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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/tact-switches-for-your-next-project/
|
Parts: Tactile Switches For Your Next Project
|
Ian
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Parts"
] |
[
"button",
"buttons",
"choosing parts",
"components",
"electronics",
"parts",
"tact switches",
"tactile switch"
] |
Electronics parts can be a pain to choose. It’s often hard to tell from manufacturers’ datasheets if a part will fit your design. We auditioned six different tactile switches to find a cheap button to use in upcoming projects. A tactile switch, also called a momentary button or
push-to-make switch
, is commonly used for input and microcontroller resets. This type of button creates a temporary electrical connection when pressed.
Footprints for most of these buttons are available in the
Cadsoft Eagle
library
switch-tac
, or in the
Sparkfun parts library
under
TAC_SWITCH
. Buttons in the image above are discussed from left to right.
Through hole push button switch (6mm):
This switch will appeal to fans of through-hole parts, but you can see that it’s actually smaller than the 6x6mm surface mount buttons.
Note that it does not have the standard 0.1″ straight mounting legs, and thus won’t fit in a breadboard. Common package name(s): DTS-3 (S1 above).
642-MJTP1250
(16 cents)
Regular SMD tactile switches (6 X 6mm):
A 6 x 6mm tactile switch is probably the most common surface mount button. Even though it’s surface mount, it’s large and easy to solder. The button has two pairs of leads (1&2, 3&4) that connect internally to the same switch — although there are four legs you only get a single switch. You only need to connect one pin from each pair to use the button, but it makes no difference if you decide to connect both. The yellow and red buttons are rated in terms of the force required for activation (gf), yellow requires the most force (520gf) and makes the loudest snap. Common package name(s): DTS-6 (S2 above).
101-0164-EV
(22 cents)
101-TS5922T5202-EV
520gf YELLOW (36 cents)
101-TS6824T2604-EV
260gf RED SMT (51 cents)
Small SMD tactile switches (4.5×4.5×0.4mm):
Unlike the previous buttons, these tiny switches require practice and skill to solder. While the mounting area is only 12% smaller than the previous buttons, the leads are tiny and hidden under the package. Like the 6 x 6mm tactile switches, these are rated in terms of actuation force (gf). We were unable to find a ready-made footprint for this part.
688-SKRMAA
160gf (30 cents)
688-SKRMAB
260gf (30 cents)
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41986",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T21:35:46",
"content": "That’s a pretty nice summary of SPST cheap switches, now how about Cheap Toggle Switches?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42021",
"author": "Brickmodder",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T01:04:52",
"content": "I’ve been using C&K KMR2 tact switches on my boards thatrequire tact switches for a few months now. They are approx4.2×2.8×1.9mm and the exposed SMT pads can be hand soldered.link:http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=401-1426-1-ND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42045",
"author": "Ian Lesnet",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T05:45:24",
"content": "That’s a great tact switch, thanks for the link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42055",
"author": "Tod E. Kurt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T07:17:10",
"content": "This is a great article. I love seeing these kindsof comparative analysis of electronic components.The inclusion of the Mouser/Digikey links and pricingestimates are very welcome. There are thousands of partsout there and it can be overwhelming figuring out whichone to choose.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42064",
"author": "beastmaster",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T13:06:11",
"content": "learn how to use that momentary switch to power on your gadgets…http://www.beastmasterelectronics.com/wordpress/2008/09/control-dc-power-via-a-momentary-push-button/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42104",
"author": "Simon",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T20:51:57",
"content": "If there is not much room available try these(3mm x 2.5mm + exposed smd pads, also available sideactuated):http://www.omron.com/ecb/products/sw/2/b3u.htmlBye,Simon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42208",
"author": "psurf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T06:50:41",
"content": "Dealextreme has a collection of electronic switches:http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5588~r.39889807",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46723",
"author": "mem.namefix",
"timestamp": "2008-10-21T00:38:31",
"content": "http://www.futurlec.com/cheaper than any of the other sites posted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "938921",
"author": "ThankfulOne",
"timestamp": "2013-01-14T04:48:47",
"content": "you probably just saved me quite a few ‘tries’ thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "939557",
"author": "AudioRichter",
"timestamp": "2013-01-15T04:10:40",
"content": "Thank you!!! I am learning to hack/mod the buttons on my wii mote and this was lovely! Woot! Music controller ahead!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2891427",
"author": "sq5rix",
"timestamp": "2016-01-20T13:23:29",
"content": "Thanks for this, you saved my time and frustration…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.376173
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/led-random-blinking-mood-lighting/
|
LED Random Blinking Mood Lighting
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home hacks",
"LED Hacks"
] |
[
"firefly",
"led",
"random"
] |
What is it about pseudo random flashing LEDs that make us go gaga? We don’t know, but there’s definitely something there. [seligtobiason] has this obsession too. After seeing several more complicated projects, he created this elegant, simple, and cheap
piece of art
. The entire thing is pretty much just some flashing LEDs, some resistors, and a power supply. It really isn’t anything groundbreaking, but the effort and cost involved are tiny compared to some other similar projects. sure, it doesn’t synchronize over time based on input like the
firefly project
. But for a quick cheap project, the results are quite nice.
We would put one in our home, right next to the
node blinky
.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41984",
"author": "mattm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T21:24:35",
"content": "i have a question for anyone more knowledgeable than i am…why would you need 48 separate resistors for this? i’m no electronics expert but couldn’t you just have one bigger resistor between the power supply and the led array?also, as an addition to the project, it might be cool to put in an audio transformer and 1/8″ jack, so as to have the brightness be modulated by an audio source.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42007",
"author": "happosai",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T23:56:08",
"content": "I used to build things like this years ago…something as simple as a row of five flashing LEDs can be quite hypnotic to watch, as they go in and out of sync.@mattm: Firstly, you usually don’t need to include a current limiting resistor with flashing LEDs, as they usually limit the current internally (but you should check theLED’s data sheet, as there are exceptions). If I recall correctly, you should wire multipleflashing LEDs in parallel to achieve the above effect; if you wire them in series, they willall flash at the same rate (as one of the LEDs will be switching everything in series with it on and off).If you do need to limit the current of multiple LEDs in parallel, in theory, you could do this with a single resistor, but you’d need to ensure that it can handle the total power that all of the LEDs will draw. However, it’s usually not a good idea to do this, as theelectrical characteristics of diodes means that you can end up overdriving some of the diodes, burning them out, due to slightly different voltage drops across them, and the fact that a small increase in voltage across a diode can cause a large increase in current drawn. You should therefore include one resistor for each set of LEDs wired in series.[Happosai]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42157",
"author": "mattm",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:46:18",
"content": "thanks for the reply. that helped a lot!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61126",
"author": "mark Pohlkamp",
"timestamp": "2009-01-29T00:31:22",
"content": "I enjoyed your article. In regards to mood lighting check out the website…it currently offers a mood light system called Urban Underglow™. It transforms your room in to a chic mood light and glow experience. In May 2009 LIT will be launching a new LED system that will provide a full immersive experience integrating room LED lighting with your movies, games and other content! Imagine watching a movie with an explosion and your room lights up in red, yellow, orange all synched with the movie or your pc game. Or how about seeing the room glow in blue while watching an underwater scene in a movie or a pc game! LED lights (LED tubes, wall washers, etc.) are driven by the content you are watching!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69497",
"author": "George",
"timestamp": "2009-04-07T01:25:50",
"content": "Does anyone else have any experience with this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "402153",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2011-06-06T04:07:50",
"content": "Hi! I am working on a project with five blinking LED’s on a circuit. I designed the circuit from what I’ve found on the web that I modified. They are supposed blink really slowly and randomly but the problem I am finding is that two or more LED’s go on or off at a time. They are all wired in parallel but I think it has something to do with the position of the capacitors. I have clear schematics and pictures of the board but I don’t know how to post them here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and have a great day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "402154",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2011-06-06T04:13:43",
"content": "OOps nevermind. I just saw the link to the instructables project. Thanks anyway!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.463776
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/15/hack-a-day-t-shirt-design-contest-ending-soon/
|
Hack A Day T-Shirt Design Contest Ends Today
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"News"
] |
[
"contest",
"dash",
"dashexpress",
"design",
"hackaday",
"prize",
"tshirt"
] |
The final day for entries in our
Hack a Day T-Shirt Design Contest
is today. Get your entries in by midnight Pacific time and you could win a
Dash Express
(or non-US prize).
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41973",
"author": "Joyce",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T16:44:58",
"content": "Como rakeaaar orkut com apenas o email? e tranformaar essesite em portugues. =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41976",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T18:22:32",
"content": "Off topic …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42076",
"author": "Dj RaYz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T16:32:17",
"content": "Who won?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42356",
"author": "Dungbeetles",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T04:40:47",
"content": "I don’t care who won. I just know it couldn’t be my pitiful attempts at a logo. I want to see all of them because this site is full of really creative minds. I bet there are some really awesome ones too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42360",
"author": "ie",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T05:16:09",
"content": "with as many entries as i’m sure they received, it may take a while to review them all. but i’d sure like to see a sampling of entries (if not all). maybe once the winner is chosen, the top 10 or 20 can be posted?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.416428
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/lockcon-coming-soon/
|
LockCon Coming Soon
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"barry wels",
"dutch open",
"impressioning",
"key",
"lock",
"lock picking",
"lockpicking",
"picking",
"security",
"ssdev",
"the last hope",
"toool"
] |
The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers
(TOOOL) is planning a new annual gathering for lockpickers. October 9-12th they will hold the first ever
LockCon
in Sneek, Netherlands. The event was spawned from the Dutch Open lockpicking championships, but they’ve decided to expand beyond just competition into a full conference. This year the conference is limited to just 100 lockpickers, technicians, manufacturers, hackers, and law enforcement members. They’ll compete in picking competitions, safe manipulation, and key impressioning.
On a related note: Organizer [Barry Wels] just became the
first non-German to win an SSDeV competition
with his key impressioning skills. We
covered key impressioning
when we saw his talk about high security keys at
The Last Hope
. He says it’s only been about two years worth of study and 500 keys to become a master. He managed to open the lock in 5:13 filing two whole keys during that time.
[photo:
Rija 2.0
]
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41977",
"author": "azr2nut",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T18:40:38",
"content": "organisation (sp)Netherlands? We need one in the US.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42240",
"author": "azr2nut",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T12:16:35",
"content": "azr2nut real lockpickers come from europe :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.325929
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/60-watt-solar-panel-built-from-cells/
|
60 Watt Solar Panel Built From Cells
|
Jason Rollette
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"charge controller",
"charger",
"ebay",
"instructables",
"solar",
"solar cell",
"solar charger",
"solar panel"
] |
Our love for
solar projects
continues on with this method to make your own solar panels. [Mike] built a
60 watt solar panel
from individual solar cells he purchased off eBay. Procuring parts off of eBay normally causes others hardship when they try to duplicate the project, however in this case there are so many types of cells people can use to produce their own unique solar panel. Even cells that are extremely damaged my still be used, as in this
example
. To charge a 12 volt battery the number of cells in series just needs to be 16-18 volts, and the rest in parallel will supply more current. Charging a battery without a charge controller is not recommended, but commercial ones are easily had. Those not interested in jumping all the way in with solar may want to test the waters by building their own panel and putting it to use as a
charging station
for your portable gadgets.
| 19
| 19
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41953",
"author": "ent",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T11:08:25",
"content": "Be careful, the cells need to be isolated by diodes otherwise there is a possibility of fire. If one cell becones obscured by a shadow current will flow into that cell like a shorted battery(a 600mV battery) and heat up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41963",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T14:32:10",
"content": "I’ve been digging around the net as much as possible for info on DIY panels and nowhere have I seen anyone mention even the possibility of solar panel catching fire!I am in the process of building a single 130 watt solar panel from 72 3″x6″ cells (which turned out to be 3.2″x6″ so have had to re-adjust my plans slightly), it will be just over 1 meter square, using acrylic instead of glass and will be held rigid with L-shaped aluminium angle bolted to it & sealed with a silicon substance as it will be permanently outside (and here in the UK the weather is often very wet).One thing to note about the cells used in the panel pictured (the same as the ones I’ve got) are that they are fragile as hell & as brittle as glass, I measured one to be 0.33mm thick. One of the batch I bought arrived broken (it did travel halfway across the globe) so it gave me the chance to see just how brittle it is, it’s now in several pieces and I’ve learnt to treat them with the utmost respect, thankfully the eBay seller sent me 80 instead of the 72 I ordered, which leaves me with 7 ‘error margin’ cells.Still waiting for the tab ribbon to solder the cells together though :(BTW if you’re wondering how the professionals put their panels together with these types of cell:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYeynLy6pj8I have a small 30watt Kyocera brand solar panel which is 25 years old, it still works fine giving out 24watts peak so the commercial ones are definitely built to last.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41966",
"author": "Jason Rollette",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T14:56:28",
"content": "this is a good point, here is a PDF that discusses this.http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11698-16389/unrestricted/Chapt_4.pdfJason Rollette",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41974",
"author": "macegr",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T18:02:58",
"content": "I don’t keep up on solar technology, but I thought BG Micro had an interesting deal:http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12269Copper Indium Diselenide, 4.5V at 90ma from a 2×2 inch cell, for 2.50 if you buy 50 of them. So that’s about 48 watts for $125, $2.60 per watt. I’ve seen some interesting auctions on eBay for the same type of cell, might even be cheaper.Also: please fix the comment box. Just try using it, you’ll see what we mean.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42033",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T03:01:16",
"content": "Individual cells don’t need blocking (usually schottky) diodes but panels do when put in parallel to stop them trying to feed power into each other, and you can use a schottky diode on small panels to avoid having to use a charge controller. Larger panels require a charge controller to stop the battery from being over-charged.macegr, those 2*2 inch cells are 0.405 watts (4.5v * 0.09A), 50 of them would make a 20.25watt panel for $124.50, $6.18 per watt. Not a complete bargain and not a terrible price either, but they look great for someone wanting to make a panel without having to deal with ultra-fragile cells.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42069",
"author": "Olly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T15:08:21",
"content": "Um I think the both of you are wrong on your calculations.If you need lets say about 18 volts for charging a battery,so if you ran 4 of these cells in series (4×4.5v gives you18v @ 360ma) now if you ran 12 of those in parallel that givesyou (12 x 360ma) 4.32 AMPs or a panel that produces (18v x 4.32AMP)77.76 watts with 2 cells to spare. because your not going to run 50 cells inseries, while your calculations are right haku, you dont wanta 220v solar panel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42070",
"author": "nemfo",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T15:29:18",
"content": "Thanks Olly I was researching that because what haku saiddid not make sence to me. By the way that come out to about137.45 with shipping thats 1.76 a watt. A 80 watt panel runsabout 400-500$ and for a 500$ 80 Watt panel thats about 6.25$a watt. So its about a 3rd of the price. I need a beer!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42098",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T19:43:53",
"content": "olly,Identical cells (or batteries) in series you add up the voltage. The ampage stays the same.Identical cells (or batteries) in parallel you add up the ampage. The voltage stays the same.4 of those cells in series gives you 18v @ 90ma. 18 * 0.09 = 1.62 watts.4 of those cells in parallel gives you 4.5v @ 360ma. 4.5 * 0.36 = 1.62 watts.The total wattage always stays the same no matter how the cells are joined.If you wanted to make a panel with those cells you’d do better with getting 52 & putting them in a 13×4 grid array, wire up 13 sets of 4 cells in series, and put those 13 sets in parallel (all the pluses together & all the negatives together).In that 52-cell configuration you’d end up with 18v @ 1.17A, 13 x 0.09A (90ma), 21.06 watts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42164",
"author": "4-acre",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T01:57:14",
"content": "where did you get the cells fromand how much",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42254",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T14:40:55",
"content": "The cells I have were bought fromhttp://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZlifestylephotobut they’ve not got any listed at the time of posting this, they were $4/cell + postage (and annoyingly + import duty, that’s rip-off Britain for ya). They must still have literally bucket loads because if you look at their completed listings you’ll see they didn’t sell all the cells listed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46047",
"author": "Total Solar Energy",
"timestamp": "2008-10-17T20:48:06",
"content": "just goes to prove that solar power needn’t cost a fortune",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61678",
"author": "Mike Hooper",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T00:56:09",
"content": "does anyone know of how to make a 130 watt panelwhat size cells amps and volts what is the formulafor figureing this out first experience in solar in series or parallel tell me more live in USA GA.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72585",
"author": "diy solar power",
"timestamp": "2009-05-04T07:55:34",
"content": "yea i found some good cells on ebay and put together a simple panel. hasn’t caught on fire yet..knock on wood",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77824",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2009-06-11T10:03:13",
"content": "I am building panels, you only need blocking diodes in series with your panel to stop the current flow in the dark!Individual cells will not heat up enough to burst into flame, unless the supporting medium is tinder dry tissue, and even then I doubt that even here in Aussie where the sun is somewhat hotter/longer than the uk :-)Mike",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82242",
"author": "Jose",
"timestamp": "2009-07-19T04:49:10",
"content": "Where did you get the Frame from?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84923",
"author": "SunnyLight",
"timestamp": "2009-08-09T09:28:38",
"content": "Nice information. Here is a link with information about building your own solar panel (DIY) with information about diodes and how to use them:http://www.xs4all.nl/~hante/zonnepaneel.htmlIn short: a blocking diode is only needed when the panel is connected to a battery or when panels are in serie and not protected by bypass diodes. A bypass diode is needed to protect individual cells, but the protection is done over a series of cells, otherwise costs would be to high. A bypass diode is to prevent cell(s) from breaking when they are in the shade while others are not. They break because they will basically burn up, they wont burst into flame, but do break and in that case your panel will be useless.Sunny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "89791",
"author": "Giorgos Solar",
"timestamp": "2009-08-27T06:39:19",
"content": "The solar panel prices have drop a lot the last year…I am not sure if economically has any value building a solar panel by yourself. However if someone enjoy diy things there is a point doing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111948",
"author": "DIY Solar Power Guy",
"timestamp": "2009-12-16T15:25:42",
"content": "Just goes to show you DIY Solar power is posible with very little up front cost.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114507",
"author": "solar power plans",
"timestamp": "2010-01-02T18:52:39",
"content": "This year should bring us a lot of new tech on building you own home made solar power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.621442
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/uav-medical-couriers/
|
UAV Medical Couriers
|
Eliot
|
[
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"aerial",
"africa",
"autonomous",
"blood",
"medical sample",
"new scientist",
"south africa",
"uav",
"video",
"village"
] |
We’re skeptical about most technology that’s designed to help remote villages (
yes, even that one
), but these new
UAV medical couriers
look like a great idea. The turn around time for medical sample analysis in remote South African villages can be excruciating. A team of engineers have attempted to adapt two different unmanned aerial vehicles for transport of medical samples. These could be either blood or saliva that needs testing. Test results would be relayed via phone as they are now, but the initial transport time would be much faster. The larger of the two UAVs can carry up to 500g; that’s enough to haul two units of blood for transfusion. The UAVs can be launched by hand and can survive winds up to 45kph. They fly their preprogrammed routes autonomously and don’t require any operator intervention. The team has flown two successful trials and is waiting for approval from the South African Civil Aviation Authority. For safety, they’re only transporting samples that can be sterilized before flight. New Scientist has a short video after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyN2yux_NY]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41895",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T01:39:34",
"content": "It’s about time UAVs got used for something other than blowing stuff up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41903",
"author": "Dimme",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T02:43:44",
"content": "Are there any schemes of how they are built?Isn’t the battery heavy? The engine? Is these a tiny Computerthat reads the GPS or is this accomplished just with somemicro controllers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41909",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T03:40:02",
"content": "Dimme: do some research on radio-control aircraft.modern brushless electric motors and lithium-polymer batteries are auite lightweightand yes. micro-controllers and a standard GPS module.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41913",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T04:36:05",
"content": "Bloody bomb",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41924",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:11:01",
"content": "Yep, airborne AIDS infected blood (or other plagues), good plan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41925",
"author": "spaceballs3000",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:15:15",
"content": "Poly-li batteries are powerful and light, but in an RC plane of that size, with a load, I don’t imagine it will go more than 20 miles. I wonder if that is still a useful range, as I would think +50 mile range is where it starts getting really useful. Also I guess they could add things like solar cells on it to extend range. Still cool idea though, hope it works well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41939",
"author": "Dano",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T08:11:14",
"content": "even if they only have a 20 mile range that can take quitea long time in some bush country. The roads are notoriouslypoor and rough. If this works out it could speed upprocessing of tests by hours in some areas.Sounds link a fun project too. The old speed racer mechanicalhoming pigeon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41942",
"author": "plokko",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T08:37:11",
"content": "lol,i want one of this things!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41948",
"author": "Iv",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T09:07:13",
"content": "I am not sure of the usefullness of this vs travelling pigeons, but well…It will be fun when a hunter will shoot down on of these and will report that he shot down a robot that is bleeding !@wwhat : I know that this is humorous but in case this worries anyone, I think that AIDS does not survive very long when exposed to air.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41959",
"author": "RetepV",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T12:40:52",
"content": "Congratz if you can make this work, guys!If a lot of these things start flying around, then you’ll need some collision prevention. Radar?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41964",
"author": "noname",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T14:41:41",
"content": "retepv:radar would be excessive. look up on FLARM.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41989",
"author": "big alberta james",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T22:09:55",
"content": "hmm, my company has beeen using the same idea / uav style/ to small amounts of mineral samples from the dig site to basewhich is about 30 km.(canada). we use rechargable li-ion packs.never thought about medical application. good on them, eh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42000",
"author": "nonsquid",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T23:16:24",
"content": "Next stop, across the boarder with cheap Mexican meth,delivered right to your door. Just charge it back up,put your money in it and send it back. With autonomoussubs you could deliver massive payloads, undetected.Funny thing about it is that we (hackers) will all besuspect. Perhaps we can pass a law that would make itillegal to suspect competent hackers as a form of profiling.We could wear the skull and crossed wrenches on our clothingas a mark like the Nazis did to the Jews.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42034",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T03:11:31",
"content": "UAV subs will be a little more difficult though. I seem to remember conversations here about GPS not working under water. You will have to tow a surface antenna. There goes “undetected”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42151",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T00:12:19",
"content": "nonsquid: heh, meth is too cheap and easy to make locally to bother smuggling 500g at a time … heroin / fentanyl / pure cocaine, maybe. Manned mini-subs have already been used for cocaine smuggling, a UUV(?) could work I suppose. Reastically though, the cartels operate on moving large quantities at a time and making so much money that it doesn’t really matter when there’s a seizure. There’s also the obvious problem of a vehicle being intercepted by the Feds, examined, then released so that they can be waiting for the narcs at the pickup site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "53129",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2008-12-01T11:33:55",
"content": "thank you kurye kargo dağıtım hizmetleri moto kurye",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73147",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-05-08T08:35:44",
"content": "ow… :) enjoy..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82916",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-07-24T12:27:23",
"content": "thank you hackaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "86569",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-08-12T16:54:24",
"content": "teşekkürler",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "86570",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-08-12T16:54:55",
"content": "sağolun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87634",
"author": "mvg",
"timestamp": "2009-08-18T15:13:55",
"content": "UAV medical couriers – Hack a Day great article thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95100",
"author": "bullygram",
"timestamp": "2009-09-19T14:50:24",
"content": "great work .i will be use full for people in remote areas!this is a great article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "96238",
"author": "Liderkurye",
"timestamp": "2009-09-24T14:13:50",
"content": "kurye perfect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "103990",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-10-25T22:35:08",
"content": "thank you hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "103996",
"author": "motorize",
"timestamp": "2009-10-25T22:38:47",
"content": "en hizli kurye sirketi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108124",
"author": "moto kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-11-20T01:52:06",
"content": "thank you webmaster",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "144147",
"author": "check up",
"timestamp": "2010-05-22T14:49:56",
"content": "Yep, airborne AIDS infected blood (or other plagues), good plan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.806928
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/14/pong-clock/
|
Pong Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"clock",
"digital multimeter",
"dmm",
"laptop",
"laptop pictureframe",
"pictureframe",
"pong",
"pong clock",
"thinkpad"
] |
[funnypolynomial] saw
this Pong clock
years ago and had been planning on building his own version. With a move looming he decided it was finally time to finish up
his Pong clock
since completed projects take far less room than incomplete ones. The core of the system is a ThinkPad. He separated the hinge and bolted the keyboard to the back of the screen. The display ribbon was long enough, but he had to extend the wires for the backlight. The power button was also extended and the battery removed. The software is a
Windows screen saver
that uses the two mouse buttons for navigation similar to how you set a two button watch. Every minute the the left player misses the ball and the right player’s score increases. You can see a video of the clock below. In the past, he also turned a
digital multimeter into a clock
.
[flickr video=http://www.flickr.com/photos/funnypolynomial/2855095278/]
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41891",
"author": "Kawaii",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T00:46:12",
"content": "OS X screen saverhttp://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/posts/random/pongsaver-2005-11-28-10-00.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41926",
"author": "Time Tracker",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:22:19",
"content": "Heh…for those of us old enough to remember playing pong as their first video game, this is absolutely genius!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41927",
"author": "gobieslaw",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:35:02",
"content": "Hi,I wrote it for desktop. Great idea! If someone like it – its free.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41928",
"author": "gobieslaw",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T06:35:45",
"content": "forgot about address: U can find it onhttp://www.goobi.pl/c",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57398",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2008-12-31T13:50:00",
"content": "iPhone version:http://itunes.apple.com/webobjects/mzstore.woa/wa/viewsoftware?id=300681821&mt=8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.668329
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/27/ubiquity-a-browser-command-line/
|
Ubiquity, A Browser Command Line
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"firefox hacks"
] |
[
"addon",
"firefox",
"mozilla",
"mozillafirefox",
"mozillalabs",
"mozillaubiquity",
"ubiquity"
] |
During the last day the web has been abuzz about
Mozilla Labs’ Ubiquity
. It’s an addon for Firefox that can help you streamline how you get things done on the web. In the example above, they show constructing an email with a map and reviews using mostly keyboard driven input. The addon is quick to install and we think you’ll find it saving you a lot of time on tasks you’d normally hit the search box for. In the popup, you can do quick Wikipedia lookups, define words, translate, perform calculations, and many other operations. You can email a page to someone by just typing three words. The best part is: anyone can write a command that will expand Ubiquity’s function.
Greasemonkey
helped fix broken websites and we think Ubiquity will help make interactions between sites much easier. We can’t wait to see what clever uses people come up with.
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| 18
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41327",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T04:10:20",
"content": "“abimanyu raja atul varma aza raskin blair mcbride jono dicarlo gialloporpora chris beard dan mills myk melez dietrich ayala” is a good substitute for community.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41328",
"author": "jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T04:54:41",
"content": "fing sweet! thank you hackaday and thank you mozilla!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41329",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T05:46:03",
"content": "looks nice but also looks like it could be a very, well let me change that excessively malicious tool for the unscrupulous out there. Not saying bad things about it, just looks like it could be used for very bad things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41330",
"author": "cberkop",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T06:06:50",
"content": "Man makes a powder that burns fast and bright. It is used to make stunning displays of light in the night sky. Then some one tries something, then boom, now a device that can hurt people. next thing we know we have bullets that kill. Gunpowder.This has great potential for good, which means that it also has potential for malice. A regrettable truth. Lets hope that people choose to do the right thing.Mozilla, great tool, keep up the good work and make the Internets a better place.Pratice safe surfing.Peace!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41331",
"author": "D4rk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T07:05:42",
"content": "Yes, it could be used for malicious purposes, but still, it is a very powerful tool, and customizable, it will be a strong app in the future.of course on alpha stage, there could be some nasty bugs in it, but as I said, powerful indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41332",
"author": "Clayton",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T07:29:41",
"content": "I found out about this from another site earlier today, and it’s awesome.Does anybody have some good websites for commands (or just cool individual commands) that they’d like to share?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41333",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T09:42:50",
"content": "Commands can be found through about:ubiquityor using the ‘help’ command in ubiquity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41334",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T09:53:03",
"content": "#3: Yeah definitely looks verrry hackable.Awesome thing nonetheless. Take a look at adaptivepath’s Aurora.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41335",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T13:33:36",
"content": "Nice but it will make a big overload on web servers like wikipediaEverytime you type a command like“wikipedia something”, it searcher for resumes of related articles…Maybe an audit of requests volume would be nice for these site before we put all them down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41336",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T14:50:55",
"content": "I think its useless, i’ve instaled it and I can do some of the things so much faster by typing a url and pasting a link etc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41337",
"author": "Crystalgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T15:46:53",
"content": "Wow, I have just installed this and I’m psychked – this is cool. And lets face it, best Hot Key Ever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41338",
"author": "mugsy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T17:08:32",
"content": "http://vimperator.mozdev.org/Vimperator is better. Just so everyone knows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41339",
"author": "totokan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T17:18:06",
"content": "Why would anyone want to make their browser work like vim? Vim, while useful in a command-line environment, is completely worthless outside of one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41340",
"author": "Crystalgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T17:18:54",
"content": "How much fun is the “edit” command – come on imagine the office pranks you can have with your fellow techies in the office. Just change the preview of their webpage they are trying to code ehehehehe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41341",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T18:13:47",
"content": "I haven’t downloaded it yet, but it sounds a lot like the keyword functionality they’ve had set up since like FF 1.0. I have a bookmark to WP searches set up so I can just type “w [term]” and search. Same with Google, IMDB, etc. If I really cared to, I suspect I could even manage to open a GMail Compose like that. What else does this buy you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41342",
"author": "your momma",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T17:08:27",
"content": "How can this be used maliciously, that other tools on the web already aren’t being used maliciously?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41343",
"author": "DaVinci",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T01:49:04",
"content": "I’m a fan of the Hyperwords addon for these kind of tasks. If you’re already selecting text with the mouse, the menu is right there and uses the text as a parameter. No need to use the keyboard.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1941orhttp://www.hyperwords.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41345",
"author": "Rex Dart",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T16:51:26",
"content": "Looks cool; finally, firefox does something Opera hasn’t done ten years ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.855672
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/27/quick-avr/
|
Quick AVR
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"ATmega168",
"AVR"
] |
[Kyle Stewart] sent us this
quick AVR
project. He designed it to sit vertically on his breadboard to take up less space. It doesn’t use any surface mount components, to make the assembly easier. You can download the schematic, parts list, and eagle files for the project on his blog.
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41322",
"author": "Lupin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T01:22:15",
"content": "What’s the buzz about all those AVR-PCBs and Arduinio clones? It’s just a socket for AVR, few connectors and most basic components. Not exactly ingenious.I am more interested in seeing real applications done with this.btw, this is a great AVR hack, not yet featured on hackaday (hint):http://belogic.com/uzebox/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41323",
"author": "Jacob Jarick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T03:20:32",
"content": "I submitted the same hack 2 days ago for review :D.Ive just started playing with AVR’s myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41324",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T09:49:01",
"content": "Wow, uzebox looks AWESOME!! ty for link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41325",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T21:00:38",
"content": "@ the Uzebox, it looks like it can output S-Video as well :)This looks more than kick ass, is the parts list under $30? This would make a great addition to a handheld DIY system like one from Benheck.comIt might even get me to learn C (finally)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41326",
"author": "noah vawter",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T08:29:17",
"content": "pretty nice, but if you’d like to see lots of applications (GPS, accelerometers, high quality audio in and out for guitar FX, motor control, etc) and a beefier AVR:http://six.media.mit.edu/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "179030",
"author": "Lee Wilkerson",
"timestamp": "2010-09-09T00:56:03",
"content": "The website link appears to be broken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.505456
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/27/high-school-students-hacking-electronic-tests/
|
High School Students Hacking Electronic Tests
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"CHEATING",
"highschool",
"software",
"test"
] |
[Alex Papadimoulis] wrote about ingenuity and
hacking
in high school. Immediately after the teacher’s installed a new electronic note taking and test giving software, the students began hacking. They managed to find several ways to ace their tests, none of which involved studying hard the night before. Ultimately, the teachers went back to the old system to prevent such shenanigans.
[photo:
COCOEN
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "41304",
"author": "califrag",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T21:54:49",
"content": "this reminds me of my high school chemistry class…The teacher put the tests online… All I had to do was save the webpage, change his email address to mine, and the cgimail would send the results to me instead of to him.I hosted the hacked page on my own server, selected the first multiple choice answer (A) for every question and clicked submit! The results were mailed directly to me and it told me all the ones that were right. For all the ones that were wrong it gave me the right answer.Then I went to my teacher’s actual test page, filled in the results and.. of course I never filled them ALL in correct. I even sometimes purposed a B!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41305",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:10:36",
"content": "this reminds me of voting machines.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41306",
"author": "Raleigh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:16:45",
"content": "When I was in fifth grade we used apple IIes. I had a typing class, where we would hold the keys, do an insane number of letters…delete them and type the sentance. The computer would log me in with insane words per minute scores…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41307",
"author": "th3_d0c",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:26:18",
"content": "Reminds me of two things:I had a teacher that would post pdf’s of his answer keys on his website. The only thing he would do was not list the html link to the file until after the test was over. But after the first test/quiz, you knew roughly what the next test/quiz name was going to be and you could manually change the link.On the same note. If you knew what professors you were going to have, you could just go to their websites before the end of the semester and download all of their quiz/test/homework answers for the next semester before they deleted the links.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41308",
"author": "Obvious Man",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:28:07",
"content": "Um…is it 1993?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41309",
"author": "Aphous",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T23:53:00",
"content": "Same thing with my introduction to computer information systems class, a glorified HOWTO do computer.The instructor had all the quizzes in Excel spreadsheets. At the end of the document, there was an instructor and blank sheet. The blank sheet contained formulas to check for the right answers on the quiz sheets. After cracking the protection on that sheet, I just copied the answers down and filled them in. They should have tested me out of that class…Of course, I will me emailing the instructor about how insecure Excel documents can be, now that the quarter is over.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41310",
"author": "1993notepadHacker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T23:55:48",
"content": "Wow. an article on how to edit a txt file in notepad circa 1993. worthless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41311",
"author": "TheSkorm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T00:09:19",
"content": "The scanned tests have the possibility of changing the barcode to a test or practice test already completed with a decent score. This sometimes works, or sometimes fails, depending on what happens to the results on the computer, but the barcode does denote what the answers are. On the QCS test in Australia, it’s two row binary matrix, which the bottom one (i think) is the ID, and the top the checksum. I think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41312",
"author": "Roland",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T00:41:34",
"content": "How delightfully apropos; QCS 2008 begins in five days!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41313",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T03:16:19",
"content": "I’ve actually been given tests on software that was simple enough as to use a link (with answer encoded in url) to submit answers and the right answer was always “?ans=A” no matter where that link was found on the page (at least that was random). Perfect score in less than half the time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41314",
"author": "rustlabs",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T05:03:25",
"content": "fuck I’m dreading QCS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41315",
"author": "deathwombat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T07:24:06",
"content": "reminds of the gearhead quiz on the top gear website. The quiz is done in flash and it’s about 120 random questions. The quiz allows you to save your process and one thing i noticed is that when you restored your progress you didn’t have the same question as when you had saved all that was the same was the number of wrong answers and how many questions left. So what I ended up doing is when I came across a question I didn’t know the answer i would save and quit then continue to be given a new question.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41316",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T08:59:10",
"content": "one night i jimmy jacked the football podium thing with my laptop for 6 hrs and couldn’t brake the system … some of there encryption is WAY to secure (prob why the new dell comps are to slow … or it could be just the fact that there dells)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41317",
"author": "RedOffone",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T18:55:06",
"content": "Yeah, it’s pretty amazing the simple things that technology is able to accomplish and the way we can circumvent many things.In a number of college History classes (online at a community college) I have found that the instructors will create Tests from the quizzes that were done online. So something like of the 5 quizzes 5 question would be part of the test. The quizzes (being all online) were not counted and gave you the answers after the quiz had been completed. ie: number 1 is correct, number 2 is incorrect, the correct answer is b. So on.So when you finished the quiz, I printed out the quiz answers and saved them. Come test time, I look at the question, found the corresponding quiz question and answered it correctly.Paying attention to lecture, and use multiple tabs in Firefox, I could easily answer the essay questions. Those classes were easy A’s.Same thing with some of the low level English classes. They had grammar questions. All online. I would do the same thing another poster commented.Online classes make almost too easy to cheat in some form or another. I know that I’m the one “loosing” but really, I’m not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41318",
"author": "OldGlory747",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T22:51:04",
"content": "Wow….this is depressing. Some of the comments are more interesting than the article. I’m not usually one to spit on nostalgia, but come on people… I’d like to see more modern day hacking/cheating systems. Hacking circa 1993 is too lame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41319",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T02:46:36",
"content": "The Blackboard (http://www.blackboard.com/us/index.bbb) software has a built-in test module that encrypts all the answers with a simple substitution cipher and puts all the answers in an array right in the source of the test page (!!!)It was easy to modify the function to work in reverse and process the entire array. I got an A+! It was a terrible and useless class anyway :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3038651",
"author": "SeAnopaolo",
"timestamp": "2016-05-31T18:25:20",
"content": "pls tell me how to do this",
"parent_id": "41319",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "46603",
"author": "Confused",
"timestamp": "2008-10-20T01:27:52",
"content": "octel states that the answers are encrypted in the actual source. I not not savy like all of you and could use your expertise. I need to take an exam in Blackboard and am up against a terrible time line. Can someone help me to get through this one test? Thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50050",
"author": "turbokid",
"timestamp": "2008-11-09T20:47:50",
"content": "octelIf you could please explain how you did this I’l appreciate it. Thx in advance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50295",
"author": "William Mackee",
"timestamp": "2008-11-11T04:34:01",
"content": "The Blackboard It was easy to modify the function to work in reverse and process the entire array. I got an A+! It was a terrible and useless class anyway :(Posted at 7:46 pm on Aug 28th, 2008 by octel————————————————How do I do this? Pretty please?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50589",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T01:17:30",
"content": "How do u hack a school to add u as a graduate in 1998? with the new systems?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51358",
"author": "Hephaestus",
"timestamp": "2008-11-19T02:44:45",
"content": "For those asking for help from Octel don’t get your hopes up. I have copied the source code of a test from Blackboard and then once I received the answers went back to the source code and looked extensively for any patterns or arrays and have not found any and believe me I have spent many hours looking. I have also read on other websites that the answers are kept on a “server”. But I am not sure about that.It is unfortunate when assholes like Octel come to a forum and make statements and then not give any details or even respond to others requests. This would have been a nice bit of information to share with others but as I said, I doubt Octel’s claim.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55326",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T18:26:12",
"content": "How do you hack like that i go to an online school and i would like to know how to do this thx.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65975",
"author": "sisi",
"timestamp": "2009-03-11T18:52:47",
"content": "does any one know howcto hack to the schools black board but as the proffesor?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71777",
"author": "larryfatty",
"timestamp": "2009-04-26T08:36:06",
"content": "can anyone tell me any code or command prompt that i can use for computer based test to get the answer for the question given to me correctly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94446",
"author": "sheriberri",
"timestamp": "2009-09-16T19:11:20",
"content": "i am also going to an online high school through blackboard academic. i need to figure out how to go back to already completed tests and change my score… this depends on me graduating!! please SOMEONE I NEED HELP!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112343",
"author": "set up wireless network",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T23:51:15",
"content": "WOW :) It’s so sad more folks don’t know about this place, this article had just the thing I needed today.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112363",
"author": "ariston",
"timestamp": "2009-12-19T01:08:56",
"content": "hey guys how are these test called that you have to circle the right answer with a pencil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1974824",
"author": "jerry",
"timestamp": "2014-10-09T18:31:13",
"content": "I have an e- test tomorrow,how will I answer a question I don’t know the answer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.567105
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/27/create-your-own-playlist-hosting-service-with-opentape/
|
Create Your Own Playlist Hosting Service With Opentape
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"muxtape",
"open source",
"OpenSource",
"opentape",
"playlists"
] |
While
Muxtape
takes a breather to resolve an issue with the RIAA, Lifehacker has a
step by step guide
on installing and running
Opentape
, an open source PHP web application that’s similar to Muxtape. Take matters into your own hands and create your own version of playlist hosting heaven. Since Opentape is open source, you can adapt it and make it an even better application. Maybe your creation will be even more popular than Muxtape… and will lead to the same problems with the RIAA.
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[
{
"comment_id": "41302",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T19:35:50",
"content": "So… the RIAA should just write a webcrawler to search for the ironic donotremove comment in the HTML, query whois for the contact info, then generate a form letter to them and their ISP, plus an email to the RIAA lawyerdogs, completely auto-magically.Actually, I may write that for them myself! … do they hire outside muscle?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41303",
"author": "Pwntastic",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T23:39:33",
"content": "mixtape/code/welcome.php //password resetrename shell.php –> shell.php.mp3upload???profit!No, but seriously, their upload script only checks to make sure the files you upload have .mp3 as the extension, and with the added ability to go right to the password reset page, I’ll be skipping this until they secure it a bit better :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42547",
"author": "jeffery scott",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T12:14:49",
"content": "i like to listen to music",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.894789
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/27/testing-ir-camera-blocking/
|
Testing IR Camera Blocking
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"infrared",
"ir",
"led",
"leds",
"security",
"securitycamera",
"securitycameras",
"surveillance"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u5hAfnq2-4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0][randy] from
F.A.T.
tested the theory that
infrared LEDs can actually hide you
from the prying eyes of surveillance cameras. We’ve previously covered
camouflage
,
IR
, and
other
suggestions for eluding the cameras, but haven’t taken to sewing stuff onto our clothes yet. [randy] lined his hoodie with high-intensity infrared LEDs, hoping to create a halo effect that would hide his head, and tested his results. Unfortunately, his efforts were unsuccessful. He tested many many different combinations and we’re confident in his conclusion that it would be very hard to make this work.
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[
{
"comment_id": "41282",
"author": "piku",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T11:07:58",
"content": "Heh, somehow I can’t imagine our local chavs sewing LEDs into their hoodies or caps. Mind you, if they did, it’d be an easy way for CCTV cameras to track them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41283",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T12:42:05",
"content": "You know standard LED use 20Ma, but IR ones are meant for pulsing and can take 100 to 250Ma.In other words this guy needs to get a clue and get those things pulsing and(or) supply more amperages to them to get that stuff working because obviously using weak IR LED on a camera that has some IR filtering too isn’t going to work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41284",
"author": "Everlong",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T12:48:58",
"content": "This is stupid.He’s using the wrong kind of camera for testing.If you’d try it with a proper surveillance camera in nightmode it would work much better.Also, it would only work in very dark areas with highly IR sensitive CCTV cameras in nightmode.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41285",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T13:00:43",
"content": "Thank you for posting this! I was doing tests myself and finding no results…. at least the IR LED is still good to make a light pen for the wiimote projects… right? hmm.It seems the easiest way to confuse security cameras is still the laser pointer in the lens.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41286",
"author": "ewertz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T14:28:27",
"content": "which also doesn’t work either",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41287",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:16:31",
"content": "Because none of them have a clue as to how the cameras work.Go online and get 6-8 1 WATT IR led’s. THEN you will have enough of an IR light output to completely obscure your face on the cameras. the dinky toy led’s these guys are playing with will do nothing, you need a crapload of light output to overload the camera through it’s IR filter.Now at night when the cameras are in night mode and looking for IR light you do not need as much to overwhelm them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41288",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:19:51",
"content": "10 out ot 10 points for effort, but minus several million for using cameras with IR filters.I’ve this topic covered before:http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/02/temporarily_blind_surveil.htmlbut I may have to have a tinker with this idea tonight as a mini project, I’ve got a bag of high brightness infra-red LEDs and two identical SONY bullet cameras which I’ve taken the IR filter off one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41289",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:50:47",
"content": "You could use lower power leds such as he is using if you defused them through something else such as the back lighting plane from a lcd display. to create a mass of ir instead of a single point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41290",
"author": "Fabrice",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:51:08",
"content": "Right, there’s no evidence here. This guy is doing wrong tests. He should try with high power leds, pulsing high current and also buy WIDE angle (and not directive)leds !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41291",
"author": "lejupp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T18:02:40",
"content": "A better way of hiding from cctv might be to zap the camera with this:http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-burning-laser-flashlightLeJupp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41292",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T21:03:52",
"content": "It seems like there was still a fair amount of ambient light during these photo’s. A key part to getting this to work is to make the camera’s exposure time too low to gather reflected light from the area of your face. Placing bright non-direction lights near your face will not help. I don’t believe this is an unfeasible task. If I were in a situation to need something like this, I’d go for IR spotlights like they used in the movie The Inside Man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41293",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:16:29",
"content": "anyone that says the camera is at fault, is seriously not thinking in the right direction. As a hacker, you do not have control over the camera used. with that said, he definitely has no idea how to find quality IR LED’s. the ones he’s using are inefficient at outputting the maximum ir spectrum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41294",
"author": "bubba",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T03:18:23",
"content": "Well the people calling this guy an idiot should really show us how its done…. please.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41295",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T03:52:29",
"content": "Using an IR camera in nightmode and non-reflective materials will hide your face.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41296",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T05:20:54",
"content": "this guy is an idiot. and this is how it’s done:http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l389/charliefreck/ir2.jpghttp://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l389/charliefreck/ir1.jpgtwo standard 5mm ir leds. digikey part #475-1112-ND. they are running at like half the rated amperage.(of 100ma) i taped one on each side of my glasses. picture taken with security camera in nightvision mode from like 100 feet away. :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6530228",
"author": "Kieth Smith",
"timestamp": "2022-11-09T20:22:55",
"content": "Could you send me a circuit diagram of your design?",
"parent_id": "41296",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41297",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T05:49:11",
"content": "wtf!!?? my post was here for a minute and then gone. try again:http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l389/charliefreck/ir2.jpghttp://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l389/charliefreck/ir1.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41298",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T06:50:33",
"content": "he should bend LEDs in different directions",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41299",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T03:48:28",
"content": "Ok, so I put 12 high intensity 5mm IR LEDs on some breadboard (had more LEDs but 12 seemed reasonable), got a few of my CCD cameras out, held the breadboard to my forehead and made this 1 minute video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y3HWR3NMDQ&fmt=18Filmed in low light conditions (that’s a streetlight in the window).The first camera is a colour Sony 0.5 LUX CCD bullet camera, with it’s standard IR filter.The second camera is an identical bullet camera but I removed the IR filter from the CCD.The third camera iw a black/white 0.04 LUX camera just thrown in out of curiosity.As for hiding your face from cameras with IR filters? I’d hazard a guess that is’s possible but you’d probably need a significant amount of high intensity wide angle IR LEDs surrounding your face. I could have a stab at the ‘problem’ further but I’d rather spend time sticking the IR LEDs and a camera to my Sony LCD glasses – instant nightvision goggles!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6226089",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2020-03-09T08:37:44",
"content": "Someone needs to make a headband with the twelve spread out wide angle led’s.",
"parent_id": "41299",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41300",
"author": "Nitori",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T20:01:47",
"content": "He didn’t use high brightness LEDs in pulse mode.If he used a luxeon IR LED the results would have been different.Also an IR laser out of a CD burner might work well too but this is dangerous since a near infrared laser powerful enough to kill a camera also can fry someone’s retinas.BTW cameras in theory should have a second weakness they do tend to be scanned like tvs the analog kind anyway so maybe transmitting an RF pulse that looks like a sync signal could mess it up.The digital kind maybe try and make the pulse looks like the signal encoding for USB or ethernet.802.11 wireless cams would be far easier to jam then any wireless cameras you wouldn’t even have to bother with LEDs just 3 watts worth of white noise on the 2.4GHz ISM band should do the job.Other frequencies of interest 2.45GHz and 900mhz for analog wireless cameras.I also wonder if near UV also could be used instead of IR though this would make many materials fluoresce.BTW this kinda reminds me of the optical jamming used in the tv show Phantom 2040.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41301",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T15:43:35",
"content": "Anyone thought of pointing the LEDs at your face rather then at the camera? That way if you’re sideways to the camera the IR will still bounce off your face towards the camera – directed LEDs would be pointing off the same direction you’re looking and your profile could be visible to the camera. Harder to achieve though.And use high power LEDs, kids.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41833",
"author": "MicronXD",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T06:56:19",
"content": "lol damn… well this dude just tried what I’m sure many of us had planned on using in the event we wanted to obscure security cameras… maybe DIY IR laser pointer?you could use a camera without an IR filter to help with the aiming…better than a normal laser pointer, cuz no security personnel would know where the lights comin from…(I’m tired as hell… This all probably sounds retarded)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42437",
"author": "mr.radar",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:27:07",
"content": "I’ve thought about doing something like this but modulating the IR output with a wideband, psuedo-random sequence (which is super easy to generate with a few logic chips and a clock source). My thought is that this broadband optical noise might interfere with the camera’s scan rate, or other processing it does (similar to what ‘nitori’ described).Best case would be that the field of view of the camera would turn to ‘snow’, worst case, it would do nothing....and for everyone beating up on this guy for LED selection.. at least he tried something.. I give him props for making a reasonable effort in the first place…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45604",
"author": "Daniel Velazquez",
"timestamp": "2008-10-14T03:57:18",
"content": "I tried to do that too XP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45679",
"author": "d",
"timestamp": "2008-10-14T19:44:30",
"content": "Add a parabolic reflector to make the spread more Uni-Directional.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47702",
"author": "ruder",
"timestamp": "2008-10-25T22:31:15",
"content": "CCD-Arrays are a relatively high sensitivity in the IR range, but IR light generally degrades the image. Thus high quality industrial grade cameras are equipped with an IR filter directly placed before the sensor.The IR-LED approach works well with bright LEDs, but is naturally futile with cameras that filter their wavelength.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84739",
"author": "Janardhanaya",
"timestamp": "2009-08-06T23:41:35",
"content": "excellent post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "944531",
"author": "birdie",
"timestamp": "2013-01-22T03:34:38",
"content": "Try using “near IR” LEDS. LED’s that are closer to the optical range than many that are used in remote controls. The 475-1112-ND (880nm) suggested by Charlie are closer to the Red spectrum so they may be at the edge of the IR blocking filter and work better. The cheap LED’s that I have seen on many sites are also diffused so they spread the light in more directions and have higher losses. Great for remotes but crap for this project. Of course, these will also be more expensive.I would also look at modulating the signal as well with an AVR. Something I am going to test.Fun project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "999802",
"author": "Steve O.",
"timestamp": "2013-05-01T23:26:09",
"content": "You should be careful playing with IR leds. Just because you can not see the light does not mean it will not burn your Retina.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1002902",
"author": "coolguy",
"timestamp": "2013-05-10T03:49:03",
"content": "I tested this theory over a year ago and was very successful… I used an infrared tree camera a.k.a. trail camera that hunters use, I super glued regular LED bulbs to me, mind you the bulbs had no power whatsoever to them, and were NOT INFRARED… and all you could see in the images from the trail camera was a huge blur of light… try it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1103060",
"author": "BotherSaidPoohAsHeGotDetainedByTheFBI",
"timestamp": "2013-11-16T09:30:48",
"content": "I also tried this, the cheap camera in my laptop works well but not the more expensive ones sold as colour CCIR.Best bet is to go on *bay and buy a few 3W dual emitter units and stick them on a heatsink.Also an effective way to boost the range on those cheap and nasty RC helis to 60 feet, for night flying.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3212064",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2016-09-25T20:59:03",
"content": "Using military grade infrared works with ANPR cams, please seehttp://www.b4ur1.co.uk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6779308",
"author": "Si Bond",
"timestamp": "2024-07-24T23:39:35",
"content": "Link seems not to work. Thanks",
"parent_id": "3212064",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3212746",
"author": "Sarah Thom",
"timestamp": "2016-09-26T09:18:08",
"content": "https://www.facebook.com/b4ur12/videos/1797389100544929/Click the link above to see these workinghttp://www.b4ur1.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6226091",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2020-03-09T08:41:14",
"content": "How about hollow out a glow stick necklace, stick the ir led in the end, then try.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6237553",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2020-04-15T20:59:52",
"content": "With most security cameras there are integrated IR lights in order to light the scene.I can’t say if it would work for this, but even a 1″ hat band made of retroflective tape, will blind a camera with its own flash.I used some which is black under normal light, but reflects the light hitting it directly at the source, since it doesn’t matter what kind of light hits it, nor the angle, it works even when you move your head.Facial recognition can be fooled in other ways, but unless you actually blind the cameras (400mW IR laser directly hitting the lens…or perhaps a bright enough IR pulse…or low tech, shoot it out with paint, paintball, wasp spray, etc.or destroy power, signal or recording/viewing systems,) such systems can collect a fair amount of information, which should also be obscured: gait, height, stride, arm length, balance disturbance, joint locations, et al. as these may be enough to identify you, and will, at least, narrow the suspect pool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.342227
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/rc-plane-sequence-caller/
|
RC Plane Sequence Caller
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks"
] |
[
"airplane",
"mp3",
"mp3player",
"rc",
"rcairplane",
"rcplane",
"sequencecaller"
] |
Reader [Kelly Regan] flies large scale RC planes, but would often need someone call out flight sequences while rehearsing. Not wanting to impose on fellow club members, [Kelly] built a
sequencer caller from a cheap MP3 player
. It just required extending the FWD key to a pin header. Those pins are connected to a custom switch on the back of the controller. Each maneuver is recorded with 30 seconds of padding and then added to a playlist. Once the maneuver is complete, a quick press of the button moves on to the next track. It’s always nice to see people building devices that the consumer electronics industry probably wouldn’t.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "3047555",
"author": "corinne claeyssens",
"timestamp": "2016-06-06T21:33:08",
"content": "I’ve got several Lasers but IR and invisible by human eyes , it works pretty well on CCTV Security !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,764.942845
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/key-features-cut-out-of-android-api/
|
Key Features Cut Out Of Android API
|
Benjamin Eckel
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"android",
"bluetooth",
"google talk",
"GoogleTalk"
] |
Google has decided that
its initial release of the Android SDK will not include formal Bluetooth support or Google Talk
. Bluetooth headsets will still work, but developers will not have access to the Bluetooth portion of the API. Google’s security researchers have announced that Google Talk was left out because of multiple security concerns. Bluetooth, on the other hand, was left out because the development team ran out of time.
