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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/ipod-loaded-horn-boosts-your-tunes/
|
IPod Loaded Horn Boosts Your Tunes
|
Patrick Lokken
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[
"aircurve",
"apple",
"apple iPod",
"audio",
"griffin",
"horn",
"ipod",
"kleinhorn",
"speaker",
"subwoofer"
] |
The
Griffin AirCurve Dock
is a nifty gadget that uses a coiled
horn
to increase the volume of your
iPhone’s
speaker. Griffin’s marketing claims that their passive device delivers “amazing amplification” and “you’ll swear there are full-sized speakers in there.” Meh. It does look like an interesting project for someone with a 3D printer. You could experiment with different passage and dock shapes. At least it gives us an excuse to post two massive DIY horns.
Above is “THE BIGGEST SUB HORN OF THE WORLD”, created by the guys at
Royal Device
. This massive subwoofer and horn is claimed to have bandwidth below 10Hz, and produce 100dB at only 1 Watt of input power. The sub construction is built under the listening room. The speakers (16 of them) are rated for a total power of 6400 watts.
The
Kleinhorn
is set more in reality. These Baltic birch horns are loaded with
Lowther
DX-55’s. The horns are about 11 feet long, and were built in sections to make it easy to modify the damping and so you could get them through a door. Our table saws are already itching for some action.
[via
Gearlog
]
| 14
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43184",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:46:25",
"content": "Oh such devious ideas I get from posts like this. No easier way to piss off the people in the dorm next to you than using super-amplified speakers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43185",
"author": "Spi Waterwing",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:58:08",
"content": "Why buy a Bose Wave when you can make one of these?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43197",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:37:10",
"content": "i can’t find a link, but herrington or hammacher schlemmer or one of those ‘fancy stuff’ catalogs had this gramophone-styled ceramic horn amplifier that you set your earbud headphones on and supposedly provided pretty significant projection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43216",
"author": "kevin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:01:07",
"content": "i remember reading somewhere that inaudible low-frequency sound was experimented with as a means of crowd control or even a lethal weapon. supposedly it makes people extremely nauseous, and at high enough power could theoretically rupture internal organs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43221",
"author": "spadefinger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:33:35",
"content": "@ kevin…yeah, but bullets are way easier to manufacture.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43223",
"author": "spadefinger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:36:28",
"content": "Nice post hack-a-day guys.takes me back to my first car stereo.but it wasn’t nearly as cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43226",
"author": "nachowarrior",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:56:39",
"content": "Correct on the experiments with sound. They had “the brown noise” which made you have to take a poo… and when i have subs rumbling in my car, it does work, but not to the degree they would like. And technically you could create a sound wave “loud” enough to stop your heart, basically like a controlled directed explosion… you die from the blast wave next to a huge bomb, not from shrapnal or fire… just the sheer force on your body… but to direct that and reproduce it, requires too much energy and cannot be focused well enough, so alas it is a failure… but to stop your heart… you can technically buy subs on the car audio market that will do that. but to find the right sound/series of sounds to do so would require much research.ps: always a fan of excellent acoustics. just living proof that a concert is only as good as the space/room it is set in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43257",
"author": "Mr Poo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T07:30:56",
"content": "The brown note, you say? You’ve been watching too much South Park.It’s a well-known and well debunked urban myth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43262",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T09:59:59",
"content": "This takes me back.. as a teenager a group of my friends discovered that by curling your hand into a particular horn shape (make a tight circle with your pinky, larger circle with your third finger etc) you could make the speakers on phones about twice as loud, a trick I still pull out occasionally.As for the brick sub-floor horn… I’d love to hear that one in action. I wonder how it compares to that variable-pitch-fan subwoofer that they claimed would go down to 0Hz?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43269",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T11:47:40",
"content": "meh is right. Try one made from snow…http://junkies.wordpress.com/2007/02/10/snow-horns-college-style-20000-watts/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43281",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T14:00:06",
"content": "@ KevinI’m pretty sure I remember reading about cruise ships (especially those passing down the east side of Africa ;)….) have directional deterrents which use sound on would be pirates.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43294",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T16:11:10",
"content": "@ andyI heard about that, but there was nothing magic in the waves. It was just a very directional, very loud, siren designed to breach the threshold of pain for their hearing. If a band of deaf pirates were to attack, they would be none the wiser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43295",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T16:21:27",
"content": "that’s no orc horn…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56027",
"author": "shams",
"timestamp": "2008-12-21T07:53:22",
"content": "this is the great thing i admire this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.46628
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/reliable-instructions-for-osx-on-eeepc/
|
Reliable Instructions For OSX On The EeePC
|
Anthony
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"Asus",
"asus eepc",
"EeePc",
"laptop",
"netbook",
"OsX",
"osx86",
"wired"
] |
We have run
many
EeePC
hacks
before
. Like most people, what we really want is a Mac netbook. The folks over at Wired have written up some
nice instructions
to help you run OSX on your EeePC. The process is a little involved, so don’t expect to just pop in a disk and be home free. There are a few setbacks though. No flash support, hardware F-keys don’t work (volume, brightness, etc), and ethernet doesn’t work. WiFi works but only with a third party driver/app.
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 21
| 21
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43169",
"author": "CalcProgrammer1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:12:01",
"content": "Just installed OSX 10.5.2 on my HP Pavilion dv9700t laptop. It’s a great OS, though the Intel A/G/N WiFi card I have isn’t supported, which really kills it for me (can only use it when I’m in my room where there’s Ethernet).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43174",
"author": "tsurugi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:39:34",
"content": "Assuming that “most people” want a Mac (netbook) ? I say, what has become of this site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43180",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:15:42",
"content": "It’s called a Macbook Air.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43194",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:15:42",
"content": "Does anyone have a good comparison between the Eee Pc and the MSI Wind? I need a cross reference of features really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43219",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:24:30",
"content": "no sound support is a pretty huge deal-breaker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43227",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:57:41",
"content": "“I say, what has become of this site?”REALLY, really sucks doesn’t it?I miss the good ‘ol days..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43231",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T05:29:56",
"content": "Well I don’t know about you guys but when I had a mac; it ran linux f’ macs anyways all they are supposed to do are look pretty and last 2 years. I’ve got a dual core Athlon64 toshiba laptop running gentoo and I love it so much more then any of the 3 osx macs I’ve owned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43261",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T08:33:42",
"content": "“Like most people, what we really want is a Mac netbook.”Welcome to macaday.com? I think you mean “Like other people that prefer Macs and want a netbook, what _I_ really want is a Mac netbook”…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43273",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T12:05:36",
"content": "pip’s just unhappy because his “tie your own shoelaces” hack was rejected.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43287",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T14:42:27",
"content": "shhhh… don’t tell the apple-o-philes, OSX is BSD… (only with a custom display manager and some proprietary software). Their hardware (the brushed aluminum stuff not the plastic monstrosities) is nice though if you can get past the anti-clone policies and can deal with light up logos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43292",
"author": "Coderer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T15:40:33",
"content": "@matt: For the price of a MacBook Air, you can get like 8 of these. My biggest question is, how does it perform? I mean, I’m sure you can tweak some settings down, but I tried running OSX way back when on a G3 desktop and it *crawled* — it was unusable. I think the specs on a EEE are probably even worse…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43360",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T05:30:28",
"content": "The lastest Eeepc uses an Atom with is about as fast as a 900Mhz Celeron so yes it is likely about as fast as later G3 ibooks but with a crappier video card.But I found OX more then usable on an upgraded beige G3 mac so I guess it would run faster then Vista or even XP.But I have found the X86 version of OSX a little more memory hungry then the PPC version.Though Vista and XP can be made fast and light using nlite and vlite.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43387",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T12:35:29",
"content": "If nothing works would it not be simpler and useful to install XP or linux with an OSX background/theme? Same look but more functionality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43415",
"author": "lolwut",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T17:14:50",
"content": "> mewseYou should really read the article sometime:“Many users report success with cheap USB audio dongles.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43699",
"author": "Jash Sayani",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T07:23:53",
"content": "Nice. Even MacEEE.com has a very good guide.BTW, Like the 901, is Asus going to add HSUPA to 1000H ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45573",
"author": "antiver",
"timestamp": "2008-10-14T00:24:59",
"content": "is there anyway to get one of the newer releases of OS X? (i.e. can you update kalyway past 10.5.2 or something?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57684",
"author": "Luc_Besson",
"timestamp": "2009-01-02T19:58:23",
"content": "why does a small dual-core [and yes they are dual core before you say anything] 1.6ghz Atom translate to a fat 900Mhz Celeron?oh yea thats right, it doesnt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63888",
"author": "rich",
"timestamp": "2009-02-21T13:35:50",
"content": "im locked out of my eeepc via the password how can i get around this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64172",
"author": "Mikuro",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T12:01:32",
"content": "@Luc_BessonThey do, actually, the atom cpu’s in the current eee’s are not dual core, they have hyperthreading which allows for better multithreading (and causes it to show as two ‘cores’ in a lot of programs, like windows task manager). The celeron cpu used in the older eee’s are more effecient per clock and match up quite well with the 1.6Ghz atoms.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64213",
"author": "Mikuro",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T23:12:52",
"content": "@richif you mean the BIOS (bootup) password:Try taking out the power connector and battery for a few hours or overnight, this seems to have worked for some people. [http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=30103]if you mean an OS password:try google to find help on your particular OS, or simply reinstall it. (or email me, atmyusername@mywebsite.co.nz)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "125769",
"author": "obz",
"timestamp": "2010-02-23T14:21:39",
"content": "@richtake it back to the person you stole it from and ask them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.203782
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/27/peltier-based-coolingheating-backbapr/
|
Peltier-based Cooling/heating Backpack
|
Nick Caiello
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"backpack",
"cooler",
"heater",
"max weisel",
"peltier",
"peltier unit"
] |
[Max Weisel] recently created a
Peltier-based cooling/heating system that fits into a backpack
. The system uses two Peltier units, each running at 91.2 watts, with computer heat sinks mounted on one side of the unit to dissipate the excessive amounts of heat generated. While he was originally trying to build a cooling backpack, the use of the Peltier units meant that the cool side would become warm when the direction of current was switched, meaning that the backpack could become a heating backpack with the flip of a switch. In order to power the two Peltier units, he uses two 12v motorcycle batteries, weighing in at around 5 pounds each. While this backpack might be a little heavy for your back, it looks promising for anyone who needs to keep things cool (or warm) on the go.
| 16
| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43703",
"author": "Erant",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T08:26:10",
"content": "What is a backback? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43705",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T08:46:16",
"content": "thats a great way to get cold kidneys and run a big medical bill …a lot better way to cool yourself is to build sealed vacuum chamber for your handhttp://www.fitdoo.com/blog/?p=117US army (DARPA) is experimenting with implants that directly cool down your blood.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43709",
"author": "plokko",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T09:52:43",
"content": "Peltiers consume A LOT of current,i think the battery life is a little short event with heavy ones!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43717",
"author": "pikuorguk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T11:41:00",
"content": "For the amount of effort required to carry that around, you’d probably get even hotter than if you weren’t wearing it.Shrink the batteries and put the peltiers into a jacket instead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43726",
"author": "liutim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T13:14:17",
"content": "rasz,I stick my head in the sink and cool my head and forearm with cold water after each 20 minutes of intensive workout; it really lowered my core temp and get myself ready for the next round of 20 minutes. I don’t think I need that vacuum contraption if I have a sink and cold tap water nearby.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43743",
"author": "flatboat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T14:40:45",
"content": "Make magazine had a Peltier / Seebeck (sp?) that generated 5 volts from a candle. Back packers should have a heat pipe to draw heat from a campfire to the junction and generate 5 volts to charge usb port chargeable items (flashlights, cell phones, OMG ipods) The heat pipe is needed so you dont put your device in the fire (one side has to be cold). It could be a piece of copper, or a sealed copper tube with antifreeze and water, that boils the water in the fire and condenses it on the junction, where it runs back toward the fire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43747",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T15:49:01",
"content": "I think that running cool water over heavy blood flow points is just as effective, a lot cheaper, and a lot less to carry. If you want something like this on the go, Sharper Image has had those ‘neck cooler’ things for as long as I can remember that work well. Or you can run cool water over your wrists or neck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43763",
"author": "ash20",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T20:22:10",
"content": "ok guys, im a huge fan of projects like this, but seriously.. if you are spotted wearing on of these, your looking at wearing a orange jumpsuit for the rest of your lives..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43807",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T03:55:53",
"content": "It’d be more efficient as a heating device, because with a peltier, yu get the heat that it pumps through and the heat from the electricity you put in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43814",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T07:25:57",
"content": "Darn if only someone could invent a simple evaporative cooling system that is automatic and gains in efficiency more as you use it.Hmm, I will call it skin, looks like I was equipped from the factory with a cutting edge version :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43815",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T07:27:31",
"content": "On the plus side, I wouldn’t mind wearing the cooling unit from a space suit, or in fact the whole space suit :), I would really like the auto-dim feature as I face the sun :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43817",
"author": "Dan Fekete",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T08:00:27",
"content": "Cooling my back doesn’t seem that enticing. However, rigging one of these into a camel-back would be a great way to take cold bee… um… soda with you everywhere.Seriously though, my buddy competes in 40+ mile desert races every other weekend and his camel back is a life saver. Hooking some peltiers up to the stator on the bike (with a quick release mechanism for falls) would be a great way to stay in cool water for the hour or so he’s on the bike. Its just a matter of sinking the hot side in a way that won’t hurt if you eat crap on your back.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43978",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T18:42:52",
"content": "Does anyone think that a 300btu cooler will be sufficient for anything? 1btu/hr is 0.293w so this think removes about 311 btus every hour. A regular wall unit removes 5000btu. “human at rest will add 450 Btu/hr of heat to the room”(http://www.ductlesshvacsupply.com/btu-sizing.html)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43980",
"author": "Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T19:24:05",
"content": "This could be good for military or mountaineer training where you need fifty pounds of weight anyway; so, instead of a weighted vest, why not a cooling unit?But I think a muffin fan with a 9v would be overall rather more effective anywhere that the humidity is not too bad.Or chemical cooling. With two big motorcycle batteries it’s essentially chemical cooling anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47746",
"author": "Todd S.",
"timestamp": "2008-10-26T11:47:16",
"content": "I just experienced a Peltier device for the first time (by touching) – it is simply incredible!!!! It gets incredibly cold in less than 5 seconds. What an incredible invention!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66591",
"author": "Laptop Backpacks",
"timestamp": "2009-03-17T07:58:32",
"content": "For the amount of effort required to carry that around, you’d probably get even hotter than if you weren’t wearing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.004654
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/27/use-rev-on-your-iphone-to-read-your-obd-ii-port/
|
IPhone OBD-II App
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"iphone",
"iphone app",
"iphone application",
"iphone applications",
"iphone apps",
"obd-ii",
"obd-ii reader",
"Obd-iiReader"
] |
Rev
by
DevToaster
is an application for the
iPhone
and
iPod Touch
that allows real-time monitoring of vehicle ECU data from the
OBD-II port
. Rev interfaces with a WiFi OBD-II dongle.
If your check engine light is on or flashing, REV is able to check the engine code, list all of the engine codes stored in the vehicle, and reset the stored codes or check engine light.
Rev is able to monitor real-time; vehicle speed, RPM, fuel consumption, engine coolant temp, fuel pressure, calculated engine load, throttle position, intake manifold pressure, air intake temp, timing advance, mass air flow, fuel level, barometric pressure, EVAP system vapor pressure, and fuel trim.
A brief video of REV in action is after the break.
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{
"comment_id": "43668",
"author": "birdman",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T01:07:14",
"content": "man i want that but i dont wanna give itunes my credit info, can someone mail it to me???? Pleasethrashed007@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43670",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T01:27:16",
"content": "How much lag is there between the ODB-II and the iPhone/iPod touch? Many PC-based, directly connected, ODB-II programs still have some slight lag. Is the lag with this app really noticeable?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43673",
"author": "Glenn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T01:47:02",
"content": "With the required adapter (OBD-II -> WLAN) You could easily do this with other equipment, such as the Nokia N810 or PSP.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43678",
"author": "Winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T02:46:19",
"content": "Interesting project. Definitely trumps the ODB-II monitor plugins available, since you have a more complex system which allows for more available data (though granted, the lag may be up to a second, at the worst.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43680",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T03:05:56",
"content": "ive seen this on a few sites now, and it looks sweet. but, as on all the other sites, here, the “rev” website and the internet in general there is no mention of where or how to get a hold of an obdii->wlan adapter. i dont think they exist.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "484168",
"author": "Phoghat",
"timestamp": "2011-10-19T08:36:01",
"content": "At the site, there are a few sources for the hardware:The cheapest (based in the US)) is PLX (WiFi)http://www.plxkiwi.com/kiwiwifi/hardware.htmlVideo @http://youtu.be/RF4f3m-HijYI want it too",
"parent_id": "43680",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "584345",
"author": "DirtySouthDevil",
"timestamp": "2012-02-18T04:21:40",
"content": "A OBD-II adapter to iPhone plug can be found at Wal-Mart now. Or you can buy one online. The one that Wal-Mart sells (In the iPhone and iPod accesories isle) is a GOPOINT Technology GS-1 adapter. Works Excellent. Rev is a good app, so is DashCommand, GoPoint and GoPoint ReadyLINK, as well as many other apps in the apple app store. Search keyword “OBD”",
"parent_id": "43680",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "43681",
"author": "m",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T03:50:09",
"content": "Not sure about Wifi, but I know there are bluetooth OBD-II readers available. Though the company that developed this software is “working on” a wifi OBD-II.Not sure how much freedom there is in the software configuration, but they also make USB OBD-II readers, so maybe that would work. Or if you really wanted to go wireless (but can read from a USB OBD-II reader and price isn’t a factor) you could get the USB one, hook it up to a wireless USB hub likehttp://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=356042, and plug the wireless USB dongle into the phone. Extreme overkill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43688",
"author": "ritsuki",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T05:40:10",
"content": "wow, really hoping someone ports/rewrites this so it runs on a (modded) psp, i already have one of those (posting from it now in fact, this took about two minutes to write)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43689",
"author": "az1324",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T06:06:40",
"content": "It would have to be a wifi odbii adapter that can accept ad-hoc connections or else you’re going to need a separate wifi network.Why not just use the built in serial port on a jailbroken phone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43690",
"author": "ninethcircle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T06:12:29",
"content": "@craig and mI work as an autotech and when i was going to college for it we had a scan tool at school that had wifi and blue tooth that could send the info to a computer/portable device in ‘real time'(there was a little bit of lag but it was reasonable) it wasn’t a cheap one tho prolly a $4-5000 scan tool, you can get obd2-usb adapters for under $100 tho im not sure what the iphone/itouch have for ports but you might be able to rig it up to the mini usb port on a nokia n series or to a psp, or maybe use some type of arm board with wifi and plug it into the usb to send the data…you might be able to get away with something like that for under $250 …heres one i found w/ googlehttp://www.obd-ii.de/news.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43701",
"author": "Jash Sayani",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T07:25:33",
"content": "Cool. Nice apps coming out for the iPhone. !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43708",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T09:52:35",
"content": "You could get a bluetooth OBD II scantool hardware for $ 170.00 from herehttp://www.obdpros.comwhich would allow it to work with the iphone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43721",
"author": "The Steven",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T12:43:24",
"content": "Get back to me when there is a version of this for WM6.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43729",
"author": "Tubbo & Dubba Tubba",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T13:51:51",
"content": "The iPhone is a piece of iCrap.Seriously, who would buy it?—http://tubbotwins.wordpress.com—",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43745",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T15:21:11",
"content": "@tubboThe only crap I see is your blog page design : )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43749",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T15:59:09",
"content": "Hey now, this isn’t digg, everyone be nice.But I do agree, the iPhone is rather not worth the hype or money. It can be useful, but having used the non-3G version why the hell didn’t they put GPS in it? Then you could have an OBDII monitor, GPS Nav, Phone, Ipod, and anything else you can think up in one device. Also, doesn’t the iPhone have accelerometers in it? Couldn’t you do something like a 1/4mile time meter and torque meter purely from the Accels?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43767",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T21:05:57",
"content": "This would be cooler if it had nothing to do with the iPhone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43785",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T23:45:56",
"content": "Does this have the ability to display and update more than just one metric at a time? MyScangauge IIcan as well as plenty of other things only for 169.00. You could also use the iPhone’s built in accellerometer with a program likeDynoliciouswhich is currently on sale for 12.99 on iTunes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43786",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T23:46:27",
"content": "Does this have the ability to display and update more than just one metric at a time? MyScangaugeIIcan as well as plenty of other things only for 169.00. You could also use the iPhone’s built in accellerometer with a programlikeDynoliciouswhich is currently on sale for 12.99 on iTunes ;o)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43801",
"author": "anand1986s",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T02:39:32",
"content": "Hi.. really wonderful model with updated technology.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43816",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T07:30:10",
"content": "Why not post details on the PCB for building this yourself, “hacking” I believe we used to call it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43866",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T17:47:13",
"content": "Perhaps someone from HackADay could work on creating one of these cheap-to-produce OBDII-WLan adapters?straight from the rev site, the reason they haven’t gone bluetooth is because the bluetooth API is locked-down for app-store applications, same for USB.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43907",
"author": "Tubbo & Dubba Tubba",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T22:59:02",
"content": "“@”ChrisDidn’t leave a link to your own page design I see. What does that tell us?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43973",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T17:14:10",
"content": "It’s not open as far as i can tell.Anyway, is anyone out there tinkering with VPW? I’ve managed to get the PCM, BDM, and ICP for my car. I was tinkering with them on the bench and found some very interesting oversites regarding the break symbol and how each module handles loss of communication due to extended break symbol.I also grabbed a few packets and tossed together a spread sheet to help tear it down.I added the URL to a related automotive project. It deals with the 7.3L Ford power stroke electronics. Injector Driver Module(IDM) reverse engineering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43974",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T17:15:01",
"content": "Ok, i thought i added a link.Just incase it doesnt show up againhttp://www.shol.com/shadow_tech/idmmod/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44168",
"author": "Padulo, NY",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T18:24:12",
"content": "Hey Guys,Check outhttp://www.carplugs.com/for obd2 dongle.Ciao",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45787",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-10-15T16:00:45",
"content": "Hardware is coming soon:http://wrxfanatics.com/blog/2008/10/update-devtoaster-rev-hardware-coming-in-november/The developers at Devtoaster have given us another tid-pit of information regarding their upcoming REV software. They are expecting their OBD-II WiFi hardware sometime in November. As soon as we know a more exact ship date and price we will fill you in!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51196",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-11-18T01:12:27",
"content": "The hardware is out for this finally, worth a look:http://wrxfanatics.com/blog/2008/11/devtoaster-rev-update-hardware-time/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56165",
"author": "Pete Steadman",
"timestamp": "2008-12-22T13:35:12",
"content": "The Bluetooth OBD unit from OBDKey (www.obdkey.com) is a good option for Windows Mobile. It looks like there may be an OBDKey for WiFi in the pipeline too….Pete",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57721",
"author": "kurf",
"timestamp": "2009-01-03T00:45:14",
"content": "check out the ELM327",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58178",
"author": "warren williams",
"timestamp": "2009-01-07T13:27:58",
"content": "can you use this with the psp? that is what i need to know. i have a psp gathering dust and would love to use it for this. is there some way to use the ipod and the wifi on the psp?thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58991",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2009-01-13T03:59:31",
"content": "where do i get the wire that connects to the OBD port that can plug into my ipod? can some one please email me the answer tojohndilauro3@yahoo.comthank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58992",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2009-01-13T04:03:52",
"content": "where do i get the wire from that connects to the OBD from my ipod?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63439",
"author": "zain",
"timestamp": "2009-02-18T04:45:46",
"content": "If i already have a usb obd2 adapter, can i just get some kind of usb wlan dongle?would that allow the iphone to connect? or would it have to be one of those wlan obd2 systems",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64165",
"author": "Pete Steadman",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T09:20:18",
"content": "http://www.obdkey.com/wifi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74885",
"author": "terkoz",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T01:15:50",
"content": "If i already have a usb obd2 adapter, can i just get some kind of usb wlan dongle?would that allow the iphone to connect? or would it have to be one of those wlan obd2 systems",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75669",
"author": "Lisa S.",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T12:26:15",
"content": "Great site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking your feeds also, Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75964",
"author": "Taaz",
"timestamp": "2009-05-22T23:33:39",
"content": "This doesn’t work for some reason on my car…using Kiwi Wifi. Its connected fine, but every metric is stuck at 33.3 WTF",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76383",
"author": "wifiuk",
"timestamp": "2009-05-27T11:57:34",
"content": "“QUOTE” This doesn’t work for some reason on my car…using Kiwi Wifi. Its connected fine, but every metric is stuck at 33.3 WTF “QUOTE”i got the same problem :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76390",
"author": "Kyle Smith",
"timestamp": "2009-05-27T15:07:37",
"content": "Sweet use of an iPhone. I want it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76936",
"author": "Unbrick Psp",
"timestamp": "2009-06-01T06:55:46",
"content": "After a long search through all the “waste of space” blogs, I finally find yours and am happy! Thanks for the informative read, and I look forward to more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77259",
"author": "Enigma",
"timestamp": "2009-06-04T09:13:16",
"content": "I’m waiting for full diagnostic functions with iPhone, it would be so grate :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77581",
"author": "CABNY",
"timestamp": "2009-06-08T13:18:27",
"content": "Anyone know of a cable that would connect OBDII to ipod’s sync jack? I’d rather hard wire than fiddle with wifi.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78752",
"author": "jollypal",
"timestamp": "2009-06-22T09:19:11",
"content": "iPhone 3G S is gonna rock the smartphone market :D Can’t wait for it to come out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78928",
"author": "freemobile",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T21:44:39",
"content": "As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81565",
"author": "husa550",
"timestamp": "2009-07-15T00:12:39",
"content": "HiCan i use a Bluetooth ODB-dongle with this and my iphone 3g?Or is it only the wifi that works?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81634",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-07-15T08:55:20",
"content": "My REV + Kiwi WIFI also makes all the metrics sit on 33 or 33.3.I damn hope it can read check codes after forking out hundreds of dollars.I’ll be trying it on some newer cars than my 2002 VX-II LS1 commodore before I see if it’s buggered.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81970",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-07-17T13:29:20",
"content": "Ok got the answer for the ‘33.3 issue’ from a utube video comment.Buy the app! ..you won’t be sorry :-)And don’t leave the Kiwi Wifi dongle connected for more than a couple of days. I almost drained my large battery after having it connected 2 days with the car parked in the garage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92205",
"author": "PSP Custom Firmware",
"timestamp": "2009-09-06T07:17:26",
"content": "Yes i remeber dranning by battery the first week and fail after a month, I did not know you could leave it plug in 24/7 …had to learn the hardway :(thanksMikepspcustomfirmware.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120323",
"author": "Nidz",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T05:51:10",
"content": "still waiting for a WLAN ODB dongle to come out that’s cost effective.. anyone know of one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136961",
"author": "Ross A",
"timestamp": "2010-04-20T01:21:09",
"content": "EXTREMELY expensive for what it is. Obviously if you want to spend time building your own OBDII wireless kit and try and chop the price by some 40% – fine. But the software itself isn’t very advanced, even version 2.0. Latency can also be a problem. If you are serious about getting all the log and fault info you need, stick to a USB type OBDII interface, and get a much more advanced piece of software. You’ll save yourself a hell of a lot of money. Otherwise just get a decent scanner.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/26/knit-touchpad/
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Knit Touchpad
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Caleb Kraft
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[
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"touch pad"
] |
[Plusea]
made her own touchpad
using some anti-static gloves and an Arduino. This proof of concept is fairly small, but the system could be scaled quite large if you could find the fabric. She cut apart the anti-static glove, mounted it and wired it to the
Arduino
. A special piece is made to fit over the finger that is also wired to the Arduino. The location of where she touches is determined by the resistance between the finger and each corner. Watch the video on the instructable to see how it measures.
She mentions that there are a few different ways to build it, some which would not require anything on your finger, but would use another piece mounted behind the touchpad. The method she is currently using though, would allow for the fabrick to be any size or shape, even molded around something.
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{
"comment_id": "43549",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T23:38:16",
"content": "Would Multi-Touch be possible with this type of tech? Could the material be thin enough to project onto?Wait yes Multi-Touch would be possible, in much the way shutter glasses work in 3D applications. I’m sure most readers could understand this concept.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43552",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T23:53:06",
"content": "Multitouch would definitely be possible, but you’d probably want to break up the update intervals and only read one value at a time. Not sure how that would work with the other fingers still attached, but I’m sure it’s possible.This a very cool concept but I can see that reliability of the material might be a little questionable. Depends on the application I supppose",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43563",
"author": "tronic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T01:09:43",
"content": "Multitouch could be done by having two or more fingers with separate wires to them where it could switch which finger is connected and poll them separately. I think it may also be possible to have isolated circuits which only share the path from their own finger to the corners. I may be corrected on that one, but if they both have isolated voltage sources, I think you can do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43574",
"author": "Hosting",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:03:22",
"content": "wow! really funny, now i can repair my touchpad :)Regards,Soporte HostnameHosting & Hosting Reseller",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43618",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T14:11:56",
"content": "Dude ow spam sense is overloading! But at least it came with a semi useful comment.I had no idea that separate voltage sources could make multi-touch work I woulda thought you would need to switch between the two inputs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43675",
"author": "xrazorwirex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T02:31:41",
"content": "Well, i just bought a perfectly fine wacom graphire 2 off craigslist today for $10, but regardless i would like to see where she takes this.something practical for a designer; maybe, maybe not.a sweet toy; definately…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43865",
"author": "athousandleaves",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T17:40:00",
"content": "I have a bunch of old powermac G4 trackpads that i havnt been able to re-pupose yet, havnt dove into that synaptics stuff explaining how to interface them… anyone have some tips? titaniumexposeATgmailDOTcom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43880",
"author": "UtahLuge",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T19:55:27",
"content": "I wonder if this could be used as (or under) carpet in your house?? You could record where people walk the most and have a record of where an intruder went if they broke into your house.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113333",
"author": "Know-orange",
"timestamp": "2009-12-25T19:02:11",
"content": "thanks alot for this useful post!I found a youtube video about xbox live hacks- that I would like to share:Xbox live hacks.But seriously, amazing post and thanks alot !I look ahead to your next post !:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/26/history-hacker-debut-tonight/
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History Hacker Show Pilot Tonight
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"bre pettis",
"history hacker"
] |
[Bre Pettis], the former host of the Make podcast and member of
NYCResistor
has gotten his own show
. Debuting tonight on the History Channel, “History Hacker” will be exploring our technological past through hacking. He reminds us
on his site
, this is just the pilot, it has to get ratings to have more episodes. [Bre] suggests watching it with the family as it should be educational and fascinating. Catch it tonight at 8pm and midnight.
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{
"comment_id": "43520",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T19:28:06",
"content": "I wanna watch! =D I usually eat dinner around 8:00 too! YEAY!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43526",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:07:12",
"content": "I wanna watch this too, unfortunately, I only have over-the-air TV. Someone double watch it for me for the ratings, then put up a torrent so I can actually see it too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43531",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:46:17",
"content": "This show looks like it’s going to be a hit. Make, Engadget, HAD, hacking is at it’s all time high, and it seems to be getting more popular by the day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43533",
"author": "daryl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:49:26",
"content": "that looks really good! too bad i don’t know anyone that gets history channel. hopefully history will put it up online for viewing on demand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43534",
"author": "joseph",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:51:06",
"content": "I thought I saw this show already… they did a victorian-era torture device that spun you around, causing public humiliation through vomitting…or maybe it just looked like it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43535",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:54:38",
"content": "I’ll be watching this for sure. I love the history channel and adding a more technological aspect will probably keep me from ever changing the channel. I assume 8 eastern?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43538",
"author": "Syliss",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T22:11:03",
"content": "I will watch it tonight, even if i have to watch it late. I have the history channel on all the time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43539",
"author": "supershwa",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T22:22:21",
"content": "Definitely going to check this out — am recording it w/ DirectTV too; hopefully someone can take the risk of providing a torrent download – last thing anyone needs is a copyright infringement lawsuit!I’m hoping this show really evolves and dives through the history of hacking, from old-school cracking (criminally intent hacking,) the infamous Kevin Mitnick, 2600:The Hacker Quarterly, Emmanuel Goldstein, Off The Hook, old-fashioned Phreaking and all of the old (and new) wonders of the hackable world!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43544",
"author": "-hero",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T22:52:25",
"content": "great now components are going to cost as much as the end product from some asian company thanks to a million boyscouts buying stuff they have no idea how to use to make stuff they cant complete.nah i’m just mad cuz i live with my parents and they watch tv at night; theres no sobriety past my bedroom door, and it will be hard to get the remote control, and harder to sit with my family.-hero",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43548",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T23:08:13",
"content": ">it will be hard to get the remote control, and>harder to sit with my family.Tell them it’s “Educational”, parent usually fall for that.(or tell them your shop teacher told you to watch it and write a report on it… it’s homework.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43555",
"author": "Bill Hirst",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T00:19:06",
"content": "There’s an RSS feedhttp://www.history.com/showRss.do?show_id=365732",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43556",
"author": "Bill Hirst",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T00:23:42",
"content": "Unfortunately, the RSS feed doesn’t show much beyond the description of the show.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43557",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T00:44:40",
"content": "i’m loving the show",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43558",
"author": "cheese",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T00:55:54",
"content": "looks like i’ll be staying up until midnight. i just caught the last 5 minutes of it :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43561",
"author": "lando greer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T01:02:42",
"content": "it was really good, pretty interesting i didnt know tesla did that much. very nice bre!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43562",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T01:07:26",
"content": "It was full of inaccuracies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43568",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T02:31:28",
"content": "it was OK. I knew most of the stuff about Tesla, though, so It was kinda boring.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43575",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:13:46",
"content": "Not enough hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43577",
"author": "-hero",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:22:02",
"content": "NAOOOO!!!it’s on tv right now and i cant watch!!!!!!!i LIKE history channel….].=-hero",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43579",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:22:51",
"content": "I thought it was a little meh, and I still don’t think the average public is ready for the overuse of the word hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43580",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:46:42",
"content": "It’s about half way done here, and I couldn’t disagree with skitchin more, on both points. Then again, I do love this kind of show, so I can’t be entirely objective about it.But for the second point, I think the world needs to be exposed to this idea of hacking, rather than the common idea of a guy with a pocket protector and glasses sitting behind a computer in a pitch black room, getting digital revenge against the people who bully him at school.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43581",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:49:05",
"content": "you sure that wasn’t bre’s dad hosting the show?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43585",
"author": "Dj Double S",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T04:11:26",
"content": "soo, where do I get a giant white infinite universe to conduct experiments and watch porn?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43590",
"author": ">",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T05:02:16",
"content": "I caught the last half.I appreciate the coverage of Tesla’s work, but I don’t appreciate the apparent advocacy of large-scale Teslian wireless electricity transmission. There are a lot of very good reasons not to use it.I really liked the glass blowing and shaping. That stuff is really amazing to me — but the “finale” of wirelessly lighting 40 neon tubes? Weak.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43592",
"author": "sebastienb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T05:03:36",
"content": "Watched it tonight and it felt kinda Childish… the topics and history was cool but… :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43594",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T05:11:51",
"content": "I thought it was great. My 4 year old daughter loved it. @sebastienb, isnt that what its all about? If it can inspire a 4yo to want to make something, it rocks in my book! I just have to get some neon, and figure out how I am gonna blow glass now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43600",
"author": "PJ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T07:00:35",
"content": "This show ROCKED! I like science shows that take everyday stuff and make it simple, even if I have the capacity to understand the complexities of it (I’m a biochemist). It makes for tv thats entertaining and relaxing, but still engaging. Especially if it puts my two fav things together: history and science. It helps to have a witty, smart and very hot host like Bre Pettis ;) lol Hope this show gets picked up!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43602",
"author": "bhelx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T07:38:06",
"content": "I got cable back just in time to watch this. It was a little childish but that is inevitable for the survival of a science-based show nowadays. Imagine a show about astronomy without Neil deGrasse Tyson. Regardless, I think it is a good step in the right direction.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43617",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T13:57:30",
"content": "I blame the producer for the childish aspect of the show; I’ve seen the same guy make short videos on the Make web site, and they are much better.It is generally agreed that Tesla went crazy in the latter part of his life (yes, you can be brilliant and crazy at the same time.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43623",
"author": "hussar",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T15:13:35",
"content": "As the producer, I blame the executives!My first cut was labeled “too hip for history”, and they wanted me to “hand-hold” the audience a lot more.So there it is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43625",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T15:56:41",
"content": "As all tv entertainment goes, it’s geared towards the masses. Therefore lots of ‘shoulda learned it in school’ facts are constantly provided to build the case of why we’re going to try gluing some magnets and wire coils onto a bike tire. It was entertaining to watch, but I’d prefer an advanced version of the show were several projects are built at once, emphasis on creative ingenuity relative to the task. Of course treating viewers like they know their history might alienate half thier viewers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43626",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T16:10:02",
"content": "I know I could get in trouble for this but if anyone wants the episode just let me know. I recorded it on my mythbox last night and can make it into a neat little package and put it up on my website if you would like. Just drop me an email at “hack ersmith [at} gmail d com” and i will put it up and send you the link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43629",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T16:58:10",
"content": ">As the producer, I blame the executives!Cool! (Hussar, please take this as constructive criticism.) My I suggest that you take more of a Documentary approach to it. Something like “Today we’re going to build XXX. There are many way to do it, but here is the way I chose and why…”Then document:1) Each of the major design decisions, and why that decision was made (including changes to the original design that needed to be made after construction was started.)2) Document each of the major construction points, and how it was done.3) Document any testing of sub-systems before moving on to the next step.4) Document final testing and how parts of it exceeded, met, or fell short of the original expectations.5) Give a link to additional construction details on the Make web site (a free plug for make magazine.)————————————————-All the great questions of the world boil down to who, what, where, when, why, and how; and of all those questions, only “why” is the really hard one to answer… why is that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43630",
"author": "hussar",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T17:34:25",
"content": "nice!I like thatIf the show gets picked, that’s a great way to set up and shoot his hacking DIYthank you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43631",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:01:36",
"content": "Just a kind reminder, it was just a pilot episode. I’m sure WHEN (when, not if) it gets picked up, they’ll make it more… scientific? But as a pilot, it kinda has to appeal to as many people as possible just so it will get picked up. Once it has, I’m sure there will be the much-desired improvements.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43632",
"author": "JimXugle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:08:17",
"content": "great content! I think “hack” should be changed out for “make” though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43633",
"author": "jammit",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:24:11",
"content": "I saw it and I liked it. It was pretty good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43636",
"author": "CiricTech",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:47:10",
"content": "I thought the show was interesting, that being said I did find it lacked a certain amount of basic explanation in some areas and then in others it went to deep. As for the projects I did like the glass blowing but the ending was kinda lame. All that being said I do think that producing a show about hardware hacking for the general public is not an easy task and they have done a good job. I also did not like the all white work space it lacked a certain amount of depth. If possible nix the jumping around and the odd camera views it makes it very hard to follow the show and takes away from the projects.Keep up the good work and hack on.Ciric Tech",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43640",
"author": "vector1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T20:30:48",
"content": "@ hussarre: above comment ^^i like the show concept, the host is good and very geeky lol. i have to agree though, that the cinematography is lacking something… the scenes like Bre in the power plant were kind of hard to follow. I lost him completely in one of the shots and was wondering if the cable a/v had desynchronized, when he was back on camera and I was like… ok whatever… and he looked like he was about to eat the wall on the skateboard after leaving the glass shop LOL could have reshot that :)The scene lighting didn’t always highlight the subject the viewer should have been paying attention to, and the white room ‘matrix’ style workshop is a neat idea but i think you will find it limiting later on as there’s only so much you can do with a camera in a white room.Yes, its a pilot :P sorry, it is really good and I think it will hit the mainstream market pretty well, it got my interest enough to watch it the first and second time they aired it lastnight. Good work, and good luck. I’m pretty sure a good chunk of the hacker community will support this in any way possible, let us know if there’s anything we can do. With programming these days lacking any kind of intelligence and open-mindedness, I don’t think any of us want to see this show fail. The executives will further dumbify (yes, not a word :P) future programming if shows like this constantly bomb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43679",
"author": "hacker711",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T02:50:34",
"content": "cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43682",
"author": "WutanG",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T04:19:01",
"content": "It was a great show! Kind of thought the 40 neon tubes hack was kind of lame though. This show is definitely a keeper. There should be enough ideas to keep this show in business for quite a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43728",
"author": "forrest",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T13:41:54",
"content": "Great show. I’ve done some research on Tesla, so I knew most of the history – but didn’t know about his obsession with the number 3. Hope the network picks up the show.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43800",
"author": "yh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T02:35:47",
"content": "downloaded the show yesterday and I have to say its pretty good. Some of facts were a bit questionable… but nothing that would get in the way of the show. Bre has done a great job evolving from his Makezine position to doing a national pilot, and I think if History Channel picks this up it’ll be a great program. For me, some of neatest parts were the animated sections. I loved the style of the artwork.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43841",
"author": "samuel hancock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T12:52:04",
"content": "I caught this without any warning and was pleasantly surprised. Took me a minute to recognize who Bre was since I used to watch the Make shorts on youtube. I always love shows where they talk about how things work, even better if they make something out of it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50539",
"author": "Tesla Fan 75",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T18:23:47",
"content": "For those of you who think that this shiow was weak must like suppression in the world. Nikola Tesla has been hidden from history books because of big money and greed based corporations. I am glad to see more of Tesla’s genius being shed light on. Tesla was not about money he was about the betterment of humanity. In his own words…….’Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the netterment of humanity’…Nikola Tesla 1919… Yes Edison was a great inventor but he was more greed based and cared only of fame and fortune. Tesla will always be more of a man to me. By the way cell phones, radio, as well as many other before his time tech was invented and thought up by Nikola Tesla…Why do history books not mention that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50541",
"author": "Tesla Fan 75",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T18:25:38",
"content": "The world needs to open their eyes and see the truth that is suppressed by greed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50542",
"author": "Tesla Fan 75",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T18:31:28",
"content": "Neon tubes may be lame to some but back in Teslas day it was unknown and very unreal to all. We today take many things for granted…just think of it…without tesla las vegas would be quite dull at night and many edison bulbs would have to be replaced often! Also I think the show ended with me wanting to see and know more…which maybe could be a reason for people to call, and write in requesting more..Maybe it was designed to get a response…lets let them know we what more! Does the History channel read any of these posts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50581",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T23:25:41",
"content": "Dude – I’m watching right now – we’re about half-way through. I LOVE TESLA. This is a sweet presentation. I can’t take my eyes off the screen. GIVE US MORE EPISODES! PLEASE!?!?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.097489
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/26/8-bit-digital-sampler-kit-bendable-too/
|
8 Bit Digital Sampler Kit, Bendable Too
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"8bit",
"bending",
"circuit bending",
"sample"
] |
No, it’s not flexible, its bendable. As in, you can hack it to sound different by connecting parts in random ways. “Where’s the Party At?”, or “WTPA” for short is a
bendable 8 bit sampler
made by [Todd Bailey]. Still curious what it is?
Watch his video
showing it in action. The video is huge, 93Megs, so be patient. The overall attitude of this project is built around hacking. Consider this quote from his page ” I’ve got lots of things to poke, bend, illuminate, invoke, distrust, regulate, and otherwise get jiggy with. It’s like being 15 at the mall again! “. Sounds like fun to us.
[via
Create Digital Music
]
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43521",
"author": "bahahah",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T19:40:03",
"content": "omg that is some horrible crap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43522",
"author": "ultatryon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T19:49:34",
"content": "I agree.. what a horrible sample loop that he used. Its an interesting concept, but his demo just blew chunks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43523",
"author": "Jynx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T20:01:57",
"content": "I find this highly awesome. I love bending sounds and crushing them into indistinguishable digital garbage. I think I would have fun with one of these. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43524",
"author": "Jynx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T20:02:45",
"content": "although I would have to agree that it could have been a better demo >.>",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43672",
"author": "michael fincham",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T01:46:37",
"content": "argh… circuit bending again…“connecting parts in random ways” is there anyone else that finds that disgusting?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43698",
"author": "Zozzles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T06:46:19",
"content": "OK – it looks like some sort of kit. However, it could be ‘merely’ a one-off created by the author. No truly useful information is available on the site referenced, and all I can find elsewhere is basically stuff like the previous comments: “Oh, how terrible it sounds” or “Gosh, I think I can use this to bend the unbendable” or the like.Would some kind soul indicate (a) is this a purchasable kit? (b) is this GOING to be a purchasable kit? (c) if this IS NOT going to be a purchasable kit can anyone come up with a complete parts list and some clue how the bits and pieces go together?DIY is just fine and dandy, but when it comes to a device with complexity of this sort (did the 1200 lines of code refer to this project or his workplace?), I really even more ignorant than usual.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56629",
"author": "matoz",
"timestamp": "2008-12-26T10:21:27",
"content": "Where can we find that awesome kit????PCB , part list to build one..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.139924
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/25/web-server-on-a-business-card-part-2/
|
How-To: Web Server On A Business Card (Part 2)
|
Ian
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Featured",
"how-to",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"24fj64ga002",
"business card",
"enc28j60",
"howto",
"microchip",
"network",
"pic",
"pic24f",
"sd card",
"web server"
] |
This mini web server is slightly smaller than a business card. There are a lot of tiny one-board servers out there, but this is probably the smallest you can etch and solder at home. Unlike many embedded web servers, files are stored on a PC-readable SD card, not in a difficult-to-write EEPROM. Read on for the web server design, or catch up on PIC 24F basics in the previous article:
Web server on a business card (part 1)
.
Concept overview
The goal of this project is to build a web server on a business card that serves web pages and files from a FAT formatted SD card. The server is based on a PIC 24F that connects to a TCP/IP network using the
ENC28J60
ethernet
MAC
/
PHY
. Network layers and low-level services, such as
DNS
and
DHCP
, are handled by the Microchip TCP/IP stack. A
FAT 12/16/32
formatted
SD card
contains web pages and files. A very simple
HTTP server
ties everything together by handling page requests on port 80, searching the SD card for requested, and serving them with the correct
content type
.
Hardware
Microcontroller (Microchip PIC 24FJ64GA002)
The brain of the server is a 16-bit
PIC 24FJ64GA002
(IC1), a 28pin microcontroller available in several hobbyist friendly packages. Check out our
PIC 24F introduction
for more about working with this chip.
PIC 24Fs operate between 2 and 3.8volts, which is perfect because the ethernet chip (IC2) and SD card both run at 3.3volts. This chip has 8K of RAM, plenty for the TCP/IP stack and a few K for working with a full FAT file system. The 24FJ64 has two
SPI
modules, so the SD card and ethernet IC each get a dedicated data bus.
The PIC processor core operates at 2.5volts, and requires a 10uF capacitor (C2) for the on-chip voltage regulator. The datasheet specifies a tantalum capacitor, but we used a low-ESR electrolytic in a prototype without incident. Every power pin needs a 0.1uF decoupling capacitor (C4,5).
The internal 8MHz oscillator provides a 32MHz clock source with the 4x PLL multiplier enabled. We’re also using an external 32.768KHz crystal (Q1) with 2 x 27pF capacitors (C17,18) to enable the real time clock calendar.
Programming connections are brought to a header (SV1). We chose to use programming pin pair three (PGx3). The master clear and reset (MCLR) function is enabled with a 2K resistor (R1) from V+ to the MCLR pin. Optionally, add
a button
(S1) from MCLR to ground for a manual reset switch.
Ethernet connection (ENC28J60)
An
ENC28J60
(IC2) handles the network physical connection (PHY) and MAC layer. The ENC28J60 needs a number of support parts beyond the typical 0.1uF decoupling capacitors (C6,7,9,10). A 25MHz crystal (Q2) and 2 x 27pf capacitors (C15,16) provide a clock signal. The internal core voltage regulator requires a 10uF tantalum capacitor (C1), but an electrolytic capacitor also worked fine. Two LEDs (LED1,2) with 330ohm resistors (R2,3) display link and data status.
A bias resistor (R12) is required; the value will depend on the ENC28J60 version you’re using. Current chips should be
B5
(PDF) or
B7
(PDF), and require a 2.32K 1% resistor.
The PHY I/O portion specifies 4 x 49.9ohm 1% resistors (R8-11), and a ferrite bead (L1).
The most difficult-to-find part for the ENC28J60 is the correct RJ-45 jack with integrated magnetics (RJ1). We used a J1006F21 PulseJack from Pulse Engineering. Be sure to check the pin configuration and connections if you use a different jack, they will probably be different than ours. A Cadsoft Eagle part library for the JP1006F21 is included in the project archive. This was a $4 part, but it’s gone up to $7. If you know of other jacks that work we’ll add them here.
microSD card
We used a
microSD/transflash card
in this design because SD cards waste a lot of board space under the holder. microSD cards are smaller versions of SD cards with the same data interface, and most come with an adapter for use in standard SD card readers. The card needs a holder (SD1) and a 0.1uF decoupling capacitor (C8).
If you want to use a full-size SD card, take a look at our version one prototype in the project archive. We used Alps SD card holder
#SCDA1A0901
. Unfortunately, this part is has been discontinued and we’ve yet to find a suitable replacement. Don’t try
#SCDA5A0201
, that’s for sure. If you have a favorite, we’ll add it here.
Sparkfun has one
, and a matching
Cadsoft Eagle part library
.
Power supply
An
adjustable LM317 voltage regulator
(IC3) is set to 3.3volts using a 390ohm (R6) and 240ohm (R7) resistor. We considered several 3.3volt regulators, but nothing was cheaper than a LM317 and two resistors. There’s a 0.1uF decoupling capacitor (C13,14) and a 10uF capacitor (C3,19) on both sides to help support the power hungry Ethernet transceiver. The LM317 will output 3.3volts from an input of 5 to 20volts+, but it gets really hot with greater than 9volts supply. The specified input capacitor is only rated 16volts, so consider an upgrade if you plan to use a supply greater than about 9volts.
For the first time ever, we incorporated a power jack (J1) into a design. A jack with a 2.1mm diameter internal pin seems to be
the most common DC connector
. We used a cheap through-hole DC power jack, like SparkFun
#PRT-00119
or Mouser
#163-7620-E
. It mates with a plug like Mouser
#1710-0721
.
Circuit board
The PCB (
full size placement .png
) was designed in
Cadsoft Eagle 5.0
. Freeware versions are available for all major platforms. Renderings were done with
Eagle3D
,
beta version
. Schematic and board files are included in the
project archive
(ZIP).
We designed the project with large SOIC chips and 0805 surface mount (SMD) parts, but haters can rest assured that chips are available in a through-hole package. We prefer to use SMD parts because the resulting circuit boards are smaller, cheaper, and faster to produce. 0805 parts are dirt cheap, and easy to solder with a normal iron. Don’t expect this project to work on a breadboard, there’s probably too much capacitance for this circuit.
We took full advantage of the PIC’s programmable pin placement to get the simplest trace routings possible. Just four jumper wires are needed on an otherwise single-sided board.
The traces are large and clean, DIY
toner transfer boards
should be easy. We made our PCB using an inkjet printer transparency mask over an UV sensitive circuit board.
In addition to the final design, the project archive contains our v1 prototype design. The prototype uses a full size SD card (
SCDA1A0901
) and all electrolytic 10uF capacitors. We also put the RJ45 Ethernet jack on a daughterboard to better accommodate different pinouts.
Partslist
#
Count
Part
Size
Mouser#
IC1
1
PIC 24FJ64GA002-SO
SOIC-28
579-PIC24FJ64GA002SO
IC2
1
ENC28J60
SOIC-28
579-ENC28J60-I/SO
IC3
1
LM317 voltage regulator
D2Pack
511-LM317D2T-TR
C1-3
3
10uF tantalum capacitor
A case
74-293D106X96R3A2TE3
C4-14
11
0.1uF capacitor
0805
80-C0805C104M5R
C15-18
4
27pF capacitor
0805
140-CC501N270J-RC
C19
1
10uF capacitor
0805
647-UWF1C100MCL1GB
R1
1
2K0ohm resistor
0805
292-2.0K-RC
R2-6
5
390ohm resistor
0805
71-CRCW0805-390
R7
1
240ohm resistor
0805
71-CRCW0805-240
R8-11
4
49.9ohm 1% resistor
0805
71-CRCW0805-49.9-E3
R12
1
2K32ohm 1% resistor
0805
71-CRCW0805-2.32K-E3
L1
1
Ferrite bead
0805
81-BLM21BB600SN1D
LED1-4
4
LED
0805
645-598-8110-107F
Q1
1
32.768KHz crystal
SMD
695-CM200S-327KF-U
Q2
1
25MHz crystal
HC49
815-ABLS-25-B2
RJ1
1
Pulse J1006F21
–
673-J1006F21
S1
1
Tactile switch
DTS-6
101-0164-EV
SV1,2
11
.1″ male pin header
–
571-41033290
J1
1
Power jack
–
163-7620-E
SD1
1
microSD card holder
–
SparkFun:
PRT-00127
Firmware
Three firmware examples are included in the
project archive
[zip]. The examples compile with Microchip’s demonstration C30 compiler. Learn more about working with the PIC 24F in our previous article:
Web server on a business card (part 1)
. MPLAB isn’t great about project portability, you may need to locate all the project files again if your path doesn’t match the ‘c:wsbc’ format that we used.
FAT12/16/32 disk library
Our first step was to get the FAT library reading from a SD card. FAT 12/16/32 are simple disk storage formats that work with PCs, MACs, digital cameras, music players, and other electronics. Here’s our favorite
FAT tutorial/teardown
(PDF).
Microchip’s FAT 12/16/32 library
gives us simple functions for working with SD cards. The included demo application creates some files and directories to demonstrate each function. Here’s how we configured it to work on our custom hardware, you can find these changes by searching for the tag ‘HACKADAY’ in the code:
HardwareProfile.h assigns actual PIC hardware to generic references in the code library. For the SD card this is an SPI interface, and pins for chip select and card detect. First, we deleted all the unused hardware profiles to make the code more manageable. Next, we configured the FAT library to communicate with the SD card using an SPI module (line 132). Finally, we defined the SPI pin assignments (line 152). Pin setup is shown in the table below.
Pin
Port
Chip select
B0
SD card detect
A2
SPI clock
B2
SPI MOSI
B1
SPI MISO
B3
Demonstration.c. On line 48 we set a custom oscillator fuse configuration, as described in our
PIC 24F introduction
. This is also the logical place to configure pin assignments with peripheral pin select (line 63).
FSConfig.h. This file enables various components of file system library, affecting the amount of memory and program space used. A read-only library is very small, a full write configuration is bigger. We didn’t have to make any changes for the demonstration, but this is an important file to note.
At first, the library failed to recognize our SD card. It only supports disks with a
master boot record
(MBR). Windows XP formats SD cards as a DOS disk: a single partition with no MBR. To verify this, open a Windows-formatted disk with a utility like
HxD
and inspect sector 0 of the physical disk. Byte 446 should be the location of the first MBR partition entry, but instead it’s the NTLDR executable code.
To format the disk in the ‘correct’ FAT format, use a digital camera’s format function or a utility like
Panasonic’s SD card formatter
. We also considered using a different FAT library that reads DOS disks, like
DOSFS
, or adding similar features to the Microchip firmware.
TCP/IP stack
Microchip’s free
TCP/IP stack
performs the convoluted configuration and networking functions needed to run a web server. You can read all about the stack in various
application notes and documentation
. Wikipedia is our favorite
TCP/IP learning resource
; we wrote our first TCP/IP stack using only Wikipedia.
Microchip’s TCP/IP stack used to be messy and confusing. Now it’s just confusing. The last few versions of have improved considerably in code clarity and structure. Here’s what we did to to configure the base TCP/IP stack example for our hardware, you can find these changes by searching for the tag ‘HACKADAY’ in the code:
HardwareProfile.h assigns actual PIC hardware resources to generic references in the code library. We added our custom oscillator configuration (line 68), and configured the server status LED to use the LED attached to PORTB7 (line 83). We defined the SPI interface to the ENC28J60 as follows (line 116):
Pin
Port
Reset
B8
Chip select
B9
SPI clock
B10
SPI MOSI
B11
SPI MISO
B12
Wake on lan
B13
Interrupt
B14
MainDemo.c. We eliminated a bunch of unused code, and added the peripheral pin select configuration code to the
InitializeBoard()
function (line 332).
TCPIPConfig.h defines the TCPIP stack components included in a compile. We’ve enabled DNS, DHCP, the IP announcer, and the ping server (line 56):
#define STACK_USE_DNS // Domain Name Service Client
#define STACK_USE_DHCP_CLIENT // Get DNS automagically
#define STACK_USE_ANNOUNCE // Microchip Ethernet Device Discoverer
#define STACK_USE_ICMP_SERVER // Enable the PING server
After loading this firmware, we’re ready to connect the server to a network for the first time. During initialization, the TCP/IP stack negotiates with the network router for an IP address using DHCP. We need to know this address to communicate with the device. If the device had a screen we could display the IP address, but instead we use the MCHPDetect.exe utility from Microchip.
When the TCP/IP stack finishes initializing, it broadcasts an announcement packet to port 30303 of all locally connected computers. MCHPDetect extracts the IP address from these packets. A new announce packet is sent on every PIC reset.
It’s also possible to read the IP address directly from memory with a debugger. The address is stored in the
AppConfig.MyIPAddr
variable, the
.byte
form follows the standard x.x.x.x IP notation.
Once we have the IP address, we can ping the server and test its responsiveness.
If ping shows high latency or malformed packets, you can use
Wireshark
to inspect network traffic at the byte level. Unless you’re in Germany, because
it might be criminal
.
Building the custom HTTP server
The custom web server looks for requested files on the SD card, and sends them with the correct content type. We used the Microchip HTTP example server v1 (HTTP.c) as a base for our FAT file server (FATHTTP.c).
Microchip’s HTTP server used a simple file system called MPFS to index web pages on an EEPROM chip. We replaced calls to MPFS functions with calls to functions in the FAT library (see the
HTTPProcess
and
Sendfile
functions in FATHTTP.c). Our changes demonstrate the concept as simply as possible, without adding confusing pointers and other handy C obfuscations. The code leaves a ton of room for improvements, have at it. File writes are disabled in the default compilation, but there’s enough program space to enable them if you want to write to the SD card (see FSConfig.h).
It’s necessary to registered our custom FATHTTP server with the rest of the TCP/IP stack. We did a search and replace for the original HTTP server components, and added calls to our new FATHTTP server as needed. That turned out to be these places:
TCPIPConfig.h. First we inserted some definitions that enable the FATHTTP server (line 70), and added a TCP socket for the FATHTTP server (line 248).
TCPIP.h. Next, we added FATHTTP to the list of services that require the TCP/IP stack (line 170) and then included the necessary headers (line 351).
StackTSK.c. We added the FATHTTP server initialization (line 138) and processing (line 340) functions to the list of TCP/IP stack tasks.
Helpers.c. We also needed to include a few helper functions for working with URLs (line 259).
At long last, it’s time to put some files on an SD card and test this thing. Make sure your files follow the
8.3 file name format
. The project archive contains a sample website with a test image and zip file.
After grabbing the server’s IP address with MCHPDetect, we pointed a browser at it. The IP address entered alone will redirect the browser to
index.htm
, whether or not it exists. Web pages and images stored on the SD card display in the browser, but unknown binary types trigger a download prompt.
Taking it further
We see a lot of potential projects using this tiny web platform.
Add hooks in the FATHTTP.c source for special URLs that trigger events or configure pins.
Build a remotely accessible data logger. Use the extra pins to read sensors and log data to the SD card. Logs are retrievable from a web browser, or directly from the FAT readable SD card.
Get remote access to an ancient serial terminal or BBS, optionally log the console output. Use two external pins as a serial port, and forward commands from the Internet using Microchip’s Telnet server and Ethernet-to-serial bridge examples.
Your suggestions?
Next time, we’ll use the mini server to make an Internet connected, electronic indoor graffiti wall. This will be an interactive project where everyone can contribute graffiti and animations on-line.
