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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",
... | 1,760,377,794.55677 | ||
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":... | 1,760,377,794.367729 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,794.776063 | ||
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",
... | 1,760,377,794.601737 | ||
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",
... | 1,760,377,794.813341 | ||
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.",
... | 1,760,377,794.68669 | ||
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,
"dept... | 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,
... | 1,760,377,794.520867 | ||
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. ... | 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... | 1,760,377,794.636585 | ||
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 wou... | 1,760,377,795.168907 | ||
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 | 6 | [
{
"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": ... | 1,760,377,795.223069 | ||
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 wo... | 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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{
"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": []
... | 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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{
"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": "2008-07-07T06:2... | 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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{
"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": "... | 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,
"d... | 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 us... | 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",
"pa... | 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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{
"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",
"co... | 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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{
"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!",
... | 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.
permalink | 2 | 2 | [
{
"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",
... | 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... | 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",
... | 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? | 24 | 24 | [
{
"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,
"de... | 1,760,377,796.229891 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/07/05/laser-tattoo/ | Laser Tattoo | Eliot | [
"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": "emili... | 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 t... | 1,760,377,795.988309 | ||
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",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,796.287032 | ||
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": "383... | 1,760,377,796.340949 | ||
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... | 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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{
"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",
"co... | 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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{
"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 thr... | 1,760,377,796.557735 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,796.658707 | ||
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... | 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": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,796.804808 | ||
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,
"d... | 1,760,377,797.050072 | ||
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.",
"... | 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": "2008-07-02T22:13:0... | 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 ... | 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",
... | 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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{
"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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{
"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",
"co... | 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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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": []
},
{... | 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 c... | 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 ... | 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",
... | 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 p... | 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.",
"paren... | 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 ... | 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... | 1,760,377,799.762104 | ||
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 informati... | 1,760,377,799.634101 | ||
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": "J... | 1,760,377,799.885574 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,799.540088 | ||
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,
"r... | 1,760,377,799.679524 | ||
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"... | 1,760,377,799.841737 | ||
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": ... | 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 a... | 1,760,377,799.936228 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,799.584013 | ||
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 ... | 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": "200... | 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... | 1,760,377,800.312203 | ||
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 d... | 1,760,377,800.278606 | ||
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. | 6 | 6 | [
{
"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... | 1,760,377,800.513318 | ||
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": []
},
{
"comm... | 1,760,377,800.432253 | ||
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,
"repl... | 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 antenn... | 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... | 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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{
"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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{
"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, programm... | 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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{
"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",
... | 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",
"timesta... | 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":... | 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",
"... | 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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{
"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"... | 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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{
"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 rea... | 1,760,377,801.293393 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/28/progressive-myrate-hackable/ | Progressive MyRate Hackable? | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [
"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 pr... | 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.
permalink | 4 | 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": []... | 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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{
"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": "... | 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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{
"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": "C... | 1,760,377,801.505872 | ||
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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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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{
"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": []
},
{
"comm... | 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 aga... | 1,760,377,802.018902 | ||
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,
"repli... | 1,760,377,801.624049 | ||
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 l... | 1,760,377,802.113773 | ||
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",
... | 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 o... | 1,760,377,802.070782 | ||
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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{
"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... | 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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{
"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"... | 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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{
"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... | 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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{
"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…",
"... | 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,
"d... | 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 i... | 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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{
"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,
"... | 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.
permalink | 10 | 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,... | 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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{
"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 appr... | 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 th... | 1,760,377,802.853408 | ||
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": [... | 1,760,377,802.738025 | ||
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": []
}
] | 1,760,377,802.807924 | ||
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",
... | 1,760,377,802.9856 |
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