Out of these two features, we think users are going to be most disappointed by the omission of Google Talk. Chatting has become one of the most useful features of new smart phones. The ability to just chat instead of sending a text message is one of the main attractions to phones like the iPhone, which has support for AIM.
[photo:
dreamside
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41271",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T05:35:27",
"content": "Google talk for chatting wasn’t pulled as I understand, just the API to access it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41272",
"author": "Michael Kirkland",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:13:43",
"content": "Integrating IM as deeply as Google did wasn’t a very good idea to start with. I’m sure we’ll see less intrusive clients for all the various IM networks from the community though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41273",
"author": "th3_d0c",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:29:33",
"content": "I don’t see how this is a hack. Why are these here? I see enough news items repeated on /. and LifeHacker, I would prefer to not see them on a favorite site that is more for electronic hacking then news. The only news I am interested in seeing is about ‘cons like DefCon or MakerFaire. Sorry if this came out rude.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41274",
"author": "SnappyCrunch",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:31:39",
"content": "Ryan is correct. Google Talk will still be included, but third party applications will not be able to use google talk as a platform for their messaging. Those applications can still use another chat protocol, like Jabber.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41275",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T07:09:41",
"content": "so google’s army of medicine ball squatting free sushi eating uber hip nerds failed to meet their deadline. interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41276",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:39:34",
"content": "Not only is it not a hack, it’s horribly summarized, and makes no mention of the reasoning behind the removal.They dropped bluetooth after the new bluez changed the interface, because they realized they needed to put more thought into it before they locked themselves (and everyone else) into a setup for the next X years, and they dropped the talk service API over security concerns. You can still write your own Jabber client, and I’m sure someone will in short order (if they haven’t already)They clearly stated they plan on bringing bluetooth back, and they clearly said they’ll bring back some sort of RPC, they just needed more time to get it right. The dev blog post (linked in the linked article) has a lot more info:http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-information-on-apis-removed-in.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41277",
"author": "Jash Sayani",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T18:10:25",
"content": "Waiting to see Android on devices !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41278",
"author": "davidb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T19:59:41",
"content": "agreed.. this article doesn’t really belong here. I dont’ really like the hackaday news trend as of late. more hacks, less news please :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41279",
"author": "ACiD GRiM",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T21:18:16",
"content": "Just curious, would it be possible to dual boot android and windows mobile 6.1?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41280",
"author": "Pope Antonio",
"timestamp": "2008-08-31T01:55:39",
"content": "I disagree about the propriety of the article in this blog. It is not a hack, but there has been so much anticipation of Android due to its potential hackability that news on its development is, I think, welcome. To those who disagree: is there a forum where you think this would be more appropriate?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.193491
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/ibm-sees-influx-in-zero-day-exploits/
|
IBM Sees Influx In Zero-day Exploits
|
Benjamin Eckel
|
[
"firefox hacks",
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"browser",
"firefox",
"ibm",
"plugin",
"x force",
"XForce",
"zero-day"
] |
IBM’s X-Force security team has released a
mid-year report
(PDF) stating that
the number of zero-day exploits is growing at an alarming rate
. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a zero-day exploit is a program that is
created and implemented within 24 hours of the disclosure of a security flaw
. These exploits usually affect users before they even know the vulnerability exists and long before a patch is made available. The researchers also found that many of these exploits were targeted at browser plug-ins, which most users utilize on a daily basis.
[Kris Lamb], X-Force operations manager, is blaming the problem on a lack of a unified process for disclosing vulnerabilities. He also claims that the long-held practice of publishing example code of vulnerabilities should be frowned upon.
[via
Liquidmatrix
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41264",
"author": "G",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T01:47:21",
"content": "I thought it’d be common practice for the employees of security companies to be members of exploit rls sites? As they say, you can be whoever you want on the internet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41265",
"author": "holycrap",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T04:16:11",
"content": "You link a Wikipedia article that you didn’t even read? That’s not what 0day is, even Wikipedia knows that: “A zero-day (or zero-hour) attack or threat is a computer threat that tries to exploit unknown, undisclosed or unpatched computer application vulnerabilities.”UNKNOWN. UNDISCLOSED. UNPATCHED.Keep making up definitions!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41266",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T04:30:51",
"content": "Jesus christ. 0-day is not what you think it is. Anyone know of a blog that is like what hack a day used to be? Hardware hacks without this bullshit wanna be slashdot drivel?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41267",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T05:59:20",
"content": ">Anyone know of a blog that is>like what hack a day used to be?>Hardware hacks without this>bullshit wanna be slashdot drivel?I know one ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41268",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:08:30",
"content": "Bit of a “duh” in the Windows world, if I’m reading this correctly. The whole problem with Microsoft going on a set schedule for patches (Patch Tuesday, as it is so called) is that malicious individuals realize the best time to release is just AFTER patch Tuesday, eliminating the possibility of even a last-minute patch. And Microsoft’s stand is that they will not release patches outside of that day unless it is very severe. *shrug*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41269",
"author": "Heliosphan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T22:58:51",
"content": "Agreed with previous comments –Zero Day was referred to by a certain Mark Russinovich of SysInternals, now Microsoft (who revealed the Sony Rootkit fiasco) that actually means any vulnerabilities not even discovered/reported by official legitimate security firms.If a single immoral hacker finds a vulnerability in a system and develops an exploit, making money from it or not, and the world knows nothing of it, its a Zero Day exploit.Wheres this 24 hour from disclosure crap come from!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41270",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T12:59:58",
"content": "Kris Lamb is apparently an idiot. Why would any sane person suggestthat exploits *not* be published? Sure there may not be a centralauthority (that would be a good thing), but not publishing exploitswould be akin to saying “You know what? Exploit all you want, nobodywill realize what you’re doing until it’s too late.”In addition, publishing exploits forces consumers and publishers aliketo either wake up or get screwed. And if you’re too stupid to secureyour browser, do we *really* want you to have any more money/power thanyou already do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.23599
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/coyote-1-guitar-pedal-available-now/
|
Coyote-1 Guitar Pedal Available Now
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"beavisboard",
"electricguitar",
"guitar",
"guitarpedal",
"music",
"ntsc",
"parallax",
"parallaxpropeller",
"propeller",
"stompbox"
] |
OpenStomp’s Coyote-1
is now available for $349. The guitar effects pedal lets users design and upload their own effects to the device. It has two stomp switches with LEDs, an LCD display, and four user assignable knobs. The back has 1/4″ in/out and one selectable 1/4″. It also features NTSC composite out, a headphone jack, mini-USB for uploading, and an RJ11 I2C bus for expansion. The processor is a
Parallax Propeller Chip
. While the OS on the pedal is open source, the hardware design and effect design software are not. You can check out the source and product manual
on their forum
. If you’re more interested in breadboarding hardware, you might like the
Beavis Board we covered earlier
.
[via
Create Digital Music
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41261",
"author": "Nate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T01:15:59",
"content": "This is similar to Line 6’s upcoming ToneCore DSP SDK, currently priced at $200 (preorder). The ToneCore uses a Freescale DSP; not sure how it compares to the Parllax.I like ToneCore because of the modular design, but the Coyote is already available (and open-source). I might buy one of these now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41262",
"author": "john jacob",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T01:52:30",
"content": "I would say that the freescale DSP would blow the parallax chip out of the water at every turn, wait for the tonecore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41263",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T23:08:30",
"content": "Is it just me or are there absolutely no sound samples of this thing? Who wants to pay $349 without hearing at least one available programmed effect?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.271485
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/large-hadron-collider-user-manual-online/
|
Large Hadron Collider User Manual Online
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cern",
"large hadron collider",
"LargeHadronCollider",
"lhc",
"particle accelerator",
"ParticleAccelerator",
"physics",
"technology"
] |
If you’ve got a few hours (or weeks) of spare time, you could learn how to run the
Large Hadron Collider
, located at
CERN
in Switzerland. CERN published the
full technical details
of the collider and detectors online, and anyone with some curiosity and patience can read all 1,589 pages. Tell us if you got through all of it, and if you’re planning to make your own particle accelerator.
[via
MetaFilter
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41246",
"author": "Joe Hall",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T18:07:59",
"content": "When you think about it 1,589 pages, is relatively small considering what the manual is trying to explain. But, then again its probably 1,588 longer then I could take!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41247",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T18:23:49",
"content": "… I’m waiting for the cliff notes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41248",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T19:40:21",
"content": "and you’ll probably need a phd in particle physics to even grasp many of the concepts laid out in that manual.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41249",
"author": "{VOID}",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T20:38:40",
"content": "Can’t they just make a movie from the book?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41250",
"author": "aquatsr",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T21:28:25",
"content": "phd in electrical engineering as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41251",
"author": "will d.",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T22:03:28",
"content": "read the lhc machine pdf! the beginning of the document gives a very straightforward summary of the whole machine and its history.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41252",
"author": "Mr Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:47:28",
"content": "I’ll just wait for ‘LHC for Dummies’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41253",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:51:24",
"content": "This manual is for all the people that respond to this post with the words “Not a hack” Try that on for size!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41254",
"author": "ejfried",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T02:58:54",
"content": "Which chapter covers creating a black hole to eat the Earth?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41255",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:13:09",
"content": "I’ll get around to reading it after I’m done assembling the hull of my starship. I’ll build the collider in the science deck :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41256",
"author": "Kayne001",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T11:13:13",
"content": "Manual!I’ll get right on it!Operation Impending Dooooom!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41257",
"author": "carl669",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T00:50:29",
"content": "i made one. it annihilated my car keys. damn you cern!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41258",
"author": "TheDoctor",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T01:10:07",
"content": "These are *NOT* “User Manuals” !!! What they happen to be are details of various component subsystems of the LHC. A “User Manual” would imply descriptive text and/or diagrams of how to OPERATE the LHC.This is similar to reading the system descriptions on an F-18C Hornet strike fighter. We have an APU that provides bleed air to spool up the turbines, blah, blah, blah.A “user manual” (in the case of an F-18, an AFM), would say, you select DC Power On, Energize DC Bus, Start APU, activatefuel valve ON, hit engine start, at 35%N1, move throttle to Idle detent, etc…No where do I see in the published LHCdocs anything remotely resembling instructions on how to power up circuit breakers, enable particular systems, etc.IT IS NOT A “USER MANUAL” !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41259",
"author": "albert heaton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T14:43:19",
"content": "These scientists have now formed a tyranny against mankind. They screw up the planet then hold us to ransom with the threat of mass destruction and oblivion. I wish I could get my hands on one of these scientist freaks. I’d treat them the same way as someone who would kidnap or point a gun at one of my children!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41260",
"author": "DADDY COOL",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T21:39:48",
"content": "THIS IS TRUELY VIP QUALITY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.389567
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/26/customers-make-voip-calls-on-american-airlines-flights/
|
Customers Make VoIP Calls On American Airlines Flights
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"american airlines",
"AmericanAirlines",
"hacks",
"in-flight calling",
"in-flight internet",
"in-flightcalling",
"In-flightInternet",
"phweet",
"security",
"twitter",
"voip",
"voipphone"
] |
Less than a week after American Airlines introduced in-flight internet, hackers have already figured out
how to use the system
to make
VoIP
calls in a few easy steps with
Phweet
, a Twitter application. While the network blocks most VoIP services, Phweet can connect two people using a Flash app.
Aircell
, the company responsible for the system, is aware of the oversight, but it remains to be seen whether this little loophole will be fixed in a timely manner. Meanwhile, we encourage those of you who do fly on American Airlines to avoid making those phone calls; your neighbor would probably appreciate it.
[via
Digg
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41234",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T15:53:28",
"content": "this will then be blocked. then someone will find a workaround (vpn /ssh tunnel, alternate port etc etc). which will then be blocked.another workaround will be found. and so on.Oh, and AirCell’s homepage even says “Recpature your lost time by tapping into your office VPN…”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41235",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T15:59:27",
"content": "Are they serious? Apart from some idiot who feels the need to shout their conversation down the phone (granted, there are a lot of them), can someone please explain to me what the difference is between talking to someone on the phone and talking to the person next to you on the plane?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41236",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:07:22",
"content": "I don’t see what the problem is, other than the fact that they won’t be able to charge you $100 a minute to use one of those phones that are right on the plane built into the front of your seat. GM is right, there will always be a workaround. If there WASN’T already phones by the seats, i’d understand since it must suck to hear someone blabbing on the phone while flying, but that’s nothing new, so what’s the problem ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41237",
"author": "caoimhin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:45:36",
"content": "I’ve never seen anyone use the phones in the seat – I assume because they are expensive. However, with free or cheap voip, all kinds of obnoxious conversations will be going on, half of them shouted because they think the other person can’t hear them. I appreciate the suggestion not to use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41238",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T18:40:33",
"content": "i’m with dave. there isn’t any difference between talking to someone on a phone (besides the possibility you might be cut off and have the conversation end before the plane descends), and talking to someone in the seat next to you.so, please, just don’t speak on planes. or buses. or in public.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41239",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T19:32:59",
"content": "I typically don’t/can’t use my laptop on the plane. The picture on the blog entry explains it all and that is with the seat in front of him in the UPright position. Try using it when the dude in front wants to recline the whole flight… It is a PITA! Progress is progress and they should let VOIP be used on the planes… people will regulate themselves. I run into loud people on the plane all the time and they are just talking to the people next to them. It won’t change a thing. It is a money making issue and not a courtesy issue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41240",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T20:25:45",
"content": "I’m with you, jay. I can go weeks without talking, so why can’t everyone else? It’s not as if they have anything important to say. “buy. sell. pink slip. pink slip.”is tunneling fast enough to hold a conversation?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41241",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T21:36:36",
"content": "Fine yammer away, don’t take it personal if I bust a gut laughing at the hilarity of your conversation. Your voice is entering my space from a close range, making it difficult for me to zone out all the other din, I deserve to get something out of the deal even if it’s only low brow entertainment. Was a time mobile phones calls where short and to the point and not that annoying, but this need to reach out and touch some anywhere any time IS over the top.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41242",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:28:32",
"content": "I can’t even open my 13″ laptop on the average flight unless I win the lottery and get one of the emergency exit seats. I’m 6’2″ and 250lbs.I would have a hard time not killing someone talking on the phone next to me. It is totally different to have a conversation with other passengers than to talk on a phone. When you talk to other passengers you are socializing and involving others. When you get on the phone you are saying “F#$@ everyone within 5 seats of me, I’m too cool for you.”Don’t be a prick. Put on your head phones, go to sleep, or talk to the person next to you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41243",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T12:51:16",
"content": "The difference between talking to people present and on the phone are rather obvious, and not only is there less talk but there are a shockingly large number of people that scream into cellphones, I hear theories about them not being able to figure out how to up the volume of the ear part and thinking that since they can’t hear it they need to shout too for the other end to hear them, but whatever the reason there’s a lot of people doing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41244",
"author": "Ian Calvert",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T03:47:12",
"content": "I think it annoys people because they can only hear one side of the conversation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82880",
"author": "TheHobbyGuy",
"timestamp": "2009-07-24T04:09:06",
"content": "Glad to see you all like my pic…lol! I wasnt hacking – I was just blogging….lol!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "134499",
"author": "Imran Malik",
"timestamp": "2010-04-06T14:45:01",
"content": "Impressive piece of information, let me elaborate more on VoIP. Voice over Internet Protocol has been around since many years. But due to lack of sufficient and affordable bandwidth it was not possible to carry carrier grade voice over Internet Protocol. But since the arrival of low cost internet bandwidth and new speech codecs such as G.729, G.723 which utilizes very low payload to carry carrier class voice it has recently been possible to leverage the true benefits of VoIP. G.723 codec utilizes only 6 Kbps (Kilo Bytes/sec) which is capable of maintaining a constant stream of data between peers and deliver carrier grade voice quality. Lets put this way if you have 8 Mbps internet connection, by using G.723 codec you can run upto 100 telephone lines with crystal clear and carrier grade voice quality. I am also a user of VoIP and have setup a small PBX at home. Since I have discovered VoIP I have never used traditional PSTN service.Dear readers, if you have not yet tried VoIP I suggest that you try VoIP technology and I bet you will never want to use the traditional PSTN phone service ever again. VoIP has far more superior features to offer which traditional PSTN sadly cannot offer.Also It has recently been possile to carry Video alongwith VoIP by using low payload video codecs. I cannot resist to tell you that by using T.38 passthrough and disabling VAD VoIP can carry FAX transmission, but beaware FAX T.38 passthrough will only work when using wide band protocols such as G.711, a-Law and u-Law.By using ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter) which converts VoIP signals into traditional PSTN you can also using Dial-up modems to connect to various dialup services. I wont go in to the details what VoIP can offer, to cut my story short VoIP is a must to have product for every business and individual.How VoIP WorksWhen we make a VoIP call, a communication channel is established between caller and called party over IP (Internet Protocol) which runs on top of computer data networks. A telephony conversation that takes place over VoIP are converted into binary data packets streams in real time and transmitted over data network, when these data packets arrive at the destination these are again converted into standard telephony conversation. This whole process of voice conversion into data, transmission and data conversion into back voice conversation takes place within less than few milliseconds. That is how a VoIP is call is transmitted over data networks. I hope that now you understand basics of how a VoIP call takes place.What are speech codec’s and what role codec plays in VoIP?Speech codec play a vital role in VoIP and codec determines the quality and cost of the call. Let me explain you what exactly VoIP codec’s are and how they work. You may have heard about data compression, or probably you have heard about air compressor which compresses a volume of air in enclosed container, VoIP codec’s are no different than a air compressor. Speech codec’s compresses voice into data packets and decompresses it upon arrival at destination. Some VoIP codec’s can compress huge amount of voice while maintaining QoS which means use this type of codec will cost less because it will consume just a fraction of data network. Some codec’s are just not capable of encoding huge amount of voice they simply consume huge amount of data networks bandwidth hence the cost goes up.Following is a list of VoIP codec’s along with how much data network bandwidth they consume.* AMR Codec* BroadVoice Codec 16Kbps narrowband, and 32Kbps wideband* GIPS Family – 13.3 Kbps and up* GSM – 13 Kbps (full rate), 20ms frame size* iLBC – 15Kbps,20ms frame size: 13.3 Kbps, 30ms frame size* ITU G.711 – 64 Kbps, sample-based Also known as alaw/ulaw* ITU G.722 – 48/56/64 Kbps ADPCM 7Khz audio bandwidth* ITU G.722.1 – 24/32 Kbps 7Khz audio bandwidth (based on Polycom’s SIREN codec)* ITU G.722.1C – 32 Kbps, a Polycom extension, 14Khz audio bandwidth* ITU G.722.2 – 6.6Kbps to 23.85Kbps. Also known as AMR-WB. CELP 7Khz audio bandwidth* ITU G.723.1 – 5.3/6.3 Kbps, 30ms frame size* ITU G.726 – 16/24/32/40 Kbps* ITU G.728 – 16 Kbps* ITU G.729 – 8 Kbps, 10ms frame size* Speex – 2.15 to 44.2 Kbps* LPC10 – 2.5 Kbps* DoD CELP – 4.8 KbpsSwitch to VoIP Today and you will never want to use traditional PSTN ever again.Thanks-Imran",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.435645
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/world-of-warcraft-on-a-treadmill/
|
World Of Warcraft On A Treadmill
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"running",
"treadmil",
"worldofwarcraft"
] |
[Aaron Rasmussen] and his friend [Eli] slapped together this setup to see what it would be like to
run as much as their World of Warcraft characters
. They used a couple old treadmills to spin some tires with makeshift mouse sensors on them. As their speed increased, so did their character. There was a decent amount of math done to figure the average speed of a World of Warcraft character, and ultimately they settled on 12 miles per hour. Not surprisingly, they found that too difficult due to the resistance in the rig as well as being out of shape. They ended up lowering the speed required to make their character go full sprint to 6 miles per hour.
Their final conclusion was that they could never run as much as their digital counterparts. Even if they were in really good shape. [Aaron] does say that it was fun enough to consider doing it regularly as a workout plan. He should wear the costume every time he uses it.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41223",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:54:14",
"content": "I had actually thought of doing this for GTA4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41224",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T05:37:12",
"content": "I always wondered about something like this as an arcade game. Maybe add in a lightgun and use it as the mouse, then you’d have a little more involved FPS-ing.Before I finish, I’m aware there are plenty of technicalities to what I just said, it was just a thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41225",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T09:09:26",
"content": "@ sarsface: In GTA4 you pilot vehicles, what do you need to walk for? Just get a dummy of a hooker and an old car door to set near the TV and you are set as far as VR for that “game” (Why no RPGs that don’t feature violence or witchcraft? That don’t suck?).@ winphreak (windows gives you free calls?):How about a huge ball you get in and walk on, in fact figure out how to project on the ball (rear projection?), it is now a trackball and you are inside it. Don’t get dizzy. I want to see if there is an inflatable ball that this would work with.Or for display use a wireless HMD. If you put the whole thing on a mini trampoline you could even have jump :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41226",
"author": "Breeegz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T11:18:42",
"content": "Like Bubble Boy?!? Stewie in the bubble?1?That’ll rock.. I might buy one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41227",
"author": "BG",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:47:32",
"content": "http://dvice.com/archives/2006/07/virtusphere_enter_virtual_real.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41228",
"author": "nate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T20:07:46",
"content": "just when you thought WoW geeks couldn’t get any geekier, they go and pull something like this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41229",
"author": "daler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T20:23:48",
"content": "@6“they”?I think the word you’re looking for is “we”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41230",
"author": "Nevets",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T21:04:44",
"content": "Didn’t they have a old floor pad for a running game, I think on the NES similar to this rig?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41231",
"author": "tekproxy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T23:59:48",
"content": "It’ll be even more hilarious when their accounts are BANNED for hacking.Countless, precise keystroke pulses? MUST BE BOTS. Banned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41232",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:46:45",
"content": "I knew someone was going to do something like this ever since those two germans hacked the wii balance board for WOW.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41233",
"author": "brynm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T03:52:02",
"content": "gives new meaning to leveling treadmill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49069",
"author": "marathon leveler",
"timestamp": "2008-11-04T15:56:20",
"content": "I love it! They should put it in production! I’d use it; I use to run in high school and i still run on the weekends. I could put two of my favorite recreational activities together!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57659",
"author": "nemesis",
"timestamp": "2009-01-02T13:39:25",
"content": "you could add mount points for weights on the wheel to simulate big fat-ass warrior characters. fun thought, though. i could imagine this in use for oblivion or fo3 too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69301",
"author": "Free Games",
"timestamp": "2009-04-05T03:20:18",
"content": "Too Cool! What a way to get exercise and play all at the same time. Might even get Lance Armstrong to play!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92065",
"author": "WoW Gold Guides",
"timestamp": "2009-09-05T13:52:14",
"content": "Someone should invent endless sprinting boots powered by solar and equiped with sleep mode. Maybe a snack bar with a NPC to take over when your in sleep mode. You wake up, you’re at your destination. Gameon…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97361",
"author": "Wow",
"timestamp": "2009-09-29T19:56:32",
"content": "nothing I do not understand where there wow? Didn’t they have a old floor pad for a running game, I think on the NES similar to this rig?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "134339",
"author": "Super Gamer",
"timestamp": "2010-04-05T16:26:47",
"content": "What sort of PC do you guys play WoW on anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.487429
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/monster-truck-lawn-mower/
|
Monster Truck Lawn Mower
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"lawnmower",
"lawntractor",
"monstertruck",
"toolmonger",
"video"
] |
It’s no secret that we’re gear heads at heart. Our
transportation hacks
category is full of unfortunate machinery like [Steven Laurie]’s
motor art
,
weed whacker bikes
, and
electric motorcycles
of all types. Even we have trouble justifying the existence of this
monster truck style lawn tractor
though. We haven’t found a project site for it and can’t help but wonder what kind of person would build such a thing? It’s obviously the type that would own a car sized American flag. We just need to realize with the popularity of
lawn mower racing
, this sort of thing was bound to happen.
[via
Toolmonger
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41204",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:05:27",
"content": "This is what happens when red necks have too much time and money on their hands. That thing is _dangerous_. Its way too narrow, and there is absolutely no roll cage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41205",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:17:05",
"content": "^^right, because hacking’s all about building things to be safe and reliable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41206",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:52:32",
"content": "It’s fucking badass though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41207",
"author": "chance",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T02:10:13",
"content": "useless but i like anyway(i am a redneck)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41208",
"author": "justin richards",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T02:46:54",
"content": "Caulk the lawnmower and float it, or attempt to ford the river?Sarah has died of dysentery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41209",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T03:06:33",
"content": "Not 4wd = failThat or maybe he should pick stuff it can actually go over or through in 2wd.Try starting with something like this v8 1/4 scale 4×4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxX8y8_6jToOr use shortened Suzuki Samurai axle tubes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41210",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T07:14:30",
"content": "@wolfWhatever man. I’ve been in situations before when I though I was going to flip my truck, and its dicey. I would not ride on that thing. He’s obviously got the funds to custom make a lawn mower into a monster truck. Is little bent steel tubing too much to ask to preserve your own life? I think its irresponsible as a builder to endanger anyone’s life, and just plan stupid to endanger your own. thats kind of like the code of ethics engineers live by.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41211",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T13:51:08",
"content": "Oh admit it Hack-a-day, that’s you, I recognize the little logo in front! >-)And at 16 seconds the vid stops just before he tumbles over backwards and due to the mentioned lack of bars you had to resign to your laptop and your brother took it in the ditch.,,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41212",
"author": "mitchx3",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:33:46",
"content": "I only saw this because I forgot to use my bookmark to the /daily sections, but I’m saddened that this is posted with a sentiment of superiority. It is obviously a hack, appears to work for the niche he created it for and is obviously bringing the creator joy. Also, owning a flag is not a character flaw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41213",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T18:14:23",
"content": "@TonyI agree with you on the engineers code of ethics as far as protecting others. But hackers aren’t the same as traditional engineers in that we (at least I) embrace the freedom to risk our own well being at our own, and no one elses discretion.Your right about the danger of leaving this contraption without a roll cage, but as long as he’s only risking his own life, its his call, so I don’t see any problem with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41214",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T19:37:29",
"content": "Gosh! HackADay is really going down the pipe with such lame hacks…. You guys did much better in the past with more quality hacks, rather than quantity… Please, get better hacks, rather than trying to fill a quota of hacks a day….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41215",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T22:00:47",
"content": "Well it appears the track is not any narrower than that of commercially sold 4 wheel ATV that have no roll cage. The ATV probably has a center of gravity advantage. All in all it doesn’t come close to death defying stunt status. Eliot; other than, there’s a chance this blog may make money beyond breaking even, can the existence of it be “justified”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41216",
"author": "jongscx",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T22:43:26",
"content": "… is it still really a lawnmower? I don’t see a deck!I do agree though, while a nice project, there aren’t any instructions or build details, or plans… so it’s an interesting find, but not really something I’d want to read about on Hackaday.In fact, I don’t really see any research done in the writing of that post at all. Just links to past hack-a-day post and that comment about owning a flag.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41217",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:17:50",
"content": "@6: I’m pretty sure rednecks think rollbars are for sissies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41218",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T00:44:43",
"content": "Does it even cut the grass? Its like a huge penis with ED. Sure its big, but whats it matter if it cant preform its most standard of tasks!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41219",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T03:12:09",
"content": "Wow thats quite cool. I want to buy one!THough I have the problem of not actually having a big enough garden.http://www.matthewseymour.co.uk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41220",
"author": "Devilbunny",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T06:11:12",
"content": "And it floats! That alone makes it well-nigh the ultimate redneck machine: down the hunting trail, across the lake, back up the other side, and voila: no more tedious bridge building!Very impressive, if not very safe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41221",
"author": "Kel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T21:57:45",
"content": "We have about 11 Monster mowers in our fleet. We also help raise money for charities AND race out on the ice. We are located in Green Bay Wisconsin.We build because…well WE CAN",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41222",
"author": "kel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T19:34:19",
"content": "Cuts grass with a pull behind deck. Simple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79581",
"author": "Gargoyle Statues",
"timestamp": "2009-06-28T16:27:45",
"content": "Sooooo redneck lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81714",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2009-07-15T20:51:54",
"content": "why wont it let me post comments? am i doing something wrong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "123693",
"author": "monster trucks for sale",
"timestamp": "2010-02-13T18:56:36",
"content": "too much fun ..too crazy…another fun in Jack ass way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "132013",
"author": "monster truck toys",
"timestamp": "2010-03-26T07:25:26",
"content": "This guy make me happy. useless but so funny.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.62891
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/james-powderly-released/
|
James Powderly Released
|
Eliot
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"graffitiresearchlab",
"grl",
"jamespowderly",
"laser",
"lasertagging",
"olympic"
] |
Graffiti Research Lab’s [James Powderly] along with 9 other Tibet supporters were
deported from China during the Olympic’s closing ceremonies
. Detained
on the 19th
, the activists were to serve a 10 day sentence, but the Chinese government buckled under international pressure and deported them early. This brings the total number of deported activists to 53 since the start of the games.
Graffiti Research Lab is well known for its
laser tagging research
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "41195",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:56:27",
"content": "Welcome to politics-a-day !?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41196",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:46:23",
"content": "make sure you use a decoupling capacitor on the power supply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41197",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T04:29:55",
"content": "And we care why?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41198",
"author": "Rad",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T04:32:54",
"content": "Wa wa wa waaaaaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaa waaa wa waaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaaaa waaaaa waaa waaa waaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaa waaaaa waaa waa wa wa wa waaaaaaaaaa!qq",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41199",
"author": "theIsovist",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T15:48:59",
"content": "have you bothered to check out the graffiti research lab? It’s definitely hacking.Again, if you don’t like the content, don’t read it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41200",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T19:07:49",
"content": "How is getting tossed in a chinese jail for protesting hacking? if he gets a dui are we going to hear about that too? looks like you’re the only one that thinks this news is worthy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41201",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T21:39:45",
"content": "Private life news!Didn’t GRL also get in trouble for the “IED scare” in Boston a couple years back, too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41202",
"author": "TheIsovist",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T23:35:19",
"content": "@6Again, have you worked your way through the site@7That was an advertising firm working for adult swim who took the LED throwie idea and turned it into an aqua team ad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41203",
"author": "fleh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T07:55:09",
"content": "haha. laser tagging “research.”What a bunch of clowns.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75374",
"author": "onesource",
"timestamp": "2009-05-16T14:36:39",
"content": "I thought this blog was about hacking? The comments are all over the place here",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.529148
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/24/smd-soldering-practice-kit/
|
SMD Soldering Practice Kit
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"attiny",
"AVR",
"conway",
"led",
"life",
"matrix",
"reflow",
"smd",
"smdsoldering",
"soldering"
] |
Here’s an interesting kit put together just to
help you work on your SMD soldering skills
. It’s got 49 SMD LEDs on the front with a programming header and switch jumper. The back has an ATtiny26L and a coin cell. At only 3V, power management is essential; all of the example programs are only addressing one LED at a time (imperceptible to the human eye). If you turn on too many LEDs at the same time, the voltage drop could cause the AVR to reset. Included example programs are a
scrolling marque
,
bouncing balls
, and
Conway’s game of life
. SparkFun has tutorials for regular
SMD soldering
and using a
reflow skillet
. The video below shows the kit builder attaching just one LED using the heat and slide method.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMqHwzvvtjk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
[thanks tom]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41083",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:03:01",
"content": "I prefer a pair of curved tweezers to align the surface mount part. Just tin the pads slightly, place the part on top, and heat it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41084",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:18:19",
"content": "@1yeah, that is what I do, but I only tin one pad to hold it down. With multi pin chips, tin the opposite corners first and then heat to hold in place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41085",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T09:41:20",
"content": "on the note about the reset… i’ve had atmegas reset on me with too low voltage. 3.3 v? project i’m working on needs attinys running at 3.3 volts, but my supplier has no stock of the low voltage chips (attiny85v). will the standard attiny85 reset at 3.3v? anybody know?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41086",
"author": "spaceballs",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T11:50:46",
"content": "⢠Speed Grade for attiny85â ATtiny25/45/85V: 0 – 4 MHz @ 1.8 – 5.5V, 0 – 10 MHz @ 2.7 – 5.5Vâ ATtiny25/45/85: 0 – 10 MHz @ 2.7 – 5.5V, 0 – 20 MHz @ 4.5 – 5.5VSo lowest bound is 2.7v, only time I’ve got resets is when I didn’t have a .1uf or 1uf power cap close to the atmel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41087",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:29:33",
"content": "@2with a part so small, i find its easy to get both sides hot enough to melt the solder at once. Opposite corners is definitely the way to go with larger packages. An adjustable temperature iron is nice too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41088",
"author": "Sharky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T22:15:54",
"content": "Cant you just use a heatgun?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41089",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T00:59:49",
"content": "Much better video, I find it nice when the camera is in focus.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NN7UGWYmBY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43569",
"author": "sixerdoodle",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T02:34:54",
"content": "just posted video SMD construction using ‘reflow skillet’ technique.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT46jkLKyoctook about an hour to construct, time-compressed the video down to 9 minutes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "320070",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2011-02-01T04:31:26",
"content": "I built one of these, despite having a congenital tremor in my hands. I wrote about it athttp://galacticstudios.org/component/content/article/2-electronics/22-smdIt’s a great kit! A nice cheap way to learn whether you can handle SMD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.572961
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/24/improved-jog-wheel/
|
Improved Jog Wheel
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"bearing",
"instructables",
"jogwheel",
"mouse",
"scrollwheel",
"wheel"
] |
Taking a cue from the
jog wheel we posted last week
, [42ndOddity] has
built an improved version
. The design is based around a solid state rotary encoder instead of an optical encoder. The rotary encoder is far easier to attach and position properly. The knob is milled from scrap aluminum-it was a copier foot. To make the motion smooth, it’s sitting in a bearing from the same copier.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41082",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:46:14",
"content": "Aren’t these called “spinners” in the arcade/MAIM/video game world?The extra mass to the wheel makes this a totally different feel from some plastic thingy.Nice build.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.793241
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/24/rebooting-the-magic-sysrq-way/
|
Rebooting The Magic SysRq Way
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"corywright",
"linux",
"linuxjournal",
"magicsysrq",
"proc",
"reboot",
"remote"
] |
[Cory Wright] shares a tip on how to
reboot a system with a failed hard drive remotely
. The magic SysRq key is a linux kernel feature that lets you perform a number of interesting operations. If you’re working on a remote system where the disk has failed, you won’t have access to the reboot or shutdown commands. You can issue keystrokes to the magic SysRq device in /proc though, so you can send a hard reboot directly to the kernel with no disk access required.
The Wikipedia entry includes a handy tip on how to properly
restart a otherwise frozen machine
. It should save you from having to fsck the next time around.
[photo:
Joshua Davis
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41076",
"author": "hank",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:43:28",
"content": "I have used this over serial and other consoles, it can be invaluable for a sysadmin. Everyone should learn about the magic of sysrq :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41077",
"author": "ajd4096",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:50:07",
"content": "RTFM is not a hack! Stop trying to be a slashdot clone!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41078",
"author": "freyyr890",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:59:00",
"content": "I second the above.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41079",
"author": "Troy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T06:50:46",
"content": "I used to follow this blog rather regularly, but its taken a turn for the worst. I thought the point was to showcase a different hack/project, not simply to copy lifehacker/slashdot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41080",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T07:13:10",
"content": "how is this 5 year old feature a “hack”?according to wikipedia, this feature was introduced to the kernel in march 2003http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.5/2.5.64/2.5.64-mm7/broken-out/proc-sysrq-trigger.patchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41081",
"author": "Bille",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T19:53:27",
"content": "I have to say I agree with some of the other posters. I think you should go back to the old receipe, and have a single quality hack every day. And try to avoid software hacks and news at an absolute minimum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.754321
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/24/subway-hacker-speaks/
|
Subway Hacker Speaks
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"checksum",
"crypto",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"hacker",
"interview",
"mbta",
"mifare",
"mifareclassic",
"nxp",
"popularmechanics",
"rfid",
"subway"
] |
Popular Mechanics
has an interview with [Zach Anderson]
, one of the MIT hackers that was temporarily gagged by the MBTA. The interview is essentially a timeline of the events that led up to the
Defcon talk cancellation
. [Zach] pointed out a great article by The Tech that
covers the vulnerabilities
. The mag stripe cards can be easily cloned. The students we’re also able to increase the value of the card by brute forcing the checksum. There are only 64 possible checksum values, so they made a card for each one. It’s not graceful, but it works. The card values aren’t encrypted and there isn’t an auditing system to check what values should be on the card either. The RFID cards use Mifare classic, which
we know is broken
. It was NXP, Mifare’s manufacturer, that tipped off the MBTA on the actual presentation.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41074",
"author": "Joey Y",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:05:00",
"content": "Heh. from the rss feed, I thought this article was going to be about hacking subway (pa) speakers… oh well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41075",
"author": "m@!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T06:42:26",
"content": "this was one of the most informative slides at defcon 16 imo. if anyone is interested in reading it (and look at pretty pictures) then d/l the defcon cd and check it out. i was truly heartbroken that the speech was canceled but shocked of how it went down. what was originally going to be a standard EFF panel ended up as a press conference for these guys. DEFCON AMBER ALERT!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,765.922722
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/24/autonomous-paintball-sentry-gun/
|
Autonomous Paintball Sentry Gun
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"autonomous",
"gun",
"paintball",
"paintballgun",
"robot",
"sentrygun",
"turret"
] |
[Alan] pointed out this
great commercial paintball sentry gun
. The gun has a low power motherboard running Ubuntu connected to a firewire camera. Two high torque motors control the pan and tilt of a Tippman 98 custom. The control box allows for easy setup. You can change the sensitivity, color tracking, and firing modes. It also has a remote kill switch. All around a nice looking machine, but at $3K we doubt many of you will be buying one. Beta test video embedded after the break.
Related:
Airsoft gun turret
,
robotic sentry gun
, and
Defcon bots
[via
Hacked Gadgets
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41056",
"author": "Ling",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:22:30",
"content": "i personally like this one betterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxBa5bQfTGcbut it doesnt seem to have color recognition, only movement. So i guess the commercial one might be better for team based games",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41057",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:35:29",
"content": "$3500 if you want the WinXP version :PI was going to say ‘not another airsoft/paintball sentry gun!’ but the linux makes me say otherwise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6248722",
"author": "Jean Aziz",
"timestamp": "2020-05-26T19:30:25",
"content": "HEllo,Are you still customizing any of these Autonomous paintball gun ?ThanksJean",
"parent_id": "41057",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41058",
"author": "Jack Ward",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:35:57",
"content": "this could be fun for home security, but damn i want one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6248719",
"author": "Jean Aziz",
"timestamp": "2020-05-26T19:29:32",
"content": "Hello,were you able to get one those Autonomous paintball gun ? its great Idea for home security .ThanksJean",
"parent_id": "41058",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "41059",
"author": "Magus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:50:29",
"content": "Whoa! I need one of those in my garden.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41060",
"author": "Tommy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:55:48",
"content": "~Are you still there?~~there you are!~",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41061",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:16:51",
"content": "“… designed by me, built by me, and you best hope, not pointed at you.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41062",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:45:00",
"content": "eww, commercial.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41063",
"author": "Mister E",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T06:14:29",
"content": "Just shoot a portal at a wall and one below the sentry and your golden…–ME",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41064",
"author": "Andrew B.",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T06:42:10",
"content": "ahh at least they could of used something much better than a tippman 98 custom.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41065",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T06:51:01",
"content": "hahahah thats a good quote pocketbrain.. the whole time i was watching the video i was thinking of team fortress 2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41066",
"author": "chalkley3",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T12:46:23",
"content": "I actually donated money the other day to a similar project you can find athttp://www.paintballsentry.com. So cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41067",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T13:33:59",
"content": "Good point #3:Drop a weighted companion cube on this thing and it’s done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41068",
"author": "yurijm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T16:37:19",
"content": "I’m not donating anything to a project that’s written“I’m not giving out the source code. it constantly changes anyway. “=P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41069",
"author": "Mantari",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:45:06",
"content": "How do you keep the spies from sappin’ your sentries? Does this come with a gigantic wrench?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41070",
"author": "Glen",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T14:01:50",
"content": "those things are easy to take out. all you need to do is hack together a gravity gun ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41071",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T00:32:15",
"content": "And, how long will it take before someone has an ak047 hooked up to this thing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41072",
"author": "argz",
"timestamp": "2008-09-01T16:56:03",
"content": "It would be cool if you could monitor it’s status over ethernet. Maybe stream the video and allow people to remote control it if possible? Add SMS notification of motion detection, wifi, and pepperballs and I’ll buy 2 :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "304824",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2011-01-14T23:27:09",
"content": "When Ultra-Sapper device is affixed to the top section of the sentry device, remove red and greenwire and tune dial (bludgeon device with recklessabandon using wrench included in package. Followup with sporadic shotgun fire in the immediatevicinitiy of sentry device. Shotgun also included inpackage.) to frequency KZQ-10z.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5811058",
"author": "Endress",
"timestamp": "2019-01-21T01:55:48",
"content": "This is inspiring! I want to build a x-mas tree sentry. This past x-mas, my 4 cats declared war. Im currently learning about robotics from my high school FTC league. The build in my head uses water as ammo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.167971
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/best-firefox-3-extensions/
|
Best Firefox 3 Extensions
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"firefox hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"firebug",
"firefox",
"flashblock",
"greasemonkey",
"lifehacker",
"mozilla"
] |
We generally try to limit the number of extensions we install for security, performance, and because we use a lot of different systems. That’s not to say there aren’t a lot of interesting addons out there and Mozilla has
recently announced the winners
of their Extend Firefox 3 Contest. Lifehacker has a
full rundown of each of the winners
. Nothing really stands out in our eyes (although we might try
Last.fm’s toolbar
).
The three extensions we always end up installing are
Firebug
,
Greasemonkey
, and
Flashblock
. What are yours?