Schematic, board, and firmware files are included in the
project archive
(ZIP). Use the freeware version of
Cadsoft Eagle
to view the schematic and PCB. The firmware is written in C, and compiled with the
Microchip demonstration C30 compiler
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{
"comment_id": "43461",
"author": "Juniorflip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T04:07:38",
"content": "Will you be make presoldered Kits. I know I could do the soldering but I am more interested in the webserver on a business card",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43462",
"author": "Markyb86",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T04:47:37",
"content": "I was wondering the same thing. If this was for sale I would definitely have to purchase. I am intrigued by its wonders and magical powers of smallness. hehe. The business card server is amazing you could literally put it anywhere!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43464",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T05:11:19",
"content": "I’d be interested in a business card webserver too, depending on the price. My iPod does the same stuff now, so it might not be all that much different. The main advantage of your design is the ethernet connection instead of wireless.Would you please put a link to the second part on the end of the first part so that you can read it through all the way? Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43466",
"author": "DJFelix",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T06:24:00",
"content": "How about using the extra pins to read the doorbell button outside your front door. Couple that with some simple XML and you have a doorbell that tweets. Doorbell -> Biz Card Server -> Twitter -> iPhone. The circle of life is complete!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43467",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T06:43:10",
"content": "for a reasonable price i would purchase a ready-made biz card webserver too. Seems to be a great gadget to connect own tiny projects to the internet.If you plan to sell a complete “read-to-work”-version of it, let me know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43469",
"author": "jukus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T08:01:09",
"content": "Also would be prepared to buy this, pre-made for reasonable price",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43470",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T09:23:29",
"content": "Great article. Sparkfun sells finished cards based on user-submitted designs; this seems like a good candidate.Beware the ENC28J60 runs really hot ‘n hungry; it uses over 200ma even just sitting idle. Don’t expect to run it off of AA batteries for very long…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43477",
"author": "Harald",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T11:53:41",
"content": "THIS IS GREAT !!!I really would like to see some “benchmarks”.How fast does your example site load and how big is it?Much much time needs e.g. a 500k Photo to download?And what are the features of the Webserver?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43484",
"author": "beastmaster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T14:17:33",
"content": "pcb group buy anyone?http://www.teamhackaday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3089",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43485",
"author": "tamarok",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T14:24:23",
"content": "All that is needed now is to make it solar powered :)BTW does the solution as it stands support IPv6?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43489",
"author": "santa",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:23:59",
"content": "jared, i could handle the soldering but getting the components isn’t such a simple task and having to order from multiple online (overseas?!) vendors the mailing in cost would be quite limiting for quite a few of us… :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43490",
"author": "jb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:26:37",
"content": "Yeah, I’m with Jared…has Steve Jobs spoiled you all so much that you aren’t willing to get your hands the least bit dirty anymore? Grow a pair!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43491",
"author": "Mike Peace",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:28:22",
"content": "Where can I buy some of these tiny webservers ?Mike",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43492",
"author": "jb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:28:43",
"content": "Maybe you shouldn’t have spent all your bucks on your ipods then. :)Admittedly the getting of the parts is a pain, but still, this is what hacking your own hardware together is all about…either learn to enjoy the pain (and really, is it THAT expensive?) or I guess don’t worry about it at all and move along.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43493",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:30:52",
"content": "How about power-over-ethernet cappability instead of the power plug. I could see alot of uses given thatn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43495",
"author": "armitage787",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:35:23",
"content": "http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=7829If you really want one learn to search google, or learn to solder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43496",
"author": "Daley",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:54:12",
"content": "congratulations – hackaday just got slashdotted!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43497",
"author": "Seiven",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:55:37",
"content": "I was wondering if this same application could be used for a “proxy on a business card”?I would like to create one of these myself and maybe grab some open source web based proxy code and see if I couldn’t get a hardware privoxy style appliance that could fit in a shirt pocket.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43498",
"author": "lee",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T16:37:59",
"content": "Very nice work, even an ME like me can build based on these clear instructions!FYI, I uploaded the gerber output from EAGLE to CircuitPeople to see what the fab data looked like. The PNGs are available at:http://www.circuitpeople.com/ViewPackage.aspx?id=772c0866-0e89-43aa-8f23-85b36de40d2b",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43499",
"author": "Katrineholm Uncensored",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T16:46:50",
"content": "You done real good man, real good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43500",
"author": "Gonzalo Avila Alterach",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T16:47:47",
"content": "very cool idea. unfortunately here in argentina if i manage to get a PIC24FJ64GA002 it will cost about 40 dollars. and i still won’t be able to get the ENC28J60.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43501",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T16:55:08",
"content": "How much trouble would it be to alter it to work with PoE?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43502",
"author": "crust",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:00:25",
"content": "Another RJ45 with integrated magnetics is the Amphenol RJMG-6312-81-01I don’t know if it is the exact same footprint. However the pulse engineering one is avail in quantity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43504",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:11:24",
"content": "The next challenge is to build one that does .net or j2ee apps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43505",
"author": "Ari Burton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:14:03",
"content": "LOL I too would like to purchase a turnkey model. If someone wants to be entrepreneurial and make them and sell them to the rest of us lazy ass guys, you would make a few $$$.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43509",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:33:18",
"content": "I’ll group sell these soldered for $60 ea with shipping if I get 25 people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43510",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:44:57",
"content": "http://www.digi.com/products/embeddedsolutions/digiconnectme9210.jspif you want pre-made, why stop at something the size of a business card. This device includes everything in the size of a rj45 plug",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43511",
"author": "beastmaster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:48:39",
"content": "to answer the power over ethernet question: you could splice in a DC supply to the ethernet cable going to this device, and run two jumper wires from the ethernet port to the voltage regulator.using the official method of poe would require adding extra hardware to the board.http://www.cablemodeminfo.com/quicktip-cabling-power-ethernet.html-ssi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43512",
"author": "Koz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:56:53",
"content": "<<>>The problem with the iPod is going to be the filenames. George_Bush_Sings_The_Blues.MP3 isn’t going to fit.George_B.MP3See:–“Make sure your files follow the 8.3 file name –format. The project archive contains a sample –website with a test image and zip file.”Hello and welcome to Microsoft DOS.That’s what kills it for me. I want to produce a very simple, not necessarily small web server at home as a backup for my ISP. I use my own web site constantly and it’s really annoying when they have problems. My example is the administration web server inside my WiFi Hub with bigger memory.Aggressively simple.I’ve been known to put an old Mac 8500 OS 8.7 Personal Web Server on line to do this. It works perfectly, but that too is dramatic overkill.And yes I have several soldering irons and a very nice temperature controlled soldering station.Watch it. I have a pocket protector, and I know how to *use* it!Koz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43513",
"author": "James Baxter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T18:08:04",
"content": "Have you guys not seen gumstick computing?for a package solution you might want to check this out.http://www.gumstix.com/-Jim",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43514",
"author": "asyoyo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T18:11:42",
"content": "for those looking for a micro web server, check outhttp://www.ezweblynx.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43515",
"author": "Carl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T18:18:48",
"content": "I’m just playing with arduino (almost a business card footprint) + ethershield, which basically does the same thing (without SD by default) at ~20 GBP in parts and saves a lot of time.Still, good to see more mini web server hacks, esp from scratch :)For the other poster, POE wouldn’t be a problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43525",
"author": "Michael Eh?",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T20:34:23",
"content": "I can see this working if it included wi-fi for a personal hotspot. I love to have one and wear a T-shirt saying ‘I am a HotSpot!’ Particularly, if it could be a hotspot for Nintendo DS.A wearable server.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43527",
"author": "Donny Viszneki",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:22:49",
"content": "michael eh?:I had a similar thought. How about using one of these?http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/spectec-microsd-wifi-card-loose-in-may-lose-in-july/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43528",
"author": "Caps are Hard",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:32:14",
"content": "The article writer might be too dumb to press the Shift key, but every commenter too? Capital letters are a good thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43529",
"author": "i_is_cat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:32:37",
"content": "how about clustering these babies?any idea how many would fit in a standard sized atx case? :O",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43530",
"author": "Caps are Hard",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T21:32:59",
"content": "Never mind, it’s an enforced form of stupidity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43559",
"author": "Kevin Turner",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T00:56:44",
"content": "If anyone would be willing to make one for me with instructions and any needed software to use it. email me atadmin@lostboykev.comif you are interested.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43564",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T01:11:36",
"content": "Cool. For those asking for prebuilt kits, check out this ready to use dev kithttp://netburner.com/products/development_kits/network_development.htmlDev in c or c++, UC/OS real time multitasking OS, fast ethernet, HTTP server, TCP/UDP, DNS, FTP, SMTP etc. Plus you get GPIO, A/D, 147MHz coldfire CPU. Eclipse for dev and graphical multithreaded debugging. The core is $69, core + dev board = $99.My only association with netburner is that I use their stuff. Also their support rocks, they make their developers answer their help tickets (and they use RT3).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43578",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T03:22:08",
"content": "Check this out;http://www.luminarymicro.com/products/lm3s6965_ethernet_evaluation_kit.htmlJust slightly larger, but a much beefier micro, a cool OLED display, buttons and a buzzer. Comes with everything you need (software, demo code, cables). $69.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43584",
"author": "Stormrider",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T04:10:34",
"content": "I don’t want a prebuilt kit, I want an actual kit. I need an excuse to learn how to solder SMD devices, and this seems as good as any.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43598",
"author": "CatsAreGods",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T06:26:52",
"content": "I remember a neat hack that set an original Palm Pilot up as a web server…I once hooked it to the net through my first GSM phone via infrared…a bit bigger than a business card but low on power requirements :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43607",
"author": "Steveo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T09:35:08",
"content": "I’d like to see a version which dropped the RJ45 and DC power for WiFi/Bluetooth and a very flat battery, laminated into an actual business card. Put it near any wireless-equipped PC/WAP/PDA and it acts like a new peripheral/server/connection.I wonder what it would cost to incorporate a miniature solar cell and/or kinetic power source into the card, thus extending the battery life…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43619",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T14:18:11",
"content": "selling these on my site in kits and preassembled. with or without memory card. group buy.http://wsbc-gb.1337chris.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43642",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T20:58:45",
"content": "Do you really need 11 pin header parts? I don’t see the need…They are 40 pins to a single product if I am reading the spec correctly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43715",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T11:14:43",
"content": "yes, you only need one. but this price list, i’m assuming, think’s you have one split up, if you understand.buy the boards here! premade! kit form!http://wsbc-gb.1337chris.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43751",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T17:49:36",
"content": "any recommended power supply/wall warts for this one?i know it needs to be 9v but im having problems finding an acceptable current rating…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43760",
"author": "joe blo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T20:08:21",
"content": "Would it be possible to add an audio circuit, load urls into the sd card, maybe an lcd display and turn this into an internet radio tuner? is there an d/a convertor on the microcontroller?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43921",
"author": "Daniel Andrade",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T01:52:00",
"content": "Amazing, i need to try it sometime!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43927",
"author": "Karl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T03:51:13",
"content": "How about a SATA connection instead of the SD card, sure it is bigger, and sucks more power but now you can have a 1TB server instead of a 32GB one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.580846
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/25/iphone-forensics-101-bypassing-the-passcode/
|
IPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing The Passcode
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"iphone hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"3g",
"apple",
"iphone",
"iphone passcode",
"jonathan zdziarski",
"security",
"zdziarski"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaxSF9EOjxw]
Watch in wonder as forensics expert [Jonathan Zdziarski] takes you step by step through the process of
bypassing the iPhone 3G’s passcode lock
. Gasp in amazement as he creates a custom firmware bundle. [Jonathan], creator of NES.app a Nintendo emulator for the
iPhone
, is well respected for his work on opening the iPhone. In this presentation, he sheds some light on the forensics toolkit he helped develop for law enforcement agencies that
we covered earlier
.
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43446",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T23:26:06",
"content": "Condensed version please?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43457",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T02:59:47",
"content": "Yeah, 1 hr is way too long",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43478",
"author": "yfel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T12:09:29",
"content": "not everything is the 10 second soundbyte cnn raised you with",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43481",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T13:18:42",
"content": "ZING!:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43494",
"author": "nate",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T15:33:34",
"content": "Very nice work here, but helping law enforcement is inexcusable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43508",
"author": "plrca2",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T17:28:34",
"content": "@nateif you don’t like what law enforcement does, change the laws. you can vote, can’t you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43518",
"author": "nate",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T18:50:54",
"content": "I’ll be at the polls, but the options here in the States are a pig in lipstick and one in lip gloss if you look past the media frenzy. Choosing the lesser of two evils is no democracy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43597",
"author": "CatsAreGods",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T06:19:05",
"content": "@nate: not all cops are pigs, and not all criminals are good guys…believe it or not!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43620",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T14:20:27",
"content": "@CatsAreGods’s reply to nateyou must not live in the USA. Nate was talking about our two presidential candidates.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43621",
"author": "Kaos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T14:42:40",
"content": "@nate: this may someday save your life or someone you know. On the other hand, not following “street” protocol can get you ambushed. What good is a picture if I won’t confess?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43622",
"author": "Kaos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T14:54:22",
"content": "Palin is very low key every since she was caught using public email instead of government. This the same technology that locked up our mayor over text messages. TV series like the “Wire” teaches you to meet in person and if you have to call criminmals, use pictures that only 2 parties recognize.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43634",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:39:24",
"content": "This guy has a way of not getting to the point only matched by a relative of mine, and anybody that has the tenacity to sit through this whole thing and can certify he/she isn’t insane gets a hats off from me.Sorry to sound so negative but come on, I hope the guy gets on some course himself from the money he makes to learn to communicate better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.626311
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/utorrent-for-mac-leaked-via-pirate-bay/
|
UTorrent For Mac Leaked Via Pirate Bay
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"bittorrent",
"leak",
"mac",
"pirate bay",
"utorrent"
] |
In a somewhat ironic chain of events,
uTorrent alpha for Mac has been leaked on Pirate Bay
. Initial reviews are positive, with some saying that it runs better than its windows counterpart. The search function seems to be broken though.
[via
BoinBoing Gadgets
]
| 32
| 32
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43157",
"author": "hajma",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:31:06",
"content": "please stop this kind of articles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43158",
"author": "_Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:39:34",
"content": "I lol’d twice.Once at the irony (and catch-22) of the situation, and again at hajma’s comment.I <3 hackaday.“So how am i supposed to get it if i don’t have it to download it with?”lolol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43159",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:42:08",
"content": "amusing? yes. a hack? (or something of relative interest) not a chance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43161",
"author": "Whammo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:42:32",
"content": "Of course it runs better on the Mac, everything runs better in Mac-tard world. Their OS can never be merely good but must always be promoted as vastly supreme to Windows to make up for the snickering Mac users get from the other 75% of the world, 10% of which is mindlessly repeating the “Linux is actually the vastly superior OS” mantra.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43164",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:50:18",
"content": "linux is superior, you butthole. and for proof that windows is crap, go to msn.com today. that page is loaded with flash videos and if you have ie6 it will lock up and freeze, and ie7 doesn’t work much better. but firefox and opera (in any operating system) seems to load the page fine. m$ can’t even make their own damn webpage work in their own damn browsers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43165",
"author": "Muppet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:51:00",
"content": "Cock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43166",
"author": "Muppet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:52:05",
"content": "Whammo that is…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43167",
"author": "Russell Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:01:15",
"content": "Wow, this site really sucks lately, Yes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43171",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:12:42",
"content": "Russell: Apparently. There is very little “Hack” left in “Hack A Day”. Now it’s all just tons of filler articles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43173",
"author": "Ghost",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:27:39",
"content": "Personally, I love these posts. I want to know whats going on in the general hacking community, not just a few projects and whats new with them. Keep up the good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43178",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:08:03",
"content": "These posts do not lower the value of the hackaday website if you can’t realize that then you are a fool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43179",
"author": "Decompyler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:12:59",
"content": "Worthless app for mac. Transmission has already done what I missed about uTorrent on Windows and more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43200",
"author": "anusbleeder",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T01:18:05",
"content": "wow, amazing hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43201",
"author": "Nitrus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T01:18:35",
"content": "That’s hilarious: “Windows will lockup on MSN!” I’m there right now, and I do not see one advertisement in sight – it’s called being smart and using a great utility called “Ad Muncher.” IE7 + Ad Muncher = Faster brwosing experience than Fireflop!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43202",
"author": "Nitrus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T01:19:31",
"content": "before i get flamed… browsing*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43203",
"author": "xrazorwirex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T01:21:56",
"content": "Hack (and somewhat-related news) – a – dayi honestly dont mind the updates – but i would recommend maybe separating the news flashes like this from the actual mods and hacks and stuff..hackaday.com/news??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43208",
"author": "captain obvious",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T02:03:37",
"content": "@ xrazorwirexNote the tag “news” on the right.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43210",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T02:24:28",
"content": "ie users call themselves hackers :)people arguing tooth and nail for things they dont even understand (ie. transmission vs uTorrent)i love the internet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43213",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T02:54:49",
"content": "Does this mean a ‘native’ linux version of uTorrent is coming soon? (yes, I know about wine)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43225",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:55:56",
"content": "“please stop articles like this”QFTHACKaday not NEWSaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43249",
"author": "Kraken",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T06:32:07",
"content": "there’s a place called torrentfreak for this sort of thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43282",
"author": "Jose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T14:06:20",
"content": "Get Over it let the webmaster post what he likes. You bunch of whiners. Lord you kids should just drink your baby formulas and STFU….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43291",
"author": "Kaos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T15:38:34",
"content": "get vuze or ares and call it a day. A hack is not watching a alpha program trying to compile the bittorrent core.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43307",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T19:35:44",
"content": "Well, even though this wont help me, it can help my friend who has a mac. I just dont like macs because of the interface and installation problems when it comes to some things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43323",
"author": "oscar",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T21:49:21",
"content": "installation problems? god you should die for being such a noob",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43418",
"author": "Sarstan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T18:51:31",
"content": "I see it runs better on Mac than the original does. Then again, what don’t Mac users claim run better? I’m curious how you make a torrent run better than having more seeders anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43628",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T16:38:12",
"content": "nitrus: I just find it funny when you IE shills have to talk about downloading separate programs to block ads and then gloss over the fact that IE is responsible for the spread of a massive amount of malware. You do realize that right? You realize that there are still unpatched exploits in IE that have been known for a couple of years. Known exploits in open source browsers are fixed at a much higher rate because the community itself won’t wait on some corporation full of asshats to finally decide that something is a concern *after* it has caused harm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43641",
"author": "roshamboe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T20:55:13",
"content": "i thought it was called bittorrent retards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43700",
"author": "Jash Sayani",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T07:24:47",
"content": "Better than Transmission ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45266",
"author": "corewerkz",
"timestamp": "2008-10-10T18:11:05",
"content": "or, if you don’t want to wait for the official mac version, you can still get utorrent’s super fast download speeds and reliability by using vmware fusion… check out my guide on corewerkz for the streamlined setup process:http://www.corewerkz.com/2008/10/10/fusion-xp-utorrent-fast-reliable-mac-torrent-downloads/.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77132",
"author": "mike tyson",
"timestamp": "2009-06-02T19:21:34",
"content": "The PirateBay said:were going to do a video streaming site. Its true. Its in the works being done right now and as usual we put a bit of Pirate Bay mentality behind every project we do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "715196",
"author": "olympic london",
"timestamp": "2012-07-27T07:32:40",
"content": "Gorgeous, a great sense of light and mood.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.331112
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/canon-40d-hacked-to-record-movies/
|
Canon 40D Hacked To Record Movies
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"News",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"canon",
"Canon 40D",
"chdk",
"dslr",
"movie",
"video"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKywUVFJW4]
Both
Canon
and
Nikon
recently released DSLR cameras that now include a feature that most consumer level digital cameras have had for sometime: the ability to record movies. What makes movie recording especially appealing on a DSLR is the wide selection of lenses available to get the look you’re after. If you’re an owner of
Canon’s 40D
you may want to follow [DataGhost]’s
progress on the CHDK forum
as he is currently working on bringing this function to the 40D.
While [DataGhost] has a working proof of concept he notes that there are still some issues pertaining to the camera powering down while recording a video, autofocusing, and writing to the memory card. Aside from this, [DataGhost] has made considerable progress and is considering adding custom user settings via the mode dial to really give some creative control. We’re excited about this hack and can’t wait for its release to the general public.
[via
CHDK forum
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "43155",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:09:57",
"content": "Its a fake!! ;-P (I joke!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43172",
"author": "buddy v",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:20:22",
"content": "im confused on how a dslr can work like this. ive got a nikon d40 and d60. i thought dslrs couldnt…well wrong terminology now. haha. anyone care to explain to me how this could work in theory?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43195",
"author": "synth",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:25:56",
"content": "It’s because the 40D has live preview, unlike most other cameras. It’s possible to also implement this on the Canon EOS 1000D, Canon EOS 450D, Nikon D300, and Nikon D3.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46082",
"author": "Diogo",
"timestamp": "2008-10-17T23:30:20",
"content": "hi, this works in canon 400d or rebel xti?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47673",
"author": "svaco",
"timestamp": "2008-10-25T14:36:47",
"content": "hi can you send me modded firmware for 40d? (with movie recording )thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52199",
"author": "text-to-tv",
"timestamp": "2008-11-24T16:54:18",
"content": "I just picked up a 40d, will try this right away!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57868",
"author": "mistral",
"timestamp": "2009-01-04T15:51:20",
"content": "hey, so how is it with this new firmware, will that work on canon 450d?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58091",
"author": "dippeb",
"timestamp": "2009-01-06T17:20:12",
"content": "where is it recording? it seems like that was a demonstration of just the live view. did it actually record the video which can be played back?dippen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59182",
"author": "Random",
"timestamp": "2009-01-14T14:30:39",
"content": "dippen: Are you retarded? He films the liveview with the 40d …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59705",
"author": "duane54",
"timestamp": "2009-01-18T04:05:25",
"content": "olympus had all this techno years ago on there c-2100 camera 6years ago the new cameras have high mega pixel count but took away alot of the old features. 2008 brought back the image stabilization. it just a small computer in the camera it just opens up the functions that they want to sell on that years model. my money on the 2010 or 2011 camera models that have the image sensor move a fraction of cm w/auto focus, using any manual lens from any vendor, or use the auto lens for your brand of camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61208",
"author": "dippen",
"timestamp": "2009-01-29T19:24:00",
"content": "what i am asking is this – does it record to play back later? i can see the video of the liveview, but is it actually recording for later playback what we are seeing in the liveview.thanks,dippen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62487",
"author": "Hamdi",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T20:29:15",
"content": "Thank you :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67740",
"author": "barryb",
"timestamp": "2009-03-25T02:41:25",
"content": "its real blasted easy, just be careful of what device you send your signal to, and more importantly, when you take a picture with the camera in live view while hooked to your recording device. i think i killed an AIPTEK hd handheld camcorder the other night having an excellent time doing this very thing: Camera on Live view – rca out (yellow) to aiptek “A/v in”(insert favorite video recording meduim/ hardware here) and press record. it turns any shitty camcorder/deck with a line in option into a damn fine piece or recording machine… but pull the trigger….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68549",
"author": "Oliver",
"timestamp": "2009-03-30T09:17:29",
"content": "Is it a fake or not ? If not I need it :-) ! Use the 40D and will be happy to make Movies with my Cam. Please send a result or answer if it is really usefull ! :-) Thankx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69043",
"author": "Jakov",
"timestamp": "2009-04-03T02:19:48",
"content": "Works just fine but no image stabilization like with ‘normal’ cameras",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72082",
"author": "Lost",
"timestamp": "2009-04-29T18:44:04",
"content": "WOW!!!Nice hack. :)May be hack my 40d :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74909",
"author": "gunsou",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T08:33:38",
"content": "does it work on d60 if does cn send me the hack pls i need it ugerntly!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77547",
"author": "gurt",
"timestamp": "2009-06-07T22:57:15",
"content": "what about sound?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80791",
"author": "nidl",
"timestamp": "2009-07-08T11:01:10",
"content": "Hello. When already there is a modified insertion for shooting of video by the device?Please answer mail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80792",
"author": "nidl",
"timestamp": "2009-07-08T11:02:11",
"content": "Hello. When already there is a modified insertion for shooting of video by the device?Please answer mailogso4-andrey@ukr.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83808",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2009-08-02T02:58:59",
"content": "Can you hack a 1D3?Ill pay you cash!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87303",
"author": "Kyle Kruchok",
"timestamp": "2009-08-17T07:22:31",
"content": "Ok, you noobz, pay close attention. There are two possibilities with this video. (Underlying fact is, it is REAL, and it’s legit). Fact is, the only cameras that may have the possibility to record video, but don’t already, are the ones that have the “live view” mode. Cameras such as the 40D, and the 50D have this “live view” option. To Mike, the 1D3 does too, I b’lieve. Essentially, what this hack is suggesting, is that the camera records what the live view is outputting. A current program will do this for you, but be aware, it must be teathered to a computer. This is why Netbooks would be ideal. Or, a backpack and a laptop with a great battery. The computer reads what the camera is outputting to the Live View display, and records it.The hack mentioned in the article is about a firmware upgrade / hack by DataGhost. He’s (presumably) trying to get the camera itself to do the recording, and then save it to the memory card. Adding a couple more menu displays also, will give the user more creative support.At this point, I’d love to be able to shoot any sort of video, at greater than 20FPS (which the link below does (20FPS). Go DataGhost, GO! =D40D Video Recorder",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117247",
"author": "coheritier",
"timestamp": "2010-01-14T02:01:09",
"content": "ok, it fine if the 40D records Videos but How does dis guy wirelessly sends the video to his PC/Laptop without cable or wireless gaget connected to it? is the question you should ask…ppl get real its fake….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117799",
"author": "ed",
"timestamp": "2010-01-16T20:59:24",
"content": "coheritier, It’s not wireless, he RECORDED a video (which is what were talking about)onto his camera card,(which is inside the camera) with his small camera, and 40D. then… THEN… he took the video he made with both cameras and put them on the computer via card reader. made a nice little presentation with the frame in frame for you to see the two separate but conjoining angles, proving that each camera made the videos. (not that we’re trying to prove the little camera, but it’s like algebra, 2+2=4 and four equals two plus two. The two angles prove each other.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117800",
"author": "ed",
"timestamp": "2010-01-16T21:06:56",
"content": "for a few other posts I saw, the video out while in live view mode is something the camera does from the factory, READ YOUR MANUAL, Understand your camera, the cool new part of this, is you don’t need an external recording device like a VCR, you can record to your camera card with out being tethered to anything. just shoot video and go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "140501",
"author": "joao",
"timestamp": "2010-05-06T11:07:40",
"content": "Hi there!any change to hack canon 1000d?tthanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "472893",
"author": "alaska40D",
"timestamp": "2011-10-05T18:12:30",
"content": "i 2 used 40D..however it seems to skip frame..and when you move; its funny; I think its only good for staying at the same location. correct me if i am wrong.thks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "481275",
"author": "Kim",
"timestamp": "2011-10-16T17:44:34",
"content": "Where can I find the firmware? I definitely want to try it out :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4641151",
"author": "sas",
"timestamp": "2018-06-20T04:02:01",
"content": "wheres the firmware?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,753.765676
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/accelerometer-controlled-pong/
|
Accelerometer Controlled Pong
|
Ian
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"accelerometer",
"atmega",
"AVR",
"diy electronics",
"games",
"led",
"pong",
"videogame",
"wii",
"xmms"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYVgXYtxk4E]
[
Perry’s
] awesome
AcceLED Pong
project gives new life to a classic game by adding acceleration-based control. The pong paddles are moved by tilting the circuit left or right. Motion is measured by an
ADXL203
dual axis accelerometer, and an
ATMEGA32
microcontroller converts acceleration into ball and paddle movement. The game display is a three-color
SparkFun 8×8 LED matrix
with serial interface.
[Perry] also used a similar setup to make a USB
LED spectrum analyzer
fed by the Linux
XMMS media player
.
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43132",
"author": "Trez",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T16:10:38",
"content": "what’s that cat doing there? does it play pong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43134",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T16:33:47",
"content": "They made 3d games using accelerometers for playing (http://buy-wii.net/images/gamescreens/zeldawii5.jpg)… I don’t find this trick is useful nor interresting… Made it with really small components and fit it on a thing just the size of the matrix and it may be interresting, but this thing could have been done 10 years ago with mercury switches…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43138",
"author": "whitespacepolice",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T18:00:03",
"content": "just because it has been done or could be done already by somebody doesn’t make it not worthwhile to do for whoever made it. the whole spirit of the diy community is doing things for FUN. whether or not it interests you is completely irrelevant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43141",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T18:36:23",
"content": "@BjonnhYou are more than free to go ahead and post YOUR novel and new hardware hacks…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43209",
"author": "Dosbomber",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T02:20:50",
"content": "Seems difficult to control. If you tilt it with more or less speed, does the paddle move faster or slower? Nice project though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43263",
"author": "thekanester",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T10:19:59",
"content": "Yay, to the developer of this and shame on the naysayers. Get off your lame arses and make something worth showing yourselves…I didn’t think so.Nice little project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43276",
"author": "canhaz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T12:30:42",
"content": "The cat is the actual narrator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43301",
"author": "walt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T18:52:38",
"content": "very cool. nicely done. no disrespect, but is this really a hack?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.53267
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/fatality-and-a-frosty-mug-arcade-bar/
|
Fatality And A Frosty Mug: Arcade Bar
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"home hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"arcade",
"bar",
"Joystick",
"mame"
] |
We’ve seen our fair share of home made arcade machines,
some complex
and
some simple
. This one stands head and shoulders above the rest with its ability to
combine two of our deepest loves: beer and video games
. There’s not a lot of information, just a few pictures. We’d love to see some build shots or action shots. We’d love to test it out actually.
Here’s an update: [Burke LaShell] is the maker of this fine project. You can see more pictures of it in
this thread
. Thanks, [Shawn].
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 10
| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43109",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T13:35:54",
"content": "That’s AWESOME!hmm… my MK arcade machine is sitting about 5ft away from my bar… now you’ve got me thinking",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43121",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T14:03:03",
"content": "very easy to do. no details needed.simply shove a xbox in there, hook arcade controls to 4 xbox controllers and call it done.Most of the work is building the bar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43126",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T14:36:19",
"content": "I think i have a addition for my new flat…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43128",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T15:01:15",
"content": "That’s amazing !!I’ve been waiting for almost 3 months to get 2 old arcade cabinets to turn into a MAME cabinet. I’m supposed to get them this weekend, this article is REALLY making me anxious to get them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43146",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T19:32:26",
"content": "very easy to do. no details needed.simply shove a PS2 in there, hook arcade controls to 4 Wireless PS2 controllers and call it done.Most of the work is building the bar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43181",
"author": "Derwin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:24:40",
"content": "This is really timely. Recently I’ve been trying to figure out a way to work an arcade into a coffee table. The cocktail styles would be too high to sit on a couch in front of.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43229",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T04:30:51",
"content": "Hmm. Unfinished basement. Long term desire to build a mame cabinet. Fondness for beer. I’m seeing a projector, arcade controls and bar stools in my near future. Excellent idea, why did I not think of this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43278",
"author": "Shawn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T13:04:17",
"content": "http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=83438This is the original forum where the MAME bar was posted. The builder’s name is Burke Lashell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61548",
"author": "Billy",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T16:37:53",
"content": "Super idea for a home bar. Will definitely keep this in mind for my gaming crowd.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "366981",
"author": "Brewster",
"timestamp": "2011-03-25T02:20:46",
"content": "This guy is my boss! Really cool guy. I’ve heard all about his mame bar, but haven’t seen pics yet. Dayumn! *jealous*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.193093
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/23/laser-led-pov-projector/
|
Laser POV Projector
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Laser Hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"ASCII",
"Atmel 89s52",
"laser",
"Laser LED POV projector",
"laser projector",
"led",
"mirror",
"POV",
"projector"
] |
[shakirfm] sent us this LED persistence of vision (POV)
laser projector
that can display dot matrix style text. The laser projector contains a rotating mirror assembly and 5 lasers. We’ve covered other
POV projectors
,but this one is a bit different. The mirror assembly rotates using two cooling fans. Controlling on/off times of the lasers along with the mirror speed, it is able to project 8×5 dot matrix ASCII text onto a surface.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBnmHe6SG4c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
The Atmel 89s52 contains a built in user interface which can control the horizontal character width, scroll speed and the number of characters displayed at a time. It can also store preset 10 character text messages internally, or accept text via the serial port from a PC. Eventually SMS messages from a GSM phone will be supported. [shakirfm] has more details and ideas for improvements
here
.
| 10
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43105",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T12:39:28",
"content": "What a unique invention, I’d say that guy got a good grade :]it’s a pretty interesting idea though, sure, LED POV’s used to be the big thing, but taking that idea to a laser array was brilliant, And it projects!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43115",
"author": "Tuckie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T13:55:58",
"content": "I really like the idea of using multiple lasers, makes things a bit easier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43133",
"author": "Odin84gk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T16:29:12",
"content": "When you do serial to hyperterminal, you should use a line feed, then a carriage return. (that way the text will line up to the left side)0x0A = Line Feed0x0D = Carriage ReturnOther than that, it was an entertaining project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43148",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T20:00:48",
"content": "i find that using a single mirror and a steeper motor that moves the mirror 40* back and forth seam suitable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43224",
"author": "ramesh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:55:01",
"content": "“WOW thats a nice improvement keep the good job on development all the very best to u guys”.For others on this site:these guys have put their whole hearted effort and brain into this job please give them the lead and guidance. this group of young engineers have the potential.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43235",
"author": "shakirfm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T05:31:29",
"content": "@ Odin84gk: yeah i’ll do that. thanks :) glad you found the video interesting.@ BiOzZ : well, i tried using a stepper motor at first, but it doesn’t rotate fast enough to maintain the minimum 30 fps required. and if you want a to and fro motion, somehting like the tinyprojector featured here earlier is the best bet i think.@ scott : you’d be surprised at how thick my examiner turned out to be. the man wanted me to display a jpeg image using this thing! glad you liked it :)@tuckie: well, aligning the 5 lasers so that it could display legible stuff was the hardest part actually. required a rather mechanically complicated assembly with provision for real fine adjustment of angle.@ramesh: thnaks for the encouragement! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43236",
"author": "shakirfm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T05:34:48",
"content": "eeks.. where did those yellow smilies come from. hmm.. heres a thought.. they could be replaced by smiling skulls and bones :]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60126",
"author": "nosferatuspacho",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T08:31:44",
"content": "yes, looks great….i think you can do greats mods, i remember one time i do anything like that, i do an spectrum analyzer for audio, he are like scope !are all analog!,…. actually i´m tryin to learn how to program… i do flash led and now i got new horizons, i will try near to got bi-mechanical scaned lasser, if you got me i will they project like fisheye signal from pick up readers… maybe someday.EQU this awasone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "181730",
"author": "Charles Shults",
"timestamp": "2010-09-15T22:58:00",
"content": "Well, I built one of these in 2001 using 32 green lasers. I still have it. It’s far larger of course and was the third one. The first was made with some cheap red laser pointers and the second was made with eight green lasers. The scanner system I made however uses an oscillating mirror and draws both forward and backward, retracing the text for intensity. I should post pictures if anyone is interested. I don’t think there was a Hackaday back then.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "784867",
"author": "garym53",
"timestamp": "2012-09-15T00:49:19",
"content": "I realise this is a very old post but if you are still around I would be VERY interested in seeing your other machines. Cheers.",
"parent_id": "181730",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,754.381676
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/22/turn-your-projector-into-a-laser-guided-controller/
|
Turn Your Projector Into A Laser Guided Controller
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Laser Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"grl",
"laser",
"laser pointer",
"laser tagging",
"projector",
"videogame",
"wireless controller"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJgzwW2C6DQ&fmt=18]
[Alpay Kasal] of
LitStudios
as come up with an interesting way to use
laser pointers
as a
wireless controller for games and applications
. The process is currently being patented, which may explain why [Alpay]’s blog is a little slim in the details. We doubt they’re doing anything more than just using a camera to track the laser pointer; exactly like
laser tagging
.
If you’re just itching to get your hands on some wireless game play and can’t wait for this to go commercial you could always just get a
Nintendo Wii
.
[via
Engadget
]
| 16
| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43048",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T01:44:55",
"content": "Patent? Well, good as long as its something original. Lasertraq has been doing this for a while. You can use any color, provided your laser pointer is bright enough to be considered brightest pixel on the screen in its wavelength.http://code.google.com/p/lasertraq/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43053",
"author": "Joseph",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T03:16:22",
"content": "I can already see how that first game he is playing will be hacked. cute approach to it though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43069",
"author": "urlax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T07:44:39",
"content": "Sorry, but these are far better documentend, and can be counted as priort art.. he (should) never get the patent..http://hackaday.com/2007/05/26/interactive-laser-drawing-graffiti/http://hackaday.com/2008/03/11/laser-writing-via-vnc/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43082",
"author": "jr",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T08:41:50",
"content": "An infrared laser + on-screen pointer would be even better, though safety should be addressed in any consumer product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43085",
"author": "Grovenstien",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T09:41:38",
"content": "Its good to see people using blob tracking but we’ve seen this laser tracking done before. Seriously if you want to have this sort of interface look no further than the wii remote and if you really want that laser feel get some gaffa and stick one to your wiimote!Kudos to the laser tag team still the original and best.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43089",
"author": "lwr",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T10:35:44",
"content": "I think this previous H-a-D article is a better documented example of this sort of thing:http://hackaday.com/2007/11/02/pysight-post-halloween-entertainment/…complete with python code for all those who want to re-create it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43094",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:28:05",
"content": "good to see you fixed the comment boxes.And yeah, I thought about that post lwr linked.Can we say Prior Art? By about a year now? Or more??Honestly, this post is about as sad as the fact the “peach” bits in my Quaker Oats peaches & cream oatmeal are chunks of apple dyed orange. Oh well, at least they’re actual fruit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43103",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T12:34:45",
"content": "heh, it’d be cool to see this as a fps controller, with a small wireless trigger attached to the laser pointer :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43140",
"author": "alexfox",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T18:16:13",
"content": "re: #2 by bobbobwhile i agree that this is hardly a hack, especially because its not new and no details/code was given…give credit where credit is due:a lot of people bitched about hackaday turning into another digg/etc, and though the editors never replied, they definitely have stepped up the quality of the content, and have mostly quit posting stupid “news” storiesso yeah, this is lame… but judging by their recent track record, I’d hardly say hackaday is turning into another engadget",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43151",
"author": "paul",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T20:50:39",
"content": "I think it’s obvious from the tone of joey’s post that this is nothing new. What makes it hackaday worthy is that alpay kasal is trying to file a patent for something that’s been filtering through the blogosphere for years.the patent is not for using the laser to control a specific program (in addition to a mouse), but to use a laser to replace the mouse to interface with any program. huzzah!the fact that this is a rip-off of prior art (but subtly different), is obvious to anyone working in this field of laser/ccd interface may not be enough to prevent this from being patented if some dim wit believes this is a new use of an old process – that is the led/sensor interface of an ordinary optical mouse being applied to greater distances with different equipment (a laser and a dv cam) with potential (though no demonstration) for using different colored lasers simultaneously to control multiple “cursors.”patent law sucks. or at least this case sucks because it will most likely be used to attempt to hinder further development in the field.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43211",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T02:27:43",
"content": "paul- I agree with your synopsis, but did you check the lasertraq link? Its a bit of a task to get it to compile, but it does the same thing- mouse replacement for any application. Its also got support for different colored lasers to be different pointers. So its exactly the same, only prior art.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43329",
"author": "cwcentral",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T22:23:40",
"content": "Looks simple since there’s a grid of dots in the background (look at timecode 1:23 in the video).1. Project a grid of dots for reference grid/computer scan for a frame (1/60).2. Track a high intensity point from the laser.3. Have a sensor recorded scene information in between refresh intervals of the projector except when projecting the grid, i.e. track the dot any time < 60Hz.I’m sure the patent is trivial like what I described. Therefore, I’ll pass. Still doesn’t beat a mouse. Xerox did their research well and spent millions on that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43440",
"author": "a random John",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T21:42:55",
"content": "scott,I’ve got a fps type game with laser control up athttp://insightvr.comI’ve also got other movies, presentations, source code, and full explanations of how to do both laser tracking and wiiMote head tracking at the same time.I’m planning on doing multiplayer missile command for Halloween this year and I’ll film it. I need to order more Star Wars blasters to mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47510",
"author": "kiss off",
"timestamp": "2008-10-24T06:55:35",
"content": "you are lame",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47750",
"author": "slain34",
"timestamp": "2008-10-26T12:23:19",
"content": "I didn’t notice the sensors at first :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56547",
"author": "axllaruse",
"timestamp": "2008-12-25T17:23:26",
"content": "1- Projector2- Webcam3- Laser Pointer4- Sit your butt in from of your computer doing programmingTada!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.430654
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/22/parts-lm317-adjustable-voltage-regulator/
|
Parts: LM317 Adjustable Voltage Regulator
|
Ian
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] |
[
"7805",
"adjustable voltage regulator",
"LM317",
"parts",
"parts monday",
"voltage regulator"
] |
Every project needs a power supply. As 3.3volt logic replaces 5volt systems, we’re reaching for the
LM317 adjustable voltage regulator
, rather than the
classic 7805
. We’ve found four different hobbyist-friendly packages for different situations.
A simple
voltage divider
(R1,R2) sets the LM317 output between 1.25volts and 37volts; use this handy
LM317 calculator
to find resistor values. The regulator does its best to maintain 1.25volts on the adjust pin (ADJ), and converts any excess voltage to heat. Not all packages are the same. Choose a part that can supply enough current for your project, but make sure the package has
sufficient heat dissipation properties
to burn off the difference between the input and output voltages.
Here is a breakdown of the voltage regulators illustrated above:
IC1
LM317LZ
200mA, TO-92 ($0.59) – This is the smallest common LM317 voltage regulator. The part linked can supply 200mA, but 100mA is more common. The TO-92 package can get searing hot because it doesn’t dissipate much heat.
IC2
LM317T
1.5amps, TO-220 ($0.64) – At 1.5amps, this regulator supplies enough power for most digital circuits. We prefer the surface-mount D2Pack version (IC4) because we don’t like to drill holes. The TO-220 package dissipates a ton of heat, and the metal tab will accommodate a heat sink if you want even more cooling. Use this package if you need maximum heat dissipation.
IC3
LM317MDCYR
500mA, SOT-223 ($0.80) – This is our favorite LM317 package. 500mA is plenty of power for many projects, and the small SOT-223 package fits about anywhere.
IC4
LM317D2T
1.5amps, D2Pack ($0.83) – We design with the D2Pack regulator when a circuit uses more than 400mA of current. D2Pack is a surface-mount version of TO-220 that’s easy to solder.
Footprints for all LM317 packages are included in the default
Cadsoft Eagle
v-reg (voltage regulators)
part library.
Want to learn more about the LM317?
Instructables
, [
ladyada
], and
SparkFun Electronics
have detailed LM317 power supply tutorials.
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| 31
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42999",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T19:39:47",
"content": "LM317 can also be used as a current limiter by tying the output pin to the adj pin through a resistor. The limited current is on the adj side of the resistor.IO = (Vref/R1) + IADJ = 1.25V/R1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43001",
"author": "Jason Rollette",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T19:51:30",
"content": "LM2937ET-3.3Love the 317 for misc voltages however, I do dislike linear, power wasting regulators over all though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43008",
"author": "E. Thompson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T21:10:29",
"content": "I hope that there will be more posts on the parts series!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43010",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T21:41:26",
"content": "What’s wrong with a fixed 3.3v regulator? It saves 2 resistors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43011",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T21:55:28",
"content": "@Tom: Nothing wrong with a fix one, for a final or working beta, but for prototyping, having a couple of spare adjustable regulators helps more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43019",
"author": "abalastow compendium",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T22:39:50",
"content": "Parts series is a good step away drom Digg2 and back towards hacks. Hoping for more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43034",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T23:58:03",
"content": "I think switching regulator circuits have gotten easier to design and build. I tried to make a power supply from a National regulator one time, and it was a big pain. The inductor and main capacitor values depended on voltage and current, making it essentially impossible to make an adjustable supply, and it needed a lot of misc. components. Also, the inductor was huge, making a big circuit, and probably putting out a lot of EMI.More recently, I made a switching regulator (actually a 3W LED driver circuit) from a Maxim chip, and it was a lot easier. The only components I had to figure out the values for were the current sense resistors, and all I needed to build the circuit was a FET, a diode, a couple of filter capacitors, and the sense resistors.Right now, I’m working on a step-up converter using a MAX1771, and it looks like it will be just as easy as the step-down converter. the only issue is that I need the highest possible efficiency, so picking the components will be a little tricky.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43037",
"author": "Farles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T00:07:05",
"content": "anybody got a 3.3V regulator part#? something widely available and affordable.thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6238941",
"author": "Col. Panek",
"timestamp": "2020-04-21T01:03:57",
"content": "There’s plenty available. I have some … somewhere. But they’re sot-23.LT1528 is a TO220 part. Depends on power , etc. .",
"parent_id": "43037",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "43046",
"author": "longpot",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T01:04:01",
"content": "Used one of these in a project a while back, not bad but a lot more stable if you add the recommended caps/diodes to protect it. That said it has some funny current issues, will supply a decent constant current but seems almost useless at coping with short spikes. Very useful for adjustable voltage mind you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43054",
"author": "justaguy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T03:31:53",
"content": "@matt & in generalThe switchers are more involved because they require heavy loop compensation due to the LC double pole (if you want smaller inductors, design around a faster switching frequency in the regulator). However, you don’t really need to redesign your compensation for every output voltage, because it too utilizes a voltage division to set it. You’ll only affect your transient response, and it is marginal.Moreover, switchers are best used for heavier load applications (you can find National switchers for just about any load current, but anything sub 1A is better regulated by an LDO in my opinion).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43056",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T04:05:08",
"content": "On the subject of DC-DC regulators, does anyone know of one (buy or circuit diagram) that can deliver 10v @ 2.5A from a voltage source of between 24 & 30v?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43061",
"author": "justaguy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T04:37:16",
"content": "@hakuhttp://webench.national.com/ss1/ss?VinMin=24&VinMax=30&O1V=10&O1I=2.5&op_TA=30&O2V=&O2I=&O3V=&O3I=&onpin=I&err=I&sync=I&disty=&submit.x=36&submit.y=-1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43062",
"author": "pwned88",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T05:10:11",
"content": "On the note of voltage regulators, anyone know of a decent regulator that is more efficient? (a.k.a. doesn’t use heat dissipation) that makes battery packs more suitable? it there a way to effectively use a buck-boost circuit with a battery pack to squeeze more juice when the batts run below the nominal voltage?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43063",
"author": "Hrpuffnstuffatgmaildotcom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T05:19:48",
"content": "@ pwned88 – I use these switchers myself in battery powered stuffhttp://www.dimensionengineering.com/DE-SW050.htmhttp://www.dimensionengineering.com/DE-SW033.htmhttp://www.dimensionengineering.com/DE-SWADJ.htmThey replace the linear regulator and work well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43064",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T05:28:31",
"content": "This was not hackaday worthy post, very off theme… bring a project instead next time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43065",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T05:47:06",
"content": "classic 7805 can be used as an adjustable voltage regulator too, just dont connect middle pin directly to ground, I believe datasheet have right schematic for such configuration.yes linear are power wasting regulators but if you building audio or radio you dont want additional noise",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43066",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T05:50:09",
"content": "@FarlesI don’t know of a simple 3.3 volt linear regulator, something like a “7803.3”, so I use the LM317. There are several 3.3 volt (and 3.3/2.8 dual supply) LDO (low drop out) voltage regulators.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43067",
"author": "dino",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T06:06:54",
"content": "The LD1117V33 is a linear 3.3V regulator available in a friendly TO-220 package. Cheap and easy to use, just like the trusty 7805 (just add two caps).http://octopart.com/search?q=ld1117v33",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43073",
"author": "follower",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T08:09:26",
"content": "These notes I’ve made about powering circuits and the UCC283 range of LDO voltage regulators might be of interest:http://code.rancidbacon.com/LearningHowToPowerCircuitshttp://code.rancidbacon.com/LearningAboutUCC283–Phil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43084",
"author": "dink3r",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T09:32:37",
"content": "i’d like to see more of this kind of posts!!! reminds me of the good ol’ days back in tech school… keep em coming…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43091",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:18:07",
"content": "We’ll be happy to take requests for Monday parts posts in the comments.Last week we looked at tactile switches:http://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/tact-switches-for-your-next-project/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43092",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:22:35",
"content": "@dino – thanks for the link.The ld1117v33 is a 3.3volt low drop out regulator. Here’s a cheap one from Mouser.com:http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=arR7071FstdSYX%2fAthFGRA%3d%3d",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43104",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T12:36:45",
"content": "@therian: actually, almost all audio consumer applications use switchers, the ubiquitious class-D amp. switchers are also widely used in radios, due to the eventual lower cost, at a significant power level. so-called audiophiles shie away from switchers, but it’s usually due to a lack of comprehension about how to properly design and filter them, rather than an inherent advantage in other types (such as class-a/ab). there are very high-class, audiophile-grade equipment which properly use class-D amps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43170",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:12:13",
"content": "I’ll add zetex to the list for a low quiescent current (0.6ma) 3.3v regulator:http://www.zetex.com/3.0/product_portfolio.asp?pno=ZSR330several other voltages are also available.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43220",
"author": "DB",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T03:27:45",
"content": "That’s a blast from the past. I was using LM317s in kludged circuits in the mid 1970s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43256",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T07:26:23",
"content": "Class-D digital amp(remember enthusiast trying to get sound from early apple ?, same thing just faster speed), it just so terrible idea. Power efficient – Yes, will ewer produce something better then beeeep – No",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6238900",
"author": "Greenaum",
"timestamp": "2020-04-20T23:07:15",
"content": "Some of the best amps, in terms of fidelity, noise, etc, are class D. You just need to have a fast enough switching speed, which is easy these days. Something like Shannon or Nyquist will prove that it’s extremely good and better then alternatives.",
"parent_id": "43256",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "53362",
"author": "brakes",
"timestamp": "2008-12-02T10:48:31",
"content": "wow! good to start with.There are few parameters to find out, such as: output ripple, frequency response, questient current, how to switch it off, and the price..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65415",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2009-03-06T04:50:40",
"content": "Is there anyone knows the circuit for the variable speed motor controller having 90VDC, 1/30HP motor. I need a controller for this motor. I already made for 24VDC motor but I need now is for 90VDC variable speed controller. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "686672",
"author": "aju",
"timestamp": "2012-06-23T07:15:32",
"content": "i hav to design 24v t0 5v at 3A . when i use 7805 along with tip2955 its geting hot and i cant use a heat sink… how to do",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2633872",
"author": "Eugene",
"timestamp": "2015-07-04T16:30:59",
"content": "The reason why linear regulators are less efficient, 19V * 3A = 57Watts! Try a switching regulator. The Rds on of the MOSFET means less heat dissipation. The Inductor and cap store the energy. Just be sure to pick an inductor with with a low DC resistance and a cap with a low ESR. An LM2676 would be a typical part to use.",
"parent_id": "686672",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2633876",
"author": "Eugene",
"timestamp": "2015-07-04T16:34:41",
"content": "And never use an ordinary rectifier diode in the output! Always use a power Schottky diode.",
"parent_id": "686672",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "1023837",
"author": "M",
"timestamp": "2013-07-07T16:51:07",
"content": "Anyone try the 7803 (3V)? There are other types of regulator in the 78xx family, like the 7812 which is 12V. I’ve had regulators in this family also occasionally output a voltage a couple tenths of a volt above the printed level when driven off of 9V. (anyone up for 3.2V?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6238886",
"author": "Greenaum",
"timestamp": "2020-04-20T22:26:19",
"content": "Hi, it’s 12 years later and we’re all gonna die! Anyway… this would have been a nicer article if the author had said more about how it works, beyond the simple formula for the resistors. To me, it’s weird you can have a 3-pin device that has pins for input voltage, output, and ground, and somehow also adjust. Of course adjust is output to gnd, but it’s weird, is there an op-amp or something in there? How does it work?Could also mention, that with the SMD versions, it’s traditional to connect the top pin, the heatsink one, to a large area of copper on the PCB if you can, so that the copper can perform as a heatsink. Doesn’t matter if it’s also used as an electrical connection, it can still also be a heatsink.Did this article spark off a series about other components?See ya after the apocalypse, Ian.Hm that laser project thing looks interesting…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.33055
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/22/changing-the-eeepc-701-form-factor/
|
Changing The EEEPC 701 Form Factor
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Netbook Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"Asus",
"eee",
"EeePc",
"samsung q1",
"ultra portable",
"umpc"
] |
Over at the EeeUser forums, [PvP_lostnight] is designing a kit to
convert your EEEPC to a different form factor
. He is modeling the design after the
Samsung Q1 UMPC
. The kits will eventually be for sale, but as you can see from the pictures, there’s a long way to go. He seems to be taking lots of input from the forum members, so go there and help him make it perfect.
[thanks Tony]
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "43013",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T22:14:09",
"content": "Cool, now to get that nvidia video card hooked to the mini pcie-x1 :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43016",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T22:19:01",
"content": "NVM, the included video is fine, I wonder if he kept the keyboard or threw it out?Now all he needs to do is add gaming controls and it is my perfect PC. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43049",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T01:53:24",
"content": "I might just have to get an EEEPC with all the neat stuff going on with them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43101",
"author": "DubbleDutch",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T12:19:39",
"content": "hmm this is just one of his stupid idea’s to get attentiongo to acidmods.com and ask for pvp_lostknighteveryone will tell you that he is a **** and that he said he made thousands of mods, but he just showed 1 pic, and said it was done and working, but he wouldnt tell how, because he didnt want noobs to do it too etc..that guy is a complete idiot, he takes credit for work he never did, or never finished.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43135",
"author": "h-sauce",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T16:44:10",
"content": "agreed, hes such a :O that his name has been banned from am, and i agree 2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43145",
"author": "pspkicks",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T19:30:37",
"content": "^^ with those two up there, completely agree.Pvp has claimed to have made a crap load of mods, all working and finished. he never once provided ANY proof for most of these, and the ones he did were either fake or unfinished and not working. because of his scams and bs, he is permabanned, and IP banned, and if i remember correctly, his we had his ISP block acidmods from his line. his name is even censored out.If you even believe one ounce of this bullshit, you’re a total moron. Don’t believe this crap, it’s just another ploy to get attention to himself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43177",
"author": "I_HATE_THIS_DB_AND_HAVE_REASON",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:53:03",
"content": "OMG you all remember that PSP internal hard drive… That was this guy!!! He faked it and that’s been proven. I don’t doubt that this guy cut a hole in an EEE pc and thats it.WHAT A FAKE, BETTER KNOWN AS AN ATTENTION WHORE!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43359",
"author": "Folklord36",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T05:30:03",
"content": "I personaly know PVP he is a liear backsaber and has the worst ugly hack job incomplete “mods” ever never belive him ever….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.144615
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/22/broken-lcd-tv-turned-into-a-light-table/
|
Broken LCD TV Turned Into A Light Table
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"lcd",
"light table",
"photography table",
"tv"
] |
[Steve DiRaddo] sent us this sweet little mod. After obtaining a free
LCD TV
that had a cracked screen, [steve] immediately tore it open to re purpose it. The end result was a
computer controlled light table with audio
. From what he says, it is very very bright due to the fact that it has 16 CFL tubes behind it as opposed to the usual 2 inside a PC monitor. The TV had a bult in RS232 command port. Whith some quick hacking, he was able to control power, channel, input, and volume via his
laptop
.
| 24
| 23
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42974",
"author": "chrisla",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T16:33:34",
"content": "“I’d like to be able to feed several audio inputs into the thing and be able to select which one I want. Too bad for me, if there isnt a legit video signal entering that input, it ignores it completely. The TV will only switch to an input with an active video signal. A quick and dirty way to fix this is to take a single composite cable and plug one end into ‘Monitor Out’, and the other into the video input of your choice. This is called video feedback. It works though. If the screen was still working we’d see some really weird shit. Luckily, we aren’t exactly going to be needing good video for our purpose.”You can also just solder a 75ohm resistor across an RCA plug to make a terminator, and plug it into the video input. This did the trick on my TV.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42979",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T17:46:51",
"content": "Definitely very cool – but seriously, does anyone still use film/negatives? Methought everything was digital now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3419323",
"author": "Brandon cox",
"timestamp": "2017-02-22T01:43:19",
"content": "I use a light table every day as do nearly all of the artists in the tattoo industry for tracing line drawings for stencils they’re not only used for film also make great soft boxes for photographing finished tattoos to display in our portfolios because they don’t create nearly as muck glare on the fresh tattoo as normal florescent lighting does and way less than a camera flash would.",
"parent_id": "42979",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42984",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:02:11",
"content": "Or you could just pick up a scanner for 3 bucks at a thrift store.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42985",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:08:37",
"content": "http://hackaday.com/2006/05/26/macro-photography-light-from-broken-lcd-monitor/I suppose it’s alright since the old links aren’t good anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42986",
"author": "crizo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:14:58",
"content": "I have a traditional light table and I use it all the time. I still do a lot of analog art (not photography) and it’s always useful. If nothing else, it’s really cool to have a nice piece of glass to cut things on. Mine has two layers – one of frosted plexiglass, and a top layer of tempered glass. I’ve also used mine for photo-exposing silk screens. Controlling the exposure time with a computer would be super cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42988",
"author": "r1b4z01d",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:21:50",
"content": "Could use it for tracing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42998",
"author": "SteveDiRaddo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T19:34:03",
"content": "@chrislaThanks for the tip! I will apply this to all inputs and update my site with credit to you :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43005",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T20:27:50",
"content": "well at least the busted tv didn’t get thrown in the trash can like everything else that breaks these days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43006",
"author": "keystoneclimber",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T20:45:14",
"content": "This is not very effective for serious transparency (slide) review. Real light tables produce actual white light. Use a loupe to look at the “white” screen on the monitor and you will see the readily apparent components of the additive (RGB) color system rather than the white you expected.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43009",
"author": "kraemahz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T21:37:46",
"content": "keystoneclimber,he’s just using the CCFL bulbs, not the LCD screen. They’re pretty darn white.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43012",
"author": "gerald",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T22:06:48",
"content": "I’ve just tried this with a broken LCD. After LCD screen removal, the remaining light panel is very interesting: portable lighting system for photography/video, or may be flat light on the wall or ceiling…On mine, there’s a light diffusing plastic sheet on top of lighting panel, but once LCD panel removed, nothing keeps it in place anymore. So i’ve tried to dismantle the LCD panel itself hoping i could reuse the plastic screen.On one side, there was an adhesive sheet of dark plastic, and just under the broken glass. Once removed, the remaining part cleaned of the liquid cristal, i’ve realized it is in reality a polarising filter and could be usefull also! But in the other hand, it is a little dark, so it reduces the amount of light going through. I think i could remove another adhesive sheet of plastic on the other side but i prefer to keep the polarising filter as is.After this process, i was wondering if liquid cristal could be toxic. I should have think about this before dismantling the LCD glass panel :-< Does anybody know?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43031",
"author": "SteveDiRaddo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T23:44:10",
"content": "There is no evidence at all that liquid crystals pose a health risk for humans, but tests are ongoing. At this point in time the teeny bits of glass that shred off at the edge of a cracked screen are far more dangerous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43298",
"author": "JDN",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T18:11:56",
"content": "Maybe I missed it, but what brand of LCD TV is this?How did you find out the RS-232 command set?Are there RS-232 commands for controlling the brightness?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43350",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T02:24:24",
"content": "Just a word of caution. While taking apart an lcd monitor, I realized that I opened the florescent light part of the monitor and probably exposed myself to the mercury.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65572",
"author": "Sony Me",
"timestamp": "2009-03-07T22:38:37",
"content": "Hello. Great job. This is a great post. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109873",
"author": "sony bravia 40",
"timestamp": "2009-12-02T00:14:13",
"content": "Yeah, gotta watch the Mercury… otherwise these are great for coffee tables, ironing boards, fireplace covers, and/or otherwise making it look like you own a lot of TVs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "116667",
"author": "Mathew Ledtvprices",
"timestamp": "2010-01-11T10:05:43",
"content": "Aloha! I sumbled upon this site by chance, I was browsing Google fordeals on LED televisionswhen I found your website. I�m lucky I found it. Just what I was browsing for. Favorited your site, I will continue my research tomorrow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "137210",
"author": "Sheree Showe",
"timestamp": "2010-04-21T08:36:16",
"content": "I believed this was a really fascinating post and I am really glad that wrote on this subject matter, there are not too several other weblogs that take this perspective",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "155688",
"author": "Janette",
"timestamp": "2010-07-06T03:20:28",
"content": "My work donated a busted screen 32″ Apex Digital HDTV to me, but needed to keep the working power supply board and controller board for other projects. With just the inverter board and screen, is it possible to supply power enough for the backlight to craft into a light table?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "181454",
"author": "daniel w",
"timestamp": "2010-09-15T02:17:17",
"content": "hey all good itea amd im using a lcd monitor as a light table the only thing is i have to keep it plugged in to my computer and extend desktop to keep backlight on.the lcd is broken and only backlight works.i would like to figure out what to do to keep backlight on, i’m an electronics amateur, i know a little but dont want anything to involved.have tried resistors across vga imputs, looked up pinout and other sites but cant seem to figure out how to keep it on short of plugging into computer and making active monitor.HELP PLEASEDan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "369265",
"author": "zulu127",
"timestamp": "2011-03-28T16:27:38",
"content": "@ daniel w That’s exactly what I am trying to do as well and usually end up getting to about ***HERE*** using various avenues of research. No one has been able to help me power up an LCD from a laptop without using the accompanying computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "369303",
"author": "zulu127",
"timestamp": "2011-03-28T17:39:55",
"content": "Here’s the link:This is the best answer I’ve gotten–just picked it up.http://answers.hackaday.com/is-it-possible-to-use-an-old-lcd-as-a-diffused-light-source-in-other-words-just-have-the-ccfl-on-so-that-the-lcd-would-be-totally-white/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "836640",
"author": "Mr Bob Stupid",
"timestamp": "2012-10-26T04:00:20",
"content": "Argh Argh, it’s coming from every available channel, its mike tyson dressed as 3d me punching out my display conveying me. What am i acting out",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.25692
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/21/xbox-360-laptop-in-progress/
|
Xbox 360 Laptop In Progress
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"360",
"ben heck",
"ben heckendorn",
"benheck",
"laptop",
"mod",
"xbox",
"xbox360"
] |
[Ben Heck] posted and update on a project he’s doing for THQ. This
latest Xbox 360 laptop
is being built as a contest prize. It’s based on a 60GB
Xbox 360
and is slightly larger than the previous
laptops
. It can accommodate a standard 360 hard drive without modification. An
Xbox
Live camera is included as well.
We hadn’t realized how many Xbox 360 laptops [Ben] had built. There’s
the original
. The one he built as a
how-to for Engadget
. Then, the one
based on an Elite
and now this.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42919",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:31:25",
"content": "“the ps3 laptop will follow this tradition, mostly because the ps3 is pretty damn thick to begin with and there’s nowhere to go but thinner ;)”Does this mean that there’s a PS3 laptop coming? That should be fun…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42923",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T05:01:39",
"content": "Look good, I like the idea of being able to swap out the hard drive, and the integrated camera is a nice touch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42924",
"author": "rockstat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T05:03:49",
"content": "Replay to gm.do some research before you write. Ben has already built a PS3 laptop and had it auctioned off only to give the money earned to charity.What a noble cause. I admire him.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42953",
"author": "we can",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T11:45:13",
"content": "gm meant is he going to make another i beleive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43007",
"author": "Ghrayfahx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T21:04:35",
"content": "My question about the PS3 laptop, how does he deal with the heat that it puts out? I can just see that thing burning through the table it’s on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43018",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T22:37:06",
"content": "He probably uses a heatpipe. And I am sure he thoroughly stress-tests these ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "139903",
"author": "helusndy3a",
"timestamp": "2010-05-04T01:25:51",
"content": "Wow! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Fantastic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.486377
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/21/real-time-gas-monitoring/
|
Real Time Gas Monitoring
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"home hacks"
] |
[
"energy",
"energy monitor",
"gas",
"gas heating",
"pys60",
"python",
"sql",
"symbian"
] |
With the weather getting colder, [Daniel] decided it would be a good idea to
monitor how much energy his gas heating was using
in real time. He used a Nokia 6680 cameraphone to monitor the heater’s flame through the sight glass.
PyS60
, a Symbian implementation of Python, checks the image sent by the camera and measures how much blue flame is visible. These values are stored in a SQL DB on the phone that can be polled over Bluetooth. At the end of the billing cycle, he’ll be able to correlate the amount of gas used with what the phone reported.
[Thanks, florent bayle]
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42915",
"author": "Winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:10:57",
"content": "Almost seems like overkill, though natural gas isn’t as cheap as it once was. Nice implementation.On a personal note, I would do something like this but my place is heated via heating oil, which doesn’t leave much choice. I get a 110-gallon tank filled twice a year, and all I have to do is keep track of how much is left around December.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42920",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:52:42",
"content": "i cant imagine this is even remotely accurate. A better way would be to use a wind meter inline with the gas flow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42921",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:54:58",
"content": "I hope for your sake that is not a Rinnai heater.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42929",
"author": "unmannedanimal",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T06:31:43",
"content": "@rivetgeekit’s accurate because the gas is burned at a constant rate. the camera doesn’t analyze the properties of the burning gas, just the duration of each pulse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42930",
"author": "MarkP",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T06:53:11",
"content": "Would monitoring the gas meter not be more sensible? I believe you can use a reed switch to measure rotations of a magnet within the meter housing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42961",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T13:19:26",
"content": "He must have a really old heater, he could probably save gas by getting a new one installed.Modern heaters don’t burn gas at a constant rate, instead they regulate the gas flow to keep the water at a constant temperature.I’d go for ocr on the gas meter, much more accurate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42966",
"author": "scientist",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T13:51:46",
"content": "Yeaaaaah…seems kinda like a bit of overkill there to me, and I am sure if Murphy didn’t say it, someone else did: the more complex you make something, the less accurate it becomes and the more prone to failure it becomes.I would say either measure it inline before it gets to the heater, or OCR on the meter itself…this seems like a good way to get something that correlates to absolutly nothing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42978",
"author": "supershwa",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T17:42:07",
"content": "Uhm, yeah I’d vote for monitoring the actual gas meter, simply because the water isn’t always the only gas powered device (furnace, stove, etc.?) unless of course the above devices are electric.I’m with everyone else on this — definitely overkill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42990",
"author": "DanielW",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:31:02",
"content": "Ok, as the creator of this a few answers to overkill/accuracy.Yes reading the meter directly would be more exact but here not posible. This is a flat in a house with 14 of them. They are 5 stories below me in a public room. It wouldn’t be a good idea to put a mobile phone there (it would be away in no time).Also: Bluetooth wouldn’t work over 5 stories.And it seems to be pretty accurate. Compared with the value from the meter I am only 1.3% off. (And: even those meters are allowed to have a diff of 2% by law here)And yes: This heater is from 1991. Getting a new one is no option for me, it belongs my landloard. And I bet he will not buy me a new heater..And don’t forget: This was fun, find out if it can be done. Nothing what I expect everyone to do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43098",
"author": "JohnZero",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:44:47",
"content": "I think this is way way too overkill!It could’ve been done with a microcontroller and a special light sensor (maybe with a blue filter?).Why have a camera with a megapixel resolution when all you need is one ‘blue brightness’ value?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51628",
"author": "jimmg",
"timestamp": "2008-11-20T07:30:54",
"content": "i think is kind of overkill, too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "132786",
"author": "Edwin",
"timestamp": "2010-03-29T19:21:47",
"content": "I think it is really cool, and not overkill, just using the equipment you have lying around. If that is a cameraphone, you use that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.585254
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/20/direct-to-garment-printing/
|
Direct To Garment Printing
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"direct to garment",
"dtg",
"dtg printer",
"epson",
"printer",
"printing",
"shirt",
"t-shirt",
"video"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3iOuKzhUlQ]
Reader [deren lik] pointed out the world of direct to garment printing to us. You can purchase commercial machines that will print directly onto a t-shirt using inkjet technology. Unfortunately, these machines cost ~$10K, so hackers have decided to fill in the gaps.
DIYDTG
hosts plans for how to build your own DTG printer. Their standard instructions are based around the Epson C88 printer. A custom carrier is constructed and then the printer components are bolted on top. Commercial DTG printers are also
based on Epson parts
and you can easily purchase the garment inks even if you didn’t pay a premium for your printer.
