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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/major-dns-issue-causes-multivendor-patch-day/
|
Major DNS Issue Causes Multivendor Patch Day
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cachepoisoning",
"cert",
"dankaminsky",
"dns",
"patch",
"security",
"vulnerability"
] |
Earlier this year, our friend [Dan Kaminsky] discovered
a major DNS issue
that could allow hackers to compromise name servers and clients easily. The vulnerability involves cache poisoning, and [Kaminsky] plans to publish the full details of the vulnerability on August 6th. However, he has already begun his work to control it, alerting major authorities early on of the vulnerability.
As a result, engineers from many major technology vendors quickly began working on coordinated patches for DNS servers. The patches were all released today; vendors and a CERT advisory urge organizations to apply them today, before the vulnerability becomes common knowledge. More details on the DNS issue can be found in the
executive overview (PDF file)
. [Rich Mogull] interviewed [Dan] for the
Network Security Podcast
. It doesn’t detail the attack but points out that services that use port randomization like OpenDNS are unaffected and that Bind8 is being deprecated.
UPDATE:
Here’s the
audio from this morning’s press conference
.
[image:
Flickr / d70focus
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38568",
"author": "Criticalfault",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T01:51:15",
"content": "Another big win for the white hats.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38569",
"author": "ajd4096",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T08:44:15",
"content": "Yawn – this is an oulde known issue, which most vendors patched years ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38570",
"author": "Doomstalk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T16:58:37",
"content": "ajd4096: Considering the fact that the flaw isn’t public yet, how can you know?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6386987",
"author": "black rabbi",
"timestamp": "2021-10-04T16:19:46",
"content": "fb dns is down now",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6387624",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2021-10-05T09:34:08",
"content": "Where “now” is Fall 2021, not Summer 2008.",
"parent_id": "6386987",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,794.55677
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/pedal-powered-panzer-tank-built-for-crashing-parties/
|
Pedal Powered Panzer Tank Built For Crashing Parties
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"kensingtonkineticscultpturederby",
"panzer",
"pedal",
"pedalpower",
"sculpture",
"tank",
"welding"
] |
A group from Philadelphia PA calling themselves Team pzkpfw decided to
recreate a Panzerkampfwagen III
, but not entirely according to the original specs. Instead of treads and an engine, they used a system of pedals, gears and chains powered by up to six riders. The team of roughly nine men spent eleven days welding beams and plates, drilling and shaping sprockets, and painting the tank a fearsome pink camouflage. They were planning on crashing the
2nd annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby
with it, which they crashed last year in a pirate ship, but they ended up being too tired from their tooling around to actually do it. There’s always next year.
Get a look at their promotional video after the break, or if you’ll be in the Philly area soon, “visit the tank on Frankford Ave, just north of Norris St in Philadelphia.”
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38563",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:52:39",
"content": "that’s right by my friends house!!I can’t wait to stop by and check it out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38564",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T00:31:56",
"content": "It’s in Philly? Now these dudes can actually go down the block to the C-Store without getting shot… sweet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38565",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T00:33:17",
"content": "that’s awesome! I oughta do that! I am known as “panzer time,” after all!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38566",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T01:13:34",
"content": "It looks like the guy at the beginning is holding a shotgun in one hand, and a PBR in the other. A pounder of course. That’s f-ing awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38567",
"author": "Wolfin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T08:43:26",
"content": "Ugh, I’m subscribed to HackADay’s RSS feed, and also HackNmod.com’s… I’m noticing that near 100% of your guy’s content is stolen in a day D:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42987",
"author": "Vin",
"timestamp": "2008-09-22T18:17:52",
"content": "@tony I don’t remember. It might have been a pounder. We ran out of water so we were using the PBR to cool the masonry bit while drilling to bolt this thing into the concrete pad.Anyway, forget the trailer, The full video episode about the tank is online now:http://tinyurl.com/49rwfq",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.367729
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/aurora-open-source-hardware-mixer/
|
Aurora Open Source Hardware Mixer
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"ambient",
"aurora",
"backlight",
"backlighting",
"dj",
"djmixer",
"led",
"midi",
"mixer",
"music",
"picmicrocontroller"
] |
We’ve seen some fairly impressive mixer projects this year, and the
Aurora mixer
is no exception. It is a dual channel USB-powered mixer with two linear faders, one crossfader, eight backlit buttons and 24 potentiometers, all built around a PIC 18LF4525 microcontroller. That’s all pretty typical for a mixer, but this one is very visually attractive, featuring a clean and stylish form factor and controllable lighting both under the board and in the LEDs backlighting the buttons and knobs.
Whether you want to buy one now or build one yourself, the Aurora team has made both possible. You can contact them for pricing if you are ready to buy. If you prefer to build, this is an open source project with full assembly instructions, schematics, drivers, patches and all other
source code and information you should need available here
. See
more photos of the Aurora mixer
here, or see it in action after the break.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38552",
"author": "philip",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T22:13:54",
"content": "o geez…. thats on my “things I need to build” list",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38553",
"author": "Bjonnh",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T22:36:37",
"content": "Nice! I was thinking about building something like that, but I’m working on something more for composition than mixing… Maybe I’ll need something like that after :)I really enjoy seeing open hardware (and their software) projects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38554",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T22:37:06",
"content": "Beautifully crafted design, with a very professional lookRock!-Marco",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38555",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:18:23",
"content": "this is really cool. i have never been a dj but always thought the digital tech was cool. i sent them an email to find the price.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38556",
"author": "Dowell Jack Conning",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:30:19",
"content": "I’ve been looking for something like this for a while, then gave up and my M-Audio X-Session Pro arrived today. Damn it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38557",
"author": "jjrh",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:49:50",
"content": "I’m wondering, how much would this cost to build?I have been interested for a while in getting a usb mixer for a while, building one might be much cheaper and better quality than a maudio or similar usb mixer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38558",
"author": "Lee",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T00:40:11",
"content": "For anyone interested in looking at the Gerber files directly, I uploaded them to CircuitPeople. You can see the images here:http://www.circuitpeople.com/ViewPackage.aspx?id=7c92e072-fe08-4522-8b47-f7d2c898368c",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38559",
"author": "sb.net",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T07:51:06",
"content": "This is an awesome design… I want to make this now although I have no need for it; I’m not a DJ.What was the 2nd song you played there?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38560",
"author": "Jay Vaughan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T16:31:14",
"content": "Hoo-ray! Can you people now please stop dropping $2500++ on similar bits of kit .. thanks.Glad to see the Open side of things is now going to force the Closed side to .. actually .. you know .. start *innovating* instead of recycling cheap hardware over and over and over with every ‘new’ iteration ..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38561",
"author": "Vandelay",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T20:23:56",
"content": "Really cool! I wonder where can those backlit potentiometers be found? Any electronics stores on-line who sell them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38562",
"author": "jadedkoi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-13T20:50:22",
"content": "Song Credits:Gabriel & Dresden – Tracking Treasure DownVolta – Robot Needs Oil (Olivier Giacomotto Mix)Cass & Slide – Lost Life",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.776063
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/08/programmable-avr-thermostat/
|
Programmable AVR Thermostat
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"soldering"
] |
This nifty thermostat is actually built from just a few off the shelf components. A Dallas DS1820 1-wire temperature sensor provides and an Olimex
ATMega development board
. If you’re not so handy with the soldering side, you can pull this one off. The device can be programmed by the button cluster and will even output status via the serial port.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38545",
"author": "Michael Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T16:00:30",
"content": "‘olimex’ not olimax.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2625168",
"author": "markbook68",
"timestamp": "2015-06-27T18:02:52",
"content": "yeah. Thanks :)",
"parent_id": "38545",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "38546",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T16:09:25",
"content": "I’ve wanted to see a thermostat project for a while, so I thank you for that… but this seems to be needlessly cumbersome. I also would have appreciated if they designed to run on batteries like every other digital thermostat on the market. The option of a power adapter is nice but most homes are wired for a mechanical thermostat meaning that power likely isn’t available.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38547",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T19:32:29",
"content": "Well, if all you’re looking for is an analog thermostat, here’s a thermostat relay done in what looks like a pretty minimal circuit.http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/page2.htm#therm.gifA site I have a lot of fun browsing now and then happens to have a rather low-effort electronic thermometer, one using 2 components and a cheap digital multimeter:http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/computers/thermometer/thermometer.htmlThis site (sorry, it’s got ads)http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/1374/1374.html…has an article originally written in 1993 doing more or less the same thing with older (and more) components which one of the fellows from the parts manufacturer for the IC they mentioned updated.The updated portion has a rather black-box solution using three ICs and a little LCD display. Not very hacky, considering the components involved, but it’s still a digital thermometer, and apparently the chip supplier (Analog Devices) gives samples. Can’t beat free.The microcontroller solution in the story may be a bit of overkill, but let’s face it, if you’ve already bought one (for school or for fun) then you’re probably itching for fun stuff to do with it. This is one of those fun things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38548",
"author": "Dan P",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T20:20:29",
"content": "No kidding, I’m in the middle of developing an AVR-based thermostat for a saltwater fishtank. Small world, eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38551",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T02:21:22",
"content": "neat. i’ve been thinking about doing something like this. mainly i’d like to be able to adjust the thermostat from the laptop upstairs instead of walking down two floors in the middle of the night. i’m lazy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38549",
"author": "Jaime",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T02:56:28",
"content": "$100 just for a thermostat? Just buy an HAI RC-80 for $150http://www.iautomate.com/rc80.htmland get a nice looking battery operaterated thermostat with a serial port. I would get excited over a $30 project thermostat with an ethernet port.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38550",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T05:24:47",
"content": "{Bleah} For lack of a better feeling. You want to program a thermostat? Get a honeywell low end (not the round type) Anyway they have an Atmega inside with easy access to the programming isp pins. Even the more elite line of vision pro use atmega.A word of caution though, if you plan to use this in your home you better damn well understand heat anticipation and the practical implementations of such algorithms or you will likely waste alot of money in fuel or electric.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66118",
"author": "aficionado",
"timestamp": "2009-03-12T19:02:51",
"content": "A word of caution though, if you plan to use this in your home you better damn well understand heat anticipation and the practical implementations of such algorithms or you will likely waste alot of money in fuel or electric.this can not be stressed enough",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66511",
"author": "The One True Stickman",
"timestamp": "2009-03-16T22:38:24",
"content": "twistedsymphony (and anyone else who wonders): All normal thermostat systems use 24V power. The ground isn’t always wired in home installations, though, which complicates things. If your system does have a ground wired in you can power the thermostat from it without too much trouble; otherwise, you could run new wire.online Reference:http://highperformancehvac.com/thermostat-wiring-colors.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "295658",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2011-01-04T00:40:56",
"content": "Please for the love of god, HackaDay, PLEASE put in a system allowing account holders to report comment spam.It is oretty darn obvious that the above 2 comments (Harry, Nicholas) should either have been blocked, or promptly removed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.601737
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/grizzly-suit-up-for-auction/
|
Grizzly Suit Up For Auction
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"armor",
"auction",
"bears",
"ebay",
"grizzlybear",
"mkiv",
"powersuit",
"projectgrizzly",
"tobyhurtubise"
] |
Do you have a burning desire to fight grizzly bears? If you do, We can’t guarantee that the first bear you face will win, but we really can’t imagine another outcome unless you use
[Troy Hurtubise]’s Mk IV suit
, which is currently up for auction.
We have discussed the suit before
along with several other high-tech power suits, but this is the only one with bear-resistance in mind. The suit features several safety features, including layers of chainmail and titanium.The suit was also featured in the film “Project Grizzly.” [Hurtubise] is hoping to sell the suit for $40,000 or more to offset his personal costs, and judging by the current price, he may well make it.
[via
Engadget
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38540",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:09:18",
"content": "I dont know if I would trust that suit to protect me against bears. Watch the video,,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38541",
"author": "W01F",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:47:19",
"content": "Troy Hurtubise is the REAL Tony Stark. That man, as wacky as he is, makes me proud to be Canadian. GO TROY!! If I had the money, I’d make sure that suit stays in Canada.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38542",
"author": "Tachyon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T01:47:07",
"content": "lol yeah if Tony Stark worked in a scrapyard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38543",
"author": "janff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T02:33:41",
"content": "thats a great Canadian with a passion. its incredible how much he invested his time and money in this adventure.For all it represents this suit should be in a museum, eh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38544",
"author": "jojo",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T01:18:04",
"content": "power rangers! From Canada. The US Military should buy it and reverse-engineer it.See, the Canadians are more advanced than the US in some technologies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.813341
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/wii-nunchuck-used-for-mocap-on-3d-studio-max/
|
Wii Nunchuck Used For Mocap On 3D Studio Max
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"3dstudiomax",
"ableton",
"arduino",
"midi",
"midiyoke",
"mocap",
"motioncapture",
"processing",
"wiinunchuck"
] |
If you’ve been looking for a cheap way to do motion capture on 3D Studio Max, [melka] has devised an ingenious way to do
mocap using a Wii nunchuck
. As shown in his Vimeo video, the nunchuck is connected to an Arduino that feeds MIDI data to a computer running the MIDI app Ableton Live.
Ableton Live
feeds that data to 3D Studio Max via
MIDI Yoke
.
The video below the break shows that the motion of the nunchuck can be seen in real time in the 3D Studio Max Window. We’re really hoping [melka] will post a writeup of this project soon, as we are hungry for more details.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38534",
"author": "John Park",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T05:26:13",
"content": "That’s pretty darned cool. IIRC 3d studio max ships with mouse “mocap” drivers, so I wonder if you could do an additional set of controls using the wiimote with some mouse pointer software directly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38535",
"author": "jon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T08:34:58",
"content": "Wow the description here makes it sound like it’s capturing the movement, but if you read the vimeo video description (all of one sentence) he’s just controlling what’s in the viewport with the wiimote. Still cool, but not motion capture at all.So if you’re looking for a cheap way to do motion capture in 3ds max, look elsewhere. Or learn to rotoscope :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38536",
"author": "s",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T12:16:26",
"content": "well, it wouldn’t be hard to record the movements from therei’m not sure, but i think there’s a record button for thisif not, maxscripting is still a valid option, and very easy as we already have it movingjust a matter of laying down the keyframesbut all in all it is a pretty useless gimmickcall me when you have it in realtime toribash(http://www.toribash.com/)or equivalent",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38537",
"author": "Bryan Riabs",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T16:16:00",
"content": "my idea would be make a 3d human and attach a bunch of nunchucks to different parts of my body to move the human. No need to capture with the all little ping pong balls.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38538",
"author": "melka",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:53:57",
"content": "Hi thereI posted some more details on my blog.http://play-collective.net/blog/archives/61@john park : I wanted to emulate a joystick (or mouse) bu using processing as an HID device, but it seemed to be impossible. I’m not really into C code or assembly, so unless I can have AVRUSB running on the arduino, I’ll stick with MIDI controls and all the problems that comes with. HID would be the best option, of course.@jon : as by s said, there’s a record button that I did not press for this video. I just used the test functionnality, but if you really really really want, I can make another video with the record feature ^^@by s : in fact, it’s useless ^^ but it was an early experiment. I wanted to see if I could get datas from the arduino to a 3D software to test the inverse kinematics equations I’m trying to implement for a robotic “arm” with 5DOF. Now that I did it (still needs a lot of improvement), I know that it’s feasible and I have a lot of other ideas for it ^^@bryan riabs : that’s exactly the kind of thing I’m thinking of ^^Thanks for posting this here, guys :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38539",
"author": "BELLinSKY",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T14:46:15",
"content": "Good experiment.Idea with nunchucks attached to different parts of body – easy way to get EulerXYZ for bones, but not for CS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.68669
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/black-hat-hackers-face-off-in-iron-chef-style-competition/
|
Black Hat Hackers Face Off In Iron Chef Style Competition
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"blackhat",
"blackhatconference",
"code",
"fuzzing",
"static-codeanalysis",
"vulnerabilities"
] |
Which is a better method for finding vulnerabilities, fuzzing or static-code analysis? The question will be put to the test at next month’s
Black Hat USA
conference, where two experienced
hackers
security researchers will be given a piece of
mystery code and one hour to find all the vulnerabilities
they can using one of the two methods. [Charlie Miller] from
Independent Security Evaluators
will use fuzzing and [Sean Fay] from
Fortify Software
will use static-code analysis to detect the vulnerabilities in the code. We reported on [Miller]’s
fuzzing talk
while at Toorcon 9.
The pair will be allowed to use their own equipment, but they won’t see the code until the moment the showdown begins. For an added bit of fun, conference attendees are welcome to join in the contest. The audience member who finds the most exploits within the hour wins a free dinner at a new Las Vegas restaurant. But you don’t have to wait until then to weigh in; go ahead and post your thoughts on fuzzing vs. static-code analysis in the comments, just be ready to back up your claims.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38533",
"author": "td",
"timestamp": "2008-08-11T23:26:44",
"content": "its now about SIGINT/ ELINT/ RADINT as facilitated by telecommunicatins {HINT}.same as used by UK intelligence for global cyber espionage/ cyber terrorism!!compliments of YoCli",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.403019
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/paintball-gun-silencer/
|
Paintball Gun Silencer
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"instructables",
"paintball",
"paintballgun",
"pvc-pipe",
"reducer",
"silencer"
] |
In paintball, the element of surprise can make the difference between victory and defeat. While we can’t help you with the sounds of labored breathing and shuffling feet as you waddle across the field, we did find this guide on how to make a
silencer for your paintball gun
.
To build this you will need two lengths of PVC pipe, one slightly larger in diameter than the barrel of the gun, the other about 1″ beyond that. You will also need PVC reducers that fit the pipes, cotton balls, and various cutting and finishing tools. Cut the stopper tab from the smaller pipe and put into a reducer, hammering the reducer into place. Cut the pipe about 1″ away from the reducer, being careful to make the cut as even (perpendicular to the length of the pipe) as possible. Now drill six straight lines of ten holes along the pipe with the smallest drill bit possible. Sand down the inside of the pipe by wrapping sandpaper around a cylindrical stick and move the stick in and out of the pipe. Cut the larger pipe so that it is slightly shorter than the smaller pipe. Fit the two pipes together and fill the area between the two with about 20 cotton balls. After that, fit the second reducer to the other end. At this point the silencer is functional, but guide author [MrAngryPants] suggests painting it black.
As the paintball and CO2 are expelled from the gun, the cotton baffles dampen the resulting sound wave.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38519",
"author": "razor128",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T02:58:00",
"content": "It should be noted that these are most likely illegal to build. This thread explains it quite well.http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=176358",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38520",
"author": "dyaln",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T03:31:24",
"content": "This is illegal in the USA without proper registration, paperwork, and a $200 tax.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38521",
"author": "jkeyser14",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T05:14:34",
"content": "This is illegal in the US with one recently clarified exception. Silencers are legal on paintball guns and other non-lethal air guns provided that the silencer is permanently mounted to the body of the gun and cannot be removed or transferred.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38522",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T05:21:42",
"content": "Just chiming in to third the other two. Silencers, even for non-lethal, non-regulated play guns need to be registered.Hell, a toilet paper core roll with tissue inside of it over a paintball gun is considered a silencer according to the ATF.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38523",
"author": "shawn",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T05:38:44",
"content": "They are correct, about ATF requirements. Was not worth the cost legalizing it in my opinion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38524",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T06:29:52",
"content": "Paintball marker silencers are legal so long as;a) The marker has a fixed barrelb) The silencer cannot be removed without rendering the silencer inoperable.c) Local laws don’t have something about them (unlikely)I’m sure something clever turning and gluing could be done to make a silencer that snaps apart on attempt to remove it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38525",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T08:39:18",
"content": "If you think about it, under the current law, they could charge pretty much anyone they wanted to with possession of a silencer. Most people will have something in their houses that meets that definition, as there’s no standard for what constitutes “readily convertible”. Got a metal soda bottle? that’s probably only 20minutes or so away from technically being a silencer, hell, got a lathe and a 2x2x12″ block of steel stock? maybe 5 hours of tooling constitutes ready conversion? I could go on, but you probably get the point.I’m sure some of you are thinking that generic laws like this are ok, since their enforced somewhat organically, but you have to remember, most people are STUPID, let me repeat that, MOST—-PEOPLE—-ARE—-STUPID!!!Seriously, I’m fighting charges right now for “possession of a dangerous weapon on school property” because the item, which I didn’t even bring to school intentionally, met the criteria for a weapon. The criteria states any device that propels a projectile by any means at any velocity is a weapon.So far, I’ve got it down to a municipal complaint, which is like a parking ticket, but I’ll have to go to court, and otherwise keep fighting for months, or it will still appear on some background checks for the rest of my life…You don’t know how many times I’ve explained to someone that the device I had wasn’t designed as a weapon, used as a weapon, or even usable as a weapon, only to get the reply “well, it meets the criteria” **facepalm**",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38526",
"author": "phil",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T09:34:18",
"content": "Go to a hardware store a Pick up a water filter cartridge. The type made of acylic wool spun around a plastic perforated tube. You have to cut out a stopper. But the tube runs a 10″ length, diameter fits most barrels. Best of all paint can be washed out becouse its a water filter.It also works, making clap sound too far away, for anyone to care about.I have fired at people and seen them look nowhere near me. It adds some fun to the game.This type.http://www.sedifilt.com/sedifilt_technology/http://www.ro-waterfilter.com/productdetail/83196/spunppfiltercartridge.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38527",
"author": "digitalis",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T17:58:44",
"content": "If making a silencer for your paintball gun is illegal in the US, the ATF should start busting all the lawn mower stores and Home Depots out there for selling lawn mover mufflers. A tube muffler for a lawn mower can make a dandy silencer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38528",
"author": "ReckyDee",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T20:14:30",
"content": "Thanks phil for the one stop alternative. You guys know as to whether or not the ATF monitors big paintball events like Invasion of Normandy (this weekend :D). I have a ton of good shootin’ paintball guns that would benefit very much from a silencer…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38529",
"author": "phil",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T23:07:47",
"content": "Im not americain, but i would think the atf has better things to do then fill out paper work for a guy with a paint ball toy.don’t worry about it, just make one and try it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38530",
"author": "Brainiac27",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T15:57:51",
"content": "Great design, couple that with a short barrel for the silencer to completely cover and you got one hell of an ambushing marker(gun).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38531",
"author": "Ryan Rife",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T17:50:26",
"content": "You can make the silencer in the US, however you cannot attach it to anything or use it w/o proper paperwork or permanently attaching it to the barrel of an of air powered rifle, assuming the barrel cannot be reused on other non-air powered guns.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94020",
"author": "Ann Lawn",
"timestamp": "2009-09-15T03:46:25",
"content": "Interesting.Sounds like what I was thinking when I was trying to get a “Weed Eater” brand mower to start. (With a 6.5 HP B&S)Thanks for posting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107308",
"author": "DarkStar420",
"timestamp": "2009-11-14T14:02:02",
"content": "Go to a hardware store a Pick up a water filter cartridge. The type made of acylic wool spun around a plastic perforated tube. You have to cut out a stopper. But the tube runs a 10″ length, diameter fits most barrels. Best of all paint can be washed out becouse its a water filter.It also works, making clap sound too far away, for anyone to care about.I have fired at people and seen them look nowhere near me. It adds some fun to the game.This type.http://www.sedifilt.com/sedifilt_technology/http://www.ro-waterfilter.com/productdetail/83196/spunppfiltercartridge.htmUpon loading the URL to sedifilt.com, I was presented with a large image of one of their filters. It has text labels describing various aspects of their filter product. At the far RIGHT and BENEATH the filter, it describes, “High Porosity, Low Pressure Drop”. This material is UNSUITABLE for the purposes of being any contributing element in a suppressor (silencer). While you will get a dampening effect on the sound of firing, your unit has far greater potential than what you would be achieving at that point in time. The material you seek will have a HIGH pressure drop, as it is this drop in pressure that makes a suppressor (silencer) do what it does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "128297",
"author": "primadonna",
"timestamp": "2010-03-07T05:16:07",
"content": "lanselotus afigenius",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.520867
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/build-a-lifeform-for-io9/
|
Build A Lifeform For Io9
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"contests"
] |
[
"biobricks",
"biology",
"contest",
"esquilax",
"io9",
"life",
"syntheticlife"
] |
Whether you consider yourself a bona fide mad scientist or you simply think your horrifying mutant creations are misunderstood, you’ll want to enter
io9’s Build a Lifeform contest
.
The contest doesn’t require any actual primordial soup, just a concept of a synthetic lifeform you think would be useful or interesting. There are two categories with different prizes for each one. The first category asks contestants to use the BioBricks
registry of standard biological parts
to design a lifeform that could be created in a lab. Descriptions of how it would be made, what it would do, and potential hazards in creating it must all be included with the entry. The winner of this category will recieve an all-expenses-paid trip to the Synthetic Biology Conference in Hong Kong in October.
The second category is more focused on creativity, asking for the same descriptions as the first category without any BioBricks data. While this is the more speculative category, proposed lifeforms must still be plausible to create using current technology. The prize is $1000 and a signed drawing of your lifeform rendered by “a cool comic book artist.”
Both categories offer pretty good loot for your concepts, just be sure they’re more original than an
esquilax
if you intend to win.
For the background on BioBricks, check out [Drew Endy]’s
Hacking DNA talk from last year
. He’s one of the judges for the contest.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38516",
"author": "Skyler Orlando",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T03:14:13",
"content": "This looks totally cool but the first category is a bit over my head. Maybe when I have a PhD in molecular biology… lol.Or, better yet, find a free online course and learn it between now and August. Now there’s a brilliant idea. :-pThe second category looks more doable, though. And just for the record, I think this wetware hacking is every bit as interesting as hardware hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38517",
"author": "IC BS",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T17:01:04",
"content": "um…I’m pretty sure this will end with at least 20 new diseases.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38518",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T00:43:18",
"content": "I remember reading a while back about a bunch of high school students using these things in competition. One had an engineered e.coli bacteria for possible implementation in the gi tract. Its purpose was to make farts smell strongly of bananas.Posts like this are awesome but a little over my head. I’m going to see if MIT’s opencourseware has enough for me to get a handle of the subject, then I’ll see if I can piece together something awesome to send to an oligonucliotide supplier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,794.727259
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/pulse-the-emotional-visualization-organism/
|
Pulse, The Emotional Visualization Organism
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"art",
"emotional",
"emotions",
"keywords",
"mood",
"servo",
"servos",
"visualization"
] |
[Markus Kison] built a device called Pulse, which is part art installation and part data visualization tool. What the
emotional visualization organism called Pulse
actually does is scan new posts on Blogger.com blogs for synonyms of keywords related to 24 distinct emotions from eight emotional groups. A red cone in the center expands when keywords are detected, in effect acting as a mood indicator for Blogger.com blogs.
The 24 distinct emotions are based on
[Robert Plutchik]’s psychoevolutionary theory of emotion
, and the device itself is built from a glass case, various servo motors, and custom controller for the servos. This is a compelling idea, but we wonder whether it scans for modifying words or just the keywords alone. It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to have the sadness region expand drastically if many people simultaneously post the sentence “I’m not sad at all.” Video embedded after the break.
[via
information aesthetics
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38513",
"author": "Thomas Kilbride",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T01:16:47",
"content": "this thing could destroy the human race :|",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38514",
"author": "Reece",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T16:23:31",
"content": "I can see the use of such a device, as a general mood indicator, but I share the same concerns about how this system discerns context (if at all.) However, I think it would be interesting to turn this device onto another site, like say, facebook, and see if there are any corolations. Or worse, change the perameters, and turn it onto a ‘sex stories’ site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38515",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T02:49:38",
"content": "when will the pseudo-art end?! its getting ridiculous.oh and if you want a 3d data visualization tool get an lcd screen and learn opengl. it feels like junk science meets led throwies with a pinch of vanity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79073",
"author": "Mutant",
"timestamp": "2009-06-24T23:13:57",
"content": "@jeffIt’s not pseudo-art. Just because it’s not the art you look at… (and by that I mean you probably try to find all the paintings of tits in an art museum).. does not mean it isn’t art.Also you’re latter comment bugged me. The point of this was that it’s tangible and real. It displays human emotion and it’s easier for a human to relate to a real life object. (Well.. apparently not you. You seem to only relate to the virtual world, which must be very damaging to your perspective on life. Go outside.. make something with your own two hands and live. (Not saying coding can’t be rewarding in it’s own rights.. but sometimes you need something more …real)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/eee-pc-tablet-build/
|
Eee PC Tablet Build
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"casemod",
"ebook",
"ebookreader",
"eee pc",
"EeePc",
"tabeee",
"tabeeemk1"
] |
OCAU member [Bismar] was in the market for an e-book reader, but all of his commercial options were too expensive. He decided to build one himself, and what he came up with is the Tabeee MK1, an
e-book reader made from a 7″ Eee PC
, a touchscreen, and a custom case.
The project is far from completion, still in the midst of its first objective: building the case. [Bismar] cut an old Lian Li case for the aluminum base, then made sure the motherboard from the Eee fit properly. The next major step was bending and cutting an acrylic sheet to form the exterior of the case. He hit a few snags bending the sheet, but forum members offered some ideas on how to do this effectively. The project is still rolling along, and we’ll be sure to show you the Tabeee MK1 when it is finished.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38508",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T23:49:45",
"content": "Sweeet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38509",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T02:42:58",
"content": "I would of thought I would have been easier to add a touch screen to the eee pc and change the monitor hing to one of those flipy turny ones that can twist and fold back down ontop of the keyboard",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38510",
"author": "#YLS#",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T10:48:37",
"content": "I think this is a very good project, although I would have probably looked to use a different casing idea. (not that i’m particular good at modding)The problem with modding EEEPC hardware is the battery design is very unusual in how it’s curved, looks like this guy did really well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38511",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T13:47:53",
"content": "I’m sorry for being cynical but I doubt the endproduct is (much) cheaper than a real ebook reader, and yet the screen will be LCD not e-inkt so it doesn’t make much sense to me, apart from the sense of achievement and the uniqueness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38512",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T14:12:47",
"content": "P.S. It’s an inspiring read though I must say, makes you feel like starting a project yourself!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52844",
"author": "PvP",
"timestamp": "2008-11-29T16:12:00",
"content": "great homemade idea! i fully embrace anything done homemade that is an alternative to buying retail! good luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.168907
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/hack-a-day-is-still-hiring/
|
Hack A Day Is Still Hiring
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"freelance",
"hackaday",
"hiring",
"job"
] |
We’ve added a handful of contributors in the last couple months, which you can see in our new
How-Tos
. We’re still looking for people to contribute daily posts and help expand the site though.
This is a paid, freelancing position that requires professionalism, consistency, and reliability. We want to hear from people that are passionate about software/hardware hacking and growing Hack a Day. To apply, send the following to jobs@hackaday.com
A short bio about yourself
3 example daily posts written in the style of Hack a Day
3 software or hardware how-tos you’d like to see. For examples of work we’ve done in the past, look
here
,
here
,
here
, and
here
.
A couple sentences on how you would improve the site either through features or content
Any additional reasons why you would make a good fit for Hack a Day
Do not send any attachments. Having your own blog you can show off is a definite plus.
[photo:fbz]
| 6
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38502",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T00:28:12",
"content": "i will send in my application today!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38503",
"author": "Dok",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T02:02:25",
"content": "And please no more spam, or non-hacks. please keep it relavent and with the true Hack-A-Day style. I know i am not the only one sick of some of the things on here. I also don’t think i can take more than 5 hacks a day. I am glad you are deciding to grow but don’t kill your self. Please.dok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38504",
"author": "ross f",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T03:19:11",
"content": "Well the last time this went around I sent an e-mail with pretty much everything asked for but never heard back :( what gives?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38505",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T16:24:27",
"content": "Absolutely agree with what dok said. I’m reading less hackaday articles than i was before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38506",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T18:20:09",
"content": ">Well the last time this went around I sent an e-mail >with pretty much everything asked for but never heard >back :( what gives?i can’t recall ever having seen anyone getting a public response from had. i have sent in many tips, never even received an acknowledgment. afik juan is a poorly programmed rss feed scraper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38507",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T08:28:29",
"content": "the search may be over! Caleb Kraft is a new name posting things.Oh ya, well I’ll build my own blog. With hookers, and blackjack. Actually forget the blackjack and the hookers. Just forget the whole thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.223069
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/stereodata-maker/
|
StereoData Maker
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"canon",
"chdk",
"photography",
"sdcard",
"shutter",
"shutterspeed",
"stereodatamaker",
"stereophotography"
] |
So you got CHDK
working on your camera
, and the histograms, raw image files, variable shutter speeds and other added functions are amazing, but stereo imaging is what you really want. If you have two or more CHDK-ready cameras, it’s cheap and easy to run
StereoData Maker
, a system that synchronizes the shutter and flash of multiple cameras.
The first step in getting SDM to work is installing the software on your SD card. You’ll need to find the correct version for you camera; a list is available on the main SDM page. If you are running Windows XP or Vista, run the installer in the zip file. Otherwise, load the files on the SD card and run the installer directly from the camera. Then decide whether this will be the right or left camera and repeat the steps for your second camera.
Next, you’ll need to prepare a switch unit, essentially a set of synchronized USB remotes. There are many
ready made commercial units available
, but building one on your own shouldn’t be much trouble, and a few ideas are provided on the SDM instruction page.
You’re basically ready to start shooting stereo images, just take a few test shots to get used to it and to customize the configuration on the cameras.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38499",
"author": "Tyler",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T23:18:55",
"content": "personally, i think stereo images could be used a lot more than they are now. for example, imagine two games running simultaneously on two monitors, but one was a slightly different perspective. then you would have true 3d, none of this different colored hogwash we had in the 90’s. it would be laughably easy to implement, and the rewards would be that you have true 3d from a standard set up (only one monitor would be required, two would be preferred). the only problem is the long term effects of keeping your eyes crossed for hours at a time :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38500",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T23:27:39",
"content": "you don’t need some fancy setup to take 3D images of still life… *Snap*, move a few inches to the right, *snap* throw it in photoshop later.I have a bunch of cross-eye 3D images that I took this way and most have come out quite nicely:http://www.web-nine.com/gallery/3DOf course shots like a guy in mid-air are cool but I’d be much more interested in some tech that would let us view 3D easily without crappy red/blue glasses or crossing our eyes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38501",
"author": "Yale",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T23:18:24",
"content": "I’ve been using this for a bit now. There is a very active and helpful Yahoo Group for this.http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/StereoDataMaker/The software to assemble the photos is also free, Stereophotomaker. It allows you to make red/cyan anaglyphs, or free view pairs (parallel or cross-eye), it even has settings for shutter-glasses (page-flipping or interlaced).http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/Also a free add-on for stereophotomaker is autopano and it helps you align your right and left images, and corrects for any differences between the lenses of the twin cameras (it’ll even correct if you toe-in a camera). Far better than manually aligning.http://autopano.kolor.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124623",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2010-02-18T14:22:24",
"content": "No need to cross you eyes get a Loreo lite viewer (for prints) or pixi viewer for onscreen stereo pairs. Cost is about £1 ($1.50 inc. postage) I bought a box of ten for £8 ($12) and used one or two to make Holmes style viewers from cut up ring binders and strips of wood.P.S. I’ve no connection with Loreo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.265103
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/07/use-junk-to-measure-your-caps-and-coils/
|
Use Junk To Measure Your Caps And Coils
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"electronics",
"parts",
"projects"
] |
[Cliff] sent in [N5ESE]’s
junk box project page
. Most of the projects are amateur radio specific, but one that caught my eye was his
capacitance checker
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| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38497",
"author": "tReg",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T15:15:06",
"content": "A soundcard and speaker workshop (http://www.speakerworkshop.com/SW/Feature%20Summary.htm) is also an handy free solution for ponctual or urgentuse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38498",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T15:41:12",
"content": "great projects.@1 speaker workshop is no longer supported and needs a jig.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.343169
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/the-rock-afire-explosion-movie-trailer/
|
The Rock-afire Explosion Movie Trailer
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"aaronfechter",
"animatronic",
"christhrash",
"Pizza",
"rockafire",
"showbiz",
"showbizpizzaplace",
"waxy"
] |
A small group of enthusiasts have apparently been restoring and reprogramming the animatronic bands from the former Showbiz Pizza Place chain. Original engineer [Aaron Fechter] and car salesman/choreographer [Chris Thrash] have started
performing modern pop songs
with the bands and have a page where you can
bid on new songs
to perform. This feels like
Billy Bass hacking
on a much larger scale. The original machines were controlled by a four track reel, but now they’re using a hard disk recorder. The trailer above is worth watching just for the rows of partially assembled bears performing on the factory floor.
[via
Waxy
]
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38487",
"author": "EllisGL",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T06:24:32",
"content": "Anyone remember Bullwinkle’s in Santa Clara, CA?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38488",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T06:27:58",
"content": "man i loved that placeand i love roboticswhat im interested in seeing is how they make these from ground up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38489",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:16:26",
"content": "as a small child, nothing creeped me out more than that singing bear. Those things are right up there on the ‘most evil things’ list with clowns and DRM.Great video though. I didn’t think they could possibly be any creepier, but in their dismembered state they remind me an awful lot of a mix between the terminator and a carebear having roid rage. Gives me new ideas for my evil army.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38490",
"author": "mhweaver",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T08:33:32",
"content": "I remember having nightmares about some robot-animal band at some pizza place malfunctioning and going on a rampage (seriously). I couldn’t remember what pizza place had the robots. It’s been nagging at me for years now, trying to remember. This post seriously just made my week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38491",
"author": "Peanut",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T12:27:25",
"content": "Here in the UK, we never ever had anything like that. However, just the fact that somebody loved the experience so much as to want to recreate it, and somebody else loved that recreation so much that they wanted to make a film about it, makes me really interested in the whole phenomena!By the way – the electronic trailer music – I’ve heard it before somewhere…anybody know what it is?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38492",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T19:56:07",
"content": "wow, something on hackaday i’ve already been following! i’m glad alot of people miss rockafire as much as I do, in spite of my being a bit afraid of them as a kid",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38493",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T21:06:19",
"content": "@4 possibly chuckie cheeses?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38494",
"author": "SharkSurfer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T21:17:02",
"content": "Thats cool, but I like it better when the robots really play music, ie Captured by Robots. Now thats a kick ass robot band!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38495",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T23:47:07",
"content": "That helmet at 1:58 looks super excellent, like it could be a theremin rigged to drive a tesla coil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38496",
"author": "Doomstalk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T07:04:06",
"content": "peanut: It’s “Some Things Come From Nothing” by Super Furry Animals.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.5287
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/really-bare-bones-board-arduino-clone/
|
Really Bare Bones Board Arduino Clone
|
Eliot
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"AVR",
"clone",
"freeduino",
"moderndevices",
"rbbb"
] |
Modern Device’s
Really Bare Bones Board
is an
Arduino
clone designed to have an incredibly small footprint. It’s barely wider than the requisite AVR and is laid out so you can reduce the size even further. Don’t need the power connector? Just snip it off. Don’t need the voltage regulator? That can be removed just as easily. The kit is only $12 and all through-hole components. [youevolve] posted a build guide that shows
exactly how easy it is to assemble
.