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[
{
"comment_id": "41019",
"author": "nahtical",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T00:44:54",
"content": "I almost always get URL fixer. I’ve typed .con so many times its not funny.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2871",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41020",
"author": "keici",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T00:49:03",
"content": "adblock plus is essential for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41021",
"author": "jazzman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T00:56:03",
"content": "I type .xom constantlyI couldn’t live without FoxMarks to sync my bookmarks across systems, and I use AdBlockPlus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41022",
"author": "nedim",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T01:08:09",
"content": "I use FlashGot, Gmail Notifier, Download Statusbar, and Web Developer! That is my standard set of addons to firefox! I have some other that are disabled until i realy need them! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41023",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T01:16:08",
"content": "TamperData is totally crucial.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41024",
"author": "D",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T01:16:32",
"content": "RAMBackhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5972",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41025",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T01:28:33",
"content": "Noscript for blocking urchin.js and those increasingly annoying scripts that prevent you from viewing a page if adblock is turned on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41026",
"author": "doug",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:03:02",
"content": "adblock pluscolorful tabsfoxmarksgmail managerwotmouse gestures (optimoz)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41027",
"author": "Spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:25:58",
"content": "i cant live without foxmarks…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41028",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:30:41",
"content": "I also use Adblock plus.@7: Never heard of that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41029",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:47:49",
"content": "I always use Adblock Plus Download Status bar and something called Compact Menu Blue, It shrinks down the top menu, and if u use the ifox theme, instead of using an ugly blue logo, it gives you a nice pretty apple button, I use a few others too… but none to important to others to use, like an add-on that turns off the automatic playing of flash files, If I want to view them I click on them and they play. Great For annoying adds that shout in your face when you blaring tunes… you know… the ones that say something g a y like “CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE JUST WON…” YEAH RIGHT!BTW I run Vista x64 Ultimate on my PC and XP on the laptop… I must say… I like vista, when using more than 10 plug in’s for Firefox… but if using less than that… XP and Vista opens Firefox about the same.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41030",
"author": "Zach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T03:12:54",
"content": "I generally find myself installing Firebug, FoxyProxy, Hackbar, NoScript, FlashBlock, Web Developer Toolbar, Foxmarks, Modify Headers, Tamper Data, and User Agent Switcher. Greasemonkey usually ends up on some boxen here and there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41031",
"author": "yooper",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T05:35:03",
"content": "AdBlock Plus, baby!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41032",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T05:59:49",
"content": "Adblock plusdisable backspace navigationdesk cutI’ve got a few others but the former are those I find to be the most useful. The last two should’ve been integrated into Firefox by default though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41033",
"author": "moloch",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T06:25:43",
"content": "download status bar is a must! I hate the standard download screen. I use Adblock Plus as well, great add on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41034",
"author": "underdog5004",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T07:01:09",
"content": "adblock plusTab mix plusStumbleuponThat’s my list :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41035",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T07:30:37",
"content": "Foxmarks,FlashGet,Add2Search Bar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41036",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T07:53:48",
"content": "For all you “.com” mis-typers, a shortcut:Type the name of the .com you want, for cnn.com, type ‘cnn’ in the address bar, and press Control+Enter. It adds the “http://www.” and “.com”.You can also do Control+Shift+Enter, Shift+Enter, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41037",
"author": "kholdstare",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T07:55:54",
"content": "What about the Google Toolbar? That’s one of the best addons, it has support for multiple systems and navigators, has popup blocker, spellchecking, it’s multilanguage, has search feature, bookmarks and a long etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41038",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T08:00:25",
"content": "User Agent Switcheradblock pluspdf downloadBut where’s the torrent search?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41039",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T08:36:58",
"content": "Splitbrowser. You can split the browser in half; great for side-by-side browsing of different web pages, especially on those giant, 22″ widescreen LCD’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41040",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T13:11:02",
"content": "Apart from the usual adblock/noscipt/flashblock and some developer/maintenance stuff I also insist on slimsearch and when at some point I saw it featured tried flagfox which I find to be surprisingly interesting, it adds a little country flag for every site you visit using an internal db and it’s often surprising and elucidating.As for google toolbar… I consider it malware just by the way they try to push it alone already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41041",
"author": "Fleeced",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T13:18:13",
"content": "I find iMacros quite useful:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41042",
"author": "proxy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T15:52:53",
"content": "adblock plustamperdatadownload statusbarbugmenotIE TabSave Session",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41043",
"author": "jah",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T17:24:07",
"content": "noscript, firebug and tamperdata ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41044",
"author": "kresp0",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T17:53:30",
"content": "My list:* adblock plus with all filters* tamperdata* noscript",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41045",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T19:36:08",
"content": "i allways install googlepeida. it puts the wikipedia article on the right side of the google results page for what ever you were searching for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41046",
"author": "Rawrl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T22:34:01",
"content": "Is there one that makes FF3’s interface not suck?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41047",
"author": "Befread",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T02:30:24",
"content": "Noscript,Google toolbar and FEBE are good for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41048",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T03:37:27",
"content": "I can’t believe I am the only one who finds Speed Dial essential…It can seriously speed up your daily operation",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41049",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:13:46",
"content": "my top 3:1) Adblock Plus2) Filterset.G Updater (for adblock plus)3) NoScript (like flashblock)others:DownThemAll / FlashgotCustomize GoogleGreaseMonkeyStylishaddons from FF2 I wish they’d update:FasterfoxTabbrowser Preferences",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41050",
"author": "JavaNut",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T07:02:28",
"content": "I don’t notice addons until their not there..AdblockWebDeveloperFireBug",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41051",
"author": "bruno",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T10:03:52",
"content": "Weave (to sync bookmarks, passwords, cookies, tabs)adblock pluscs lite (with the auto-updated blocklist)download statusbarurl fixerstop or reload buttonupdate scanner (for website without rss)bugmenot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41052",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T12:32:57",
"content": "Adblock Plus, Mouse gestures and greasemonkey are my indispensible ones. I’ve never come across a site that wouldn’t let me view it with adblock on (and tend to forget that the internet has adverts until I have to go back to IE), but put instructables on the whitelist anyway because aw shucks, they asked so nicely.Colourful tabs (or whatever it’s called) is useful at work when I have a lot of google and msdn tabs open to make them stand out from the rest.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41053",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T21:59:39",
"content": "I basically NEED Tab Mix Plus to use firefox. It lets you set it so that tabs can span multiple rows. Right now I have 5 rows of tabs open, 6 columns per row.Image Zoom lets you right click on any image and increase / decrease its size using the scrollwheel (and other features)IE Tab with the auto-sites filter for sites that just refuse to work in FFForecast Fox – I like it on the top of FF on the same row as the MenusAdblock Plus of courseBugMeNot for random crappy news sites",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41054",
"author": "Ahrenjb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:04:21",
"content": "AdBlock Plus, TamperData, Download Statusbar, and l337key are my essentials.Wouldn’t know what to do without em!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42448",
"author": "inuyasha",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T00:09:44",
"content": "user agent switcheradblock plustweak networkbatch downloaderinterclue",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42935",
"author": "dinsh",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T07:29:38",
"content": "Download the best firefox 3 extensions which offer variety of extensions including for Improved interface, Multimedia, Daily life and research, etc.http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/994211.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45397",
"author": "steampoweredlawngnome",
"timestamp": "2008-10-12T09:25:45",
"content": "Adblock PlusAll-in-One Gestures (for rocker gestures)Speed DialStumbleUpon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100745",
"author": "Denon2005",
"timestamp": "2009-10-12T18:11:01",
"content": "DownThemAllFetch Text URL (great one, check it out if you haven’t seem it)Tab Mix PlusGreasemonkeyFirebugGmail NotifierLeet KeyFirefox Throttle",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136994",
"author": "hunter777",
"timestamp": "2010-04-20T08:56:06",
"content": "GreasemonkeyGreasefireTab Mix PlusAdBlock PlusAardvarkCoral IE TabQuickJavaMr. Tech ToolkitRemove It PermanentlySkipscreenStumble UponPage Hacker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "298582",
"author": "StopTheMadness",
"timestamp": "2011-01-07T18:52:48",
"content": "I usefoxlingoflashgotdownthemallvideodownloadhelperstausbarand adblock plus",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "336823",
"author": "raith",
"timestamp": "2011-02-18T17:57:41",
"content": "speed dial, stylish and new tab homepage",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.003429
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/waterproof-ipod-touch-video-boombox/
|
Waterproof IPod Touch Video Boombox
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"appleipod",
"ipod",
"ipodtouch",
"portable",
"rugged",
"ruggedized",
"touch",
"video",
"water",
"waterproof"
] |
Popular Mechanics contributor [Anthony Veducci] wanted a
virtually indestructible video player
that he could use anywhere. Not finding a commercial solution, he decided to build his own. He already had a large waterproof case and another for the
iPod Touch
. The 8″ display came from an iPod accessory. Unfortunately it was developed before Apple implemented their stupid accessory locking, so he had to use an Apple approved video cable through several adapters to get it to work. The speakers were also salvaged parts. The case was assembled using a jigsaw and a whole lot of epoxy. The speaker openings are covered with latex from a pair of gloves and everything is sealed with silicone. We’re usually trying to escape technology when we head outside, but we’ll be looking back at this the next time we need to ruggedize something.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41018",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T20:34:12",
"content": "Latex gloves don’t last very long. He should’ve considered using butyl rubber or some such.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.20179
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/dan-kaminskys-dns-black-hat-video/
|
Dan Kaminsky’s DNS Black Hat Video
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"blackhat",
"blackhat2008",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"slides",
"video",
"whitepaper"
] |
Black Hat
has published the media from Dan Kaminsky’s
infamous
DNS vulnerability talk. You can get the
full video
(101MB) or just the
audio
.
The
full archive of slides and white papers
from this year has been posted too.
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| 3
| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41193",
"author": "m@!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T06:58:40",
"content": "jeez. the most over-hyped bug of the year. he deserves an oscar for sure!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41194",
"author": "kikkoman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T08:20:27",
"content": "This is actually from Defcon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1070121",
"author": "ii.ca",
"timestamp": "2013-10-06T02:46:33",
"content": "Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wished to say that I’vetruly enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll besubscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.244309
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/wiimote-head-tracking-in-processing/
|
Wiimote Head Tracking In Processing
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"cdm",
"headtracking",
"ir",
"johnnylee",
"nintendo",
"nintendowii",
"processing",
"wii",
"wiimote"
] |
[Manuel] has been playing around with [Johnny Lee]’s
Wiimote head tracking
code. He’s
posted a preliminary port
outlining the code in the
Processing
environment. It relies on
darwiinremoteOSC
so you won’t see this outside of OSX, but it should help you out if you’re trying to do this is in Processing on another platform.
[via
Create Digital Motion
]
[photo:
nicolasnova
]
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41191",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T22:39:57",
"content": "There’s also someone who’s putting together a VR system with OSS:http://joelclemens.colinr.ca/thesis/index.htmlunder “How this was done” he has a few videos…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41192",
"author": "Christian Muise",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T22:49:19",
"content": "We’re actually working on a project to port it to all 3 OS’. Currently the linux one is mostly completed due to a Google Summer of Code project:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omNQAzBa0-IWe’re looking for someone to write the bluetooth interface for windows / mac if anyone is willing to help – the port shouldn’t be that painful once we find someone who knows their bluetooth in OSX or Windows:http://code.google.com/p/htdp/source/browse/trunk/WiimoteTracking/PythonDriver/linux/final/BluetoothSupport.pyThe project, more info, etc can be found here:http://code.google.com/p/htdp/Cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45118",
"author": "Roshamboe",
"timestamp": "2008-10-09T20:10:17",
"content": "that would be awesome if the had games for this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.279861
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/sparkfun-arduino-pro/
|
SparkFun Arduino Pro
|
Eliot
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"arduinopro",
"ftdi",
"lilypad",
"make",
"skinny",
"sparkfun"
] |
SparkFun’s new
Arduino Pro
is an updated version of their
Skinny
. The board comes populated with the running gear of an Arduino, but without all of the connectors in place. It’s targeted at people building integrated systems around the Arduino and not just prototyping. The board is 3.3V with an 8MHz bootloader just like the LilyPads and is fully certified by Arduino. It has a small side mounted power switch, but you have to supply your own DC jack (if you need it). There is no
USB hardware
on board and you’re expected to program it via an FTDI breakout board or cable. We definitely like the stripped down approach, but it would have been nice if the price had dropped more.
[via
Make
]
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41187",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T21:41:40",
"content": "Sparkfun used to rock with low prices and even did 1 off doublesided boards for you for $2.5 a square inch.Now they are a “trendy” experimenters house and everything is spendy. I prefer to buy from smaller places and get the project based ardunios exactly like the “pro” for $9.95 each.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41188",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T02:35:07",
"content": "where are you finding arduinos for $10? i could use some of those.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41189",
"author": "Rob Ristroph",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T02:58:05",
"content": "I would like to buy arduino’s for $10. Are they assembled ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41190",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T06:33:00",
"content": "I’d like to see a 10$ arduino as well. i’ve been using the arduino bare bones board, from moderndevice.com. they’re $15 as a kit, $25 assembled.i’ll have to order one of these from sparkfun, the $20 tag, fully assembled, isn’t really that bad, as long as you already have the breakout or ftdi cable.i really like the slim form factor as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57578",
"author": "Ways To Lose Weight Fast",
"timestamp": "2009-01-02T00:01:35",
"content": "We create & distribute unique, safe and effective products that help people supplement their lives. We are proud to offer a wide range of natural health supplements, over the counter health products and skin care products.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/tongue-drive-system-turns-mouth-into-virtual-keyboard/
|
Tongue Drive System Turns Mouth Into Virtual Keyboard
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"computers",
"disability",
"disabled",
"hacking",
"tongue",
"tongue drive system",
"TongueDriveSystem"
] |
Researchers at Georgia Tech are
working on a Tongue Drive System
, which transforms the tongue into a tool that can manipulate computers and manage appliances and wheelchairs. This project has huge implications for the disabled, especially for those with few motor skills and limited movement. Many disabled Americans are paralyzed from the neck down, and this system could be a literal lifesaver, providing them with a method of communication and control over their own lives. Scientists have been attracted to the tongue’s potential for a long time. It provides several advantages over using other organs or appendages. It’s very sensitive, tactile, is not connected to the spinal cord, and does not usually end up being harmed in accidents. By placing a tiny magnet underneath the tongue, it’s transformed into a virtual keyboard. Sensors placed in the cheek track the magnet’s movement and processes the commands into directions for electronics, be it a wheelchair or a home appliance. We’re excited to see where this will go.
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"author": "eggnog",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:01:01",
"content": "with enough work this will probably used by the military at some point in the future also.",
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"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:36:45",
"content": "this is pretty amazing stuff. Wonder if anyone’s considered building wireless power into the retainer to keep it charged and/or send information to a larger receiver…also it might be worth looking into using GMR based magnetic sensors (instead of a Hall effect sensor they use a very small wire which changes resistance) and are an order of magnitude more sensitive than HE sensors and far more directional and low powered. They can also be made into an X-Y array pad, sensing the magnet’s location to high precision.regards,-A",
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"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:47:14",
"content": "Imagine the line of women you would have at your door once they learned how you interact with the world..",
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"timestamp": "2008-08-27T11:58:05",
"content": "Why is it always ‘disabled Americans’, not ‘disabled people’?",
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"comment_id": "41159",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T14:26:26",
"content": "mark, clearly the two are not interchangeable!",
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"timestamp": "2008-09-19T02:37:41",
"content": "This technology has been around for years check outhttp://www.newAbilities.com",
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/ruckingenur-ii-reverse-engineering-video-game/
|
Ruckingenur II: Reverse Engineering Video Game
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"game",
"reverse engineering",
"ReverseEngineering",
"ruckingenur"
] |
[Zach Barth] has released
Ruckingenur II
, the game of reverse engineering. The latest in his Games for Engineers series, it is a full game with multiple levels and live action cut scenes. Set with a military theme, the goal is to reverse engineer enemy items. Pictured above is a lock to a weapons cache.
The pixelized style is consistent throughout. Even the cut scenes have the effect. The reverse engineering is fun enough to keep you interested while you learn. There is an in game help system that keeps you on track as well. Our only suggestion is that he get some better costumes next time!
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"comment_id": "41129",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T19:23:59",
"content": "That’s really freaking awesome… a great bunch of games to teach people about component hacking. Sweet!",
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"comment_id": "41130",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T21:26:38",
"content": "I love “engineering games” (do not confuse with puzzle)…Really wish there were more games like the ones this guy makes",
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"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "41131",
"author": "auburnate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T21:58:44",
"content": "I was very impressed with the program. I had a co-worker walk into my office to shoot the breeze right as I started the bomb level. I was looking for a pause button, anything. It took me a minute to solve each of the levels. It was well thought out and I wish there were at least twenty more levels. I’m an electrical engineer and I could recommend a couple of levels …",
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"comment_id": "41132",
"author": "happypiguin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:14:42",
"content": "A linux version would be nice.",
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"comment_id": "41133",
"author": "Zach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:25:53",
"content": "auburnate: I’d love to hear what you’ve got in mind – you can find my contact information athttp://zachtronics.emala.net/pivot/entry.php?id=4",
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"comment_id": "41134",
"author": "Zach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:26:41",
"content": "happypiguin: i’ve heard it runs fine under wine if you install mono for windows",
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"comment_id": "41135",
"author": "Sly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:36:03",
"content": "I’m stuck on the bomb level :( the other stuff was reasonably easy, I worked out how to speed the bomb up and keep resetting the triggers but ultimately I haven’t a clue, i’m more of software guy, lol.No body tell me the answers tho, i’ll work it out!",
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"comment_id": "41136",
"author": "Ikari",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T23:39:44",
"content": "Me 2 cant pass the bomb lvl i can reset the timer but that’s it i cant find how to use the codes on the right.Any help?",
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"comment_id": "41137",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:25:42",
"content": "SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!The bomb was relatively easy, just set the enable register of the uC to 0 and pulse the point that runs between the uC and unknown chip with +5 on and off.Then look at the register on the unknown chip and it will have a challenge, response and timer register.While pulsing on and off, look up what response code is needed, and input that one quickly, you only have 10 seconds to do it, so be quick about it.HERE ENDETH THE SPOILER.Awesome game! And I look forward to more missions.And please, make it so that you can pulse and enter hex at the same time.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "41138",
"author": "Martin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T01:44:27",
"content": "I enjoyed that far more than I thought I would!!The last level was a bit of a toughie and I resisted the urge to read the spoiler to do it. Even if you’ve no experience with logic and circuitry, give this a go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "41139",
"author": "Flying Alpaca",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T02:09:35",
"content": "Spoilers continued.There is no need to pulse anything, setting the enable register to low is sufficient to get the challenge.Comments:This is really amazing. I don’t actually know much beyond how to solder/program, but it could be done almost entirely on the basis of deductions. So it stands on its own as a brilliant and very instructive puzzle game.That being said, it could use some documentation on what VCC/GND mean, etc. and how enable and clock pins work, so that even someone with no knowledge can get going. An interactive tutorial would be even better.It took me a bit to figure out the interface because I assumed from intuition that I could put the probes on any part of a conducting line and have it work. If the instructions said that they needed to be placed on the gray junctions, I did not see it.When you are editing one of the register values, it is no longer possible to move things with the mouse. This was annoying, especially with the bomb level. If you are in the middle of entering a value, and decide to move an object instead, it should just cancel the value change and let you move the object.Sometimes in alternating between the game window and my browser window the mouse would stop functioning until I exited back to the main screen.Mostly I am just really excited at the prospect of their being more levels. :D",
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"comment_id": "41140",
"author": "emperor dane",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T03:52:04",
"content": "Good work Zach, congrats on the Hackaday post.=Dane",
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"comment_id": "41141",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T04:01:47",
"content": "Wonderful!It’s working under linux (64 and 32) with Wine and Mono for Windows.I’m dreaming of more and more levels and a native GNU/Linux version (but I’m a purist maybe) and even better licensed under a Free Software License in order to allow everyone to add new levels, that would be a wonderful project I would be happy to help creating levels for.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "41142",
"author": "aspartame",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T04:53:25",
"content": "awesome, awesome game! just finished it!the last level involved a little bit of tense typing, i guess i need to work on my speed entering hex. :P",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "41143",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T08:37:37",
"content": "This game is absolutely amazing. Very well done, extremely fun, and I can’t wait for subsequent mission packs. From an Electrical Engineering student perspective it’s very fun, but those skills aren’t really necessary to beat the levels…it’s not as though you have to calculate out input and output impedances or anything. Rather, you just have to be clever and technically inclined doesn’t hurt just for background’s sake.I really hope this game expands to several mission packs because it really is just about the best video game I’ve ever played.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "41144",
"author": "MattieShoes",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T09:10:57",
"content": "The damn bomb made me jump! of course, trying to solve that one more than once kind of feels like cheating… :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "41145",
"author": "Madouc",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T11:23:07",
"content": "Damn. 10 sec is way too short for me.had to learn the apropriate responce code and then i was *just* fast enough :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "41146",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T11:47:37",
"content": ">>>10. Spoilers continued.>>>There is no need to pulse anything, setting the >>>enable register to low is sufficient to get the >>>challenge.How do you mean? On the bomb?No way, the part on the lower left checks for a 5v pulse every second. If it does not get that it starts to count down and detonates if it reaches zero. You need to input the response to the challenge. Yes you could do it without pulsing, but you’d have to be pretty damn fast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "41147",
"author": "Sly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T12:56:45",
"content": "This is an excellent game! Though I would have loved to see a level editor reminiscent of the “crocodile clips” program that I use from time to time. Any chance of a public release of the source code for non commercial purposes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "41148",
"author": "uberdude",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:02:33",
"content": "In response to henk, “I am fast enough!” I moved the Debugger thing and inputted the challenge before the bomb went off, it was really close but it worked, I think the pulsing solution is more elegant though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "41149",
"author": "njakol",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T18:35:15",
"content": "Here is a trailer for the game:http://zachtronics.emala.net/pivot/entry.php?id=37",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "41150",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T20:28:39",
"content": "18. Me 2 cant pass the bomb lvl i can reset the timer but that’s it i cant find how to use the codes on the right.Any help?Dude, just read above, i posted the solution already, sheesh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41151",
"author": "Simon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T09:37:33",
"content": "Awesome game! i downloaded it this morning before uni and finished the first level before i had to leave (2nd year electrical engineering student btw) told all my mates about it when i got there and now we all cant wait for the next episode!!!the bomb level stumped me for a while.. just couldn’t figure out how to get the challenge to change!! tho the first think i did was put the pulse generator on the detonator pad and toggle it hehe ^_^anyways cant wait for more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41152",
"author": "all blown up",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T20:51:54",
"content": "grrr OK, I have been trying this bomb level awhile so i looked at the spoiler, AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS DOING… i think, I can’t get the challenge to appear anywhere. I put the Di on the debug, put the pulse in the middle and the Serial on the unknown, set enabled to 0 and nothing shows up, i tried putting the serial on after i turn on debug, i used the pulse to stop the 10 seconds, i didnt, i still cant get the challenge to appear! help!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41153",
"author": "all blown up - not anymore",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T20:56:41",
"content": "oooh gotta move the debug… got it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41154",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T00:52:57",
"content": "I’ve done like uberdude too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44121",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T02:32:32",
"content": "That was some fun stuff. Like many others here I am a software guy though I have wanted to get more into hardware for a while now. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the link to the game, it was awesome and provided an hour or so of fun! Cannot wait for more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44274",
"author": "lee",
"timestamp": "2008-10-03T20:15:27",
"content": "I’m stuck on decoding the radio transmission. I don’t really have an engineering background, but I figured out the first two… anyone want to help me out without telling me how to do the entire thing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44416",
"author": "clak",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T12:36:49",
"content": "I don’t want to be offensive, but, I don’t see nothing about engineering in the game. Is just a game with some clues and you have to figure out things, but you don’t need engineering anywhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44420",
"author": "BronzeG3",
"timestamp": "2008-10-05T14:56:16",
"content": "ClakThat is almost the definition of engineering. Taking what was learned in the past (clues) and trying to solve problems (figuring things out).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "137828",
"author": "video game trailers",
"timestamp": "2010-04-24T02:15:28",
"content": "You made some good points there. I did a exploration on the matter and found most people will concur with your blog. Thanks for sharing…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.436714
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/hacking-the-elefun/
|
Hacking The Elefun
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"elefun",
"toy hack",
"ToyHack"
] |
In a move reminiscent of many episodes of
Home Improvement
, [Xenon] decided to
soup up one of his children’s toys
. The Elefun is a toy the shape of an elephant that uses a built in fan to blow little butterflies into the air. They are notoriously weak and eat batteries like crazy. They don’t even have a plug for a wall adapter for power.
[Xenon] dug out a 7.5 V wall adapter from an old DSL modem. Since the Elefun normally ran on 6V, he figured this would give the toy a much needed boost. He began to open things up and prepare the soldering iron when he realized that he could just jam the wires into the terminals. The battery compartment screws shut, providing nice safety against electric shock.
He ended up with a much more pleasant experience for his little boy. The Elefun now jumps to life, spewing the butterflies out with ease. It actually shoots them out so quickly, he had to make some more just so the game would last longer.
This may not be the most complex hack or the most impressive execution. [Xenon] deserves some credit though, He recognized the design problems and made his own fixes for them. There’s at least one Elefun in the households of the Hack A Day staff that will be getting this treatment.
[thanks Chris]
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[
{
"comment_id": "41112",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:25:47",
"content": "This is one thing I’ll have to (tell my wife to) find at a garage sale.There was one thing that the project pages are missing. There’s no strain relief shown where the power wires go into the battery compartment. If you have normal kids, they’re going to jump around and will, eventually, trip over the cord. Even a simple knot in the cord should be enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41113",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:31:38",
"content": "Agreed.Notch the battery cover and knot the cable with some slack inside the battery compartment.Worst case it pops the battery cover off when stressed.Basic power hacks are often overlooked because of apparent easiness, but are legit nonetheless.Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41114",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:35:31",
"content": "I’m going to have to dig around in the loft and find my old Elefun. You’re NEVER too old to leap around like a maniac attempting to catch high-velocity paper butterflies in an ineffectually small platic net.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41115",
"author": "el zorro",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:36:29",
"content": "Did the exact same thing a year or so back due to the poor battery life. Its a clear design flaw, either that or a conspiracy with the battery manufacturers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41116",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:52:12",
"content": "There is a hack almost identical to this with those radio shack xmods r/c cars. I did that and holy crap does it ever make a difference. Just solder in a battery clip for an extra one or two AA or AAA batteries in series with the ones on the car, then use velcro to hold it there. The bod didn’t fit the car any more when I did this, but who cares? My car consistently beat the one belonging to the “hot-stuff” manager at the radio shack store who had the fancy gears and the supposedly high performance motor and stuff. He is electronics illiterate so he never could figure out how to do the mod that I did ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41117",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T19:27:21",
"content": "When I was a kid my dad did this with a shadow projector (uses transparencies to project holiday-themed shadows) and an electric jack-o-lantern. Great, simple idea that can be applied to a lot of things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41118",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:14:16",
"content": "Sweet job, I’ve done this myself several times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41120",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T22:58:45",
"content": "Did a similar hack to my infant daughter’s baby swing. That thing churns through 4 D cell batteries like it’s nobody’s business. Hacking it to be a plu-in was an absolute necessity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41121",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T00:29:34",
"content": "@brad: My thoughts exactly… The D cells just don’t last…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41122",
"author": "Andar",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T01:43:18",
"content": "bobbob, it may be cheap and easy, but its a good reminder that it can be done. I remember my dad adding a DC jack and a transformer to plug in my old battery-powered toy karaoke mic. That helped the toy last for a couple more weeks before I got tired of it. :pI’ll have to give the idea a try with my son’s ‘TV computer game’ thing that plugs in with RCA cables. Both the main ‘console’ and the wireless keyboard are battery powered and have pathetic battery life, pulling this trick would allow me to avoid at least one set of battery replacements.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41123",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T04:28:32",
"content": "I thought this was hack a day not “Obvious Central”. This is base knowledge for just about anybody over the age of 10.Great, now you’ve adding a tripping hazard to make the game a bit more interesting. Now I know why they have that picture on the sides of 5 gallon paint buckets. It’s not for the kids….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41124",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T20:44:03",
"content": "…To provide protection against the horrifying electric shock of 7.5V? Seriously, guys, ever touch a 9V battery to your tongue to see if it still holds a charge? Far worse than prying fingers on 7.5V. How about “The battery compartment screws shut, to keep the wires in place” or “to prevent shorting”?Although, I do confess, the game Operation would be much more fun with 115VAC as a deterrent to slipping up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41125",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T04:53:14",
"content": "Too complex-not complex enough…waaaaa!Someone is always gonna cry us a river on hackaday, aren’t they?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41127",
"author": "FearoxDeluxe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T16:04:11",
"content": "@pocketbrain: Mm, a 9v battery is pretty tingly on the ol’ tongue. Of course, a 9v battery is going to be going some if it’s supplying your tongue with even as much as 100mA. Let’s swap that 9v battery for a 7.5v mains adaptor – not even one of those puny 300mA “battery eliminator” PSUs, but a full-on ONE AMP of mains-backed power supply goodness designed for super-high-drain devices like.. oh, I don’t know, the ROUTER it was supplied with! Bearing in mind that it’s not the volts that make the difference, it’s the amps that get your attention, you want to see if this beats a 9v battery in the taste test?(For the avoidance of doubt: DON’T DO THIS, ‘kay?)I’m not too comfy thinking about how the internal wiring and motors for something designed for 6v of puny battery power is going to cope with sustained periods of 7.5v at one amp, either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43769",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T21:17:49",
"content": "I finally got around to doing this to our Elefun, but the AC adapter I found was 7.5V and only 600mA. It is still more powerful than the batteries, but not as powerful as the guy describes in the article. Oh, and I drilled into the battery compartment from one of the intake holes in the back rather than have the Elefun sitting on the power cord on the bottom (and I knotted the cable inside as suggested above).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58652",
"author": "aerofan999",
"timestamp": "2009-01-11T20:58:15",
"content": "I could only find a 12VDC @ 500ma lying around. How do you think that would work?Aerofan999",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61427",
"author": "Co",
"timestamp": "2009-01-31T05:47:26",
"content": "We used a 9v cord as that’s all we could find. I did make quite a few more butterflies (out of tissue paper) and it’s a much more enjoyable game now. Actually, with all the power it has now, I may be off to make even more butterflies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107619",
"author": "CSC",
"timestamp": "2009-11-17T04:41:42",
"content": "Got into trouble of finding batteries to feed the elephant. Almost things were out of hands, and saw the above suggestions.Before buying a new adapter, curiously checked my NOKIA MOBILE CHARGER, which was giving an output of 5.8V/0.8Amp. Hooked it up to the toy and it started working pretty well.Just some tips:1. Secure the wires inside the battery compartment with knots and tapes. Two holes provided very next to the +/- points helps to do this.2. Have atleast 2-3 m of wiring, so that the charger doesn’t get pulled out from mains, even if someone steps on wire by chance.3. This also ensures that when the kid handles the toy (to fill in butterflies), the wire nearby would be at low voltage only.But All-In-All, though it started giving fun…the lack of adapter by design actually disappointed us, and this fact makes the toy ‘non- suggestible to friends’ or ‘non-giftable’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113811",
"author": "Sten",
"timestamp": "2009-12-29T00:07:29",
"content": "I hacked at 5.2V 750MA cell phone adapter to my daughters Elefun. It works perfectly!! It doesn’t blow the butterflies out in one woosh.. it slowly sends them out, but it sends ALL of them out. This normally takes about 1-2 minutes. Before we would give up around the 3 minute mark with my daughter droning on and on about “Where are they!?”..We turn off the unit, we refill it and get everyone ready again… so it’s not a constant power on. I think it should work smashingly now with out having to replace batteries so much.Thanks!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "532315",
"author": "Martin Whitfield",
"timestamp": "2011-12-11T16:29:35",
"content": "Nice one mate !I drilled an access hole (for the DC wire)into the battery compartment via the last basal vent hole at the back of the elephant. Mocked up a couple of C-type batteries with some wooden dowel and nails to hold the wires in place against the terminals.Notched the inter-cell walls for the negative wire and bob’s your uncleGot a flat rubber cable-guide strip out of a skip at the Science Park too ;-)Continuous Christmas giggles for the 5 year-old and her mates. Replacement batteries stay in the shops & out of the landfill and my money stays in my wallet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1224040",
"author": "millie",
"timestamp": "2014-02-26T03:22:17",
"content": "I am a mom with zero electrical knowledge and this hack is AWESOME. I just attached a 9V 500mA after having tried a 5.6V .4A with no luck. Thank you for sharing–my kids are now excited about this toy instead of frustrated….yes, I’ll be making some tissue paper butterflies to supplement.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.492432
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/25/hack-a-day-t-shirt-design-contest-update/
|
Hack A Day T-shirt Design Contest Update
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests"
] |
[
"contest",
"hackaday",
"shirt",
"tshirt"
] |
We announced the Hack a Day t-shirt design contest last week and entries have been rolling in. Check out the
updated contest post
for logo images and the font. Here are couple of the entries we’ve received:
[by John]
[by evolve]
I think [Joel]’s entry was in case we were handing out the prize at random.
Keep those entries coming and let your friends know about the contest too!
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41090",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:28:10",
"content": "I like the design by evolve. I can’t put my finger on it, but the black and green looks vaguely familiar. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41091",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:36:20",
"content": "are the top two the best ones so far?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41092",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T08:51:39",
"content": "I really like Johns the best. I would buy one for sure if that won!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41093",
"author": "Daveron",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T09:04:26",
"content": "SO TOTALY AWESOME T Shirt evolve i would so purchase it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41094",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T11:51:33",
"content": "Yeah I want evolve’s t-shirt too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41095",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T12:33:08",
"content": "we need a hack a day store!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41096",
"author": "roto",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T14:15:00",
"content": "joels design made me gay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41097",
"author": "Nold",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T15:34:51",
"content": "Love that one from evolve! Awsome! if i wouldn’t live in germany i would buy one T_T",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41098",
"author": "Pimpi_TAW",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T15:46:33",
"content": "Ok, so I am not really good at design, but joel’s design, just made me feel a lot more confident :)I will send you guys something soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41099",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T16:48:37",
"content": "i love John and Evolve’s shirts, i would wear them both",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41100",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T17:55:15",
"content": "how about BOTH evolve AND john’s entry? they both rock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41101",
"author": "hack124x768",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:35:44",
"content": "Can we get a hi-re *ahem* preview of evolve’s shirt for, em, “alpha testing”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41102",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T21:20:30",
"content": "The t-shirt nº1 is verry good , i liked !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41103",
"author": "JeeCee",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T21:47:50",
"content": "I really like them both.But I would rather buy the first one (from john) ’cause it’s nice and modern in red on grey.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41104",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T03:52:09",
"content": "Now someone has to integrate the circuit outlined on evolve’s shirt into the fabric itself. now that would be cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41105",
"author": "DreamKiller",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T03:04:43",
"content": "Evolve’s shirt is the epitome of all greatness. Nice work and I hope this wins, seeing it will cost me for pre ordering a dozen of these. Beef and Cheese!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41106",
"author": "za manda",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T10:21:11",
"content": "i submitted some designs, too…? i hope they were received.here were my 3 entries:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41107",
"author": "za manda",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T10:24:59",
"content": "hmm… not sure if photobucket is down or if that just didnt work. so, here’s also where my designs are posted:http://asyrumdesign.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/hack-a-day/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41108",
"author": "spanky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T04:06:00",
"content": "EVOLVE’S SHIRT ROCKS!!! Love the color and the design. Great job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41109",
"author": "ie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T20:44:04",
"content": "[evolve’s] design is great, but not so much as a *t-shirt* design. Although a t-shirt with that design would probably be ok, the real issue is that it isn’t very recognizable from a distance. The Hack A Day t-shirt is supposed to promote Hack A Day, right? People need to be able to see and recognize the logo and be able to read the text. It is a great design, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41110",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T01:32:12",
"content": "I like [evolve]’s design, but I gotta agree with [ie] that it isn’t recognizable from a ways off, and with such fine lines, the design would wear off in no time. I prefer [john]’s design for that reason, although I would have placed it centered, with circuitry running off the edge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41111",
"author": "Delia",
"timestamp": "2008-09-02T21:26:07",
"content": "Hi! I sent in a design about a week ago but don’t see it up. Did you guys get it, were there any problems with the file? Let me know :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60012",
"author": "Eli WInter",
"timestamp": "2009-01-19T17:05:36",
"content": "Can I submit a design if I am with a T-shirt printer? I have been designing T-shirts since 1985http://www.artik.com/blog/?page_id=4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "96755",
"author": "Emily",
"timestamp": "2009-09-27T05:06:55",
"content": "looking good",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97086",
"author": "tshirtTHEMAINE",
"timestamp": "2009-09-28T18:41:06",
"content": "May I know more about how to put your site as part of my rss reader? =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102794",
"author": "Cor",
"timestamp": "2009-10-20T23:31:20",
"content": "Bit different. Not like many designs on the market.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102796",
"author": "Simon",
"timestamp": "2009-10-20T23:36:25",
"content": "Love to see more of these entrants. Can we expect some more soon?cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.558413
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/the-phone-phreaking-files/
|
The Phone Phreaking Files
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"fbi",
"hacking",
"jason scott",
"phil lapsley",
"phone phreaking",
"phreak",
"phreaking",
"telephone",
"thehistoryofphonephreaking"
] |
[Jason Scott] curated a nice
collection of links
related to [Phil Lapsley]’s work on phone phreaking. [Lapsley]’s book,
The History of Phone Phreaking
, will be released in 2009. Meanwhile phone phreak enthusiasts can peruse his site and bone up on some interesting material, including documents that revealed the
inner workings of the telephone switchboard
(PDF), and the
Youth International Party Line (YIPL)/Technological American Party (TAP) FBI files
(PDF), which is really intriguing for the various doodles and conversations that were documented. If you have some spare time, we definitely recommend sifting through it.
[via
Waxy
]
| 0
| 0
|
[] | 1,760,377,766.637537
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/welcome-to-the-petacenter/
|
Welcome To The Petacentre
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cern",
"computers",
"cory doctorow",
"data",
"data centers",
"petabyte",
"petacenter",
"storage"
] |
[Cory Doctorow] obtained access to a few
data centers that deal in petabyte storage
. The demand for data storage and processing doesn’t show any sign of stopping. It’s especially relevant when people need the resources to manage not only things like Google searches, but also email, customer transactions, and in the case of CERN, physics calculations. [Doctorow] drew an interesting conclusion from his experiences with the data centers; any innovation that the petabyte centers work on will eventually drift on down to the ordinary user, in laptop or desktop innovation. The petabyte center is easily duplicated with materials that are available for purchase to the average computer user; the only obstacles are price and space.
[via
Boing Boing
]
| 0
| 0
|
[] | 1,760,377,766.764639
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/fail-contest-ends-tonight/
|
Fail Contest Ends Tonight
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"News"
] |
[] |
The
Hack a Day Fail Whale Contest
ends at midnight. It’s an easy way to win $100 in
No Starch Press
merch. Check out some of the entries in the
Hack a Day Flickr pool
. You can get logos and fonts from the
Hack a Day t-shirt contest
, which is also still running.
[photo:
Xeracy
]
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41632",
"author": "Zavati Vladimir",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:41:40",
"content": "I wanted to ask why my image does not appear in Flickrgroup pool only if I’m logged in to Flickr?Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41705",
"author": "Chad",
"timestamp": "2008-09-12T19:55:17",
"content": "So, when is the winner going to be announced? It’s been a week!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.80209
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/miopocket-20-release-27/
|
MioPocket 2.0 Release 27
|
Adam Harris
|
[
"gps hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"CE",
"gps",
"mio",
"miopocket",
"mobile",
"navigon",
"sd card",
"simple",
"unlock",
"windows"
] |
GpsPasSion forum
member [Ospray] has released a new version of
MioPocket
. For those of you that don’t know, MioPocket is a great unlock kit for GPS units. It basically unlocks the hidden potential of your
GPS
so you can access the built-in functionality of a
PDA
as well as retaining the GPS software. This means you can play music, watch video, play games, read and write office documents, and many other things with the once single-purpose device.
Originally written for
Mio brand devices
, it has been successfully used on a couple other brands. We’ve seen it on a Navigon 2100 using a
modified install
. This software can run directly off the SD card, so it can easily be updated or removed.
The fun part is fiddling with the scripts to get the newest releases to work on the Navigon and Magellan devices.
| 19
| 18
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41630",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T02:17:16",
"content": "Great stuff!I currently use Ameridan’s unlock v3.6 for my mio c230 that turned itinto an awesome little multimedia machine as well.(different way to do the same stuff)When I recently bought a Nokia n810 internet tablet, itwas partially due to what I was seeing my GPS unit do withlimited resources, and it was _a lot_!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41631",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:40:44",
"content": "slickdeals (.net) has a great deal for the MIO C320 at staples. RIGHT NOW.I just ordered one for like 100 dollars. Shipped. Great timing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43781",
"author": "TL",
"timestamp": "2008-09-28T23:01:56",
"content": "does anyone have a link to Release 27? I stupidly deleted it and installed R28, which is giving me error during install and I can’t get Miomap to run…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43867",
"author": "Jon Brock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T18:14:06",
"content": "I need a hack for a Magellan Roadmate 1200… ne know where to look",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43868",
"author": "Jon Brock",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T18:14:41",
"content": "if u do email me atjon_brock85@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46706",
"author": "Osprey",
"timestamp": "2008-10-20T23:28:45",
"content": "tl,I’ve added links to old versions of MioPocket to the post at gpspassion.com (http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=109690). Sorry for the trouble. I should’ve done this a long time ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58973",
"author": "ttiger",
"timestamp": "2009-01-13T01:18:26",
"content": "Need a hack for Navigon 7100, if anyone knows can you hit me up? Was wondering if anyone has tried miopocket on this Navigon? let me know anyone. Thanks.franklin@skins4life.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61478",
"author": "Scooter",
"timestamp": "2009-01-31T22:41:49",
"content": "Does any one know if you can hack the Sony NV-U83T? It has a 4.8″ screen and refurbs are available very cheaply (like, $116). It has a traffic radio in it – I was wondering if you could turn this into a web tablet?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64753",
"author": "Mafalda",
"timestamp": "2009-03-01T12:14:35",
"content": "Scooter go tohttp://www.gpspassion.com/forumsenand write in the forum for SONY NV-U83T. Work MioPocket 2.0 Release 27 in SONY NV-U83T to unlook?¿?¿",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87397",
"author": "FrankieB123",
"timestamp": "2009-08-17T21:02:45",
"content": "Hi Does anyone know how to unlock the binatone a350 and install miopocket on it. The screenshots of miopocket look amazing and i would like to turn my a350 into a pda. Any help would be appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92187",
"author": "Bloodaxe",
"timestamp": "2009-09-06T02:59:14",
"content": "I have a nuvi 205w and would love to hack it. I know this little device has so much more it can do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97125",
"author": "tld",
"timestamp": "2009-09-28T20:54:09",
"content": "can anybody help me install miopocket 3. in my invion 3v103..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "126135",
"author": "sc brink",
"timestamp": "2010-02-24T22:36:26",
"content": "I have a Navigon 1400. One of the latest models. I have seen a post by a guy that bricked his 1400 unit trying to install Miopocket on the internal flash. It can be tricky. If your device has not been tested by anyone I recommend doing the safe and completely reversible sd card install. In the event that it does not work it might be safer to give it a pass. If anyone has info on the Navigon 1400 (any unlock will do) I would be grateful. It is a compact little unit that would be perfect for ultralight backpacking navigation and PDA functionality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "126138",
"author": "sc brink",
"timestamp": "2010-02-24T22:37:44",
"content": "BloodaxeGarmin units run linux. Miopocket needs a Windows CE based device.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "204018",
"author": "Ethan",
"timestamp": "2010-10-28T05:32:36",
"content": "Is there any hacks for insignia gps’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "316672",
"author": "samarra100",
"timestamp": "2011-01-28T09:56:04",
"content": "Hello, i need hack to Navigon 1400 Primo, work to win 6.0.Thank’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "316674",
"author": "samarra100",
"timestamp": "2011-01-28T09:58:45",
"content": "I need now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6481729",
"author": "Mikael Palmkvist",
"timestamp": "2022-06-07T18:24:19",
"content": "I have a NAVIGON 2100 and have lost my original SDCARD, trying get it upp running but failing.Do anyone know anything, all links are dead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6481732",
"author": "RW ver 0.0.3",
"timestamp": "2022-06-07T18:30:41",
"content": "Also a seeker, got a Mio a month or two ago and haven’t got into it deep yet. But would like to repurpose it.",
"parent_id": "6481729",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,767.079788
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/aurora-mixer-no-longer-available/
|
Aurora Mixer No Longer Available
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"aurora",
"mixer",
"music"
] |
A few days ago
we wrote about the aurora open source mixer
being available and that orders for the DIY or completed kit needed to be in by September 1, 2008. Well that day has since past and if you were on the fence about it and didn’t get your order in don’t worry about it. Turns out no one will be getting a mixer.
Aurora informs us that they needed to secure a minimum of 50 orders to cover cost, but in reality they were only able to secure less than 20 orders. Because of this, they will not be able to meet the initial production numbers and have postponed the sale of the mixer indefinitely.
All is not lost as they will keep the site up, along with the
instructions on how to build
your own mixer from scratch.
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41622",
"author": "winpherak",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T18:49:11",
"content": "Less than 20 orders?If they had a slight bit of advertising, I know there would be a lot more interested. Sadly, that’s not the case.I was going to save up and order one, too =\\",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41623",
"author": "samurai1200",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T19:33:09",
"content": "I was on the fence about it as well. I think at $100 less, I woulda been in for one… shoot maybe two.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41624",
"author": "samurai1200",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T19:33:27",
"content": "I was on the fence about it as well. I think at $100 less,I woulda been in for one… shoot maybe two.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41625",
"author": "culex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T19:53:08",
"content": "They might have had a few more takers had they actuallypublished the fact that they needed 50 orders at a minimum.I was pretty surprised to get their mailing list e-mailstating the mixer would not be available due to less than20 orders; I had no clue there was a minimum required.As a side note, I was pretty disappointed with the second‘kit’ option. Selling you the various components that couldbe easily sourced on Digikey, Mouser, or your local electronicsshop but then leaving it up to you to get a hold of thecustom panels seemed a bit backwards to me. At least thePCB was included, I guess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41626",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T20:08:08",
"content": "i was w8ing for the mixer to be releaced i have $ saved upfrom the previous nights rave but no it was to damn expensivei was disappointed and i will make my own as soon as i feel like it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41627",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T21:32:03",
"content": "that’s a shame, it looks like a really cool project. I hope they get the orders eventually, it’d suck to have that kinda thing go under so quick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41628",
"author": "uterrorista",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T15:03:35",
"content": "Is anyone considering making yourself the Aurora?I am, but there is no good DIY guide… damm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41629",
"author": "megsuma",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T08:40:45",
"content": "I inquired about one after seeing it here, but after seeing the suggested price,I simply couldn’t afford something like that. I mean,its a cool mixer, but that price tag is too much, especiallyfor someone looking or a “DIY” mixer or a kit, or evenpre-assembled. Kudos for great design, but its out ofmy league (and usually that doesn’t matter to me, butI couldn’t get THAT drunk)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41972",
"author": "Darrin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T16:39:43",
"content": "The offer wasn’t up for very long. How are they supposedto get 50 orders if they don’t advertise and they don’tgive time for people to find out about the product?Sounds to me more like they weren’t very interested inselling it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43966",
"author": "someone",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T15:15:14",
"content": "fuking COCKASS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44800",
"author": "Julie",
"timestamp": "2008-10-07T11:39:50",
"content": "I was also on the fence about ordering the mixer as it seemed fairly expensive. Maybe if it had been cheaper they would have got the 50 orders required.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.933003
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/dot-matrix-business-card/
|
Dot Matrix Business Card
|
Joey Celis
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"business card",
"businesscard",
"led"
] |
In most settings business cards are given out without much thought. But what if you could make your card stand out from the rest? By using a 5×15 LED matrix screen, a single micro controller, a number of resistors, switches, and other parts, [tomward] has put together
one very slick business card
that’s sure to draw attention.
The included instructions go into great detail on the construction, but [tomward]admits that you will need some knowledge in electronics in order to build one yourself. After reading the instructions ourselves we would have to agree with him.
If you’re into programing micro controllers and are handy with a soldering iron you may want to give this a shot.
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41617",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T18:38:00",
"content": "Me thinks you have much to learn about the obviously not broken comments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41618",
"author": "stfu",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T19:16:11",
"content": "Yeah really. Who said they are broken?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41619",
"author": "mattlilly",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T19:56:48",
"content": "This is by far one of the most creative business cards youcan create. If you are not good at soldering you can always get cool business cards for free athttp://bizcard.com. Nice job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41620",
"author": "defex",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T01:34:34",
"content": "I bought one on ebay for $7this one looks a bit thinner thoughi use it for a rear bike light with amusing message.“PROGRAMMABLE SCROLLING LED NAME BADGE TAG”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41621",
"author": "Kathy Mead",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T14:08:04",
"content": "wow, it’s hard to make one by yourself.$7? Oops….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.88714
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/09/05/humanizing-microsoft/
|
Humanizing Microsoft
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"bill gates",
"commercial",
"jerry sienfeld",
"microsoft",
"windows"
] |
Ok, you’ve probably already seen it. If not, go watch the
new Microsoft commercial
right now. The commercial itself is nothing amazing. Its an obvious attempt to humanize [Bill Gates] and Microsoft. [Bill] is almost endearing in his clunky delivery of the lines. We could even get to like him. Imagine him stumbling through the world as a normal guy dealing with software as the rest of us do. Would he change things? Could we get a sitcom with [Bill Gates] and [
John Hodgman
]? Would you watch it? We would.
| 3
| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41616",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T17:11:39",
"content": "I think most people will walk away from that saying that it does not make any sense.Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42182",
"author": "Kt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-17T03:48:32",
"content": "No,.. I wouldn’t watch it, it does not seem to run in Konqueror,…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43826",
"author": "Zeno",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T09:56:28",
"content": "I lol’d….bill is full of fail",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.018081
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/mysqlgame-playing-with-database-queries/
|
MySQLgame, Playing With Database Queries
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"appengine",
"database",
"forumwarz",
"google",
"metagame",
"mysql",
"mysqlgame",
"videogame",
"waxy"
] |
mySQLgame
is a quirky
App Engine
game that has decided to forgo flashy UIs and just stick with the core of the system: a database. You start the game by creating your own row in the shared game database. Game time increments your fuel and money resources every ten seconds. Fuel is spent on scanning other rows and for attacking. Money is used for upgrades and building units. Build up resources and attack your neighbors using database queries, just like any other game. Like a bit more gloss on your internet metagames? Have a look at trolling simulator
Forumwarz
.