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[
{
"comment_id": "42828",
"author": "thegimpster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T04:17:43",
"content": "I use to run a commercial t-shirt printer when i lived in Oxford, Ms at a print shop. It was about 10k to buy and didn’t work half the time. It kept clogging up and i would waste alot of t-shirts and ink in the process. It was cool though when it did work. Only the t-shirts faded over time worse than screen printed ones did.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1065460",
"author": "SATovey",
"timestamp": "2013-09-26T03:57:08",
"content": "Did you iron the t-shirt after the print was done?I seen a video in which the operator printed the shirt then put it in a heated press after printing. The idea is to treat it as an iron on.",
"parent_id": "42828",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42829",
"author": "Dane",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T04:50:28",
"content": "any ideas / experience as to which inks would work well with fabrics. the most ive used on tshirts is good ol’ spraypaint.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42834",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T05:20:41",
"content": "This is the same setup as the article posted about inkjet PCB printing form a while back, isn’t it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42839",
"author": "unmannedanimal",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T07:54:19",
"content": "@sporkall 2d printing is the same setup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42851",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T09:59:49",
"content": "what a pos web site. how about putting up some basic information like some pics or the average price of building a printer or the price of their kit. i’d like just a little info before I download your zip.And wtf? I have to pay to see the forums? If i pay will they disable the beeping buttons?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42865",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T16:58:08",
"content": "my dad owns a print shop and he purchased a dtg printer for about 10ktotal posi spent hours and hours trying to fix it and it would always get ink on the encoder ribbonit’s not even worth the time to build one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42868",
"author": "Derwin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:04:48",
"content": "the best way to print is to use a silk screen with either water-based Speedball or plastisol fabric inks. water-based will dry out in the air and plastisol requires this ridiculous shirt-baking oven.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42871",
"author": "michael bolton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:20:01",
"content": "PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42873",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:37:50",
"content": "That site=gross.Dark blue text = fail.Lack of information = fail(are they serious? for the info they provide it could have been a link that said: “make t-shirt printer plans”, maybe in white on black or black on white so it could be read) While I am intrigued, I will not download a random zip file for no good reason.Wire motors to axis, wire inkjets to PC, run an application to operate them. Print on a t-shirt.I assume I can donate $1 and see the forums etc. Even people who require you to sign up or pay usually let you see the forum before you decide it is worth your money. Even the first post in threads from the forum. Maybe there is a way into the forum without paying, I sure hope so because that is a fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42874",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:39:10",
"content": "Hmm, minimum $25 donation, fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42875",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:39:52",
"content": "ROFL pos website.. ignore this until someone comes along who knows what their doing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42876",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:43:22",
"content": "Be wary:http://www.t-shirtforums.com/direct-garment-dtg-inkjet-printing/t48651.html“I also am interested in the DIY DTG printers. I did pay the 25 bucks to diydtg.com but haven’t been able to access the third set of plans or the forum there. Still hoping I’ll get something for my “donation”.”It looks like some good forums are here:http://www.t-shirtforums.com/direct-garment-dtg-inkjet-printing/It is free, and for all we know this “pay me” guy got all his information for free. No reason he can’t make a buck, but how about $5 donations and a website that isn’t skanky?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42890",
"author": "Casper",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T21:30:02",
"content": "I’ve always wanted to take an old inkjet and convert it to feed in t-shirts. It doesn’t have to look great but it would be a fun project.I can’t believe there isn’t a relatively simple way to do this?And yeah, Hackaday, what you giving those silly people props for? Information should be free, ya mon?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42914",
"author": "tech",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:08:20",
"content": "Having been a support tech for a major dtg printer distributor, I will say the technology isn’t stable enough for the amount of production that the garment businesses expect. They do look nice if you got everything working fine. But even in our testing shop, that was less than 25% of the time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42926",
"author": "Obnauticus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T06:00:01",
"content": "Don’t fucking pay for their community support forums they are just are in their head directory/forums.Anyone who is a WYSIWYG “web developer” (how cute) doesn’t know how to use any form of authentication on their site other than “hide it and hope they don’t find it.”Lmao look Algerian skiddies seem to have “pwnz0rd” it lmao.Anyway, let’s hope these teenagers figure out how to run an open project because by the way they are running it right now, it will go nowhere (do they seriously think they can profit from their shitty plans?). Also–forcing people to donate is no different than just charging people for your “plans,” which look like a 3 year old on crack could have done a better job writing them.http://diydtg.com/forums/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42972",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T16:08:09",
"content": "http://diydtg.com/forums/HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHOMG, That is priceless: . . .and the epic fail award goes to . . .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43050",
"author": "obnauticusnubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T02:07:46",
"content": "You can say what you want and express your freedom of speech and show how much of an idiot you are by talking bullshit about others who have an idea that you don’t like….but the TRUTH is the guy who started the diydtg is the “original” person who came up with the plans AND offered them for FREE before anyone else on the net offered FREE plans for a DTG printer. His thread has over 110,000 hits in less than 6 months on just one forum and 50,000 in 1 month on another forum….. Not to mention the others who have stole his plans and made money on HIS plans….. obviously someone other than you jerks think it is a great idea….I am a paying member for the forum and have built the printer and currently making $$$$ off of it… If you think you have the correct forum address you ARE about as smart as your comments make you look……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43068",
"author": "obnauticus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T06:52:17",
"content": "So you are saying their page which got owned didn’t have insecure dynamic markup (which is usually the case)?It’s only logical to assume that one that uses a WYSIWIG editor to make a website doesn’t know how to script his own stuff…I however like the idea, it’s just going to go nowhere if they are charging people to use it (assuming they don’t get a company sponsor).What I these people are doing is promoting ignorance, which counter-balances all good ideas–much like religion. Take your sub proprietary modifications and shove them up your ass.So you are saying he is profiting from the FREE community support he received in the thread he started on a different forum. Ya, real nice one there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43102",
"author": "screwyoutimmy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T12:23:23",
"content": "What does the website have to do with the idea?Maybe you need to put your skill of hacking to good use and come up with something that is all YOUR own….anyone can hack a website…including yours.Isn’t profiting from an idea what every person is about…including you? Obviously you profit from hacking…whether it’s monetary or getting your dick hard….. And the so called “free” community forum HAS profited from HIS idea….As far as promoting ignorance, you are a perfect example.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43153",
"author": "Urge",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:07:13",
"content": "Also a tech for a large dtg manufacturer here, most of the machines out there (manufactured ones) are just hacks really, some have a few control boards but nothing major…machines run like tanks (at least ours do…if you got a 25% failure rate in house you guys arent doing something right Lol)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43182",
"author": "obnauticus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:37:30",
"content": "I didn’t do it, I’m not from Algeria–nor am I a skiddie. Also please deface the website, I would actually love to see what security holes you can find so they get patched, we release our source so it shouldn’t be too hard (lmao fag). Also — by no means is the fact “the other bigger guys are profiting off of it” an excuse to profit off of a printer modification. This is very hypocritical. What this boils down to is, if everyone jumped off a bridge, would you (even though the person who hosts this should).He is doing the same thing as the other people in the “free” community (I laugh at your stupidity).Someone please remove this bullshit from Hackaday…it’s a joke.I hope this inspires someone to form a REAL, FREE project that doesn’t promote ignorance and mental retardation (exhibit A `screwyoutimmy`).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43258",
"author": "Mohamed",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T07:38:25",
"content": "Neat idea and a interesting one for those who would like to print for profit or the fun of it (which every hackaday visitor would do). On a real note the socalled project is a con. Get a real site and act like a pro. If the idiot defending the site wants to profit i would advice him to look at alternative ways of profiting. Your blatant stupidity is absurd.btw is this dtg stuff similar to the methods used on most t-shirt printing sites that sell user submitted designs on their t-shirts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43275",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T12:20:41",
"content": "Let children be children…………",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43366",
"author": "Obnauticus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T06:47:26",
"content": "Well. I obviously brought it to their attention, they took the /forums directory down. Faiiiillllll. Gotta love kids who use “hide it and hope they don’t find it” authentication.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63886",
"author": "zakaria",
"timestamp": "2009-02-21T13:07:14",
"content": "hii appreciate itthanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "96273",
"author": "gurly 100",
"timestamp": "2009-09-24T17:16:02",
"content": "this stuff is sooooo cool how do u do it?????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118622",
"author": "Jamel Faber",
"timestamp": "2010-01-21T05:32:04",
"content": "I came acrees thIs sIte fortee shirt printingand wanted to know If any body used them or knew of a good place to get there shIrts prInted? I have some good Ideas that I wanted to sell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118827",
"author": "Williams Ellerbeck",
"timestamp": "2010-01-22T02:44:00",
"content": "I wanted to get somecustom t shirtsprInted,and wanted to know If you or any body used usatees I heard they were good screen prInters. can I get some opnIons?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147755",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2010-06-06T14:52:46",
"content": "Am I the only one that is bothered by the design on the tshirt?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "150761",
"author": "Humberto Kribs",
"timestamp": "2010-06-16T20:13:16",
"content": "I’d prefer Brother GT750 prints over Kornit anytime",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1023172",
"author": "Shruti",
"timestamp": "2013-07-05T18:32:46",
"content": "Epson T13 is the best for DTG",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.654999
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/20/dascratch-multitouch-dj-interface/
|
DaScratch Multitouch DJ Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"abelton live",
"aurora",
"dascratch",
"machinecollective",
"monome",
"serato",
"stanton",
"stribe",
"traktor",
"video"
] |
Stanton has released a new controller peripheral for laptop DJ’s.
DaScratch
is a USB connected MIDI device designed to emulate record interactions. It features a large touch area where the user can make scratching, sliding, and button pressing motions. The compact device has presets for software like Traktor, Serato, and Ableton Live, but can work with anything that supports MIDI. Multiple units can be paired together using magnets.
As the video below shows, there are quite a few different interactions possible. We really want to see a teardown of this device though. We get the distinct feeling that it’s designed to look more impressive than the underlying hardware actually is.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PUVHgKnrts]
We’ve covered quite a few homebrew alternative music controllers recently: the
Stribe
,
Monome
,
Aurora
, and
Machinecollective
.
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42827",
"author": "the_pathogen",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T04:16:05",
"content": "I’m pretty pumped about this thing. I haven’t found a dealer yet, but the going price tag is supposedly $300 dollars. Not too bad. I really want to see one of these things in person before I jump on it though. I’m not a DJ, but I am a musician, and damn does it look fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42840",
"author": "Renegade ninja",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T08:17:30",
"content": "dude thats cool, but i prefer at least for mixing, the aurora mix boardhttp://auroramixer.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42842",
"author": "Winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T08:42:36",
"content": "@renegade Sadly, it still needs a first “surge” of sales before the mixer will be available. Guessing from the video this is already in “production”.Also, though it doesn’t count as “DJ software”, guessing it’s compatible with Virtual DJ and Fruity Loops?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42917",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:18:42",
"content": "i have been a hardstyle dj/hardware hacker for years and i really wanted a mixer i can put in my laptop bag and i was about to condense the aurora but i may just buy one of these ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57909",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2009-01-04T22:51:05",
"content": "Do i need to use the numark dj io interface with the numark dmc2. I am currently using the dmc2 without the interface. I am also using the cue dj program. What is the benefits using the djio interface",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,754.702717
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/20/xbmc-cross-platform-beta-released/
|
XBMC Cross Platform Beta Released
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"htpc",
"leopard",
"linux",
"media center",
"OsX",
"plex",
"tiger",
"xbmc",
"xbmc remote"
] |
It’s been a big week for the XBMC team. They announced the
release of their first cross platform beta
in preparation for a full release in October. XBMC started as a media center project for the original
Xbox
, but has expanded a lot since then. The new beta works on
Linux
, OSX (Leopard and Tiger), Windows, and Xbox. They’ve created
XBMC Live
, so you can get XBMC up and running quickly either by booting from the CD, from a flash drive, or using it to install to a disk. People have been writing add on apps too, like the
XBMC Remote
for
iPhones
.
This summer we covered both
Boxee
, a social version of XBMC, and
Plex
, the original XBMC OSX fork.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42872",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:30:55",
"content": "I like xbmc, but I don’t like the rabid fanboys who ask to see it on every platform, including hand-helds that already run a minimal gui and their own mplayer.Maybe I just don’t like pointless Gui’s, or maybe I never gave it a good try since winlirc isn’t supported in the windows port. But to layer a gui on top of a gui starts seeming very pointless to me.It is cool that there is more development, maybe I will see winlirc support and be able to give it a try on mw windows box.I love it for my xbox, except for the obvious lack of HD decoding power. Why can’t XBMC for the Xbox360 be used apart from a “media center” edition of windows running on a PC? No technical reason, just money-grubbing Microsoft.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42894",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T22:53:49",
"content": "I am a big fanboy, but I am like nubie I don’t know if we need it on all platforms.I understand the thought for porting XBMC to more platforms though. The original Xbox’s will eventually die off, by way of the dump, scrap heap and buried in closets. So in order to keep XBMC alive it had to be ported to another platform.Now that said, if they are going to make it multi platform then add more functions to it like video capture. Or even an easy integration of downloading video podcast and other web content.Yes they will have to add winlirc for the pc side of it. I am sure there will be more features added soon, since there is a feature freeze until the ful version is released.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42909",
"author": "we can",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T03:12:46",
"content": "we can always mod it to work with other programs…well some1 not me i dont program much anymore but im sure once it comes out in more final version some 1 will mod it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43088",
"author": "Gamester17",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T10:31:59",
"content": "FYI; Plex is not “original XBMC OSX fork”. XBMC was first ported by Elan while he was still a member of the official XBMC project so XBMC for Mac was originally developed first, Elan then left Team-XBMC and forked XBMC to start his own project that is now called Plex. So XBMC is still the original, even the Mac OS X version.The main reason that XBMC was ported to other platforms is that the old Xbox does not have the processing power to decode high-definition videos (even if the old Xbox does a great job at upscaling standard-definition videos to 720p and 1080i). The secondary reason why XBMC been ported to other platforms is that we love it so we like its userbase to expand, and more users means also more developers working on improving it.@nubie, XBMC is so much more than a MPlayer GUI, it is a complete media center software which enable plugins and customs skins that totally chance the look and feel of the interface. You should also know that only the Xbox version of XBMC uses MPlayer, XBMC on all other platforms uses Team-XBMC’s own FFmpeg based video player.I for one would love to see XBMC ported to Pandorahttp://www.openpandora.orgPS! there is a patch for WinLIRC in the XBMC forums.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64659",
"author": "Hannah",
"timestamp": "2009-02-28T10:13:54",
"content": "Does someone know when Velvet Assasin for Xbox360 will be released?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "387825",
"author": "pandora",
"timestamp": "2011-04-29T08:28:22",
"content": "I comprehend the believed for porting XBMC to even more systems though. The authentic Xbox’s will ultimately pass away off, by way with the dump, scrap heap and buried in closets. So to have the ability to maintain XBMC alive it experienced to become ported to yet another platform.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2550942",
"author": "Wendell",
"timestamp": "2015-05-03T03:59:25",
"content": "Hurrah! In the end I got a web site from where I can truly get useful facts regarding my study and knowledge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.71521
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/20/mark-hoekstra-has-passed-away/
|
Mark Hoekstra Has Passed Away
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks",
"News",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"belloni",
"bram belloni",
"dutch",
"ipod",
"ipod sock",
"mac se30",
"mark",
"mark hoekstra",
"markie",
"sgi"
] |
UPDATE:
His personal site has been updated
.
It was with great sadness that we
learned of [Mark Hoekstra]’s death this morning
. Earlier this week, the 34 year old hacker suffered a heart attack while riding his bicycle and was admitted to the hospital in a coma. [
Markie
] has been a Hack a Day commenter for much of our existence and a project contributor for nearly as long. It started simply with things like his bright green
Hack a Day iPod sock
and a
hand crank iPod charger
. He did an excellent job documenting his projects; many people had built IR cameras, but none were
nearly as thorough as him
. He also enjoyed sharing his love for obsolete hardware with the community. He built a
wireless eMate
, turned two Mac SE/30’s
into audio viualizers
, and
wired shutter glasses to an old SGI
.
It was always a treat to hear about [Mark]’s latest project and he’ll be missed greatly.
[photo:
Bram Belloni
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "42776",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:41:58",
"content": ":-(Will be much missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42777",
"author": "Vincent",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:51:05",
"content": "R.I.P brother and may you hack a day every day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42778",
"author": "Ash",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:52:59",
"content": "I’m shocked, I LOVED GT. A heart attack at 34? That’s so awful. Especially since he was just recently talking about a girl he’d met and he seemed really happy..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42782",
"author": "jose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T21:02:53",
"content": "anyone else suspecting he was assasinated by super-top secret ninjas?okay, just me then…He will be missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42783",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T21:03:39",
"content": "that’s really lame. i hit his site almost every day. the scary part is he’s only a year older than me. he will definitely be missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42786",
"author": "Kalleguld",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T21:48:29",
"content": "R.I.P.Too bad they couldn’t hack you back together. You will be missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42787",
"author": "Tom Levesque",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T21:58:18",
"content": "As a long time reader of Hack-a-day, I extend my condolences to Mark’s friends and family. I hope that people will find solace in his many accomplishments, and honor him by carrying the torch of developing technology and clever solutions to problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42788",
"author": "maxkelley",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:09:13",
"content": "oh, wow. this is really shocking. i loved going to mark’s site, he always had something new going on, so many projects, great ambitions.we’ll miss you markie!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42789",
"author": "supaduck",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:13:38",
"content": "Bad news for us all. He will be greatly missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42792",
"author": "Wil",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:22:51",
"content": "I’ve once met Mark in person a few years ago (during a Firefox release party actually, being true geeks! :D).That was also the first time I heard about him and he directly struck me as a very kind and also very knowledgeable person. He gave me his business card but for some reason or another we never met in person again.Coincidentally I noticed this card again a few week ago.. and thought: ‘I would be really nice tohave a meeting with him once again’.Sadly this never came to be…During the years I followed his work at a distance; Those who have followed this projects/work can only conclude that he had a very rare combination of creativity, knowledge and skills. This combined with his humor made him someone for which I had and have a lot of respect.It’s very sad that the world has just lost a great person like him.Mark, we will miss you. Thank you for all the inspirational projects and for just being you: Mr. Geek Technique! :)May you rest in peace, tinkering with all kinds of heavenly gadgets.I also would like to extend my condolences to his family and friends. I wish you a lot of strength and as Tom stated so eloquently before me: the torch with his ‘Maker spirit’ will be carried on by enthusiasts all over the world.Conclusion to self:– Try to enjoy every day and every moment. You never know how much time you really have available on this world.– Do not postpone things you’d like to do; perhaps you’ll never have the chance to do them if you wait too long.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42793",
"author": "mrbob1000",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:23:46",
"content": "NOOOO! i loved geek technique.moment of silence…he will be missed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42794",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:24:00",
"content": "Mark, we zullen je missen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42795",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:28:40",
"content": "T_Tfrom beginning to the end youre the best :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42798",
"author": "Pyrofallout",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:54:52",
"content": "RIP bro :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42799",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:15:17",
"content": ":( sucks to hear what happened to him, from what i heard he lived a full, and happy life.if god really does exist, i hope he winds up in a better place. RIP Mark Hoekstra.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42800",
"author": "Will Gittoes",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:21:47",
"content": "Been viewing this site ever since the first few posts too, linked from Slashdot.Rest in piece, Mark. He’s adding LED’s to Heaven, now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42801",
"author": "512MB USB stick",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:31:18",
"content": "This sucks. Mark has poured so much personality into GEEKtechnique that I feel like I’ve lost a close friend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42802",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:49:59",
"content": "Thats really sad. Although I wasn’t a regular reader, I love geek technique!RIP Mark.I’ll be thinking of you when I’ll finally be able to do your “How to turn your iPod-mini into a flash based iPod” project this week :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42803",
"author": "dexter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:51:52",
"content": "this is so sad. he will be greatly missed.the community has suffered a great loss.we will never forget.rest in peace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42804",
"author": "Spidermac",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T23:53:19",
"content": "ShockedI’m so sad..he was a great “artist”RIP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42805",
"author": "Sammy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T00:02:11",
"content": "I had only read about one of his hacks and thought it was excellent. And was looking forward to reading more. But that’s not possible anymore. It’s terrible. Rest in Peace",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42807",
"author": "unixx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T00:36:25",
"content": "RIP. This is my fist post after visiting this site for 4 years.God bless him, & family /friends.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42808",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T00:44:07",
"content": "one of the best, loved the dialog, the projects, the web site. Mark will be greatly missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42810",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T00:51:34",
"content": "always sad to lose a member of the community, especially so young",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42812",
"author": "nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T01:09:19",
"content": "Can’t believe he had a heart attack at 34 and wasn’t 300lbs or anything.I thought his mac Se hack was soo cool too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42813",
"author": "Samuel Gamlin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T01:28:24",
"content": "just flash the bios he will be finebut seriously that is sad and he will be greatly missed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42814",
"author": "Alexandre Gauthier",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T01:33:36",
"content": "Shit.Mark was a really huge inspiration to me, I absolutely loved the guy and his work. I really related to his love of SGI gear and various obsolete chunks of hardware. I read geek technique with almost religous, cheerful glee.I can’t believe he’s gone, I truely am sad now. This is a really sad day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42818",
"author": "Dane",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:27:37",
"content": "Its really troubling to hear of marks passing.the tinkerers and creative folks ive seen from afar have shaped who i am, and its sad to see any of them go.I am glad to see so many folks comment back.anyone going to make a backup of his site ?-Dane",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42820",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:34:01",
"content": "you will be missed fellow hacker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42824",
"author": "ciricTech",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:43:51",
"content": "R.I.P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42825",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T03:38:08",
"content": "rip mark. you will be missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42826",
"author": "Horst",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T04:04:58",
"content": "r.i.p.very much missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42832",
"author": "w00tb0t",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T05:05:07",
"content": "Hopefully hes in a better place with all the hardware he can chew on.I loved geek technique, and I painted my ibook red after I saw his green ibook.Ill miss him,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42836",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T07:28:31",
"content": "Fahre wohl, mit etwas Gerechtigkeit wartet schon die neue Lötstation auf dich.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42837",
"author": "peptidefarmer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T07:50:35",
"content": "He’s hacking angels now. RIP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42849",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T09:14:35",
"content": "r.i.p markie, you will be sadly missed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42852",
"author": "mrbrew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T10:37:06",
"content": "So young :(rest in peace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42855",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T12:22:20",
"content": "Wow.I remember a few of these projects from over the years.Indeed, consistent, creative, and the write ups are just great.What a bummer. :(I really hope his work can live on in an online archive somewhere.I’m sure a part of him lives on as long as someone sees and learns and is perhaps inspired by what obviously brought him a lot of joy.Whatever your next hack is, give a moment of thought to the man, then fire up that soldering iron, drill, welder, computer, torch, or whatever you’re using for tools.He’d do the same, I’m sure. :)Hack on, brothers and sisters, hack on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42856",
"author": "Renji",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T12:28:59",
"content": "r.i.p. Mark :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42860",
"author": "pAv",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T13:06:52",
"content": "I’ve never commented here before, but it’s too sad not to.RIP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42864",
"author": "Artemisgoldfish",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T16:02:00",
"content": "To live in hearts we leave behind, is not to die. Rest in peace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42866",
"author": "S.P.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T16:59:33",
"content": "Rest In Peace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42867",
"author": "Ghost",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:02:41",
"content": "r.i.p. man, wherever you are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42869",
"author": "Raggamofyn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T17:15:16",
"content": "Holy fucking shit. I almost don’t believe it.I follow his site on each and every update.He’s as much of a hero as I’ve got, honestly.May he be happy as whatever part of the ethereal construct he may now be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42877",
"author": "MrRandomPerson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T19:04:53",
"content": "just to say i’ve been coming on this site for a while but never commented or looked in depth at many of the hacks. although i’ve never heard of this guy it’s never nice when someone dies, especially since mark was only 34 and by the sound of it he was in pretty good physical shape. all i can say is i hope he has fun playing around with whatever they have in heaven.R",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42883",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T20:38:14",
"content": "very sad to hear, RIP Mark.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42905",
"author": "Ryan Mitchell",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T00:24:24",
"content": "mark… i didnt know you personally but he was an awesome man.he has recieved his last DoS attack…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42918",
"author": "daniel andrade",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:26:40",
"content": "Thats so sad, he was like an hero to me too!!!hope you are in a better place right now dude!RIP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42927",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T06:00:25",
"content": "Very sorry to hear the bad news. RIP Mark.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42928",
"author": "othertonywilson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T06:19:21",
"content": "Is it odd that the last song that he listened to that was scrobbled to his last.fm was “Instant Death” By The Beastie Boys? Sure it might have not been the last track he ever listened to but I find it odd.http://www.last.fm/user/markhoekstra",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.262445
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/20/24kj-capacitor-bank/
|
24kJ Capacitor Bank
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"buss bars",
"can crushing",
"cap bank",
"capacitors",
"coil gun",
"disk shooter",
"electromagnetic",
"energy",
"flyback driver",
"GaussGun",
"high voltage",
"Joules",
"Lorentz force",
"Lorentz Gun",
"Railgun",
"thompson's coil",
"wire explosion"
] |
The
Leyden jar capacitor
posted the other day fails to compare to what [
FastMHz
], one of the members over at the
4HV.org forums
, has been busy building, a
24kj capacitor discharge bank
. This capacitor bank will be configured for 4500v @ 2400uF and can be charged up slowly using microwave oven transformers. It can then release all its stored energy in under a millisecond through a triggered spark gap. This allows for some pretty big sparks as seen in this video, we are not sure about the laughing in the video maybe the power has gone to his head?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAgfGGjsoQM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
A bank like this can be used for a
railgun
, induction launcher, or exploding things in general.
Coin shrinking and can crushing
require much quicker discharge rates than what electrolytic capacitors are really capable of, and generally perform better with large pulse capacitors, however it will be interesting to see the final use for this potential energy.
| 42
| 41
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42760",
"author": "Theo V",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T19:28:58",
"content": "My God… I want one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42761",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T19:29:39",
"content": "I wonder if this guy will make it into the Darwin awards (if he’s not careful!)http://www.darwinawards.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42763",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T19:44:16",
"content": "damn… I was going to do this after reading up an a few of the layden jar configurations… doh!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42764",
"author": "FastMHz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T19:46:33",
"content": "While blowing pickles and potatoes up is fun, the 24kj bank’s main intent is induction launchers. Previously, I used a 3.5kj system to launchinduction “rockets” with a 3.5″ diameter coil, as seen here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bebtDaZP0pQI’ve just built an 11″ diameter coil and should be able to send massive rockets up with this bank.The noise during discharge of that much energy sounds like a military sniper rifle. With this many lytics in an array, they are more than capable of large pulse operations as seen already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42766",
"author": "dok",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:01:49",
"content": "ok, newb question. I have around 2000 4.7uf 50v electrolytic capacitors. Could i (for ease of thought) say charge them all and link them in series to get 100,000V at 4.7uf? i’d love for somebody to point me to something i can do with them all. Thanks..dok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3437685",
"author": "murdock",
"timestamp": "2017-03-07T17:33:22",
"content": "Capacitors in series lose capacitance, sort of like how resistors in parallel lose resistance. You would have a 100kV capacitor bank at 2350pF. Assuming you didn’t figure that out since you asked the question nine years ago.",
"parent_id": "42766",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42772",
"author": "FastMHz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:23:41",
"content": "In reply to above, yes, in theory you can series all of them for 100kv…but how will you charge them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42773",
"author": "dok",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:26:49",
"content": "I was thinking charge them with some high resistance resistors between them then have spark gaps for discharged (they would act as high voltage switches) that should work right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42775",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:37:00",
"content": "charge them with a tesla coil *evil mad scientist laugh*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42779",
"author": "fhunter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:53:14",
"content": "to dok.No, you will get less capacitance.4.7uF/number of capacitors to be correct.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42790",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:16:53",
"content": "I’m impressed that he was able to build that without killing himself. I am off to look for a HOWTO for making those rockets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42791",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:21:44",
"content": "Is he high or something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42796",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:34:12",
"content": "He seems mad with power, not high.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42797",
"author": "mrbob1000",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T22:41:15",
"content": "i must have on! it will go nicely with my potato cannons (only one of wich i use… in fact. my 4 inch internal diameter cannon i have only shot 1 time.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42819",
"author": "nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:32:27",
"content": "The induction rockets look pretty cool I wonder if the concept could be used in conjunction with normal solid or hybrid rocket motors.Of course the timing and ignition system will have to non electrical.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42822",
"author": "lambda",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:42:18",
"content": "also tok, at the maximum voltage of 50V per cap, those caps will collectively have 23.5J of electrical energy across them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42823",
"author": "lambda",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:43:50",
"content": "Sorry, that’s 11.75J",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42830",
"author": "Dan Fruzzetti",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T05:00:04",
"content": "I presume fastmhz is planning on mounting this within the trunk / passenger compartment of a car / van and mounting the spark gap assembly inside a sturdy semi-elliptical or parabolic waveguide. At that point he would have a directional EMP cannon that should be easily able to knock out a police vehicle’s *, leaving the officer behind the wheel only able to shake his fist and yell out the window as fastmhz cruises on away.Just make sure that waveguide is really of high quality; you wouldn’t want any back-scatter or nasty reflections coming back to you…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42857",
"author": "Johnny",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T12:44:42",
"content": "dok, you should link them in parallel. Capacitors need to be in parallel to add like you are thinking. They add the opposite way of resistors. The equivalent capacitance of capacitors in series would be Ctotal = ((C1)(c2))/(C1+c2) start at one end and replace 2 with this equation then use that value and the next capacitor all the way till you only have one number.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42881",
"author": "SidusNare",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T19:35:33",
"content": "Maybe someone else can tell me why people do this or if anyone else is annoyed by this too.Why do you say 2400uf instead of 2.4mf? Same thing with wall adapters, its 1000ma why not just say 1 amp? We are using these suffixes for a reason right?I’m really just curious if there is a reason and if it annoys anyone else? Perhaps I’m just strange.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42882",
"author": "space",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T19:49:29",
"content": "I accidentally discharged 400uF @ 450V capacitor bank once. the EM pulse froze my Amiga 1200 at 2 meter distance and damaged hard drive, my PC was undamaged 4 meters away, my neighbours had their PC’s reset or frozen.if fasttmhz does not want EM pulse then he should put the capacitor bank in faraday cage and twist the discharge wires together.higher voltages should be better for EM pulse generators, lower for coil guns and can crushers.fastmhz, be careful with that, it can kill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42906",
"author": "Joey",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T00:51:27",
"content": "If you set this thing up with a big electromagnet at the end you could make a gnarly fucking EMP…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42912",
"author": "Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T03:51:00",
"content": "“Why do you say 2400uf instead of 2.4mf? Same thing with wall adapters, its 1000ma why not just say 1 amp? We are using these suffixes for a reason right?”You are forgetting the bit about significant digits. 2.4mF is not the same as 2400uF. 2400uF should be written as 2.400mF which means you’ve actually spent an extra character just to talk in units which you then have to convert back to uF to make any comparisons anyway (there aren’t a lot of capacitors int he world that are even 1mF big).So, to answer your question, you talk about things in units of the significant digits. 99% of the time 134.567 amps will be written as 134,567 milliamps, and 134.567000 amps will be written as 134,567,000 microamps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42944",
"author": "Sparky",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T09:46:38",
"content": "@Sidusnare: using mF as a unit is confusing, because it has historically been used for both “millifarad” and “microfarad”.@Johnny: Ct = 1 / ( 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/Cn ) is mathematically the same, but calculating for a large number of identical capacitors is much easier; Ct = 1 / ( 1/C * N )Your method is also correct, and can also be simplified for identical capacitors:Ct = ( C ^ N ) / ( C * N )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43099",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:53:05",
"content": "I, too, would giggle like a schoolgirl if I was discharging enough energy to kill me several times over. I mean… seriously, that’s some /energy/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43147",
"author": "phorce1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T19:59:10",
"content": "The discharge is too fast for a regular camera to do justice in slow-mo. He needs to contact the guys at the new TV show “Time warp” and see if he can get them to record it for their show at up to 20K fps.You’d have to guarantee not to EM blast the equipment though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43183",
"author": "FastMHz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T23:44:29",
"content": "Now there’s a thought…I’d *love* to see this thing fire in slow-mo recorded at 20k fps!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43255",
"author": "witchdoctor",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T07:24:08",
"content": "+1 creepy high-pitched maniacal laughter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43389",
"author": "fox64",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T12:38:48",
"content": "I came",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43427",
"author": "isa de leener",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T19:11:12",
"content": "THIS VIDEO IS SO FUNNY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43722",
"author": "camel2",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T12:52:15",
"content": "Couldn’t you have used like 2 supercaps of 3000F 2.7V instead, wich is also like 22~24kj ?Aren’t they fast enough to discharge maybe? Do you really need the 4.5kV?Regards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43768",
"author": "FastMHz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T21:06:04",
"content": "Yes, the kilovolts are needed because of Ohm’s law. 2.7v would simply heat the coil and very slowly discharge. The high voltage causes more current to be drawn, the discharge to happen much more quickly, and therefore the magnetic field to be much higher.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43864",
"author": "aj-kun",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T17:38:29",
"content": "hate to be the one who pays his power bill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43931",
"author": "jon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T05:08:47",
"content": "where did u get those capacitors and how much did they cost?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50240",
"author": "Sieg",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T21:34:15",
"content": "How can you calculate the power output (Joules) of any capacitor bank?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58911",
"author": "NAPOLEON",
"timestamp": "2009-01-12T14:31:52",
"content": "if there is any short circuit in one of the capacitor connected in paralle. will it affect the other capacitor?. if your ansswer is yes . how can one rectified the fault?.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58912",
"author": "NAPOLEON",
"timestamp": "2009-01-12T14:38:31",
"content": "what are the requirement need in construction of 33kv to 11kv capacitor bank.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71365",
"author": "Christopher Karr",
"timestamp": "2009-04-21T19:45:31",
"content": "@sieg – To calculate power of a capacitor, you take voltage and multiply it by itself, multiply the product of that by the capacitance in farads, and divide by two, to get the energy in joules.Simplified, this is V^2 * C / 2 = JWhereV = Volts,C = Capacitance,2 = 2J = Energy in Joules",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108500",
"author": "FastMHz",
"timestamp": "2009-11-23T18:33:57",
"content": "Volume 2 –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFKRcWUPrQchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGS4WYDnJ4k",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147087",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2010-06-04T03:59:54",
"content": "Wow, I want a back for the next 4th of July.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "627713",
"author": "jacob",
"timestamp": "2012-04-12T19:11:09",
"content": "what model capacitor did you use",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "978205",
"author": "Evo",
"timestamp": "2013-03-14T13:29:29",
"content": "I almost never reply anywhere, but I gotta say: This is the best discussion! It never gets into politics, grammar and all that nasty BS. Congratulations. I really like the confirmation of 2 = 2. Spectacular.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.568695
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/hack-a-day-t-shirt-contest-winner/
|
Hack A Day T-Shirt Contest Winner
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"News"
] |
[
"contest",
"entry",
"hackaday",
"shirt",
"tshirt",
"tshirt contest",
"winner"
] |
Congratulations to [John Keppel] for his winning t-shirt design. He wins a
Dash Express
, an in-car navigation device with both cellular and WiFi data support. It’s running Linux on top of the
Openmoko FreeRunner’s hardware platform
; yes, [John], we do expect you to hack it. We’ll let all of you know when we plan on putting the shirt into production. Thank you to everyone that entered!
| 34
| 33
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42699",
"author": "BaKeDbEaN",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:08:10",
"content": "Awesome design! Can’t wait for you to make these. I would buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42701",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:15:27",
"content": "I liked the green one betterBut o well, I’ll never have it anyway.. (Mexican reader here – can’t buy stuff on the internet)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42702",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:17:16",
"content": "Hey, how comes you can make comments with just the name and the mail? ie. no password, no confirmation (that just happened)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42704",
"author": "dungbeetles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:25:36",
"content": "Congrats to the winner, so lets see a gallery of all the other entries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42708",
"author": "war6763",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:44:43",
"content": "Awesome design! Really is badass :D@visionetiksYou know… I live on a border town… Estafeta… ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42710",
"author": "Dj RaYz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:55:09",
"content": "I like the design. Here were my entries:http://www.djrayz.com/hackaday/contest.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42718",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:24:08",
"content": "Looks very nice, I’ll definitely be buying one. I like the redish color.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42720",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:27:13",
"content": "@visionetiks, yeah no email verification here either, weird. comments are also not numbered now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42723",
"author": "Derwin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:35:09",
"content": "Congrats to the winner. Here was mine:http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/voltraxis/shirt_pic.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42725",
"author": "Derwin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:37:03",
"content": "apparently photobucket hates links from ‘hackaday’. Copy and paste the URL if you so please…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42727",
"author": "ie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:54:44",
"content": "likewise, congrats to [john]! good choice for representing hack a day. for those interested, here are my entries. and, no, i didn’t expect any of them would win. sure was fun designing them, though.http://flickr.com/photos/10209838@N04/sets/72157607355114511/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42729",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T06:22:29",
"content": "Congrats to John for winning with his utterly generic and predictable shirt design.Yeah, I’m bitter, big whoop, wannafighdaboudit? :P@ie: You should be proud of those! Good job working with the hiddeous, amateurish H.A.D. logo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42734",
"author": "Dale",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T07:59:09",
"content": "Yeah Lets see the Entries. I know my entry was way better than that. Whats the deal. I get no confirm if you got my entry, your site was down for a week after wards almost, and You had files that you couldn’t use in most Open source tools. Not bitter but I know that there were definitely Better Entries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42738",
"author": "Michael Slater",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T08:47:44",
"content": "What do you called the patterns/designs for the printed circuit board underneath the skull graphic? I am always trying to find such images on the internet for my own art stuff, but cannot figure out the right search phrase.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42739",
"author": "root",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T09:12:28",
"content": "I love it! =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42757",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T18:36:03",
"content": "@michael slater:You can always search google images for a phrase like “circuit board traces”, although I believe most designs like that are just drawn from scratch (and they don’t have to make much sense). Just keep the traces to 90 degrees and 45 degrees angles and add in pads here and there and it’ll look just as good as a real circuit. You can also look up “printed circuit board” for some inspiration too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42769",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:04:59",
"content": "great design! i’ll definitely buy one. i’ve wanted a hack a day shirt for years. to everyone else… thats really nice work. keep it up! congratulations [john]!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42780",
"author": "chr0n1c",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:59:54",
"content": "nice designs, all of you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42815",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T01:44:10",
"content": "OOooh!! I like!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42821",
"author": "-hero",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T02:36:39",
"content": "WOW an article of clothing that I would ACTUALLY buy based on the silk screen!WANT!-hero",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42916",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:14:45",
"content": "Awesome design… if you print it, I’ll buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42960",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T13:14:57",
"content": "how do i get one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43083",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T09:16:02",
"content": "Excellent design! Congratulations John Keppel!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43154",
"author": "w2kjw",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T21:09:28",
"content": "Cheers! Great design. Now let’s see the other entries in a gallery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43984",
"author": "Black_Angel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T20:15:34",
"content": "I’ll buy one. Why don’t you have all of the other ones that made the final list on a page so that people who want some different shirts can get them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44894",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-10-07T22:42:32",
"content": "Can I request a .png of the design? I would very much like to adopt that design for my school’s Engineering Club shirt (High School) [I’m the president] =D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "53026",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-11-30T19:37:08",
"content": "bump?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78506",
"author": "TechTips",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T13:14:39",
"content": "I need one ……. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83369",
"author": "rrouter",
"timestamp": "2009-07-28T20:09:03",
"content": "where i buy this t-shirt?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99666",
"author": "T Shirt Design",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T04:21:39",
"content": "Congratulations to the winner…a great design",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105164",
"author": "Funny t-shirt",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T07:03:28",
"content": "The nice part about the shirt is the skull makes it look like something quite stylish, and downplays the geeky nature of what it’s all about… Then again, nerds run the planet now – go us!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117360",
"author": "Christian",
"timestamp": "2010-01-14T18:51:20",
"content": "Is there any chance for getting the logo pattern in a higher resolution?I would like to screenprint the shirt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "656465",
"author": "HighSpeed Digital",
"timestamp": "2012-05-22T11:01:18",
"content": "I really like this shirt, but I keep checking and the store is allays down. are there plans to open the store or make a category of down-loadable graphics so I can produce my own shirts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "656486",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2012-05-22T11:40:02",
"content": "the new store should be up this week or next. We’ll start with a few shirts, then add more products.",
"parent_id": "656465",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,755.655587
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/gps-alarm-clock/
|
GPS Alarm Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"gps hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"apple iphone",
"flickr",
"gizmodo",
"gps",
"gps alarm",
"inap",
"iphone"
] |
We spotted an interesting app in
Gizmodo’s iPhone roundup
for the week.
iNap
is designed for commuters that don’t want to miss their train stop. Just pick any location you can find on Google Maps, set the distance for the alert radius and the alarm tone, and it’s ready. It’s a great app and only costs $1.
The app actually reminds us of the first time we heard about
Bug Labs
. The modular gadget building system was described to us as a way to build unconventional consumer electronics. They specifically talked about one person that built an alarm clock with GPS because he kept falling the asleep on the train. Thanks to convergence we’re seeing a lot of devices expand from their initial intentions, whether it’s an iPhone GPS alarm clock or an
N95 being used auto upload your bike ride to Flickr
.
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42685",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T01:41:30",
"content": "There is/was a free app that did the same thing in the app store",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42719",
"author": "werdler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:24:59",
"content": "i think targeted bomb making just got a lot easier :S",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42721",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:34:29",
"content": "Using it as a targeted bomb detonator would void the EULA. Come to think of it, that’s pretty sad…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118094",
"author": "Leslie G. Williams",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T04:59:39",
"content": "It’s a brilliant idea but would depend on a strong GPS signal and the app would need to be running constantly, possibly draining the battery. Anyone have experience with it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "160262",
"author": "yashballal",
"timestamp": "2010-07-19T06:16:11",
"content": "I would make it to get gps fix every 5 minutes or like (assuming you not travelling in super sonic jet) so that it does not drain the battery",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.165139
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/boston-led-sweatshirt-arrestee-interviewed/
|
Boston LED Sweatshirt Arrestee Interviewed
|
Eliot
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"bbtv",
"boing boing",
"boing boing tv",
"boston",
"breadboard",
"led",
"star simpson",
"video",
"xeni",
"xeni jardin"
] |
In today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, [Xeni] interviews [
Star Simpson
]. She was arrested a year ago at Boston’s Logan airport for
wearing a sweatshirt with a breadboard
and some LEDs attached. With a collective groan, we watched this event unfold just months after Boston was held captive by
Mooninites
. After many court dates, [Star] is being forced to apologize and perform community service. She has since left MIT, disappointed with their nonexistent support, and left Boston entirely.
Watch the interview
for her side of the story. She’s posted
how to recreate the sweatshirt
.
| 43
| 40
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42668",
"author": "m",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:35:30",
"content": "Perhaps you mean groan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42670",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:41:18",
"content": "SO let me get this straight. She wore a bunch of wires and LED’s…TO AN AIRPORT. This is just stupid. Yes tech savvy people know its harmless but i wouldn’t recommend taping an alarm clock to road flares and sticking that in your luggage either.Shes a retard to leave MIT (Id kill to get in there) because they didnt “back up” her retarded choices that were made off campus without the schools knowledge or approval. More than likely she left because she’s the only person at MIT that can make a PCB",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42673",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:45:35",
"content": "s/can/can’t/Also,http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/21/woman_enters_logan_with_fake_bomb_police_say/that article shows she had playdoh in her hands at the time. I mean come on. she was obviously trying to be a smart ass and then got caught.",
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"comment_id": "42675",
"author": "AudioCra-Z",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:11:19",
"content": "Ok, if anybody watched her attitude during the “incident”, you will see why she was arrested. She was asked about it, and she gave smart ass look and “who are you to question me” attitude to the clerk who asked. She wasn’t arrested so much for what she was wearing, but for lack of cooperation when she was asked, and gave the clerk at the airport an uneasy feeling. Yes, I thought the shirt too was “art” but, her attitude, and demeanor is what actually landed her in custody. I don’t blame MIT for not backing this “miss thang”, she was out of line, and obviously underestimated the tension in today’s airports. She got everything she deserved.",
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"comment_id": "42677",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:20:21",
"content": "Maybe you mean collective “gown.” I know I certainly want to hide under someone’s skirt after seeing this suicide device.",
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"comment_id": "42678",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:27:11",
"content": "@m, fixed. I guess our feelings about the English language are obvious.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "42679",
"author": "gordon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:34:53",
"content": "In her defense. Would a “terrorist” walk into an airport with a breadboard attached to their shirt. I mean hell I’ve gotten on a dozens of planes since 9/11 with a metal frame backpack, xacto knives, metal rulers etc… all of which are by far worse than a breadboard. I think asking for an apology and community service is a bit much for the airport to take time out of their slacking to perform their duties.",
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"comment_id": "42681",
"author": "JM",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:50:24",
"content": "audiocra-z –From what she said in the interview, coupled with reading a few of the articles on the subject – it’s pretty clear she WASN’T being disruptive or disrespectful. She explained what the device was, and what it did. She cooperated with law enforcement.Tension in airports is frankly not enough to justify stripping someone of their rights. As she points out in the interview, under the right to bear arms – she could have had live ammunition in the area of the airport she was at. She did nothing wrong, and then on top of everything else – even though the charges were dropped, they still had to give the media a “justice was served” bite to chew on, and slapped her with community service.rivetgeek –didn’t bother to watch the video did you? She didn’t have playdoh, she had a hard-baked flower… a gift for her friend. Way to swallow what mass media feeds you.All in all, just another overreaction of the uninformed public. God bless america! May we all own many machine guns, drive massive vehicles, and burn the world to the ground as we consume everything we can see.",
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"comment_id": "1020717",
"author": "Emach",
"timestamp": "2013-06-28T18:16:01",
"content": "“All in all, just another overreaction of the uninformed public. God bless america! May we all own many machine guns, drive massive vehicles, and burn the world to the ground as we consume everything we can see.”America! Fuck Yeah!",
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"comment_id": "42684",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T01:27:35",
"content": "@jmRegardless if whether the airport overreacted (I think they did), she made a stupid move. I mean come on, every month or so you see on the news that they blow up a “suspicious package”. how hard would it have been to have the board on the inside with holes for the leds?",
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"comment_id": "42689",
"author": "cunt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T02:15:56",
"content": "she probably didn’t want to punch an exact design through her shirt so that she could configure the leds to be whatever shape she feels like without having to get a new shirtwhile I enjoy machine guns and large automobiles, people in america need to get over their fear of wires and blinking lights. Has anyone here ever successfully boarded an airplane with imperfect diy electronics on their person or in their luggage?With the way things are today I’d think most people would be detained and interrogated for carrying like 3/4ths of the stuff on this site, regardless of whether it’s out in the open or concealed.",
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"comment_id": "42693",
"author": "Buzzkill",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T02:41:26",
"content": "Last time I checked we still live in a free society being what it is these days. Her only mistake that I can see so far is being anywhere near the paranoid dilusional state of MA. I’ve seen their state troopers in their jumpsuits and jack boots. They all look like they fell out of a G.I. Joe comic book. And apparently they act accordingly. Prepare for the worse and expect the worse from everything you see and everyone you encounter. Cover your mistakes, and paranoia, with lies, and sound bites. The media drinks the cool-aid with gusto. The ratings climb as the ticker scrolls across the screen. A lot of feathers are fluffed, backs patted, and atta-boys all around. A star falls from the sky.",
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"comment_id": "42696",
"author": "cunt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T02:48:06",
"content": "i should also add that mit should have definately supported her. the ongoing war on science that began with chemistry has spilled over quickly into electrical engineering.mit is one of the few institutions with the authority to denounce these practices of law enforcement and their refusal to do so is disheartening.Readers of this site should know that cheap and portable makeshift electronics have the ability to improve the lives of anyone. In the future these devices will either be widely accepted and utilized, or they won’t, because they’ll all be detonated by bomb squads.",
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"comment_id": "42705",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:29:12",
"content": "I think her art is pretty weak and lazy outside the context of the MIT campus, but I wouldn’t over react and say so while pointing a subbie at her.",
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"comment_id": "42722",
"author": "CalcProgrammer1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:34:57",
"content": "So just because they hire idiots to work airports means that they can arrest you for having a harmless device?Stupid nonsense. If they proved it to be harmless then why are they continuing the arrest? Just because those in question weren’t smart enough to compare to her MIT education and know that a 9v and a few LED’s isn’t a high explosive suicide bomb doesn’t mean that she should have any charges, it means that the airport should hire competent people to figure out if a device is actually harmful or not. Having it on your shirt, though, is kinda strange, but if you had such “device” (if you could call a few LED’s a device) in your bag, they shouldn’t be able to arrest you just because it isn’t in a fancy plastic case with some corporate logo slapped on it.",
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"comment_id": "42724",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:36:31",
"content": "it’s an absolute fucking tragedy that in a group of 40 arresting officers, not one of them recognized a breadboard and some LEDs as being completely harmless.three months before 9/11 i boarded an international flight from denver with a three inch pocket knife, and nobody looked twice. now i’m scared to death to travel for fear that I might have accidentally left something that blinks, beeps, is liquid or pointy in my backpack.",
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"comment_id": "42730",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T06:37:39",
"content": "Sorry but I can’t defend the actions of the airport insecurity they over reacted.Anybody who defends the actions of these wastes of carbon atoms I mean security against her is a fucking moron of epic proportions just like them.The so called bomb was found to be a fake and they still press charges since they cannot accept they make mistakes even though the do nothing but make mistakes.If these bozos can’t tell the difference between a breadboard and LEDs and a real suicide bomb then I feel my tax dollars should not be paying them they should get a job at McDonalds since it’s more inline with their abilities though even that job might to be mentally challenging for them.We need to get over this fear you chances of getting killed by a real terrorists is less then 1 in 30,000 you’re more likely to be killed by a goose getting sucked into the jet engine or several dozen times more likely to get killed in a traffic accident on the way to the airport.Now having a bunch of incompetent SOBs pointing sub machine guns at everyone who even looks remotely specious in the airport is very likely to eventually kill someone.Also it’s not like Hollywood they fire those machine guns off expect a few dozen bystanders to get hit.MIT really should have defended her they should have even backed a huge civil lawsuit against the airport police big enough to destroy some careers as it needs to be done.",
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"comment_id": "42751",
"author": "MTulloch",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T15:39:57",
"content": "Let ma rot on the vine. If we all avoided ma then we’d have nothing to carp about. Those who choose to live in or visit ma get what they deserve. It looks like, smells like, and acts like a little police state. Avoid problems – avoid ma.I also avoid commercial airports. If you really need to be somewhere else far away hire a charter.",
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"comment_id": "42768",
"author": "Jon Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:03:58",
"content": "MIT should have thrown her butt out for lack of judgment. What she did was just plain stupid, on the order of pointing a toy gun a a police officer and there is absolutely no defense for her actions.Yes, we live in a free society, and yet protecting a free society means that there are some limits; she stepped way over them, and did so deliberately.A couple weeks in jail would have been a more appropriate punishment for her little “joke.”",
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"comment_id": "1055917",
"author": "fuckface",
"timestamp": "2013-09-11T10:47:22",
"content": "You sir are a retard.",
"parent_id": "42768",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42785",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T21:22:47",
"content": "@jon williamsAre you that naive? I can nearly guarantee that someone with such intellect would not have done that on purpose. To her, it was like wearing a sweatshirt with a designer logo on it. Any person with half a brain should have been able to see that the device was harmless, and all this shows is how incompetent the people that should be actually defending us really are.And the fact that you could suck down what the mass media portrays so easily scares me. Please learn to use some critical thinking skills and look beyond the cr@p and realize that most of the things they portray are just used to cause paranoia among the public, which only leads to ridiculous stories like what happened to this young woman.Hindsight is 20/20 and after seeing what reaction she got, of course it is doubtful that someone would ever even consider wearing something like that to an airport ever again. And honestly, if someone would really want to do some damage and actually suicide bomb an airport, why would they broadcast it for everyone to see?",
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"comment_id": "42809",
"author": "nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T00:48:40",
"content": "I have to agree with mike o this and jon is full of BS.if a cop shoots a kid with a toy gun he/she is guilty of manslaughter and these type of cases almost always end with the cop in jail and the kid’s family getting a healthy settlement.With that power usually comes great responsibility abuse it or get sloppy you pay the price it’s only fair.thats why toy guns are made to not look realistic and those that are semi realistic must have a flare orange tip.I think all air guns also should have the orange tip to farther reduce mistakes.personally I’ll avoid the MA airport and maybe ma itself.If the girl was a terrorist she would not have walked away and the device would not have been reveled until she was on the plane.No terrorist even a dumb one would revel their bomb before they are actually on the plane.The only reason they would revel it would be to take hostages and the plane must be in the air for this to work and the passengers would likely attack them anyway.Also the media totally screwed up with the play dough description what she had was a hard baked flower of play dough.I already avoid flying commercial when I can because of the securety theater BS.",
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"comment_id": "42811",
"author": "nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T01:03:41",
"content": "It should be noted some of the MIT types even though they are geniuses are a little well naive when it comes to common sense type things.She just thought she was making a fashion statement nothing more.If she was trying to make a hoax bomb I think she would have added a few road flares and an LED count down display plus also remark that the device has a heart monitor and if you shoot her it goes off.Of course a real terrorist would try to be low key and have the bomb built into something vs visible and would have no LED displays since one they’re not needed and two you don’t want people to know it’s a bomb if it’s a suicide attack.",
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"comment_id": "42863",
"author": "Emtu",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T15:58:16",
"content": "What is up with this? I mean what the hell was she thinking? Honestly, sewing a breadboard with some LEDs and walking around with it just in general is silly enough. Let alone walking into an airport. I mean the LEDs weren’t even integrated into the shirt or anything, it was just a breadboard sticking out of the front of her shirt.Yeah but 10 years ago you could bla bla bla in an airport and nobody would care- WELL GUESS WHAT, IN THIS DAY AND AGE YOU DON’T SCREW AROUND IN PLACES LIKE THAT. No, I am not American. I am not one of those people who think the terrorist are out to get us 24/7. I am a person who thinks that not everyone on the face of the goddamn earth knows what a breadboard and LEDs are.I love hacking and electronics, don’t get me wrong. But police officers and security officials don’t. They have better things to do, like keeping things that blow up airplanes OFF airplanes. There’s no room to take chances in an airport and I don’t get why people aren’t understanding this.",
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"comment_id": "1055918",
"author": "fuckface",
"timestamp": "2013-09-11T10:49:04",
"content": "You don’t understand it because you’re too busy being ignorant.",
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"comment_id": "42951",
"author": "Sparky",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T11:19:44",
"content": "@Emtu: She wasn’t even *trying* to get on a plane!Today it’s DIY electronics in airports. What’s next? Everybody who owns a van is suspected of having a huge bomb in the back? How about everybody who buys fertilizer and drives a van, that ought to be enough to lock someone up!Freedom is chipped away a small piece at a time. If you do anything in your spare time besides eating, sleeping, and watching stupid TV programs, you’re dangerous, because you are *different*.",
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"comment_id": "42969",
"author": "kaj",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T14:29:57",
"content": "I can excuse the overreaction to the “electronic menace” on her shirt (barely excuse…), but I cannot excuse the complete B.S. response that followed up by delaying the case because the media is paying too much attention, and charging her with SOMETHING just so they could justify the wasted tax dollars.",
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"comment_id": "42975",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T17:06:09",
"content": "To agree with all who have stated this already, I think this is clearly an overreaction on the part of airport security. They fucked up, and did not admit their mistake. It should have been a simple misunderstanding in which everyone walks away. It can be argued that she was not showing proper judgment, but I think that being afraid to NOT commit a crime is symptomatic of a sick society.I flew from Chicago to Boston with an entire tube amp, in parts, in my carry-on. I also had a maglite and a microphone. The TSA was very thorough with me, but respectful and understanding. But hey, I’m white.",
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"comment_id": "43761",
"author": "Captainscorpio",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T20:09:16",
"content": "She was stupid, in the same way someone is stupid for jogging in a dangerous park after dark; she should have known people would do bad things to her, but it doesn’t give those people the right to do them.",
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"comment_id": "44191",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T21:54:12",
"content": "This is ridiculous. When has there EVER been a terrorist attack with a blinking bomb, except in Hollywood? Can I assume that this is where police are getting their training from?",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "53898",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-12-05T19:29:05",
"content": "all this woman is is an attention whore.she walked in and, “trolled”, if you will, the airport and all of us. her instructable of how to make this sweatshirt proves it.and were giving her the attention. god.",
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"comment_id": "53923",
"author": "Roboguy",
"timestamp": "2008-12-05T22:00:18",
"content": "@ a lot of people here.What she had on her shirt was a device, yes? AnI mprovisedD eviceadd a little bit of E and you get an… IED.terrorists especially are dumb as @#$@, so why shouldn’t the police react to something as dumb as this?",
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"comment_id": "75013",
"author": "Elfin Slade",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T17:32:49",
"content": "USA is full of dumb people. No wonder they work for the government ;-)",
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"comment_id": "75026",
"author": "Mic",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T18:24:51",
"content": "so why did you read her instructable, Sean?",
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"comment_id": "75393",
"author": "Elfin Slade Sux ASS",
"timestamp": "2009-05-16T19:01:55",
"content": "first of all, she was a bitch in high school and probably still is…second, elfin slade can just suck my ass, I’m sick listening to these stupid piece of shit people who obviously have never been to the US just complain about how we are all “stupid Americans” well fuck you elfin shade you are a piece of shit and I hope you get runover by a volkswagon… What super special country are you from huh? I bet it sucks just as hard as you do dumb ass…",
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"comment_id": "98131",
"author": "McSquid",
"timestamp": "2009-10-02T14:52:15",
"content": "@elfin suxNo offense, but you are proving him right.Americans are not stupid by themselves. But we are stupid in groups. Why? because we are kept that way by people in charge.This IS insane, I understand the fact that they need to be cautious in this day and age, but CHARGING her after it was proved that it was a harmless device? That’s crap. Also, if it isn’t the police’s job to identify what is a threat and what isn’t then who’s job IS it? I cant think of any person who needs to know this kind of thing MORE than the people in charge of keeping us safe.",
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"comment_id": "98151",
"author": "Horses Die",
"timestamp": "2009-10-02T15:49:44",
"content": "Your life should not be ruined because you act within your rights in an airport. It doesn’t matter about common sense here, nothing she did was unlawful. You should be all be ashamed of yourselves throwing away the rule of law.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "98176",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2009-10-02T17:36:35",
"content": "Did you all read this article?http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/03/mit_student_apologizes_for_shirt_that_led_to_logan_disturbance/She apologized. They reacted as they could. They don’t have time to ask the person, “Is that weird thing with wires and stuff in your shirt a bomb? Oh it’s not? Well then go ahead.” They stopped her to make sure. They dropped the charges because she was co-operating.Everything isn’t a conspiracy or paranoid behavior!",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "98235",
"author": "Túlio F.",
"timestamp": "2009-10-02T23:00:59",
"content": "Airport security training advanced class –Identifying bombs:– Look for big red tubes– Beard– Lights in form of a heart– Display counting down from 10– Flowers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "98293",
"author": "Anonymouse",
"timestamp": "2009-10-03T03:55:37",
"content": "@roboguyTerrorists are many things. Dangerous, yes. Violent, yes. Frightening, yes. But dumb? No, with the possible exception of that shoe bomber.There are no conceivable reasons to have blinkenlights on a bomb. None. If it were me, I’d just wire up a mechanical alarm clock and a D cell battery. And in today’s climate that would be less suspicious than this LED blinky, even though it’s probably the technologically simplest way to make a timed detonator. Hell, most of today’s terrorists use suicide bombers, so you don’t even need a timer.You may disagree with their ideology, and you may prefer that they don’t kill you, and you may wish them all a painful death. But asking them to fight a conventional war would be like asking the U.S. army to stand in a staggered line three men deep wearing brightly colored uniforms and shoot in the general direction of the opposing side.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "128401",
"author": "Mr.Hilter",
"timestamp": "2010-03-07T22:13:24",
"content": "Would she have worn the LED’s if she wasn’t going to an airport…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "128406",
"author": "Mr.Hilter",
"timestamp": "2010-03-07T22:37:57",
"content": "You people aren’t thinking in the form of strategy, or common sense. If you wanted to do something suspicious, you would want to make what ever you are doing a little suspicious, to make it seem like you have nothing to hide. Secondly, what if she wasn’t stopped. I can guarentee many of you would be shitting your pants at the fact that we let someone slip through our fingers. Like stated above, she is an attention whore, she had what was coming to her.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "796176",
"author": "Matias",
"timestamp": "2012-09-25T18:55:43",
"content": "Last poster’s name says it all: he is a troll.The lady had a blinkenlights shirt on and was not even boarding a plane. Our security officers are just idiots, plain and simple. I could see this going down, but the GOVERNMENT was the one who should have apologized, not trying to make up a charge to justify the money. Then again, “we screwed up — find a charge” is pretty standard procedure in most police forces…",
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/gov-sarah-palins-private-email-hacked/
|
Palin Email Hack Post Mortem
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Nick Caiello
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"email",
"email hacked",
"gov. palin",
"hack",
"palin",
"sarah palin",
"screenshot",
"vp",
"yahoo"
] |
A few days ago a
lone individual decided to crack [Governor Sarah Palin]’s private Yahoo! email
account. He did this by navigating the password reset procedure. [Gov. Palin]’s birthday was publicly available and Wasilla only had two zip codes to guess. The follow up question “Where did you meet your spouse” required some more research. They met in high school so a few more guesses turned up “Wasilla high” as the answer. The original poster then read every single email only to discover that there really wasn’t anything of interest there. Frustrated, he posted the details to 4chan to let any wonk have at it. /b/ members began
posting screenshots of the account
, but very little came of it.
One screenshot of her inbox even revealed her daughter Bristol’s cell phone number. While there was no groundbreaking political information revealed, it is important to point out that it appears that Gov. Palin was using this private account to correspond to her assistants about potentially sensitive government information. This security breach should serve as a wake-up call to many public officials by showing how dangerous it can be to have a private e-mail account, especially when a free web-based service such as Yahoo! is used.
