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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/msi-wind-under-fcc-review/
|
MSI Wind Under FCC Review
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Netbook Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"Asuseeepc",
"EeePc",
"fcc",
"intelatom",
"msi",
"msiwind",
"umpc"
] |
Those of us who have been eagerly waiting to get their mitts on an MSI Wind can see some light at the end of the tunnel, as it is
currently under review for domestic sale by the FCC
. The Wind is MSI’s answer to Asus’s game-changing ultraportable, the Eee PC, and has slightly better specs. It features an Intel Atom 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM. It also has built in bluetooth and webcam. Check out a few shots of the Wind’s internal parts at jkkmobile or
grab them all from the FCC’s site
.
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{
"comment_id": "37842",
"author": "Narksos",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:02:05",
"content": "I know Hackaday is trying some new things recently, and I feel that the site is just going downhill. I’ve been coming here for a long time because I’m interested in the full write ups for the hacks featured here on the site. These posts about “Mr. Modchip”, the Ironkey (it isn’t home brew and the post isn’t even about hacking it), and the MSI Wind hitting the FCC aren’t hacks. If I want to see news like that I’ll go over to Engadget.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37843",
"author": "cube",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:17:45",
"content": "thats right if you don’t have a good hack don’t write it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37844",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T07:07:34",
"content": "http://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/If you don’t like the extra content then just go there instead. Hack-a-Day hasn’t gone downhill, still the same daily hack, they’ve just added *additional* content. They haven’t replaced hacks with news, reposts, etc as some people think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37845",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T07:32:42",
"content": ">Hack-a-Day hasn’t gone downhillothers have different opinions. i say (and have been saying) this “*additional* content” sucks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37846",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:41:32",
"content": "well, I send it this after the boring news article about Card and Pin fraud.Its a picture set of a hacked together setup to steal peoples pin and magstripe data:http://halbot.haluze.sk/?id=4247guess the engadget tyle news have priority over hacks like this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37847",
"author": "klintor",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:55:30",
"content": "I’ve been coming here for a long time, and I think it’s almost time to leave. Sure, there’s still “daily” hacks, but the extra crap is just that, crap. It makes the site fluffed up and extraneous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37848",
"author": "Namban",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:34:54",
"content": "Meh. This thing is the real shit (although about 900 USD)- its a ultramoble, 1.1kg touchscreen notebook pc!pay another 350USD, and you get an extended battery thatlasts 10 hours. HS. Check this sucker out, I tried it today in Hokkaido, it’s amazing.http://google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fjp.kohjinsha.com%2Fmodels%2Fsx%2Findex.html&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37849",
"author": "belthesar",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:56:43",
"content": "I don’t really see how this can be MSI’s answer since MSI owns Asus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37850",
"author": "guy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T19:46:42",
"content": "LOL @ the whiners – if you don’t like reading it, don’t read it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37851",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:52:44",
"content": "@#8: Guh? I somehow doubt MSI owns Asus, not only based on the fact that I have never even heard it suggested (nor could I even find a wisp of a rumor of such), but also (from WP):MSI Revenue: NT$74.24 billion (2005)Asus Revenue: NT$541.8 Billion (2006)I always thought MSI was small-time compared to Asus, and now I can see that I was right.@7: That’s great and all, but USD 400-500 (Wind, EEE PC) != USD 900+ (that Japanese thing I never heard of). If I’m willing to spend that kind of scratch, my market choices open up substantially.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37852",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T07:58:06",
"content": "eee, why did you blow the wind up my drawers? now wii is cold.“msi breaks wind” read all about it. So as soon as it is released we can look forward to all of the toilet humor.C’mon guys, l would almost rather have an epod or an ipod or an X in the name than all these wheezy, grunty, squealing, genital/fart joke based names.@ offtopic. l think the “non-hacks” deserve a separate column or a different color. l don’t mind non-hacks as this is pretty much the only site l visit for this kinda stuff, but it is interfering with my head-based filter when l miss a day or 2 l am going back several pages to see the real hacks, it isn’t exactly fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37853",
"author": "thex",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T11:36:42",
"content": "My girlfriend bought a wind today, it is already out here in germany, cant wait to play with it!!!thex",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.714628
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/ironkey-usb-key-has-military-grade-encryption/
|
IronKey USB Key Has Military Grade Encryption
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"firefox hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"encryption",
"FIPS",
"firefox3",
"ironkey",
"linux",
"security",
"usb"
] |
Plenty of USB storage keys are on the market, but Ironkey is
the first to use military level encryption
. Sold in 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB sizes, the key features a processor called the Cryptochip, which uses Public Key Cryptography ciphers linked to an online account to create encryption keys on the hardware. A Federal Information Processing standard 140-2 compliant true random number generator on the Cryptochip ensure that encryption keys are extremely secure and totally random.
Ironkeys come in different sizes, but there are also three different versions, each with unique features. The basic version has a very James Bond-esque feature to destroy the data on it in case of an emergency. The personal version is loaded with Firefox 3 with various addons that make browsing encrypted and anonymous. The enterprise version is made to order with no specific price on the IronKey site, just a form to order one built to your specifications. All of them support Windows, OS X, and a large amount of Linux distros, and they all come in tamper proof and water resistant cases with a brushed metal finish. We tend to think this level of security is overkill for the average person, but people can’t seem to get with our freewheeling approach to security; remember,
we leave our WLAN open
.
[via
LinuxDevices
]
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{
"comment_id": "37819",
"author": "beesknees",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:21:16",
"content": "who cares, this is not why the majority of your readers (or at least what I hope to be) come to this site. i know comments like these are getting old but seriously, this is extremely far from a hack and doesn’t belong here… engadget, gizmodo, etc already stream all of this crap. this site used to be unique, now every third post is some pitch for a p.o.s. commercial product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37834",
"author": "g$",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:32:34",
"content": "if you don’t like it then gtfo!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37820",
"author": "garrett",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T07:25:24",
"content": "I think it’s funny how juan aguilar always uses the royal “we” :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37821",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:38:07",
"content": "Oh. My. God.hack a day is borderline spam . . . .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37822",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:45:09",
"content": "HADvertisements, **sigh**",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37823",
"author": "DriX",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:55:02",
"content": "Ok, you can post this, but ONCE someone has hacked it, until then, this is spam for me (and i think im not the onlyone).Greetings from Argentina.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37839",
"author": "skunk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:30:01",
"content": "please hackaday say it aint so. dont follow this path it leads to darkness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37824",
"author": "xSwamp",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:30:30",
"content": "What the fuck is this. an ad for them?had is really going downhill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37825",
"author": "cmonkey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:33:42",
"content": "Thanks for selling out, Hack A Day! It almost would have been better under AOL.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37826",
"author": "no longer a reader",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:08:51",
"content": "dear hackaday.you have made it clear that you will not Liston to us readers any longer.you are posting utter garbage!Juan Aguilar you have solely destroyed this site.i think i speak for the majority when i ask you kindly to Liston to comments or leave.you have lonst yet another readerharry",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37827",
"author": "NOT A HACK",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:20:09",
"content": "NOT A HACK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37828",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T14:22:24",
"content": "You want a hack?http://spritesmods.com/?art=biostick&page=4THIS is a hack. There is no such thing as ‘military grade’. That’s nothing more than a marketing term (seehttp://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html#SECTION000511000000000000000for that and more bullshit marketing terms that usually mean the product your buying is bollocks). Paying craploads of money for a shitty product. Why not just use a standard usb key and software? Sure it might not have the ability to ‘self destruct’ but at least it will work (and I’d like to see you try cracking a 4012 bit encrypted virtual partition). All of this hardware can by bypassed. Most likely the data isn’t even encrypted (see the earlier link). You want to market something, at least let it be a decent product or something cool and hackable. How about an openmoko (which has just released it’s first ‘consumer ready’ version of the phone – although it’s more like a casual developer model, but hey). Or at least if you post this kind of stuff give me an on hand review about how someone tried to hack it and failed/succeeded. Just don’t shamelessly product place. Gizmodo is posting more relevant content. Come on. The hint is in the title – Hack A Day. Not Ad A Day. A year ago if it didn’t involve wires and chips it wouldn’t be on this site. Just look back a few months in the archives and compare the content then to the content now. If your so eager to post this stuff set up a new site. Just keep it separate from this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37829",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:12:25",
"content": "“….Ironkey is the first to use military level encryption.”Please…It’s called download TrueCrypt PORTABLE, which is FREEWARE, and create an encrypted volume.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37830",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:17:54",
"content": "Will, I understand you created this site, and it’s your call. I respect the fact that you’ve chosen the help of Juan.But that’s where my respect ends.These sorts of comments are indeed getting old, but perhaps YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THEM. Before Juan starting posting this shit that is basically a DAMN AD, Hackaday was incredible. Now people are bitching for the first time ever. Shouldn’t you adress what Juan is doing when EVERY COMMENT here is Negative, and saying the same thing?I love your site, and it kicks ass- you are busting your ass to post a lot more goodness lately, even stuff that’s not a straight hack, but relavent. Thank you! We love you for it.Juan, people here don’t hate you. We just seem to univeraslly hate the ads and like stuff you’ve been posting. Please stop, OK? Not everything you’ve posting has been flamed. Mr. Obrien, can you chat with him or something?Please stop pitching us ads masked as articles. That is what Engadget & gizmodo is for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37831",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:35:36",
"content": "[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9028/selloutst4.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37832",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:39:13",
"content": "woops I meant…and this is strictly an observation…http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/9028/selloutst4.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37833",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:35:40",
"content": "Yawn, this is getting tired and old.This was covered by engadget MONTHS AGO so it is not even new like some of the oink articles *shudder* I realise there is this great filtered link that brings up Wills stuff but some of the other content is interesting too so it is hard to filter.The reason i think there are so many negative coments is because people feel betrayed, we had this great little niche site we could call into like the old corner store but now it is starting to feel like a wal-mart chain with no charm at all.I would also like to hear just once that our complaints are being heard! Ever since the changes there have been few/no posts on the direction of the site, not even a “bear with us whilst…” letting us know what is happening.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37835",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T21:05:02",
"content": "bitch bitch. i enjoyed reading it. even though it’s full of phrases like “military level encryption” and “truly random” which are comical at best.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37836",
"author": "tmasman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T22:11:23",
"content": "I used to enjoy nearly every post here… There’s not much hack-value in an “advertisement” for a secure flash drive.I have nothing against anyone, just against turning HAD into another ad riddled blog with little value.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37837",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T22:16:30",
"content": "Dude, thinkgeek has had this for sale for about a year now. It’s not a hack, it’s not news…what, are you going to start posting random things you find interesting on here now? Turning into a boingboing clone? If that’s the case…I can’t wait for the story on russian nesting dolls.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37840",
"author": "RevWaldo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:02:08",
"content": "every once in awhile all sites like this post something that readers will treat like a punch the face, just so some readers will come back and post-“what the fuk you do that for?!”-“to boost our page view count, to bring more money in, to keep the site running. you’re welcome!”-“well don’t do it again!”-“another page view! cha-ching!”-“stop it!!”-“you’re too generous! our cup runneth over!”and so on. if you don’t like it take it off rss and just visit every few days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37838",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:36:42",
"content": "Oh come on people.Stop complaining.You have to take the good with the bad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37841",
"author": "I c y",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T08:32:48",
"content": "has anyone done a disassembly of this?http://tweakers.net/reviews/683comes to mind as a similar product.I don’t remember if i saw anything liek this for this particular product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80694",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2009-07-07T18:17:19",
"content": "Yesterday’s news… So Where the Hack? This is HACK-a-Day not Ad-a-day right? OK OK you are bound to put up a non-hacking article once in a while but… how about linking to articles that would aid or organize an effort to break it… or lump suff like this in to a challenge list of things you need hack/crack info on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80695",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2009-07-07T18:28:32",
"content": "i c y: If you watch the video on their website it shows that that case is filled with an epoxy or resin that encases the ICs/board so disassembly would be a real problem without some high level precision work to remove/drill down to the tiny conductors. Hard to do without breaking the pathways but it “could” be done with time and perseverance. They are a bit on the expensive side to try and play with the 8GB version lists for 199 but I have seen it elsewhere for about 160. I am thinking that they are full of it when they claim it “destroys” the chip though. I know those who must not be named have been doing that kind of self destruct trap for a long time but doubt that this does any more than destroy the password/key table thus rendering the data permanently encrypted and irretrievable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80697",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2009-07-07T18:36:37",
"content": "ok… one last thought. Instead of bitching (and I do my share of that) how about we pony up and talking about the hacks for a given device or topic ourselves. Without a doubt, Juan may be worthless but that does not mean that we are… right? Or do you guys (myself included) only know how to read about hacks not create and share them? This site and others like it are only as good as we who post to it make it. If the guys running it suck we can still crank up the volume ourselves. Who knows maybe I’ll start using my real name and email address (but probably not).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "103128",
"author": "KRK",
"timestamp": "2009-10-22T02:30:58",
"content": "Wow, I have not seen so much bitching since I was on a mailing list that was taken over by trolls.For everyone that are upset, skip the damn post and grow up.As far as your TrueCrypt solution, humm lets see your key is in RAM not on a hardware chip.Go ahead trust sensitive data, the Feds will love to see you coming through customs with your ultra secure TrueCrypt Drives.This key is a good concept although I would as a few others like to see someone try to hack it success or failure. Maybe we should have a few sent to Princeton or some of the original members of the L0pht.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117131",
"author": "Richie Schwartz",
"timestamp": "2010-01-13T14:14:01",
"content": "[img]http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7167/imsp5.jpg[/img]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124224",
"author": "gmgfarrand",
"timestamp": "2010-02-16T21:55:28",
"content": "I love how you have “experts” on here talking about how to hack the IRONKEY when they don’t even know anything about the technology put into it.You can’t drill to the IC, it’s not just the EPOXY that you need to worry about, it’s the “safety” net around the chip, if that is broken, it fries the chip as well.No one has hacked an IRONKEY yet. No one..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "450298",
"author": "T",
"timestamp": "2011-09-08T08:04:29",
"content": "I hacked IronKey using screenlogger..do u think it will work out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "796323",
"author": "ofn",
"timestamp": "2012-09-25T21:37:40",
"content": "old thread but if anybody reading this i will clear up bs and fud– just using truecrypt on a regular USB is the dumbest thing on earth. truecrypt themselves warn you not to do this due to wear levelling. protip: your l337 ssd drive is not safe for encryption either– ironkey doesn’t even sell ironkeys anymore, they went into the VPN cloud BS business or something. i think imation pumps them out now. look up cryptostick made by german privacy foundation, they are releasing new version which is much better than ironkey– it’s a good drive (ironkey) as long as you never store anything unencrypted on it because no proprietary software can be trusted, obviously you would encrypt something, then move it to the drive and store it there for hardware + software enc– forget truecrypt just use Threefish + Skein (google pyskein) to encrypt everythng instead. much faster cipher and has better defences against cryptanalysis",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4233293",
"author": "Cyril Syd D. Panoy Jr",
"timestamp": "2017-12-03T11:18:14",
"content": "Hi, I just want to comment relating to Ironkey storage device, this USB is designed to be the world’s most secure flash drive, it performs a high-protective security and is very unique to others. This device has an ability to prevent unauthorized users from attacks by setting password in order to allow user to use the data in the USB. But after 10 wrong password attempts, the device will self-destruct. At first, I wondered what self-destruct look like, but after some research I found out that self-destruct means that the memory in the USB will be erased and the device will be completely unusable. However, according to my research if your IronKey is lost or stolen, its data remains protected and can even be restored to a new Ironkey from an encrypted backup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.829939
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/new-nintendo-ds-homebrew-music-apps/
|
New Nintendo DS Homebrew Music Apps
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[
"dsmcu",
"dsmusic",
"homebrew",
"korgds-10",
"midi",
"music",
"nintendo",
"nintendods",
"proteinds",
"proteindscratch",
"reaper"
] |
The Nintendo DS homebrew scene is heading into a heavily musical interlude with
a few new apps
. This is good news for anyone who liked
Protein DScratch
but wanted more options and functionality. More information after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmxEuSwFjc&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
The second is a program called dsmcu; it doesn’t make music itself, but is designed to control an external MIDI program or device via WiFi. As the name implies, it uses the mcu protocol to send and receive fader data, display live VU meters, control tracks and volume, and scrub. It is currently in beta and only works with
Reaper
and
DSMI
, but the developers are confident that they’ll get Logic and Pro Tools working with it soon.
We don’t expect you to use these as a substitute for
Korg DS-10
, the commercial Korg synth emulator for the DS. Rather, when used in along with it, these programs make the DS into a surprisingly potent tool for making and mixing music.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37818",
"author": "HaDAk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T07:53:14",
"content": "Aww, both videos are down. Did someone manage to get a mirror?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63987",
"author": "FatFryat",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T14:58:11",
"content": "I’m a ladoo. And i need food. Feed Me!!!!!I’m hungry.I come from featherstone high school and my other name is harpreet.(9×1)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.623813
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/in-car-wifi/
|
In Car WiFi
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"chrysler",
"natetrue",
"portablewi-fi",
"portablewifi",
"router",
"routers",
"stompbox",
"wi-fi",
"wifi"
] |
You may have already heard that Chrysler is planning to provide
in-car wireless internet access
to its vehicles. If not, expect to hear more about it later this year when the requisite hardware becomes a sales-floor option, or next year when it becomes factory standard for some cars.
We can’t say it’s a bad idea, it’s just not a new one. Plenty of
commercial portable routers
are available, but they still need a modem and data plan to provide internet access. For internet access and wireless routing, look to
[Nate True]’s cellphone-router combo
, which uses a spare Nokia cellphone and a highly modded Wi-Fi router running OpenWRT. [True] has made it easy by providing the instructions and necessary custom code, but it seems like a lot of effort for a relatively slow connection. We think the original
Stompbox
is still the most fun since it has the speed of commercial devices and an open x86 OS to modify.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37811",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T02:43:44",
"content": "It’s a-ok for nerds like us to build our own hardware and have this capability, but I’m worried about it becoming commercially available. We already have a huge enough problem with texters running over people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37812",
"author": "ShadowBottle",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T05:10:59",
"content": "Holy crap! A 3220! Man, I loved that phone. I wish there was something like it offered by Nokia still – and with bluetooth.*sigh*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37813",
"author": "Dylan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:34:08",
"content": "Try the Nokia N95 with Joikuspot. It creates a WLAN access point with your nokia n95’s 3.5G(3.5 in australia, not sure what you guys have in america).I use it with an unlimited dataplan and get a solid 7.2mbps connection through most of my state. This means that all of us in the car (we’re a techie family, so everyone of us has a laptop) can use the internet through the WLAN AP.Just thought I’d give you all that heads up, in case you wanted to go the software route out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37814",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:42:46",
"content": "For an all in one package, there’s the Ericsson W25.http://www.powertecusa.com/shop/They’re expensive, but extremely hackable, as they run embedded Linux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37815",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T18:42:00",
"content": "I’ve got a wgt634u with a prepaid razr jacked into it sitting in my office at home that’s my new vacation internet access. I’ve tossed around the idea of hooking it up in car but have to sort out the power supply first. The whole setup so far has been pretty cheap – around $75 IIRC for the phone & router (both used off ebay) and a 1ft mini-usb cable.It’s setup to dial on demand, so all I really have to do is plug it in and connect to the wireless, and I’m off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37816",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T19:19:57",
"content": "IIRC, my TyTN (ATT 8525) can do this out of the box, without any extra hardware. Sure the EDGE data is kinda slow, but I’m probably not going to do any better in my area (southern MD) anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37817",
"author": "jbr",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T04:24:55",
"content": "nice ideathanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52933",
"author": "roshamboe",
"timestamp": "2008-11-30T03:27:45",
"content": "haha i had that phon, friggin sick with the lights and everything, huhh good times, good times",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.872843
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/arduino-environment-on-atmega644/
|
Arduino Environment On ATmega644
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"atmega",
"atmega644",
"environment",
"microcontroller",
"porting"
] |
Our friend [Zach Hoeken] at NYC Resistor is
porting the Arduino environment to an ATmega644 chip
. This doesn’t really add new functionality to the ATmega644 as it is already fully programmable, but it does add a user-friendly and familiar environment to the ATmega, allowing users to build their Arduino-based projects with more powerful hardware. The ATmega is, after all, the biggest DIP package AVR makes, featuring 64k flash and 4k RAM (both four times as much as an Arduino) and 32 I/O pins, which is 12 more than an Arduino. The video is only proof of concept, so we will let you know when [Zach] releases more details.
[via
NYC Resistor
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37808",
"author": "deoryp",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T02:26:05",
"content": "Arduino is just the software, and the popular chip happens to be the atmega168, but Arduino is designed to be run on any atmega family chip, even the atmega256x which is better than a 644. Arduino is the abstraction layer… Right??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37809",
"author": "Phelps",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:40:22",
"content": "Arduino is the abstraction layer… Right??Right, but as I understand it, it the compiler just needs to be updated to be able to properly compile for the new chip.I was really worried about having enough pins, but now that I think I am starting to understand serial registers and I2C, I’m much less worried. The extra memory seems to be a much bigger deal.Of course, it is often nice to be able to give up on clever and whup out the big hammer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37810",
"author": "zach hoeken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:49:25",
"content": "arduino is 3 different things wrapped up into one nice package that *just works*. that is one of the major reasons why it is so popular.it is:* firmware library that makes programming a uC a breeze. pinMode, digitalRead, digitalWrite, etc all abstract away the nastiness of manually setting bits in a register.* software that gives you a drop dead simple build environment and a super easy way to get your actual code onto the board itself. lump the bootloader into this.* electronics to actually run your code. also packaged nicely so that its easy to use.i didnt really intend for this board to make it all the way onto MAKE and hackaday, so it doesnt explain exactly what i’m doing, but i’m making the entire package. i have a board designed, 90% of the firmware library ported, the host software compiling 644 code, and now all that remains is to get the bootloader working and you have a fully compatible atmega644 board that you can use with arduino.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.950612
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/mr-modchip-ruling-released/
|
Mr. Modchip Ruling Released
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"britishlaw",
"copyright",
"copyrightinfringement",
"copyrightlaw",
"modchip",
"modchips",
"mrmodchips",
"piracy",
"xbox",
"xbox360"
] |
In an unexpected development, [Neil Stanley Higgs], aka Mr. Modchips,
was cleared of his previous convictions
in British courts for selling modchips for the Xbox 360 as well as modded consoles.
Notably, the prosecution did not argue that he infringed copyrights, but merely facilitated copyright infringement by selling modchips that circumvent the Xbox’s ETM. Since the copyright infringement argument was not made, existing law continues to hold sellers of pirated games and owners of modded consoles responsible for infringing the copyrights of game developers, as they are the ones who illegally copy the software. Pirated game sellers’ violation of the law is plain to see, but owners are still held responsible the moment they place the pirated disc into the loading tray and boot it up. The infringement in these cases occurs exactly when any part of the pirated game is loaded onto the console’s RAM, as this is considered another illegal copy.
[Higgs]’s charges hinged on whether the Xbox’s piracy prevention methods were intended to completely prevent pirated games from being played or merely act as a hindrance. The court felt it was the latter, and so they reversed the charges.
[via
Xbox-Scene
via
Team Xecuter
]
[photo:
Raybdbomb
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37802",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T00:43:12",
"content": "Awesome… Finally some justice. LoLOnce I pay for the Hardware Jack, Its mine, to do as I please…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37803",
"author": "MEAT!The",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T02:13:11",
"content": "The right decision for the wrong reasons. The court ruled that the protection in the console was merely a hindrance–which doesn’t make much sense–and furthermore pretty much threatened the defendant: “[Mr Higgs] may also be fortunate that, at least this far, he has not been sued in the civil courts. There…technical slip-ups in evidence can generally be readily cured before final judgment and the remedies of damages…are readily obtainable. Breach of an injunction, if serious, can of course itself lead to imprisonment.”It sounds like they’re saying they’d have happily thrown him in PMITA prison–if only there hadn’t been a small technicality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37804",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T08:08:51",
"content": "finally, the court system sees sense. The TPMs in consoles also block homebrew, effectively blocking users from using the consoles for any purpose other than playing games.I’d like to see someone release useful applications for the XBOX so that those who have upgraded to the 360 can at least use it rather than scrapping the console- the environmental benefits alone are obvious. (WEEE, yadayada)It would seem obvious to anyone that reuse of old hardware for another purpose makes more sense than scrapping it- perhaps a variant of the OLPC project that allows you to run Linux on an XBOX with a special cable, Wi-Fi add-on and a cheap surplus monitor. Ideal for the Third World, and could save many lives in Africa and elsewhere by furthering education.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37805",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:07:21",
"content": "This page causes my Firefox browser to use 100% of CPU time!I regularly have open 40-60 tabs, but today CPU went to 100% so I systematically closed each tab until the problem was resolved. Repeated loads of this page caused the same problem.I’m using Firefox 2.0 on WinXP SP2 on a very well maintained computer. I also use FlashBlocker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37806",
"author": "cliff",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T20:09:16",
"content": "@2 there are tons of useful programs for the original xbox. XMBC is an awesome program. I use mine as a mythtv frontend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37807",
"author": "Raybdbomb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-19T09:01:21",
"content": "Hey, that’s my photo, neat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.914894
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/us-and-china-host-majority-of-malware/
|
U.S. And China Host Majority Of Malware
|
Eliot
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"badware",
"china",
"infection",
"malware",
"networkblock",
"stopbadware"
] |
StopBadware.org
has released their
May 2008 Infected Sites Report
(PDF). They took their current list of 213K active badware websites and resolved the IP addresses. These addresses were used to determine the network block owner and country. The results could be skewed to networks Google scans more often, but they should give a decent overall picture. China hosts 52% of all the badware sites while the U.S. has 21%. There weren’t any other countries maintaining over 4% of the total. They also calculated the number of infected sites per capita, which China also led. Last year’s report resulted in several AS block maintainers cleaning up to the point that they don’t even make the top 250 this year.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37688",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:00:15",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37689",
"author": "Lars",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:46:50",
"content": "I usually just read Hack a Day – and love it. But lately I’ve been seeing a decline in quality with posts like this leaking in. So I feel I have to say that I don’t think these kind of articles belong on Hack a Day.. at all. There are plenty of other blogs for that (slashdot, etc). Please let Hack a Day remain pure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37690",
"author": "Devon Young",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T10:02:49",
"content": "I’m not surprised. Although, I am a bit shocked at how big a lead China’s taken in malware. WOW.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37691",
"author": "Koray",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T13:56:51",
"content": "So what?..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37692",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T15:14:51",
"content": "I am not surprised about China being top of the list. The US is actually third per capita. I would not have expected the US to be that high on the list.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37693",
"author": "Buster",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T15:54:36",
"content": "Well I’m gonna consider this crap post the end for me. Hack a day used to be pretty sweet, now it’s just… bleh. So this is the last time I’ll be coming here. Time to find som’n better that actually delivers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37694",
"author": "guy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:41:09",
"content": "nice to see Nigeria isn’t in the top 7. are they cleaning up, or have the scammers just moved to other countries?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37695",
"author": "Dexter",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T22:44:57",
"content": "Still amazing that over half the scumware comes from China.I’m surprised India didn’t make the list.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37696",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T23:39:24",
"content": "Not a hack, and not at all surprising. I’d bet that most of the bad sites in china originate from the Chinese government. Damn commies!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37697",
"author": "NOT A HACK",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T10:15:29",
"content": "this is showing how a once fantastic site can become trashthanks for destroying this site. we relay like it like this now maybe some posts on how gotsey is hacking would go down a treet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.996021
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/getlofis-dub-siren/
|
GetLoFi’s Dub Siren
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"circuitbending",
"circuitbent",
"dub",
"dubreggae",
"dubsiren",
"getlofi",
"reggae"
] |
GetLoFi
has always been one of our first stops when looking for circuit bending fun. Their latest project is
building this simple dub siren
from a noise making key chain. Dub sirens or rasta boxes are a signature sound in dub reggae. The base of this project is an eight sound keychain. Each pad is wired to an eight position selector switch. The pitch resistor is replaced with a linear pot. One push button is used to replace the original eight and another is used for mute. Plug the 1/4inch jack into a delay pedal and you’re ready to rock. Check out the video below to see this particular box in use.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37685",
"author": "dazed_maunder",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T07:10:31",
"content": "loved it fack with it some more and youll have it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37686",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:06:53",
"content": "i approve of this post.dance hall sounds + hack = win",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37687",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T20:17:51",
"content": "Someone ban miked’s account please? He’s a retard.Now pass that sucker to the left…eye-reee…da cool senseation!!Da ‘ositive ‘eyeration!from da meercham!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "115940",
"author": "buju banton",
"timestamp": "2010-01-07T20:24:03",
"content": "Nice article found your site searching in google I think you could have taken a more neutral view.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.585524
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/citibank-atm-pin-heist-mystery-continues/
|
Citibank ATM PIN Heist Mystery Continues
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"atm",
"citibank",
"fbi",
"pin",
"pinheist",
"security",
"threatlevel"
] |
For the last few months, the FBI have been investigating a breach of Citibank’s ATM transaction processing servers. We’ve seen credit card numbers get stolen before, but these compromised servers were used to collect card numbers and PINs as transactions took place. The group responsible hired people to write new cards and use them to make ATM withdrawals. The card makers would keep a percentage and launder the rest. This is just a very small part of story and the extent of the breach isn’t fully realised yet. Threat Level’s [Kevin Poulson] has the
whole story on this disturbing situation
.