Related:
Freeduino SB 2.1 review
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| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38481",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T06:29:05",
"content": "i was wondering when someone was going to make one small enough to slip in to small places",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38482",
"author": "aonomus",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:40:55",
"content": "What it comes down to is: if you just want to experiment, get the arudino, but if you want to develop, and then embed a uc into a project, develop on the arduino, and transplant or program the uc on the RBBB",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38483",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:49:41",
"content": "very nice and compact.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38484",
"author": "elliot",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T00:14:38",
"content": "Bah! Still not bare-bones enough.Here’s my patented/copyrighted bare-bones Arduino kit, which I’ve actually gotten Digikey to carry for me, although we had to work out a licensing deal where they took my trademark off the kit.http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=ATMEGA168-20PU-ND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38485",
"author": "Xandar",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T06:08:52",
"content": "Any particular reason to go with an Arduino over this on a breadboard? The RBBB is smaller and cheaper and seems to have all the same functions.For what it’s worth, these guys also sell an assembled one for only $6 more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38486",
"author": "youevolve",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T15:10:56",
"content": "The biggest difference between this and the official Arduino is the USB circuitry is not on the board. Programming is handled with a USB-to-TTL serial cable. This means if you have a project requiring a USB connection (like my Northern Lights Indicatorhttp://www.instructables.com/id/Spectrographic-Auroral-Indicator/) you will need to add this $20 part to the total project cost. Otherwise, you will only need a single cable to program multiple boards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64781",
"author": "Malavika",
"timestamp": "2009-03-01T22:00:29",
"content": "wasn’t there a new release for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.305505
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/motorcycle-engine-powered-cars/
|
Motorcycle Engine Powered Cars
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"car",
"engine",
"hyabusa",
"lightweight",
"motorcycle",
"motorcycleengine",
"motorcyclepowered"
] |
Autoblog recently
posted
about the
LusoMotors LM23
, a track car powered by a Honda CBR1000 that weighs less than 900 pounds. We knew there have been quite a few other home built cars that have foregone traditional engines for motorcycle power plants, so we asked Google for a few project suggestions. It turned up this excellent round up of
motorcycle powered cars
by The Kneeslider. The usual
Caterham suspects
show up, but there are many other unique vehicles: from Mini and Fiat conversions to the unique sidemounted engine in the
DP1
pictured above. Definitely check out this excellent collection.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38471",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T05:35:51",
"content": "It’s worth noting that Honda used 2 cylinder motors in a few of their earlier cars as well.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_N360Funny how things come full circle, isn’t it? =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38472",
"author": "Jez",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:26:53",
"content": "Thats nothing really. Look on youtube and you find the minibusa and smart hayabusa 1600cc!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38473",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:29:42",
"content": "The Aussie Racing Cars serieshttp://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/use Yamaha motorcycle engines in their cars. This is a national series and is one of the support categories for the V8 supercars (Australian touring car) category",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38474",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T08:07:30",
"content": "I crew for some guys who race a ‘D’ sports racer (DSR) in the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) that use a similar setup. The car is fast as hell. This car appears to be front wheel drive though, which is just not nearly as cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38475",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T08:09:25",
"content": "I’ve built one of these 2 years ago. In fact, close to my house was a race circuit for these vehicles :Poh, and someone in my town have a fiat 600 with a motor from an honda motorclycle.i dont see nothing new here, what its the matter of this post? This is not a hack, its just a mod. not the same ;)saludos desde argentina",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38476",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T08:12:23",
"content": "There’s a whole class of these cars made by universities as part of the international Formula SAE design competition. Just about every school with a mechanical engineering department has one. Worth checking out, the cars range from things strung together on a non-existant budget to expensive all carbon fibre cars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38477",
"author": "Sheldon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T11:30:01",
"content": "“many other unique vehicles”I guess it depends on what your frame of reference is on that one; I don’t see a [caps]BEC[/caps] (“Bike Engined Car” for those who couldn’t figure it out) as anything particularly novel any more (I own and drive one myself) as I’m part of a very large UK community where they are almost the norm. A lot of the UK kit-car industry is now based around the assumption that you use a bike engine because they work out as the best bang-for-your-buck in terms of power, weight and cost compared to a normal (car) engine. There is even a race series dedicated to them because they tend to get excluded from a lot of “normal” ones as they are too quick!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38478",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T15:02:17",
"content": "There is a whole intercollegiate competition to design cars with motorcycle engines.http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/I did this as my senior design project in college.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38479",
"author": "Steamboat Ed",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T20:31:06",
"content": "Motorcycle engine based cars kewl but try to find one that’s not a race car, doesn’t need a ‘donor’ to hack, etc. Who’s got plans to ‘roll your own’ from the ground up? Some folks want to build …well, more utilitarian stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38480",
"author": "MacMarty",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T04:38:44",
"content": "I’ve long wondered if it was practical to build a dual-drive hybrid vehicle: start with, say, a Subaru Baja, and tear out the existing ICE. Set it up as a front-drive EV with some/most of the batteries on a removable skid in back, that’d take care of the 95% local trips. For the 5% of trips needing more range, pull out the battery pack, slide in a motorcycle-based ICE pack, direct-drive to the back end. Certainly this is less efficient than a pure EV, but it seems like an interesting compromise. (Heck, our Prius is less than 2000cc displacement.)Thoughts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44162",
"author": "Sue Bahroo",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T17:33:37",
"content": "I’d drive that around town without hesitation. Actually, what’s the gas milage on that baby? I need to know that before I make my decision. Thanks for the post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44492",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2008-10-06T00:59:07",
"content": "Thats nothing really. Look on youtube and you find the minibusa and smart mersedez-benz turbo!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48433",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-10-31T04:28:12",
"content": "Wow, great links, I just got lost in there for a LONG time!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55931",
"author": "araba oyunlari",
"timestamp": "2008-12-20T10:21:18",
"content": "Well, amazing cars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61596",
"author": "hid bulb",
"timestamp": "2009-02-02T04:16:32",
"content": "that’s nice!looks like a model car in the movie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62231",
"author": "Andrew Alston",
"timestamp": "2009-02-08T23:33:04",
"content": "It is always encoutaging to see vehicles like these. Competition has just got so expensive for most people. “Cheap” machines like this one at least open it up a bit more. I remember what happened to go-cart racing, it went from a real cheap sport to highly expensive one almost overnight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62278",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-09T06:54:20",
"content": "Great info and keep up the good work. If you want more info about cars you should check out theseCar Articles.5 Tips on making your car more fuel efficient has some very good advice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63570",
"author": "motorbike helmets",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T00:23:32",
"content": "that thing looks sweet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64327",
"author": "Abstriumsters",
"timestamp": "2009-02-25T22:23:56",
"content": "beautiful site..))I will go to you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65347",
"author": "Motorcycle Helmets",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T14:09:58",
"content": "wow, cool stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66649",
"author": "Helmets",
"timestamp": "2009-03-17T19:25:23",
"content": "That thing looks unfinished…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72279",
"author": "juliaseo",
"timestamp": "2009-05-01T10:25:54",
"content": "Link:http://www.andy1st.co.uk/Title:Driving Lessons BirminghamDescription:A Driving school based in Birmingham, driving lessonsfrom £15 by DSA approved driving instructors in Birmingham Solihull.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74811",
"author": "Supercars",
"timestamp": "2009-05-13T16:17:37",
"content": "This is a nice type of racing car, which power engines are on it. It’s really useful for car racers. Nice work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80075",
"author": "nateconom",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T14:36:14",
"content": "Thats nothing really. Look on youtube and you find the minibusa and smart hayabusa 1600cc!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83050",
"author": "UpstateImports",
"timestamp": "2009-07-25T20:49:23",
"content": "I am building a 1969 SAAB 95 wagonback, installing a Honda V65 Magna 1100cc engine that is 116HP stock and a BMW 318 rear LSD differential for the final drive, compared to the 64HP 1700cc stock V4 engine in the SAAB. The nice thing will be the 6 speed sequential shift transmission from the Honda. The drive train will be almost 200lbs lighter than the SAAB drivetrain.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84719",
"author": "carguy",
"timestamp": "2009-08-06T20:14:47",
"content": "It honestly just makes a lot more sense to put a motorcycle engine in a vehicle that weighs closer to what a motorcycle would than a car.Some of these motorcycle motors can produce close to 200hp, which is a lot in a car that weighs sub 1,000lbs. Kind of like an (even) smaller Ariel Atom.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87041",
"author": "Sport Bike Cam",
"timestamp": "2009-08-15T12:05:06",
"content": "Wow, really looking awesome! Would love to drive it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94558",
"author": "Sophie Brooke",
"timestamp": "2009-09-17T02:08:11",
"content": "hehe that’s pretty sweet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "97918",
"author": "Trendy sports cars",
"timestamp": "2009-10-01T19:39:02",
"content": "Good information on carsThanks for sharing this information,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98752",
"author": "student auto",
"timestamp": "2009-10-04T18:49:15",
"content": "So sweet, I’m sure it’s a rocket ship. One of my friends just sent me this video of a CBR900-powered go-kart in action. Built by J&D Fab. The powerslides are EPIC.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbSQTwZo2lQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2F5337900%2Fremainders-%2B-things-we-didnt-post%2Fgallery%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=181",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100928",
"author": "harleydavidsonaccessories",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T13:52:18",
"content": "Wearing black leather and riding huge Harleys, a motorcycle gang thunders through northern Georgia as if en route to a rumble. But the only rumble for this gang–the Atlanta Harley Owners Group (HOG)–is the one in their stomachs. It’s another Sunday ride in the country for the group, and as usual it ends with a feast. “We live to ride, and we ride to eat,” says club assistant director B.K. Ellis, a systems analyst.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106229",
"author": "vocabulation",
"timestamp": "2009-11-07T10:04:28",
"content": "however, about constuction this pic of car, bring my imagination to how we can use tha flying car",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108897",
"author": "Eu neuwagen",
"timestamp": "2009-11-25T15:48:09",
"content": "Wow, really looking awesome! Would love to drive it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109614",
"author": "Rev your motor BJ",
"timestamp": "2009-11-30T20:09:53",
"content": "What fun . . . nothing like the wind in your hair and the bugs in your teeth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "911144",
"author": "derhussl",
"timestamp": "2012-12-30T06:35:35",
"content": "Really cool ride. Reminds me of the ride that Dream Machines did for 50c using a Hayabusa motor. I wonder what kind of speeds can these types of cars achieve?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3413168",
"author": "Jake Scudder",
"timestamp": "2017-02-15T20:27:46",
"content": "I’m searching for anything on a company that produces or any kind of how to or instruction or watching someone. Wondering if any you knowledgeable folks can give my hunt a start. Swapping into 91′ Toyota mr2.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.450267
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/data-manipulation-with-sprog/
|
Data Manipulation With Sprog
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"data",
"database",
"datamanipulation",
"linuxjournal",
"perl",
"script",
"sprog"
] |
Linux Journal’s [Mike Diehl] pointed out an
interesting tool for manipulating data
: Sprog.
Sprog
lets you assemble machines to complete specific data processing tasks. You snap together gears that read input data, process the data in different ways, and then output the results. The input could be a file, URL, database query results, or even MIDI notes. For processing you could be matching patterns, selecting csv columns, converting to uppercase, or executing arbitrary Perl code amongst many other options. Finally the output could be shown in a text window, inserted into a database, written to a file, or sent to your spreadsheet application. Sprog’s site has a section for user uploaded gears and a recipe section for examples like this
crossword puzzle solver
. Everything Sprog does could be done with scripting, but this is a simple graphical tool that could help you solve a problem without having to know the gory machinery behind it.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38466",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T03:24:35",
"content": "That’s pretty neat. Beats writing a bunch of shell scripts and using pipes by hand.This is almost as cool as Automater in OSX. The resemblance is uncanny…. I’ll have to check this out. I could definitely use this.I don’t mean that “almost as cool” as a stab to FOSS. I am a diehard *BSD user going back to 4.3BSD on a VAX. I just don’t want RMS-humping freetard kiddies who can barely install Ubuntu with a real SysAdmin on the phone thinking I said Linux/GPL iZ tEh SuXx0Rz.That might just open a can of worms LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38467",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T03:36:38",
"content": "looks like Scratch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38468",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T05:07:09",
"content": "Tools like this show the long term direction technology needs to move in a next generation where computing becomes every more ubiquitous and the boundaries between “your stuff” and “public stuff” and “other people’s private stuff” start to get much more interactive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38469",
"author": "Greger",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T12:48:02",
"content": "The sad thing about it, is that there has not been a news update there in almost two years. So this projects has most likely died down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38470",
"author": "billy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T18:48:07",
"content": "cool. needs to be continued.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.382426
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/thingamakit-video/
|
ThingamaKIT Video
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"bleep",
"bleeplabs",
"music",
"synth",
"synthesizer",
"thingamagoop",
"thingamakit",
"video"
] |
Bleep Labs has just published a demo video of their new
ThingamaKIT
that we
covered the other day
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38461",
"author": "Tenetri",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T00:08:47",
"content": "I really really wish I had one of these. Gas is killing my wallet now though… I’m beginning to lose money, since my work is so god damn far away…Maybe in a year or so, will be awesome to play with",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38462",
"author": "Neodudeman",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T01:09:16",
"content": "That thingamajig is quite a snazzy doohicky.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38463",
"author": "Blake",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T05:21:57",
"content": "Just bought a kit. :DI think this little box is gonna be a lot of fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38464",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T11:12:35",
"content": "why do all these blippy little synths (both here and across youtube) sound so bad? surely they could have found someone who knows how to make it play a tune for the demo video…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38465",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T20:51:15",
"content": "You CAN’T play a tune with this. It’s basically a stompbox-sized analog synth. The oscillator is modulated by photoresistors. It has NO keyboard, so it’s input is the light generated by LEDs. Pretty cool idea, really quirky.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52300",
"author": "NosyGY",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T16:33:05",
"content": "uhm, for you guys who have a hole in ya wallet, theyve put the (simple) schematics for it on their on website ;) If ya cant afford it, buy the cheap components n build it on veroboard.cheers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.578653
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/06/routerterm-atmega-serial-terminal/
|
RouterTerm: Atmega Serial Terminal
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Adam] sent in the
RouterTerm
. It’s an ATMega8 with an LCD, PS/2 keyboard input and a 16×2 LCD. No source/schematics yet, but he claims that he’ll get around to it if enough people ask. It was built specifically to talk to an Edimax BR-6104KP router with Linux on it.
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38458",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T15:20:58",
"content": "http://chezphil.org/slugterm/Is similar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38459",
"author": "confuciou",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T06:01:49",
"content": "Its probably cheaper and easier to use an old pocket pc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38460",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T07:51:33",
"content": "nice hack. I have a couple of NSLU2 which are a lot of fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.488183
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/ardagentapp-still-vulnerable/
|
ARDAgent.app Still Vulnerable
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"ardagent",
"dino",
"mac",
"security",
"securityupdate"
] |
When Apple pushed their most
recent security update
, the first thing we checked was whether the
ARDAgent issue
was fixed. It’s not. This vulnerability lets anyone execute code as a privileged user and versions of this attack have already been found in the wild. While several Ruby, SMB, and WebKit issues were addressed it, ARDAgent is still unpatched. [Dino Dai Zovi] has
published the method by which ARDAgent actually becomes vulnerable
: when it starts, it installs its own Apple Event handlers and calls AESetInteractionAllowed() with kAEInteractWithSelf. This should restrict it only to its own events, but for some reason that’s not the resulting behavior. He also pointed out that SecurityAgent has displayed similar weirdness; it is vulnerable to Apple Events even though it doesn’t calls an Apple Events function. We can see how this unexpected behavior could make patch development take much longer and may end up uncovering an even bigger problem. Check out
[Dino]’s post
for more information.
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| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38457",
"author": "Frogdog",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T06:30:45",
"content": "MAC;PC? Whats the difference? Steve and Bill should have been nicer to the public.for their greedinessevery one must suffer. I hope they both burn.%)BURN! BABY BURN! OPEN SOURCE!!Even the hackers quit!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.747895
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/wii-style-controls-for-the-commodore-64/
|
Wii Style Controls For The Commodore 64
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"c64",
"cbat",
"commodore",
"Commodore64",
"controller",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"parallax",
"parallaxpropeller",
"propeller",
"wii"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1WOoPV_7HU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
[Jeff] has been playing around with
Parallax’s Propeller chip
. He’s used it to
adapt an NES controller to the to the Commodore 64
. In this latest iteration though, he’s added a Memsic 2125 dual axis accelerometer to the end of a whiffle ball bat and used that to provide
Wii style controller input
. The video above shows his son playing Street Sports Baseball with it.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38456",
"author": "Steve-e",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T15:13:18",
"content": "Has any one tried to put a wii controller in a nes controller case? retro input for the latest gen of gaming?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75642",
"author": "Princessb89",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T04:47:03",
"content": "Now you can really feel like you are IN the game!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.171055
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/top-10-tedtalks/
|
Top 10 TEDTalks
|
Eliot
|
[
"News",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"johnnylee",
"nintendo",
"ted",
"tedconference",
"tedtalks",
"wii"
] |
The Technology Entertainment Design Conference has been a great source for interesting presentations and in 2006 they started publishing their talks online. This week they published a list of the
top 10 most popular talks
. There are quite a few tech related ones and we’ve covered some of this work before:
[Jeff Han]’s multitouch demos
,
[Johnny Lee]’s Wiimote hacking
,
[Blaise Aguera y Arcas] demoing a zoomable interface
, and finally for a bit of fun
[Arthur Benjamin]’s Mathemagic
.
[via
Waxy
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38452",
"author": "Tenetri",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:34:01",
"content": "awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome. TED is excellent",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38453",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T19:47:49",
"content": "I *really* don’t get how the Wiimote-hacks-guy made it to that most elitist conference (or more like theater, with cool people telling rich people about their work, to make rich people make feel a little cool) — it’s really not a hack, since the wiimote was just supposed to track points, and he, well, let’s it track points, big deal. It’s of even lower value than Jeff Hans talk, at least that one started the hype (again), but the demos that gave the talk its coolness were all made by his students while he claimed the pride…Compare these talks to the one by the Microsoft Research guy or the robot-arm-protesis guy…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38454",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T00:09:53",
"content": "I haven’t left the ted website since this newspost was made, it’s pretty excellent. Caustically elitist like pascal said, but the talks are just great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38455",
"author": "Andrei",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T11:52:38",
"content": "@pascalThe software that Johnny Lee imagined and created is what is exciting, Frustro!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.795125
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/hackit-network-attached-storage/
|
Hackit: Network Attached Storage?
|
Eliot
|
[
"classic hacks",
"HackIt"
] |
[
"amazon",
"apple",
"chron",
"cryptonas",
"drobo",
"edmini",
"ethernetdiskmini",
"freebsd",
"freenas",
"jungledisk",
"jwz",
"kurobox",
"lacie",
"linkstation",
"media",
"nas",
"networkattachedstorage",
"nslu2",
"openfiler",
"s3",
"san",
"server",
"simplestoragesolution",
"slashdot",
"slug",
"terastation",
"timecapsule"
] |
With each passing day the rate we acquire digital media increases (we don’t even bother unpacking our CDs when we move anymore). Large publishers have started moving away from DRM, which means we’ll be buying even more digital media in the future. Acquiring all of this nonphysical property puts importance on not just making it easily accessible, but also protecting it from destruction.
Slashdot asked
for reader suggestions of what NAS to buy; we’ve compiled some of the options below and want to know what you use.
For those willing to build machines themselves, there are several NAS focused distributions available.
FreeNAS
is based on FreeBSD and takes up less than 32MB even though it has a full featured web interface.
Openfiler
can be used for building full fledged NAS/SAN appliances. It can be deployed on bare metal or as a virtual machine and 2.3 has new features like bonding multiple NICs.
CryptoNAS
is a liveCD that helps you build a user friendly NAS device with full hard disk encryption.
Many consumer NAS devices have chosen to run Linux. This makes them good hacking targets for adding new functionality and we’ve covered many of them in the past. The
Linksys NSLU2
“slug” has been very popular. Buffalo has sold many different devices:
the Kurobox, Linkstation, and Terastation
have a dedicated modification community. We’ve got a
LaCie Ethernet Disk mini
unopened in our office that was initially purchased because we knew they could be hacked. NAS-Central has a list of many of the other
online communities dedicated to NAS devices
.
Not that excited about administrating one more Linux box? When Apple released the
Time Capsule
earlier in the year it introduced the world to high capacity storage that “just works”. Although
not exactly server grade
, it brought the idea of regular backups to the home user. 1TB is nice, but it’s not upgradeable or easily replaceable; look to the
Drobo
for that. Drobo has built a fan base by making storage management easy for anyone. Just throw your commodity drives into the box and you’re ready to go. Unfortunately, turning it into a NAS is a $200 addition. They’ve
published an SDK
, so you should see new applications coming for it soon.
All of these options are just for in house serving, but none of them are true backup solutions since your data still goes away when your house burns down. A couple years ago, [Jeremy Zawodny] looked into
moving his backup servers to Amazon’s S3
and compiled a
list of tools
that work with the service.
Jungle Disk
is probably the most user friendly. It’s multiplatform and mounts as a local disk. There’s an add-in for Windows Home Server too. If you’re looking to set up a simple personal backup system, we highly recommend [jwz]’s
advice for regular backups
.
That’s a fairly thorough rundown of hacker friendly backup options, but we want to know what you use. How do you store, serve, and protect your data? What custom features have you added to commercial NAS devices?
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38429",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:07:36",
"content": "I use a POPcorn Hour NetworkedmediatankIt has NAS capabilities – I can add HD via internal IDE or even with USB sata/IDE controllers – It also plays all my media as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38430",
"author": "Brian Utterback",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:38:52",
"content": "Not even a nod towards OpenSolaris and Sun Open Storage? Why not?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38431",
"author": "barrett",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:39:12",
"content": "I use my linux running Nslu2 (slug) combined with one of microsfot’s power toys called synctoy. Keeps’s important files in a folder updated weekly and a folder updated daily all on the 4 GB flashdrive plugged into my nslu2. I’m hoping soon to replace synctoy with software that runs off the nslu2 so only the pc’s being backed up need to be on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38432",
"author": "Tenetri",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:39:28",
"content": "I use a very well done program called SyncBackSE. Every 24 hours (could be customizable to every 10 minutes, or every month) it backs up all files to a harddrive I have in a fireproof safe. Works great, I havn’t used it to recover anything yet, but I sure will be happy I went out and bought a safe, and a 1/2 gig HD, if anything does happen.I won’t be upgrading it to anything as advanced as these for afew years most likely. That is, unless I fall into a truck made of Money. (Preferably not American though:))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38433",
"author": "Skyler Orlando",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T04:42:30",
"content": "I use Google. Gmail and Google Docs, mostly, if it’s anything worth saving. That way, too, I can access it whether I’m at home, at school, or somewhere else that has internet access.Of course, this wouldn’t work for many people who back up more than email or documents, but for me, it works just fine.Plus, I get a live Hack-a-Day feed on my home page… lol.Skyler Orlando",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38434",
"author": "satow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T06:08:01",
"content": "I would avoid getting the LaCie external hard drives. At the place where I work, I have 6 of them under my desk. Each one of them, within a year or two of operation died of hard drive failure. I opened one up and found that they use Maxtor hard drives, using some type hardware based raid controller. I believe that they failed mainly due to heat problems. The fan exhaust port is too small. It should be a wire grid to maximize air flow rather than small machined air slots and holes.So far the one that I have had good luck with are the Seagate ext. hard drives. Physically they are pretty ugly but work well. I also use acronis and save the images to the external drives.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38435",
"author": "A_Blind_Man",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T07:44:35",
"content": "Use explosives they work for everything, on that note i really don’t do much with NAS thats more my brothers forte",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38436",
"author": "Zuhaib",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T09:02:14",
"content": "One thing that got left out was rolling out your own NAS by using Server-Grade OS like Linux or *BSD.I have used freeNAS in the past and its great at doing what its meant to do, and while you think with its BSD-core it would be Hacker friendly but its not. Its setup so stripped down that I had a hard time getting any Bittorrent client to install properly and run.I would have liked to check out OpenFiler had I heard about it, but I just gave up and install Ubuntu-Server. Using something like Webmin you get a decent web interface and since I am running this on a retired system (my old Gaming machine) I can use it too its full power. Almost like a NAS-plus. Some might scream bloody marry that you should never cross a NAS and data server but for home use its great. Only downside is keeping everything up with a custom built system like mine, in my case I know I have a fault SATA card that will for no reason cause the Server to lock up from time to time. But this is the cost you have to pay if you want to DIY.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38437",
"author": "FingAZ",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T17:14:31",
"content": "I bought a Western Digital MyBook World edition (500GB), which to be honest, was total rubbish at first- apon routing around (mainly athttp://mybookworld.wikidot.com/) i have disabled the rubbish software that is pre-installed, and now have it running as a media server for my PC’s, PS3 and xbox360; sharing music, pics, and videos- as well as a web based torrent client, web server, and FTP server.It’s very flexible apon investigation and there’s a solid community backing it too.I would recommend it to anyone who is familiar with terminal based linux, or anyone willing to learn like myself!For additional backup or speed, the 1TB version has two 500GB drives in raid (upgradable), and both models also allow for connecting additional external drives via USB for access!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38438",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T17:37:51",
"content": "@8 – Linux is hardly server grade – however, bsd is. Be careful not to lump Linux in with more robust *NIXs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38439",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T20:40:28",
"content": "freenas “just works”, but is slow, openfiler is a pain in the ass to set up, and cryptonas just falls off the network for no reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38440",
"author": "gyro_john",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T22:40:32",
"content": "My computer came with a SATA motherboard and an IDE 320GB drive. I bought a second hard drive of the same size, but SATA. I made an exact copy of the original drive using Norton Ghost, made that my main drive, cleaned off the IDE drive. Used Partition Magic to create a Backups partition on my main drive. Now to do backups I do two things:1. Every weekend I drag the crucial stuff into a new dated folder in the Backups partition on my main drive. Takes two minutes maybe. Never found that troublesome enough to bother figuring out how to automate it. After a couple of months that gets bulky and I delete the oldest ones.2. When I feel like it, (every month or so) I use Norton Ghost to make a new exact copy of my main SATA HDD onto the IDE one. That’s bootable in case of HDD failure.What this *doesn’t* give me is off-site backup, so I’m gambling that, if the house burns down, I was able to run out with the computer (chopped-off cords a-danglin’) before I pass out from smoke inhalation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38441",
"author": "Jeff Baitis",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T00:30:29",
"content": "Indeed, Brian — ZFS storage pools are incredibly easy to export as iSCSI volumes:zfs set shareiscsi=on volume_nameOne of my favorite blogs describes using iSCSI with Mac OS X Time Machine. This looks particularly interesting:http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/entry/zfs_and_mac_os_xRegards,Jeff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38442",
"author": "Dark_AvEnGer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T02:53:47",
"content": "i’m using a RAID5 array of 4x400gb SATA drives.unfortunatly the write speed to the nvidia chipset in RAID5 sucks. looking to upgrade to a Adaptec 5805 and maybe 4x1tb drives :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38443",
"author": "Mr Pedant",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T13:58:07",
"content": "Hey, who stole all the capital letters?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38444",
"author": "Gregor Best",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T18:51:31",
"content": "I use one of these very old IBM Netstation Thin Clients.My dad and I hacked together an IDE interface for its motherboard (which was basically just soldering a new pinheader on), then made a frame for an off the shelf Samsung 400 GB IDE hdd and added a Molex connector from the power supply as well as two fans.For the network, as we don’t have Token Ring at home, we ripped out the PCI riser card to make place for the hdd and added a regular PCI network card to the now available single PCI slot on the mainboard. We had to cut a little bit off the PCB to make it fit but it works for alost a year and a half non-stop now.On the OS side, we decided to use Debian (I can’t really recall the version) and set up NFS and SMB access to the drive (350 GB of which are dedicated to user data) as well as a CUPS server for printer access.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "38445",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T00:58:27",
"content": "Here’s a problem nobody seems to think of: Your primary disk becomes corrupt, or begins failing. Later that night, rsync runs automatically, where it happily overwrites your backup with corrupt data, and deletes any files on the destination that the source can’t cough up. Congratulations, you’re fucked.Anyone have a way around this?! Wish rsync had an option to “rename deleted files to .filename and delete them after a week”…",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "38446",
"author": "pkway",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T09:05:09",
"content": "built my own file server with an old dell dimension 2400 (I think I bought it new for $100!) running Redhat Linux. got tired of having to be a sys admin at home and wanted RAID 5 support, so bought a QNAP box and installed 3 750-gb drives.now everything is automated – raid support, multimedia streaming, ftp, web server, bit torrent client (encrypted even!), etc. and it runs cooler, quieter and using less energy than the dellqnap came with its own backup software. it worked okay but i upgraded to something with more functionality: synbackse. i have a bunch of cron jobs set up to back up each of my home PC’s every few days. i haven’t done so yet, but will soon implement snapshots to i can roll back to different points in time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "38447",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T00:46:46",
"content": "Roll your own server (if you have the guts) :o) I had a LaCie Ethernetdisk lying around (yes, the rack mountable one) – originally it was running XP Embedded (total rubbish) – installed 1 GB RAM (only has 128 originally), kicked out the rubbish XP and installed Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server (Hardy Heron) instead. Now I have a fullblown LAMP to boot, running two WordPress blogs, a gallery site, a site for my business and a DLNA UPnP media server. Everything on a Via C3 800 MHz CPU using under 50 Watts of power :o)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38448",
"author": "anthony",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T06:06:49",
"content": "thomas, i must agree. roll your own is the best solution, not dependent upon any particular platform or piece of hardware. i use a microatx board & case, e2140 cpu underclocked, 1gb ram and an external 5 drive sata hotswap enclosure. the machine is running ubuntu 8.04 server fitted with 4 x 320gb drives software raid 5 + 2 x 80gb (semi-mirrored) for the OS. i’m pretty happy with the performance and only pulling ~90w on my end.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38449",
"author": "ReKlipz",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T10:03:27",
"content": "I recently decided to create my own nas solution as well.I purchased the cheapest microATX board that has integrated DVI and integrated gig-e from newegg, $25. Turns out, it was also the only microATX board with 6 onboard SATA ports. I also snagged an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+, and 2GB of DDR2-800.Having already blown my budget on the $25 mobo (:-), I opted to not buy a hardware raid controller, and instead just use software raid. I purchased four 750GB Samsung F1’s (because the two sammy HD501J’s I use in my gaming rig are wonderous). The drives sit in two ICY Dock 2×5.25 -> 3×3.25 hot swap enclosures.Plopped on debian lenny (testing), setup mdadm with raid 5, setup boot from a flash stick I fixed with a female 5×2 pin header, and away she goes. I installed X11 and mplayer, and it’ll even decode 720p with plenty of room to spare (some of first cpu, plus whole second cpu for grabs). It can’t quite handle high quality 1080p, but majority of the rips are only 720p anyways.I can transfer to my gaming setup via FTP 70MB/s no problem, and can receive at 65MB/s easy as well. Not sure if the write bottleneck is my gaming setup read speed (doubt it…), the integrated NICS (doubt it), or just the software parity overhead (more than likely), but this is plenty good for what I use it for.HIGHLY recommend rolling your own solution if possible, would be a really fun hack to make it with a microITX board… :)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38450",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T12:20:54",
"content": "@JulYou wanted a way to do incremental backups. rsync can do that, if you backup to a new destination directory each night, using the “–link-dest” option. With –link-dest, files are synched if they are different to the previous version, but hard-linked if they’re the same.On a related note, I’d thoroughly recommend the folks at “rsync.net” for a secure reliable off-site backup. (no connection, blah blah)",
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"comment_id": "119937",
"author": "secure wifi leeds",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:23:17",
"content": "thanks for this im adding this blog to my twitter.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "1041355",
"author": "JackOfAllIT",
"timestamp": "2013-08-15T15:43:56",
"content": "I found some simple hacks for gaining access to the Lacie OS and adding RAID features in XPe:Accessing OS:1. From the console select “Backup and Restore”2. Select “Backup Wizard”3. Cancel the wizard then click on “Browse…”4. Change file type to “all Files” and browse to C:\\Windows\\explorer.exe then right click on “Open”5. Open computerAdd RAID Support:1. Mount the Lacie OS disk to another OS or system2. Edit C:\\Windows\\System32\\dmadmin.exe, …\\dmconfig.dll, and …\\drivers\\dmboot.sys as follows:dmadmin.exeBefore00001c30 73 65 72 76 65 72 6e 74 00 00 00 00 6c 61 6e 6d servernt….lanm00001c40 61 6e 6e 74 00 00 00 00 50 72 6f 64 75 63 74 54 annt….ProductTAfter00001c30 77 69 6e 6e 74 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6c 61 6e 6d winnt…….lanm00001c40 61 6e 6e 74 00 00 00 00 50 72 6f 64 75 63 74 54 annt….ProductTdmconfig.dllBefore00005140 4c 41 4e 4d 41 4e 4e 54 00 00 00 00 53 45 52 56 LANMANNT….SERV00005150 45 52 4e 54 00 00 00 00 57 49 4e 4e 54 00 00 00 ERNT….WINNT…After00005140 4c 41 4e 4d 41 4e 4e 54 00 00 00 00 57 49 4e 4e LANMANNT….WINN00005150 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 53 45 52 56 45 52 4e 54 T…….SERVERNTdmboot.sysBefore00011070 54 00 79 00 70 00 65 00 00 00 57 49 4e 4e 54 00 T.y.p.e…WINNT.00011080 00 00 53 45 52 56 45 52 4e 54 00 00 00 00 4c 41 ..SERVERNT….LAAfter00011070 54 00 79 00 70 00 65 00 00 00 53 45 52 56 45 52 T.y.p.e…SERVER00011080 4e 54 57 49 4e 4e 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4c 41 NTWINNT…….LAReboot and XPe will have Windows Server 2003 RAID support!",
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/laser-tattoo/
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Laser Tattoo
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Eliot
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[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"engraving",
"laser",
"lasercutter",
"lasertattoo",
"led",
"ledchessset",
"tattoo"
] |
We’re amazed we didn’t stumble across this ill advised burnination sooner. Earlier in the week [tetranitrate], of
LED chess set
fame, posted his experiences
using a laser cutter to scarify his own skin
. It’s very painful, not to mention the discomfort of smelling your own burning flesh. He’s using an
Epilog
with a magnet over the safety switch. To get the positioning right, a layer of painters tape was put down and then etched. For a less painful version, you could try Bre’s
fingernail calendar
from last Fall. Video of multiple tattoos embedded after the break.
Click to play
play_blip_movie_1046990();
[via
ModBlog
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"comment_id": "38407",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:01:01",
"content": "OMFG!, that is realy creepy.By the way, that doesn’t make third grade burns in your skin? 0_o",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38408",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:04:39",
"content": "that is so fantastically ridiculous and dangerous… not that the laser is terribly dangerous; more for the incredibly fast print head. the video reminds me of “Starship Troopers”, i love it. it’s probably not deep, i wonder if they heal up after a few months.make a small one, get it FDA approved! it’s the wave of the future!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38409",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:25:39",
"content": "Now that’s f*****g hardcore!Of course it still seams kind of stupid, just a geekier version of burning a tattoo into your skin with a hot paper clip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38410",
"author": "HE3r0",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:36:06",
"content": "Besides the fact that it is totally stupid, (dunno why im thinking about cordless drill piercings while watching this) electric circuit board tatoo would look quite interesting",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38411",
"author": "redleader",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:39:21",
"content": "So… how long does that actually last? I bet if the FDA studied it, it would show that it gives everyone cancer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38412",
"author": "t3Kn1K",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:39:33",
"content": "O M G thts the f***in best idea ever … ever !!hmmm tht is soo tempting t do, my friend owns one of these marvelous contraptions, i think i may b paying him a visit ! lol … FREE TATOOS !!!!ill let u no how it goes !! :S hopefully my hand will still exist ! … rephrase … hopefully my hand will still be on my arm !!!!!!!!t3Kn1K",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38413",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T01:05:11",
"content": "skin cancer???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38414",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T01:52:57",
"content": "who is crazy enough to burn pictures like these shown here into their skin without being tremendously sure about whether they lasted only a few weeks…I’d surely not like to spend the rest of my life with that instructables-robot on my arm…on the other hand, if it only lasts short, it could be a funny alternative, (with the right cooling), it surely looks way more alien than ink-tattoos…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38415",
"author": "jarhead jay",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T03:03:20",
"content": "why would the FDA have to approve it? a laser cutter or a tattoo gun is not a food item or a drug and thus does not have to be regulated through the FDA. I may be wrong but i am fairly sure that i am not. Unless somebody can show otherwise.I think thats a great idea. I have a tattoo and planing to get more in the future. I think that this would be fun to at least try once.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38416",
"author": "david henderson",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T06:44:42",
"content": "It works like suntan lotion ; not so much but same idea .You put the lotion on and bake in the sun ; now yougot a outline of what you made . go’s away in a few monthslaser tattoo work in the same wayit burns your skin with 2nd degree burnsafter a like 3-6 months it gos away .skin heals it self and the old flakes off; NOW if you use ink while you do it your lookingat 9 months to 1 1/2 years till it fades .long term usage of inks IS bad for you .The ink was NOT made for humans and containsharmful poisons",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38417",
"author": "Sdlion",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T07:04:06",
"content": "I don’t really think that can cause you cancer, that isn’t due exposure to UVR?Well, i already have burned several times with tips of solders and others things… and is not really forever.Really cool.. just… meaby to painful XD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "38418",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T09:52:55",
"content": "@hendersonI’m not sure this is the same sort of thing. The mechanism by which skin tans, and the process by which it burns are probably very different, ie, i don’t think a tan is just a light burn. Your probably right about how long the scar will last, though that might vary quite a bit, depending on the depth of the burn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38419",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T18:53:31",
"content": "sooo, IS IT permanent or now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "38420",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T21:41:55",
"content": "im about 75% sure this ant good for your skin …. but idd get one if i had a laser cutter (hint hint coughhvhaxor@gmail.comcough)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "38421",
"author": "wetsmellydog",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T18:53:07",
"content": "Anyone who works with lasers has done this on purpose or accident. I have worked with lasers for years and when we are bored we will burn a design or two on our hands.it only burns the epidermis layer of skin on the hand if the power settings are correct. Depending on the depth of the burn, it can last for a few days to a week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38422",
"author": "troy nall",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:21:18",
"content": "i think its a perfect solution to not using a needle.one less step in possible introduction to contamination.and besides, remember the movie “STARSHIP TROOPERS” ?They got Laser Tats while on shore leave !!!Dude, If you could create a complete sterile environment that would give you a Laser Tat. You could make a fortune !!! Strap the body part(arm or leg) down and introduce a positive air environment AND then utilize some sort of harmless natural pigment into the mix.And I too believe the FDA would not have jurisdiction on this. But you know lawyers are biting at the bit on this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38423",
"author": "Q branch",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:49:57",
"content": "i’m Q branch from instructables. it’s a neat project, someone always has to be the first to try new things, some work, some don’t. this idea may actually have commercial use though. unlike the sewing machine tattoo that someone suggested and that i tried. sorta bent the needle when it hit bone, and removing the thread was the worst. don’t do this, i only did it because tetranitrate didn’t do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38424",
"author": "Q branch",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:52:03",
"content": "it would only cause skin cancer f it was in the UV spectrum, this is a Co2 laser, and puts out IR light. will make you go blind, and a stronger laser might kill you if something goes wrong, or might at least cut off your hand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38425",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T23:08:14",
"content": "It CAN produce cancer because it’s a burn. No matter the type of laser, if you DESTROY the protection against UV (from sunlight, not the laser itself), exposed BURNED AND THEREFORE UNPROTECTED skin absorbs the UV, even in cloudy days. Why I know this? Because a friend had severe electrical burns, and the doctor ORDERED him to use very high factor sun protection AND DO NOT sunbath in a year. This, after the burned skin were apparently healed. And, amateurish use of industrial lasers can too easily burn something more than the three existing skin capes. Just think of the recent incident in Russia, they damaged PERMANENTLY the eyes of 30 youngsters in a party with a RECREATIVE laser. But hey, if it looks cool, what’s the matter if the arm drops by itself in a couple years?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "38426",
"author": "andresin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T02:22:58",
"content": "bien…ehh…..sabeis español??no??pues traducid esto: SOIS UNOS GILIPOLLAS!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38427",
"author": "t-FI",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T12:48:11",
"content": "qué subnormal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38428",
"author": "bobk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T11:10:13",
"content": "Yes this could lead to skin cancer. Anything that damages cells and causes them to need to regenerate could possibly lead to cancer. Even when your cells are slowly dying naturally this can lead to cancer, although it isn’t as likely. Damaging your skin like this will lead to more cells needing to be produced and a higher chance of caner simply because there are more chances. Think of each cell as a chance, and with this while you might not be increasing the percentage chance on a cell by cell basis (what most carcinogens do) it is giving it more opportunities to happen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "51074",
"author": "chuck",
"timestamp": "2008-11-17T05:15:28",
"content": "more like loser tattoos",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "52359",
"author": "Tattoo and Piersing",
"timestamp": "2008-11-26T08:48:41",
"content": "Is it painful?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "60172",
"author": "arthur",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T20:07:37",
"content": "nerdXcore",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60188",
"author": "Jebedia",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T23:40:44",
"content": "to jarhead jay. any products that emit electromagnetic radiation are regulated by the fda including things like tv’s(crt types), dvd/cd drives, wireless routers, etc.. and yes, lasers too :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60207",
"author": "dubya",
"timestamp": "2009-01-21T03:00:19",
"content": "i find it amusing watching the red spot around the burns move across his hand/arm with the laser",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60221",
"author": "gen",
"timestamp": "2009-01-21T10:54:54",
"content": "@ jebediaYou are confusing the FDA and the FCC (federal communications commission) which regulates all things radio and such.Crazy idea, laser tattoo. Welcome to the 21st centure !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "60236",
"author": "kab0upas",
"timestamp": "2009-01-21T14:14:24",
"content": "Hi i’m a medical engineer, and i have some experience on the use of medical lasers. So i would like to make some comments.First the amount of damage that a laser does on the skin depends on the wavelength of the laser and its power output.Second the type of damage is first-second-third degree burn and can get up to evaporation of tissue.Third what you see at the picture is probably a second degree burn with evaporation of the skin surface cells. Whether it will leave a scar depends on the power output of the laser that the guy used i.e how deep the radiation got. If the damage is too deep the skin healing process creates scar tissue.fourth whether the guy will get skin cancer depends on the laser wavelength AND how many times he will repeat the process on the same area.(sorry for my bad English)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "60256",
"author": "DRK!",
"timestamp": "2009-01-21T17:44:03",
"content": "i drew some things on my hand using an arc to burn the skin out of boredom once, the end product looked basically the same as this, everything went away after a few weeks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60303",
"author": "jebedia",
"timestamp": "2009-01-22T04:21:10",
"content": "gen, trust me, i deal with the forms every day. i’m a u.s. customs broker. anything that emits radiation requires not only fcc docs, but also an fda radiation declaration formhttp://www.fda.gov/opacom/morechoices/fdaforms/FDA-2877.pdfcheck it out if you don’t believe me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61546",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T16:12:27",
"content": "last night i dreamt that i got a laser tattoo that would fade after a while, only i got it 3 or 4 times in the same spot and then developed cancer.the reason for the cancer was because of the laser combined with burning of skin. and somehow it was connected to nintendo wii.ooo, it’s a prophecy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65311",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T02:42:36",
"content": "Thats nuts. I was also reading the other day abouttattoos that monitor gluclose blood. Tattoos are getting pretty crazy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65664",
"author": "wtj?",
"timestamp": "2009-03-09T05:39:22",
"content": "Someone needs to get that underage kid into a mental hospital. There are actual laser tattoo machines. Why did this child do this? Where are his parents/guardian(s)/childsitter(s)? That is frickin ridiculous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "85468",
"author": "usblegend",
"timestamp": "2009-08-11T00:23:22",
"content": "I bet one day tattos will be created with laser and they will burn the color on :) i think there would less risks assosiated with needles if lasers where used instead. I would not burn a tattoo on myself but if i had that type of laser and i cut myself on something i would use the laser too seal the cut.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90719",
"author": "corinappl",
"timestamp": "2009-08-31T23:06:14",
"content": "Nice post. What’s the source of this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106136",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2009-11-06T22:43:36",
"content": "They already use lasers on the skin, just think face lifts and cosmetic surgery, wrinkly removal… Been doing this for years. I believe they also use it in tatoo removal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "123340",
"author": "Noe Mcmillin",
"timestamp": "2010-02-12T00:15:05",
"content": "It’s news because you help to make it into info. Msnbc.com has Six shortcuts to articles like this on their main webpage, including this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "140337",
"author": "Eve Reid",
"timestamp": "2010-05-05T18:25:31",
"content": "I had my tatoo on my foot removed last year and it was a bit painful..;:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "144843",
"author": "DarkLasers",
"timestamp": "2010-05-25T11:41:00",
"content": "I’m in the midst of perfecting this method using home-made lasers “Yes i build burning lasers all the way from 50mW green to 12x blu-ray burning lasers” may have a submission soon ^_^ Rock-on all you brave laser tatted hackers! im working on sleeving my arm up, and from what i have experienced with “testing” lasers on the back of my hand… the scars are STILL completely visible 11 months after the burn “with my first 8x blu-ray build” check out LaserPointerForums for a bit more info on lasers if your interested. need info quick? or a laser build (Handheld of course!) e-mail me atdarkarmyofone@hotmail.comHACK THE PLANET!!!~Dark",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "144848",
"author": "DarkLasers",
"timestamp": "2010-05-25T11:49:23",
"content": "To Jebadia – The FDA regulates the living HECK out of handheld lasers (My Expertise) it’s quite annoying, the trick is (if your shipping/selling/transporting a laser OVER 5mW “wich isnt much at all” ) you need to slightly diss-assemble it. most handheld lasers have a tail-cap, such as the LED flashlights we mod and make heatsinks for in order to make the smallest/most powerfull handheld lasers available to the public. this tailcap can be removed to EFFECTIVLY render it an INCOMPLETE unit, thus bypassing certain FDA regulations (wich are quite foolish, but i understand… we dont need the next osama to get ahold of severe laser tech…)but your very right, the FDA goes nuts over lasers now, ecspecially in the last year, makes it hard to ship my “complete” laser builds to non-US countries.Hack-A-Day for LYF3!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "144876",
"author": "zeropointmodule",
"timestamp": "2010-05-25T14:59:29",
"content": "Yeah, I accidentally scarred a finger before now (hint:- CCFL inverters can sometimes arc from thegroundpin) which leaves a painful 1mm diameter burn that takes weeks to heal.Last time I checked lasers can burn deep into the skin and do much more damage than you would expect from the visible injury.use with caution!(Hint:- most inks heat up with laser exposure so you might be advised not to use them)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "144883",
"author": "DarkLasers",
"timestamp": "2010-05-25T15:23:40",
"content": "I should probably say i DO NOT recommend anyone do this unless they are willing to accept the risks, YES, a laser tat can be VERY crudely done with a steady hand and a focusable Blu-Ray laser (blu-ray 405nm light burns best) at least its the most affordable burning type diode, it would only take about a 6x diode (ordered from me, or torn from a 6x blu-ray drive) to achieve about 200-220mw’s with a flexdriver/RKCSTR driver to power the diode in a cheap Aixiz module with a focusing ring (must be focusable, the beam can be shaped down to a micro pinpoint with the right lens, even an acrylic lens will technicly work) though your “tat” will look like a Steve-O inspired tattoo lol. (anyone remember offroad tattoo from Jackass?) ^_^Also, it is thought that the ultra-violet light emitted by blu-ray diodes CAN be harmful with repeated exposure to the skin, im not sure if you can get cancer or anything, but im preeeetty sure it isnt GOOD for your skin… looks cool though :) think i’ll give myself a hackaday brand when i get a free minuet, ATM im working on modifying a Cyanogen 5.0.7 Android 2.1 test build to run correctly on my mothers strange HTC Hero… it doesnt act like any other heroes i’ve hacked… sorry.. tangent.Anyways be safe people!!! Dont even play with lasers without the correct wavelength-filtering protection shades/goggles, more so… dont try and tattoo yourself unless you know what your doing… i’ve seen some idiot friends try this with a “so called” steady hand X-Y set-up… horror storries, one even got infected, all blistery and crap, he was moving the laser too slow, so it burned quite deep. I warned him…lolIt still eludes me as to how he took the pain so well (only winced a little, i was there) lol~Dark",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "145064",
"author": "Malikaii",
"timestamp": "2010-05-26T07:33:22",
"content": "I bet the first people to see an ink and needle tattoo expressed the same ridiculous reactions. Once something is repeated enough it becomes normal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "145312",
"author": "Sigh",
"timestamp": "2010-05-27T03:19:46",
"content": "That will increase your risk of skin cancer, but if I woke up with the instructables robot on my arm I’d want to die anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "145843",
"author": "DarkLasers",
"timestamp": "2010-05-29T14:17:27",
"content": "^^^ HAHA!!! thats comedy, i’d take a nasty scar (or a hackaday logo) over an instructables logo (not that their bad, just cant really rock out that logo…)sooo… Hackaday.. i’ll laser my back witha giant Hday logo for some royalties ^_^ jk, i;d do it for free! 9a t-shirt would be cool though) lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6539882",
"author": "Mr",
"timestamp": "2022-11-29T12:37:46",
"content": "Here we are at the tail end of 2022 and this is still not normal and that says something about this and how not normal that past few years have been.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.137414
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/render-your-next-render-farm/
|
Render Your Next Render Farm
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"cluster computing",
"ClusterComputing",
"rendering",
"video card",
"VideoCard"
] |
You might remember [Janne]’s
IKEA cluster
. Now he’s got a couple of dream rigs in mind, so he started doing 3D renderings of them.