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"comment_id": "42653",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:00:29",
"content": "Or teach them about weak passwords and even easier password reset questions. I always fill those resets with about 50 random characters, numbers, etc that I don’t even know. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42657",
"author": "Chris McDowell",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:28:52",
"content": "Same here. Password resets make your password as insecure as the question being used for reset.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42659",
"author": "Russ Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:42:00",
"content": "The “personal” account is protected from government scrutiny, Yahoo would have to turn it over under court order. Would they?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42661",
"author": "TheRealAustin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:51:37",
"content": "I have been trying to get news outlets to talk about this side of the story. I posted the letter I have been sending to reporters and media outlets in Southeast Wisconsin. Your can read the letter athttp://www.therealaustin.net/?p=419",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42662",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:54:45",
"content": "We are everywhere yet nowhere, we are anonymous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42666",
"author": "winpherak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T22:43:11",
"content": "Anonymous is quite a force, though in reality it’s only a handful of serious security experts and the rest being a bunch of meme-spouting fools. Not that I have anything against them, just the truth.As for Palin’s email, I guess 2 zip codes sorta narrows it down, as well as her personal history being widely available.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42667",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T22:53:12",
"content": "I still can’t believe people enter the actual answers to password reset questions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42672",
"author": "Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:45:10",
"content": "“I still can’t believe people enter the actual answers to password reset questions.”I have always entered a random jumble of keystrokes, but I don’t think it’s the least bit surprising that 99% of people when they are prompted to answer security questions do what the email service asks them to. And, as a point of fact, if she hadn’t become a nationally reported-on figure from a very small community it probably would not even have been an issue. Since the guy in question was the son of Democrat senator, I’m guessing her address turned up in a forward or something. (otherwise no one in the public would have known what it was in the first place)It’s also worth noting that the questions offer a security *enhancement* in that, if someone intercepts your session authentication or original password, and changes your password, you still possess the means to immediately regain control of your account. For the average anonymous person, having these ‘knowledge tokens’ is probably a very good move and significant security enhancement.Anyway, I’ll bet an awful lot of other government figures are changing the settings on their mail accounts this week. :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42674",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:03:09",
"content": "Using a personal email means there’s no backlog and no accountability on Palin’s part. It would take a pretty beefy court order to get into it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42680",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T00:48:46",
"content": "Not to mention that I’m fairly certain it’s against the law, and if not that then very frowned upon. Governments have to keep very strict records of everything, so using a personal email lies outside the bounds of accountability. Ironically, her stump speech spiel contains lengthy sections about government accountability. Whoops.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42682",
"author": "Dr.Danger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T01:14:22",
"content": "You know, I have more respect for this site for not following the media and posting up this as hacking.Nice response, keep up the good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42683",
"author": "Dr.Danger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T01:15:40",
"content": "What I mean is, posted as an informational for people to not be stupid with their passwords. Not as “cool hacking news”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42698",
"author": "suckItLibs",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T02:56:29",
"content": "Goodbye Hack a Day… How lame you’ve become.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42700",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T03:12:28",
"content": "The password reset question can be a cypher in its own. Perhaps it is the name of a hash algorithm the owner has created and no one else would know. The deeper one reads into one of these questions the less likely it will be to break.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42726",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:50:29",
"content": "awesome. not only did she use the yahoo account to conduct (arguably unofficial) government business, but she gave real answers to the security questions protecting the account.honestly, how many people reading this are stupid enough to use their mothers real maiden name? i’m sure she’ll rock at national security.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42731",
"author": "at0m",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T07:00:48",
"content": "These password reset questions are indeed a super vulnerability of yahoo, hotmail and the like… This breach making the headlines is pretty dumb, but raises public awareness over this issue nevertheless. Many people don’t realise (or worse, care for) how vulnerable their data are.On one of the web’s best security sensibilisation sites offers a neat password generating page:https://www.grc.com/passwords.htmEnjoy :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42744",
"author": "Doc",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T13:53:37",
"content": "Security issues aside (and Palin’s security naivete’ is bothersome) did she use private e-mail to conduct state business out of the public eye? I don’t know about Alaska, but other more progressive states have ruled that communications between public officials are subject to open-meeting laws.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42774",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T20:29:21",
"content": "“I still can’t believe people enter the actual answers to password reset questions.”Can you believe people still enter the suggested password types too, like… “a pet’s name”?Most common password in the US is still a pet’s name… and working at a computer repair place on a university campus showed me the next favorite is a loved one’s name followed by a sports person of some kind (like a race-car driver), followed by a vehicle of some kind and from there it does got a little foggy, but these are all one word passwords of things we know these people like coupled with (in most cases) the last two digits of the birthday of the person who set the password.Peace!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42850",
"author": "cool",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T09:35:56",
"content": "i just stumbled on this. im happy to read (rather skim) that you used the proper terminology of “crack” rather than the notoriously misused term “hack.”though the news is rather uninteresting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42947",
"author": "Wayne",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T10:35:12",
"content": "What’s of interest is that Palin is using a private email address for public business while claiming protection for “private” email addresses during an investigation into abuse of power. It doesn’t really matter that there wasn’t an email here that said “let’s abuse my position to harass my ex LOL”. This discovery raises questions about her character and strengthens doubts about both her judgment and potential criminal behavior.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42962",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T13:25:28",
"content": "bawwwwww, there was no dirt but lets read our personal bias into it anyways.BTW hackaday – good job on the article, as opposed to every other media outlets’ horrible misunderstanding of the content.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43036",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T00:05:47",
"content": "Sigh, I’m tired of Sarah Palin already, a total fraud. In the event she where a Democrat, the right wing talk shows, would have labeled her a feminazi. I sure there’s a scramble to rewrite security guidelines. Anyone breaking into any email account used by a government official, is taking a big risk, in today’s be afraid America.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43459",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T03:19:19",
"content": "I can just see her stupid ass now emailing some foreign minister with smileys and whimsical sarcasm. Chick’s a joke, man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50268",
"author": "mdaicm@gmail.com",
"timestamp": "2008-11-11T01:07:40",
"content": "mdaicm@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55819",
"author": "djboom",
"timestamp": "2008-12-19T11:39:54",
"content": "hack this account in game and send the pass word in my account this is my email=cruellouis16@yahoo.com tnx :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70313",
"author": "morison dony",
"timestamp": "2009-04-13T03:53:45",
"content": "Just grabbed the feed… thanks for posting this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113397",
"author": "Moonlight",
"timestamp": "2009-12-26T03:33:11",
"content": "Bunch of pussies!.. I like that!!carlosmoonlight@yahoo.com.br",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.113756
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/daily-photo-aging-project-on-steroids/
|
Daily Photo Aging Project On Steroids
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"aging",
"photo",
"timelapse"
] |
We’ve seen those
videos
where people take a picture of themselves every day. [Dan Hanna] took it to a much further level. He built a camera rig and
took pictures of himself for 17 years
. That is not a typo, 17 years. The rig consists of a ring that holds two cameras opposing each other. He centers his head facing a target that he increments around the ring every day before taking a picture. The ring can be split into 4 sections for portability. Check out the low resolution video after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4f2xeKg08]
[via
waxy
]
| 15
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42628",
"author": "CV",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T19:12:33",
"content": "That is awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42631",
"author": "iamhifi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T19:22:45",
"content": "17 years that is dedication. very entertaining. good jazz track as a backing aswell",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42636",
"author": "danzl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T19:39:21",
"content": "wow. thats all i’ve got to say is wow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42641",
"author": "Nels Nelson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T19:59:50",
"content": "What ingenuity to include two angles, and rotating! The effect of his hair growing is amazing, but it is sad to see him getting older, losing his hair, and getting flabbier. Dude, keep it up until your last days!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42650",
"author": "smbgood",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T20:47:38",
"content": "wow… much better than some of the other videos ive seen out there. its funny to watch his hair go back and forth back and forth between long and short, sweet vid",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42655",
"author": "Phil K.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:17:31",
"content": "His posture got much better as he got older.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42660",
"author": "spork",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:50:35",
"content": "I feel like I just spent 17 years with him. Weird.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42669",
"author": "radioactivecheese",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:37:46",
"content": "epic. that’s awesome. I liked watching his hair. once he started balding he started trimming more often, keeping it shorter. very cool. same with the facial hair.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42671",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T23:42:54",
"content": "I’m sad that projects like this end up being thrown on YouTube instead of being shown in art museums, which is where something of this magnitude ought to be seen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42717",
"author": "jproach",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T05:18:34",
"content": "tim: this is a preview, although it doesn’t look like he has any major plans for his final version,“17 years worth of taking 2 photos a day as my head rotates in sync with the Earth around the Sun. This is a non-dejittered, lo-res, highly compressed, preliminary version of a lifetime project. Later versions will have additional imagery throughout. More details are available on my website at:”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42973",
"author": "sordid",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T16:13:15",
"content": "You MUST show this at an art gallery. This is epic.This is even eulogoy material. I hope you have an idea of just how rare this is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43097",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T11:37:44",
"content": "This is awesome. I also love how his hair does what mine does… grows long, hacks it off, repeat.Groovy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64821",
"author": "billythegoat101",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T04:25:04",
"content": "wow, this is pure dedicationlol 10/31/99 hes completely covered in foam at 1:01 it looks really funny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "938771",
"author": "DennisC",
"timestamp": "2013-01-13T19:55:36",
"content": "Halloween costume?",
"parent_id": "64821",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "69687",
"author": "j",
"timestamp": "2009-04-08T12:59:32",
"content": "I wonder why he choose to stop when he did?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.77329
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/play-wii-backups-without-a-mod-chip/
|
No More Updates To Wii Backup Loader
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"bootlaoder",
"mod chip",
"wii",
"wii backup"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yBTsNwOO1I]
You can now
play backups on your Wii without a mod chip
. A beta version of the bootloader made by [
Waninkoko
] has been leaked onto the net. Keep in mind that it is unfinished, so your results may vary. All you need is the bootloader and a legal copy of
Zelda
. After a few patches and some installing, you’re ready to play backups, no mod chip necessary. We
covered this before
, but there is a twist this time. Unfortunately, [Waninkoko] states that this project has been officially abandoned, probably due to the leak. Apparently crackers get hurt by leaks too.
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 20
| 20
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42593",
"author": "plowshares",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T17:07:47",
"content": "whatta crybaby",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42594",
"author": "he haw",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T17:15:19",
"content": "Yea i agree, the dude is acting like a douche and needs to get over it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42598",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T17:27:23",
"content": "actually, i wouldn’t be happy if my work was released before it was finished either. Normally I select a trusted few to sample my projects and if they release it before it is finished, I feel betrayed. With a project like this, I would finish production for myself, but probably not release it either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42601",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T17:45:08",
"content": "…or maybe he wants to avoid nintendo lawyers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42602",
"author": "alphaN",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T17:46:43",
"content": "or maybe the work was “abandoned” for legal purposes. if Nintendo sees this no mod hack and it has been abandoned, they likely won’t care about it (as opposed to if it was still a work in progress). I wonder if in a few weeks/months a more complete version of this will mysteriously come out",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42609",
"author": "sellout",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T18:38:44",
"content": "Dude in the video is totally impatient. I’m not fond of waiting for things to load either, but that cat is on an entirely different level. I bet he pushes elevator buttons the same way as that “A” button on his wiimote.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42654",
"author": "CalcProgrammer1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:10:51",
"content": "This is why you don’t be an idiot and only let close friends sample your project while you tell everyone it’s in the making. As soon as you tell people, they will want it, and 99/100 times there will be a leak. If I were making a project, I’d just put the development versions on my website with a disclaimer saying I’m not responsible for anything caused by the provided releases, use at own risk, etc and let people go crazy. This is better than saying something is in development but not posting anything, people won’t believe you and they’ll get mad if you abandon your project before you put out a release. I’d also provide source code though, especially for something like this, so that if Nintendo patched it up, 10 other people could modify their own versions to get around it, giving Nintendo quite a hard time fixing multiple releases.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42687",
"author": "razors",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T01:45:53",
"content": "waninoko is just right. I wouldnt want anyone sharing my code if i ASKED them not to release it. But good for us, real homebrewers that want HOMEBREW, not copies/backups. At least we wont have to worry about nintendo lawyers against us. Thanks for dropping it waninoko! I just hope you keep your word.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42740",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T10:26:39",
"content": "More than likely he leaked his own program then said it is abandoned, hoping that Nintendo aren’t set on him.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42746",
"author": "0xtob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T14:25:10",
"content": "Nintendo say on their website that they replace broken discs. So, there is absolutely no need to make backups, and thus no need for this hack.So, the only purpose of this is to play pirated games, which hurts the game developers and potentially also the (perfectly legal) homebrew scene, because possible countermeasures from Nintendo may make running homebrew impossible.No one profits of this except the warezers. Great job :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42859",
"author": "pcairic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T12:48:35",
"content": "one word: diva",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42887",
"author": "Rory",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T21:05:01",
"content": "@0xtobYou say Nintendo replaces broken disks from their website? I have never heard of this, but that’s good to know. However, it still doesn’t help me, who bought Super Smash Bros Brawl used on eBay, only to find it had a scratch that rendered most modes unplayable. This has prompted me to buy a modchip for the purpose of burning myself a replacement disc. Basically, when I get the chip, I will be using a backup strictly in the sense of a backup, except that I didn’t back it up myself – it is still replacing faulty disc that I paid money for. So don’t say that this is no good for anyone except pirates.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42941",
"author": "11quhfxcem@missiongossip.com",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T09:04:26",
"content": "@0xtobnintendo replaces discs within 90 days of purchase and only if they are published by nintendo.http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/ts/gameDiscReplacement.jspgreat use of facts to back up your statements, maybe you can work for fox news",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42963",
"author": "r1b4z01d",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T13:35:00",
"content": "lolzfox news sucks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43168",
"author": "sli",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:11:31",
"content": "waninkoko is considering picking the project back up after he (finally) realized that the leak was his own fault.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43472",
"author": "nathan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T09:58:35",
"content": "sli how do you know he might be carrying on with it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43992",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T21:48:16",
"content": "Someone else has also released one a few days ago, this one called “Wii Backup Launcher,” complete with source code. Do a google search for it, the best sources I had have been removed due to bitching, but there are plenty of others.I’m sure the guys on this site would be interested in the source.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48794",
"author": "bnnken",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T13:55:01",
"content": "CAN SOMEONE PLEASE COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL ITEM IN QUESTION??!?!?!? NO MODCHIP? Thats HUGE!!! all you guys can talk about is speculation on the author. geez. DOES THIS ACTUALLY WORK WITH NO MODCHIP? and on what version ios/os 249/3.3u? anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75640",
"author": "Princessb89",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T04:45:00",
"content": "That’s really interesting. I didn’t know that anyone was even working on something like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "89566",
"author": "Wii Unlock Hack",
"timestamp": "2009-08-26T08:00:29",
"content": "The NEW Homebrew Hack. Works with Wii 4.0 and DOES NOT need Zelda! Wii Homebrew Hack without Zelda!Download the new Wii Homebrew Unlock Hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.87049
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/19/open-source-neural-activity-monitors/
|
Open Source Neural Activity Monitors
|
Ian
|
[
"Medical Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Roundup"
] |
[
"brain waves",
"eeg",
"electrodes",
"interface",
"neural interface",
"open source",
"openeeg",
"sensors"
] |
Yesterday we linked to an
OCZ Neural Acutator Interface teardown
. Several in the comments wanted to know more about the sensor electrodes. Check out the
OpenEEG project
and
OpenEEG mailing list
for information on sensing, amplifying, and recording brain activity (
EEG
). The OpenEEG project maintains an open source
Simple ModularEEG
design. Two other open source variants of the ModularEEG are the
MonolithEEG
and [Joshua Wojnas’]
Programmable Chip EEG BCI
. All three projects use
Atmel
microcontrollers, with designs in
Cadsoft Eagle
.
Brain activity is measured using
passive
or
active
electrodes. Passive electrodes require a conductive paste to make proper contact with the skin (examples:
1
,
2
). Active EEG sensors don’t need conductive goop because they have an amplifier directly on the electrode (examples:
1
,
2
,
3
).
[via anonymous reader, comments]
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{
"comment_id": "42692",
"author": "Mac",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T02:39:34",
"content": "So aside from recording EEG readings, what are the other implications of this? Would I be able to control a mouse or something like it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42758",
"author": "daphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T18:46:38",
"content": "I <3 you guys.Thanks for the follow up info!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43400",
"author": "wondering scientist",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T14:11:02",
"content": "I don’t know wether the principle of active electrodes works at all. You should go with passive electrodes if you want proper signal detection.@mac ya, you can use it eg. as a brain-computer interface",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44815",
"author": "josheeg",
"timestamp": "2008-10-07T13:12:19",
"content": "memory and encoding related multifaceted electroencephalographic response = MERMERP300brain finger printingI am looking for more and better sources on this information any sugjestions?This technology could help this hardware do some neat things….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/web-server-on-a-business-card-part-1/
|
How-To: Web Server On A Business Card (Part 1)
|
Ian
|
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"classic hacks",
"Featured",
"how-to"
] |
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"business card",
"diy",
"electronics",
"hard hack",
"how-to",
"microchip",
"microcontroller",
"pic",
"web server"
] |
For years, Microchip PIC microcontrollers dominated;
PIC16F84
hacks and projects are
everywhere
. The
8-bit 16F and 18F
lines are supported by several coding environments and
easy-to-build serial port programmers
. Microchip’s 16-bit
PIC24F
is cheaper, faster, and easier to work with, but largely absent from hacks and projects.
We recently used a
Microchip
PIC24F microcontroller in a mini web server project, but didn’t find many introductory references to link to. In this article we’ll cover some PIC 24F basics: support circuitry and programming options. We’ll also talk about our favorite features, and how we figured them out. Our next article will outline a web server on a business card based on the PIC 24F.
The basic circuit
This is the basic support circuit (
full size .png
) for a PIC
24FJ64GA002
. Some helpful documents are the
code examples
,
application notes
,
individual datasheets
, and
24F family manual
.
Main system power supply
Peripherals and pins on the 24F PICs operate between 2.0 and 3.8volts. This is a big advantage over older PICs because the 24F can directly interface modern 3.3volt components like
SD memory cards
. Some 16F and 18F PICs will run at 3.3volts, but usually at drastically reduced speeds. As always, put a 0.1uF capacitor between each power pin and ground to decouple the chip from the power supply (C1, C2).
Core power supply
The processor core requires a separate 2.5volt supply. A built-in 2.5volt regulator can be enabled by connecting the DISVREG pin to ground, and placing a 10uF capacitor between the Vcap/VDDCORE pin and ground (C3). We’ve not experienced any problems using a 10uF low ESR electrolytic capacitor, but in the future we’ll use a tantalum capacitor as specified in the datasheet.
Speed and crystal
PIC 24Fs have a max clock speed of 32MHz, and complete one operation every 2 clock cycles for a top speed of 16 million instructions per second (MIPS). Most 24Fs have an internal 8MHz oscillator, but you can also use an external crystal for a more precise timebase. An internal phase lock loop (PLL) can multiply any clock signal by four.
We used a common option: 8MHz internal oscillator multiplied by four (32MHz), with full IO functions on the external oscillator pins. The clock mode is set with CONFIG2. Use these settings to run a PIC 24F at 32MHz using the internal oscillator and PLL:
// Internal FRC OSC with 4x PLL @ 32MHz
//from p24FJ64GA002.h:
//FNOSC_FRCPLL - internal oscillator
//OSCIOFNC_ON - enable the oscillator pins as IO
//POSCMOD_NONE - Primary (external) oscillator disabled
_CONFIG2(FNOSC_FRCPLL & OSCIOFNC_ON &POSCMOD_NONE)
Programming connections
Microchip’s standard 5 wire
in circuit serial programming
(ICSP) connection is used to program the 24F. ICSP consists of a clock line (PGC), bi-directional data line (PGD), master clear and reset (MCLR), and connections to power (V+) and ground (GND).
The MCLR function resets the chip when voltage levels are too low to operate. Enable it with a 2000 (2K) ohm resistor (R12) from the system power supply to the MCLR pin. Optionally, add a button (S1) from MCLR to ground for a manual reset switch. The programmer also connects to the MCLR pin to reset the PIC and control programming modes.
PIC 24Fs have several sets of programming pins labeled PGDx and PGCx. Choose the set most convenient for your design. One catch: you can’t use the clock pin of one set and the data pin of another, you have to use the same pair.
The primary pin pair used for debugging is programmed in CONFIG1 with the ICS_PGX option. This only effects debugging; programming is still possible from any pin pair.
_CONFIG1( ICS_PGx3)
Coding and Programming
Unfortunately, the 24F can’t be programmed with the hobbyist-favorite serial port programmers. These are usually 5volt programmers that place 13volts on the MCLR pin. 24F PICs are rated for 3.8volts maximum on the MCLR and programming pins, old serial port programmers will destroy them.
The
ICD2
is Microchip’s cheapest programmer for the full 24F line. An education discount is available if you have a .edu email. There are numerous clones too, most notable is the
Olimex
PIC-ICD2 clone, also
sold by Sparkfun
. We’ve never used it, but it’s supposed to be an exact clone. You can also try your hand at building a
DIY ICD2 clone
, we’ve had luck with the PiCS Rev B in the past. You’ll probably need to build an adapter to
use a homebrew ICD2 with a PIC 24F
.
MPLAB
is a free development environment for coding, compiling, and debugging all PIC microcontrollers. We like to program in C, so we downloaded the free, evaluation/student edition of the
Microchip C30 compiler
that integrates into MPLAB.
HI-TECH’s C compiler
is a fairly popular alternative if you’re not thrilled about MPLAB.
Microchip’s low-voltage 18FxxJ line, such as the Ethernet enabled
18F97J60
, can only be programmed a few hundred times. That’s fine for production, but really unfriendly to a developer. We’re exceedingly happy to note that the 24F can be programmed at least 10,000 times.
New features and improvements
We made a list of the things we liked best about the PIC 24F after using it in a project. Not all of them are new, sometimes little improvements make designs much simpler.
8-bit vs 16-bit
C programmers won’t notice many differences between
8-bit
and
16-bit
architectures. Native 16-bit math operations will save you a few cycles if you do 16-bit integer math. Memory and registers are 16-bits long, meaning the default 16-bit variable type counts to 65,536, rather than 255.
Peripheral pin select
Peripheral pin select (PPS) is our favorite feature on the PIC 24F. The digital peripherals SPI, UARTs, timers, etc can be connected to almost any pin on the chip.
PCB designs get really creative because the pin arrangement on a microcontroller rarely matches that on the peripheral you’re interfacing. Compare these two designs. The design on the left uses looping, winding traces to connect a SD card without jumper wires. On the right, we used PPS to assign pins in a way that lined up perfectly with the SD card. We spent caffeine fueled nights routing the board on the left, but only hours on the other. We’ll find it difficult to ever work with a PIC 16F or 18F again because of the complete and total awesomeness of PPS.
Input and output pins are assigned differently: pins are assigned to inputs, outputs are assigned to pins. A peripheral input, such as the “serial data input” (SDI) signal of an
SPI interface
, is set by putting a pin number in its register. In the C30 compiler, SDI of SPI1 and SPI2 are assigned like this:
// Inputs
//SDI1 B12/23/RP12
//SDI2 B1/5/RP1
RPINR20bits.SDI1R = 12; //SDI1 = PORTB12
RPINR22bits.SDI2R = 1; //SDI2 = PORTB1
Output functions are handled in the opposite way. A group of registers represent the programmable pins (RPORx). Peripheral outputs are assigned to each pin. Assign the SPI “serial data output” and “clock output” lines like this:
// Outputs
//SDO1 B11/22/RP11 //CLK1 B10/21/RD10
RPOR5bits.RP10R = SCK1OUT_IO; //RP10 = SCK1
RPOR5bits.RP11R = SDO1_IO; //RP11 = SDO1
//SDO2 B3/7/RP3 //CLK2 B2/6/RP2
RPOR1bits.RP2R = SCK2OUT_IO; //RP2 = SCK2
RPOR1bits.RP3R = SDO2_IO; //RP3 = SDO2
Check the device datasheet and the
IO with PPS datasheet
(PDF) for a complete list of peripheral (RPINRxx) and pin (RPORx) registers.
Individually configurable pull-up/pull-down resistors
Pull-up and pull-down resistors
hold inputs at a known level when there’s no other signal. Illustrated below on the left (S1), a pull-up resistor (R1) normally holds the signal high (1). A button press pulls the signal to ground (0). Without a pull-up resistor, the value on the microcontroller pin will fluctuate wildly (state undefined) until a button press pulls it to ground (0).
Internal pull-up resistors make it easier to route a button on a circuit board. An internal resistor holds the signal high until the button pulls it low, saving a resistor and power supply trace (S2). PIC 16Fs and 18Fs sometimes have an all-or-nothing pull-up on 8 pins, but the 24F adds individually configurable pull-up resistors. See the
IO datasheet
(PDF).
CRC hardware module
Cyclic redundancy check
(CRC) values are used to verify the integrity of data. Your PC calculated CRCs for the TCP packets that carried this page over the web. The 24F has a hardware CRC module that does tedious CRC calculation without processor involvement. Check out the
datasheet
(PDF) and
example code
(ZIP).
Real time clock and calender
Microchip added a hardware
real time clock and calendar
module (RTCC) to every 24F. It’s always been easy to add an interrupt-based clock to a microcontroller, but this module takes care of everything without timing concerns.
The RTCC module requires a 32.768khz watch crystal (Q1) to be connected to the SOSCx pin pair. Don’t forget 2 suitable capacitors for your crystal, we used 27pF (C1,C2). There’s a
datasheet for the RTCC module
(PDF), and
example code
(ZIP).
Package sizes
Microchip continues their tradition of offering products in a range of package sizes. Low pin count parts are available in
through-hole (DIP)
and several surface mount sizes. As with all manufacturers, though, the largest, coolest, chips are only produced in surface mount packages. Microchip is a fan of 64, 80, and 100 pin thin quad flat packs (TQFP), a square chip with an equal number of pins on all sides. TQFP isn’t terribly difficult to solder, but the circuit boards can be a pain to make at home.
Conclusion
The past was dominated by 8-bit PIC 16F and 18F-based microcontroller projects. 16-bit PICs, however, have been largely neglected. If you’re already considering a PIC for your next project, check out the 24F series. The peripheral pin select feature alone is worth the switch — it simplifies circuit boards, reduces routing time, and saves board space. We were able to fit an entire PIC 24F web server on a business card using a home-etched PCB. Our next article will introduce this simple server prototype.
The
project archive
(ZIP) contains the base schematic for the PIC24FJ64GA002, and a custom 28pin part we added to an existing
PIC 24F part library
. Both are for use with
Cadsoft Eagle
, a
freeware version is available
for most popular platforms.
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"comment_id": "42485",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T05:08:03",
"content": "Whoops, comments were off for some reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42490",
"author": "alexfox",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T06:08:42",
"content": "wow, *excellent* article! full of great info. I will definitely check out the pic24f nowi like the addition of the built-in pull-up/-down resistors and the real time clock — very neat! the peripheral pin select seems very useful as well. and to think that i almost swore off pic’s after seeing how sane 8051 cores are compared to the pic18f’s — i think you’ve convinced me to stay with microchipmplab feels like software from the windows 3.1 days — the built in editor is horrendous. make sure you check out piklab under linux — its a great ide for pic’s, and easily interfaces with all toolchains (sdcc, or even windows ones like C18 via wine). it has programmer support for icd2, and debugging support is in progress.sdcc is a great assembler/compiler/linker toolchain for many microchips, and it has great support for most pic’s. additionally, its a lot better than the C18 compiler, which has some very weird conventions. microchip is known for their non-standardness, and at least sdcc seems to bring a little sanity back to programming pic’sfinally, i bought a usb icd2 clone off ebay from a seller named mdfly (or something similar). its served me very well, and programs & debugs just fine. on top of that, it was *very* inexpensive!cheers, and thanks for the great info on the pic24f",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42492",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T06:15:41",
"content": "Wow, I never realised that it was possible to get a pic that has programmable hardware components, I might just have to look into switching over from my old standby pic18f2550. The rtc could come in handy as well; although it seems odd that you can’t set its clock off the main pll using a big old divider.Can’t wait to see the webserver writeup; I have been waiting for someone ot release a decent webserver app for a pic ever since I saw an avr based one years ago!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42506",
"author": "H.B.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T07:47:55",
"content": "project archive -> DOWN",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42519",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T08:45:23",
"content": "it looks like there is a problem with linking the project archive, here’s atemporary link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42520",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T08:46:29",
"content": "One more try:http://www.whereisian.com/files/PIC24FIntro.zip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42540",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T11:35:32",
"content": "James, welcome!you’ve taken your first steps into a larger world.I’ve bookmarked this site for many many (many?) years.it is beloved, at least by me.Hope you come to feel the same. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42554",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T13:30:40",
"content": "Very Nice! I have been wanting to get into the world of pic for a while now, but was looking for the right inspiration to get started. Looks like this will be the one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42581",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T15:19:58",
"content": "I used the Pic24f for Puzzlemation. Microchip has free libraries for TCP/IP and reading a FAT filesystem off an SD Card – not bad for a $3 chip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42584",
"author": "Odin84gk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T15:53:05",
"content": "General Downsides of the Pic:Read the Errata first! It had some horrible issues with I2C and the AtoD in the earlier versions of silicon. (collision issues and a slower sampling speed)Don’t use the internal Pull-ups to interact with an external device that uses an open-collector output. The internal pullups don’t pull the device up to Vcc, but the port set to look at it compensates by having a different threshold.Realize that analog functionality cannot be re-routed.When you are using a analog pin as a digital output, remember to disable the analog functionality first.Power: Pay attention to the maximum current per pin (especially important on the PIC24H and the DSPIC33).And last but not least: The internal clock runs at Osc/2. This means 2 clock cycles for every instruction.Good luck (and enjoy your vectored interrupts :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42587",
"author": "Hazmat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T16:12:13",
"content": "This is a great article- it really shows how to get the most out of a PIC24. If you like the PIC24, check out the PIC32- a 32 bit 80MIPS processor with lots more memory, and is pin compatible with the higher pin count PIC24s (though not the one in this article). You can program all microchip parts (8-32 bit) with the PICKIT2 ($35), which is lots cheaper than the ICD2, though you have to use a separate program.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42728",
"author": "Ken Keiter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T06:03:01",
"content": "This is great! I designed a board (centered around the F84) that did this in sophomore year of high school! Worked like a charm… and I made 20 of em. They were around the size of this one, but weren’t SMT. I had this awesome company called PCB123 (pcb123.com) produce them for me, which was cool because of the quick turnaround.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42922",
"author": "jacksmadi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T04:58:12",
"content": "this is awesomedesignin it is not a leet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43460",
"author": "neodux",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T03:43:23",
"content": "I’d be interested in BUYING one of these from anyone that can successfully build one for me. Email me, or drop a message on my website shoutbox.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43637",
"author": "Gryph",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T19:53:11",
"content": "What purpose could a web server of this low capactiy serve as a use? I have alot of webserver projects, some requiring high end rackmounts and some that could run on systems as old as atari keybaords (if they could connect to the net of course lol)So what could this little project handle? Anyone have any feedback?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44167",
"author": "Emanuele",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T18:24:03",
"content": "Cool stuff!I developed something similar, few months ago.FTPmicro embedded web server and ftp client, schematics and firmware are Open Source to download(stack microchip with some modification – feed rss reader – fat16 – ftp client)Example application: ANSA news on the LCD or sending emails with picmicrohttp://dev.emcelettronica.com/ftpmicro",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44443",
"author": "AD5OS",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T19:01:00",
"content": "Anyone have a link to a website that this thing is serving? I can’t seem to find one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47870",
"author": "Carlos",
"timestamp": "2008-10-27T18:39:39",
"content": "Please if you know where to by all the parts and the board , i will apreciate.TksCarlos",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50848",
"author": "jaymus",
"timestamp": "2008-11-14T20:49:42",
"content": "I’m trying to find a cheap programmer for this board. I’ve already built it, but I didn’t worry too much about programming it at first.This site looks somewhat relevant, but I don’t think it’s what I really want (may be helpful to others):http://www.melabs.com/support/3v_icsp.htmUpon further investigation, it seems to me like the way to go is buy a $35 PICKit2 USB programmer from here:http://www.microchipdirect.com/productsearch.aspx?Keywords=PG164120I found a site where someone made a similar programmer themself, though I don’t think it’s worth it in this case:http://www.mcuhobby.com/articles.php?article_id=7According to the supported device list (http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en027813) the PICKit2 indeed can program the PIC24f used for this project. However I’m not certain it can program the PIC while it’s on the board.If anyone could provide extra information on programming this thing, that’d be super awesome.Cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56096",
"author": "Jerry Kaidor",
"timestamp": "2008-12-21T23:08:40",
"content": "VERY interesting info here! I was doing a project with the 16F876A – just got frustrated with software issues: 8 level stack, software can’t read it, no pushes, no pops. No local variables – just umpteen “temp” variables. And the contortions you have to go through to have some strings in ROM?I looked at the 18F parts – 16 stack positions? Ugh. Went for the gold with the 24F and a REAL STACK. Would have gone straight to the 32bit parts except they’re apparently not available in DIP. And I’m not good enough at Toner Transfer ( yet ) to want to mess with surface mount.Somebody wondered what such a small part could do – useful – as a webserver. I figure that any little gadget you might build that needs a console of some kind could do it with a server. Don’t need buttons, lights and switches. Don’t need fancy expensive displays, either. Just an Ethernet connector in front. Maybe a power switch. Or maybe not. Make the “front panel” as fancy as you want, it’s just HTML.– Jerry Kaidor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77833",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2009-06-11T14:00:05",
"content": "Board built and ready to program PIC, need help with ICSP (which circuit to use..I found the various messages very confusing )Any helpful pointers appreciated…..can’t afford the Microchip (commercial) programmers!Thanks Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83532",
"author": "whispers",
"timestamp": "2009-07-30T03:53:08",
"content": "off topic a bit…but where can a complete noobie go to start learning how to program PIC24f microcontrollers?I have flashed some before..with other peoples HEX files.. but want to understand/leanr and start writing my own code to control/manipulate the chip.thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83573",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2009-07-30T12:47:07",
"content": "Hey Dude, Yeah, it’s not a simple task learning to write the code but actually programming the PIC is relatively easy, the instructions that come with the programmer are straight forward enough.There are lots of books around to teach programming but my old brain seems to prefer hardware :-)I have my unit complete and working but our local ISP blocks port 80 so we had to change the code to run on 81, it works fine but still having local issues getting around the ISP / router and redirecting folks to port 81.Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87382",
"author": "Dave (VA7DB)",
"timestamp": "2009-08-17T18:27:01",
"content": "Ian very kindly gave us all a page with a link to where the live Micro Server V2 is running and discussion of firmware mods etc is taking place. This is an especially good place for folks new to the project to see how it all functions and get access to the latest topics, FAQ’s etc.http://whereisian.com/forum/index.php?topic=51.0",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110412",
"author": "J.A",
"timestamp": "2009-12-04T22:17:18",
"content": "That is so cool. This is why i love DIY things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110486",
"author": "Dave (VA7DB)",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T03:48:56",
"content": "Hi J.A. Glad you found the little server interesting….one of my pages was the control page for 4 LED’s (testing reliability of hardware with Ramon’s code update) and the other is up now with pictures of the inside of the one server.take a looksee via this redirector link:http://microserver.yolasite.com/Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "116111",
"author": "Eric Culver",
"timestamp": "2010-01-08T12:40:36",
"content": "There seems to be a little something odd with your site when opened in opera . Its odd because everything is all twisted up looking. you may want to take a look at it. Also, in case you are interested I found a good site to getfast business cards onlinefor cheap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129784",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2010-03-15T02:14:54",
"content": "its good to see the pic getting some love. Ive used pic’s since I taught my self to code in ASM. I always get the cold shoulder from hack sites because I use Pic. I just find the super low cost to implement smashes the code availability for things like arduino. Awesome post hackaday! Keep them coming !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129825",
"author": "Dave (VA7DB)",
"timestamp": "2010-03-15T11:59:45",
"content": "Hey Jim,Yes I agree the PIC’s are neat little devices and really quite capable….Ian did a great job with the little server too…..I have to say that I’ve gone over to the dark side recently though and have been playing with another PIC server(33FJ64) in the WIB design from Silicon Chip mag in Australia…great little server and seemingly bullet proof.Unfortunately though Mauro doesn’t share his source code like Ian did.Take a looksee here:http://siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_111778/article.htmlGreat to hear of more builders though !! DaveVancouver BC Canada.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "139370",
"author": "potech",
"timestamp": "2010-05-01T13:47:01",
"content": "that is very cool really",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "154733",
"author": "Squirrel",
"timestamp": "2010-07-02T06:31:35",
"content": "I’ve used ICL3232 (=MAX3232) in a serial level converter, which takes RS232 level on one side and takes voltage supply from the other side and outputs at that level (either 3.3V or 5V). Good for chips like this that can’t take 5.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "154809",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2010-07-02T14:06:23",
"content": "The WIB in my SMT version has proven to be bulletproof and a great little device, I recently added an LCD display with clock function that is kept accurate via an NST server, Brek in Australia reworked Mauro’s code (the original had 7 segment LED displays) :-( to work with the LCD and it has vertically scolling digits…..very neat looking.Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "159110",
"author": "Nathan Zadoks",
"timestamp": "2010-07-15T17:11:28",
"content": "@…: Ever seen a clock divider that divides by 488.28125? I don’t think so..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1733957",
"author": "Ádám Urbán",
"timestamp": "2014-08-20T17:50:50",
"content": "Hi, I really liked your project but the link for the project archive are not working. Can you or somebody else send me the project archives, it would be really helpful to me thx adam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,755.95214
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/crabfu-challenge-winners-announced/
|
Crabfu Challenge Winners Announced
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"contest",
"crabfu",
"robot",
"trossen"
] |
The Trossen Robotics Blog has
announced the winners of the “Crabfu challenge”
. The challenge, issued by [Crabfu] was to make a robot that was full of character. It didn’t have to have a purpose or be autonomous, it just had to be full of character.
The first place winner, pictured above, won us over when he “blinked” a few moments into his video. Strange how something so simple can add so much life.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_piYk8h__N8]
[via
BotJunkie
]
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42426",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T20:50:40",
"content": "The blinking is kinda cool, but I think the “Wall-E” was better and the pig was the best. It really looked like he was trying to find someone in a crowd!Judging FailOn the subject of contests… Any updates on the shirt design contest?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42434",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:08:40",
"content": "This.. is fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42441",
"author": "nolava",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:51:53",
"content": "Haha, it’s brilliant! It really looks confused when it blinks and looks around. you really have to contain yourself saying “Uh sirbugrobot, can i help you?” It has character allright.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42446",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T23:59:56",
"content": "robot piggy is win",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118056",
"author": "Casper Thomas",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T00:59:22",
"content": "Free love is no longer an option that we can take lightly any more so it seems there are a few alternatives to keeping it safe.So as a man, a single man I have turned to the internet to fulfill my desires at this time in my life.Sites on the internte provide me with a great alternatertative to fulfill my needs without the risksBeing that there is a wide vareiety of online sites to choose from it is hard to decide which one to go with..Personally I prefer the ones where the model satifies my fantasies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.475453
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/archos-5th-generation-hacked-bigger-drive-possible/
|
Archos 5th Generation Hacked, Bigger Drive Possible
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"News",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"archos",
"bootloader",
"firmware",
"pmp"
] |
Over at the ArchosFans.com forums, [grond] has posted some screenshots of his
cracked archos 5th generation
. Using a custom bootloader, they’ve unlocked the ability to swap hard disks as well as some hidden plugins. The plugins seem to be used mainly for dev tools, like core dumps and screenshots, but this opens the door to possible future homebrewed plugins.
[via
Engadget
]
| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42432",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T21:53:46",
"content": "I dont understand archos if I could ssh into one I’d buy on in a flash a m8 has and old 700 and the battery life and quality are top notch – the software is a bit limiting tho…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42444",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T23:12:15",
"content": "I seriously wish someone would hack the AV500, I’ve had mine for years and it’s a really nice player/recorder for the main fact you don’t have to by a freaking expensive dock just to hook up cameras etc. (which also adds to the bulkiness & accessories needed).The harddrive has developed a few errors after lending to a friend (I should have known better, he has a habit of breaking anything to do with electricity/electronics) and I would dearly love to swap out the 60gb for a 100gb one. If you plug a different 2.5″ drive in the unit refuses to use it.I emailed Archos about getting a replacement drive because of their damned drive lock but no reply – bastards!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43080",
"author": "Bjorn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T08:25:03",
"content": "I have an archos 605, and I don’t see the point of a larger harddrive unless we can get the number of allowed files thing fixed. I have a few thousand mp3’s and it has been difficult to get them all recognized by the archos, and it crashes often. My understanding is that if you have over 1000 files things get pretty dicey with the stock software. Anyone have any idea if there will be any updates to allow the 160gb hard drive that comes stock to be used to capacity???Bjorn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45424",
"author": "sgllocal",
"timestamp": "2008-10-12T17:50:41",
"content": "it was only a matter of time i guess.. i found this aswell for archos fansArchos Discount Codes athttp://www.archosdiscountcodes.co.uk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "143895",
"author": "Sanjaya Thapa",
"timestamp": "2010-05-21T01:34:13",
"content": "I have the ARCHOS 605 4GB,SW 2.1.04.How can I hack the Plugins Or get the plugins of it.Please Respond.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "784030",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2012-09-14T13:05:07",
"content": "I’m hearing more and more people talking about archos and their dodgy way of stopping us from changing the hard drives,because archos have deliberatly locked the firmware to its original hard drive,its a rippoff,i have a AV500 and a Av700 TV,Both have Faulty Hard drives,i was going to get new ones for them but after reading that they cant be replaced,i’m rapidly going off archos..Bit like Apple and their ipod touch,not having an expansion sd card slot,so making us have to buy a new one with bigger memory,all these companies are rippoffs,i’ve never been a fan of apple,they are the biggest rippoff on the planet..Rant Over..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.51893
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/ocz-neural-impulse-actuator-teardown/
|
OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator Teardown
|
Ian
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"gamerz",
"games",
"gaming",
"input tech",
"Neural Impulse Actuator",
"ocz nia",
"pic",
"teardown"
] |
m8ta fun
did an extensive
teardown of OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA)
. OCZ’s computer/mind interface is actually a fairly straight forward design. An analog front-end cleans and amplifies the ‘neural’ signal with a few
op-amps
before feeding it to a 24 bit
analog to digital converter
(ADC). A USB enabled PIC microcontroller reads the 24bit parallel ADC output through a
common 7400 series
parallel to serial adapter IC. The device has an
ICSP programing header
(top right), though it’s not yet clear if the PIC can be read or written.
[Thanks, joeyo]
| 16
| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42411",
"author": "daphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:35:34",
"content": "Any information on homebrew “brain wave” sensors? It would be interesting to check out the different signals you can get just from the surface of the head and perhaps mimic the intended functionality of the commercial device.I feel a project coming on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42425",
"author": "Coderer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T20:11:06",
"content": "Agreed w/ #1: sounds like the gist of the post is that the interesting part is not the controller/logic, but rather the sensors. Where’s the details on those?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42439",
"author": "Apollyon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:32:56",
"content": "anyone figure out if this thing actually works, and if so how well? I was looking at buying one of these things. it probably cold be hacked to run one of those usb missile launchers too, that would be a cool project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42445",
"author": "jproach",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T23:58:43",
"content": "hah son of a bitch, I KNEW someone would do this sooner or later. Luckily I posted mine a few days ago (includes a basic schematic):http://genmay.com/showthread.php?t=798717He did get some more information than me in certain areas, but he’s also made a few minor mistakes.As for the PIC, it can be read (the header is standard pinout), but with a programmer only the bootloader section is visible. It of course can be erased/programmed, but then you lose the original firmware (which I am working on getting). I’ll post more info when I get home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42456",
"author": "jproach",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T00:59:00",
"content": "Coderer: They are more like conductive electrodes than “brain wave sensors” (even though everyone seems to call them that). They allow the controller box to read the biopotentials across the forehead.The cool thing about them is that they are “dry”, ie do not require conductive gel (like the original brainfingers device). This is one thing I’m not too sure about, I know they are carbon, but are most likely not nanotube based.If you wanted to do something similar, you can either buy disposable or reusable ECG electrodes + gel. The first ones should be easy to acquire if you know anyone who works at a hospital.Also, check this particular patent:http://www.google.com/patents?id=SDgpAAAAEBAJ. The Citations and Referenced By links should keep you busy for hours.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42458",
"author": "Dingus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:02:48",
"content": "I can’t wait to see what kinds of hacks people come out with for the Neurosky headset. I’s only $20-50 so it should probably have a lot more then OCZ.I might even get the Emotiv headset if it’s reviewed well, and comes out before Neurosky’s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42473",
"author": "Ash",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T03:50:39",
"content": "I have been entertaining the idea of coupling EEG with binaural audio generation for ‘guided’ meditation for some time now.20-50$? I am so on that toy. Not to mention the other practical applications of a mature technology, I wonder what the limits would be (600wpm typing?)… Would be nice to one day be able to take conceptual models, systems and visualizations straight from the brain onto a computer, so nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42514",
"author": "Iv",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T08:19:55",
"content": "openEEG is a project for hobbyist to make their own EEG readers. It is on my to-do-list-xhen-I-get-a-bit-of-freetime",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42518",
"author": "SidusNare",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T08:43:22",
"content": "how do these ‘headsets’ compare to professional / home-brew (http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/) devices?Ive always wanted to build a biofeedback EEG device and try to use it to do controlled biofeedback meditation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42993",
"author": "ash",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:45:06",
"content": "thanks for the link sidusnare! it seems someone beat me to it.without delving into the esoteric (and brevity) I would really like to see a revolution occur in how we understand the link between mind and body. I understand that medical professionals have been stifled on the subject when dealing with phenomena far outside the accepted respective paradigms. individuals however could build methods and perhaps repeatable observations without fear of being stonewalled and ostracized.IMO: “Miracles happen not in opposition to nature, but in opposition to what we know of it.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44301",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-10-04T05:25:28",
"content": "You want first impressions? I’ve been using it for about an hour and a half now. I am so jazzed! Once you’re set up, it lets you parctice with a game of Pong. For the first 5 minutes I was just staring at a dead paddle, watching the ball pass by. I found that by squinting I could make the paddle jerk. Slowly it started getting easier and after about an hour I won my first (easy level) game of Pong! I’m way too excited about it when you consider the actual accomplishment involved, but there is something about seeing the computer respond to what you’re thinking that is so exciting! The motion is still very jerky, but I’m not squinting anymore to make it work. It just responds.All in all, the sensors are pretty comfortable. I was expecting the problems with interference that others have mentioned, but I had no problems with it. Which is good. Their suggestion is to keep the box away from wall warts (yeah, right; my place is infested with ’em).I’ve got the “Brainfingers” screen going and am watching Alpha and Beta ranges going up and down, seemingly at random (who would have thought there would be so much going on in my head).I can see where this is going to take time to become profecient with but seriously, this is one of the coolest toys I’ve ever played with!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44816",
"author": "josheeg",
"timestamp": "2008-10-07T13:15:08",
"content": "memory and encoding related multifaceted electroencephalographic response = MERMERP300brain finger printingThese are all interesting aplications of this hardware and other open hardware like the modular eeg or the PCEEG made from the arduino and boarduino with a optical and dc isolation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81203",
"author": "chemmyone",
"timestamp": "2009-07-12T00:25:03",
"content": "So I partially understood some of this.. first off, can this be used as an eeg for purposes such as guiding one to sustaining alpha/delta etc states.. even if not there seems to be lots of reffs to check out in the thread. Thanks for them.For years i’ve dreamt about augmented reality, wearable computing and all that goes along with it.. wondering specifically would be a good interface to replace the kybd/mouse.. this looks like a super promising step.. Another piece is herehttp://www.vuzix.com/iwear/products_wrap920av.htmlI am in no way affil’d with them but i think these glasses will help push it all over the edge… Indulge me one sec while i share my dream…Wake up, grab mobile computing device, clip to belt (i’ll skip some steps like getting dressed etc).. toss above specs(vusix) on head.. with something like the above neuro gizmo worked into the glasses pref. Maybe have a cam or dual cams worked into the frames of the glasses in case you want to go opaque while walking down the st. and can then have a vid window on your desktop of the street and maybe some sort of directional plot via GPS or bluetooth as well as anti collision something… Standing at the bus stop shades opaqued, watching the traffic in a small window, watching the bus’ GPS blip in another window, maybe reading a couple books, scanning the approaching bus for ‘people of interest’ via bluetooth/GPS/Social network integration.. maybe looking up some info on what freq the bus radio works on just for fun..“I’ve got the “Brainfingers” screen going and am watching Alpha and Beta ranges going up and down, seemingly at random (who would have thought there would be so much going on in my head).”That sounds like something interesting..If anyone has anything like i described so poorly above in the works.. i’d love to hear.. compusure (at) hotmail (dot) com.Cheers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83481",
"author": "chemmyone",
"timestamp": "2009-07-29T19:51:42",
"content": "So I just got my OCZ NIA and played with it for about 45 mins and am pretty excited. I will likely try and pick up some of the others that are being released as well.. I think that the OCZ NIA is a bit too geared to muscle movements and a bit less to the actual EEG type readings. I have a lot of computers around and power and etc that I will try and isolate from the next session. It is quite fascinating though.. What if we could train these devices for emotion as well? I can see that there are going to be huge use for these, once perfected for things such as dealith with ADHD, anger issues, product marketing research, understanding and recognizing emotions in others..etc.. I will carry on about this on my blog and am attempting to get distribution rights on some of the other devices to sell online. I registered a bunch of augmenting-reality/augmenting reality domains that i will try and get up and running soon as well. For now I will post here and on my own automatedhome.ca",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "202636",
"author": "Mac",
"timestamp": "2010-10-25T17:53:32",
"content": "Hey Im wondering if its possible to connect this to an arduino either via usb or hardwiring from board. Thanks alot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4112981",
"author": "aion flex",
"timestamp": "2017-10-09T19:15:13",
"content": "Big data selfie..I’d like a biofeedback system that monitors my thought response to stimulus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.574706
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/18/backup-dvd-burning-robot/
|
Backup DVD Burning Robot
|
Ian
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"backup",
"burn",
"burning",
"cdr",
"disk burning",
"disk duplicator",
"dvd",
"dvdr",
"mini-itx",
"robot"
] |
[Aaron Shephard] at
mini-itx.com
just finished a
backup DVD burning robot
based on an EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX motherboard and scavenged parts. A Perl script interacts with stepper motors, LEDs, and sensors through the parallel port on the motherboard. The robot inserts DVDs for burning, flips them for labeling, and stacks completed discs in a pile. Coasters are rejected to a ‘penalty box’ for easy disposal.
We’ve also covered some other
optical disc duplicators
in the past.
[thanks
maxthereal
]
| 14
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42398",
"author": "Coderer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T15:52:30",
"content": "…or you could just, you know, get an external hard drive with the capacity of like 200 DVDs for less money.Neat hack, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42399",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T16:13:22",
"content": "Ooooo, that’s my next Lego MindStorm project.Hhhhmmmmm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42400",
"author": "copec",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T16:33:30",
"content": "I would like something like this with Gold DVD’s so that i can have a backup that I could ‘trust’ past my lifetime. Your know, if I could still read it 50 years from now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42401",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T17:00:04",
"content": "Back them up…. why?rip them to mpeg4, oh wait, an epia board. not enough horsepower to even play a standard DVD let alone a mpeg4 decently. a rip would take a week on that computer.anyhoo. why stay with old tech, rip for meda center goodness…. handbrake cli is your friend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42404",
"author": "nnaarrnn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T17:30:07",
"content": "I think this is to make backups to dvd,not backup dvds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42405",
"author": "Phace",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T17:31:29",
"content": "These have been invented already.http://www.Rimage.comBut nice though!Cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42406",
"author": "Derek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:01:44",
"content": "bonus points if you add a printer like those rimage machines. Even better, scavenge a plotter!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42407",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:16:00",
"content": "Granted, this isn’t exactly a brilliant new idea, but I like it. I mean, if nothing else, it’s a new way to do a project. If you, for whatever reason, can’t do any of the previous versions, maybe you can do this one, or find some way of improving it to make it more efficient.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42409",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:21:52",
"content": "Pretty clever. One way to reduce the expense might be to use a dead laptop- I have four here of which the fastest is a 1.6GHz sony Vaio with bad gfx controller but otherwise works.Control over LAN or Wifi, and you are all set. BTW one idea I’m looking into is controlling robots etc over Bluetooth headset using sound, with a micro to decode control tones into commands.Feedback is done the same way, feeding signals into the MIC input up to about 4 kHz.Bonus if anyone can transmit frames of monochrome video from a model helicopter as audio :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42412",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:35:51",
"content": "All this thing needs is some form of archive indexing. Write a driver for network storage and watch the machine grab your data. It would have the same feel as the old 45 juke boxes.Nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42423",
"author": "George",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:48:38",
"content": "Nice! Turn it around and have it auto rip encode your dvd collection. ;) Or have it feed hard drives instead of DVDs.Computer + Robot = Fun project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42430",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T21:28:58",
"content": "This is incredibly useful for independent musicians or filmmakers to make several copies of their latest project without manually burning them.You can buy the machine, of course, but they’re expensive… though I’m sure most musicians (myself included) couldn’t build this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119765",
"author": "Grant Robins",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T16:39:02",
"content": "Thanks for the guide. QUite a few of my precious dvd are getting scratched, so time to make some backups!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "453929",
"author": "Waltraud Moulin",
"timestamp": "2011-09-12T23:09:54",
"content": "Spectacular work! Those guys at your competition (I think you know who they are) don’t even have a clue! Let me know if you would like help! I have a Information site of my own… I will place a link back to your blog.You do not need to return the favor, I just wanted to inform you as to what I was doing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.342498
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/17/control-your-camera-remotely-with-a-ds/
|
Control Your Camera Remotely With A DS
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"canon",
"ds",
"dslr",
"handheld",
"nintendo",
"Nintendo DS",
"Tether",
"videogame"
] |
Using a custom built cable connected to the lower GBA slot and a copy of Canon’s SDK, [Steve Chapman] has come up with a very clever way of
taking pictures remotely with a Nintendo DS Lite
.
Currently the software supports bracket shooting as well as bulb mode. [Steve] points out that he is currently testing an audio based trigger system using the mic built into the
DS
and the software is still a work in progress.
While the weight saving benefits of using a DS instead of a notebook are obvious, there are things you do give up going this route. Traditionally, when you tether a camera to a computer the photos are saved directly to the computer where you can view the image on a much larger monitor. With the DS, it seems all you can do is remotely trigger the camera. Given the size and resolution of the screens maybe that’s all it can do.
[via
Boing Boing Gadgets
]
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42327",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T00:37:32",
"content": "does any one know haw to control a Nikon camera via usb like in “Camera Control” that’s open source? i want to make an app that can take 5 exposures as fast as it can for taking HDR photos(Nikon D40)email me athvhaxor@gmail.comif you have any infoTHANK YOU",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42349",
"author": "generic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T03:16:45",
"content": "I have the same camera it rocks and I would love something like this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42357",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T04:44:30",
"content": "@biozzYou don’t need a fast succession of shots for HDR, you need to bracket your exposures. AFAIK the D40 doesn’t have AEB(odd), so you’d need to either bracket yourself, which is easy, or put something together that will bracket for you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42365",
"author": "Dave Van den Eynde",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T06:07:03",
"content": "From the looks of it, the DS just seems like an overweight wired remote. It’s connected to the Canon’s N3 plug, which is only good for anything you can do with the shutter button.In order to do “tethered shooting” you’d have to connect to the USB port of the camera and either use Canon’s protocols for remote shooting or a PTP compatible application like gphoto on Linux.The only thing cooler about this than using a simple DIY wired trigger is that you can have it time your shots and, as you mention, a possible audio trigger in the future.It would be cool if someone came up with a remote capture solution for, say, a PDA with USB host functionality or an UMPC.Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42413",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:42:45",
"content": "This might be useful if it would support time-lapse on a point and shoot (aka something you would leave outdoors remotely and doesn’t have time lapse).Time lapse is important for many things, excellent hack (although I would rather see support on a GBA because I am sure it has the power to do it :P )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42424",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:51:50",
"content": "@Jessemy problem is both that when i change the exposure it moves the camera a bit and that i need to take 5 shots adjusting the exposure in each one manually takes awhile and things like clouds dear and debris move fast if wind picks up and i need all of the objects to be all the same in every photo so i need it done in less than a second",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55909",
"author": "robocat",
"timestamp": "2008-12-20T05:12:47",
"content": "@nubieFor Canon point & shoot cameras, you can use CHDK (http://chdk.wikia.com/) to upgrade them to do HDR bracketing and timelapse photography plus more. CHDK is a firmware hack that boots off the SD card (no change to firmware flash is done).Unfortunately if you have an DSLR then the porting is still in progress (looks like 40D will be first to be ported) – for more info seehttp://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php/board,33.0.htmlYou can hack your own features onto your camera by building it yourself (gcc) or writing your own scripts (using either lua, or a retarded basic).It is a great community of developers hacking on a bunch of different features for their cameras!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55924",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2008-12-20T08:44:03",
"content": "I have found that the settings in Photomatix are quite useful in fixing any issues with moving objects, along with some Photoshop touchups, they come out pretty well. Unfortunately, I have been a little lacking in the “Upload to my website” category of life…. Perhaps tonight, a Red Bull and an all nighter of HTML… The girlfriend is not going to be happy tomorrow…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "140796",
"author": "Clark Henault",
"timestamp": "2010-05-07T20:48:11",
"content": "Hey admin, top-notch article. I’d like to post some of the article on my blog – I hope you don’t mind if I post a link back?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.292539
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/17/old-school-high-voltage-capacitance/
|
Old School High Voltage Capacitance
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"capacitor",
"layden jar"
] |
What would MacGyver do if he needed a high voltage capacitor but only had some foil, tape, water, salt, a nail and a plastic jug? He would build a
salt water Leyden jar
, that’s what. The Leyden jar is a very simple capacitor. Invented in 1745, it has been integral to many scientific experiments. Check the
wikipedia
entry to learn more about the history.
This specific type is quite easy to make. It uses a salt water interior instead of foil on the inside and outside. That means you could slap one of these together in a few minutes to impress your friends and/or electrocute yourself accidentally. Please be careful as this is high voltage.
| 29
| 29
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42299",
"author": "hak8or",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T21:16:32",
"content": "This is not a hack, but at least itssomething new on high voltage on this siteCan we get some crazy impossible hacks like a pic running linux or something??Also, you guys used to be so awesome with your hacks, but now its just simple diy type of things :T",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42303",
"author": "Yoshi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T21:45:16",
"content": "Eh, kinda neat, but Hak8or is right, not exactly a hack… On the other hand, it’s not like you can just snap your fingers and a genius puts linux on a pic. Think about it, a pic has so little processor capability compared to most things that run linux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42305",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:03:03",
"content": "Hackaday has swayed from its beginning, and will probably never return…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42306",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:07:34",
"content": "Hey, if you don’t like it, FUCK OFF!There are plenty of other websites on the internet you can go and read you fucking prick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42309",
"author": "cap slockoff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:25:24",
"content": "@ bob. you could have phrased it better but i can understand the sentimentunfortunately there will always be trolls that can’t handle the slightest changes on hackadayfunky hack though :) now i just need to figure out something really dumb to do with it ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42310",
"author": "droose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:31:05",
"content": "Honestly though guys your expectations are a bit lofty. Hack a day is a WONDERFUL resource for those hacks and projects that come out, are documented enough to provide a thoughtful and insightful article, and are also new and ground breaking. Only so many good advances can come to the surface if there is no fresh input. The best solution to your concerns: Get out there with your soldiering irons, pic programmers, tools, and what ever know how that you’ve picked up or are able to teach yourself and get inventing. The ONLY solution to that which you are complaining about is a lack of fresh material. So instead of just griping, be proactive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42311",
"author": "droose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:32:58",
"content": "Correction: The only solution to the lack of fresh material is provide that new material.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42320",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T23:13:45",
"content": "I’ve long thought of making a simple axial capacitor from two rolls of tinfoil, and two rolls of wax paper (or saran wrap) interleaved and rolled up tight.It would be easy enough to measure the capacitance, but you’d destroy it the moment you found the maximum working voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42321",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T23:14:39",
"content": "By the way, I like Hack-A-Day. Quit bitching!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42326",
"author": "droose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T23:59:19",
"content": "@ almost_there that could be used as an electronic fuse or killswitch of sorts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42334",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T01:58:12",
"content": "If you want practical HV capacitor use plastic cups and foil stuck them in tower for more capacitance",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42335",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:01:44",
"content": "@almost_thereYou could make a guess as to the maximum voltage of the Capacitor by examining the dielectric strength of your unit, wax paper. If you worked under half of that (possibly more, but half is a good start), that would be a good maximum working voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42339",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:25:40",
"content": "while the “standards for entry” have certainly decreased a bit as compared to the former hackaday, i’m not complaining. although all of the articles may not be “how to get linux running on a pic” grade hacks, most of them (like this homemade capacitor) are at least mildly interesting, and give me something to read when i am looking for a distraction from my work. :) and as others have said, if it’s so easy to get your project featured on hackaday now that there are more people here to post them, then what’s stopping you from being the one to share the next awesome hack. seriously, if you know how to run linux on a pic (or better yet, a single vacuum tub), by all means share. but until then, no whining.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42345",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:57:12",
"content": "The rolled aluminum foil/waxed paper design is a good start, but it would work much better with a few improvements.First, to keep it from arcing over on the edges at (relatively)low voltages, you need to stat by cutting down the aluminum foil. Just use hacksaw/bandsaw/etc on the bare role of foil. The next improvement would be to switch to some type of plastic over the waxed paper (its a much better dieletric, so you will store considerably more energy in your capacitor, and it is available in a much wider range of thickness so you can design a cap for any voltage you want). If you wanted to stick with kitchen supplies cling/plastic wrap, although your max voltage would be limited (but if you made a cap out of a whole role of Al foil/cling wrap you would probably have 100nf-1uf of capacitance!). Better would be painters plastic (made out of hdpe) sized for whatever voltage you want, 500v per mill of thickness (best to make the cap good for about 2x the voltage you plan to use so it will last a while). Over about 10kv you will run into corona problems, so you have to dunk the cap in oil to take care of that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42348",
"author": "tantris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T03:08:43",
"content": "almost_there: You can use two layers of tin foil and ceran wrap in between. (paper clips for the hook up).Don’t roll it up though, hang it up flat, the voltage will pull the layers tight.And, to some extent it is self healing, a couple sparks through the ceran wrap won’t kill it but evaporate enough aluminum to keep it insulated.Just as a warning: Capacitance goes up with surface but also with 1/distance of the plates. Since ceran wrap is very thin, the foil plates can hold quite a charge. It is not safe to touch!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42350",
"author": "Your Testicles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T03:18:50",
"content": "So what will you do? Fire the guys who run Hack A Day? How about you run a site so we can all go and call it shit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42368",
"author": "fer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T07:00:52",
"content": "applications of this hack?diy “cva electra” jk, dont try that at home.insane?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42373",
"author": "herbicide",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T08:13:44",
"content": "I think the reason for lots of Digg/Instructables/&c stuff getting posted is /that’s where the hacks are going!/In the ‘good old days’ folks would use their college/uni.ac or .edu/~[name]/projects.html to host their stuff, then wait for it to be picked up on by (for example…) Hackaday!Now, they’re hosted on instructables and/or dugg before hackaday gets to them.I have to agree – at least in part – that the (subjective) quality of submitted hacks has dropped, but that’ll be mostly a function of sheer numbers due to accessibility, like working your way through the dross on deviantart.[pithy conclusion here]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42385",
"author": "will",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T12:02:37",
"content": "also something that should be considered is th fact that there just aren’t that many hardcore hacks these days that aren’t on some ones private blog or dig or engadget.its hard to find deacent hacks so they have to use filler until the good stuff comes along",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42396",
"author": "bancroft",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T14:48:49",
"content": "the only things annoying about h-a-d are the trolls. maybe they would prefer “hack a once in a while” or “hack whenever i get around to it” so that we can wait for the great hacks to come along.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42403",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T17:21:27",
"content": "What is the airspeed of an unlayden swallow?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42428",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T21:12:59",
"content": "How is DIY not a hackish topic?I mean… DIY is doing that with what is not contemporary of the present time period; hacks are in the same vein.DIY is like… hacking nature… or… not relying on a corporate entity to big brother you through life.A hack is like… hacking consumecr products… or… not relying on a corporate entity to tell you what is and is not possible to do with one of their products.Seem similar to me… and this kind of diy project could even be used in a pic controlled hack project, charged by electrostatic energy, stored in these jars… or something.I agree that it’s better than product placement ads of other sites.An African Swallow or a European Swallow?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42459",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:11:06",
"content": "I don’t know that!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42461",
"author": "Ray",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:20:09",
"content": "I just made one of these, and cut myself on the steel wool i used to make a brush for charging (sharp). Makes a pretty decent spark charging electrostatically.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42471",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T03:32:58",
"content": "I saw a show about some German students who made a Hydrogen fuel-cell powered go-kart and they used large (commercially made) caps to make up for the low current output capability of the F.C.This and other homemade condensor designs (yeah, I’m old-skool ;) have great worth in DIY alternative energy/transportation applications (ie. “hacks”).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42502",
"author": "Marty",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T07:37:04",
"content": "It’s wholly ironic that the trolls who come here to complain about the lack of ‘hacks’ are the ones that have never done anything original in their life. hack8tor, yoshi, pip: let’s see what you’ve contributed over the last 12 months.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42858",
"author": "Fremoin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T12:47:19",
"content": "As a non-hacker who is interested in technology old and new, this site is great fun and informative to view. I might not want want to learn how to run linux on a pic should such a thing ever become possible, but you must remember that this kind of article is inspiring for people like me. Keep up the good work Hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43762",
"author": "mushroombrew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T20:10:49",
"content": "I like this as it puts things in perspective. if you don’t know where you came from, you’ll never understand where you’re headed. Plus, it makes a nice project for somebody that doesn’t want to spend lots of time and money on something much more complex that is equally impractical.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3285058",
"author": "hallucinogens",
"timestamp": "2016-11-23T19:14:48",
"content": "Thank you so much for giving everyone an extremely pleasant opportunity tocheck tips from this web site. It is often so brilliant and packed with a lot of fun for me and my office colleagues to visit the blog nearly 3 times per week to find out thelatest secrets you have. Not to mention, I’malso usually contented concerning the dazzlingtactics you serve. Some 2 areas in this posting are absolutely the most beneficial we have had.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/17/multi-platform-plugnplay-system-update/
|
Multi Platform Plug’n’Play System Update
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"News",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"gab",
"gameboy",
"handheld"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22yI_nk09Fc]
[Bacteria] sent us this sweet video of the
Multi Platform Plug’n’Play system
running his new GameBoy Advance module. He’s made an addon for his unit that allows him to play his GameBoy Advance cartridges as well as
GameBoy
ones. Watch the vid for the details and some views of the insides.
| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42263",
"author": "Myrph",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T16:24:20",
"content": "Nice looking little thing, if a little peculiar… It seems to be missing the shoulder buttons though, which I would’ve thought would reduce the playability to a slight degree…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42291",
"author": "bacteria",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T20:12:56",
"content": "The system has shoulder buttons, left and right; they arethe small red tact switches on the top of the system; putthere as my fingers rest next to these positions whenholding the case. In fact, I can easily press both shoulderbuttons and the A and B at the same time (handy for themenu options on a flashcard). Works great!On my website there are details of how to make one of thesesystems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42319",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T23:11:56",
"content": "I never really got into portable game systems (or any game systems for that matter) due to my upbringing being rather cash strapped, but I did play my fair share on friends’ systems. My biggest gripe about some of the systems was the screen size. Too small for my liking. This would be a rather perfect mod for me as well as a few others I can think of off the top of my head. I’d probably make the case a tad thicker to be able to hold a larger battery for longer play times, but that’s just me.and w00t! the comments box fits in firefox again!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42415",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:46:42",
"content": "I don’t think the case needs to be thicker, just put batteries under your hands on each side, then the case remains slim and there is a handgrip for you.Good Job Bacteria :), now try an UzeBox in there :) It is only $18 from Digikey to add RGB open source gaming (atmega644 and a dozen resistors, plus an 8-bit shift register if you want to emulate an NES pad :) )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42844",
"author": "Autoversicherung",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T08:48:50",
"content": "Excelent comment. My Favorit Blog. Thank you and best regards from Autoversicherung",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60539",
"author": "chozo",
"timestamp": "2009-01-24T05:29:52",
"content": "i like it but it lacks style i dont like the casing very much it looks blah",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.6148
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/how-to-thermite-based-hard-drive-anti-forensic-destruction/
|
How-to: Thermite Hard Drive Destruction
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"classic hacks",
"how-to",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"burn",
"Chemistry",
"Experiments",
"feature",
"fire",
"howto",
"Magnesium Ribbon",
"Potassium Permanganate",
"Thermite",
"Thermite Ingredients",
"Thermite Pictures",
"Thermite Reaction",
"Thermite Video",
"Types of Thermite"
] |
After the overwhelming response to the Hackit we posted about
automated hard drive destruction
last fall, we finally decided to test out some thermite hard drive destruction ourselves. This has been done on
The Screen Savers
but they did not show up close results of the platters. So, aluminum and black iron oxide were procured through eBay, and until it arrived we watched some YouTube videos that showed a lot of fire and no real results. We decided to see what it would take to completely obliterate a drive.