[photo:
Bryan Derballa
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37675",
"author": "Lars",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:48:36",
"content": "I usually just read Hack a Day – and love it. But lately I’ve been seeing a decline in quality with posts like this leaking in. So I feel I have to say that I don’t think these kind of articles belong on Hack a Day.. at all. There are plenty of other blogs for that (slashdot, etc). Please let Hack a Day remain pure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37676",
"author": "Rubicon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T09:44:21",
"content": "this is a pretty good article on this re-direct. not bad material at all for h-a-d. just reminds those of us in the physical and/or information security world that it’s not just a jungle out there. it’s a effin warzoneall in all i like the new format, sure some is flaky, but then again not all that glitters is gold. to be honest, all these naysayers remind me of a story a former professor once told me about when my campus finally got bus services to run loops to the parking lots. students were up in arms about having to park so far away as to ride a bus and my professor asked the then president of the university about it. he replied that the great thing about colleges is that in four years no one will remember a time before the buses.keep your head up hackaday, and keep on keeping on cause the attention span of the web is a few months at most.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37677",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T17:24:51",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.not a hck. it is just a news article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37678",
"author": "PenguiN",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T18:44:47",
"content": "Obligatory reminder to all the complainers abouthttp://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/That’s all",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37679",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:17:37",
"content": "Obligatory reminder to those that don’t like the complainers:“hack a day serves up a fresh hack each day, every day from around the web and a special how-to hack each week.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37680",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:57:23",
"content": "I bank with CitiBank, and recently received a notice on ATM safety. They offered some wise advise, including that I “cover the keypad when entering my pin,” and “be aware of your surroundings when using an ATM machine.”I feel safer already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37681",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T20:20:08",
"content": "miked, you’re describing exactly what the “daily” category is. Are you really that dense?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37682",
"author": "vic",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T00:37:49",
"content": "I came to hackaday for the daily hack in the first place (obviously ?), but I don’t think the articles quality is degrading, it’s just less interesting to people like us. As long as there is a “daily” category (thanks for pointing this out, I didn’t know it existed until now), I don’t mind and I don’t see why anyone would.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37683",
"author": "Thinkster",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:19:30",
"content": "That reminds me of a movie a long time ago where this guy found he could pick up signals (data) with his car radio tuned to a certain frequency and of course within vicinity of an ATM. He then figured out a way to capture the data and make cards. Anyone remember this movie or what it was called?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37684",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2008-07-14T13:22:20",
"content": "i have an atm but dont know its pin number,i would like to withdraw as soon as possible before it is blocked",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76245",
"author": "jeffrey gold",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T09:02:31",
"content": "i need visa card for purchase item as computer and electronics",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76246",
"author": "jeffrey gold",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T09:12:06",
"content": "how did i get my pin number",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.762172
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/crawling-sql-injection-with-scrawlr/
|
Crawling + SQL Injection With Scrawlr
|
Eliot
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"crawler",
"free",
"scrawlr",
"security",
"sql",
"sqlinjection",
"tool",
"verboseinjection",
"webcrawler"
] |
Scrawlr
is the latest tool to come out of HP’s Web Security Research Group. It was built in response to the
massive number of SQL injection attacks
happening on the web this year. Most of these vulnerable sites are found through googling, so Scrawlr works the same way. Point it at your web server and it will
crawl all of the pages and evaluate the URL parameters
to see if they’re vulnerable to verbose injection. It reports the SQL server and table names if it comes across anything.
It only supports 1500 pages right now and can’t do authentication or blind injection. It’s still a free tool and a great way to identify if your site is vulnerable to automated tools finding you website via search engines.
[via
Acidus
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37672",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T17:25:33",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37673",
"author": "Paulo Albuquerque",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T18:47:34",
"content": "This tool has severe limitations on the volume of the tests it can perform, and worst yet doesn’t even support authentication making it useless for any real world use.It does have a dialog encouraging you to buy some nifty tool with no limitations. Its a promotional gimmick, nothing else. Shame on hackaday for helping publicize it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37674",
"author": "Acidus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T22:14:50",
"content": "this paulo albuquerque has severe limitations on the amount of information he can comprehend before making public and ill-informed opinions and worst yet he doesn’t even read the FAQ and other material about the tool which explain that it is designed to find and audit pages exactly like the massive attack tool (http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4294)he does have the ability to write blog comments encouraging you to listen to his moronic options. its a promotional gimmick, nothing else. shame on hackaday for helping to publicize his ignorance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,804.668196
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/server-access-fail/
|
Server Access FAIL
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"access",
"dailywtf",
"DataCenter",
"fail",
"humor",
"restroom",
"stall",
"toilet",
"wtf"
] |
Head over to The Daily WTF to find out about the building upgrade that made this data center
only accessible from the handicap stall of the women’s restroom
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37669",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T03:02:34",
"content": "I bet lots of network admins are nervous pooers. This system works out perfectly for the lady Admin who doesn’t want her colleagues to know she’s doing her dirty business.“I uh.. Really need to check the cabling in IDF-3… Um… By myself. Don’t come in.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37670",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T03:28:34",
"content": "This setup should also replace the need for a hand dryer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37671",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T03:34:01",
"content": "I used to work at a K-12 private school with a brand new building and the servers were in a closet in the handicap stall of the boys restroom. Worst designed building I have ever set foot in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.170448
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/open-source-data-recovery-tools/
|
Open Source Data Recovery Tools
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"backtrack",
"datarecovery",
"forensic",
"forensics",
"partedmagic",
"photorec",
"systemrescuecd"
] |
InformationWeek has great article on
open source data recovery tools
. What type of tools you use will depend on the severity of the situation. You can use live Linux distros designed for recovery like
SystemRescueCD
or
Partedmagic
(the latter being more user friendly). Security tools distrubutions like
BackTrack
can also be helpful;
Helix
in particular was designed for forensics work. dd is a standard *nix tool for imaging drives, but something like
TestDisk
can help you repair partition tables for whole disk recovery. Most deletion operations don’t overwrite the data which means you can use file carving to capture the lost files.
PhotoRec
is able to find files in a number of common formats. Finally, if you’ve got some serious forensic work ahead of you there’s
The Sleuth Kit
and many other command line tools.
As an addendum, OStatic put together a list of
5 freeware tools for protecting your system
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37666",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T17:26:49",
"content": "i approve of this post.not my cup of of tea, but there is meat to this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37667",
"author": "Récupération De Données Guy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T17:13:01",
"content": "Excellent article, it will help me improve my own guide about data recovery. Thanks guys!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37668",
"author": "sharewarecheap",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T07:22:55",
"content": "really good, thanks, i used Power Data Recovery to recover my pc, you can try it:http://www.sharewarecheap.com/Power-Data-Recovery-Professional-License_software_643.htmli’ll use this one later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48735",
"author": "Data Doctor Recovery",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T00:12:01",
"content": "Great article on this topic. I’m a avid fan of open source program. This was a very good read.Nick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61533",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T13:00:21",
"content": "I found your blog on the search engine I think that the your advice is very useful for me and Thank you for your advice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "178693",
"author": "spokane computer repair",
"timestamp": "2010-09-08T06:37:02",
"content": "Perfect! this fixed my problem at work! I cannot wait to read more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.216053
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/defconbots-sentry-gun-competition/
|
DefconBots Sentry Gun Competition
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"autonomous",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"defconbots",
"gun",
"lasvegas",
"robot",
"sentrygun"
] |
DefconBots
is returning again this year with their
shooting gallery robot competition
for
Defcon 16
. They’ve decided to leave the rules unchanged from last year. It’s a head to head competition between fully autonomous guns. The first gun to shoot all the targets on their side of the board wins. The rules aren’t very strict on design; as long as you use nonlethal nonmessy amunition and include a safety switch you’re pretty much good to go. The DefconBots site has a
reference design
to put you on the fast track to competing. Defcon 16 is August 8-10, 2008 in Las Vegas.
Related:
[Aaron Rasmussen]’s sentry gun
we covered back in 2005
[photo:
Bre Pettis
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37660",
"author": "Quinn Richter",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T02:44:14",
"content": "Can i say scary!? I mean imagine a world with robots carrying guns and relying on sensors and hackable software to differentiate between good and bad. /scary",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37661",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T04:07:53",
"content": "Idk, if they got good enough, I’d rather have an unnerving, but consistent armed robot watching my back than some easily startled rookie with a reflexive trigger finger. Yes, its possible that it may kill me in error, but its not as if the alternatives couldn’t do the same. Personally, I’d feel safer with whichever one proves to be less error prone, which could very well be the robots.Humans are hackable too btw, except, in our case, the word for it is propaganda.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37662",
"author": "Kevin Hjelden",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T05:56:10",
"content": "Also related is our last years gun:http://www.burntpopcorn.net/defcon_bot/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37663",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T08:12:33",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37664",
"author": "Iv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T11:41:27",
"content": "quinn, welcome to the world of today :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentry_gun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37665",
"author": "Quinn Richter",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T20:51:53",
"content": "I agree Wolf, I would have to see how well it could sense enemies rather than you. But if it worked just as well as the Sentry Gun in Team Fortress 2 i would use it! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117865",
"author": "vinyl siding cost saver",
"timestamp": "2010-01-17T04:37:49",
"content": "Hey just a thought, you would probably get more readers if you interviewed controversial people for your site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.403289
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/26/lamination-for-pc-board-etching/
|
Lamination For PC Board Etching
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"electronics",
"etching",
"pc board",
"PcBoard"
] |
If you’ve ever tried ironing laser printed paper to transfer the toner, you know that it can be slightly frustrating. [Dave] sent in an
interesting twist
on this method. The laser printer is used to print onto paper from a magazine and then the board and paper are both run through a laminating machine six or seven times. From the
writeup
, it looks like this technique works great. (You’ll probably need a printer with a manual feed tray to get it to print on the magazine paper)
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[
{
"comment_id": "37785",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T15:17:10",
"content": "I do this, but with matte photo paper. I didn’t get great results with magazine paper (or I didn’t have the right magazines). Anyways, I spent the money and bought Epson matte photo paper and it’s been working great.I decased my laminator to allow for larger and smaller boards. Smaller boards wouldn’t come out, and larger boards wouldn’t fit it.You do have to run them through a good 8-10 times though. And they come out pretty hot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37786",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T15:30:01",
"content": "Great tip. I will have to try this as the result look good. I’ll give both the magazine paper and matte photo paper as noted in comment 1 a try. Cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37787",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T15:35:42",
"content": "i use a laminator as well and i, too, could not get magazine paper to work. i use glossy paper (the kind *without* water protection, that is very important as you have to remove the paper by soaking it) which works great.i run my boards through about 15-20 times as i found that boards wouldn’t etch completely if i did it less. at any rate, using a laminator is much much better than a clothes iron, i can’t stress that enough. i used to have problems etching boards with dip ic’s with a clothes iron, now with the laminator i do surface mount soldering with tssop ic packages just fine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37788",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T15:37:29",
"content": "oh and i also tried canon matte photo paper, and it didnt work for me either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37789",
"author": "Irritant",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T17:56:16",
"content": "Looks like the site has been sucked down",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37790",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T18:34:15",
"content": "To those who have done this: What brand/model laminator is good for this sort of thing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37791",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T19:23:02",
"content": "FUCK YOU miked",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37792",
"author": "alfcoder",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T20:10:33",
"content": "magazine or very thin paper is a must, but i don’t use lamination rather i use to stop the printer just before the paper with the toner is reaching the fixation unit in the printer, then in very slowly i can remove the paper with the unfixed/burned toner, so to transfer this to pcb is very easybut i rather use photo-echting cause this methode is more superior, but sure a bit time consuming",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37793",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T21:59:59",
"content": "in other news: wtf is happening with the piratebay?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37794",
"author": "Jerome Demers",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T23:19:32",
"content": "the one you see in the picture is the laminator from walmart.29$ canadianI bought it months ago to test it never got to make it work it the special PCB paper. I never tried it with photo paper or magasine.I think the printer makes a big job too. Be sure that the printer puts a lot of toner on it! I have tried different setting with no luck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37795",
"author": "PlatinumT",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T23:38:02",
"content": "I use a royal sovereign NR-1201xxx.royalsovereign.com/product/e_pro1_NR-1201.aspIâve had it over a year and it works great. It has adjustable temperature but I have always used the highest setting. Also the rollers are spring loaded, not sure how unique this is but it probably helps since pcbs are thicker than what the machine was designed for. Also be sure and use 1/16â pcbs, when I started using this method I took me awhile to figure out that the thinner pcbs I was using was the reason my board were not coming out right⦠wasnât getting enough pressure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37796",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T00:46:03",
"content": "brian: i have a royal sovereign rpa-5254 found on ebay for $60 usd new.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37797",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T01:59:44",
"content": ">FUCK YOU mikedwhere did that come from? i haven’t even posted since yesterday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37798",
"author": "Snaptastic",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T02:59:28",
"content": "Does anyone else find it amusing that googlepages.com has pulled the page due to exceeded data limits, but google.com is happy enough to serve up the cached version of the page? Albeit without photos, but still…And miked, that was probably a preemptive strike. Which appears to have worked well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37799",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T04:57:36",
"content": "Not to take anything away from the featured site, but hasn’t Don Lancaster been doing this for at least a decade? Search tinaja.com for “kroy color”.Part of the problem may be that even though I’ve been reading Don since Radio-Electronics days, I don’t think he has exactly gone into a lot of detail of what a “kroy color machine” is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37800",
"author": "EllisGL",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T06:59:27",
"content": "“Place board into etch solution. Note the few wraps of tape on the edges to space the board off the bottom for faster etching.”If you are using Eagle Cad – look at doing “Ground pouring”. Basically you use all possible space for ground, there giving you a lot faster etch time and, well, a better ground plane. Very helpful in Audio/RF IIRC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37801",
"author": "ericwertz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T12:25:47",
"content": "> >fuck you miked> where did that come from? i haven’t even posted since yesterday.Because you eventually did.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.4575
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/ems-synthi-aks-teardown/
|
EMS Synthi AKS Teardown
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"analog",
"analogsynthesizer",
"ems",
"matrixsynth",
"patch",
"synth",
"synthesizer",
"synthi",
"teardown"
] |
Here’s another bit of analog synth pr0n for you: Initially sold in 1972, the EMS Synthi AKS was a portable modular analog synthesizer with a built in keyboard and sequencer. The
VCS 3
portion of the device had a unique
routing matrix pegboard
used to connect components together. [firegroove] has
opened up his precious machine
so that you can see all of the fine little bits that make it tick… and chirp.
[via
Matrixsynth
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37784",
"author": "Aud1073cH",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T10:39:23",
"content": "Wow – I got to play with the EMS Synthi A while I was attending school at American University. It was one of the most fun synths I’ve ever laid my hands on.Thanks for the nostalgia",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.357093
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/kawasaki-kz440-electric-conversion/
|
Kawasaki KZ440 Electric Conversion
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"battery",
"conversion",
"electric",
"electricmotorcycle",
"ev",
"motorcycle"
] |
[Ben Nelson] didn’t even know how to ride a motorcycle when he started on this
electric conversion of a 1981 Kawasaki KZ440
. The engine wasn’t a loss since the bike was nonrunning when he purchased it for $100. The permanent magnet Etek motor was $500 and each of the four yellow top batteries were $160 (only three pictured). He says that the majority of the conversion work only took two weekends. The resulting, still street legal, ride averages 20 miles per charge with a 45mph top speed.
More electric motorcycles on Hack a Day:
Electric motorcycle
Electric (motor)cycle extra
Maker Faire 2008: Electric motorcycles
[via
Ecomodder
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37773",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:21:16",
"content": "l approve this post.Sweet, l love electric motorcycles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37774",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:41:16",
"content": "don’t be an ass, miles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37775",
"author": "Joseph Lopez",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T08:19:26",
"content": "I could swear this is a repost… or are there just so many e-bikes that they’re blurring together…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37776",
"author": "Gryphin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T09:05:27",
"content": "again… the problem is, unless someone wants to invest the money in real batteries, and stop using this 12v Yellow Top Optima deep cycle batteries, you’ll never get past this 20-30 mile range and 40mph crap. That wouldn’t help me at all for even just my commute to work.Good concept, great that people are doing it, it just needs to be taken up a notch is all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37777",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T09:20:58",
"content": "Unless I missed something the article gave the range as 20miles flat, not 20-30, but still, that would be plenty for most of the driving I do, as long as the batteries can be recharged in less than an hour. Considering the quality of parts this guy used (no ESC, SLA batteries), I’m surprised the conversion cost 2k. Assuming this could be done for less than 1k, it would definetly be economical, as long as you work less than 20 miles from your home, and live somewhere with a nice climate.The only thing I wonder about with these electric mods is the lack of a gear shift on most small systems, it be interesting to see some torque/rpm or efficiency/rpm graphs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37778",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T13:58:01",
"content": "he could propably fit another battery in place of the gas tank :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37779",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T18:56:09",
"content": "well, he didn’t spend much on the frame, only paid for batteries/controller/motor and some other support parts. 1500 for a conversion is pretty good… less moving parts, less maintenance…. plus 1kwh to charge it, at less than 10cents, thats less than 1 cent a mile. Who cares that it can’t get 100miles… lots of people ride motorcycles and scooters because they’re good for commuting and save gas. Thats the whole point. He could drive to and from work for a month on what it would cost for one gallon of gas. Ben has been doing a great job, I’ve been following this for a while. Its amazing what someone in his garage can do….and he’ll laugh every time he passes people pumping gas at the gas station.@wolfThe power band for an electric motor is not at all like an ICE. Its got max torque at 0rpm, instant acceleration. Power is fairly flat until you start aproaching the RPM limit of the motor, and then the torque falls off. You don’t need a gearshift for 0-5000rpm for most EV motors… and depending on gearing, this can get you up to speed pretty fast, and have a pretty reasonable top speed. And he did use an controller, thats what the alltrax is.@Gryphinuntil Lithium comes down in price, you’ll keep seeing Lead Acid. NiMH is hard to get, lifepo is expensive, Nicad is useless, Li-Cobalt explodes (laptops)… so there’s not a ton of options. Lead has more current delivery capability than any other chemistry, cheaper, easier to get.. and is a good option for most people. When lithium falls below 2 grand for a pack for my motorcycle, I’ll consider switching from SLA, but until then, its not a good choice economically.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37780",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T19:37:36",
"content": "@6: Agreed about the gearing. I’ve been in electric cars that did 0-80 with reasonable acceleration with just a fixed reduction gear. The Tesla roadster uses a two-speed transmission, mostly because of its high top speed. I understand they’re having some trouble with it lunching its transmission due to all the torque.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37781",
"author": "frodus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T20:36:05",
"content": "actually, they ditched the two speed, and went with a single speed, liquid cooled their motor and controller to increase performance so that it would reach the speeds and performance numbers they originally quoted. They don’t NEED the two speed… just one. The first generations will be 2 speeds, but will be retrofitted when the single speed gearbox is finalized. It sure lightens things up too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37782",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T23:14:20",
"content": "@8: Very cool, thanks for the update. The Tesla is one nifty piece of hardware. I wish I could afford one (and a garage to charge it in.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37783",
"author": "dravin21",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:10:48",
"content": "i like it!!! much bigger scale then a curent project of mine (i’m useing the gastank to hide the batteries and charger tho) sofar on test runs i have gotten 30mph and about a 70 mile range useing 36v (3x12v)scooter batteries on a hopped up bananabike that zapped me everytime i accelorated on its first run",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.507831
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/defcon-badge-hacking-contest/
|
Defcon Badge Hacking Contest
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons",
"contests"
] |
[
"badge",
"con",
"conference",
"contest",
"defcon",
"defcon16",
"hackercon",
"JoeGrand"
] |
[Joe Grand] is designing the Defcon badges for the third year in a row. Just like the previous years, they’ll be
hosting a badge hacking contest
. This time around though, they’re going to start leaking clues in advance. Earlier contests were often frustrating because of the specialized equipment needed to talk to the microcontroller. Hopefully this year it will be a lot more accesible. The specs for the badge have not been released yet, but after last year’s 95 LED scrolling marque, we can’t wait to see what this year will bring. [Joe] has posted info on the
previous
two
badge designs and resulting contests.
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| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37771",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T08:06:41",
"content": "very interested to see how joe is going to top last year’s badges. so disappointed I won’t be able to make it this year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37772",
"author": "{ LinuxLuis }",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T17:43:24",
"content": "This will be my first time after many years reading all about it. Can’t wait to get one of my own. So far it looks cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.564565
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/hackit-the-bronco-table/
|
Hackit: The Bronco Table
|
Eliot
|
[
"HackIt"
] |
[
"brettdoar",
"broncotable",
"HackIt",
"makernight",
"siggraph",
"table",
"video"
] |
While attending
LA SIGGRAPH Maker Night
, we got to talk to [Brett Doar] about his
Bronco Table
. The table is meant to make life more difficult by bucking off anything that’s set on top of it. Right now, it uses a tiny piezo mic to listen for the impact and then drives three leg motors in a random pattern. He envisions later generations either running away or following you intently when something is set on them.
The main problem with the current design is that you have to hit the table hard enough to make a noise the mic can pick up. The ideal solution would be able to detect anything, no matter what the material or how forcefully it was set down.
