | 15 | 8 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735546",
"author": "RP",
"timestamp": "2024-02-26T01:02:56",
"content": "“- once the show is over, they’ll be in Detroit.” LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6735833",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2024... | 1,760,371,995.260274 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/streaming-deck-removes-need-for-dedicated-hardware/ | Streaming Deck Removes Need For Dedicated Hardware | Bryan Cockfield | [
"Tool Hacks",
"Video Hacks"
] | [
"browser",
"control",
"flask",
"python",
"qr code",
"remote",
"smartphone",
"stream",
"tablet",
"touchscreen",
"twich",
"webdeck",
"windows"
] | Streaming content online has never been more popular than it is now, from YouTube to Twitch there are all kinds of creators around with interesting streams across a wide spectrum of interests. With that gold rush comes plenty of people selling figurative shovels as well, with audio mixing gear, high-quality web cams, a... | 11 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735518",
"author": "Drone",
"timestamp": "2024-02-25T22:38:41",
"content": "“Streaming content online has never been more popular than it is now…”Not for me – I just cancelled my last streaming subscription. Streaming is Waaay too expensive and I am sick and tired worrying about hi... | 1,760,371,995.320997 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/internet-radio-built-in-charming-cassette-like-form-factor/ | Internet Radio Built In Charming Cassette-Like Form Factor | Lewin Day | [
"internet hacks"
] | [
"ESP32",
"internet radio",
"radio"
] | You can listen to plenty of broadcast radio these days. There’s a lot of choice too, with stations on AM, FM, and digital broadcasts to boot. However, if you want the broadest possible choice, you want an internet radio. If that’s your bag, why not build a fun one
like [indoorgeek’s] latest design?
The build is based a... | 21 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735453",
"author": "dudefromthenorth",
"timestamp": "2024-02-25T18:15:34",
"content": "That’s a lovely little thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6735462",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2024-02-25T18:56:57",
"c... | 1,760,371,995.375551 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/one-object-to-print-but-so-many-settings/ | One Object To Print, ButSo ManySettings! | Dave Rowntree | [
"3d Printer hacks"
] | [
"beam",
"experiment",
"infill pattern",
"slicer",
"strength",
"wall count"
] | When working with an FDM 3D printer your first prints are likely trinkets where strength is less relevant than surface quality. Later on when attempting more structural prints, the settings become very important, and quite frankly rather bewildering. A few attempts have been made over the years to determine in quantifi... | 12 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735374",
"author": "Daid",
"timestamp": "2024-02-25T15:19:02",
"content": "N=1, so every setting is only tested once. So I would take the results as indicative, as there was no test done to see how much variation you will have in multiple samples of the same type.",
"parent_id"... | 1,760,371,995.431058 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2024/02/25/a-smarter-solar-water-heater/ | A Smarter Solar Water Heater | Bryan Cockfield | [
"green hacks"
] | [
"attiny",
"automation",
"efficiency",
"energy storage",
"ESP32",
"green energy",
"home-assistant",
"hot water",
"solar",
"water heater"
] | Installing solar power at a home is a great way to reduce electricity bills, especially as the cost of solar panels and their associated electronics continue to plummet. Not every utility allows selling solar back to the grid, though, so if you’re like [Rogan] who lives in South Africa you’ll need to come up with some ... | 81 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "6735337",
"author": "SaintP",
"timestamp": "2024-02-25T12:18:40",
"content": "I could understand why you wouldn’t want to do this everywhere, as elderly users could get unexpectedly scalded.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "673... | 1,760,371,995.540278 |
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