[via
Waxy
]
permalink
| 12
| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "41008",
"author": "trekeyus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:07:23",
"content": "this is more fun then it sounds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41009",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T06:52:55",
"content": "Hilarious… not really a hack… but it was an idea I was planning… thank god some one else did it first!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41010",
"author": "ufotofu",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T08:33:13",
"content": "Reminds me a lot of the old game corewars, except this time through SQL, I like it, it’s good to see someone bringing back games like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41011",
"author": "Roadkill",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T12:47:16",
"content": "I love mySQL as a database, it’s ease of use for creating such games. But making the queries into the game itself is hilarious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41012",
"author": "Benjamin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T00:01:51",
"content": "Seems like it would make a nice concept as a way of getting children or teens acustomed to working with databases as part of a computer class",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41013",
"author": "trohs",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:15:42",
"content": "Interesting, I think it could help people understand databases; not how they work, but how they look like.By the way, I’m in shard 2, row_id=200 (don’t attack me) :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41014",
"author": "Free Xbox 360 Elite",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T04:35:35",
"content": "Great article. Thanks for the information.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41015",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T05:56:02",
"content": "Down Right Now 7:55 PM GMT -8:00 PST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41016",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T06:00:07",
"content": "Never Mind :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41017",
"author": "Issac Frost",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T15:21:16",
"content": "Wow! Given my blog is all about databases I don’t see why I shouldn’t set a link on it to this here so database fanatics can try this out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43882",
"author": "Tamer",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T20:08:49",
"content": "woww :0 very good :) Thank You ..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1039955",
"author": "Anton Belyy",
"timestamp": "2013-08-13T17:50:31",
"content": "If you are still interested in that kind of game, I developed my own, based on mysqlgame.http://lonelord.retloko.orgIt has trading, exchanging, big cities and it is developed in 2013, using modern HTML5 techniques.We have a profound Wiki (http://lonelord.retloko.org/wiki), explaining every detail and guiding your way through the game and friendly community, which will answer your questions in the game’s chat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,766.975053
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/red-hat-confirms-security-breach/
|
Red Hat Confirms Security Breach
|
Eliot
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"fedora",
"key",
"linux",
"openssh",
"package",
"redhat",
"rhel",
"security",
"signing",
"zeroday"
] |
After a week of wondering,
Red Hat has confirmed
that someone broke in and compromised their security. Although It doesn’t appear the attacker was able to retrieve the passphrase used to sign Fedora packages, the team is switching to new keys. In a separate intrusion the attacker tampered with and
signed OpenSSH packages
for RHEL. While it’s good to get the full story, no one is happy how long it took Red Hat to release these details.
[via
Zero Day
]
[photo:
afsilva
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "41007",
"author": "J. Peterson",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T23:39:15",
"content": "If you want to understand just how scary a break-in like this could be, check out Ken Thompson’s classic Turing award paper, “Reflections on Trusting Trust”http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.htmlIt’ll send a chill down your spine…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121453",
"author": "Ferguson",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T22:16:32",
"content": "In similar news,http://www.twitter.comgot accounts phished on sunday. I guess no site is safe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.114804
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/furbies-transformed-into-a-furby-gurdy/
|
Furbies Transformed Into A Furby Gurdy
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"circuitbending",
"david crammer",
"DavidCrammer",
"furbies",
"furby",
"hurdy gurdy",
"HurdyGurdy",
"instrument"
] |
[David Crammer] must really like nightmares. The
hurdy gurdy
is a stringed musical instrument, dating as far back as the eleventh century A.D., where the strings are sounded via a rosined wheel that is turned with a crank. [Crammer] took this unique instrument, applied his circuit-bending and Furby-scalping skills to generate a
Furby Gurdy
that sound like Kraftwerk on acid.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "41000",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T01:45:23",
"content": "Why does this reminds me of the hampsterdance meme?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41001",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T06:19:27",
"content": "“a Furby Gurdy that sounds like Kraftwerk on acid.”No, it just sounds like Kraftwerk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41002",
"author": "matsuura",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T12:54:35",
"content": "Looks as if someone is trying to summon Aphex…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41003",
"author": "Reikaze",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T18:38:42",
"content": "Scary, adorable… but freaking funny…You didn’t want to squeeze those furby’s in your last night nightmare?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41004",
"author": "Reikaze",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T18:40:53",
"content": "Scary, adorable… but freaking funny..You didn’t want to squeeze those furbies, in the last night nightmare?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.298831
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/23/vias-epia-pico-itx-based-robots/
|
VIA’s EPIA Pico-ITX Based Robots
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"mini-itx",
"picoitx",
"robots",
"via",
"via epia p700",
"ViaEpiaP700"
] |
VIA
, the Taiwan-based supplier of chipsets and low power processors, showed off its
latest creations
at the Taipei International Robot Show. The
Lynxmotion Johnny 5 kit
, based on the robot from the animated film
Short Circuit
, is powered by the compact
VIA EPIA P700 board
, and aimed at beginner robotic hobbyists. VIA claimed that its use of the latest board allows for much easier software development. VIA also showcased the
Mini-ITX
powered Vecna Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (or
BEAR
), a cuddly-looking robot with potential uses in military and rescue operations.
[via
Engadget
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40995",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T22:24:05",
"content": "“Animated”? Whippersnapper!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40996",
"author": "MechaD",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T23:33:22",
"content": "Short Circuit was not animated. Check IMDB.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40997",
"author": "m@!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T03:14:01",
"content": "Johnny #5 is ALWAYS alive…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40998",
"author": "CyberStrike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T05:31:18",
"content": "Animated seriously?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40999",
"author": "MahoneyRed",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T18:21:17",
"content": "But short circuit was never animated… C’mon we all know you guys have a copy laying around somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.154289
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/22/kindle-screen-transplant/
|
Kindle Screen Transplant
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"amazonkindle",
"blakebevin",
"dremel",
"instructables",
"kindle",
"sony",
"sonyreader"
] |
[blakebevin]’s sister shattered the screen on his
Amazon Kindle
, so he decided to try
replacing it with the screen from a Sony Reader
. He disassembled the Sony Reader and used a Dremel to mill down most of the aluminum tabs on the E Ink screen. The screen plugs into the same harness as the original Kindle screen the only problem is fit. The new screen interferes with some of the button movement and without trimming the case will bulge a little. Performance wise the screen ghosts on page turn and [blakebevin] assumes this is due to older technology. We’d hope to never have to do this, but it’s good to know the transplant option is there and not very difficult.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40991",
"author": "Colin Bodell",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T00:34:16",
"content": "Way cool and very inventive.Good news now is that Amazon is offering $100 off a Kindle if you sign up for a Chase Credit card. Brings the price down to $250 — A kindle with wirelesss access in perpetuity for $250. Now we;re talking!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40992",
"author": "Woeka",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T16:26:33",
"content": "I think he is a she …http://www.instructables.com/member/blakebevin/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40993",
"author": "Captgenius",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T02:49:24",
"content": "the ghosting is most likely do to the fact that each batch of e-ink has slightly different magnetic properties and needs a different switching algorithm to eliminate this ghosting effect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40994",
"author": "bobdole",
"timestamp": "2008-08-29T05:35:41",
"content": "@ #3: I’m not sure about that, my Motorola F3 has an older e-ink display that ghosts like crazy, and it’s being used in the device it was designed for.What I’d like to know is why the kindle’s screen shattered in the first place… I thought one of the benefits of e-ink was that it doesn’t require glass. I’ve never handled a kindle, but the screen on my phone is pretty much indestructible, and is only protected by a thin layer of plastic. Seems like an odd design choice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.334729
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/22/syncmaster-home-made-modular-midi-controller/
|
SyncMaster, Home Made Modular Midi Controller.
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"dj",
"midi",
"midibox",
"modular",
"soundboard"
] |
[D.St-Amand] is designing the
SyncMaster
, a compact modular midi controller, from scratch. The design focuses on a modular build where you can swap out pieces like the one pictured above to achieve different layouts. Not only is it modular, but its very compact. Shown next to some common competitors, it looks very sleek.
Development seems to be moving forward, the pictures have been updated frequently. Lets hope to see a fully functional demo some time soon. Some more detailed information on the build might be nice as well. This may remind you of our story on
MachineCollective
. While there are similarities in that they’re modular, SyncMaster appears to be a much more polished and portable product. Keep us updated [D.St-Amand].
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40988",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T11:45:35",
"content": "Something like this I could mount on my midi guitar would be awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40989",
"author": "ToS",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T01:58:48",
"content": "Sorry but the design does not seem modular enough to call it modular. DStAmand has done a great job designing the whole device but you can’t call it modular because it can change number of channel modules (the one shown on the image).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40990",
"author": "James Stubbs",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T15:01:49",
"content": "I think by modular they actually mean that unit itself can be split into parts, this is just one module that will connect to more, remember seeing something likethis as a concept somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48736",
"author": "cosariocartaya",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T00:37:39",
"content": "Hello congratulations by blog, I must say to you that I am a lover of the good music and with quality of sound, I have been seeing in blogs and finders the best prices, the truth that leave a little expensive but they are worth the trouble, I recommend to you to buy some of these products because they are in addition very decorative, I am very contented with which I have bought myself and that that has cost to me enough, I give the direction you so that you prune to accede to see them.http://www.g3-shopping.info/axiomaudio.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6201510",
"author": "xmob2013",
"timestamp": "2019-12-09T23:52:27",
"content": "I’m promising an update soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.374148
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/22/cutting-pizza-with-a-laser/
|
Cutting Pizza With A Laser
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Tool Hacks"
] |
[
"laser",
"Pizza"
] |
In an act of delicious over kill, these guys threw a
pizza into an industrial laser cutter
. The result? Exactly what you would expect. Smoke, giggles and perfectly cut pizza. It looks like the cheese stuck together a bit after the laser cut, but that happens with normal pizza cutters too.
[via
DVICE
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40983",
"author": "yon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T20:08:17",
"content": "OMG! I thought “could you cut a pizza using a laser” like 10 minutes ago!!freaky…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40977",
"author": "Stephen Kuhl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T20:11:35",
"content": "this would solve the problem of the cheese sticking together.http://www.news.wisc.edu/9295",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40978",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T21:10:27",
"content": "just how bored do you have to be to one day think “dude…lets order a pizza, then stick it in our laser cutting machine”?Did anyone else remember that part in the first ninja turtles movie where mikey is saying that it (leonardo) slices, it dices, and then whomp! a slice of pizza lands in master splinters head. childhood memories…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40979",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T21:19:00",
"content": "@2 yup, vividly. no lets get to work RE’ing that van",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40985",
"author": "JD",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:20:05",
"content": "I…….SO……..WANT………ONE!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40980",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:33:10",
"content": "Why not use a water cutter? No more stuck cheese.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40981",
"author": "theIsovist",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:53:28",
"content": "what someone really needs to do is stick a marshmellow peep into one of these, james bond style. I always wanted to do this in college, but i didn’t want to risk messing up the laser cutter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40982",
"author": "demietoile",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T23:08:17",
"content": "now all we need is a cnc taco mill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40984",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T02:36:35",
"content": ">>bigd145The waterknife made no sound at all, microscopic gnat suspended in a needle-stream of high-speed water. The thing was intended to cut glass and alloy, Bobby knew, not to slice microwaved pizza, and he wanted to scream at her because he was terrified she’d take off her thumb without even feeling it.She lovingly sliced the last piece, toed the kickplate that shut the knife down, transferred the sliced pizza to a plain white ceramic platter, then turned toward the rectangle of blue beyond the balcony, where her children were now. Bobby said, way down in himself, no way. Because the things that wheeled and plunged for her weren’t hang-gliding kids, but babies, the monstrous babies of Marsha’s dream, and the tattered wings a confusion; of pink bone, metal, patched taut membranes of scrap plastic . . . He saw their teeth",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40986",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T03:31:56",
"content": "No more fighting over the big slice of pizza. They will all be the same to a fraction of a mm with this cutting method. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40987",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T18:51:52",
"content": "Okay, I’ve seen the pizza one a long while back. But, the coffee one is pretty cool.Too bad they’re too big to mount on sharks…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64828",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T07:28:53",
"content": "Now just to part the crust off in a lathe and we have the perfect Pizza",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67004",
"author": "c",
"timestamp": "2009-03-20T04:10:20",
"content": "Now just to part the crust off in a lathe and we have the perfect Pizza",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81386",
"author": "sunjester",
"timestamp": "2009-07-13T18:35:20",
"content": "not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.429583
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/19/electric-mannequin-leg-maraca/
|
Electric Mannequin Leg Maraca
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"art",
"getlofi",
"instruments",
"maraca",
"maracas",
"music",
"piezo"
] |
[Richie Brown] created an
electric mannequin leg maraca
. The leg is filled with little bits of plastic, metal, and wood. Hook it up to a looping pedal, add a piezo disc mic, and you’ve got an unusual instrument with a lot of potential. [Brown] has other projects that encourage interaction and invite curiosity, from disembodied mannequin parts to repurposed piano keyboards. The creations come attached with contact mics that pick up noises as people touch, poke, and play around with them.
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{
"comment_id": "40787",
"author": "frenki",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T22:44:43",
"content": "what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40788",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T22:49:54",
"content": "This is just one of those things that makes you say “WTF!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40789",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T23:01:31",
"content": "This guy is amazing. Like an auditory version of Andy Worhal. Keep up the good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40790",
"author": "yert",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T23:31:53",
"content": "Anyone but me notice the plastic female torso in the background?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40791",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T23:34:23",
"content": "Would be more interesting if he used the purple piece in the background instead :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40792",
"author": "Stephen Kuhl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T01:26:50",
"content": "Very cool… In a weird, creepy sort of way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40793",
"author": "Tman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T01:51:19",
"content": "took me about 30 sec. to see the purple torso in the background. overall weird but cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40794",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T03:03:13",
"content": "anyone know what pedal he is using for the looping?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40795",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T04:51:26",
"content": "Woah, don’t bother venturing past 1:30, he starts shaking and shitz.Weird guy, weird “hack”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40796",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T05:37:38",
"content": "Hey yert, did you notice the face behind the torso? Haha, someone must’ve liked dark night.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40797",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T06:30:27",
"content": "jebus everything about him and his room scream 1983 i want my mtv. Its a compliment in a strange sort of way.to paraphrase a song of the day:“logiddat leg, thats the way you shake it.. play your manaquine on the mtv. maby get a blister on your little finger, maby get a blister on your thumb.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40798",
"author": "JohnR",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T10:50:27",
"content": "how the hell does this have potential? maybe I just don’t take enough smack to see the ‘music’ in this.ps. shave your face you ugly beatnik",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40799",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T06:05:52",
"content": "Yes, I noted the female torso, as well as the face. I may need professional help as my gaze kept drifting towards the torso. Then again it may have been the only thing in the video worth looking at. ;) What is and what isn’t music is relative, while this is interesting, I’m not going to buy the CD or MP3. I’m not sure what the dude’s facial hair has to do with anything, male artists of several music genre wear the same style. At any rate the project IS a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40800",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T02:57:42",
"content": "1 word:Frippertronics",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,767.650224
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/19/io9s-build-a-lifeform-contest/
|
Io9’s Build A Lifeform Contest
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"contests",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"biobricks",
"contest",
"io9",
"lifeforms",
"synthetic biology",
"SyntheticBiology"
] |
There’s still time to enter
io9’s Build a Lifeform contest
.
Synthetic biologists
, get cracking on the design of that synthetic lifeform or
BioBricks
lifeform! The rules are pretty straightforward; you need to propose a lifeform design that would be scientifically viable. The BioBricks lifeform part of the contest requires that your design needs to not only be scientifically viable, you have to explain how you would create it in a lab, and you get extra points if you already have an organism. The deadline is August 25, 2008. You could win the opportunity to attend an all-expenses-paid trip to the
Synthetic Biology Conference
in Hong Kong or $1000 and a chance to get your creature drawn by a cool comic book artist.
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[] | 1,760,377,769.323992
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/19/hacking-the-myvu-personal-video-player/
|
Hacking The Myvu Personal Video Player
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"ipod hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"headmounteddisplay",
"headsupdisplay",
"hmd",
"hud",
"ipod",
"myvu",
"personalvideoplayer"
] |
[jongscx] picked up a Myvu personal media viewer and promptly began scheming about improvements. He decided he wanted to be able to
watch any input on the device
, not just an Ipod.
After some messing about with different inputs, he eventually calls Myvu to ask some questions. Surprisingly, he gets the engineer who designed the thing. The engineer turns out to be pretty helpful and is happy to help him hack the device. [jongscx] ends up finally getting it to work and posts the schematic for the world to see.
He says his hands are full with some other projects right now, but hopefully he’ll do an official write up with pictures of the final product soon.
[DrNathan] wrote in to note that [RetroPlayer] was responsible for much of the work as well as contacting the engineer.
[thanks, DrNathan]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40775",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T21:39:25",
"content": "Impressive, its rare for a company to have people in there engineering department that actually are willing to advance there products through hackery. Too bad Mac’s engineers are held behind a thick layer of glass that prevents them from communicating from any and all outside contact. Sure they can see, but you try explaining schematic details as a deaf/mute.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40776",
"author": "DrNathan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T21:40:16",
"content": "Really jongscx proposed the hack and did some initial work, but RetroPlayer was the individual who really dove in and put it all together. Just wanted to put that out there and give RetroPlayer his due along side jongscx.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6395633",
"author": "Zee",
"timestamp": "2021-10-31T23:07:18",
"content": "Do you have a backup of the schematics? I’m in the middle of doing something very similar with mine!",
"parent_id": "40776",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "40777",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T22:13:11",
"content": "That’s the fundamental difference between engineers and sales/advertising people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40778",
"author": "joseph lopez",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T00:22:49",
"content": "…Actually… all I did was propose the idea and post all the websites I got off the internet… Where the hell it says I actually cracked the thing is beyond me.As much as I’d love to take credit for this, I wouldn’t deserve it. If it was done, all the credit belongs to the other guy. I was just the lucky schmuck to start the thread.[yes, this IS Actually Jong-scx and not some random griefer…]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40779",
"author": "bates",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T01:19:04",
"content": "this hack is cool but for $24.95 you can buy a universal input cable direct from myvu’s websitem, the hack works out more expesive and time consuming im a avid hacker but even i dont see the point of this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40780",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T02:53:41",
"content": "#1 – too bad you confuse a company with a product…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40781",
"author": "Knightowl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T11:12:33",
"content": "Spoiler Alert:You can buy the converter cable herehttp://www.myvu.com/Accessories.html#Universal%20Connection%20KitBut don’t let that stop you from hacking the thing!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40782",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T12:27:20",
"content": "ok, guys, seriously- can we have, like, a bat signal that says “go buy one of these HMDs before an article on how to hack them is posted and the whole world and his dog buy one and push the price up”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40783",
"author": "rj",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T17:42:42",
"content": "This is really not surprising; these are the same guys who made the displays for the MIT Media Lab’s wearables group BITD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40784",
"author": "Skitchin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T18:30:03",
"content": "Hey, glad to see this thing’s finally getting some real hack work done to it. Glad someone else has more patience than I do when it comes to dealing with micro-electronics! %$@# those little 40gauge wires!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40785",
"author": "Yaniv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:53:47",
"content": "You should see the crystal, they have a VGA res.And they have a RCA vid/audio cable… you can use them with a DVD or anything…One hell of a product.. the thing is they are see trough ..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40786",
"author": "Retroplayer",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:32:57",
"content": "For those that keep saying the universal kit is all you need, obviously you don’t own one of these.You cannot use the universal cable kit with these. For the last time!!Do 10 seconds of research before you post your “I’m so cool” comments.Why would anyone hack this when they can just buy a cable? Do you think you are smarter than everyone else because you can 600613?Anyway… to the rest of the people that own these and have been able to get them on the surplus markets for half the cost of the viewers that CAN use the universal cable, this hack saves them more than $90.The model being hacked is an obsolete product from MyVu. It is either the Solo (not Solo Plus) or the “fully loaded edition for 5th Gen Ipod only.” It cost me $50 surplus for the glasses and about $15 in parts. That’s 65 bucks total. The viewers that this “universal cable kit” works with is $150 and the cable is another $25 (though why not just buy the universal one to begin with if you want to pay that?)So, again… READ before you post something.Sorry for the rant, but these kinds of people just drive me nuts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49751",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-11-08T00:07:07",
"content": "3-d hack anyone? parts required = 1 LM1881, a hex inverter, possibly a PIC and it will accept field sequential 3-D. Plus it virtually doubles the resolution to boot.what would be neat is a chip or ASIC which converted 640*480 into chopped 320*240 so it split half the horizontal resolution across both eyes but when combined shows a wide screen image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49860",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-11-08T19:59:00",
"content": "http://4hv.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?56831:)-A",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1082690",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2013-10-24T19:45:27",
"content": "Does anyone have info on how to do this? The link does not work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2567237",
"author": "Erik Johnson",
"timestamp": "2015-05-14T14:30:29",
"content": "https://web.archive.org/web/20080912053800/http://teamhackaday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2955&st=0&sk=t&sd=a",
"parent_id": "1082690",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,769.411951
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/18/blip-festival-reformat-the-planet/
|
Blip Festival: Reformat The Planet
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"digital audio hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"bentfestival",
"blipfestival",
"chiptune",
"gameboy",
"lsdj",
"nullsleep",
"pitchfork",
"psp",
"theloudobjects",
"versatile",
"videogame"
] |
Pitchfork.tv is showing the documentary
Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet
for one week only. The
Blip Festival
is an annual chiptune event in New York City featuring musicians who use video game consoles as part of their production. The documentary has a ton of artist interviews and music from all across the spectrum. Most of the initial featured artists are using the Game Boy
LSDJ
tracker cartridge. [Nullsleep] has put together a
tutorial for the device
. You’ll see a lot of other old hardware and hear discussions of coveted mods like adding backlights as well. [
Mark Denardo
] is shown using a PSP as part of his performance. Other people are using software like
Fruity Loops
to build tracks with Nintendo samples. Honestly, our favorite part was a clip of
the loud objects
doing a live soldering circuit bending performance on top of an overhead projector at the
Bent Festival
. Although not musical, Element Labs’
Versa TILE
makes a fairly mesmerizing backdrop throughout the film too. You can find links to all the featured artists on
last year’s festival page
.
Blip Festival 2008
happens December 4-6 in Brooklyn, NY.
[via
Waxy
]
[photo:
ziggy fresh
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40769",
"author": "trekeyus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T09:06:10",
"content": "I love chiptunes",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40770",
"author": "Vulpyra",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T16:41:50",
"content": "One chapter, that’s it? What a waste. Also, Denardo’s website is near impossible to use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40771",
"author": "sigg3",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T18:09:12",
"content": "If you like bit bit music, check out our Norwegian underground star Binaerpilot @http://www.binaerpilot.no",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40772",
"author": "MEAT",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T20:30:45",
"content": "Very awesome, but the closeup shots of the DJ have the unmistakable feel of a clip from Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job. And I have to get a painting like the ones that guy has in his NYC apartment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40773",
"author": "Kunal Gupta",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T07:20:33",
"content": "no way, this website is impossible to use!http://vanitaphonecompany.org:)here’s more about the painting:http://tristanperich.com/Art/Machine_Drawings/thanks so much for the loud objects mention!Kunal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40774",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:09:32",
"content": "yea denardos site is real confusin, what with the words BLOG STORE and EMAIL.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114831",
"author": "Liana Cedillos",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T19:50:55",
"content": "It is important to take care to look after your hearing, I actually like taking care hearing and whilst I do agree with the higher up poster and I really hope I do not get shot down for stating this, but I believe it is important to take all things in moderation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.455395
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/18/hack-a-day-t-shirt-design-contest/
|
Hack A Day T-Shirt Design Contest
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"News"
] |
[
"contest",
"dash",
"dashexpress",
"designcontest",
"tshirt"
] |
We need a new t-shirt. The current design is entering its third year. Help us out by designing a new shirt to give away at conferences. Dash has donated a
Dash Express
for first prize.
Some ground rules:
You must incorporate the skull and wrenches logo in your design. You’ll find a larger version below.
You can enter as many designs as you like to
hackaday.shirt@gmail.com
(JPG, GIF, or PNG mockups only please)
The design can’t violate any copyright laws or trademarks.
The design should be one color and the shirt doesn’t have to be black.
By submitting your design you give us non-exclusive rights to use the image in the design of a Hack a Day t-shirt as well as for other Hack A Day promotional materials.
We reserve the right to choose no design at all if we don’t like any of the submissions.
The contest ends September 15th.
UPDATE
:
[
loopymind
] has provided some files to help you out. [
EPS
|
PDF
|
DXF
]
[Phesarnion] found the long lost
Hack a Day font
.
Yes, the contest is open to residents outside the US; we’ll come up with an appropriate prize.
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| 29
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40744",
"author": "SamAdam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T02:51:31",
"content": "Can we get a vector image for the logo?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40745",
"author": "ghos7man",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T03:47:00",
"content": "Anyone know what font the hack a Day logo is in?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40746",
"author": "EllisGL",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T04:17:54",
"content": "Oh come on, learn to use the pen tool! =P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40747",
"author": "electric.jackass",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T04:47:38",
"content": "What is the font for the text in the site logo?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40748",
"author": "sisco",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T05:22:42",
"content": "what font is the “hack a day” name?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40749",
"author": "deathwombat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T05:46:03",
"content": "is this competition open to anyone or just US only?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40750",
"author": "Dave Spirito",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:08:26",
"content": "I just finished and sent my designs in, I’m excited I think they came out well! Good luck all!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40751",
"author": "Dave Spirito",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:10:38",
"content": "I don’t know the font, it looks similar to terminal. I just used verdana so they got the idea of the placement. I’m sure they plan on changing to the official font when the design is chosen anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40752",
"author": "JuanCubillo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:19:43",
"content": "Ok… so the shirt doesn’t have to be black… or **can’t** be black???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40753",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:54:56",
"content": "Sweet, something I can try for once….I like to hack, but I’m not all that good right now. I’ll see if I can get this one finished before I go back to school.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40754",
"author": "Phesarnion",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T07:25:52",
"content": "Font’s Name is Checkbook – can be found here:http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/checkbook.htmlp.s. Google is your friend, 2 minutes of searching.Do we need to suggest colours for the shirt and design or will it be printed on a range of colours?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40755",
"author": "fahhem",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T08:22:09",
"content": "Hey, I used this site for the last batch of shirts I got. They were the cheapest I could find and were pretty fast. There are some pictures of the shirts in several cameras, but we haven’t gotten around to putting them up anywhere.http://printhero.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40756",
"author": "1",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T10:42:37",
"content": "dafont.com is your friend too. Good luck guys",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40757",
"author": "LoopyMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T14:07:56",
"content": "Hey everybody,I thought, let me help out, i present you in EPS and PDF, the Hack-a-day logo.Enjoy!The PDF version…The EPS version…Cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40758",
"author": "LoopyMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T14:14:45",
"content": "Crap! forgot you can’t use HTML… here’s the linksThe EPS:http://www.loopymind.nl/download/hack-a-day_logo.epsThe PDFhttp://www.loopymind.nl/download/hack-a-day_logo.pdfThe DXF (for those who love Autocad-ish software:))http://www.loopymind.nl/download/hack-a-day_logo.dxf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40759",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T15:30:35",
"content": "Are the t-shirts actually going to be available to the poor slobs who check the site religiously but aren’t lucky enough to be anywhere near any convention?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40760",
"author": "heatgap",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T20:47:55",
"content": "the font was already posted above by another poster.GL everyone make something I want to buy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40761",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T01:59:28",
"content": "for a white t-shirt(hmm, maybe blue text border isnt the best, white border would be pritnable with 2 colors)http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image1vy9.pngfor a black shirt(who buys white anyway?!)http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image2wy4.pngdedicated to one of the first hardware hacks, the apple 1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40762",
"author": "Phesarnion",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T05:43:45",
"content": "What format would you prefer submissions in?I’m assuming that png is fine?also, if our submission involves multiple files, do you mind if we zip/rar them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40763",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T02:30:49",
"content": "Soo hows everyone designs coming :D? I made one. I think it came out really good, clean and simple but I want to make a few more",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40764",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T02:32:31",
"content": "Question do we have to provide the back of the shirt too?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40765",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-08-25T20:26:36",
"content": "dude thanks much for the .dxf and font will certainly help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40766",
"author": "dylan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T06:34:51",
"content": "http://reversial.com/hack-a-day_logo.svgThere’s the logo in SVG.I don’t have photoshop, and a PDF is not exactly ideal for this kind of thing. I assume I’m not the only one in this situation.Plus, this works for all those cool kids not running any proprietary software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40767",
"author": "surrealight",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T09:29:57",
"content": "Does this logo have to be used directly in the design?Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41881",
"author": "carloscorp",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T23:13:08",
"content": "just one hour ago i started to make my tshirt… what time we accept the t-shirt??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41960",
"author": "Mr_LeE",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T12:54:15",
"content": "ill have a whiz in an hour",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43627",
"author": "wtf",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T16:27:20",
"content": "so wtfs going on? Did anyone win?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97088",
"author": "tshirtNORMAJEAN",
"timestamp": "2009-09-28T18:43:07",
"content": "Hi, the blog is quite good and rich in content, I would constantly visit you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122292",
"author": "Single Mom",
"timestamp": "2010-02-06T11:01:50",
"content": "Great site! Keep it up!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.560298
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/18/british-bots-compete-for-attention/
|
British Bots Compete For Attention
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"drone",
"militaryrobots",
"robot",
"surveillance",
"telemetry",
"telepresence"
] |
The British military held a competition to
find the newest batch of robotic surveillance drones
. The article mentions that they compete in a mockup village, but sadly we don’t get to see any of the action. We strongly recommend watching the video so you can see some of the robots. There is an interesting helicopter concept that has angled props for better stability and lateral motion, but more importantly you get to see the little guy pictured above. He very well could be Wall-E’s great grandfather. Though his constant buzzing around during the interviews is slightly annoying, his little camera mount looking all around is instantly endearing. If he doesn’t win this contest, he may have a shot at
the [crabfu] challenge
.
[via
Engadget
]
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| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40743",
"author": "Nathan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T02:32:32",
"content": "The Truck in the picture is infact a Traxxas Revo with a custom rollcage and camera mounted on the top with some extra servos…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.292246
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/18/1920s-navigation-system-and-more/
|
1920s Navigation System And More
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"1900s",
"1910s",
"1920s",
"20th Century",
"20thCentury",
"inventions",
"steampunk",
"weird"
] |
And now, for your amusement, we present to you a navigation system from the 1920s. It’s not so much a satellite navigation system as it is a tiny map mounted in a wristwatch, but for the available technology of the era, this was a pretty ingenious invention, Other (and somewhat more bizarre) entries on this list of
over a dozen other inventions from the early part of the 20th century
include a finger stretcher, an eyeball massager, and mustache guards. Although most of these inventions seem laughable today, they are an interesting study in finding creative solutions to real problems. After all, what these inventors did a hundred years ago with gears and paper is pretty much what we do today with transistors and LEDs.
[via
The Presurfer
]
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40740",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T22:57:35",
"content": "Interestingly, scroll-based navigation is still used today… competitors in RallyMoto (like stage rally, but with motorcycles instead of safe, comfortable, co-driver-equipped cars) use them for navigation on transits.Works fine as long as you don’t get off the route… sort of like Hertz NeverLost.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40741",
"author": "thetwiz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T07:25:58",
"content": "even though it’s 2008 i still want the moustache accessories. and i don’t even have a moustache.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40742",
"author": "Oleyb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T08:29:04",
"content": "It would be awesome to have a mini google maps printout in the wrist navigator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166520",
"author": "Maria Friedli",
"timestamp": "2010-08-07T15:19:30",
"content": "Not that I realize of. There chosen to generally be a service referred to as Daewoo that did a specific thing like that, however they went out of home business. I think they had been acquired by Basic Motors. Superior issue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.253615
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/in-the-lab-sim-reader/
|
In The Lab: SIM Reader
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"adafruit",
"ladyada",
"n95",
"pysimreader",
"sim",
"simcloning",
"simreader",
"simscan",
"woronscan"
] |
Adafruit Industries sent us one of their
SIM Reader kits
a few weeks ago to test. Assembly was a breeze thanks to the through hole components and
good documentation
. We plugged it into our USB -> RS232 converter and tried out the provided
pySimReader software
. It worked fine, but our modern SIM card out of an
N95
didn’t prove very interesting. It was too new to attempt cloning and being a smart phone it doesn’t rely on the SIM for storing anything unless you specifically tell it to. The story was the same for a SIM we pulled out of a Treo. We tried the device with [Dejan]’s
SimScan
and a copy of Woron Scan. Both worked without any issue. Conclusion: the device works great despite us lacking anything interesting to do with it.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40970",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T05:25:25",
"content": "if you’re lacking anything interesting to do with a sim reader try deleting/wiping the phone dialing history and see if you can still look up the last dialed numbers via the sim. iphones, for example, act this way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40971",
"author": "illwill",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T06:19:47",
"content": "i bought and assembled one at HOPE but my blackberry doesnt store anything on the sim. A $20 at&t go phone from walmart allowed me to read the phonebook but the txtmsgs werent able to be read",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40972",
"author": "Paul Battley",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T09:45:54",
"content": "Unless you’re really keen on soldering, it’s cheaper and quicker to buy one of the generic USB SIM readers. I got one from eBay for £1.50 ($3 or so). It just appears as a serial device in Linux (ttyUSB*), and it works fine with pysimreader.Like the author, though, I was quickly left wondering, ‘now what?’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40973",
"author": "Sharky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T09:49:49",
"content": "See, i live in belgium and we can keep our simcards when we switch mobiles phones (its a law so that you dont need to sign a contract or get a additional monthly fee to use the phone we have free operator choice)I know someone that has cloned his card many times and has unlocked various blocked features, some operators even store some numbers youre not even supposed to be able to call.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40974",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T18:25:20",
"content": "There actually more than one SIM system/version I understand and many readers are not completely compatible with all versions, I’m not on the up on the details but I saw it mentioned on the packaging of a reader once, so perhaps there’s more on those smartphone cards than this reader can show? Just a thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40975",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T16:11:59",
"content": "i bought a memory card reader from micro center and it had a sim card reader … only $20—hvhaxor@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40976",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T19:16:21",
"content": "3G SIM cards out in Australia are significantly different from the GSM ones we’ve had for years now. Different carriers and such all use different tech with different encryption on board, etc.’And uh yeah. DealExtreme has these and I haven’t bought one cause there’s not much to do with them. Probably someone will come up with something then overnight they’ll be out of stock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.493384
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/the-underhanded-hardware-challenge/
|
The Underhanded Hardware Challenge
|
Eliot
|
[
"contests",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"crypto",
"cryptography",
"fpga",
"nyu",
"pinyu",
"security",
"trojan"
] |
The Polytechnic Institute of NYU is hosting an
interesting embedded systems contest
. They’ve constructed a solid state cryptographic device that uses a 128-bit private key. Contestants will be tasked with designing and implementing several trojans into the system that will undermine the security. The system is built on a
Digilent BASYS Spartan-3 FPGA board
. The trojans could do a wide variety of things: transmitting unencrypted, storing and transmitting previously entered plain text, or just shutting down the system entirely. The modified devices still need to pass the factory testing procedure though, which will measure power consumption, code size, and function. After a qualification round, participants will be given the necessary hardware to compete.
[via
NYC Resistor
(Happy Birthday!)]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40963",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:24:48",
"content": "This does seem interisting, and should be a lot of fun for your FPGA guys (personally I am not very fond of them after having to do some work with with at work….). Seems like the fact that they don’t md5 the binaries before burning them makes this too easy… The hardest part would be finding a way to cut the fat on a bit of existing code, then just add a little state machine that looks for magic sequences on the input and acts accordingly, possibly adding a few random gates to make the binary the exact size as the original.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40964",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T05:12:04",
"content": "Isn’t this a follow up from defcon’s hardware trojans presenters ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40965",
"author": "Chas",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T14:25:27",
"content": "Scary stuff. The only trusted source of encryption hardware appliances will be those constructed by yourself, assuming you don’t use encryption chips. Big Brother thrives.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40966",
"author": "European",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T19:18:10",
"content": "Not directly related to the hardware challenge.This FPGA board sound nice, really affordable. The only stupid thing is that shipping and tax will double the price :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40967",
"author": "Dante",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T23:27:26",
"content": "Ok, I was fine until I saw their logo, that image shall haunt me. Once I viewed this as text only, it looks like fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40968",
"author": "Dan Guido",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T19:25:18",
"content": "@Marco We’re not related to the people you’re talking about, although their presentation was certainly inspiring.There are 6 other contests in CSAW besides just the Underhanded Hardware Contest. Go register now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40969",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T21:42:52",
"content": "European, you can buy these boards from a few places in Europe, try lextronic, or digilent romania, the shipping may be cheaper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.364985
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/das-uber-airsoft-gun-turret/
|
Das Uber Airsoft Gun Turret
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"airsoft",
"dasuberturret",
"lasers",
"sentry",
"turret"
] |
Hot on the heels of the
Wii missile launcher
,
Das Uber Airsoft Gun Turret
is here to put our past
airsoft
turrets
to shame. Made by [Miltron_B],
this autonomous beast not only has gorgeous LED indicators, it has lasers. Three of them. Three freaking lasers.
Take a moment to wipe the drool from your chin.
We’ve seen plenty of turrets before, but this one really excels in design. It features two webcams for more precision detection and tracking and when set to manual mode, it can be controlled with an XBox 360 controller. He’s posted great pictures of the process with a step by step break down. Tons of useful links are included to help you out.
Someone should construct a
Portal sentry gun
case for this thing and add voice clips.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40958",
"author": "supernova_hq",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T23:13:46",
"content": "XBox 360 controller? What a shame to implement the only next-gen system lacking a tilt sensor…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40959",
"author": "tom needer",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T03:04:55",
"content": "i think the inventgeek one is more uber….http://inventgeek.com/Projects/Airsoft_Turret_v2/Overview.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40960",
"author": "Hackmo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:08:56",
"content": "That’s pretty sweet but too bad he doesn’t have a working video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40961",
"author": "GanitheDragon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T01:07:18",
"content": "A Portal turret? It’s a little funny, but I’m going to start working on one. What an odd coincidence. Anyway, bring on the cake!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40962",
"author": "Derek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T00:01:20",
"content": "If u want to see a Sentry check out what this guy did.http://kotaku.com/5024636/some-guy-went-and-built-a-sentry-gun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50260",
"author": "Airsoft Atlanta",
"timestamp": "2008-11-10T23:31:13",
"content": "thats really cool im going to do something like that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57275",
"author": "Vern M.",
"timestamp": "2008-12-30T18:08:14",
"content": "That’s certainly an uber hack that deserves some recognition, even if there are other turrets out there, or varying coolness factors. What I’d like to know is whatairsoftcomponents were used to make this. I can distinguish some sort of muzzle, but where’s the rest of the gun… Did he just use pieces of it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.213167
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/fema-phone-system-hacked/
|
FEMA Phone System Hacked
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"fema",
"hacking",
"homeland security",
"HomelandSecurity",
"phone",
"security",
"voicemail"
] |
Over the weekend, a
hacker broke into FEMA’s new PBX voicemail system
, made over 400 overseas phone calls to Asia and the Middle East, and ran up a $12,000 bill. The
low tech hack
took advantage of a “hole” that was not covered when a contractor upgraded the voicemail system.
FEMA
is currently conducting its own internal investigation, but FEMA spokesman [Tom Olshanski] did not have any information about the contractor responsible or what specific hole was the cause of the breach. Ironically, Homeland Security, of which FEMA is a part, had issued a warning in 2003 about the very same vulnerability.
[photo:
silas216
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40943",
"author": "dandin1",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:08:55",
"content": "Phreakers in the modern age!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40944",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:36:12",
"content": "$20 says that the hole = default password.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40945",
"author": "cmholm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:03:25",
"content": "I’m sure the name of the contractor will come out in due course. But, for those that want to speed that process, a bit of web search on FEMA, PBX, voicemail, and either the “Emergency Management Institute”, “National Emergency Training Center”, the “U.S. Fire Administration”, “Chenega Federal Systems” (a contractor), or anything else at 16825 south seton avenue, emmitsburg, md 21727 should provide some leads.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40946",
"author": "mash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:07:00",
"content": "does anybody know exactly what “hole” they’re alluding to? could it be the tech didn’t change the default password after the upgrade?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40947",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:14:29",
"content": "A better question would be, how did he manage to rack up that big a bill. It would need an average of about $30 per call…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40948",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:34:05",
"content": "Bush was given fair and advanced warning about Osama’s people flying a hijacked plane into a building on US soil. If anything, the FAA cut back on security. Gov’t laptops go missing every month. Voting machines fail to record the votes of citizens. FEMA is in the shitter. Yeah. Vulnerabilities have not been addressed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40949",
"author": "hazrd",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T22:11:12",
"content": "And I thought the phreaking age had long since passed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40950",
"author": "mash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T23:03:31",
"content": "who knows what the truth is. likely much worse than reported. irs misplaced 500 laptops. was probably more. our tax returns on CD are probably being sold by street vendors in tashkent",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40951",
"author": "r1cebrner",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:26:10",
"content": "thats a callmaster iv. to enable mute press select mute *87 1 to enable then mute again. pull out the head seat first",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40952",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:16:03",
"content": "Phreaking, hacking, whatever one calls it, this is a stupid activity to engage in this new era. The era of be afraid, VERY afraid, the industrial military complex depends on it. No doubt they know who the contractor was and what hole was plugged. That information is only for those who need to know. The people, in the government by the people for the people, aren’t those who need to know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40953",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:57:30",
"content": "So at the average price of $30 per long distance call, this can go along with those $640 toilet seats and $400 hammers. Your tax dollars at work!That’s also 400 calls over 48 or so hours, meaning that if the one guy avoided sleep, he’d have to make over 8 calls an hour.I think he had help. And why can’t The Canadian Press do some basic investigative reporting/math?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40954",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T16:04:39",
"content": "I am going with the default password idea as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40955",
"author": "3R1C",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T16:55:57",
"content": "On older phone systems you could call a voice mail box, wait to the announcement to play, wait until the system was done recording your message, then you could transfer out and make calls.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40956",
"author": "KaOS",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T20:13:11",
"content": "I remember those days of analog cellphones and voicemail boxes with default passwords. At the time, cell phones cost over $1,000. Remember writing basic code to tumble through a callingcard template or credit card. Remember threatening people by using above method to call local operator to place a call anywhere. Nothing they could do then.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113332",
"author": "know Orange",
"timestamp": "2009-12-25T19:02:11",
"content": "Thanks allot for sharing this useful post.!Here, I found a youtube video about xbox live hacks, that I would like to share-xbox live Hacks.but seriously, great post and thanks alot !!I look ahead to your next article !;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/microsofts-data-centers-growing-by-the-truckload/
|
Microsoft’s Data Centers Growing By The Truckload
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"data center",
"DataCenter",
"microsoft",
"server maintenance",
"ServerMaintenance",
"servers"
] |
The growing demands of Microsoft’s core customers necessitate
dramatic alterations
in the way Microsoft’s data centers are set up. Before their server racks were replaced one at a time, Microsoft’s new solution to server management is to truck in servers in sealed shipping containers and set them up without even taking them out. If a core number of servers start to fail within the shipping container it is removed, returned to the manufacturer, and replaced. This strategy helps Microsoft manage the desires of its consumer base for search, video, photo services and other services provided under the Microsoft Online umbrella. Although Microsoft’s method of server management makes the process of running data centers more efficient, thereby saving costs and power, Microsoft still has to contend with old networking protocols. It’s counting on the industry to innovate in these areas.
[via
Boing Boing
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40934",
"author": "Jason!",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:27:48",
"content": "Hasn’t Sun been doing this for… oh… FIVE YEARS NOW?http://www.sun.com/products/sunmd/s20/index.jsp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40935",
"author": "monopole",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:35:34",
"content": "Isn’t this Sun’s Blackbox technology as envisioned originally by the Internet Archive?…Microsoft still has to contend with old networking protocols. It’s counting on the industry to innovate in these areas.Wasn’t the whole argument that Microsoft shouldn’t be subject to antitrust enforcement, was that It was so damn innovative? Which company is going to develop a new protocol unsupported by microsoft?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40936",
"author": "Think-N-Feller",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:03:23",
"content": "I have seen a build that used a new trash container where 12 blade racks were installed back to back with a water jacket, for cooling, slid in between each pair and hooked up for serial flow through. Each of the racks were loaded with a full contingent of blades running intel 32 bit duel cores. The container was fixed to the cement floor of the company’s parking garage. There power,water,and fiber optics were connected. The hot water was then used in the hot water needs of the building using alot less energy to heat it to temp.Loaded with Unix server software it worked really well. I guess a pre-built and pre-loaded system as described in the article would be the next generation. You drop it, anchor it and hook up utilities, cool. A one day job to begin boot sequence. It took us three weeks before loading the os.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40937",
"author": "Martin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:31:54",
"content": "“Microsoft still has to contend with old networking protocols. It’s counting on the industry to innovate in these areas.”…because dear god, they can’t innovate there themselves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40938",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T22:49:58",
"content": "of course if Microsoft were to suggest a new protocol all the linux zealots would be screaming out that it’s EVIL and proprietary and should under no circumstances be supported.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40939",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T23:01:21",
"content": "I wonder what the users/server ratio is across the whole internet? Could you forsee a time where it gets near 1:1 when data\\CPU hungry applictions get put server side? (eg. Microsofts new photosynth app)Also, when all these servers meet “end of life”, could there be cheap racks of servers going on ebay? Even if each individual PC is very old, a whole rack of old PC’s could still be usefull for many tasks which can be effectively distributed..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40940",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T23:46:47",
"content": "Combine this with shipping container architecture and all of the sudden the corporate world gets more modular.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40941",
"author": "Loopymind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T10:03:21",
"content": "So the difference to what SUN is doing is that, when core set of servers in the container fail, those components aren’t replaced, but the whole container gets replaced… how is that more (cost)efficient?That and, isn’t SUNS container supposed to be a temporary solution until additional space is created/build in an already existing datacenter?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40942",
"author": "Zerolapse",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T23:23:02",
"content": "This picture looks like a gigantic PCMCIA slot…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.806328
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/21/bbs-on-a-commodore-64/
|
BBS On A Commodore 64
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"bbs",
"Commodore64",
"documentary"
] |
[Lief Bloomquist] was in need of some geeky nostalgia. He thought making a
BBS server on a Commodore 64
would fill that need perfectly. He used a PC running some routing software to make the BBS server available over the net, without any long distance charges. Anyone with an Internet connection can telnet to the BBS and join the fun.
[Jason Scott] made
BBS: the Documentary
. He has interviewed [Lief] and taken some pictures of the set up. You can view them, as well as download a PowerPoint about the project
here
.