How would you detect objects being placed on the surface
(table doesn’t have to be wood)?
| 31
| 31
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37741",
"author": "Jinto",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:11:14",
"content": "Wait for the video to finish. Click on the Japanese girls. Musical, choreographed (clean) fun!That, and I want one of those tables!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37742",
"author": "Johnmc",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:11:29",
"content": "Why not just detect a change in weight? Put a pressure sensor in one of the legs. Anything above the tare weight of the table triggers the action. I think I have seen reference designs for microcontrollers for this idea. The sensor would have to be pretty sturdy if the table is going to be hopping around.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37743",
"author": "ms",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:16:14",
"content": "You could trigger with a sheet (or woven matrix) of dual-sided metal-screen-printed PVDF – the slightest touch will create a voltage between each side. You need a very high impedance amplifier to pick up such small signals however.Or trigger by one or more light sensors that the placed object obscures.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37744",
"author": "Michael Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:25:33",
"content": "Use a resistive sensor; you should be able to rig up a simple mechanism that changes resistance based on the mass of the tabletop. That method allows any surface you want.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37745",
"author": "Wizzard1",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:26:26",
"content": "To detect an item on the table, use a piezo weight sensor as they use on dump trucks to sense load.Also, use a ring of thermal sensors around the outside edge of the table which lock onto a signature, and can follow the person who was nearest the table when an item was placed on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37746",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:42:36",
"content": "I’d just rig the tabletop with a digital scale and have a microcontroller watch the readings. If anything brings it a grain above zero and keeps constant, activate.I say constant because I wouldn’t want it triggering because of a bump, currents from the AC, or someone resting their arm, but I’d like to see it sensitive enough to rock any static load larger than a quarter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37747",
"author": "Carter",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T05:46:13",
"content": "Well, a sheet of aluminum or stainless or copper would make for a nice tabletop, and then you could wire it up using inductance/capacitance like one of those touch sensitive lights, iPod controls, etc.OR, to avoid the then problem of “what if skin doesn’t actually touch the top”, experimenting with embedding an array of cheap small light sensors under a piece of frosted glass…I like the simplicity of this nice table with the three legs, for random bucking, great, but how would you all handle the following / running away table bit???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37748",
"author": "sporkcrab",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:17:31",
"content": "capacitive proximity sensors could work you would need quite a few of them but they would be able to sense very light non-metal objects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37749",
"author": "gzaloprgm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:33:50",
"content": "what about a electret mic., some amplifier and a frequency filter?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37750",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:37:13",
"content": "How about a frosted glass or acrylic surface over a camera with a wide angle lens. When something is placed upon the surface the camera will detect an instance of high contrast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37751",
"author": "Dylan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T06:51:28",
"content": "make two round tops, first one is mounted where the current one is, with a hinge and a cheep contact switch, second round top hinges shut directly ontop of the old one and the contact switch. when the load is placed, it changes the switche’s state. the nice thing about it is you can change the load that trips it via placement of the switch, and it’s very simple to connect to the existing system, the controller just has to watch for that pin to be pulled differently by the switch being moved and then react accordingly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37752",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T08:13:47",
"content": "Just a thought, but I’d rather see this in a chair than a table.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37753",
"author": "tReg",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T11:06:29",
"content": "if a 3mm high / 1″ wide border is acceptable on the table, I’d put a wooden ring on the table, and in this ring I’d put some IR (or RGB ;) ) leds and phototransistors. By pulsing the led you can recalibrate the readings when the leds are off so you can adapt to exterior light. By combining readings from the different captors, you can know where on the table is the object.I have a plan to make a multi-“touch”pad this way… one day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37754",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T16:41:36",
"content": "use something similar to the piezo trackpads on a Sony Vaio SZ notebook or any other recent notebook. 2 transparent films layered across the table top.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37755",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T18:54:07",
"content": "Frustrated Total Internal Reflection. No matter what is placed on the table, so long as it is contacting the table you have the ability to “see” it. The best way to do it would be some trial and error. There would be no need to use a camera or anything that high tech as some simple photo resistors might work great. It keeps a clean top, with a small border and if done right will look really cool. Colored LEDs could add even more of an effect.http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirsense/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37756",
"author": "stevo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T19:18:23",
"content": "i second the chair suggestion.or maybe a bed that waits half an hour and THEN buck…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37757",
"author": "TGBM",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T20:34:06",
"content": "Just a question,With the current mic configuration… would it be possible to trigger the table with a clap, snap, sneeze, or some other loud noise of the same sort?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37758",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T21:50:31",
"content": "If you us a camera, you may also be able to fix the following and avoidance bit. You use a wide angle lens up close to a glass topped table and then just follow or avoid largish moving shapes. Black and white is good enough. It wouldn’t be able to avoid obstacles, but would follow or avoid any moving body.Avoidance: If it was already in motion and came across a dresser or sofa edge or something, it would see it as a moving body and would then move away. Eventually it would find itself in the middle of the room, away from all furniture.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37759",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T21:54:54",
"content": "Use some sort of LED multi-touch setup, where you use the LEDs as emitters and detectors. That was, it would detect anything, and while its running away it can display text and/or devil faces.Here is an example of how the electronics would work:http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ledtouch/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37760",
"author": "JFH",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T22:22:50",
"content": "Make a big capacitor. A big piece of unetched PC board material, or even an aluminum/paper/aluminum sandwich. You could probably hook right to the existing microphone input. You get a nice little current spike fromd(C*V)/dt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37761",
"author": "Cyrus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T00:46:06",
"content": "Just an idea, not sure if it will work. Basically set up a capacitor across the length of the table and detect changes in electrical conditions caused by putting an object in between- basically introducing a dielectric. The problem might come in changes in humidity and the like.Or, maybe RF modulators can be used- something like a theremin, using the heterodyne principle. I’m not sure it would work with all materials, though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37762",
"author": "dan fruzzetti",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T01:48:00",
"content": "Some of the ideas posted are cheap and available. Others are far less utilitarian (e.g. a border of photo cells does NOT a multi-touch display make, especially when multiple contacts are collinear, except at an exceedingly high density and directionality of sensors).My suggestion? Hypersonically vibrate the table surface at or near a multiple of its resonant frequency. It could in principle pick up the damping effect of a hair or speck of dust.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37763",
"author": "g3n3tix",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T01:57:39",
"content": "Friggin’ laser beams.They form a grid, and if they are cut, that means there is an object. Needs a lot of lasers, and complicated.Doable ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37764",
"author": "brett",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:24:04",
"content": "thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I guess I’ve got my work cut out for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37765",
"author": "brett",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T09:55:24",
"content": "@#16, tgbm said:With the current mic configuration… would it be possible to trigger the table with a clap, snap, sneeze, or some other loud noise of the same sort?This is mainly why I opted for a microphone rather than a pressure sensor- it allows the table to sense beyond just what’s on the table top, and allows it to be a little more unpredictable. You could also fool it if you could noiselessly put something on it. It’s not so much that it wouldn’t let you put anything on it, but that you’d have to meet it on its terms rather than yours. I think the main issue is the surface of the table, and how good of a transmitter of vibration it is. I’m also not amplifying the signal from the piezo, so it would probably benefit from that. Thanks so much for such thoughtful comments, everyone!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37766",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T19:15:19",
"content": "Capacitive sensing, easily. They’d detect anything /placed/ on the table because even if the object was tiny, your hand would change the capacitance if it touched the table.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37767",
"author": "jz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T02:10:15",
"content": "Build a bridge out of her! Seriously though just make the table square and use a touch screen monitor for the table top. Would allow for other cool stuff too if ya think about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37768",
"author": "jz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T00:47:09",
"content": "Rip the guts out of an electronic bathroom scale.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37769",
"author": "ard",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T13:55:51",
"content": "Solder a pin to the center of a piezo buzzer (flat, round) perpendicular to the surface of the copper side. Solder a mic ground lead to the other side of the copper, the signal lead is soldered to the center of the piezo material. Connect the mic lead to an opamp. Poke the pin in the center of the bottom of the table. An opamp based amplifier (very high impedance) will detect even a flee landing on the table top.This setup works for high frequencies (it will act as a giant ear) as well as for low frequencies (it can detect earthquakes.) Multiple sensors, one in each leg, might be needed to reject false positives.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37770",
"author": "bugloaf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-08T21:14:40",
"content": "There are a lot of interesting ideas here, but I haven’t seen the one that I thought was obvious: Use an accelerometer chip to detect the deflection of the table when you put something on it. It should easily be sensitive enough. In fact you will probably need your software to filter out small vibrations so that just walking by the table won’t set it off. Just search Digikey for “accelerometer” and you will find hundreds. They’re small and cheap and come in IC packages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76552",
"author": "rjk",
"timestamp": "2009-05-28T17:24:37",
"content": "Check this out… it’s a piece of fabric and a piece of antistatic plastic that’re combined and used to detect pressure.It can light a LED, maybe it can trip a relay or something and set this table in motion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.853372
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/hacker-conference-videos/
|
Hacker Conference Videos
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons"
] |
[
"24c3",
"ccc",
"con",
"convention",
"defcon",
"hackercon",
"layerone",
"notacon",
"securityconvention",
"shmoocon",
"video"
] |
Almost every security conference we’ve attended in the last year has uploaded videos from their speaker tracks. Explore the archives below, and you’re bound to find an interesting talk.
Defcon 15, Las Vegas, NV
ToorCon 9, San Diego, CA
24C3, Berlin, Germany
ShmooCon 2008, Washington D.C.
Notacon 5, Cleveland, OH
LayerOne 2008, Pasadena, CA
[thanks, Dan]
[photo:
ario_j
]
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37739",
"author": "Iv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T10:59:47",
"content": "Hacker Space Fest, Paris :http://www.justin.tv/hackerspace/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37740",
"author": "TheZeusJuice",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T05:19:10",
"content": "um, maybe im just dumb or its the fact its waay past midnight, but i cant find the vids for toorcon 9 at the link that you provided.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.60948
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/openmoko-freerunner-now-available/
|
Openmoko FreeRunner Now Available
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[
"cellphone",
"freerunner",
"gsm",
"linux",
"mobilephone",
"openmoko",
"phone",
"wifi"
] |
Openmoko
began selling Neo 1973 phones direct to developers last July. The phone is an open source project designed to ease development on mobile platforms. The Neo 1973 has since sold out, but a new Linux phone intended for the mass market has been released, the
FreeRunner
for ~$399. The screen is 640×480 with 3D acceleration and a 500MHz Samsung processor. The new phone has WiFi and 2.5G GSM support. It has some truly unique features like
USB host mode support
. You can find the
differences between the two phones here
. This new phone release should help strengthen the community since average users were discouraged from purchasing the original.
Pictures of the phone’s internals and a component diagram
can be found on the Openmoko wiki. We wish more manufacturers would explicitly tell us how to get console access.
[via
Slashdot
]
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| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37733",
"author": "san",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T04:00:44",
"content": "Gosh!! With that name who wants to use it. Don’t people make basic research on names? Moko in Spanish (moco) is bugger!! Same happened to a car and to many other things… Do a research, for God’s sake!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37734",
"author": "Cross_",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T04:51:54",
"content": "400 MHz CPU according to their wiki..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37735",
"author": "Iv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T11:05:46",
"content": "I would also argue that putting “1973” is a poor move. But the beast IS sexy…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37736",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T16:04:47",
"content": "um this phone seems pretty ‘in stock’ here…http://www.gp2xstore.com/Neo_1973_Base_Phone_p/012.htmI discovered this phone about a year ago when looking to buy a gp2xhttp://www.gp2xstore.com/Gp2x_F200_Handheld_Game_Console_p/002.htma cure for air plane/car ride boredom.there is even a pitch…http://www.gp2xstore.com/Neo_1973_Advanced_Phone_p/014.htm“This Hacker’s Dream Box is a heavy duty, mysterious black box that houses the OpenMoko development board. The Advanced kit is padded to protect your Neo 1973, development board, and accessories for hackers in transport.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37737",
"author": "freewheel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T18:45:29",
"content": "“Available” in a manner of speaking. They just shipped to Indian and European distributors and they’re coming soon for direct online sales. Soon, but you still can’t just go buy a Freerunner.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37738",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T18:49:41",
"content": "No hardware buttons / jog dial = FAIL.Seriously, now I can’t use it as a media player (no eyes-off track/volume control) or a text reader (have to put my finger in front of the stuff I’m trying to read to scroll)? What’s wrong with these guys?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.781172
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/create-your-own-hdr-images/
|
Create Your Own HDR Images
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
Hack-A-Day friend [Nathan] showed us some of his results creating his own High Dynamic Range images. Three normal Low Dynamic Range photos. One is under exposed, one is normal and the third is over exposed to capture the information needed. Then all three are used to create a single HDR image. Technically, the HDR image contains too much information to properly display, but even this limited version looks damn impressive.
You’ll need a tripod, a camera that allows you to adjust your exposure value and a decent CPU to do the processing. (This pic took a couple of minutes to render on a quad core cpu) You can check out the full HDR photo
here
and one of the original frames
here
. For the software side, you can use
pfstools
on the command line or
QtpfsGUI
for the graphics side – both are free and open source. [Nathan] suggests a camera with bracket mode and a remote shutter release for best results. If you’re all about theory, you can grab a white paper on the process
here
.
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| 18
|
[
{
"comment_id": "38126",
"author": "Lordhedgie",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T07:34:14",
"content": "Any Canon camera can have bracket mode if you install the Canon Hacker’s Development Kit (http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page)With updated firmware from the above site, you can set your cheap Canon to bracket, taking multiple photos with different exposures to create the base images for HDR rendering. You can use Gimp to manually create HDR images or the above references software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38127",
"author": "D",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T07:39:59",
"content": "“…One is under exposed, one is normal and the third is over exposed…”More commonly known as Exposure Bracketing. Most medium range DSLRs and up should handle this no problem (for example, my Rebel XT can do it automatically).Personally I detest HDR photos. IMO it takes a perfectly good looking photo and turns it into something that appears to have been regurgitated out of a newbie’s ray tracer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38128",
"author": "Jax184",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T08:16:47",
"content": "I’ve done this myself to capture a few unusual and poorly lit scenes. It’s made easier by a camera (Canon Rebel XTi) that can be controlled over USB from a computer/laptop. The enemy is camera movement between shots.Now with that said, that picture is astonishingly ugly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38129",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T08:24:25",
"content": "Very cool, if I didn’t know I would’ve guessed the HDR image was just a good computer render, as apposed to a pic of something real.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38130",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T08:56:54",
"content": "I wonder how these would appear on a higher bitdepth screen? Would a high contrast ratio, 30Bit lcd panel do them justice?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38131",
"author": "Brian O.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T10:04:08",
"content": "@1When done correctly and subtly it can provide some great results. Most people however fail completely during the tone mapping process and churn out garbageHDR can’t(read: shouldn’t) be used in all photographs and it should be used sparingly and as subtly as possible – if used in such a way it can be a valuable tool for photographers to capture otherwise impossible photographs.Another subject worth looking into is exposure blending which through a somewhat similar process can extend your image’s dynamic range but by doing so without intoducing the telltale HDR signs such has the halos around areas of contrast. Exposure blending:http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38132",
"author": "valve",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T10:06:33",
"content": "Apparently, ‘HDR’ has become synonym to these types of overly artistic PhotoMatix-esque tonemapped images which – don’t get me wrong – do serve some purpose in the ‘looks nice’ department but are far from what I would consider HDR to be: a method to overcome limitations of (digital) cameras with regards to recording lightintensity, creating a realistic looking photo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38133",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T13:03:27",
"content": "1, 6, 7: I agree. People seem to automatically associate “hdr” with these oversaturated bizarro pictures, when (iirc) the original point of hdr was to extend the dynamic range of the camera to get more lighting detail out of a shot like a sunset.I’m not normally one for plugging but there’s an instructable on how to do hdr (the subtle lighting-enhancing sort not the surreal photomatix sort) with no magic tools or downloadable photoshop actions, just a few simple photoshop/gimp procedures athttp://www.instructables.com/id/HDR-photos-with-the-GIMP/I apologise for the incredible wordiness, if you know your way around the gimp you can probably do it in half the time I described there (I was a n00b at the time of writing and haven’t updated it yet).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38134",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T18:14:33",
"content": "Is everyone too lazy to buy the right filters and gear to take photos anymore?A plate filter mount and a good gradient ND filter will do most HDR work that people are after. I have used 2 Gradient ND’s in a plate filter on the front of my Rebel XT to create pretty much the top image in one single click of the shutter.Digital photographers should be forced to shoot film for a few months to actually learn photography before they touch a digital.YES! There is a place for HDR, but 90% of the photos, if shot right would not need it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38135",
"author": "alfcoder",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T19:30:43",
"content": "i think its a great way to capture images, the result would be more like as it was captured by our eyesfew days ago i was scanned a very little part from a cd-rom (the photo-detector) with my scanner and the result was not so great, but as i converted the picture to lab color space from rgb i’ve noticed how much more information was in the two color channel so i was converted the lightnes and the two color channels to one grayscale image and adjusted the levels, the result was a more informative image…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38136",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T20:38:28",
"content": "It, personally, annoys me when people refer to tonemapped images as HDR. They are two very different things.As for the continued discrepancies between unaltered photography and HDR/Tonemapping, I feel that both have their place. Each can be visually appealing, depending on how presented. It took me a while to even want to switch to digital, simply because I felt it was destroying my creative process.QtpfsGUI is an awesome piece of software, if you’re looking for multiple tonemapping algorithms to play around with. I don’t recommend running every photo you take through here, but some are going to be breath-taking, just like a well-composed photograph.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38137",
"author": "geoff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T01:54:25",
"content": "I don’t really consider the surrealistic looking images to be true HDR (High Dynamic Range) images, but more of a byproduct of applying a HDR process (just think of it as another filter or action in Photoshop.) IMHO, true HDR images should capture what normally would have been lost in the limited latitude in a film image or digital sensor. More closely reflecting what our own eyes are able to see of the scene. Here’s some HDR images that I did at my vacation last year (yeah the first one does look a little halo-y around the top of the hills, but I couldn’t get it to blend with enough luminance otherwise.)http://leftyloosy.com/lakepowellhdr.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38138",
"author": "bgugi",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T06:36:31",
"content": "http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224i am really sick of the ‘brown is real’ movement in graphics. seriously guys, its getting annoying. i’m sick of seeing perfectly good images washed out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38139",
"author": "Nathan Odle",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T01:11:50",
"content": "As the one who created the linked images, I wanted to respond to the comments here.First, to those who express the sentiment that the only ‘valid’ HDR is the kind that uses the more realistic tonemapping algorithms…get off your high horse please and step down to Planet Earth. There is no *right* when it comes to Art, or any medium used to create it. When I created the images above, I intentionally selected my tonemapping algorithm and variables to trash them up. My intention was to create something gritty and convey the feel of the revised-urban nature of the downtown where I live while leaving them unretouched in the traditional sense. The intent wasn’t to accurately render them in the sense that WYSIWYG, the intent was to create art. Duh.Second, there seems to be some confusion though in that some folks think that many of the HDR images they’ve seen have not been tonemapped. You can choose to not tonemap an HDR image but it will look like crap on a regular monitor…will seem like it needs a major contrast adjustment. Nearly *all* HDR images that you see on a regular monitor have been tonemapped, but some algorithms just produce a more realistic result than others. In fact, you can see this in another item in my HDR set (the Sears Tower view). Again though, for these images I made a specific choice in my tonemapping algorithm to achieve a specific artistic result.Finally, if you just don’t like them that’s perfectly fine by me. Quite honestly, that’s what art is all about and there’s no accounting for taste. Even bad taste.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38140",
"author": "whiskey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-04T11:39:32",
"content": "well i find deeply disturbing that it almost looks like a CGI render you would normally find on PC games (well, maybe not nowadays, these kids with their gaming rigs and such…).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38141",
"author": "jbr",
"timestamp": "2008-07-17T17:26:26",
"content": "hii download the programs i will give it trythanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65190",
"author": "photoshop guy",
"timestamp": "2009-03-04T01:19:02",
"content": "I wanted to comment and thank the author, good stuff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84286",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2009-08-05T18:02:21",
"content": "I have been using QTPFSGUI for a few years now!! It’s great. Check out my tutorial athttp://www.freehdr.blogspot.comThere is a lot of negativity toward HDR images and new techniques but there always is at the beginning. Give it a try!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.921463
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/wide-angle-lens-for-the-atc2k-video-camera/
|
Wide Angle Lens For The ATC2K Video Camera
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"video"
] |
We just ordered up a new
ATC3K
video camera from Oregon Scientific for some, uh projects. (No, not our new porn site.) If you’ve got one of the older ATC2K cams, you can mod it a bit to avoid dropping another C-note on the new model. [Carlos] wrote up
his mod
to remove and replace the original narrow lens with a wide angle fisheye lens. The install requires some significant effort and some case modding – probably not a good idea if the waterproof feature is dear to you.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38124",
"author": "john.s948@mint.us.to",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T08:18:08",
"content": "personally, i like my $20 puredigital hacked camcorder.but this thing takes sd cards, and it’s ready to go..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,805.965782
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/tb-303-teardown/
|
TB-303 Teardown
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"electronicmusic",
"roland",
"synthesizer",
"takeapart",
"tb-303",
"teardown",
"tr-909"
] |
Flickr member and owner of awesome stuff [Firegroove] brought us a
teardown of a Roland TR-909 drum machine
before, and now he brings us a new
photoset of a TB-303 synth teardown
. The machines comprise two thirds of the holy trinity of 80’s electronic music machines, so look after the break for more photos.
Here we see the main board with several knobs and switches still attached.
This is the underside of the board. Enjoy this photoset, because getting your hands on a TR-303 is nearly impossible. Still, that doesn’t mean you have to live a 303-free existence. Check out
[Ladyada]’s TR-303 clone, the x0xb0x
. You can purchase the DIY board from the site and get your synth-on now.
[via
Matrixsynth
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38120",
"author": "Pent.",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:30:24",
"content": "if he does a teardown of the TR-808 the universe will implode.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38121",
"author": "Wade Rothermel",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T08:50:36",
"content": "I have a 303 which needs some work (power short of some kind…) but I’m afraid to take it to a local electronics repair place and can’t seem to locate anyone in the US who specializes in vintage synth repair. Pleaes mail me atwrothermel@hotmail.comwith any tips…thanks in advance",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38122",
"author": "AdamG",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T11:11:38",
"content": "There were only 10000 of these ever produced. I wince when I look at this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38123",
"author": "DenDer",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T20:02:25",
"content": "WHY????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.009148
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/arduino-photolab/
|
Arduino PhotoLab
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"arduino",
"atmega",
"camera",
"cameraflash",
"photography",
"stopmotion",
"syringe"
] |
Droplet photography
(link translated from French) often produces simple and beautiful images, but timing the exposure can be tricky. Snapping the photo too early or too late can cause you to miss the action, which only lasts a fraction of a second. EquinoxeFR (the people behind the
Asus WL500GP audio hack
) came up with a solution to this problem using a circuit with an ATmega168 running an Arduino environment. The circuit controls a syringe that contains a liquid and is triggered remotely to release a drop into a darkened chamber. A camera with the shutter open is attached to the chamber, and before the droplet hits, it crosses an IR sensor that triggers the flash to go off a few milliseconds later, capturing the unique crown shape of the impact. No schematic is available as yet, but comments at the bottom of the post suggest one will be coming soon.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38117",
"author": "Turkey",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T06:36:58",
"content": "pretty complicated for only one picture…well done nonetheless",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38118",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T07:18:53",
"content": "fourth image down, google even translated the text in the image from french to english! lol. that’s some hardcore photography.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38119",
"author": "kvmanii",
"timestamp": "2008-07-03T18:39:48",
"content": "Iâm not sure what artist it was⦠and I can t find any info on the subject. But there is a very famous drawling either by MC Escher or Salvador Dali. Apparently the artist studied a drop of water over and over observing every detail hours and even days on end to capture the perfection of the water droplet. It is astonishing someone with out this technology could register in their mind and capture this instantaneous fragment of time.This hack is proof of where there is a will there is a way, man and his gifts of logic experiment and achievements. This hack paves the way for a future of endless possibilities. A person did this, not a company, and with common items.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49197",
"author": "dreamtimestudio",
"timestamp": "2008-11-06T01:40:41",
"content": "why the syringe with remote trigger? couldn’t you just drip the water yourself and use the Ir trigger to set off the flash?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122269",
"author": "Arduino",
"timestamp": "2010-02-06T05:05:57",
"content": "Nice! Just came across this and that’s a great use of the arduino! Might try my hand at building one of these…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.055459
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/making-art-with-javascript/
|
Making Art With Javascript
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"firefox hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] |
[
"art",
"artwork",
"contextfreeart",
"drawing",
"firefox3",
"geometric",
"javascript",
"js",
"mozilla"
] |
Mozilla coder [Aza] is connected to the past and the present: he wanted to celebrate the release of Firefox 3, but pines for the days when one could use small amounts of code to make compelling art. As a way of addressing both things, he has released
ContextFree.js
, a javascript port of [Chris Coyne]’s
Context Free Art
. Users can visit
Algorithm Ink
, where they can draw various compelling designs with just a few lines of script. ContextFree.js compiles the scripts and turns them into visually arresting geometric designs. Users can also browse through designs made by others, easily save them as JPGs, or even modify them by adding their own bits of code. What’s more, it’s not out of the question to use this to generate random images on a website, creating a unique visual experience for every single visitor. You all know what we want to see, though: JavaScript gurus working some real magic with this. Better yet, said gurus can play around with the core open-source code and make something truly their own on the most fundamental level. Definitely check out the video above to get an idea of how easy this is.
[via
Waxy
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38112",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T02:45:29",
"content": "Is there a way to record this happening/convert it to a video file? I want to make a video of some of this different .js code excecuting and save it for use as a menu background/credit background on home made DVDs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38113",
"author": "Snaptastic",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T03:30:21",
"content": "Is there a way to create vector art with these?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38114",
"author": "Snaptastic",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T03:55:22",
"content": "Nevermind – just download the standalone program (which I didn’t see initially) and you can save as svg.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38115",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:42:42",
"content": "The algorithm is surprisingly simple. I remember the black and white 3D wolfstein Jscript game from years back was pretty neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38116",
"author": "BlizzardDemon",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T07:38:05",
"content": "@scott I’ve had times I wanna record stuff and can’t. Try ZD Soft Screen Recorder, it does a really great job recording onscreen video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.26063
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/the-last-hope-schedule-finalized-preregister-now/
|
The Last Hope Schedule Finalized, Preregister Now
|
Eliot
|
[
"cons"
] |
[
"con",
"conference",
"conventions",
"conventionschedule",
"hackercon",
"hackerconvention",
"hope",
"lasthope",
"schedule",
"thelasthope"
] |
The schedule for this year’s
The Last Hope
conference in New York City
has been finalized
, and there’s still time to preregister. Today is the last chance for overseas attendants to preregister, and the rest of you have until July 6th. A/V volunteers are still needed, so step up if you have the desire and skills.
The three-day conference will feature three tracks of scheduled talks, plus one track for unscheduled talks by registered attendees. You can view the full schedule
interactively
, in
wiki format
, or in
conventional format
. It takes place between July 18th and July 20th; hurry up and snag your tickets now. We’re interested in all the talks, but [Chris Seidel]’s talk on
biohacking
,
NYC Resistor’
s presentation about collaborative hardware hacking, and [Ray]’s demonstration on escaping high security handcuffs have us waiting in rapt anticipation. So who’s going? What are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.