With the amount of personal data stored on your computer, we all understand the importance of destroying the data that is stored on the platters of a hard drive before disposing of it. There are many ways to destroy a hard drive; software, physical disassembly, drills, hammers, magnets/electromagnets, and acid, but none are quite as outrageous and dangerous as thermite. That’s what we’re going to do here today. Follow along for pictures and videos of the results.
A couple different methods of containing the thermite above the hard drive were tried and we quickly found the best way is a clay flower pot with the drip tray for a lid. An Altoids tin was also tried, but it burned up to quickly. Molding a cement container was also attempted. Since thermite is extremely hard to ignite, sparklers that were left over from the 4th of July were used, and offered a very reliable method of ignition.
Our goal was to completely destroy the drive while it was still in the computer case. The theoretical application is to destroy the disk at a moments notice so it won’t fall into the wrong hands. After testing multiple methods, placing about 1 pound of thermite in a clay flower pot and lighting from the drain hole in the bottom yielded the best results. This could easily be placed in the 5.25″ bays above the drive.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/k-ckechIqW0]
A thermite reaction is a process in which the correct mixture of metallic fuels are combined with a metal oxidizer and ignited. Ignition itself requires extremely high temperatures, but once ignited, thermite supplies its own source of oxygen. It can potentially burn underwater when mixed properly. Thermite is usually used to
weld railroad ties together
.
The most common thermite is “
black or blue iron oxide (Fe3O4), produced by oxidizing iron in an oxygen-rich environment under high heat
” and Aluminum(Al). Red iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3), commonly known as rust, can also be used. There are
many chemicals that can make thermite
; the mixtures used to make thermite therefore vary, causing confusing and
changing mixture ratios
.
Since the oxidation of one substance involves the reduction of another, this type of reaction is often called redox reaction. In the following
balanced reaction
, 8Al + 3fe3O4 = 4Al2O3 + 9Fe + Heat. The element Al is oxidized, but Fe is reduced. This reaction is also called a displacement reaction because Al displaces Fe in the oxide. Because of the nature of this reaction, the correct ratio of substances is important to ensure the optimum amounts of fuel (aluminum) and oxygen (iron oxide) within the mixture. Thermite is very safe to handle because of the high ignition temperatures required, sparklers were used in this instance, however magnesium ribbon can also be used. We think an electric
pyrogen igniter
would be a far better choice for ignition, instead of
unreliable methods
.
There are two important aspects to ensure a successful reaction. Thorough/even mixing and smallest possible powder particle size. If thermite is not adequately mixed, it may be difficult to ignite or maintain the reaction. One problem when mixing thermite is the difference in weight between the aluminum and the iron oxide. This causes them to separate out rendering the thermite useless. The process used here with great success was five minutes in a rock tumbler. Powder particle size is measured with a
measurement called mesh
. Passing the powder through a mesh will determine the largest particle size, this reaction performs best with the smallest obtainable mesh size. The mesh size for aluminum was 1200 mesh and black iron oxide was 300 mesh.
The total enthalpy or heat content released is -3.677 kJoule per gram of Fe3O4/AL thermite. The ratio of Fe3O4 to aluminum powder by weight is about 3.22 to 1, according to the
reaction’s stoichiometry
. The reaction photographed was 200 grams of Aluminum and 644 grams of black iron oxide yielding 2368 kJoules of heat. This was more than was required to adequately destroy the hard drive, a smaller amount could have been used, and still destroyed the platters. It would have even been better controlled, or better yet contained within the computer case. What fun is that?
Using thermite to destroy a hard drive is a very violent and destructive process. Great care should be taken as the molten metal can splash and sputter for a long distance.
The reaction begins to sputter.
The thermite has just contacted the hard drive.
Things are really hot now!
Most of the reaction is completed.
The molten thermite, platters and most of the aluminum frame from the hard drive in the bottom of the case.
Above are the molten hard drive platters destroyed with 844 grams of thermite. It takes about this much thermite contained directly above the drive to get the job done, if it is not you will just get a
superficial fire
.
Over all the destruction of the drive and platters was accomplished in all cases in a matter of seconds. This is by far a guaranteed method of destroying data in a time of need. We’re pretty sure this will prevent most forensic data recovery methods.
Below is a video of Brainiac using thermite to burn cars and trying to stop the reaction with liquid nitrogen.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/WrCWLpRc1yM]
Here’s the directors cut of the thermite video which contains 4 extra minutes:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/a7Kn3phALkY]
Finally, please do not try this.
[digg=http://digg.com/general_sciences/Thermite_hard_drive_destruction]
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"comment_id": "42165",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T02:32:55",
"content": "thebroken?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573914",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:05:12",
"content": "Pretty much a rip of that, 6 months prior",
"parent_id": "42165",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
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"comment_id": "42166",
"author": "ghos7man",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T02:39:10",
"content": "Awesomegreat video and indepth researchOne of your best articles yet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42172",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:06:02",
"content": "Doing this when there is a warrant for the drive will result in a judge being forced to assume the drive had the evidence about the crime you will be charged with. As such, it is worse then having possible circumstantial evidence.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "792397",
"author": "NotYetALawyer",
"timestamp": "2012-09-21T17:39:24",
"content": "You are clearly not a lawyer–the fact that you didn’t explain that your statement is only applicable to civil court is a giveaway. When stating a legal opinion it is probably fair to tell your audience that you aren’t a lawyer. For the record, I am not.The absence of evidence is not evidence. In other words, neither the judge nor the jury will be able to draw any inferences regarding what may have been on the hard drive in CRIMINAL court.What will happen is that you will be charged with Tampering with Evidence. That would require that they prove you knew there was a search warrant.In CIVIL court an inference may be drawn and you may lose the case. Again, the opposing party will have to show that you deliberately destroyed evidence. My company specifies that data will be retained for 3 years or the amount of time required by law (whichever is longer) and then the drive will be destroyed. As long as data retention is maintained to the extent required by law and the destruction was customary, you’re unlikely to be hit with any default judgment or other penalty for thermiting that mofo.",
"parent_id": "42172",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "792400",
"author": "NotYetALawyer",
"timestamp": "2012-09-21T17:41:45",
"content": "Uggh. I got it wrong to: you said warrant. That means criminal only, so no inference. But the jury will be instructed that you destroyed the drive.And, to the point: thermite rocks and it is a great way to make sure you AREN’T sued for accidentally releasing data.",
"parent_id": "792397",
"depth": 3,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573917",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:08:07",
"content": "They will need to prove YOU destroyed the drive, and they would have had to enter BEFORE anyone ignited the reaction.",
"parent_id": "792400",
"depth": 4,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42173",
"author": "Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:07:47",
"content": "Wait… I’m not satisfied the convection eddies of the molten platters is sufficiently random to be secure.I demand another writeup involving ammonium nitrate.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42177",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:32:01",
"content": "@cde: yeah, not to mention the subsequent arson charges, destruction of property (if you live in an apartment), insurance hassles, etc that arise from burning down the house!Has anyone done an in depth recoverability analysis on a hard drive put in the microwave? Its far less like lighting the monk on fire in protest.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573918",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:08:58",
"content": "BUT, can still start a “killer” fire.",
"parent_id": "42177",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42178",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:33:27",
"content": "and by the way.. this just feels really “anarchists cookbook” to me.I dunno… maby it feels a little much, because I dont walk around with aluminum foil on my head.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "42185",
"author": "Fred",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:58:54",
"content": "In the main article text, it states “Thermite is usuallyused to weld railroad ties together.” The parts being weldedin the video are rails; ties are the wooden, steel orconcrete supports that rest on a bed of stone and supportthe rails.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "42186",
"author": "Paul Klemstine",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T04:09:34",
"content": "Mix the Thermite with an oxidizer such as PotassiumChlorate, and the entire reaction will happeninstantaneously. I just about blew my hand off lightingthis with a match. Order everything you need here:http://unitednuclear.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42189",
"author": "Randy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T04:38:58",
"content": "“Finally, please do not try this.”Too late already did it!I love this stuff!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42190",
"author": "Rehab2021",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T04:39:15",
"content": "Just surround your system with firebrick or a concrete enclosureand you’re all set. Great article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "6376572",
"author": "Miguel",
"timestamp": "2021-08-31T04:12:22",
"content": "Buy cinder blocks, seen many a videos using the inside of cinder blocks to contain everything just stack the open side on the slab side, you can fit one hard drive in it at an angle and then fill it with your thermite powder, sticking a sparkler, and light using broom handle for safe distance.",
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"replies": []
}
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"comment_id": "42194",
"author": "stunmonkey",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T05:05:19",
"content": "If you put the sensitive drives in a heavy safe, alongwith any other documents you may require destroyed, youhave no worries of danger or mess.Steel safes do contain it. I know, as there is alreadyone company who makes such safes already. Embassies reallytend to like ’em.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "42196",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T05:24:33",
"content": "what company makes these safes, and exactly how are they constructed? Unless i’m mistaken, thermite melts iron, so maybe they have some high temperature layer in it somewhere?I think there might be a way to stop the thermite–liquid nitrogen is actually a horrible candidate; although it [i]is[/i] really cold, it has very little heat capacity (which is probably more important in this case–you have to “sap” the energy from the reaction to prevent it from being able to sustain itself). A huge block of ice might actually do the trick (too lazy to do the calculations at the moment)",
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"comment_id": "42200",
"author": "bad1deas",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:11:51",
"content": "Thermite is illegal to make. Doing so in a post 9/11 worldis a very bad idea.The fbi have electron scanning microscopes and could gainback data from almost any level of destruction; termite isthe one exception if the disc were to be completelyincinerated then no level of data could be recovered.If the fbi are after you and you have prior knowledgebetter to format the laptop take your laptop to apublic place make sure you are not followed. Place laptopdown for ten minutes. Wait till it is stolen.OR format the drive … just toss it out … preferablysomewhere where it wont be found. smash it up flush itpiece by piece down a walmart toilet.anyone asks it died and you threw it away.nothing illegal about that…",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "2510443",
"author": "Gabriel",
"timestamp": "2015-04-03T14:46:34",
"content": "Its not actually illegal to make thermite, neither flamethrouwers, at least in the UShttp://www.cracked.com/article_17016_7-items-you-wont-believe-are-actually-legal.html(I checked the sources)",
"parent_id": "42200",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "2573925",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:16:39",
"content": "Formatting data is easier and faster to recover than deleting data! You want to SHRED the data. 3 levels, no scope of any type will get the old data. 1TB takes 25 seconds to destroy – if you have time, replace the drive image with a First Day image, bit-for-bit, after a 3-level SHRED, dont reboot. UNPLUG the power, plug it back up, then start the machine – you now have a new, clean drive. Lay the First-Day image on it, reboot, no scope will be able to tell.",
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"comment_id": "42201",
"author": "rageahol",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:30:03",
"content": "have you tried igliting it with a model rocket starter? that would give you a nice option for computer control of the wanton destruction.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "42203",
"author": "WestfW",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:33:24",
"content": "I have to disagree with the “finest powders possible” recomendation. I howned some commercial thermite once; it has quite coarse particles.Yes, this makes it significantly harder to ignite, but it also rsults in a somewhat slower and more controlled burn, yielding a nice directable stream of molten iron instead of a lot of splatter.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "42206",
"author": "Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:44:27",
"content": "bad1deas, i know for a fact the cia, nsa, and nambla all watch this site.in fact, i think they’re probably on to you.you should probably avoid visiting here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "42209",
"author": "lodestar",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:57:30",
"content": "Meh, you only need to write zeroes to the drive once and then noone can recover the data.See:http://16systems.com/zero/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "1008439",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2013-05-25T22:15:41",
"content": "Irrelevant. You can’t draw any conclusions about the technology based on a sample size of zero. It’s just as reasonable to say that “dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda” is unrecoverable as it is to say that the challenge wasn’t accepted because the reward was pitiful compared to the time and effort required.I hereby issue a challenge to the world. To the first person who successfully designs, builds, and demonstrates a way to deposit a 5kg payload at Lagrangian Point 3 goes $20 and an unripe banana. If no one accepts my challenge, then the world will know henceforth that it was impossible.See what I mean?",
"parent_id": "42209",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "2573927",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:19:28",
"content": "pArt of the issue is head alignment, you can erase data on a drive, erase it, then it’s gone. BUT, if someone clones your drive when you arent there, drops it off anonymously to the feds – ith a note, You might be screwed somehow.",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "42211",
"author": "nicholas manie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T07:39:57",
"content": "! Do you have any idea how many greenhouse and toxic gasesare produced by that? :((did you hear that they managed to recover data from a harddisk the re-entered the atmosphere with Columbia?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "2510426",
"author": "Gabriel",
"timestamp": "2015-04-03T14:32:19",
"content": "Not so much for greenhouse, the thermit reaction is totally self contained. And the plastics for the computer together ware probably less then a kg, they have a smaller carbon content per kg then coal so it was less bad then making a barbecue.The toxic part is a little bit worse",
"parent_id": "42211",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
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"comment_id": "42215",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T08:16:40",
"content": "@rageaholNeither model rocket ignighters or fireworks fuses get hot enough to ignight thermite, so far the most reliable way I foud to light it electrically is to take apart a some type of firework that burns brightly and place a small amount of the pyrotechnic mixture in contact with a model rocket ignighter.I was planning on making a video about HDD self destruction via thermite after we got talking about it, but It turned out that it actually takes quite a bit of thermite to pierce the shell of an HDD (ie, more than could be kept from piercing the computer case as well), so I deamed the experiment a failure and never put together a vid.If I get around to it, I’ll post some vids of my experiments with thermite on utube tomorrow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "42216",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T08:19:36",
"content": "Sorry about the typos, its hard to ensure your accuracy when you can only see the first 60 charcters or so in each paragraph…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573929",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:21:36",
"content": "Ya, I should think accuracy would be crucial when igniting exact amounts of oxide metals in order to get a thermite reaction.",
"parent_id": "42216",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
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"comment_id": "42218",
"author": "fuzz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T08:28:40",
"content": "@threepointonebraniac did try playing with thermite vs a variety of materials, including ice (I’m sure it’s on youtube somewhere). The only thing that stood up to a flowerpot full was about an inch of tank armour. I suspect the greater mass of a tank of water would make a better heat sink than the equivilent volume of ice (only a few degrees colder), but like you I can’t be bothered to do the maths :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573933",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:23:12",
"content": "Ice in water is colder than ice, as well.",
"parent_id": "42218",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
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"comment_id": "42223",
"author": "Aquify",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T09:05:20",
"content": "ANyone look at the url at the end of one of the videos? It advertises a porn site. Great work there hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42229",
"author": "tehmeh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T10:30:42",
"content": "why not use use the unix dd command to overwriteall the data with zeros? I thought they still haven’t founda way to recover data from that, simple as it may be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "42233",
"author": "@Insipid Melon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T10:43:20",
"content": "cia, nsa, and nambla? wtf’s wrong with you? and bdw bad1deas just expressespersonal opinion so i dunno what might the problem be lawlcomeone… after him? who’re you to judge? and how come you know for sure, eh?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "42241",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:20:08",
"content": "quick and dirty source for thermite…look up cadwelding or exothermic weldingany electrical supply house should havecadweld shots. These come prepackaged withigniting powder at the base of the cylinder.They come in a variety of sizes from 45 to250 and larger.Be damned careful with themthough and DO NOT BREATHE IN THE FUMES!!!!-j",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42246",
"author": "peruser",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:53:19",
"content": "who knew stochiometry could be so fun?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42248",
"author": "catch",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T13:10:20",
"content": "Maybe Hack a Day should contact a ‘data retrieval’ shop to see if they can actually do what they say they can. If they are such ‘master recovery experts’ It shouldn’t be too hard for them…hahahahahaha",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42250",
"author": "Moejj",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T13:47:36",
"content": "hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehhee hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!fire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!hehheheheehhehhhhehhheheeehehhhehhehhhhe fire! fire!! hhheeheheheeehhhehhehehheefire!! hheeheeeheeehheeef fire!! heeehheehheehee fire!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573936",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:25:17",
"content": "Wow, impressive moderation here.",
"parent_id": "42250",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42256",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T15:01:06",
"content": "the broken? The broken.Formatting won’t clear it, there is still the data, its just tagged so that it doesn’t show up. Rewriting it allows residual magnetic data to remain so that a electron microscope can read the data. To clear it beyond recovery you need to rewrite with 0’s, 1’s 0’s 1’s 0’s 1’s rand, rand, rand.I’ve tried using ammonium nitrate (mixed with two other common but sensitive high explosives) on a hard drive – you’ll need a lot (kilogram?), if its only a little it will leave readable fragments.Adding a perchlorate to the mix turns your thermite into flash powder, you idiot.also there are no greenhouse gasses produced (until you start setting other things on fire) because Fe2O3+al=>fe+alxox",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42258",
"author": "jesse james johnson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T15:29:19",
"content": "I agree with nicholas manie… you could have tried to reducethe amount of toxic shit you sprayed/burned by removing the drive from thecase.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42259",
"author": "vector1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T15:40:04",
"content": "thank you for posting that joe. anyone who feels they have data which is very important to keep out of unwanted hands needs to read up on the latest forensic data recovery techniques and educate themselves. also reading about destruction methods for military classified material might provide some imformation, though the military has been notoriously bad at really protecting data, just making it such a pain to recover that its not valuable anymore to the enemy by the time they get it. the problem is that the government will pursue all avenues to prosecute you, they wont stop like a foreign military might when it becomes too difficult or time consuming.if you believe you have reason to go this far in destroying your data, do your homework, for your own protection. in the US at least there are ways to secure your data in such a way that the government cannot recover it legally because of rulings regarding the 5th amendment. and if you were taken to court on suspicion of crimes and they added thermite melting of your hard drive to it, there would be a really big shitstorm headed your way. depending on circumstances they may even charge you with assault on an officer, obstruction of justice, even attempted murder. remember all you have to do is hit a cop car which is chasing you, and youve made an attempt on the officer’s life with a deadly weapon. use the law to your advantage.if you live in a country where they just drag you off to a dungeon somewhere and torture you until you confess, then maybe you shouldnt be messing with data that sensitive :Palso, with enough bits of data collected from ram/flash drives and other sources, they may not be able to prove that you had what they’re looking for, but they might be able to prove you -could have had- it, which might be enough. consider all of the places your data goes when it is accessed. and yes, you can read data from memory long after it has been powered off sometimes, depending on environmental conditions, and even data which has been overwritten. think of the value of a bit in an analog sense, the value of that bit isnt really a 1 or 0 as in strictly one value or another, its either closer to 1 or 0, and based on what kind of data overwrote the data they want to recover, they can build a pattern of the bit values and read what was there before. those old ‘decoder window’ toys, where you view a hidden message with a piece of red cellophane is a good example. you know the data overwriting the message is a given value [in this case the wavelegth of light refracted] and so you use a filter [the window] to remove that, leaving the message.if you consider that 0, 0, 1, 0, 1 might physically be represented as 0.34, 0.12, 0.88, 0.21, 0.97 in terms of magnetic field strength, or charge contained, and you know that a new write carries a bias on that device of .7 on avergae, then you would know that the data contained before writing of the current data was likely to be 1, 0, 1 or 0, 1, 1 and you can even tell what might have been stored there one more write previous. considering that you know what is stored there -now- you can build a map of probable overwritten data and prove good enough for a layman judge or jury who doesnt know a bit from an aardvark that youre guilty. this is why smashing your platters is ineffective. even if you tear up a piece of paper, you can put it together without much lost data and prove what it contained. platters are the same, they will piece the fragments together and read them with an electron microscope.i hope that kind of makes sense to you, i just woke up… blar, MOAR CAFFIENE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573944",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:32:19",
"content": "The problem with that is: Writing with a bunch of 1s (or.7 ) in a row will, garanteeed, erase any value below that in the same data space. BUT, the data space changes, per alignment changes, and using striping technology, thin bits of higher or lower voltages will appear along one side (never bioth sides) of the current, newer data space, revealing the old data rpint. However, doing 3 or 4 passes of any (bit-for-bit) data writing has been proven to oblitrate any edge findings.",
"parent_id": "42259",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42260",
"author": "vector1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T15:43:47",
"content": "i’d like to see someone do a writeup on how the ‘ironkey’ supposedly overwrites data using that proprietary ‘flash trash’ crap…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573945",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:33:39",
"content": "If you knew, they wouldnt be proprietray",
"parent_id": "42260",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42267",
"author": "Roly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T17:09:08",
"content": "Can we get a bit real about data recovery please? Forensic science is wonderful, particularly now in the recovery of “trace DNA”, but physics is physics.These platters have not only been heated to *white* heat, they have been partially *burned* (oxidised) to smoke, partially *vapourised*, and partially splattered about the place as dags ranging own to the microscopic.When that main glob finally cools it will be a fruit cake of platter material and actual coating that remains and hasn’t been literally sprayed about the room or gone up in smoke. Good luck in recovering magnetic domains from condensed coating vapour.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42269",
"author": "Xeracy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T17:24:23",
"content": "hey, thats looks like the stuff that poured out of the twin towers… interesting…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42270",
"author": "thephysicist",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T17:29:29",
"content": "Filling the hard drive case with molten iron is probably the most effective data destruction method there is. When you heat a (ferro)magnetic material above its Curie temperature thermodynamics takes over and the magnetic domains become randomly oriented. Hard drives are usually iron or cobalt based, ie. they are ferromagnetic and therefore subject to that effect. Filling the drive with molten iron is a pretty effective way to raise the magnetized areas on the platters above the Curie point and hence obliterate the data. To add to that, as the iron cools inside the drive it will become somewhat magnetic on its own adding a lot of noise to any magnetic readings you somehow manage to get. This would be dramatically more effective than zeroing your drive.If you were really paranoid, as would be implied if you’re considering destroying your hard drive with thermite, add an electromagnet near the drive during the heating process. The external field will bias the magnetic domains in the cooling iron/drive and the noise level in any data left will go through the roof.Or better yet, use a changing field or multiple fields.If you recover the data, call the Nobel prize committee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573948",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:35:37",
"content": "Not SSD s",
"parent_id": "42270",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42276",
"author": "poopysock5",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T17:57:46",
"content": "lol you crazy conspiracy theorist. You could always crash a 767 into your hard drive. that might do the trick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42285",
"author": "nulloutput",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T18:20:40",
"content": "“Thermite is usually used to weld railroad ties together.”Railroad ties are usually wooden (sometimes concrete) and used to keep the gauge correctwhile transferring the load into the ballast. I think the wordyou are looking for is rail, or possibly track.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42290",
"author": "(K)NaB",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T19:17:14",
"content": "We, in my line of work, us a a similar mixture called “Cad-weld” to bond bare copper cable (like 500 mcm) to ground rods in sub-stations.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42301",
"author": "Obvious",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T21:32:05",
"content": "TrueCrypt is a far better solution.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573950",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:37:33",
"content": "TrueCrypt is defunct as of January 2015, however VeraCrypt people picked up the ball and also have been audited, so I’d go with them now.",
"parent_id": "42301",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42304",
"author": "sumguy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T21:51:28",
"content": "what I really want to see is someone containingthermite so that it might be used for safe datadestruction. I’ll definitely get around to someexperiments with refractory cement, but I’d lovefor someone to beat me to it. I imagine a nicebig cement block that contains a usb hard driveand a container of thermite, flip a switch andthe data is destroyed without a wisp of smoke.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42343",
"author": "Yosh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:38:55",
"content": "Uhmmm… Why not just take the thing apart and toss the platters in the microwave…Toss the circuitboard in the broiler and be done w/ it.. 30 secs on high and those little platters are fried.I mean.. By the time you realize the feds are comingwhat do you have 3 mins? Ok I’m going to mix my thermite now… Now mister..Yea you with a suit…Watch me lite this thermite… Hang on let me place my magnesium wick… I’m lighting the torch now… everyone has a microwave or a stove… Also make sure to destroy your motherboard and ram while you are at it… There happens to be some recoverable data there.. Or here is an idea.. obey the laws and be a good little boy and then maybe the government will let you keep their computer… And a little of their money.. And even let you sleep in their clothes in their house..And mow their lawn. ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2573953",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:40:06",
"content": "No, an electron microscope will recover 80 to 98% of all data on a microwaved platter",
"parent_id": "42343",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2573954",
"author": "Bilbo Baghgins",
"timestamp": "2015-05-20T02:40:44",
"content": "Preparation is called for here, so most of your argument is null",
"parent_id": "42343",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42369",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T07:05:05",
"content": "Why not have something that can inject tungsten carbide powder into the drive at a moments notice?Combine that with a small app that steps the drive head back and forth and it should physically destroy the magnetic coating very quickly so no one can recover the data.Another solution some drives have glass platters it might be possible to rig something that will shatter the platters this must be done while it’s spinning as to completely shatter the platters vs just break them into large chunks.This combined with AES encryption should be effective enough to stop most if not all forensics.Most stuff on CSI is bullshit they even have trouble recovering data off bios locked drives and it’s very expensive.BTW I’m sick of the post 9-11 BS some idiots bring up we need to vote these anti terror a–holes out and get our personal freedoms back.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42379",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T09:44:20",
"content": "Not environmentally friendly! What hazardous chemicals did you release into the atmosphere doing this?Isn’t there a green way to destruct the drive?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "966974",
"author": "Toasty",
"timestamp": "2013-02-28T06:19:38",
"content": "I’m pretty sure that if you are in a position where you are considering thermiting your HDD, you have more pressing concerns then greenhouse gas emissions.",
"parent_id": "42379",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42383",
"author": "jesh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T10:45:19",
"content": "chemicals released:iron and aluminum oxide from the thermite.aluminum oxide, iron oxide, carbon (burned paper), possibly silica (glass platters) from the drives.iron oxide from steel case structure, if you burn the whole case.various chemicals from the boards, if the PCB’s are incinerated, depending on the age and ROHS status of the manufacturer and product.All in all, not all that bad. Many worse ways to destroy the thing.Green disposal of most electronics seems to involve shredding, sorting by reclaimable metal, and reuse.If you’re worried about data retrieval, you don’t send said storage device out to be recycled. You have some way to destroy it before it leaves your control.MS has locked bins that are then shredded (bin and all, from what I understand) before it leaves the MS campus. And that is just for the servers that host various data.Military destruction typically involves drilling holes through stuff.The reason thermite is available is for destruction of assets when you don’t have time to do it the slow way. Drop a thermite grenade on top of a locked filing cabinet. All the paperwork inside just became worthless.Toss one in a fire safe, and close the door. Depending on how well it is designed, you may just have a self contained incinerator, with no outside damage. All critical information/material now gone.Completely aside from the paranoia aspect, thermite is just plain cool to watch go up, and even more impressive in person, when you can look through the hole you just burned through an old wreck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42386",
"author": "bud_maker_mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T12:36:28",
"content": "Any word on how this affects your home owner’s insurance rates?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42390",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T13:51:52",
"content": "@yosh – I’ve seen this done so that it is all a prebuilt assembly. You hit the button and the thermite in the bay’s over the hd ignites and torches it. That way you only need seconds of warning (of course, you’re more likely to light it by accident, but its a trade some are willing to make.@thephysicist – awesome. I was trying to work out if that would work like that. Does sufficient concussion also screw up the bias?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42427",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T21:01:57",
"content": "More practically could you use a single platter and a dual lathe to cut all the magnetic media off of both sides?Might have to beef up the motor to withstand the strain of the lathe blades, but it should be able to work down to a 2.5″ hard drive no problem, especially if you mount it to the head on the sturdy aluminum part and only use the outside edge of the platter.Use a clean room to replace the top of the drive with one containing a thermite payload, and use only a single platter, then shape the thermite load to burn in a path toward the center of the drive, as it spins the metal will fling itself away and be totally destroyed. Just melting the top of the platter and using only the top of the platter for data would work too (there should be sufficient density in current drives for plenty of info).What about a “quarter shrinking” coil, bent in a funny pattern to make the magnetic field funky as possible, it should EMF erase the spinning platter just fine :).I follow the course of don’t do stuff that would require this sort of behavior, but I am intensely curious as to the truth of these recovery stories.It stands to reason that if a company could win the great zero challenge they wouldn’t come forward, as the risk to their business that the increased scrutiny of their clandestine clients would face would be high.I don’t see why it isn’t possible to map magnetic currents, and I bet the govmnt has invested millions or possibly billions in it, considering the worth to espionage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42442",
"author": "Mark Esler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:59:56",
"content": "I like how many comments this one got as compared to the rest :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42447",
"author": "nambla",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T00:08:13",
"content": "thermite was used in bringing down twin towers – these are just the facts. thermite compounds were found at the site, and videos of the towers burning clearly show the same molten metal spraying reaction as the videos above. Finally, the molten steel at the base of the towers that smoldered for weeks, just like lots and lots thermite would do. whether or not the government did it….well now thats not been proven as fact….so its a theory",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42462",
"author": "yosh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:31:39",
"content": "@Joe… Yea I can see it now.. I’d install my hard drive destroyer into my computer get my dream Machine exactly where I want it..I fall asleep at my desk hit the little red button and poof I’m at a bar in the clouds doing Jaegerbombs with Heath Ledger, Elvis, JFK and Princess Diana and they would be wondering if my death was a conspiracy….Yosh OuT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.853535
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/why-i-hate-django/
|
Why I Hate Django
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"django",
"djangopony",
"flickr",
"framework",
"magic",
"pony",
"python",
"ruby",
"video",
"web",
"web framework",
"web20",
"youtube"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Fr65PFqfk]
[Cal Henderson] delivered a keynote titled
Why I Hate Django
at the first annual
DjangoCon
.
Django
is an open source BSD licensed web framework written in Python. Google has posted the keynote in its entirety to YouTube, which you can find embedded above. While the talk is humorous (and takes many jabs at Rails developers) it does provide insight into what makes a good web framework. [Cal] is Director of Engineering at Flickr and is an authority on how to make websites scale. He points out that most frameworks are designed to get projects off the ground quickly, but are lacking when it comes to building an even larger service. He talks about several things in Django that need work and improvements that could be made. It’s really an interesting look at what it takes to go big.
Towards the end, [Cal] notes that Django has no mascot, “I could take a framework seriously that had a mascot with magical powers.” Well, that seemed to be the easiest thing to fix so avalonstar created
Django: The web framework for ponies with magical powers
. It’s available as wallpaper on
djangopony
, and Ruby legend, [why], has already set about
debunking the magic involved
.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42162",
"author": "Taka",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T01:40:36",
"content": "what a mother fucking self absorved jackass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42169",
"author": "bryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T02:53:05",
"content": "it’s called a joke. seems to me you can’t take those.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42221",
"author": "Jynx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T08:53:10",
"content": "srsly taka, lighten the fuck up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42238",
"author": "dashdingo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:10:44",
"content": "Kinda weird how google posted it on youtube, and not google video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42272",
"author": "DougC",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T17:47:54",
"content": "That was really quite informative (as well as full of lighttongue-in-cheek humor). I like hearing about scalabilityas it relates to SQL queries and database schema.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42318",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:55:28",
"content": "i really enjoyed that talk. the humor + the manner in which he described the content was easy to understand and apply not only to frameworks, but to any type of programming project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "128248",
"author": "Mary Ellen Halverson",
"timestamp": "2010-03-06T21:03:15",
"content": "Thanks for your post. I am new at development and this was a big help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.652995
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/antec-skeleton-case/
|
Antec Skeleton Case
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"250mm",
"acquire",
"airflow",
"antec",
"antec case",
"case",
"case fan",
"cooling",
"skeleton",
"skeleton case",
"tweaktown",
"xtine"
] |
Maybe you saw the
previous post
and thought, “Well, that’s all well and good, but why is such a stylish case being used to ventilate cat feces?” Antec has heard your cries and has created a computer case with all the lovely curves of a litter box and just as much airflow. The
Skeleton case
has an open frame design with a 250mm fan on top. You mount the motherboard to a sliding tray. The power supply and hard drives are mounted underneath. It’s an interesting idea and easily replicated, but if cooling had been the goal, it would be a lot more enclosed. You can see the
case with components installed on TweakTown
.
[via
acquire
, thanks, xtine]
| 26
| 26
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42110",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:45:24",
"content": "sounds like a good way to get even more dust / bugs / cat hair in your pc…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42112",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:49:32",
"content": "whats up with the redirect page on that website? the page loaded and maybe 2 seconds later some other page came up asking me to turn off my adblocker. how can i stop it from doing that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42125",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:10:45",
"content": "This is the perfect case for those people that never seem to get around to putting thecover back on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42139",
"author": "CRX",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:34:58",
"content": "@ monster, just get noscript and dont let tweaktown run jsand the ‘case’ isnt that great. it is jsut a regular bench table with a 250mm fan on top",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42140",
"author": "VonSkippy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:35:23",
"content": "F*ck Tweaktown and their moronic “No Ad Blockers Allowed” Policy”.There’s nothing in the WORLD that I can’t find on 50 other sites that wouldmake me change MY setup on MY computer with MY web browser.Hackaday, you’re SOOOOOOOO much better then these fops – please do not wasteeveryone’s time by linking to them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42142",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:38:51",
"content": "I’d have so many lung problems with that case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42143",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:56:02",
"content": "I didn’t get any popups when I went to TweakTown. The only extension I have is FlashBlock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42144",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T23:01:31",
"content": "seems like the perfect case for an IT work bench with the slideable tray and everything",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42147",
"author": "Cliff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T23:19:10",
"content": "Find another site detailing this case. These people are againstfreedom of speech clearly. Always fun to hack at what is demandingus to disable our ad blockers though. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42156",
"author": "gp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:33:10",
"content": "hello, is this HACK a day?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42158",
"author": "meaux",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:57:52",
"content": "Oh, for God’s sake.. why not just put the disgusting creature in a sack and throw it in the river? m",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42163",
"author": "tsdguy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T01:41:19",
"content": "Just turn off Javascript to keep the redirect page fromappearing. I’d rather stick needles in my eye that browsewithout Adblock enabled.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42168",
"author": "NathanG",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T02:48:34",
"content": "Wouldn’t this also let a lot of processor ‘noise’ escape? I’ve had an open case near a radio and I could actually hear the processor through the radio whenever the processor was under more load. That didn’t happen when the server next to it, with a closed case, was the only one on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42195",
"author": "PiNG",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T05:05:30",
"content": "@VonSkippyI completely agree. Instead of turning off ABP or js I just won’t go to their site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42199",
"author": "rockstat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T05:58:27",
"content": "This is the UGLIEST looking case I have ever seen.More dust means, more random shutdowns, one more can of the air duster wasted.The one thing I can give it credit for is, i can fry my eggs on top of it, bake a cake and barbeque on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42237",
"author": "Dreasconse",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T11:50:42",
"content": "looks good, completely unpractical.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42239",
"author": "Cliff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:12:16",
"content": "A new one from metheir anti adblock is easily defeated……with adblock!(If you have the filterset G updater installed, just allowa couple of things to show, from there it won’t redirect, andyou don’t have to see ads.)Allow:/phpadsnew/www/delivery/afr.php (loads 6 hidden frames)/phpadsnew/www/delivery/fl.js (may be what checks for the frames)/phpadsnew/www/images/1×1.gif (probably related)You can leave everything else blocked, and still browse ad-free.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42243",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:32:12",
"content": "The point is that we shouldn’t have to jump through hoopsto see the content, be it shutting off protective stuffor having to poke around in out programs.It’s retarded.Full retard I mean.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42316",
"author": "will d.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T22:54:10",
"content": "i’ve written a greasemonkey script to eliminate tweaktown’s adblock-blocking (that site’s ads are egregiously annoying)http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/32334",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42367",
"author": "kayne001",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T06:09:47",
"content": "the thing about having that computer open is so you can dust it off or blow air on it every now and then, too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42460",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:12:19",
"content": "Although this is so June news, it is finally coming out. This site scooped it back then with a full photo gallery and a full walk through video:http://www.futurelooks.com/computex-2008-spotlight-antec-comes-out-of-closet-with-skeleton/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42536",
"author": "phizm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T11:20:21",
"content": "@will d.Good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45773",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-10-15T12:46:10",
"content": "none of these comments make any sense to me!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48351",
"author": "perrigo",
"timestamp": "2008-10-30T21:51:05",
"content": "Has anyone else thought of the liquid cooling prospects of this thing? If you are gonna do a custom setup and not a kit this thin would be perfect. I used a heater core from an old car as my radiator and it seems that if you could mount it over the fan you could put water blocks on all of the hot components and be just fine. Get a couple UV lights with some UV-reactive coolant and it would look amazing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55161",
"author": "Bobby",
"timestamp": "2008-12-14T08:03:19",
"content": "Since my house doesnt have bugs, and my cat is not allowed to hump my desktop I guess id be ok huh… cmon now…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71031",
"author": "Paolo",
"timestamp": "2009-04-18T18:48:30",
"content": "Here a deep review about the Antec Skeleton. It is in italian, but it includes a lot of photos. Take a look here: informaticaeasy.net/le-mie-review/391-antec-skeleton-intrigante-chassis-open-air.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.917141
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/hack-your-littler-box/
|
Hack Your Litter Box
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"home hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"cat box",
"cat poop",
"home automation",
"litter box"
] |
Cat poo stinks. We all know it. Those of us who have cats, though frequently amazed at the sheer magnitude of stench our cuddly friends are capable of, do little to remedy the situation. Sure, sometimes we buy the fancier kitty litter or the special food. [agraham999] decided to be a little more proactive. He built an
automated exhaust system for the litter box
. He wasn’t content to just rig a fan blowing to an exhaust vent either, he hooked it up to an automation system and a motion detector. The total cost for the project was $80, not including the mac mini that serves as the brains.
Be sure to read through the comments for some very in depth discussion about power usage and solar conversions.
[via
Boing Boing Gadgets
]
| 40
| 38
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42080",
"author": "BeautifulZune",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T17:30:55",
"content": "Finally a suitable use for a Mac.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42082",
"author": "John Baichtal",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T17:58:52",
"content": "Dude, you’d think this would be more economically done with an arduino. Dedicating a whole computer to activating a fan when tripped by a motion sensor? Hmmmm….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42084",
"author": "gerbalism",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:01:39",
"content": "I wouldn’t even trust it with that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42085",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:02:50",
"content": "I agree. The whole reason cat litter exists is so that cats can draw a pentagram and summon that poo up from hell. Personally, I cut a hole in the wall and installed a cat door which leads to a garage mounted plywood box with a plexiglass top (for light). Inside the box is one of those automatic litter boxes, which rakes the poo out of the litter box into a storage container mounted underneath the plywood garage box. This works a lot better than the old automatic litter box, but it STILL requires occasional cleaning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6603355",
"author": "ST",
"timestamp": "2023-02-23T16:09:33",
"content": "Do you have any pictures of this? Would you share your plans with me….what a good idea!",
"parent_id": "42085",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "42086",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:15:48",
"content": "I don’t know about anyone else here, but that thing would scare the crap out of my cat (no pun intended) if she saw that on top of her litter box. Something a little more discreet would probably be better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42087",
"author": "RJ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:18:13",
"content": "I know this isn’t always a popular suggestion, but cats fed raw diets have much smaller and much (MUCH!) less-foul smelling poo. Cats are obligate carnivores, and one of the reasons for the smell of their droppings is frankly that their GI tracts can’t digest the corn and wheat that make up the majority of most cat foods.True, it’s a non-trivial expenditure and time sink to buy scraps from your butcher, so a good middle ground for a lot of people is to buy high quality, grain-free dry kibble like that produced by Nature’s Variety and Taste of the Wild.Both approaches have worked wonderfully for me, and they may serve to be easier and cheaper than the clever, interesting, but perhaps point-missing hack above. Good job to the builder for finding a solution that works for them, though! = )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42088",
"author": "Jehan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:18:52",
"content": "pretty neat, but i would use something a bit more simple than a dedicated laptop- like an arduinoor maybe one of those small, self contained battery powered computers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42089",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:19:19",
"content": "Wow a non hack. this could have been done with $3.00 in parts.Does anyone have an article on using a supercomputer tomake the doorbell sound when the doorbell is pressed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42090",
"author": "SleighBoy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:28:13",
"content": "@ rj: You are correct sir!On a side note, using the pine litters is very nice (the pellet type that is non-clumping) is great at killing odors. And if paying approx $1/pound for pine marketed as cat litter is too expensive, go to a feed store (providing you live where you can go to one) and buy pine animal bedding, it is the same thing except you can buy about 35 pounds of it for $5! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42093",
"author": "Mr Foo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:59:13",
"content": "I can’t believe nobody has made the obvious “motion detector” gag yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42095",
"author": "chuck",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T19:16:45",
"content": "Could somebody add heat coils to raise the temperature beyond that of hell, b/c that’s where all cats belong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42096",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T19:19:29",
"content": "Would it be too obvious to let your cat shit outside- it’ll even bury it itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42100",
"author": "Michael Kirkland",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:19:30",
"content": "Letting your cat shit outside is extremely irresponsible. Cat shit is very hazardous to pregnant women.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42106",
"author": "Haegin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:07:29",
"content": "@Michael Kirkland:So what are these pregnant women doing with the buried cat shit?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42146",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T23:07:33",
"content": "I could let my cat poop outside, but I live in a 4th floor apartment and do not have a balcony. Taking my kitty out whenever she has to go would probably piss off my neighbors too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42152",
"author": "1eye",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:15:30",
"content": "Why would one need a motion-activated fan?Cat poo smells bad over the entire period of time it’s in the boxand the cat is moving in the box for only a small part of that time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42153",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:15:55",
"content": "That’s kinda like saying, oh, this brand-new car is only $9000 without the engine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42159",
"author": "chr0n1c",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T01:03:24",
"content": "you won’t catch me paying $9,000 for a car with no engine?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42170",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T02:54:23",
"content": "unless it’s a kia.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42184",
"author": "crust",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:53:48",
"content": "I use the older generation littermaid (the one that doesn’thave a built in fail-and-replace yearly drive train). Butthat alone is not enough to banish the cat crap demon. Iuse the worlds best/most expensive kitty litter that is madeof corn or something and mix that with copious amounts ofbaking soda from Costco. All that and 9 years later thecat still does not like me. To clean it I use an entiretrash bag to cover my hands so I don’t have to come incontact with it. But hey, my cat box doesn’t stink.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42202",
"author": "Alan Graham",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:31:37",
"content": "The Mac Mini isn’t dedicated to the litter box…it runs the entire house 24/7…lights, security, fireplace, thermostat. I already had the home automation components so I just added it to the system. The same thing can be done with a motion detector and a timer from Smarthome. Costs under $100.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42204",
"author": "Alan Graham",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:33:48",
"content": "oh…and it isn’t the poo as much as it is the ammonia smell of the urine. I use a special organic litter that while good for the environment, is not great with smell…no matter how often you clean it some of it always gets by.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42244",
"author": "Ed3",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:51:55",
"content": "@crust – Second the corn-based litter. Low dust, unscented,and scent reducing. Great stuff all around and works VERYwell in LitterMaid automatic boxes.World’s Best Cat Litter –http://www.worldsbestcatlitter.com/Products/WBCL/default.aspxAFAIK, it’s only sold in pet shops. Don’t bother looking forit at Wal-Mart/Target.PetSmart sells a similar LitterMaid-branded product, but it’stwice the price per pound.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42247",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:57:03",
"content": "Funny I already have this setup except its with a window fan which will soon be upgraded to a 92mm PC fan to save power. It works great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42279",
"author": "h3llphyre",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T18:01:44",
"content": "The corn based litter is great in theory, until put into use. I have four cats in my household, which belong to the misses. We tried the corn based litter and within 5 minutes of putting it in the freshly cleaned box, the cats all started to eat it. I recommended to the misses that I should “use” the litterbox first, to show them what to do. She didn’t find the humor in it. I’m looking at doing something similiar to this, except recirc’ing with an activated carbon filter. We’ll see how well it works. If that doesn’t work, I figure a cat door into the oven with a motion detector should fix the “problem”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42344",
"author": "anthony",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:55:52",
"content": "ewwww, they ate it….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42370",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T07:44:50",
"content": "I would have just used a picaxe controller for the fan vs hooking it to a mac mini.I prefer to use a micro controller for such projects vs hooking everything directly to a PC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42371",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T07:56:38",
"content": "I done the same project some time ago but decided to just run the fan continuously since the cat poo stinks the entire time it’s in the litter box vs when the cat is in there.It only cost about $20 the biggest cost being the dryer duct the rest fan PSU etc I had on hand.Though I’m thinking on adding a a device that will spray odor ban or sprinkle baking soda onto the litter after the cat leaves.I guess I could go even farther make it self cleaning and it still would likely be under $80",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42889",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-21T21:27:33",
"content": "Boy, talk about using a hammer to smash a fly. Cheap motion detector switch + Cheap Vent Fan = <$40Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43186",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:04:16",
"content": "this has nothing to do with that but hers a google hack searchinurl:/view/index.shtml on google and it shows almost all webcams",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43187",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:05:55",
"content": "i meant to say:This has nothing to do with that,but here is a google hack search inurl:/view/index.shtmlon google,and it shows almost all webcams",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43342",
"author": "wiggyfifes",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T00:33:23",
"content": "Those with the cheapo ideas must realize that if the fan comes on when the cat is in there it will scare it and it will then crap on your bed. Thus the need for something more sophisticated. Also the suggestions kind of pale against that fact that this guy didn’t posit the idea…he built it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43780",
"author": "yossi",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T22:39:05",
"content": "i can haz hax?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44481",
"author": "Kaj",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T23:41:46",
"content": "I just finished building my version of this today… very simple though. I made an enclosure from cardboard (soon to be replaced with chloroplast) for a normal-sized computer fan to run off of a wall-wart. It is very quiet and runs continuously. Since I do not have access to a wall vent and I cannot cut a hole in the wall, it just recirculates the air through a double-layer activated charcoal filter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49200",
"author": "dreamtimestudio",
"timestamp": "2008-11-06T01:43:35",
"content": "I just put 2 holes in a plastic bag, then put the cats back legs through it. Tie the bag snuggly around the midsection of the cat then gaffa tape. wola cat poo catcher, cheaper too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81486",
"author": "bob fairlane",
"timestamp": "2009-07-14T11:56:06",
"content": "I found a way cheaper version on instructables. Someone used a covered catbox with a “doggy door” type flap, already commercially available, and used a computer fan and dryer hose. The little fan can run 24/7, no big deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1026465",
"author": "Liliana",
"timestamp": "2013-07-14T07:36:15",
"content": "I made this system for my catshttp://studiocatsbucharest.blogspot.ro/2013/01/blog-post.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3696993",
"author": "mindy",
"timestamp": "2017-06-22T22:19:31",
"content": "this link leads to nothing",
"parent_id": "1026465",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3250446",
"author": "GJ",
"timestamp": "2016-11-01T17:58:49",
"content": "Why motion sensor, when it’s gonna stink all the time? I’m just going to get a dryer vent socket wall plate. Tape that to the top of the litter box. Run the hose to my attic wall. Install that same dryer plate connect in that wall. This is wear I’ll mount the PC cab fan, inline to that plate. It will run at low volume, 24/7. Will install a potentiometer onto fan to keep the flow at a minimum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,757.10898
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/vlc-media-player-092-released/
|
VLC Media Player 0.9.2 Released
|
Ian
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"media",
"media player",
"multimedia",
"software updates",
"video player",
"VideoLAN",
"vlc",
"VLC media player"
] |
VideoLAN
just released
VLC media player
0.9.2. VLC is probably the best known open source media player, and supports most audio/video formats without additional codecs. Before VLC, we usually installed buggy
codec packs
to watch videos in Winamp or Windows Media Player. We’ve found the
nightly builds
to be pretty stable for the past month, but it’s nice to see the final version released.
Download Squad gushed over the new interface design, but omitted the real change — VideoLAN switched from
wxWidgets
to the
Qt
toolkit. Among
many changes
, Qt allows video effects to be applied without restarting the media.
One of our favorite new features is an
adjustments and effects
menu for quick picture, sound, and subtitle tweaks. The new version has better support for flash videos (FLV), and will stream from most online video sharing sites. See the full changelog at the
VideoLAN wiki
, and
help out
if that’s your thing.
[via
Download Squad
]
| 14
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42102",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:38:43",
"content": "Although not a hack VLC is a pretty cool media player (although Media Player Classic and the XVID codec work much better on my P3 laptop with tv-out). Of course VLC would never have been as good without the fine work from the ffmpeg library people.p.s. Anyone know why in Firefox I can’t see the right hand side of this input box?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42105",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:53:19",
"content": "You can’t see the right hand side because it’s 100 columns wide and there’s room for 57 columns :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42107",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:14:24",
"content": "Yeah, and in chrome too. They screwed up their css I guess :P Woah! But in chrome it moves the panel over… that’s too cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42155",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:21:17",
"content": "I’m not sure how old my last version of vlc was,but I like in the new version that slowing down a videoslows down the audio also. (and speeding up)The playlist thing isn’t working for me in the new version…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42176",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:29:24",
"content": "What about just regular WMP withhttp://www.cccp-project.net/installed?I’ve yet to find any video that cccp couldn’t decode…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42287",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T18:54:09",
"content": "A new vlc eh?Man I wish they had a version for the nokia tablets.vlc is like my favorite media player ever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42341",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T02:36:53",
"content": "i love vlc (and yes, i love mpc + cccp too). it’s nice to finally see a new major release. i’m just hoping that this new version won’t start crashing randomly halfway through a playlist like the old one did (seriously, what was with that).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42363",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T05:46:54",
"content": "ryan: I thought that was just me!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42417",
"author": "eduke",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:28:59",
"content": "well… i would suggest that mplayer is way better…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42569",
"author": "saimhe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T14:17:15",
"content": "Damn! No more wxWidgets! It was a nice alternative to those who hate skins and prefer good ole’ native GUI. This one looks a lot worse. I will need to save the older installer at a few places so that it won’t be lost :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42575",
"author": "João Barros",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T14:31:02",
"content": "Good old plain MediaPlayer Classic and ffdshow and you won’t need those buggy codec packs…I use VLC on the Mac and MPC+ffdshow on WindowsLet’s see if this new VLC version os more user friendly that the old one…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42741",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T11:22:19",
"content": "For regular playback in windows CCCP+MPC still beats VLC hands down (especially softsubs and ordered chapters), but at least VLC are starting to pull themselves out of the dark ages of .srt subs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43175",
"author": "ImanSTER",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:51:41",
"content": "“i’m just hoping that this new version won’t start crashing randomly halfway through a playlist like the old one did”I was thinking the EXACT same thing when I read this. I have always been unsure of whether or not I was the only one who had problems with VLC crashing all the time. I gave up on VLC over a year ago but I guess I will try this new one out. I always liked VLC and wished it would work but unfortunately I never was able top get VLC to be stable for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43176",
"author": "ImanSTER",
"timestamp": "2008-09-23T22:52:11",
"content": "I was thinking the EXACT same thing that Ryan posted.I have always been unsure of whether or not I was the only one who had problems with VLC crashing all the time. I gave up on VLC over a year ago but I guess I will try this new one out. I always liked VLC and wished it would work but unfortunately I never was able top get VLC to be stable for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,756.970335
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/16/arcade-cabinet-that-plays-every-game-in-the-universe/
|
Arcade Cabinet That Plays Every Game In The Universe
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"arcade",
"arcade cabinet",
"cabinet",
"Joystick",
"playstation",
"retro",
"wii",
"xbox"
] |
Ok, maybe we’re exaggerating a little bit. It may not play every game in the universe, but the
CMACC gets pretty close
. CMACC stands for “Complete – Multi Arcade Console Computer System” and is comprised of a giant pile of gaming goodness. [Mayhem] packed a PC,
Xbox
, Xbox360, Dreamcast,
Wii
,
PSP
, and a DS into the cabinet. He seems to have overlooked the Virtual Boy though.
He’s using
GamEx
as a front end for a multitude of emulators, including
MESS
which emulates tons of old desktops like Commodores and Apples. The cabinet, while not as elegant as the
Retro Space
, wins major geek points for the cup holder.
[via
Engadget
]
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42078",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T16:39:44",
"content": "Finally! I’ve got a TI 99/4a game I’ve been dying to try out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42103",
"author": "RyanE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:46:30",
"content": "That ain’t no cupholder, it’s an ashtray.Serious, tobacco-fueled gaming.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42111",
"author": "Aurimas",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:48:17",
"content": "Can it play Crysis?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42127",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T22:12:31",
"content": "Comment Spam… 3 o’clock!But yeah as RyanE said that’s not a cup holder it’s an ashtray that machine is straight out of japan… and IMO it’s better looking than that LCD crap in the last article.PS. for whatever reason the comment box isn’t wrapping text properly for me (running firefox 3.x ion win xp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42179",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:38:50",
"content": "That particular cabinet/machine is in fact a commercialized mame clone.. so.. why all the extra hacktakory?as it is, the machine plays over 80 games, right off the showroom floor.It *is* a sweet sitdown cabinet.. but I dont get the point, unless it was DOA or had been already gutted when he got it.and one more thing… why jam it full of hardware? (granted, I didnt bother to read past post one on the forum.. i hate forum as h.a.d. posts) Choose mame and be done with it.A motto some h.a.d. posters need to come to grips with: just because anything *can* be done, doesnt mean everything *should* be done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42180",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:46:10",
"content": "mehh.. slightly different cab than I was originally thinking of..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42192",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T04:42:58",
"content": "Where did it say how he got the DS and PSP working?As much as I hate people blinging out their JAMMA cabinets (especially the sitdown (“candy”) Japanese cabinets) this one is at least somewhat “sleeper” looking on the outside.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42213",
"author": "mayhem",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T08:09:36",
"content": "Hi there.It has a quad core pc insiade with 6tb of hard drive space. a xbox, xbox 360, Wii, xbox, sega dream cast, psp, nitendo Ds fitted. All emulators ever released are running on it. The Cab is a stripped down jap candy cab with a booster base and all the contolls were ripped out and replaced, all so added pinball buttons and various other things. The whole thing is all a full sized can not a sit down cab as it has a booster base. Allso to top it all off it has a 200 watt sound system installed with speekers for gameing goodness and can it play crisis…….. YES allso have grid installed on it as well…M@Yh€M",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114747",
"author": "Dommark",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T06:03:37",
"content": "This is really cool. Thanks for sharing this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,757.027013
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/peek-email-reader-teardown/
|
Peek Email Reader Teardown
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"cellphone",
"cvs",
"data plan",
"email",
"make",
"omap",
"peek",
"qwerty",
"teardown",
"ti"
] |
[morcheeba], who you should remember from
CVS camera hacking
, picked up a Peek and
took some pictures while tearing it down
. The
Peek
is a $100 QWERTY device with a simple OS designed only to check email. The device is being sold by T-Mobile with a $19.95/mo data plan. There’s nothing too spectacular to see other than 16MB of flash memory and a TI OMAP processor.
[via
Make
]
| 47
| 46
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42042",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T04:54:25",
"content": "I wanna know whos paying 20 dollars a month just to check their email.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42056",
"author": "modrak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T07:18:27",
"content": "inb4 tethering comment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42058",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T09:03:41",
"content": "nothing too spectacular?what’s this:http://www.flickr.com/photos/8728129@N05/2861989140/in/set-72157607274454694/some sort of debug connector which appears to be usb.this is totally hackable and interesting why wouldn’t you mention that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42068",
"author": "amol",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T14:42:02",
"content": "hey guys, hack away.if you want help please contact us at amol at getpeek dot comwe thought about the super-famous and cool CVS-camera-hacking when we made the Peek",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42073",
"author": "jimxugle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T15:53:45",
"content": "any word on if the sim card would work with a cellular modem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42091",
"author": "tomas316",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T18:36:41",
"content": "What happens if you put the sim in an unlocked cell phone? do you get any service?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42109",
"author": "amol",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T21:40:30",
"content": "sorry guys the sim won’t work in anything outside the Peek enviornment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42408",
"author": "flaunt_dzx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T18:20:17",
"content": "the real question is: can it run linux?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42416",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:28:41",
"content": "TI OMAP not too spectacular? Been to openpandora.org? Handheld running Ti OMAP that is much faster than a PSP, clocks to 800+ Mhz!!Maybe you should mention the type of OMAP :PIf it can’t be purchased for $100, don’t say that it is $100. If that includes $20 service for a year it is a $340 device.(This is the same premise as a $200 iPhone, that charges you $2,560 over 2 years, IE $300 more than the old iPhone. When purchased seperately it is closer to $600)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42418",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:33:00",
"content": "I see, it is a “embedded 104Mhz ARM7 that is part of the Texas Instrument Locosto chipset”That doesn’t seem very nice (well for $100 it is OK).Well, if this could be useful, but I doubt it, QVGA display is low.Does it have push email? That would be neat. Nothing stopping it from browsing the web in the same poor fashion as other mobile phones.How long until somebody sets up a “browsing” server that renders the web to emails? you will see the unlimited emails a month offer be rescinded post haste.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42419",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:35:45",
"content": "It is $100 solid, $20 monthly for service according to the peek.com website.That isn’t terrible, but they do say right on the page it is not for hardcore techies, so why is it here? It hasn’t been hacked yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42435",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:18:57",
"content": "@Amol – RE: “we thought about the super-famous and cool cvs-camera-hacking when we made the peek” … I’m so totally honored, thank you!@nubie – I like your browsing server idea!This device is here because it’s an attractive hack candidate – acceptable cost in a great little form factor. Hacks have to start somewhere :-) Plus, the pictures are useful info – a TSOP flash would have been much easier to probe, so hopefully knowing that it’s a tiny BGA might help someone decide if they should buy it for hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43480",
"author": "amol",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T12:47:37",
"content": "it can run linux – but someone has to figure out howand we’d be glad to helpseehttp://www.geekypeek.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44302",
"author": "Maggard",
"timestamp": "2008-10-04T05:53:51",
"content": "Correction – the Peek wasn’t developed by T-Mobile, isn’t sold by T-Mobile, or supported by T-Mobile, it just uses T-Mobile’s data service. It is sold by Peek company in big-box consumer stores (well, Target so far) and is intended for folks who want easy online email anywhere without any complexity.So why not get a, say, Blackberry?Because at $99 the Peek is about $250 cheaper then a Blackberry, sans 2 year contract. Also the Peek only does email, so users can ignore every other bit of functionality of a smartphone. Yeah – there a folks who really do want less then more.Who?Well I’ve a buddy whose parents retired to a life on the road. His Mother used a Peek-alike (her device required being held up to a pay phone to send/receive it’s emails) for years. She loved her device – quick easy communication for very little cost or effort from anywhere.I imagine there are some good number of folks who are similar – they want a little box that does one thing, email, somewhat cheaply and reasonably well. Think WebTV. No, not a mindset geeks get into but a possibly a viable market nonetheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52378",
"author": "klangdon",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T14:17:17",
"content": "what this needs is wifi, squeeze wifi in there and you truly have an $100 device with no service charges…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54031",
"author": "Ian Littman",
"timestamp": "2008-12-06T19:53:40",
"content": "I’m really curious as to whether this thing could get a bit of a speed boost by cleaning up code or whatever. Maybe get someone who worked for Palm a few years ago to work on the project…my old pre-OS 5 Palms ran great on even a 16 MHz processor. They even had a few models with color screens on 33 MHz procs…A few other suggestions:1. IM/text-via-IM support. Granted, it’ll take more battery power but it would take very little data to pull off and would net you guys tons more users. You could make a deal with Google, who already has the infrastructure in place, and AOL…so if you added a GMail or AIM/AOL Mail account you’d automatically have IM capability.2. Push e-mail. Once IM functionality is in place, all you’d have to do is send an IM to the device when an email comes in, and the device downloads the email. Should use less power than polling for people who do’t get a lot of e-mail, too.3. IMAP. I know, this creates issues with large mailboxes, but all you’d have to do is have a search function that will check to find certain messages, then pull them down as needed…4. Archive option for GMail. With IMAP this is easy to do.5. Quick-jump for emails. Search-as-you-type would be awesome and logical for something like this, but just typing in a letter to jump to an email would be much appreciated. I’m supposing there’s a “sort by” menu option anyhow so again logical progression.6. PIM maybe?With the above modifications to the device, the Peek could truly be a poor man’s BlackBerry. Sorta reminds me of the old days of Palm.net, except this device has a faster data connection than the pager-powered Palm VII, VIIx and i705 did. Lots of potential here, and honestly this is oe of the device types where a lot can be learned from Palm.Looking forward to advancements as time goes on…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56431",
"author": "rick",
"timestamp": "2008-12-24T16:41:51",
"content": "It is a shame that this device doesn’t have wifi or an SDK. Being able to program a device will enable it to offer services and things that are not even known to us right now.Can you buy the peek for under $100?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71610",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2009-04-23T22:21:39",
"content": "If anyone is interested I just picked up a couple Peek from my local Target store for $12 in the bargain bin. So naturally I wanted to see what else I could make them do, which is how I came across this page.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71617",
"author": "binaryloc",
"timestamp": "2009-04-23T23:20:41",
"content": "this is essentiall an unlimited data plan for 16 bucks a month — slap linux on that and you have a bargain.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71774",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2009-04-26T06:41:45",
"content": "Hey i just got one for 12 bucks as well! so lets hack it, and make it do something cool like a pda, and or possibily make it play games, and have a linex type of user interface!!! yeh? i mean for 12 bucks! haha",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71861",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2009-04-27T04:09:30",
"content": "Im with josh and binaryloc. I just got one at target today for $12. I was hoping to get access to tether it to a carputer. Then i could get web access wherever i go. From what i see the chip isnt that fast so getting some form of linux on there might be a bit much for it no? Maybe I’m wrong and i would love to get something more out of this but who knows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72446",
"author": "andres",
"timestamp": "2009-05-02T23:24:38",
"content": "i just got one for 12 bucks also.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72660",
"author": "deerfreak",
"timestamp": "2009-05-04T20:09:58",
"content": "I just picked up three at Target for $6.98 each…Let the hacking begin!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72661",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2009-05-04T20:18:20",
"content": "If you purchased from target you should know that the aim in your device will not activate without contacting peek. I’ve been trying to get mine running for over a week now with no success an little help from peek customer service. I may have to send it in and get it reflashed with the new is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72665",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2009-05-04T20:27:35",
"content": "“If you purchased from target you should know that the aim in your device will not activate without contacting peek. I’ve been trying to get mine running for over a week now with no success an little help from peek customer service. I may have to send it in and get it reflashed with the new OS” sorry i meant the SIM not aim. Stupid ipod spell check.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81953",
"author": "chianne",
"timestamp": "2009-07-17T09:05:04",
"content": "i just bought the pronto, works great but i agree that linex would be a great addition. . but i kinda think this was meant to be a simple device, like the “anti-blackberry” for those who just want the emails and texting and not the complicated stuff, or those who arent very tech savvy.. i LOVE advanced technology and this pronto is still fun for the price n all. . plus i agree, there could be some fun researching involved in this, thus. . let the hacking begin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "88963",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2009-08-23T13:42:45",
"content": "I wonder if putting other carriers SIM cards into the PEEK would let you use their service? I could “borrow” my mom’s SIM card and…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "91398",
"author": "AMediumPace",
"timestamp": "2009-09-03T05:53:54",
"content": "@jay: I tried two different At&t SIM cards that are both active. The indicator lights up but you get a message to contact customer service because it can’t contact the company’s server.I bought 5 of these with version 1.04 today at Target for $7.47 apiece. I ordered a serial cable for it as well. I do wonder about the red X over the antenna while the Tmobile SIM is inserted. Has anyone tried another activated Tmobile SIM?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95317",
"author": "kuyote",
"timestamp": "2009-09-20T18:42:27",
"content": "just picked one up for $10 at target. Looking for a hack for it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95760",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2009-09-22T18:24:36",
"content": "I picked one up a few months back, and just recently put the SIM into a G1 I bought off someone.It does text! (but not email)Works for me, since I have a phone threw work. $20 texting + wifi is better then $80 G3!Anyone have some idea on how to get the peek email on another phone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "96261",
"author": "sp3a12uk",
"timestamp": "2009-09-24T16:06:36",
"content": "Just picked up a Peek Classic at Targer for $10.Getpeek.com also has a promotion due to their one year anniversary, get the Peek PRONTO for $1, the promo code is BIRTHDAY. Soon I will have two so lets start hacking. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98960",
"author": "charliex2",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T21:21:59",
"content": "I just picked one up for $4.99 at target.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99232",
"author": "Brennan",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T23:41:52",
"content": "there not 100 anymore i got one at target yesterday for only $3.73 so there like dirt cheap now me and my brother got one just for the hell of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99773",
"author": "bikehikeclimb",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T16:05:46",
"content": "Anyone know if you can part this out? I paid 3.73 and that is a pretty cheap screen and keyboard. I have quite a few arduinos…could I connect the screen from the peek to a arduino?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101118",
"author": "msarge",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T05:12:29",
"content": "Thinking abouting picking one up for 5 bucks in hopes of hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101245",
"author": "monkey dork",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T16:55:44",
"content": "anyone knows if they made a linux os for the peek?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101639",
"author": "dom",
"timestamp": "2009-10-16T01:57:44",
"content": "@Brennan or @bikehikeclimb which target was that I’m looking to purchase a couple?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106286",
"author": "Sri",
"timestamp": "2009-11-08T00:25:42",
"content": "I was able to put the T-mobile SIM from peek in my Nokia E63 and use the data plan (Text and Email/Browse the net). Does not permit me to make/receive calls though.Only works on Edge network, not sure if it is a T-mobile limitation or Peek limitation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110780",
"author": "hamm",
"timestamp": "2009-12-08T09:37:42",
"content": "i wonna know if anyone figured if the peek classic, has been hack to run on a wifi instead of that sim card.. i happen to find one in target for aot $4, and bought it.. it be cool to get the peek to use wifi instead of the sim card",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112504",
"author": "Jade",
"timestamp": "2009-12-19T23:08:28",
"content": "Any updates about hacking this thing? Anyone got a test linux up and running I wanna try it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120360",
"author": "GraphiK",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T10:41:53",
"content": "Has anyone tried this in an unlocked iphone? Unlimited texting for life with the iphone keyboard would be heaven.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "125060",
"author": "RGB_Gamer",
"timestamp": "2010-02-20T02:02:09",
"content": "Has anyone else tried and successfully gotten a smart phone to work with web, email, instant messaging, etc with the Peek SIM card?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "143590",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2010-05-19T22:11:15",
"content": "the zipit z2 has been hacked with linux…cant we do the same for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "894134",
"author": "Jef Price",
"timestamp": "2012-11-29T08:42:25",
"content": "I have two of these that Peek gave me years ago when I was running a small blog company, we’re rebooting that brand now and I was going through some of our boxes and found both the Pronto and the Twitter devices, any luck on hacks? I loved these things and used them all the time, would love to get some use out of them again….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5578022",
"author": "thegeekiestguy",
"timestamp": "2018-12-08T11:13:38",
"content": "Bump*It’s 2018 anybody have any info on any exploits? Linux *cough*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6183669",
"author": "cedric",
"timestamp": "2019-10-01T00:15:30",
"content": "2019 here, checking in. wish this stupid thing had wifi…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6264220",
"author": "Peenak",
"timestamp": "2020-07-18T21:31:47",
"content": "+1 In the process of cleaning stuff out of storage, i found my peek pronto – are any parts on the device salvageable or is it something to drop off at a ewaste facility?",
"parent_id": "6183669",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,757.416921
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/wii-backup-iso-loader/
|
Wii Backup ISO Loader
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"homebrew",
"homebrew channel",
"nintendo",
"nintendo wii",
"nintendo wii fanboy",
"wii",
"wii homebrew"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtu0kQHaIhI]
The video above shows a new
Wii
backup loader that’s in development. It works via the easy to use Homebrew Channel we covered previously.