[thanks HighNoon]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40916",
"author": "LWATCDR",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:57:37",
"content": "This is very cool but I have seen this before. What I wonder is if it might be possible to hack VICE or MESS to directly support telnet in place of the modem?That way you could just run it on any Linux box in emulation.Not as cools as a real C64 but a little more practical.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40917",
"author": "mckt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:58:36",
"content": "“Sorry, the BBS is busy. Please try again in a few minutes!”It IS nostalgic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40918",
"author": "Birdman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:31:51",
"content": "wow i totally forgot about bbs’ing, me and a friend used to run a bbs in highschool like 13years ago. I hear theres still bbs’s on the net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40919",
"author": "Demo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:51:31",
"content": "Yeah I got the busy notice as well, then tried to log on to all the other ones. Only one responded, also with a busy notice. Yep, JUST like the old days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40920",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:55:49",
"content": "Awesome. I was born in 1986 and kind of missed this period of technology. It was going on around me, but by the time I had an interest it was all about the internet. Sometimes I wish I had been born earlier so I could have experienced that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "40921",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:33:47",
"content": "Geez.. I remember the days of BBSing. Wow. /me goes off to reminisce.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40922",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:51:50",
"content": "tiuk: Trust me at 300 baud you weren’t missing anything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "6673171",
"author": "SteveOreno",
"timestamp": "2023-08-15T20:05:57",
"content": "LOL 300 baud… I remember going to sleep when I started a game downloading and waking up to see it still had a few hours left LOL I was psyched when I finally got my 1200 baud.",
"parent_id": "40922",
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"comment_id": "40923",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T21:09:32",
"content": "@tiuk Im in exactly the same boat. 1986, there year no one wanted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40924",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T22:25:57",
"content": "Ahhh, the BBS. Remember how cool it seemed when a BBS had two nodes and you could chat with another person and the sysop at the same time!Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "40925",
"author": "Rawrl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T01:07:47",
"content": "old old is old.One guy’s had an honest-to-god dial-up c64 bbs going for a while now.http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40926",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T05:29:19",
"content": "Gee.. 300 baud was great compared, to what we had before, which was nothing. I admit using 300 baud today, wouldn’t be near the fun as cruising around in a Model A would be. However if 300 baud became the only option again, I’d use it for what it can be used for.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "40927",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T16:45:18",
"content": "I dial-up BBSed heavily there towards the end of it’s popularity.Good times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40928",
"author": "C64Guy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:28:07",
"content": "Great idea. It brings back a lot of memories for me. I ran a C64 BBS for over 3 years back in the ’80s. I remember waiting for the first 300baud modem to come out for the C64. Then I upgraded to a 1200baud modem when they came out. Then a 2400baud modem. I still have the 2400baud modem.But I can’t seem to get into your BBS. It only sends me…. “We’re under attack! Good luck with that, whoever you are. ;-)”I’m not trying to hack it. I’m just trying to connect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40929",
"author": "Fafaflunkie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T02:41:26",
"content": "I’ve read this one eons ago. It’s not just Commidoink %] 64s that have those special connections between serial port of said computer and an ethernet port. That BBS documentary DVD came out almost two years ago. Was fascinated by it myself since I’m way old school I guess – I actually ran a BBS from 1987 to about 1996. On Atari machines. Hence the Commidoink reference.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40930",
"author": "Spriggly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T16:42:04",
"content": "I keep a list of all active commodore bbs’s in operation, check it out here:http://imageoutpost.hobby-site.com/telbbs.phpEnjoy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40931",
"author": "que",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T17:52:37",
"content": "I started a site where we talk about old and current BBS, chat servers, other “pre-web” technology, etc.. if anybody wants to check it out.http://www.cultoftheoldschool.comJust put it up recently, so it isn’t too busy yet, but hopefully the word will get out there and it will be a great place where people can see what systems are currently running (BBS, DDial, STS, GTalk, etc), buy/sell/trade “nostalgic” hardware and software, reminisce about old systems and maybe run into a few old friends. Also going to be distributing my linkable chat server software via the site within the next few months if anyone is interested in running a ddial-like chat server and being part of our network!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40932",
"author": "XxSwitchBladexX",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T00:51:58",
"content": "If anyone is interested i have a DiversiDial system up online viatelnet at DigitalDial.HomeUnix.Com Port:10000, come and check it out,Thanks!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "63581",
"author": "Murph",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T01:48:28",
"content": "The memories haunt me sometimes, in a good way. I ran a CNet c64 BBS for a few years at the ripe old age of 14. I wound up friends with some other sysop’s in my county. After a while I discovered music,cars and girls and left it all behind. I’d go back to those days of phreaking into party lines in a second. I always smile when I think of those days. –=l8r=–.",
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"comment_id": "75283",
"author": "GreggG",
"timestamp": "2009-05-15T20:11:38",
"content": "First time poting here.Can anyone tell me their opinion of the forum thus far.Leave me a post and introduce yourselfSee ya,",
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"comment_id": "77083",
"author": "Jack Nubbins",
"timestamp": "2009-06-02T01:25:12",
"content": "Wow Murph’s story is nearly identical to mine. I ran a C-Net DS-2 BBS in northern IL in the late 80’s. Bought a 67 Camaro, then came the girls, and there was no more time for the BBS. It makes me sad though. It was awesome going to sleep and having all the disk drive lights start going nuts because someone was on. Just bought a C-128 again, but can’t see much call for a BBS. Stupid internet. Still have the Camaro, can’t get the chicks anymore though.",
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"comment_id": "655044",
"author": "Lightfingers",
"timestamp": "2012-05-20T12:03:58",
"content": "This post is a few years old, so I’m 99.9% sure you’ll never see this, but I also ran a CNet BBS on a C64 for a couple years in the late 80s in northern Illinois… Mine was called The Rogues Gallery. Should you happen to see this and that sounds familiar, e-mail me:eldirothatgmaildotcom",
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"comment_id": "80542",
"author": "rowneliella",
"timestamp": "2009-07-06T17:56:46",
"content": "Music of Michael Jackson is going to live for ever no matter what, I think It’s became a classic of ‘pop’, He was so stressfullast time and has lots of problems, poor guy – that was probably end for him – so sad all we can do is keep memory of him in our hearts.",
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"timestamp": "2009-10-06T20:00:53",
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"comment_id": "119662",
"author": "midwestmuncie",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T04:01:24",
"content": "Awesome work man. I usually don’t post on blogs but I admire people who work their craft. If you ever need anything for your Chevy, check out my shop Midwest Muncie. Thanks",
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"comment_id": "142842",
"author": "PexMesejurnen",
"timestamp": "2010-05-17T01:47:55",
"content": "[url=http://erinandrewspeephole.net/]Erin Andrews Peep Hlevideo[/url]Erin Andrews & Peephole VideoErin Andrews Peep No Flash PlayerErin Andrews Peep Hole Pics Erin Andrews Peep Hole Vidsee more:Erin Andrews Peep[url=http://www.team555international.jp/cgi-bin/bbs.cgi]Erin Andrews Peephole Video Tape[/url][url=http://www.baeumsche.de/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=20249]Erin Andrews Peephole Vido[/url]",
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"comment_id": "174351",
"author": "Engantytug",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T09:22:17",
"content": "cancel pitiableerase miserable 46",
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"comment_id": "209598",
"author": "Deeply Shrouded",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T23:58:51",
"content": "I remember running my own ddial back in the day.Ah to live those days again………–Deeply Shrouded & Quiet–Central Control! D-Dial #49",
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"comment_id": "282720",
"author": "Lorencocep",
"timestamp": "2010-12-12T01:31:23",
"content": "Where is admin?!Thank for all",
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"comment_id": "785921",
"author": "alwaystexan.com",
"timestamp": "2012-09-16T02:32:37",
"content": "This is awesome :) I wish I could dial in – I may have to look for a c64 online. I was just reminicing about the days:http://hippobytes.com/email-instant-messages-file-sharing-1987/",
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"comment_id": "1054383",
"author": "Pete",
"timestamp": "2013-09-09T02:48:43",
"content": "I ran The Museum BBS in NJ… Pete TursoPmtursoAtTursoDotCom",
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"comment_id": "3333291",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2016-12-25T14:03:44",
"content": "how do u host a bbs on my c64",
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/20/hackit-modern-arcade-cabinets/
|
Hackit: Modern Arcade Cabinets?
|
Eliot
|
[
"HackIt",
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"arcade",
"arcadecabinet",
"arcadegame",
"emulate",
"emulator",
"mame",
"retrothing",
"xmame"
] |
We’ve been contemplating getting into
MAME
arcade cabinet building. It was sparked by someone dropping off a Street Fighter II machine at our office. Many people have been seeking to build the perfect arcade cabinet clone, but looking over this old dusty cabinet we realized that retro isn’t really what we want. We want an arcade cabinet with a modern aesthetic.
Retro Thing
recently posted
[Martijn Koch]’s
Retro Space
. The cabinet takes design cues from old cabinets, but uses modern technology like a 24″ LCD. It does feature classic controls though. Wandering through arcades today, most of the machines appear to be DDR style or vehicle sims. No one is building modern gaming machines.
We’re still in the planning stages of this build. We’d definitely use classic controls and combine it with an LCD 24″ or larger. The brain would probably be a
Playstation 3
. We could run any
emulator
we want on the
Linux
side and also play modern PS3 games. How it will look is still up in the air. We’re leaning towards building a standup 4 player brawler machine for playing games like
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
,
X-Men
, and
The Simpsons
.
Have any of you built a MAME machine before? How would you build an arcade machine with a modern aesthetic?
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"comment_id": "40882",
"author": "byteflip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T06:23:46",
"content": "i think a slim case is the way to go. 24 lcd and a p4 you’re ready to go",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40883",
"author": "theTick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T07:12:58",
"content": "I have always wanted to build my own cabinet but my wood working skills are terrible and i am too worried about spending too much money and not getting it to look good. Personally i would go with an original xbox instead of a ps3 as the emulators available for that are much better than running em on ps3 linux, although virtua fighter 5 would be fun. Plus with an xbox you could turn your arcade machine into a completely boss juke box. A dreamcast would work pretty well too as the guts…",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "40884",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T07:24:51",
"content": "I’ve built many arcade machines (actual machines not MAME cabs) and I honestly don’t really see what’s wrong with the old aesthetic.Upright cabinets are completely utilitarian in their design. If you’re going to use an LCD (which I think is a bad idea for a whole lot of reasons) then really you’re just going to make the thing thinner which I suppose is more modern.There is however a fairly large gap between old school street fighter cabinet and the LCD mame abortion you posted in the article.Take for instance the more modern Japanese sitdown cabinet:http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/02/arcadecabinets.jpgOr the “pedestal” style cabinet that has a small podium for the controls with a large screen located a few ft away. this is pretty much the defacto for any GOOD modern arcade that still buys new games made for upright cabinets.Then of course there is the bar top cabinet which typically look like a less fruity emac.I think the biggest problem with most MAME cabinets isn’t the size, or the poor attempt at emulating classic cabinet design. The failure IMO usually comes from trying to jam every control known to man on the same control panel, and then duplicating it 4 times. Really most people would be better off just building a good upright with a joystick and the fairly common 6 button layout, then loading up the emulator with roms that work well for that configuration. Build another machine if you want a different config.. or get creative with swapable control panels or something.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40885",
"author": "Thescottishguy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T07:39:04",
"content": "I’ve built a mame cabinet using an original xbox before and the X-arcade stick from X-gaming, it’s a really nice way to get things functioning without worrying about electronics, let’s you concentrate on the build. I’m currently working on a smaller cab, using a 19″ lcd that has a 2-part body, portable top unit that can be used on a tabletop and a pedestal to make it standup height.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "40886",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T08:59:29",
"content": "I have thought of this for a long time now.I would want a 4p setup as mentioned for playing the aforementionedgames as well.+In addition I would add some swappable proprietary controllers, andin some cases be able to use 2 of these simoultaneously.ie: Paperboy Handle Bar,Star Wars Yoke,Official short 4 way sticksfor older games,trackball for marble madness,720 spinningstick,arkanoid dial,ivan off road steering wheel (x4? yikes)I havent gotten any further than that, but when a cab falls into myliving room, thats how it will be.+another concept I had was to utilize a projector instead of ascreen, thus reducing the form factor to pretty much a control panelstand. Imagine if this was all self contained and had wheels orsomething, you could roll it into public places (that had a poweroutlet) and then play MAME in public on the side of a building orsomething….-also the portability would allow you to put it in the closet for example, takes up less space,lighter,easy to store.fun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40887",
"author": "jeremiah",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T09:49:26",
"content": "I built 4 mame machines out of one of the blank cabinets you often see housing games that are older than two years but less than ten years. See this pic for an example of two of the four I owned:http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gdSznm1Dvpk/RvXORgfd0sI/AAAAAAAABD4/xXfjs1gI6WE/IMG_2252.JPGTrust me when I say that building a cabinet from scratch is *NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.* You will have plenty to do, lots to hack on, and greater reward from a pre-built cabinet that has all the problems one comes across figured out. The cabinets have beautiful monitors, and awesome sound, and they’re even cheaper than the material cost of building one from scratch.If you use an arcade monitor, hit uphttp://ultimarc.com/and pick up an ArcadeVGA card for the PC. The voltages between PC and arcade monitor differ a lot and the ArcadeVGA fixes all of those problems, as well as binds the joystick and button presses into keypresses the computer can understand. I cannot recommend this product highly enough – I’ve bought four in total and I will never look another direction when I make a 5th machine.http://namcoarcade.com/game-sales.aspalways has tons of machines for sale, just about everywhere across the country. Find a cabinet cheap there. Triple point combo if it’s a namco cabinet – these are by far the best cabs i’ve ever seen. You can get some truly great deals this way.Work smarter, not harder, and you’ll get an arcade cabinet that you can truly be proud of. Forget the LCD; get a cabinet that you sit at and has cup holders and no one will care if it looks like its from the 80s or the 2020s – they will have fun.kevorkian spelled backwards @gmail.com if you have questions.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40888",
"author": "jeremiah",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T09:59:52",
"content": "36chambers: there comes a point where you dramatically lose quality in an arcade cabinet when you start adding different control methods. Paperboy yoke, fighter pilot stick, track ball, twisty knobs, lit buttons, DDR pad(s), foot pedals, secondary displays — do you really think that anyone will use any of those enough to justify their inclusion? If so, build a second cabinet that focuses on the second-most used control method, whatever that is in your case.The more you add to a cabinet in terms of hardware, … let me put it this way: the law of inverse squares applies to hardware that you let the public use. When you double the amount of moving parts in an arcade cabinet, you quadruple the amount of time you’re going to spend fixing problems. Add in 8 different types of controllers, and you’re going to have a cabinet that only its creator can love, and only its creator can fix. You don’t want that.You want a machine that is rugged enough to withstand visitors, spilled drinks, the occasional kick, yank, or shove. You do NOT want a cabinet that has exposed ports for various control methods, or so many buttons that one can’t figure out how to play. The game-agnostic cabinets out there (see image link in post #1) are designed that way because they allow the largest amount of games to be played while still being comfortable and rugged.You can’t play every game on a single cabinet – don’t try. Besides, who wants to play Paperboy then turn around and play Asteroids then turn around and play Super Mario Brothers, then Metal Slug, changing controllers each time. Trust me it gets OLD FAST.I’ve never heard a single mame cabinet maker who looked back on their creation and said “damn, I’m glad I added all this stuff to my cabinet I rarely use. That was worthwhile.” You won’t hear it either, and you sure as heck won’t say that.Start simple, do what you know, experiment, THEN add on other stuff. You’ll find what you have in mind now, vs. what is practical, differ greatly.",
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"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "40889",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T11:24:39",
"content": "I build a slim cabinet with an LCD a few years ago, mainly to avoid having a cabinet stick out as far as one with a tube would. There are definitely some drawbacks to the LCD (viewing angle, support for light guns, etc), but all told it works great for what I wanted it to.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40890",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T11:25:38",
"content": "ah, here’s the link:http://www20.brinkster.com/mymame",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40891",
"author": "zenmasterbooty",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T12:16:25",
"content": "All you and then some athttp://www.byoac.comheres mine…http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54436.0",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "40892",
"author": "pedro",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T13:44:01",
"content": "i hope she doesn’t come with it.i’ve seen waaaaay hotter display models.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "40893",
"author": "bWare",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T14:41:21",
"content": "First of really think about LCD, saturation and contrast outweigh resolution for old games. A nice bright plasma would give a better modern effect, but nothing can match a multi-sync CRT for being able to display the games in their original glory. This would require a MAME PC with a ArchadeVGA graphics card, but you needed that sort of power and flexibility to be able to emulate most games well.If I wanted a new take of 4up cabinets I would look at the screens (sic). A lot of newer four player games rely on networked machine’s so having a screen per player would make this a lot easier. For older 4up games you can just clone the picture. This would also overcome the design issues involved with 4up controls allowing a ‘classic’ 8-way+6 buttons perfectly located for every player. Using 4 flat screens would allow you to mount them on the 4 sites of a fairly traditionally sized cabinet. Though you would obviously need space all around it whilst playing, so this design would only work for larger sites.For a traditional layout with a new look, you could go for an open frame instead of a cabinet. Look exhibition display stands for inspiration (Though a nice large plasma and a designer exhibition stand doesn’t look so odd on your expense claims). Most stands come with optional keyboard trays where you could easily mount a custom control panel.http://www.time2display.com/self_build_range_plasma.phphttp://www.wedgwood-group.com/opti_trilite_200_screen_stand_in_aluminium.htmhttp://www.wedgwood-group.com/opti_trilite_100_truss_curved_screen_stand.htm",
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"comment_id": "40894",
"author": "rob enduro",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:29:13",
"content": "take a look at the new tekken 6 cabinets, ultra modern!",
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"comment_id": "40895",
"author": "pRtkL_xLr8r",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:38:26",
"content": "I also built my own, and wanted the retro look — it’s made for playing retro games – duh! And I could have went with a monitor, but again, retro-look yo — so I went with a TV. This also kept the price down considerably, as well as the fact that light guns for CRT’s are cheaper then their monitor counterparts. There’s nothing like seeing the faces of envy of those who see it for the first time, much less firing up a game of Killer Instinct 2 and playing it with solid stainless steel joysticks… :)Here’s the link, but the pics were taken actually before it was complete – the front bezel, light guns, and control box lighting came after. Built it completely from scratch, designed it they way I wanted it. Took an entire summer and about $750 which is pretty damn cheap considering how much you’d pay for one with less controls, games, horsepower, etc…http://www.deimophobe.com/sarkade.html",
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"comment_id": "40896",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:39:50",
"content": "wait… you guys have an office? that literally blows my mind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "40897",
"author": "Michael Lee",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:50:02",
"content": "Check out the new arcade cabinets these days, especially in the music game scene; they all have huge plasma/lcd screens and speakers.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/NX_FX_machine.jpghttp://initiald.sega.com/sitedata/img/mode/mode00_pic01.jpghttp://img473.imageshack.us/img473/2268/0612312040ds8.jpghttp://www.bemanistyle.com/images/news_images/multiple/large/484.jpg",
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"comment_id": "40898",
"author": "m",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:50:58",
"content": "I second what twistedsymphony said about the best cabinets having a screen that’s a few feet away from the controls. I’d also put a bluetooth dongle or usb hub in the controller pedestal for hooking up keyboards or whatever other input methods you want without having to design them into the cabinet itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40899",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T16:53:16",
"content": "I wrote up plans for a fiberglass arcade cabinet (with a wooden frame for support of course). the idea is that we could use L.E.D.’s to make the whole thing glow different colors. We also considered making the diodes react to what is happening on screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40900",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:01:26",
"content": "I would love to build a MAME cabinet. I’ve downloaded the software and hundreds of games, I’ve even started working on a keyboard hack so that I can attach classic arcade consoles and have it simulate the proper keystrokes. The only problem with the ‘ol keyboard hack is key ghosting issues.The link to my keyboard hack if anyone is interested :http://www.techienation.com/keyboard-hack-for-mame-arcade-console-and-other/I love the idea of slimming it down to a more modern classic style arcade. :) Thanks Hack’a’day !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40901",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:03:01",
"content": "oops, replace “classic arcade consoles” with “classic arcade controles” .. sorry .. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40902",
"author": "doolspin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:04:23",
"content": "You can add all the controls that you want. the devil they say is in the details. i built a 4 player cab with 4 8way joystick, 1 4way, trackball, spinner, and flight stick. six buttons for players one and two and three buttons for player three and four. i built a split level design. this allowed me to put the less used controls (flight stick, spinner and 4way) on top, out of the way but still easy to use. The rest of the controls are on the bottom for everyday use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40903",
"author": "Bryan Ribas",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:36:26",
"content": "no light gun with that lcd.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40904",
"author": "vallarian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:58:46",
"content": "I converted an old double dragon machine to a mame machine. My suggestions :1) Check ebay for an “industrial” monitor. I was able to get a 24″ CRT for $75 shipped. VGA connector and metal mounting brackets for an easy installation.2) Second the recommendation for ultramarc, especially their J-PAC. They allow you to take the already existing button wires into screw terminals. It then has some logic that converts to PS/2 Keyboard commands. The best of all…no Ghosting!Does anybody have any suggestions for a more modern frontend software? I’m running ArcadeOS through a full screen win98 dos window. (stupid onboard sound doesn’t work in straight dos)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40905",
"author": "nintari",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:16:56",
"content": "Here is the one I built up, wanted something slim since space was limited, and had to be cheap to build up :)Machine is a p4 2.4GHz 1GB DDR, 9800Pro, SB Audigy running MCE 2005 and GameEX as the front end with BlueEx as the theme.http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/jschipmann/IMG_0065.jpghttp://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/jschipmann/arcade.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40906",
"author": "fbm",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:43:47",
"content": "I made an arcade machine a while back and it turned out really well. I tried to make it look like a cross between a typical arcade machine and a piece of furniture (note the stained glass marquee). I don’t know if that’s “modern” or not but it’s definitely different. I used a PC instead of a game console to run the whole thing. I also went with a TV to keep costs down. Also the second tier of controls is easily removable so you can have different control panels for different games (racing wheels, positional guns, beer holders, etc). Here’s my site showing it off:http://sharpk60.googlepages.com/arcade",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40907",
"author": "Doc",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:02:32",
"content": "@digitalmind:Rather than doing the keyboard hack, I HIGHLY recommend a dedicated interface board. I’ve been (slowly) building a MAME cabinet, and I wrote up my impressions of a couple I’ve used on my blog:http://blog.docstech.net/2007/10/22/the-hydrogen-controller/http://blog.docstech.net/2007/10/08/the-tokn-kb10kb16-controller/The Hydrogen controller is perfect for my needs, and not too expensive as interfaces go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40908",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:37:39",
"content": "Has anyone else watched the guys at Systm build their mame cabinet? 5 videos showing how they put it together from scratch, it’s a good set of 5 shows: (watch online or download episodes in various formats)http://revision3.com/systm/mamecasehttp://revision3.com/systm/mamecase2http://revision3.com/systm/buttonshttp://revision3.com/systm/softwarehttp://revision3.com/systm/itsoverI’d love to build a mame machine but don’t have the space for one :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40909",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:56:23",
"content": "How about just a control panel that can be connected directly to a tv and played? Here’s mine:http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=81201.0(it has a metal top, translucent buttons, and translucent joysticks; the buttons light-up)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40910",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T22:31:29",
"content": "Nice design. I might have to steal it for my gameroom once I get a house. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40911",
"author": "cberkop",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:27:10",
"content": "Ultimarc also sells the button and joystic controllers that connect to a PC via USB. I am in the process of bulding my own cabinet and am working out the details to allow the switching of control tops. I have the basic 2 player, and a 4 player. I am working out a 2 player with trackball and spinner. All these fit on one Stand up unit.A future project that I have in mind is a bar gaming unit. Again PC based with single player contols connected to Wirelessly to the gaming unit (most likely a coffee table) and connect it to a bigscreen TV. Each unit would have Joystick, buttons, spinner, and trackball.http://www.happcontrols.com/will be your friend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40912",
"author": "doolspin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:53:11",
"content": "@20 try gameex. its what i run, its skinable, runs all sorts of emulators. and its free!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40913",
"author": "Daisjun",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T06:41:16",
"content": "My brother and I share about 8 or so cabs between us and we absolutely love the retro look. Americans are so damn spoilt for choice in terms of cabs and hardware, things are a lot slimmer pickings down in australia. So I don’t see the point of scratch building a mame a lot of the time, particularly when a lot of them end up like this:http://www.disorder.org/crapmame/@jeremiah: Seconded. You really want to keep it simple. Honestly, how many times do you think you’re gonna play that game that needs an xyz accelerometer with 5 side buttons and an axe attachment? A lot of examples in the link above have this curse and just look at them! They look horrible. 2 controllers and 6 buttons is perfectly reasonable and no-one is going to laugh at you.And finally instead of scratch building a cab, I think it’s a lot more reasonable to find an old cab that you really like the look of and simply replace the panels. Even I wouldn’t go that far as I like the old look, but it’s probably the easiest way to go about making a ‘modern’ looking cab if you aren’t so creatively or constructively minded.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40914",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T08:20:47",
"content": "You’d probably want to use a CRT anyway to make low-res games look decent, and to deal with the various resolutions used by different boards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40915",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:23:25",
"content": "I have a cnc machine and would be intrested in building a cabinetHere is a link to one a fellow shopbotter built.http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/17997/18002.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65335",
"author": "Alo",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T10:06:07",
"content": "Check this CAB !!http://www.gennagroup.com/it/node/341:-OAlo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99053",
"author": "pergola",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T07:30:10",
"content": "Hey, that’s a really nice design plan you’ve got there.I’ve been looking into doing something like this for myself, but I was thinking maybe I could make a couple of small adjustments. For example, maybe using an XBOX 360 as opposed to a PS3 solely because of XBOX Live Arcade. Think about it: I could play Pac-Man and all that junk. Unless I’m missing the point, in which case I’d be glad to trade in my XBOX so that I could run this bad boy.Aesthetically, I was thinking of extending the roof of it a little to make it sort of look like apergola. You know, just one of those homely little touches. Could possibly even put a light in there so I can make it all cinematic.Either way, you’ve got an awesome idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110510",
"author": "North Cyprus",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T09:07:12",
"content": "Very nice design.But is there anyone who saw inside of this project ?I am very curious about the interior.And also does anyone has plans for building a cabinet like this ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122538",
"author": "Horace Plaas",
"timestamp": "2010-02-08T02:40:24",
"content": "Each students inside class might be told towards complete tasks that may show them this fundamentals from operating due to wooden. Their tasks are able to permit you to definitely acquire the body abilities along with achieve a few confidence within your abilities. They’ll of course enable you receive most practice at applying this tools which experts claim are going to be needed towards perform along with wood. Once anyone complete some sort of fundamental course one are going to be able towards take an additional tough class.",
"parent_id": null,
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},
{
"comment_id": "124862",
"author": "Tekken 6 PSP",
"timestamp": "2010-02-19T09:59:57",
"content": "I have played Tekken 6 in my PSP and I really love playing it over and over, wherever I want, whenever I want.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/20/micro-battery-assembled-by-virus/
|
Micro Battery Assembled By Virus
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"battery",
"mit",
"virus"
] |
MIT researchers have used a viral assembly method to
create a battery
at half the size of a human cell. They’ve successfully developed the anode and electrolyte, leaving only the cathode unfinished. each electrode is only 4 micrometers in diameter.
The construction process involves taking a rubbery base and creating a pattern of tiny posts through lithography. Then they add different layers of polymers that act as an electrolyte. Finally the virus preferentially self-assembles on top of the polymer creating the anode. Pictured above is a test plate. The battery itself is too small to be seen.
[via
BoingBoing
]
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|
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{
"comment_id": "40877",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T03:38:42",
"content": "That’s freakin’ cool, but let’s be honest – how much energy is a tiny little battery like that going to store? How useful can it possibly be? It stands to reason that it will take far more energy than this can produce or store to run a device even small enough to match the form factor of this cell. Kudos on the accomplishment guys, but please get back to something useful with all that time, money, and equipment, like curing cancer or something productive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40878",
"author": "sly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T03:46:49",
"content": "it’s not how much a single cell can produce… it’s how many of these cells can you fit into a certain space and how much power they provide _together_ that’s real question. it also brings in the possibility of self replicating batteries if they’re creating a “virus” to create the battery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40879",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T04:40:47",
"content": "This could, in a sense, be a huge step forward in fighting diseases. This goes to show we would be able to power those ‘nanotechnology robots” that we could send into our bloodstream and it will repair our body at a cellular level! (j/k, or maybe it will be true :O?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40880",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T05:28:37",
"content": "I’d hate to see these mutate and get loose in living tissue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40881",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T06:00:56",
"content": "This is wonderful! Nanotechnology is going to thrive with this, and this is potentially efficient beyond our wildest dreams! With oligonucleotide synthesis as cheap as it is now it’s only a matter of time until someone decides to make a microscopic Zamboni pile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113730",
"author": "farks Streamyx",
"timestamp": "2009-12-28T17:00:24",
"content": "Hi, I found your blog by chance when I did a search on Bing, I must say your blog is really great. I just love the theme, its amazing!. I have bookmarked it and also subscribe to your feeds. I will be back for more in the future. Thanks a bunch.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/20/parents-beware-of-digital-drugs/
|
Parents Beware Of “digital Drugs”
|
Nick Caiello
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"binaural",
"binauralbeats",
"digital drugs",
"DigitalDrugs",
"drug",
"drugs",
"i-doser",
"idoser",
"sensational",
"sensationalism",
"usatoday"
] |
In what some might call a
sensationalist article
, USA Today reporter [Kim Komando] warns parents of a new danger to their kids: digital drugs. Throughout the article, [Kim] tries to explain how
binaural beats
(idosers) can effect the brain in many different ways, claiming that some even emulate the effects of illegal drugs. Furthermore, she claims that the “digital drugs” can act as a gateway to trying real drugs. While it seems unapparent to [Kim] that
I-Doser
has been around for years, it’s not surprising that this article is only being published now. While I understand her argument, parts of it just seem illogical. If anything, wouldn’t binaural sounds provide kids an alternative to illegal drugs? If these sounds really provide the same effects as drugs, wouldn’t they act as a safer option to kids? While this story seems to be one of many sensational stories warning parents to protect their kids, it seems as though parents should really be warned about these sensational stories that are concocted solely to sell newspapers.
[via
Woot
]
[photo:
BrittneyBush
]
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{
"comment_id": "40838",
"author": "sir jorge",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T20:55:51",
"content": "this is hilarious!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40839",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:04:12",
"content": "ahhh the streisand effect. I’m going to see what all the hype is about right now..Body/brain hacking! Can’t wait.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40840",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:11:32",
"content": "This program is based on sbagen [url]http://uazu.net/sbagen/%5B/url] a free software developped by Jim Peters.Idoser “drugs” are only fu**ing simple tone beats mostly the same or with some minor variations. I can say that because there was a way to read the sbagen files created as temp files by idoser, I don’t know if this “feature” exists anymore and I’m not really interested by this anyway.This is mostly a marketing product trying to use old “frequencies” tables coming from nowhere that exists in the binauralist’s world and that come with no proofs and no any explanation… [url]http://lunarsight.com/freq.htm%5B/url].So parents don’t be affraid this won’t hurt your kids at all (maybe if they are epileptic but pokemon can be harder in this case)…Maybe is this kind thing: [url]http://www.subu.org.uk/files/minisites/1212/tv_licence.jpg%5B/url] a lot more dangerous for your kids.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40841",
"author": "Torvaun",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:13:29",
"content": "Now all we need is internet swordfighting. Snow Crash ftw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40842",
"author": "Adam Ziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:25:51",
"content": "Cool Edit 2000… old wave editing program. It used to have a “mind music” generator. I assume this is very similar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40843",
"author": "Scott McDonnell",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:26:59",
"content": "@ bjonnhI agree 100%. Many times these sensationalist articles are simply meant to promote the products.If they were a danger, how many kids that have never even heard of it before, do now and will be trying it now?Exactly. Sometimes “bad press” is a useful tool. The advertisers have us, the drones, all figured out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40844",
"author": "dandin1",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:43:58",
"content": "Meh, it’s just the same old hollow debate of what influences youth to do drugs, this time spun in an even more ridiculous way. But now I don’t see how lyricless sounds are going to influence someone. Usually the “yes” argument tends more towards lyrics influencing youth to try drugs, from Jimmy Hendrix to 50 Cents. If a kid downloads these ‘beats’ for the goal of having trip, he had drugs on his mind before falling for some Internet cash-crab.But then the other side goes “Ah but how do you know he wouldn’t have done drugs if he didn’t try the ‘digital drug'”. Hollow debate.1. Download The Piper At The Gate of Dawn, 2. Go to bed, 3. Play it, 4. Crazy-ass half asleep dreams, 5. Check for subconscious urge to try LSD the next morning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40845",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:54:38",
"content": "hehe… this is interesting. Even better, the required circuitry can be as simple as two transistors (a pair of phase shift sinewave oscillators), frequency counter to fine tune them, and a quad bilateral switch as oscillator and headphone switch. Voila, electronic ‘shrooms :)(memo to self:- build a dozen or so for Vale Earth Fair)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40846",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:04:46",
"content": "binaural beats are bullshithttp://www.theskepticsguide.org/skepticsguide/podcastinfo.asp?pid=50",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40847",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:09:33",
"content": "They’re a gateway drug that leads to techno music abuse. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40848",
"author": "dnafrequency",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:11:48",
"content": "I didn’t see iDoses for sale…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40849",
"author": "bhelx",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:49:21",
"content": "Someone call 911, I think my friend just OD’d on 7Hz!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40850",
"author": "Wolvenmoon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T23:36:23",
"content": "Of all the idiotic things..She didn’t even try it herself, else she wouldn’t have written this.How obnoxious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40851",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T23:39:38",
"content": "Those binaural beats simply don’t work. Haven’t tried the blinking lights version, heard that might.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40852",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T00:41:05",
"content": "http://www.ozzu.com/general-discussion/digital-drugs-are-your-children-targeted-t90806.htmlThis is a good discussion on this topic on the ozzu web master forum. I personally think it is all crap, just the same way they say cell phones give you cancer and bull like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40853",
"author": "henk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T01:46:51",
"content": "They do have an effect on me, the i-doser ones.And sometimes it can be strong, but never is it the same as the real McCoy.Also, the effect only lasts 10 minutes or so.Still, it’s fun to try in a lost half hour, but nowhere near as dangerous as real drugs.BTW I don’t believe in so-called “gateway” drugs, there has never been solid evidence on this effect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40854",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T02:55:05",
"content": "hopefully this will catch on and replace and undermine the the illegal drug trade thereby reducing crime because users can just mix the tones into an mp3 and play it anytime.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40855",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T03:31:19",
"content": "This is the first I’ve heard of the claims of drug-like effects from binaural audio. I did a little research to see how it works, and then used a simple audio editor to create some of my own, at different frequencies studies ‘show’ affect a certain wavestate(ie, Beta, Delta, Theta, etc). Two of the five I created managed to make me seriously dizzy, a vertigo-like feeling. It stopped moments after I took off the headphones, with no lasting effect. I tried these 5 at different levels and found that louder volumes made the dizziness worse. I think it’s safe to say, this may be an interesting experience, but there’s no danger here. Well, don’t listen when driving…other than that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40856",
"author": "Cris C",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T04:05:56",
"content": "Binaural beats are simply how “stereo” works.It works just like listening to songs on an ipodbut without any music, just stereo-effected noise.i-doser is a scam though, and you’d haveto be on dope to buy it anyway… after whichyou’ll be taken advantage of again by the scammers,probably by ID theft, most likely.People with half a brain to fry usually download freean mp3 of i-doser and then find out that it’s nothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40857",
"author": "Jerry Whiting",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T04:23:11",
"content": "Yes, binaural beats work. I know because I’ve made a set of them andgive them away on my website:http://www.JetCityOrange.com/meditation/binaural-beats.htmlI get feedback from other people echoing my experiences. Try them and see for yourself. As usual, YMMV.Jerry WhitingJetCityOrange.com / Seattle",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40858",
"author": "David in SC",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T04:27:03",
"content": "Give me a break. A gateway drug? What studies have been done or is this just the garbabe pouring out of a mind that has way too much time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40859",
"author": "visionetiks",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T08:01:29",
"content": "I echo the “it doesn’t work”.I’ve tried very hard with the binaural beats because something like that would be a very good addition to my life, I made a hardware generator with zero crosstalk (isolated outputs), used high fidelity sealed headphones, did the blinking light thing, and, well, nothing…. All the way down to 4Hz, and after a few hours of “listening” to it, nothing. I’m still as awake as when I got up…It just doesn’t work. If it does something, I’m willing to bet actual money that it’s all inside your head… (OK, maybe “all inside your head” is a bad expression in this case, but you get the point)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40860",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T09:54:12",
"content": "It works for me, somehow that is.It has mostly interesting effects on my dreams before sleeping, but the drug thing is just exaggeration. What you feel and perceive is not at all entirely based on brainwaves and therefore the real thing has much more influence on you than something that just helps you to alter your brainwaves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40861",
"author": "freyyr890",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T09:58:26",
"content": "RIP Hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40862",
"author": "oli",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T12:00:20",
"content": "Does this mean we are all drug addicts?Damm i dont think i should tell it round the table any more i was on the 360 all night.We will be seeing rehab clinics packed with gamers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40863",
"author": "machiner",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T14:38:33",
"content": "She’s just a fud-pimp.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40864",
"author": "Ross Snider",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T17:18:16",
"content": "And suddenly music piracy kills the drug trade too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40865",
"author": "ray",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T18:41:01",
"content": "I’ll stick to the old fashioned chemical drugs. They’re proven to be reliable, and have all the features of these newfangled computery drugs. Cannabis is plenty relaxing, and stimulates creativity. Take enough lsd, and you’ll probably hear sounds that aren’t there.Kids these days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40866",
"author": "dani1saint",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T19:23:08",
"content": "I have never heard of ‘digital drugs’ and I work in the Drug Rehab Field. I wonder if these are made-up or real? Anyone know? Is there any real documented proof that ‘digital drugs’ do what the article says?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40867",
"author": "Wolfton",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:28:34",
"content": "This article is proof of quite a few things.The list of these things does not include any biological danger posed by audio files of any kind.I’ve assembled a short, list that is not all-inclusive, but it should humor you ever so slightly.1) Ms. Komando is definitely a sensationalist. Though I have not read any of her other articles yet, this one proves that she was caught up in the moment and put very little actualy thought behind it, before making such a bold, and uninformed statement.2) Ms. Komando is over rated for the actual content in her articles. She begins with the implied statement that there is a way to use digital technology to somehow induce a mind altering state in humans that is both dangerous, and implied to be addictive, if even for its ease of use, potentially unlimited and freely available supply, and that it can do bodily harm in the same way that drugs which are illegal, or illegally used, can. But her article spends too much valuable text space on binaurul sound, and its definition, while stating that “digital drugs” are not binaural sound.3) Ms. Komando did not in fact write an effective warning to parents about this supposed danger. Assuming that she did intend to do as is evidenced on the surface, and warn parents of this potential danger, she ran off half-cocked. No evidence was cited, linking any digital media or media player, audio or video, to an actual altered stete of mind. She did not cite any laboratory findings. She referenced no personal experience in the matter.4) Ms. Komando, for all this warning, has raised a far greater potential for perpetuating this supposed danger by writing a controversial topic that it is reasonable to expect that some over protective parents will remove any and all music from their children post-haste, and others will research the buzz words of ‘binaural’ and ‘digital drugs’, and may even pioneer new research into this supposedly/potentially dangerous new world.5) I don’t need to read USA Today ever again. A paper as supposedly reputable as this one, that would allow something like this to come to print under its label, isn’t worth my time, or yours.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40868",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T02:03:42",
"content": "i tried it just to see what the whole fuss is all over, its all just a bunch of crap. It may work for some people, however it doesn’t work for me. i will just stick to smoking weed and leave all of the others alone. its my choice don’t judge me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40869",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T02:49:09",
"content": "yet again i am going to scream“NOT HACKADAY WORTHY”this link should be 100% legal as sbagen IS open sourcehttp://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4166239/76_different_I-Doser_doses__decrypted_for_SBaGenhttp://files.filefront.com/SBAGen+Doses+1zip/;6596176;/fileinfo.htmlhttp://sbagen.sourceforge.net/the way i-doser works, it has a picture of said drug and a description, you read it and that makes it work, if you look at the source script files, most of them are identicali want you to all try this, maybe it’ll work for 1 or 2 people but all in all, its a big scam and a bunch of bullshit, if you fall into the hype and it works then good for you but unless this was posted for a laugh, it isnt a hack(unless you also include instructions for copying the temp file it creates while its running(100% fully runable as is in sbagen fyi) content like this is as bad as your grandmother emailing you a chain mail “do not open a email that says i love you” and does not deserve to be on hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40870",
"author": "Raggamofyn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:29:37",
"content": "Ahhhh, wetware hacks. I’m not actually a fan. I’m not one to screw with my mind. It’s the only one I have and I can’t get another one anytime soon.Besides, that junk never worked for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40871",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T22:09:43",
"content": "Its real, the brain works on different frequencies and screwing around with those or simulating then makes the brain short or react. I cant explain it but theres a lot of hardware out there for just this – it makes you really screwed up if you misuse it. I have a strange gizmo that a friend gave to me and its got these electrodes that clip to the ear lobes (Its intended use too) and theres a headphone jack that you plug into, it makes you instantly feel like you are riding on waves and when yu open your eyes it clearly disturbs the vision making it blink in and out really fast. I was told its design was for helping someone come off drugs lol.. I can say that you dont feel the electrical impulses but they are there and they do work because disconnecting them makes it stop working.strange and true..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40872",
"author": "thunder7",
"timestamp": "2008-08-23T05:07:40",
"content": "Sounds like they are trying to create,…“Subliminal Messaging.” And it is just not working!.I have always been curious about Subliminal Messaging, and what one could re teach themselves!. Through Subliminal Messages, I have tried to create Subliminal sounds.I guess I just did not know enough about what I was doing!. It would be a killer hack and a great device to re teach people things like ‘math’ in my case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40873",
"author": "Roly",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T18:31:57",
"content": "As a tech some 20 years ago I was asked to construct an “Electro-Neural Stimulator” that applied very low audio frequencies to electrodes placed on the back of the neck. At the time this was being advanced as a TREATMENT for drug addiction, a kind of “electro-methodone”. So-called “brainwave entrainment” was pure Kozmik bunkum then, and in this reincarnation it still is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40874",
"author": "spacecoyote",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T06:22:03",
"content": "Yeah someone told me a while back that I’d likeKim Komando’s site. Needless to say I didn’t and this isjust further proof that she is an idiot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40875",
"author": "aka",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T18:23:32",
"content": "What about brain wave entrainment cd’s that are supposed to altar your brainwaves to accomplish everything from relieving depression, to achievinga state of deep meditation, to energizing you, to releasing all yourcreativity, to helping you achieve deep sleep, etc., etc.. Interestedin any opinions on this. I do not believe they containbinaural beats because you do not have to use headphones, butsomehow these entrainment beates (or whatever they are) arewoven into music that you listen to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41765",
"author": "Th3_uN1Qu3",
"timestamp": "2008-09-13T15:55:11",
"content": "I-Doser DOES work. However it is ripping off an open-sourceproject, and are in violation of the GPL. Plus, the beatsthey sell rarely have the described effect. “White Crosses”is a pretty strong one, it made me have “false awakenings”aka i thought i woke up but i was in another dream, and thedreams were pretty freaky, and the Anesthesia one is reallygood for putting me to sleep.But of course i didn’t spend money on them. Anyway, binauralbeats and other types of sounds designed for brain entrainmentare by no means new, and I-Doser isn’t the first to do“digital drugs”, they just did a little more marketing.HealingBeats.com and Iso-Tones.com offer plenty of freesamples and also have tutorials that teach you how to mixyour own beats.I can confirm 100% that they have NO adverse effects and thatthey DO NOT trigger epilepsy. I had epilepsy from age 5 to 9mnow i’m 17 and i’m fine. I’ve listened to those beats forquite a while and i had no symptoms of a seizure ever.And unlike drugs, these beats are things you get bored ofafter a while. I haven’t listened to one in several monthssince i had better stuff to do and less time to waste.Anyway, they’re fun to try, and trying to mix someon your own leads to interesting results. But would i spendmoney on them? Nah. They are in many ways safer than drugs,but like all mind-altering things, it’s best not to overdothem. Still, the way the media described them is way way off,there’s nothing to worry about, and they certainly do notact as a gateway to real drugs.Weren’t the people that wrote this the same that said theLHC will blow the entire Earth?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42331",
"author": "Jynx",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T01:20:10",
"content": "Ahahah, wow. They’re pushing binaural beats as fucking drugs now? XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42443",
"author": "Black_Angel",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T23:05:15",
"content": "I agree with Th3_uN1Qu3 that it does work!You need a realy and i’m talking realy good set of headphones. The kind that block out all other noise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92640",
"author": "brainwave",
"timestamp": "2009-09-08T15:59:28",
"content": "Could you please explain the difference between binaural beats and brainwave entrainment?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95269",
"author": "brainwave",
"timestamp": "2009-09-20T09:33:02",
"content": "I’ve been employing brainwave entrainment for a while now, but not had very much of success – could you propose someplace I can get quality CDs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95683",
"author": "Fred",
"timestamp": "2009-09-22T11:44:40",
"content": "Great post! I truly am getting heavily into this matter. Do you chance to know where I could find any connected forums? Thanks :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120927",
"author": "Marck",
"timestamp": "2010-01-30T23:34:23",
"content": "Brainwave entrainment does not work properly with each person so if you want to know if this works with you, try for free several types of waves in:http://www.mentallion.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122100",
"author": "Marck",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T17:37:48",
"content": "Not all people are sensible to brainwaves. If you want to know if brainwave entrainment works for you can try free therapies based on brainwave entrainment here:http://www.mentallion.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.448799
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/20/hack-guitar-hero-ds-into-a-guitar-controller/
|
Hack Guitar Hero DS Into A Guitar Controller
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[
"ds",
"dslite",
"guitarhero",
"guitarheroworldtour",
"ps2controller",
"wirelesscontroller"
] |
[Eric Ruckman] sent us this awesome
Guitar Hero hack
. He wanted to get a more “true to the series” game play out of his DS when playing Guitar Hero: On Tour. If you’ve seen the adapter that
comes with it
, you’ll understand his desires. He found a wireless PS2 Guitar Hero controller on EBay to hack.
He’s cut a hole in the controller and removed all the guts.
In the picture above the DS fits in the hole to allow strumming in the correct position.
The controller buttons are connected to the DS by wiring into the adapter. He’s added an FM transmitter to the controller so he can play the sound through his home sound system.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aukO0ZoG0E&hl=en&fs=1]
[Eric] Really put some care into this. You can see that he wanted this to be something he could actually use and show off. The integration of the FM transmitter into the unit was very well done. The transmitter is controlled through the controller’s start and select buttons and powered from the controller’s battery compartment. He mounted the transmitter’s display into the controller as well.
This modification fits nicely in the Guitar Hero hacking tradition. We’ve seen several before like the
real guitar controller
and the
home made wireless one
. Don’t forget the
touch screen and better switches mods
. Of coarse, for many of us hacking it is actually more fun that playing it so we’ll leave the rocking out to
deep note
.
permalink
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40833",
"author": "BacklitVillain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T19:44:35",
"content": "Brilliant!!!Gonna try that for myself.Nice one Eric…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40834",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T20:57:27",
"content": "Seems like it’s very hard to see the screen and play at the same time. I don’t know about this guy, but I don’t make a habit of completely memorizing the patterns by sound alone…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40835",
"author": "Riax",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T00:14:37",
"content": "If I had a DS, I might consider picking up GH:OT and modding one of my wireless PS2 GH controllers.I really like the integration of the FM transmitter; it keeps the whole device completely wireless. Well done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40836",
"author": "jz321",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T10:42:48",
"content": "anyone know the pinout for the connections from the buttons to the ds gba slot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40837",
"author": "jamielol",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T04:25:37",
"content": "owe, my neck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51073",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T04:52:57",
"content": "looks like you put a lot of effort into this one. good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52079",
"author": "QUARG",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T16:37:52",
"content": "He must have done a screen flip because that is not the normal position of the upper screen. When you play with the real controler the gems scroll the other way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52338",
"author": "John Bowden",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T01:30:53",
"content": "Finall something all guitarists can relate to!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56890",
"author": "Rob :D",
"timestamp": "2008-12-27T16:15:41",
"content": "Nintendo must make this… or can eric make me one? =P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58563",
"author": "Stalfo",
"timestamp": "2009-01-11T01:45:17",
"content": "You should make some especific instructions for this since everybody would want to make one of these things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71166",
"author": "kittykitz",
"timestamp": "2009-04-20T02:49:11",
"content": "This is amazing, its something to relate to when playing the GH series. GH makers should do this. But to really put it in a spotlight, try it on a full size guitar, and I mean a proper one. Then if someone could make GH WT for the DS, it could be the next gen guitar.I love it!! Defenatly 10 out of ten!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,769.943174
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/20/siggraph-2008-the-quest-for-more-pixels/
|
SIGGRAPH 2008: The Quest For More Pixels
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"3d",
"computergraphics",
"con",
"convention",
"dankaminsky",
"kaminsky",
"siggraph",
"siggraph2008",
"video"
] |
Long before we started reporting on [
Dan Kaminsky
]’s
DNS chicanery
, he
contributed a guest post
about one of our favorite sources of new technology:
SIGGRAPH
. The stars have aligned again and we’re happy to bring you his analysis of this year’s convention. [photo:
Phong Nguyen
]
So, last week, I had the pleasure of being stabbed, scanned, physically simulated, and synthetically defocused. Clearly, I must have been at SIGGRAPH 2008, the world’s biggest computer graphics conference. While it usually conflicts with Black Hat, this year I actually got to stop by, though a bit of a cold kept me from enjoying as much of it as I’d have liked. Still, I did get to walk the exhibition floor, and
the papers (and videos) are all online
, so I do get to write this (blissfully DNS and security unrelated) report.
SIGGRAPH brings in tech demos from around the world every year, and this year was no exception. Various forms of haptic simulation (remember force feedback?) were on display. Thus far, the best haptic simulation I’d experienced was a robot arm that could “feel” like it was actually 3 pounds or 30 pounds. This year had a couple of really awesome entrants. By far the best was
Butterfly Haptics’
Maglev system, which somehow managed to create a small vertical “puck” inside a bowl that would react, instantaneously, to arbitrary magnetic forces and barriers. They actually had two of these puck-bowls side by side, hooked up to an OpenGL physics simulation. The two pucks, in your hand, became rigid platforms in something of a polygon playground. Anything you bumped into, you could feel, anything you lifted, would have weight. Believe it or not, it actually
worked
, far better than it had any right to. Most impressively, if you pushed your in-world platforms against eachother, you directly felt the force from each hand on the other, as if there was a real-world rod connecting the two. Lighten up a bit on the right hand, and the left wouldn’t get pushed quite so hard. Everything else was impressive but this was the first haptic simulation I’ve ever seen that tricked my senses into perceiving a physical relationship in the real world. Cool!
Also fun:
This hack with ultrasonic transmitters
by Takayuki Iwamoto et al, which was actually able to create free-standing regions of turbulence in air via ultrasonic interference. It really just feels like a bit of vibrating wind (just?), but it’s one step closer to that holy grail of display technology, Princess Leia.
Best cheap trick award goes to the
Superimposing Dynamic Range
guys. There’s just an absurd amount of work going into High Dynamic Range image capture and display, which can handle the full range of light intensities the human eye is able to process. People have also been having lots of fun projecting images, using a camera to see what was projected, and then altering the projection based on that. These guys went ahead and, instead of mixing a projector with a camera, they mixed it with a printer. Paper is very reflective, but printer toner is very much not, so they created a shared display out of a laser printout and its actively displayed image. I saw the effects on an X-Ray – pretty convincing, I have to say. Don’t expect animation anytime soon though
(Side note: I did ask them about e-paper. They tried it – said it was OK, but not that much contrast.)
Always cool: Seeing your favorite talks productized. One of my favorite talks in previous years was out of Stanford –
Synthetic Aperture Confocal Imaging
. Unifying the output of dozens of cheap little Quickcams, these guys actually pulled together everything from Matrix-style bullet time to the ability to refocus images – to the point of being able to see “around” occluding objects. So of course Point Grey Research, makers of all sorts of awesome camera equipment,
had to put together a 5×5 array of cameras and hook ’em up over PCI express
. Oh, and implement the Synthetic Aperture refocusing code, in realtime, demo’d at their booth, controlled with a Wii controller. Completely awesome.