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[
{
"comment_id": "38110",
"author": "RenderMan",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:56:52",
"content": "I’m there and speaking. I’ll be either down on the mezzanine level with my feet up looking to chat about whatever, or across the street in the Blarney Rock Pub (out the w 33rd st doors and across the street).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38111",
"author": "Myrcurial",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:07:45",
"content": "While not nearly as cool as fellow Canadian RenderMan, I am also speaking and will also be hanging out trying to at least look cool. Will also be seen trying to hoist up the Canadian HackerSpace scene.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124619",
"author": "disability hoist hire",
"timestamp": "2010-02-18T12:53:03",
"content": "Lol that’s one way to look at it ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.096132
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/30/cigarette-tin-amp/
|
Cigarette Tin Amp
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"audio",
"boombox",
"breadboard",
"ghettoblaster",
"mp3",
"music",
"radio"
] |
We’re a little confused: [xXxMrCarlosxXx] built an
amp out of a cigarette tin
and calls it a Mobile Oppression Unit, but we thought all mobile oppression came in the form of
giant, invincible crab-shaped palaces
. In any case, or more specifically, in a repurposed Lucky Strikes case, he used an mp3 player, some speakers from a garage sale, and a bread board packing an
LM1877N-9 chip
“optimized for loudness” to construct a great-looking, compact boom box. Check out his Flickr stream at the read link and begin oppressing your neighbors with sheer volume today.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "38105",
"author": "michaelb",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:30:12",
"content": "I counter with this:http://xkcd.com/368/(Although modified a bit…)What would one use this for, unless it’s sole purpose IS to “oppress” people with loud music..I wonder if this, or similar, could be used in conjunction with an iPod mod I had seen about taking the audio from the DAC, before it went through the internal amps, to achieve higher sound quality…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38106",
"author": "jaket",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T00:41:57",
"content": "the only thing I see wrong with this design is that those speakers have magnets in them, and if you were to keep a HDD-based mp3 player (creative, zune, ipod, etc), you’d probably end up wrecking the internal hard drive, would you not?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38107",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T01:25:07",
"content": "jaket: Doubtful. Magnets around hard drives, in my experience, aren’t as dangerous as you are led to believe. Hell, my last computer case had the case speaker positioned right under the hard drive. Damn thing went right over that magnet many, many times…got suck to that magnet many, many times…and I never lost any data from it. And it was a damn powerful magnet too. It’d suck a screwdriver to it from several inches away.As for portable media players…I accidentally put my ipod right on top of a hard drive magnet once and it survived. Though I wouldn’t really recommend that…lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38108",
"author": "Gio",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T04:45:23",
"content": "@#1 It is a 2W chip so it won’t be that loud.When they say “optimized for loudness” I think that means LF boost. Those speakers likely need the tweeters to fill in the upper end.I like the use of the tin as I just hate paying for enclosures.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "38109",
"author": "poisonfist",
"timestamp": "2008-07-01T05:48:06",
"content": "Agreed, magnets would be the least of worries in this design. I would say the biggest problem with this project is the flimsy enclosure he chose to use. It would cause a horrible box effect with it resonating horribly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79314",
"author": "killercig",
"timestamp": "2009-06-26T16:10:54",
"content": "Classic tobacco cigarettes are so pass�, hooray for the revolutionary electronic cigarette and e-cigar! ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107133",
"author": "Vincent Perreault",
"timestamp": "2009-11-13T06:17:45",
"content": "good article. i bookmarked your blog for future reference. thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.146634
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/24/logicport-overview/
|
Logicport Overview
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"logic",
"logicanalyzer",
"logiclevel",
"logicport",
"nearfuturelaboratory",
"protocol",
"spi",
"ttl"
] |
As promised earlier, the Near Future Laboratory has published an overview of the
Logicport Logic Analyzer
. They’re using the
Playstation 2 analysis
as an example. The Logicport uses “interpreters” to define protocols. It has I2C/TWI, SPI, RS232, and CAN 2.0A/2.0B, but you can build your own interpreter based on these. You can specify bit order and the format you want the data in. Slave interpreters can be used for specific tasks: with the PS2 they were used to just show the fifth byte, which is the actual button press.
“Triggers” are used to signal specific activity. On the PS2, one was attached to the falling signal on the slave select line. This event means the master is about to start sending data.
The final area worth exploring is “measurements”. These can be frequency or arbitrary time intervals between events. The Logicport has multiple ground connections to eliminate noise from the signal and you’ll have to play with sample rate and logic level to get things running smooth. It’s nice to see how-tos written from the perspective of someone just getting started with the tool.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37604",
"author": "CuriousInventor",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T15:12:05",
"content": "Using this would have been a lot easier than turning PICs into SPI-to-serial converters, which is what we did to research our ps2 interface guide:http://www.curiousinventor.com/guides/ps2For people looking to emulate a PS2 controller, we recorded the first 600 or so bytes of handshaking between a PS2 and various controllers (dual shock, guitar hero, Chinese knock off–worked about the same as the official DS). The recordings are available in a spreadsheet at the bottom of the guide, as well as a circuit diagram and source code. It’s surprising how much handshaking goes on considering that only a few commands are necessary to setup a controller to use all the analog values (including button pressures) and vibration motors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37605",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:03:02",
"content": "OK, seriously — can we stop with the all-lower-case stuff? I had to parse the phrase “It has I2C/TWI, SPI, RS232, and CAN 2.0A/2.0B” about 10 times before I realized that “can” was an acronym.At the very least, can somebody point me in the direction of a guide on user styles to let me turn off the lower-casing renderer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37606",
"author": "Ben Bleything",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:53:01",
"content": "@james:I don’t know much about creating user stylesheets, but the actual CSS contents you want are “* {text-transform:none}”.I’m working on a greasemonkey script to do it for you. It works in the Firebug console but for some reason Greasemonkey isn’t running it.If the Hackaday leadership is reading… seriously, this is ridiculous. Why would you want to make your blog hard to read, particularly in such an acronym-heavy area as this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37607",
"author": "Ben Bleything",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T22:01:45",
"content": "@James:Okay, here we go. A Greasemonkey script!http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29068",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.189694
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/efix-dongle-still-not-available/
|
EFiX Dongle Still Not Available
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"apple",
"dongle",
"efix",
"installation",
"leopard",
"macosx",
"OsX",
"pc",
"usb",
"usbdongle"
] |
Well, it’s June 23rd, and
still no dongle from EFiX
. Despite a new product page on the company’s site, the OS X installing dongle is still not available for purchase. The USB dongle is supposed to facilitate the installation of Mac OS X by booting the Leopard install DVD on PCs, but so far no one has been able to verify this claim as no one has one of these in their hands yet. We’ve been covering this story since the beginning, and we’ll be sure to let you know when you can actually buy one of these.
[via
Engadget
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37588",
"author": "collin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:18:13",
"content": "wait, it installs os x? why is this important? :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37589",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:41:29",
"content": "I know you’re somewhat joking Collin, but if OS X were available for normal PCs, I think Mega$oft would have to either fold or rethink their approach.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37590",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:25:46",
"content": "winphreak,I don’t think that’s likely, what makes osx so attractive to most people is the same thing that limits it to proprietary hardware, reliability mainly. I have a feeling that if widows only ran on proprietary bundled hardware, and had the same market share that apple has, it would be considered to be of similar reliability and consistency to OSX.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37591",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:31:00",
"content": "as a developer who has real apple hardware, the reliability factor IMHO is a myth. os/x from my development standpoint is one of the most unstable platforms i have ever dealt with. Honestly xp/sp2 blows it out of the water. I know the apple fanboys will freak out for someone saying it, but it is what i have dealt with.as for apple opening up to non-apple platforms, i am all for that, but know in reality it would never happen. I think this toy/gadget is a good start and would force MS to develop different stratagies for thier product line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37592",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:46:18",
"content": "miked doesn’t approve of this post because he’s way too sensitive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37593",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T06:01:29",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.i am sensitive but that ain’t the reason why i do not approve. a late product is not a hack.for the record, i did send in a hack today with a little description. i will continue to do that daily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37594",
"author": "mitchx3",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T06:49:50",
"content": "Dear gizmodo lite©, mac vaporware is not a hack,readers=(readers-1);",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37595",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T09:10:14",
"content": "mitchx3: thats “readers–;”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37596",
"author": "Sparks",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T10:33:06",
"content": "Mike, your obsessive (bordering on obsessive-compulsive) ‘approvals’ and ‘disapprovals’ of posts do nothing. If you dont like it, dont read it or post. It’s just that easy. I for one am interested in the hardware behind a gizmo such as this (even if it were vaporware). I see this site as not just ‘hacks’ but a place for cool gizmos, hardware, software and other tasty tech bits that I can sink my brains teeth into.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37597",
"author": "Earl Jr.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T10:49:55",
"content": "mitchx3: and nothing of value was lost.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37598",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:32:44",
"content": "i suspect it is a scam to collect personal info it goes like this.they claim to be selling a device with magical powers.collect the info like your email address,credit card info and mailing address so they can sell to id thieves",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37599",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:39:20",
"content": "@earl: zing! I suspect that for every FOAD posted, there’s a thousand readers nodding in silent agreement.About the dongle: I guess the point is that it takes the “hacking” out of installing a retail OSX disc on an arbitrary PC. That’s pretty cool — I mean, if e.g. my mom could do it, that’s a significant feat. I still don’t think it’s going to make a big dent in MS’s market share, because there are still enough Windows-only apps that you would need to transition the software base as well. Of course, that’s a chicken-or-egg problem… you’ve got to get the critical user mass to make porting worthwhile, but you’re not going to get the user mass without the apps.I guess the question is, can this thing break the cycle?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37600",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T19:08:35",
"content": ">Mike, your obsessive (bordering on obsessive->compulsive) ‘approvals’ and ‘disapprovals’ of posts>do nothing. If you dont like it, dont read it or>post. It’s just that easy.but i can post. this new direction of had aka as gizmodo light, engadget jr, digg/slashdot revisited is just plain shitty. This sight has turned into an aggregater of the other mash-ups.>I for one am interested in the hardware behind a>gizmo such as this (even if it were vaporware).I am interested in the hw as well, but there is no details at all on this one.>I see this site as not just ‘hacks’ but a place for>cool gizmos, hardware, software and other tasty>tech bits that I can sink my brains teeth into.hack a day serves up a fresh hack each day, every day from around the web and a special how-to hack each week.hack=http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hack.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37601",
"author": "Steven",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:40:23",
"content": "Mike, ejonesss.This will become a hack when the product is available when somebody wants to know if it really does steal your information! Give it time and somebody here will reverse-engineer it to get everything. Really not something hard I’m sure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37602",
"author": "khyel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T14:55:48",
"content": "or you could simply go and buy a mac",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.326353
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/air-hockey-robot/
|
Air Hockey Robot
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"9s08",
"airhockey",
"badatsports",
"coldfire",
"microcontroller",
"robot",
"robotarm",
"robots"
] |
Don’t be ashamed, we suck at air hockey too. Luckily for us, we now have a robot opponent to blame or losing streak on. Engineers at Nuvation didn’t build this
air hockey playing robot
, they simply adapted a standard industrial robot arm for the task. It is controlled jointly by a
ColdFire processor
and a 9S08 microcontroller. An array of high power LEDs and a camera are positioned over the air hockey table, which captures the position of the puck. The robot reportedly wins 90% of its games, even against solid opponents. While this is more of project to show the power of ColdFire processors, we can’t help but think it will lead to a rash of unbeatable robot opponents. We’ve already been
robo-owned at foosbal
l; what’s next?
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[
{
"comment_id": "37580",
"author": "Archeious",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T03:27:35",
"content": "Neat, I wish it was a bit more aggressive with its offensive moves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37581",
"author": "yurijm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:44:20",
"content": "cool, the algorithm is not that great like the robot socccer (the RoboCUP ones) but it’s still very good!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37582",
"author": "Rafal",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:44:37",
"content": "Quite nice, but not too much. Basically I can see 3 parts in it.One is detecting white disc on blue background using a camera located directly above. I don’t thing it’s anything very sophisticated for today’s standards.Next we have a game algorithm. Again, making a computer play air hockey shouldn’t be a rocket science. On the video you can see that computer actually sucks at putting the disk into opponent’s net (come one, you can do better than that).And finally we have the robot (arm).Not very spectacular but still nice stuff. Nice as a project “done because I can” or to gain some experience but as a research I’d say it’s nothing spectacular.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37583",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T06:04:13",
"content": "i approve of this post.not sure why, but i believe this worthy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37584",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T10:24:43",
"content": "hahaha, Robot screws BADLY from the 1.20 mark as the CEO aka BS talking head starts to explain how awesome this robot is.-it misses the puck-it lets human score few shots-its unable to bounce the puck back on the other side of the table",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37585",
"author": "Fivelo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T23:53:37",
"content": "I think it’s a cool showcase for the technology, really impressed by the speed & accuracy of the robot even if that’s not a new feature.As far as the ‘AI’ goes, I’d say they need to look into more organic programming, set the basic rules (i.e. don’t let puck enter own goal, reject puck on trajectory to other goal…etc) and let it find the best way of doing things statistically :)Ahem… Would’ve taken them longer than 2 months though and as it’s only a POC / showcase probably not cost-effective.Good stuff anyway :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37586",
"author": "Mohan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T15:31:17",
"content": "Hi all, thanks for the comments.I am the lead technical engineer at Nuvation on this project. I just wanted to clear up a few things we have seen on some websites.It is correct that Nuvation didn’t build the industrial robot arm itself; however we did build a custom processor interface board which connects together the machine vision system, Coldfire processor, and Robot Arm. Nuvation is a full-service electronics and software design-house, and we are capable of a wide variety of technical services, including complex PCB design (analog/digital/mixed-signal), FPGA/logic design, embedded software design, RF and signal integrity, and turn-key product design — all the way through manufacturing. We also help a lot of companies architect new products, or troubleshoot existing products. The Air Hockey Robot was a special project for a tradeshow.And yes, I can confirm that we completed this project in just over 2 months, mainly because we were asked to do this project about 2.5 months before the tradeshow. I will admit there were several long work weeks however. :)If you have any other questions on the demo or Nuvation, feel free to email me.mohan.gurunathan@nuvation.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37587",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-07-23T04:24:53",
"content": "Pretty sure that’s a FANUC robot?Looks like the LR-Mate.http://www.fanucrobotics.com/24_987_Robots+A-Z.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80310",
"author": "Susie",
"timestamp": "2009-07-03T23:59:51",
"content": "Thoughtful post and well written. Please write more on this if you have time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.56922
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/tube-amp-monitor/
|
Tube Amp Monitor
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"6dof",
"amplifier",
"audio",
"sparkfun",
"tube",
"tubeamp",
"tubeamplifier",
"tubes",
"voltage",
"voltagesecurity"
] |
Sparkfun contributor [Pete] really loves tube amps, but he’s a very safety-conscious guy who doesn’t like being electrocuted. This is a problem, since tube amps are usually very high voltage, and a small mistake can be fatal. To deal with this voltage issue, he built a
tube amp with a control system built around a 6DOF v3 controller board
. The control system is there mainly in case of a failure, automatically shutting off the high voltage transformer in any such event. It has the added benefit of filtering any 60Hz noise from getting into the audio, which happened before he installed the control system.
In addition to regulating power, the controller board also monitors bias points in the output tubes and displays its diagnostics on an LCD. Aside from getting great sound from the tube amp, [Pete] made it look great too, installing colored LEDs under the tubes. We love his design: just because safety comes first it doesn’t mean cool-factor can’t come in a close second.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37575",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:15:43",
"content": "now that is a fantastic tube amp project",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37576",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:53:53",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37577",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:11:23",
"content": "you know the very first plasma display was driven by tubes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37578",
"author": "Justin Reed",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:45:12",
"content": "Really cool project, however I’d say that it’s not the best use of a $400-ish board. For the amount of functionality required for a safety system, even a PIC would be overkill. Neglecting the voltage readout part, you could accomplish the same thing with some op-amps.But damn, it looks so cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37579",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T07:48:58",
"content": "@justin:Yeah, this is something that’s concerned me about DIY electronics nowdays: the over-emphasis of microcontrollers. It’s so easy to just code up a brute force solution to most problems that we’re losing the art of designing elegant circuits. (It’s not just DIY either, commercial electrical engineering is leaning this way as well)Still, cool project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.500926
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/olpc-dual-booting/
|
OLPC Dual Booting
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"dualboot",
"dualbooting",
"gizmodo",
"oplc",
"sugar",
"sugarlinux",
"windowsxp",
"xo",
"xolaptop"
] |
Gizmodo has the first ever
footage of an OLPC dual-booting
both its default OS, Sugar Linux, and Windows XP. The BIOS was not originally intended to boot XP, so it had to be modified for this to work. The XO’s screen flipper and directional buttons work in XP as well.
It’s not all good news, though: XOs are designed to be ultra-lean, packing a meager 256MB of RAM, which is hardly ideal to run XP. Booting it alone took an eternity, so we can’t imagine anyone doing anything practical with this. The machines will never ship with only XP installed.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37564",
"author": "Kt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:29:33",
"content": "Yeah, just pour that salt into the open wound Hackaday,.. Thanks a lot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37565",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:36:19",
"content": "Anytime I see an olpc and the mention of sugar, I think of System of a Down.I play Russian roulette everyday, a man’s sport,with the bullet called life, yeah mama called life (sugar).Don’t ask me why.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37566",
"author": "Yuffie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:08:18",
"content": "wtf?I’m running XP on 128mb of RAM here and my computer is faster than most.try disabling services and stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37567",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:54:09",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37568",
"author": "j_j",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T03:50:09",
"content": "…#4miked hasnt approved or disapproved of this post yet.on the other hand, 256mb for XP isn’t too bad, wait till they try running vista.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37569",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:25:44",
"content": "XOs look nifty, but they lack the horsepower for most power users. the AMD geode in there doesn’t quite cut it IMHO, even running lightweight GUIs like XFCE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37570",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:17:15",
"content": "no offense miked_hater, but how is your spamming any different than miked’s? If you have some qualm with his actions, by all means, elaborate, but counter trolling is still trolling in itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37571",
"author": "Gh0sTly",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:17:16",
"content": "if they got XP to boot, they can get Windows 2000 to boot, and 256mb is PLENTY of RAM for Win2k. Install Win2k on one of these, and they we will talk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37572",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:44:21",
"content": "Not sure I would agree with you wolf — maybe the site admin is trying to decide whether to ban Miked or not, and seeing dozens of “we hate miked” comments would sway him towards booting the little dickwad. I know which way I’d cast my vote…On the same topic, why aren’t we seeing the “full” Weblogs Inc comment system as used on Engadget etc? I have to do confirmation emails for every comment, plus we can’t “report” comments like the ones we’re talking about in an automated fashion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37573",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T01:22:59",
"content": "l approve of this post.gh0stly:Agree, if win2k boots it will be plenty quick.Isn’t the real speed problem the embedded Geode and speed of the secondary storage? Not the ram. l could be wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37574",
"author": "StalePhish",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T02:08:41",
"content": "My old web and FTP server was a 1995 HP Pavilion with 96 MB RAM and it ran just fine!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.618855
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/xbox-360-modding-case-details/
|
Xbox 360 Modding Case Details
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"casemod",
"casemodding",
"casemods",
"cooling",
"lianli",
"xbox",
"xbox360"
] |
If you’ve been wondering about what changes Lian-Li implemented in their commercial
XBox 360 casemod called the PC-XB01
, they’ve recently updated their product page.
The case does not add any new functions to the console, but it improves its efficiency on several levels. To deal with the noise produced by the DVD drive, they installed sheets of sound insulation foam around the drive, greatly reducing the sound it makes when it spins up. They did even more for temperature control, replacing the standard dual 70mm fans with a single 120mm fan that cools more efficiently and quietly. The case is also larger and features a frontside grate, allowing for vastly improved airflow. Lian-Li designers even left opening in the back for option water tubes in case you want to add a liquid cooling system.
[via
Xbox-Scene
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37551",
"author": "digitalemu",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T00:27:25",
"content": "Surely would kill the warranty on the 360, however this is a great idea. Would also give tons of room for customizations such as water cooling etc. Integration of the power supply into the box would be a nice option though but the heat could be an issue. Would be nice to be able to have a probe to detect the temp of the board etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37552",
"author": "fozz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T00:31:21",
"content": "hmmm, I like this. Anything to reduce the noise of the DVD drive is nice.now if we could get rid of the power brick that is half the size of the box itself, we’ll be golden.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37553",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:09:30",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.it is a small piece of a hack, if that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37554",
"author": "BCapper92",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:11:20",
"content": "Buy a PS3 instead :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37555",
"author": "Carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:23:24",
"content": "No worries fozz, with a case that’s 4 times larger than the original, the power brick is much smaller by comparison to the system itself. Other than being quieter and more water cooling friendly though, what would the use of this case be? What mods are there for the average 360 modder that would benefit from a case transplant?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37556",
"author": "Dark_AvEnGer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:49:40",
"content": "if you want to approve and disaprove posts i suggest you go start your own web site miked and stop wasted comment space here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37557",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:51:21",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37558",
"author": "Man On Fire",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:31:00",
"content": "one would think they would do two things:1: add a carrying handle2: add a place for the power brick.PS: I wish people would stop whining about “this is not a hack” bs. start your own site, jerkwads.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37559",
"author": "wasted",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:03:53",
"content": "This sounds pretty cool..besides making the little x360 look huge. I wonder if it uses more power for the fan because then it might be bannable on Live",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37560",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T08:54:17",
"content": "yea thats a curious question wasted… is lian-li willing to lump themselves in with these “criminal” console modders. it seems like it would be a good shot to microsoft’s groin but potentially bad for the ol’ bottom line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37561",
"author": "LoopyMind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T08:58:57",
"content": "Hey, look, it’s a Mac G5…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37562",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:41:29",
"content": "Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t see a place for the 360’s hard drive, and I’ve looked through the specs twice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37563",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T23:13:37",
"content": "phil, i think it’s the top square of the left pic (on this page, not the link)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92116",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2009-09-05T18:54:17",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
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"author": "free xbox live download",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T20:38:02",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.671191
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/high-tech-coffee-tables/
|
High Tech Coffee Tables
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Multitouch Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"bornrich",
"coffeetable",
"coffeetablepc",
"delightable",
"microsoftsurface",
"multitouch",
"nes",
"nintendo",
"pinball",
"surface",
"table",
"tables"
] |
Time was, coffee tables were good for three things only: setting down your coffee, setting down your coffee table books, and maybe putting your feet up. To combat this perception, Born Rich has posted their
top ten list of high tech coffee tables
that are capable of these things and more.
For many of the tables on the list, more means integrated lights that react to the user in fun ways, like KLOSS’s
DeLighTable
, which creates light patterns on its surface in response to being touched or having objects placed on it. We can’t argue with the design behind such tables, but if the tech upgrades are practically useless, at least they should be genuinely compelling, like this
table that simulates endless space
, or the
embedded LED pong table
. Of course, the list also contains tables that consider utility first, doubling as media centers or embedding a multitouch surface.
Still, to us the best ones weren’t even on the main list, but in an honorable mention category: a sweet coffee table made from a pinball machine, and our very favorite,
a giant working NES controller
. We understand that these are not as aesthetically pleasing (arguably) or as useful as some the tables on the list, but our priorities are ingenuity first, then utility, then design.
[via
Neatorama
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37547",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T01:08:01",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.it is a link to a top ten list of commercial products.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37548",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:51:42",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37549",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T05:11:30",
"content": "I’d have to say that list sucks. There is like 3 of them that are nothing more than computers shoved in an ugly coffee table. Not even a good looking coffee table. Like 3 more are bad arcade style jobbers shoved into a coffee table. The two ones I give a thumb up to are the DelighTable and the SNES controller. I’d like to learn how to make the delightable, or at least something similiar, but on a cheap budget :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37550",
"author": "paul",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:49:14",
"content": "The giant NES controller/coffee table is cool though no longer original.Sparkfun made onehttp://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=NintendoToo bad it’s now just kind of beat up and abandoned leaning against the wall in their office.Jason also linked to one a long time ago:http://www.hackaday.com/2005/03/31/hackaday-links/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.708076
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/add-a-second-internal-hard-drive-to-your-laptop/
|
Add A Second Internal Hard Drive To Your Laptop
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"laptop",
"more",
"storage",
"TSA"
] |
[Andrew] sent in something we’ve been considering for our 17 inch Dell. He squeezed a 100GB PATA notebook drive into the spare space in his Compaq laptop. He used a USB interface to provide the connection and added a toggle switch to conserve power when he doesn’t need the drive spun up. The mod would be even nicer if you added a keyboard activation switch like
[sprite_tm]’s keyboard light
.
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| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37533",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:15:04",
"content": "i approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37534",
"author": "CalcProgrammer1",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:40:02",
"content": "My 17″ HP laptop already has a second hard drive bay so I can add a new drive if I need to. This is a good idea for laptops that don’t have a second bay though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37535",
"author": "Andrew Pollack",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:59:39",
"content": "The best reason for a second drive would performance if you do database stuff etc. I think that a USB interface wouldn’t give you the performance you needed, sadly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37536",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T21:02:11",
"content": "I approve of banning “miked”‘s IP from making further comments. I’m sure I’m not alone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37537",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T21:34:41",
"content": "That switch is ridiculous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37538",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T21:55:08",
"content": "That switch is kind of a second left foot, a smaller low profile unit may have been a better bet. You’d think that big one would get caught and stuff taking it in and out of the brief case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37539",
"author": "Fewt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:03:22",
"content": "The laptop doesn’t travel, so there’s no issue with briefcases. That switch is pretty obnoxious, but I couldn’t get anything smaller on a Sunday :-D.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37540",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:51:57",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37541",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:53:03",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37542",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:24:40",
"content": "Next time use a rocker switch. I’ve done them on laptops and they work well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37543",
"author": "Holly",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T00:50:58",
"content": "Would the second HD also play as back up for a HD faliure?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37545",
"author": "peter hill",
"timestamp": "2008-07-29T06:06:35",
"content": "Download 7 penis enlargement videos. User ratings & reviews of 55 penis enlargement pills.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37544",
"author": "David Hill",
"timestamp": "2008-08-12T04:08:58",
"content": "Best Penis Enlargement Methods. Guide to Choose a Penis Enlargement Product. Advices for Men Who want to Make a Penis Size Larger.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"author": "Hubert f",
"timestamp": "2009-03-10T15:21:26",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
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"author": "Penis Enlargement device",
"timestamp": "2009-03-28T02:51:40",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"author": "male sexual",
"timestamp": "2009-11-26T00:21:24",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
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"author": "Buy Vimax Pills",
"timestamp": "2009-11-27T16:13:42",
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"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.760118
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/non-destructive-breakdown-voltage-tester/
|
Non-destructive Breakdown Voltage Tester
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"amateur",
"ham",
"power",
"radio"
] |
This applies more to older vacuum technology than your average solid state hardware, but [Richard] put together an interesting project. It’s designed to test a component for
its breakdown voltage without destroying
it. The general idea of the ‘BVT’ is to increase the voltage applied to a device until some current leakage is detected. Of course, any device that includes notes on probable arc length in relation to kilovolts is awesome by definition.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37529",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:11:37",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37530",
"author": "Ali Raheem",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T23:39:44",
"content": "beats miked with a stick, stfu.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37531",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:52:06",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37532",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:52:07",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.808676
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/23/more-wiimote-hacking-from-johnny-lee/
|
More Wiimote Hacking From Johnny Lee
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[
"johnnylee",
"motion",
"motiontracking",
"nintendo",
"nintendowii",
"remote",
"wii",
"wiimote"
] |
Our friend [Johnny Lee] has been quite busy traveling and moving to a new city. He hasn’t had time to put together any new videos because of this. He’s been doing more Wiimote research though and has put together an
extensive post about what he’s working on
and thinking about.