From the news post
it seems you have to rip the original game disc and then patch it before burning the copy. No release date has been set. As
Nintendo Wii Fanboy put it
, there’s much more interesting things to do with
homebrew
than wait for this to be released.
| 15
| 15
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42017",
"author": "drewg",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T00:56:27",
"content": "Sigh.. Farewell Homebrew Channel. I hardly knew ye. :(Now Nintendo has a reason to kill it off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42022",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:08:01",
"content": "is it just me or did he seem to be having trouble using it ?/?like moving the curser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42035",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T03:12:41",
"content": "Why is there only sound when the game starts? sound like a fake to me/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42039",
"author": "Cz-71",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T04:06:30",
"content": "I think that the Custom IOS you have to use allows you toturn off sound in the Wii’s home menu, not fake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42067",
"author": "Moki_X",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T14:35:44",
"content": "It’s not a ISO loader. It doesn’t load ISO files. It only read a game DVD using the DVD lecture Bug.It’s a Backup Loader. The main problem is the speed of the DVD reader (only 3x in this mode)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42101",
"author": "sli",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:32:21",
"content": "@pip & cz-71He’s probably installed Starfall, which allows you to remove the menu BGM. It also makes your Wii 100% region free, which is relevant to this article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42145",
"author": "StoneCypher",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T23:01:47",
"content": "These kind of apps just kill the homebrew scene!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42257",
"author": "Vorge",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T15:23:47",
"content": "I think its about time one of these came out! I’ve been waiting for a way to play burned games without buying a mod-chip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42732",
"author": "zinja",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T07:20:37",
"content": "the creator just abandon the project. back to basic mate….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44039",
"author": "nathan",
"timestamp": "2008-10-01T11:53:04",
"content": "has any1 found a way to fix this 3x load bug on the wii backup iso loader?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55346",
"author": "Wii Homebrew",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T20:45:47",
"content": "tnx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65386",
"author": "Grace",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T23:24:03",
"content": "Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73260",
"author": "xboxwiimodchip",
"timestamp": "2009-05-09T15:36:01",
"content": "ohh�nice post but really?/? :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75868",
"author": "Wii Homebrew Unlock Hack",
"timestamp": "2009-05-21T16:37:50",
"content": "The newWii Homebrew Hackhas been released. You can play backups, DVD’s, and import games on Any Wii (including 4.0) without a modchip and WITHOUT Zelda!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "554748",
"author": "vic",
"timestamp": "2012-01-10T01:54:12",
"content": "i have working homebrew on my wii but need some files or some type of idea how to play games that don’t work like red steal the zelda games, and the back up of my prince of persia can someone help me please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,757.223633
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/flickr-photo-bike/
|
Flickr Photo Bike
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"bicycle",
"bike",
"cellphone",
"flickr",
"geotag",
"geotagging",
"gina trapani",
"lifehacker",
"n95",
"nokia",
"nokia n95",
"shozu"
] |
Lifehacker’s [Gina Trapani] has one of Flickr’s photo bikes and
wrote up how it works
. As you ride, the bike automatically takes photographs, geotags them, and uploads them to Flickr. The handlebar unit contains a
Nokia N95
cellphone. The rear is a solar powered charging unit. It has a custom python script that starts the photo taking sequence when it detects the bike is in motion using the phone’s accelerometer.
Most of the engineering seems to be for usability’s sake. We’re guessing they probably wanted to disguise that they’re bolting a $600 cellphone to a bike as well. Out of the box the Nokia N95 already does almost everything required. It has a 5 megapixel camera with an interval timer that can vary from 10 seconds to 30 minutes. It supports Flickr uploading, but with software like
ShoZu
you can streamline the geotagging and make all uploads automatic. Just build a solid mount for your N95 and you’ve pretty much got it, and when you park your bike you can take the phone with you.
| 3
| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "42019",
"author": "Möbius",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:00:45",
"content": "… why?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42023",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:17:20",
"content": "its kind of cool … but i will wate for the lawsuits.and, it will make it more useful now that they have the geotaging in there but whatthey realy need to do is geotag it then tag it with the geo tag, so if the gps saysthat you are in port melbourne close to a café it tags the photos with“port melbourne, bay , australia, café”..i dont think it would be to hard, some how integrate with google maps for the datamy $0.02",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42031",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T02:57:34",
"content": "But why did they make them all girl’s bikes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,757.32025
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/apple-finally-fixes-dns-bug/
|
Apple Finally Fixes DNS Bug
|
Eliot
|
[
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"bind",
"bug",
"Dan Kaminsky",
"dns",
"DNS cache poisoning",
"iphone",
"mdnsresponder",
"security update",
"time machine"
] |
With today’s release of
Security Update 2008-006
Apple has finally addressed this summer’s
DNS bug
. In their previous update
they fixed BIND
, but that only affects people running servers. Now, they’ve updated mDNSResponder. Clients are no longer susceptible to DNS cache poisoning attacks thanks to the inclusion of source port randomization.
The Security Update addresses some other interesting bugs. Time Machine was saving sensitive logs without using the proper permissions, so any user could view them.
[photo:
edans
]
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41988",
"author": "psychcf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T21:58:56",
"content": "*golf claps*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41999",
"author": "Steve Shockley",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T23:13:30",
"content": "Clients are less susceptible to DNS cache poisoning with source port randomization, but not completely immune.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42005",
"author": "cow",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T23:43:54",
"content": "Because it’s on the iPhone it must be important!Grow up, get a phone that works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "91046",
"author": "Private Label Rights",
"timestamp": "2009-09-01T23:53:33",
"content": "Def some good info here – keep it coming",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,757.275357
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/top-10-greatest-hacks-of-all-time-according-to-pc-magazine/
|
Top 10 Greatest Hacks Of All Time, According To PC Magazine
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"pcmagazine",
"top 10 list"
] |
PC Magazine has published their
top 10 greatest hacks of all time
. Seriously, just ten *eyeroll. It is fairly cute though and there are a few interesting tidbits. Most notably, [Ben Heckendorn] made the list with one of his portable units. We’re a bit surprised that they didn’t choose the fantastic work he did on the
one handed controller
, since it could actually help people play who previously couldn’t.
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41990",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T22:21:23",
"content": "Ben Heckendorn – In my opinionIs is the best console modders!..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42008",
"author": "Calvin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T00:05:02",
"content": "Wow. RIT made the “news.” I always feel like I’m going tothe ghetto MIT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42025",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:40:59",
"content": "ok… I have to give it up to spark fun for the GSM rotary telephonetotally retro-geek awesomeness",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42057",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T08:19:27",
"content": "Hmm… I think they cited Ben Heck’s Journey og constant Hacking, nothing specific… but I may be misinformed.Also.. this input box is still way too wide.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.18708
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/passive-networking-tap/
|
Passive Network Tap
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"cat5",
"ethernet",
"ettercap",
"network",
"Passive Network Tap",
"passive tap",
"tap",
"tcpdump",
"video",
"wireshark"
] |
Making a
passive network tap
can be an easy and inexpensive undertaking as shown in this
Instructable
. Passive monitoring or port mirroring is needed because most networks use switches which isolate the network traffic and this does not allow for the entire network to be monitored. This example uses a single tap, using
multiple taps
will provide access to the full-duplex data separately. By using two taps you are able to monitor inbound data that is passed through one tap, and outbound data that is passed through the other tap. Separate taps are desired because most sniffer software handles half-duplex traffic only and requires two network cards for full-duplex.
It is easy to insert a passive Ethernet tap inline, as shown in the picture above from a
different multitap project
, simply plug the incoming line into a host port and a patch cable from the other host port to the outgoing port, then verify your connection status. Now connect the Ethernet port of your sniffer computer into either of the tap connectors on the passive Ethernet tap. This tap works by using sniffer applications that put your
Ethernet card into promiscuous mode
. This allows you to monitor all traffic on the network not just the traffic directed to your network adapter. After you install your favorite sniffer program, such as
Wireshark
,
Snort
,
TCPDump
,
WinDump
, or
Ettercap
to name a few, you are then able to monitor all traffic any way you see fit, like looking for passwords in the video below.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezGTP99xSw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
| 32
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41892",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T00:56:18",
"content": "Wait a second here.. since when is wireshark not full duplex?? The point of an ethernet tap is that you cant sniff traffic on a switched network and port mirroring doesn’tusually work for malformed packets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "913418",
"author": "Jérôme",
"timestamp": "2013-01-04T21:42:40",
"content": "Since you can’t merge RX and TX in the RX of the host receiving the data without breaking the data stream, well, Wireshark will only work half-duplex! It is not Wireshark but the hardware that won’t do it.",
"parent_id": "41892",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2496845",
"author": "Site RequiresNames-lol",
"timestamp": "2015-03-26T05:38:37",
"content": "Can you elaborate? Why does it fail? I just made a 3 jack tap. The connection works between any two but fails when a third is plugged in. What’s happening when I plug the third wire in? Thanks!",
"parent_id": "913418",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41893",
"author": "Dimme",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T01:11:34",
"content": "O that’s mean and I love it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41901",
"author": "alexfox",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T02:30:56",
"content": "for scenarios where you don’t have physical access to the switch or the uplink line, if you want to intercept traffic between a target host and the router on a switched network, you can use arp spoofingof course, this is not a permanent solution, because it can be easily detected, and incurs a lot of overhead (unlike the tap method in the article, which incurs no overhead)this also reminds me of an old trick for secure logging: wire your logging server’s ethernet cable with only rx lines, so the server can’t respond to any packets or write any data to the network. this way, all your servers can stream logs to the logging server, but supposedly no one can break into the logging server to erase logs (since communication is only one-way)on an unrelated note, the comment textarea is too wide, and text on the right side is hidden by the vertical white dividing line",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1135202",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2013-12-16T01:54:49",
"content": "What browser do you use? Do you use an adblock?",
"parent_id": "41901",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41904",
"author": "Jason Rollette",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T02:59:38",
"content": "I am not sure I said anything about wireshark being onlyhalf duplex? I said most sniffer software, because as[alexfox] eludes to there are many times when you only wantto monitor one way, and no need to transmit your presence on thenetwork, ever.Just spoke with [eliot], the issues with the comments are on the list of things tobe fixed.Jason",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41907",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T03:33:18",
"content": "You really should use twisted pair wires. keeping the twist keepsthe signal degradation to a minimum. building a tap this waykeeps the send and receive signals on separate cards. basicallyif you were to put one of these in line with the network you’dnever be able to tell it was there. both lines go to the receiveside of the network cards, with no way for them to be able to talkback to the network. though you’d need to make sure the computerdoing the sniffing wasn’t on the same network as what you are listeningto.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41912",
"author": "dontbelieveyou",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T04:18:14",
"content": "alexfox what the frick are you talking about. How could you ever authenticate yourself on a network if your ethernet can only RX. There’s something called “handshaking” you know. If you can only RX the only way you can receive is by sniffing all traffic and looking for some type of magic packet to log. But there can’t be some address for that computer that any computer on the network can address like normal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41919",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T05:22:44",
"content": "Or you could just pull a 4-port 10mbit ethernet hub out ofsomebody’s dumpster.Most network admins would pay good money for 4 working cat5 jacks,(as they’re actually rather expensive) while old 10mbit hubs get tossed away routinely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41920",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T05:23:22",
"content": "also, guys, your text input box is a little screwed up on firefox, just FYI",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41940",
"author": "Dano",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T08:20:42",
"content": "I keep a 10/100 auto sensing hub (not switch) around just for sniffing. it’s in a smallbag with extra ethernet cables for when clients call with network troubles. I might make a tap to throw in my normal tool bag though. Small enough to keep handy that way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41975",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T18:19:50",
"content": "This is better then a hub, not only for its size (You can make another one with one jack and two ends of a cable, making it only 3~4 inches long), but also because it does not need a power supply or empty outlet (Or the need to carry around a power splitter [Corollary: I carry a 1 to 3 outlet power splitter because there are more students with laptops then there are outlets at school. 99cents and I have power for my laptop with a dead battery :D]). This is completely passive and can be used by anything with an Ethernet port.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41982",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T20:25:15",
"content": "@dontbelieveyouUDP. Ever hear of it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41991",
"author": "alexfox",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T22:48:07",
"content": "@dontbelieveyoui’ve never done it before personally, I’ve merely heard about it many timesafter a bit of research, it seems like older non-autosensing hubs had no problem with these kinds of cables. newer hubs require a different cable in order to trick them into thinking there is a link on the port. some newer switches/hubs have options in their configurations to allow disabling of autosense, i believeif you can get around the hub link detection, then you obviously use udp for communicationreferences:http://newdata.box.sk/2001/jan/sniffing-faq.htm#receive-onlyhttp://www.sunzidigital.com/samngms/sniffing_cable/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42066",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T14:17:55",
"content": "“Most network admins would pay good money for 4 working cat5 jacks,(as they’re actually rather expensive) while old 10mbit hubs get tossed away routinely.Posted at 10:22 pm on Sep 14th, 2008 by anon”WTF are you talking about? I can get them for about 75 centsa piece in bulk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42265",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T16:51:18",
"content": "Neat, but an $18 hack when a $1 commercial product is available isn’t a good idea.http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10513&cs_id=1051304&p_id=1112&seq=1&format=2If you have the parts laying around and the urgent need for a splitter then this is OK.If you just are thinking of trying it pick up the $1 version.I have 2 of these BTW, and they are wired identically to the instructable.I find it funny that he places importance on the usage of the jacks, all of the jacks should be identical as far as electrical connection is concerned, no need to make them different colors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42266",
"author": "nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T16:57:39",
"content": "If you need to sniff rx and tx you can buy another t adapter with a male jack to 2x female and plug it into the one I linked above, just open the shells and pull the pins or snip the wires that you don’t need, for $2 it is a reasonable solution.I guess it makes sense the importance he places on the jacks if it is only going to sniff one side of the conversation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43903",
"author": "UtahLuge",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T21:58:41",
"content": "@ nubieYour name says it all. (I know older post but I need to add this). If you use that, you will screw something up. Unless you hack the cable from that adapter to your computer you need to do it the -right- way. It would be a lot easier to make the adapter than have to fumble for the right cable for that adapter.Also, there is a reason you need 2 nics to sniff the traffic. Each nic only accepts 2 wires for input (10/100). If you try to put both sides of the conversation back into a single line, you will miss half the conversation.PLEASE, go take a basic networking class at your local community college else you may end up forking out lots of money to fix a network you will break.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66839",
"author": "Me",
"timestamp": "2009-03-19T05:09:01",
"content": "Anyone ever thing about using something like this with a gumstix and have the gumstix autorun tcpdump? Small battery and a tap could be very dangerous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68450",
"author": "kindly",
"timestamp": "2009-03-29T15:49:12",
"content": "Ah yes, yet another case of the HIP-SNIDE internet disease aka…“I know more than you and I will work my ass off to find holes in your ideas and together we will make you feel like shit, when in reality you had a fairly decent idea for the average non-CS-educated user, which works perfectly for certain applications but wouldn’t meet Cisco validation, and you went through lots of trouble to present it to us, but never mind the kind gist of the service and keep fucking the poor guy over to help the world see how much I know”.Gotta love hiding behind a computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77267",
"author": "nodens",
"timestamp": "2009-06-04T14:25:11",
"content": "@me : yes, absolutely. I saw a “Rump session” about that during SSTIC (french security event) in 2006.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77558",
"author": "k1200pilot",
"timestamp": "2009-06-08T01:41:01",
"content": "This configuration as presented is easy to make, and simpler than pulling a old router apart to de-solder the 4-port off the SMT board, 32 pins at once. High art would be to make it small enough that it can be concealed under the removable cube wall or disguised (surge protector). Whoever suggested twisting the wire should realize that the 4 pairs have different twist rates so are you going to recommend a twist rate for each pair while you’re giving out advise?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147129",
"author": "Zyras",
"timestamp": "2010-06-04T11:22:05",
"content": "I am trying to tap optical Ethernet from optical fiber. There are fiber tapping devices available that extract small light out of the fiber but the problems is now to convert that into electrical Ethernet signal. There are Ethernet media converters available but the problem is how to make it work by connecting tapped signal into its Rx and leaving its Tx unconnected",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "547530",
"author": "Drc3p0",
"timestamp": "2011-12-30T21:46:33",
"content": "this is good. now get this. how could you take this data and transmit it via wireless? I am researching how to use a IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi Transceiver Module to transmit the ethernet data that is being sniffed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "615518",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2012-03-29T18:57:28",
"content": "Can’t use a hub, it changes electrical properties of the network connection. And Authentication is not an issue since you really SHOULD be turning off any protocols, etc on that Ethernet card, and therefore not broadcasting anything out of your interface…. These are great for IDS and other systems that you don’t want a hacker or any one else to know is connected to the network…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1063401",
"author": "Christian Ferenz",
"timestamp": "2013-09-23T09:11:31",
"content": "But this works only on 10/100 Mbitread morehttp://www.cubro.net/index.php/papers-docs/cat_view/6-whitepaper",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1684604",
"author": "Christian Ferenz",
"timestamp": "2014-08-03T15:44:06",
"content": "Please use this link !http://www.cubro.net/cubro/index.php/papers-docs/whitepaper/35-passiv-gbit-copper-tap",
"parent_id": "1063401",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "1091248",
"author": "Chuck",
"timestamp": "2013-11-04T20:51:46",
"content": "I know I’m a little late, but I was wondering: This network tap is passive, but is it possible to gain access to a local area network through in a method similar to this? My idea came because you know…mission impossible ‘n’ sh*t.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1135699",
"author": "davi jordan",
"timestamp": "2013-12-16T13:11:19",
"content": "Yet anohter passive tap.http://www.instructables.com/id/Passive-network-tap-revised/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2242960",
"author": "Christian Ferenz",
"timestamp": "2014-12-13T11:48:29",
"content": "If you want a cheap readmade tap look athttp://www.tap-shop.net/shop/index.php/cubro-tap-10-100-mbit.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2963869",
"author": "pedropt",
"timestamp": "2016-03-24T03:04:23",
"content": "I just made a PCB for a passive network tap today , i already have one similar with the one posted here , but i decided to build a pcb circuit for definitive .Basically is something like this from top :http://s13.postimg.org/iw706vivr/Finished_TOP_With_Shunts.jpgIf anyone wants to build a one then you have here the pcb circuit for it .http://www.mediafire.com/download/olxladjpzsovcmk/ethernet_tap_PCB.rar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.147347
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/apple-tries-to-stop-sneaker-hackers/
|
Apple Tries To Stop Sneaker Hackers
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Mac Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"apple",
"appledrm",
"appleipod",
"drm",
"ipod",
"nike",
"nikedrm",
"slashdot"
] |
Apparently, Apple has decided that
extending DRM to your Nike accessories
will keep hackers at bay. Sick of people cutting the sensors out of their Nike shoes for use on other apparell, they have applied for a patent. Ever noticed the warning that it’s illegal to pull the tag off of a mattress? Did that stop you?
[via
Slashdot
]
| 19
| 19
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41844",
"author": "meatwad",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T14:03:09",
"content": "its not illegal for the consumer to remove the mattress tag; the warning is directed at merchants so they cant pass a bag full of rocks off as a tempurpedic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41845",
"author": "Zathrus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T14:11:50",
"content": "Wouldn’t first sale doctrine come into play, patent or not? And are there really any companies that are taking off the sensors and reselling them? If not, then this won’t make much difference — even if they try to apply the DMCA, the workaround is so obvious (even more so than a 64-bit XOR), so they’d probably get slapped down in court.As for the mattress tags — you know that the warnings only apply to sellers, right? If you bought the thing, you can pull them off to your heart’s delight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41847",
"author": "neo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T14:36:55",
"content": "As a consumer…I can do whatever the hell I want to with a product.Manufacturers have to adhere to these things like tags on mattresses.Sure.. I may violate the warranty policy if I mess with things but that is MY choice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41851",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T15:45:52",
"content": "errm….what if I want to dance in my running shoes?the first half of this sounds like pairing Bluetooth, the second half like usage restrictions on my clothing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41852",
"author": "DR",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T16:03:39",
"content": "Hack a Day (and sites like this one) could help the hacking community by refusing to cover crippled product offerings like this one. Instead, there are no less than three Apple posts on the front page.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41855",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T16:43:51",
"content": "If I don’t sell it or claim I designed it, it’s not a patent violation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41862",
"author": "shawn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:20:45",
"content": "Hum, guess I will be looking at those sneakers along theroadsides a little closer now.Amazes me how many people loose shoes out on the highways.:P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41864",
"author": "collin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:31:01",
"content": "WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOOSE SHOES",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41866",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:38:09",
"content": "the shoes aren’t bound to their feet and have been loosed :-p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41871",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T20:09:51",
"content": "Wow, so dumb. People don’t “cut” the sensors out of their shoes either. They come seperate and are placed in a pocket in the shoe. I don’t understand how people can run a site like this and not dp their fucking research.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41877",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T21:30:40",
"content": "Tom… doesn’t the shoe also have a sensor that the ‘portable’ sensor is paired up with?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41883",
"author": "jose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T23:30:19",
"content": "this just seems like an excercise in futility… It will be just as easy to pull that second sensor off of the “piece of clothing” and put it next to your Ipod receiver, and THEN duct-tape that to your old pair of New Balance running shoes…Oooh.. we could put TWO sensors… surely these college-educated software/electrical/mechanical/Industrial design engineering-educated hackers wouldn’t be able to figure that out…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41915",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T04:39:07",
"content": "why buy cripple hardware in the first place ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42046",
"author": "injailfortagpulling",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T05:51:20",
"content": "remember that escaped convict from PeeWee that said he pulled off a tag?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43424",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-09-25T19:00:01",
"content": "You know this has to be the most pointless thing I’ve ever seen just use both sensors if you want to use it on a different shoe.I think this is more to prevent people from making their own software to use the sensors vs only allow them to be used in a crappy nike shoe since it would take me what 3 minutes to make it work on any old shoe.The DRM is likely something idiot simple like a 64bit hash.But really Apple has become very lame these past few years and DRM is never cool or hip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55361",
"author": "fashion blog",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T23:31:59",
"content": "it is unbelievably, oh wait, yes it can be believable :-D But it sux, tht suits for apple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70091",
"author": "tvaughan",
"timestamp": "2009-04-11T06:22:04",
"content": "sneakers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111594",
"author": "Debbie New Designer Fashion",
"timestamp": "2009-12-13T23:33:50",
"content": "Howdy I found this site by chance, I was searching Bing forNew Fashion Designerswhen I found your site, I must say your site is really great I truely think the theme, its astounding!. I don’t have the time in this instance to entirely absorb your webpage but I have favorited it and also subscribed for your RSS feeds. I will be back when I free up some time. Thank you for a great website.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "293773",
"author": "lol",
"timestamp": "2010-12-31T17:23:16",
"content": "^ Troll much?|",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.252362
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/cheap-usb-lcd/
|
Cheap USB LCD
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"4x20",
"auxiliarydisplay",
"character display",
"display",
"ir",
"lcd",
"linux",
"picolcd",
"vista",
"windows vista"
] |
Part of the pre-Vista hype was the idea of auxiliary displays. Laptop and desktop displays would provide additional information from your computer. The Vista SideShow feature hasn’t really caught on and the surplus hardware has started to drop in price. Take
this PicoLCD for example
: It’s a 4×20 character LCD with an IR receiver, multiple buttons, and a USB connection. The best part is: it has
Linux drivers
and an open source SDK. We know a lot of you like wiring up
HD44780 based screens
, but it’s hard to pass up a $50 prepackaged solution with such nice extras.
[via
Engadget
]
| 13
| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41831",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T06:04:50",
"content": "vista only …. -__-besides that, it seemss quite nice.looks like it would be possible to hack the linux drivers into a state to let it be used on windows [properly]…probably better that way anyways. vista sucks.also, wtb working inputbox.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41834",
"author": "jose",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T07:22:58",
"content": "I saw these a while back, but couldn’t find a source for them…awesomes that hackaday brings it up again…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41836",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T09:18:25",
"content": "I have two screens I can’t choose between;A 4×20 LCD with big characters, 4x bigger than normal.A 2×20 PLED display, with awesome contrast and viewing angle.I can’t choose between them!PLED is awesome but the LCD is bigger and has 2 more lines.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41841",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T12:06:05",
"content": "Hackaday, never leave us again.Ever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41850",
"author": "kato",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T15:34:25",
"content": "anyway to get it to work with xp?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41860",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:04:58",
"content": "this looks cool. i would be very surprised if they didn’tput up more details soon. mini-box sells so many parts foritx hackers, they should understand their customers. ifnot, one of their customers will.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41863",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:23:38",
"content": "sorry, but I can get fully working 15′ LCD for $50",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41872",
"author": "bort",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T20:50:23",
"content": "@rasz: a 15-foot lcd? o rly?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41930",
"author": "psurf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T07:03:00",
"content": "with some elbow grease, you can get a full color non-interactive one for under 20 bucks:http://www.planetsurfer.net/2008/06/05/use-a-cheap-digital-picture-frame-as-a-secondary-display/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41967",
"author": "Dillon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T15:10:31",
"content": "Does anyone remember the ID-75 from Massworks? I’ve been trying to get ahold of the SDK they offered to similar stuff but alas its no longer available. Anyone anyone have any leads?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42038",
"author": "shporg",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T03:50:01",
"content": "hey thats cool, its just like the one i have on my g15keyboard which only cost me 80 bucks, plus its illuminatedwith hotkeys and apps to choose from, displays info for mediaand games and comes with free child clown shoes yay!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42079",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T16:57:46",
"content": "This screen is a littl expensive for a character module.Its great they have an sdk so it may end up being ported tothe so called “lessor” operating systems. I see biggerapplication in hacks though. I would like to know what isinside the box. How much room for modifications are there.Can we add our own batteries and such. Thi biggest questionis it an industry standard HD4478 lcd driver and form factor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59912",
"author": "TV Wall Brackets",
"timestamp": "2009-01-19T09:08:17",
"content": "I appreciate your putting this information on the web. easier to access, read and digest. Your procedures on proper filing is very enriching. thank you so much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.075396
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/reverse-engineering-silicon-logic/
|
Reverse Engineering Silicon Logic
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"crypto",
"flylogic",
"karsten nohl",
"karstennohl",
"mifare",
"mifareclassic",
"ReverseEngineering",
"silicon",
"transistor"
] |
[Karsten Nohl] has recently joined the team on Flylogic’s blog. You may remember him as part of the team that
reverse engineered the crypto in MiFare RFID chips
. In his first post, he starts out with the
basics of identifying logic cells
. By studying the specific layout of the transistors you can reproduce the actual logic functions of the chip. The end of post holds a challenge for next week (pictured above). It has 34 transistors, 3 inputs, 2 outputs, and time variant behavior. Also, check out the
Silicon Zoo
which catalogs individual logic cells for identification.
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41917",
"author": "Mindbleach",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T05:17:01",
"content": "Not only is Flylogic a fascinating read, but their scans make excellent dekstop backgrounds.… and in Firefox 2.0.0.1, this text box is no longer bounded by the vertical line to its right. I keep typing, and I can see the cursor blinking way off toward the recent comments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41923",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:06:22",
"content": "Hi. Is there a site that has a better diagram of thesetransistors that labeled? I’m having some troubleunderstanding the one in that post. I think I see thesource,gate, and drain, but they don’t match up with thetransistor symbol. If there is a site that explains thembetter, that would be awesome. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41961",
"author": "jeri ellsworth",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T13:21:04",
"content": "I completed the challange an I thought the photos were great. Look for diffusion cuts running horizontal and poly gates running mostly vertical. Keep in mind that source and drains can be shared between transistors.-jer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41969",
"author": "Mignon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T15:44:17",
"content": "I know next to nothing about this stuff but wonderif a library of functions could be used to construct,in effect, an OCR system that would take these imagesof the whole circuit and output the program that itimplements.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.435737
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/iphone-screengrab-issues/
|
IPhone Screengrab Issues
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"cache",
"erase",
"flash",
"flashmemory",
"forensics",
"iphone",
"security",
"solidstate",
"ssd"
] |
This is unfortunately another story we missed out on while we were trying to keep things from
burning down
. We told you that [Jonathan Zdziarski] was going to demonstrate
iPhone lock code bypassing
in a webcast. The real surprise came when he pointed out that the
iPhone takes a screenshot
every time you use the home button. It does this so it can do the scaling animation. The image files are presumably deleted immediately, but as we’ve seen before it’s nearly impossible to guarantee deletion on a solid state device. There’s currently no way to disable this behavior. So, even privacy conscious people have no way to prevent their iPhone from filling up storage with screenshots of all their text message, email, and browsing activities. Hopefully Apple will address this problem just like they did with the previous
secure erase issue
. O’Reilly promises to publish the full webcast soon.
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41802",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:27:43",
"content": "“”there’s no way to prevent it,” zdziarski said during the webcast.”Yes, there is – store the screenshot in RAM, not on the flash disk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41804",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:36:39",
"content": "Actually, speaking of that, I wonder if, after jailbreaking said device, you can symlink the folder where these go to a created ramdisk?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41821",
"author": "justin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T03:28:41",
"content": "actually it takes a screen shot when you press the lock buttonand home at the same time. it dosnt do this everytime you hithome. also when you connect it to a computer it makes thedrive appear but only for the pictures.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41854",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T16:38:08",
"content": "Hey justin, that’s for taking screen shots you want to keep.it makes a screen shot every time you hit the home button to makethose cool animations it does when it changes apps. They aresupposed to be deleted, but like every other type of storage mediaonly the pointers are deleted. so that makes them retrievable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41856",
"author": "michael",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T17:11:10",
"content": "Hey, I think the bigger problem may be,that there are personal informations on thephone anyway – so losing the device is the real problem.Perhaps Apple could include FileVault to unlock via lockcode^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41902",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T02:34:05",
"content": "I don’t understand why people are so worried about this. Sure it takes a screenshot every time you hit the home button, but isn’t pretty much everything in that screenshot already stored elsewhere on the drive?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41908",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T03:37:04",
"content": "Yea, pretty much. I think the newest update has an option toself wipe the device if the pass code is incorrectly entered toomany times. The best way to avoid any one from getting your infois to not lose the phone in the first place. If you do, give at&ta call as soon as you realize you don’t have it any moreso they can remote wipe if for you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42077",
"author": "Fixxxer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T16:33:16",
"content": "I noticed this same behavior a back in July while trying to restore some deleted photos from my iPhone. I used ‘DD’ to make an image of the iPhone’s memory, then used PhotoRec to search for deleted images. In addition to finding the camera photos that I was looking for, I also recovered 77 of these screenshots–many of them containing personal info. For example, there were screenshots of emails that I had sent to several people, maps that I was looking at, web sites that I was viewing, etc. At the time, I didn’t know what the screenshots were for, but the problem still remains. It’s very easy to recover this data from an iPhone that hasn’t been “virginized”.Here’s the post I made when I discovered it:http://www.modmyi.com/forums/general-iphone-chat/240901-whats-all-these-screenshots.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.486725
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/led-coffee-table/
|
LED Coffee Table
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arcade",
"atari",
"coffeetable",
"Joystick",
"led",
"ledtable",
"makerfaire",
"makerfaire2008",
"rgb",
"rgbLED",
"sparkfun"
] |
Spark Fun’s centerpiece at Maker Faire back in May was this
LED coffee table
. They just recently posted about how it was constructed. The surface is made from 64 8×8 RGB LED matrix boards totaling 4096 LEDs. The eight rows are connected to a custom router board so that one SPI line can control the entire display. The main microcontroller is an Olimex LPC2106 dev board. It runs a four player cooperative pong game where multiple balls are added over time. Each player gets a classic
Atari
paddle for control. You can see a video of the table running a screensaver after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udXM0asgzu8]
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41788",
"author": "andrut",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T01:17:17",
"content": "“64 8×8 RGB LED matrix boards totaling 4092”64x8x8 is 4096, you insensitive clod!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41796",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:05:50",
"content": "@andrut Fixed. That’s what we get for trusting SparkFun’s maths.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41803",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:35:41",
"content": "no, its not 4096 its 12288. they are RGB matrices, ie 24 x 24 m",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41825",
"author": "dashdingo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T04:50:29",
"content": "it’s over 9000.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41838",
"author": "portia",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T10:55:12",
"content": "Just like to point out that those are not “classic Atari paddles”, but rather classic Atari joysticks.Paddles look like this:http://atariace.com/images/atariace.com/atari/images/joysticks/atari_2600_paddles.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41840",
"author": "nxk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T11:48:45",
"content": "those aren’t atari _paddles_, they are atari joysticks.the important difference is that the paddles are analog, the joysticks are digital.@biojae:4096 is correct, since they were referring to the number of _rgb_ leds in the project, and it’s pretty common practice to refer to an led package in the singular regardless of the number of actual emitters it may contain inside.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41970",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T16:25:22",
"content": "Good idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.58628
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/xbox-360-wireless-visual-interface/
|
Xbox 360 Wireless Visual Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"360",
"gameconsole",
"handheld",
"portable",
"videogame",
"wireless",
"wvi",
"xbox",
"xbox360"
] |
[jon barber] pointed out another great project on the benheck forums that hasn’t gotten much attention. [techknott] built a
wireless video interface for his Xbox 360
. Think of it as a sort of video game thin client. It has the form-factor of a portable but doesn’t include the 360’s components. Instead it has a 1.2GHz A/V receiver and the guts of a wireless controller. The specific transmitter was chosen because it wouldn’t interfere with the 2.4GHz controller. The power supply is two 2600mAh batteries running at 7.5V with a built in charging circuit. The draw from the screen is ~500mA. The entire unit is 1 inch thick.
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41784",
"author": "Q8GEEK",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T00:36:51",
"content": "now kids can carry game addiction to a higher level by sneaking this in their bed while playing online instead of the ol’ fashioned comic book and flash light sneakingXD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41849",
"author": "simoncion",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T15:25:32",
"content": "Better that they feed their comic book addiction than their video game addiction, right?But, on topic: This is pretty darn cool. I wonder how much pressure it would take to snap off those triggers, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41979",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T19:11:47",
"content": "Man, I actually had an idea nearly identical to this several months ago. Though my idea was to connect the video output to a PC with a capture card, and somehow interface to a controller, which would allow you to play your xbox anywhere with web access.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81310",
"author": "Austin",
"timestamp": "2009-07-13T02:56:17",
"content": "very cool. but im wonderin about a tutorial cause that seems like a very fun project",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114133",
"author": "teck monkey",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T02:48:06",
"content": "i want the tutorial too…pls",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119960",
"author": "secure wifi",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:26:51",
"content": "at last the information i needed thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "370764",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2011-03-31T01:25:17",
"content": "How much would it could for me to make one of these? Or how much would it cost to have you make this for me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "443927",
"author": "SHAKIEEE",
"timestamp": "2011-08-29T21:14:21",
"content": "need Instructions, tutorial any thing please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.39462
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/large-hadron-collider-roundup/
|
Large Hadron Collider Roundup
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"cern",
"drinking",
"drinkinggame",
"large hadron collider",
"lhc",
"roundup",
"xkcd"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNpucos9wc]
The
Large Hadron Collider
was a
success
and it didn’t
destroy the world
. We have to admit, we were a little bit worried about the possibility of generating
black holes
but were soothed by scientists’ reassurances that we would still exist, and this
self-explanatory website
. We’re also kind of hoping to
build our own
.
PHD Comics visits CERN
to learn all about the experiment. Xkcd prepares for the
end times with a new friend
. The curious can explore some
amazing
imagery
of the LHC
, and read about the
best-and-worst-case scenarios
, and what
scientists are hoping for,
or monitor progress
via webcam
. The celebratory will listen to
appropriate music
, consume
inspired science fiction
, and
drink to the Large Hadron Collider
and its success.
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41699",
"author": "DJFelix",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:14:03",
"content": "One thing to note is that they only ran a one-way test, meaning there were noactual collisions tested.We have seen photons travel around in circles before in other colliders. They won’t actually ramp up to anything that hasn’t been done before for several months.The possibility of triggering a black hole still exists.Don’t forget … The entire purpose of this thing is to conduct experiments where they have NO IDEA what the results are. There is a possibility that the results of those experiments will be either a large explosion or a black hole.Hopefully it will just be a small nuclear explosion, not a black hole.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41700",
"author": "piku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:15:44",
"content": "And if you want a really good laugh, just browse on over to these youtube videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt1Yo610lG0It’s a work of SATAN!!11!!eleventy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41711",
"author": "kayne001",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:20:17",
"content": "I was just going to say that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41713",
"author": "bkaxrf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:32:45",
"content": "Yes the first collisions are supposed to occur on October 21st according to the wiki.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41718",
"author": "Lessa, L.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T21:45:24",
"content": "The first collision will occur on october and in a same level as thatmade in fermilab (USA) and nothing wrong was happen.Only in next year the LHC will run in the maximum power.I worked in the CMS experiment and I am optimistic with the results",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41728",
"author": "Saites",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:57:12",
"content": "The danger is null:http://devicedaily.com/misc/if-it-goes-wrong-the-large-hadron-collider-could-destroy-earth.html“There are rumors that the Large Hadron Collider will create black holes and the rumors are true, that’s one of the scientists intentions. But there is other rumor that the black holes will swallow the Earth, which is fake. Yes, the black holes do swallow everything, even light, but the black holes created will be so small that they will disappear in less than a second, because they lose more mass than they absorb.”Your wrong for being afraid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41731",
"author": "Adam Smasher",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T23:32:04",
"content": "Dear Hack-A-Day Readers;This Large Hadron Collider is the worst thing mankind has ever created. I am President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Protons (PETP), and it is our duty to protect those that can not protect themselves.How can anyone sleep at night knowing that these poor, innocent, little Protons are being annihilated at the rate of millions an hour? They have done nothing wrong to deserve this kind of treatment. Is okay as long as it’s somebody else’s protons? What if they were yours? Suppose I took your son or daughter and propelled them at 99.9% the speed of light, and smashed them in to another child coming at the same speed in the other direction, just to see what they’re made of, would that be okay? How would you feel?Hack-A-Day Readers, won’t you please help us by sending whatever you can? Visithttp://www.PETP.org/, we accept all major credit cards, PayPal, and checks.Thank you.Adam SmasherPresident of People for the Ethical Treatment of Protons (PETP)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42054",
"author": "zapht",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T06:37:51",
"content": "the strogg with come through and destroy us all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45107",
"author": "hassanulibad rizvi",
"timestamp": "2008-10-09T16:58:50",
"content": "mankind has been trying to unfold the realities of the universe since long with the help of scientific knowledge and scientific brain gifted to him by almighty ALLAH. this experiment will be a success as blessing of almighty ALLAH is with humanity to stay till the end comes with his permission.let us hope for a better future and prosperous world in future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.531866
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/11/turn-your-playstation-3-into-linux-based-lab-equipment/
|
Turn Your Playstation 3 Into Linux-based Lab Equipment
|
Adam Harris
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"equipment",
"function",
"generator",
"lab",
"logic analyzer",
"logicanalyzer",
"ps3",
"spectrum",
"spectrum analyzer"
] |
In a two-part series called “PS3 Fab-to-lab” on
IBM’s awesome developerWorks website
, [Lewin] explains how to use the Cell Broadband Engine in a
PS3
to create an audio-bandwidth spectrum analyzer and function generator. The set up consists of
Yellow Dog Linux
, an NTSC television, and an external USB sound card to provide the inputs of the spectrum analyzer and the outputs of the function generator. The
sound card driver
is written to simply capture or send the info in question (audio range only) and the
NTSC television
as the graphical interface. This hack involves a lot of coding with hardly any example code provided. The article is more of a guide than anything. If anyone gets this working,
let us know
!
[via
Digg
]
[photo:
Malcom Tredinnick
]
| 10
| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41694",
"author": "scrabblecock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T18:06:20",
"content": "huzzah!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41753",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T08:16:55",
"content": "With more example code, I could replace half of my lab equipment with a PS3…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41757",
"author": "michael fincham",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T11:23:58",
"content": "Is there any particular reason this is being done with a PS3 and not say, a very cheap 2nd hand dell?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41819",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T03:10:15",
"content": "The picture looks like it’s actually running Ubuntu Linux!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41981",
"author": "njakol",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T20:21:26",
"content": "@michael, yes it’s because of the very powerful cell-processorthat the ps3 have.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50734",
"author": "@Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T22:35:29",
"content": "It is running Ubuntu linux. The PS3 has been running Ubuntu since 7.04 and also runs Fedora Core, Yellow Dog, OpenSUSE 11.0 and Gentoo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95621",
"author": "Support Xbox 360",
"timestamp": "2009-09-22T03:19:08",
"content": "Wow good stuff, thanks for the good read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97846",
"author": "Mobile Cell Phone",
"timestamp": "2009-10-01T16:10:22",
"content": "I read two times, printed out and hung it on the fridge. Yes, indeed, should understand this too long!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113827",
"author": "Assassins Creed 2 Fan",
"timestamp": "2009-12-29T01:45:16",
"content": "Nice article about the playstation 3. thanks :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "126940",
"author": "XBox Support",
"timestamp": "2010-03-01T15:22:25",
"content": "Haha, gotta love Linux. This is awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.019542
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/11/google-chrome-roundup/
|
Google Chrome Roundup
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"google hacks"
] |
[
"4chan",
"browser",
"chrome",
"chromium",
"google",
"googlechrome",
"roundup"
] |
Google Chrome
made a huge splash in the past week, but will it really change the way you browse, and convince you to switch from your current browser? For those who want to play with it but don’t want Google to completely take over their lives,
Chromium
is the open source project behind
Google Chrome
. Linux and OS X users can also
run Chrome
using WINE
, although success is not guaranteed. To make an educated choice, read
Scott McCloud’s comic
which explains the underpinnings. Make sure you’re aware of
Chrome’s security vulnerabilities
, and take advantage of
Lifehacker’s guide
to make your browsing experience as convenient and useful as possible. There are some great features, including the ability to log into
multiple Google accounts
using its much-lauded
Incognito mode
, which prevents Google Chrome from logging information on your browsing and downloading habits (websites you browse can still track your information). For convenience, you can also install
Chrome on a USB drive
, and take it anywhere with you. Explore the many
Google
Chrome
blogs
that have popped up to provide advice on hacking and tweaking the browser. Or you could just get all your information
from 4chan
.
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41690",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T17:32:29",
"content": "The Google Chrome EULA and the lack of File menu killed it for me.Guess I’m still sticking with FF",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41696",
"author": "BeautifulZune",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T18:30:41",
"content": "Wow, I can’t believe this, but I found something that no other site has mentioned yet. You can drag a tab off the Chrome window and it becomes a new window. You can also drag that window back to the tab bar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41698",
"author": "natb19",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:04:12",
"content": "@BeautifulZuneUmmm…. that’s cos it’s in the basic instructions…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41703",
"author": "dcj2",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:40:29",
"content": "Wow! I can’t believe this but sombody posted a commentabout an undiscivered feature that was clearly explainedin the documentation. Hidden in plain sight, indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41712",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:28:25",
"content": "Opera has has this feature for awhile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41724",
"author": "LouisII",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:25:15",
"content": "Must Bring own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. No reasonably important new features have I seen yet from it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41747",
"author": "Shantanu Goel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T06:37:21",
"content": "The “incognito” mode is there in firefox as well, a bit hidden thoug.You need not wait for FF3.1 to get it, its here..now:See this:http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/09/10/firefox-incognito-mode-is-here-move-over-chromeie8.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41755",
"author": "kzl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T08:41:50",
"content": "Yea, most of the features I have heard about with cromealready come in opera so I feel no reason to switch to it.For “incognito” i have had google web histroy turned offsince it came out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41899",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T02:12:16",
"content": "I thought the EULA was awesome, google has an amazing sense of humor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43188",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:06:41",
"content": "here is a google hack search inurl:/view/index.shtmlon google,and it shows almost all webcams",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43463",
"author": "JavaNut",
"timestamp": "2008-09-26T05:00:30",
"content": "Chrome doesn’t work with wine.. I tried and it came up with an error saying it didn’t support Windows 2000.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44356",
"author": "Van",
"timestamp": "2008-10-04T23:33:49",
"content": "does anyone know when the mac version will be released?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.642613
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/11/pc-stands-for-patriotic-computer/
|
PC Stands For “Patriotic Computer”
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"9/11",
"create usb",
"fan",
"flag",
"memorial",
"video"
] |
[vimeo
http://vimeo.com/1709336%5D
On the seventh anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001, it’s important to reflect on patriotism, nationalism, and responsibility to your country and motherland. This USB memorial lets us think about our contributions to our great nation. Or it’s just a tribute to misguided nationalism and capitalism via insipid flag waving. Instructions are available at
Instructables
.
[via
F.A.T.
]
| 11
| 11
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[
{
"comment_id": "41692",
"author": "TheRain",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T17:53:41",
"content": "Flag waving is important.Wave a flag and save a dying kitten.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41714",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:33:12",
"content": "not sure what nationalism has to do with capitalism…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41723",
"author": "LouisII",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:17:06",
"content": "ah yes… flags are soooooooo important…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41805",
"author": "dalek9000",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:38:00",
"content": "why the fuck is this here? some guy taped some USB’s together amirite. awe we supposed to feel sorry for him or something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41839",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T11:34:34",
"content": "this is utterly pathetic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41965",
"author": "peruser",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T14:53:25",
"content": "did you seriously just post this? or am i having another bad dream",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42062",
"author": "xploited",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T12:10:13",
"content": "F$%k patriotism, f$%k nationalism, f%$k militarism… f%$k the borders.All they do is spread hate and violence and perpetuate an elitist attitudetowards others who just happen to live outside of some arbitrary,nonexistent line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42534",
"author": "Johnson",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T10:04:24",
"content": "Why are amerifags still butthurt over 9/11?Fucking pathetic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42991",
"author": "ccat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:33:27",
"content": "Are you all a bunch of liberal, commie, unpatriotic slobs? Yes it’s kind of corny but I like the idea.Get over yourselves – patriotism is not an evil thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43893",
"author": "kippersan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T21:11:41",
"content": "No it’s not – it often leads to evil things though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "88057",
"author": "Andy Mendez",
"timestamp": "2009-08-20T04:38:15",
"content": "great info",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.368081
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/11/hack-a-day-2-electric-boogaloo/
|
Hack A Day 2: Electric Boogaloo
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"anouncement",
"beta",
"ddos",
"downtime",
"lhc",
"stevejobs",
"Thermite",
"wordpress"
] |
Well, that was fun… no, not really, but we’re back from the dead
like Steve Jobs
. We’ve been getting DDoS’d since essentially the first day we originally came back. After killing a 1G connection, we decided to find a different solution. Since the world
didn’t end this week
, we brought the site back using WordPress.com as the new host. We now return to our regular blog shenanigans. Here’s to another four years of beta!
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| 20
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41686",
"author": "jukus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T09:02:17",
"content": "I was begining to think all sorts when i navigated tohackaday eachday with blinding diapointment,Good to see you guys back, One thing tho, it could bebrowser specific i suppose but the comment box trails ofinto the topics on the right and i can see what im typingbeyond here————————————————>anyhow good to see your friendly e-faces again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41687",
"author": "jukus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T09:07:23",
"content": "sory about the spelling, i typed the thing, and because icouldnt see what i was typing passed the division, i madesome spelling mistakes, i then word wrapped the text to fitinto the comment box not realizing my mistakes. :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41688",
"author": "gcc",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T16:09:34",
"content": "Glad to see y’all back. I was afraid one of my favorite sites had gone poof.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41689",
"author": "rviso",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T17:06:59",
"content": "Very happy to see the site back up. I was starting to get the shakes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41691",
"author": "Stu",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T17:41:25",
"content": "Yes welcome back. I too was getting withdrawal symptoms!The thing that got me was the browser wasn’t even resolving hackaday.com, leading me to think you guys had forgotten to renew your DNS registration, and it expired!Its kind of strange doing an ‘nslookup hackaday.com’ in the cmd prompt and seeing NO results from any DNS server I tried!The LHC certainly does have some strange side effects! My CRT TV is dying too, I blame the magnetic fields from the swiss-franco border screwing with the deflection beams in it! *JOKE ALERT*.And this edit box is certainly playing up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41701",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:31:04",
"content": "Good work in getting the site up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41704",
"author": "MashupMark",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:51:19",
"content": "DDO’sed??? Who would do such a thing?Any word why, who, or ransom notes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41710",
"author": "supaduck",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:18:08",
"content": "I’m very glad you guys came back, I like this site a lot.it’s even my homepage!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41715",
"author": "Philip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:53:35",
"content": "Love the new update guys, posting this from my HTC Kaiser….before hand i couldnt even read the comments. Hats off to hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41720",
"author": "Gr33ny",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T21:51:27",
"content": "darn good to see you back…I was so bored without you Ialmost fell off the workbench due to solder fumes….how amI supposed to know what I want to build without decentwrite ups from my favorite hacking website?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41726",
"author": "S.P.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:46:52",
"content": "Happy to see hackaday resurrected from the land of 404’s and DNS errors.I was very worried.I started to have severe withdrawal symptoms without the hack per day that was prescribed to me by my doctor.Why the hack someone would like to hack hackaday.com?Hope u’ll solve all your trobles soon.Hackaday.com will last for(;;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41729",
"author": "macegr",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T23:05:16",
"content": "Um hey guys, you might want to add a cname for www.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41730",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T23:24:27",
"content": "Hooray you’re back! for days & days this tab in my FF browser kept on coming up as site unresolvable, even when I was online through other networks so I figured something bad was up, but DDOS’d? what saddo would do such a thing to a site like this?!BTW, what’s up with the comments form? it doesn’t wordwrap properly when it gets to the right edge so you can’t see what you’re typing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41824",
"author": "alive",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T04:09:00",
"content": "I was thinking the worst… But I am very happy that youguys are back from the dead.I visit 3 sites everyday all day long… slashdot, engadget,and hackaday.It was hell without my hackaday!!!btw: keep up the awesome work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41837",
"author": "akamyname",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T10:13:01",
"content": "With great joy HACKADAY is back!This site is the cure for alziemers, mental fodder for thecreatively challenged.But you’re still calling it BETA?Shouldn’t this be GAMMA now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41842",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T12:07:40",
"content": "No hackaday left a _BIG_ hole in my bookmarks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41865",
"author": "brainmonster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T18:33:41",
"content": "So glad you’re back, been jonesing for a hack-fix for a week.DDOS! If you ever find out who, give us a clue, payback’s abitch! We missed you, we’re happy you’re back, live longhack-a-day beta! Recommend you to all my classes–you’llhave dedicated followers for decades! Thanks for everything!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41873",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T20:53:43",
"content": "So does the new blog engine let me leave comments yet?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41874",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T20:55:03",
"content": "woohoo, it does!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41894",
"author": "spaceballs3000",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T01:29:16",
"content": "COME on, Hack a day says goes missing for a week, and then it only gives a weak short paragraph on why it was down. Inquiring minds want to know! Ya could have like changed the DNS to a temporary host (with a fat pipe) and reply back with text saying it’s why it’s down, etc… As I needed my fix, and I got antsy just wanting to know what happened… I even almost registered and domain like ‘WeresHackAday.com’ just so I can place a forum up there and hope people could talk about it. Also Hack a Day needs to update the whois info, as I wanted to email them asking what happened.My Ranting is done, now time to get my fix =P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.320347
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/07/3d-mineral-printer/
|
3D Mineral Printer
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"3dprinter",
"3dprinting",
"concrete",
"concreteprinter",
"contourprinting",
"makerfaire2008",
"mineralprinter",
"ucsc",
"usc"
] |
The last few days many people have been talking about the USC’s contour printer. It’s a
device that prints concrete outlines
with the hopes of eventually printing entire houses. Caterpillar has decided to back the initiative.
It reminded us of a project we came across at Maker Faire. [Leif Ames], [Matthew Bowman], [Marides Athanasiadis], and [Terrell Edwards] built a
3D Mineral Printer
as their senior engineering design project at UC Santa Cruz. The printer works by first laying down a layer of dry concrete powder. It then selectively wets the powder where it wants a solid form. The reaction doesn’t require air to dry, so the next layer can be applied immediately. The printer only creates contours and the team imagines this being used to create temporary casting molds. The build envelop is nearly a cubic meter. When we talked to them, they were experimenting with many different types of material mixes. A video of the first test is after the break.
| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41708",
"author": "Affine",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T20:09:42",
"content": "This reminds me of Edison’s concrete houses from the early 1900’s:http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1996/3/1996_3_50.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.154184
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/07/toaster-computer/
|
Toaster Computer
|
Nick Caiello
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"casemod",
"computer",
"pc hack",
"pc mod",
"TEC",
"thermoelectric",
"toaster"
] |
[Gordon Johnson] recently completed
part 1 of his toaster computer project
. He used a standard four slot toaster as the enclosure and cut holes for access to the ports and a wireless antenna. While the specifications of the components used are not mentioned, the build is well documented on his site, complete with lots of pictures and a video. While he used a traditional fan based cooling method for part 1 of the build, he plans on using a special cooling method for part 2 that uses aluminum and mineral oil to create a
thermoelectric cooling
effect.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41661",
"author": "markyb96",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:07:57",
"content": "Hopefully the Toast-it-all doesn’t toast up the Athlon in there",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41662",
"author": "Tripointlogic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:14:00",
"content": "Lame… looks like a third grader built this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "572693",
"author": "A third grader",
"timestamp": "2012-02-01T23:00:11",
"content": "Maybe I made it?",
"parent_id": "41662",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41663",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:15:02",
"content": "Wow, an amd cpu and a crt monitor. It must suck being poor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41664",
"author": "trekna",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:39:10",
"content": "I think I liked it better when comments didn’t work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41665",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:50:18",
"content": "So now someone really can put linux on their toaster.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41666",
"author": "e59741",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:54:17",
"content": "I like how Gordan is willing to share his work whilehe is still in progress, and I look forward to seeingthe finished project. I am wondering what will becomeof the toast holes in the finished product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41667",
"author": "n3rd1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:03:58",
"content": "The has to be a way to get a gaudy processor heat sink to look like popping toast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41668",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:04:57",
"content": "tripointlogic & chris need to get off their high horse before someone knocks them off to try to get some sense into them. did you ever try putting a computer into something that wasn’t built to hold computer parts?thought not. piss off! Why not offer useful comments like “he should have mounted the power supply inside the toaster.” or maybe got a smaller supply to facilitate the mounting inside. But no, you just dis the work and come off like a pair of lamers without a clue. not everyone has stuff handed to them on a silver platter and sometimes people want to try stuff with the old parts they have sitting around. what a concept! oh… this is the mantra of most projects posted on hack-a-day – use excess parts or really cheap parts to build kewl stuff.I’m starting to agree with trekna. the comments were better without the trolls… and since most of them seem to be trolls recently. let’s just leave the comments off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41669",
"author": "Dan Fruzzetti",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:29:05",
"content": "I didn’t think aluminum + dielectric made a “thermoelectric cooler.” I thought the mineral oil solution was just a liquid heat sink — you can dunk your entire computer in mineral oil safely…I thought thermoelectric coolers were solid-state heat pumps mostly using the Peltier effect…OK and about the trolls who are bashing everything they see: don’t pay any attention to them; no mature adult would waste their time or yours by writing something like that. They must be between 13 and 15 and very, very insecure. I mean, seriously, would you really care if a child insulted something you worked hard to create? They have no training, no knowledge, and no experience and therefore they have no qualifications to judge anything on this site as positive or negative. And by and large, it’s been my experience that those kids are usually the dirt-poor ignorant souls who can’t afford any better equipment than an “AMD cpu and CRT monitor.”Funny story: I just took out an old amber-on-black monitor and the ISA controller for its use in a new project. But if you trashed me about what I’m working on, it wouldn’t matter because your entire existence is irrelevant to me. So don’t worry about the trolls; there -are- a few of us who can make relevant or contributory comments. And we’re all capable of just skipping those moronic insecure rants from the kids with no parents and no lives.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41670",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T19:03:54",
"content": "@sly and danDid I ever put down his project, NO! I put down the amd cpu and crt monitor.And I can’t say as i’ve ever tried to put a computer into something not designedto hold one and I wasn’t commenting on that. And I don’t have a high horse, mywife did but she sold it and got a smaller one.Sly your an ass and i’m sorry that your poor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41671",
"author": "markp1989",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T20:06:22",
"content": "a good mod,i know its not finished yet. but i can see the potentialsomthing like this would be better then having the psy out the backhttp://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41672",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T20:54:48",
"content": "It seems like no matter what gets posted on here, some daffy douchewill say it’s lame or bemoan the death of hackaday._screw_them_—I recently put together a low-powered Micro-ATX PC to play withLinux on. I called it “The Toaster” because of it’s modest resources and basicmission, which was to be a basic web machine.I wish I had thought to build it into an actual toaster!This is a most righteous and worthy project indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41673",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T20:58:14",
"content": "bahaha. you think i’m poor? think again. you obviously are overtly judgmental. this is purely an observation made of your presence here. btw, those who are on a high horse never think they are until they’re knocked off. your horse may not be as high as your wife’s, but you’ve just shown that it’s high enough. And if I’m an ass for stating my observations, oh well… guess I’m an ass. I’d rather be an ass than a bully any day. And for old time sake (even though it was just earlier today)… piss off :-pthe pico-supply is a good idea, but that link pulls up a 404 on their sitetry this onehttp://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-120-power-kit?sc=8&category=13",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41674",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:02:42",
"content": "an optical drive or two would be appropriate in thetoast slots now that i thhink about it! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41675",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:35:03",
"content": "Lol, this hack involves sticking screwdrivers into toasters.He should do something humorous with the toast slots, evenif it’s just something simple with red LEDs. It might alsobe interesting to put a biometric scanner down one slot,that way he’d look like a toaster-fingering badass wheneverhe logs on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41676",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:37:01",
"content": "I think it would have been better to have the toaster levers be the on and off switches.Would look better than the crappy looking black button sticking out the back.Is the comments not word wrapping for every body else?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41677",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:40:05",
"content": "I think that when you push down on the toaster lever, it should turn on, and then when you shut your pc down, it should pop back up!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41678",
"author": "Piku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:52:10",
"content": "A good way of cooling the computer would be to fit heatsinks inside the bread slots.Then after a bit of heavy use it’d work like a toaster too :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41679",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T23:03:09",
"content": "Nice start. I would like to see the PS inside.Here is another Linux toasterhttp://onlyhacks.com/2008/07/23/netbsd-toaster/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41680",
"author": "biozz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T23:07:19",
"content": "oh god kill me nowthis is stupid and should never of been postedand who the hell still uses a crt …. or a toaster ….or amd for that matter … 2 thumbs downthis should be taken down from hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41681",
"author": "rfc",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T23:14:19",
"content": "Nice project easy to clean the dustand the bread crumbles :Dthats the spirit keep up the good job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41682",
"author": "glj12",
"timestamp": "2008-09-08T00:27:29",
"content": "Hi all.Thanks for the backup against the rest of the “trolls” on here. And yes, I am a poor college kid. :P Well, anyway, I don’t enjoy wasting a whole lot of money on projects when I could use it for other things. The CRT monitor is so amazingly old. I plan on getting an LCD monitor eventually. But as for the suggestions for part 1 of the project, I simply didn’t have time to finish the everything (hence the two parts). Yes, slim CD drives will “pop-out” the top, I had planned on making use of the levers to turn it on and off (use paperclips to magnetically turn the computer on and off by touching the two prongs on the motherboard).As for the PSU, I couldn’t acquire a pico PSU that would A. fit and B. generate enough wattage in order for it to function fully (with part 2 kept in mind).Once again, thanks for the support! I will be sure to keep all of you posted.Cheers!-leetupload",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41683",
"author": "markyb86",
"timestamp": "2008-09-08T01:15:08",
"content": "to the op, i think someone on here with the know how should make you two pieces of bread, from copper about 1/2 inch thick and run some heat pipes to a custom heatsink that would be amazing, although there is potential of getting burnt, but hey real toast has that hazard too!!I actually like this mod! better then my bluetooth dongle in a travel size lotion bottle!! hehe10/10",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41697",
"author": "Elijah",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T18:36:27",
"content": "That is the ugliest computer mod ever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41828",
"author": "Coyotecom",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T05:20:33",
"content": "Wow, we come full circle I see.http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/08/drive-bay-toaster-puts-a-toaster-in-your-pc/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41897",
"author": "tripointlogic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T01:50:50",
"content": "Dan, I am waiting for you to build a Pc into a pizza oven.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47518",
"author": "ford",
"timestamp": "2008-10-24T10:07:49",
"content": "Hello!I am a hacker. I can get you a yahoo, aol, hotmail,myspace faceobook..etc password. Once I have the password, I will show you proof I have it. I will take snapshots of the account or even message you from the account. I do charge a fee per password though.Are you interested? Email me atFordf202006@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,759.995962
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/13/iphone-21-firmware-jailbroken/
|
IPhone 2.1 Firmware Jailbroken
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"appleipod",
"iphone",
"ipod",
"ipodtouch"
] |
The
iphone-dev team
seems to still be on top of their game. Only a day after the
iPhone 2.1 firmware update
was released, they’ve
updated both the PwnageTool and QuickPwn
to deal with the release. They haven’t begun work on the
iPod Touch 2G
yet, since no one on the team has one yet.