Of course, some of the coolest stuff at SIGGRAPH is reserved for full conference attendees, in the papers section. One nice thing they do at SIGGRAPH however is ask everyone to create five minute videos of their research. This makes a lot of sense when what everyone’s researching is, almost by definition, visually compelling. So, every year, I make my way to
Ke-Sen Huang’s collection of SIGGRAPH papers
and take a look at the latest coming out of SIGGRAPH. Now, I have my own biases: I’ve never been much of a 3D modeler, but I started out doing a decent amount of work in Photoshop. So I’ve got a real thing for image based rendering, or graphics technologies that process pixels rather than triangles. Luckily, SIGGRAPH had a lot for me this year.
First off, the
approach from Photosynth continues to yield Awesome
. Dubbed “Photo Tourism” by Noah Snavely et al, this is the concept that we can take individual images from many,
many
different cameras, unify them into a single three dimensional space, and allow seamless exploration. After having far too much fun with a simple search for “Notre Dame” in Flickr last year, this year they add full support for panning and rotating around an object of interest. Beautiful work – I can’t wait to see this UI applied to the various street-level photo datasets captured via spherical cameras.
Speaking of cameras, now that the high end of photography is almost universally digital, people are starting to do some really strange things to camera equipment. Chia-Kai Liang et al’s
Programmable Aperture Photography
allows for complex apertures to be synthesized above and beyond just an open and shut circle, and Ramesh Raskar et al’s
Glare Aware Photography
evaded the megapixel race by filtering light by incident angle – a useful thing to do if you’re looking to filter glare that’s coming from inside your lens.
Another approach is also doing well: Shai Avidan and Ariel Shamir’s work on
Seam Carving
. Most people probably don’t remember, but when movies first started getting converted for home use, there was a fairly huge debate over what to do about the fact that movies are much wider (85% wider) than they are tall. None of the three solutions – Letterboxing (black bars on the top and bottom, to make everything fit), Pan and Scan (picking the “most interesting” square of video from the rectangular frame), or “Anamorphic” (just stretch everything) – made everyone happy, but Letterboxing eventually won. I wonder what would have happened if this approach was around. Basically, Avidan and Shamir find the “least energetic” line of pixels to either add or remove.
Last year, they did this to photos
. This year, they come out with
Improved Seam Carving for Video Retargeting
.
The results are spookily awesome.
Speaking of spooky:
Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness
. Sure, everything you see is photoshopped, but it’s pretty astonishing to see this automated. I wonder if this is going to follow the same path as Seam Carving, i.e. photo today, video tomorrow.
Indeed, there’s something of a theme going on here, with video becoming inexorably easier and easier to manipulate in a photorealistic manner. One of my favorite new tricks out of SIGGRAPH this year goes by the name of
Unwrap Mosaics
. The work of Microsoft’s Pushmeet Kohli, this is nothing less than the beginning of Photoshop’s applicability to video – and not just simple scenes, but real, dynamic, even three dimensional motion. Stunning work here.
It’s not
all
about pixels though. A really fun paper called
Automated Generation of Interactive 3D Exploded View Diagrams
showed up this year, and it’s all about allowing complex models of real world objects to be comprehended in their full context. It’s almost more UI than graphics – but whatever it is, it’s quite cool. I especially liked the moment they’re like – heh, lets see if this works on a medical model! Yup, works there too.
As mentioned earlier, the SIGGRAPH floor was full of various devices that could assemble a 3D model (or at least a point cloud) of any small object they might get pointed at. (For the record, my left hand looks great in silver triangles.) Invariably, these devices work like a sort of hyperactive barcode scanner, monitoring how long it takes for the red beam to return to a photodiode. But here’s an interesting question: How do you scan something that’s semi-transparent? Suddenly you can’t really trust all those reflections, can you? Clearly,
the answer is to submerge your object in fluorescent liquid and scan it with a laser tuned to a frequency that’ll make its surroundings glow
. Clearly. Flurorescent Immersion Range Scanning, by Matthias Hullin and crew from UBC, is quite a stunt.
So you might have heard that
video cards can do more than just push pretty pictures
. Now that Moore’s Law is dead (
how
long have we been stuck with 2Ghz processors?), improvements in computational performance have had to come from fundamentally redesigning how we process data. GPU’s have been one of a couple of players (along with massive multicore x86 and FPGA’s) in this redesign. Achieving greater than 50x speed improvements over traditional CPU’s on non-graphics tasks like, say,
cracking MD5 passwords
, they’re doing OK in this particular race. Right now, the great limiter remains the difficulty programming the GPU’s – and, every month, something new comes to make this easier. This year, we get Qiming Hiu et al’s
BSGP: Bulk-Synchronous GPU Programming
. Note the pride they have with their X3D parser – it’s not just about trivial algorithms anymore. (Of course, now I wonder when hacking GPU parsers will be a Black Hat talk. Short answer: Probably not very long.)
Finally, for sheer brainmelt,
Towards Passive 6D Reflectance Field Displays
by Martin Fuchs et al is just
weird
. They’ve made a display that’s view dependent – OK, well, lenticular displays will show you different things from different angles. Yeah, but this display is also illumination dependent – meaning, it shows you different things based on lighting. There’s no electronics in this material, but it’ll always show you the right image with the right lighting to match the environment.
Weird.
All in all, a wonderfully inspiring SIGGRAPH. After being so immersed in breaking things, it’s always fun to play with awesome things being built.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40825",
"author": "hawkeye18",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T15:19:41",
"content": "Great article! One massive, glaring error, though, and it’s one that no tech writer should ever make. It’s regarding your statement about Moore’s law, which I get the distinct impression that you’ve never actually read. Moore didn’t state that processor SPEED would double, but that the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on a chip would double about every two years.And in case you haven’t noticed, processors have been growing wider, not taller. Take, say, a Pentium 4 531… 3 ghz, 125 million transistors. It was hot shit about two years ago, the best money could buy.Now, let’s take a Core 2 Extreme, an X6900. Not even the best money can buy nowadays; there are better, but it has a clock speed of 3.2ghz, still better than the 531… and 291 million transistors. That’s 2.3 times more transistors.Seems Moore’s law is still alive and quite well.I do look forward to the 3D exploded view diagrams, though. Those are a bitch to try to figure out in 2D!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40826",
"author": "Mr. Mediocre",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T17:31:04",
"content": "So many sweet things this year. So many…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40827",
"author": "underdog5004",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T19:20:48",
"content": "Wow, I was really impressed by the “Photo Tourism” section, although I have a feeling it’s not the same as actually being there :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40828",
"author": "Decepticon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T19:29:58",
"content": "Wow, these demos are amazing. Can’t wait to see if they ever get implemented in big box office productions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40829",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:20:00",
"content": "moore’s law is, and has always been, about transistor count. NOT core clock frequency. And it’s definitely not dead yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40830",
"author": "Sciurus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:25:15",
"content": "pentium IV: 42,000,000 transistorsCore 2 Duo: 291,000,000 transistorsI think Moore’s Law is still cookin’ with gas.Old slang is the bee’s knees!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40831",
"author": "Sciurus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:28:21",
"content": "Wow, people are quick with the whole transistor count thing. Moore’s Law is the cat’s pajamas!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40832",
"author": "Dan Kaminsky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T03:27:44",
"content": "Moore’s Law as a measure of transistor count? Sure, it’s doing fine.Moore’s Law as a measure of computational power? Not so much. Do you realize how many of those transistors are just CPU cache? L1, L2, L3…more and more and more layers. Sure, we’re getting more cores, but lets be honest — nobody really knows how to use ’em, not like we knew how to use more clock. And as we learn to parallelize, we’re abandoning x86 entirely for the 50x speedup.Maybe a better way to say it: “Moore’s Law is dead. Long live Moore’s law” — as we finally are forced to migrate off sequential computation to actually experience its advantages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/19/iphone-ssh-client-roundup/
|
IPhone SSH Client Roundup
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"News",
"Roundup"
] |
[
"apple",
"iphone",
"iphone3g",
"iSSH",
"pTerm",
"ssh",
"TouchTerm"
] |
Considering an
iPhone
but not sure if you can live without SSH in your pocket? Have no fear! Hot off the press is this
review of four SSH clients for the iPhone
: iSSH, pTerm, TouchTerm, and SSH. All four clients have their strengths and weaknesses, and iSSH seems to be the best option so far. Although each of these is an early release, and therefore has its own idiosyncrasies, they’ve got improved features being planned for the next major release. Furthermore, they’re surprisingly inexpensive (none of them are more than five dollars), and so you should give them a shot if you see the need to SSH without being bound to your terminal.
iSSH
is the best of the reviewed clients, giving you a good balance of usability and features. It has is share of problems, though, primarily related to the way it handles scrolling,
pTerm
comes in second, and is almost perfect. Its two rather glaring weaknesses are a too-large font that requires plenty of scrolling, and a lack of Ctrl, ESC, and Tab keys.
TouchTerm
, which comes in third, is the most configurable of the reviewed SSH clients,but is otherwise irrationally quirky.
SSH
is even quirkier than TouchTerm, and is a waste of your time and money.
Between the idiosyncrasies of iSSH, pTerm, and TouchTerm, you’re bound to find one that you like. Furthermore, these are initial releases; all three have exciting features on the roadmap (like implementing the ESC key) which should improve their usability.
Should you give one of them a try? For five bucks, it wouldn’t hurt.
[photo:
edans
]
[via
Waxy
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40815",
"author": "mklebel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T06:53:28",
"content": "I can’t kill a command with ctrl c or x. I have yet to find a ash client for the iPhone that can do this. Is there another keystroke that can kill the command?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40816",
"author": "zish",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T07:15:41",
"content": "Yeah. I’ll hold out on the iPhone until I can install software on it myself (without iTunes or Jailbreaking). I need some things that the iPhone simply will probably never to (like OpenVPN).Why can’t I just use OpenSSH or PuTTY, or myriad other free SSH client implementations? Oh yeah. Apple makes you pay to distribute software via iTunes.Sorry for the rant, but the iPhone, while being a beautiful piece of engineering, is a very, VERY evil thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40817",
"author": "eggsy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T07:40:49",
"content": "Did I miss the hacking component in this entry?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40818",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T15:11:30",
"content": "I’m not your usual iphone user; after all my research into available and soon-available phones, though, it’s the best of the bunch. Touch Diamond and Touch Pro have high res screens, but they’re (significantly) smaller. Touch Pro’s as thick as the old Treo 650. X1’s in perma-delay. I *can* write apps for iphone (yes, jailbreaking, whoop-de-doo), and from a day-to-day point of view, the iPhone is only about a hundred times ahead of windows mobile. If Palm could ever get their heads out of their arses they might be able to win back one of their biggest fans, but sadly I don’t think this will ever happen.As far as VPN goes; the iphone has L2TP, PPTP and IPSec as standard; that’s a pretty good list as far as I’m concerned. Tethering is my only real need that it doesn’t have, but there are (crappy) workarounds, at least until someone manages to locate the entry points for the hidden SDP and HCI calls that would allow me to add profiles on my own.All of that is not to mention the fact that since the iphone *is* the popular phone, I’m never far from whatever accessory I may need, and the 30-pin header is a great hacking opportunity for the device.Evil? You call the iphone evil and not the shite that is windows mobile? I’m no fan of Apple, but the iPHone has a lot more right with it than it has wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40819",
"author": "dbr",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T15:41:01",
"content": "zish:> Yeah. I’ll hold out on the iPhone until I can install software on it myself (without iTunes or Jailbreaking)Just Jailbreak the thing. It’s trivial to do (on 1.1.4 you launch an application and click a button, with v2 there’s a step-by-step walk-through in the PwnageTool application, and I think there’s a “QuickPwn” thing which is single-click)> Why can’t I just use OpenSSH or PuTTYIf you jailbreak, you can! It has a full terminal (zsh by default) with the regular openssh client. You can also install the gcc-toolchain thing and compile whatever command line application you want, or just use one of the many native-iPhone SSH clients reviewed here..I have to agree with your distain of the iTunes App Storemklebel/”I can’t kill a command with ctrl c or x. I have yet to find a ash client for the iPhone that can do this”:In MobileTerm on 1.1.4/Jailbreak, you press ctrl by doing a stroke-gesture down-and-right. then type c to do “ctrl+c”.. It’s slightly unintuitive, but works fairly well once you discover it.. And judging by the iSSH screenshot, they have a Ctrl button..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40820",
"author": "sim-sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T15:52:39",
"content": "If you jailbreak you get can install OpenSSH through Cydia. Using ssh is the only way I know of to put on your NES roms :D. The emulator, of course, couldn’t be easier to install.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40821",
"author": "Alexandre Gauthier",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T19:07:12",
"content": "None of these come close to using mobileterminal (http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/) on a Jailbroken iPhone, in my humble opinion, but it’s always nice to have a backup should jailbreaking backfire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40822",
"author": "Per-Erik Broz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T20:34:39",
"content": "More of these apps should be available outside the US store. How difficult can it be to put them on european stores and earn more?Please iPhone developers :)And please bring me a Wardriving app. The wificard and GPS is there…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40823",
"author": "Ross Snider",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T06:09:42",
"content": "@#2The hacking component of this entry is compiling widely available code and selling it for $5 to any sucker who would take hackaday’s “why not give it a try” advice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40824",
"author": "george",
"timestamp": "2008-08-22T00:55:38",
"content": "Nokia n810 FTW",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82753",
"author": "iPoon",
"timestamp": "2009-07-23T10:46:10",
"content": "kill a process?ps -ef | grep(wait for output)killjust for that guy who doesn’t know how not to use the ctrl button",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "115829",
"author": "Grillonic",
"timestamp": "2010-01-07T18:53:26",
"content": "What can I do with iSSH in my iPod touch?, can I access the system and maybe install a linux distribution or something?. I’m talking bout’ not jailbroken ipod, only with iSSH installed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "130901",
"author": "Wayne",
"timestamp": "2010-03-19T21:12:32",
"content": "THIS is your selection of ssh apps? God the iphone sucks. 130000 applications and almost none of them are actually useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "156668",
"author": "pizzaman",
"timestamp": "2010-07-09T02:35:56",
"content": ">>”THIS is your selection of ssh apps? God the >>iphone sucks. 130000 applications and almost none >>of them are actually useful.”.I wholeheartedly agree.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "185470",
"author": "zeddy",
"timestamp": "2010-09-25T07:09:39",
"content": ">>”THIS is your selection of ssh apps? God the >>iphone sucks. 130000 applications and almost none >>of them are actually useful.”.Yawn. Not useful to you perhaps.It’s a consumer focused pocket comms device.As usual, Apple invented the concept and everyone else followed. Their itunes model isn’t the greatest but, well, I’m glad there’s a method of controlling available apps.It’s not for hackers. Frankly I’d be happier if hackers stayed out of it. You can have your jailbreaks and dodgy apps. But I want my phone to “just work” when i need to dial 911.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "191463",
"author": "crYphone",
"timestamp": "2010-10-05T11:39:25",
"content": "But I want my phone to “just work” …sure, when u have some battery left, and hoping for at least the faintest signal…dont count on saving lives here m8…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "734378",
"author": "Beherith",
"timestamp": "2012-08-14T09:08:42",
"content": "As for me vSSH is the best for both iPad and iPhone",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.351304
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|
How-To: Hack A ThingamaKIT
|
loganwilliams
|
[
"digital audio hacks",
"home entertainment hacks",
"how-to"
] |
[
"audio",
"bleeplabs",
"circuitbending",
"circuitbent",
"howto",
"photoresistor",
"review",
"thingamagoop",
"thingamakit"
] |
The
ThingamaKIT
is an anthropomorphic analog synthesizer kit from
Bleep Labs
. Using “LEDacles”, photoresistors, knobs, and switches, it generates interesting high pitched vocalizations. Bleep Labs sent us a review unit and this article shares our experiences building and using the kit. We’ve also included a tutorial on making some hacks, modifications, and circuit bends to it. Skip to the end to see a video of our hacked kit in action.
Using the ThingamaKIT
While it may not be that useful for serious musical composition, the ThingamaKIT makes some nice bleeps and blips, even without modification.The LED to photoresistor input/feedback method is enjoyable to play with, by repointing the LEDacles and waving hands around the photoresistor. The ThingamaKIT is very easy to start using; just twiddle knobs, and it starts making its characteristic ridiculous sounds.
The ThingamaKIT is an simple but fun circuit, and
schematics
are provided. Three Schmitt trigger oscillators, like the ones used in the
previous Hack a Day synth article
are used to control the first LEDacle. Because they have different frequencies, the LEDacle blinks in an interesting manner. A Schmitt trigger and op amp generate a triangle wave for the other LEDacle, with controllable waveshape and speed. Another Schmitt trigger generates the modulating wave, with a frequency based on either Photocell 2 or a potentiometer. The main oscillator, the XR2206, has a pitch controlled by Photocell 1, except when the output from the modulation is high, then it switches to a different pitch.
Embedded above is Bleep Labs official demo video.
Building the ThingamaKIT
The instructions for building the ThingamaKIT are printed well and easy to follow. [Surachai]’s build time lapse, shown above, gives a nice overview of the process. We had no problem finding components and soldering them to the board. Though troubleshooting instructions are provided in the manual, our device worked fine, and we did not need them.
If you are assembling the ThingamaKIT with the intent to hack it as shown in the rest of this article, there are a couple things you should do differently than shown in the instructions.
Cut the 4” wires a little longer, closer to 6”. You’ll need the extra length when fitting components.
Do not install the waveshape switch, unless you want to test the default ThingamaKIT unit without modifications.
Do not proceed to the casing steps until you have made modifications.
Hacking the ThingamaKIT
Bleep Labs has designed the ThingamaKIT to be easily
circuit bendable
, and there are many fun hacks that can be done with this unit. A few are briefly presented in the extra information given with the kit. While playing around with it and assembling it, we also discovered several more. We’ll show you a few different hacks and circuit bends that you can do with an assembled ThingamaKIT.
Adding an audio input
Our favorite hack for the ThingamaKIT is to add an audio input. The ThingamaKIT will completely warp any audio input, crushing it to lo-fi fuzz and crunches. Here is its emotional rendition of The Police’s “Every Breath You Take”:
To do this, you’ll need a 3.5mm audio jack, like the kind used in the
previous synthesizer how-to article
and a SPDT (three way) switch. Solder a wire to the signal lug and a wire to the ground lug on the jack. Then, solder the signal wire (the blue wire) to the left hand pad of the .01 uF capacitor, which is outlined above in red. Our solder joints look like a warzone, but it all works. We swear.
There are two places the ground wire can be soldered, and each has a different sound; we installed a switch so that both could be used. Solder the ground wire to the center lug on the SPDT switch. Solder one of the outside lugs to the board’s ground, and another to the other pin of the .01 uF capacitor, as outlined in red above.
To use the audio input, flip the SPDT switch to either outside position, then patch some audio to the input. Music, drum machines, other synthesizers and more all work to make an interesting sound.
Adding a waveshaper knob
In its default configuration, the ThingamaKIT only has a switch to select between triangle and square wave main oscillators. By replacing this knob with a potentiometer, you can transition smoothly between the two waveforms. However, there will be a significant attenuation (decrease in volume) when the potentiometer is near its center, as both outputs will have increased impedance. This is not easily corrected, except with active amplification, or a dual potentiometer with two different tapers, which we have been unable to find.
To do this mod, you first need to remove the waveshape switch if you have already attached it. The easiest way to remove it is with a
desoldering iron
. Simply squeeze the bulb, place the hot iron over each pad (pads to remove are outlined in red on the image above), and release the bulb. Do this for each pad until all solder is removed, then remove the switch. Keep the switch, as it will be useful if you want to do the sine wave hack.
Next, solder three wires to a 10K potentiometer, such as the one pictured above. The red wire goes to the middle lug, and the other two go to either end on the board.
The waveshaper knob is complete, and you can now easily fade between square and triangle waves.
Adding a sine wave switch
While reading the
datasheet
(PDF) for the XR2206, the signal generator that the ThingamaKIT uses, we noticed a very easy way to change the triangle wave output into a sine wave, which has a softer sound.
If you are doing this with the waveshaper hack above, start by taking the old switch, and removing one lug from its side. Then bend the other two down slightly, as shown. This will allow the switch to fit where the old one did on the panel, without being in contact with the board. Solder two short wires to the remaining lugs. Then, stick a piece of electrical tape over the top of the pads on the board where the potentiometer is now wired, and put the switch there, using a bit of hot glue to hold it in place.
To one wire, solder a 220 ohm resistor inline; an extra is helpfully provided in the kit. Wrap the resistor in electrical tape to cover the exposed leads, then solder the two wire ends to pins 13 and 14 of the XR2206 as outlined in red above. The sine wave mod is complete!
Adding a spike wave switch
Another bend we found while poking around in the unit caused the main oscillator to create a “spike” waveform. It produces a nice lo-fi, glitchy sound. To add this bend, take any normal SPST (two way on-off switch) and solder a wire to each lug.
Then, connect it to pins 8 and 6 on the XR2206, as outlined in red. The spike wave mod is done.
Packaging it all up
To finish up our ThingamaKIT, we followed the instructions provided with the kit, but with a few modifications. A couple of extra holes had to be drilled for the new potentiometer (5/16”), the spike wave switch (5/16”), and the audio input (1/4”).
We had some difficulty getting all of the new components fitted into the case, but with some rearranging we managed. Be sure not to push the photoresistors up higher on the face then is shown on the drill jig, or you will have trouble fitting them around the LEDacles. The volume potentiometer was also mounted a little low, and we had to put the speaker toward the controls side rather then the LEDacle side of the case to fit it in.
Check out the demo video below to see our glorious leader in action.
Further hacks
To hack your ThingamaKIT further, Dr. Bleep has some
recommendations
in the manual: using the extra oscillators on the board to add effects, replacing the variable photocells with resistors and buttons to make a keyboard, making a patchbay, and getting complete control over LEDacle 1 with potentiometers.
That concludes our ThingamaKIT hacking. Have any of you built one? To see other custom ThingamaKITs, check out the
Flickr group
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "40802",
"author": "Jack Ward",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T02:16:54",
"content": "wow this thing is so bad ass",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40803",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T03:00:52",
"content": "seriously i want one so bad! whenever i do get one i am so trying these :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40804",
"author": "rectilinear",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T03:09:23",
"content": "I’m excited to see so many musical hacks lately. I think it ought to be a subcategory on the site. There’s a lot of people doing a lot of very interesting and bizarre things with music and tech out there. More, please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40805",
"author": "Toastalicious",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T04:44:23",
"content": "Is it possible to add a midi input/output? I wanna connect my keyboard to it. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40806",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T05:00:46",
"content": "AWESOME!@3: I was just about to ask the same thing!! that would be even more AWESOME.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40807",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T15:57:41",
"content": "wow makes me want to black out my eyesockets, get my “the used” t-shirts out and paint my fingernails black and joint the EMo crowd once again.I’m so misunderstood…0a 45 6d 6f 20 6b 69 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 6c 6f 73 65 72 73",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40808",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T18:26:46",
"content": "get thee some liquid flux and reflow those solder joints. there is bound to be a fairly cold solder joint there somewhere that will manifest itself sooner or later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40809",
"author": "terry",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T21:18:41",
"content": "i have one it is way too cool !!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40810",
"author": "Dr. Bleep",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T22:44:54",
"content": "I’m glad ya’ll like it!Midi would be tough since the main oscillator is controlled by a RC circuit, not an external variable. But you could switch out the photocell for a bank of pots and try to connect them to a MIDIFY.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40811",
"author": "Toastalicious",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T06:07:51",
"content": "#3 hereIt’s a shame it doesn’t have a midi output. This is exactly what I needed, cause I wanted an analog synth, but I lack the smarts to build my own from scratch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40812",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T08:25:35",
"content": "OK, I think you guys are missing something here.. the kit contains a speaker right? Just rewire the speaker to a stereo/mono port… no?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40813",
"author": "Toastalicious",
"timestamp": "2008-08-27T03:16:48",
"content": "#10, you seem to be missing the point, what if we wanna control it via a midi input, rather than adding a midi output?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44313",
"author": "Ethan",
"timestamp": "2008-10-04T10:14:13",
"content": "What happened to the images? They all 404 now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52484",
"author": "Nathan",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T12:24:37",
"content": "I bought a thingamakit recently as a present for a friend and I am currently in the process of moddifying it by adding the sine wave switch and spikewave switch.I’m afraid I think your pictures are misleading in that the picture for where you have soldered the sine wave switch differs from where it is in your picture for the spike wave.In the first picture the wires are soldered to what appears to be pins 3 and 4 but then in the second picture they jump to pins 13 and 14.I assume the second picture is correct and the circuit works with both mods working properly??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60792",
"author": "Pascal",
"timestamp": "2009-01-26T17:39:52",
"content": "Hi,I’m waiting for my Thingamakit and have some questions… Can I leave the standard waveshape selector and install the sine and spike wave switches through on-off buttons? If I do so, which waveforms are replaced when I activate them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69376",
"author": "nick!",
"timestamp": "2009-04-06T02:35:12",
"content": "That is sick! Can you put an input jack in it so you can run it through delay or distortion or something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "166438",
"author": "Creighton",
"timestamp": "2010-08-07T10:13:54",
"content": "So that is what two Ataris making love sounds like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "218452",
"author": "DotorPatch",
"timestamp": "2010-11-25T14:49:54",
"content": "There’s a lot of people doing a lot of very interesting and bizarre things with music and tech out there. More, please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "561758",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2012-01-18T07:09:58",
"content": "I get it. But, Honestly just listening to it pisses me off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1924518",
"author": "alan b",
"timestamp": "2014-09-27T23:36:35",
"content": "I know this is old, but any chance of getting the images restored?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5553125",
"author": "Dad",
"timestamp": "2018-12-01T18:24:17",
"content": "Does anyone have the missing picture under “adding an audio input”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.198326
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/19/defcon-16-list-of-tools-compiled/
|
Defcon 16: List Of Tools Compiled
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"cons",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"applications",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"defcon2008",
"hacking",
"tools",
"zeroday"
] |
Zero Day posted a
list of tools and applications that were released
at
Defcon 16
. The applications run the gamut, from
Beholder
, an open source wireless IDS tool, to
CollabREate
, a reverse-engineering plugin that allows multiple people to share a single project. The list covers a lot of ground, and there’s a lot for hackers to play around with and explore. It’s nice to see someone bothering to maintain a list since the majority of conference tools just get lost in the shuffle and are never seen again.
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40801",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T00:14:42",
"content": "The kiosk hack presentation was awesome. “Any internet kiosk owned in 2 minutes or less”. It also serves as a nice repository of common exploits for systems running IE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79673",
"author": "Aarohi",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T17:02:33",
"content": "Great post, thanx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79676",
"author": "Harry",
"timestamp": "2009-06-29T17:41:28",
"content": "Great post, thanx.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.28847
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/18/usb-switched-power-strip/
|
USB Switched Power Strip
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"highvoltage",
"powerstrip",
"usb"
] |
[toymotorhead] pieced together this
USB controlled power strip
to help with his electrical bill. His goal was to be able to have devices turned off automatically when he shut down his computer as well as powered on when he turned his computer on. Another requirement was that the USB be isolated to protect the motherboard from spikes.
The cost of the parts in total were less than $30, and consisted of a solid state relay, some fuses, and some transient voltage surge suppressing diodes. The unit only switches power off or on depending on whether or not the computer is powered up, it doesn’t control the outlets via software. He goes pretty in depth as to how everything works as well as showing nice diagrams and pictures. This should be a fairly quick and simple project, as long as you take the proper precautions for working with high voltage.
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40729",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T22:19:20",
"content": "Does anyone know how much these cost to buy ‘retail’? My friend had one, to turn on his RAID power supply when the computer came on. Was just a USB cable, with male A at one end, and a male and female electrical pass-thru on the other.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40730",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T23:33:49",
"content": "Fuses and transient protection diodes don’t provide isolation, they’re just protection. The only isolation in this circuit is in the relay itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40731",
"author": "SL",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T01:24:20",
"content": "I created something similar using a timer socket (the ones that let you set a time for a light to come on etc) for the relay and a usb cable hooked up to an opto isolator connected to control circuit on the pcb total cost < £10 (+ a 4 way).Its not a solid state relay but it works well enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40732",
"author": "mworks",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T03:10:19",
"content": "This can be done for about $10 or less.Use the usb cable to power an optoisolator that controlsa ac-dc converter that powers the relay.only 4 parts needed.OptoisolatorAC-DC converterRelayDiodeTotally isolated from the pc .Or if you don’t care about isolation.A relay and diode+usb cable is all that is needed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40733",
"author": "julian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T03:33:48",
"content": "why is it old computers had a power connector for this purpose, which only leads energy while the computer is running, and nowadays, no one provides this feature?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40734",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:28:50",
"content": "My usb ports provide continual power if the computer has been shut down using the operating system. To stop power from going to the usb ports I have to flip the power switch on the power supply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40735",
"author": "sl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T10:39:58",
"content": "@diy audio projects: some motherboards have a jumper to select what you want it or failing that you could hook it up to the 5v rail on your computers power supply. That should be off when the computers off ;).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40736",
"author": "haarp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T17:33:33",
"content": "Why not just use a mechanical relay? A 6V relay works fine with 5V in my experience.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40737",
"author": "djdropit",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T19:22:00",
"content": "Costs $30 for a whole power strip that works the same way off USB, but they are currently out of stock:http://www.theecostrip.com/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40738",
"author": "MoJo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T20:35:39",
"content": "I have been working on a “real” USB device similar to this – i.e. with the computer actually able to control each outlet. The idea is to allow me to turn my printer on and off without having to reach around it all the time.It’s fairly simple to do with an AVR microcontroller, so I am adding an IR interface to it as an extra feature.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40739",
"author": "dan murrow",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T04:03:08",
"content": "anything less than 500volts is actually low voltage",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44141",
"author": "Kredit",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T14:22:54",
"content": "I have this site bookmarked. Thanks from Kredit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.497972
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/17/upcoming-events/
|
Upcoming Events
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"25c3",
"arseelektronika",
"ccc",
"event",
"hackercon",
"hackers",
"makerfaire",
"roboexotica",
"toorcon"
] |
It looks like it’s time to update our
event list
. Here are some hacking related events happening through the rest of the year.
ToorCon
September 26-28 San Diego, CA – In its tenth year, ToorCon has always been
one of our favorites
. The conference is fairly small, but features great content like last year’s
fuzzing talk
.
Arse Elektronika
(NSFW) September 25-28 San Francisco, CA – Happening the same time as ToorCon, this conference covers the sexual side of human and machine interaction. The
device list
has gems like The Seismic Dildo, which only turns on if there is seismic activity in the world.
Maker Faire
October 18-19 Austin, TX – It’s Maker Faire! In Texas!
Roboexotica
December 4-7 Vienna, Austria – The premier
festival for cocktail robotics
is also back for the tenth time. They’re always looking for more exhibitors. Check out
our Hackit for ideas
.
25C3
December 27-30 Berlin, Germany I think we pretty much
covered all the bases
on this incredible conference yesterday.
Did we miss anything?
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40720",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T06:21:26",
"content": "It might not be as big as the other cons, but Phreaknic 12 is scheduled to take place October 24-25 in Nashville, TN.http://phreaknic.info/pn12/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40721",
"author": "Derek Robson",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T06:31:19",
"content": "and in other parts of the world we have:Event: \tRUXCON 2008Date: \t29 November-30 November 2008Location: \tSydney, AustraliaHomepage:http://www.ruxcon.org.auandEvent: \tKiwicon 2k8Date: \t27th & 28th September 2008Location: \tWellington, New ZealandHomepage:http://www.kiwicon.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40722",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T10:07:45",
"content": "shdh 26 on august 30th in los gatos, ca",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40723",
"author": "sweeney",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T10:28:36",
"content": "Ohio Linux Fest is the 10th and 11th of October in Columbus Ohio.http://www.ohiolinux.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40724",
"author": "Taylor Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T10:41:55",
"content": "Arse Elektronica is absolutely amazing! I went last year and i am very much going again. Last year my friend got F**ked on stage by a robot! Oh, and the talks are excellent too. ;)-Taylor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40725",
"author": "nullset",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T18:05:10",
"content": "Dragoncon!In atlanta Labor Day weekend. Don’t miss Arc Attack’s Singing Tesla Coils at the mad scientists ball!http://www.dragoncon.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40726",
"author": "chapt3r4",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:42:25",
"content": "Kiwicon 2k8Sept’26th-28thWellingtonNew Zealandhttp://www.kiwicon.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40727",
"author": "jo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T17:35:00",
"content": "meta rhein main chaos days 111b5.-7. SeptDarmstadtGermanyhttp://mrmcd.metarheinmain.de/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40728",
"author": "nrp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T18:23:00",
"content": "Not quite the standard Hack a Day fare, but theres going to be an OLPC Game Jam in Boston Aug 29-31. Rapid competitive game development on little green laptops.http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Physics_Jam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.538935
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/17/scratch-built-jog-wheel/
|
Scratch Built Jog Wheel
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"bittech",
"griffin",
"griffinpowermate",
"instructables",
"mouse",
"powermate",
"salvage",
"scavenge",
"scrollwheel",
"vcr",
"vcrhead",
"video",
"volumouse"
] |
[whatsisface] sent in his
scratch built clone of a Griffin PowerMate
. The
PowerMate
… is just a big knob, so it’s easy to see why more than one person has attempted this. [whatsisface] was inspired by a bit-tech post that did
nearly the same thing
, only they used the head out of a VCR for the knob. All the other components, like the optical encoder, are salvaged from a mouse, which we talked about in
our scavenging How-To
. He used a RC car tire for the actual knob. While we’re sure it works great in dirt, we’d probably go with the weight and inertia of the VCR head instead. Have a look at the video below to see the knob being used with the
Volumouse software
.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40710",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T04:54:00",
"content": "“[whatsisface] sent in his scratch built clone of a Griffin PowerMate. The PowerMate… is just a big knob, so it’s easy to why more than one person has attempted this. “Rephrase asap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40711",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T06:03:21",
"content": "This is a repost-Optical control wheel utilizing mouse components-+Using USB2Midi you can use this to control a multitude of softwares. But alas this is old news.http://www.hackaday.com/2007/06/23/turntable-mouse-interface/http://terminatorx.org/turntable.htmlPicture link[url]http://terminatorx.org/pix/adam2.jpg%5B/url]http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/07/terminatorx_turntable_gal.htmlWhere do you guys get these editors from? Reposts? Cmon guys…… trim the fat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40712",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T07:24:15",
"content": "repost is a repost of a repost reposting reposts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40713",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T08:59:01",
"content": "pip, Jason fixed it. Thank you.36chambers, turntable mice? Where did that come from? Looks to me like we’re posting VCR head based micehttp://www.hackaday.com/2006/04/11/ergonomic-vertical-mouse/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40714",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T09:50:15",
"content": "Elliot- Did you even read my posting or did you just briefly glance at it?What I linked to, and has been posted here b4 is just what the above is = A linear single axis interface device – based off of hacking a mouseThis is no different than opening up your trackball mouse and turning the slotted optical wheel yourself, except that instead you turn another wheel, and that turns the optical encodding wheel inside the mouse.I also feel the jogwheel hacks that was posted earlier are more advanced, as some utlilize the button inputs as well.This is harldy a hack- and is along the lines of stuffing shit into something and calling it a hack… remember the NES cellphone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40715",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T09:53:09",
"content": "Also the Terminatorx Turntable style mouse jogwheel thing is circa 1999.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40716",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T10:41:46",
"content": "I’m actually going to make a jog wheel, useful for many things.I’m also surprised hackaday would post fanatically about something that has been done many times already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40717",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T17:19:22",
"content": "Neat, but I guess I don’t understand why someone would want to use this over the wheel built into a wheel mouse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40718",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T20:46:10",
"content": "#8 i built one of these a long time ago before the original of this repost got posted here. Anyway the reason i did it was simple because there are often times i have to go through huge freaking directories. mine however was done with a very heavy knob and nice new ball bearings so i can spin and scroll and stop when i need to. it is easier and crazy amounts faster than using a mousebut i’m with everyone else, i’m not sure why a repost is being posted as a hack….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40719",
"author": "rectilinear",
"timestamp": "2008-08-20T03:17:30",
"content": "Built one of these out of boredom today. Sure, it’s a simple hack, but sometimes hacking isn’t about obscure tech or incredible feats, it’s just about something neat that someone did.Personally, I like the little bugger quite well, especially good in the morning when I’m too lazy to do anything but scroll anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.584898
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/16/ps3-hacked-for-backups/
|
PS3 Hacked For Backups?
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[
"backup",
"bluray",
"piracy",
"playstation",
"playstation3",
"ps3",
"video"
] |
The video above supposedly shows a
Playstation 3 booting a game from the hard drive
by booting a legitimate game from disc. There aren’t many other details besides a comment that backing up Blu-ray discs takes a lot of space. So, if this does actually work, it’s doubtful we’ll see much piracy because of it.
[via
PS3Scene
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40691",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T06:53:54",
"content": "Reminds me of when I used to use HDloader to boot games and get around the region protection. I could see this as potentially useful for those who used Winhiip to switch ISOs in and out of the hard drive, but this could also be a fake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40692",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T07:10:15",
"content": "Ohh god not here too.. This is team ice and team paradox all over again..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40693",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T07:12:49",
"content": "> backing up Blu-ray discs takes a lot of spaceAnd 1TB SATA drives are only $110…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40694",
"author": "pip",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T07:49:19",
"content": "wtf is all the *clicking* for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40695",
"author": "javier256",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T08:33:42",
"content": "looks like a lot of bs just to play a backed up game from the hard drive. I think it’s fake though just because you never really get to see any of the file sizes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40696",
"author": "novolo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T08:46:11",
"content": "its not clicking, the sownd is from the autofocus of the camera, it must be broken to make that noise, but u can tell its from the focus by looking at the top left corner and see that everytime you hear the “clicking” its trying to focus the image…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40697",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T11:40:45",
"content": "If the PS3 gets hacked for backup play, PS3 sales will rocket",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40698",
"author": "Don Birdi",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T14:04:33",
"content": "Is this actually genuine?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40699",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T17:32:46",
"content": "of course it’s genuine, hackaday wouldn’t post things that weren’t actually hacks…Even if it is legit, it doesn’t matter. Sony did the PS3 right, they made it not worth hacking by making it region free and allowing linux to run on it out of the box. The two legitimate reasons given for hacking a console are already defeated leaving piracy the only reason to hack it. Pirates generally copy or slightly modify hackers work, and since the hackers aren’t working hard on it, no piracy.It would be nice to see the entire system opened up to linux as opposed to the relatively limited power it’s given, but I doubt hardcore hackers have enough interest to hack it all the way open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40700",
"author": "spaceballs",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T19:27:41",
"content": "Jason – “Leaving piracy the only reason to hack it.”Based on what? Incorrect assumption, i.e. linux canât access the GPU natively, that alone could give someone reason to hack around it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40701",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T19:35:44",
"content": "Lets not forget the ability to backup your own games and save them from the scratch factor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40702",
"author": "bashar",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T23:52:22",
"content": "thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40703",
"author": "Ryan M",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T00:18:04",
"content": "Anyone else get hijacked by trojans by attempting to go to that site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40704",
"author": "blizzarddemon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T04:20:44",
"content": "I second 36chambers comment. Those scratches do shit tons more damage then they did on the measly cd based games of the nineties…Used to be able to scratch those things to kingdom come back in those days, now with all that data compressed onto the same area, even minut dust scratches can prevent readablity of gigs worth of data.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40705",
"author": "shawn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T21:40:39",
"content": "I got the virus warning while reading this also",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40706",
"author": "alex d",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T23:18:32",
"content": "yeah i think this site is a little cheap. I’ve had to clean up a trojan I’m pretty sure this site installed by looking at the file times and my history.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40707",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T17:27:34",
"content": "aaaaand nobody cares. There are a grand-total of 5 games that I would want on the PS3.Now, I would buy it for it’s Blu-Ray capabilities… If I had any reason to do so. I have a media-server that connects to my Popcorn Hour–so I don’t even need physical media anymore. So nice to never have to switch out discs anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40708",
"author": "ChaOS",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:51:50",
"content": "Well, I like the idea of being able to run a disk from the HDD.As for the person who claimed there is no reason to hack the PS3, all I can say is HOMEBREW!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40709",
"author": "ChaOS",
"timestamp": "2008-08-21T20:54:52",
"content": "Um… I just noticed something, Where in the video does it show a game launching from the HDD?All I see is a guy in warhawk (which can play off the HDD via PSN) who drops back to the XMB and launches an actual disk. I could easily make the same video, no hacks required…Someone wanna clear that up for me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44212",
"author": "rfom22",
"timestamp": "2008-10-03T01:47:34",
"content": "Lol I can do that too. Put the Warhawk disk in. Load up to the lobby, eject the disk while in the lobby, put in the Motorstorm Disk, then it looks like you are playing Warhawk but have Motorstorm in. Not that hard to do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52092",
"author": "harrison",
"timestamp": "2008-11-23T19:34:35",
"content": "or lol, just buy the PlayStation network version of it, and download it, play it and just leave the motorstorm disk in there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "53308",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-12-02T02:36:37",
"content": "This is not a hack you can download WARHAWK from the psn store online and play it through the consle without blue rayCase closed this is bullshit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59212",
"author": "NeCrom-X",
"timestamp": "2009-01-14T19:51:49",
"content": "Yea as someone else stated this is BS its just Warhawk doesn’t need the disc much once its loaded and he took out the Warhawk disc and put in Motorstorm. If he showed himself playing warhawk the Motorstorm disc was in and its not in his game list then that would be different.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63970",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T07:45:22",
"content": "well the games are expensive each game in my country cost from 60 – 100 bux damn expensive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83957",
"author": "d",
"timestamp": "2009-08-03T20:34:06",
"content": "ps3 is garbage, hackers are really not interested in it, xbox won this gen and its easier to hack, by the time they hacked the ps3, the next gen of consoles will be out…..just get a xbox…more games, better online, and backups…nuff saidthere is only 5 games i like on ps3 gt5, infamous, uncharted, metal gear, and resistance…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "85403",
"author": "Free PS3 Slim",
"timestamp": "2009-08-10T21:45:14",
"content": "Good post, adding it to my blog now, thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87978",
"author": "Free PS3 Slim",
"timestamp": "2009-08-19T21:28:04",
"content": "Nice blog adding this to my twitter now",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.939554
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/16/25c3-nothing-to-hide-announced/
|
25C3: Nothing To Hide Announced
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"24c3",
"25c3",
"biohacking",
"ccc",
"chaoscommunicationcongress",
"chaoscomputerclub",
"congress",
"drewendy",
"fullsteamahead",
"mifare",
"nothingtohide"
] |
Germany’s
Chaos Computer Club
has announced the theme for their annual Chaos Communication Congress: “
Nothing to hide
“. Like last year’s “
Full steam ahead!
“, it’s open to many interpretations. People striking down privacy laws often say citizens shouldn’t mind since they have “Nothing to hide”. The phrase is also connected to the inability to hide data, as the CCC demonstrated this year by
publishing the German Home Secretary’s fingerprint
. On a more positive side, “Nothing to hide” is also about the free exchange of information that happens at hacker conventions. The Congress is in its 25th year and promises to be as good as ever. At
last year’s 24C3
, we saw great talks like [Drew Endy]’s
biohacking talk
and the
original MiFare crypto presentation
. 25C3 will be held in Berlin December 27th to 30th. The wiki is already up and they’ve published a
call for participation
, if you’re interested.
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{
"comment_id": "40684",
"author": "laptopleon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T15:29:46",
"content": "I agree on their motto, only I mean it. People who are honest really have nothing to hide. I don’t see how they can break the law by publicating fingerprints, like they say, it’s like publicating photographs.Therefore I don’t see the problem they have with police taking everyone’s picture, fingerprint, DNA and biometrics. They can have mine, it will only prove my innocence it necessary.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40685",
"author": "herbicide",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T16:13:10",
"content": "They why, laptopleon, are you posting under a pseodonym?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40686",
"author": "laptopleon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T20:21:15",
"content": "why are YOU posting under a pseudonym?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40687",
"author": "Ian Calvert",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T01:35:17",
"content": "laptopleon, the phrase “the innocent have nothing to hide” leaves out something very important.It assumes that the ruling power are, and always will be, benevolent and trustworthy. Don’t mind the current government having the power to track your every move? What if the next government isn’t so nice?Even if they are, it assumes nobody within the ruling power will misuse the information. Husbands tracking down ex spouses, people getting information about celebrities, to name some.Even *then* it assumes the data cannot be stolen or lost.“People who are honest really have nothing to hide”On the contrary, honest people have plenty to hide from those who may misuse that information.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40688",
"author": "slaxor",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T11:02:27",
"content": "oh and there are so many other perfectly legal things you’d find very embarassing if anyone outside a very closed loop knew:just imagine these few examples: being incontinent, liking water-plays, having a drug problem …oh and by the way the motto is a quote from our former Bavarian Ministerpräsident Franz-Josef Strauss in response to criticism of the macrocensus in Germany 1983. The full sentence would have been: He who has nothing to hide, has nothing to be afraid of. (Wer nichts zu verbergen hat, hat auch nichts zu befürchten). In subtext this sentence suggested that critics of the macrocensus are folk the government should keep an eye on. de mortius nihil nisi bene, but he was a true wanker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40689",
"author": "TheFallen",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T11:10:28",
"content": "If you have nothing to hide do you close your curtains at night? Would you hand out your credit card details to complete strangers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40690",
"author": "KaOS",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T18:18:28",
"content": "electronic privacy in the past was flawed and helped identity theft. Majority of the bbs’s in the past were setup in homes on private lines. Registration required your handle, name, and even address info. Wonder how many actually placed real information on those boards. A univeristy bbs still requires a copy of your license to be fully registered.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.673832
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/16/acer-aspire-one-hard-drive-upgrade/
|
Acer Aspire One Hard Drive Upgrade
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"laptops hacks"
] |
[
"acer",
"aceraspire",
"aceraspireone",
"ipod",
"pata",
"ssd",
"subnotebook",
"tnkgrl",
"upgrade",
"zif"
] |
As promised
, [tnkgrl] has published
part two of Acer Aspire One upgrade
. In part one she added Bluetooth and more RAM. This time around she focuses on the storage. The subnotebook comes from the factory with an 8GB SSD. The flash based storage readily unplugs from a small ZIF connector. [tnkgrl] replaced it with a 60GB PATA Samsung drive salvaged from an iPod. It’s a 1.8inch disk and is only 5mm thick, so it can be tucked under the motherboard. Knowing its previous use, it should prove fairly resilient. You can view a
video of the swap
and
more photos on Flickr
.
Up next is part three, where she’ll add 3G support.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40682",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T18:23:28",
"content": "I love reading stuff just like this on hackaday.tnkgrl does some really nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43639",
"author": "Saheb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T20:30:38",
"content": "I tried doing your mod, first time I tried anything like this it was a nice experience.I was happy to see it turned on. anyway I had two problems that I couldn’t figure out, first the keyboard clips didnt come out once I pressed it in.Secondly, when I went to install XP it says that the hard drive is not accessible I am guessing this is because the hard drive is bad.Another possibility is that since I took it out of an IPOD it is in an unknown format.can anyone help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55623",
"author": "Pit",
"timestamp": "2008-12-17T16:04:05",
"content": "website for a Acer Aspire on with Touchscreen!http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1927",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55624",
"author": "Pit",
"timestamp": "2008-12-17T16:10:40",
"content": "Complet touchscreen Kit – for Acer Aspie one Amazinghttp://cgi.ebay.com/Acer-Aspire-One-Easy-Fun-Solderless-Touch-Screen-KIT_W0QQitemZ120326248952QQcmdZ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55682",
"author": "Pit",
"timestamp": "2008-12-18T00:19:27",
"content": "This website remove the keyboard…and…http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todoumpc.com%2Fforum%2Fforum_posts.asp%3FTID%3D7237%26PN%3D1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "88717",
"author": "Free Gadget",
"timestamp": "2009-08-22T11:46:19",
"content": "Good post, adding it to my blog now, thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94086",
"author": "stick",
"timestamp": "2009-09-15T16:34:24",
"content": "just wondering, can i just plug these drives with ZIF connectors straight in and then boot the computer from an xp installation cd?thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "135326",
"author": "Jonah",
"timestamp": "2010-04-09T23:33:03",
"content": "Thanks to those who hated me, they made me a stronger person.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "135395",
"author": "Angeli",
"timestamp": "2010-04-10T15:47:13",
"content": "Don�t expect anything from life, expectations hurt. When you dont expect, every moment iz a surprise and every surprise brings happiness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.979469
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/making-packaging-part-of-the-product/
|
Making Packaging Part Of The Product
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"home hacks"
] |
[
"furniture",
"packaging",
"waste",
"waste reduction",
"WasteReduction"
] |
Discouraged at the mounds of packaging you’re throwing away every time you buy new stuff? Artist [David Gardener] may have just the solution for you:
design products where the packaging is an integral part of the product itself
. We can envision a whole line of IKEA furniture, for example, that turns inside-out and uses the cardboard box as part of its internal support structure. On the whole, this may be just a touch less tacky than making furniture out of packaging not intended to be used as furniture at all (i.e.
FedEx boxes
).