Right before the move, he put together a demo for throwable displays. The square pieces of foamcore have retro-reflective tape added to each of the corners. The Wiimote sees the orientation of the square and adjusts the projected image to fit perfectly; even when you pick it up and throw it. He used it to add a trail to an airhockey puck. Embedded above is an earlier project where he used the Wiimote to track a foldable display and project accordingly.
[Johnny] has also been working on 3D tracking with two or more Wiimotes. Since the Wiimote is camera based, stereo triangulation is simple. Check out the video below from the University of Cambridge that uses two Wiimotes for motion capture.
Have a look at [Johnny Lee]’s
full post
for even more Wiimote ideas.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37527",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T15:32:21",
"content": "Just when I thought there was nothing else to do with that wiimote, Johnny Lee surprises me. What next? Full on VR?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37528",
"author": "Demo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T21:24:43",
"content": "I think Johnny Lee is an alien who has come to earth to share his technology with us. He keeps coming up with the most fantastic things! So cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.244201
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/eee-pc-1000h-dissected/
|
Eee PC 1000H Dissected
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"Asus",
"Asuseeepc",
"asustek",
"eee",
"EeePc",
"eeepc1000h",
"teardown",
"tweaktown"
] |
The people at TweakTown completely
disassembled a new Eee PC 1000H
and documented the entire process. Aside from showing you the side effects of too much tech fetish and not enough regular fetish, the article reveals all the parts of the new Eee, with a few surprises inside. Although it’s an Eee PC, it’s very different from all of its predecessors.
One of the things the teardown shows is that several parts are far more modular than previous Eee PC models. The hard drive, for example, is a standard Seagate Momentus which is made for desktop systems; it can easily be swapped out. Another easily swapped component is the 1GB SIMM from ASint.
Although their (ahem) stripping process was a bit unconventional, a lot of interesting information was yielded from this teardown. Keep ’em coming, TweakTown, just be sure to clean off your tool when you’re done.
[via
Gizmodo
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37518",
"author": "Yuffie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T07:52:42",
"content": "Desktop hard drives?simms?gotta love all these new ultraportables.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37519",
"author": "Jax184",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T09:03:34",
"content": "I sure hope you meant the drive is made for laptop systems, unless the majority of the Eee is actually taken up by a 3.5″ drive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37520",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T09:37:37",
"content": "It’s a well rounded tear down with allot of good info on all the specs. However that has to be one of the creepiest laptop tear downs i have read and saw in a quite long time. It was like reading soft core gadget Pr0n. Those guys must have a fetish for hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37521",
"author": "Sparks",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T09:58:57",
"content": "Slick.Oh, and I’ve been wanting to say this:I do not approve of the miked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37522",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T15:09:10",
"content": "great teardown! I’ve been looking at an ultra portable laptop for a while and this new one looks to be more practical (ram wise). I’m looking forward to their benchmark, hopefully they try something in addition to vista.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37523",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:16:54",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37524",
"author": "miked_hater",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T02:53:35",
"content": "BAN MIKED FOR LIFE! WHAT AN ASS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37525",
"author": "MartinC",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T18:50:23",
"content": "Was it wrong to be turned on by this review?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37526",
"author": "sigg3",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:37:47",
"content": "That is the dirtiest hardware review I have ever read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.477284
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/consumer-reports-releases-vintage-photos/
|
Consumer Reports Releases Vintage Photos
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"consumerreports",
"oldphotographs",
"oldphotos",
"oldtechnology",
"photographs",
"photography",
"vintage"
] |
Consumer Reports has just released this photoset of
vintage photos of consumer product tests
. It includes photos of conventional products like the one above (a portable hair dryer), but also some interesting tech that never took off, like a motorized scour pad and a record player for cars. The products depicted in the set are all from before the 1970s (and remember, a few machines from back then were able to do
some pretty impressive things
), so whether you’re into old tech for its own sake or you’re just looking for photography of really old tv consoles, get a look.
[via
Laughing Squid
]
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37508",
"author": "mav",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T06:07:47",
"content": "ok… umm…news about old stuff != hacksthis is getting REALLY old",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37509",
"author": "mav",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T06:09:45",
"content": "correction… PICTURES of old stuff…HOW LAME IS THIS SITE GOING TO GET?!?!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37510",
"author": "larry-sanchez",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T07:28:55",
"content": "What is it with trolls on this site?? If they are not happy with an article do they always have to comment to state this? Does it really take that much to just scroll past the link on the homepage, rather than visit it then complain? Personally, while i dont see this as a hack, i am still quite interested to see these pictures. Hack a day’s not getting lame, just some of the folk that read it are!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37511",
"author": "mav",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T14:17:19",
"content": "although I too, am interested in seeing pictures of old tech, I do not want to see them here. This site is supposed to be, according to the title, one hack, per day. This is not a hack, and thus, should not be here. I use an RSS reader to let me know if/when there is an update here, and all I can see is a title, until I click on it, therefore, I do not have the capability in my current usage habit, to “scroll past”. In posting a comment to the end that I do not like what is being posted, I hope to get the attention of the HaD controllers, and get them to return to one hack per day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37512",
"author": "zosh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T17:58:11",
"content": "I’m not trying to be reactionary, I can see why a publication changes. But that does not mean I have to like the change, and have to keep shut about it. Hackaday is deviating from what it was (and what I liked it for) for the past years. It has become “yet another more or less hacking related news reposter”, and if it stays that way it will go off my RSS reader in a week.And, just for the record: Consumer Reports started to publish those vintage photos back in 1998. Happy 10th anniversary to this “news”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37513",
"author": "TensorFlux",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:08:46",
"content": "I used to like this site because it was very selective about what made it to the readers eyes. It used to be that only the finest, most interesting hacks would be featured on the page, however, that no longer seems to be the case. I realize that it is very difficult to find new and unique hacks every day, but I personally would prefer NO updates to the “hacks” which have been posted lately. This used to be a quality site dedicated to hardware hacks, but it seems that now it’s turning into just another gizmodo or makezine. I spend a lot more time over at hackedgadgets.com now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37514",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:19:22",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.there is no hack here. i was hoping there was going to info on the testing methodology.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37515",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:25:13",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.there is no details on the build. there are a lot of fancy words (curvaceous nature, organic form, non homogeneous, etc) but no meat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37516",
"author": "Theo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:57:17",
"content": "I’ve been a reader of hack a day for years. While this is certainly not a hack, it’s an interesting link. I see hack a day as a collection of links that “hackers” will find interesting. For those of us that don’t have all day to surf its brilliant to come home and check this kind of thing out.For those that can’t bear these sorts of hacks, stick tohttp://www.hackaday.com/category/daily/I really don’t see why more content is damaging, when the traditional stuff is still available and easy to access.It really surprises me that people are so adverse to change, especially those from presumably technical backgrounds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37517",
"author": "sigg3",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T21:42:45",
"content": "What’s the legal status of these photos? Does “just released” mean that they’ve become public domain recently? I notice that some pages are from 2006. Alas, the pictures have ©opyright notices.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,806.897894
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/mit-mobile-cloud/
|
MIT Mobile Cloud
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"fiberoptics",
"fibers",
"installation",
"mit",
"mitmobileexperiencelab",
"thecloud"
] |
The MIT Mobile Experience lab has just developed this ambitious
interactive installation called The Cloud
. Located in Firenze, Italy, The Cloud is a sort of sculpture with over 15,000 LEDs and several miles of fiber optics. The tips of the fibers glow, but they also change colors in response to human interaction, including touching it or standing near it. The Cloud uses a combination of proximity and touch sensors to achieve this. It also has two cameras and a microphone, which allows it draw input from various sources and output a much richer, more organic response.
[via
Cool Hunting
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37493",
"author": "JPElectron",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T04:45:49",
"content": "what a waste of fiber optics and MIT students time. Maybe we should be “working” on real projects like net neutrality or saving our planet?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37494",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T05:59:49",
"content": "JPElectron, just because people do not want to spend “their” (Please note its their time) on your personal favorite pet projects, does not mean that it is a waste. You are as bad as those guys who flame people who build neat expensive things or break world records instead of giving all their money to starving albino children in Uzbekistan, or dump it into the Save the South Carolina Polar Bear Fund. Its their project I assume its their fiber optic cable. If you want to “save the Earth” or fight against “the man” (net neutrality and pollution are bother very important mind you, and I commend you for being concerned about them) then by all means please do. But as a university student myself (not at MIT) I find your intention to dictate what students do for their projects appalling. Really you have two options to make your wish of educational tyranny a reality either go to MIT as a student and lead a project to your own ends, or become a professor there and tell your students they have to “save the world or the internet or else they all fail.” Either that or you could just solve your own problems and stop waiting for the kids at MIT to fix things for you. (if you are doing your part then I commend you for that as well, but not every body has to be on the same page as you, that my friend is the wonderful thing about free will and choice).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37495",
"author": "digital.wraith",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T06:04:34",
"content": "Nothing creative is ever a waste of time. Creativity is what separates intelligence from the brute with the club. Sure more efforts would be applauded by working on your suggestions, but perhaps this was done in their spare time? Perhaps this was the break they needed to inspire the next breakthrough?Don’t be so harsh, just because it has no ‘obvious’ real world application. Otherwise, we’ll just lump you in with the rest of the barbarians.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37496",
"author": "dismal",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T06:07:08",
"content": "this thing is the most hideous thing ever (but rather cool).Isn’t it a hazard to touch fibre like that?getting micro-splinters is NOT fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37497",
"author": "chad",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T06:12:21",
"content": "#1 So what have you done to save the planet? And have you made anything remotely as interesting as this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37498",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T08:16:06",
"content": "That’s really cool. If new life ever strikes the earth in the form of a meteorite, I imagine it would be like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37499",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T10:32:52",
"content": "Obviously, Matt’s right, it’s their project, and therefore up to them, and them alone.However,This project does strike me as a waste of time. If a project doesn’t serve any useful purpose, that generally doesn’t bother me, nor does it bother me when a project has little artistic value, or little technological value, but for a project to have been worth while there has to have SOMETHING interesting about it.This project isn’t bad as an academic exercise, but for MIT students the bar’s just too high for that alone to justify it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37500",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T10:38:38",
"content": "Rereading my comment, I shouldn’t have said this project has *no* artistic or technological value; It certainly has some, just not an extraordinary amount.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37501",
"author": "aero",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T11:51:37",
"content": "Interesting project that melds art with tech. I think I’d be simply satisfied that someone is actually interested in the technology and wants to make art out of it instead of just picking up a paint brush and slapping paint on a canvas. Inventiveness and Creativity are the same concepts. Hackers wouldn’t be hackers if they weren’t creative.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37502",
"author": "jii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T12:49:24",
"content": "Wow. Robot porn?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37503",
"author": "george",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T16:24:23",
"content": "wow look at the flaming. I bet noone read their site fully or they would have seen the following:Students of the Design Without Boundaries workshop, MIT, Fall 2007SponsorPitti ImmagineThis project is part of an ongoing research collaboration between Pitti Immagine and MIT Mobile Experience Lab, rethinking trade showsThe intent of the project was to be art + tech to draw attention for trade shows. It’s a marketing gimmick. That was it’s purpose.. hype.Sure this is not groundbreaking in the sense that it will solve the worlds problems but I bet any quantum physics guys out there who believe in “wave theory” would be curious to see the data garnered by the organic interactions that this thing could catalog.That is just my $0.02",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37504",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T17:12:19",
"content": "While it is an interesting use of optics and sensors, I must agree with the first poster. With all the mental capacity funneled through that school, one expects a little more from an MIT project.Dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37505",
"author": "Zero",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T18:22:24",
"content": "Most things invented are useless. Instead of always inventing something with purpose sometimes things are invented and then a purpose is found after or not at all.“The best things in life are silly”-Einstein",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37506",
"author": "Decepticon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:38:02",
"content": "Is it just me or was there seemingly no interaction when the woman was touching the fiber optics? All it was doing was vibrating when she passed her hands over it and that’s what it normally does. Either the interactivity is extremely limited or it’s just not there. It’s an interesting art project, but it’s not something I haven’t seen in a Fiber Optic Xmas tree.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37507",
"author": "Dosbomber",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T03:15:28",
"content": "Aside from the ripple effect when she flicked some of the fibers (around 1:58), I didn’t see a lot of interaction, either. If the system could sense her flicking the fibers and react dynamically, they could have spiced up the video a little more. Really showed it off.15,000 individually addressable optical fibers sounds complicated. I’m wondering how well those same fibers would conduct the light from a flat panel display. If the “inside” ends were tightly grouped and placed near or against an LCD monitor at maximum brightness, then their “outside” ends arranged like the cloud, I’m wondering if text scrolling across the LCD screen would have a result similar to the “ciao” displayed across the “cloud”. I’ll have to dig up my fiber optics test kit sometime and test it out. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.560998
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||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/midify-now-available/
|
Midify Now Available
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"handhelds hacks",
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[
"division6",
"gba",
"midi",
"midify",
"nds",
"nintendo",
"nintendods"
] |
The people at Division 6 have begun selling Midify,
a board that add a MIDI port to an DS
and many other
Nintendo
handhelds. The board has 12 outputs, plus two for power and two for the MIDI port. Configuration and mapping are also very simple. This is the same board that was used to
add MIDI control to a microwave
.
[via
Matrixsynth
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37491",
"author": "chad",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T02:18:34",
"content": "That microwave hack was the most useless and entertaining hack yet. That’s what I come here for, thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37492",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:50:39",
"content": "i do not approve of this postno hack here. this is just a commercial link. the second link is a youtube video.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.123477
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/motorcycle-throttle-bodies-for-your-car/
|
Motorcycle Throttle Bodies For Your Car
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"god no",
"GodNo",
"just wrong",
"JustWrong",
"motorcycle",
"vroom"
] |
[Dem_z] modded his Honda VTEC engine to use a set of
individual throttle bodies
from a 2001 Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle. The fuel injection bungs on the throttle bodies were epoxied shut and the bodies were only used to provide individual butterflies for each cylinder. This one doesn’t quite make our to do list, but it’s definitely a hack.
[bender386] caught
my blunder
first, so I’ll be sending him a bit of Hack-A-Day swag. In the meantime, here’s a little bonus: Check out this home built
anamorphic lens
. Native 2.35:1 projectors have started showing up, but they’re insanely expensive. By adding some image processing and a lens to stretch the projected image, you can get full width projection and use all the pixels on the projector.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37482",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T15:04:55",
"content": "YOWZA!I’m circuit bending a 50-cent electronic guitar and feeling “differently-abled” by comparison!Go dude, GO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37483",
"author": "Bender386",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T15:50:14",
"content": "Eliot posted this back in 2005http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/16/individual-throttle-body-setup/same project just on a different forum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37484",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T19:16:49",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37485",
"author": "Benjamin Jones",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T20:05:06",
"content": "Never thought I’d see ITBs on hackaday, :p. It nice work though…the real crazy diy is running ITBs with a turbo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37486",
"author": "npre",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T21:37:22",
"content": "This is pretty popular for Hondas and VWs, on my Jetta I used CBR600RR throttle bodies, they make a fun noise but are nowhere near the power & drivability you can get from a good turbo. There is a VW forum dedicated to this mod:http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=517",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37487",
"author": "H8tred",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T23:30:57",
"content": "What’s all this? You guys are really making me feel hopeless as though I truly have come to the end of the internet. Not only is this all over damn near every car enthusiast site, but it was posted on here back in ’05.http://www.hackaday.com/2005/09/16/individual-throttle-body-setup/How about letting people know about PGMFI.Orgs struggle with Hondata who has been trying to shut down all grass roots development of DIY ECU tunning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37488",
"author": "byteflip",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:41:35",
"content": "This info’s source was ripped from HMT which should be getting respect for this write up.http://homemadeturbo.com/tech_projects/itb/index.htmlgod damn rippers.much respect goes tohomemadeturbo.compgmfi.org / forum.pgmfi.orghonda-tech",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37489",
"author": "Citizen_Insane",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:53:57",
"content": "First off, why are you comparing ITB’s to a turbo? Completely different.Anyway, the other thing you should mention here is how hard it is to tune ITBs. You can’t just slap em on and hope you car runs well, you’ll need to redo your fuel maps so that the car runs correctly. For OBD1 Hondas, check out CHROME and for OBD0 check out turboedit (dead but you should still be able to find roms on the net).Drivability isn’t much of an issue with ITB’s if they’re tuned right. HOwever they won’t make a lot more power than the stock manifold unless you’re running some serious engine mods. Think high comp pistons, nice header and some decent head work (PnP + cams).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37490",
"author": "dravin21",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T09:48:23",
"content": "lil out of my reach there but my old subaru justy had constant carb issues so i welded a manidold up and put the carbs from a 1979 750 special on it … took some rejetting to get the power back up but with those and a glasspack it rumbled nicely",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122031",
"author": "Evangel Invano",
"timestamp": "2010-02-05T04:30:53",
"content": "HelloIf you need v1 tv shows, full house tv shosw muspace graphics wnbc cop tv shows 90 s stereotype in tv shows african american.More about knit and crochet tv shows read watch tv shows online free bedroomIf you have any questions please contact us.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122389",
"author": "agig quetz",
"timestamp": "2010-02-07T01:57:07",
"content": "If you know place where I can download tv shows of the 60s, Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.400084
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/evil-mad-scientist-laboratories-turns-2/
|
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories Turns 2
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"anniversary",
"bristlebot",
"businesscard",
"candyfab",
"emsl",
"evil",
"evilmadscientistlaboratories"
] |
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories is celebrating their second anniversary. They say they’re now 20 millicenturies old. To celebrate, they put together
their greatest hits from the last year
. We enjoyed their
bristlebots
,
candyfabbing
, and
AVR business cards
and hope to see their work for many more years to come.
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| 0
|
[] | 1,760,377,807.435043
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/ring-of-the-devil-vulnerability-patched/
|
Ring Of The Devil Vulnerability Patched
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"devilring",
"door",
"entry",
"key",
"lock",
"ringofthedevil",
"toool",
"uhlmannzacher"
] |
It looks like Uhlmann & Zacher have
developed a patch
to keep locks from being opened using a
ring of magnets
. In addition, the lock now logs successful entries without credentials in case something like this comes up again.
[via
Toool
]
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| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37481",
"author": "Janez D.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T23:42:32",
"content": "Well, I guess small constant current into the motor did the trick..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.708126
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/22/turn-signal-jacket-how-to/
|
Turn Signal Jacket How-to
|
Eliot
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"bicycle",
"buechley",
"jacket",
"leah",
"leahbuechley",
"led",
"lilypad",
"wearable"
] |
[Leah Buechley], whose work we’ve been covering since
way back when
, has built this lovely turn signal jacket. The project photos were posted in March, but she’s
just added a well illustrated project guide
. The jacket is based around a
LilyPad Arduino
, a lightweight Arduino board with radial pads designed to be used in wearable projects. You make your connections by sewing conductive thread through the pads. The how-to covers attaching the LilyPad parts properly and then insulating the wires with fabric paint after you’ve verified they work.
The guide has an interesting discussion about placing the power supply. The 4-ply silver coated thread used has a resistance of approximately 14ohms/foot. So, if you place the power supply one foot from the LilyPad, the two wires combine for 28ohms, causing a 1.4V drop. The power supply is only 5V, which means the LilyPad will be 3.6V. A voltage of 3.3V will cause the Arduino to reset. If your resistance is too high, you’ll have to add more thread.
The power supply on this jacket is under the collar. Each cuff has a single button plus an LED. The button will make the jacket flash the direction for 15 seconds (also indicated on the sleeve LED). If you press both buttons at the same time, it switches to night mode by flashing both directions at the same time to make you more visible.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37480",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T19:06:55",
"content": "neet hack. though I would recommend using RED yellow or orange LEDs to keep in compliance with the traffic laws of most states.White is reserved for headlights and reverse lamps, lights with elements of blue (blue, green, purple, etc.) are typically illegal as they’re reserved for police vehicles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95040",
"author": "Tavinton",
"timestamp": "2009-09-19T01:11:44",
"content": "Dear Sir/Madam,We are certified loan lender.We offer secured loans to individuals and companies at low interest rate.I offer long and short term loans.Our firm has recorded a lot of breakthroughs in the provision of first class financial services to our clients especially in the area of Loan syndication and capital provision for individuals and companies.We have brought TAavinton industries is back to life and we back for good business ideas by providing funds for their upstart. We have a network of Investors that are willing to provide funds of whatever amount discreetly to individuals and organizations to start business and operations. We also recruit Agents to assist our client companies to receive payments for their goods and services. In our bid to be useful to you, please tell us which area that you wish us to be of service to you. Kindly respond immediately to this email: tavintonmcguire22.comafter we shall speakLooking forward to your reply.Truly yours,Mr Tavinton.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.515035
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/confessions-of-a-wi-fi-thief/
|
Confessions Of A Wi-Fi Thief
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"bruceschneier",
"leech",
"schneier",
"wi-fi",
"wifi",
"wifisecurity",
"wifisharing",
"wifistealing"
] |
A wry editorial on Time Magazine’s site about
tapping into your neighbors’ Wi-Fi
tells of how the author [Lev Grossman] stole internet access from his neighbors’ open networks for years. He finally decided to pay for his own connection, which he fittingly leaves on an open network. He makes the point that leaving it open is a violation of his TOS agreement, but he doesn’t seem particularly bothered by the notion of people tapping into his network.
[Bruce Schneier] takes an even stronger stance on the issue, suggesting that it is not only safe to leave your network open, but a matter of
politeness toward your guests
, similar to providing them with basic amenities. He also mentions that if your computers are not adequately secured, network security won’t make much of a difference. We tend to agree with [Schneier] on this: we also leave our network completely open.