We tend to
agree with Engadget
; jailbreaking is becoming less and less important to casual users. Now average users can buy an iPhone in their own country and run apps from the official store. A much different place than we were only a year ago. We know most of our audience are power users though and definitely want out of Apple’s walled garden, but that’s only a small percentage of iPhone users.
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41773",
"author": "Jim Manico",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T22:24:09",
"content": "I’m not so sure that I agree with Engadget – firstgeneration iPhone sales at ebay and similar sites arethrough the roof – often selling for more than the originalpurchase price – since they are easier to jailbreak and useon un-official networks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41774",
"author": "Jim Manico",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T22:28:10",
"content": "ah, as a side note ‘The sentence above which states that the Dev Team’s efforts are becoming “less relevant” is not an opinion which is endorsed by Engadget’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41775",
"author": "Syliss",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T22:31:45",
"content": "I for one can not live without jailbreak. I cant stand the basic layout of my ipod touch. I am one who uses witerboard because of the option of a different background then plain black, eww. I also like to not have the same thing as everyone else.I know, soap-box! But if need be ill just keep my ipod at a version that can be jailbroken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41780",
"author": "Thescottishguy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T23:20:58",
"content": "I wouldn’t need to jailbraik if I could use custom SMS tones, I use my iphone as a pager, and changing those tones is crucial to having my pager wake me up when a server explodes at 4am.If I could make custom sms tones and use them the same way as with ringtones in garageband I’d be set.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41782",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T00:15:54",
"content": "thescottishguy,I’ve been searching for an app to customize SMS tones, so I can setmy work contacts to one tone and my personal contacts to another.Which app are you using for this?Thanks,-Terry",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41790",
"author": "Daisjun",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T01:24:28",
"content": "Little behind the times, haven’t they already broken 2.2 too?And I also disagree, jailbreaking really does unlock the potential of the iphone. The only major issue is having to reinstall all your apps after every firmware update. Although props to apple on making such a brilliant restore utility. I remember the first time I buggered mine up I had it back to the state it was before in about an hour.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41898",
"author": "Anne Honamous",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T01:56:58",
"content": "The dev team’s work is still very relevant. As long as iPhoneusers are forced to use a single carrier (i.e., AT&T), it willbe valuable. Personally, I hate AT&T wireless. I am veryhappy with the service and rates of T-Mobile. You take awaythe work done by the dev team and I would still be on a lamewindows-based smartphone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41918",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T05:18:09",
"content": "In my opinion being able to use the iphone on t-mobile is the best!!!!!!i have all the same features that the at&t iphone has and it all worksalso if yours is hacked with the 2.0 you have cydia,app store and installerthats 3 different places to dl 3rd party stuff its the best i highly recommend itto ant iphone user",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42449",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T00:13:49",
"content": "DaisjunFirmware versions:2.02.0.12.0.22.1(current)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56211",
"author": "thescottishguy,",
"timestamp": "2008-12-23T02:37:55",
"content": "I for one can not live without jailbreak. I cant stand the basic layout of my ipod touch. I am one who uses witerboard because of the option of a different background then plain black, eww. I also like to not have the same thing as everyone else.I know, soap-box! But if need be ill just keep my ipod at a version that can be jailbroken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57812",
"author": "mr.smith",
"timestamp": "2009-01-03T23:53:45",
"content": "I’m not so sure that I agree with Engadget – firstgeneration iPhone sales at ebay and similar sites arethrough the roof – often selling for more than the originalpurchase price – since they are easier to jailbreak and useon un-official networks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.113163
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/playstation-3-boomerang-controller/
|
Playstation 3 Boomerang Controller
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[
"benheck",
"bondo",
"boomerang",
"classic hacks",
"controller",
"hotdogcart",
"playstation",
"ps3"
] |
Reader [HotDog-Cart] is an active member of the benheck forums and recently completed this
Playstation 3 boomerang controller
. The boomerang was originally shown with the Playstation 3 prototype and was severely panned by the press. [Josh] started with a cheap 3rd party controller that was approximately boomerang shaped. He enlarged the controller body ~20% using bondo. The internals were replaced with gear from an official Sony controller. It was finished with a coat of black paint. It’s definitely a nice build and the new internals mean it probably feels as good as any factory controller.
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41746",
"author": "Josh Boyer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T05:47:31",
"content": "Hey guys. Its me Josh. I hope you guys like my controller.I worked on it for a while, and had a lot of fun making it.This controller needs a TINY bit of work, as you can seeBUT its feels amazing to hold.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41756",
"author": "synth",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T08:57:46",
"content": "So how are its ergonomics? Does it feel much better than the old design?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41764",
"author": "Josh Boyer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T14:35:13",
"content": "It seems to feel pretty comfy. I’ve never felt the old boomerang design,but I totally think this design beats the DS3 and SixAxis.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41779",
"author": "keyrat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T23:13:20",
"content": "Hey, Josh, you’re being called out by Kotaku:http://kotaku.com/assets/images/kotaku/2008/09/boomerang.jpghttp://kotaku.com/5049495/is-this-really-a-boomerang-controller-mod",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41785",
"author": "k1ngfunk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T00:49:52",
"content": "Even if he did use hardware from a chinese clone, if he swapped the internals for something worth using, than that’s still a mod IMO.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41799",
"author": "Josh Boyer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:16:28",
"content": "I know I’m being called out. I have sent in a comment that will be posted in a day, on kotaku.I explained what I did to the internals of the controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41835",
"author": "DeadNed",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T09:04:31",
"content": "Thats a pretty sweet hack. it reminds me of the time i hacked water to became a solid, using very low temps. I’ll write it up soon, i promise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41884",
"author": "Josh Boyer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T23:43:52",
"content": "You better! xD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58100",
"author": "PSP Master",
"timestamp": "2009-01-06T17:53:23",
"content": "Looks great. I’m going to buy it this week, and then tell you my impressions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76924",
"author": "Unbrick Psp",
"timestamp": "2009-06-01T05:00:38",
"content": "After a long search through all the “waste of space” blogs, I finally find yours and am happy! Thanks for the informative read, and I look forward to more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104989",
"author": "Over 30 Dating",
"timestamp": "2009-10-31T20:00:55",
"content": "I’ll bet thats similar to a N64 Controller to hold. I’m loving the design, very retro I must say. An improvement over the original? Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.057073
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/hack-a-day-fail-contest-winner/
|
Hack A Day Fail Contest Winner
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"News"
] |
[
"contest",
"fail",
"failwhale",
"hackaday",
"hamster",
"robot",
"whale"
] |
We had a lot of entries for our
Fail contest
; there can only be one winner though. We liked [Gordon LaPlante]’s entry pictured above most of all. It’s big, it’s broken, and it’s black and white; that certainly sounds like us. [Gordon] wins $100 worth of
No Starch Press
merchandise.
There were plenty of other honorable entries. You can view them in the
Hack a Day Flickr photo pool
. We saw a couple themes emerge during the contest and have highlighted some of them after the break.
Hamsters
This caught us off guard. Our downtime message said, “we’re adding more hamsters to our server power plant” and people just ran away with it.
[
hohan
]
This one by [
jetblackscreems
] looks like it has lots of mascot potential, spelling be damned.
Fail Whales
These were natural given our
Twitter
inspiration.
[
oneamericankid
]
[
Bjonnh
]
[
reenigneesrever
]
[
macetech
] made probably the most Hack a Day appropriate rendition of the Twitter image.
Error screens
[
jonathanrice78
]
[
AdamsGrizzly
]
[
dibbqwaz
] made a fine ASCII 503 that should probably be in the previous category.
[
adamsih300u
]
Angry robots
We’re sad this didn’t gain more traction.
[enrique jimenez]
[
einsofayin
]
This was a really fun contest to hold and we’ll be having many more in the future. Check out our
Hack a Day T-Shirt design contest
, which ends this weekend.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41735",
"author": "jetblackscreems",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T02:32:46",
"content": "hahaha ! it was 11:30 at night. spelling FAIL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41743",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T05:41:13",
"content": "“there can be only one”Interesting choice… let’s get the artist in there to dirty up the white hackaday atext too? I think the choice is a winner.Peace!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41744",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T05:42:42",
"content": "(also… the text-to-post box is wide… and covered up partially so that any word past “partially up until the word “until is all on the first line, and unreadable.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41745",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T05:43:50",
"content": "Black and white no longer sounds like you.You screwed that when you got the new people…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41771",
"author": "cheese",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T20:53:48",
"content": "am i the only one that finds it ironic that hackaday went down during he fail contest? and oh no, mine is doing that comment box problem now :( oh, and i never did see a downtime message, just 404 and other messages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41800",
"author": "Dylan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T02:17:02",
"content": "Somebody set up us the bomb",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41985",
"author": "menisk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T21:33:13",
"content": "All your base are belong to us",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.207976
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/toorcon-preregistration-ends-today/
|
ToorCon Preregistration Ends Today
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"convention",
"hacker",
"hackerconvention",
"sandiego",
"toorcon",
"toorcon10",
"toorconconvention",
"toorconsandiego",
"toorconx"
] |
Preregistration for
ToorCon San Diego
ends today. The current price is $100 and it will be $140. This is the 10th year for the San Diego hacker convention which will happen September 26th – 28th. The
schedule for ToorCon X
has already been posted. We highly recommend this convention. We’ve attended the last four years and it’s always been a favorite.
| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "78391",
"author": "Xbox Fix",
"timestamp": "2009-06-18T11:19:59",
"content": "Good work, xbox fans should look at this blog.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.25973
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/voting-insecurities/
|
Voting Insecurities
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"diebold",
"e-voting",
"election",
"security",
"security flaws",
"security hacks",
"vote",
"voting",
"votingmachine"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWDEZqqqBHE]
UCSB researchers demonstrated how disturbingly easy it is to
hack into Sequoia’s e-voting systems
and delete or add votes with little more than a USB key. Given the fact that recent elections have been very close, and this upcoming national one looks also to be decided by a close margin, it’s absolutely inexcusable that our voting systems could be so easily rigged. Not only that, Sequoia has
fought hard
against having its equipment tested and verified independently. Can we really afford to be using such insecure machines in democratic elections, when the risk of abuse is so great?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEsgdzZ19c]
| 13
| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41727",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:56:01",
"content": "Ahh so this explains all your DoS troubles! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41734",
"author": "Dan Fruzzetti",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T02:28:44",
"content": "holy crap i think you’re right. i wonder what other companies would get that pissed about being exposed? what about posting the mythbusters episode about rfid? :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41742",
"author": "Jon Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T05:27:18",
"content": "Did any one see “Man of the Year” with Robin Williams?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41843",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T12:25:52",
"content": "What the hell that is insane that is too easy.Thank god the democrats and republicans dont have access to loads ofmoney and fanatical supporters or the american democracy would be inperil. Oh wait…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41853",
"author": "Big Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T16:36:54",
"content": "I think this is just an example of failing to apply oldconcepts to new technologies. This is like having aballot box without a lock on it. And I think the solutionto this problem quite simple; put a lockable access doorover the ports.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41886",
"author": "andreas",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T00:20:39",
"content": "big josh, I think you’re missing the point: the systemis infected by the operator himself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42026",
"author": "Johnny Ryall",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:59:10",
"content": "I think this exploit has already been used, how else do you think a retarded cowboy got two terms in office?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42065",
"author": "pablo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T13:35:29",
"content": "This should be a matter of public record. Voters beware!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42071",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T15:33:18",
"content": "If EVERYTHING in the video is taken at face value, that’s pretty damming. However I don’t think many of those attacks are particularly feasible, as they require a lot of social engineering and a breakdown in several steps. You also have to take these “researchers” at their word about the contents of the USB, the firmware and the trojans. I don’t find the paper trail tests valid because of if the hack can register a vote different than the paper trail, then why does it ever show a difference from the voter’s on screen choice. I’m less concerned with the voting machine hacks as I am with the tabulator hacks. Its much easier to influence an election when you have access to all the votes ;p.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42075",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T16:15:17",
"content": "Let me get this straight: Someone with system level access modifies some code and this is suposed to show how easy it is to hack a voting machine? If you have someone with system level acess, they had better be trusted or this little bit of non-hacking is the least of the damage they could cause.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42099",
"author": "erik",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T19:49:25",
"content": "Does anyone still think Obama has a chance in hell?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42160",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T01:29:02",
"content": "Wow. They REALLY should use some form of security screw to hold together that tabulator cabinet.The electronic machine exploits are more concerning to me. One only needs to place an infected thumb drive in the election headquarters to have a good shot at infecting a LOT of machines. That’s the point, you don’t really need system level access. You just need to be able to get it in the room",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47552",
"author": "baron",
"timestamp": "2008-10-24T15:56:34",
"content": "What was wrong with paper ballots?Oh yeah. They’re harder to rig the vote with. That was the problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.423099
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/a-console-for-retro-games/
|
A Console For Retro Games
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"2600",
"atari",
"atari2600",
"nintendo",
"retrothing",
"sega genesis",
"videogames"
] |
Like many nerds, we have our share of retro video games and nonworking consoles lying around. Every so often we feel like dragging one out and hoping it works.. Luckily for us, the
Super Genintari
is available to fulfill our fantasies of beating Ghosts ‘N Goblins. The Super Genintari is an
Atari
2600,
NES
, SNES and Sega Genesis all rolled into one; you can even put in four cartridges at once and hook it up to your television with a simple AV cable.
[via
DVICE
]
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41717",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T21:20:42",
"content": "Wow, this is an older hack… was posted on Engadget five months ago… still a good one :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41725",
"author": "LouisII",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T22:28:17",
"content": "haha… now to incorporate the controller port expansion slots of each system too… eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42750",
"author": "Autoversicherung",
"timestamp": "2008-09-20T15:39:31",
"content": "Very good comments and pictures. My Favorit Blog. Thank you Autoversicherung",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99302",
"author": "or_muddslinger",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T10:27:25",
"content": "LoL….. If I could have had something like this as a kid…. Well lets just say I would have never grew up… Very cool…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.467983
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/12/efix-usb-dongle-off-to-a-rocky-start/
|
EFiX USB Dongle Off To A Rocky Start
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"efix",
"hackintosh",
"insanelymac",
"leopard",
"mac",
"OsX"
] |
According to InsanelyMac forum member [qbattersby] the
EFiX USB dongle
he just received
doesn’t seem to live up to expectations
. We covered the EFiX when it was
announced back in June
. It’s designed to let you install OSX unmodified on commodity hardware. While using a MSI G965M motherboard, instead of installing OSX [qbattersby] was greeted with a flashing cursor with no option to continue onward.
A quick glance at the
EFiX hardware compatibility chart
does not list the MSI G965M as a board verified to work with the dongle and could explain [qbattersby] results. To his defense, he does explain that he will be testing it on a supported motherboard along with a retail copy of
Leopard
in the future. Hopefully, he will be able to post back that it works and his experience with the installation of Leopard.
While the EFiX seems to be shipping in some countries,
enthusiasts in the US
will have to wait a bit longer till distribution channels can be worked out.
One thing is for sure, if you do plan on going the EFiX route, make sure that the hardware you plan on using is listed on their site.
[via
Engadget
]
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41772",
"author": "Nubie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T22:01:31",
"content": "Great, useless product much? If it has a custom “apple bios” on it, which I don’t understand how they can do over USB, why can’t they add some patches as well so a quad or tri core AMD can use this? They have SSE3 and SSE4 just like Intel.Meh, a product is a product, and it is interesting to see how well this works. A consipiracy theorist could make a case for Apple letting this out on purpose because with the M$ bailout they can’t sell the OS.Sorry if this is incoherent, with the lousy comment box I can’t read what I write.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78166",
"author": "whizkid515",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T04:25:17",
"content": "This is probably just a thumb drive with boot-132 on it with a custom bootloader and kexts to make it work perfectly with OSX. Nothing else. You can get this for free and working with almost anything, just search boot-132, you’ll see.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.57578
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/04/regenerative-bike-brakes/
|
Regenerative Bike Brakes
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"bicycle",
"bike",
"kinetic energy",
"regenerative",
"regenerative braking"
] |
For their senior design project at Arizona State University, these guys built a
regenerative braking system
for their bike. As they brake, the system spools up to give them a push back up to speed. They achieved 25% efficiency on one run, which isn’t too shabby.
The site has all kinds of information. You can check out their different plans and ideas from before they decided on this specific layout as well as all their data from the test runs. Be sure to look at the piece by piece breakdown of what changes were made from the initial design.
[thanks Mario Gomes]
| 21
| 21
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41602",
"author": "Kiah",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T04:05:30",
"content": "I choose to disbelieve this “Comments broken” thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41603",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T04:30:31",
"content": "Oh yea that thing has potential but is WAY impractical. The 20 ft board would be a problem for most. Maybe a spring?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41604",
"author": "Veegeezee",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T04:45:36",
"content": "i like it! wacky and useless, but the concept is sound. a coil spring would probably work better, but the fact that they didn’t use one is understandable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41605",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T07:22:36",
"content": "What’s wrong with using a garage door spring? You could even probably manage to wrap it around the bike frame or something. Those things are very powerful too, fling you right up to speed in no time!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41606",
"author": "Glynn",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T10:54:12",
"content": "Hmmm i can jsut see some sat at traffic lights on one of those.“watch out for that tree” no “watc out for the bus coming out of the junction”Still it would be a great idea for having to stop at lights goign up hill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41607",
"author": "dokein",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T14:27:58",
"content": "I think the most impressive thing about their Rube-Goldbergian solution is that it actually works. I’m sure there are much slicker implementations that would be a lot more practical and possibly more efficient, like a high-speed flywheel on a clutch. The energey density would certainly beat the pants off a bungee or spring.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41608",
"author": "thekanester",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T14:29:20",
"content": "I’m all for proving the principle, but I have to say thatthis is the least elegant engineering solution I have seenin a long while. Couldn’t they have at least designed itto the length of the vehicle? Or implemented it using afly-wheel or something. Engineering should be inspiringand as much an artform as anything else. The Victorianscould have come up with something more elegant. If this issignifies the cream of Arizona State University, thenit’s a sad day indeed.I’ve seen better ghetto solutions athttp://www.instructables.com.Sorry for the criticism, but there you have it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41609",
"author": "thekanester",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T14:30:46",
"content": "hey dokein – we were thinking the same thing at the same time – what’s the chances!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41611",
"author": "sweavo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T14:50:49",
"content": "In fairness to the guys, follow the link. They consider a few optionas, and give reasons for choosing the design they went with. It’s easy to be an armchair critic, but they do actually answer some of the questions like “why didn’t they use a garage spring?”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41612",
"author": "Sp`ange",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T15:28:34",
"content": "I think it could be made more compact with a pump and some hydrolics., I think a spiral spring would probably cost too much b/c it would have to be custom made. Garage door spirng would probably be too much tension.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41614",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T21:03:21",
"content": "Other faults of the system aside, I just would not be comfortable with a high-tension bungee strung up just underneath my junk. I plan on having kids eventually.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41615",
"author": "Alex Whittemore",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T23:06:44",
"content": "How about this? Continuously variable transmission. Get a beefy-ass spring (of whatever footprint) that takes loads of work to compress. Very high k, if you will. Then attach the mechanism that compresses it to a continuously variable transmission engaged by the slightest touch on the brakes. The harder the brakes are then pulled, the higher the gear ratio, and the more work is done on the spring during deltaT. That would give you variable braking much like normal brakes such that if you pull the brakes as hard as can be, your stopping distance is governed by your coefficient of friction with the ground. The footprint of the storage mechanism also wouldn’t be that large, meaning you could fit it within the footprint of the bike itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41751",
"author": "Ugly American",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T07:44:12",
"content": "There’s this cool new invention called a flywheel – It can’t be fmore than a few thousand years old at most.I hear many ceramics departments have recently upgraded to them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44385",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T05:23:30",
"content": "Hey guys,I’m one of the students that was in this design project. I understand all your comments and concerns…especially with the flywheel (believe me, we tried) But given our budget and our given constraints, a lot of things didn’t work.As far as all the spring comments, there were two other groups that had this project, one used extension garage door springs and the other used torsional garage door springs. So contact hackaday to see if they can post them as well.A torsional garage door spring is very dangerous and I personally feel much more comfortable with a bungee cord under me then a torsional spring. You can’t wrap a spring around the frame because that will affect the original intent of the bike and for that matter, when a torsional spring is loaded, the ID of the spring decreases thus crushing your bike.As far as the extension garage door spring, it did work much better than the bungee cord, I’ll admit it.The reason for the extended length over the footprint of the bike, is that in order to achieve the necessary speeds in the given distance, we needed to have a huge extension to provide the load. If we worked within the footprint of the bike, the spring force would make you either pop a wheelie (where you lose energy) or throw the rider (in which injuring the rider is not beneficial).If we used a flywheel for this project, due to the characteristics of a flywheel, we would never come to a full stop, lose too much energy (we had to design for 50% efficiency) and would require a giant flywheel in order to store the amount of energy required.Lastly, this project was intended to be a low cost add on to a bike. If you do more searches on the internet, you’ll find some OSU guys that had corporate sponsors who made a regenerative braking bike that ran off an incredible hydraulic system. Their project was amazing! But, they had roughly 10x the budget and twice as long to design it.As far as the CVT comment, we had some blackboard ideas for a system, but in order for us to build and incorporate it into our formal design, we would have been over budget and past due. There is only so much travel to a bicycle hand brake that you can’t really incorporate a CVT for it unless you have a complete gear ratio for it which would both cost a lot of money and weigh the bike down too much.I hope I’ve been able to answer nearly everyone’s questions. But contact hackaday for links to the other 2 sites. They did great work too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49289",
"author": "Parikshith Mallya",
"timestamp": "2008-11-06T10:37:58",
"content": "Hello friends….I am Mallya from Banglore,India.I am doing project on Regenerative brakes for conventional car,is it possible to use flywheel next to wheel,to capture kinetic energy while braking and again boost the vehicle during releasing the brake pedal.Pls give me a suggestions on what type of device i have to use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67306",
"author": "Andre",
"timestamp": "2009-03-22T14:58:45",
"content": "I really like the idea and im working on it… If you would like to share some ideas, contact me.André Cademartori Jacobsen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78899",
"author": "Steve J",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T17:25:05",
"content": "Hi,Upgrading your brake lines will also improve things! You can learn more at our site, look on the info page!Thanks,HEL Brake Lines",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166781",
"author": "DON LEE",
"timestamp": "2010-08-08T14:31:47",
"content": "Hi guysi’am using gas springs for bicycle Regenerative brakes, they are light weight, expand slow if they ever let loose, gas springs have the same amount of force thru there complete stroke. this makes it simple for good even braking, unlike steel springs that start out at 0 force and get tighter. 2 gas spring at 250lbs of force each (500lbs of force total) and 12 inches of stroke launch me (200lbs) quite well.DON",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "313528",
"author": "dmashigbi",
"timestamp": "2011-01-24T22:50:40",
"content": "Interesting design. can any one tell me how their clutch system brakes the Bic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "530194",
"author": "Aabhas",
"timestamp": "2011-12-08T20:07:18",
"content": "HeyI am designing a mechanical regenerative braking mechanism for bicycle in my final year mechanical project. It would be of great help if you could share some aspects of your design. Plz do let me know!!! your help will be of great help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2735039",
"author": "akshay doshi",
"timestamp": "2015-09-30T11:18:38",
"content": "we are doing a project using torsion springs would you help us out with the startup of the design??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.908039
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/04/hack-a-day-fail-whale-contest/
|
Hack A Day Fail Whale Contest
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"contests",
"News"
] |
[
"contest",
"fail",
"failwhale",
"twitter",
"whale"
] |
We’re back! There may be a bit of oddness for the next few days. Our Fail Whale contest is still running and we’ve received over 100 entries so far. Here’s how you can participate:
While we’re adding more hamsters to our server power plant we thought we’d hold a little art contest. Whenever
Twitter
goes down, they post the iconic Fail Whale. The Fail Whale has become so popular that it has spawned a
dedicated blog
and many many art projects:
embroidery
,
tattoos
, and
laser cut models
.
We want to see what you think Hack a Day failure looks like. Create an illustration, photo, sculpture, anything that you think embodies Hack a Day failing. Send your entries to
hackaday.fail@gmail.com
and add them to the
Hack a Day photo pool
. The prize is $100 for you to spend in the
No Starch Press
store. Entries are due 00:00PDT Saturday September 6th 2008.
[image:
Bjonnh
]
| 12
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41585",
"author": "eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T02:07:16",
"content": "this is a test comment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41590",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T02:24:17",
"content": "That fail whale picture in this post is awesome.I’ve been keeping up with them since the site went down.Those were sad days…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41591",
"author": "AntiMPAAman",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T03:42:32",
"content": "we want to see what you think hack a day failure looks like:http://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/hackaday-logo.gifYep, that about sums it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41592",
"author": "tyler",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T04:55:00",
"content": "did we do the impossible? yes, yes, they did! “powered by wordpress”wow, finally! so, is hack-a-day now officially independent from aol media and blogsmith?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41593",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T08:46:34",
"content": "Here is the XCF file (done with GIMP) :http://bjonnh.free.fr/had/image_whale_final_maybe.xcfYou may want it to hack it :pLicensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41595",
"author": "Gabriel Dibble",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T18:31:33",
"content": "I love the photo above!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41598",
"author": "surrealight",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T07:43:27",
"content": "That was a quick contest. Who won?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41600",
"author": "surrealight",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T07:44:32",
"content": "That one went quick, who won?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41601",
"author": "Xeracy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T10:49:07",
"content": "I hope it was me! :D My fail banner made it on forthe announcement of the ending of the contest. Ieven got cited! Thx HoD!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77366",
"author": "cleaningmasters",
"timestamp": "2009-06-05T13:38:54",
"content": "Poolfresh is one of the leading providers of Cleaning Services in London",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82471",
"author": "Ananth",
"timestamp": "2009-07-21T07:08:17",
"content": "can anyone hack thislovedogs94@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.843779
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/02/google-chrome-webcast-starts-now/
|
Google Chrome Webcast Starts Now
|
Eliot
|
[
"google hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"browser",
"chrome",
"google",
"googlechrome",
"webbrowser"
] |
The
webcast for Google’s new Chrome browser
starts at 11PDT. The browser is supposed to feature better memory management. Right now they’re opening with Led Zeppelin and Queen, so I guess it’s supposed to be rockin’ as well.
Download it for Windows here
.
Chromium source available here
.
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41573",
"author": "Kenny",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T22:35:31",
"content": "I don’t see the difference between Chrome and Firefox.Well, except the “better memory management”, which Firefox really needs, with 5 tabs open, it sucks away a good 100-150 MB RAM/Swap.And what’s up with the “revolutionary” tabbing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41574",
"author": "YoYo-Pete",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T23:00:06",
"content": "try these:about:statsabout:memorySo far.. I like it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41575",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T23:01:55",
"content": "First impressions:-Nice minimalistic controls-Where the hell ARE all the controls?!-Customisation = nonexistant-Holy crap, there are ADVERTS on the internet!-Why is it taking me 30 seconds to scroll through my bookmarks?-I miss my extensions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41576",
"author": "David Gerard",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T23:06:27",
"content": "“We are so, so happy with Google Chrome,” mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. “That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on me making this statement.” –http://notnews.today.com/?p=57",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41577",
"author": "s",
"timestamp": "2008-09-03T08:26:27",
"content": "http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/here’s the comic google made to explain the design idealsbefore you whine about how simple it is, READ itit’s a complete ground up technology redesign of the entire browser conceptthe priority at this point is to get it rock solid stable, so the entire point is to be SIMPLEthe core, and only the core things needed for it to work as a browser.i’m sure functionality and addons will come laterif it helps, think of it similiarly to KDE 4.0 – a dev release with proper end-user one coming later",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41578",
"author": "nakedbear",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T02:00:44",
"content": "didn’t i read somewhere that Crome was having theexact same problems that an older safari had…hummm you don’t suppose that they are actuallyusing old code and then trying to build it upI actually used it for a whole 2 minutes and wentright back to firefox. the interface of Crome isjust to slow for me, I can understand how to use IE,Firefox and Safari but Crome’s interface is sodifferent and supposidly “intuitive” i would haveexpected it to come from apple not google",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41579",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T02:08:02",
"content": "testing comments on old posts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41581",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T08:04:37",
"content": "GOOGLECHROMEHACKER.COM is new and cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41582",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T10:21:30",
"content": "Why don’t they have put all their efforts on Firefox instead ?I didn’t like this kind of thinking :“we want to get over the market so why not doing what others have done instead of helping them to do it better”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41583",
"author": "Dan Fruzzetti",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T20:08:53",
"content": "I’ve noticed a couple things about Chrome so far. On my desktop and laptop it runs fine (even in vmware running windows on my Ubuntu desktop). But on my wife’s tablet PC it causes some issues. It is all over the map with CPU usage and interrupts the proper function of her stylus at random times for between half a second and about two seconds. I’m really curious about why the CPU time is going everywhere on the tablet PC; it’s especially raunchy on opening tabs or connecting to many sites at once.I can appreciate the idea of redesigning the browser from the lowest possible layer up to play nicely with new operating system and hardware features, but I can also appreciate the sentiment others have expressed regarding why Google didn’t instead dedicate some of their resources to improving any other free non-Microsoft products available (Firefox etc). I would like a text-only config file that I could play with and really tweak the crap out of it.Has anyone noticed how smooth the graphics are? I actually hate to say it but it reminds me of a Mac — those Apple people dedicate way too much time (and CPU time) to displaying extraordinarily smooth animations and mouse cursor movements and the such and it’s a very nice touch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41584",
"author": "balloonsrise",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T23:44:20",
"content": "I love it. It loads much faster than IE7 as well as the web pages. Screw firefox. Chrome is GRRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43189",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:07:07",
"content": "here is a google hack search inurl:/view/index.shtmlon google,and it shows almost all webcams",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.688841
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/02/interactive-globe-display/
|
Interactive Globe Display
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"globe",
"interactive",
"touch pad",
"TouchPad"
] |
[ERASME] built this
interactive globe interface
for an exhibit on Inuit people and their land. The goal was to have a tactile input device to Google Earth data. The unit is composed of a half globe for location selection, a touch pad for layer selection, and a Wiimote for view changes.They had to develop their own driving application for Google Earth as none exists for
Linux
. The software, called KeyEvents takes inputs from all the devices and mimics keyboard and mouse control in
Google Earth
.
There is much more information on how they got the pieces to work together, as well as some videos in french showing the device working. One thing that stands out though is that they decided to use direct association on their Wiimote, thus stopping rogue Wiimotes from gaining control. Who would carry a Wiimote around just to hijack public displays? We would.
[thanks Leucos]
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[
{
"comment_id": "41571",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T21:27:03",
"content": "That’s pretty sweet. Now to combine it with a holographic generator (http://hackedgadgets.com/2007/07/04/holographic-video/) and we’ll be ready to attack a death star..!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.035963
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/01/rgb-desktop-clock/
|
RGB Desktop Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"clock",
"led",
"markroy",
"rgb",
"stellarcore"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hxZRCponks&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0][Mark Roy] designed this fine
RGB LED desktop clock
. It uses a PIC16F877A microcontroller and a DS1307N Real Time Clock. There is a ring of 12 RGB LEDs around the perimeter. Hours are indicated in red, minutes green, and seconds blue. If the hands overlap, the colors are mixed. Three buttons are used to set the time and it can run on as little as 0.7volts. You can find out more about the project on Stellar Core. He has plans to kit it in the future.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41560",
"author": "Aquify",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T02:18:09",
"content": "now thats awesome.how on 0.7v though?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41561",
"author": ".~.",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T02:45:45",
"content": "Very Cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41562",
"author": "Mark Roy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T02:47:36",
"content": "The clock uses a max1675 switching mode power supply that is cabable of boosting the voltage from 0.7V to 5V (or 3.3V).The converter works by essentially charging an inductor and when it discharges, the voltage is dependant on the rate of change of current and not the input voltage, thus allowing for output voltages that differ from the input. Check wikipedia’s entry on boost converters for more details.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41563",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T04:13:19",
"content": "First comment – just had to say very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41564",
"author": "Gary",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T04:38:20",
"content": "Wooo!The Decemberists in the background!My fav band :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41565",
"author": "jetblack",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T05:00:08",
"content": "i don’t care for it sleeping to save power but it looks great while its on",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41566",
"author": "Mark Roy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T05:53:08",
"content": "Some people have mentioned the issue with the going to sleep periodically.I’d like to mention that I was thinking a solution to this would be to add a power jack or USB cable to allow the clock to be powered continuously. The beuty of the power supply is that you can give it upto 5V without any problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41567",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T08:22:44",
"content": "very cool mark. i’d recommend including the optional possibility of USB power supply before you release the kit. have you put any work/thought into an enclosure?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41568",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T09:11:39",
"content": "@MarkGreat idea and execution! I’d love to make/have one on my desk.This is not meant as an insult, just a tip for “next time”:If you can, put your webcam software into “mirror” mode (or use an actual mirror if it’s handy) and it will be easier to keep the item you’re demo’ing on the screen and to refer to its features.Just thought I’d mention it…Keep up the good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41569",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T14:25:09",
"content": "that is slick.really really nice work there man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41570",
"author": "Math Campbell",
"timestamp": "2008-09-03T16:58:53",
"content": "Very very cool.One thought I immediately had was (being I a fan of TokyoFlash LED watches, have one right here) that this is a great candidate for conversion to a watch.Do you think it’s possible to squeeze the pcb a lot smaller, and get the voltage needed down to that supplyable with a standard watch battery…It’d be the coolest watch ever!It’s already the coolest clock!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.084393
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/31/apollo-guidance-computer-clone/
|
Apollo Guidance Computer Clone
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"agc",
"apollo",
"apolloguidancecomputer",
"apollomission",
"circuitmaker",
"ic",
"johnpultorak",
"nasa",
"nor"
] |
[Cliff Miller] pointed out this incredible project from 2004. [John Pultorak]’s journey began in late 2000 when he decided to build a 60’s or 70’s era minicomputer. While gathering technical documentation, he found some interesting information on the
Apollo Guidance Computer
and felt that was the way to go. The AGC was the first integrated circuit computer ever built. Designed by MIT in 1964 it was constructed from ~5000 ICs, almost all 3-input NOR gates. [John]’s version uses late 1960’s 74LS TTL logic which gains him a 10 to 1 reduction in the number of ICs. A good thing when you have to do ~15K wirewrap connections. He also used flipflops and register chips instead of building everything from NOR gates. [John] essentially built the AGC three times: First, he coded a simulator in C++. Then, he imported the logic design into CircuitMaker to verify that it would actually work. Finally, he built the 3 by 5foot machine. He’s provided an amazing amount of documentation for anyone that wants to explore this device and the overview alone is well worth a look.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41556",
"author": "Cliff Miller",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T04:53:29",
"content": "Hackaday readers may also enjoy this link,http://www.doneyles.com/LM/Tales.html. Don Eyles, one of the software engineers on the AGC, provides a first-hand report of developing the original software and supporting a system located 250,000 miles away. He provides explanations of inertial guidance and the state of the art in the 60s. Most enjoyable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41553",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T05:06:10",
"content": "Sweet! Good job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41554",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T08:54:06",
"content": "Big props to that guy. That guy is pretty good, considering working with “and nand nor” gates because those allways gave me a hard time in class. using a couple of filpflops inverters and register chips makes it faster and more reliable than a bunch of nor gates. this guy deserves some massive props for pulling this off and the conversion from nor to other.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41555",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T10:05:39",
"content": "now all he needs is a space program with some real goals.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41557",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T12:50:49",
"content": "And I thought building a 4-bit processor in Logisim was a big job… wow, is all I can say. It has flashy lights! Unlike the earliest computers, which had to have blinking christmas lights installed in them so they would look the part to secure more funding when the relevant ministry came to visit :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41558",
"author": "Hugh Wren",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T16:43:29",
"content": "but remember, this would never have happened if it werentfor collossus.even bigger respect to the guy who spent 14 yearsre-building it from a few photos and some scraps ofcircuit diagramim british, so thats probably why im making this pointTHE BRITISH DID IT FIRST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41559",
"author": "ohommes",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T22:58:57",
"content": "If you are interested in running the AGC code (either Colossus orLuminaryyourself in an IDE like Code::Blocks the visit:http://virtualagc.googlecode.comGet a read-only copy of the sources and install Code:;Blocks.Together with the LM simulator you can take the 1960’s code ofApollo for a spin and learn how the astronauts interacted with thecomputer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43612",
"author": "La nizl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T10:45:35",
"content": "Please i would appreciate it if u could guide me on how to become a hacker,where i input codes.practical stuff please.Id appreciate references+is it necessary to have a site or blog before i can hack.I want to use my pc for more than downloading games and pics.Thanks a lot.+ur site is smokin hot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56483",
"author": "Rose",
"timestamp": "2008-12-25T03:25:00",
"content": "Merry Christmas!Hope you has a good day!If you have the time, Welcome to my Web site:www.8boss.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.997832
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/30/modular-portable-system/
|
Modular Portable System
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"gameboy",
"jakks",
"johngrayson",
"portable",
"tvgame"
] |
Reader [John Grayson], known for his
multiconsole portable
, has constructed a brand new portable. Not liking the controls or the tethered nature of retro TV games he decided to build a
modular portable system
. He built a custom system that uses cartridges created from TV game systems. The device has a 5.4″ screen and two Canon batteries for 4.5 hours of play.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41549",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T05:14:10",
"content": "What an awesome idea!Not too long ago I set up our portable DVD player with a couple of these games and lamented how kludgy it all was despite how good it looked.This makes the whole thing compact, portable, and versatile to boot!Extremely well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41550",
"author": "John Grayson",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T06:16:27",
"content": "Thanks for your kind comments, appreciated.Open up these plug’n’play units and you see the switches they use for the 4-way “joystick” and buttons, it is not surprising they play “klunky” and “clicky” normally; so when rewired to work on a proper d-pad and rubber contact pads the system becomes a joy to use; and allows you to play the games in their full glory.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41551",
"author": "JLsoft",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T07:23:22",
"content": "Very (Milton Bradley) Microvision-ish…nice :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41552",
"author": "Tibia",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T07:36:44",
"content": "Wow. Fuuuuuuuuugly. Nice idea, sloppy execution.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42328",
"author": "spadefinger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T01:03:20",
"content": "ugly maybe, but not sloppy by a long stretch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42329",
"author": "spadefinger",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T01:05:01",
"content": "the website, though….very sloppy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,760.950361
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/30/htc-dream-android-phone/
|
HTC Dream Android Phone
|
Eliot
|
[
"Android Hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"g1 hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"android",
"cellphone",
"htc",
"htcdream",
"smartphone",
"tmobile"
] |
Engadget has a
full gallery of the new HTC Dream
, the first production phone running
Android
. It will be available on
T-Mobile
some time this Fall (missing features
notwithstanding
).
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41540",
"author": "Nicholas Lombardy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T21:52:42",
"content": "Finally! An Android handset!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41541",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T22:45:00",
"content": "An H-T-OMG-C Android handset. Setting the bar too high for others, no doubt. It… it’s just so pretty…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41542",
"author": "Gryphin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T02:30:11",
"content": "personally, I find the design to be rather boring. It just feels so vanilla 90s. That, and the weird ass angle the home/call/end button pad cants off to. Wouldn’t it have been just fine flat?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41543",
"author": "Hudey",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T07:17:50",
"content": "I’m sorry but there is no way that is a phone made by HTC… check their home page. HTC phones are SLICK as all GET OUT… and there is not way that white piece of garbage is their new Android phone…http://www.htc.com/www/default.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41544",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T15:36:50",
"content": "it really is an htc phone, it will also come in black. here you go, links to the fcc certification docs,http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA6452Not a “normal” htc design, but that’s what google wanted, and that’s what they got.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41545",
"author": "marcello",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T10:08:16",
"content": "Man, that thing is UGLY!I really hope it looks better in black, otherwise only geeks would buy them. And no market means no real development.M",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41546",
"author": "coco",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T18:02:30",
"content": "oh well… i really was waiting for the android to become non-virtual… and the news about htc making the hardware – wow, the gods of design! yes.but what the f*** is this? looks like a nintendo design from mid 80’s.cheerz,-nintendo.on.speed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41547",
"author": "Hudey",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T19:35:17",
"content": "I have seen YouTube videos now, and I guess this really is the phone. It just seems so weird that if they can hack Android to run on pretty much any of HTC’s beautiful phones that they’d decide to launch the new OS on this ugly thing. This might be a sly way for Google to run a public beta test of Android… thinking that by making it ugly they’ll get a small geek/tech audience to test it out for them!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41548",
"author": "bizzaro",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T04:34:23",
"content": "i will be the first to have one….assuming its real. sept 17th is the alleged release date for the $150.00 promoi confirmed this at 2 phone stores that deal with all carriers, but my t-mobile store was surprisingly ignorant of any and all details regarding this phone.the t-mobile site as of 3 minutes ago had not 1 reference to the phone and i used the search feature for the words ‘android’ and ‘google’ and the only htc reference was the HTC Canary.the ‘scoop’, t-mobiles retarded e-zine, is only released up to the august issue, so no news there.so guys and gals, while i hope to be using this on sept 18th, it is doubtful.and i agree its plain vanilla design if it is real, but im not a fashion phone guy, im a guy who makes calls.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42281",
"author": "Chad",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T18:06:49",
"content": "I’d rather have an HTC Touch Pro than that ugly thing.http://htctouchpro.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42397",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T15:27:02",
"content": "can someone email me letting me know all they do about this phone.Kramerand33@msn.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42422",
"author": "csmatana",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T19:47:01",
"content": "yeah everything youve heard about pre sale is a lie the 23 is the unveiling and then and only then will anyone know the dates. i like the way it looks kind of like an older telephone youve got to have change to have progress and i think they covered that in all aspects. oh yeah it makes you want to cream your pants in black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42436",
"author": "hacker 711",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:25:08",
"content": "did any of you know that when you leave one of these outside they totaly explode",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54571",
"author": "getamac",
"timestamp": "2008-12-10T19:29:29",
"content": "HAHAHAHAHAH I am so getting this but still, it looks dumb. i would expect something a lot more revolutionary coming from google.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70533",
"author": "PocketHacks.com",
"timestamp": "2009-04-15T01:05:53",
"content": "I love it for one reason – the full qwerty keyboard :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78619",
"author": "N97 mit Vertrag",
"timestamp": "2009-06-20T15:01:12",
"content": "Quite blog. Keep on posting, I will subscribe. What do you think of the new Nokia N97?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/30/myspace-cofounder-tom-anderson-former-hacker/
|
MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Former Hacker
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"arrests",
"fbi",
"hackers",
"myspace",
"myspace.com",
"tom anderson",
"TomAnderson"
] |
MySpace
users are very familiar with the visage of their first “friend” and MySpace cofounder [Tom Anderson], but did you ever wonder what he used to do before he became everyone’s friend? TechCrunch’s investigative reporting revealed that
[Tom] was a hacker in the eighties
who hacked into the Chase Manhattan Bank computer system, which attracted the attention of the FBI. Under the handle “Lord Flathead”, he became the leader of a black hat hacker group by the time he was fourteen. His activities (along with those of other hackers) led to one of the largest FBI raids in California history. Because he was a minor at the time, he was not arrested, but put on probation in exchange for an agreement to stop committing computer crimes. This definitely makes having [Tom Anderson] on your friends list just a bit more interesting, doesn’t it?
[via
Digg
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "41511",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T21:22:07",
"content": "don’t you see something there? Tom Anderson…Thomas A Anderson alias neo??? isn’t it the muse of the matrix itself we have as a friend??!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41512",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T21:23:20",
"content": "Hey I’m friends with that guy!This is very interesting. I hope we get more info on this, or at least Tom could reply to my comments…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41513",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T21:25:47",
"content": "Amazingly good find jay. That is spooky.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41514",
"author": "Joshua",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T22:35:37",
"content": "He agreed to stop committing computer crimes… then he founds MySpace. Dude so belongs back in jail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41515",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T22:49:04",
"content": "Reminds me of the movie “Hackers” for some reason… “Hack the planet!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41516",
"author": "Yoplaboom",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T22:54:54",
"content": "what we know now is where the money came from to make myspace :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41517",
"author": "Spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T23:00:21",
"content": "im very suspicious of the matrix connection….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41518",
"author": "Curtisbeef",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T00:08:13",
"content": "Tom is ZeroCool? OMGZ he LEET DOOD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41519",
"author": "gotwake424",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T00:31:39",
"content": "Dude i love that movie “hackers” lolyea it does, dang he was the head of a hacker group by the age of 14, he must have some real skill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41520",
"author": "MechaD",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T01:47:02",
"content": "@michaelb: I second that. “hack the planet!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41521",
"author": "Agent Smith",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T02:20:40",
"content": "“As you can see, we’ve had our eye on you for some time now, Mr.Anderson.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41522",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T02:43:10",
"content": "for a leet hacker you would think he could program a website better than a couple of poorly trained monkeys smashing on keyboards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41523",
"author": "jfh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T02:45:42",
"content": "i read somewhere once that toms pic wasnt of tom, it was actually some kid from toms school that got arrested for hacking.now we find that Tom IS a hacker.and rich, and made a lousy web site…. only in america",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41524",
"author": "acidburn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T02:50:52",
"content": "as above – hack the planet……….goes off to research the film",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41525",
"author": "m@!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T03:35:10",
"content": "why hate on tom for creating myspace? sure, you can call him a “sellout” and talk about how the site is full of glitches and vulnerabilities, but, the fact of the matter is he came up with a good idea and marketed it correctly. now he’s rich. i’m sure each of you guys would pass up the opportunity to make triple-digit millions if given the opportunity right? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41526",
"author": "bacida",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T03:49:43",
"content": "but can he hack a gibson…?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41527",
"author": "BRN",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T05:23:12",
"content": "for anyone who hasn’t seen Hackers ^^that,s another reference",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41528",
"author": "RJ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T06:17:41",
"content": "He sure is a hacker! he hacked together the giant WTF that is MySpace. it is rumoured that those who have seen the source behind myspace have gone blind and those whose sight wasn’t affected went insane shortly after.if myspace is an example of his skill, he isn’t a hacker, but a skill-less hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41529",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T07:42:34",
"content": "I’ve seen myspace code and…ermh….*glitch*….aaah!Peanut butter jelly time…..………oh yeah!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41530",
"author": "Zork Zero",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T08:17:31",
"content": "I can’t believe that none of you cared to point out the obvious Zork Zero reference, I mean come on, it’s a great game that more people should play.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41531",
"author": "Golddigger",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T16:30:38",
"content": "Wow, I might put Tom back in my “top 8”, just kidding. Seriously I hate chase bank so I Tommy Boy stuck it to them. By the way, good pick up on the matrix tip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41532",
"author": "Typhoid Mary",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T18:44:45",
"content": "“[Tom] was a hacker in the eighties”Who wasn’t?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41533",
"author": "silic0re",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T20:17:42",
"content": "what is this now, the tabloids?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41534",
"author": "someone",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T20:23:03",
"content": "Anyone else notice the Picture is dated back to 2007′ last time he logged in? Idk, but if i was tom a founder of myspace i think id be loged in everyday, or this news story is a little fishy?=O If you add him to your friends and comment all his photo’s you can jump into the matrix.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41535",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T20:38:42",
"content": "s/hack/crack/gi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41536",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T17:24:58",
"content": "suddenly it makes sense why myspace gets hacked so often. another interesting blast from the past is a site called hackaday where hackers from round the world came to see what awesome hacks people had done. it seems that site is dead now and has been replaced with a lame news and useless fact site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41537",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T10:19:30",
"content": "never used myspace–it was pretty clear to me the way the whole thing was designed so badly that tom must of been one of those retarted script kiddies. . .hate that site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47538",
"author": "ford",
"timestamp": "2008-10-24T13:15:45",
"content": "Hello!I am a hacker. I can get you a yahoo, aol, hotmail,myspace faceobook..etc password. Once I have the password, I will show you proof I have it. I will take snapshots of the account or even message you from the account. I do charge a fee per password though.Are you interested? Email me atFordf202006@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51153",
"author": "FBI",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T21:31:13",
"content": "got a real black hat there does that mean you get free aol ford?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60090",
"author": "Jay work at home",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T01:02:15",
"content": "hmmmm…it would be awesome if the movie “Hackers” was based on the true story of Tom Anderson, but covered up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64355",
"author": "maya",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T02:20:03",
"content": "can you check,why n who have to hack my profile in myspace??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111294",
"author": "Babe",
"timestamp": "2009-12-11T05:21:23",
"content": "Wow he’s realy smart. Im 14 right now. He almost got arrested? Wow that’s just so sick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "137173",
"author": "ford",
"timestamp": "2010-04-21T07:00:08",
"content": "Hi. EMAIL ME!!! I’m hacker. Can get you a myspace, facebook,yahoo,msn/hotmail, gmail, aol…etc password. I do charge money though,but will show proof i have it. Are you interested? please email me atfordtrucks90@live.com(I was formly known as fordf202006 on yahoo but my account was deleted)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "187487",
"author": "Hollis Savala",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T23:50:06",
"content": "Who knows where all of this is going now that Mike Arrington sold Techcrunch, where will the rest of us go?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.204657
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/29/hacking-a-scale-to-test-rocket-motors/
|
Hacking A Scale To Test Rocket Motors
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"force",
"loadcell",
"pic",
"rocket",
"scale",
"thrust"
] |
[David Steeman] sent us this project. He uses a consumer scale to
measure rocket engine thrust
. He wanted to be able to map the thrust curve of his homemade rocket motors to determine whether they are meeting the design goals. It does this by measuring the force applied by the rocket engine via a microcontroller that records it in a text file on a computer. He then analyzes this data in an Excel spreadsheet.
The sensors were harvested from a consumer scale while the rest of the electronics were built by hand. He’s using a PIC 18F2550 microcontroller which has a built in USB interface. He has breakdowns of each piece with detailed information on how it works as well as some nice pictures. There is also a list of future improvements that he would like to do such as increasing sample speed, integrating it with the ignition, and decreasing the physical size. Files for the schematic, firmware, and excel spreadsheet are available for download at the bottom of the page, so keep scrolling down.
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| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41505",
"author": "Forrest Voight",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:58:38",
"content": "The article said a PIC 18F2550, not a PIC 1852550.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41506",
"author": "Caleb Kraft",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:42:59",
"content": "Thanks forrest. It has been corrected.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41507",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T03:54:38",
"content": "Bravo to them. That’s a really nifty and easy way to add some good information to your hobby:thumbsup:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41508",
"author": "mischa",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T23:01:19",
"content": "there was already the same project done by a german hacker:http://fingers-welt.de/gallerie/eigen/elektro/waage/waage.htmAFAIK you already posted a project of him hete",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41509",
"author": "Sparky",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T11:35:40",
"content": "I once build something like this for a friend, but out method was a bit different; we used a slide and a spring with a known stiffness constant, and used the guts of an old ball mouse and a very simple hacked together program to measure the displacement. We used this to measure the impulse of bottle rockets.You just need to get relative movements, not absolute position, to prevent clipping at the edge of the screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41510",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T03:05:38",
"content": "Did a similar project as a high school science project 20+ years ago.We attached a long arm to an Atari video game paddle and attached the rocket to the end of the arm. When the rocket fired, it moved the arm and turned the paddle. A couple of springs resisted the thrust.Data was collected 116 x per second on an apple IIe.Our thrust curves were nonsense until we finally (it took us high school kids weeks) figured out that we had to subtract the sinusoidal oscillation of the spring.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "217649",
"author": "jd",
"timestamp": "2010-11-24T12:45:00",
"content": "An evolved version of this rocket motor test system is onhttp://www.soldersmell.com/blog/?p=20",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.249569
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/29/1100-barrel-paintball-gun/
|
1100 Barrel Paintball Gun
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"adamsavage",
"mythbusters",
"paintball",
"paintballgun",
"video"
] |
[Adam] and [Jamie] from Mythbusters built a
paintball gun with 1100 barrels
as some graphics card marketing gimmick. It’s a formidable beast, but we’re sure it takes forever to prep.
[via
Laughing Squid
]
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| 33
| 31
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41475",
"author": "Kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:06:09",
"content": "Woah!Now THAT’S a paintball gun!(Heh, they should auction that thing off or something!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41476",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:24:16",
"content": "that is ridiculously cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41477",
"author": "generalera",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:49:06",
"content": "That is simply excellent. Also, that would be deadly painful if you were in the way.Now they just need an auto-feed mechanism and a rolling sheet of paper for a huge 30×30 pixel paintball display!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41478",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:50:17",
"content": "That is so cool and an excellent demonstration of the differences between CPU and GPU based rendering.The second demo was so unreal I had to watch it twice to believe what I was seeing.It would be cool to make it self reloading and mount it on the back of a truck and use it as an instant graffiti printing machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41479",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:53:15",
"content": "Imagine strolling into your local paintball arena with this sucker in the back of your pickup!You could take out the entire other team with ONE SHOT!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41480",
"author": "bnjmn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:54:32",
"content": "Check this one from 2005:http://recyclism.com/printball.phpb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41481",
"author": "bnjmn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:56:31",
"content": "check this one:http://recyclism.com/printball.php2005…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41482",
"author": "MechaD",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:33:48",
"content": "now THAT was insane. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Damn they have the best jobs in the world!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41483",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:39:35",
"content": "Ahh, the mythbusters deliver again!Awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41484",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T00:03:14",
"content": "Let’s paint the moon from here!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41485",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T00:30:29",
"content": "i hate these guys. they have the best job ever and i’m working a bullshit job at a grocery store.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41486",
"author": "Knu",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T02:00:35",
"content": "Mythbusters are just GREAT! love that paintball stuff :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41487",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T04:05:01",
"content": "Its stuff like this that makes me happy. These guys arent the bs actors that are one ever other freaken sci reality show, authentic and freaking awesome nerds to the core.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41488",
"author": "Frollard",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T05:01:51",
"content": "Resetting could be a breeze – for each colour, have a ‘stencil’ which is full of holes where you want that colour painted. Then, you need a sheet of hole-board the same as the barrel of the uuber gun. Make some sliding registration holes in the stencil, and some pegs on the hole-board so that the stencil can slide 1/2 a ball width sideways, effectively using the not-holes in the hole-board to stop the balls flowing thru. Pour paintballs on, shake, place in front of uuber gun, and slide the stencil to align the holes. Tada!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41489",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T07:01:23",
"content": "The first one was pretty rudimentary, but neat. I can see some useful engineering, and some minor computational challenge, and even some nifty-factor and fliexibility. The second one?It’s run-of-the-mill showmanship, building shallow glitz on top of a useless device. It belongs on late-night TV with Billy Mays as a spokesman.Guys, what’s the big deal? It’s pure, one-trick gimmick. No pan, no tilt, no motor control, no processing, no art. The only skill it takes is manual — putting it together, aligning the tubes, loading each tube with the correct color paint ball.The equipment factor is high, but the gimmick factor is the denominator, and reduces the over-all score in the analysis.The first demo was a lot more useful… you can program that contraption, and do different pictures (albeit in monochrome). With the “gpu” “demo”, you basically have someone manually lay out the picture and fire them all off at once. Aside from the sheer mass and un-ncessary complexity of the simple machine, what is there to recommend that over the first one? If you want to do something really useful, then have each of the 1100 tubes self-loading, with computer controlled colors. THEN at least, it would actually BE something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41490",
"author": "edenist",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T07:47:07",
"content": "@ marc,What you said is exactly the point they were getting across. They were building an analogy of a cpu and gpu.A cpu is much more flexible, programmable and open, but at a cost of speed.A gpu has raw, parallel speed, but they are designed for very specific tasks, and are less flexible.So what you said was right, but its not a gimmick, its the exact point they were getting across.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41491",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T08:06:21",
"content": "Well count me impressed, good marketing and engineering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41492",
"author": "your momma",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T16:59:57",
"content": "Stupid!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41493",
"author": "miller",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T17:43:47",
"content": "@ MonsterYou hate them for having the best jobs in the world huh? Well, I hate you for even having a job. I can’t find one for the life of me since I was laid off – I can’t even get a job at Wal-Mart. Look on the bright side buddy, a BS job is better than no job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41494",
"author": "headbonk.com",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T04:07:42",
"content": "It seems a little fishy to me.I’d like to see a closeup of the mona lisa that that thing ‘painted’. From the shot in the clip where they turn it around it looks awfully regular. I can’t imagine that they could actually line up all the barrels so that the paint balls all line up in nice perfectly even rows.And did you notice that the canvas was black before it fired, but then is brightly colored afterwards with no hint of black showing through?I think that the black was just a thin layer of something covering over a pre-printed image of the mona lisa with nice regular rows of ‘pixels’ – then the paintballs just had something that washed off the black stuff. It is an add for a graphics card after all. The ad men don’t want to tell the world that their card makes messy driping pixels.I still love the MB, and I agree with everything that said before about them having the best job and being the most sincere of the sci reality shows. But remember what they did before they got this cool gig? They were special effects guys ;^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41495",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T06:30:06",
"content": "@headbonk.com: I have to disagree; there is blackness in between each “pixel” on the painted image (Also, one has to account for the degradation of quality in the video), and in the slowed down clip you can clearly see the different colored paint balls and the mist given off when they hit the canvas. Although, all of this *could* be faked, I don’t think(hope) that the MythBusters are ones to fake it… In short, I too, wish there was a close-up shot of the painting. (Hey, perhaps, we could send this to the MythBusters as a myth to test?!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41496",
"author": "FiSH",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T09:12:31",
"content": "it’s the world’s largest, fastest*, loudest dot matrix printer.*pending autoload functionality.love the high speed footage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41497",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T21:03:05",
"content": "Big + Loud + Complex = cool in my book.I think that is super cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41498",
"author": "Riax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T01:59:34",
"content": "@headbonkWhy, then, is the splatter coming off of the painting colored like the Mona Lisa? Shouldn’t the splatter be black if your theory is correct?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41499",
"author": "Riax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T02:01:52",
"content": "In other words, what michaelb said.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41500",
"author": "arkizzle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T07:19:55",
"content": "@HeadBonkhttp://www.nvidia.com/content/nvision2008/photos/a&jclosing44.jpghttp://www.nvidia.com/content/nvision2008/photos/a&jclosing45.jpghttp://www.nvidia.com/content/nvision2008/photos/a&jclosing46.jpghttp://www.nvidia.com/content/nvision2008/photos/a&jclosing06.jpgReal :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41501",
"author": "arkizzle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T07:25:16",
"content": "Check the whole set, they’re sweet :)(manual step-through I’m afraid, I can’t find them posted in a gallery anywhere on the site..)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41502",
"author": "DesChamos",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T11:36:01",
"content": "In the full video, they mention how they were going to make it a trick, but were advised against it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43635",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T18:40:26",
"content": "Aand this week’s challenge:- modify it to print in colour. Easy enough, just have an RGB LED and sensor on each barrel by the loader mechanism, and have the micro detect the next colour in the barrel and fire/not fire depending on this.Pretty simple in theory.. :)-A",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50896",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2008-11-15T02:19:38",
"content": "http://dsc.discovery.com/video/index.html?playerId=203711706&categoryId=210013704&lineupId=1283221956&titleId=1790967085the full uncut ~10 minute video",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94051",
"author": "Paintballing",
"timestamp": "2009-09-15T11:43:50",
"content": "If I had more money than sense I would buy that paintball gun and take it down to one of our local centres.. Could you imaging the look on the others players faces.Olly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.408289
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/29/tiny-cubic-pc/
|
Tiny Cubic PC
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"cube",
"linux",
"micro pc",
"MicroPc",
"mini",
"minipc",
"pc",
"redhat",
"space",
"space cube",
"SpaceCube"
] |
We’ve been watching the progress of the
Space Cube
since 2004, but PC Pro managed to
get their hands on it first
. Developed by the
Shimafuji Corporation
, it comes with 16 megabytes of flash memory and a version of Red Hat is run off a 1 gigabyte CompactFlash card. The design of the Space Cube is pretty minimal, but it’s got the basics down, from a USB port to a VGA output and a D-SUB RS232 input, and even an Ethernet port. The most interesting thing about it is the Space Wire port, which is a proprietary interface use by NASA, the ESA, and JAXA for outer space. Unfortunately for working hackers, this ingenious micro-computer will set you back about £1,500.
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{
"comment_id": "41462",
"author": "whitlock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T20:43:57",
"content": "I know it’s juvenile, but I read the headline as “Tiny pubic PC”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41463",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T20:49:59",
"content": "seems crazy for something that is not much smaller than a pico itx and is not nearly as powerful. I know it has a serial port on it but seriously there are not that many things that can not be run via a usb/serial adapter any more, IMHO fail on this product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41464",
"author": "DA man",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T21:07:52",
"content": "Kewl!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41465",
"author": "Archibald Twang",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T21:28:20",
"content": "You say £1,500. Do you actually mean GBP or is that meant to be USD? I hope you mean USD, as the weak dollar means that would actually only be £750-ish!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41466",
"author": "Damion Fury",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:13:31",
"content": "@ h_2_o: I haven’t actually checked, but I don’t think you’ll be able to find a picoITX mobo with Spacewire on it. Also, I’m reasonably certain that the concern here was having a complete computer, with specific interfaces available, and fitting into a very small space. Space is very limited on any spacecraft; every millimeter counts. This device measures in at 52mm X 52 mm X 55mm. While the dimensions of the picoITX-based end unit will vary, just the motherboard is 100mm X 72mm (depth varies by board). After adding a picoPSU, hard disk, memory, and a case, you’ll be hard pressed to come in as slim as Shimafuji’s machine. Even if you manage to bring the depth of the finished unit in at the same as this little gadget (55mm), it would be more than 2.5x the volume (a bit over 2.66x, actually).I’d say Shimafuji did a pretty good job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41467",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:40:13",
"content": "the bear does seem to be attempting to mate with it. hmmm?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41468",
"author": "Sharky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:52:31",
"content": "Yeah but its way too expensive. If it was 100 ⬠i’d buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41469",
"author": "Damion Fury",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T00:31:49",
"content": "The high price is probably due to an expectation (by the manufacturer) that their only buyer will be these space agencies, and only in limited quantities. A small and specialized market like this leaves little room for competition and economies of scale effects on the price. Additionally, it’s meant for government agencies. That almost always increases the price.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41470",
"author": "pipomolo42",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T02:05:26",
"content": "Err, it doesn’t look that different from the meshcube or t-cubewhich both exist for at least 5 years … Is there something more than a hardware upgrade here ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41471",
"author": "bobdole",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T05:33:23",
"content": "haven’t more powerful and smaller computers been available commercially for 5 years at less than a tenth this cost?http://www.gumstix.com/waysmalls.htmlnot cubes, but I’ll bet by volume they’re smaller than these.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41472",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T22:51:42",
"content": "It’s cool, but, will it assimilate us?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41473",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T16:48:41",
"content": "I was noting that my Nokia N810 Internet Tablet actually comes pretty close to this thing except perhaps for the VGA out and CF slot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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Solar Powered Ice Maker
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Caleb Kraft
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[
"News",
"Solar Hacks"
] |
[
"condensation",
"evaporation",
"ice",
"refrigerant",
"solar"
] |
Producing ice without electricity
just got a lot easier thanks to these engineering students from San Jose State University. Their system uses solar heat to facilitate evaporation of a coolant. When the sun goes down and the coolant turns back to liquid, its temperature drops drastically due to extreme pressure differences. The unit can produce 14 pounds of ice per day with zero carbon footprint. It has no moving parts and an entirely sealed system, this should mean that the only maintenance necessary would be keeping the unit clean.