Helmer 2
is designed to contain 24 video cards attached to six motherboards with quad core CPUs. (AMD has even taken enough interest to send him some cpus to get started) The rendering really comes in handy for designing the custom copper heat pipes and the aluminum cooling fin enclosure. Still bored, he put together a rendering of a
4 PetaFLOP machine using 2160 video cards
.
Update: The
Helmer 2
link is fixed.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38390",
"author": "jelengar",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T15:20:45",
"content": "nice idea, but. He is intending to use heat pipes, and as far as i know they are supposed to be positioned ~vertical (or at least in a way that the hot part is lower than the cold one). he has positioned them ~horizontal so i believe that there will be serious problems. IMO it would be much easier to dispense all that heat with water colling. i would also like to know where is he intending to get/make that kind of case, not to mention custom shaped heatpipes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38391",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T16:18:12",
"content": "The idea is nice, but i think there is a small problem with the design. What happens if one of the boards or cards has a fault and needs to be replaced. It seems there is going to be a lot of downtime and work required to fix something that should be as simple as swapping out the card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38392",
"author": "cloudhackix",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T16:58:27",
"content": "Helmer 2 ->http://helmer2.sfe.se/Oops ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38393",
"author": "th3m43",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T17:22:14",
"content": "dang, how do i get on amd’s processor “tester” list, i need something faster than my 4000+ 939 socket single core. and i love the case idea, although i do have to agree, im not sure how effective the cooling will be.maybe put your motherboards on their sides so the air will rise through the case instead of getting trapped at each level? that would also fix the heat pipe issue too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38394",
"author": "Elaki",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T17:50:12",
"content": "The Helmer 2 link’s not working for me, so here it is.http://helmer2.sfe.se/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38395",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T18:54:59",
"content": "lol maybe if he’s lucky somebody will send him parts for the helmer III. regardless, this is pretty sweet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38396",
"author": "Gazorp",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T19:00:37",
"content": "This thing is definately going to catch on fire and burn. Absolutely Horrible cooling idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38397",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T19:35:50",
"content": "The software will be a problem. Aren’t plugins for Cinema 4D, Maya, and Autodesk stuff mostly proprietary to studios by in house engineers? I know most Cinema 4D stuff is.I’ve never seen plugins for the populer clustering frameworks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38398",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T20:30:56",
"content": "what tthe HELL could someone do with that sorta power … one kickass game of css o.O",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38399",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T21:48:55",
"content": "Best locate this somewhere were heat is short in supply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38400",
"author": "_Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T00:40:13",
"content": "@1As long as the heat pipes have a wick inside, it’ll be fine. As for custom shaped, you buy straight ones and bend them yourself.Water cooling in that setup would be way more maintenance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38401",
"author": "jono",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T01:14:15",
"content": "I’m with Mark on this one. I like the design but it is very short-sighted. Additionally, i like the CFD work done on how to passively dissipate a shitload of heat. Passively with DIY heatsinks is a bit too “seat of your pants” engineering for my liking.Water cooling is the way for something like this and with the amount of components in such a setup, accessibility is not something to be overlooked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38402",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T02:16:26",
"content": "I checked this out a few days ago, the Helmer III designs have no info about interlinks power servicing or mounting, cooling ain’t that detailed either.I would love to see a breakdown of the budget. Also I wonder if he plans to have diskless nodes, that is how I would do it, except what would happen when you max out ram on a node without a disk?Nvidia Gelato seems like the most viable option, but it is not clear on the site weather or not you have to pay for network capeable nodes or not, also I wonder how much bandwidth Gelato uses, if it can saturate a Gb Ethernet line?Although having many times the processing power for a factor of the price compared to a large reasearch facility could be pretty cool, I wonder if google uses CUDA capable GPUs for any of their computational work?-edward@nardella.ca",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38403",
"author": "dravin21",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T02:44:27",
"content": "great case.. honestly asfar as the cooling pipes.. i like that configureation and have seen great things from ALOT less…. one guy i met used a coil of copper tube ans an automotive heater core to cool his rig … coolant was circulated with a windshield washer pump (junkyard hackin at its best lmao",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38404",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T22:28:05",
"content": "If he had this working it would top out both the new Blue Gene supercomputer and the NEC earth simulator in terms of floating point operations. If he doubled the size it’d beat out SETI@HOME.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38405",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T23:38:48",
"content": "The common belief that heatpipes need to “go up” is not true, the wicking material is what brings the working fluid in contact with the heat source. Double check the design of many video card coolers, their heatpipes are usually hung underneath the card. CPU coolers don’t have their pipes at the top either, the bottom is the half of the pipe that lays horizontally below the cpu when in a tower case.Don’t worry too much about the vertical orientation of the pipes.@ th3m43:“i need something faster than my 4000+ 939 socket single core”Good luck, I still haven’t found a faster processor from AMD (Mine went 3.0Ghz and had the 1MB lvl2 cache, I have a sneaking suspicion that AMD wouldn’t be so far behind if they had kept that level of performance.)If Intel would make a single core faster than 2 ghz with more than 512k of ram I am sure it would be awesome, my Conroe-L is great at 3.1ghz, but the cache is still lacking :( .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38406",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T09:14:54",
"content": "Great article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,795.988309
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/04/javascript-vi/
|
Javascript Vi
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"browser",
"editor",
"javascript",
"js",
"jsvi",
"unix",
"vi"
] |
Few would dispute that Vi was a great text editor in its day, but no one has done anything to bring it back until now. A company called Internet Connection has developed JSVI, a clone of Vi that was written in javascript and runs inside editable text areas on virtually any browser with javascript support.
It functions identically to Vi, offering ed/ex command support, vi-keys, unicode awareness, and a number of other features available on Vi. You can see a
demo of JSVI here
. If you prefer to run vi on your own page,
download this javascript document
. JSVI is open source, and we certainly agree with [Jason Striegel] that this would make a fitting addition to any Unix blog or forum.
emacs sucks.
[via
Hackzine
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "38372",
"author": "Nguyen Truong Tho",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:36:15",
"content": "Unbelievable!!! Maybe Linux on web will be soon released :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38373",
"author": "adamziegler",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:38:52",
"content": "one word: vim",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38374",
"author": "cenotaph",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:48:22",
"content": "“but no one has done anything to bring it back until now.”So, you’ve some how managed to completely miss Elvis (http://elvis.the-little-red-haired-girl.org/), WinVi (http://www.winvi.de/en/),andVim (http://www.vim.org)? Wow, some vi user you are.Although these are more than “just vi”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38375",
"author": "2bithacker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:03:44",
"content": "Very cool. Could turn it into a Greasemonkey script, then I could ditch “It’s All Text”, which I currently use to edit textareas in vi.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38376",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:34:36",
"content": "Yeah, vi clones have been going strong for a while. I’ve been a regular user of vim since the mid 90s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38377",
"author": "Disapointed User",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T07:29:02",
"content": "Bring it back? It’s never gone anywhere.$ which vi/usr/bin/vi$ nvi > vimSimon says author is a lame Windows toad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38378",
"author": "Magnade",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T08:30:17",
"content": "sweet now just need a javascript bookmarklet toinject this into any webpage",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38379",
"author": "Arkku",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T11:54:36",
"content": "“in its day”? When did vi(m)’s day end? =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38380",
"author": "shashank",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T12:22:16",
"content": "heyis there any smart text editor other than this…http://hackiteasy.blogspot.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38381",
"author": "Matt Williamson",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T16:36:44",
"content": "How about emacs implemented in JS? That would be sweet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38382",
"author": "cloudhackix",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T16:48:55",
"content": "‘s a fine line between “hack” and “pushing JS to it’s limits”, but I have to say this one at least amused me (vim4life",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38383",
"author": "a.p.t.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T18:11:47",
"content": "Seeing as javascript is an interpreted language, rather than a compiled one, I’d be really impressed if this wasn’t open source.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38384",
"author": "thouters",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T18:48:21",
"content": "Real nutcases (like me!) will apreciate the vimperator, an addon for firefox that brings Vi-joy to this browser (I switched from Epiphany to firefox so I can use it!) checkhttp://vimperator.mozdev.org/My first question was, how do I click links: well press ‘f’ (or ‘F’ to tab-open) and all links will be highlit and fitted with a number… just type the number!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38385",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T16:32:10",
"content": "No one has seen it, because Sun owns it. You have to worry about copyright and the like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1047255",
"author": "matejcepltest",
"timestamp": "2013-08-25T07:10:39",
"content": "That is not true anymore …http://sourceforge.net/projects/ex-vi/(andhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi#Ports_and_clonesfor more explanation).",
"parent_id": "38385",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "38386",
"author": "dandin1",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T19:08:49",
"content": "Unlike vi, Emacs is its own OS and environnement, good luck trying to implement it in javascript, certainly the lisp interpreter.Now excuse me as I c-x c-s c-x c-c. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38387",
"author": "Ali Raheem",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T22:16:35",
"content": "@10(a.p.t) it could be obstruficated (god knows how to spell that).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38388",
"author": "Marc Lucks",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T12:14:30",
"content": "Made some small changes to make the colors right on every page and to hide the toolbar:— vi_orig.js 2008-05-06 21:31:01.000000000 +0200+++ vi.js 2008-07-07 11:08:39.000000000 +0200@@ -3643,6 +3643,7 @@ suggest.style.position = ‘absolute’; suggest.style.display = ‘none’;+ suggest.style.color = ‘#000000’; backing.tabIndex = -1; backing.style.position = ‘absolute’;@@ -3665,6 +3666,8 @@ tools.style.position = ‘absolute’; tools.style.right = ‘0px’; tools.style.bottom = ‘0px’;+ tools.style.color = ‘#000000’;+ tools.style.visibility = ‘hidden’; tools.innerHTML = ” + ‘<input tabindex=”-1″ type=”button” value=”B” style=”font-weight:bold;” onClick=”term_command(\\’:F!b\\’);” />’ + ‘<input tabindex=”-1″ type=”button” value=”I” style=”font-style:italic;” onClick=”term_command(\\’:F!i\\’);” />’@@ -3697,6 +3700,9 @@ term.style.cursor = ‘default’; term.style.fontFamily = ‘monospace’; term.style.fontSize = ‘100%’;+ term.style.backgroundColor = ‘#ffffff’;+ term.style.color = ‘#000000’;+ term.style.textAlign = ‘left’; _zmp(term); term._formelement = t; document.body.style.overflow = ‘hidden’;After that i added two filters to my Proxomitron:”” => “",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38389",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T19:16:50",
"content": "@#9: Good luck writing the first all-Javascript operating system =-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "395305",
"author": "safdasf",
"timestamp": "2011-05-17T18:01:55",
"content": "Linux in javascript:http://bellard.org/jslinux/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "407943",
"author": "Uther",
"timestamp": "2011-06-20T15:07:41",
"content": "its a good start for sure, I think I’ll go ahead and add more ‘vim’ functionality to it… most notably: syntax highlighting and its function and macro capabilities.it’d be an interesting task, but I love javascript, very powerful when used properly.oh, and an all javascript os wouldn’t really work, as running kernel level calls through an interpreter would run freakin awful… but I have started work on a fully scriptable and interactive javascript shell… started using spidermonkey, but may implement using v8 instead, as a shell would do the same things repeatedly for the most part, v8’s jit-style class compiler would be great for that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.287032
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/04/infinite-water/
|
Infinite Water
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"dehydration",
"filter",
"petcare",
"pets",
"solenoid",
"tupperware",
"water"
] |
It’s Independence Day, so if you have pets and planned a trip, chances are you wrangled a pet sitter to keep your pet from starving or dehydrating to death. Next time, consider letting this
infinite water dispenser
help you instead.
The dispenser is made of a Tupperware tub, a fish tank water filter, a float switch, and a water solenoid valve. It works essentially the same way as any toilet: the solenoid valve lets water into the filter where it is dispensed to the Tupperware container. The float switch is activated when the water in the container reaches a certain level. When the water level drops due to evaporation or thirsty pets, the float switch goes down and triggers the solenoid to let in more water. The whole works are powered by a GFI outlet for safety since this project involved water, electricity and pets.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38351",
"author": "Jinto Lin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T02:05:48",
"content": "They use these with cattle and horses. My grandfather would check them, and if the water was green it was broken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38352",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T02:12:28",
"content": "my cats are scared of these things, we once had a commercial one and only one cat would drink from it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38353",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T03:01:10",
"content": "It’s a good idea, but float switches fail. What’s really needed is a small microcontroller that determines the water has been flowing for too long and does a hard shutdown.Ideally, I’d use two solenoids in series for redundancy, and a current sensor for determining the the duration the solenoid has been open. A flow meter would be even better, but more expensive. Then you can determine a failure prior to the first solenoid.If the water has been flowing too long, you shut down the solenoids, and if you continue to detect flow, you turn on an alarm. Or, since no device or program is complete until it can send email, send an SMS to your cellphone or crackberry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38354",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T03:14:58",
"content": "I was just thinking about what biojae (#2) said. Seems like adding a PIR motion sensor so that it would only fill when there was nothing in front of it would help.Conversely, one could pretty much assume that it will refill more often due to drinking rather than evaporation, so add a 2 minute timer between the float switch triggering a low water condition, and refilling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38355",
"author": "ocman",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:30:59",
"content": "i don’t know if you guys have taken apart toilets but what lets water into the tank is called a ballcock. they are a solid mechanical device that lasts for years. if overflow is a concern, this is something that could easily be piped to a condesate pump, basement etc. i think this is the easiest way about it and has no electricity plus water hazard",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38356",
"author": "chubs1646",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T04:35:20",
"content": "Another Potential method would be to use Capacitive based sensors, they use them on air planes and other objects to determine how much fluid is within a container without having to come into direct contact with the fluid, use that sensor with a microcontroller and you would be able to actually see how much water is in the dish and control a solenoid from there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38357",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:12:37",
"content": "Needs a couple of mods.First, there should be two tanks of water, at the same level, connected with a tube. This will allow you to fill the secondary one while keeping it a few feet away, and protected in a box to prevent the float being displaced or the animal being frightened. A small second float switch set a bit higher could easily cut off the flow if the first ended up stuck open.Second, another tube off the drinking bowl should go to pump (a fish tank pump would work) also stored in the hidden box. Periodically (once per day?) the pump should engage (a cheap timer switch would do) for long enough to empty the contents of the drinking bowl — changing the water.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38358",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:42:36",
"content": "@jc Couldn’t you also use a weight sensor at the bottom of the Tupperware container? I mean you’d just set the weight of full to the switch for the the pump. If water is lost, weight is lost. You could also add this as a redundancy to the float switch should the float switch fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38359",
"author": "buddy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T06:18:45",
"content": "This is very similar to a fish tank auto top off unit. Just google auto-topoff and you will find a million builds that are virtually identical. Cool though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38360",
"author": "Joey Y",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T08:56:02",
"content": "if you were crazy, or did not really like your pets, you could rig a hard shutoff (to keep from flooding the house) by putting a hot wire and a ground wire (shielded from the pets’ curious appendages) so if the water reached the top of the container, it would bridge the hot and ground, which would promptly pop the gfci.but a microcontroller timers and capacitance sensors are probably safer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38361",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T14:29:08",
"content": "the float switchmy cat would just sit on it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38362",
"author": "jk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T18:01:34",
"content": "A dehumidifier as water source would be even more hacktastic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38363",
"author": "siokaos",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T18:57:39",
"content": "this is ridiculous. first of all, the entire aparatus can be replaced with an entirely passive system due to a property of gravity and pressure.the real problem lies in the fact that when your animal drinks, the bacteria from their mouth is left in the water. if you keep adding water and never replace it, the bacteria stays and grows. take a few minutes and leave fresh water for your animal!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38364",
"author": "Taylor Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T21:35:30",
"content": "well, this is interesting, but heres how i would improve it:use a tube to fill the tub from the bottom, rather than pouring it in from the top, possibly with a diffuser over the end of the tube, to minimize the sound and motion that might scare a cat awayIf you do that, restrict the flow to something extremely low, to further reduce the disturbance in the water. your cat likely will not be drinking large amounts of water quickly, so you don’t need a huge inrush of water to fill it back up.That should sufficiently reduce the cat scaring qualities of the thing.As far as all the other stuff about making it double-redundant etc, that seems like overkill. Just use a Normally closed valve and a robust sensor and i think you’d be fine, though you may want to put this in a place where overflow will cause the least amount of damage, just in case.-Taylor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38365",
"author": "Frollard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T23:03:46",
"content": "Okay, so, as stated above, a ballcock would make a LOT more senseAdd a UV light to kill bacteria…tada, safethe automated empty/fill pump is a good idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38366",
"author": "Widdershins",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T02:22:46",
"content": "Oh snap, that would be a REALLY BAD THING if the dumb animal knocked the bowl out from under it. It’d flood your house.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38367",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T05:48:38",
"content": "Decent DIY advice for the uninformed.Just one thought… pets eat poop and drink urine… do we really need to change their water?;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38368",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T19:15:27",
"content": "Clearly it needs a GSM addon, so it can SMS you when it breaks. You’re a thousand miles away on vacation, so you can’t do anything about it, but you at least know you’re screwed =-)Seriously, though, agree about putting the inlet below the water line (most pets hate surprises!) and switching to at least a solid-state sensor, if not a mechanical control/ballcock. Maybe if you’re going to have it be microcontroller-based anyway, you could set up an automated nightly “flush” system, and have a computer-controlled outlet valve that runs to a drain somewhere? Open the drain, wait a few minutes, close it, run the water till it fills, open the drain, wait, close it, and refill. Guaranteed fresh water daily. Shouldn’t even be hard/expensive to add the extra kit, though I guess people have a spare fresh-water hookup in more places than they have a spare sewage/drain line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38369",
"author": "Magma",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T21:02:43",
"content": "I think the idea here was to have running water for very picky pets, particularly cats. Something in their genes I guess, about the fact that running water is generally more healthy. Most of cats I know will prefer to drink from a dropping tap or a fresh puddle that in their bowl.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38370",
"author": "Hasan Murtaza",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T21:36:04",
"content": "I agree with siokaos, the whole is unnecessary. Just place a large shallow reservoir of water in another room, and connect it to the pet’s dish via a small hose. Arrange it so that the large reservoir’s water level is the same as the pet dishes. As the pet drinks, hydrostatic pressure will force water from the reservoir into the dish until the levels are equal. If the reservoir has M times the volume of the dish, the dish water level will fall M times slower than it would normally.In essence, it’s like connecting a small capacitor in parallel to a large one. The small tube is one wire, the atmospheric pressure serves as the “ground” in the electrical case. As the small cap drains, it is continually replenished by the large one. Or, the capacitance is the sum of both capacitors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38371",
"author": "Spadefinger",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T23:07:03",
"content": "@20That’s just stupid. The whole point is to have it connected to the plumbing so you don’t have to worry about it (provided you pay your water bill). I wouldn’t use it, but that’s because my cat will just drink from the toilet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.340949
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/04/fourth-of-july-extra/
|
Fourth Of July Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"4thofjuly",
"celebration",
"chdk",
"fireworks",
"fourthofjuly",
"hotdog",
"microwave"
] |
Today is the Fourth of July in the US, where we celebrate our freedom by blowing up a small portion of our country. Embedded above is [Jory] and [Jonathan] doing it wrong by
microwaving their fireworks
. We think a good formula for this year’s celebration is
wireless fireworks control
,
gas powered blenders
, and
CHDK’s motion sensing
to get the perfect firework photo… and if we get really bored we’ll probably
shove some LEDs in a hotdog
.
| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38347",
"author": "mikey g",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T00:30:26",
"content": "maximum oscillation!! xD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38348",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T00:50:19",
"content": "i dont think u can call them extras now that you have like 5 hacks ad ay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38349",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T01:47:51",
"content": "Fantastic.More beer and such for everyone.(such out back)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38350",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:51:27",
"content": "“I think we decimated helga fromn sea to shining sea” XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79994",
"author": "smartchild",
"timestamp": "2009-07-01T23:56:40",
"content": "gay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80017",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T01:38:55",
"content": "just saw this ive seen this webshow before its funny",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.418874
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/04/12-channel-life-battery-management-system/
|
12 Channel LiFe Battery Management System
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"ev",
"life"
] |
With fuel prices rising, EVs are becoming more an more stylish. This
bit of floor tile wrapped hardware
is actually a 12 channel battery management system designed to handle Lithium Iron battery packs. It’s designed to take power from a standard lead acid charger and supply the batteries with their maximum charge current. The cost and complexity of the BMS has been a major stumbling block in the past, so it’s interesting to see these come around. If you need more than 12 cells, multiple boards can be used.
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38340",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T18:54:11",
"content": "Lithium Iron? Must be something new. LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38341",
"author": "xyphur",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T19:34:03",
"content": "Yes, lithium iron. No, not terribly new. hence the ‘life’ in the title. li for lithium, fe for iron. a) pay attention to the ongoing developments in battery tech, and b) go and study the periodic table instead of assuming a typo occurred.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38342",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T20:01:35",
"content": "li-ion i\\is my fav battery for slow drain devices but i still am a fan of ni-cd and wetpack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38343",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T20:07:12",
"content": "Google for lifepo4. They’ve been in the works for a few years now. All the benefits of traditional lithium, none of the exploding when punctured. Made of very common materials and completely recyclable. Tricky part is monitoring and charging.http://www.lionev.comis using lifepo4 batteries to convert factory ford rangers to ev. They also make several kits to convert hybrids to full plug-in electrics for around $4000.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38344",
"author": "arthur92710",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T06:03:48",
"content": "@number2its not life its LiFe, you should know, right, cuss you know the periodic table",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38345",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T19:07:49",
"content": "Aaanndd… the all-lowercase CSS bug bites again! I was going to post a comment “I think you mean ‘battery life management’, not ‘life battery management’.Is it a test — if you’re not running Greasemonkey and capable of writing your own userscript to disable the CSS, you don’t deserve HAD?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38346",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2008-08-05T20:27:06",
"content": "Excuse me, but lithium polymer (lifepo4) cells do *not* have all the advantages of lithium ion. Yes, they’re safer, but they also have lower capacity for a given volume. If I’m wrong, please post links to where such cells can be found. For comparison, check out the various cells in the 18650 size (or 4/3 AA). Basically the 18mm dia by 65mm long cylindricals. I find the polymers to be around the same cost, but the max capacities are around half of those of similarly sized ion cells. I’d like to be wrong about this, so please enlighten. -M",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99235",
"author": "Bob Anderson",
"timestamp": "2009-10-07T00:06:23",
"content": "LiFepo4 cells have about 25% lower capacity by weight, yes. But they are not nearly as volitile as Li-poly or LiCoO2 cylindricals, or derivatives, and can be re-charged well over 1000 times, in 70% DOD applications over 2000 times. LiCoO2 cells are typically under 80% of original capacity by the 300 charge point. They are very tolerant of abuse conditions that cause thermal runaway and subsequent violent ignition of their Cobalt cousins.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.382197
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/led-battery-level-indicator/
|
LED Battery Level Indicator
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"analysis",
"batteries",
"battery",
"indicator",
"led",
"meter",
"voltage"
] |
[Kc7fys] came up with a this simple
battery level indicator
. It uses a single LED to display a battery’s voltage; if the voltage exceeds 12V, it glows green. If it is below 11V, the LED glows red. Anything in between generates an orange glow. The meter is built around an LM358 chip per
this schematic
, but his actual build looks pretty sloppy because of the dead-bug assembly (check out NASA’s pretty
version
). Nonetheless, it works, so clean it up and build one if you want to put it (or your batteries) to the test.
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38325",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T05:38:28",
"content": "Quick, dirty, and effective, nice to see a real hack from juan.With the addition of a 555, you could probably rig a version that blinks an led with increased frequency as the battery voltage approaches the threshold of operation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38326",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T06:04:41",
"content": "Juan, each time i see one of your posts i want to kill someone, do you know who im talking about? Yeah, i think you know ;)´Can you stop killing HackaDay.com? Really, this is going very very down each day thanks to you.Saludos desde Argentina.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38327",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T07:01:05",
"content": "i like this one. simple,cheap, useful and it works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38328",
"author": "Dark_AvEnGer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T08:56:32",
"content": "@drixwould people stopping bitching about posts on here?is it your web site?your getting this listing for free based on what they think people might like to read.i for one enjoy all the extra posts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38329",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T09:01:08",
"content": "this is one of juan’s better postings.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38330",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T09:40:22",
"content": "@drix this is actually a decent post for once, and lay off the threats, it’s unneccecary.On the matter of the device, that 7805 regulator is really inefficient if all you need is a reference voltage. it should probably be replaced if you don’t want this thing to eat the battery it’s supposed to monitor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38331",
"author": "blaine",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T10:34:25",
"content": "can someone compose an idiots guide on what all i need to build this? I cant read schematics well But i have a “project” this would be good for. (car battery and car CD player with a couple speakers mounted on the side of an ammo box for a portable off road radio.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38332",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T11:13:13",
"content": "@giskard: If you look at the schematic, the 7805 isn’t actually powering anything. It’s connected directly to the op-amps. The datasheet claims a quiescent current of 5mA. While that’s certainly no micropower circuit, bear in mind the device is also continuously lighting one or two LEDs at what appears to be 12mA each. I wouldn’t even use the circuit on a car battery, since the standby current of a car is supposed to be under 20mA and the battery will still run down if you leave it too long. But it might be handy as a test probe you can use to check a lot of batteries for good/okay/bad charge levels.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38333",
"author": "ledtester",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T19:53:42",
"content": "A uC implementation would require fewer components. You would only need: uC + 2 resistors (plus the leds and their resistors.)Most uC’s have an ADC and an internal precision voltage reference. Mixing the colors can be done with PWM.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38334",
"author": "Gilbert Garcia",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T22:03:22",
"content": "I saw a battery level indicator at the dollar store yesterday with 3 red leds. Maybe not as cool cause it doesn’t change color but I guarantee a heck of a lot cheaper at 1 buck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38335",
"author": "android_04",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T22:31:19",
"content": "why even have a green “voltage OK” LED? I would make it simpler and just have a “voltage low” red LED, and get rid of the voltage regulator and 1 of the op amps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38336",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T23:37:59",
"content": "@Dark_AvEnGer: You’re right, this is not MY website, but i think that the original idea of ¿Eliot Phillip was the creator? was a blog were he can put interenting hacks to show to people. We are the people, so, if that is right, they do the blog for US (that its beacuse ITS A PUBLIC BLOG), and i think they have to care about us, otherwise they will loose us (and they ARE loosing us).@giskard: yeah, maybe its a decent post (well, a comparator with an op-amp it’s not a new idea, but well…), but not for hackaday. Hackaday its for hacks (or im wrong? someone tell me that i am, if i do), and you can’t tell me that this is a hack, ’cause it isn’t AT ALL.If Juan like to post something like this i really recommend him instructables.com, but i think hackaday it’s not the place for him.I’m a reader of hackaday from many years ago, and i can tell you that a few years ago, this type of posts was VERY strange to find here.saludos desde argentinaPS: Sorry by my bad english, im from argentina and i do my best to talk in english.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38337",
"author": "Pokey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T01:59:20",
"content": "couldn’t you use a Zener with Vz = Vbat – Vled in parallel with an LED?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38338",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T16:28:39",
"content": "surprising (and saddening) amount of elitism from the peanut gallery on this site lately",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38339",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T15:09:15",
"content": "It’s funny how NASA has written down all those precise requirements and considerations for electronics, and yet the space shuttle has loose joints and tiles falling off and gasket that go brittle in a most predictable manner and cases where 2 out of 3 computers fail.Makes you wonder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44112",
"author": "Jonathan Haynes",
"timestamp": "2008-10-02T00:47:44",
"content": "‘Pretty sloppy’? Oh, well, for a kit builder building one of his first off-the-kit-grid items from a schematic, this is not bad. Does it work? That is the real determiner. One word, ‘Yalp.’I used it recently on a field radio trip to Vietnam and it showed best when my power supply was being ‘pulled down’ on transmit by blinking from green to orange, or from orange to red. See the finished product–sloppy my ass!Jonathan, who build this voltage meter designed by Stephen Weber KD1JV",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.557735
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/recon-2008-recap/
|
Recon 2008 Recap
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"conventions",
"engineering",
"recon",
"recon2008",
"ReverseEngineering",
"tillerbeauchamp",
"virtualmachine"
] |
[Tiller Beauchamp] gave a presentation on
applied reverse engineering
in OS X at
this year’s REcon
, but he also attended many of the other talks and gives his take on the highlights of REcon 2008 in a guest post on the ZDNet blog, Zero Day.
One of the highlights for him was Neohapsis’s [Chris Smith] discussing
virtual machines implementing code obfuscation
. The method uses custom instructions and runtime interpreter, which can help make the task of reverse engineering markedly more difficult if implemented properly.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, [Beauchamp] noted [Gerardo Richarte]’s software reverse engineering tools that decompile and recompile software in iterative portions. This allows the recompiled software to be tested piece by piece. Be sure to read his post and see what you missed.
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/tea-cup-theremin/
|
Tea Cup Theremin
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"conductive technology",
"ConductiveTechnology",
"conductivity",
"maxmsp",
"tea",
"teacup",
"theremin"
] |
Hardware modding can take you to some strange places: sometimes, you think of really useful improvements to your most practical devices. Other times, you
turn a cup of tea into a theremin
. This is true at least for [Kyle McDonald], who immersed the L/R leads of an 1/8″ cable in a cup of tea, and connected it to a computer running
Max/MSP with a special patch
. The result is a working, miniature theremin you can drink after you’re done playing. This process should work with any liquid, so feel free to use beer, cola, water, or anything you think will taste better after you’ve run a small charge through it.
[via
Matrixsynth
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38316",
"author": "Tired_",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T03:13:56",
"content": "Can we put the long, dangly bit into a substance almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38317",
"author": "dane kouttron",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T04:32:10",
"content": "wow, kyle’s a good friend. i will email him to provide more details. kyle you rock.-Dane",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38318",
"author": "Red",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T06:07:31",
"content": "In reference to tired_’s comment:Share and Enjoy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38319",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T11:02:09",
"content": "infinate improbability theremin?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38320",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T11:24:19",
"content": "So long, and thanks for all the fish.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38321",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T16:26:34",
"content": "I’m dubious of this… what’s it doing, picking up the 50hz hum? What does the tea have to do with it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38322",
"author": "Kyle Mcdonald",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T20:11:01",
"content": "ex-parrot: Yes, the 50/60 Hz mains hum is what’s being capacitively coupled to the tea cup via your hand. Try it yourself by averaging every 765 samples at 44.1 kHz.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38323",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T14:32:11",
"content": "Theramin, or the logic circuits of a Brambleweeny 57 Sub-Meson Brain?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38324",
"author": "Kaj",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T17:49:37",
"content": "A good Brownian motion generator can help with any scientific endeavor!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.658707
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/monome-keyboard/
|
Monome Keyboard
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"doepfer",
"electronicmusic",
"fatar",
"keyboard",
"mke",
"monome",
"music",
"peaceblaster",
"pke"
] |
If you asked [David Phipps] whether he prefers
Monomes
or traditional keyboards, he might ask you “why not have both?” We don’t presume to speak for him, but that’s what we think he’d say based on his
Monome-keyboard combination
, which puts a Monome right in the keyboard’s console, giving the user the best of both worlds.
[Phipps] calls his device The Peaceblaster (also the name of his album), and it is constructed from a 5-octave
Fatar
keybed, MKE electronic components, and a Doepfer PKE for the faders and knobs. Everything is available via USB and MIDI out. The project is as yet unfinished, and he hopes to fit a mac mini into the works. If he succeeds, this will be one of the most elegant, powerful and fun keyboards we’ve seen in quite some time.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38315",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T09:08:19",
"content": "You neglected to mention that he is a member of Sound Tribe Sector 9",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129820",
"author": "festoolts55",
"timestamp": "2010-03-15T10:23:33",
"content": "Not too sure how I found this blog but glad I did find it. Think I was looking for something else on google. Not sure I agree 100% with what you say, but have bookmaked and will come back to read to see if you add any more posts. Keep up the good work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.839584
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/domestic-spying-brought-to-you-by-a-snuggly-bear/
|
Domestic Spying Brought To You By A Snuggly Bear
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"animation",
"bear",
"domesticspying",
"flash",
"markfiore",
"security",
"video",
"wiretapping"
] |
Mark Fiore’s Snuggly the Security Bear’s latest cartoon explains the
wonders of constitutional compromise
and how it helps
prevent terrorism through domestic spying
.
Related:
Judge: FISA trumps state secrets, binds executive branch
[via
EFF
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38301",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T02:25:22",
"content": "last i checked hackaday was neither a partisan organization nor a political blog. i guess that’s all changed now. what a disgrace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38302",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T03:25:35",
"content": "Wow, what a great hack, I can’t wait to get home and try this one out……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38303",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T05:28:50",
"content": "hay man i love when hackaday tells us about this shit i had no idea we get spied on i do alot of shit over cell phones with i can get in alot of shit for doing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38304",
"author": "Rad",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T06:45:43",
"content": "qq",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38305",
"author": "XHorntail",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T08:21:19",
"content": "Well, I have to say, ever since the new staffing, and the multiple posts a day, some of the newer mods have decided to turn Hack A Day (Not Blog A Hour) into their own little RSS feeds of what they, and not the readers or scope of the site, find interesting. I’m personally boycotting it. I will not visit the site for another 6 months, further if there is no change. This is really pathetic. A site that I have checked religiously every day for years, just going to hell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38306",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T09:06:58",
"content": "this post is disapointing. doubly so since it came from eliot. et tu, eliot?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38307",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T10:23:23",
"content": "If I wanted bad satirical cartoons and politics I’d go to JibJab.Hackaday, all writers too this blog, must be tired of hearing complaints from it’s readers. We don’t know what’s going on anymore. If there have been any talks regarding quality control or the “new” blog agenda I think I speak for the HAD community when I say I’d like a transcript.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38308",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T10:32:31",
"content": "yea, maybe you should rename the blog to “Post a Day”, subtitled “Maybe it’s a Hack? Maybe it’s something you read about on 50 different websites last week? — Can *you* guess what comes next?!”on topic: it amazes me every time I read about it, how *anybody* could believe only for a second, that the US(+GB+AUS+NZ) listen to 99.5% of the world’s electronic communication via ECHELON — everywhere but in the US itself, although they’ve got enough power to tap any provider in any country…But well, it’s mainly the EFF, and they’ve made TOR, which of course is your friendly little ECHELON@home, provide an exit node and you can keep the data coming through :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38309",
"author": "PenguiN",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T19:07:47",
"content": "Hey look at that, the “daily” feed doesn’t have this post in it! Why don’t people just add that to their reader and stop complaining?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38310",
"author": "Disapointed User",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T22:37:01",
"content": "Hackaday mods, can’t you see YOUR *BLEEPING* READERS don’t like the content you’re providing?Change it back you ignorant bunch of weenies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38311",
"author": "Glad",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T02:36:35",
"content": "Lay off. I’m quite happy to see these kinds of posts. This is quite relevant to the interests of people who like to hack stuff, and the more attention it gets the better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38312",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T15:20:50",
"content": "You could argue that the whitehouse is ‘hacking’ the constitution, and that AT&T hacks your phonelines, it’s all hacks and every day, hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38313",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T15:26:18",
"content": "Oh incidentally, since these cartoons are about protecting the constitution and disgraceful behaviour of both the republicans AND democrats it’s not quite ‘partisan’ really.But I guess it’s true that they aren’t about what this site is about and are bound to create controversy and annoyance with some.Still, if the decline of rights continues the site/internet might not last so there’s that relevance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38314",
"author": "Ness",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T12:10:23",
"content": "I think I get it, Eliot himself is the hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,796.804808
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/reusing-pcb-components/
|
Reusing PCB Components
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"capacitor",
"capacitors",
"components",
"pcb",
"pliers",
"recycle",
"recycling",
"resistors",
"reuse",
"solder",
"solderingiron",
"vice"
] |
If you’re anything like us, you have a closet full of old electronics, some broken, some obsolete. You can stop using those as paperweights with the help of this guide that shows you
how to recycle and reuse PCB components
.
The first step of the process is finding electronics you don’t mind taking apart. Next place the PCB you’ll be stripping in a vice, with the components facing away from you and the solder side facing towards you. Grip the component you want with a pair of pliers, and apply a hot soldering iron to the solder that is holding the component. The solder will melt and allow you to safely and cleanly remove the component.
This process can be applied to virtually any component on an PCB, and the author of the guide, [Patented], got a lot of components this way, including resistors, capacitors, switches, audio jacks, and much more. Don’t forget to toss any free-floating metal or plastic parts in the recycle bin when you’re done. You can feel good about the fact that nothing was wasted, you found
parts for your next project
, and you cleared out some space.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38291",
"author": "Mordanthanus",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T01:36:54",
"content": "I’ve been doing this since I was 8 years old… there are ALWAYS good parts on old boards. I hope someone doesn’t think this is a new idea, I was 8 over two decades ago…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38292",
"author": "MEAT!",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T03:31:08",
"content": "That’s the ‘technique?’ To hold the thing and heat the hell out of it until the entire component is hot enough to pull free? How are you going to heat both sides of the component at once? Let the internal structure transfer the heat?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38293",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T04:14:51",
"content": "I love salvaging parts. I find it relaxing. Not much useful information in that instructable. A lot of the time you can gets parts off by just cutting the board with wire cutters right up to the leads of the components. That way you don’t risk cooking the parts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38294",
"author": "john.s948@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T04:18:52",
"content": "*yawn* i can desolder stuff. wow.useful hack but get yourself a desoldering iron…i got one for",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38295",
"author": "LinuxH4x0r",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T08:11:47",
"content": "What a waste. He is taking apart WORKING electronics for parts he probably won’t use. He didn’t know the difference between a ceramic cap and a resistor. Do you really think he will use them properly, if he even uses them at all?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38296",
"author": "fermicirrus",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T08:38:57",
"content": "Better than a de/soldering iron is a heat gun from harbor freight. $10. It cvers a larger area and works really well. Ive salvaged 1000s of parts with great success. It will burn the board but you probably dont need it anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38297",
"author": "quasi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T09:28:32",
"content": "yawn…. how about some actual “hacks”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38298",
"author": "metiz",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T13:07:23",
"content": "Or you could use a haot air gun for components that have more then 2 connections on the board. Makes life a whole lot easier",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38299",
"author": "Schnulli",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T14:59:25",
"content": "O_o I’ve also been doing doing this for years. You don’t want to know how many boxes of old PCBs i have lying around… I also tried the version with a heat gun once, but it only burned the board instead of making the components fall off. By the way: I never buy resistors or caps ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38300",
"author": "chr0n1c",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T19:22:08",
"content": "just last night i pulled 6 relays, lots of diodes, about 75 resistors, a sweet transformer, a bunch of big caps and some rca jacks/speaker connections out of an old JVC tuner that someone was going to throw away! i have already built a 15vdc power supply with the transformer, a few diodes, two caps and a lm7815. everything but the small cap came out of the tuner. plus i have a sweet shell to build my DIY synth into with recyclable buttons already mounted on the front.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "198528",
"author": "dip",
"timestamp": "2010-10-18T06:37:05",
"content": "Not useless, but the leads on these things are so short! How am I going to fit it in some breadboard?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1006912",
"author": "Steven",
"timestamp": "2013-05-22T18:29:01",
"content": "Without a real awareness of the internal structure of components, you are more likely to damage them than not using the guide. E.g. silicone transistors cannot have a junction temperature higher than about 200-210 degC for more than a few seconds, and if they are in small plastic packages it is very easy to reach that temperature with a normal 60 watt soldering iron in a few seconds. Small electrolytic caps are also very easily damaged by soldering heat, and you really should not salvage them if they are from a really old board, as they have a limited lifetime. Use solder wick (rather expensive) for very valuable DIP ceramic packages (though there is such variety in ICs you will probably never use them) to loosen all the pins first. do this one pin at a time to let the chip cool down. between pins. when all the solder is wicked up and the IC is cool, set your iron to about 400 degC and drag quickly across one side and life that side from the board. Let the chip cool down, and do the other side. DIP14, 16 and 18 chips can be harvested this way, but more pins will reduce your chance of success.The main components I harvest are:Power resistors (expensive),optocouplers (most pins won’t be soldered and they come in DIP6 packages),TO3 package Transistors (expensive, and normally easy to desolder to damage by heat), precision resistors,varistors and PTCs (expensive),and I always get out the ferrite cores/beads.Transformers are another very useful part you can get out of older electronics (nowadays it’s mostly switching supplies that don’t yield good parts).Always remove and keep heatsinks – they are invaluable.most other parts are too easy to damage and not worth the trouble. I keep them on the boards, and only remove the parts if I am really stuck with a project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.050072
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/easiest-rock-band-to-midi-setup-yet/
|
Easiest Rock Band To MIDI Setup Yet
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"drums",
"drumset",
"junxion",
"midi",
"music",
"nintendo",
"nintendowii",
"rockband",
"rockbandwii",
"wii"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6bQaHuFvLw&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
We have news for those of you dismissing the new Wii Version of Rock Band. Sure, the lack of DLC is a huge factor, but if you’re looking to
use the instruments with MIDI software
, [Jordan Balagot] has found what may be the easiest way. Since the Wii instruments are connected via USB, they are easy to connect to a computer. [Balagot] used a program called
junXion
that is a data routing app for OS X. JunXion can take any USB human interface device and remap the buttons, making it easy to set up the drums as a MIDI input device in an intuitive way. Install junXion, plug in the drums, map the pads, and rock out.