That’s not to say [Grossman] doesn’t have a point about the unreliability of pilfered internet access, noting “I always seemed to lose connectivity just when I was about to send a crucial e-mail.” Sure, we leave our network open, but we have to pay for our internet access. We really can’t afford not to. One thing [Grossman] didn’t mention (neither did [Schneier], but he wrote his article before this happened), is that a Maryland
bill that would criminalize leeching Wi-Fi has been shot down
. The first legislation of its kind, the defeat of the bill mean citizens of Maryland are free to leech from open networks without fear of prosecution, but it sets a precedent that may influence future rulings.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37445",
"author": "Jo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T21:59:59",
"content": "Good to see the bill shot down.Government: Stay the fuck off my internet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37446",
"author": "paul",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T22:09:52",
"content": "Oooh, that stock photo looks so sinister with someone using both a mouse and touchpad at the same time.The real story here is that third link with the legal precedent. A fluff article about borrowing your neighbor’s open wifi and then maybe thinking it would be more ethical to get your own internet 3 years later has no place on hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37447",
"author": "sliders_alpha",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T22:28:14",
"content": "we can’t do that in france, cause in two monnth, private corporation are going to be allowed to knows name behind an ip.an them send mail to the network owner (if is ip is downloading song, films and other stuff).after 3 mail, his internet connection will be shut down for 1 year (and he won’t be allowed to subscribe to an other internet acces).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37448",
"author": "brutusc",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T22:28:21",
"content": "There are whole cities that are networking for free internet access for their people. They wouldn’t have to do that if everybody that has wireless would leave there network connection open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37449",
"author": "spaceballs",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T22:45:56",
"content": "Well having an open network can also ruin someone life (seriously).. i.e. someone doing something illegal on your connection, and then later sued or investigated by the cops. And then you have to provide evidence that you are innocent, and that always cost something. I’ve known a person who connection was open, someone download child porn from his connection, the ISP notified Cops, cops had no real evidence but they still believed he was guilty and thus made his life suck a pain over the years that he had to move to a different town. Also think about the MPAA\\RIAA and if they go after you, how much money you need to fight back… it’s a minimum a few grand… (I’ve seen it happen) So please really think twice when you open your connection.. and if you do, then make sure you TELL everyone around you (neighbors) that you have an open connection to use, as this will help later if your accused of something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37450",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T23:29:40",
"content": "MAC address filtering with an open network seems reasonable for preventing unwanted connections while allowing known devices to connect, without having to give out a “password” which could end up compromised.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37451",
"author": "Juan Cubillo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T23:56:16",
"content": "Where I live we don’t have MPAA\\RIAA or any of that nonsense, but I still keep my connection open.Every single time I’m asked to setup a wireless router I don’t even ask the owner if he wants to “secure” his/her connection. I’ll always leave it open. As stated before… if your PC is not properly secured, a small router won’t protect it. Plus the politeness part… it’s very true.Why would someone want to restrict internet usage? I’m sure NO ONE around here uses their bandwidth at 100% everytime. It’s a matter of courtesy towards strangers, sharing your internet.. after all, that’s it’s purpose isn’t it?This will probably all change when routers begin to get shipped with mesh-routing as a standard.Maybe I’ll start to block the sidewalk infront of my house so that no burglars may commit crimes in there. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37452",
"author": "PenguiN",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T00:35:58",
"content": "I agree with chris. If the point is to be friendly to your neighbors, then set up filtering so that unknown devices can only access your internet gateway, but not your internal machines.Also, it would be nice if laws were passed protecting owners of open networks from liability if someone uses them for a nefarious purpose, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37453",
"author": "Markp1989",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T01:03:56",
"content": "Juan Cubillo: if i got some one to set up my network and the didnt secure it properly i would be pissed off.if you feel that strongly about it you could at least ask them, and explain the advantages/disadvantages of securing wireless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37454",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T01:21:19",
"content": "mac address filtering will do you no good. i can easily spoof your mac after sniffing a couple packets. wireless is not secure, even if you think yours is. i can crack a wep encrypted ap in about 2 minutes. wpa is a bit better. if you use a passcode one would not find in any dictionary file, i probably can’t crack it. that’s not to say someone a little more 1337 than me cannot. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37455",
"author": "John Berube",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T01:22:31",
"content": "@Chris: mac addresses can be easily spoofed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37456",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T01:34:37",
"content": "I’d like to leave my network open, but when I do, the neighbors latch onto it and use it for p2p rather than use slow down their own connection.another thing to think about leaving your connection open is what if someone use it to do illegal stuff?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37457",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T02:17:09",
"content": "I didn’t really RTFA, but I’d like to say that laptop on the image (HP Pavilion 6xxx) is really nice running Linux.I own one HP dv6535ep and all hardware is supported. From ACPI sleep states to hotkeys, remote control, wifi, screen brightness, changing the videoout device using the kb hotkey, webcam, wifi, …I hope this helps someone looking for a Linux friendly laptop.DISCLAIMER: I’m not affiliated with HP nor hardware vendor nor any retail store. I’m just a happy Linux user that wishes the same for other people.Sorry for being off-topic, but that laptop on the image…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37458",
"author": "dinK3r",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T02:31:47",
"content": "my wifi is open… with a captive-portal… lol i share… i just don’t want bandwidth hogs…. so i limit each person to 100k down, and 25k up, more than enough for the causal person…. so if your in corbin,ky anything soon, stop by!!!internet is knowledge, knowledge is free!!! lets keep it that way!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37459",
"author": "MAC - STER",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T03:22:54",
"content": "Maintaining an open internet connection is not the problem…the problem is exposing your network (private data) to the public. Hotspot sniffing and borrowing is a common tool for thieves, hackers, and anybody else up to no good on the internet. Drive around your neighborhood with your laptop on and refresh the available networks screen to see what I mean, or check out Kismac or Backtrack Final. The tools are out there for “kiddy hackers”, the motive is there…YOU decide how exposed you want to be. If you have files on your computer that you care about, allowing strangers into your network is not a good idea. Anything can be cracked, but leaving your network completely open is asking for a bad experience.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37460",
"author": "Razor512",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T03:39:09",
"content": "Dumbest thing anyone could ever do,the TOS on any ISP states that the account holder is responsible for all traffic going across their networkso you will have trouble fighting a court case if mr “i cant get enough child porn”, logged on to your wifi connected and downloaded someyou will have your life permanently ruined it doesn’t matter if you say someone must have logged onto your wifi as the TOS says that your responsible no matter whatand never use WEP as you just as well leave your wifi opened ant not loose any performance due to the encryption than use WEP, many programs will now crack them in a matter of secondsWPA is good if your password is not a dictionary word and is above 10 characters long (must be over 10, any less and brute forcing will be feasible. more than 10 will make brutforcing take very long as while a high end pc may do a few hundred million at a time, the router may only allow 10-50 at a time making it take a very long time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37461",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T03:43:11",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.political not a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37462",
"author": "juancubillo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T04:52:58",
"content": "Ok, here’s the deal… We **all** know wpa is better than wep. Brute force may be solved easily. And I’m really impressed that in the US the TOS for internet connections include a section stating that wireless **has** to be restricted. wtf?all this wireless security just adds to the paranoia everyone leaves on nowadays. neighbors downloading child porn? hackers driving around looking for spots to do their “mischievious” stuff? is this really happening on your homes??? try this out… open your wireless for 1 year. I promise nothing will happen. Just restrict your bandwidth for unkown guests and log every single mac address that gets on you network. dd-wrt is your friend on this.miked: you’re right… this isn’t a hack. but it should be approved.BTW, why doesn’t hackaday has some forums to talk about this? I’m sure many projects wouyld have been developed further by having them on a forum @ hackaday :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37463",
"author": "larry",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T04:56:15",
"content": "I leave my wireless network open, but you’d have to be sitting in my driveway to use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37464",
"author": "Razor512",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:08:01",
"content": "you cant honestly mean that they have to be in your drive way.My home made wifi antenna made from a old satellite dish can connect to wifi networks that would otherwise be only available from the driveway, from a few hundred feet away.it was based on one of the many tutorials for making one that I found by googling itthere people in my area who generally try to connect to my network and will do brute force attacks, and disconnect packets in hopes of connecting, so what I do is I let them in then i monitor them for any passwords then i search through them for a phone number or anything then I call them and tell them to please stop trying to connect to my wireless networkI only had to do that to one person (they live 2 houses away from me )it is never good to connect to someone else network because you never know if there monitoring youit is also highly illegal and a network monitor can provide proof",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37465",
"author": "clonedin06",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:13:22",
"content": "I’m wondering if we should also leave the car unlocked and the keys inside to be polite. Why not our homes as well???Another thought is that if I should leave my Wi-Fi unlocked, should I be required to pay for it at all??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37466",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:46:27",
"content": "MAC – STER: You can keep the network open for others and still have your internet privacy by using openVPN (like me) to encrypt the whole tcp/ip layer and above between your computer and gateway.OpenVPN offers better encryption than WPA and is way faster since are the gateway (mine is a computer) and laptop that processes the encryption instead of a little ARM machine :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37467",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:49:15",
"content": "This is all well and good if you aren’t having too pay for internet by the GB. Some backwards places (like NZ) have too pay for their internet bandwidth by the GB plus a flat rate connection fee. So for me too share my internet will cost me a fair amount of money each week and is not financially feasible for someone of my income.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37468",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:59:15",
"content": "Still looking for a hack….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37469",
"author": "Shaykers",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T07:55:07",
"content": "I use a mesh network, i.e. “Meraki” which automatically chunks off a portion of my Bandwidth for my “(Specific Area) Free Net” However I recently dealt with a retard that knows how to read a help file and install backtrack… The Minute He got on my freenet he tried to hack everything on the network… Fortunately the only WiFi product he destroyed was a POS Moto Q… ;) Because of this idiot, I intend to return to wired networks fully… The point of my post is as follows, ” Because of Immature Jackoffs Who think they can get a credit card number or two, I will remove not just the one access point but the 3 that create roughly a 300 Meter Internet Zone around my house… I WILL NEVER ALLOW PARASITIC LEECHES WHO CAN”T AFFORD THEIR OWN INTERNET ACCESS EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37470",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T08:00:18",
"content": "We have Wifi were I work, and we’ve found we needed to secure it. Now we have DSL and a truck lot behind us. Have you ever tried to check your e-mail with 20+ truckers trying to look at porn?But at home I don’t worry about it because I have a wifi modem, but I shut off the wireless when not in use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37471",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T11:13:04",
"content": "I just keep it open and have a message pop up when someone new connects to the network. If I do not know them I just ban their MAC (yes they can easily be spoofed) and none of the idiot neighbors are back on. Been clear of them for months.With that I was actually surprised by the range. One person was able to connect at a bit over 100m from my house. Just a standard Linksys 54mbps router too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37472",
"author": "iamdigitalman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T19:44:59",
"content": "I keep my network open out of necessity. My DSL modem has a built in 802.11b/g router, and even though it says it can do WPA, it has problems. I was told by my ISP I might as well use WEP, which is for “home users”. HA! I consider myself a power user/prosumer, and I get a bit paranoid. I would like to use WPA, but since I can only use WEP reliably, and I live in an area where not many people know what the internet is (Detroit), I just leave it open. That plus the fact I have a couple old wavelans (one is a Lucent Wavelan Gold, the other a Cabletron Roamabout, which AFAIK is a silver), they can only do WEP. But I use them in my newton and I can’t register the driver so no WEP for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37473",
"author": "Daisjun",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T09:55:21",
"content": "What’s with the big wi-fi obsession anyway? It has, as has been discussed here, limited security, your connection can be hijacked and your bandwidth consumed, has to cope with other electromagnetic interference, doesn’t offer constant bit rates and is defeated in many cases by a wall or any other solid object you decide to put near your computer (i.e. a coffee mug)Whereas cable connections the only entry is through your router which is far easier to protect, it doesn’t have to cope with interference or dropouts, provides constant bitrates and no-one has the chance to hijack your bandwidth. I’m never switching to wireless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37474",
"author": "JB",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:44:32",
"content": "What’s with all the posts of people advocating open wireless connections? You obviously don’t have a clue or are leechers of someone else’s bandwidth. I have wifi at home for only 1 laptop (WAP and MAC filtered, only device allowed) that goes on when I want to use the laptop and want to move it around the house. otherwise, the access point gets powered off.My neighbors could never hack into it, but in this litigious society, I don’t want anyone to have the chance to misuse it, and end up being responsible for that. Also, I PAY FOR IT. Want a connection? spend your own money! I want to hear everyone’s tune once ISPs start metering connections.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37475",
"author": "fartface",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T16:51:13",
"content": "Back in the day when poor, I got a free direct tv dish and a usb wifi adapter. I modded it all together with a free 586 pc running linux to snag free wifi from my neighbors. I had to go on the roof every 2-5 months to re-aim and grab another neighbor as they moved, changed gear, etc….I went for 4 years that way. I still have the gear for camping. go camping and snag wifi from 1/4 mile away easily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37476",
"author": "تØÙÙÙ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T01:10:20",
"content": "i realy agree with Jo“Government: Stay the fuck off my internet”and thank youjbr",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37477",
"author": "Julio the kid",
"timestamp": "2008-06-28T06:25:49",
"content": "Okay so i’ve been reading these posts and I think Internet should be free, but not completely open… like I have my network wpa encrypted and I give the keys to people I trust… i/e friends, relatives, and some neighbors that I know won’t do illegal stuff on my net. if someone wanted to use it I would let them. All they have to do is ask!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37478",
"author": "david c.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T04:30:03",
"content": "Haha, Insight Communications here in Illinois told us that is was okay to leave our network open and that we were free to share it with neighbors if we felt to do so (though it’s funny watching them sit on their front porch pointing the lid of their laptop towards our house). Then, I bricked my Linksys WRT54G and no one here could stand not having Wi-Fi for some 4 more hours of troubleshooting. I ended up buying a cheap Belkin and while going through the setup wizard, decided to lock us in. Turns out that besides that fact that Belkin has some pretty unreliable routers, password-protecting it isn’t all that big of a deal. I’m back on my WRT54G(v1) totally open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37479",
"author": "BryanGoodtimes",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T08:57:48",
"content": "i dont mean to be a dick, really, but whenever i have something of questional legal stature to take care of, i just switch over to my neighbors network, i dont even have to move my laptop, and i live like 10 miles from the nearest gas station, if i lived in the city i would probably jump around on several connections including my own… hmmm, is there a program that can do that for me? interesting…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75743",
"author": "makemoney",
"timestamp": "2009-05-20T05:28:58",
"content": "Very informative post! Normally I don’t comment on blogs but this post deserves it :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81143",
"author": "jefz182",
"timestamp": "2009-07-11T05:44:49",
"content": "Don’t steal Wi-Fi. There are free hotspots anyway, like in SM City Pampanga.savelinux.wordpress.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "91487",
"author": "kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-09-03T15:34:10",
"content": "Confessions of a Wi-Fi thief – Hack a Day great article thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92376",
"author": "Michaele334",
"timestamp": "2009-09-07T09:51:48",
"content": "Here is the new version from backtrack, it is backtrack 4 pre, i found a very god install howto.look here:http://backtrack.1rss.dei hope you can read this one, the have screenshots and a pdf file, so you can download this one.the works perfekt for me.i hope you like it.Ciao",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "529983",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2011-12-08T15:26:11",
"content": "I used to be a wifi thief like you, but then I got a wep key in the knee.This is one silly article…You wouldn’t leave your home unlocked for people to use just because its polite. Why would you allow strangers to use and affect the stability and throughput of your internet connection? Why would you allow strangers the freedom to use your internet connection as a means to download illegal content while you take the blame?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/hmd-try-out-for-gizmodo-commenters/
|
HMD Try Out For Gizmodo Commenters
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"cinemizer",
"comments",
"gizmodo",
"glasses",
"usertesting",
"ziess"
] |
We had a decent response to
our HMD post
, but $400 might be a little too steep a price to pay for the
Zeiss Cinemiser glasses
. Luckily, Zeiss is offering registered Gizmodo readers
the chance to try them out
free for two weeks. All you have to do is comment on the Gizmodo post announcing the offer with a registered Gizmodo account, then fill out some information on
a form Ziess has set up
for this offer. Of course, you have to provide them with credit card information (just in case you break the glasses) and a great deal of feedback from the experience, but it’s far more preferable than shelling out $400 to find out you don’t like the glasses.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37442",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T21:43:27",
"content": "I have owned/used 6 different pairs of LCD glasses and one thing that is missing from almost ALL reviews of any LCD glasses is how good the optics are combined with the viewing angle of the tiny LCD screen – something extremely important when considering buying some, because poor viewing angle coupled with poor optics means diagonal corners of the display are darker and you try to move them to get an even brightness but you never can, so they become a disappointment.I still have 3 different LCD glasses;* iTheater – 320×240, lightweight bright, long battery life, not very good optics (dark diagonal corners syndrome), the +v line in the wire broke and haven’t bothered to try and repair it yet* i-visor DH-4400VPD – old, 800×600 resolution, can do full 3D by interlacing or through dual VGA or composite video inputs, ok optics but the LCD screens are B/W and colour is achieved through a flashing RGB LED behind the screens meaning they flicker, not very comfortable to wear* Sony Glasstron PLM-S700E – despite being many years old these LCD glasses are simply superb, Sony went to town when they created these, comfortable to wear, excellent optics onto a 832×624 resolution (native unscaled 800×600 PC input or 1024×768 that scales down to 832×624), the only drawback I found with them is the lead between glasses+controller is too short and the controller is noisy because of the fan inside (it consumes about as much power as a PS2). They’re amazing for playing driving games on.I have also owned some Olympus FMD-200 glasses and whilst they’re old and low resolution and the image isn’t 100% scaled properly, they’re very comfortable and the optics are superb (one day I’ll get another pair), as well as some Rimax Virtual Vision 4.0 glasses that despite 640×480 resolution they were uncomfortable to wear and had atrocious optics, uneven brightness resulting in the diagonal corners of the image being dark.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37443",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T03:44:30",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.it is a commercial for gizmodo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37444",
"author": "tnt",
"timestamp": "2008-07-28T03:22:11",
"content": "I have a bunch of kopin brand bdm-230k modules coming in for the tracking-display testing I will be doing. They aren’t the best res (320 x 240 per eye) but are great to experiment with and you can see if you want to buy something better down the road. They are like the ones in the spy car kit but are color and include two displays. If you have any interest in them I will be getting rid of them for cheap pretty soon. Just comment below if you have an interest in fiddling with these type of things. Here is the product’s page…http://www.kopin.com/bdm-230k/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77360",
"author": "vrekks",
"timestamp": "2009-06-05T10:35:37",
"content": "in response to the post about the kopin bdm 230k, i am interested in those displays. shoot me an email if you are still monitoring this board(its my name at gmail). thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/kt88-tube-amplifier/
|
KT88 Tube Amplifier
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
Here’s a classic project for the weekend. This KT88 based
tube amplifier
is surprisingly simple. The parts count is low, but the sound produced by the amplifier is considered quite pleasing. For the budget conscious, there are several optional tubes that can be used in place of the primary KT88.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37440",
"author": "Br0",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T16:43:55",
"content": "I’d Like to know the end cost!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37441",
"author": "DIY Audio Projects",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T20:09:32",
"content": "End costs are going to be primarily dependent on the brand name of tubes and the quality of the output transformers. You should be able to build one for $300 to $400. A commercial version is going to cost 3 to 5 times that amount.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/rear-view-jacket/
|
Rear View Jacket
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"embedded",
"gizmodo",
"jacket",
"monitor",
"perception",
"thirdeye",
"wearable"
] |
Is your popped collar so epic it emulates horse blinders? Are punk teens always skitching your coattails? Are you constantly moonwalking into power poles, trash cans, and the elderly? [Paul Coudamy]’s
Hard-Wear Jacket
solves all of these problems. It has a micro-camera embedded in the back of the neck and streams live video to a sleeve mounted monitor. The goal is to expand the perception of the wearer and how they interact with the environment. We know this is just a small step and doubt many people will be scrambling to never turn their neck again. It’s something interesting to contemplate though: how will people behave when brain taps allow their peripheral vision to have the same clarity as normal vision?
[via
Gizmodo
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37430",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:37:49",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.there are no details in the article. none.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37431",
"author": "r0m3z",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T09:15:43",
"content": "this is actually a real good idea for a motorcycle jacket. I would buy one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37432",
"author": "DonQuijote",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T11:40:09",
"content": "very cool, but i think this is a bit of an overdrive….. such portable power waste, when the exact same thing can be achieved with a pair of rear view sunglasses. now if the jacket had image processing capabilities, that would highlight faces of people you know, or if it would be interconnectable with other gadgets, like your mobile phone, and via it to the internet, or if there would be anything special to it OTHER than looking behind you….. now that, would be worth it. otherwise, it is just a waist of time in my humble opinion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37433",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T14:02:17",
"content": "Since having learned to drive a car, I am frequently aggravated that I can’t use those wing mirrors when I’m just walking around.Maybe this could solve that problem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37434",
"author": "Fivelo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T16:04:16",
"content": "I think it’s ridiculous – granted, maybe it’s a somewhat new idea… But not very well executed and I can’t see it taking off.It’s using well established technology, yet look at the size of the ‘micro’-camera. Oh and most notablu the guy clearly needs to have words with his fashion advisor :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37435",
"author": "yurijm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T18:22:07",
"content": "If it’s for a motorcycle, just put it in the helmet, so you can turn your head to see other angles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37436",
"author": "Haku",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T18:55:07",
"content": "It’s an interesting idea, but with the screen on your wrist your could get tired holding it up to look at, personally I would have used LCD glasses which don’t fully block your normal vision so you can still see forwards, augmented reality in effect. Like those tv-glasses you can get, something similar was shown at the beginning of the Arnie film “True Lies” where he’s keeping an eye on the bad guys whilst pretending to take a leak.I once tried putting a rear-view camera on my bike which hooked up to a pocket tv on the handlebars, interesting test that showed up a couple of minor flaws; I kept looking down to see what was behind me which distracted from more important things like avoiding anything in front of me, secondly the screen was impossible to see in sunlight and bright daylight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37437",
"author": "kain",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T21:51:59",
"content": "i again do not approve of miked",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37438",
"author": "Alek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T22:22:16",
"content": "wearing this with these keyboard pants would be awesome:http://www.geekalerts.com/keyboard-pants/i totally want both. even though the jacket does seem a bit lacking, but maybe i could hack it and post it back here with a how-to so you all could wear the jackets you think it should be",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37439",
"author": "kerrin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T00:10:21",
"content": "I’ve often thought having a camera in the center of the back, feeding a t-shirt front composed entirely of flexible display fabric would be a nice way of making one’s torso disappear.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,807.872563
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/free-web-development-tools/
|
Free Web Development Tools
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"cms",
"design",
"editor",
"free",
"html",
"launchsplash",
"OpenSource",
"openx",
"ostatic",
"piwik",
"projectzero",
"webdev"
] |
OStatic has a collected some great
free tools for web developers
. We talked about Quanta in an
earlier post
, but this article reaches beyond just HTML editors.
LaunchSplash
can be used to generate splash pages while you build. IBM, responsible for the Eclipse IDE, has built
Project Zero
to encourage web app development; even the IDE is web based.
OpenX
is an open ad server.
Piwik
is a free web analytics package. There are also quite a few
open source CMS’s
and sites collecting
open source designs
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37429",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:35:14",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,808.000598
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/21/receipt-fail/
|
Receipt FAIL
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"fail",
"gnucitizen",
"receipt",
"security",
"wep",
"wifi",
"wireless"
] |
Today’s fail comes courtesy of
GNUCITIZEN
‘s [pdp]. This would have made that
TJX WEP crack
much easier.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37412",
"author": "M@",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:01:27",
"content": "Ouch … pwnd",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37413",
"author": "Dave Vam den Eynde",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:04:12",
"content": "Why is this a failure?In my neighbourhood, a lot of shops have a private parking facility. They require you to enter a code in order to leave, which you get when you buy stuff from them, and they print that code onto the receipt.Why can’t this pub do the same for the “free” WiFi access to *customers*. Once you buy your coffee, the WEP key is printed onto the receipt so you don’t need to ask around what’s the password of the day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37414",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:17:24",
"content": "I don’t see the problem here. I assume it’s just a cafe with free wireless for customers, and they give out the WEP key to that public network on the receipts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37415",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:22:35",
"content": "what in the name of turing is wrong with these people?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37416",
"author": "Pliny",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:24:27",
"content": "I call shenanigans. Looks like a reciept from a place that offers free wireless with purchase. Like, intentionally. The original post doesn’t provide any details, but the 64 bit WEP part seems like a giveaway.I can see “accidently” printing a username and password. The encryption settings though? That’s gotta be intentional.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37417",
"author": "TheDonkey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:38:24",
"content": "Blogfail is fail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37418",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:40:21",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.a picture of a receipt does not a hack make.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37419",
"author": "Jonathan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T10:09:02",
"content": "Not sure what the hack is. Or the failure for that matter. Someone bought a coffee and pastry at a shop that offers wireless to customers?-Jonathan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37420",
"author": "steaky",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T10:47:19",
"content": "strictly not a hack, but amusing.The site has got a lot better so keep up the good work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37421",
"author": "juancubillo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T11:08:17",
"content": "I just don’t get it… or why is it even here @ hackaday… :S",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37422",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T11:23:06",
"content": "I find that they are using WEP the failure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37423",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T14:52:11",
"content": "There is a small coffee shop in my town that does exactly like this. You have to buy something to have the wifi password. The password is even randomized every day.I’m sure this works well as regular costumers have internet and the shop attracts people because the internet.The failure here could be the 64bit encryption that will allow you to crack the network key in a matter of minutes. But maybe its easier just enter the shop and buy some coffee than bringing your laptop with your super charged Atheros card or your hacked linksys router running at batteries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37424",
"author": "bryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T17:31:14",
"content": "nothing wrong with this. there’s a cafe around here that does the same thing. they want to provide free wifi to customers, while locking out people in other shops or on the street. it’s obviously not meant to be very secure, just prevent casual freeloaders.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37425",
"author": "ax0n",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T04:41:48",
"content": "My favorite coffee shop also reverted to this style, but the barista has a sticker he/she places on your reciept with the WEP key. It’s 64-bit as well, which makes for a short key.The reason for WEP? Daytime clientele use this coffee shop as a mobile office. I was there daily for almost a month when seeing if I could get a startup off the ground. The owner of the tae-kwon-do gym next door was downloading lots and lots of stuff, making the WiFi unreasonably slow for patrons.The neighboring tenants are not savvy enough to crack 64-bit WEP, and the coffee shop employees know not to give the key to employees of neighboring shops — not that it matters much these days, in a matter of weeks, the Tae-Kwon-Do guy got his own Internet connection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37426",
"author": "GR0B",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T14:10:42",
"content": "There is an easier way of getting the WEP key and all the other settings from a wireless printer, Hold the feed key and switch it on.[GR0B]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37427",
"author": "Rick",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:16:40",
"content": "I think this may very well be the lamest hack-a-day post ever. Congrats on not really hacking your local pub.It’s not like this local pub needs super uber security or something. Also, WEP is the most compatible and, really, they are just trying to keep people who aren’t paying out. It’s perfectly fine in this situation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37428",
"author": "Bugsy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T10:53:29",
"content": "I agree with Rick.I did the reverse thing. I put a sticker on the door, and my wifi is 100% open, no key no nothing. (actually i have two wifi’s, one open, one closed)All our guests can use it for free, as well as those passing by.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.677157
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/3x3x3-led-cube/
|
3x3x3 LED Cube
|
Eliot
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"instructables",
"led",
"ledmatrix",
"matrix"
] |
[portreathbeach] built this
simple 3x3x3 LED matrix
. It uses a PIC16F690 in a ZIF socket for the brains. Each layer has nine LEDs with the cathodes tied together. The anodes from each LED are connected to the LED below. The LEDs are multiplexed so that even though all layers appear to be on, they’re being addressed individually. He’s included software, so you can build your own animations. Video of the matrix in motion is after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8wd8xNDPFU&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37404",
"author": "amk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:42:15",
"content": "seriously, what’s with the led-matrix obsession? the damn things are almost useless. unless you own a bar and need a scrolling marquee sign to advertise happy hour. but that’s so last season, just like neon.the first thing i did with a microcontroller was build an 8×8 rgb led matrix. i have no idea why. and now i’m going to have to build one of these. damn you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37405",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:43:39",
"content": "i approve of this hack.it has details. and leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37406",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T09:13:19",
"content": "So simple, I’ll have to make a dozen.I like the smaller ones much more than the thousand voxel units people are showing around. There’s a real diminishing return.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37407",
"author": "Tigeris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T09:27:05",
"content": "Does any one know where to find the source for something like this? I cant code for my life, but i want to build one of these sooooo badly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37408",
"author": "alk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T11:45:18",
"content": "“seriously, what’s with the led-matrix obsession? the damn things are almost useless. unless you own a bar and need a scrolling marquee sign to advertise happy hour. but that’s so last season,”you can play pong with it :)http://www.das-labor.org/wiki/Borg3d",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37409",
"author": "tantris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T16:37:02",
"content": "Once it’s 8^3 it becomes kind of useful.ak’s last link:http://www.das-labor.org/wiki/Borg3dand also this one:http://www.jamesclar.com/product/2003/3dcubev3/index.htmlWith 8^3 you could scroll text messages through the cube.(not that anyone would be able to read it)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37410",
"author": "Michael Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T16:37:46",
"content": "It’s not multiplexed, it’s “charlieplexed” look around on instructables, there are some good examples of charlieplexing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37411",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T03:29:51",
"content": "michael witt: charlieplexing is a kind of multiplexing. hence the name.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "142460",
"author": "dude100",
"timestamp": "2010-05-15T13:26:10",
"content": "how to program it??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.719216
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/dance-floor-power-generation/
|
Dance Floor Power Generation
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"climatechange",
"club",
"dance",
"dancefloor",
"dancing",
"green",
"music",
"nightclub",
"piezo",
"piezoelectric",
"piezoelectricity"
] |
With concerns about the environment at an all-time high, do we roll up our sleeves and fix the situation or set our fears aside and dance the night away? [Andrew Charalambous], a nightclub owner in from Britain, doesn’t think we should have to choose, so he installed
a dance floor that harnesses power from dancers
into one of his clubs.
The dance floor uses piezoelectrics to collect the power: as clubgoers dance, electricity-producing crystals under the floor are compressed, producing a small current. The current is collect by embedded batteries, which in turn provide the power to lights, audio systems, and other parts of the club that consume electricity.
It’s certainly an interesting idea, but we’d like to know just how much power these floors are able to generate. Is this a gimmick or a genuinely practical solution? [Charalambous]’s club has adopted the somewhat hokey policy of forcing patrons to sign a pledge to be climate-conscious and do what they can to help the Earth, but that’s a small price to pay to earn green karma and have fun at the same time.