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{
"comment_id": "41444",
"author": "novolo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T18:20:00",
"content": "cool! now someone needs to make this massively…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41445",
"author": "micajah likeman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T18:47:52",
"content": "I could see practical application for this. I’m not exactly an expert, but I think that you could use something like this, after a bit of modification, to distill water. It would kinda have to be ungodly huge to be of any large scale use, though.Still, they can now get their merit badges in using heat to make ice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2760603",
"author": "urbangardeningproject",
"timestamp": "2015-10-19T19:10:25",
"content": "Solar stills are a well established technology. You have to add minerals to distilled water so they don’t leach from your organs though",
"parent_id": "41445",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41446",
"author": "They Wont Stop Laughing",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T19:12:36",
"content": "Does it count as an invention if Mother Earth News did it a ton of years ago (1976 or so).My question is what absorber are they using? Water and diatomaceous earth? Maybe one of the more common ammonia or even nastier combos.I would love to have a system like this to make me a bunch of ice all year long, then use it to cool my house when necessary.I’ve always wanted to line an old satellite dish with mylar, then put an “Icy-ball” at the focal point. It’d do the same thing. Just get yourself two Icy-balls so you can always have one charged.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41447",
"author": "Chris McDonald",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T19:33:08",
"content": "Anyone got the details on how to build one of these?I’m in the planning stages of an off grid cabin/home and this would take care of the refrigeration needs. I’m planning on using LED lighting with off the shelf PV panels for lighting. Heating will be with the traditional wood stove(Any high efficiency designs?).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41448",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T20:38:01",
"content": "This has been done before, there are many references. It is not clear from the description if they have done anything novel. What would be interesting if they packaged it such that it could cycle continuously and could be used for A/C. We all know it can be done, LP powered freezers have been around for ages. The innovation would be to do it in a solar powered package.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2760606",
"author": "urbangardeningproject",
"timestamp": "2015-10-19T19:11:21",
"content": "I ghink the novelty is ‘for $100’",
"parent_id": "41448",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6673803",
"author": "Between Three Centuries",
"timestamp": "2023-08-17T21:22:05",
"content": "This is a ripoff of Steven Vaneks design that used calcium chloride and anhydrous ammonia from the June/July issue of the Mother Earth News1996. With good sun his model could produce 40 lbs of ice a day. If it had been designed to the average elevation of the sun and the parabolic trough tracked the sun it probably could have produced 60 to 80 lbs of ice per day.",
"parent_id": "41448",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41449",
"author": "Bruce R",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T22:38:33",
"content": "you could have a look at this patent from 1988US Patent 4744224 – Intermittent solar ammonia absorption cycle refrigeratorhttp://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4744224.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41450",
"author": "jslice",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T00:34:12",
"content": "sweet quarter pipe! Where is my skateboard…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41451",
"author": "Cerebron",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T02:28:46",
"content": "Reminds me of the Mosquito Coast, only it’s a bit more elegant than Harrison Ford’s design. Though I dig Emmett Brown’s steam punk version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6391043",
"author": "Chris Penney",
"timestamp": "2021-10-16T11:03:09",
"content": "Both great movies!! :)",
"parent_id": "41451",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41452",
"author": "servant74",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T03:17:56",
"content": "It doesn’t have to be ammonia cycle, but it does need a refrigerant. I think the plans from Lumenlab.com has an ammonia cycle one. My mother told me how they had a kerosene refrigerator before electricity came to rural west Texas in the 1920/30’s. I think it use ammonia cycle. I understand that is what large commercial ice houses have used for ‘ever’.What kind of refrigerant could be easily use that is not an ammonia cycle?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41453",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T04:29:51",
"content": "Propane… but there are safety concerns for obvious reasons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41454",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T07:09:50",
"content": "Been done many times before… search on solar adsorption & cooling/refrigeration. Add lithium bromide and get several hits on youtube including both one-off “sustainable energy” demonstration villages (villas?) and Japanese patents from 1988 and earlier.It’s not new, but it’s novel. Now… if Joe Neighbor puts one together in his back yard — THAT’S a worthy hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41455",
"author": "cwd",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T20:32:16",
"content": "Yes, why the fuzz about an intermittent cooling cycle, when a continuous refrigerator cycle, without moving parts, is known at least since 1925 ? I suggest they should perhaps study a bit about past inventions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41456",
"author": "Buzz Lightyear",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T05:12:42",
"content": "Nothing new here – Google Crosley Icyball – Ammonia using water as the absorbant. The patent for these are at least 100 years old… I build one of these many years ago and they work quite well and are relatively easy to build.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41457",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T05:38:47",
"content": "Why the fuss?Hello, this can be any length, and pretty damn cheap (cost of a piece of pipe and an acrylic/aluminum mirror anyone?)It scales very well indeed. You can also just use the steam for electricity generation :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41458",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T06:44:30",
"content": "all this shows is college students don’t know their history.go back 83 years and you find solar powered steam engines generating electricity, and pumping water out of the Nile, in addition to providing refrigeration.For the past 80 fears fossil fuels have been cheaper than the maintenance required to upkeep mirrors, hence their demise",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41459",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T11:35:07",
"content": "looks like what servel did",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41460",
"author": "servant74",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T15:58:04",
"content": "Yea, all that is old is new again, with each generation.In 1900 there were more electric cars on the road than petroleum powered. Sometimes we get it right the first time, and now we are learning it all over again (with a lot more efficiency). …‘Ice Houses’ in the 1800’s on use ammonia cycle cooling and it is still in use today where LOTS of cooling is needed and a good heat supply is available. I understand to get the ammonia cycle working it needs about 190F temp differential or more, so there are not many desktop solar ammonia cycle soda pop coolers out there. Historically, and even today, most ammonia cycle chillers have heaters, typically powered by natural gas, or other petroleum, but anything (including solar) that generates heat will do. … Sofar, the capital investment required to do solar to generate the ‘high quality heat’ continuously has not been economic. … Hopefully that will change.My mom grew up on a farm in west Texas before REA got electricity out there. They had a kerosene refrigerator. It was a great improvement to the cool water bath (a covered tub, fed with well water continuously coming in one end and going out the other, but kept full of water – milk, etc were put in metal ‘milk pails’ and kept mostly submerged to keep the stuff cool) they used before that. Around the same time my dad lived in the town of Jayton TX, they had ice delivery and used an ice box. I am sure that Ice came from an ammonia cycle ice house. Both of them were born mid 1920’s, so this is in the early/mid 1930’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41461",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T16:39:36",
"content": "yes yes by all means never re-publish anything ever.Everyone knows everything instantly the minute it comes to print so there is no need to ever ever reprint or re-visit anything ever as the entirety of human knowledge is already known by everyone at this moment.Twits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47020",
"author": "Geo",
"timestamp": "2008-10-22T00:32:03",
"content": "these were invented in 1935better system with more construction details.http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/04/still_seeking_t.phpanotherhttp://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/07/19/refrigerator-uses-solar-energy/homebuilt onehttp://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ggw.org/~cac/IcyBall/HomeBuilt/HomeBuilt.htmlhere is a waste heat hot and cold sourcehttp://www.energy-concepts.com/thermosorb.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48020",
"author": "Dennis",
"timestamp": "2008-10-29T00:37:51",
"content": "yeah, it’s been invented and used 90 years ago, read a History! :)))) But, it still interesting conception…Thanks for info! ))Dennishttp://www.subzerolosangeles.comWe are – SubZero Refrigerator repair Experts in Los Angeles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48840",
"author": "midwest",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T22:19:08",
"content": "very intrested,but idea not new,beter use bioetanol energy its more efficient, bu stiil there is way to improovehtt://www.appliancemidwest.comice maker,appliance expert in los angeles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48841",
"author": "midwest",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T22:19:45",
"content": "very intrested,but idea not new,beter use bioetanol energy its more efficient, bu stiil there is way to improovehttp://www.appliancemidwest.comice maker,appliance expert in los angeles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51518",
"author": "solar-cost-savings",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T22:07:54",
"content": "A parts list would be nice. Also, the ability to quantify the savings potential is critical to receiving buy-in. I know that you can sell back your excess PV electricity back to the power companies to help off-set your costs. Hmmm…I’m wondering who might be interested in buying back all your ice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64861",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T16:16:27",
"content": "Great thread. I found an excellentmostly video website that gives alot of information on solar panelsat solarpanelspowercells.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68579",
"author": "djatkins",
"timestamp": "2009-03-30T14:12:04",
"content": "Think of all the money and natural resources we could save with the home powered solar systems. Plus it would be great to have a credit at our local electric company every month.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68795",
"author": "cathy a.",
"timestamp": "2009-04-01T06:15:04",
"content": "how can i avail this solar ice maker,,,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70411",
"author": "Solar Energy Blog",
"timestamp": "2009-04-13T23:29:16",
"content": "I think it is great that you show another side of solar energy, who can imagina it can be use to make ice…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71351",
"author": "Zoneaire",
"timestamp": "2009-04-21T17:06:31",
"content": "nice post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76497",
"author": "leo",
"timestamp": "2009-05-28T07:03:53",
"content": "i realy cant understannd how convertor works?http://www.appliancemidwest.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79541",
"author": "Colombo",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T06:02:29",
"content": "Lousy design, wastful use of material, the original crosley was more cost and size efficient. These are engineering students? If these dorks had any real skill or knowlege they could have made a usefull device instead of that bolt together, off the shelf parts, grade school science project. Poor parts selection too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82634",
"author": "Mark Simms",
"timestamp": "2009-07-22T11:36:38",
"content": "Let us consider if we ourselves generated renewable energy and if every home generated enough for 12 homes then we could very quickly achieve 100% renewable energy in all areas.The company Verdegia, S.L. is generating free electricity and clean green energy from a new solar technology system called Solar Engines – why rely on others to make the change for us?We must make change happen.– The Solar Engine Systems from Verdegía boast 39kW/h and operate 24/7. And, they only take up the space of a single 200W PV panel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82904",
"author": "Verdegia",
"timestamp": "2009-07-24T08:59:33",
"content": "There is increasing concern that governments are allowing companies to reduce the price paid to producers of exported renewable energy. Large banks and organizations dominate the large scale markets of renewable energy generation that have up till now made significant profits in the current climate.The price of energy doesn´t seem to get cheaper – clearly the changes must be made within each of us and adopt our own renewable energy generating capabilities and reduce our demand on expensive, fluctuating imported energy.Verdegía in Spain have a solution, Solar Engine Systems that generate plenty of green energy. If we ourselves, government and councils adopted this type of new technology then we could all very quickly change the effects of our demand on fossil fuels. – The Solar Engine Systems supplied from Verdegía boast 39kW/h and operate 24/7. That´s enough energy for 12 or more homes! And, they only take up the space of a single 200W PV panel.A major cost in renewable energy farms is the infrastructure, land and high capital investment, producing electricity locally within a distributed network is the most cost effective. It’s time to move away from large expensive solar farms and into the next generation of high performance renewable energy generators that effectively create a solar farm within one panel and at a 100th of the cost. This technology will allow us to turn vacant city rooftops into a hive of renewable generators that will not only feed our cities but will provide energy independence.Imagine a future where electricity was FREE and in public places you could just plug in and know that the energy being consumed has come from 100% renewable sources.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87229",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2009-08-16T19:47:20",
"content": "Most seem to be missing the point here. The difference is the source of the heat. Early gas-absorption refrigerators used another source of heat, such as kerosene. Even more resent solar heats like the one from the tree hugger website first heat water to then heat the gas. If a few of you had attended college you would be able to think out side the box and realize that these “little” changes can be huge, such as replacing fossil fuels with direct sunlight, which can not be done by “reading a history” (that ones for you Dennis).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87309",
"author": "spa repair",
"timestamp": "2009-08-17T09:34:14",
"content": "Thanks for sharing..Nice post..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93458",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-09-11T23:19:11",
"content": "great post thank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93471",
"author": "build solar panels",
"timestamp": "2009-09-12T00:07:22",
"content": "Great post – I’m getting some more panels installed this fall, and I saved some money after I figured out how to do it myself for cheap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93711",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-09-13T16:59:42",
"content": "emege saygi tesekkürler",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94783",
"author": "Movers Clendaniel",
"timestamp": "2009-09-17T22:40:46",
"content": "Does anyone know if this technology is being used in remote villages of sub-Saharan Africa, where there’s plenty of sun but very little electricity and a huge need for refrigeration?And by the way, I’m not sure the students were claiming they had an “invention” as much as a “demonstration.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136563",
"author": "Emma Auslander",
"timestamp": "2010-04-17T16:48:09",
"content": "Please, are you able to PM me and notify me couple of a lot more thinks about this, I’m actually fan of your webpage…receives solved correctly asap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "152046",
"author": "Dennis",
"timestamp": "2010-06-22T06:57:35",
"content": "Yet another great “hack” I love the stuff you post here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "677938",
"author": "Jose",
"timestamp": "2012-06-11T12:00:31",
"content": "Is any unit ready for sales and price amoumt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1050480",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2013-08-31T08:49:44",
"content": "so frustrating that theres no link to a parts list or plans. been all over the internet for it. nothing. when i think im getting close, the webpage has been blocked or removed. conspiracy anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "2731442",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2015-09-27T05:18:24",
"content": "Sigh, yes they’ve reinvented the wheel once again. The most common combinations for such batch cycle absorrption refrigeration are the ammonia / water which the Crosley Iceball of 1927 used ( reaches a pressure of 250 psi but overheating could cause the water to boil causing a pressure relief valve to release ), the ammonia / CaCl which I suspect would be what these students used as it avoids the danger of overpressure, and the water / zeolite in a vacuum approach which is the easiest as it does not involve any dangerous materials but it’s difficult to seal in a vacuum without brazing. Any of these projects that use ammonia can not use copper tubing, they must use aluminum, stainless steel or zinc coated mild steel ( though the zinc coating won’t handle excessive heat well ). Note that the zeolite absorber could be silica gel readily available at craft stores. Of course, it’s relatively simply to simply pump out any air that may have leaked in during the day so the water / zeolite in a vacuum would be my preferred DIY or third world choice. Many of the DIY ammonia / water plans fail to have safety features but this can be compensated for by simply using a double boiler to heat the hot ball, i.e.:simply place it in a pot of water and heat that pot of water instead. Placing a valve between the hot ball and cold ball allows you to delay the cooling action to a later point in time, this could be useful in the solar heating scenario as several balls could be heated at one time but then used in succession.Of course, this is something that would help developing countries but it is only one of many concepts which we have nearly forgotten which could help a lot.",
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/comcast-announces-250gb-bandwidth-cap/
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Comcast Announces 250GB Bandwidth Cap
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Today, Comcast
updated their Acceptable Use Policy
to cover exactly what they feel is “excessive use”. When the
Comcast cap
starts October 1st, they will contact people breaking the 250GB per month transfer limit and ask them to curb their usage. While it’ll be hard for most people to hit this limit, we still wonder if policing 0.1% of the customer base is worth the effort. At least Comcast has bothered to state the limit instead of just secretly rewriting the meaning of the word “unlimited” like some providers.
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{
"comment_id": "41391",
"author": "redfireant3",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:51:44",
"content": "and where is the wardriving plan?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41392",
"author": "Hellmark",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:07:22",
"content": "While the limit does suck, it is a reasonable one, and I do like that they have a steadfast limit, rather than a flexible “what ever we feel like it” one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41393",
"author": "Matt_",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:10:46",
"content": "I wonder how many times you’d be able to get away with saying your internet was being stolen by 1337 h4xx0rz who ran you over the limit.Also, what about bandwidth from unwanted ads?I remember racking up 500 megs of downstream on a slow day….60 gigs a month if I did nothing out of the ordinary.I’m glad I’m not in a Comca$t area.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41394",
"author": "th3m43",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:18:32",
"content": "although i doubt i will, im still concerned with getting close to it, i play games way too much. i doubt 2142 or xbox live take up very much though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41395",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:26:07",
"content": "so… is that GB or Gb? Bits or Bytes?250GB seems good, 250Gb sounds like a kick in my balls. Good thing I haven’t gotten it yet =]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41396",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:36:25",
"content": "gb : bits. gB : bytes",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41397",
"author": "Stephen Crosby",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:47:29",
"content": "At Comcast’s supposed 12Mbps (1.5MBps) you could theoretically hit the cap in under 2 days. Interestingly enough, that’s just over the amount of data I could theoretically download with my 768Kbps AT&T DSL every month:Cable: ( 250,000MB / 1.5MBps ) / 86400 seconds ~= 1.9 daysDSL: 96KBps * 2,592,000 seconds (30 days) ~= 237GiB",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41398",
"author": "Clayton",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:51:34",
"content": "hey, andrew and bill, you can’t do capital letters here.and yeah, I think comcast’s cap is acceptable. and at least they’re not hiding it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41399",
"author": "Blind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T07:34:06",
"content": "One might argue that at 250Gbytes a month you should be using a business package anyhow. If this is just for residential I’m not sure I mind too much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41400",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T07:58:55",
"content": "I love how the picture is a series of tubes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41401",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T08:19:22",
"content": "I wonder how many coffee shops/ lounges/ general hotspots will be hindered by this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41402",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T09:06:56",
"content": "retail stores who provide wifi connections shouldn’t be using a residential connection to provide wifi access anyway. They’ll be using a business account so they can claim back any tax returns and they get a better level of service, even if its a slighty more costly.The general hotspots run by normal users.. well they’ll have to either limit the speed or turn it off when they hit the cap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41403",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T10:19:17",
"content": "@MarkWhat about college students? I live in an apartment with 3 other students. I know that in the past few days I’ve hit 30Gbytes in Windows Updates, linux isos, and a few game demos and that’s purely legit usage.Together we easily break a 250gb/month limit. Should we upgrade to a business account?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41404",
"author": "thach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T10:19:21",
"content": "Yeah, maybe it’ll teach people to start using WEP encryption and mac address filtering, instead of leaving it open for the whole neighborhood to mooch off. Once they notice their bills goes sky high because some neighborhood kids was downloading porn all day, they’ll think twice about just using the newly bought router as a plug and play item.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41405",
"author": "No1",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T12:28:27",
"content": "Well, I have companies that don’t know the meaning of the word unlimited, like the mobile broadband around here with a 3 gigabytes cap a month.If it isn’t unlimited don’t advertise it as being so.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41406",
"author": "bluedodo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T13:29:15",
"content": "Cry more you weaklings there are plenty of places in the world where 250gb a month would be a significant upgrade.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41407",
"author": "mem",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T13:36:56",
"content": "what no hack ?!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41408",
"author": "icebrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T14:35:16",
"content": "Well, I live in a small place in Europe called Portugal and I have a 20GBytes month limit (but with unlimited at ‘happy hours’, aka between 01am and 09am).Of course this doens’t represent the majority of services in the rest of the UE, but at least they still don’t ‘shap’ P2P, so I keep’em running all night long :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41409",
"author": "Sudo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:07:57",
"content": "Where’s my rollover gigs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41410",
"author": "oneshot417",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:20:51",
"content": "is there a way to monitor your usage? how do you know when you are getting close? can i install something on my router?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41411",
"author": "Entropia",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:27:13",
"content": "fourtunately here in finland we don’t have any of that limit nazi policies. the prices are a bit salty, but in exchange i can download to my hearts content. 24mbit adsl2+ for 45e/mo.in 30 days i could easily download 4.5 terabytes, if i had the space and material to download (and a fast enough server).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41412",
"author": "M",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:46:34",
"content": "I despise Cable companies. They think they own your soul. I’m tempted to sign up for Comcast service and leave a constant connection going to myself so I can sue them for false advertising.This reminds me of AT&T telling me I had to pay over twice as much for the internet on my phone because, “smart phones use data differently”. When I told them to put a tech on the phone that would explain the difference between “differently” and “more”, they shut up.I don’t like the idea of them regulating you, but I can understand if they want to limit the ability of people to do stuff that’s illegal (different). But, I draw the line at limiting “unlimited” bandwidth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41413",
"author": "sweavo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:47:22",
"content": "“Is it worth policing 1% of your customers?” Well, yes, if they’re using 60% of your bandwidth and pissing off 15% of your customers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41414",
"author": "Spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:54:45",
"content": "In Ireland, its hard to find *any* provider that will give you more than 100gb p/m download cap. The average used to be something like 60gb.luckily for myself, after months of searching I found possibly the only provider offering unlimited download usage.The thing is, legit or not, theres always advertising about “always on” broadband. Well to me always on means I can use it whenever i damn well please – not that I can leave it connected to the net but do nothing, thats defeating the whole point of it.I have to say 250Gb for residential use is very fair, only the top 1% of people will ever breach that, and those that do probably should be paying extra anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41415",
"author": "oneshot417",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:10:09",
"content": "is there a way to monitor your usage? how do you know when you are getting close? can i install something on my router?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41416",
"author": "m@!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:15:54",
"content": "$60 month a month? i’m going to be kicking my heels for joy the day that other providers iron the wrinkles out of their wireless solutions. the comcast regime needs to go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41417",
"author": "daenris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:45:38",
"content": "@20: I don’t really think that would work. I just did a quick browse of their current offers, but I don’t believe are they offering anywhere that it’s unlimited service. And with this new acceptable use edit, they are in fact openly saying it’s not unlimited, so I don’t see how you could possibly get them for false advertising.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41418",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:50:45",
"content": "@#4 & #5-You guys do realize that HAD lowercases all posts right? That makes your posts collectively the most confusing thing I’ve seen in a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41419",
"author": "medix",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:12:13",
"content": "There’s a reason they’re referred to as ‘communistcast’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41420",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:38:13",
"content": "Ok Iâm on booth sides of the fence here first of all I donât feel it is right to limit things that were previously given larger quantities, for instance Bite size snickers.. remember when you were young and Halloween totally rocked socket!!! Now your older and you you may or may not have notice that bite size candies are even smaller then you remember its not that you got bigger, they got smaller see this articlehttp://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/09/08/fun-size-not-so-fun/Meanwhile back at the hall of Comcast âinsert cheesy eightyâs transition sound bite hereâTaking things away from ppl is going to piss them off and you will hear stories from grandpa âin my day internet usage had no limit, and fun size candies were biggerâI run a home network with five computers a isa server with a few gaming pcâs if all of the sudden there âinternetâ shuts off because of max usage or or or it starts to charge me even yet more for going over my limit this with surely cause a problem. Here is the deal I have a simple cell phone plan and I use it sparingly but in the rare occasion I go over my âallowanceâ thanks mom and dad âphone companyâ I get charged and thatâs ok for a completely mobile device, but a utility piped in my home that has always been abundant shouldnât be roached..in the case of cable how do they know its not the neighborhood, it would almost totally have to be dsl and dynamic ip, any one see a problem here⦠oh yea you can run out of numbers or be so many proxies deep nobody would have the same internet anymore. It would be penned off like quadrants of cattle farms where is you would exceed your limit getting where you need to, and grandma and grandpa are just happy to play canastas and get e-mail every once in a while. You know what Iâm glad there are ppl who donât use much internet.. more for ppl who depend on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "41421",
"author": "RWL",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:38:56",
"content": "Comcast already had a “cap” of 250gbytes/month. (by “cap” I mean, it was specified in their usage policies, but was not an enforced limit.) all this “policy change” does is state that they’ll be *contacting* anyone that goes over this cap.also, I *do* live within the comcast monopoly. I say “monopoly” because there really is no other choice. we have no other cable provider (our community leaders make sure of that), and dsl & satellite services in our area are crap. we may not like comcast’s overhanded policies (injecting into my torrents?!?), frequent outages (three separate instances this month at my house), and poor service (wasn’t “fiber-to-the-pole” supposed to mean no more lost digital signals?)… but there really is no other choice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41422",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:43:02",
"content": "@27: “Commiecast: The People’s Cable”They installed FiOS in this place a few months ago. Time to go comparing service.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41423",
"author": "oneshot417",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:44:39",
"content": "is there a way to monitor your usage? how do you know when you are getting close? can i install something on my router?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41424",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:49:06",
"content": "I’d kill for 250 GB. My ISP (Cogeco) caps us at 60 GB.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41425",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T19:56:56",
"content": "Those who agree with comcast, I applaud your reasonableness. The trolls whining about “false advertising” or sharing a line with a bunch of other people, FOAD. I’d much rather they do this than raise everybody’s rate 5 bucks a month to cover losses from that 1% that downloads 5 TB/mo from usenet. I might come close to the cap, actually, just torrenting TV shows, but I think it’s reasonable to have a “normal” package with a quite high cap like this, and charge extra if you really suck down exorbitant amounts of data.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "41426",
"author": "Kacela",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T20:09:08",
"content": "How many of these == 1gb?http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Shustek/12C-Vacuum-tubes.gif",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "41427",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T21:09:40",
"content": "Policing 0.1% of your user base probably isn’t worth the effort. But it’s the camel’s nose under the tent. Once people accept this (because it doesn’t affect most of them) I suspect Comcast will start to ratchet the cap downward.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "41428",
"author": "will d.",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T21:30:23",
"content": "i respsect comcast’s right to do what they want and i do think that 250gb is reasonable. the issue i see is that you have no indication of your usage until you’ve gone over the limit. also i’m not too happy about there being no other options in high speed internet that are worth subscribing to.perhaps they should divert a bit of that ridiculous marketing budget into better infrastructure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41429",
"author": "Naruto Uzumaki",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:14:59",
"content": "Remember this counts combined upload and download.if you download 1Mb of data, a data counter may record 1.2-1.3MB bandwidth used as while your downloading, you are constantly sending ack packetsif you were to download a 150GB torrent, you would probably use 300GB of bandwidthbandwidth usage is also counted any data received, which means if someone decides to packet flood you over night using a connection with a 10Mbit upload which many dsl and cable providers give, they can push you over your cap within a weekbandwidth caps are badat least it is not as bad as satellite connections where they may give you a 300-500MB bandwidth capthey just want to find ways to make people spend morea bandwidth cap wont do anything to reduce network congestionso it wont stop your cable internet from reaching diapup speeds during the hours of 10AM-11PM and all day during weekends like with time warner cable in the queens ny area does.these isp’s cry about people using too much bandwidth and their hardware from 15 years ago cant handle itthey constantly want to add more and more people to their service and offer larger and larger speed packages with out investing in better network hardwareif you want to sell a internet service then invest in enough hardware to handle everyone on the network at the same timeyou don’t see real estate agents selling the same house to 500 different peopleif you went into a restaurant and ordered a 2 pounds of Salisbury steak and 20 other people ordered it also, but wheres only enough steak for 10 people, what would you do if the chef came up to your table, and cut your steak in half then gave it to the other person who didn’t have any because there was only enough for 10 people, and they didn’t reduce the price or give you a 50% refund, would you be happy?this is what isps are doing. 1000 people pay full price for a 10mbit connection, but the isp only has enough bandwidth to support 500 people, rather than just spend a little bit of their billions in profits to add a extra server, they just choose to limit everyone so there forced to share, essentially getting half of what they paid full price for",
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"comment_id": "41430",
"author": "Naruto Uzumaki",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:27:37",
"content": "and forgot to addjust because others are not doing something that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be doing it alsoso what if many people don’t use more, everyone is different.when you get internet service you are paying for the speed.most people who have computers barely know how to use them so the most they may do with it is send emailusers who are more skilled will do more on the PC and will use more bandwidth.95% of the US is considered illiterate or below requires reading level does that mean those of us who can read properly should be required to act dumb and pretend to not know how to read properly towhat ISP’s want to do is force all users to be their favorite kind of customerit is like those workout gyms that people join, you agree to a 2 year contract for only show up for about a week then quit but keep paying the monthly fee due to the contract, ISP’s like those customers also they want people to buy a 15mbit connection and only use it once in a while and even then only use it to check email so they rake in more profits from those users.they feel that people should pay them and expect nothing in return.most computer users call tech support services or take their computers into places like circuit city and bestbuy to fix simple problems like spywarebecause most of the people do that, does that mean we should be forced to do that alsoISP’s need to stop adding limits and excuses for not having enough bandwidth. most of their hardware is 15 years old. and the more people they trick into signing up for comcast, the more they are going to ration off the bandwidth instead of expand the network",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "41431",
"author": "The Angellick Trooper",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T01:13:17",
"content": "lol i use mutch more than that every month lucky i live in the netherlands ^^and i have the best isp in the country xs4all maybe some of you know their old name hacktick^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "41432",
"author": "Dan k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T01:14:03",
"content": "Alright, just a note of interest, 150GB download does not equate to 150gb of upload. If this was true you could never download at speeds higher than your upload. As for the rest of the comment I’ll just scroll on by.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "41433",
"author": "Wolvenmoon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T01:23:32",
"content": "Complete and utter bullshit. I hope a class action gets started over this.Like streaming music? Too bad. Have a slingbox or equivelent? Sucks to be you. Use ventrillo on your games often? Sucks to be you. They’ll still charge 49.99 a month (My shared webhost charges 15 a month for a terabyte of storage and ten terabytes of bandwidth, approximately.While I doubt I could hit this without them bitching, I can certainly transfer at least 2 terabytes a month without them batting an eye or throttling me.Someone needs to push legislation that forces states to not give exclusive contracts to communication lines so that we can have some competition. In Japan they just run the freakin’ fiber optics up to the house, in great britain it’s 24.99 a month for landline phone, and it comes with FREE high speed internet.“Those are both islands though! They have less distance to traverse!”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_fiberUtter BS.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "41434",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T02:13:22",
"content": "@37: That’s true in general, but he was specifically talking about BitTorrent. A fair number of trackers enforce a 1:1 ratio, so in that case he’s right.Marketplace has some experts saying that this is really about discouraging video-over-IP, since that could cut into Comcast’s cable TV revenue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41435",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T11:24:18",
"content": "I think it is bull.If they have such a great network, then the small percentage of the 250g/mo users aren’t going to make much of a difference.I’d hate to have a lan party and not be able to get internet for the rest of the year.they also advertise speeds as “up to” __meg, but you rarely get that speed,they claim to have offer “fiber” but then still run copper cable to your house,Perhaps the water company should limit you to two showers a week, advertise good water pressure “sometimes”, and supply your house with a garden hose.these idiots need to wake up and see that the internet has become a utility in this culture.maybe you should switch to verizon fios fiber-to-the-premesis service, and comcast can, well, you know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "41436",
"author": "vladsinger",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T21:28:34",
"content": "Offtopic, but I just happened to have visited the place in the stock photo. It’s an art installation in the old Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, where Al Capone was imprisoned for a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41437",
"author": "Breeegz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T21:29:21",
"content": "250 gigabites would rock for me…In Alaska the broadband packages you pay for include a throughput limit. I’m paying for the package that limits me to 5 gigabites a month. I host a website for my family and have 4 computers connected to the internet most of the time. Most of the time I can stay under limit (unless I decide to download some new Linux .iso’s or listen to Internet radio)I can play W.o.W. or watch youtube videos with no problems.Something I’ve done to help include installing a proxy server to store a cache for all the computers in my house. I noticed a big improvement on usage after that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41438",
"author": "monoglot",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T05:02:58",
"content": "Cool use of my picture, thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41439",
"author": "Naruto Uzumaki",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T06:24:26",
"content": "while torrents are more bandwidth hungrystandard ftp downloads will also push your limitsmaintaining the connection and sending ack packets takes up bandwidthif you don’t believe me, head to a website, and copy a download link for a file and write down the size of the fileafter that open a program like netlimiter and have it monitor bandwidth usage for that download onlyyou will see that a 1MB file may use 1.1-1.3MB bandwidth to download that 1mb file and while the download is going you are uploading also. it may be a slow upload but it adds upso you cant expect to do something like download a 250GB rainbow table and expect to be in your limit, that 250gb rainbow table may take 260GB of bandwidth or moreand this cap wont improve service quality for those who don’t use the full 250gb cap as it wont stop those users from doing a full speed download, sure they may be cut off at the 250gb mark but if they were to hoard bandwidth until they reach that limit, it will still give the other customers a slow internet experienceit is like hot our current banking system is.if everyone who has a wamu checking account were to all go tomorrow and withdraw all of their money, then wamu would not have enough money to to give to everyone and the company would go bankrupt as said on the ch11 news, they don’t keep enough money to service all account holders, they invest the money then hope that everyone doesn’t rune up and demand all of their money.during the great depression, everyone had a bandwidth cap on their money. if you had $500 in your account then you could only take $500but because economic problems caused everyone to withdraw all of their money for fear that the banks would loose it, the banks went out of business because they didn’t have enough money for everyone(the government later put out a insurance policy for economic problems)it doesn’t matter what the bandwidth cap it, if theres not enough bandwidth to go around then the network will still lag during peek usage hours",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41440",
"author": "dwight",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T18:18:32",
"content": "i was wondering about gaming.how much of that 250gb will xboxlive/wow/browsingand everything take up?i would imagine alot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.647427
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/07/videos-of-the-xbox360-chatpad-on-a-psp/
|
Videos Of The Xbox360 Chatpad On A PSP
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[] |
[10rdonic0] sent us this video of the
Xbox360 Chatpad being used with some Sony PSPs
. [Jean] over at
ps2dev.org
has been developing custom firmware for the Chatpad wich allows it to work with the PSP. You can see that he’s able to type pretty quickly on the On Screen Keyboard app and maneuver the internet decently. From what he says, not all apps are functional yet, but it’s coming.
| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41656",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:54:59",
"content": "This has to be one of the most useful addon mods I have seen for the pspsI can’t wait till all of his work is finalized. I will get some use out of the keyboardespecially with the web browser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41657",
"author": "wakka_wakka",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T19:28:32",
"content": "It’s cool to see that this will work with the 1000 and 2000 series. Maybe if my IR keyboard (or PSP, for that matter) breaks I’ll pick up one of these, though making the custom cables and recoding the chatpad’s software may be prohibiting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41658",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:49:43",
"content": "I just can’t get excited about a development that needed to come about 3 yeas agoI look at that and all I can think is buy a Pandora. Built in keyboard, USB host, much more power and resolution than a PSP, all for a reasonable price with a huge extended life battery as standard. And it runs linux with kdrive out of the box, with 2 SD slots.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41659",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T22:52:27",
"content": "miles: Where exactly do you think you are? This is hackaday, a website abouthacks. With that said this is a fantastic hack and Ill definitely be looking into topurchasing a chatpad for this use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41660",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-08T00:46:44",
"content": "I just said what I felt about the hack, it is a comment section.I am not selling them, or providing links or advertising.The PSP isn’t a good mobile computing platform, neither is the iPhone in my opinion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44007",
"author": "Anonymous",
"timestamp": "2008-10-01T01:09:53",
"content": "It is very decent, but i think that you should have made it a Keyboard/mouse duo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45084",
"author": "tech4idiots",
"timestamp": "2008-10-09T12:11:08",
"content": "will it work on the new psp 3000? i really hope that Sony would just release an official version for the PSP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55723",
"author": "Squeakyneb",
"timestamp": "2008-12-18T09:44:58",
"content": "Im guessing that u reprogrammed the chatpad to mimic the series of button/direction presses needed to type the character you chose. Good effortwhat happens if you press a direction between chatpad inputs? does the chatpad sense that and correct itself, or will it type with an offset? What I mean is, if I press down on the psp, then type a letter, will it be typing one virtual button below where it should be, or does the chatpad detect and correct?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.088325
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/israeli-hacker-the-analyzer-arrested/
|
Israeli Hacker “the Analyzer” Arrested
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"arrests",
"canada",
"ehud tenenbaum",
"hacking",
"security"
] |
The Israeli hacker [Ehud Tenenbaum], known as
“the Analyzer”, was arrested
along with 3 Canadians for allegedly hacking into a Calgary-based financial services company and withdrawing almost CDN $2 million. The arrests were the results of a months-long investigation by both the Canadian police and the U.S. Secret Service. In 1998, [Tenenbaum] was accused of hacking into unclassified computer systems owned by NASA, and the Pentagon, among others. He is in custody without bail, although the three other suspects have been released on bond.
[thanks vor]
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41655",
"author": "shin5",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T23:59:41",
"content": "thank you for the article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41702",
"author": "morehpperliter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:34:42",
"content": "If you intend to hack to steal money, don’t hack nasaand the pentagon the week before…Amateurs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42236",
"author": "yermorehpperliter",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T11:48:18",
"content": "heh morehpperliter i agree with you… comeone you know what they say…the good hackers are known by everybody, but the best ones out there are known by few…eventually skiddies and lawl “amateurs” get caught…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67821",
"author": "LordPhantom",
"timestamp": "2009-03-25T20:12:13",
"content": "…and may I quote:“Another one got caught today, it’s all over the papers. “Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal”, “Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering”…Damn kids. They’re all alike.”Everyone who is saying he’s a cracker: he is a cracker, hell, I’d say he’s a script kiddie at best. But we all know the sensationalism that comes with wire stories having the title “Hacker”…just makes people wanna read…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.773902
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/giant-mechanical-spider-awakens/
|
Giant Mechanical Spider Awakens In Liverpool
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"La Machine",
"La Princess",
"liverpool",
"mechanical",
"robot",
"spider"
] |
While we were away, we missed the story about the giant mechanical spider in Liverpool. That spider has come to life, and you can
watch the video
courtesy of the BBC.
Named La Princesse, she an art project designed to build tourism and boost the economy. Developed by french company La Machine, she looks amazing. It looks as though it takes 9 people to pilot her, possibly another running the crane she’s suspended from. Watch the video and see her reach out and tap an onlooker’s umbrella with one of her legs.
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41647",
"author": "roy",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:39:17",
"content": "admittedly it does look very impressive but what the video doesn’t maketotally clear is that the spider is mounted on a motorised trolley and not suspendedfrom a crane. essentially they’ve made a giant animated hood ornament.when I first heard about it i was really excited, after seeing the giant woodenself propelled elephant the company previously made, but an animated hood ornament?no thanks i’ll pass ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41648",
"author": "BruceR",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T20:43:44",
"content": "take a closer look at that elephant, it’s pulled along withwheels and not it’s legs.Having seen the spider with my own eyes yesterday, you’vemissed the point, check out the Spider Saturday video here..http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool08/It’s meant to be walking round the city and it did look likeit was. But there’s no way the spider could have walked onit’s own legs through the city, the public safety aspectalone would have killed the project. It weighs 38 tonnes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41649",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T21:22:55",
"content": "I love how they made a screenshot of the player; I was wondering what the hell was wrong with my computer. Aside from that, I’m not sure I would want to see that thing up-close; somebody almost gets stepped on at 0:39!And it’s not a hood ornament, it’s a parade float.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41781",
"author": "zero",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T23:59:20",
"content": "Yeah…Damn you Hack A Day with your screenshots!Anyway, it really is impressive when you see it ‘in the flesh’. A piece of art I can agree with!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.864664
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/bypassing-the-iphone-passcode-lock-in-live-webcast/
|
Bypassing The IPhone Passcode Lock In Live Webcast
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"apple",
"hacking",
"iphone",
"jonathan zdziarski",
"o'reilly",
"security",
"webcast"
] |
[Jonathan Zdziarski], a data forensics expert and
iPhone
hacker, will demonstrate in a
live O’Reilly webcast
on September 11, 2008, how to bypass the iPhone passcode lock security. Although the presentation is targeted towards law enforcement, it will probably viewed by a lot of hackers and geeks, who could use the information for good or evil. It also doesn’t strike us as very good security if the iPhone passcode is easily bypassed. Then what’s the point of having one?
[via
Gizmodo
]
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41639",
"author": "Bobq",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:59:13",
"content": "Crazy!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41640",
"author": "Syntax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T19:22:18",
"content": "I wonder if this is along the lines of where you dial an emergency number, and then double tap the home button… giving you access to the favourites etc?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41646",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T23:30:58",
"content": "THE ROBOTS ARE ATTACKINGOh, and I can’t think of a shadier way to spend my 9-11 thanlearning a new way to hack iphones, haha.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47714",
"author": "lewis",
"timestamp": "2008-10-26T00:06:31",
"content": "you say whats the point on having one if its easy to bypass but the fact is its not easy at all there geeks lockin themselves in a room for 2 months for this LMFAO!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50334",
"author": "bob marley",
"timestamp": "2008-11-11T13:37:08",
"content": "this shit is gay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50336",
"author": "the 865 wizard",
"timestamp": "2008-11-11T13:41:37",
"content": "if you go up to a pepsi machine merlin and reach under neath it youll need 2 people to do this there is a button in tyhe coin return tick ur figer in dar and hold it down the the other person does the 4321 passcodeand you can control the money regulater i did this and it does work i cleaned out a machine me and my friend",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57245",
"author": "anshul",
"timestamp": "2008-12-30T14:27:56",
"content": "hi ive got an iphone 3g .i ve forgotten my passcode lock and its locked .what option do i have to get it fixed???sethi.anshul@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75861",
"author": "Guest",
"timestamp": "2009-05-21T14:52:17",
"content": "I need help, i forgotten my iphone passcode and cant access the phone at all even through the emergency calls side as i set prevention. Pls help me. Tell me what can i do?thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92078",
"author": "Zach",
"timestamp": "2009-09-05T15:20:46",
"content": "A girl I met at a party said she new a cool trick. She unlocked my iPhone passcode in less than 2 seconds. There’s a quick cheat, but she won’t tell me. And no, she didn’t know my passcode.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102171",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2009-10-18T20:55:21",
"content": "Confirmed Zach, one friend do me the same… Same thing.. Looks like it’s a 8 digit code combination…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122788",
"author": "emily",
"timestamp": "2010-02-09T05:51:07",
"content": "a friend of mine can unlock my iphone passcode in like three seconds. and wont tell me how shes doing it! does anyone know how to do it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,761.823247
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/high-altitude-photographic-balloon/
|
High Altitude Photographic Balloon
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"gps hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Earl Foster] recently completed his
4th high altitude photographic balloon
(HAPB-4) launch. This launch reached a peak altitude of 106,384 feet, and lasted about 3 hours. The final weight of the capsule was 5lb 3-3/8 oz, with all the electronics, GPS, digital camera, and HD video camera. His balloons operate under the exempt rules of
FAA Part 101
subpart a governing unmanned balloon flight. This program has been setup to encouraging interest in science, mathematics, and engineering through unmanned ballooning. HAPB-4 uses a
Parallax SPIN Stamp microcontroller
, this multicore chip offers eight 32-bit processors (cogs) sharing 32kB RAM and ROM. Having eight separate COG’s allows him to log GPS data, control the camera, log and monitor sensors, and control LCD functions simultaneously with minimal hardware. During this flight he did have some equipment failures, but he was still able to capture some nice
pictures
.
| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41634",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T19:36:29",
"content": "Actually they didn’t meet all FAA regulations. Yes it was under the 6lb payload but they launched it before sunrise (7:01 on August 31st) which is not allowed. Other than that, great project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41635",
"author": "erik",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T19:51:58",
"content": "indeed, dok is rightunder § 101.35 Equipment and marking requirements.“(b) No person may operate an unmanned free balloon below 60,000 feet standard pressure altitude between sunset and sunrise (as corrected to the altitude of operation) unless the balloon and its attachments and payload, whether or not they become separated during the operation, are equipped with lights that are visible for at least 5 miles and have a flash frequency of at least 40, and not more than 100, cycles per minute.”very cool though, i love this stuff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41636",
"author": "califrag",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T20:35:30",
"content": "wait.. wouldn’t this cover it?“I set the external signal lights to flash at 40 pulses per minute below 60,000 feet in accordance with FAA rules even though I am flying exempt.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41637",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T11:13:37",
"content": "WHy are comments closed on all the posts above this one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41638",
"author": "MagicWuff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-08T00:21:48",
"content": "hey wouldn’t the total weight have to be negative for it to float:p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44306",
"author": "nickysam",
"timestamp": "2008-10-04T06:37:06",
"content": "The High Altitude Photographic Balloon use a Parallax BS2px and is responsible for reading and recording latitude, longitude, time, altitude and taking pictures.High-altitude plastic balloons are only partially inflated at launch to allow for gas expansion as the balloon climbs.———–Nickysamviral marketing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.006356
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/06/dell-shows-you-how-to-mod-your-new-mini-9/
|
Dell Mini 9 Modification Guide
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"computer hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"Asus",
"dell",
"dell mini 9",
"eee pc",
"EeePc",
"mini 9",
"netbook"
] |
One of the things that made the original
Asus Eee PC
such a big success was the ability to
add almost anything you wanted
to it. While this might not have anything to do with
Dell releasing a service manual
showing you how to disassemble your brand new Mini 9, we’re not gonna fault them for making one available.
The service manuals show the proper way to gain access to the various parts of the Mini 9 right down to the motherboard itself. It’s nice to know that the Mini 9 isn’t locked down where simple things like replacing the RAM or upgrading to a larger SSD won’t void your warranty.
[via
jkkmobile
]
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41633",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T18:23:14",
"content": "This really isn’t news… Dell has been releasing disassembly guides for years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42454",
"author": "hacker 711[COLLIN SHEEHAN ]",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T00:35:42",
"content": "I FOUND MY NAME ON THE INTERNET HACKER711IS ME AND SOME JOE PERSON",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42457",
"author": "hacker 711[COLLIN SHEEHAN ]",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T01:00:16",
"content": "OKAY WHEN I SAID MY DAD MAKE THOSE I REALLY MEANT TO SAY MY DAD CAN MAKE THOSE AND I WAS GIVING MY CELL BECAUSE I NEVER SPOKEN TO A HACKER BEFORE ONLY MY FRIEND DYLAN WHO DOES X-BOX HACKS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70475",
"author": "hacker411",
"timestamp": "2009-04-14T13:00:28",
"content": "I have a friend who’s is a hacker too! He adds LEDs to XBOXes!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76024",
"author": "aliens9697",
"timestamp": "2009-05-23T16:21:54",
"content": "man i put that old comment.hacker711 a year ago.i was a psp noob then,well i changed me old username to aliens9697.Fair well the greatest website ever HACKADAY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.047382
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/lcd-pic-graphics-demo/
|
LCD PIC Graphics Demo
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"16f688",
"conville",
"demo",
"graphicdemo",
"hd44780",
"lcd",
"pic"
] |
[conville] has been pushing standard HD44780 character displays to the limit. Embedded above is an example spectrum analyzer and text scrolling demo. Below you’ll find a scope demo. Both of these are created using a PIC 16F688 that dynamically rewrites a custom character set to create the animation. You can find the
source code on mikrocontroller.net
.
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41786",
"author": "lkjsldkjf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T00:51:42",
"content": "Could you please post a URL to where this guy “conville”first posted this?? I don’t see any“conville” on that German site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112388",
"author": "mpare",
"timestamp": "2009-12-19T04:27:18",
"content": "Both of these videos have been removed by author.-mpare",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.161889
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/pac-man-portable/
|
Pac-Man Portable
|
Eliot
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[
"benheck",
"handheld",
"jakks",
"pacman",
"portable",
"samthornley"
] |
This is another fine project to come out of the benheck forums. [sam_thornley] built this
portable game system
last Fall. It uses the guts of a
JAKKS Namco TV arcade stick
. The composite signal from the board is connected to a 2.5″ Intec screen with a CCFL backlight. Four rechargable AA batteries are in the case for 2.5 hours of play. It doesn’t have sound, but he says the TV games’ sound pales to the original anyway. It’s certainly a nice compact build in a regular project box.
[via
Engadget
]
permalink
| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41390",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T20:52:30",
"content": "Now I want to see one of these in an altoids box.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.124063
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/16-circuit-bent-toys/
|
16 Circuit Bent Toys
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital audio hacks"
] |
[
"audio",
"circuitbending",
"circuitbent",
"gizmodo",
"oobject",
"toy"
] |
OObject compiled a list of
16 circuit bent kids’ toys
found on YouTube. There’s a broad range here: from
Speak & Spells
, to
Pikachus
, to
Game Boys
, and even the odd
vinyl based toy
. It’s an interesting list, but you won’t find a single soothing sound in the group.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41382",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T00:23:53",
"content": "ahhh I dont know if I should laugh, be frightened, or step back scientificly and admire this hack…BTW it said “there was — everywhere”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41383",
"author": "Russell Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:56:29",
"content": "Can anybody explain to me why this isn’t just stupid? And what’s with the urine fascination?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41384",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T06:17:35",
"content": "this really got me laughing!It’s so twisted that it’s absolutely delicious!hi!circuit bending isn’t supposed to necessarily make sense.I recently took my turn at a .50 cent electronic guitar and it was great fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41385",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T07:27:15",
"content": "just waist 5 minuets of my life. I want them back !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41386",
"author": "mem",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T13:40:27",
"content": "circut bending was cool when used in the original pong machine as it was a clever hack to produce some cheap sound bytes. Nowdays it seems it is just annoying twits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41387",
"author": "nikotine",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T13:58:50",
"content": "that’s just sick :s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41388",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T17:27:02",
"content": "Pickchu link dead, saw it already, just thought it might be a different one. great hacks though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41389",
"author": "Blackice",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T20:35:00",
"content": "Can’t sleep…doll will eat me…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.478415
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/gp3x-to-be-released-in-october/
|
GP3X To Be Released In October
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"gp2x",
"gp3x",
"gps",
"handheld",
"linux",
"wiz"
] |
You should be able to get your
hands on your Wiz
as soon as October. The Wiz, also known as the GP3X is the highly anticipated follow up to the GP2X, a handheld game system that runs
linux
. Sporting a 533 MHz ARM processor, 64 MB of RAM, a 2.8 inch
OLED
display, 5 hour battery life, and 16 GB of storage, its a heck of a deal. Where else can you get a portable with those specs, bundled with Flash player 7,
DivX
, Xvid, and MPEG playback for $179?
These units are supposed to be as hackable as the previous version. We’ve seen
GPS
and
USB ports
added as well as
qtopia
and
Windows 95
run on them.
Correction: the 16GB of storage on the Engadget site is a typo. This unit comes with 1GB.
[via
Engadget
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41374",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T23:44:49",
"content": "OK, but have you covered the Pandora??600mhz stock ARM 8 processor, Overclocks to 800-900mhz.128mb of DDRQwerty keyboardpowervr SGX graphicsWifi and BluetoothDual analog controls.800×480 touchscreenThe build quality and design of the GP2X was poor (I owned a few, just to see if the redesigns helped, they didn’t).This new version will be nearly the same crap. GPH is a crap korean company (not that all korean companies are crap, Hyundai is making a good korean product.)Still no USB host built in, which the Pandora does have.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41375",
"author": "jproach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T01:31:16",
"content": "Pandora is ~$330 and a clamshell style. If anyone is curious:http://openpandora.org/Who knows how long it will take to be released though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41376",
"author": "oarking",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T02:09:03",
"content": "i hope the OS is alot smoother on these. the gp2x is pretty buggy and it hangs on a blank screen while whatever’s being loaded. oh and N64 emu support would be nice.pandora would be cool too but until a price drop i’ll stick with the gpx line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41377",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T02:29:02",
"content": "I almost bought a GP2X when I heard about it, but it seems the manufacturers lacked much interest or participation in the development. I may be wrong, but that’s the feeling I got, and it seemed almost too ‘as-is’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41378",
"author": "Zachary",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:15:54",
"content": "@Jproach…Pre-orders are most likely taking place at the end of September. The 30th has been thrown around loosely by mods, they had a full proto board at the leipzig gaming convention.The 16gb of storage for the Wiz is a typo, Even discussed at Engadget. Pre-order for the Wiz says 1Gb storage.http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-d1-77-4-49-en-70-2z59.htmlIm waiting on Pandora…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41379",
"author": "F00 f00",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:51:37",
"content": "Just an fyi. This isnt 16gb as stated. Its 1Gb, with an sd card slot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41380",
"author": "noah vawter",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T08:26:00",
"content": "3 cheers for built-in li-ion battery. that was the only thing that held me back from gp2x.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41381",
"author": "matty d",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T06:28:41",
"content": "Wiz? I mean come on, when I hear that word I think urine, processed cheese product or defunct electronics chain looted by the owners.Somebody can beat that name, I nominate Mini Gp2x",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "131946",
"author": "Hershel Marchuk",
"timestamp": "2010-03-25T22:58:00",
"content": "Arthritis in canines can be a major issue that many people never even think of in senior dogs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.308698
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/macro-photography-with-an-iphone/
|
Macro Photography With An IPhone
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"iphone",
"macro",
"macrophotography",
"photography"
] |
The camera lens on the
iPhone
is much like any other cameraphone lens in the fact that the lens has a fixed minimum and maximum focus length. If you want to get a little closer to your subject, you just might want to give [eastrain’s]
macro camera mod
a try.
According to [eastrain] both first and second generation iPhone cameras have a screw type focus ring that has been glued to infinity from the factory. This was probably set so that 99% of your photos were roughly in focus.
Gaining access to the camera lens requires the disassembly of your phone and will undoubtedly void any type of warranty you may have had. Once the lens is in view you will need to break the 2 glue points that hold the lens at its current position.
Using needle nose pliers you can then rotate the lens counter clockwise to increase the zoom or clockwise to decrease it. Enabling the built in camera app allows you to see in real time your changes. When you’re satisfied, just put everything back together. Of course the next step should be an externally mounted ring to allow manual zooming on the fly.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41371",
"author": "Phil A. Telyk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T14:48:31",
"content": "Why bother? Just hold a cheap triplet loupe in front of the lens when you want to take a macro shot. Seriously, try it, works like a charm with cell phone cameras.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41372",
"author": "Entropia",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T15:15:23",
"content": "Focusing != zooming.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41373",
"author": "thethirdmoose",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T00:44:32",
"content": "You: Hey, check out this photo I took of an insect!Friend: Wow, that’s pretty good. Look at that object! You should take a picture of it!You: Hold on, I just need to adjust a few things…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "161789",
"author": "Rogue Macros",
"timestamp": "2010-07-24T17:50:50",
"content": "Wow, very cool. Gonna try the macro camera mod. Ty",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.349606
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/aurora-mixer-now-available/
|
Aurora Mixer Now Available
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"aurora",
"aurora224",
"dj",
"mixer",
"mixing"
] |
It’s been a
long time coming
but that highly sought after open source mixer, the
aurora224 is now available
for purchase on the company’s website. The aurora mixer is a fully programmable USB mixer complete with 24 back lit knobs, 2 faders, and a single crossfader.
While the instructions on
how to assemble your own mixer
from scratch have been available for sometime now, many wanted a kit complete with everything needed to avoid having to source the parts themselves.
The aurora mixer is available in 2 versions, a fully assembled turn key deck and a DIY kit that requires the use of a soldering iron and the ability to follow directions.
So, if you’ve wanted to build your own aurora mixer but never knew where to start, this may be your lucky day. Don’t wait too long as you have until September 1st to get your order in.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41362",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T23:02:57",
"content": "dude yes, keep the audio stuff coming.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41363",
"author": "Sil3ntP8nd8",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T01:03:13",
"content": "How much would it cost to build it yourself? I know how to order and install everything but its the assembly that gets me worried. I dont even think i have all the tools to build this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41364",
"author": "declineToState",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T01:12:33",
"content": "$300+ for something that doesn’t actually do any audio, and is just a set of computer readable knobs and buttons, plus some computer controllable lights? Clearly, I don’t get it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41365",
"author": "maldrich",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:25:41",
"content": "only a hex screw driver is needed if you buy the complete DIY kit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41366",
"author": "maldrich",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:27:50",
"content": "only a hex screw driver is needed to assemble the complete DIY option.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41367",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:36:42",
"content": "A mixer with no XLR inputs or outputs? Not even RCA? Meh.Give me 4 real inputs with phantom power selectable on each, 4 virtual inputs over USB/Firewire, and the ability to mix to stereo output on real XLR’s or USB/Firewire and *then* you’ve got something …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41368",
"author": "subatomic",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T01:54:25",
"content": "looks like they are _not_ selling any kits…>> aurora224 order page>>>>>>>> we are no longer selling or supporting kits. for>> those who are interested, we suggest organizing>> group orders.>>>> -mgmt",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41369",
"author": "edd",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T15:26:09",
"content": "@ scott,youre talking about an audio interface/ analogue mixer. that kit is essentially a midi/daw controller, a very different device.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.389699
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/wifi-robot-a-hacked-wrt54gl-rover/
|
Wifi Robot : A Hacked WRT54GL Rover
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"radiocontrolled",
"rc",
"telemetry",
"wifi",
"wireless",
"wrt54gl"
] |
[Jon Bennett] sent us this link to his
Wifi Robot
. After playing with a Linksys WRT54GL router, he was inspired to build something that would utilize this embedded Linux system. Using a thrift store R/C truck, he built a wireless robot rover. This thing can be controlled over the internet, or by laptop with a range of about 500 meters.
The router has been modified to have 2 Serial ports and a 1GB SD Card. It connects to a micro controller, which could be an Arduino or AVR Butterfly. He has supplied information for both. The truck has been mostly gutted, leaving only the chassis and electronics. He had to beef up some of the truck electronics when they fried under the load. The entire unit is powered by a pair of 7.2 Volt 3800 mAh battery packs. The most important thing on the list though, is the horn. You can honk the horn while you are driving this thing around.
The site supplies tons of information including pictures of his build, videos of it in action, speed tests, schematics, software downloads, and resource links. Great job [Jon].
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41348",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T18:08:57",
"content": "Awesome, just what I’ve been looking for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41349",
"author": "evillawngnome",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T18:25:27",
"content": "Needs longer range and GPS so you can log where everything is as you go. Nonetheless, a WICKED sweet start to a great project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41351",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:03:29",
"content": "Pretty impressive project … but I can’t shake the thought that he basically took the simple, low-power, lightweight RC interface that the car already had and bolted on a heavy, power-hungry, overly complex RC interface in its place. Didn’t “hacking” used to mean finding elegant technical solutions to problems? Nowadays it seems like it just means forcing COTS stuff to do something neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41350",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:04:44",
"content": "We have a $12.49 serial port add-on kit for that router:http://www.curiousinventor.com/kits/spk_wrtHopefully it’s relevant enough not to be spam.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41352",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:40:00",
"content": "@kenIt means both now a days… I know a guy that has an evdo modem in his wrt. With that, and this, you could go pretty much as far as the battery would allow. I haven’t hit the web page yet, but he’s probably still using stock antennas as well. Throw a couple 7Dbi antennas on there and the range should improve.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41353",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:54:51",
"content": "well, I think this is great.gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41354",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T20:27:16",
"content": "GPS interfaced with Google Maps would be an excellent addition to this project. And when the power is too low it pops open an umbrella that covers the whole car so it looks like a piece of fabric lying on the ground – waiting for the driver to pick it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41356",
"author": "Rob Ristroph",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T20:27:17",
"content": "Ken – I agree with your general sense that a lot that goes by the name of “hacking” these days isn’t all that impressive.But I don’t think this falls into that catagory. It is true that if all the guy does is do the same commands as would be done via a joy stick, through a laptop, then it is kind of pointless.But this project gives you a lot more than an internet capable joystick. The robot can potentially be autonomous, which is a huge leap in capability. The robot can now have sensors also integrated into the router, and you can write programs to control the robot without knowing special microcontroller code, but using C on Linux.The alternatives that would get you to the same place (using C on Linux to control a robot) are all much more expensive. There are kits that use a laptop as the controller, and some of those tiny solid state computers might replace the laptop, but you are going to spend hundreds of dollars. This gets you there for something around a hundred, presuming you get everything used.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41360",
"author": "drgncabe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T23:29:05",
"content": "I have to agree with this being a ‘hack,’ especially since it /can/ be used to solve problems. Use that 1GB of space with that camera and some logic and you have a roaming security camera. Top it off with some sensors and you can have it find a ‘dock’ when it needs a recharge. You basically have an autonomous robot running around the house doing your bidding. From the looks of it, this project may help solve another problem from a comment left on the site, a long distance remote controlled boat for water sampling. There are a number of advancements that could come from this hack that could potentially solve many problems that would normally cost a lot more.That, and it is pretty darn cool :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41357",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:49:35",
"content": "I’m glad you guys liked the hack.@KenThe router power is negligible compared to the power required for the motors. The router takes about 5% of the power when driving. I think there are a number of value-added features that made the project worth doing.I agree that GPS would be a great addition. I’ll look in to it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41358",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T07:06:48",
"content": "could be a lot cheaper and easier with Asus WL500G, its only slightly more expensive than linksys BUT offers USB for normal USB cameras and other stuff you might want to connect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41359",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T12:02:32",
"content": "@raszThe Wl-500G also has a parallel port – making it trivially easy to interface the motors. Ad the USB for a webcam is incredibly handy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41361",
"author": "Bryan Ribas",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:35:24",
"content": "Solar panels",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79707",
"author": "robocat",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T23:27:36",
"content": "I have been developing a similar robot using an Asus WL-520GU wifi router. I choose the 520GU because it is hard to brick and it has a USB 2.0 port. The USB port has a hub, with 1GB USB flash, and an Arduino plugged into it, and will have two optical mice plugged in for gross position measurement. The router has openwrt and Python installed, and libraries pyserial and pyduino.I am using an Arduino Duemilanove for the hardware IO, and on that I puthttp://firmata.orgwhich comes with the arduino build tools as an example (I just built firmata and flashed it – no mods).Like you, the electronics need a lot less power than the motors. I am using 12V SLA/VRLA batteries… They are heavy but easy to charge and good ones can be got for free from maintenance (UPS/alarms/emergency lights etc). 12V is nice since can get parts from old cars/wreckers and I use an old PSU for developing.I love what you have done with the Truck and will be using my router+arduino platform to do a few similar things with modded toys. I definitely will be using a horn – great idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "138887",
"author": "Brock",
"timestamp": "2010-04-29T13:57:13",
"content": "There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points about junk cars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "309807",
"author": "Rent A Property",
"timestamp": "2011-01-20T08:01:06",
"content": "I have been developing a similar robot using an Asus WL-520GU wifi router. I choose the 520GU because it is hard to brick and it has a USB 2.0 port. The USB port has a hub, with 1GB USB flash, and an Arduino plugged into it, and will have two optical mice plugged in for gross position measurement.I love what you have done with the Truck and will be using my router+arduino platform to do a few similar things with modded toys. I definitely will be using a horn – great idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,762.801943
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/28/security-flaw-allows-full-access-to-locked-iphones/
|
Security Flaw Allows Full Access To Locked IPhones
|
Nick Caiello
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"2.0.2",
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"flaw",
"gizmodo",
"iphone",
"macrumor",
"passcode",
"security flaw",
"security flaws",
"SecurityFlaw",
"SecurityFlaws"
] |
[greenmymac] on the MacRumors forums
recently exposed a security flaw
that allows anyone full access to a locked iPhone running firmware version 2.0.2. The flaw works by entering the emergency call menu of a locked
iPhone
, and double tapping the home button. This opens the iPhone’s Favorites menu, allowing anyone in your Favorites to be called. From here, an attacker has access to your SMS messages and potentially your email or Safari browser. While we are sure that Apple has a patch for this flaw on the way in the next firmware update, there is a temporary way to secure your locked iPhone. Simply enter the Settings menu on your iPhone and enter General > Home Button and select “Home” or “iPod”. Now when you double tap your home button, it will navigate to either your home screen or the iPod screen. While this fix might be annoying for some, as of right now it seems like the only way to secure your locked iPhone.
[photo:
Refracted Moments™
]
[via
Gizmodo
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41346",
"author": "JF",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T17:19:21",
"content": "This is no surprise. Just like with most other devices, if you can gain physical access to it, its pretty much “owned” already. This is why, if you use Exchange as the back end, you can remotely wipe the device if you lose it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "41347",
"author": "dc0de",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T01:37:54",
"content": "“1. This is no surprise. Just like with most other devices, if you can gain physical access to it, its pretty much “owned” already. This is why, if you use Exchange as the back end, you can remotely wipe the device if you lose it.Posted at 12:28PM on Aug 28th 2008 by JF”Yeah, except for Enterprise ready devices, like the Blackberry…There is a reason for FIPS-140-2 compliance…",
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