[via
Create Digital Music
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38227",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:36:59",
"content": "not to rain on anyone’s parade, but don’t all rockband drum kits use usb? at least the 360 and ps3 ones do, and neither this or the article make any claim as to why the wii has easier drums to convert.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38228",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T02:14:41",
"content": "Usb2Midi – i used to use it with the DM2 Mixman controller a very long time ago. Any USB device can be mapped to midi, I dont really consider this a hack or even news…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38229",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T02:24:37",
"content": "I think the Wii kit is essentially plug and play while the others require driver software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38230",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T04:35:40",
"content": "To me, the news here is that the Wii controllers are going to be wired USB, not wireless bluetooth as I was told… Bummer..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38231",
"author": "javier256",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T06:58:25",
"content": "But USB is an industry standard, how could the wii essentially be plug and play when all 4 consoles(xbox 360, ps3, wii and the ps2) use USB for the game controllers, the drivers are loaded when you run the disc in the console. Same thing for the pc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38232",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T07:27:39",
"content": "special hardware.Its why you cant plug a usb 360 controller in and have it work as a generic pad. You have to have the drivers. With the Wii they are most likely using commercial / generic hardware that allows the system to recog the device. Hey why dont grab a kit from another console and try it out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38233",
"author": "AdamG",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T11:24:02",
"content": "my name is jordan and i am a little confused.Actually, this looks pretty good. once I get my copy of ableton live, i might try it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38234",
"author": "ryanc",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:34:02",
"content": "That’s a nice…. blouse… he’s wearing..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38235",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T20:50:31",
"content": "For the record, I’m transgendered, not confused. But thanks for the comments",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2995363",
"author": "Steven Levine",
"timestamp": "2016-04-20T01:12:01",
"content": "I actually didn’t notice what you were wearing, but now that I watch it again, it suits you well. Not sure why everyones freaking out…Im hoping you can help with one little thing.Im all set up, but my kick pedal sends a 127 velocity when it’s UP, and when I press it DOWN, it’s a 0 velocity signal. I either need to invert the signal or the reaction, but I can’t seem to figure out how.Any help would be appreciated!Best,Steve.",
"parent_id": "38235",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "38236",
"author": "Pro_Digity",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T00:36:58",
"content": "awesome!anyone happen to know any win compatible software which could substitute junXion?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38237",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T05:25:16",
"content": "This guy’s using joytokey, but there is a noticeable delay.http://youtube.com/watch?v=vyNokIOiPgY&feature=related",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38238",
"author": "Snaptastic",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T06:36:29",
"content": "@36chambers:Can you point me to that usb2midi thing you’re talking about?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38239",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T11:59:12",
"content": "I did the same thing a few months back using a very simple Max/MSP patch… it was actually a dumbed-down version of a patch I wrote for the Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitars (http://www.scorehero.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61085).I just used the Xbox 360 and PS3 drivers from Tattiebogle.net to read the HID input, which I then translated to MIDI output within the patch. It’s pretty fun to play with in GarageBand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55645",
"author": "craptackler",
"timestamp": "2008-12-17T19:00:07",
"content": "I’m not a tranny, but some o’ my friends are…way to be the tranny with the answers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70332",
"author": "Brent",
"timestamp": "2009-04-13T07:57:24",
"content": "I wrote a little program that maps the drums to MIDI. It’s not as full-featured (or as customizable) as junxion but it’s free and open source:https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=259192",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71775",
"author": "crap box",
"timestamp": "2009-04-26T07:32:16",
"content": "WTF is this shit. Disreguard whatever he/she is talking about. I mean, come on. I think “it” had 12 year old tits coming in. Thius crap should be kept to oneselve. Damn interwebs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95726",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2009-09-22T15:47:35",
"content": "Do the drums sense how hard you hit them and turn it into MIDI velocity?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112345",
"author": "free spyware downloads",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T23:51:22",
"content": "Looks like I’m going to have to look up a couple more things, but this is a pretty good place to start.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.003833
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/age-verification-cameras-easily-fooled/
|
Age Verification Cameras Easily Fooled
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"ageverification",
"cigarettes",
"cigarettesmoking",
"japan",
"smoking",
"taspo",
"underage",
"vending",
"vendingmachines"
] |
Nice try, Fujitaka. They manufacture cigarette vending machines in Japan, and were all set to roll out a new system of age verification cameras on their machines, which would scan the face of the buyer to look for sagging skin, wrinkles, age spots, and other signs of legal smoking age. The system is easily circumvented, however: people with a photo of an older person clipped from a magazine can
fool the machine by simply showing the photo
instead of their own faces.
Another aspect to Japan’s cigarette control is the
Taspo card
, which is an age verified ID issued to smokers of legal age or older (20 years old is the legal age in Japan). Taspo cards are required for over the counter purchases, and the majority of vending machines require them as well. Relatively few machines are outfitted with face recognition systems, but many more are set to ship in the coming months. Fujitaka claims they are working on a solution by improving the face recognition software, but we think it would be a lot easier to simply check the background of the image. Since the camera is static and always pointed in one direction, the portraits it captures should always have the same background. Someone please tell Fujitaka we just saved them a boatload of R&D money… until Guy Fawkes masks become more popular.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38206",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T21:56:05",
"content": "gr8 now lets show kids how to shoot up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38207",
"author": "Skyler Orlando",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T22:13:08",
"content": "Just hold up a cutout of someone’s face, then. They used to do that kind of thing with trick photography.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38208",
"author": "Matthew Phillips",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T22:23:37",
"content": "What about asking the person to copy a facial expression in certain order: 1. Smile, 2. Tongue out, 3. Eyes closed, 4. ……….You’ve just been robbed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38209",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T23:23:40",
"content": "@MatthewIt would only be a matter of time until they start circulating a phone app to circumvent it. Just find an old guy to stand in front of a bluescreen, record him making a series of goofy faces and assign the resulting animations to keys on a smartphone. then just snap a picture of the area in front of the machine to fool juan’s background recongnition and collect your smokes.It could be made more elaborate from that point, like using a david-style cam and laser setup to map a face to 3D and check for agedness, but then you’d just have teens buying latex masks. I suppose you could circumvent even that by updating the smartphone app with red lines, but then they’d just start randomly generating and watching their scanlines. That’d probably hog the processor enough that they wouldn’t look for serial smiles and frowns, so latex masks would just find their way into the hands of schoolchildren..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38210",
"author": "Robyn",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T00:35:52",
"content": "I like how in America we just get rid of the vending machines to prevent underage smoking and rely on a person, but in Japan they simply try to turn them into super intelligent robots.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38211",
"author": "Tenetri",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T00:53:48",
"content": "Check the background? Just have a cutout of someones face. Background stays the same.Easily circumvented",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38212",
"author": "Dragonpark",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T00:56:38",
"content": "I’ve seen infrared cameras snap pictures of the veins in a person’s hand for identify verification. The infrared cameras could be used to verify that the image is real by looking for veins in the person’s face. I could imagine this being quite tricky to circumvent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38213",
"author": "t-1000",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:02:10",
"content": "Instead of guy fawkes masks, kids might start wearing Nixon masks. What happens to people who don’t have wrinkled skin, will the machines not sell cigarettes to them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38214",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:23:18",
"content": "7:Don’t know how common it is, but some veins in my hand can be “pushed around” as if they aren’t attached inside, just sort of loose there. I guess thats going to confuse the cameras quite a bit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38215",
"author": "veegeezee",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:56:27",
"content": "the cheap workaround would be to do stereo imaging with two cameras.masks could be caught by asking the customer to smile/frown, i bet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38216",
"author": "xero",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T02:08:15",
"content": "This is all good and well, but you have to understand culture in Japan is much more honest and trustworthy than in the US. In my opinion the likeliness of a Japanese teen going out of their way to cheat over a vending machine is not that much. All that, is part of the reason you can buy alcohol and almost anything out of vending machines in the streets of Japan. Also, the newer machines might be different but to back up my point, a lot of times you would just leave the money in the machine and open it up and take your beverage etc. In contrast, with their westernizing culture, this is probably more and more necessary.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38217",
"author": "zawen32",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:01:04",
"content": "ehrm…why so complicated?? here in austria, you need your bank card to buy cigarettes at the vending machines..they have your date of birth stored on them, so finding out if youre the right age is a matter of adding integers… do the japanese have too many bored engineers?? if so then why aren’t they working on flying cars instead?? seriously..facial feature recognition has to be THE most inconvenient way to confirm the buyers age…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38218",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T09:07:40",
"content": "Living here, and seeing the machines (i dont smoke, but I do drink) I think facial recognition is over the top. Using the card is good enough (the only way to get one is at a cig store or government office, where a person actually verifies your age.To combat theft and cloaning/faking cards, why not use thumbprint scan or vein scan instead of facial? Yeah, again, both of them could be hacked (as can *anything*) but a combination of both card and thumbprint would make it seriously inconvienient.as to the lengths kids will go to here in such an *honest* culture (remember, america is invading japan), I wouldnt put it past them.. they are technically proficient, cleaver, and willing to work a little for illegal stuff.Case in point: its well known that kids shoplift books from new bookstores, then sell them to used bookstores for cash here. A little effort and a desire and kids will do anything.. no matter the country.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38219",
"author": "AdamG",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T11:25:42",
"content": "hopefully they don’t use this kind of technology on used panty vending machines",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38220",
"author": "Jake H",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T18:21:01",
"content": "Err, what about the other direction–people that just look young? I know lots of folks who absolutely look 10 years younger than they are. There is no way machine vision would/could be better at interpreting human facial features than an actual human…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38221",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T19:20:14",
"content": "um well at least they dont implant our hands with identifacation Y.E.T.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38222",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-06T05:33:29",
"content": "Hey, I bet the machines could be fooled by scrunching up your face with your hands!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38223",
"author": "snickerdoodle",
"timestamp": "2008-07-20T10:30:41",
"content": "just because the camera is pointed in one direction does not make the background static. surroundings change other people can be behind in the background. nothing stays the same.. horrible suggestion hackaday you didnt save them any money.I haven’t been on hackaday in a while and i have come back to find it is commercialized and idiotic, with very few ingenius “hacks”Hackaday has become a news site for stuff that doesn’t even get on digg these days. and i dont mean the good stuff that used to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.138083
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/another-helping-hand-for-the-work-bench/
|
Another Helping Hand For The Work Bench
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"solder",
"workbench"
] |
We like clever work bench accessories; especially the kind that make our projects that much easier. [rstraugh] put up his version of the ubiquitous helping hands:
thirdhand++
. The arms are made from modular coolant tubing that’s made for machine tools. With the basic arms in place, he created several attachments – like this PCB holder, a LCD holder, the usual alligator clips and even an oscilloscope probe holder.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38204",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T22:32:37",
"content": "I think the proper term for that piping is called “Articulated Hose” and yes. It is primarily used in the milling/lathe shops where coolant needs to be sprayed into the tools as they work to prevent tool wear.If you have a machine shop anywhere near you, go ask for some that is ‘old’ and they will give you bunches. It gets covered in gunk, and the plastic looks funky–nothing that a little bit of degreaser can’t take care of.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38205",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T22:41:45",
"content": "Also, an improvement (or additional ideas):http://www.instructables.com/id/Desk-Squid—Helping-Hands-improvedHaving made this, I’d say the one problem I’ve found is the circuit board holders are prone to rotating and letting the board fall out if you put no small amount of force to the board. It’s better to put the mounting holes in the circuit board holder as close as possible or underneath the circuit board groove so there is less of a moment arm.Also, the assembly pliers are indeed worth it, the coolant tubing can be a pain sometimes to assemble. One trick is lining up the two pieces on a screw driver and hitting it on the bench to pop them in place.And the",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1064181",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2013-09-24T09:29:17",
"content": "Where do you get those hoses and nozzles in Europe for cheap?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.087028
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/electric-bandages/
|
Electric Bandages
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"bandage",
"bandages",
"electricity",
"germs",
"infection",
"infections",
"medgadget",
"medicine",
"wounds"
] |
Silverleaf Medical products has created an electric wound dressing that staves off infection by killing microbes in an open wound and preventing other germs from getting in.
They call it the
CMB Antimicrobial Wound Dressing
, and it is made of polyester fabric woven with a proprietary material called Prosit. When the bandage is moistened, the Prosit generates a low voltage, killing germs in the wound. One of these bandages can be worn for 3 days at a time, and their clinical trials indicate that they are highly effective in treating infected wounds. Take a look at their
brochure (PDF file)
for some informative and stomach-turning before and after photos.
[via
Medgadget
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38202",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:58:54",
"content": "… for when you hacked a bit too much",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38203",
"author": "Grenadapult",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T22:18:35",
"content": "I’m not buying into it. If you look closely, there is visual magnification of the dots, from the DROP of liquid stil sitting on top of the bandage. I thik i could do that with my kids coloring books and some salt water. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.73657
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/roast-marshmallows-with-high-voltage/
|
Roast Marshmallows With High Voltage
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"high voltage",
"highvoltage",
"marshmellows",
"mmmmm"
] |
The guys (and gals) over at the NYCResistor definitely
know how to have a good time
. They decided to roast some marshmallows with a Jacobs Ladder. Mmmm. There’s nothing like fresh 15,000 volt roasted.
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| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38201",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T18:44:40",
"content": "i wanna try that with my mot bankhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXTxJP6Z2Y",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.425134
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/metasploit-on-the-iphone/
|
Metasploit On The IPhone
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] |
[
"iphone",
"tools"
] |
[muts] went through some trials, but managed to get
metasploit running on his iPhone
. Later he found out that it comes with the
Cyida installer
that he used on his journal to manually install it. Still, it’s interesting to see these tools showing up on the platform.
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38195",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T16:51:08",
"content": "metaspliot? check your spelling guys",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38196",
"author": "Brownjl01",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T17:04:29",
"content": "Umm, not to be nit-pickey, (for some reason seeing it is driving me nuts) but you switched two letters in the ‘sploit part of Metasploit… (;",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38197",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T18:46:53",
"content": "Do I hear an echo…an echo…an echo…an echo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38198",
"author": "BOFH",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T22:51:53",
"content": "This has been done my one of the main Dev from BackTrack III.Great work Muts…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38199",
"author": "mr dizzler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T22:00:15",
"content": "FYI: You can get âANYâ song on your iphone – Mobile Music(iPhone app), itâs free!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38200",
"author": "mr dizzler",
"timestamp": "2008-08-01T22:02:56",
"content": "http://dizzler.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.175273
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/25th-chaos-communications-congress/
|
25th Chaos Communications Congress
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons"
] |
[
"25c3",
"berlin",
"berlingermany",
"ccc",
"chaoscommunicationscongress",
"conference",
"germany",
"hacker",
"hackercon",
"hackerconference"
] |
The 25th annual Chaos Communications Congress is happening December 27-30th in Berlin, Germany. They’ve just published their
official call for papers
. Last year’s 24C3 was
incredible
and we’ll take any chance we get to attend an event held by the fine folks in the CCC. We hope to see you there!
[via
BoingBoing
]
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| 0
|
[] | 1,760,377,797.209141
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/portable-nes-in-an-nes-cartridge/
|
Portable NES In An NES Cartridge
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"benheck",
"cartridge",
"gameboy",
"hack",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"nintendones",
"portable"
] |
Fresh off the tips line, [Jake] sent in his
portable NES project
. We’ve seen quite a few portables, but we love that the entire thing is built into an old
NES
cartridge. It’s got 99 games and some clever control placement. Three N cells nestled in the former connector slot power the system. You can see more pic over at
[Ben Heck]’s forum
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38282",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T23:23:22",
"content": "This is absolutely the most awesome portable I have ever seen. The only thing that would make it better is if cartridges could be played.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38283",
"author": "sparky",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T23:27:59",
"content": "This looks really neat. I wish they had a full breakdown of the project. This is a hack I’d love to do myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38284",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T23:33:29",
"content": "He always comes out with the best, but what about a Removable panel for batteries he says he used “N” cell Batteries. and what about moding the slot where the games come in to another panel. if you check out the pics the buttons are fashioned rather well and sloted seemless, I have been checking yard sales for parts. look out..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38285",
"author": "califrag",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T23:34:07",
"content": "lol good thing he named it the NESp (NES Portable) instead of the pNES (Portable NES) :chuckle:toilet humor aside this is one REALLY sweet hack! this is the type of stuff I expect to see on hack-a-day. not commercial products or “news” headlines. Thanks Will!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38286",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T01:11:09",
"content": "It’s a neat idea but did he just repackage one of the hand-held nes clones you can buy or did he build it all himself?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38287",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T01:43:22",
"content": "it’s not ben heck’s device, its one of his forum members(just for clarification) and it says later on down the line that he basically cannibalized a OneStation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38288",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T03:50:25",
"content": "What’s the point in posting a hack with absolutely zero instructions associated with it? There’s like 5 pictures of it and that’s it. The only other hint to its innards is that it uses n batteries. Utterly useless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38289",
"author": "f00 f00",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T17:09:16",
"content": "Thats a corker. Nice to see someone other than ben doing cool portables.@scott as alex quite rightly pointed this is a repackaged onestation, it dosent really need instructions. The one station is easily small enough to fit in a nes cartridge. Its just a case of adding the buttons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38290",
"author": "Ohm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T17:39:13",
"content": "Wow. that’s really nice. make me wanna really get into eletronics hardcore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.464746
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/thingamakit-make-your-own-thingamagoop/
|
ThingamaKIT: Make Your Own Thingamagoop
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"bleeplabs",
"diy",
"kit",
"lfo",
"modulator",
"oscillators",
"synthesizer",
"thingamagoop",
"thingamakit"
] |
Bleep Labs’
Thingamagoop
is a small synthesizer packed with wacky controls for generating unique sounds; you can now
build an expanded version yourself with the ThingamaKit
. Made “because there are not nearly enough beeping, zapping, bixxerfouping, anthropomorphic synthesizer monsters in the world,” it generates sounds of different pitches depending on the type and intensity of light hitting a photocell on the front panel. It’s most unique feature, is its LEDacle, which is something like a tentacle with an LED on the end. This can be pointed towards the photocell to modulate the sound. Output is through a 1/4″ audio jack.
Bleep Labs sells fully assembled Thingamagoops for $100, but the new DIY kit is available for half price. The kit version of the Thingamagoop has more controls, two photosensors, and two LEDacles. You can buy it with or without the case, and it doesn’t require any complex wiring. Look after the break for video of some Thingamagoops in action.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38279",
"author": "cube",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T23:59:14",
"content": "-1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38280",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T00:04:30",
"content": "The kits are much more complex. Neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38281",
"author": "PenguiN",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T08:35:39",
"content": "Those are the cutest synthesizers I’ve ever seen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72358",
"author": "jd",
"timestamp": "2009-05-02T01:14:51",
"content": "Do you want one?You don’t have to pay $120 for a new one.I am selling one in perfect condition on ebay.Item number 130303526008.Good luck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.503904
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/03/ardupilot-arduino-based-uav-autopilot/
|
Ardupilot: Arduino Based UAV Autopilot
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"classic hacks",
"gps hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"gps",
"uav"
] |
A short while back, [Chris Anderson] released an
Arduino based autopilot
. It rings in fairly cheap and being open source, you can tweak away. To add more functionality, he’s releasing a
dual core version
. Thanks to the second processor, it no longer requires an external hardware co-pilot. It uses an on-board GPS and features an ATtiny based fail safe. It’s still under development, but he’s made the design files available.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38276",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T15:46:42",
"content": "The projects look great. If I had a plane I would fly…actually I’d let the ArduPilot fly it.I work for TI, so seeing the parts list reference a TI part and saying to ask for Samples is just fantastic. I know it irks our shipping department, but I just love the idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38277",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T16:29:07",
"content": "dual processor..autopilot.yum.I’ve seen it for RC planes too. The user sets up a range beacon to keep the plane close, and has to fly it to an altitude- then it flies itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38278",
"author": "alex fox",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T16:31:15",
"content": "since I commented previously about the bad story quality, I think its right to comment now about the good story qualityit seems like the hackaday editors have listened to the community outcry… thanks!!i look forward to seeing many more hackaday frontpages with only hacks and no fluff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70494",
"author": "bilal",
"timestamp": "2009-04-14T17:22:34",
"content": "hysir i am a student of electronic engineering from comsats institute of IT abbottabad Pakistan.i want to prepare an autopilot drone as my final year project.could you please help me to understand main features of typical drones. i will wait for ur kind reply.thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "432082",
"author": "DroneGeek",
"timestamp": "2011-08-10T20:57:06",
"content": "Dont know if anyone is aware, but this autopilot has come a long long way and is now sold in a easy to use kit form in the uk, have a lookHere for Drone Kits",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.702997
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/netflix-player-source-code-released/
|
Netflix Player Source Code Released
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"gpl",
"netflix",
"netflixplayer",
"OpenSource",
"roku",
"rokunetflixplayer",
"sourcecode",
"teardown"
] |
The Netflix Player continues to gain in popularity. Roku has finally
released the GPL code
for their Netflix Player. Just today Forbes published that Roku would roll out a software update allowing it to
stream from other online services
. The diminutive device has no internal storage and just enough RAM to buffer the stream. Many have wondered how a Linux box is handling the DRM; this is purely a feature of the
NXP PNX8935
processor being used. While waiting for the code, hackers have already popped the box open to see what’s inside. We found [hokiokie7]’s
photos of the internals
on
Roku’s forum
. The only really interesting thing we’ve seen so far is that the WiFi is on a daughter card that plugs into the USB. That should make it much easier to support other devices, if users ever manage to get into the system.
UPDATE:
[mbailey] points out in the comments that he was able to
telnet to the device
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38264",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T05:39:26",
"content": "These will be nice devices to pick up on eBay after Netflix throws in the towel on the whole streaming idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38265",
"author": "D",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T06:08:43",
"content": "Two words, still…Closed Captioning.Dammit.Some of us really do use captioning to be able to understand the shows we like to watch. That’s been my number one complaint about Netflix’s streaming thing since we first started using it. Same goes for catching missed episodes of whatever (okay, fine, Grey’s Anatomy) on ABC, they’re not captioned.Whatever law requires TV’s to have captioning decoders, it has for years now. The shows are encoded with the information already. What’s the problem I wonder? Web users aren’t deaf enough? I’m tired of emailing ABC, Netflix, Universal (different issue re captioning on many DVDs) and getting canned or no answer. And I’m not even completely deaf yet, only about 30% loss at age 32.Sorry, done ranting now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38266",
"author": "Big R",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T07:24:32",
"content": "About the cc thing – I worked in cable tv for a few years, and one of the major problems with the highly compressed bitrates we used to encode analog video to the servers was that the lossy compression would not preserve the closed captioning in the video signal (where it is encoded). Now that everything, including closed captioning is going digital, I can’t be sure if that has anything to do with it, but it’s a safe bet. until they’re streaming with 5 or 6 megabits of data, cc probably won’t be likely. this could be worked around with any number of other data transmission methods, but they are probably more focused on fixing the fact that this thing can’t do high def…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38267",
"author": "mbailey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T08:52:57",
"content": "Hacked it a little bit and posted it on their forums. Someone needs to get a JTAG wiggler to really poke at it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38268",
"author": "mbailey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T08:53:53",
"content": "Oops.. URL:http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=17046&highlight=&sid=1bea026fdae6ddaace484e70273f2d0d",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38269",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T16:13:26",
"content": "no USB?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38270",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:04:42",
"content": "is the published code the complete code? or is roku and netflix holding back some code to make it proprietary ?if the published code is the complete code then hackers could theoretically remove any drm and allow the entire movie to be relayed to a computer for vlc capture or saved to an external hard drive so it can be copied to a computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38271",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:05:11",
"content": "@5: What would it use USB for? It does exactly one thing (right now): stream media from a fixed web site to your TV. That’s it. It’s half a step above one of those wireless music-receiver dongles. Granted, it has a UI like a VCR/DVR, but that’s it.Also, looking at the OP, there’s mention that the wifi daughterboard plugs into the onboard USB jumpers, but there’s no *external* USB (and as I said no need for it).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38272",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:40:50",
"content": "Odd … my Roku is on a green PCB …@ ejonesssWhy bother? Netflix uses so-so quality on their encodes and its VC-1. It would be far more interesting to reflash the unit as a Myth frontend than to steal content from Netflix.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38273",
"author": "phisrow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T06:33:15",
"content": "From the look of the released code, this will be largely useless for any sort of content-based hacking, either stealing from the box, or turning other boxes into streaming devices. They have packages for the kernel and a bunch of fairly standard userland stuff. The actual media streaming and UI stuff is presumably a completely proprietary in-house deal.Fine by me, really. The netflix player looks like a really fun little piece of hardware. I’d love to see it running third party linux builds, and myth frontends and so forth. Breaking in to grab low quality video feeds(that can already be obtained on any windows system, not exactly known as a bulletproof embedded platform) is very much an inferior objective by comparison. It would be nice to have Roku and friends see hackers as a way of moving more units, not a threat to their precious little content.Roku is the latest instance; but it applies generally. It would be really nice to see devices of this type shipping with an “opt out of ecosystem” option buried somewhere. I’m not really interested in stealing whatever “premium content” is being pushed this week; but I am quite interested in poking at my gadgets. A little switch that nukes all the DRM magic and leaves the system in a user accessable state(ie JTAG works if it exists, bootloader is accessable via serial, usb, or network and will do the necessary stuff, and so forth). It just sucks to think that the next WRT54G phenomenon might never get off the ground; because the hardware was locked down in order to “protect” something the hackers were never really after.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38274",
"author": "wartstew",
"timestamp": "2008-07-22T04:24:51",
"content": "Too bad,I found this thread in a search to create a Netflix player for my Nokia N810. I think the N810 even has a DRM capable processor. I’m not trying to steal anything, I just think it would be cool to be able to play Netflix movies on this thing.The funny thing is that the lack of this player actually encourages me to break the law and steal non-DRMed movies from other sources that can be played on my N810!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38275",
"author": "Bob/Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T01:58:15",
"content": "@Big RClosed captioning for digital streams is sent as raw text with timing codes. Look up, for example, the SRT file format. Or look to the fact that DTVs/HDTVs allow you to change the size, font, and position of the closed caption text. There’s no reason netflix couldn’t provide the same. Shit, I can illegally download movies on PirateBay and with 10 minutes of Googling find an SRT file to load with my AVI file into Mplayer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47279",
"author": "smittex",
"timestamp": "2008-10-22T23:38:36",
"content": "to all those nay-sayers out there, look at how CSS, AACS, WMP DRM, and many, many more supposed “unbreakable” schemes were cracked. All it takes is a smart hacker to “wiggle” into it a bit and then there will be thousands of hackers in line to fill in the missing gaps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77963",
"author": "penguineer",
"timestamp": "2009-06-13T06:57:01",
"content": "Has anyone hacked this thing enough to be able to add buffer memory? I asked about it being able to buffer a movie before I bought it, and they said it could. Now I have this thing and with my internet connection it is about 50% watch, 50% wait. If I could add a couple of gigs of RAM, maybe by USB, I could start and pause a movie, then come back later and watch the whole thing. It doesn’t seem like it should be too hard with USB memory keys being a dime a dozen and the thing having active USB. Anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119423",
"author": "website video production",
"timestamp": "2010-01-25T05:06:08",
"content": "Wow! You know a lot!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.662322
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/beer-bot-will-pour-you-a-cold-one/
|
Beer Bot Will Pour You A Cold One
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"asahi",
"bartender",
"bartending",
"beer",
"robot",
"robots"
] |
We love
beer
and we love
robots
, so guessing how we feel about this
robotic bartender
should be a no-brainer. Known as Mr. Asahi, the robot opens bottles and pours beer while taking your orders with aplomb and a jovial British accent. It also has a customized lazy susan with slots for bottles and notches for the robot’s hand to grasp.
Amazingly, this is not
Asahi’s first beer pouring robot
. That one requires you to do most of the leg work, though, so this one is a marked improvement. Best of all, it won’t ignore you when a person more attractive than you comes into the bar, and it won’t snub you for leaving a lousy tip. We now fear alcohol fueled robot rampages… they get more human every day. Video after the break.
[via
Robots Dreams
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38259",
"author": "Dsthunder",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:44:55",
"content": "I need one of those, wouldn’t it be better suited for a bar if it were on a track?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38260",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:51:03",
"content": "awesome. A bartender that you don’t have to tip!cheers,Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38261",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:01:25",
"content": "I love that beer. but I can never pronounce it correctly they allways bring hot sake instead, no worries its all good! if I point to it on the menu they bring it. If your lucky your local grocer will carry it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38262",
"author": "KS",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:29:38",
"content": "This isn’t new. Motoman has robo-bartender that’s been around for a few years now. It can do beer and mixed drinks. There are a couple of video clips at the bottom of the page.http://www.motoman.com/products/nonindustrial/robobar.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38263",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:40:09",
"content": "absolutely freaking awesome I must have one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.614766
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/eee-pc-900-touchscreen/
|
Eee PC 900 Touchscreen
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"Asuseeepc",
"eee",
"EeePc",
"eeepc900",
"inputdevice",
"touchscreen",
"umpc"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wVhW6a9i7Y&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
Jkkmobile has just posted their
touchscreen hack for an Eee PC 900
, and it looks great. Installation of this kit is pretty easy, just fit the panel to the screen, connect the controller to the USB lines, close it up, calibrate it, and you’re done. The controller board is placed on top of the WiFi card. Jkkmobile has informed us of
touchscreens for older Eee PCs before
, but this is one of the first we’ve seen for a 900+ model. The post lists a few sources for touchscreen kits, but no word on which one they used.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38256",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T02:48:27",
"content": "I have a 701 which I just added a touchscreen kit to yesterday. Just wondering how can I get mine to scroll like the one in this video? He flicked the stylus and it kept scrolling like an iphone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38257",
"author": "veegeezee",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:01:35",
"content": "@1: it’s a firefox addon called ‘grab and drag’. that piqued my interest, too, almost as much as the hack itself. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38258",
"author": "Korigan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T02:41:02",
"content": "Really nice video!!!Keyboard is a few small,it’s not a new technology,But very usefull i guess!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.931488
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/02/vu-meter-made-with-an-lm3915/
|
VU Meter Made With An LM3915
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"audio",
"leds",
"lm3915",
"lm3916",
"vu",
"vumeter",
"wiring"
] |
So here’s the situation: you have an audio device, maybe a boombox,
perhaps one you built yourself
, but it has no VU meter. No problem;
building a VU meter
is easy with these instructions from [Joe].
You’ll need either an LM3915 or LM3916 chip, a couple of bread boards, two audio jacks, ten LEDs, and a few other components. Wire them all together per the schematic, then plug an audio source into the input jack. You can plug your speakers or output device into the output jack, and you’re done. Keep in mind that LM3916s switch negative, so positive to positive wiring from LEDs to the bread board will be necessary. The wiring on [Joe]’s version is a bit convoluted, but it can be cleaned up on yours if you take the time. Video embedded below.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38240",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:21:18",
"content": "this isn’t a hack or anything, you guys are just linking to instructables now. the 3915 has been known for forever as something simple to use as a vu meter. come on post something worthwhile or close doors and shut down. since this new let’s be engadget/gizmodo lite thing happened you guys have really started posting stuff from the bottom of the barrel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38241",
"author": "aonomus",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T03:55:31",
"content": "A hack implies using something for an unintended use, the LM3914/5/6 was *designed* for this exact purpose. If we want slashdot or engadjet, we’d go there, filter a little more please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38242",
"author": "rastapopulous",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T05:18:33",
"content": "Yeah…I googled the part number…it returned “The LM3916 is a monolithic integrated circuit that senses analog voltage levels and drives ten LEDs, LCDs or vacuum fluorescent displays, providing an electronic version of the popular VU meter.” ….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38243",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T09:29:49",
"content": "You could also try pulling one out of an old tape deck- I picked up one for $5 which had a functional VU meter inside (7666p based), along with a bunch of other cool motors and things. Here is a quick write-up:http://www.cibomahto.com/?s=vu+",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38244",
"author": "quasi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T10:35:19",
"content": "Too right guys…. I’ve already been to Engadget and Gizmodo, I don’t need to read the same articles a third time. How about showing us some hacks ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38245",
"author": "MacGyver",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T15:15:19",
"content": "Not only is this not a hack, but the design for such a beast is available at the end of the chip’s datasheet itself! The guy even entered it into the Robot contest on Instructables… hell, I’m going to copy some circuit verbatim from the datasheet and enter it into contests to win prizes against those who put some real blood, sweat, and tears into a custom design.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38246",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T16:23:02",
"content": "Unbunch your panties and man up for five minutes will ya?Save the drama for rendezvous with rama.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38247",
"author": "mace",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:06:43",
"content": "Golly, a LM3915, it has only been around for like FOREVER!This isn’t instructables.com! This isn’t I-am-a-electronics-idiot.comThis is hackaday! posts some gorram hacks already!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38248",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T17:38:14",
"content": "This can be summed up in one word: LAME. I remember playing with that chip 30 years ago, when I was in high school.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38249",
"author": "Zero",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T18:53:41",
"content": "Let’s all use this one opportunity of a poor article to prove our superior intellect by pointing out the weakness in others.“the day you think you know everything about anything is the day when you stop learning”i never would hire anybody with such arrogance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38250",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T18:55:05",
"content": "I suppose I ought to make the obligatory pedantic comment and point out that this is a level meter, but it’s not technically a VU meter. VU meters have a fairly specific dynamic response.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38251",
"author": "f00 f00",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T20:13:34",
"content": "To be fair the new content has started to improve. Theres been some intersting stuff and some teribly out of place stuff. Lets hope this is just teething, and we’ll level out some where half decent.This post falls into the out of place category. Its like going up to bunch Head Chefs and saying “Hay check out this egg I boiled!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38252",
"author": "Roly",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:21:53",
"content": "The LM3914 used as a proportional fan driver with optional temperature display.http://ozvalveamps.elands.com/techsite/thermofan/thermofan.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38253",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:39:16",
"content": "Come on, this isn’t a hack at all. Prehaps, the LM3915 it’s very very old, and i think most of we know how to drive it.If you’ll go this way, you’ve to get a domain like instructable-a-day.com or ad-a-day.comJuan Aguilar, i don’t know you, but i know that YOU are getting hackaday down and down each day…Saludos desde Argentina.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38254",
"author": "Stephen Kuhl",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T21:53:11",
"content": "Yes it is a very old circuit. I even modified this circuit to use as a voltmeter in one of my cars.Maybe calling it a hack isn’t correct, but it is usefull anyway. Maybe you need another category called “old but fun crap”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38255",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T00:33:52",
"content": "Batteries + Wires /= Hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "132101",
"author": "Stefan Kuuuhldom",
"timestamp": "2010-03-26T18:53:43",
"content": "Creaky! Nuther great hack. Keep ’em comin, mates!Kuuhldom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,797.786932
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/flip-camera-microscope-and-macro-lenses/
|
Flip Camera Microscope And Macro Lenses
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"binoculars",
"flip",
"flipcamera",
"lens",
"lenses",
"macrophotography",
"microscope"
] |
Flip cameras
are fun and easy to use, but not particularly versatile. If you’ve had poor results at macrophotography with a Flip, you might be interested in
these DIY lenses
. One is macroscopic lens for taking photos and video of small things, and the other is a microscope for even smaller things.
To construct the macro lens, you’ll need a pair of binoculars, some rubber bands and paper clips. Simply remove the lenses from the front of the binoculars, complete with the plastic casings that hold them. Thread a rubber band folded in half to the plastic casing and hold it in place with small segments from the paper clip. Now place the lens in front of the Flip’s lens and secure the rubber band around the flip.
The microscope’s eyepiece uses no such attachment method, simply hold it in front of the Flip. The same process can’t be used here because getting the proper focus requires it to be held at varying distances from the camera, not flush against it like the macro lens. In any case, it’s any easy mod that should have you taking pictures of bugs and other tiny things in no time. Look after the break for video of the lenses in action.
This is the macro lens.
This is the microscope eyepiece.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38190",
"author": "john.s948@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T07:13:48",
"content": "i approve of this post. will go great with those disposable camcorders.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38191",
"author": "MadEngineer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T08:36:08",
"content": "Video calling will never be the same again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38192",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T10:18:56",
"content": "Thumbs up, love the flip. I might piddle with this and see if I can get a microscope/telescope/riflescope solution that doesn’t that doesn’t make me think I’m looking through a tp roll.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38193",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T11:55:59",
"content": "http://thehowzone.com/how/PS-Macros/1Submitted this a few hours ago, similar concept, but for P&S camera’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38194",
"author": "Lunalo",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T12:23:23",
"content": "I have one from this sitehttp://www.truediscountcenter.comnow! It’s quite good for non-technical user like me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,799.762104
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/ssd-hard-drives-tank-laptop-battery-life/
|
SSD Hard Drives Tank Laptop Battery Life
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"energy",
"energyconsumption",
"energyefficiency",
"harddrive",
"power",
"powerconsumption",
"ssd"
] |
Tom’s Hardware has been running some tests to challenge the common assumption that SSD hard drives use power more efficiently than magnetic plate drives. Their results were quite definitive: not only are they not as energy efficient,
SSDs actually use more power than conventional hard drives
.
What they found is that most plate drives are at peak consumption (up to 4W) when accessing files fragmented across the media, which causes the actuator to move back and forth across the media several times. However, this is almost never sustained for extended periods of time; the actuator usually doesn’t move much when reading unfragmented data, and most plate drives are also capable of going idle when they are not in use.
Most SSDs on the other hand, only have two states: on and off. This means that when they are on, they are always at peak energy consumption. Though this number hovers around 2W for most of the SSDs they tested, over prolonged periods this can mean a great deal more power consumption than is immediately apparent, which can have short and long term effects on the battery life of a laptop. See the Tom’s Hardware article for benchmarks of specific products and more in-depth data.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38176",
"author": "T-D",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T05:30:08",
"content": "A very interesting article. I have issues with their writing style (hinting at the conclusion during the introduction makes it sound like they were aiming for the conclusion they got), but it’s a very informative article, and the first one I’ve seen that questions the SSD advantage. Now, someone needs to do a shake test to see if SSDs are more shock-proof…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38177",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T07:23:34",
"content": "what I’d like to see is tests done on CF card converters. CF cards reach about the same storage density (32gb), for about half the price (140usd, + 20usd for the converter)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38178",
"author": "sunjester",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T07:37:32",
"content": "looks like something ive seen inside a slot machine, could it be?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38179",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T08:41:42",
"content": "The results have already been shown to be questionable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38180",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T10:01:21",
"content": "SSD hard drives also have MUCH slower than HDDs, something like 45mb/s. Their read speed is much faster though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38181",
"author": "ak",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T13:52:16",
"content": "Can’t the ssd powerdown when not needed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38182",
"author": "Eyuras",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T14:13:54",
"content": "Interesting article but its really just a flaw with current generation SSD’s having no power saving features at the moment. There are a few flaws with the testing style but it does raise an issue that i hope will be fixed before SSD’s become mainstream!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38183",
"author": "Nico",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T14:45:31",
"content": "In a laptop the backlight and CPU are bigger power sinks than the disk, so even if a SSD drew less power than a conventional one, this wouldn’t be that helpful at prolonging battery life. C’mon Hackaday – let’s see some low-power LCD backlight replacement projects!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38184",
"author": "Kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T19:02:14",
"content": "It is a little more complicated. Flash is much lower power than a hard drive. However, a dozen flash chips raided together (to boost speed) are indeed more power hungry than a hard drive. The new generation of high speed SSD all do this.Use different tech, and you reap the power savings. My battery life nearly doubled when I removed a 7200 rpm hard drive and replaced it with an SDHC card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38185",
"author": "desire athow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T20:02:41",
"content": "@KyleHow did you do that actually…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38186",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T20:31:53",
"content": "Toms hardware’s conclusions seam pretty sound, but the guys at /. really tore this article aparthttp://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/02/134256",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38187",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T20:55:05",
"content": "@desireYou can get boards that will convert CF and even SD to sata and ide and such. Sometimes you can find a 2in1 that will raid a couple cards and still fit the laptop HD standard. Try dealextreme.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38188",
"author": "Kyle",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:10:04",
"content": "@desireFor a few years I’ve used a compact flash card in an cf-ide adapter, like bigd recommended. I got a new laptop, which had a sata hard drive. cf-sata adapters cost too much ($50), and the laptop had a built in sd card reader. I was worried the SD card would be too slow, but those fears were unjustified.Long story short, simply popped the SD card into the laptop and installed an operating system from cdrom. The trick is to run linux. Even from flash, it will still run faster than windows.Right now, the sweet spot is a 16 gb sdhc card. Alternatively, I’ve done one computer with a 16gb usb flash drive. Get out a soldering iron and flip an extra USB connector around, so the flash drive does not hang outside the laptop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38189",
"author": "SwedishViking",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T11:59:26",
"content": "Hi, i’m just wondering about what you wrote (@desire).I actually tried to install the OS on a SD card on my ASUS Pund-it computer and it didn’t work because the windows installation could not detect the SD card as a valid drive to install to. Was a while ago now, but think I tried with Ubuntu as well.Is this a matter of me using a plain SD card instead of a SDHC card? So SD cards are not bootable but SDHC is?Or perhaps just the MB/BIOS that didn’t support it?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65120",
"author": "Jaap",
"timestamp": "2009-03-03T13:34:35",
"content": "how come?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101162",
"author": "Jok",
"timestamp": "2009-10-14T12:35:39",
"content": "SSD is not there yet, rock on IDE :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/xbox-360-controller-remixed-for-optimized-fps-play/
|
Xbox 360 Controller Remixed For Optimized FPS Play
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"buttons",
"controller",
"controllers",
"xbox360",
"xbox360controller"
] |
[F00 f00] of Acidmods was not satisfied with his first-person shooter gaming experience, so he
modded an Xbox 360 controller
so that A, B, X and Y buttons are on the underside of the controller, on the inside edges of the wings where the player’s fingertips usually go. He also moved the right thumbstick up a bit so that it would be level with the left one. He designed it to improve his ability to play first person shooters, but the advantages go beyond one genre of game. The right thumb is free to remain on the right thumbstick, and the colored buttons can be pressed by four fingers instead of just the right thumb. We love this mod for it’s simplicity and effectiveness, and we’re eagerly awaiting the internal photos he promised.