[via
io9
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37393",
"author": "tophiannan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T05:51:43",
"content": "this concept has been around for a while. i read about it about a year ago in MIT’s Technology Review. It was developed for places like airports and concert hall floors. It actually does generate a decent amount of electricity! Think of it this way: 500 people * 150 lbs=75000 pounds of mass going up and down hundreds of times… it probably doesnt even make a dent in the multi-kwatt stereo but it would power some light bulbs and stuff at least. Hey, every bit helps",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37394",
"author": "Fizz Sicks",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T06:22:45",
"content": "Energy = Force * distance. Seriously, how far is the floor going to deform?Ever try to light a light bulb using a generator attached to a bike? 100 watts is no small feat when you’re pouring all your effort into it. (yeah… I know… racers… we’re talking dancers here.)Trying to harvest any meaningful energy out of a dance floor stiffer than a water bed will be a joke.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6636233",
"author": "Unknown",
"timestamp": "2023-04-27T16:29:47",
"content": "You know what I bet you could not even create something like this, that is how stupid you are. I also bet you use stupid things to get around. STOP HATING ON INVENTORS!!!!! This could have been a child’s invention, ya I think you would say something else like, “Good job, you are amazing,” or, “You will change the world with this,” So stop hating on peoples creations!",
"parent_id": "37394",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "37395",
"author": "android_04",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:29:03",
"content": "Why not put this stuff underneath highways and let cars generate electricity? Because its too expensive, and if the crystals flex a little, some of a car’s energy will be spent travelling on it. So not so “fuel efficient” as we thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37396",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:31:49",
"content": "This is like some thing I had seen about using revolving doors to generate electricity… The idea is there, but won’t really work…http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/07/generate-energy-with-fluxxlabs-revolution-revolving-door/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37397",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:47:05",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.no details. how much energy is produced? what is the cost of the floor. what is the roi?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37398",
"author": "steaky",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T10:43:28",
"content": "the same idea was being looked at to harness some kinetic energy from raindrops by attaching the system to a roof. i’d like to know how much the dancefloor costs to buy and to produce, as this surely wont pay back for a huge amount of time.either way, it is a fun idea as a whole club. £10 entry unless you can prove you walked, biked or took a bus, especially as its in london.all in all, post could do with some more details, but realistically what can you expect from The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard.Interesting use of piezotransducers, so i’d class it as a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37399",
"author": "ACZ",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T19:14:07",
"content": "With that many people walking, do you think there would be enough “up and down”. With enough people the floor would be squashed down from the weight, and probably do little traveling up. If it was flexible, how long would it last, would the electricity saved compensate the repair bill?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37400",
"author": "tophiannan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T23:34:50",
"content": "do the math: if the floor were to flew even 1/16th of an inch, 75000 lbs / 16 /12=390 foot*pounds. If everyone jumps just once and provides 390 foot*pounds, that in itself won’t provide a whole lot of power. But over the span of a whole night people do a lot of jumping. in other words, the floor doesn’t have to deform 6 inches to provide meaningful power.as far as it getting worn out, think of a basketball court. those things are made of wood. they flex a lot, which is why falling on one is not as painful as falling on concrete. how often do basketball floors get replaced? except in the pros, pretty much never. durability would not be an issue either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37401",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T05:18:30",
"content": "Energy isn’t free. Think about the extra effort it takes to walk on soft beach sand, where the grains of sand sink under every step, versus the spring in your step when you walk on a sidewalk. Or how hard it is to ride a bike over soft grass turf as opposed to on hard pavement.This dance floor would suck the life out of the dancers. They’d last minutes, maybe one or two dances, and then they’d be tired.It’s a stupid idea that’d fail even if it worked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37402",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T08:45:35",
"content": "There’s a point where this “environmental consciousness” is just too much. Has anyone considered how much energy it takes to build this piezoelectric dance floor? Chances are, the energy it generates will take forever to offset the additional energy required to make it. Let’s stick to the basics–use less petroleum for transportation, and find non-CO2-generating power sources (*hint* clean nuclear energy! add the new nuclear waste processing stuff to the chain, build a couple new plants, and a heck of a lot of our CO2 problems are solved! [ignoring the risk of terrorist attacks, of course])Seriously, though, I think people are spending too much time on the little things that seem cool and “feel” environmentally friendly but are just too many orders of magnitude smaller than the whole problem that they’re not going to save the world.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37403",
"author": "Obvious Man",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T00:09:48",
"content": "I agree with threepointone. A lot of “environmentalists” are very short sighted and have no concept of scale.They like to say things like “I measure the daily temperature since december; It increased from -25C to +25C!!! That’s global warming! I estimate that all our oceans will be boiled dry by next december (i.e. 50C/6 months). DOOM!”. Bring up things like “math” or “statistics” and they call you a seal hater or oil baron. 2000 yrs / 5 billion years = god awful sample size.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42466",
"author": "kinetic girl",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T02:39:28",
"content": "Actually, it probably wouldn’t sap the energy out of the dancers. A 1/16 flex isn’t that much. You can probably get that already in your house if you have hard wood floors and you jump. In reality, it might actually help the dancers prolong their dancing life. Think of this – most stages today where ballet is performed are made with “sprung” floors – floors that flex a little extra when the dancers land a jump, to act as a shock absorber for their joints, and thus, preventing joint injuries and prolonging their dancing career. The same is true of the floor used for gymnastics floor exercise. It yields to the pressure of landings to cushion joints. To compare this kind of flex to walking in sand at the beach is a bit mismatched. I’ve walked, run, and jumped on a gym floor, and found it no less energy-sapping than a normal floor. Actually, it literally puts a bit of a spring in your step! I’ve also danced on concrete as well as a sprung stage, and let me tell you, the sprung stage allows me to keep dancing a LOT longer.I believe the idea behind the floor is to harness the power of the existing flex, and turn it into energy. I’m sure that presently, it is an expensive system, but, this is how technology develops. Hybrid cars were prohibitively expensive to produce only 5 years ago. Now, they are back ordered at many dealerships. Recycling was something that was more expensive than just creating or harvesting/mining new materials for a very long time. It takes pioneers to start using technology, increasing its desirability, for it to be produced on a grander scale, and thus more cost effective. However, have you thought that it might not be all about how much money is saved? Perhaps its about reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The vast majority of electricity produced (at least in the North East, where I’m familiar with the power plants), is produced on diesel generators or coal fired plants. Perhaps the idea is just to reduce a little bit of that fossil fuel usage.Just some ideas…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98926",
"author": "Matt Terials",
"timestamp": "2009-10-05T19:14:24",
"content": "I like this idea. It won’t suck the energy out of the dancers because they’re already deforming the dance floor as it is, and the elastic behavior return much of the energy used – kinetic girl is right in that it would conceivably reduce joint wear and tear for the dancers, as well.Fizz Sicks needs to review: E = F x d is the equation for kinetic work – it is not applicable for piezoelectric materials, which polarize and generate electric fields when placed under a changing strain. Over the course of an evening of dozens of 40+ kg people moving up and down for 6-8 hours, that’s a significant amount of deformation and cycling, and it’s already converted to electricity without the hassles of turbines or thermal energy conversion.As for the cost of the dance floor, I’m optimistic. For a new club, the floor is going to have to be built to take a beating, anyway, and piezoelectrics tend to be reasonably durable. At any rate, it’s much more “basic” than building nuclear power plants, which have merit as an idea but are unlikely to scale high enough to replace fossil fuels.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110669",
"author": "Janice",
"timestamp": "2009-12-07T06:00:03",
"content": "“Perhaps the idea is just to reduce a little bit of that fossil fuel usage.”This floor may reduce the amount of fossil fuels that would be used to power the club, but energy is needed to make the actual floor, and this energy probably comes from fossil fuels. So, even if the “money” costs to put in the floor are high, so are the “energy” costs. Odds are, the amount of energy put in (most likely by fossil fuels) to produce the tiles won’t add up to the energy saved by installing the piezoelectric floor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112254",
"author": "waterbeds",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T11:50:17",
"content": "Another great invention but, I really wondering it these dance floor power generation really gots it worth..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "428887",
"author": "lokky",
"timestamp": "2011-08-05T11:08:57",
"content": "whts is the cost for making d project……………..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.862852
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/how-to-make-an-rgb-combination-door-lock-part-2/
|
How-To: Make An RGB Combination Door Lock (Part 2)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"cnc hacks",
"Featured",
"home hacks",
"how-to",
"LED Hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"doorlock",
"hardware",
"home",
"howto",
"keypad",
"laser",
"led",
"rgb",
"security"
] |
In
part 1
we showed you how to build your own prototype RGB keypad. Today we’ll show off some new ideas we worked on to create the project and turn it from prototype to fully functional
battle station
er door lock.
To replace the old door strike with our new electric unit, we had to align it with the old one. Once it was set, we traced around the mounting plate with a pen and got to work. We grabbed a 3/8 inch bit and drilled out the width and depth of the hole to match the body of the strike. Then we cleaned up things a bit with a wood chisel until the hole was just big enough. The strike requires 12 volts to release, so we had to feed some wire to it. We dug up a fairly long drill bit and drilled through the wall and into the strike mounting hole.
The strike wiring is low voltage, so the wire doesn’t have to be anything special. We used some 18 gauge speaker wire – it’s cheap and we already had it in our parts bin. Pulling the wire is pretty easy. Just feed the wire through and grab the end with a pair of needle nose pliers. Since we had 50 feet of wire to work with, we pulled the wire over to our bench and did a quick soldering job to the strike leads. Once the connections were solid, we insulated them with electric tape. There’s no polarity to worry about, so just get things connected and ready to rock.
The strike has a thick mounting flange, so we had to remove some wood from the surface of the door frame. After some quality time with a hammer, flat headed screw driver, and a wood chisel, we managed to cut a decent mounting slot. Once the wiring was insulated, we pulled in the slack and mounted the strike with a pair of three inch screws.
We’ll be wall mounting the keypad, so we picked up an “old-work” two gang electrical box and a two gang blank wall plate. Mounting the box is pretty easy, but we’ll walk you through it.
To make the bezel, we laid out the buttons in CorelDraw and scaled up each button by a few percent. Once the size was correct, we rounded off the corners to match the buttons better.
After a few test fits made by cutting paper, we put the wall plate into our ever handy laser cutter. We realize that most of you don’t have one of these
awesome machines
– you can create your own with some careful drilling and dremel work (it might be easier to bribe the local sign shop with some beer). If you do have it laser cut, make sure you get a nylon wall plate and not a PVC plate. The fumes from burning PVC are toxic and air filters will not neutralize them.
When we test fit the new bezel, we found that the flex at the base of each button was impeded. It’s hard to see here, but the wall plate is only about 1/32 of an inch thick. Since it’s so thin, the buttons stick out too far.
To solve both problems, we created a sub-bezel. We used the same laser template, but expanded each hole a bit further. The 1/8 inch acrylic provided perfect depth for the buttons and the larger holes in the sub-bezel provide an area for the buttons to flex.
“Old-work” boxes are designed to be installed into existing drywall. You just have to cut a hole for the box and when the screws are tightened, these tabs will flip up to grip the inside of the wall.
Once the hole’s cut, just insert the box and check the fit. Don’t tighten the screws just yet – we’ll be pulling it back out for a quick mod. Since we’re mounting all the hardware on the other side of the wall, we drilled a hole into the workshop side to run the keypad wiring.
It just happens that Spark Fun’s PC Board is the same width as the 2 gang box. In order to fit the bezel flush, we need to trim back the edge of the box.
You can use your favorite tool, but we grabbed our rotary tool and a small drum sanding bit. Then we ground the edge of the box down to allow for approximately two times the thickness of the keypad PC board. (You might want to adjust this depending on your bezel design.)
The final fit is just about perfect. The edges of the drywall keep the board from shifting while the box supports the board from behind.
Now that the bezels are ready to go, mark your wiring so you can identify it post install. We used some colored electrical tape and noted the connections. Since we used Cat-5, you could easily use RJ-45 connectors to add some modularity. We didn’t need it, so we just pulled the wires through to the workshop side.
To finish up the key pad, we installed the PC board, the keypad, the acrylic sub-bezel, and finally the keypad. Everything actually floats under the keypad. The design has worked perfectly for the past few months – with one exception. One visitor pushed too hard and popped the PC board back into the wall box. If needed, you can add a support strut of some kind behind the PC board.
To create a permanent board for the keypad, we laid everything out in
Eagle
. Since we wanted to try out some interesting etching ideas, we used extra wide traces and expanded the pads to provide plenty of copper.
After making the keypad bezel, we wanted to try some new tricks with the laser cutter. We coated some copper clad PC Boards with spray paint and let it harden for a few days.
To We exported the design from eagle and sent it to the Epilog via CorelDraw. In order to remove all of the paint, we had to run the etching jo
b twice on the laser. Here, the laser is mid way through the second run.
Even after two jobs, a fine residue was still on the copper. Lightly scrubbing the board with acetone (nail polish remover) removed the left over residue. The traces remained intact and the copper was bared for the etching solution.
Radio Shack doesn’t bother to carry ferric chloride anymore, but we wanted local chemicals. We picked up some muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid), hydrogen peroxide, a cereal container air pump, bubble block, and some hose. The acid is readily available at the hardware store. We suggest finding the smaller container – it’s the perfect amount for a one time fill.
Etching the board is the usual show. The bubbles help agitate the solution around the copper and speed up the process.
The finished etch came out pretty decent, if slightly over-etched. Holding the board up to a light is an easy way to check for top/bottom layer alignment. The board was slightly over-etched, but after spending a couple of weeks mucking around with the process, we decided that it was time to get on with it already.
To drill the board, we used a #59 tungsten carbide drill bit. Instead of a drill press, we manually ran our CNC mini mill to drill the board. We only broke one bit and that was when we fat-fingered a direction key.
One more quick check and the board looks perfect. The milling machine made it easy to keep the holes in line for the build.
Finishing the build is pretty easy (the red wire going over the board was a quick design fix). We added jumpers for all of the Arduino connections and soldered the Cat-5 from the keypad directly to the new board. We won’t bore you with step by step soldering pics. If you prototyped the circuit, you should be intimately familiar with the thing by now. If you need some help soldering, be sure to check out our
introduction to soldering
.
The bezel’s built, the PC Board etched, the circuit soldered, and the keypad’s installed. The only thing left to do is enjoy the new keypad… or develop more code and teach it some new tricks.
We promised to explain the code a bit, so we’ll give you a quick walk through. The meffect keypad code (available
here
) was written to simplify the keypad routines for the project. The first several lines initialize the various variables we’ll need to make things work. We added comments regarding pin assignment to help simplify wiring and help people change things around as needed.
The code to drive the digital potentiometer comes directly from
this tutorial
.
The setup() function is run one time when the controller is powered on or reset. Variables are set and i/o pins are set to their initial states as needed.
The loop() function is the never ending loop where the controller will perform a few tasks. The main order of business is to read the button states for input. Second, the potentiometers are set and each LED is lit temporarily, based on the values in the matrix defined for each LED state. If no action is detected, then the values are set by an effect function. However, if an action is detected, the effect is halted and the button color is set based on the number of inputs keyed in. Next, the loop counts all the button presses that are detected. If the lock exceeds the defined number (in this case, 20) then the pad glows red, state is reset and it locks the user out for about 30 seconds. The final test is the actual lock code. If the keypad state matches the predefined code, then the pad glows green and the door lock is opened for about 5 to 10 seconds.
The code is pretty simple, but the framework is there to produce a more secure lock. The easiest way to up your security would be to create a rolling fade effect and possibly blip the LED color when a key press is detected. Probably the coolest feature of the lock is that you can program it to behave and lock in any way you want.
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{
"comment_id": "37383",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:43:29",
"content": "Cool! I’ve been working on homebrewing a CPU from Logic gates here lately, so this might be a good exercise to try out to warm up my soldering again. I’m thinking I’ll open up this program I found, called “logic friday”, and whip up some simple logic for a hard coded password in logic gates. W00t for inspiration!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37384",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:52:57",
"content": "i approve of this post.lots of pics and details. and leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37385",
"author": "VTX",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T11:40:44",
"content": "your PCB layout looks like it was done by a lazy, LSD addled snail, please present future PCB layouts with nice orthogonal lines and 45 degree mitred corners. Just because you have a groovy laser machine doesn’t mean you can forget the basics of layout.Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37386",
"author": "happypinguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T15:01:51",
"content": "“i (dis)approve of this post.”now, do you have to flood all posts with these annoying messages?hackaday: Maybe its a good idea to put some voting mechanism on your posts?.. but please, something simple. I love the simplicity of your site, specially because it works on embedded browsers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37387",
"author": "venkman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T17:53:49",
"content": "Perhaps I’m overlooking all the glitter and seeing a more fundamental issue, but wouldn’t this make it easy for someone to see and remember your color code pattern anytime you open the door? Seems like it would be too easy to memorize. Does it rely on security through obscurity, imagining that Joe User wouldn’t be able to figure out how it works?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37388",
"author": "Erant",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T20:35:32",
"content": "Out of interest, why didn’t you route the board using your mill? It looks like a simple enough board to mill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37389",
"author": "Jordan Horwich",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T00:25:49",
"content": "Wow. Very detailed instructions… I’m going to have to try this myself soon. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37390",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T20:58:22",
"content": "This is a great hack. I would build one of these if I didn’t rent.I’m just not sure that my landlord is a big fan of hack-a-day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37391",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T04:02:50",
"content": "Oh wow, I never would of thought to use a laser like that! How many coats of paint did you put on the boards and what settings did you have the laser set to? 100 spd , 50 pwr?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37392",
"author": "JB Mallus",
"timestamp": "2008-06-24T14:49:48",
"content": "This may be asking too much, but is there any way that a copy of your pcb layout could be posted as an image? I don’t think I’m up to the task of designing a board yet. Everything else in the hack is very well documented.Thanks for the great project! I intend of creating one (already have the wife’s permission)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49754",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-11-08T00:31:07",
"content": "Do you have any more pictures of the finished wired bored? Like both sides of it? There are some parts that I am really confused about especially since the Eagle Project file and the pictures of your bored are totally different. I’m building this for a final project in my electronics class, and I’m just caught up on a couple things. Any help would be appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55705",
"author": "Austin",
"timestamp": "2008-12-18T04:36:06",
"content": "Hey i’m running into a problem. Ive tried to replicate this project; but somethings wrong; the button test wont work at all; and the other two are totally un responsive, in that i mean they turn on; but they have no particular color pattern or motion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83212",
"author": "Diego",
"timestamp": "2009-07-27T17:14:32",
"content": "Hey i know i posted a bit late but i would also like to have pictures of the completed project.i will keep track of itthanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "106343",
"author": "Duncan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-08T18:13:30",
"content": "Just wondering if anyone would make the wall plate for me and ship it here, if so what would you charge? I have a neat idea for a project in my new house.Please note that I don’t need the buttons, just the wallplate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111615",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2009-12-14T01:17:13",
"content": "Looks nice, but the whopping flaw is the face plate. Why don’t I just break in with my flathead screwdriver? You need either unusual security screws or better yet, to fasten it from the rear.Nice besides this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114151",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T04:33:25",
"content": "VTX said :“””your PCB layout looks like it was done by a lazy, LSD addled snail, please present future PCB layouts with nice orthogonal lines and 45 degree mitred corners. Just because you have a groovy laser machine doesn’t mean you can forget the basics of layout.“””er.. what ? That PCB design is magnificent. Orthogonality and mitered corners are irrelevant for the electrical properties of this board. The board is beautiful, it is a work of art. creativity >>> conformity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "138145",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2010-04-26T05:08:38",
"content": "How did you export from Eagle to Corel Draw? The shop I use has an epilog, and I would love to try this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1503727",
"author": "Sam Salt",
"timestamp": "2014-05-24T00:37:53",
"content": "Ok, i’m guessing I just fail at all this making my own PCB stuff. If I had your eagle file on the PCB, who could I send it to to have them make one for me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1563326",
"author": "Sam Salt",
"timestamp": "2014-06-11T03:00:15",
"content": "what is Ard-5v-g-strike? I have the whole board built, but that is the only thing i’m having a hard time understanding. thanks-samsalt824@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.774024
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/robot-clarinet/
|
Robot Clarinet
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"artemisorchestracompetition",
"clarinet",
"embeddedsystems",
"linux",
"music",
"nicta",
"roboclarinet",
"robot"
] |
Australian research group NICTA in association with the University of New South Wales won the
2008 Artemis Orchestra Competition
with their
robot clarinet player
. The competition challenges participants to design embedded systems that can play unmodified instruments. NICTA took first prize with their roboclarinet, due mainly to the complexity of the robot’s “mouth.” It uses two servo motors to act as a surrogate tongue and lips, vibrating the reed of the clarinet in a way consistent with human playing. The keys of the clarinet are pushed by a series of brass plungers. All of the robot’s functions are controlled by a computer running Linux. If great sound or novel technology are not enough for you, then the project is at least worth a look for the robot’s attractive, slightly steampunk-esque look. Watch it in action after the break.
[via
LinuxDevices
]
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37380",
"author": "TBJR6",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T05:04:15",
"content": "Quite epicIm just wondering how they make the seals?the clarinet is an instrument that requires bare fingers to play",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37381",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:54:54",
"content": "i approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37382",
"author": "will d.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T10:43:11",
"content": "i played clarinet and can fully comprehend how ridiculously difficult it would be to make the described machine. the air pressure and pressure on the reed have to change precisely for each note or it will sound like poop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95964",
"author": "moto kurye",
"timestamp": "2009-09-23T10:53:14",
"content": "great article thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6206226",
"author": "Turan",
"timestamp": "2019-12-30T01:52:26",
"content": "Thanks for share man. I like your article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6315445",
"author": "periparfum",
"timestamp": "2021-01-25T14:00:15",
"content": "Im just wondering how they make the seals?the clarinet is an instrument that requires bare fingers to play",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.077206
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/toms-rgb-mood-lamp/
|
Tom’s RGB Mood Lamp
|
Eliot
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"atmega",
"atmega8",
"led",
"microcontroller",
"moodlight",
"rgb",
"serial"
] |
[Tom] has been refining a
board that drives a high power RGB LED
for applications like this moodlight. It’s based around an ATmega8 microcontroller. The goal was to make an RGB LED easy to work with: It can cycle between colors in standalone mode. You can control it via a serial interface. It also has a pin header to hooking up three potentiometers for manual color mixing. Boards aren’t available yet, but he’s already posted a build tutorial. The board looks straightforward enough that it shouldn’t be too hard to layout if you really want to.
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| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37728",
"author": "David R",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:37:53",
"content": "ATmega8 a bit overpowered for controlling 3 LEDs. It’s a cool hack, maybe I’ll build one using the smallest mcu I can (and use SMT…IMO there’s no point to using PDIP if you’re gonna go to the trouble of making your own PCB)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37729",
"author": "maxthereal",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T11:00:19",
"content": "I’m currently building something similar, but I use attinys. I simply use 3 Mosfets and 3 Resistors to limit the current (and waste some power…).I’m very interested how he has done that with a current limiting IC (lm317) and 3 small transistors, but i cant find the schematics :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37730",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T11:04:47",
"content": "wow, how did you guys hear about it. This whole project got started from a discussion on a forum thread (http://shop.rabtron.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=49). Atmega8 is a bit of a overkill but thats the only avr’s I had at the time plus the extra pins allowed me to have a analog input for controlling the lights and uart connection for control from a pc.btw – a local electronics supplier here in South Africa started to sell them as a kit my my homemade pcb’s:http://shop.rabtron.co.za/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3091",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37731",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T11:18:46",
"content": "maxthereal: schematics will be on the site soon. Just need to clean it up a bit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37732",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T01:05:38",
"content": "do you have the LED connected to PWM lines for color mixing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147487",
"author": "Steph",
"timestamp": "2010-06-05T16:21:41",
"content": "how does this lamp sense one’s mood? isn’t that the whole point of a mood lamp? to sense one’s mood and depending on the mood its sensing it changes the colour? eg if you’re happy it turns yellow..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.945893
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/ubuntu-released-for-mids/
|
Ubuntu Released For MIDs
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"atom",
"linux",
"linuxdevices",
"mid",
"nokia",
"ubuntumid",
"ubuntumobile",
"umpc",
"unbuntu"
] |
Ubuntu MID edition
has been released for handheld Mobile Internet Devices. It’s targeting devices based on Intel’s A100/110 and the new Centrino Atom platforms. Successors to the UMPC, MIDs are usually small formfactor and have a touchscreen, plus a physical keyboard. UMPC portal has a examples of
devices that are currently supported
by this release, inluding plamtops like the Kohjinsha SH6. This release is only for x86 devices, so don’t expect it to be ported to the ARM based Nokia N800/810. The user interface is based on the
Hildon framework
and we’re glad people are attempting to think beyond a standard UI. We hope they plan on punching up the use of the color brown in the final though; it just wouldn’t be an Ubuntu release without it.
[via
Linux Devices
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37723",
"author": "Ptr",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T04:11:45",
"content": "Now if we can get this running on a Eee PC that has been moded with a touch screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37724",
"author": "jojmoj",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T10:09:05",
"content": "… then we might as well all just get a 3g mobile. Nice idea but an eeepc has way more potntial as a micro laptop than an internet ‘appliance’ imho.interface looks sweet tho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37725",
"author": "AngryPenguin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T16:16:13",
"content": "I would really like to see this on a nokia 770. Nokia has abandoned my beloved device and sadly it crashes all the time with OS2006.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37726",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T16:31:26",
"content": "It’s compatible with x86 processors, so can it be run on any pc? I’ve read all over and it doesn’t even mention the idea. My thoughts are, if it can be customized well, it would be a great ‘lightweight’ platform for a carpc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37727",
"author": "Rupin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T22:51:51",
"content": "Where is this release available for download..?any links that can be pointed to?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.813522
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/charter-abandons-packet-monitoring-advertising-plan/
|
Charter Abandons Packet Monitoring Advertising Plan
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"ad",
"advertising",
"charter",
"chartercommunications",
"nebuad",
"packet",
"packetinspection",
"traffic"
] |
Charter Communications has announced that it will no longer be attempting to target advertising
based on user actions
. The original strategy would have involved inspecting the contents of every packet sent or received by the customer. This usage pattern is associated with a specific IP and relevant ads are
displayed on sites using NebuAd
when that IP visits. NebuAd doesn’t directly share the IP, but we’ve seen in the past, even with obfuscation, a user’s search patterns alone have been known to
give away their identity
. The majority of all internet traffic is plaintext, but endusers have an expectation of privacy. User backlash is what eventually caused Charter to back down, but that doesn’t mean companies like NebuAd are going to be any less common.