[via
DVICE
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40677",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T07:44:29",
"content": "Good idea but a sure way to burn your house down. The electronics onthose CF bulbs can get very hot!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40678",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T19:11:11",
"content": "Great. Now I just need to find something to put it in, to stop it getting damaged in transit.This approach isn’t tackling packaging at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40679",
"author": "therian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T21:38:21",
"content": "Artist + technology = impractical",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40680",
"author": "mindbleach",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T04:19:17",
"content": "Not a bad concept, but as therian points out, artists are not engineers. What would be more practical is a flat-pack lamp that can be shipped in a simple envelope and assembled according to instructions printed on its own ‘inside.’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40681",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T23:38:10",
"content": "@ 4,ThinkGeek actually sold (sells?) some PCB versions of extremely expensive lamps that clip on to a 9v or something. I don’t really remember.You just broke the pieces and put them together like a puzzle, and voila, light!I’m sure it could work on a larger scale, too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,770.878688
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/how-to-hotwire-your-own-car/
|
How To Hotwire Your Own Car
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Security Hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"cars",
"hotwire",
"ignition"
] |
Picture this scenario: it’s 2 AM, you’re stuck somewhere you’d rather not be, and you’ve lost your car keys. If you can’t call the Auto Club, what do you do? Hotwire your own car, of course.
Wired.com has a wiki article
detailing all the things you need to do to get that car running: how to identify which wires to connect, potential pitfalls of newer cars that require an RFID chip in the key, and so on. Of course, hotwiring a car that doesn’t belong to you is illegal, but this is one of those skills-like lockpicking-which just might come in handy in an emergency.
[Photo:
D.B. Blas
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40655",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:22:53",
"content": "I was once obsessed with this subject.Since the mid nineties even cars like Honda preludes started getting RFID keys. The 2000 integra didn’t have it though. It’s always been like this. Some cars didn’t get them till after 2005 or later.The GM PASSKEY system was actually resistor based at one time.Also, since the ’70s, a lot of vehicles got anti theft circuits based on relays that made hot wiring harder. It was an actuator circuit under the hood based on current coming from two or more circuits on the switch block.Criminals use slide hammers and screwdrivers on the lock cylinders of the ignition switches though. The crypto on Megamos, TI etc systems has been cracked, but not published. It takes fast computing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4110008",
"author": "chrissy",
"timestamp": "2017-10-08T23:14:24",
"content": "I have an 02 pathfinder with chip key and my only copy is lost. I cant afford a locksmith or dealer replacement and my dad is in the hospital. Havr hot to get to him. Please help.",
"parent_id": "40655",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "40656",
"author": "Fate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:47:29",
"content": "No mention about the dangers of triggering the air bag? Or frying the ECU? A used ECU can sometimes be had inexpensively, but on many vehicles needs to be reprogrammed to have the correct mileage data which may require you to report the errata on your vehicle title significantly lowering the value of your vehicle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40658",
"author": "cerberus",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:22:25",
"content": "Oh I forgot to mention… the steering lock will stop you dead in the car park unless you have the minerals to break it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40659",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T04:09:58",
"content": "The steering lock isn’t a problem when you pop the lock. When you hot wire you can usually break them by hand. It takes twisting the wheel hard till the lock gear breaks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40660",
"author": "jumpinjackflash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T07:19:21",
"content": "Just as a curious note.. I have found that most rfid chips do nothing more than disable the fuel pump on most vehicles like the dodge neon for example.. a plain cut key will crank the car and it will die out with out the rfid key.. but run a hot wire to the fuel pump and viola!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1044970",
"author": "pinkymel11",
"timestamp": "2013-08-20T20:44:37",
"content": "how do you hot wire to the fuel pump?",
"parent_id": "40660",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "40661",
"author": "Desterado",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T07:36:48",
"content": "This is so useless. This will only work on much much older cars, and even if it does, why would you go through all of this hassle! Let alone if you lock your car whenever you leave it how do you plan on getting inside of it!? GM starting using passlock chip systems in their vehicles in 1998, many other companies did too. I cannot think of one situation where I would take the time and risk damaging my car by disassembling the ignition cylinder, stripping wires, and starting my car which would then have to be put back together AS OPPOSED TO calling AAA or something.Most car manuals DO NOT tell you which wires are for which positions in the ignition cylinder either, who the hell came up with that idea?Christ, this is a mess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1873898",
"author": "Don Catt",
"timestamp": "2014-09-23T11:24:29",
"content": "what gets me is in the movies, they reach under the dash, fiddle with some wires and start the car, zooooming away. the steering and transmission would still be locked, my wife even comments on this BLUNDER",
"parent_id": "40661",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3555806",
"author": "ThreatOrgan",
"timestamp": "2017-05-07T01:39:23",
"content": "wha if there is no one to call? No triple A no CHP no nothing. Then you might not be so smug.",
"parent_id": "40661",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "40662",
"author": "ClutchDude",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T08:14:28",
"content": "Actually, for a friend who broke his Maxima’s key off in the ignition, it was VERY simple to remove the steering wheel lock.They used snap-off bolts that had a then piece of metal connecting the head to the rest of the bolt. once it torqued, *SNAP*.Was pretty easy though. Just used a dremel, cut some a slot, screwed it out and down fell the lock.He started it with a self starter that’s actually on the inside panel. Never knew that myself actually. I think it was a ’95.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1738294",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2014-08-22T00:33:43",
"content": "Dude I have a 95 maxima I am trying to hot-wire right now. If you know of someone that can help me with that PLEASE send me an email",
"parent_id": "40662",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "40663",
"author": "XED",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T09:28:41",
"content": "I highly doubt you could pull this off on any newer cars, especially euro cars(I drive a VW GTI).Mine has a lasercut key, and its nearly impossible to get into unless you have that key fob.",
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"comment_id": "3258580",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2016-11-08T00:53:02",
"content": "Hey dude there was a team in N.Y.C. they would hook up a laptop Choose a new car and once they would do that they had complete access to the car through the laptop they would be able to turn on the headlights and whatever else they wanted through the laptop and they were doing it with luxury high-end cars",
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"depth": 2,
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"comment_id": "3555807",
"author": "ThreatOrgan",
"timestamp": "2017-05-07T01:50:07",
"content": "Yep the lux cars have all the fancy integrated hardware, wifi, bt, and stupid schtick no car should have. I mean wtf. And these guys saying such and such is impossible are just nubes is all. Anything man does, man can undue or hack. oh noes a ‘laser cut key’ well shit we could never have a laser! nd besides theres more than oen way to skin said cat. what about injection molding or powder metallurgy possibly? im sure someone has it on lock it (lol)",
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"comment_id": "4657708",
"author": "dfsdf fgdfgv",
"timestamp": "2018-06-26T16:59:22",
"content": "I disagree with “Anything man does, man can undue or hack”. Actually that’s probably true in the security business except for AES encryption. Man made it, but still CANNOT crack it.",
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"comment_id": "40664",
"author": "Shawn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T17:25:48",
"content": "In 92′ I started a girlfriends Chevy Luv with a safety pin by pushing the safety pin through one side of the wire ribbon. As I passed it through each wire after the power wire lights would come on until I hit the ignition wire and the truck started to turn over. Once it started I backed it out of the ignition wire and presto we had a running vehicle. This was used for ~ a week until she found her keys.I have yet to be able to reproduce this feat….grrrrr",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "3555808",
"author": "ThreatOrgan",
"timestamp": "2017-05-07T01:53:12",
"content": "yeah but i bet u got laid for a month.. you could do it again but only after a few years marriage , almost certainly. what made you think to try that? very l33t btw , big ups",
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"comment_id": "40665",
"author": "been there",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T18:55:52",
"content": "their methods would work on a 77 mini cooper, but I’ve found it’s easier just to take the ignition switch loose at the main harness at the bottom of the steering column, as there’s 5 wires down there that are controlled by the switch, and there is actually an entire wiring diagram, all labeled and everything, in the manual, making it very easy on that car. my 1990 eagle talon is a whole different story though, it’s nearly impossible just to get the bottom cover off.",
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"comment_id": "3502063",
"author": "Ridge",
"timestamp": "2017-04-04T08:50:24",
"content": "There is no book diagram for color code in my book but i have wires in hand a red a yellow a white a brown a orange a pink and a red and white strip wire so do what? Thanks Ridge.",
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"comment_id": "40666",
"author": "Nonyms",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T20:04:58",
"content": "2001 Buick Century simply has a 30 ohm resistor in the key.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "40667",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T21:27:04",
"content": "2001 buick has one of 7 resistors in the key 30 ohm being on of them but there was 7 different ones for each year",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
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"comment_id": "3673205",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2017-06-14T22:23:06",
"content": "Is there a way to bypass that part completely",
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"depth": 2,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40668",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T22:59:43",
"content": "Oops, I just forgot, my moms old Ford Escort MK2 already is like this, the “key” can be a paperclip, dime, small screwdriver, or even your thumb if you can get enough grip.I think it is just worn out, don’t know why. Maybe somebody removed the tumbler pins?Too bad it won’t run anymore, it developed a horrible mixture problem (the exhaust smelled like rotten eggs), so you couldn’t drive it if you wanted too. I would have repaired it if I had the equipment (fuel pressure gauge, ignition oscilloscope, compression tester, Ford ECU computer reader.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "2453418",
"author": "Cv",
"timestamp": "2015-02-25T16:19:03",
"content": "The rotten egg Snell is simply the catalytic converters or muffler stopped up. Runs new pipes and it’ll be good to go.",
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"comment_id": "2801542",
"author": "joey$g$money",
"timestamp": "2015-11-19T22:46:44",
"content": "rotten egg smell could be batteries swelling as well check the sides for swelling and replace if needed",
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"comment_id": "40669",
"author": "pepe prawn",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T23:01:45",
"content": "wasn’t going to comment on this at all until i saw cerberus’ post. this article is complete trash. being a mechanic, i have intimate knowledge of the wiring and theft deterrents of most modern vehicles.reading the article is a waste of everyone’s time.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "40670",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T23:11:03",
"content": "All my VW’s from 95 up have an alarm, it checks the hood and immobilizes the car :)Unfortunately I am not a VW mechanic and not privy to that system, but here are some ideas that should work on most older cars.Find a point that the ignition power will surely be, AKA the coil. Connect the Coil to the battery with something that won’t fall off as you are driving.Find the solenoid wire and clip a temporary alligator clip to it, touch to battery power(which can be found at the alternator if it is closer) and it should start. Clip the alligator somewhere you can reach it again (that won’t touch power) so that you can start it again (or on an old ford use a sturdy screwdriver to short across the solenoid).Use a black dusty wire and chances are you can claim you needed to check the oil if somebody bothers you.I had to use this once actually, a friend had the transmission interlock wires melt and ground on his exhaust shield. This meant no start and stuck in 2nd gear. I just disconnected the wiring harness on his nissan (right near battery), and clipped the jumper to the wire on his solenoid, it fired right up.you can do this on any car, but you ought to be a professional mechanic, and ideally a factory certified technician of every model that has alarms/interlocks.No reason to steal a car if you are this good, you can make a very good living as a mechanic without doing anything illegal. (near three figures if you are intelligent and good at troubleshooting, maybe more if you moonlight or run your own shop)",
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"comment_id": "40671",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T01:46:42",
"content": "For those of us that don’t buy new cars every 5-10 years, yeah this article is useful. I’m sure it’ll work on my ’91 Toyota.",
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"comment_id": "40672",
"author": "neorazz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T03:01:05",
"content": "for everyone whos a naysayerwait till the day rour iginition breaks when you stop for gas on the way to work (running late)i impromptu hot wired my 91 using my bare hands to rip off the sterring colum covers and cut the wires with a knife there are only five main wires (look for the big ones) it was only a matter of minutes to have the car running and with with only a clip holding the wire toghter …so learn before you need to know ..cause when the axis of evil blows out those EMP’S your gonna want to know how to start the only cars without microprocessors",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "1874768",
"author": "Quirk",
"timestamp": "2014-09-23T13:10:36",
"content": "Screwdriver",
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"depth": 2,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "40673",
"author": "K1ngfunK",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T09:35:35",
"content": "My dad just bought an ’07 BMW 335i, and with whatever package it has, he simply has to have his key near the car, push the clutch in, and push the button to start it. Quite frankly this worries me, because it appears to be a simple RFID or wireless transmission of some sort enabling this feat. Perhaps these days car thieves must be more tech-savvy than mech-savvy.",
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"comment_id": "40674",
"author": "laptopleon",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T15:20:30",
"content": "I own a Toyota Celica 2002 with a non-standard alarm system that reacts to movement of *anything* in the car (so don’t let a butterfly in..) AND changes in the angle and speed of the car. Beside the screeming noise and blinking lights, it blocks the ignition. Besides that it uses RFID in the key.So hotwireing is not really an option, I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it would take far too long.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "3407969",
"author": "Ana",
"timestamp": "2017-02-12T03:12:57",
"content": "Nissan quest wired it and put in new ignition but car won’t start no chip in key what problem",
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"comment_id": "40675",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T21:57:48",
"content": "Hide a key under your car with one of those magnetic key box things, and you’ll never have to worry about doing this and causing damage to your car. Works for lock-outs, too. A thief isn’t going to go hunting for the key, since they don’t care about doing damage and can steal the car just as quickly without it.",
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"comment_id": "60180",
"author": "Austin Leavitt",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T22:27:00",
"content": "Thanks now i dont have to spend my money on a locksmith this will help me alot",
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"comment_id": "65318",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T04:33:46",
"content": "Y’all r fukin stupid all u need ya do is pop da inition an cut does two wires an put dem togetha an then it will start fukin fagits wea y’all from I’ll cum get er car",
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"comment_id": "66265",
"author": "wiseguy",
"timestamp": "2009-03-14T06:17:39",
"content": "To the guy with the BWM worried about the remote starter (push button start), rest assured that this system uses an RFID and a transponder. That is to say, the car send out a signal which “polls” for the key FOB (it needs to be within a few feet of the car). Without the digitally coded key FOB in proximity, you got nothing. Ultimate safety.Most of the reply’s in this thread are totally bogus, and BS, some of which are simply made up.Yeah, you can hot-wire the older cards that use a standard ignition switch on the column, but not the newer cars which use key fobs with RFID, and transponders.",
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"comment_id": "67389",
"author": "decotrain",
"timestamp": "2009-03-23T04:28:41",
"content": "i have a 91 ford i paid $250 for, the ignition is messed up and i am not about to pay a couple hundred in parts to fix it so i am just hooking up toggle switches. only thing is i am not sure what wires go to what. i have bat. 1 and 2, ign. 1 and 2, starter, and acc. i am guessing i connect acc. 1 and 2 with bat. 1 to give me all my dash lights, then touch bat. 2 to starter to start the car. anyone know for sure?",
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"comment_id": "80064",
"author": "souljah",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T11:42:59",
"content": "HEY WELL I GOT A 07 JEEP SAHARA DAT I CANT START IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW TO DO DAT DEN HIT ME UP ATcloverleaf_souljah@yahoo.com",
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"comment_id": "83224",
"author": "puzzlepiece",
"timestamp": "2009-07-27T18:50:12",
"content": "reral simple take a wireless drill put it in the keyhole drill til the tumblers break the your car can prettymuch be started with a simple flathead or household kitchen knife",
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"comment_id": "110830",
"author": "JOHN",
"timestamp": "2009-12-08T17:49:06",
"content": "all you really have to do to start a car is break off the top thing from the steeering wheel and snap off rhe switch and pull on taht switch and your good to go……duh",
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"comment_id": "110915",
"author": "Jayson",
"timestamp": "2009-12-08T23:58:49",
"content": "I have an eagle talon 1990 awd tsi and I have unlocked my door with slim jim, but I have indeed lost my keys and really dont have the funds to go get a lock smith, and I cant get a key off my vin# any more was told to old, can some one please tell me how to get the lock cylinder out with busting the hole colum and how to get it running ?????? please in need of help",
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"comment_id": "3554782",
"author": "RGiglioDadworX",
"timestamp": "2017-05-06T05:57:38",
"content": "You pull the steering wheel and remove a long screw that holds ignition in place",
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"comment_id": "4157875",
"author": "zzyzx",
"timestamp": "2017-10-22T21:59:20",
"content": "Pretty much, the you won’t be able to access the switch mounting screws till you get at least a few steps into dissasembling the steering column. Start by pulling the horn button and pulling the wheel Pulls with a bolt puller, interesting lockplate removal procedures on early 90s Cadillac as the part that you’d use to release it is floating rather than fixed to the column, took some creativity and patience without the gm special tool. It’s possible for a skilled parts hanger to r+r the switch and be gone in 10 minutes tbh.",
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"comment_id": "114548",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2010-01-02T23:07:03",
"content": "adsfsdfsdfjkhakljsfghkshgf i like cheeeeeeese!!!hahahahahaha do you like cheeeeeeese? i also like pie.",
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"comment_id": "114549",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2010-01-02T23:07:28",
"content": "rofl",
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"comment_id": "122025",
"author": "erik",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T03:45:53",
"content": "i have a 1972 black chevelle",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "122026",
"author": "erik",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T03:46:39",
"content": "i i have 1972 ss chevelle",
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"comment_id": "122519",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2010-02-08T00:51:50",
"content": "The general methodology described in the article is correct. I just hot-wired my 93 escort, there are still plenty of cars around with simple ignitions.",
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"comment_id": "137090",
"author": "XeScience",
"timestamp": "2010-04-20T19:17:06",
"content": "Hey guys, I was in this situation, I lost my keys, and decided to hot wire my Dodge Neon, 2000. It worked just fine, and the steering column was not no trouble. But, I could not get the car into gear. The shifter seems to have some sort of bar through it, and I don’t think it’s controlled by a relay, it seems to disengage when the key is turned. Any ideas?",
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"comment_id": "1061290",
"author": "Erwin",
"timestamp": "2013-09-19T20:44:07",
"content": "how can I hot wire can u gives me step by step please",
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"comment_id": "139678",
"author": "Farva",
"timestamp": "2010-05-03T01:09:59",
"content": "There should be a small cover somewhere near the gear shifter. Just pop that cover off with a flathead, and their will be a button that will release the gear shifter. Tow truck drivers use it to put a car in neutral.",
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"comment_id": "1061447",
"author": "siberthug",
"timestamp": "2013-09-20T03:56:04",
"content": "To those of you who believe a key fob or rfid will prevent any car feom neing stolen, hate to say it, but its a very simple bypass procedure. I’m a mechanic and repo guy, and anyone who knows a decent mechanic, repo business, or has an internet connection and a few bucks can buy programmable fobs, rfid readers/coders, code scanners, download auto security bypass programs, etc. Its really as simple as the waiter having the credit card scanner when you pay for your meal. Also, any “real” car thief is typically 2 or 3 steps ahead of car manufacturers, police, anti-theft companies, etc. They will typically have the actual security/dealer programs and tools before they are released to actual dealerships. Crime is a financial business, and lots of people are willing to take a few extra bucks offered to them for minimal risk. You should really be concerned with the guy at the dealership who sold you the car, or the parts guy at the counter who makes minimum wage. I’d be willing to bet that if I could get say $2500 for your car at a chop shop, 85% of those parts/service guys would order me a programmed key for $500-1000 waved at them. Also, In the real world, in any type of security (home, auto, internet, etc), its usually the security companies trying to play catch up to the thieves and hackers. For every security system out there, there’s a person with a computer and/or tools that are smarter…",
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"comment_id": "1145079",
"author": "robert",
"timestamp": "2013-12-25T09:44:00",
"content": "A 95 chevy blazer you just run a screw driver across the brass pins in the black plast box under the column cover on the right side. A newer bmw or mercades you use a key proggremer hook it to the plug in slot on driverside and program key then program car and thats it. a 90’s modle chavy with the basic column you snap the cover on the left side and pull the cast alluminum ring down to unlock column then push the bar that was in the ring down to start the vehical.",
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"comment_id": "1145088",
"author": "robert",
"timestamp": "2013-12-25T09:47:08",
"content": "there are two hot wires (red) you cross with two other wires diffrent for every vehicl (90 chevy truck pink, to run orange for accessoiry) then the last wire just tap to the hot wire to crank moter over diffrent on all vehicals ( 90 chevy truck purple.)",
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"comment_id": "1145092",
"author": "robert",
"timestamp": "2013-12-25T09:49:40",
"content": "order your key coders online and pay way less for them.",
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"comment_id": "1158425",
"author": "Alison Jones",
"timestamp": "2014-01-08T02:28:56",
"content": "how can i get my truck 96 blazer to start without key",
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},
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"comment_id": "1168122",
"author": "Zombie slayer",
"timestamp": "2014-01-23T19:34:02",
"content": "well how do you actually do it?",
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"comment_id": "1283805",
"author": "Wooder Good",
"timestamp": "2014-03-20T07:05:57",
"content": "how do i Hotwire a 1970 Nova 350",
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"comment_id": "2631419",
"author": "Jeremiah",
"timestamp": "2015-07-02T08:21:26",
"content": "My brother in law lost his key a Nissan pickup, I cut the two wires and bumbed the hot wire.it started up but the two wires came apart,it died. I twisted them together again and now the dash lights don’t come on.won’t start. Is it a relay and how do I know witch one? “Help”",
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"comment_id": "2720454",
"author": "junaid",
"timestamp": "2015-09-18T20:54:17",
"content": "Is it possible to hotwire a golf mark 5 coz some pple say that it is impossible to do so",
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"comment_id": "2769957",
"author": "Bo dehart",
"timestamp": "2015-10-25T00:51:50",
"content": "how do you do an 02 avalanche HotwireScott the fuel rail lockdown on security will not let it get fuel",
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"comment_id": "2896112",
"author": "jayme pall",
"timestamp": "2016-01-24T23:36:19",
"content": "To those who say ” this is rediculous, useless and why not just call AAA” the answer: I have a nissan maxima (engine messed up leaving me 2 options, my pickup which has trans. Probs only drives in R or 2 or 1, OR, a 1997 mercury mystique which my grandpa had when he passed I sokd and have bought it back) so I’m at my moms 24 miles from my home the key breaks in the ignition I insert the broke end of key it starts for 6 months no prob. Suddenly I go to my moms again to take her to her father in laws funeral, the ignition turns forward to allow ACC. but not to turn further to instruct the starter to turn the flywheel so I’m stuck spending my third night away from home, call AAA? replace the ignition lock cylinder since I’ve already removed it? Great idea BUT I rolled a ATV on highway in 2014 I’ve had 2 shoulder replacements just told I need the third disability I’ve worked to pay for has me waiting still from 4/16/14 to present I am unable to work and have not had one cent income in 2 years literally I’d have bum a dime for a #2 pencil but I’d like go home and have a change of clothes toothbrush etc so since not everyone has the franklins to throw to AAA (in this small town we have one parts store who want $144 for new ignition lock cylinder) so long story short, this info IS useful to some people",
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"comment_id": "3041563",
"author": "Kolee",
"timestamp": "2016-06-02T17:27:27",
"content": "I have a 2003 Ford Expedition that I lost the keys too and it’s stuck in my parking lot and I need it out. My manager is going to have it towed and is charging us large fines! Is this vehicle easy to Hotwire? Can you please tell me how?",
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"comment_id": "3431024",
"author": "stephendenlinger",
"timestamp": "2017-03-05T04:45:09",
"content": "If I hotwire a car with an anti theft system Will it still start . I lost my keys for a 95 thunderbird",
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"comment_id": "3499161",
"author": "DaddyH4cKz",
"timestamp": "2017-04-02T22:02:16",
"content": "Listen every1.. lol…… next time, take the chip out of your key, super glue key head back together. .. super glue the chip at 2pm position on your lock cylinder or close under the dash. No more problems… now take your key, rub dry erase marker on it or burn it until black and take clear tape to lay over key.. pull off… lay tape on a soup can and cut it out… now you have a spare :)",
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"comment_id": "3530674",
"author": "Dillon toups",
"timestamp": "2017-04-17T19:27:25",
"content": "My key is broke in my ignition I have the rest of it but my car won’t start but I look at this as a good thing if I can jus hot wire my car with my key being there so my girlfriend won’t be able to take my car again it’s a 2006 Nissan altima can someone please help me out",
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"comment_id": "3554796",
"author": "RGiglioDadworX",
"timestamp": "2017-05-06T06:09:25",
"content": "WRemove the coil wire ur gf isnt goin anywhere.. fix ur cylinder remove steering wheel and remove the long screw that holds the cylinder in place.. new cylinder is about $13.",
"parent_id": "3530674",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,771.137602
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/hack-your-customer-service-rep/
|
Hack Your Customer Service Rep
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"customer service",
"CustomerService",
"psychology",
"social engineering",
"SocialEngineering"
] |
Hacks come in all forms, and psychological hacks are no different. [Noah Goldstein], a behavioral scientist at the
University of Chicago
, has written
a book
in which he details scientifically proven methods of persuading others.
One of these methods
stands out as being particularly useful at alleviating one of the most aggravating aspects of modern life: dealing with customer service representatives over the telephone.
The trick? Be nice, compliment the rep on doing a good job, and offer to write a letter of recommendation. Since it stands to reason that the customer service rep is probably having a crappier day than you (imagine having to talk to a hundred annoyed people five days a week and you’ll get the idea), making the rep feel appreciated is likely to make them want to do more for you in return.
[photo:
brycej
]
[via
BoingBoing
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40636",
"author": "BruceJ",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:33:03",
"content": "Wow.. I seem to remember my mommy teaching me this “hack”:“Be nice to people and they’re more likely to be nice to you back.”But then, she wasn’t some sociology academic, so his version is far more authoritative…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40637",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:43:02",
"content": "LoL…”imagine having to talk to a hundred annoyed people five days a week and you’ll get the idea” unfortunately some of us don’t have to imagine. Tech Support FTL ( for the loss =/ )!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40638",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:43:53",
"content": "Hey, I found out that this works on *other* people, too! Talk to your Starbucks coffee-maker nicely and they’ll tend to give you that extra shot of caramel; Have a friendly chat with your bank teller about their family and that transaction will go nice and smoothly; It even works on people at the supermarket: “Excuse me, I just need this bag of chips, would you mind if I went ahead?” works *wonders*.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40639",
"author": "Joey Y",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:27:08",
"content": "how bad has the world gotten that we need a book that tells us that being nice is good?! good hack, bad society.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40640",
"author": "jsbrown",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:01:40",
"content": "I appreciate this hack. I work for an Internet Service Provider as a over the phone computer tech. It is true though that if a customer is kind and courteous. I will go the extra mile for them. If they call me all the names in the book, I give them what they ask for, nothing more. This hack does work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40641",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:02:43",
"content": "Haha, well said Joey Y …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40642",
"author": "Simest",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:46:55",
"content": "as a theme Park employee, yeah that stuff does work. buttering me does rings a hazard to me….just don’t say kinds words, take kind actions (tips, direct request for super’s, etc etc) [and yes I have a good memory].",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40643",
"author": "bizzaro",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T04:01:58",
"content": "LOL, you have to understand, i work in customer service. this psycho babble, while it might make sense in the abstract, is exactly the thing that sets our alarms off. when a customer starts being nice, i immediately start searching for motivation. and those who ask where to write a letter to, and “what is your rep id” and all that crap, they are the ones waiting to ambush you.there are customers who try to bully, those who try the sympathy route, those who are sicky sweet. all are dangers.you want me to respond and help you? try honesty. before you call me, try some self-honesty too as well as some personal accountability. i didnt get your paymnt? big deal, cancl the check and pay me with a cc. dont cry about cancl chk fees bcz we dont control the mail. your late and your service is shut off? pay your bill. use the energy that you planned on using to beg, plead, scream and cry into getting a second or third job to pay your bills. i have 3 jobs. get over yourself and work harder.being nice is an alarm. being a screamer gets you ignored. being pleasent and honest is the way to go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40644",
"author": "johnp",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T04:51:37",
"content": "Agreed with 7.Work for australia’s largest ISP as a supervisor.When doing call quality (listening to consultants handling calls), we always look for the people trying to be a-little-too-nice so that we can see what the consultant does when treated really well, and how much the consultant gives about an account to an unauthorized person. They’re trained not to, but it happens.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40645",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T08:15:47",
"content": "i just hope I don’t end up talking to 7 on the phone. for the most part the author is right, it does work. the idea is nothing new though. it’s called social engineering, duh. a hack that is honestly more likely to work than anything else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40646",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T16:44:12",
"content": "Techniques that I’ve found work extremely well — and can be trying on the patience to keep up.#1. Treat wait staff, store clerks, CSRs, airline desk people and flight attendants, and even (gulp) TSA idiots — as if they’re human beings. Have a conversation, make a non-abrasive joke, etc.On a flight to London from Boston in Virgin’s “Upper Class” several years ago, I had a minor problem with a video unit. I know it wasn’t going to get fixed. I doubt I could have fixed it if I’d had tools with me. I am very sure the attendant had not chance. So what? I wanted to sleep anyway. We chatted a bit and I went to sleep. When I woke half way through the flight, a bottle of water was already waiting next to me. As I got off the flight, a bottle of Champagne was quietly tucked in my carry on bag with a thank you note.#2. At any good restaurant, instead of guessing from a memu of items you don’t know – ask the wait staff what they’d pick. Admit you don’t know things and that you’re in their capable hands.Once of the best meals I ever ate was at an expensive place in Texas with a menu in French. I don’t speak French. Others at the table took guesses. I went last an asked the waiter. He asked me a few questions about things I liked and don’t like, then just said “Ok, I’ll take care of it.” — and I had appetizers, salad, meat, and dessert like I’ve never had before or since.The key in these things is that if you don’t have the power in the conversation, don’t pretend that you do. I know more about fixing my PC than any kid working as a CSR — but if I’m trying to get warrantee service, that doesn’t matter. If I start trying to direct the conversation I’m just going to make him defensive. I tell them I am experienced and have done x, y, and z — then let them lead me down the stupid decision charts they use. In the end, I get what I need.Piss off your CSR, DB Admin, Airline reservation agent, or TSA idiot, and they can make your life a living hell for that short piece of it they control. Treat them as a peer, and they can smoothly get things done that you didn’t even know they had authority to do.Its basic human nature.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40647",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T22:54:08",
"content": "All my VW’s from 95 up have an alarm, it checks the hood and immobilizes the car :)Unfortunately I am not a VW mechanic and not privy to that system, but here are some ideas that should work on most older cars.Find a point that the ignition power will surely be, AKA the coil. Connect the Coil to the battery with something that won’t fall off as you are driving.Find the solenoid wire and clip a temporary alligator clip to it, touch to battery power(which can be found at the alternator if it is closer) and it should start. Clip the alligator somewhere you can reach it again (that won’t touch power) so that you can start it again (or on an old ford use a sturdy screwdriver to short across the solenoid).Use a black dusty wire and chances are you can claim you needed to check the oil if somebody bothers you.I had to use this once actually, a friend had the transmission interlock wires melt and ground on his exhaust shield. This meant no start and stuck in 2nd gear. I just disconnected the wiring harness on his nissan (right near battery), and clipped the jumper to the wire on his solenoid, it fired right up.you can do this on any car, but you ought to be a professional mechanic, and ideally a factory certified technician of every model that has alarms/interlocks.No reason to steal a car if you are this good, you can make a very good living as a mechanic without doing anything illegal. (near three figures if you are intelligent and good at troubleshooting, maybe more if you moonlight or run your own shop)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40648",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T23:07:43",
"content": "@ 7, that is great, now if only everyone would stop falling for scams.This works because people are gullible. You can try to keep tabs on them, but this sort of thing will always happen.Call during midnight 1am 2am 3am, or whatever, keep calling and get somebody gullible. You just need to find somebody with less focus or intelligence than you are willing to expend to get what you want.I had a Computer teacher that told us how he got SBC to bump him to 6Mbps when he had the basic, he kept calling and complaining that he wasn’t getting the right speeds, he got somebody to bump him to the next higher one 2-3 times.Of course he was asian, so he probably faked a Ms. Swan (MadTV character) style of getting what he wanted, in the skits ms swan always annoyed people until they just gave her what they wanted by pretending to be stupid and ignorant. People are willing to put up with that for foreign people sometimes. Of course the foreign people who take advantage of it give foreigners a bad name.this is simple confidence trickery, it has probably the oldest hack (the wheel? or tricking your neighbor out of some food? In fact I believe it is biblicalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob#Birthright)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40649",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T23:12:06",
"content": "Sorry, #11 was for the hotwiring item, obviously.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40650",
"author": "thetwiz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T08:05:13",
"content": "i love that hackaday posted something like this, but honestly this guy doesn’t really know what he’s talking about. often persuading people cannot be taught, it has a lot to do with years of life experiences interacting with people (i.e. NOT at your job). im told im good at it, an i owe a lot of it to the fact that i was a social outcast in middle school and spent most of my time watching people. by high school, i was applying tactics i had learned, and my first semester of college i received bids from three of the four fraternities, who can be some of the best people at this sort of thing.i now persuade people for a living btw, and am starting law school in the spring if anyone is wondering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40651",
"author": "Marty",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T03:08:38",
"content": "This is plagiarism…I believe the New Testament spoke of something similar two thousand years before this article was written. Old news.This really needed to be reiterated?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40652",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T01:16:57",
"content": "@ 12…computer tech support, phones… of course.I see what you’re saying about calling over and over, but the late night part… forget about it.2 reasons…1) Working late (even 7, 8, 9 at night sometimes…) it’s a closer pack of people. The place I work right now there’s only myself and 4 other people taking calls from 8 at night until 6am. If a call comes in, and it raises flags… everyone knows. And quick. Trying other people is just going to big bold flags marked to your account… everyone notates every call, like it or not.2nd reason… As much as everyone wants to be the over achiever and the best at their job… in a call center environment, the best person usually the person with the lowest call times.Furthermore, think about from the Rep’s point of view… it’s 2 am… why the are you bothering me about slow speeds (or whatever issue you’re trying to convince me to trick the system in your favor)I’m sitting in front of my computer with minesweeper on pause trying to get you OFF my phone… and usually… the fastest way to get a customer off the phone, is to deny their request for extra items.Sympathy is the quickest way to get me off your side. Anger is right behind sympathy… I’m not going to help you. If anything, I’m going to notate that we should enforce our mundane policies evey stricter because you’re an asshole.I have to agree with the part about being completely honest up front.From time to time I get people that call in and say “This is what I did, this is what it’s doing. How can I avoid this in the future”Even if what they did… is completely and totally unrelated, at least you’re trying to help me help you.I’ll be more willing to give you a credit/bonus/something to that effect in the future.just my $0.02",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40653",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T01:42:02",
"content": "One other thing… if you DO actually know what you’re doing, and you’ve tried A B and C… let the rep know that you do tech support for others, and you’ve tried A B and C… they’re going to ask a few questions to confirm… but it’s a big relief on the rep for the rest of the call.instead of saying “Click on start, go to control panel, network connections, right click LAN, go to properties, blah blah blah”if they know that YOU know what a mouse is, they can just say “let’s check out the LAN connection’s properties” and be done with it./rant",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40654",
"author": "Dougmany",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T03:09:15",
"content": "The thing I like most about this hack is it work best against companies that treat their employees badly.“Overtime and bad benefits? Wow, that compliment made me feel really good.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66172",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2009-03-13T11:52:29",
"content": "Yeah, works in all countries except Eastern Europe where softness or politeness is interpreted as weakness!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "125224",
"author": "Jimmy Jones",
"timestamp": "2010-02-21T00:30:52",
"content": "And remember when you have to give a rep your email or phone number…..we can place havok in your life.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.038409
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/antivirus-products-still-fail-on-fresh-viruses/
|
Antivirus Products Still Fail On Fresh Viruses
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"antivirus",
"malware",
"security",
"spam",
"waxy"
] |
Many computer users rely on
antivirus
software from McAfee and Symantec to protect their computers from
malware
, worms, and viruses. Since the creation of viruses outpaces the protection abilities of the software, antivirus protection lags behind and may not be as secure as you think. [Gary Warner] provides some examples of current malware making the rounds that
continue to be unaddressed by anti-virus vendors
, including the recent “CNN Alerts: Breaking News” spam, which
morphed into MSNBC alert spoofs
. Our advice? Keep your antivirus software updated, but don’t believe that it will catch everything for you. Only open files from sources you know and trust.
[via
Waxy
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40627",
"author": "BigBalls",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T23:56:32",
"content": "This is a hack?WOW!I must say did you guys really think that your readers (who I imagine are here for actual hacks) are prepubescent girls? We are here to learn about hacks not be told for the 8921738469872568397656831709378917204672180456873168043267468021 time that our virus scaners cannot keep up with the viruses released. REALLY WTF. I thought I would keep reading this site as you had some interesting topics every once in a while, but this one insults my intelligence. I will say good day as this will be the last article of yours that I will be reading.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40628",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:05:37",
"content": "Wow, bigballs, have an emo tear on me. Personally I take this site as a H/P/C/V blog site. So as long as there are news about h/p/c/v then they’ll post it, although their main focus is DIY hacks.Regardless, this topic is kind of a no duh, I mean AV protectors are like insurance for a car, your not wanting to get into a accident, but if it happens you have better protection. Personally computers need to stop focusing on mcafee and symantec, because as we all know they are just crap, but because they serve the ignorant, they make more money.Oh well, I would like to see more people get infected with viruses, real viruses, not this spyware/malware/worm crap, im talking about the old school kind :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40629",
"author": "Ross Snider",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:13:40",
"content": "While I am not as pissed off as the previous poster – I will point out this:Since when has AV been an end all? Since when should you open files from untrusted sources even if you have AV? This really isn’t a hack and it really isn’t news either.Of course virus creation outpaces anti-virus. One virus can be obfuscated hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of different ways [see Storm Worm for an overhyped example]. We’ve proven that signiture-based detection is a terrible way to detect viruses – because even if we can catch all 100-thousand of those obfuscations it’s a huge burden on AV software, AV vendors, consumers and their bandwidth.Right now the AV industry (in light of staying alive, competing and making better products than the competition) are racing for very good behavioral recognition of malicious binaries and activity.Not news, not a hack, not really that interesting either. But I’m not going to whine about it – I choose to come here and hackaday is free.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40630",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:35:24",
"content": "Sorry, you can’t say “Not news, not a hack, not really that interesting either.” and then in the next sentence say “But I’m not going to whine about it” without being a hypocrite.Don’t be ashamed to point out what is not a hack. Hackaday chooses to post non-hacks. You have a right to speak up and point out what is not a hack. Aside from abandoning the site all together, it is the only viable method of getting the authors to stop posting garbage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40631",
"author": "freyyr890",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:37:14",
"content": "How is this a hack?And how is this even news? We’ve known about zero-day attacks for years now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40632",
"author": "spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T03:37:00",
"content": "aside not being a hack, I agree with #1. seems insulting to suggest the hackaday audience isnt smart enough to already grasp this -very- basic concept.i wont complain about news items, im not so bothered. but fluff or newbie news is just out of line for this kind of site methinksjus’ my 2c",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40633",
"author": "mem",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T11:56:57",
"content": "crap hack :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40634",
"author": "Mandalorian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T13:24:51",
"content": "I’m reminded of this:http://xkcd.com/463/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40635",
"author": "johnny",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T17:17:02",
"content": "This sounds like an email from my grandmother, not something I would expect on a site about hardware hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77323",
"author": "Tommy L.",
"timestamp": "2009-06-05T01:09:23",
"content": "I’ve been looking for this very subject for awhile now – no one has content just like this. Really glad I found this site. Are you willing to be a guest blogger on my site? I’ll email you with some details if you want.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.258454
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/criminals-steal-credit-card-data-just-by-wardriving/
|
Criminals Steal Credit Card Data Just By Wardriving
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"credit",
"credit card fraud",
"creditcard",
"CreditCardFraud",
"debitcard",
"fraud",
"news",
"wardriving",
"wep",
"wifi"
] |
A federal grand jury in Boston has
charged eleven people
with the theft of more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers from retail stores. What makes this case interesting is that, although the defendants stole the data from retail establishments, they did so without ever having to leave their cars; they stole the numbers while wardriving. While the report doesn’t make it clear whether the targeted networks used weak encryption or were simply unsecured, it’s obvious that the security of your data is still not a top priority for many companies.
[photo:
Mujitra
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40618",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:06:35",
"content": "Impressive. 41 million is quite a large number even considering that the average number of cards per person in the US is 10.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40619",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:29:38",
"content": "omg…where can i get a 404 girl?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40620",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:45:49",
"content": "http://online.wsj.com/article_email/article_print/SB117824446226991797-lMyQjAxMDE3NzA4NDIwNDQ0Wj.htmlHere is a Wall street journal article from last year, with a bit more info on how the hackers broke into TJ maxx’s network. The short version is don’t use WEP! Also good ideas are don’t store sensitive data any longer than you need to and don’t transmit sensitive date without encrypting it first.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40621",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T07:08:43",
"content": "WARDRIVERS DON”T CONNECT!!!!!!!!!! This has abso-fucking nothing to do with wardriving!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40622",
"author": "tricky",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T07:18:37",
"content": "as of this post, the majority of this thread is dedicated to everyone’s favorite 404 girl. go yotsuba!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40623",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T15:13:27",
"content": "That pic is great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40624",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T22:39:28",
"content": "Best.Pic.Ever",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40625",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T08:26:56",
"content": "If said criminals are stealing credit card data than they are connecting to the wireless networks and thus NOT wardriving. Get your fucking shit right. Wardriving is PASSIVE scanning for WiFi equipment – wardriving never involves connecting to an access point. Wardriving is a perfectly legitimate activity with real uses. Wardrivers tend to get a bad name because of people like you who just reprint stuff that they find on other people’s site like it is fact without knowing anything about it.That being said, here’s an idea for a new guideline for the HAD staff: If you don’t know anything about it, don’t post it. Leave it for someone who does, or at least consult them as to the accuracy of the item.Joe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40626",
"author": "goggle",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T09:03:30",
"content": "No argument here: WEP is weak.However, wardriving DOES NOT involve connecting to networks that don’t belong to you. You drive, you catch packets, you log a GPS location, and you move on.http://www.google.com/search?q=define:wardrivingThese guys BROKE INTO A NETWORK. They may have found the access point via wardriving, but anything beyond that is a knowing and willing criminal act.Confusing wardriving with criminal activity is such a shame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42989",
"author": "Constantine",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:24:39",
"content": "i can see why driving could find the access points with a good antenna. but once these guys decide to start trapping packets, they have to park somewhere… or drive around in circles at the cost of a lot of gas, no?and if they park, don’t you think it’s pretty suspicious with a directional antenna visible from the outside of the car? all it takes is one phone call…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43000",
"author": "caligula",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T19:48:32",
"content": "This is directed to “joe”Most people believe that war-driving is NOT illegal but it has never been tested in the courts. If a court case came up, and the plaintiff had enough money to hire a smart lawyer, he could probably convince the judge/jury just by implicating the word “war” in “war-driving”. You really need to use your brain a little more on this instead of flaming people you know nothing about.Moreover, the only reference to illegal activity I’ve read is “connecting without the owner’s consent”. But how do you differentiate between wardriving and packet capture with a passive sniffer, for example? You are not “connecting” to the network”… just trapping loose packets flying by you. The truth is, the authorities don’t really understand computers. it’s just that and all your inane post does is make excuses for their stupidity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43821",
"author": "Card Comparison",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T08:48:15",
"content": "The “war” in war-driving really gives it away. they stole the numbers while wardriving NOT by war driving. I guess it is a little like tresspass.Brian Whitehttp://www.creditcardhelp.com.au",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43822",
"author": "Card Comparison",
"timestamp": "2008-09-29T08:48:38",
"content": "The “war” in war-driving really gives it away. they stole the numbers while wardriving NOT by war driving. I guess it is a little like tresspass.Brian White",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "53860",
"author": "geppo",
"timestamp": "2008-12-05T16:22:25",
"content": "in italy every day a hundred a card was cloned by bluetooth pos. a guy go in restaurant with a nokia n73 with a good software and sniff chip data and pin or magstripdata and pin.have in car a msr 206 and instantly duplicate a card and go on atm and take a money.is a shit people but camorra is this….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55373",
"author": "Prime Credit Cards",
"timestamp": "2008-12-16T01:04:22",
"content": "Amazing how many credit card numbers they get… Scary to think when someone organizes the bad guys to actually do something with all those account numbers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56832",
"author": "Syed Shams Ali",
"timestamp": "2008-12-27T04:18:42",
"content": "After see this i just say this SUPERB",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60174",
"author": "credit",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T20:49:08",
"content": "wow over 41 million CC numbers! How did they get caught?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61519",
"author": "badcreditnomore",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T07:08:00",
"content": "would like to know exactly what wardriving is..but interesting article nontheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "67262",
"author": "Pamantha",
"timestamp": "2009-03-22T00:38:15",
"content": "Always good quality info from this site!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71152",
"author": "May",
"timestamp": "2009-04-20T00:13:47",
"content": "Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing �",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71699",
"author": "New Edge Credit",
"timestamp": "2009-04-24T23:42:50",
"content": "Its really a very mind blowing news…………..its really very interesting..I just can’t imagine that a Credit Card can be stolen simply by war driving…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77856",
"author": "international credit card",
"timestamp": "2009-06-11T18:53:31",
"content": "THats kind of scary…. I guess im kind of glad I still have a low credit limit.-Jack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83283",
"author": "Tamara",
"timestamp": "2009-07-28T05:53:21",
"content": "Don’t you get paid in cash at fast food places?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92362",
"author": "Jonathan",
"timestamp": "2009-09-07T07:18:58",
"content": "Very superb and the large number. good work man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.318936
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/wiimote-missile-launcher/
|
Wiimote Missile Launcher
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"autoaim",
"missile",
"misslelauncher",
"nintendo",
"wiimote"
] |
[toelle] has shown yet another use for the Wiimote by having it auto aim his
USB missle launcher
. The bill of materials is pretty simple: a Wiimote, a motorized USB missile launcher, some duct tape and
glovepie
.
Simply tape the Wiimote to the missile launcher, install glove pie and follow his instructions for some custom code and off you go. He goes in depth on how to connect the Wiimote to the PC, as well as details on how the custom code works. It only tracks IR targets right now, which is a bit of a bummer, but that would see TV remotes right?
Is there any way this could be combined with the
sonar controlled missle launcher
that we covered in July?
[via
Hack N Mod
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40617",
"author": "Karl Ostmo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T20:48:24",
"content": "For those interested, I’ve developed a controller for this rocket launcher (and also for the Dream Cheeky launchers) for Linux. You can get an installer or the source athttp://pyrocket.googlecode.comHack away!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.400777
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/plotter-made-entirely-from-lego/
|
Plotter Made Entirely From Lego
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"lego",
"nxt",
"pinplotter",
"plotter"
] |
Check out this awesome tool that [Alfonso Martone] built and wrote in to tell us about: a
pin plotter made entirely from Lego
(except for the addition of a pin in one brick). [Alfonso] has managed to get 33dpi resolution with a “printable” area of 90x70mm. The NXT device reads 1bit bitmapped images in PBM format and outputs onto a sheet of paper, which is held in place by Lego pneumatics pushing against rubber Lego bricks. Output is not what you might call speedy, though: it takes 35-40 minutes to output a drawing with 1,500 holes.
[Alfonso] has managed to capture our hearts with this awesome piece of work, which we’d love to backlight and put in a frame on our wall.