[via
BB Gadgets
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "38168",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T05:24:04",
"content": "This is badass, I need this for CoD4.Also, what the hell is the name of the background track?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38169",
"author": "Jake H",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T05:28:30",
"content": "The 360 controller was near perfect before, and I think the gentleman here has closed the gap. I’ve always felt that there is a lot of finger-wasting going on in normal controllers…Also, I can’t get over how clean that mod is. Well done, in all ways!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38170",
"author": "Gh0sTly",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T05:36:46",
"content": "I would so pay for one of those.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38171",
"author": "snorkle256",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T06:29:02",
"content": "Wow, This looks pretty great. I’ve head of people playing with their fingers on the buttons as is but this is a nice change. I think I want to see something done with the D-Pad so Gears of War weapon changes would be easier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38172",
"author": "cloneboy",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T07:40:22",
"content": "There was a third party controller for the XBox that did just this. It was set up so the grip were like pistol grips, and there were trigger guards around the triggers.Here it is:http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Reviews/fps_master_controller.htmI bought one from Best Buy shortly after Halo 2 came out. I’m surprised Radica didn’t make one for the 360",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38173",
"author": "metalmike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T08:08:21",
"content": "that’s very cool! I might try that out, but my main problem with the xbox controller is just using a thumbstick to aim. using a mouse just feels so much more natural to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38174",
"author": "tgb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T09:35:18",
"content": "whoooaaaaaa, how did he change the lights on the controller to blue?!?!?!?!?!?!lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38175",
"author": "blabj",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T14:11:16",
"content": "snorkle256: There is actually a fix you can do whereby you shave the surrounding edge of the dpad down with a dremel, to give the dpad a little more play. It’s quite a simple mod, you don’t even need a dremel, however you do need a special torx bit in order to remove the screws on the casing (if you notice there is a little prong in the middle of the screw head)On topic, I’m also surprised at how clean the mod is, must have taken a lot of work to get it looking that smooth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61188",
"author": "Klatu",
"timestamp": "2009-01-29T16:56:05",
"content": "Yes it’s nice, but how about a trackball controller mod? If the XFPS mouse and keyboard adapter is possible, why not a trackball to replace the right analog stick? Just think how that would change things for the better. Real 1:1 360 degree freedom. Will someone please do a working trackball design or at least explain to me why it wouldn’t work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63973",
"author": "L",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T08:58:34",
"content": "klatu is right GIVE ME A TRACKBALL 360 controls i really really want one dam ps2 gets one why wont someone make it i wish i knew stuff i would make one but if i did it would be stuck together with duct tape and soldered with foil lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70210",
"author": "zeanantw3rp",
"timestamp": "2009-04-12T03:58:51",
"content": "i thought the controler was awesom bu the strange thing is… i never saw that game before and i know ALOT of games… can some one tell me what the game is?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "82514",
"author": "totallytroy",
"timestamp": "2009-07-21T16:48:18",
"content": "Yes, track ball for the right analog stick. A thumb stick just doesn’t give you the finesse of a mouse. You don’t get the fine control that a trackball can give and you can quickly flick the ball to turn around. Something you can’t really do with the thumb stick. If you’ve noticed, weapons with slow moving projectiles have really gone down on consoles, because it’s so hard to lead the target with the stick. Most games have some form of stickiness to make the thumb stick seem to work better. Anyway, I’d love it if you could turn that into a diy project for us:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "513724",
"author": "ryan delaney",
"timestamp": "2011-11-20T04:47:37",
"content": "i love this controler but i would of put all 4 of the buttons on the back. with ur setup its nice but u still need to take ur thumbs off the joysticks to push 2 of the buttons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/time-magazines-favorite-robots/
|
Time Magazine’s Favorite Robots
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cute",
"photoessay",
"robot",
"robotics",
"robots",
"timemagazine",
"wall-e"
] |
Time Magazine recently posted a
photo essay of some of their favorite robots
. The article was composed in response to the recent release of the Pixar film
Wall-E
, and features some of the cutest, most cuddly automatons in the world. We were more interested in the most functional ones, huggability notwithstanding. See some of these Hack a Day veterans after the break.
One of the ones that caught our eye is the Shadow Robot Company’s
The Shadow Hand
we first
posted in 2005
. Despite its name, this robot was not designed for evil, but to be the best available robot modeled on the human hand. It is composed of a system of more than 40 air muscles, which are flexible devices made of a rubber tube surrounded by a flexible plastic mesh. The Air Muscles provide the pulling force needed to clench and unclench the hand.
An even more advanced robot is the anthropomorphic
HOAP-3
(PDF file), which can walk, talk, and look good in one of those tall chef hats. What’s more, the robot can be taught to perform simple tasks;
in the video
, a team of researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland taught the HOAP-3 to mix eggs in a mixing bowl by simple demonstrating once how it’s done.
A chef robot may be impressive, but robot clergymen simply blow our minds. That’s the best way to describe
Tiro
(site is in Korean), a robot that was used to officiate the wedding of one of its creators. Tiro is designed to be a general helper robot, and is capable of playing back audio, moving on its own, carrying objects in its arms, and displaying various facial expressions on its LED face. All these abilities make Tiro well-suited to complete basic social tasks, although we’re not sure whether they’re all ordained ministers or if that’s only true for the one pictured above.
Check out some more lovable and functional bots at the read link below, and see if your favorite robot made the list.
[via
Shake Well Before Use
]
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{
"comment_id": "38166",
"author": "tjhow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T08:11:17",
"content": "pfff.. My favorite robot is Eva from the movie WALL-E",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38167",
"author": "Tachyon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T14:33:56",
"content": "Juan Agular are you deliberately trying to piss everybody off and prove how huge your e-penis is by posting no-hacking related shit on the site that is supposed to be all about that? If so, good job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/british-steam-car/
|
British Steam Car
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"cars",
"engines",
"steam",
"steampower",
"turbine",
"turbines"
] |
The land-speed record for steam-powered locomotion has been holding steady for 88 years at 127mph, but a team of British engineers and stunt drivers will attempt to break it with the
Steam Car
.
The Steam Car works by burning liquid petroleum fuel at 750° F, which heats 10.5 gallons of water, converting into steam. The steam passes through lagged pipes before it is injected into the 360-hp Curtis turbine at extremely high pressure and speed via compressed air hydraulics. It spins the turbine at over 13,000 rpm, powering the rear wheels, allowing the car to reach speeds higher than 150mph. The car itself is 25 feet long and uses about 1.86 miles of tubing. All of the hot pressurized steam is ejected from the exhaust, which means the car is only capable of running for about 3 minutes, and requires an 8-minute warmup.
The attempt to break the speed record will occur in late August at Bonneville.
[via
Newlaunches
]
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{
"comment_id": "38158",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T02:23:09",
"content": "Hmm, liquid petroleum fuel, sounds exotic. Then again, not nearly as exotic as compressed air hydraulics, which I’m certain are *much* cooler than pneumatics.lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38159",
"author": "mkb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T03:08:10",
"content": "I thought all you needed from a steam vehicle was 88mph ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38160",
"author": "matt fulghum",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T03:17:27",
"content": "by liquid petroleum, they mean LPG. not exotic at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38161",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T04:21:37",
"content": "You’ve got me rolling wolf.These people are using steam in the most asinine way possible. It makes me cringe. I’m impressed by how fast they get superheated steam, but using a normal fuel and waiting to build up a conventional head, using a multiple expansion engine, pressurizing and condensing spent steam to send it back to the boiler hot and sacrificing rpm for a transmission with a few really tall gears would not only break their record, but probably top out gas by a hard margin.Also, I’m pretty sure steam powered rocket cars were breaking 260MPH as early as the 1960’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38162",
"author": "matt fulghum",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T04:41:32",
"content": "there’s nothing asinine about the setup. Yes they could get much better efficiency by condensing the steam back down but the condensers required to deal with that much steam would be massive and extremely heavy, and probably wouldn’t work very well. This is a land speed record first and foremost, and worrying about fuel efficiency with them is the truly asinine thing to do.Also, they can’t build up a conventional head under the bonneville salt flats rules… they are required to use monotube boilers. Monotube boilers work best when they’re creating steam on demand, as they are doing here.Attempts to make steam automobiles with transmissions were few and all were miserable failures. The Doble Model E for instance made only about 75 hp, continuously, but was capable of far more power than that for short bursts, and put out over 1600 ft-lbs of torque. Good luck making a transmission that’ll work with that that doesn’t weigh as much as the rest of the car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38163",
"author": "pete",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T05:45:00",
"content": "it looks like a ridiculously inefficient bat-mobile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38164",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T10:34:52",
"content": "Sure, it’d weigh a ton, but at least it would run for more than three seconds and they’d exercise something practical. So long as it’s a speed record they’re shooting for and not acceleration I think it could be achieved with some clever shifting.Then again, what do I know? I’ve hardly ever seen steam outside of hobby groups and I’m sure there may a million rules I’ve never seen before roping these guys into a certain design. I just wish it were more of a tech demo than a waste race.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38165",
"author": "matt fulghum",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T15:02:36",
"content": "have you even looked at the work they’ve been doing? it IS a freaking tech demo. controlling that many separate steam generators and routing everything without having anything explode is a pretty incredible feat. Also, one of their primary goals was to show how steam power can be much less polluting… their burners are actually damn good for NOx, CO, and HC emissions, especially compared to an IC engine powered land speed record car of similar specs.No clever shifting is going to make up for having to deal with thousands of foot pounds of torque.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,799.679524
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/led-painter/
|
LED Painter
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"decoration",
"decorative",
"led",
"light",
"rgbleds",
"rgblights",
"texasinstruments"
] |
The people at Brilldea have come up with
LED Painter
, a 16-channel RGB LED controller capable of controlling up to 48 independent LEDs. It uses a Texas Instrument TLC5940 to control the LEDs and can be connected to more LED Painter boards, creating a large array of RGB lights. The TLC5940 itself has been modified to make connecting independent LEDs easier.
The team strung together nine of these along with a
Propeller
-based controller called a Prop Blade and fitted the lights into three windows with semi-opaque glass to create a display of dancing randomized RGB lights. If all the dancing lights have inspired you, the TLC5940s are fairly inexpensive, but you’ll need both through-hole devices and some SMT components to get if off the ground.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2M1D4mfgI&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
[via
Hacked Gadgets
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38150",
"author": "zygomatic",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T00:54:39",
"content": "You can get samples of the TLC5940 from TI’s website. I picked up a couple tubes of the DIPs myself, not sure if they offer SMT samples, but they’re worth a few bucks a piece otherwise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38151",
"author": "Demo",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T01:01:49",
"content": "Anyone else sick of LED “art”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38152",
"author": "Tamber-Krain",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T01:52:43",
"content": "On the contrary, I quite enjoy it.Anything with LEDs and a bit of clever work is nice, and if it can be part of an art installation then even better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38153",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T02:06:07",
"content": "may be useful for someone.but why is this filed under misc hacks? there are nearly 700 misc hacks and most of them are just dead end articles going nowhere mixed with hacks. This is a commercial product showcased here.maybe news if it just came out, definitely not a hack so we are missing some category here. maybe something called “products”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38154",
"author": "Br0",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T02:50:18",
"content": "I agree with Tamber. Its pretty cool, its enjoyable if pulled off correctly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38155",
"author": "M4CGYV3R",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T03:18:13",
"content": "As far as LED light fixtures go, this one is the best I’ve seen. All the rest look cheesy and shitty, and this one was done right the first time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38156",
"author": "Alterscape",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T04:08:33",
"content": "Did anyone else notice that the datasheet download is a corrupt? I wanted to look at the bill of materials for the full build but neither Preview nor Acrobat Pro will open it (OS X 10.5.4)..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38157",
"author": "GrizzlyAdams",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T07:55:19",
"content": "Finally, I’ve been waiting for this since I bought some 5940s for a friend’s katamari costume that never happened (king’s head piece with correct light patterns)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,799.841737
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/01/external-cd-rom-turned-class-a-headphone-amp/
|
External CD-ROM Turned Class A Headphone Amp
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"audio",
"headphones"
] |
[Gio] sent in
this
slick Class A headphone amp. An old CD-ROM case was gutted to hold the goods. The design is fairly simple. Cost can be kept fairly low although the capacitors can add up if you’re a fanatic about quality. If you’ve ever lost any of your headphone gear to sticky fingers, you know that having it blending in to the background can be a great feature.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38142",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T15:12:23",
"content": "What a great idea for a project enclosure. I’ll remember this in future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38143",
"author": "Marcin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T16:41:10",
"content": "I will do it for myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38144",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T18:43:46",
"content": "now *this* is a hack! bravo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38145",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T19:32:45",
"content": "Nice Stealth Factor,This can be done for virtually FREE using trash.Step 1. Get your old Walkman tape playerStep 2. Locate and remove the Magnetic tape headStep 3. Wire the 3 wires up to a stereo jack of your choice for input.Step4. Plug your headphone into the walkman and turn it on/press play etcOptionally you can remove the mechanics that deal with the tape.-If you dont feel like ruining your walkmen, you can do the same thing with a cassette Tape->1/8″ stereo adapter. Put the tape in the walkmen, press play, and plug the 1/8″ stereo male end into any sound source you wish to amplify.PRESTO",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38146",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T23:17:09",
"content": "@4 I love the walkman enclosure idea. I keep looking at the yellow sports walkman I have and wondering why I am keeping it since I have no more tapes!Gio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38147",
"author": "f00 f00",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T23:29:39",
"content": "Thats one of the neatest headphone amps Ive seen. Low part count too. Is it just me or have we only had one hack today? Could this be a return to the old format?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38148",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T04:27:36",
"content": "36chambers:The problem is that some high-end headphones need more power than any of these devices can supply. You will either end up with loud distorted music, or having the music still too quiet. A computer plugged in to the wall can’t power these things, why would a tape player off batteries be able to do it reasonably?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38149",
"author": "PlasmaFire",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T03:31:50",
"content": "I see Grado headphones…man, those cans sound great!Very cool hack…although, it’d look a little odd since many don’t use the headphone jack on those units, and external drives aren’t as popular as they used to be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,799.800591
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/10/taser-ammo-for-your-spud-gun/
|
Taser Ammo For Your Spud Gun
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"evil",
"potatogun",
"spud gun",
"SpudGun",
"taser"
] |
We definitely don’t recommend trying
this
one, but [Tony] sent in this odd twist on the old potato launcher. A pair of physics students put together a Taser like potato sized bullet. On impact, two metal pins are inserted into the target, delivering an electric shock. Depending on the size of the capacitor and amount of charge delivered, it can be a (sort of) non-lethal or lethal shock. We’d prefer not to be shot with either one.
[via
pspmod
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38654",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T08:53:40",
"content": "That’s ridiculous. 50mA can be lethal only if it’s applied directly across the heart. And also, if you’re going to measure what current the victim is receiving, you can’t just short your cap through an ammeter. Your body is not made of copper and will not conduct nearly as well as the meter. You need to measure the current through a very large resistor, anywhere from half a megaohm for moist or sweaty skin up to several megaohms for dry skin… let alone clothing!Besides, they’re using photoflash caps from a disposable flash camera which are generally around 150uF and charge to about 400 volts. I’ve shorted my finger across these fully charged before and it did little more than burn the top of the skin (and tingle!).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38655",
"author": "kain",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T09:32:09",
"content": "Very impressive, at first I was not sure why anybody would want a spud style taser but after the explanation about the BPV being susceptible to this projectile I understand the application.I am curious about why a school physics lab would allow the production of a weapon lethal or not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38656",
"author": "IC BS",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T11:43:27",
"content": "For better spud guns, go herehttp://www.xinventions.com/main/spud/home.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38657",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T11:47:05",
"content": "Their delivery system is terribly large and cumbersome. Since their projectile sticks out the end of the barrel, why is the barrel 3 feet long?I know they are students but this is not a successful project. But probably a good learning experience.Goal: replace the gun as a killing machine.A gun is still easier and better to use= not successful.Taser beat them:http://www.taser.com/products/law/Pages/XREP.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38658",
"author": "revere",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T11:52:19",
"content": "just a couple of things1. this has been done, these guys could face serious patent concernshttp://www.taser.com/PRODUCTS/LAW/Pages/XREP.aspx2. in no way would a bullet resistant vest (no such thing as a bullet ‘proof’ vest) be suceptable to these, the kevlar weave is not only very tight but has multiple layers made to specificly cover the gaps in the previous layers weave, this on its own without even taking into consideration metal, ballistic plastic, or ceramic inserts would stop the penetration of the electrodes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38659",
"author": "Till",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T14:16:17",
"content": "The exposure time to those Amps is also critical.I do not have the diagramm in front of me, but you can derive it from electric discharge-diagramms with body-equivalent resistances in mind.With skin-penetration you can simulate the resistance by about 50 Ohms (ionic current transportation).1mA directly to the heart with right timing can already be lethal. Timing of low electric shocks is the critical distinction between fatal and non-fatal. If the heartmuscle-cells are relaxing (reloading) (so called p-part of an ECG) you can easily trigger fatal fibrillation.A loaded capacitator can be lethal, but the discharge has to take place after penetrating the skin and at the right spot with the right timing and maybe orientation to the heart-axis.Poisoning with cyanide would be way more efficient.It takes much more to immobilise a person with one single shock than a simple capacitator. If a single DC puls is enough to take one down it can also be fatal – very unpractical. AC pulses are less critical but nevertheless can be fatal as well (tasers and zappers can kill).(english is not my motherlanguage)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38660",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T16:22:47",
"content": "Idiots… This is a bunch of crap. If I would have known College would have been this easy, I wouldn’t have busted my ass for the last 6 years working late nights for terrible pay…Instead, I would have been drinking until dawn and building potato guns for my final research project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38661",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T16:49:41",
"content": "this is cool, but not real practical. You would have to be able to aim it fairly precisely, and you’ve got the big randomness factor of shooting the thing. Also, my friend and his dad (they are farmers) build a tater cannon and launched it across their yard at his dirt bike, and it was enough to knock it off balance and tip it over, so the sting of the taser would only be an after effect, the poor schmuck on the receiving end would have a nice bruise to show off too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38662",
"author": "crisr",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T19:48:30",
"content": "Are these physics students? And they were surprised when they blew an amp meter by discharging a high-voltage capacitor through it? There is absolutely nothing scientifical about this (and I think it was suposed to)!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38663",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T20:11:34",
"content": "unless i’m mistaken, taser already makes one of these. It gets fired out of a shotgun. In addition, they actually have a high voltage switcher circuit built into the shotgun projectile which constantly delivers high voltage pulses to a target (compared to a single shock, which is probably unsufficient to stop someone for more than a second or so, unless you actually kill him/her). It’s (supposed to be) non-lethal (honestly as long as if you can incapacitate (sp?) a subject long enough there is no use for a lethal projectile).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38664",
"author": "prophetnoise",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T00:01:33",
"content": "Their potato cannon setup was less than stellar.The projectile should have been plunger-ed down to the base of the barrel, not sticking out the end.It’s been a while since i looked all this up for my cannon, but i vaguely remember the proper ratio being somewhere around 1.5:1 of Chamber Volume : Barrel volume for most efficient utilization of expanding gasses (combustion).Also, i think most common propellants (propane being the ‘best’) need optimal ratio between themselves and oxygen in the chamber. (5:1 oxygen to propellant seems to pop into my head, not a random spray + cap)Obviously, shooting in a dorm hall means they don’t want full power, and full power might be considered lethal (i’ve shot my cannon straight across campus from the dorms to the academic side when i was in school. Would never consider putting a human in front of that. ever. A paintball chrono’d @ 280fps will explode your eyeball inside the socket. A potato sized plastic projectile will cause serious serious injury @ similar speeds)Plus, for something light that, pneumatic would be much smarter. More control over everything, plus pneumatic cannons can achieve much greater velocity/distance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38665",
"author": "The_Truth",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T08:03:00",
"content": "revere: kevlar is meant to stop “blunt” objects from going through. If you fire a needle at it with the same force as a bullet, it is going through plain mesh armor. however, inserts are a different matter.Like I have said, the easiest way to defeat this… would be to line the kevlar vest with a multilayer metal mesh. When the pins/prongs/needles went through the plain kevlar, the meshes would short them in just above a microsecond, discharging all current across the vest, leaving nothing but the prongs to do damage. If done on a commercial scale… the kevlar could be metal impregnated, allowing for all of the charge to be removed long before it got to the person.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38666",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2008-07-12T05:51:29",
"content": "fucking stupid.“amperage is the thing that kills you”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "125043",
"author": "elphreaker",
"timestamp": "2010-02-20T00:17:49",
"content": "Absolutelly with many of you, many STUPID statements in the video, I know many teachers in my university that state that a car battery could kill you because it can deliver loads of amps. IDIOTS! If there isnt enough voltage to go thru the dry skin, you wont even feel it.mA are measured across the heart, its VERY difficult to kill a person shorting a cap on the skin, to actually stop someones heart you would need propper electrodes aplied in specific areas, like a defibrillator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/new-drobo-has-firewire-support-old-model-drops-in-price/
|
New Drobo Has Firewire Support, Old Model Drops In Price
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"backup",
"data",
"databackup",
"datastorage",
"drobo",
"firewire",
"firewire800"
] |
Data Robotics has released an
updated Drobo
with two Firewire ports and an updated processor, allowing for faster data transfer and daisy chaining multiple Drobos. The new models of this storage and backup device also features a quieter and larger case fan. The case itself has been modified slightly but to great effect, looking sleeker than ever. Sadly, they still start at $500 without any hard drives.
One nice side effect to the announcement of the new Drobos is the price drop for the old ones. Starting at $350, these still make great storage solutions, and hanging on to $150 isn’t bad either. Still, if the idea of buy anything for this purpose curls your toes,
build your own network attached storage
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38643",
"author": "if you dont like my comment dont read it.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T04:07:03",
"content": "OMG what a cool hack as soon as i get home i will break out my soldering gun and start hacking!!!! ( or is that break out my wallet and start spending so that juan gets his cut ??? i can never remember)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38644",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T05:16:29",
"content": "^^^lol, agreed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38645",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T05:24:55",
"content": "Because we’ve been so inconsistent as to the type of posts do, and don’t like to see on this site.http://www.hackaday.com/2008/05/16/poll-where-should-we-go-from-here/(sorry about the double post)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38646",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T06:25:18",
"content": "If your comment is whiny, I redirect you here:http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/Thank you, and stop whining.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38647",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T06:47:42",
"content": "Hack a day really doesn’t care. They just want to push out as many posts a day as possible and cash. Trying to be a life hacker clone. The latter is sadly becoming more and more a copy paste blog as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38648",
"author": "beesknees",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T06:54:24",
"content": "I normally leave adblock plus turned off for hackaday as i feel that you guys work hard for your advertising income. I may be turning it back on now if half the posts are going to this kind of dumb shit, feel free to take the lost earnings from juan’s pay.This is so far from a HACK it makes me sad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38649",
"author": "ad-a-day",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T08:27:08",
"content": "the only hack associated with this “post” is juan aguilar… that guy is a total hack.“1. a person, as an artist or writer, who exploits, for money, his or her creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts: As a painter, he was little more than a hack. “http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38650",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T21:26:36",
"content": "I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again,I’d be perfectly happy with the daily category, except that many of the good hacks that run in this feed aren’t labeled as daily’s. That in itself wouldn’t be so bad, except that those hacks will never be saved and run as a daily later, so we miss them completely. The image fulgerator, for instance, which was one of the coolest hacks I’ve ever seen on this site wasn’t in the daily category.http://www.hackaday.com/2008/06/29/hack-cameras-with-the-image-fulgerator/I suggest starting a HACK, category, so we can see a feed of them alone, without missing anything interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38651",
"author": "Tricky",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T21:40:27",
"content": "Normally I like Hackaday’s stuff, and I’ve even been tolerant with Juan’s posts – some of which are great, others are borderline. This is plain and simple, an advertisement for drobo, which is a buy-it-yourself data storage device. Please, hackaday, hold another poll and ask us “do we want to see more subliminal advertising posts on this website?” so we can all answer NO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38652",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T00:48:41",
"content": "i can’t take it any longer. i am starting my own site. check out onlyhacks.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38653",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T01:55:39",
"content": "@mikedI’m too busy to help you with the writing, but I will send you my current list of hack links to get you started.Good LuckIf that falls through,http://zedomax.com/‘s hack and diy feeds are pretty similar to the old HAD we know and love.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/xbox-360-and-lcd-hdtv-rolled-into-one/
|
Xbox 360 And LCD HDTV Rolled Into One
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"360",
"casemod",
"hdtv",
"lcdhdtv",
"lcdtv",
"tv",
"videogames",
"xbox",
"xbox360"
] |
What happens when you take a little
[Ben Heck] ingenuity
, a little
Lian Li utility
, an Xbox 360 and an LCD HDTV and mix it all together? You get the Microvision 360, a
combination LCD HDTV and Xbox 360
.
The mod is not particularly complex. The Microvision 360’s creator [PvP_LostKnight] only removed the working parts from the Xbox 360’s case and mounted them to the back of the TV. A few of the inputs of the TV had to be moved and rewired, and a repurposed and painted tupperware container was added to cover the Xbox 360 parts. Unfortunately, [PvP_LostKnight] did not post a writeup, and even added “The wiring for this is horrible, I would not recommend anyone trying this.”
Setting aside his recommendation for a moment, a few of the advantages to his design are improved airflow to the Xbox 360 and better space usage. What we’d like to see added more than anything is power integration, with a single button to turn on both and a single power source powering the TV and the Xbox. See the proof of concept video after the break, or more photos and comments at the read link.
[via
Engadget
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "38635",
"author": "if you dont like my comment dont read it.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T04:19:00",
"content": "juan you are right all he did was strip a xbox 360 and mount it on the back of a lcd tv. and i agree with you that’s not a hack!!!you sir are my heroyou bitch and belittle this hacker when you have trouble opening the cookie jar !!! my hero",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38636",
"author": "digital.wraith",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T05:33:23",
"content": "Oh for crying out…last time kiddies:Hack n.1. A clever or elegant technical accomplishment, especially one with a playful or prankish bent. A clever routine in a computer program, especially one which uses tools for purposes other than those for which they were intended, might be considered a hack. Students at technical universities, such as MIT, are famous for performing elaborate hacks, such as disassembling the dean’s car and then reassembling it inside his house, or turning a fourteen-story building into a giant Tetris game by placing computer-controlled lighting panels in its windows.2. A temporary, jury-rigged solution, especially in the fields of computer programming and engineering: the technical equivalent of chewing gum and duct tape. Compare to kludge.3. A cheap, mediocre, or second-rate practitioner, especially in the fields of journalism and literature: a charlatan or incompetent.and as for you handle, i doubt anyone of intelligence would agree that your suggestion is valid. Typically, to form an opinion, you’d need to review or “read” the entry before deciding if you’d like it. I challenge you to like this without reading it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38637",
"author": "john.s948@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T05:59:05",
"content": "i like the 3rd definition.but…who exactly is this :handle: person?and…is it a slow hack day?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38638",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T06:28:41",
"content": "If your comment is whiny I redirect you here:http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/This is not the hack of the day, that link redirects you to the actual hack of the day. Everything else is additional content that is not necessarily a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38639",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T08:22:39",
"content": "Not a hack – this is along the lines of thishttp://www.instructables.com/id/SN0MVV3F5Y3TQGJ/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38640",
"author": "Daisjun",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T11:27:14",
"content": "Would be nice if he tried to integrate the tv and 360 into one unit with new custom casing, but this seems pretty daft.I could do the same thing with a roll of gaffer tape, strapping my 360 to the back of my tv and hey presto! Way to destroy two perfectly good pieces of hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38641",
"author": "davis",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T20:59:12",
"content": "Ugg…Here’s a thought! ; take your 360 and … put it behind your TV!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38642",
"author": "Jarrid Moore",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T04:27:54",
"content": "I think you should get a life.Who in there right mind Would do that to a xbox 360.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60183",
"author": "XionicWaste",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T22:35:21",
"content": "Lol… I’m actually working on one right as we speak… 22″ Sceptre monitor and an old vga xbox 360… gonna change the monitor/xbox enclosure to a clear one, physical mod of the dvd drive, lights & fans… and a modded hardrive… should be sweet…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,799.720657
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/live-full-motion-video-on-a-peggy/
|
Live Full Motion Video On A Peggy
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"aquateen",
"arduino",
"emsl",
"evilmadscientistlaboratories",
"leds",
"peggy",
"steve",
"video"
] |
[Windell] was stoked enough to send us [Jay]’s sweet hack on [Windell]’s Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Peggy 2.0 kit
. [Jay] added serial input and hacked quartz composer on his mac to light up all 625 LEDs with
live motion video
. If you were jealous of the
Metalab’s giant LED display
, now you can have your own – smaller and cheaper.
EMSL has recently supplemented this awesome device with their
Arduino Library for Peggy 2.0
. It is a program library that contains various animations and demonstrations of how to draw on a Peggy. Download and enjoy them as they are or tweak them to test out some of Peggy 2.0’s capabilities.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38631",
"author": "tjhow",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T07:51:14",
"content": "OOOH NICE!!Now all we need to do is get a rgb peggy working with this ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38632",
"author": "J",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T14:39:24",
"content": "I second tjhow’s comment above, this needs rgb leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38633",
"author": "yak",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T17:16:17",
"content": "or…we have to find a way to push the video without a computer. embed the file on (sd) card with a video microcontroler?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38634",
"author": "Jay",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T22:27:54",
"content": "#1, #2 tjHow, j:Keep in mind an RGB peggy (assuming 25×25 pixels) would be the equivalent of 3 times as many LED’s. It’s possible, but it gets a bit more difficult. Also, some calibration would need to be done to get the RGB levels equivalent (green is usually brighter then blue and red) And, it would be MUCH more expensive, 625 RGB leds would be rather pricy#3, Yak:SD card would be a little harder, because the SPI port on the AVR is already rather busy with controlling the LEDs. Could use a second AVR to do this though, and communicate between the two via I2C or serial. I haven’t worked out the timing requirements, but it seems doable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112492",
"author": "BiOzZ",
"timestamp": "2009-12-19T21:23:14",
"content": "@tjhowuse 3 peggies and a shit ton of wires XD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.353538
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/custom-modular-control-interfaces/
|
Custom Modular Control Interfaces
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"digital audio hacks"
] |
[
"buglabs",
"control",
"interface",
"midibox",
"modular",
"monome",
"rapidprototyping",
"stribe"
] |
Machinecollective.org is bringing rapid prototyping to every day artists and hackers. We’ve covered similar interfaces like the
monome
,
MIDIbox
, and
Stribe
. Machinecollective allows you to make your own input system using multiple blocks to get exactly what you want. The setup allows you to fit pretty much anything in a block that you can think of. They’re developing potentiometers, slide potentiometers, button grids, toggle switches, LCD’s, FSR/LDR’s, velocity sensitive pads, and touch screens.
Currently, they support software enviroments like:
Processing
,
Max/MSP
,
VVVV
, and
Adobe Flash
. That list will undoubtedly grow as the community plays with it. They envision the hardware connecting via MIDI, OSC, RS232, TCP/UDP, DMX, or USB.
They encourage others to design their own inputs. Community members can share modifications and designs, though there isn’t a forum or store yet. If you design a setup that you really like, they can even fabricate a single unit for you. Keep your eyes on this one, it could be a real hit.
A similar idea for general gadgetry can be seen over at
Bug Labs
. Starting with a base unit, you can add different input and output modules to create various useful functions. They currently offer GPS, a camera, a display, and motion sensing. Mix and match to make your dream gadget.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38630",
"author": "Dale",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T01:47:45",
"content": "Wow, these things just take all the work (and admittedly some of the fun) right out of building stuff and just leaves you with creating and coding. That’s awesome as it leaves more time for beer!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55127",
"author": "Inky",
"timestamp": "2008-12-14T01:17:53",
"content": "As interesting diy music devices are from a hardware standpoint, they’re almost useless from a musical perspective. If it needs software to make sound, its impractical from a recording or live performance standpoint. Until these kits have standard MIDI in/out that can connect to sound modules and MIDI interfaces, they’re doomed to be novelty items.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.312203
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/pet-photography-and-tracking/
|
Pet Photography And Tracking
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"cats",
"chdk",
"dogs",
"geotagging",
"gps",
"photography"
] |
We’ve seen numerous products geared toward tracking the location and activities of your pets, two in the last month, but we feel sure you can make more functional devices than those you can purchase. Let’s look at a few and consider our options.
A camera called
Pet’s Eye View
hangs from your pet’s collar and takes photos in your choice of 1, 5, and 15 minute intervals. While the concept is good, the execution is poor: it can only take up to 35 images at 640 x 480px with no other resolution options available, and it has no expandable media slot. We also dislike the lack of GPS tracking, but wouldn’t really expect that for the $45 price.
For GPS pet tracking, Garmin has recently introduced their Astro System, which consists of a
collar with a GPS and a tracking unit
. Like most Garmin GPS product, this one is functional, full featured, and a great match of function and technology. We like live pet location tracking, we just don’t have $600 to spend on keeping tabs on the dog.
A homemade solution we like a lot more than the two commercial ones is [
J. Perthold]’s CatCam
. Starting with a $20 keychain camera with a 1.3 megapixel resolution and an SD card slot, [Perthold] removed the casing and connected the board to an Attiny2313 microcontroller programmed to trigger the camera periodically. He built a small lightweight case for his modded camera and strapped it to his cat, [Mr. Lee]. This works out to essentially the same product as the Pet’s Eye View camera, but at least twice as good by almost every applicable metric.
One thing we love about the CatCam is the fact that it uses SD media. If you were to use an
Eye-Fi
instead of regular media, you could have a camera that is superior to the Pet’s Eye View and does geotagging all in one package. It’s not as useful as true live GPS, but at least you’ll know exactly where your pet went when you collect the photos. In addition, if the dog is still within your home network’s range, you should be able to see images as they stream in. If building an Eye-Fi enabled CatCam is too much work, consider using and Eye-Fi with
CHDK
in a Canon camera. This will give you the timed photography and the geotagging in an easy to build package. Hopefully you pick a small camera unless your pet has a strong neck. You could use some of
time-lapse photography
techniques we posted earlier to time whatever device you end up using.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38627",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T08:58:44",
"content": "i was just looking into this yesterday. my cat is jumping from my 2nd story balcony to a tree and then climbing to the roof. i can hear him up there running aroung doing cat things.since it is night time, i didn’t really want to take pics. i looked at thishttp://www.rfwel.com/shop/product.php?productid=1217for gps but at us$200, i just don’t care that much.the eye-fi is accurate within 20 meters. that is terrible for cat racking. i doubt he ranges that far.did you miss the cat tracker on mr lee’s site?http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/pe_cc_i9.htmit is us$47 and tiny. i am ordering it tonight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38628",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T20:58:41",
"content": "For most if the time a catcam would be equal to tossing your camera on the couch and letting it take pictures there, since cats spend a lot of time sleeping and a lot of time on one spot pondering or laying in wait for prey.You’d have to hit just the right time but even then I think it’s not pleasant for the poor thing to have a thing tied to its neck and not the thing to do, a dog is more flexible in that area I think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38629",
"author": "David A",
"timestamp": "2008-07-15T00:17:16",
"content": "I think a good solution would be the GPS/GSM route. Use a telit or similar GPS/GSM module which can send the GPS position via a txt to your phone when you txt a keyword to the device. Its been done before but the modules are expensive.Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "53964",
"author": "gps tracking,car gps tracking,fleet gps tracking,truck gps tracking,gps car tracking,gps truck tracking system,gps fleet tracking,gps vehicle tracking,tracking gps,gps vehicle tracking system,gps vehicle tracking device,vehicle reacking,internet vehicle t",
"timestamp": "2008-12-06T04:45:33",
"content": "Any one who wants the peace of mind that comes from knowing where their personal assets are.Beside monitoring your teens driving from the comfort of your home through a computer.And for companies with multiple vehicles imagine being able to save a lot of money and increase productivity with the use of a simple device.That’s why my GPS Tracking Device is one of the best in the business and work for you 24/7.Don’t wait another day.Hop on it now and save for your teens and your business future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76213",
"author": "Steffen",
"timestamp": "2009-05-25T22:02:31",
"content": "great article, it really made me want to post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76227",
"author": "Mike K.",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T01:55:17",
"content": "awesome blog",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76228",
"author": "Zach K.",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T01:57:48",
"content": "nice website layout",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76229",
"author": "Bill F.",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T02:03:05",
"content": "love your website layout",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76231",
"author": "Bill F.",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T02:09:46",
"content": "awesome blog",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78202",
"author": "PetMeds",
"timestamp": "2009-06-16T18:30:45",
"content": "I wrote a couple articles about the same subject but you seem to know a bit more about it than I do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84983",
"author": "BirdFLU",
"timestamp": "2009-08-09T23:18:38",
"content": "I just picked up one of the NetGEo pet cams for $15 brand new at Goodwill. The price tags on it showed it had been on closeout at Target, so keep your eyes open. If there is a way to tap into the timer and make it trigger a better camera I’d love to hear it, I’m not skilled enough to figure it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.278606
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/07/09/intervalometers-and-timelapse-photography/
|
Intervalometers And Timelapse Photography
|
Caleb Kraft
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"digitalcamera",
"digitalcamerahacks",
"dslr",
"intervalometer",
"remote",
"servo",
"time-lapse",
"timelapse",
"timer"
] |
Time lapse photography can seem out of reach for many of us who don’t have fancy cameras(
or a hacked cannon point and shoot
). We recently covered using a
TI-83 as a timer
, and now we’ve gathered a collection of DIY intervalometers to help you get clicking.
Up first, for those of you who don’t want to dismantle your camera, here are some mechanical ones that will work on any camera.
[Simplesimon] has done a fantastic job with this
integrated system
pictured above. He’s added an adjustable solenoid to click the shutter release. By including a second kit board to handle an RF remote, it has remote single shot capabilities too!
Here’s another mechanical one. Using a servo, some hot glue and other miscellany, [Tool Using Animal] (who we featured with the
parasitic wind turbine
) has created
this fairly simple intervalometer
. Again, this one could be used on pretty much any point and shoot camera. His mechanism for pressing the button is unique, he uses a servo to spin a cam with a nub on it. Quite a display of ingenuity.
For those who don’t want to get their hands dirty at all, [ProjectIsle] has
created one out of K’NEX
. This seems like it could be a great solution for throwing one together super quick and cheap.
Some people crave solder and have an irresistible desire to see their camera laid bare on their workbench. These guys offer solutions that require you get a little more in depth.
[Randofo] and [trebuchet03] both used a timer circuit soldered directly to the shutter button to achieve the desired effect. [Randofo]
used an arduino
, while [trebuchet03]
found a timer circuit kit
. [Randofo] even has a nice little plug(pictured above) which allows you to remove the timer circuit when not needed.
[Eaglepex] has gone a bit further with this
external timer circuit for DSLRs
. He made an adjustable one, based on a 555 timer circuit that plugs into the remote shutter release port. He’s even done an elegant job of enclosing it!
Once you have all your images, you’ll need to combine them into a movie or gif. Here is an article on how to
compile all the images together
using
virtualdub
or the
gimp
. You might also need to rename an entire batch on the fly, I like to use
AF5 renamer
for that.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38621",
"author": "Mark Hoffmeyer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T22:33:50",
"content": "I use gphoto2 and a Bash script to do my time lapse photography. Here is a list of compatible cameras:http://www.gphoto.org/doc/remote/My Nikon D40x has a usb connection that gphoto could communicate with and I used the following Bash script to have it take pictures:#!/bin/bashfor ((i=0;i",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38622",
"author": "deoryp",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T22:36:28",
"content": "welcome Caleb Kraft!nice post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38623",
"author": "Mark Hoffmeyer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-09T22:37:17",
"content": "#!/bin/bashfor ((i=0;i<240;i+=1)); dogphoto2 –capture-image -F 1 -I 1 –filename ./$i.jpg#Time between picturessleep 1mdone",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38624",
"author": "Almost_There",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T03:30:42",
"content": "It’s still a work in progress, but seehttp://www.GeoCities.com/KAP_II/(If it says it’s temporarily unavailable, that’s because it’s on GeoCities; Sorry.)Ken_S.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38625",
"author": "Kaj",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T21:45:53",
"content": "I built an automatic panoramic panning rig for my Point & shoot. It’s made from Lego Mindstorms NXT robotics components. It automatically pans the camera and fires the shutter at programmable intervals. I suppose if I left the panning servo off and increased the delay between triggers…guess its time to reprogram!Here’s a picture of the camera:http://members.shaw.ca/renaultguy/panocam.JPGHere’s a picture of the output after stitching in Autopan Pro:http://members.shaw.ca/renaultguy/Harrison%20Panoramic%20copy.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38626",
"author": "Michaël Burm",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T16:07:45",
"content": "If you have a canon compact camera, use the chdk software (http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_in_Brief)that you can use as an extra but integrated firmware on your camera. Then you get hundreds of new functions and the possibility to write your own scripts for the camera. Intervalometer and motion-detection scripts can be downloaded.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/3d-glasses-for-an-sgi/
|
3D Glasses For An SGI
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"3d",
"3ddisplay",
"3dglasses",
"geektechnique",
"glasses",
"markie",
"sgi",
"silicongraphics",
"stereoscopy"
] |
[Mark Hoekstra] is a true SGI enthusiast, and he proves it with these
3D glasses for an SGI
. Taking advantage of the SGI’s stereo viewport, [Hoekstra] created a controller for a pair of CrystalEyes glasses that would allow them to be used with the SGI.
[Hoekstra] used the schematic from
[M.C.D. Roos]’s similar project
, which used old Asus 3D VR glasses. This project can theoretically be done with any LCD-shutter glasses, the only important thing to know is the maximum shutter voltage the glasses will take. [Hoekstra] felt his way through building the board by common sense alone and somehow managed to avoid any shorts. The board only makes three connections to the glasses: an out to the left lens, one to the right, and a ground wire. After building the controller board out of an LM324 chip and a customized segment of perf board, he learned that he needed a monitor capable of displaying a relatively high bit depth at 100Hz, or 50Hz per eye. He tested the glasses with a game called Hacknoid after making a few last minute changes on the board (forgot the ground fuse), and he was soon making himself dizzy with his functioning 3D glasses.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38100",
"author": "Alexandre Gauthier",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T22:48:25",
"content": "I’m glad to see some SGI love, especially from Mark.Also, english isn’t my first language, but isn’t “an SGI” wrong…?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38101",
"author": "spock128",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T01:35:37",
"content": "I had no idea such glasses existed – and are so cheap! how hard would it be to connect a pair to a more recent machine/graphics card?the renderer would have to be frame-locked with the display (unlike most games that pump out as many frames as they can), not to mention render to a different camera every other frame. you would need some way to accurately synchronize the display frame switching with the glasses. serial/usb might be too slow/have too much latency, so maybe tap into the monitor’s refresh signal?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38102",
"author": "Pragma",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T01:53:46",
"content": "@spock128:LCD Shutter-glasses have been around at least since the early nineties. And you’re right about it having to be frame-locked with the display – no amount of coding in software land will get you desirable results.IIRC, some older commercial cards (Voodoo2 I think) actually came *with* glasses like this, but they never really caught on. They had a dedicated port (1/8 jack) on the card to handle all this.A superior hack would be to somehow snoop the VGA signals coming from a more recent card (like on the port itself) in order to drive the shutters on just about any hardware imaginable; just use a pic to listen for vsync and bob’s your uncle. Then it’s just a matter of providing a switch to flip which shutter (L or R) is dominant since there would be no way to know which frame (L or R) is being rendered.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38103",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T02:48:53",
"content": "i had the exact same glasses bundled with a gforce 256.apart from the endless tweaking and headaches, it worked. The only problem is that games had to render one frame for each eye so framerate dropped by half.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38104",
"author": "Doomstalk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T16:45:21",
"content": "@2: Actually it’s correct. “An” is used when the beginning sound of a given word has a vowel sound, such as “entry” or “honor”. In the case of “SGI”, the letter ‘S’ is pronounced “Ess”, so “an” is the correct form of the word.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.432253
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/the-backyard-ogre-catapult/
|
The Backyard Ogre Catapult
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"bungee",
"catapult",
"wood",
"wooden",
"woodworking"
] |
Today we’ll be setting aside the circuits and solder for a little while in favor of good old fashioned wood and bungee chords to make this
backyard catapult
. Items needed include nine sections of 2×3 wooden beams of varying lengths, some screws and eye hooks, a bungee chord, a broom handle, and a few other things which are all detailed in the read link below.
Here’s a quick summary version of the four pages of instructions: First the 2x3s must be cut to their proper lengths. The two 24-inch beams must then be drilled to create pivot holes. Notches should then be cut into them with a saw. The same should be done to two 14-inch beams, which will allow them to be fitted to the 24-inch beams at a right angle. With the two 7 1/2-inch beams, the six beams make up the base of the catapult and two support arms extending upward. Two more beams, a crossbar and angled beam, are added to complete the support system, leaving it prepped to add the swing arm.
The swing arm is a 28-inch beam with the broom handle running through a hole in the bottom and a cardboard cup at the top. The broom handle will also run through the pivot holes in the base. The bungee chord should be stretched from an eye hook on the swing arm and one on the base. The strength of the catapult can be adjusted by using a stronger bungee or adjusting the height of the crossbar. For slightly more complex mechanics, bearings can be added to the pivot points to ensure smooth and efficient energy transfer.
[via
DIY Life
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "38081",
"author": "Bergo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:41:14",
"content": "umm, not really a hack. Maybe if you put a wifi remote firing mechanism or something on there, but as it stands it’s just some scrap 2×4’s and a bungee cord…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38082",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:30:26",
"content": "based on the configuration in the picture, that bungie’s not going to last long.This seams like alot of effort to build something significantly less effective than even a human arm.Catapults can be interesting, but when real hackers want to launch something, we reach for our air cannons:http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll403/wolf12886/DSCN0392.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38083",
"author": "peep",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:45:08",
"content": "What is this? Like its just a catapult. Haha its just a basic design, not even a hack on a catapult design. Add a computer to control the catapult from your computer and measure the physics of the launch then you have a hack…but even that is worthless. When did hack a day stop being relevant?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38084",
"author": "onlysix",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T22:07:52",
"content": "Why does everyone have to comment about something not being a hack? Yes, I know this is Hack a Day, but they have already provided 1 hack today. Everything that follows is just a bonus for our amusement. You people fail to see that we now have 3 to 6 posts in a day as apposed to the 1 post of before. More content is a good thing. If you don’t care for it, then just ignore it and move on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38085",
"author": "dak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T22:09:19",
"content": "bergo, did you even read the article? It states that they are 2×3’s =P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38086",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T22:51:58",
"content": "agreement with onlysix in #4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38087",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T23:11:55",
"content": "a box? did this guy seriously use road runner cartoons as his blueprints?real g’s use slings in their catapults, don’t even get me started on the linear bungee cord, he should have used torsion from several bungess.seige machines. it’s serious business.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38088",
"author": "D",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T23:12:51",
"content": "@1, in agreement with 5,Using 2×3’s makes it a hack. Not-a-hack would have used 2×4’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38090",
"author": "Zero",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:03:12",
"content": "No one likes a hater. If this was 1200AD this would be a total hack.Love hack-a-day. Keep it up.Fun Fact/Question:What are the dimensions of a 2×4??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38091",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:14:18",
"content": "Have you guys not noticed that the black & white photos with the tape on the corners == hack?Everything else is just cool/interesting stuff, that is perhaps on topic with some other post/hack…Catapults are nice, but I personally prefer Trebuchets…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38092",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:34:49",
"content": "at least give us some plans for a trebuchet!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38093",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:47:11",
"content": "I don’t think juan knows how to find hacks.A new siege engine design could be a worthy post. A poorly implemented and inelegant one is just bothersome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38094",
"author": "benb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T05:27:22",
"content": "agree with netdigger on the fact that a 10 year old could do it. And I believe it is onager, meaning wild ass, describing the “kick” that the machine gives. ogre is a mythical creature such as shrek.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38095",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T06:35:02",
"content": "Seconded ^^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38096",
"author": "keystoneclimber",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T07:36:33",
"content": "Hey everybody, welcome to craftaday! Next on the agenda…how to decorate your toilet seat with elbow macaroni and a hot glue gun. Fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38097",
"author": "retepvosnul",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T15:48:22",
"content": "At this rate I’d might submit my trebuchet which is made only from various types of computer memory boards. That would be 1. a more effective design of siege engine and 2. more of a hack. Yes that item does infact exist, but I will not bother you with it really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38098",
"author": "moshansky",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T19:02:50",
"content": "2×4 actual dimensions 1.5″x3.5″not a hack… agree with #15",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38099",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T19:55:43",
"content": "alright I just have to do it.. sry had, but here it goes.http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chipgm5.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78109",
"author": "HUNGARY",
"timestamp": "2009-06-15T10:12:42",
"content": "megcsináltam a szarodat, vazze’ … hát mit mondjak, nem passzol a terepasztalomra :sA magyar várak vaskos falai ezt kiröhögték volna az ezerötszázas években, te f@sz !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122068",
"author": "Andrew A. Sailer",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T10:35:59",
"content": "Thanks for the post, I came across",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122536",
"author": "Woodworking",
"timestamp": "2010-02-08T02:40:23",
"content": "Your encounter the teachers offer on the student has been invaluable. You might discover the item impossible to understand woodworking not having all the information in addition to expertise the fact that you will get from a woodworking teacher.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "138550",
"author": "YO MAMA",
"timestamp": "2010-04-27T22:49:10",
"content": "can u just give a list of materials and the directions to make it? its for a project",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "146400",
"author": "I don't",
"timestamp": "2010-06-01T05:30:26",
"content": "I don’t think that a 10 year old boy can make this alone as effortlessly as you guys put it. Handsawing wood is a real pain if you have scrawny little arms.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147029",
"author": "Genevie Musselwhite",
"timestamp": "2010-06-03T19:54:26",
"content": "itt idot vesztegetni sokkal jobb mint dolgozni. lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1126622",
"author": "elizabeth",
"timestamp": "2013-12-08T16:57:41",
"content": "What a great idea. I was looking for just such a simple design for a catapult to build with my five-year old son. We are having a party next weekend and need one so that the “kinder men” can launch rotten eggs down the hill in the back yard. Simple and quick for a busy mom to build – perfect. Thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1136162",
"author": "blackfire744",
"timestamp": "2013-12-16T20:48:58",
"content": "Thx this will be helpful in my school project",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5024997",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2018-09-10T12:54:40",
"content": "2018 anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6485491",
"author": "hollie",
"timestamp": "2022-06-20T14:05:54",
"content": "I think this is a nice simple catapult that construction teachers can use as a project for the kids :>",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8105966",
"author": "Rockclimber",
"timestamp": "2025-03-05T18:01:23",
"content": "2025 people?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.610469
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/how-to-build-an-arctic-web-cam/
|
How To Build An Arctic Web Cam
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
This particular unit has been de-commissioned since 2005, but it’s still interesting. JACARA set up a
webcam on Antarctica
. They used an off the shelf Axis NetEye200 camera, mounted it inside a pair of hemispherical plastic domes along with a small electric heater and thermostat to keep the device from freezing.
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38077",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T16:41:16",
"content": "I had one of those d-stink web cams that look like half a soda can mounted on my roof for a couple years. Built an enclosure out 6″ pvc pipe. Built a poe adapter for it, and mounted it to the tv antenna on the roof. Ran year round, even at -40F in the winter. No heater needed. Didn’t have a lick of trouble with it until I rearranged my network rack and plugged in the wrong power injector to it. Smoked the camera, but the little web server in it kept working. Really bummed me out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38078",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T17:38:40",
"content": "d-stink? only thing needing “stink” in it is stinksys.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38079",
"author": "samuel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T17:43:03",
"content": "yeah but in antarctica your looking more at 60 oC celcius",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38080",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:43:44",
"content": "Hey adam, I’ll agree the linksys cameras suck balls too. Their other stuff is pretty good though. Yea, it’s colder in the antarctic than the arctic, but we had a greater temperature swing than there. -40F or colder in the winter to +90F or a bit warmer in the summers. the camera took both in stride. for an off the shelf cheap ass camera, some black pvc pipe and a piece of plexi it did better than i though it was going to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.3888
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/physical-value-of-sound/
|
Physical Value Of Sound
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"dj",
"music",
"sound",
"train",
"turntable",
"turntables",
"vinyl",
"vinylrecords",
"wemakemoneynotart",
"wmmna",
"yurisuzuki"
] |
The Royal College of Art in London recently hosted its annual graduate summer show, where postgrad students exhibit some of their artistic and musical projects. Among those featured this year were
several vinyl record and turntable mods by [Yuri Suzuki]
.
One of his projects is called the Finger Player: it is a record player needle worn on the finger somewhat like a thimble, making the act of playing records into a tactile experience.
Another project is the Prepared Turntable, which is a player with five tone arms that have independent faders and volume controls. We feel this project has a great deal of potential in genuine music production, not just as a novelty.
[Suzuki]’s most compelling work is completely off the turntable. Dubbed the Sound Chaser, it is some thing like a toy train running on a small track, except this train has a record needle and the tracks are made from records that have been cut into train track-like segments. The sounds played by the Sound Chaser can be modified by swapping segments of the vinyl track out, mixing and matching for an endless variety of possible songs. We’ll be
keeping our eye on [Suzuki]
; his ideas seem so basic yet so fresh. If you’ll be in London before July 5, be sure to check out his work at the
RCA
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38074",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:23:35",
"content": "Nice Post-Stuff to check out if you are interested in thisDJ Woody has a routine 3 yrs old utilizing this concepthttp://youtube.com/watch?v=dFdNmx21FdMWalter Kitunu has done some amazing thingshttp://www.kitundu.com/main.htmlRicci Rucker Controller 1 Turntablehttp://www.vestax.com/v/newproduct/npfile/newproduct003E.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38075",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T10:36:34",
"content": "I bet that 5 tone arm turntable could make for some interesting dj mixing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38076",
"author": "Happosai",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T14:51:05",
"content": "Janek Schaeffer built a three tone arm turntable back in ’97:http://www.audioh.com/projects/triphonic.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68484",
"author": "yamaha service manual",
"timestamp": "2009-03-29T21:25:04",
"content": "Interesting article, i have bookmarked your site for future referrence :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76555",
"author": "Will - Antique Record Players",
"timestamp": "2009-05-28T17:58:53",
"content": "Hmmm.. interesting new musician tool. Thanks for the tip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.470147
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/nintendo-ds-homebrew-music-apps-roundup/
|
Nintendo DS Homebrew Music Apps Roundup
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"ds",
"gameboy",
"homebrew",
"music",
"nintendo",
"nintendods",
"proteinds",
"waxy"
] |
The fine folks at remaincalm.org, who brought you the wireless mcu controller
dsmcu
, have put together a list of 24
homebrew music apps for the Nintendo DS
. We’ve mentioned
programs like Protein[DS]
before, but the list has others like this
monome emulator
. If you notice anything they’re missing, let them know and they’ll be sure to add it in.
[via
Waxy
]
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| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "78871",
"author": "groltz",
"timestamp": "2009-06-23T13:30:46",
"content": "The Nintendo DSi’s a great thing, but Nintendo should bring out more games for it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.547537
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/seattle-power-tool-race-derby/
|
Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"circularsaw",
"dragracing",
"hazardfactory",
"powertool",
"powertooldragracing",
"powertoolrace",
"ptdr",
"seattle",
"seattlepowertoolrace",
"seattlepowertoolraceandderby"
] |
Yesterday, the Hazard Factory, an industrial arts studio, hosted the 3rd annual
Seattle Power Tool Race & Derby
. Participants construct a dragster powered by at most two “power tools” to race head to head down a 60 foot plywood channel. The rules are fairly loose and creativity is encouraged just as much as performance. For an example build, [spacematters] posted his machine
using a circular saw and inline skate wheels
. A Flickr photo pool
of the day’s shenanigans
is coming together and you can see some of the
registered entries
on the Hazard Factory’s site.
[photo:
Æther
]
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| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38072",
"author": "jeremy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:29:27",
"content": "Cedric over at our beloved culture blog has posted a video he shot yesterday of the power tool races.http://blog.culturemob.com/seattle-power-tool-race-derby-2008Music by our our Chadwick Dahlquist, programmer/music extraordinaire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38073",
"author": "Ãther",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T23:46:17",
"content": "racer shown: Team Lady Safety’s “Blade of Mutilation”racer basis: ryobi 10″ portable table saw (tool was deemed “too unsafe” for use in the lab and declared trash) with a hacked arbor to allow for a 12″ blade; inline skate wheels on pivots & a spring; base constructed saw housing parts.(she was the fastest on the track on saturday, and we won the “hold my beer and watch this” trophy. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.6488
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/twilight-for-zune/
|
Twilight For Zune
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"art",
"artinstallation",
"chandelier",
"microsoft",
"moritzwaldemeyer",
"mp3player",
"music",
"waldemeyer",
"zune"
] |
[Mortiz Waldermeyer], the man who brought us the
interactive LED pong table
, has recently completed a project commissioned by Microsoft: an
interactive chandelier that can receive and react to music from a Zune
mp3 player. The technology behind this project which [Waldemeyer] calls Twilight is not all that complex: at the core of the chandelier is a Zune, which acts as the receiver for other Zunes in the area. The central chandelier Zune then feeds graphic equalizer display data to another device, which in turn feeds a microcontroller running the LEDs embedded in the chandelier. The chandelier itself is constructed of 15 sheets of organza fabric. The result is a rich, dancing display of lights that people in the room with a Zune can take turns controlling. The installation has
just opened in LA
.
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| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38065",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T02:15:30",
"content": "/set satiric_mode onI wonder which project from M$ is not revolutionary./set satiric_mode off/me shrugs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38066",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:16:02",
"content": "sorry.. but what exactly is the point of this? or is it just a cool light show?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38067",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:36:29",
"content": "@bradto try us to get zune’s ???? maybe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38068",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T08:47:27",
"content": "it is ordinary colorofon, but this one is _for ZUNE_, and has blue neons..so lame",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38069",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T15:26:42",
"content": "I’ve got a Zune and love the damn thing, I like it much better than my iPod… At this point the iPod sits permanently in the glovebox of my car as a music server while the Zune gets my pocket space.The only problem I have with the Zune is that nothing is compatible… for me that wouldn’t be a problem if the I/O port was at least well documented and there were some cheap interface cables I could use to build my own accessories.Now I see this article and get excited that I’ll finally find some good documentation on interfacing with my Zune… nope… disappointed again. Hey Hack-A-Day give me some info to hack my Zune! I started coming here because I could count on you to show me well documented hacks where I could learn and improve my own work… now I’m just perpetually aggravated because I want to know how this stuff works but it’s just a bunch of pretty pictures.remember when you used to apologize for posting hacks that didn’t have full documentation? I do… it wasn’t that long ago either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38070",
"author": "Azriel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T15:52:13",
"content": "@TwistedsymphonyIf you are looking for zune cables and info you can try sparkfun, I know they have the former if not the latter.Also I personally would be much more interested if this was from scratch, but I guess why rebuild the wheel…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38071",
"author": "generikb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T17:54:15",
"content": "So how would one go about doing this on their own? I like the concept of a LED “equalizer” (is that what it’s called? The word escapes me currently).Reminds me of back in the day when I used to hook xmas lights up to the “B” speakers on my crappy old receivers in college :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.873775
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/hack-cameras-with-the-image-fulgurator/
|
Hack Cameras With The Image Fulgurator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"funny",
"photography",
"photos"
] |
[Wallace] sent in this awesome project built by [Julius Von Bismarck]. The “
Image Fulgurator
” is the result of mating an optical slave flash with a camera body turned projector. The result is the ability to project ghost images onto a picture being taken by anyone using a camera with their flash. Check out the demo video after the break or hit the
project site
for more.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38047",
"author": "MrHappy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T20:19:40",
"content": "HUNDREDS OF PEOPLEDIED LAST YEARBY TRYING THIS AT THEU.S. \\ MEXICO BORDER",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38048",
"author": "hannes",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T21:15:11",
"content": "Loved this one, great hack and dangerous looking too :)Also put to a good use, I’d probably chosen some silly joke to project…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38049",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T21:33:51",
"content": "Too bad they didn’t use one of these in Shutter, the movie would’ve ended in 5 minutes and I wouldn’t have wasted my money.Also, very nice set up. A lot of potential fun with something like that, especially in a city.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38050",
"author": "datapirate42",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T22:37:06",
"content": "this is an amazing idea… set it up outside some landmark or something lots of people take pictures and just let it run…Wonder if theres a way that each time it fired you could progress the film and project a different image",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38051",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T22:37:32",
"content": "My god, this is the coolest hack I’ve seen all year.Simple, elegant and extremely effective.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38052",
"author": "psychiccheese",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T01:06:48",
"content": "Just wait for someone to use one of these to project Jesus’ face onto the white house, or religious monuments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38053",
"author": "sackofcatfood",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T01:24:43",
"content": "And here all this time I had just been sneaking into the background and pulling a funny face when I wanted to ruin a picture. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38054",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:02:55",
"content": "There’s probably some commercial applications for this cool invention, like having a permanent one installed in an art gallery so if you take flash photography of a statue you get an ’embedded’ message saying ‘no flash photography’, or worse; advertisers utilising this technology at tourist traps…but on the fun side of things, imagine going round a supposed haunted house with a camera and taking a few snaps, seeing the top-half of a ghostly person or a face in the corner of the room in your photos would be quite something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38055",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:54:29",
"content": "This remind anyone of the camera in MGS1?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38056",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T07:56:38",
"content": "I love #8’s idea of preventing photos of art works. I know I’ve done that to cheat me paying a chunk of money for a copy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38057",
"author": "Rubicon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T07:59:55",
"content": "This made me think of William Gibson’s book pattern recognition. The stuff about the gps living memorials thing. Be a cool thing for geocaching. find the spot. take a picture and one of these goes off in a waterproff box, giving you your own personalized token.Pretty friggin cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38058",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T08:49:14",
"content": "lol, the guy said he patented it, like it is something revolutionary",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38059",
"author": "jakob eriksson",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T10:29:00",
"content": "Why would he not patent it? Have you seen this before? This is exactly what the patent system is for. It’s not like it’s a software patent. It’s an awesome idea and the possibilities are endless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38060",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T12:51:29",
"content": "Great, he’s ruined people’s holiday photos. That’s something that’s useful and productive towards society.Does it make him feel big and clever to ruin people’s holiday photos? That’s so rude. It’s not even artistic, as the inventor claims it is. I’m saddened to see so many people thinking this is a good thing. You would not say that if he’d just ruined one of your photos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38061",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T13:07:55",
"content": "The admins removed my last post in which I described, quite reasonably and without being abusive, why I do not believe this to be a good thing.Please, just spare a thought for the people with ruined holiday photos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38062",
"author": "samual",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T14:35:02",
"content": "The first thing I thought when I saw this was,”English, do you speak it?” That hands down makes this good, but really it just makes it better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38063",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T18:36:04",
"content": ">Why would he not patent it? Have you seen this>before?yes, its a hand held projectorhttp://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=handheld+projector&spell=1with flash detector release mechanismhttp://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?cat=9its like those “shopping .. ON THE INTERNET” patents where you add two obvious things and pretend you invented something original",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38064",
"author": "Alek",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T02:20:48",
"content": "neat. it’d be really good for making a statement. i like the references to history he used, especially the reichstag burning. i want one. he has all the parts listed and a diagram so i don’t get why he patented it but whatever. i still want one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "43988",
"author": "Megus",
"timestamp": "2008-09-30T21:05:00",
"content": "Other then basically destroying others photos, what can this thing possibly do to help any one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80940",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2009-07-09T16:14:40",
"content": "rasz, tell me what isn’t a combination of previously invented things?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80945",
"author": "snide",
"timestamp": "2009-07-09T16:39:23",
"content": "@megusConsider it a way to hide political speech in plain sight. Better than anonymous publication.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80966",
"author": "FateOne",
"timestamp": "2009-07-09T19:14:31",
"content": "I was thinking of using something similar to this to evade traffic cameras. Use a high speed flash sensor to trigger an array of infrared LEDs mounted just above your license plate. When the speed or redlight camera triggers the infrared would wash out the license plate but the infrared would make it invisible to anything other than the camera assuming it doesn’t have a very good IR filter. There is probably some way to do this with a polarized film license plate cover and polarized light that would get around that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80967",
"author": "cynic",
"timestamp": "2009-07-09T19:28:16",
"content": "Good job replying to year old comments guys.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80976",
"author": "rizean",
"timestamp": "2009-07-09T21:00:28",
"content": "cynic, blame google/ig. One of the articles today links here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81016",
"author": "j s",
"timestamp": "2009-07-10T05:38:00",
"content": "This technology has a very serious application- something I like to call “photographic denial”. A flash synchronized projector like this could be set up in front of an object and be used to purposefully hide a specific detail of an object as well as imprint an identifier which could be used in a future investigation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81047",
"author": "T-man",
"timestamp": "2009-07-10T14:48:40",
"content": "Funny and simple idea, really like it.The fulgurator only works if you take a picture with the camera flash on, if dont use flash, this wont activate.I personally avoid using the camera flash and discretely stabilize the camera most of the time, dont like the hard light of a flash, and if your trying to be discrete photo flash isnt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.09821
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/on-board-focus-confirmation-for-the-canon-digital-rebel/
|
On-board Focus Confirmation For The Canon Digital Rebel
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"digital photography",
"DigitalPhotography",
"lens",
"lens hack",
"LensHack"
] |
We’ve seen plenty of lens hacks, but [Koray] took things in a
new direction
. Rather than buy lens chips for modding all of his manual lenses, he added a lens chip inside his Digital Rebel 300D (aka
XT
). Most of us might cringe at gutting their Rebel, but he performed this bit of soldering surgery on a unit he picked up for £40 and repaired. Excellent work!
Update: yeah yeah, the 300D is the original Digital Rebel.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38036",
"author": "Alex McCown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T15:03:28",
"content": "im a Nikon guy (D40) but he must of had balls of tungsten to open up his rebel :-\\ any who this is a nice hack i had no idea u could add that :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38037",
"author": "Koray",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T15:51:09",
"content": "YAY! I made it to hack-a-day! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38038",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T17:32:32",
"content": "@ Koray Congratulation, awesome job on your hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38039",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T18:56:15",
"content": "yah Koray nice one 5/5",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38040",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T22:49:29",
"content": "Will,The 300D is the original Digital Rebel… The 350D is the XT. Just FYI :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38041",
"author": "Koray",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T01:16:33",
"content": ":-) Thanks guys, it was fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38042",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:34:25",
"content": "koray, very nice work, it looks like it turned out well for you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38043",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T08:50:09",
"content": "so the chip is just an serial flash rom?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38044",
"author": "Koray",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T10:35:01",
"content": "Hi rasz, I don’t know what type it is, but all it does is to communicate with the camera through a serial connection and report a lens focal length and maximum aperture value. It is basically simulating the original controller chips inside EF lenses. There is not much documentation on this, but there is one commercial website with some info, you may be interested:http://www.birger.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=ef232_homeCheers. K.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38045",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T11:33:26",
"content": "thanks for the info, the one you linked is reprogrammablethe one you used looks just like a 6 pin SOT-23 serial eprom (34VL02 ?).Do those chips talk to camera (two way) or just inform the camera what is connected (like SPD on RAM chips in PCs)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38046",
"author": "Koray",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T01:16:38",
"content": "hi rasz, I think it just informs the camera what is connected (i.e., focal length: 50mm maximum aperture:f/2.0). You can order these chips on ebay and even ask for a specific focal length and aperture value pre-programmed for you. even more, there is this dandelion type for olympus cameras, which can be reprogrammed by the user on the go (i don’t know how). Before the proliferation of these chips/adapters, manual lenses (i.e. M42, Zuiko, Nikon ones) were cheap as peanuts. Now the prices are going up and up… Amazing. Cheers, K.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,800.921423
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/gir-robot/
|
GIR Robot
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"gir",
"invaderzim",
"johnenvasquez",
"montanastate",
"robot",
"servos",
"zim"
] |
We love hardware modding, robots, and generally all things in the DIY category, but cartoons are pretty awesome too. The hilarious yet sadly short lived Nickelodeon cartoon Invader Zim was a favorite ours, due in no small part to a character called GIR, a little borderline insane robot. Not content with just a cartoon, a group of Montana State Univesity, Bozeman graduates have decided to build
a real, functional GIR robot
.
For those unfamiliar with the cartoon, GIR is a quirky, malfunctioning robot designed to help an alien named Zim take over Earth. Loaded with cameras, lights, and all manner of Inspector Gadget style devices in the cartoon, the team have their work cut out for them: if their version is even half as advanced as the cartoon version, it would be several generations more advanced than anything we’ve ever seen. So far, the team has only begun working on the head and neck, installing servos to control its motion, cameras, decorative LEDs in the eyes, and the software to control it all. According to [Arthur Krebsbach], one of the project contributors, this is a long term, open-ended project that will employ new technology as it becomes available. The project is a bit silly, but legitimately ambitious; [Krebsbach] notes, “I don’t think we will ever be satisfied with the Gir until he can fly but runs out of fuel quickly because he replaced it all with Tuna.”
[via
JhnenVEE
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38025",
"author": "mml",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T10:36:02",
"content": "Oh snap, I read that as GIRL robot at first…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38026",
"author": "f00 f00",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T10:53:04",
"content": "well thats just the bowl of a food mixer with some LEDs glued on so far.could be more interesting in the future if it gets any further.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38027",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T14:43:17",
"content": "GIR GIR GIR i love gir :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38028",
"author": "mendicantmonkey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T19:43:38",
"content": "let’s all sing the doom song!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38029",
"author": "echo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T23:26:08",
"content": "But how do they intend to attach the legs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38030",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T00:42:51",
"content": "A year from now, we will hear about how three guys died by being forced feed cupcakes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38031",
"author": "Quin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:17:37",
"content": "They had best leave room for the cupcake, with all the other gadgets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38032",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T07:08:02",
"content": "my bees!awwww, it likes me (compass adhered to chest.)Can l be a mongoose dog?i saw a squirrel, it was going like this (makes squirrel motions)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38033",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T18:44:18",
"content": "Awwww, I wanted to explode…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38034",
"author": "Z",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T18:46:31",
"content": "I WAS THE TURKEY THE WHOLE TIME!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38035",
"author": "Arthur Krebsbach",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:48:44",
"content": "Hello,We really did not expect all this interest so early in the project so those of you saying “It’s just a mixing bowl with leds” are quite right. I’m guessing this will be forgotten and rediscovered at least a couple more times before we are anywhere near what we would call “finished”.Thanks for the interest!We loves the Zim!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49500",
"author": "naomi",
"timestamp": "2008-11-06T22:10:46",
"content": "i love gir",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "139515",
"author": "liam",
"timestamp": "2010-05-02T02:45:25",
"content": "I love your site, I here way too many hours:)!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.013955
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/netgear-open-source-router/
|
Netgear Open Source Router
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"linksys",
"linux",
"netgear",
"router",
"wgr614l",
"wifi",
"wireless",
"wrt",
"wrt54gl"
] |
Netgear recently launched the
WGR614L wireless router
targeted specifically at open source firmware enthusiasts. It can use
Tomato
,
DD-WRT
, and soon
OpenWRT
. The core is a 240MHz MIPS processor with 16MB of flash and 4MB of RAM. You’ll probably remember when Linksys decided to dump Linux from their
iconic WRT54G line
in favor of VxWorks; they released the similarly speced WRT54GL for enthusiasts. Netgear seems to be arriving pretty late in the game, but they’ve set up a
community specifically for this router
. Time will tell whether community support is enough to make this the router of choice for hackers. We wish someone would release an x86 based router in the same price range just to make porting stupidly simple.
[via
Slashdot
]
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38018",
"author": "jan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T11:08:06",
"content": "isn’t it more likely 16mb of ram and 4mb of flash?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38019",
"author": "Scottman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T11:18:02",
"content": "Hey just a little head’s up: It’s 4MB Flash & 16MB RAM*Though 16MB Flash would be natively killer…can’t say much about 4MB RAM in a to-be-hacked router ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38020",
"author": "Jkx",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T12:16:58",
"content": "Netgear is doing the same issue : too much RAM and Flash to be a really killer stuff. For 1/4 of that price you can buy a Fonera which have the same functions … and the same limited feature (due to lack of memory)Bye",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38021",
"author": "gth",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T21:15:43",
"content": "This is not an open source router. The wifi driver is closed source, binary only. The driver works with a linux-2.4.20 kernel only (yup, thats from year 2002). The result is that all the nice firewall functionality in the 2.6.xx series is not supported (eg. SIP NAT).Someone needs to come up with a real opensource router with plenty of RAM and flash, and a reasonable wifi chip set with linux 2.6 drivers.Please stop calling this an open source router.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38022",
"author": "B10hazard",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T02:28:11",
"content": "http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153096Small size, checklow power, checkflash memory, after a CF card, checkopen wireless, (depends on the card you plug in)linux compatible, check“….an x86 based router… to make porting stupidly simple.”, check",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38023",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:43:53",
"content": "Meh. Bring back the WGT634U at this price point and open it up a hair more software wise. The WGT634U has 8MB flash, 32MB of RAM, and most importantly, a USB port. Though, it seems you can get NSLU2s for around this price-point already.B10hazard, that is a novel little board, but it nearly $100 more expensive than the NetGear. How powerful is the LX chip compared to a standard desktop chip?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38024",
"author": "Boby",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T19:22:27",
"content": "does not wall mount…important in some circles :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47860",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-10-27T17:22:22",
"content": "There is a really nice and decently active community site surrounding the new open source router at myopenrouter.com. I’ve been posting every now and then. They have some cool projects going on there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6240782",
"author": "GoldOwl",
"timestamp": "2020-04-28T07:58:54",
"content": "You can find cheaper thin clients on parked towers for much cheaper and more functionality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "8156944",
"author": "DevilDribble",
"timestamp": "2025-08-02T06:35:36",
"content": "Reading these comments in 2025, take me back to 2008, please. :'(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.206703
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/29/botnet-attack-via-p2p-software/
|
Botnet Attack Via P2P Software
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"botnet",
"botnets",
"crime",
"filsharing",
"law",
"limewire",
"p2p",
"p2pnetworks",
"peer2peer",
"prosectution",
"worm",
"worms"
] |
P2P networks have long been a legal gray area, used for various spam schemes, illegal filesharing, and lots and lots of adware. Last year, though,
the first botnet created by a worm distributed via P2P software
surfaced, the work of 19-year-old [Jason Michael Milmont] of Cheyenne, Wyoming, who distributed his Nugache Worm by offering free downloads of the P2P app Limewire with the worm embedded. He later began distributing it using bogus MySpace and Photobucket links shared via chats on AOL Instant Messenger. The strategy proved effective, as the botnet peaked with around 15,000 bots. [Milmont] has plead guilty to the charges against him. Per his plea agreement, he will pay $73,000 in restitution and may serve up to five years in prison.
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| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38012",
"author": "Yuffie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T09:29:56",
"content": "Not a hack.(ok, hacking jokes notwithstanding, stop posting this crap. it’s a virus distributed over downloads of limewire, not even over p2p networks. a few more of these posts a day and i won’t even be reading this blog anymore.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38013",
"author": "thompson71515@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T09:31:32",
"content": "hey, i have a hack.mintemail.com automatically confirms your comments for you, so write a script to query what domain they’re using so you never have to click those annoying confirm links again!i should become a spammer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38014",
"author": "erik",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T10:31:50",
"content": "down with juan, PLEASE.please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38015",
"author": "bolle",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T11:49:16",
"content": "Yeah, stop this crap on hackaday. If can find these kind of posts on any blog.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38016",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T00:51:41",
"content": "If you’re whiny and you know it, clap your hands:http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38017",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:10:41",
"content": "@userjjb – nice try. that link still has crap in it. “the physical value of sound” as presented is art. no details were given on the hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71780",
"author": "stanky leg",
"timestamp": "2009-04-26T10:17:44",
"content": "Can you provide more information on this? I was looking for this additional information, just bookmarked to check out the updates ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/progressive-myrate-hackable/
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Progressive MyRate Hackable?
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Eliot
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"Uncategorized"
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[
"car",
"chip",
"datalogger",
"insurance",
"odb",
"odbii",
"progressive",
"progressiveinsurance"
] |
Progressive Insurance announced that it will be
rolling out its MyRate plan nationally
. You participate by plugging a
monitoring device
into the ODB-II port on your vehicle. Once every six months you upload the collected data from every trip you’ve made. You’ll receive at least a 5% discount and maybe more based on your driving habits. In some states though, you could actually have your rates raised. Progressive will show you the direct impact your driving behavior has on your rate.
[Aaron Landry] has been
participating in the pilot program
and points out that the sensor is actually a rebranded
CarChip
. The CarChip is a datalogging device that can record a number of parameters: trip time, length, distance, speed, acceleration, deceleration, to name a few. 23 different engine parameters can also be made available. The MyRate device works with the same software as the CarChip. For the national rollout though, Progressive has a wireless device which is probably also manufactured by Davis.
While we’re not the types to expose our driving behavior-would you let your health insurance company monitor you? The MyRate device looks like juicy target for the unscrupulous and we wouldn’t be surprised to see someone exploit it. We’re wondering what sort of safeguards have been put in place. Any signal headed into the device could be modified. With the CarChip there’s no good reason to do that, but the MyRate is different because of potential monetary savings. It seems like far too much trust to put in a customer and we’re guessing Progressive has covered their bases either by securing the device or more likely: making it not worthwhile to the consumer to begin with.