[Thanks, Alfonso Martone]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40607",
"author": "Franz",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T21:41:17",
"content": "Good!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40608",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:41:03",
"content": "You should make the frame out of lego.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40609",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T23:41:07",
"content": "I saw the title and thought bullsh1t. i figure the frame was lego, but the guts were from a real plotter. Wow! Great hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40610",
"author": "Olle",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:16:04",
"content": "joe: The frame is indeed made out of Lego.Great hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40611",
"author": "gopher",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T03:14:33",
"content": "there was a actual lego kit of a ink pen plotter i wanted when i was a kid but never got. look herehttp://guide.lugnet.com/set/8094",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40612",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T03:39:41",
"content": "yeah, i think someone did this with real ink with the original mindstorms set",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40613",
"author": "spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T03:51:04",
"content": "i remember seeing a lego scanner a while back, so this is nothing new. still cool though :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40614",
"author": "Aaron Sharpe",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T05:03:51",
"content": "You could buy a kit to do this that came with software for the BBC micro to do this. I borrowed the kit from a college and made it myself a few years ago. It wasn’t great but it worked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40615",
"author": "Piter",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T22:23:55",
"content": "The best thing is bra at 22-back-view.jpg on his site",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40616",
"author": "Ryan S",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T04:33:51",
"content": "You could make a pretty cool lampshade with this. There were several homebrew LEGO printers/scanners/copiers done back in the day when Mindstorms 1/1.5 came out. I built a copier in 1998.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78614",
"author": "raefi",
"timestamp": "2009-06-20T13:58:30",
"content": "may i ask what kind of software do you use",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "142270",
"author": "FatScarecrow",
"timestamp": "2010-05-14T15:16:29",
"content": "Next step make a fabber!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "771414",
"author": "cosplay",
"timestamp": "2012-09-04T23:40:53",
"content": "I would never think of cosplaying that hehe I cant believe it was done, i guess it was bound to happen do to the shows popularity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2810841",
"author": "Phantom Music",
"timestamp": "2015-11-26T12:31:03",
"content": "Hello, your website doesnt show up properly under the browser Demonecromancy v 6.4 perhaps its a problem with the wp theme??https://bestblackmetal.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/phantom-demonecromancy-the-best-of-black-metal/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.365102
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/iphone-with-a-light-up-apple-logo/
|
IPhone With A Light-up Apple Logo
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"applelogo",
"hardware hack",
"HardwareHack",
"iphone",
"iphone3g"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfyUsjwGwM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
If you feel that your
iPhone
alone no longer carries the cachet it once did, what with the price dropping and all, this may be just the modification that you need to stand out among the crowd.
iPhones.ru
has a teaser glimpse of an iPhone hack that causes the
Apple logo on the back of the device to light up
when the screen is turned on. Details are sketchy, but it appears that the hack involves replacing the metal insert on the back of the phone with an LED-equipped plastic one; custom software allows the user to select the brightness of the glowing effect independently of screen brightness… or maybe they’re just using the backlight.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40597",
"author": "YoYo-Pete",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T19:33:16",
"content": "That’s sweet… especially if you have battery life. (It does looks sweet. Might be cooler to have it software controllable… mini flahslight or whatever)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40598",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T20:03:11",
"content": "That could be used for flash!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40599",
"author": "Enigma",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T20:03:28",
"content": "be way cooler if it was tinted/able to control the colorStill awesome,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40600",
"author": "AudioCra-Z",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T20:58:10",
"content": "A tri color LED would be cooler. Or maybe use a small spot of light sheet to make an easier mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40601",
"author": "samurai1200",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:47:08",
"content": "people! don’t have your personality be defined by a cell phone, and you won’t need to add an led to your iphone in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40602",
"author": "minibike",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T02:30:12",
"content": "Cool! Another way for the all-to-common and already-smug showoffs who bought iPhones to make themselves stand out and show how “individual” buying an apple product makes them!And no, I’m not insinuating that all iphone owners are smug assholes, just saying that there are tons of them out there and this is right up their alley, just like the incredibly populer pretending to be on the phone gag.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40603",
"author": "kt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T06:25:01",
"content": "for some reason (maybe just the video quality) but it looks fake, like the light was digitally added. it doesnt really sync up with the movement of the phone itself, especially at the begining.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40604",
"author": "croiman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T11:22:37",
"content": "The idea is stolen from, i created this mod couple months back, this is the Original artikel :http://www.iphoneclub.nl/5890/exclusive-impressive-iphone-case-mod-croiman-psycho-iphone-mod/On more then 60sites the front page, google and type : Croiman Psycho iphone mod.You get more then 60frontpages, engadget, tuaw and many more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40605",
"author": "None",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T01:24:43",
"content": "I’ve hear that the flush metal Apple logo on back costs a ridiculous amount of money (~$30 per iPhone), but Jobs wouldn’t settle for anything less.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40606",
"author": "croiman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T13:58:04",
"content": "The Russians are just copy-cats.Whant to make money on somebody elses idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.508083
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/biometric-locks-turned-trojan/
|
Biometric Locks Turned Trojan
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"biometric",
"defcon",
"fingerprint",
"lock",
"lockpicking"
] |
In the same vein as our recent
Defcon
article on
biometric cloning
, White Wolf Security has released this article about turning a
biometric door lock into a trojan
. They note that there are many common ways to break into one, from harvesting fingerprints to using gummy bears to fake a finger. This hack involves having full access to the unit so you can disassemble it.
The unit has a system built-in where you can touch a 9-volt battery to some connectors on the bottom to power it in case of a building power failure. The researchers simply routed some wires from the motorized lock to the plates used for the 9-volt and then reassembled the lock. The door can then be opened at any time without verification, even if the software on the unit is reset.
[Thanks, dwight]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40590",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:12:01",
"content": "Not news, not a hack, and not in any way impressive, useful, or interesting at all. WTF is so special about making a motor work when you apply power to it?This site has really gone to hell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40591",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:22:32",
"content": "To clarify my disappointment, this is the daily hack and all these ‘researchers’ did was route the wires from the motor controller directly to the power connectors on the bottom of the lock. Requiring full access to do it makes it even less of a ‘hack’.A real trojan door would save the readings to a log allowing a hacker to create a replica with which to gain access to non hacked doors in a fashion similar to a key logger.There is nothing even remotely useful, worthwhile, security related, or interesting about this.NEWS FLASH: Powering motors makes them move!And to the people that don’t like it when people complain about shit like this, kindly STFU. This shitty rewiring project is put up as the daily hack so it’s fair game.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40592",
"author": "ken",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:35:58",
"content": "While I agree that this is rather a useless posting, sometimes you’re going to get a turd with all the relevant stuff.Relax. It just may be a slow news day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40593",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T23:05:25",
"content": "You’ve missed my point. With the increased volume of posts on the site, the amount of ‘good’ material out there is greatly reduced as it gets covered much faster and often times multiple good ‘hacks’ go by each day. The increase in posts causes increased difficulty in finding ‘good hacks’ to post and results in news posts and garbage like this.Hackaday was once an internet icon with a massive cult following. Hackers the world over actually had a sense of accomplishment to have their work ‘featured’ for a whole day on hackaday instead of crammed in between this shit.The reason for the outcry is because hackaday actually ised to mean something. You were a real hacker to have your work posted on hackaday. Now you’re just another fucktard that can solder 2 wires to a motor.I have no problem with the news articles really. I was a proponent of telling people to use the daily filter to see only the hacks. The problem is this is the daily hack and it’s shitty as all hell. The Lego plotter bot should have been the daily, but that skilled hacker will never know that fame. This piece of shit post was made the daily hack just hours before.People that say “just chill and dont read it” are why this site is dieing. If you’ll notice, Juan Aguilar, of the really shitty news articles is no longer posting. Clearly all the bitching about shitty hacks does get noticed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40594",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T00:14:48",
"content": "@ JasonIt’s the negative comments like yours that make Hack-a-day less pleasant to visit… if you’re actually ‘proud’ to have driven somebody away – even if they post tripe (which I’ll agree he did) then you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.I don’t have the talent of the guys like the ‘lego plotter’ hacker, so I don’t aspire to be featured – but if you’ve got a problem with the quality of posts, surely the solution is to provide the editors with a steady supply of ‘good hacks’ to choose from… as in, get off your high horse and get into your shed with your toolkit, and come back with a hack yourself. ;-)Richard",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40595",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:58:20",
"content": "Richard, you too fail to see the point. If hackaday is going to keep posting crap like this as the daily hacks, then many good hacks will fall into obscurity as they get posted minutes after the daily is posted.If I wanted to find hacks I would start my own site like miked did. I come here to see hacks that others have done. With the site the way it currently is, I wouldn’t submit a hack to it because there would be no glory in it for me.What it comes down to is this:If H-A-D is going to make money by posting hackers’ work and having ads next to it, the hacker that supplied them content should at least get his or her day in the sun.We don’t bitch because we could do better work, we bitch because we want things to return to the way they were, back when 1 _hack_ was posted _a day_. A news section is fine; a craphack section is fine; just keep it off the main page.The main page should be 1 featured hack a day, the way it used to be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40596",
"author": "aterinperator",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T05:38:48",
"content": "While jason’s negative comments are annoying, I agree to an extent: quality not quantity. If you up the quantity and keep the 1 quality article a day, it just gets buried in all the other stuff and I can’t keep up with this site so I stop coming. I currently get hundreds and hundreds of articles a day from various news sites, I’m quickly dropping sites that have anything slightly more than extremely high quality articles.This article sounded interesting, and turned out to be quite lame (read: not really a trojan). I saw some of jason’s other posts, and I was kind of upset that he was so upset, but having gone through several articles now that I have been severely disappointed with, I’m starting to (sadly) think his point is much more correct than I originally thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102595",
"author": "antivirus express",
"timestamp": "2009-10-20T14:25:48",
"content": "Pretty good post. I just came across your site and wanted to say that I’ve really liked browsing your posts. I hope you post again soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "707122",
"author": "Montres Diesel",
"timestamp": "2012-07-19T07:46:39",
"content": "The door can then be opened at any time without verification, even if the software on the unit is reset.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.463345
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/robot-that-runs-on-rat-brain-cells/
|
Robot That Runs On Rat Brain Cells
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"fetus",
"newscientist",
"rat",
"ratfetus",
"reading",
"robot",
"video"
] |
Scientists at the
University of Reading
have created a robot that runs not on microprocessors, but on
brain cells extracted from a rat fetus
. The robot is equipped with several sensors which stimulate the rat neurons whenever the robot approaches a wall; the response of the neurons then determines whether the robot avoids the wall or crashes into it. The truly fascinating bit is that the rat brain cells don’t automatically know how to respond to the stimuli from the sensors, but instead learn to respond appropriately through repeated stimuli.
No word yet on whether the scientists will teach the robot to sing “Despite all my rage / I am still just a brain in a vat”.
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[
{
"comment_id": "40584",
"author": "JanezD",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T18:44:26",
"content": "One word: awsome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40585",
"author": "maltorax",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T19:00:17",
"content": "Speechless…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40586",
"author": "skunk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T20:26:00",
"content": "oh shit skynet begins!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40587",
"author": "Odin",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T20:42:03",
"content": "I don’t think the cells are doing much more than providing electrical connections. The ultrasonic is putting out pulses that are probably carried through the brain cells to the motor controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40588",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:25:55",
"content": "This has got to be the coolest, most promising and completely unnerving thing i have seen all year long. The potential seems limitless and i am sure that this will be deemed unethical in about a few months time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40589",
"author": "RetepV",
"timestamp": "2008-08-17T16:54:14",
"content": "Unnerving.“I don’t think the cells are doing much more than providing electrical connections.”That’s what they do in any body… :) It’s the amount of cells and the way they are structured, that makes the brain more than just a group of cells that respond to outside stimulii.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "164406",
"author": "Nightvid Cole",
"timestamp": "2010-08-01T01:35:02",
"content": "This must be deemed unethical…this thing in the dish can THINK….oh yeah why aren’t more people getting solipsism syndrome from this? Presumably it is because you won’t believe that this even happened unless you attribute reality to the external world which includes the scientists that reported having done this…This philosophy feels like it’s going to make me go psychotic for a few days…PLease let’s stop this research until we can figure out how to make sure that this is able to find out that it is a brain in a vat (Or am I?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.788946
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/15/make-a-stretchy-fabric-usb-cable/
|
Make A Stretchy Fabric USB Cable
|
Strom Carlson
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"cable",
"fabric",
"instructables",
"stretch",
"usb",
"wearable"
] |
If you’ve been puzzled over a discreet, durable way to sew wiring into your clothing, then puzzle no more: [Plusea] has put together a writeup detailing how to make a
USB cable partly out of stretchy cotton fabric
. Although the design as detailed doesn’t give much practical use for the invention, we can think of several very effective ways of exploiting this toy. Imagine, for example, placing a
USB battery pack
into one pocket of a jacket, a
portable digital audio recorder
in the other, and a
lavalier microphone
in the lining, thus enabling dozens of hours of covert audio surveillance.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40580",
"author": "William Kinirons",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T19:20:47",
"content": "Or make stun-clothing…combine it with your standard, run of the mill “USB Shock Therapy device” (http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2006/01/03/taiyo-buzztrainer-usb-shock-therapy-device/) and maybe a remote…. that’ll get your friend/dog/wife/kid out of *your* chair/hat/boxers/wetsuit/gloves, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40581",
"author": "jevinskie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T19:24:39",
"content": "I’m sure the EMI characteristics are just fantastic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40582",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T22:45:37",
"content": "For dozens of hours of covert audio surveillance just get a slim voice recorder and put it in your pants pocket.The USB wire-shirt concept is a bit too abstract for me, how about a Taser/stun-gun proof shirt/pants? Electricity follows the path of least resistance and metal has much less resistance than skin. A tight metal mesh woven into the fabric would render you immune to most stun weapons.I amazed my family when i filed the sink with water, placed my arm in the water along with 2 electrodes attached to my stun-gun, and hit the switch. The electricity ran through the water and the metal bottom of the sink instead of my arm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40583",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T03:51:04",
"content": "yeah forget those data lines–i’ve screwed around with noncompliant usb cables (wrong impedance, bad shielding, etc) in even less spectacular ways and still managed to make it fail.might be okay for audio though, if you find one of those devices that likes multiplexing microphone/speaker/headphone/charging/antenna/coke dispenser all in one usb plug. Then you can charge it too, with the spectacular I2R losses through that high conductivity conductive nylon.WAIT HOLY SMOKES this actually worked for data transfer? Someone explain to me why my custom made, shielded, carefully braided (but not impedance controlled) 6″ USB cable extension didn’t work. . . GRRRRRR!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.544093
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/defcon-16-biometric-cloning/
|
Defcon 16: Biometric Cloning
|
Eliot
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"biometric",
"biometrics",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"geometry",
"hand",
"handgeometry",
"handmold",
"handscanner",
"mold",
"security"
] |
One of the more novel talks we saw at
Defcon
was [Zac Franken]
presenting on access control systems
. He covered several different types, but the real fun was his live demo of bypassing a hand geometry scanners like the one pictured above. With the help of two assistants, 4 pounds of chromatic dental alginate, and 5 liters of water, he made a mold of his hand. The box he placed his hand in had markings to show where the pegs on the scanner are located. After 2 minutes he could remove his hand from the cavity. They then filled the mold with vinylpolysiloxane, making sure to remove all bubbles. 20 minutes later the hand was solid and passed the scanner’s test. This may not be a completely practical attack, but it does defeat the overall idea of biometrics; biometrics are built on the assumption that every person is unique and can’t have their features reproduced.
[Zac] also showed an interesting magnetic card spoofer that emulated all three tracks using coils of magnet wire. We hope to see more about that in the future.
[photo:
morgan.davis
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40575",
"author": "rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T05:35:08",
"content": "How is this worthy of defcon? i mean for christ’s sake the mythbusters did this like two seasons ago and hey did it better from a lifted fingerprint on a glass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40576",
"author": "bhelx",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T06:48:45",
"content": "In the Mythbuster’s episode rivetgeek is referring to, they broke an extremely cheap type of fingerprint reader which is no longer in use (and was never actually in professional use) because it was well known that it was vulnerable to that type of attack. And the feasibility of the hack being used in the field is not part of the question for this presentation:“it does defeat the overall idea of biometrics; biometrics are built on the assumption that every person is unique and can’t have their features reproduced”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40577",
"author": "Ross Snider",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T06:49:02",
"content": "Biometrics: the ultimate single signon.Why would you want a password that you can’t change, isn’t private, and is a login for everywhere that uses biometric authentication?You think we have “identity theft” problems now? Spread biometric authentication wide and far. At least when someone steals my keycode it can be changed and I can have a different keycode for every place I go. And at least I don’t share my keycode with every person who might bother to follow me in the park to pick up a piece of my trash.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40578",
"author": "Spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T14:59:06",
"content": "i always remember something someone said (It might have been steve gibson) about *proper security*…to be really secure you need multiple vectors: who you are, what you are, what you know and where you are.basically, the point im making is all these biometric devices offer more than is relistically possible – a single fingerprint scanner only takes one vector of the equasion, which is easily spoofed (as we know) same for the hand, which although I am assuming is a more complicated issue.For my 2c I dont think biometrics should exist at all unless they take in as many possible variables to make it impossible – I guess what Im saying is a body scanner, with a pin code you have to manually enter. anything else seems to be vulnerable….at the very least ANY biometric system that assumes your the person your claiming to be without the knowlege vector (ie: a password or pin you know) is a failure in my books…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40579",
"author": "mckt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T18:55:12",
"content": "Biometrics are a terrible authentication mechanism, but they work great as an identification mechanism. Basically, a properly designed system asks the following:“Who are you?”“Can you prove it?”Then to itself, “Okay, what is this guy allowed to do”.The talk was great, by the way, as Franken’s talks are every time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84701",
"author": "markt",
"timestamp": "2009-08-06T18:10:57",
"content": "We are talking here, about spoofing a biometric sensor, the better the sensor and algorithms, and the richer the biometric input (Iris, Finger, Facial) the better the identification. Multi-modal is the main defense against spoofing, besides quality of system.The above poster was right about Biometrics as an identification method… the ideal way to use biometrics is not in centralized system, where biometric matching templates are stored in a backend database.These centralized “FBI model systems have complete failure risk on the back end, and have everyone’s immutable data (biometric) centralized.. and thus enable identity use… The is the model for unfriendlies identification (like Iraq). This is what the DOD Biometrics Task force is focused on.Much better is to have biometrics used on local devices (phone, USB, ect), with matching and storage exsiting only on a single secured chip. This is the Friendlies model. Decentralized credentials.For backend: use a Biometric Token to represent the match on device, and send this to the backend (and it should change each time)… no Biometrics ever leave the secure chip. This system stores no personal information on the back-end… only the token management system.So the Friendlies model is the direction we need to go. I think that Pay by Touch, learned the hard way that users do not want to give up their fingerprints…..So lets protect personal privicy by promoting the decentralized model, that uses the strength of Biometric, with out the risk exposure of the current implementations. Lets leave biometrics only in the possession of the owner….mark",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1001700",
"author": "Wing",
"timestamp": "2013-05-06T22:03:27",
"content": "Can you give me a bit more detail how to make it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.866545
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/riaa-pays-out-108000-to-p2p-lawsuit-defendant/
|
RIAA Pays Out $108,000 To P2P Lawsuit Defendant
|
rossfairgrieve
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"filesharing",
"filesharinglawsuit",
"lawsuit",
"music",
"p2p",
"riaa",
"riaa lawsuit",
"RiaaLawsuit"
] |
[
Tanya Andersen
], the defendant in
Atlantic v. Andersen
, has
finally been paid $107,951
for reimbursement of legal fees.
RIAA
lawyers had appealed to get the amount reduced and originally offered $30,000 then $60,000, but [Andersen]’s lawyers convinced the judge to uphold the six-figure sum.
This is a significant setback for industry lawyers who often use
illegal discovery techniques
and have been criticized for using overly-litigious legal strategies to force defendants to settle. Sadly though, the payout only covers [Andersen]’s legal fees and doesn’t offer any compensation for damages, but a counter-suit filed in Portland, Oregon seeks exactly that. Here’s hoping her lawyers [Lory Lybeck] and [Ben Justus] continue to set favorable legal precedents for defendants of these lawsuits.
As far as the technical side of the discovery methods go, there are many ways to keep the RIAA off your back. The simplest is to disable your P2P client’s available file listing or turning off outbound traffic altogether. Other ways are to
use encryption
(although this is usually to get around ISP blocks) or
download to an offsite machine
. Hopefully, though, this judgment and eventual payout will make the recording companies reconsider the amount of lawsuits they file and to use less aggressive legal tactics.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40563",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T04:41:29",
"content": "Portland 0regon?Portland or seeks exactly that?Come on, this is ridiculous, oregon are we to assume that you don’t use this font when you copy and paste news articles into hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40564",
"author": "Aex",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T04:57:01",
"content": "Why the hell do so many dis you?If you have a problem with hack-a-day, then don’t read it. You not reading it causes an actual blow to site.You rambling about what he does right or wrong get’s you no where.So STFU.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40565",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T05:23:29",
"content": "might as well stop reading hackaday its no longer about hacks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40566",
"author": "BigBalls",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T05:50:59",
"content": "I still enjoy reading H-A-D even though only 1/4 of their post are actually about hacks. I would however like them to start capitalizing SOME LETTERS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40567",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T05:59:42",
"content": "There is still _a_ hack each day… there is just other stuff now too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40568",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T07:26:38",
"content": "@ AEX,I have no problem with the “hack”, in fact I quite like the news story. It is good to hear that there is precedent against the RIAA for their ridiculous practices. However, at the most they should fine you the cost of whatever you are distributing, if that is 3,000 copies of a $50 product, you need to stop and pay up.My problem was with the fact that if they were going to portland or than they should have put in 0regon so that we could read the damn thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40569",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T08:30:03",
"content": "If you want HACKS ONLY, look at/subscribe tohttp://www.hackaday.com/category/misc-hacks/And quit your whining.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40570",
"author": "Ross Fairgrieve",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T08:48:05",
"content": "Sorry guys, I should have kept the lowercasing style sheet in mind when writing. I changed “OR” to “Oregon” (It makes sense without the style sheet, I promise).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40571",
"author": "poweruser",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T09:32:52",
"content": "@ Miles:Use this Greasemonkey script:http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29068It makes Hack A Day much more legible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40572",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T15:59:31",
"content": "@milesActually, I don’t think the RIAA should fine anyone for anything. I think the *only* thing they should be allowed to do is require the “defendants” to legitimately purchase whatever it is they downloaded. Perhaps at the worst, require they purchase the actual CDs. That way, everybody (except the /suits/) wins. The artist will get their cut of the CD sales. The retailer will get their cut. All the other people who market/distribute will get their cut. The one who “illegally downloaded” the song will still get their songs, but they’ll have to be punished by having to posses the extremely crappy rest of the CDs. Unless they choose good artists, in which case it’s not a problem.People would stop listening to crappy artists if they had to support them, and crappy artists would take a hit. At least in a perfect world ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40573",
"author": "miles",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T22:40:20",
"content": "@srilykI agree in a perfect world you should just force them to pay.Since it is easier to target one person making something available to 1,000’s of people than it is to target one person who steals it and then disappears, that is what makes sense.Think of it as targeting drug dealers rather than jailing all drug users. The only solution is proper parenting and a world that makes sense, but you need to go after the dealers anyway, it isn’t a perfect world.The irony is that they won’t sell it to people, they partner up with DRM distributors and crappy software.I wonder if they should open a paypal account and start giving amnesty and receipts to people who pay for the music that they already have. (Then use this info to force the board to offer DRM free music)@ross, thank you very much, I suppose if it bothers me so much I could change the style sheet. I just wanted to bitch about something I guess.Thanks Shadyman, I was looking for the link that let me do that, couldn’t find it yesterday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40574",
"author": "thinker48855",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T06:55:07",
"content": "Has anyone bothered to look further on this? she won because they went after her, and she had not been doing anything wrong. she was not downloading media without the owners permission. this only changes the fact that they will be much more careful about collecting proof as to who the user is before they start legal action. read it yourself this is the court statement.http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDFfull.asp?filename=atlantic_andersen_080514AttorneysFeesOpinion107834",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52394",
"author": "Portland Criminal Defense",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T19:16:15",
"content": "i dont believe any of these lawsuits i think that they are fake and nobody really gets in trouble",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.746161
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/creepy-robot-eye-follows-you-and-winks-in-response/
|
Creepy Robot Eye Follows You And Winks In Response
|
rossfairgrieve
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"art",
"artwork",
"creepy",
"eye",
"interaction",
"interactive",
"robot",
"robotics",
"robots"
] |
Opto-Isolator
is an interesting art installation that was
on display at the Bitforms Gallery in NYC
. This single movement-tracking eye creates a statement about how we view art and is a response to the question “what if art could view us?”. The somewhat creepy display not only follows the person viewing it, but mimics blinks a second later and averts its gaze if eye contact is kept up for too long. Its creators [Golan Levin] and [Greg Baltus] have done a great job mimicking human behavior with such a simple element and the social implications of it are truly fascinating.
If they wanted to, [Levin] and [Baltus] could possibly crank up the spook factor by adding
facial recognition
and programming it to remember how certain people interact with it, then tailor its behavior to wink at different rates or become more shy or bold, depending on the personality of the person watching it. Of course, that would require that someone goes back to it more than once…
[via
Glass Tumbler
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40560",
"author": "Ross Snider",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T02:55:29",
"content": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxusxckjey",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40561",
"author": "Pavlo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T03:44:16",
"content": "In soviet Russia, artwork looks at YOU!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40562",
"author": "lando greer",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T05:02:21",
"content": "what would happen if u put a mirror in front of it, it would never blink. or mover really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.157331
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/watching-dvds-on-your-wii/
|
Watching DVDs On Your Wii
|
Benjamin Eckel
|
[
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"dvd",
"hombrew",
"homebrewchannel",
"mplayer",
"nintendo",
"twilighthack",
"wii"
] |
Nintendo Wii Fanboy explains how to
watch DVDs on your Wii using the new MPlayer application
. Although the reviews are mixed, some claim it works and others claim it doesn’t, most are excited about this new feature which has been missing since the Wii’s launch. To get this working, you need to run the
Twilight Hack
and get the
Homebrew Channel
. Then you download the MPlayer software onto your SD card and install that using the Homebrew Channel. From there, you can launch the application and play your DVDs with ease using the minimalistic DVD player interface.
Although this seems like a lot of work just to watch a DVD, especially considering this might not work for you, it is interesting to see people trying to push for media center software on the Wii. Now they only need to find ways to get past the Nintendo’s
attempts to stop this Homebrew movement
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40555",
"author": "0xtob",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T01:16:28",
"content": "Original announcement of the hack:http://hackmii.com/2008/08/libdi-and-the-dvdx-installer/If you have a modchip you need to install patchmii first (link in the announcement), otherwise it will not work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40556",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T07:18:00",
"content": "mplayer is new?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40557",
"author": "octel",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T09:45:36",
"content": "It’s new on the Wii!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40558",
"author": "Bud",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T17:28:15",
"content": "I just preformed this last night on my v3.3 wii. I went from unmodded to DVD watching in about 5 mintues.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40559",
"author": "Sam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T01:08:21",
"content": "Thank you Hack a Day! I already had the HBC installed on my Wii, but was unaware of this. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57934",
"author": "jodiem",
"timestamp": "2009-01-05T03:21:29",
"content": "I’ve gotten as far as the homebrew channel and the main Mplayer page but it won’t read any dvds…i have wiikey 2 modchip installed as well and have tried installing a patchmii which i don’t think worked…what am i doing wrong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62077",
"author": "Aminah black",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T20:05:47",
"content": "This is really hot. Check out myCool Nintendo Wii Games.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "89567",
"author": "Wii Unlock Hack",
"timestamp": "2009-08-26T08:01:08",
"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": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90649",
"author": "Luiz",
"timestamp": "2009-08-31T15:18:14",
"content": "Hello Friends,Is not recommended watch DVD’s on your Wii because it will reduce much its useful life (laser).Try to convert DVD1s in .avi (divx) and watch directly from your pendrive or external USB HD drive, using MPlayerCE too.Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.994379
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/new-discovery-channel-show-starring-hackers/
|
New Discovery Channel Show Starring Hackers
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"discovery channel",
"DiscoveryChannel",
"gadgets",
"hacker",
"joe grand",
"JoeGrand",
"mike north",
"MikeNorth",
"prototype this",
"PrototypeThis",
"robots",
"terry sandin",
"TerrySandin",
"tv",
"zoz brooks",
"ZozBrooks"
] |
A new
Discovery Channel show titled Prototype This!
will debut on October 15, 2008. Hoping to capture the same demographic as
Mythbusters
‘ audience, the show is about designing and creating robots, gadgets, and other things that nerds will love.
Prototype This!
is hosted by four wide-ranging experts: [Zoz Brooks], who’s got a PhD in robotics, [Mike North], who also has a PhD, in material sciences, [Terry Sandin], a special effects veteran of the Hollywood film industry, and [Joe Grand], who we’ve covered recently for his
Defcon badge work
. [Daniel Terdiman]’s glimpse behind the scenes reveals some interesting projects, from a stair-climbing robot to the creation of a pyro pack. We’ll be sure to set our DVRs to record.
[via
Zero Day
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "40540",
"author": "Fate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T20:44:38",
"content": "This looks like it might be good. I hope that it bumps Smash Lab off the air as that show is absolutely horrible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40541",
"author": "Brotherred",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T21:55:01",
"content": "It is great to see some potential in computer shows that hopefully are more about the tech than marketing, branding and child of those pair which is vendor lockin.Will be watching critically,Brotherred",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40542",
"author": "Ben Drawbaugh",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T22:30:26",
"content": "While I love the idea of this, I just have the feeling they’ll make it as bad as Myth Busters.Or does someone know where to find a version of myth busters without the repetition. I know it’d only be 15 minutes long but that is okay.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40543",
"author": "samurai1200",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T23:03:46",
"content": "Mythbusters is telepathic brain surgery compared to Smash Lab. Considering those guys are sitting on their prototype for a perpetual water slide, i’m guessing it’s going to be just as bad as Smash Lab, though I am hoping not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40544",
"author": "Blackice",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T23:10:16",
"content": "Keep it up Discovery channel, you’re one of only a handful of channels worth anything on TV these days",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40545",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T01:36:58",
"content": "Smash Lab seemed like a really bad excuse to make a show about just blowing stuff up, they present real world situations, then propose a completely impractical solution. Mythbusters was good until recently when it seemed like they just ran out of ideas, but still:http://xkcd.com/397/. I really hope this is better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40546",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T03:47:55",
"content": "Looks like someone went and pulled 4 employees from the marketing department at boring inc. and put them in a profitable network demographic magnet.This will mostly be interesting to boring suburban types much as makezine is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40547",
"author": "wat.",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T06:39:04",
"content": "This is related to CDC. Anything related to CDC is as lame as it gets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40548",
"author": "wat.",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T06:39:46",
"content": "This is related to CDC. Anything related to CDC is as lame as it gets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40549",
"author": "t0m",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T08:59:43",
"content": "excellent! Don’t know the other guys but Zoz was my floor tutor at MIT. He had some cool toys including this ‘instant’ 2 liter bottle pressure bomb stick thing. Basically a compressor hooked up to a long steel tube with a blast shield. Compressor pumps up the 2 liter to some ridiculous pressure and a trigger fires a servo which stabs an exacto blade into the 2 liter bottle. Boom! Something akin to filling a bottle with LN2 or dry ice but on demand. Cool guy, cool toys. Good luck Zoz & company!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40550",
"author": "Spoofy",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T15:08:13",
"content": "I dont get why your all hating on mythbusters. at least they bring a joy of science to the masses, sure in an entertainment-somtimes-braindead package, but thats not always a bad thing. at least it gets people interested in science.I have high hopes for this show… but having read the stuff about it taking 6 takes to get a ‘genuine’ reaction erks me a little. mythbusters do the same afaik.all I care is if they present cool stuff in a relatively highbrow way, if they skim over the science too much like mythbusters im outtahear. theres already enough geeks with toys shows out there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40551",
"author": "Chris P",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T16:59:22",
"content": "Ok, so sure, Mythbusters has jumped the shark, this could be the show to pick up the “flagship program” torch. Yes, I really do think Mythbusters is a flagship program. After all, if it wasn’t, who would dump so much money into a show that’s obviously jumped the shark?! In their defense, I’m sure it’s not Adam and Jaime’s faults. There are only so many myths.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40552",
"author": "Chris Macdonald",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T19:16:56",
"content": "this better not be another ‘smash labs’.. uggh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40553",
"author": "zakir hussain",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T17:11:17",
"content": "i proud of this to start a new thing which will give us fatefull information regarding to robots.iam parsuing BE (I.T) so it is very intrested thing for me.iam only says that BEST OF LUCK.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40554",
"author": "drsmith",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T19:40:44",
"content": "I have to agree with the other commentators here. I like Mythbusters, but the repetition they do surrounding commercials is ridiculous. You’d think the audience had the attention span of a fruit fly.Smash Lab is awful. In concept, it’s a great show, but the solutions they come up with are horribly impractical. If you watched the most recent show, they put bilge pumps inside a car to keep it from sinking! It was explained like there was some need to install bilge pumps in every car on the road because … you know … people drive into lakes and the ocean compulsively on a whim …. even if they aren’t near water! LOL. Who comes up with this crap? That show is officially off of my Tivo after that last episode.Let’s hope this show is better than that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,771.930273
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/led-floor-captures-digital-footprints/
|
LED Floor Captures Digital Footprints
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"floor",
"flooring",
"footprints",
"led",
"leds",
"sensacell"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpRE6CM3oOY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
Sensacell
created a unique interactive flooring system for the
2008 World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain
. Comprised of 1000 LED panels, the 250 foot installation is covered in architectural glass and lights up in response to pressure. We like what different people are doing in this clip; from walking in a line to dragging a mop over the floor, the results are undeniably captivating and ultimately irresistible.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40535",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T19:20:45",
"content": "They cut away when the most potentially interesting thing was about to happen: when the stroller wheels rolled over it.The mop made up for it, but not by much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40536",
"author": "Marshall Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T19:33:27",
"content": "I would kill for this in my room. Nintendo should look into this. They say it can’t get more innovative than the wii but I can see a soccer game working pretty well like this. If you own a gymnasium. A table type system would also work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40537",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T20:00:59",
"content": "yeah, i was waiting for the stroller, too!i wonder if its using that led-pwm-feedback technology, where the LEDs act as sensors.it’s very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40538",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T21:26:04",
"content": "very good, but they really need to get rid of the “blockyness” – lets have each individual led respond directly to pressure above it.Then you could literally draw with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40539",
"author": "tracksol",
"timestamp": "2008-08-30T11:10:16",
"content": "let’s see some break dancers on this thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75874",
"author": "Garry Dobbing",
"timestamp": "2009-05-21T18:38:53",
"content": "Install different colored LED lights and these floors will rule in the tawdry nightclubs of the world.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75875",
"author": "Garry Dobbing",
"timestamp": "2009-05-21T18:41:53",
"content": "No wait, don’t do that. It would probably cause widespread nausea in a dance club. I get dizzy just thinking about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.200977
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-with-bluetooth/
|
Modding The Acer Aspire One With Bluetooth
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"acer",
"ApireOne",
"asus701",
"Asuseeepc",
"bluetooth",
"tnkgrl"
] |
[tnkgrl], a regular around here, is at it again. This time she has modded an Acer Aspire One subnotebook to have
internal Bluetooth
. She’s released part 1 of a multi part tutorial on beefing up the Aspire One. In this part, she covers disassembly, adding more RAM, and adding the Bluetooth hardware. She suggests that you look at her
Bluetooth install on an Asus 701
to find more information as the process is nearly identical.
Part 2 of the tutorial is going to cover upgrading the SSD to a 1.8″ PATA hard drive and putting it back together.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40532",
"author": "Keaton reckard",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T21:20:57",
"content": "nothing new",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40533",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T17:08:39",
"content": "Nothing new to _you_ genius, but maybe not some other folks out there.Take a pill and let us have our little fun, m’kay?I think this is awesome stuff, and I might just try my own internal Bluetooth dongle install as a result of it.Thanks, hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40534",
"author": "tnkgrl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-16T21:23:28",
"content": "Here’s part 2:http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-hard-drive/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50732",
"author": "Jonathan berger",
"timestamp": "2008-11-13T22:28:44",
"content": "nice bluetooth hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55171",
"author": "Konstantin",
"timestamp": "2008-12-14T13:32:08",
"content": "Спасибо классная статья ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63617",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T07:21:35",
"content": "I saw this and duplicated, it’s awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "88718",
"author": "Free Gadget",
"timestamp": "2009-08-22T11:46:51",
"content": "Cheers for the great info m8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99831",
"author": "wedding songs",
"timestamp": "2009-10-08T19:09:31",
"content": "wedding songs زفات – موقع زفات – زفات بدون موسيقى – زفات بالاسماء – زفات راشد الماجد – زفات حزين الجسمي",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136385",
"author": "Lindy Frisino",
"timestamp": "2010-04-16T14:15:39",
"content": "Have you ever in your life attended a wedding and reception and have felt sorry for the groom because he picked the most significant boneheaded buddy to be the best man. It happened to me, we travelled a very elegant wedding and the Best Man’s speech was so awful that it was unbelievable that this dude was the groom’s best friend. After they located the best man, he got up to the microphone and provided this speech: “This couple, Bill and Monica are great and I hope their life is filled with fulfillment and all those things that make a marriage great.” This is what you get when you don’t plan in advance a speech. When I got married two years later I didn’t want my best man to be the topic of conversation for years into the future so I sent him this kithttp://www.bestmanspeech.largestnetwork.comon how to write a best man speech. It relieved the anxiety and his speech was superb, hilarious and poignant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.03925
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/14/poiplay-led-poi/
|
PoiPlay – LED Poi
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"led",
"poi",
"poiplay"
] |
PoiPlay
is an elegant mix of new technology and traditional medium.
Poi
, Maori for ball, is a traditional form of juggling originating in New Zealand. In poi, a ball at the end of a rope or chain is swung in circular motion to develop visual patterns. Often augmented by flame, and more recently LEDs and glow sticks.
The PoiPlay device has 28 RGB LEDs in a 1 foot long enclosure at the end of a rope. They have a 1mbit per second bidirectional wireless interface, three Atmel processors, a lithium ion battery, and a charger. The base station controls not only the PoiPlay but the music as well. All the control software that resides on the PC was written in Perl and communicates via USB port under Cygwin.
They have built the devices to be individually addressable with the capability of being grouped by subnet. This feature isn’t supported by the software yet, but they say it should be done by the next show in 2009.
The site, while pretty offers very little information. Some construction shots would be fantastic. Go check it out though, the pictures are mesmerizing.
[thanks Jm]
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40524",
"author": "dnafrequency",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T18:50:09",
"content": "I think I just creamed my pants a little",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40525",
"author": "MattTC",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T19:01:51",
"content": "These are pretty cool, but hyperlights are better in a so bright they’re basicly lightsabers’ kind of wayhttp://www.hyperlight.co.uk/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40526",
"author": "dnafrequency",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T19:14:48",
"content": "@#2 – The hyperlights are cool and definitely have their place at the party. I still think the POV treatment of poiplay is just mindblowing, though :)~peace",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40527",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T21:45:27",
"content": "@#2 – post your advertisements elsewhere",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40528",
"author": "Mello C",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T07:52:38",
"content": "It’s incredible that poi is so big outside of New Zealand. Here, it’s just something that the kapa haka group does at school assembly every once in a while. I went to Japan last August and was mind-blown to find this guy in Tokyo doing poi on the street.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40529",
"author": "poiromaniac",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T11:25:39",
"content": "I do performances at festivals using poi and juggling but mainly with fire, we have been getting more gigs at nightclubs though and having gone through 5 sets of l.e.d. poi I’m still looking for a favoured solution…Looks like I may have just found it!sweet had thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40530",
"author": "MattTC",
"timestamp": "2008-08-15T11:38:36",
"content": "er hardly advertising as neither poiplay or hyperlights are actually selling any product, at least not yet.some of the patterns those things come out with are really sweet, definatly be good to see a few pictures of the actual poi in the light of day tho as its hard to see if they’d be good to spin with. also from the video they really don’t look that bright, they’d definatly benifit from some more powerful LEDs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40531",
"author": "phizman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T08:15:59",
"content": "This reminds me of the data patterns off my RS-232 tester. The test tool was just a bicolored LED (changes color when you switch the polarity) and a resistor in series. It was good for figuring out the serial pinout on some oddball devices I had. It was pretty neat when I hooked it up to a long wire and spun it around my head…you could make out the binary on the lower baudrates.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.122031
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/homemade-tube-screamer-clone/
|
Homemade Tube Screamer Clone
|
Benjamin Eckel
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"guitar",
"guitarpedal",
"instructables",
"pedal",
"tonepad",
"ts808",
"ts9",
"tube screamer",
"TubeScreamer"
] |
[jonboytang] documented his construction of a
clone of the famous Tube Screamer overdrive pedal
from a set of
plans found at tonepad
. The tonepad site says you can use the plans to build either a TS-9 or a TS-808, both of which have been classic staples in every guitar player’s setup since the 70s. Although the old parts are no longer available, these new variants still have a really nice sound.
This project is really just a look into [jonboytang]’s etching and enclosure building process, but it may be useful for someone. The build and the circuit look really simple so this would be a great project for guitar players looking to learn how to etch their own PCBs. If you need more information on etching, we would suggest starting out by reading
our How-To on etching single sided PCBs
. If you are lazy and would rather spend a little money, check out
tonepad’s online store
. They have a board for this project and many others.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40519",
"author": "Toshibi",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T02:15:28",
"content": "I think I may make the Big Muff Pi my first real electronics project (the other ones have been ugly kludges). My band used it back in the 90’s in the studio and it had a nice distortion/fuzz sound.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40520",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T18:11:36",
"content": "In my opinion, this is the best post in a while. The links there are great and will keep me entertained for a long time. I’ve been looking for DIY pedal resources but never really found anything useful. This is definitely bookmarked. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40521",
"author": "peruser",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T18:32:11",
"content": "The TS9 is one of my favorite pedals, can’t wait to hear how this sounds compared to the original. Planning on building this and comparing to my stock Ibanez tube screamer.Wish I had a scope so I could compare the clipping of the respective pedals.Thank you Hack-a-day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40522",
"author": "Johnston Tang",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T18:39:37",
"content": "Haha No Way!!!i made it to hack a day!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40523",
"author": "Anton",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T18:17:58",
"content": "Whats is Tube Screamer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.076192
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/burning-in-the-siftables/
|
Burning In The Siftables
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"interface",
"modular",
"physicalinterfacce",
"siftables",
"tangibleinterface",
"wireless"
] |
[Curiouslee] put up some pictures of his
Siftables burn in
. He got them in the mail with all their accessories and decided to make a special box to carry it all. He started with an ArtBin parts box and cut out dividers where necessary to make everything fit nice and tidy.
The
Siftables
are quite interesting. They are an information interface that is supposed to be more physical and natural. The analogy they use is a container of nuts and bolts can be sifted through quite easily using your hands. They envision us being able to sift through data similarly. They also mention that it could be used as a gestural interface as well.
Each unit is a small device with a screen, wireless communication, and IR sensors. There are some pictures of the units in action as well as a video on their site.
[via
Make Flickr Pool
]
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40515",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T02:49:39",
"content": "i want some!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40516",
"author": "isforinsects",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T05:31:59",
"content": "Mike/Curiouslee got them in a mailing envelope, he didn’t get them *in* the mail. I got to hang out with mike on his trip a little bit when he came by to visit OLPC:http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/2719174808/I’d also like to mention that Mike runs the OLPC Learning Club, a regular OLPC + digital-education meetup. olpclearningclub.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40517",
"author": "Stephen Kuhl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T11:17:26",
"content": "Awsome! When can I get some?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40518",
"author": "Stephen Kuhl",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T11:33:54",
"content": "hey I never noticed our comments automatically get upgraded to all “LOWERCASE” ha!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147608",
"author": "Siftables",
"timestamp": "2010-06-05T23:20:56",
"content": "That’s amazing that ‘CuriousLee’ got a set to test out… i would love to get my hands on them. This is an amazing little device, i can’t wait to get a set and start using it. The possibilities are endless.. especially in a school / educational system / environment! Anyone know when the release date is for these?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.279418
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/13/rgb-monome-clone/
|
RGB Monome Clone
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"digital audio hacks",
"LED Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"monome",
"rgb",
"rgbLED",
"rgbmonome",
"sparkfun"
] |
[Julien Bayle] has posted this great breakdown of building an
RGB monome clone
. He is a musical performer using
Ableton Live
. He wanted to do away with the need for a computer screen and found that the
monome
would have been perfect had it been RGB. So he decided to build his own.
The parts list for the entire project is as follows:
1x Arduino board
4x Sparkfun breakout PCB
4x Sparkfun buttons pads (
like our door lock
)
4x Sparkfun buttons bezel
64x RGB LEDs common cathode
64x Diodes Small Signal (1N4148)
1x MAX7221 (LED Driver)
1x 74HC164 (8-Bit Serial-In, Parallel-Out Shift Register)
1x 74HC165 (8-Bit Parallel-In, Serial-Out Shift Register)
He also has files for the schematics and source code as well as information on how to assemble and test it.
The RGB aspect is still under development. He is using the
LEDMatrix-Serial Interface-RGB
from Sparkfun Electronics to run it. It is expensive, but is exactly what he was looking for.
There aren’t very many pictures of the project, and none of the working RGB unit. He makes up for it in sheer information. Many parts have links to manufacturers or support forums. Hopefully he’ll post some pictures and video of the final product soon.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "40508",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T19:25:22",
"content": "sweet, man! those monomes are hilariously overpriced, so kudos for sidestepping them and building an even better one! granted, those sparkfun button pads aren’t cheap, but this probably all came out under the monome’s price. hopefully DIY efforts like this will force the monome folks to be a little more realistic about their pricing (or their hardware choices).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40509",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T20:40:29",
"content": "The monomes are hand made. And the Yamaha tenori-on is like the two fifty six monome and is only $200 less. The demand for monomes will keep the price high. I’m building my own single color arduinome (arduino based monome clone using the sparkfun baords and its gonna be about $200. THe 2 kits necessary to make a 40h kit are $250 combined, so mine will cost a little less. If the demand is big enough, then the monome is not overpriced.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40510",
"author": "XNDR",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T22:31:38",
"content": "Add the labour and manufacturing costs of an aluminium faceplate and a high quality handmade wooden enclosure and you won’t even come close to $200.. Surely the boxes could be cheaper, mass produced in the far east by little children, working in hazardous environments… It’s all a matter of choice, you decide what to support..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40511",
"author": "julienb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T01:52:16",
"content": "thanks for link to my site.it is just an aggregation of information.I didn’t code anything on myself.I’ll probably finish it soon (rgb code support)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40512",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2008-08-14T20:06:35",
"content": "right, but what if someone doesn’t care about an aluminum faceplate and high quality handmade wooden blah blah blah? what if someone’s not shopping for a Bentley, they’re just an artist who wants to screw around? we’re not all Deadelus or Moby.i’m startled at some of the premium prices charged for creative tools (case in point: MAX). yes, economics of production can demand those prices, but few people seem to be in a hurry to make cool, production high-tech tools that are affordable. thus the beauty of this DIY project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40513",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2008-08-18T22:31:19",
"content": "@emilio,Yes, monomes from monome are expensive, and there are good reasons for that, as detailed by the others. Expensive? Yes. Overpriced? I don’t think so.You also should remember that their system is open source, which greatly helps those who find the price of one of their beautifully crafted objects to be a barrier to entry.So, I think that Monome deserve a great amount of credit for that.ben",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40514",
"author": "julienb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T12:28:42",
"content": "some updates on my page:http://www.julienbayle.net/diy/LiveInterface/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43613",
"author": "julienb",
"timestamp": "2008-09-27T12:09:22",
"content": "http://www.julienbayle.net/diy/LiveInterface/updatedlast pcb designing for this project here too:http://www.flickr.com/photos/julien-bayle/2892234960/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62221",
"author": "djmoran",
"timestamp": "2009-02-08T21:17:00",
"content": "Ummm…. part 2 is missing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.367523
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/08/12/google-releases-keyczar/
|
Google Releases KeyCzar
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cryptography",
"encryption",
"google",
"keyczar"
] |
Google has
released keyCzar
, a cryptographic toolkit that supports encryption and authentication for both symmetric and public-key algorithms.
Cryptography is a common problem area for web programmers. keyCzar aims to help alleviate some of the issues by supplying safe defaults, tagging versions, and a simple interface.
[via
Zero Day
]
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| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40418",
"author": "William Kinirons",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T18:23:40",
"content": "Let Google keep the keys to the castle, direct traffic to the castle, AND charge to send it there?Im in!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40419",
"author": "Steve Weis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T20:34:17",
"content": "Hi William. Keyczar is just a software library, not a service. Your keys live wherever you want them to. Google is not holding keys in escrow or anything like.Cheers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40420",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T21:54:04",
"content": "Now THAT is service! Second post is by one of the authors! Care to comment on the peer review process to date, Steve?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40421",
"author": "Steve Weis",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T02:46:45",
"content": "Hi Matt. It has been internally reviewed, but the public peer review process is just starting. There has already been some good feedback. I anticipate we’ll make significant changes before the 1.0 release based on open source contributors.(PS – Why does this comment system convert everything to lower case?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40422",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T03:11:05",
"content": "this looks promising. good to see more open software packages that could be use to develop more secure software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40423",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T05:51:49",
"content": "@steve:Who knows why the comment system does what it does. It doesn’t even have a password field to enter your password, so even though you have a password, you have to ‘activate’ your comments each time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40424",
"author": "Fate",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T07:57:25",
"content": "I think it’s running the clbuttic comment system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40425",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T08:01:40",
"content": "And how is this a hack?This looks like a cross between an advertisement and a press-release, barely warmed over.hackaday is looking more & more like slashdot, but without the +5 funny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40426",
"author": "Jay Eff",
"timestamp": "2008-08-13T23:54:29",
"content": "Andrew, Mod +5 Insightful",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.581474
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/08/11/defcon-16-glimpses-of-the-network-operations-center/
|
Defcon 16: Glimpses Of The Network Operations Center
|
Kimberly Lau
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"hardware",
"noc",
"security"
] |
Wired’s Threat Level takes us on a
photo tour of the Defcon Network Operations Center
, giving a unique behind-the-scenes perspective of one of the largest computer security conventions. The Defcon Network Operations Center is run by a volunteer group named the “Goons”. They keep operations running smoothly and securely with both high and low-tech resources, like a
Cisco
fiber switch and an armed guard, to protect the router and firewall.
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "40414",
"author": "jose lope",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T05:25:59",
"content": "Best PSA message ever…“We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for this year’s network security … Cisco… and Smith and Wesson…”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40415",
"author": "Rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T06:24:13",
"content": "Not only so not a hack in any way, but this was on digg two days ago. So basically digg is mostly mybabyman reposting reddit stories and now hackaday is Kimberly reposting digg stories?So this is now third generation “not a damned hack”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40416",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T08:16:06",
"content": "I love the simplicity of their setup. Totally awesome how solid it is on how little hardware. Awesome convention coverage guys!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "40417",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T11:56:21",
"content": "ahh, good to see some supermicro kit peeking out there!NZers who are looking to buy similarly specced systems could do worse than to buy them from where I do: unleash.co.nz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112344",
"author": "spyware detection software",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T23:51:14",
"content": "This is an epic article, I will be adding your blog to my list.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,772.478398
|
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