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"comment_id": "37985",
"author": "TheSkorm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T16:41:43",
"content": "I don’t exactly know how these debugging ports work in cars, but couldn’t you just emulate driving around casually for a while and use that, having it plugged into your computer, rather than your car. I presume it doesn’t record date and time since that would evade privacy, for of a how long you drive and how fast, and saves them as averages. I’m guessing that the port is some sort of serial port, It’d be nice to have some more information.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "492570",
"author": "Jas",
"timestamp": "2011-10-27T17:43:10",
"content": "The device records everything. Including the cell tower it comed too. You will nevr get the rate reduction. Better off playing a slot machine. Just anopther info colecting device. That can be tricked so easy. Lame firmware.",
"parent_id": "37985",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "37986",
"author": "Dirwin517",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T16:49:18",
"content": "looks like thishttp://www.amazon.com/CarChip-CAN-Data-Logger-Version/dp/B000JH2RVY/ref=sr_1_57?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1214660855&sr=1-57probably is thislogs data and uses a simple consumer ready usb port",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37987",
"author": "daler",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T16:51:16",
"content": "So what’s to keep one from creating a computer interface for this device, and using a program to feed it status codes throughout the day? All you’d need to do is keep it plugged into a computer all the time, and have a program mimic the status of your car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "475372",
"author": "kenny",
"timestamp": "2011-10-08T12:07:37",
"content": "Until you get in a accident and it’s not in your car, so neither is your coverage. Damn!",
"parent_id": "37987",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "37988",
"author": "John Laur",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:04:34",
"content": "It seems to me this thing is really nothing more than a gimmick. You can tell some things from the OBDII port but the only thing that I can see that would be useful to determine ‘safe driving’ that can be measured is possibly acceleration rates or maximum speed. I suppose one could easily build an OBDII filter device to smooth acceleration and limit maximums, but the question is: would it even be worth it?The device cannot tell if you are speeding in a school zone or weaving in and out of traffic. It can’t tell if you are drunk. It can’t tell if someone else is driving your car. It can’t even tell if it is plugged into your car all the time! Insurance companies cannot afford to take the risk that someone might cheat with this device and therein lies the gimmick — it won’t really save you money. They will just adjust their margin slightly for people with this device based on some safe algorithm — maybe you will save $100.So why even do it? Why pay people $100 to put this in their car? Because it will save them money on claims and in lawsuits with other insurers and give them more leverage when wanting to raise rates or drop proplem customers. Most probably when you make a claim they will drop by and download the device log. Now they can do all sorts of stuff with that data to save themselves money. Heck, just having their own record of the speed the car was going when an accident happened could save them millions.Forget this thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "37989",
"author": "2bithacker",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T18:43:30",
"content": "There’s really no need to feed emulated information into the CarChip. Just generate false logs when it’s time to upload the data. At most, you’d need to create a shim driver to emulate a USB device for the data to come from.As for the usefulness of the data, they’re probably just looking at speed and hard acceleration and decelerations. People who slam on the gas and the brakes all the time tend not to be safe drivers. And I totally agree with John, the data will most likely be used in the event of a claims dispute for accident reconstruction.I don’t quite get the whole concept of the program though. The only people who are going to get it are safe drivers, who are unlikely to be in accidents, so the data for accident reconstruction isn’t going to come into play very often, and so probably won’t save Progressive much money at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37990",
"author": "ack210",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T18:50:27",
"content": "I’ve had one of the Davis units for 4 years. I bought it when the Ford dealer couldn’t figure out why my wife’s Mustang kept turning the check engine light on. It’s probably hackable to fake the data, you’d have to simulate the OBDII signals and respond to the inquires from the carchip device, including providing the vehicles VIN to the car chip. Yep, the VIN is in the car’s computer and the carchip reads it to determine what vehicle it’s attached to. It also knows when it’s been removed and reinstalled and logs the date and time of every event. Trip points can be set to determine if you’ve exceeded a preset speed, accelerated or braked quickly. It also notes the last time it was cleared and reset, I’d bet Progressive keeps track of that to determine if the device has been altered or cleared by the owner. You’d have to reset the carchip and restart it with the exact same parameters and the exact same date/time to get around that. It could be done, but how do you know when the guy in the office last cleared the carchip? Yesterday when it was installed, last week, last month or ???Just a thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37991",
"author": "Schnulli",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T19:53:52",
"content": "Well, on the page about the device, they say, that it shares the information wireless. That would mean, that if you drive around it would always be uploading the current data to them, so you have no way of deleting or changing any logs, because there are none. But If it’s really wireless, it would work like a mobile phone, requiring an antenna station “near” it. If you drive in an area with bad coverage it wouldn’t really work, i guess. Or do you think that’s just to prevent customers from modifying the device?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "37992",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T20:01:05",
"content": "Maybe the only reason that you have cheaper insurance when this is in your car is because people think that their driving is being monitored. This means that average Joe assumes that the chip knows everything there is to know about his driving and to keep his premium down he drives safer.This means that on average people with this chip drive safer and therefore can have a lower premium. I reckon the chip would work just as well even if it didn’t have a chip inside the serial port.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "459640",
"author": "Revin",
"timestamp": "2011-09-19T22:26:14",
"content": "Now that makes sense. How do you hack a headtrip?",
"parent_id": "37992",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1010448",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2013-05-30T23:32:45",
"content": "Lol!",
"parent_id": "459640",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
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}
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},
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"comment_id": "37993",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T20:09:01",
"content": "SOMEONE MAKE AN EMULATOR … i drive way way to fast and i need cheeper ratesif u got one email me athvhaxor@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "37994",
"author": "Joey Y",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T21:08:12",
"content": "Actually, max speed, acceleration and total miles driven per year are all facts the insurance companies want to know. If you think about it, someone who frequently accelerates as fast as the car can; drives faster than the usual speed limit (or frequently drives faster than the highest limit in the area; some states still have 55 as their highest limit); and who drives many miles per day or week probably meets the insurance company’s idea of someone who is 5% or 10% more likely to have an accident.Remember that the insurance companies go mostly on statistics. When I had a full-ton pickup truck, it was cheap to insure because people driving trucks get into fewer accidents in my state. But, when I bought a Civic hatchback, my rates went up because people driving hatchbacks get into more accidents.I wonder if Progressive would be nice enough to let you know if your MyRate monitor indicated that your car needed mechanical work…",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37995",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T21:16:37",
"content": "I had one of these for a while. The Carchip model that Progressive uses seems to be a stripped down version of the other ones that Davis Instruments sells. The only things that it would monitor are Date and Time, Speed, and Acceleration/Deceleration.There really isn’t much of a point to trying to alter the data it records. No matter how ‘bad’ your driving is according to their standards, your rate doesn’t go up. It can only go down if you stay under 70mph and drive during ‘less risky’ hours of the day. In fact I got a 5% discount just for uploading the data no matter what it was. At least that’s how it worked during the pilot program.",
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"comment_id": "37996",
"author": "Abyss",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T22:02:10",
"content": "I’d say someone needs to screw with them, throw that chip into an Indy 500 car on raceday. Let them try to figure how my 10 year old truck pulled 200+ miles per hour for a few hours each week. I know it probably wouldn’t work for long but this seems like the perfect way to really mess with them.Also, what’s to prevent me from turning over my grandparents car and saying that it’s my primary car?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37997",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T05:31:59",
"content": "ECM and BCM circuits are the most under-discussed subjects in the reverse engineering community IMO.The RFID keys alone are intriguing as hell, but the equipment for interfacing with them is pricey.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37998",
"author": "A. R. Thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T05:53:53",
"content": "1) Only available in four states (Al, Mi, Mn, Or)2) Tracks “How far you drive”, “When you drive”, “How aggressively you drive”.3) Data collected is shared with the End User via website.4) “Wirelessly” uploads data. I’d LOVE to know how that’s implemented.5) Data available to law enforcement and third parties w/ given permission.6) Rates can go lower OR HIGHER depending on driving habits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "37999",
"author": "hack124x768",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T06:58:27",
"content": "I’m willing to bet that the data they say they will record and the data they actually record will be quite different, Though I don’t know if it will be more or less data than they say.I also agree with #8, people do behave better when they think they are being watched.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38000",
"author": "Rouss",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T08:30:07",
"content": "Though they are pricey, there are emulators that mimic the information the ECU sends out.http://www.obd2cables.com/products/index.php?cPath=31_33It would not be hard to build one yourself depending on the protocol. For example, before the 2008 models, Ford used power width modulation to communicate through the OBD-ii connector. different manufactures use different protocols.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "38001",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T14:46:11",
"content": "im sure if i sit around with a scope and a logic-an i can make my own avr one fairly cheep but i dont got the time or da laptop :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38002",
"author": "Mojo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:58:05",
"content": "Sounds to me like a gimmick to push an underlying agenda.Get everyone to install these to the point that they are so common, no one can or will be insured without one. Then slowly phase in gps based units and eventually they have big brother of the car world. No more privacy when you drive, no more avoiding tickets since they upload your data straight to a police mainframe if you ever speed and the ticket will be posted (heck why not just E-mail it lol) automaticaly.Accidents are instantly asses to see which driver ran the light, was speeding, was driving dangerously etc etc.Heck the list is endless, most of it can be used for good (help raise the premium of dangerous drivers, while lowering those of safer drivers etc), but majority of it will just be invasion of privacy (why do they need to know you parked outside a whore house/drug dealers premesis etc?).TBH I would be very weary of using one of these things for the above reasons, afterall whats $100 more for piece of mind comapared with $100 saving on your cover in return for paranoia?",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "38003",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T16:51:18",
"content": "Mojo, that’s a pretty iffy slippery slope you’re talking about. How do you make the leap from [optional, asynchronous, tracking “How far you drive”, “When you drive”, “How aggressively you drive” (as above] to [mandatory, GPS-based location aware, real-time]?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "38004",
"author": "PaulJ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:28:09",
"content": "Cars with computers in them, ha! What kind of crazy future are these guys living in?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "38005",
"author": "RWL",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T20:57:11",
"content": "the one I have (from progressive, a couple of years old now) has a simple USB connector to upload the data. The log only contains driving distance, speed, and date/time. It DOES NOT record location information. And, of course, it only records when it’s actually plugged into the odb-ii port in the car. (Mine is not wireless, but then again, it’s not the latest version, either.)The device has pins for more than the data they’re collecting (such as, CPU status, exhaust system, trans, etc.), but only a couple of them are connected internally.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "38006",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T23:55:16",
"content": "James – the slippery slope here requires that these devices really start to catch on to the point that an insurance provider can require them. Once a vast majority of policyholders have them, it’s not that big of a step to require the rest to get a device or receive a huge rate hike. Now, rather than getting a device to get lower rates, users will get one to avoid higher rates. After all, if you don’t want a device, you must have something to hide, and thus are a bigger risk.As long as all the big players in the insurance business follow suit (why wouldn’t they, it helps their bottom line?), then drivers are pretty much required to have one to be insured. Then, there’s not much to stop the insurance companies from extending the functionality of the monitoring devices. GPS would be added under the guise of further monitoring driving habits, perhaps to see if a driver frequents dangerous roads or intersections.Once the insurance companies have this big brother view of drivers, it’s only a small step to guess that the government will want a piece of the data mining action. One only has to look at the pressures government puts on the telecom industry for wiretapping rights to see where this could lead.",
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"comment_id": "38007",
"author": "Patchouli",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:34:24",
"content": "Someone could just get the specs on the ODBII data format and make an emulator based on an AT-Mega or similar uC that runs when the car is on and have it input false data into the device.Give the thing the blue bill it’ll never know the truth.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "38008",
"author": "E.J. Publius",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T10:09:30",
"content": "Mojo: That kind of stuff is why you should only drive classic cars w/o odb-ii ports (and w/ big engines :D)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "1010451",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2013-05-30T23:43:12",
"content": "Best comment in this thread.",
"parent_id": "38008",
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"comment_id": "38009",
"author": "charles",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T02:48:20",
"content": "who makes this new MyRate device for progressive?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "38010",
"author": "zumazen",
"timestamp": "2008-07-18T07:26:07",
"content": "Just got mine in the mail. My wife saw that we could get a 5% discount. She clicked “sure”. So now I’m wondering what I should do. I could install it and repost in 6 months. My rate is $363 for my 2004 Expedition. I’ll keep you up to date.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "38011",
"author": "Bump The dead",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T06:50:47",
"content": "To put it simple your cars computer spits out a good deal of information. but some things people mentioned aren’t sentECU doesn’t know its vin, doesn’t know the time of day, and it in most cases has no idea if you are putting your foot on the brake (possible in automatics).The information the insurance company will be after will most likely be the rappid acceleration and miles driven,both can easily be falsified. USB readers for OBDII are roughly 20 dollars on ebay, a small board can also be created to forward false codes and information into the progressive chipif you have a carputer installed in your vehicle you can set the cap for RPM and MPH, this can easily fool the insurance company to think you’ve driven less and been more calm in your driving patterns.The hacking, unless the OBDII and Carputer are already installed would cost far more than you would save insurance wise to validate the reasonjust my 2 cents",
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"comment_id": "55422",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2008-12-16T07:17:48",
"content": "just wanted to throw this into this dead post for shits and giggles. uploaded my girfriend’s data just now and got a 10.71% discount. worth it to me since we’re both good drivers.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "65823",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2009-03-10T17:12:28",
"content": "I just got a 10.3% discount – that’s $27 per month – $162 per 6 mo term – or $324 per year.And that is with more “sudden starts and stops” than the average MyRate user. If I drove like my mother, I could save over $600 per year.",
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"comment_id": "72839",
"author": "Anthony",
"timestamp": "2009-05-05T22:49:33",
"content": "I just got my device replaced because the first one stop working.The new one is wireless version which use cell phone network to send the data back.As you may know, every time you communicate with a cell tower, it can locate you with in … I don’t know, maybe a mile? Same feature on some cellphones with google map.I really worried how they going to use these information.",
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"comment_id": "114218",
"author": "DG",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T16:58:09",
"content": "Got here while researching the device – applying for Progressive insurance at the moment. I-59 in AL where I live has 70 MPH speed limit and most of the folks go up to 80. Sometimes, when changing lanes, I go up to 85-90. Don’t really brake hard, but since I go over speed limit all the time, I’m too scared to install it. My rate will go up most likely :(",
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"comment_id": "155279",
"author": "seaxu",
"timestamp": "2010-07-04T13:06:18",
"content": "this chip clearly uses obd2 information the only real parameters i can see them using are: speed sensors, abs sensors, tachometer, if you have a vehicle with stability control it will probably store that info as well. it uses cell towers to communicate with progressive if you look closely at the device it uses simcard technology to ID the my-rate and give it an addresses with whatever cell company they’re working with. in the legalize it says that you may have to pay additional fees for the communication aka the cell taxes. last but not least the device will only know that its connected to the specific type of car not the exact car it’s plugged into because the autos computer pre 2010 do not carry that information. but most 2009 and newer fords Nissan Toyota do. the dealerships can now connect wireless to your automobile for diagnostic purposes.",
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"comment_id": "155281",
"author": "seaxu",
"timestamp": "2010-07-04T13:08:08",
"content": "ps if you wanted to build an emulator look up megasquirt tuning coputers they have a kit to build an emulator for testing their ecm kits to make sure you didn’t screw it up.",
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"comment_id": "209220",
"author": "John S. Swygert",
"timestamp": "2010-11-08T01:53:37",
"content": "If you think it possible, well…it is possible with this (newest device). What has been failed to be mentioned here is that based on the circuits (chips, as in multiple) architecture, the possibilities that are being recorded are endless. One cannot assume a simple USB style data stream outlet from the device enables a person, even with excellent computer skills, to understand what information has been garnered. One must have the language the (BIOS) style chips are programmed in, and if that is unknown and secret corporate code, one will never decipher all the features built in. Mine has at least 4 circuit boards, one has at least a transmitter, one has a battery and BIOS chops, one is a receiver, and one looks to be the main monitoring and data crunching board. Two boards are joined together back to back, and appear as one, until you see that they are different circuits on each side. Perhaps you have been offered a savings and that is all well and good, however if that is not the intended and only purpose(s) (perhaps offering better safety as well), if this is utilized in other ways away from the main mission of the design and specific purpose, then I would have to say that its very nature is suspect and innately poor, or distrustful in nature. …on another note …it is Nov 2010 and my laptop has faceware recognition to log on…WTF ! That is on my Alienware laptop…George Orwell’s 1984 is a great book!…Big Brother is watching you! ALWAYS!",
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"comment_id": "360238",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2011-03-16T19:50:50",
"content": "i just saw an ad in ny on tv for this…. time to bring this subject back to life !",
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"comment_id": "388695",
"author": "777",
"timestamp": "2011-05-01T07:30:11",
"content": "If it ever comes to Big Brother watching you by GPS by OBD2, you can always go with a pre-1996 car that doesn’t have such a port. There’s the excuse you’ve been looking for to buy a ’67 Mustang!! Or you could simply not buy into it, refuse to install it now, then it will remain a fringe item. Fringe does not equal profit.This is why if I had OnStar, I would disable it–just cut power to the transmitter. There’s always a wire to cut! Also John, that’s why I disabled the webcam on my laptop. Now I can’t figure out how to turn it back on, but at least I’ve got peace of mind!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "417760",
"author": "jrd",
"timestamp": "2011-07-15T02:25:06",
"content": "Just a few corrections to Bump the Dead’s post: I know this is an old post but it’s still interesting.To put it simple your cars computer spits out a good deal of information. but some things people mentioned aren’t sentECU doesn’t know its vin, doesn’t know the time of day, and it in most cases has no idea if you are putting your foot on the brake (possible in automatics).(Newer cars know the vin. This thing uses cell towers to transmit so the time and date will be known also. Nearly all cars made in the last 10 years know when the brake is pressed (Auto or Manual. It doesn’t matter).)The information the insurance company will be after will most likely be the rappid acceleration and miles driven,both can easily be falsified. USB readers for OBDII are roughly 20 dollars on ebay, a small board can also be created to forward false codes and information into the progressive chip(See post by John S. Swygert)if you have a carputer installed in your vehicle you can set the cap for RPM and MPH, this can easily fool the insurance company to think you’ve driven less and been more calm in your driving patterns.(This would also mess up your shift points, abs, trac control, odometer etc)The hacking, unless the OBDII and Carputer are already installed would cost far more than you would save insurance wise to validate the reasonjust my 2 cents(I agree)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "509658",
"author": "Common sense",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T02:14:15",
"content": "Here’s an idea! LEARN TO DRIVE, so you don’t have to “hack” it. IF you can’t drive well, you shouldn’t be on the road. Otherwise you wont need to hack it. -.- *smh* you people are the epitome of subnormality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "509893",
"author": "eeks",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T09:27:28",
"content": "i tyhought tuesday thid wold be shit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "509903",
"author": "eeks",
"timestamp": "2011-11-16T09:37:04",
"content": "oops sorry. kid you not wrong kbd. – anything is hackable. GSM? self upload? wrote some apps for a friends car to read with ECAN module in a pic18f or similar. – so what if your car is old, no electronic engine? you automatically get a discountIts another WASTE OF RESOURCE ¬! yes take your old mobile screens . yes pull up old chips from the 70’s to use in your own projects because of this little gimiickry is ofsetting you trying to do anything about it.Sry , its little wank-apps and i-pad users in this world that get me steaming with the waste of crunch/CPU and or dare be-it efficiency. bullshit architecture I could design as a learning ASIC ..fumem fume fume .. have a good’nHappy Bacons!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "529540",
"author": "RevisedRedneck",
"timestamp": "2011-12-08T03:57:14",
"content": "I have just read through a few of your posts here and I am seeing a lot of different opinions on what a car can and can’t do. As a professional automotive A.S.E. Master Tech, I can tell you that computerized vehicles these days are smarter than you may think….1. 2002 and later, VIN# is programmed into the pcm (GM, Chrysler, Ford, and a few others)2. 2009 and later Chryslers will actually search for fuel vapors in the vacuum line when you get low on gas. “Running on fumes” isn’t just an expression anymore.3. there is a LOT more info to be had from a pcm than you think. (I.E. with a proper scanning device you can view everything that a pcm is doing right down to the relays that are being activated at any given time.)4. think of this as kind of like a display that you may find in a custom diesel truck (the digital one that tells you mph, rpm, boost, egt, and so on ) those just simply plug into the OBDII port.5. have you ever replaced a battery in you car and noticed that it didnt quite run right for the first few days? it’s because once the pcm lost power it had to relearn all of it’s parameters on how “you” drive.Interesting fact.1. A late model Volvo or Volkeswagon has up to 29 computers.2. the average pcm in todays vehicles are SMARTER than the computer system that N.A.S.A. uses in the latest of space shuttlesTell me again how you don’t think the chip could really catalog all that data. It is ripe for the picking with the proper setup",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "554074",
"author": "larry11",
"timestamp": "2012-01-09T01:40:07",
"content": "Does anybody know if these things can be programmed to make your car run bad. Found one in my car from previous owner or my mechanic. I had a lot of problems with the car till I pulled it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "555361",
"author": "Nik P",
"timestamp": "2012-01-10T19:21:22",
"content": "I have the base version of the carchip. Mine logs speed, time, and three user selectable parameters. Davis INstruments has an SDK you can download. I. set mine to log engine temp, intake temp, and alternater voltage.The usb port uses hid protocol and dumps logged data in ASCII format. The manual notes that tne unit may cause problems on certain vehicles.The Davis Instruments website list several models, including at least one with wireless download ability. I suspect the wireless is bluetooth to allow fleet Maintenence shops to read the data with a tablet or smartphone app.I doubt that the insurance company would use the more expensive wireless units",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "555465",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2012-01-10T22:45:46",
"content": "I can clear up a couple things i’ve seen the guts of one now. I’m Canadian tho. I have a history in ECM programming mosty a hobby; but do sell software that flashes many models of PCM’s, ECM.ODBC is a standard; this is bad for them. I have a working version of a simulator on the bench. it’s not hardware as of yet as i’ve replaced the factory firmware in a PCM with my own.I’ll skip all that and just tell you the sneaky stuff about the device.People think wow it’s got a sim in it; yes it does the sim is used to provide a unique identifier on a private circuit. These are setup very much like vpn’s on the providers network. Ie it’s not really a cellphone; you can’t get a voip circuit out of it.Pulling the device out of the port to drag race and plugging it back in is bad.. It’s got circuit for that and has the ability to keep itself powered via a cap on the layer 2 board for awhile.ODBC is an always on deal in many cars ie; power exist switched or not with ignition. But not all.ODBC is also a datastream it’s not something you need to request a value from the pcm on it’s very serial in nature and you decide what you want to listen to.. This is bad as they have access to everything and makes it very hard to figure out what they are looking at.Ie some bmw’s have gloading in the stream; companies may add anything they want to it. What makes it a standard are a base set of headers generic devices can expect to exist.I think the best way is daughter card between it and the device that will range out the values.Ie pcm might see a speed of 12 24 50 ; we can easily curve those to bring back 15 20 25 indicating to the device a smooth acceleration curve.The big thing remains the accelometers on the device itself; it’s going to require a hack to null those. Problem is the chip is fairly decent and we would only want to null values out of spec for what we are trying to hide at the same time it could use speed as a key part of x to decide that. bummer.Once you add the ability for them to detect your location via cellphone towers it really starts to tilt into a fairly decent hack. Pushing fake data down the device is kinda mute at that point we have zero way to fake the location of the device itself. It can easily monitor if a vehicle was moving at a certain time and even get an avrg speed out of it although they could never use that calculated speed to do anything it would be iffy at best.From a tablet please excuse generic bad stuff that comes from typing on one of these crappy devices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "593223",
"author": "phoneboi",
"timestamp": "2012-03-02T06:44:09",
"content": "I’m working from memory at the moment, so bear with me. If someone would like more detail (in pursuit of more hackability), I can run some real-world tests with the P-CarChip, cable and software I still have.The P-CarChip is still plugged in BTW, blinking out of the corner of my eye and forcing me to double-take whenever I get in and out of the car…still.I signed up for the program years ago, with ideas of seeing what it could do once I had it in my nerdy ‘lil hands. (And find out what sort of data was getting collected.) After some digging and a few searches on the part number I found the link to Davis, the CarChip…and I think this very post.Using the Progressive cable and an older revision of the CarChip software, I am able to download trip data from the device, clear it’s memory, read ODB codes and reset the SES status.I wasn’t able to modify the configuration, all of the limit and measure settings appeared to be locked (via security / firmware /dark magic). Attempts to re-flash the device with a Davis CarChip firmware image appeared to start.. then fail (checksum ..I think).To it’s credit, the P-CarChip didn’t flinch, and started recording trips as soon as I plugged it back in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "632011",
"author": "Jake",
"timestamp": "2012-04-18T15:03:35",
"content": "Well I have been trying to figure it out for a long time. Like Maybe just cutting the wires that go to the Ecu and leaving the power and ground so it knows its plugged in but doesn’t think the car is running. But idk if that would work. I did find a super sweet tricks though that has been keeping my hard breaking down to almost zero.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1010459",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2013-05-31T00:03:24",
"content": "Do share the trick. This is what has got me PIS**D at this thing. The hard braking beep. If I coast to a stop, I’m ok. But if I go any more than 20% on the brakes, it beeps. I’m talking about nowhere near hard or dangerous or locking up, and its beeping that stupid beep at me. I hate it!",
"parent_id": "632011",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "659497",
"author": "Melody",
"timestamp": "2012-05-25T18:46:08",
"content": "I have progressive snapshot and my car’s in the shop as we speak due to progressive snapshot. The mechanics cannot figure out what is wrong with the car changed out numerous parts and still will not run. they hooked it up on the computer and it said nothing! so progressive is a piece of shit and will mess ur car up. I have never had any problems with my car since i purchased it 3 yrs ago",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "714741",
"author": "contractorwolf",
"timestamp": "2012-07-26T21:35:48",
"content": "i used it and although i drove slow for an entire month they gave me zero discount, i bought the device from them and did a teardown if anyone want to see the insides of this device:http://www.flickr.com/photos/23258232@N06/sets/72157630736000260/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "750015",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2012-08-23T16:42:45",
"content": "I have snapshot 2 days know. One on my Nissan pathfinder with abs. And Suzuki esteem without abs. After 1 day drive. My wife drive,s the Suzuki esteem, she had 4 hard breaks, on the other hand. The Nissan pathfinder had 0 hard break,s. now this morning I had 1 hard break and you will hearing that by 3 bleeps. The guy passed me on the right cut me off and the stoplight turned red so I had to brake hard, now my opion about hard braking, if you have abs system in your car and you take a long brake distance every thing is fine. But my wife doesn’t have abs so when she start to brake her brake pad has to sqees harder on the rotor, to cum to a stop, abs stystem brakes like if you pump the brakes. So the hard braking has to do with your braking system, if you have bad braking pads on your Car. That need to be replaced. Is on of the reason . That can bee seen as hard braking. Or when your car is sensitif to braking when you push the brake paddle. So I drive like a old lady or as a truck driver that needs long brake distance to cum to a stop. Problem. Even if you or a safe driver, you need to drive like a old lady and as a truck driver at the same time, en brake with the tip off your feet . And other drivers will pass you from left and. Right cut you off so you have to brake hard. I think it,s funny see if I can get a discount, with stupid drivers on the road that tailgate you cut you off or pedestrian that hits the red light, every body knows if you drive in a city things happens beyond your driving skill. And progressif count hard braking, my opinion we or all bad drivers :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "782071",
"author": "Nik P",
"timestamp": "2012-09-12T22:15:47",
"content": "contractorwolf’s photos are verrry interesting. The device appears to include an accelerometer and a gsm/gprs transceiver in addition to the arm based mcu sim and a few other cellphone components.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.387382
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/led-serial-debugging-for-cell-phone-hacking/
|
LED Serial Debugging For Cell Phone Hacking
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"classic hacks"
] |
[
"AVR",
"cell phone",
"cellphone",
"debug",
"htc",
"serial",
"windows mobile",
"WindowsMobile"
] |
[Barry] needed some way to get serial output to help debug his efforts to port Linux to the HTC TytnII (Windows mobile Pocket PC phone). He wrote some code to send
serial output via one of the LEDs
on the phone and rigged up an AVR to pic up the output and provide a USB interface to the computer. It runs at about 200bps – perfect for the quick debug session.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37981",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:32:53",
"content": "Cool topic, I think I saw this done to a camera once to dump its firmware via a LED reading USB device. Think it was one of the new cannon’s…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37982",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T20:56:09",
"content": "http://www.hackaday.com/2008/05/27/porting-chdk-to-new-cameras/Yep, this method was on HAD a little while ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37983",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T17:00:07",
"content": "Camera flash != cell phone IR-LEDNeat trick, though he probably could have done it easier over the headphone jack — HTC uses a special 11-pin port that looks kind of like mini-B USB, but has additional pins for a headset. I would think it would be easy to find a software modem package, though maybe it’s not trivial to route the system terminal to it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37984",
"author": "Barry Carter",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T20:09:03",
"content": "Thanks for the kind words!@wolf yes, been done a few times, but as far as I could tell never quite like this.@james You assume we have audio :)Also you are right, (assuming we had audio) routing to the headphone port after decoding the incoming console data would be a nasty job. I decided to do it this way as it was very simple to do, 9 lines of code in the Linux kernel and a chunk in an avr.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.16139
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/gps-logging-arduino-shield/
|
GPS Logging Arduino Shield
|
Eliot
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"gps hacks"
] |
[
"adafruit",
"arduino",
"arduinoshield",
"gps",
"gpslogger",
"gpsreciever",
"ladyada",
"shield"
] |
ladyada continues to produce more and more interesting Arduino shields. This new
GPS logger
plugs into a standard Arduino board and has support for four different
GPS receiver modules
. On the backside of the board is an SD card slot where it stores the coordinates in a text file. The total runtime can vary from five hours to twenty depending on how you choose to power the device and how you use the device. How often you read the device and whether you maintain the GPS lock will affect the
power consumption
. Like all of ladyada’s projects, you’ll find a great construction guide and
example code
on her site.
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37976",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:06:18",
"content": "Great idea, couldn’t this also be combined with a hacked eye-fi card to become a tracker?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37977",
"author": "gazoogleheimer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T19:20:14",
"content": "@blizzarddemon: That wouldn’t work (the Eye-Fi is just wifi, and for most applications, you won’t have Wi-Fi along the whole way)…however, you could use a cellular data modem stacked on top of that–that would work perfectly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37978",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T19:28:58",
"content": "@gazoogleheimer Oh Im not saying its %100. No wifi, no upload, but it’d be a cool idea to try anyway. Alot cheaper then spending the $500+ on a tracker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37979",
"author": "pt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T03:47:34",
"content": "@BlizzardDemon – you could trick the eye-fi card by “faking” a JPEG write to the card and putting the info in there, but that still wouldn’t really work because the eye-fi card needs an open or already-setup hotspot to upload images/data from.if you want to do a diy tracker, get a cheap cell phone (google or search here for for the projects that use that).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37980",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T04:34:02",
"content": "@pt Thanks, Ill do that. Much obliged. ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102471",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2009-10-19T22:12:50",
"content": "Shipping that to Europe? Looks like a bomb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.250481
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/bittorrent-admin-convicted-by-federal-jury/
|
Bittorrent Admin Convicted By Federal Jury
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"bittorrent",
"departmentofjustice",
"doj",
"elitetorrents",
"torrent"
] |
[Daniel Dove], administrator of the site EliteTorrents.org, has been convicted of conspiracy and felony copyright infringement. Running a bittorrent tracker isn’t in itself illegal, but [Dove] apparently recruited seeders and distributed the initial illegal copies to them from his own server.
From the press release
, it seems the Justice Department is quite tickled with finally getting a conviction in a P2P case after a jury trial.
[photo:
nrkbeta
]
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37973",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T11:12:09",
"content": "Even though I pay for all of my music and movies by choice, this just comes off as stupid to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37974",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T03:37:57",
"content": "Utter BS.Unlike the previous poster, I don’t pay for my music or movies-I actually don’t WATCH them, and will continue to avoid them-or DVR and skip commercials on TV-until this kind of crap stops. The U.S. federal government was meant to represent its people-not fat cat corperations.“2 year old convicted of felony for drooling on keyboard and downloading movie on federal snare site!”“Man arrested for hearing music he did not own while walking by party.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37975",
"author": "pr0curve",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T19:17:10",
"content": "How is this a ‘hack’? This site is starting to suck more and more every day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.505872
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/defcon-16-schedule-finalized/
|
Defcon 16 Schedule Finalized
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"News"
] |
[
"con",
"conference",
"convention",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"hackercon",
"hackerconference",
"schedule"
] |
If you were waiting to finalize you travel plans, now’s the time; Defcon has published the
final speaking schedule
. The conference starts Friday August 8th in Las Vegas, NV and continues through Sunday with four separate speaking tracks. There’s quite a few talks we’re looking forward to: Silicon guru [Christopher Tarnovsky] from
Flylogic
will be hosting a breakout session on
smartcard security
. [Gadi Evron] will talk about the
security implications of biological implants
in the future. [Thomas Wilhelm] is going to cover building a
mobile hacker space
and the vehicle related hacks it requires.
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| 0
|
[] | 1,760,377,801.538529
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/plants-as-speakers/
|
Plants As Speakers
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"audio",
"plant",
"sound",
"speaker",
"vibrate"
] |
You can make pretty much anything a speaker by vibrating it. Japanese engineer, [Keiji Koga], has been working for many years to perfect his
plant based sound transmission system
. The voice coil is at the bottom of the plant container and transfers sound up the stalk to the leaves. It’s and interesting idea, but we can’t imagine it sounds much better than
vibrating a rigid surface
.
[via
io9
]
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37966",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T06:44:06",
"content": "voice cool… Is that supposed to be voice coil?pretty cool, I guess.. This would be useful, if the sound quality is high enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37967",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T10:03:36",
"content": "I’d be interested to hear it with some really high treble notes, to see how it performs.Also, as for the similar approach, I was more keen of thinking of the Soundbug (http://news.cnet.com/2100-1040-860746.html) which may or may not also work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37968",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T11:17:54",
"content": "I wonder how devastating it is to the plant, as a living creature. I doubt they are adaptable to constant micro vibrations.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37969",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T16:58:50",
"content": "I bought a soundbug some time ago, works on the same principle to those speakers. Neat little device, surprisingly good sound, specially on glass. And has the bonus of projecting sound out of both sides of whatever you stick it to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37970",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T18:41:41",
"content": "that is interesting. The article is very brief but it compares the sound quality to vinyl. I wonder what the quality is actually like? Also, too bad they make no mention of cost.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37971",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:44:27",
"content": "Hah, I remember reading a Star Wars expanded universe book where the bad guys used plant stalks as organic microphones. Seems like a good idea to go vice-versa.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37972",
"author": "golyandro",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T01:28:37",
"content": "watermelon for subwoofer! wohooo!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "998426",
"author": "benji",
"timestamp": "2013-04-27T03:15:59",
"content": "is it possible to conect a speaker to the plants ?i will be gratefull it some one have a circuit charts..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.580243
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/anti-paparazzi-sunglasses/
|
Anti-paparazzi Sunglasses
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"anonymity",
"anonymizer",
"infrared",
"paparazzi",
"security",
"sunglasses"
] |
UPDATE:
Video can also be found here
.
Ah, the life of the work-a-day hacker: sure, it’s glamorous, but all the paparazzi dogging your every step can get unbearably stressful. Thankfully, you have a recourse with these
anti-paparazzi sunglasses
. They work by mounting two small infrared lights on the front. The wearer is completely inconspicuous to the human eye, but cameras only see a big white blur where your face should be.
Building them is a snap: just take a pair of sunglasses, attach two small but powerful IR LEDS to two pairs of wires, one wire per LED. Then attach the LEDs to the glasses; the video suggests making a hole in the rim of the glasses to embed the LEDs. Glue or otherwise affix the wires to the temples of the glasses. At the end of the temples, attach lithium batteries. They should make contact with the black wire, but the red wires should be left suspended near the batteries without making contact. When you put them on the red wire makes contact, turning the lights on. It’s functional, but we’re thinking that installing an on/off switch would be more elegant and it would allow you to wear them without depleting the batteries.
[via
BoingBoing
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37939",
"author": "Andrew Cooper",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T03:52:08",
"content": "Works well when up against a video camera with no IR cutoff filter. Many security cameras that are designed to used in low light level and with IR illumination can be defeated this way.Usefulness against a digital camera, such as in the hands of every tourist and paparazzi, would be limited due to the IR cutoff filters in front of the sensor.Try it, probably useless against a DSLR.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37940",
"author": "mojo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T03:53:00",
"content": "You can do a similar thing with bright IR LEDs to blind most CCTV cameras, especially at night. Works well with a hat or on your collar too if they are bright enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37941",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T03:56:44",
"content": "a novel idea but not a very neat implementation, I’ve seen a similar hack where the person put a bunch of infra-red LED’s in a band worn their head to mask their entire head from CCTV camerasusing 3mm led’s will make them more discreet, also filing the ends off will increase the beam spreadhowever using infra-red led’s to hide your face will only work if the camera trying to take your picture doesn’t have an infra-red filter, and most do…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37942",
"author": "gm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T04:55:37",
"content": "1. those are AG3 batteries, which are alkaline, not lithium, and 1.5v.1.1. those have a capacity of about 23mah. I wouldn’t expect this to work for more than about 30 mins, until the cell voltage drops below the vf for the LED.2. if a paparazzi was using a camera, they would likely have spent above $50 on it, and it would have an infrared filter. Even my phone camera has a somewhat ineffective IR filter on it, which means it’d just see this as white dots. My D40 doesn’t see even my 0.5W IR LED star.3. Metacafe. Draw your own conclusions. You can’t un-view something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37943",
"author": "emilio",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:12:34",
"content": "cute.would be useless against film cameras.would be semi-useless against cameras with ir filters.the end part of the video looks totally fake. ir leds would not “glow” like that unless they were pointed right at the camera, all the time.hey, you ever hear of those guys that post fake DIY stuff online, just for the humor? i call shenanigans.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37944",
"author": "Chee",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:40:48",
"content": "looks very manipulated. i can believe the first shot of the glasses working, but i do not believe the shot of the guy getting out of the car one bit. in my experience these infrared leds simply show up as white dots.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37945",
"author": "x",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T07:01:36",
"content": ">hey, you ever hear of those guys that post fake diy stuff online, just for the >humor?Or money:http://www.metacafe.com/producer_rewards/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37946",
"author": "zigzagjoe",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:09:42",
"content": "phail hack tbh. the end is obviously fake as #5 has pointed out, and the obvious most every camera worth a damn (and paparazzi tend to have the best of the best) will have said filter …. so the best you will give them are 2 nice glowy spots on the sides of your tacky specs. if that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37947",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:18:45",
"content": "wouldn’t work…. like has been stated…. ir filters are very good at blocking this.now how about some real hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37948",
"author": "a random John",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:39:52",
"content": "Note that Johnny Chung Lee has been filmed wearing IR spectacles. As a matter of fact, somebody took a photo of me wearing the IR glasses I built and put it on flikr:http://flickr.com/photos/mikepirnat/2343310102/Note that my face is plainly visible.That said, two people at the conference told me that the glasses messed with their cameras, though if memory serves, one of them said it screwed up his autofocus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37949",
"author": "t-1000",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T09:02:47",
"content": "I just tried this with a bunch of LEDs, it didn’t jam the camera or even glare out the test image. Either the LEDs weren’t bright enough or it doesn’t work. I’ll try some brighter LEDS(maybe even fricking luxeon LEDs).BTW did I mention this guy censored my comment when asked where the LEDs were obtained?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37950",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T11:41:22",
"content": "wooohoo, we get fake hacks now … :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37951",
"author": "blankthemuffin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T16:15:36",
"content": "Heh, it’s not a fake hack, it just doesn’t work with alot of cameras because they have IR filters.This would be extremely effective against night cameras which use IR spotlights to discreetly light an area to the camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37952",
"author": "joen",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:29:28",
"content": "but should be useful against night-vision cameras using ir, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37953",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T22:18:13",
"content": "A hat with lithium cell inside and some IR style cree’s will work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37954",
"author": "Seamus Dubh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T00:43:07",
"content": "The concept is great, just used for the wrong thing this is more of a “Anti-Big Brother” type thing.As some have stated, this I really infective against your common photo type cameras, they have Ir filters.What this is great for are ‘Low Light’ cameras, i.e. security cameras, they usually use Ir lamps for illumination at night.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37955",
"author": "pastasauce",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T08:47:12",
"content": "I’m surprised Kip Kay didn’t narrate this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37956",
"author": "simpletext",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T10:16:49",
"content": "what if you spend alot of money on the hat idea and use some sort of IR laser beam array, perhaps several diodes with movable arc-style motors like club laser boxes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37957",
"author": "kmangwing",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T11:27:38",
"content": "You guys totally posted something exactly like this a few months ago. I’ve been trying to find it but I can’t seem to get the right post. It was the same thing except the guy used goggles or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37958",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T16:46:04",
"content": "Ignoring IR filters, the LEDs would only show up as small white dots – just as high brightness white LEDs would.This could /possibly/ work on a security cam set up for night vision with IR, but you’d need a fuckton of LEDs, and at night, you’d just make yourself MORE visible, not less, probably.The hack is fake, as previously stated. Why hasn’t this post been edited to say that? The whole Pentium drink warmer post was corrected pretty quick.As for autofocus – some cameras use IR rangefinding for autofocus. That’s why it would mess with the autofocus. The IR autofocuses don’t like windows either, cause of reflection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37959",
"author": "Chris R",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:38:30",
"content": "Good Idea. I think I’d make it just because it’s interesting. I have a camera that I removed the IR filter from, so this might be interesting to test it against that a normal camera with filer. Anyway, the video you embedded has been removed from Medacafe so here’s another one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37960",
"author": "Night Ninja",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T03:38:41",
"content": "Tried to make this,even with four IR LEDS, didn’t work. Am I using IR leds not powerful enough? or is this video a fake?Can someone tell me if this is possible and where I can find the correct LED’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37961",
"author": "K1ngfunK",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:27:43",
"content": "Since this really only works with low-light cameras, what about using the same idea, but with a different (perhaps illegal, but that’s not the point :P ) implementation: installing several inside your car’s license plate holder (around the license plate). You could power them off the car’s 12v signal, and I’m thinking it would effectively white your license plate for any type of traffic monitoring camera.The problem I see is knowing how a person could test this without knowing exactly what type of cameras are being used.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37962",
"author": "Chris R",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:52:01",
"content": "Apparently my embed code was disabled (I assumed it would be). Here.http://www.vodwizard.com/video/462/anti-paparazzi-sunglasses.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37963",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T07:08:33",
"content": "I did something similar to this about a month ago. I used twelve IR LEDs in throwie form to blot out the identities of myself and five friends during a mostly harmless prank on my high school. The viewing angle must’ve been very broad, because nobody got any flack for it and no security pictures were used to fuel the subsequent manhunt.For those interested, we were bonding traffic cones to the middles of a row of desirable parking spaces that the student council had greedily reserved for themselves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37964",
"author": "simpletext",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T11:00:27",
"content": "wtf lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37965",
"author": "SimpleText",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T01:24:05",
"content": "?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/logic-probe-kit/
|
Logic Probe Kit
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"diagnostic",
"digitallogic",
"logic",
"logicanalyser",
"logicport",
"logicprobe"
] |
Logic probes can be anything from useful to critical depending on the project, but if you don’t have one already, why not try building one? Instructables has a guide to
building a logic probe
using a PCB, an assorted lot of resistors, capacitors, regulators, DIP sockets, a 9V battery clip (and 9V battery), and a hex inverter. Instead of using an LED like other simple logic probes, though, this kit uses a 7 segment LED display to show whether logic high (H) or low (L). The schematic makes putting this together only slightly more complicated than snapping Legos together. Of course, the resulting device is not as versatile as a
LogicPort
logic analyzer, but it is still useful.
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{
"comment_id": "37930",
"author": "Batman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T02:28:25",
"content": "simple and effective, but I’d think a bicolor led would cost less than the 7-seg. The 7805 will probably drain the 9v batt in no time and get hot doing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37931",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T04:58:23",
"content": "So basically, whoever created this has managed to take a device that can be built with an led, 2 resistors, a transistor, and a battery, and created a version thats larger, costs more, is more labor intensive to build, and offers exactly the same functionality.Am I missing something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37932",
"author": "Colin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:48:46",
"content": "NIce little project you have put together.Thanks, regards Colin",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37933",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T07:50:03",
"content": "Perhaps I got the wrong vibe by the end of the synopsis. “Of course, the resulting device is not as versatile as a LogicPort logic analyzer, but it is still useful.”I’ve owned the logic analyzer from intronix for a few years. I also own a micronta logic probe, HP Logic Dart, and a Fluke 123 scope meter. Each has its own. And to give the logic probes a little more respect. All these tools are great for their intention. But a logic probe has a place too. The logic analyzer, Logic Dart and Scopemeter take far too long to setup for most quickies. A logic probe gets powered and references signals. visual and audible indications are great and there is not setup over head. I once repaired a pinball controll board using only a logic probe- This was the eye opener that each tool does infact have a very special place in terms of use. Within 5 mins the pinball machine was working. It would have taken that long to setup the other instruments consider the broad range of pins and various signals that needed to be checked.Don’t take this the wrong way either. The logic port is an excellent tool. But it should not be compared to a logic probe. Apples and Oranges anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37934",
"author": "chr0n1c",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T07:57:46",
"content": "amazing that they did it all without any syringes!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37935",
"author": "Dennis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T19:50:40",
"content": "@Wolf (post 3)Would you mind sharing how those few components make a working logic probe? I had a google and only came up with IC based designs :(Ty!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37936",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T20:24:32",
"content": "A 9V battery to 7805 linear regulator is a really bad idea. It will burn that extra 4V off as heat and it will constantly leak about 2-3ma of current. You’ll be replacing that battery a lot. Find a LDO regulator with a low Iq (quiescent current).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37937",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T00:23:14",
"content": "@dennisBasically, you just connect the emitter of a common npn transistor (like a pn2222a) to the probe batteries ground, connect an led and a current limiting resistor in series between the transistors collector and the batteries positive terminal (with the led’s plus side attached to the battery), then attach a second, high value resistor between the transistors base and the logic probe.The resistor values will depend on the voltage your probes running on, and the voltage you want it to detect, but for a 9v battery and signals above 2v a 470ohm current limiting resistor, and 20k probe would put the max current through the led at 19ma, and keep the current through the probe to less than 1ma. If you wanted to, you could probably go with even higher resistance on the probe and still keep the transistor saturated, but the highest my pot goes is 20k.If anyone sees that I’m mistaken on any of this feel free to correct me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37938",
"author": "dennis123123",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T23:29:00",
"content": "Thankyou wolf! Ill give that a go :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80309",
"author": "Becky",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T23:59:49",
"content": "Thoughtful post and well written. Please write more on this if you have time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "86912",
"author": "NOBAMA",
"timestamp": "2009-08-14T18:41:51",
"content": "This is WAY too complicated and power-hungry for a logic probe with this level of functionality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "218810",
"author": "Eldon Fasci",
"timestamp": "2010-11-26T01:30:48",
"content": "80%off on ALL packages with hostgator for this black friday http:// tinyurl com hghosting101",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3026243",
"author": "vladk",
"timestamp": "2016-05-20T14:30:51",
"content": "A lot of logic probe schematics exist (this one also good enough) but I did not yet meet with the completely right (or ideal) one for me ;-(For my taste, the probe has to (must):– check both CMOS and TTL levels– be able to recognize & identify 4 (four) states:— 1. Logical “0”— 2. Logical “1”— 3. undefined state (open collector out, high impedance out legs etc.)— 4(!). mistakenly not connected (non wittingly “suspended” / “float” / “broken”) TTL inputs– visually apparent signals (see above) close to the very tip– audible sounded 4 (four) states mentioned above.Yes, I’ve ordered a thing like ELENCO LP-560 (or “All Sun EM4610”) but they’re not a perfect ones considering my above requirements.So, I’m making my own scheme… ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/airpiano-touch-free-ir-piano/
|
AirPiano: Touch Free IR Piano
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"airpiano",
"arduino",
"infrared",
"motionsensing",
"motionsensor",
"music",
"piano",
"theremin"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4Ovsh2DZY&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
We were excited to learn of
[Omer Yosha]’s AirPiano
, but being the persnickety nerds we are, we think its more like a theremin than a piano. The device lets users play 24 different notes with a wave of the hand over the AirPiano. The “keys” are arranged in a matrix of three tiers with eight notes per tier; if the user sustains his or her hand over the AirPiano, the corresponding note is sustained.
It’s construction is relatively simple: an Arduino, several infrared sensors, and LEDs corresponding to the notes make up the device. It doesn’t have any built-in audio hardware at all, so it’s most basic use is as a MIDI controller. Still, it is essentially an unspecified input device, so it could theoretically be used for other purposes. For us, it’s fun to just watch the AirPiano in action.
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{
"comment_id": "37925",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T00:57:11",
"content": "“we” like juan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37926",
"author": "36chambers",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T02:06:46",
"content": "Cool, seems a little laggy, would have liked to see a demo with other sounds with quicker attack/decay like drums.This really reminds me commercial product SOUNDBEAMhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=FtSt3Rnncrs&feature=relatedhttp://www.soundbeam.co.uk/Those things are super expensive, would be really awesome if the heads got together to reverse engineer this thing and bring us a similar cheap DIY solution.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37927",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T04:04:07",
"content": "Reminiscent of the anger stick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37928",
"author": "Tarek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T17:42:48",
"content": "Today was in germany smthin about the airpiano on [3sat] – and an interview with omer.there was also how to make ur own multitouch display so if you want to put smthing here, C-base e.v has open source software for multitouch",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37929",
"author": "guy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T22:05:24",
"content": "this video is no longer availiable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "386210",
"author": "Refael Yosha",
"timestamp": "2011-04-26T11:19:31",
"content": "You will probably like to know that the airpiano is now offer on sale. For more information please refer to:http://www.airpiano.de, and find all information you need about this unique instrument.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.113773
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/eye-fi-explore-review/
|
Eye-Fi Explore Review
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"eye-fi",
"geotagging",
"photography",
"review",
"sdcard",
"wi-fi",
"wifi",
"wps"
] |
[flickr video=http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauls/2611298593/]
The WiFi uploading
Eye-Fi
SD card made a big splash when it was first introduced, but now Eye-Fi has a whole line of different products. The top of the line is the Eye-Fi Explore, which
supports geotagging without using a GPS
. Instead of GPS hardware, it uses the Skyhook Wireless Wi-Fi Postitioning System, which correlates the position of the Eye-Fi’s access point to GPS locations, creating virtual GPS functionality. This allows photos taken with the Eye-Fi to be be geotagged. Of course, the accuracy of the system is noticeably lower than true GPS and seems to be affected by a number of external factors, but it is still accurate enough to tag the photo within the immediate vicinity of where it was taken.
WiFi positioning is great feature, but certainly not limited to photography. Since the Eye-Fi is at its core SD storage media, you could probably have it geotag data saved to the card, even if it wasn’t created by a digital camera..
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37920",
"author": "t0ny",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T03:36:44",
"content": "neat, but not really a hack. I wounder if they will release a compact flash version then I would be interested.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37921",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:09:47",
"content": "i wonder when Juan Aguilar will get kicked by the other HAD staff for posting news and adds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37922",
"author": "Riley",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T09:29:30",
"content": "So when is it going to get hacked so I can put one in my car radio and upload music straight from my computer to my car?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37923",
"author": "Harkonian",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T19:32:50",
"content": "Not only is this not a hack, it isn’t even a real review. The picture he took with the camera was _not_ the picture which showed up in flickr. That picture was not sitting on the chair shooting through the railing.What, he couldn’t even be bothered to get the thing working correctly before doing this “review”?Fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37924",
"author": "lag1980",
"timestamp": "2008-07-10T02:13:30",
"content": "For the previous comment… he set the VIDEO camera down, which had the view of the railing, while he took a picture with the REGULAR camera. Obviously, he was standing, and well above where the camera would have a view of the railing. Wow. Use some common since.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56514",
"author": "jbardi",
"timestamp": "2008-12-25T10:52:23",
"content": "Yeah, I agree.. get a clue dude. He filmed the video with a VIDEO camera… the eye-fi is an SD card for a STILL camera. Didn’t you notice that the VIDEO camera was filming him putting the eye-fi into the STILL camera on the table? Are you that dumb? He set down the VIDEO camera that he was talking to us through and shot a picture OVER the balcony with the STILL camera.You are either a very silly child or a very stupid adult!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64588",
"author": "Jesse Hattabaugh",
"timestamp": "2009-02-27T22:34:26",
"content": "The geotagging likely won’t work with anything but images. Unless other files can have exif tags.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65611",
"author": "PacoBell",
"timestamp": "2009-03-08T10:47:07",
"content": "@jesse: Well, MJPEG obviously will, so at least one video format is known to work. However, most video formats these days are H.264, so I don’t know if that format support geotagging metadata.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65613",
"author": "PacoBell",
"timestamp": "2009-03-08T10:57:56",
"content": "Okay, I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about and it’s way to late in the evening. Of course H.264 itself doesn’t contain that kind of metadata, but maybe the MPEG-4 Part 14, or MP4, container does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68346",
"author": "Apparissu",
"timestamp": "2009-03-28T16:42:31",
"content": "Buyer Beware: I had one of these Eye-Fi cards die on me within a month of owning it, taking a lot of important photos to the grave with it. This problem has been happening to a huge number of Eye-Fi users, and of course in nearly every case photos are lost. Basically, assume every shot you take onto this card has a 50/50 chance of surviving long enough to end up on your computer.So, do ya feel lucky, punk?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80049",
"author": "TV Reviewer",
"timestamp": "2009-07-02T08:27:32",
"content": "I love geotagging – the locations of photos can be set to appear on a map on new Sony TVs. It really adds something extra to slideshows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119933",
"author": "wifi security",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:22:40",
"content": "you ok if i add this info to my blog?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,801.958129
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/turn-your-old-hard-drive-into-a-sandergrinder/
|
Turn Your Old Hard Drive Into A Sander/grinder
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"burning",
"recycle",
"sparks"
] |
[Jipa] over at MetkuMods put up an
original re-use
for old hard drives: make em into power tools. The tiny servo motor that drives the spindle doesn’t generate much torque, but once the drive is spinning fast enough, the inertial force of the platter is enough to make it usable for small grinding/sanding projects. The platters are re-stacked directly on top of each other to increase strength – we’d suggest a few dabs of epoxy to make em even stronger. Once stacked, a piece of sand paper is cut to size and held on by the center platter washer. [Via
hacknmod
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37899",
"author": "Alexander Gee",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:27:03",
"content": "Come on guys this is stupidly dangerous, there is a good reason that those disks cut at high speed they store massive amounts of potential energy. More than a small calibre bullet in most cases. One of those platters shattering would make an awful mess of you. If that is not enough older drives have glass platters that is just asking for trouble, please don’t promote such dangerous things. Sometimes its worth spending a few dollars and buying real tools, this is one of those times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37900",
"author": "mnelsen",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:31:43",
"content": "very nice, i like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37901",
"author": "xrazorwirex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:53:06",
"content": "i always thought hard drives had stepper motors in them? im sure you could modify the mounts on them to put an actual grinding disc instead of using the platter, and you could just make a cheap circuit to drive it at variable speeds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37902",
"author": "Max Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T00:08:19",
"content": "OOOOHHH! Sparks. I like this idea. Those drives have some serious rotational kinetic energy. I bet there are a lot of other things to do with them too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37903",
"author": "DigitalKlepto",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T00:10:33",
"content": "As someone who has worked in a machine shop, with a lot of experience operating grinders and chop-saws, I would hafta agree with Alexander here…its too much of a gray area to be playing with. HD platters were NOT designed to have ANY friction on them at all. You might get away with some very light sanding, but using it as a grinder is just asking for some metal shrapnel in places you don’t want it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37904",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T01:01:58",
"content": "sure it’s dangerous, oh well :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37905",
"author": "DigitalKlepto",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T02:11:35",
"content": "http://gfx.ibas.com/news/pictures/total_head_crash.jpgto see what just a head crash can do to a hard drive platter. If any of you have ever taken a hard drive apart, then you know how light and flimsy a head is. this picture is what a hard drive looks like with just a very small amount of pressure on it. you go ahead and try to sand or grind something with a hard drive platter…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37906",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T02:18:25",
"content": "@5: Modern drives don’t use stepper motors for head positioning anymore; they use voice coil type positioners instead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37907",
"author": "Mosheen",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:08:20",
"content": "He was referring to the spindle motor, which is a stepper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37908",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:28:39",
"content": "Actually, spindles are (have always been?) driven by brushless motors, not steppers.As for safety, all the HDDs I’ve taken apart seem at least as sturdy as the cheap “dremels” I’ve owned… Plus, along with the suggested epoxy, some kind of mesh or cloth could be sandwiched between the platters for even more strength.A slightly safer use would be as a buffing/polishing wheel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37909",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:44:28",
"content": "great hack! Remember to wear those safety glasses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37910",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T05:52:25",
"content": "What the hell has happened to hack-a-day?Posting something like this is stupid. Especially when you don’t even bother to mention that this is extremely dangerous. There are still many drives that use metal plated glass platters… the energy in a spinning platter could cause it to literally explode when misused.Something like this would not have been posted a year ago. Yes, it may have a cool factor but that is heavily outweighed but the maiming factor.Stupid h-a-d… unbeliveably stupid post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37911",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:22:07",
"content": "aaron …. i agree what the hell has happened to this site. but on the other hand its better than some of the shit that has been posted lately ( oink news )dex",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37912",
"author": "reza",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:03:53",
"content": "hi> I Look up a set that can completly deletes the hard disks platter so that it dont possible recoverable.> Do you have such this set?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37913",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T17:28:48",
"content": "@DigitalKlepto Read on, it talks about using a sheet of sand paper over the plates. The plates are just there for a surface, which seeing there brittleness Id probably opt for installing actual metal plates cute from sheet as opposed to glass….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37914",
"author": "GnuoyKun",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T04:02:07",
"content": "I was wondering, there is a way to interface the spindle motor directly, maybe through a serial port?Since it has already a mounting and some screws I think it’s easy to build something around it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37915",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T08:28:37",
"content": "I was never as paranoid as you guys when attaching an orbital sander disk to the platterface of an obsolete drive, arcing off of old CRTs, launching ballistic CDs with a dremel, or any of the stupid dangerous crap hacks do involving high energies and computer hardware.Man up you whinging HAD readers. If you die with a hard drive platter pinning your head to your workbench at least it will be an awesome death.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37916",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T16:41:45",
"content": "“If you die with a hard drive platter pinning your head to your workbench at least it will be an awesome death”All you “not a hack” whiners, *this* is what a HAD comment is *supposed* to look like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37917",
"author": "Jipa",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T18:53:45",
"content": "Funny you should mention, I never thought it could be dangerous when I made it. Anyway all the HDDs I’ve opened and destroyed have had metal platters and this was not different… Metal plated glass does indeed sound rather dangerous so that would have been a good thing to point out in the original article. Also the motor has virtually no torgue at all, so when a load is applied the speed drops well below the specified.Funny this gets linked now, it’s already over two years old :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37918",
"author": "morin",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T15:32:16",
"content": "i´m trying to make the hd plattes spin with a 9v battery but with no success, i´m giving my first steps in circuit bending so i would really like to do this.. can someone give me a clue on how to achieve this?thnx :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37919",
"author": "Kludge",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T03:59:37",
"content": "This may not be so hot for sanding/grinding but as a lapping/polishing surface it seems to do the trick. hardly any load would be put on it (use properly) and the surfaces are smooth enough that a little diamantine & oil or water would work wonders on that last little bit of high polish wanted.Just a thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121200",
"author": "mattress",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T18:27:27",
"content": "Intimately, the article is really the sweetest on this worthy topic. I concur with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your upcoming updates. Just saying thanks will not just be enough, for the great clarity in your writing. I will directly grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Good work and much success in your business dealings!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/duinostamp/
|
DuinoStamp
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"atmega",
"breakoutboard",
"dip",
"duinostamp",
"microcontroller"
] |
We think that in honor of the
DuinoStamp’s small size and big power
, the post about it should also be small and powerful. About the size of 34-pin DIP, the DuinoStamp is a breakout board that fits in DIP sockets and is Arduino compatible. It features an ATmega 168-20PU chip, a 16MHz resonator, decoupling capacitors and more. It doesn’t come with the necessary 5V power supply or any kind of interface cable, but what do you expect for under $10?
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37895",
"author": "Tachyon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:30:11",
"content": "Wtf, how’d I get to generichackeraimedproductaday.com?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37896",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T00:21:58",
"content": "These mini-Arduino boards are getting to the point where you might as well put an ATMega168 directly on your board and use GCC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37897",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T01:15:12",
"content": "arduino is great because of the software, not the hardware. i never bought an arduino board, but i use the atmega 168’s all the time with the arduino bootloader and ide. i used to use a paralel port icsp programmer, and “bricked” chips occasionally. (wrong fuse bits or whatever) using the bootloader and a fdti cable is much more convenient and forgiving.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37898",
"author": "dex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:25:33",
"content": "is this another add ??wow … this site has gone down hillJuan Aguilar i hope you are getting cash for this.i know i would want loads of cash if i was selling out a wonderful site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.315531
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/wii-fit-balance-board-controls-robot/
|
Wii Fit Balance Board Controls Robot
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"balanceboard",
"controller",
"controllers",
"controls",
"python",
"robot",
"robots",
"skybot",
"wiifit",
"wiifitbalanceboard"
] |
More
Wii Fit Balance Board hacks
keep rolling in from Europe. We’re not sure we agree with [Juan Gonzales]’s assertion that the
Wii Fit Balance board is the best way to control robots
, but we can’t deny how fun it looks. [Gonzales] managed to control a robot of his own design with the balance board, making it turn when he leans to the sides and moving forward and back when he leans in those directions.
The robot, which he calls SkyBot, is fairly impressive in its own right, built from a PIC microcontroller and featuring various infrared sensors and 6 contact sensors. The robot’s OS can be controlled from Windows, OS X, or Linux, but for this project, they used Debian. The balance board interfaces with a laptop connected to SkyBot;
custom software
(tar.gz file) to make this work was written in python, and is available on [Gonzales]’s robot wiki, as well as instructions on how to
build a SkyBot
. It is in Spanish, however, so fire up
Google Translate
and get to work.
[via
Balance Board Blog
]
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37893",
"author": "sarsface",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:21:22",
"content": "Haha, what does he say at the end?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37894",
"author": "Juan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:34:20",
"content": "He says “la mejor manera de controllar robots!” Oh… you meant in English. “The best way to control robots!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50582",
"author": "mikemennell",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T23:48:44",
"content": "If anyones still looking for a nintendo Wii hop on over tohttp://www.wii-playit.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55530",
"author": "monthlycheck",
"timestamp": "2008-12-17T01:47:40",
"content": "Skybots are pretty impressive and does look like loads of fun ;)Wii Fit Balance Board",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75644",
"author": "Princessb89",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T04:49:14",
"content": "You should have a robot war with the other guy that built a wii controlled robot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2459841",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2015-03-01T17:26:16",
"content": "Does anybody have python code to read the Wii Balance Board on a Mac?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.356763
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/pc-interfaced-snes-sound-processor/
|
PC Interfaced SNES Sound Processor
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Silverpill] sent in this interesting Super Nintendo mod. [Raph]
interfaced
a SNES audio processing unit to his parallel port using a logic gate and a few resistors. The project looks like it probably died off, but the goal was to use a APU to play authentic audio from emulated games. Schematics and code to get the thing working are all available on
the site
.
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37890",
"author": "Stone",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T22:24:14",
"content": "Wow, there’s a blast from the past – I built one of these 5 years ago from the same diagram! Worked perfectly with Caitsith’s program so I never fiddled around with it too much.It’s an awesome project, but if you’re planning to do it yourself be aware that not all SNES consoles have the sound unit as a removable module like this – no PAL consoles do, and only some of the earlier American and Japanese ones. Don’t go buying a European console for parts!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37891",
"author": "Keatwon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T04:41:27",
"content": "You can convert the various sound files into the SNES’s format. I’d really like to see some people write music with this. But then theres always the Midibox SNES thats in development!http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/midibox_snes_apu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37892",
"author": "Ben Bleything",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:26:10",
"content": "It’s not exactly a dead project… in fact, Caitsith has created an Arduino shield that interfaces with the SNES APU. In fact, I have one of his early versions sitting on my desk right now.He posted about it on the Lady Ada forums, you can check it out here:http://forums.ladyada.net/viewtopic.php?t=5195",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.148705
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/mega-underwater-diy-video-housing/
|
Mega Underwater DIY Video Housing
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"freakin huge",
"FreakinHuge",
"scuba",
"underwater",
"video"
] |
This fantastically huge housing was put together by [Ed Sauer]. He put it together using TIG welded 6061 aluminum for the body and machined the port mount out of 7075 aluminum. The lens port is a commercial unit from a housing manufacturer along with a few manual controls. He wrote up the build in
this pdf
.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37887",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T15:55:47",
"content": "i approve of this post.how the hell does he get this thing on a plane to his nearest dive site? just can’t seem to picture the live-aboard staff handing *this* camera down to him after he’s jumped in…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37888",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:29:17",
"content": "There is a secret way of getting that stuff to your destination.It’s called U.P.S. or FedEX.Hell I ship my luggage, laptop and everything else when I fly. I dont lose my stuff and no hassles at the gate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37889",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:01:16",
"content": "I have camera envy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "295148",
"author": "TheBadWolf",
"timestamp": "2011-01-03T01:38:38",
"content": "“I personally like Sony products and purchased it from the wonderful people at Film/Video Equipment Service Co. Inc. The commercially available housings are too expensive and too heavy – about 80 lb. loaded. I need to be able to carry it without breaking my back and if the housing costs an arm and a leg, it will be hard to lift.”Lol..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.187306
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/27/the-great-internet-migratory-box-of-electronics-junk/
|
The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"box",
"electronics",
"emsl",
"junk",
"swapmeet",
"tgimboej"
] |
UPDATE:
EMSL has
four more boxes ready to go
. If you are in the silicon valley area, pick one up.
The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk
is essentially a virtual swap meet. A mysterious USPS flatrate box arrives on your door step filled to the brim with random electronics. You remove some pieces that you find interesting or useful. Write about them. Add some items from your own collection, and then ship it off to a recipient you deem worthy. [
John Park
] was kind enough to send us the box code named Rangoon and here’s what we found inside:
Suprise! A bunch of electronics junk! There were old circuit boards and new unpopulated boards, a pocket phone dialer, a giant multimedia remote, coincells, random LEDs, wirewrap boards, a touchscreen toy, and a mini FM microphone amongst many other things. Most important was a small log book for suggesting recipients.
We pulled out some pin sockets, a light up fader with detents, a pager motor, and a sealed Dialight bag, which ended up being a four digit hexadecimal display.
Our contributions to the box were: some sockets, a microswitch, weights from a gaming mouse, a
ShiftBrite module
, controller board from a
TRS-80 Model III
floppy drive, a USB WiFi adapter, and a
Kopin HMD board
with adapter. You can see the
progress of this box and others
on the official wiki.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37874",
"author": "Aarond",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T12:26:46",
"content": "I have been meaning to set upa few new geocaches around where I live. I might designate one just for electrical junk. It’ll give m the oppertunity to have a bit of a clearout.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37875",
"author": "MrGee",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T14:17:03",
"content": "how do I get it sent to me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37876",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T15:30:20",
"content": "How much were shipping costs? Was it worth it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37877",
"author": "ChanMan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T15:57:57",
"content": "nice if it comes my way i’ll let everyone at hackaday know",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37878",
"author": "John B",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:05:25",
"content": "You can sign up at tgimboej.org.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37879",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:51:23",
"content": "I’m pretty sure that black lensed object on the right, slightly lower than center is one of those wildplanet video eyepieces featured a few months ago. The small board above it with a black wire and a narrow ribbon coming out of it is its controller board.Nifty things, those displays.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37880",
"author": "Carl Trimble",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T19:32:28",
"content": "I am starting a box or two tonight! This is a great idea and I am always amazed at how other people think of this before me. I have been trying to clean up my work bench for a year now. No one around me is interested in my old electronics junk. This is a good way to get rid of it and see to it that it does not end up in a land fill!PS… At first, when Hackaday said they would be changing the site. I was skeptical. But now I am very happy to see more posts on the site! Thanks Hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37881",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:19:31",
"content": "I am so down for the box, My father and I bought at auction a whole wall of components from a flow control company that was bankrupt. Like 10000 Individual components…….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37882",
"author": "diy audio projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:40:01",
"content": "Looks like shipping is about $10US. I’m going to start a box in Winnipeg, Canada. Any Canucks who want to get on the list can contact me through my website.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37883",
"author": "Carl Trimble",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:56:31",
"content": "That box that hackaday has pictures of has a pretty cool Sony universal remote in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37884",
"author": "Patrick Jones",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T21:30:28",
"content": "Hey send that my way, I’ve got a great collection of random electronics in good condition too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37885",
"author": "Brandonman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:10:59",
"content": "Yeah, I signed up on the wiki a few weeks ago. Hoping to get it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37886",
"author": "chuck",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T02:11:18",
"content": "I went and picked up “sydney” yesterday. I was really happy because i needed a pushbutton switch for a project and then *pow* there was one in the box! I just need to fill it up with some goodies and send it on it’s way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63231",
"author": "pkt",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T01:49:18",
"content": "I applied for a box. I have a heck of a lot of stuff there and I’m willing to start my own box if I knew I could get one soon. I could probably start about 2-3 boxes once spring arrives and the snow melts here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63233",
"author": "pkt",
"timestamp": "2009-02-17T01:51:31",
"content": "I’ll actually start to set aside some stuff here. Hopefully we can get one going to the hackaday fans out there soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70082",
"author": "pkt",
"timestamp": "2009-04-11T05:19:43",
"content": "Spring is here and the snow has melted so I guess I’ll stick to what I said and try to remember to setup a box soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.238136
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/streaming-netflix-to-the-xbox-360/
|
Streaming Netflix To The Xbox 360
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"lifehacker",
"mediacenter",
"netflix",
"vista",
"vmcnetflix",
"watchinstantly"
] |
We were just as excited as anyone when we heard about Roku’s Linux based Netflix Player, but not being ones to spend money on hardware, even $99, we’d much rather use something that’s laying around that’s not living up to its full potential. Lifehacker has a guide for
using vmcNetflix to stream Watch Instantly movies to the Xbox 360
. vmcNetflix is a Media Center plugin. When the 360 was originally released, you could only get Media Center by buying a new PC, now it’s included with Vista, meaning people might actually use it.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37656",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:24:47",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37657",
"author": "Carlton",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T04:25:05",
"content": "Netflix is great, Instant Watching is awesome, but wait…IW doesn’t work in Linux. How can the Roku by running Linux?From what I understand, IW requires Internet Explorer, ActiveX and DirectX. Please, someone, correct me if this is not the case, but I understand people haven’t even got IW working under Wine in Linux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37658",
"author": "moridinga",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T05:14:15",
"content": "Why the heck does this site look like total ass when I view it in Firefox, but looks terrific when I view it in IE6? Am I the only one with this problem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37659",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T12:00:42",
"content": "@carlton:The Roku is a hardware box made to connect directly to the TV. Being linux based mainly means it runs off Linux. Sorta like Tivo, I guess.You could probably use it to stream videos to Linux since it supports RCA, S-Video, component, and HDMI cables. You just have to have the ability to view TV input.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.274486
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/open-source-symbian/
|
Open Source Symbian
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"nokia",
"OpenSource",
"ostatic",
"s60",
"symbian",
"symbianfoundation"
] |
Nokia recently announced its
plans to purchase Symbian
and formed the
Symbian Foundation
with the intention opening the software platform over the next two years. Symbian is already present on 60% of all cellphones in the world. With such a massive install base, open source Symbian has a much better chance of taking off than platforms like
Android
, which are starting on the ground floor.
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| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37650",
"author": "mace",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T23:46:49",
"content": "YES!I hope this takes off, I hate having to sign apps on my n73, and nowadays you really can’t sign anything properly anymore, and opensigned doesn’t always work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37651",
"author": "monopole",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T23:52:34",
"content": "On the other hand, a new design starting from a blank sheet of paper with a powerful patron has it’s advantages as well. Take the iPhone (please!) as an example.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37652",
"author": "Cross_",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T00:15:06",
"content": "Their release date of 2010 is extremely optimistic..not to say naive. Seeing how much work it is to turn closed source into a well documented open source port for Android I don’t expect Nokia to make it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37653",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:22:29",
"content": "i do not approve of this postvaporware is not a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37654",
"author": "ÙرÙز تØÙÙ٠اÙصÙر",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T01:21:05",
"content": "i hope that we will see some improvement in nokia phones",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37655",
"author": "Frostybeard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-07T21:11:27",
"content": "I will be looking forward to seeing a PC port of Symbian, as well as multiprocessor and 64 bit ports and support for all sorts of hardwear. Symbian is a pretty stable OS and has a lot of software already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75394",
"author": "Symbian Blogger",
"timestamp": "2009-05-16T19:42:35",
"content": "I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "86705",
"author": "Tyrone Peterson",
"timestamp": "2009-08-13T15:35:32",
"content": "Cheers for all the help and tips, Symbian can be funny, imagiane if we had to do this kind of thing with Windows!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "108276",
"author": "Fungus",
"timestamp": "2009-11-21T13:47:31",
"content": "ha ha, how I laugh when I see these comments from people who do not understand the market. Symbian is dying, Android IS king and Nokia HAVE to buy a Linux derivative for their new OS. Bye bye Symbian",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.527047
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/make-a-universal-macbook-air-superdrive/
|
Make A Universal Macbook Air Superdrive
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"burn baby",
"BurnBaby",
"dvd",
"macbook",
"media"
] |
For $99, Apple will happily sell you a slick USB superdrive (aka DVD burner) that only works with the MacBook Air. [tnkgrl]
swapped out the USB-IDE interface
with a generic $9 unit to make it work with everything else. The generic board required a few mods: relocating the crystal oscillator along with the amputation of its daughter-board that carried an external power connector, usb connector and some caps.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37642",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T20:11:08",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37643",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:44:32",
"content": "oi, troll, GTFO",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37644",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T22:11:14",
"content": "this will be my first upgrade to the eee pc 901",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37645",
"author": "Carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T00:42:03",
"content": "That’s great. I like most of what Apple makes, but their unnecessary hardware lock ins are something that will always keep me from fully liking or supporting them. What is it about them that they feel it’s beneficial to them to lock their hardware down to being compatible only with their stuff in this way. I understand the logic behind not allowing OSX running on other hardware, but there’s absolutely no reason that this DVD drive should be compatible with only one machine. They seem to spend as much time making things sleek and functional as they do breaking cross-compatibility and the ability to use YOUR hardware as YOU see fit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37646",
"author": "johnb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T23:53:40",
"content": "Great hack! question is could it be simplified by re-flashing the firmware mentioned, or even debugging the usb and creating a new driver for the device?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37647",
"author": "تØÙÙÙ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T01:17:28",
"content": "wooowi realy start to fall in love with mac ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37648",
"author": "تØÙÙÙ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T01:18:49",
"content": "wooowi realy love mac",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37649",
"author": "jhon r smith",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T12:22:26",
"content": "oi miked keep up the good work.on toppic i might pick me up a MBA super drive tomorrow would go great with my EEE 900 !!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83615",
"author": "Free apple tablet",
"timestamp": "2009-07-30T19:10:10",
"content": "adding to twitter this is great info.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "88714",
"author": "Free Gadget",
"timestamp": "2009-08-22T11:43:32",
"content": "Cheers for the great info m8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.694459
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/tesla-coil-tuner/
|
Tesla Coil Tuner
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"555",
"ac",
"tesla"
] |
Here’s one more use for the insanely handy LM555 chips. [Terry] put together a
Tesla coil tuner
around one. The 555 is used to generate a range of frequencies while a simple double LED arrangement indicates the presence of an output spike from a coil due to the resonance.
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37637",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:39:19",
"content": "i approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37638",
"author": "freyyr890",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T20:35:56",
"content": "I approve of miked being beaten over the head repeatedly with a baseball bat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37639",
"author": "jotux",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T20:45:22",
"content": "First rule of the internet freyyr890, don’t feed the trolls.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37640",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:31:24",
"content": "i just want to say thank you to hack a day for getting back to real hacks. this is pretty sweet, i was starting to fear that his site had gone soft",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37641",
"author": "ApprenticeWizard",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:28:34",
"content": "Note for using this: A (pure) square wave is composed of summation of a fundamental frequency and every odd harmonic above that. Thus if you’re banging your coil at 100kHz with this unit (which generates a square wave), you are actually hitting it with a 300kHz, 500kHz, 700kHz, etc. signal as well. So if you get a strong response at a particular frequency, try dialing lower and see if you get a stronger one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.63413
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/always-on-usb-charge-port/
|
Always On USB Charge Port
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"alwayson",
"cerberus",
"charge",
"charging",
"folding@home",
"teamhackaday",
"usb"
] |
This simple and clever guide to
installing an always on USB port
comes from the
Team Hack-a-Day
forums (originally created for the
team’s Folding@home efforts
). [Cerberus] added a USB port to his computer case that always has power, even when the computer is off. The power comes from the +5VDC standby line in the motherboard connector. You can use this new port to charge any USB based device.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37622",
"author": "Jax184",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T13:02:18",
"content": "On some modern motherboards the USB ports remain powered even when the computer is turned off. My Asus P5W DH Deluxe does this.This means I need to not only shut down my computer but also switch it off at the PSU if I want to reset my buggy internal USB card reader…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37623",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T15:58:11",
"content": "if the computer is like the earlier macs with usb where there is an on keyboard power key then there should be power to the keyboard to make the power key work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37624",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:05:57",
"content": "Aren’t most powered USB hubs able to supply power even when not connected to a PC? I think mine does…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37625",
"author": "dandin1",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:15:54",
"content": "Most modern motherboards do, but I beleive the device cannot request full power, so no charging.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37626",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:57:32",
"content": "yeah, I always just used a hub for this. no need to mod my compy and since it’s a laptop anyway, no worries about discharging the main battery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37627",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T17:48:49",
"content": "Most motherboards allow +5VSB to SOME of the USB ports when soft powered off. However, out of cheapness a lot of manufacturers forego the USB standard current switch and use a single poly resettable fuse for 5V on a port pair. That’s why you can charge a cell phone and run a fan from USB without having something attached to the data lines to do negotiation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37628",
"author": "ApprenticeWizard",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:24:18",
"content": "Note that, by the ATX standard, the +5VDC standby line is rated to 10mA max. This is far less than most thumb drives require, much less an iPod.It would be better to use an external, powered USB hub.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37629",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:40:22",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37630",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:12:33",
"content": "yeah, that’s what I mean.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37631",
"author": "Whackpak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:23:51",
"content": "and your usb drive can not be destroyed when you pull him out while there is power on it?I’d like to know this because I want to do this hack on my old pc :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37632",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T22:55:24",
"content": "Great, finally a feature that has been on my last 5 motherboards via jumper is now available as a dangerous hack.Sorry, it ls hack worthy if you haven’t a proper bios / jumper to enable this.Frankly though, if I had a PSU cheap enough to consider doing this to, I would worry about its ability to provide enough standby power to charge anything.A real hack would involve some kind of standby-power **Removal** for both your monitor and PC, perhaps an IR Atmega8 controlling a relay that cuts the power to all your PC equipment and wall-warts, and then will switch power back on and hit their soft power buttons. It could probably run off of a solar panel and a small battery, thus saving all of that power. Put your TV/VCR/Tivo/DVD/Stereo on one as well, get rid of all this damn “standby” crap. One efficient source of supply instead of every device having a separate parasitic drain just for the “convenience” of a soft power button.Freaking wasteful appliances.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37633",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T00:43:52",
"content": "Miles,I use a standard household light switch (rated at 15 amps) and a handful of outlets wired together to do the same thing.That way, when I go to bed, my room is not bathed in the lights of many ‘standby’ leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37634",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:25:10",
"content": "Cool, sorry if I seemed overly negative, it is just that this doesn’t seem like much of a hack.Maybe I am biased and need an Atmega or a Fpga to feel that hacky goodness. Even a Dreamcast VMU potatoe would probably heal my jonesing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37635",
"author": "Dark_AvEnGer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T03:26:46",
"content": "the new ATX standard actual is around 2amp on the 5vsb not 10ma.most motherboards have at least a couple of ports that stay live when the computer is off but not all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37636",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T00:22:18",
"content": "@ Whackpak:A well designed drive should not care about sudden power loss.When you “Safely Remove” a drive in Windows, all it does is flush any files you’ve written from the cache to the drive and check if there are any files on it that programs still have open. It doesn’t power down the drive. I know because I have an el-cheapo drive that just blinks its LED about 1 Hz and it still blinks after “Safely Removing” it.@ Hackaday:What’s up with the alternating widths of comments? It’s kinda annoying…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.853408
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/laser-surveillance-defeater/
|
Laser Surveillance Defeater
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"gizmodo",
"laser",
"laserlistener",
"lasersurveillance",
"piezo",
"surveillance"
] |
Imagine our chagrin when we first laid eyes on this “
laser surveillance defeater
.” It’s supposedly built to the security requirements of federal agencies. We don’t believe most government issue devices have exposed circuit boards or 9V batteries dangling from them. Laser surveillance works by bouncing the beam off of a room’s window. People speaking in the room cause the window to vibrate, which modulates the reflected laser beam. This device looks like it’s just a piezo buzzer meant to vibrate in vocal ranges. A quick search didn’t turn up any DIY projects, but it looks simple enough. Shomer-Tec would love you to purchase one for every window at $69 each. A small price to pay when you’re taking on
people willing to spend $20
.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37609",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T12:53:13",
"content": "that whole thing is $5 worth of parts including the pcb.someone who made the diy laser system should test to see which frequency is best at jamming it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37610",
"author": "johnnyscolex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T15:03:28",
"content": "wouldnt a small vibrating device taped to a window work just as well to completely throw off the listening device?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37611",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:15:39",
"content": "or you could… I don’t know, turn on a radio and talk quietly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37612",
"author": "hal h",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:26:50",
"content": "Wow. How much for that? You could tape a headphone in a suction cup for that. Or….http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/6bd8/… You could give yourself a fun speaker set. Just turn on some rap at low volume and the people listening will wonder what the hell you are saying.(Oh yea, and at a third the cost you get _2_!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37613",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:46:35",
"content": "Simpler solution, place a $1.00 used transistor radio against the window tuned to static and turned up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37614",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T17:57:55",
"content": "The sad thing is that they actually make laser microphones that are meant to be serious pieces of equipment, not just little toys like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37615",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:41:59",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.it is a commercial post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37616",
"author": "jo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:27:01",
"content": "Hey miked, how about giving ourself a hack from your own ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37617",
"author": "David Mudkips",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:38:42",
"content": "This device is essentially useless.Their own promo says, “this device was engineered to defeat such filters by centering its frequency output at the middle of the human voice range…”By tuning it to a particular frequency, they’ve actually made it easier to filter out the noise it generates.Real “window buzzers” produce a spectrum of randomly varying frequencies that cover more than just the normal human vocal range (to cover harmonics, not just base frequencies).This might flummox amateurs who don’t know how to post-process audio to clean it up… but that’s about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37618",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T02:46:19",
"content": "I’d rather have a few soundbites that repeat over and over, but with random intervals between bites.I’m not your friend, guy. I’m not your guy, buddy. I’m not your buddy, friend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37619",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T04:45:15",
"content": "You could just get a spotter scope and learn to read lips. Also, I wonder how well a laser microphone would work on a slightly diffuse surface, or through a screen? Angling the windows might also shoot the reflection out of range, and using a bubble window might spread the light too much to deal with at a considerable distance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37620",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T05:12:58",
"content": "Neither a hack or a DIY project is it? Ant way probably if anyone who hangs around hackaday already knows how to roll their own if they needed one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37621",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:23:01",
"content": "@11Anything that diffuses light (like frosted glass or a screen) limits the effectiveness of a laser mic. The angling of the window idea could be effective. To pick up the reflected light, you usually have to have the laser and receiver perpendicular to the window and close to each other.Angling to window either up or down (i.e. making the reflected light return to a point well above or below the laser) could make it very difficult to pick it up as it’s a lot harder to move around vertically than horizontally to position the receiver.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.738025
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/pwnie-awards-2008-nominations-open/
|
Pwnie Awards 2008, Nominations Open
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons"
] |
[
"0wn",
"award",
"blackhat",
"conference",
"pwnie",
"pwnieawards"
] |
Nominations for the
2008 Pwnie Awards
have opened. The annual event, in its second year, is accepting nominations in nine categories ranging from Mass 0wnage to Best Song. The awards will be presented at the
Black Hat
in Las Vegas in August. Linux.com
covered last year’s awards ceremony
.
[photo:
GNUCITIZEN
]
[via
trailofbits
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37608",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:51:22",
"content": "i approve of this postkind of off track, but it is relate to a hack conference. and eliot posted it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/oink-uploaders-bail-extended/
|
OiNK Uploaders’ Bail Extended
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"alanellis",
"arrests",
"britishpolice",
"filesharing",
"music",
"oink",
"p2p",
"recordingindustry",
"torrents"
] |
The six people
arrested by British authorities for uploading files to the OiNK torrent network
, all out on bail, have had
the period of their bail extended
. Charged with conspiracy to defraud the music industry, the woman and five men as well as OiNK operator [Alan Ellis] have been ordered to report to the police on July 1st, where their bail will be formally extended for another 27 days. According to TorrentFreak, sources close to the case believe that the police are still building their criminal case, which accounts for the bail extensions. They could have civil charges levied against them, but current British Law cannot prosecute individuals for illegal filesharing unless it is done for profit.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37854",
"author": "thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:02:33",
"content": "Hey… how is this a hack? I’ve noticed more “news” stories here…. keep it true to the name and just post hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37855",
"author": "HaDAk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:10:03",
"content": "Seconded. Leave this information to TorrentFreak.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37856",
"author": "klintor",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:58:42",
"content": "stop posting shit, hackaday.hackadaythat’s it. not this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37857",
"author": "NOT A HACK",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:18:07",
"content": "dear hackaday.you have made it clear that you will not Liston to us readers anylonger.you are posting utter garbage!Juan Aguilar you have solely destroyed this site.i think i speak for the majority when i ask you kindly to Liston tocomments or leave.you have lost yet another readerharry",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37858",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:41:38",
"content": "Dear fellow readers: kindly feck off, and/or ignore articles you’re not interested in. There’s an RSS feed, with tags. Surely you hack-inclined people should be able to use the effort wasted to comment on these articles to simply filter them out instead?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37859",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T11:05:04",
"content": "I suspect that “thomas”, “hadak”, “klintor”, and “not a hack” are all the same person. Stop sockpuppeting!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37860",
"author": "pastasauce",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T11:19:42",
"content": "I miss the old hackaday where there was at-most three posts a day.If it isn’t about getting something to do what it isn’t intended to do, then I don’t want to read it on here. There’s plenty of other places that will post it, such as Gizmodo (and then later submitted to Digg).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37861",
"author": "hadak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T12:02:29",
"content": "dear andy.i am not the same as the othersi am just annoyed that a fantastic website has fallen to peaces thanks the “news its posting”http://www.hadak.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37862",
"author": "jelengar",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T14:46:16",
"content": "oh for fuck sake, how difficult it is to ignore the post you don’t wont to read??? And believe me, it takes way less time to just ignore them, than to post a whining comment like: “i don’t approve of this post”… grrr, makes me sooo bloody angry. + you also have a daily tag, which will provide with “old” hackaday.so, to all the whiniers: fuck off, get a life, and start makeing cool hacks…ps: it’s notihng personal…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37863",
"author": "dj1298",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T15:49:09",
"content": "Hey jelengar, try and see this point with out areguing. We come to this site to see hardware hacks. Is the site trying to change formats? If so that is fine, but they must realize the people looking for the hacks will not be inclined to just skip over the new stories, but instead find a new site without them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37864",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:02:00",
"content": "I have submitted many hacks to this site and patiently waited in hopes that it might post one day. We have done all the research experimenting countless hours testing our ideas against others ideas. taking something and changing it to function out side of its intended use. One day comes when you embark on something new and run with it, its call an idea and they are far and few between. We do all the hard work of making an idea public we type it up and submit it to your site, yet to justify an honest days work you surf the internet find some garbage and post it researching every angle of said garbage.âI guess when it comes down to it itâs all about the Lincolnsâ ya know the ones you can use when you donât have exact changeâ¦. Share a penny.Iâm just saying having your hack show up on Hack A Day is an honor! and at the rate things have been going.. I just donât know any more.My RSS are full of water cooler banter now.Maybe Hack A Day should have a separate section that would include âfeatured gadgetsâYou can buy at Wal-Mart or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37865",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:17:40",
"content": ">oh for fuck sake, how difficult it is to ignore the post you don’t wont to read???how hard is it for you to ignore the comments you don’t like? i started complaining in the comments because something i liked changed for the worse. there is no other hack a day forum to communicate with the site operators. i have sent in comments and hacks via the comment line with no response.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37866",
"author": "HaDAk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:56:58",
"content": "#8, you’re not me, but i do appreciate the plug.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37867",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T18:02:42",
"content": "I’m putting my full name on this post as I want it to count.I too am saddened by the recent change in the format here at HAD. I do not know where from or who promoted “Juan Aguilar” as a blog poster but he has flooded the rss feeds with ‘news’. *NEWS* used to be for when elliot was apologizing for the comments being down or telling us where to meet you score some swag. Or alerting us that HAD was going down for a few hours. Shoot. We didnt even mind when they posted up some news about TeamHackADay’s progress in the folding at home project. But now look at it 74 posts. Most (60+) in the last two months.“FILTER!” you say, “Subscribe to the _DAILY_ feed”. Sure that is for the single things that are the bigones but there are some really cool side hacks that I thought would be up for daily. Back in the old days the RSS changed Once. A. Day. (Mabye twice for the Afternoon blasts, and 3 times if the posters were feeling generous, those were like a mini christmas at work)But alas. I was not to be. Now there is a constant flow. Many many updates (somedays nearly 10) And it is drowning out those that deserve recognition. I subscribe to the main RSS so that I can get them all(mac, xbox, home entertainment). But sometimes now it is hard to decypher what is hack and simple news. Therefore I have a proposal:Lets change the Main RSS feed to do the following. For news it will say “news: oink uploaders bail extended” and for hacks it would say “hack: Xbox 360 internal HD-DVD drive”. Then for that golden daily tag it would say “daily: PIC emulation on a Basic Stamp controller”.Is this to much to ask? Please I begging you. We hackers are a proud bunch. We make hardware do things it was not supposed to do. I currently am working on a guitar hero controller mod that I have not seen anywhere. I dont know when it will get done but when it is I would like to show it off here. But when that time comes I worry that the news will cloud over my quest for glory.Hack A Day (Beta) I give you this ultimatum: Fire Juan or change the rss feed to filter out (or tag) the news. If it is on the main page, fine. In the RSS feed clogging up the hacks, that is a slap in the face to all of us who have been here a long time and are looking for ideas for our next personal project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37868",
"author": "Centipede",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T18:47:48",
"content": "I agree with the other posters who say news type stuff doesn’t belong here. If I want news I’ll go to digg, if I want cool stuff to do off-label with hardware/software, I’d like to come here. But hunting through useless news posts to find it is rather annoying.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37869",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T18:53:39",
"content": "@miked (again): It’s easy to skim when you’re provided with big-font, handy-dandy headlines summarizing what the item is going to say. Posts have them, comments do not. Thus, posts are easy to scan (ignoring those that are not interesting), while comments are hard to scan.This is not rocket science.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37870",
"author": "Omar",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T19:29:09",
"content": "I for one, am for this article. OiNK was and always will be special. The rest of you probably didn’t enjoy it but you felt it’s impact and god damn it thank you hackaday for reporting this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37871",
"author": "Yuffie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T03:22:27",
"content": "and… i think the yellow bubble that tells you your comment’s been confirmed doesn’t render properly in firefox. it shows up as white text on yellow in my browser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37872",
"author": "Yuffie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T06:42:02",
"content": "o.olooks like my first comment didn’t go through.well…..this stuff is annoying….if i wanted to filter my own hacks i would write a script to do it. there’s a reason i don’t read engadget or makezine anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37873",
"author": "Luke",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:36:10",
"content": "im having the same problem in firefox and hal hockersmith i agree with youwhat was one a gleaming spot on the internet has now become a pale gray like the rest of the webhackaday we are begging you please fix this problem hal hockersmith requested many great ideas.HAD staff you have my email address if you would like to contact me.for the rest of you if you dont like my comment, dont read it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.9856
|
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