[via
EFF
]
[photo:
mattdork
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37720",
"author": "hannes",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T01:43:00",
"content": "as miked will say…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37721",
"author": "CalcProgrammer1",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:48:34",
"content": "YAY! My ISP did something right! Thank you Charter! At least Charter listened to it’s users and realized that we did not want our packets monitored by them. Hopefully other ISP’s will follow and not invade users’ privacy by inspecting packets and selling information to advertising companies.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37722",
"author": "Ricky C",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T17:10:13",
"content": "I heard about this recently in the podcast “Security Now!” and thought it is absolutely ridiculous.Besides the security implications, wouldn’t this slow the network down a considerable amount? Maybe the official wording would be something like “a fraction of a second” but that’s a long time when it comes to network traffic… I can’t imagine using a network with one of these monitoring tools for something like online gaming, the delay would have to be by several hundred milliseconds for all the sniffing, wouldn’t you think?Anyway, I’m on Road Runner cable and hopefully they’ll be smart. I’ve liked them in the past because they are one of few providers that let you host on port 80; perhaps they’ll continue being nonrestrictive and noninvasive by not installing one of these spy boxes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.626389
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/wireless-arcade-stick/
|
Wireless Arcade Stick
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"arcade",
"arcadestick",
"controller",
"playstation",
"ps2",
"streetfighter",
"wireless"
] |
[astralpancakes]
wireless arcade stick project
looks like a great place to start if you want a simple project. Well constructed arcade sticks can cost $100+, but with all the MAME cabinet builders, the parts have become easy to acquire. The stick has a rigid wooden case with a metal faceplate. All of the component connections are soldered to the pads of a Logitech wireless controller. [astralpancakes] built this specifically to play Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37719",
"author": "illwill",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T17:53:07",
"content": "Wheres the write up and where to get the parts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114789",
"author": "Damon Grapes",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T16:48:47",
"content": "I like blogs like this one, I am sure you put an effort on it to keep it up. Nice post, grazie mille .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.039428
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/iphone-20-adds-secure-wipe/
|
IPhone 2.0 Adds Secure Wipe
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"appleiphone",
"erase",
"forensics",
"iphone",
"random",
"securewipe",
"security"
] |
AppleInsider is reporting that
iPhone Software v2.0 will add a secure wipe feature
. The screenshot above shows the text “This will take about an hour.” added to the normal erase feature. This time is used to overwrite data to the disk multiple times. The need for secure phone erasure came to light after a researcher was able to
recover personal information from a refurbished iPhone
using
forensic tools
. Since then, a few people have published techniques for obliterating personal data using either
the GUI
or the more thorough
command line method
. Remote wipe has also been added to the new firmware in case the phone is stolen. We’re happy to see security being made easily accessible to nontechnical users and expect that remote wipe will become standard on laptops in the future.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37714",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T23:43:26",
"content": "at the request of many of you i will limit future postings. i will only post if i have something to add to the original post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37715",
"author": "Clay Atkins",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T00:00:38",
"content": "Wow Mike, It’s about time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37716",
"author": "blorg",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T00:18:41",
"content": "In case the phone is stolen? What, so the thief can wipe it before reselling it??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37717",
"author": "Jim Manico",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T00:31:22",
"content": "No, its so that when you want to retire your iPhone and possible sell it over ebay, that all of your private data, like email credentials, are permanently wiped from the phone. This is a good thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37718",
"author": "barry99705",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T00:38:32",
"content": "remote wipe is in case you lose your phone you can call up att, or if it’s a corporate phone, your sys-admin can remote wipe it. Hopefully before someone gets the data off it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80375",
"author": "Torres %9",
"timestamp": "2009-07-04T18:06:55",
"content": "great stuff.. beautiful �",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,809.90671
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/nano-gps-logger/
|
Nano GPS Logger
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"gps hacks"
] |
[
"diy",
"gps"
] |
This is a nice, compact gps logger that’s built around a PIC16F872 and some eeprom chips. It was designed for a particular GPS receiver, but should be easily adaptable to others since the unit ouputs standard sentences at 4800 baud. Full schematics and board layout are available on the
project page
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37704",
"author": "fabien",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T15:31:16",
"content": "as a big hackaday fan, I’m very surprised and happy to find out the nano logger I’ve done here :)Note: it’s build around PIC16F876, not PIC16F872.— Fabien",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37705",
"author": "joseph",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T15:56:36",
"content": "one more thing for the bat-belt :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37706",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T18:54:15",
"content": "awesome DIY work. i have a general question, is it possible to make a gps update more than once per second?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37707",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:07:00",
"content": "i approve of this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37708",
"author": "rcharper",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:31:31",
"content": "Adam – To my knowledge 1 per second is standard. To get better time stamps you need to implement an RTK (real time kinetics) system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37709",
"author": "jjrh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T20:01:26",
"content": "Come on miked, we don’t need your approval or disapproval for every post. It’s getting a little old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37710",
"author": "Fabien",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T22:13:52",
"content": "Hi,This GPS is able to make a update every 1/5th second !Fabien",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37711",
"author": "Jim K.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T23:20:28",
"content": "I approve of the disapproval of people posting their approval or disapproval of posts.End it already, the jokes gettin old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37712",
"author": "dietfig",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:30:32",
"content": "Neat! Great work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37713",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2008-06-26T03:47:25",
"content": "@adamIt would be possible to get up to 5hz using the EB-85A gpp reciever (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8266), although the GPS used for this tracker only supports 1 update per second. I haven’t looked at his code, but I believer that it would work ‘out of the box’ using the eb-85a gps and log 5 samples per second.BTW, I am working on a gps logger than also transmits the location and some sensor data back to a base station for rocket tracking applications.http://krazerlasers.com/gps/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58391",
"author": "alliegirl",
"timestamp": "2009-01-09T05:56:38",
"content": "can this be used to track a subject by mounting under a car?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "98049",
"author": "Hansi",
"timestamp": "2009-10-02T03:20:46",
"content": "Here are 10Hz mini GPS modules available:http://www.perthold.de/index_p_en.htm(bottom of page). I got the module for 25 USD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "99020",
"author": "electronic guru",
"timestamp": "2009-10-06T02:22:14",
"content": "Maybe a Trackstick would do the trick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104263",
"author": "gps tracker system",
"timestamp": "2009-10-27T15:46:20",
"content": "Super-Duper site! I love it!! I believe I’m right to say GPS is more accurate than GSM tracking?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.391032
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/25/build-a-twitter-client-with-fluid/
|
Build A Twitter Client With Fluid
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[
"fluid",
"fluidapp",
"ssb",
"twitter"
] |
The
Fluid Site Specific Browser
(SSB) is one of our favorite pieces of kit for Leopard. You can use Fluid to give web services you use constantly like Gmail, Facebook, Wikipedia, or Pandora their own icon and a browser tailored to that site’s specific workflow. Fluid based on WebKit and has plugin support among
many other features
. Embedded above is [Eric Eggert] showing how to
create a reasonable Twitter client
using it. The initial setup is identical to any other Fluid app: point it at
https://twitter.com/
. The clever bit is leveraging Fluid’s GreaseMonkey style userscripting support. He created a userscript to
autorefresh
. A second userscript is used to
strip off all of the extraneous page elements
leaving just the text field and the timeline. Every time you get a new message it generates a growl notification and you can even attach it to the status bar. Best of all: it
avoids all API limitations
since you’re accessing through the web interface.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37698",
"author": "J03P",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T10:22:34",
"content": "I cannot help but wonder about the safety of this.greasemonkey’s functionality proved vulnerable at least a few times, where I believe, javascript on the original page was able to hijack its higher privileges, by overriding existing functions used by greasemonkey scripts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37699",
"author": "epicelite",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T12:03:33",
"content": "Twitter is stupid, why does everyone care? It is just a instant messenger that remembers and shows your messages on a web page.Also I do not think ANYONE would care that they friend went to Publix to get a loaf of bread earlier that day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37700",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T18:50:00",
"content": "this is very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37701",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T19:12:14",
"content": "i approve of this post.there appears to be some hack in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37702",
"author": "Havoc",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T21:05:59",
"content": "miked, since when did you think that anyone cared if you approved of this post or not, or any of the posts for that matter. if you have a comment on the actual post itself leave something, otherwise keep your “approvals” to yourself please.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37703",
"author": "clark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-25T22:50:03",
"content": "@ epicelite:I guess you didn’t hear the story about the young american man who was arrested in Egypt. He twittered that he was being arrested and his friends arranged to get him out ASAP.Looks like you just need some better friends who actually do care what you are up to.http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2911/student-gets-university-help-via-twitter-after-egypt-arrest",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "86764",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2009-08-13T22:49:38",
"content": "The technologie is cool but that guy really sounds gay. I had to say it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.493537
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/backtrack-3-final-is-out/
|
BackTrack 3 Final Is Out
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"backtrack",
"backtrack3",
"backtrack3final",
"linux",
"linuxdistro",
"midnightresearchlabs",
"remote-exploit"
] |
OpenSuse
and
Ubuntu
are perfectly serviceable Linux distros, but we’ve had a soft spot for
BackTrack from the very start
. Good news for us, since yesterday was the long awaited
release of BackTrack 3 Final
. It uses the same 2.6.21.5 kernel as before (to maintain WiFi injection compatibility) and Nessus is still out, but it is not without a great deal of other improvements. Its forensic capabilities are better than ever, largely due to included apps like a
fully functional version of SAINT
and a
special version of Maltego
made just for BackTrack. The
download is free
, but Remote-Exploit is asking users not to distribute it without notifying them first, because they’re trying to keep track of the number of downloads.
[via
Midnight Research Labs
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37373",
"author": "Cyanflux",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T05:25:21",
"content": "I tried out the second beta a while back, but couldn’t manage to get X to start (I think it didn’t include the video drivers my laptop needed, although bt2 works on it). Anyone know if they changed anything along those lines between the beta and final?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37374",
"author": "toaste",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:13:17",
"content": "Am I the only one who noticed that the dragon on their logo is ripped off from a wallpaper by John Le?http://dragonkahn.deviantart.com/art/Sleek-and-Sporty-528791",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37375",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T08:57:12",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.a software update is not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37376",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T09:42:35",
"content": "@mikedSTFU noob. Backtrace is one of the coolest things to ever come out of the Linux live cd movement. If you want to hack networks, hardware, embedded devices, etc. Backtrace if the distro of choice. I have a dozen copies of the 2nd beta sitting around, and I’m now downloading this version. If I didn’t read this HAD article I wouldn’t have found out about a useful tool for HACKING (whitehat fyi)So yeah, its not a hack, but its a tool for hackers. So quit yer bitching.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37377",
"author": "kain",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T17:36:58",
"content": "I do not approve of mike",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37378",
"author": "jake",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T04:18:49",
"content": "toaste, thats the very first thing i noticed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37379",
"author": "alayanimajneb",
"timestamp": "2008-08-04T00:08:04",
"content": "BT3 final, a jewel..I am running it on VMware 6,some problems with SPOONWEP and KISMET…for now…Can I expect more?…no problem at all running from the Live CD!!!Thanks:“Life is a Hack, have a nice HackaDay day”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61334",
"author": "newbies",
"timestamp": "2009-01-30T13:24:05",
"content": "cara installnya gmna neh suhu..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "396533",
"author": "Penetration Testing",
"timestamp": "2011-05-21T06:51:10",
"content": "BackTrack 5 has been released. This new revision has been built from scratch and boasts several major improvements over all our previous releases. Download Backtrack 5 Now",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.433387
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/finding-sensitive-data-with-freeware/
|
Finding Sensitive Data With Freeware
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"ccn",
"darkreading",
"dataloss",
"datalossprevention",
"dlp",
"find_ssn",
"freeware",
"OpenSource",
"opensourcesoftware",
"security",
"spider",
"ssn"
] |
When an organization’s network grows to a certain size, its difficult to keep track of every single piece of sensitive information like credit card numbers or social security numbers. In order to find and secure this data, companies often turn to data loss prevention (DLP) services. This is not a viable option for many organizations, though, as DLP services can often be expensive and time-consuming to deploy.
Such organizations are not entirely without options: a recent article on Dark Reading lists
several DLP tools
authored by teams from various universities, all free to download and use. Programs like The University of Texas at Austin’s
Sensitive Number Finder
and Virginia Tech’s
Find_SSN
were designed to find pieces of data on computers and servers formatted in ways typical to sensitive information (xxx-xx-xxxx for SSNs, for example). This approach can often lead to false positives, so some measure of human control is required. They are also incapable of scanning application servers or other forms of data in transit. Cornell’s
Spider
can scan various application server types using different protocols. When used in conjunction, all of these apps can help secure your data without the expense of outsourcing the job.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37372",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:46:50",
"content": "^(?!000)([0-6]\\d{2}|7([0-6]\\d|7[012]))([ -]?)(?!00)\\d\\d\\3(?!0000)\\d{4}$My google-fu is mighty, here is a RegEx library website:http://regexlib.com/grep is still freely available, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.802582
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/rgb-etched-box/
|
RGB Etched Box
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"box",
"etchedpcb",
"ladyada",
"lamentconfiguration",
"moodlight",
"pcb",
"pcbs",
"rgb",
"rgblights"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG4PWZyR4Sk&hl=en]
[Dine909] brings us this simple
glowing box made out of five etched PCBs
. The PCBs control RGB LEDs inside the box, which is also filled with clear glass beads. The four walls are connected to a base controller board that has a Cypress PSoC chip for color mixing. There’s no writeup, and even though it looks a lot like
the Lament Configuration
, it should be a lot easier to build; any transportation to other dimensions it provides will be strictly figurative.
[via
ladyada
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37367",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T01:26:27",
"content": "i do not approve of this postyoutube video of an led is lame. even if its rgb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37368",
"author": "vinnie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T02:25:02",
"content": "wow that was about 30 sec of my life ill never get back",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37369",
"author": "mav",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T03:02:06",
"content": "not to mention that I’m pretty sure it’s a repost",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37370",
"author": "dine909",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T03:07:05",
"content": "I agree",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37371",
"author": "omega",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T06:45:35",
"content": "Wow, what a bunch of whiners. It’s a pretty slick hack, and gives me a really good idea for a custom Christmas gift.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.843425
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/nintendo-drumaxe-controller/
|
Nintendo DrumAxe Controller
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"8bit",
"circuitbending",
"drumaxe",
"nes",
"nescart",
"nescartridge",
"nescontroller"
] |
We can’t remember the last time a new cart or peripheral for the NES was released, but [Tony Amendolare] at ElektroKraft has just changed that. In conjunction with Nesdev.com, [Amendolare] created
Super Synth Drums
, a NES-compatible cartridge that turns button presses on the NES gamepad into drum sounds synthesized by the NES’s sound chips. To complement his software, he created the Sonic DrumAxe, a controller that looks a bit like a potato gun and is played like a guitar.
The Sonic DrumAxe controller uses a PIC microcontroller to drive a serial to parallel shift register. It has six touch sensors on the neck and one large one on the thick end. Unfortunately it requires custom inputs on the NES console, so it can’t be used with an unmodified NES.
[Amendolare] wrote the Super Synth Drums in 6502 assembly language. He puts the software onto carts using a NES console that has been modified to read and write to cartdridges. The software can be controlled with either the DrumAxe or with standard controls. [Amendolare] also did most of his demoing on a clone Yobo Machine, and it worked perfectly.
If you’d like to get in on the 8-bit circuit bending action, ElectroKraft is selling Super Synth Drums for about $49. This does not include the Sonic DrumAxe, but [Amendolare] told us that he’ll be selling a full package- cart, DrumAxe, and modded NES- on eBay later today. We’ll give you the link as soon as we get it; keep in mind that part of the proceeds of all sales are going to a children’s hospital and a charity to feed the hungry.
UPDATE: [Tony] just sent us a link to his
eBay auction for the DrumAxe set
. Again, this includes the cart, the DrumAxe, and the modded NES.
[via
GetLoFi
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37362",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T23:51:40",
"content": "i do not approve of this posti can’t tell from juan’s description or the site whether where to get the drumaxe. all the hack goodness appears to be in the software, but that is only available on the cartridge. is this an advertisement?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37363",
"author": "Jeremy C",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T00:32:12",
"content": "OK, there’s a little commercial here, but it’s still a sweet hack. I especially like that it’s shaped like a spud gun. Very hackerish to use something unrelated (if it was a spud gun) and turn it into something else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37364",
"author": "Tony Amendolare",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T02:08:12",
"content": "Thank you very much for the post here. I am donating a percentage of sales to St. Jude Children’s Hospital (StJude.org), and to Action Against Hunger (actionagainsthunger.org).If anyone has any questions about the cartridge or the DrumAxe controller, how it was made, etc. Please feel free to e-mail me.I expected to have a tutorial ready, sorry about that. I will be getting some tutorial material together soon.Thanks again,Tony AmendolareElectroKraft",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37365",
"author": "dinK3r",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T03:51:02",
"content": "sweetness… cool hack! i would like to see some sort of a DIY or how its made sort of site for it, that’d be super sweetness!!!but A+ on the hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37366",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T10:49:59",
"content": "You know… I’d really love to see some big name band (or at least one that I like) use this, especially in a music video… it would be pretty freakin sweet!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.593455
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/20/waterproof-usb-for-underwater-cameras/
|
Waterproof USB For Underwater Cameras
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"scuba",
"underwater"
] |
Underwater camera housings work great – but they are prone to humidity, dirt and dust problems if you open them more often than needed. In order to download the images off of his digital camera between dives, [Matt] decided to
add a waterproof external USB port
to his housing. He had an extra 5 pin strobe bulkhead installed by Ikelite (makers of excellent housings). Then he spliced on a mini-usb cable for the camera and spliced a standard USB end onto a strobe cable. During dives, the port is closed with an o-ring sealed cap.
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{
"comment_id": "37353",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T16:22:46",
"content": "YeeGods. Got enough electrical tape up there. Three simple words: heat shrink tubing.Other then that this hack is purely practical. Makes you wonder if the company wont start doing this themselves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37354",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T16:27:59",
"content": "this is a genuinely cool hack. might even build for pro-am photog brother. only thing better would be wireless usb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37355",
"author": "TravisD",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T18:28:11",
"content": "The WiFi thing is actually sort of sorted already — the EyeFi card gives you an SD card with embedded WiFi. I haven’t played with mine in a while to remember if it will “self empty” or not when it connects. Another limitation is that it won’t currently connect to an AdHoc network, so you need to plan to have some sort of real AP for it to connect to.I’ve been real tempted, but sadly to real broke to house my D80 for underwater use.Wonder if Ikelite can come up with some sort of multi-pin universal bulkhead connector – maybe 6-8 pins, with pre-assembled internal and external pigtails to handle USB, power, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37356",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T18:38:02",
"content": "A neat hack indeed. I don’t know how many dSLR’s offer it, but a camera with built-in WiFi would be perfect for a situation like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37357",
"author": "tz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T18:46:03",
"content": "They might not be good for underwater or at depth, but for outside rain, I use the 4 pin microphone connectors you can get at almost any Radio Shack. Polarized with collar you can use to lock the plug into the socket. Common, inexpensive, and big enough to handle a fair amount of current.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37358",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T18:47:34",
"content": "i approve of this hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37359",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T19:02:44",
"content": "@2: wireless usb? Isn’t that what bluetooth is for? The wheel has already been invented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37360",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T00:48:15",
"content": "I’m pretty sure I’ve come across a couple of waterproof connectors for USB ports on mouser/digikey. If you don’t have a cheap port available to hack, you could go for those–they actually comply with USB spec (and have the right shape) and probably would allow for faster transfer because of better signal quality",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37361",
"author": "Matt Segal",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T04:09:34",
"content": "Hi all –I wrote the original article a few years ago, and after some testing, re-wired the setup and posted an update (with photo) on my site:http://www.carbonos.com/reports/usbconnect.htm– it works great now, and the setup is much slimmer.The wireless Eyefi, aside from not being available back then, is much, much too slow for large data transfer, and it drains battery power. Memory cards are much, much cheaper (and of higher capacity) now than they were, so it’s not quite as much as issue to require the USB unless you really do wish to grab images after every dive (rather than waiting until the end of the day).I’ve since upgraded camera setups, but I may look more thoroughly into taking this conversion a step further – fashioning a longer waterproof cable and tethering it to a laptop or similar for remote triggering. The concept would be more successfully applied to one of the newer models of camera with LiveView (or similar) – you could view the underwater scene without getting wet.Thanks for the link, Hack a Day, and for everyone’s comments :-).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54413",
"author": "scuba gear diver",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T18:35:48",
"content": "Another awesome idea from hack-a-day. Wireless, even if configured is always so slow unless you have wifi. This is something I can do on the cheap. Time to go diving!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.712772
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/playstation-2-controller-analysis/
|
Playstation 2 Controller Analysis
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[
"controller",
"digitallogic",
"logic",
"logicanalyzer",
"logicport",
"playstation",
"playstation2",
"spi"
] |
The people at Near Future Laboratory are trying to
spoof the behavior of a Playstation 2 controller
using just a microcontroller. They wrote some initial code using the
controller info found here
, but decided the best way to figure out what was going on, was to probe the interface. They’re using a
Logicport
, which features 34 channels plus two clock channels. They only need six channels because the PS2 implements an SPI protocol plus an ACK line. The post is just a preliminary investigation, but will give you a little insight into how the Logicport works and why you might find it useful.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37349",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:14:41",
"content": "wow, that logicport dealio is pretty incredible for computer eng-based stuff. way beyond my league of desire to understand/use, so I’ll stick with my simpler and more mechanical-based life ;)Sounds pretty useful for decoding any sort of serial communication in a simple or complex embedded environment..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37350",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T16:30:15",
"content": "I did this with the n64 controller almost 10 years ago… it’s not too difficult, although I did have to use an inline resistor since the data line on the N64 controllers is bidirectional. Scope across the resistor gives you positive pulses when one side is pulling down, and negative ones when the other side is. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37351",
"author": "Godi",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T16:44:34",
"content": "Too bad the software for the probe is windows only…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37352",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T19:04:03",
"content": "i approve of this post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72561",
"author": "playstation 2 systems",
"timestamp": "2009-05-04T03:00:21",
"content": "Pretty interesting read, curious to know how this works out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76925",
"author": "Pandora Batteries",
"timestamp": "2009-06-01T05:00:45",
"content": "After a long search through all the “waste of space” blogs, I finally find yours and am happy! Thanks for the informative read, and I look forward to more!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/ice-on-mars/
|
Ice On Mars
|
Eliot
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"ice",
"mars",
"phoenix",
"phoenixlander"
] |
It’s official: the
Phoenix Lander has discovered ice on Mars
. A few days ago, the lander exposed some bright white chunks of material while retrieving a soil sample. These spots have since disappeared over the following days, suggesting they’ve melted. An additional trench found a hard layer at the same depth as the original ice.
The spacecraft team has been dealing with some data storage issues as well and will be pushing a software patch soon.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37327",
"author": "oscinis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T05:07:27",
"content": "not melted, but sublimated. transformed straight from solid ice to gas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37328",
"author": "Steven",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T05:20:23",
"content": "Is the sunlight really hot enough to sublimate the ice? I guess so. Kinda interesting, I know C02 sublimates (dry ice), never thought about conditions on other planets.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37329",
"author": "Joach",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:18:45",
"content": "Sublimation occurs due to the low pressure on Mars. as well. The atmospheric pressure on Mars is lower than the vapor pressure of the water trapped underneath the layers of Martian soil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37330",
"author": "fever",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:19:20",
"content": "the lower atmospheric pressure on mars allows the ice to sublimate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37331",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:40:34",
"content": "I just love it, they spend milions of dollars on this thing and all they can do is watch two pictures and GUESS?great science there …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37332",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:48:58",
"content": "awesome! waited my whole life for this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37333",
"author": "Alex B",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T09:04:19",
"content": "Water on Mars has also been photographed, like so:http://water-on-mars.istheshit.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37334",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T09:46:58",
"content": "How is this a Hack?What makes any one think this isn’t already reported on EVERY OTHER NEWS SITE ON THE INTERNET?/confused.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37335",
"author": "mercy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T10:41:34",
"content": "8 – A non-hack on hackaday?these are clearly the end days. Stock your ammunition, tinned food and fuel.Looks like we’ll be hacking solo from now on. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37336",
"author": "americonium",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T12:38:15",
"content": "Ice on Mars. Cool. Ice on Mars on Hackaday. What’s the big deal? The “masses” doth protest too much, methinks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37337",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T13:03:07",
"content": "You’d think they’d be testing for bacteria in the ice and soil, so they can say there’s life on Mars and get more funding to figure out how we can potentially go to war with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37338",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T15:56:57",
"content": "global warming on mars too? better send a hybrid probe next time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37339",
"author": "Dillon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T17:21:40",
"content": "^ hahaha i like wht he said hahaha ^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37340",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T17:43:46",
"content": "@ louis ii:How is this a hack?!? How can you be so shortsighted as not to see that it’s one of the best frackin’ hacks of all time? You might not have a maker’s soul, but mine is inspired by this!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37341",
"author": "J A Streich",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T18:25:25",
"content": "How do we know it’s ice water? I think they are making quite a logical leap. Are there any substances that under the right condition don’t have a solid, liquid and gas state?Re: the “This isn’t hacking”… Don’t you all think that the pheonix mission is a huge hack? I mean getting a robot rover on another planet, and having it dig to find “ice” and other interesting things?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37342",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T19:00:52",
"content": "i do not approve of this post.not a hack. you can read this info on any associated press feed. also covered on my “new scientist” rss feed.sure the remote vehicle itself is a hack, but there is nothing in the article about the build",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37343",
"author": "rasz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T22:05:30",
"content": ">sure the remote vehicle itself is a hackyes, but it was a hack on NASA funds. SO MUCH MONEY for a junk that can only send pictures …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37344",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T00:02:58",
"content": ">yes, but it was a hack on NASA funds. SO MUCH MONEY >for a junk that can only send pictures …ok. it is a hack for nasa. the mission cost us$420 million, which is not a lot of money for them.cost source –http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358027,00.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37345",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T07:35:35",
"content": "rasz:>yes, but it was a hack on NASA funds. SO MUCH MONEY >for a junk that can only send picturesWell you hack together something and put it on Mars.For all those people that think this doesn’t belong on hackaday, chill out. It’s geeky and cool. How much time did hackaday take from your day to scroll past this since you already know about it. < 1sec",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37346",
"author": "seb",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T02:35:48",
"content": "I hope they don´´t say in a few days oh no it was our bad, we hadn´t took the right pictures.Seriously, having put that thing so far away and put it working is amazing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37347",
"author": "PF",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T01:18:19",
"content": "Maybe the PI got caught with a bad quote, “It must be ice.” Naphthalene (primary ingredient in mothballs) is a white solid, that sublimates at room temperature at atmospheric pressure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37348",
"author": "cjameshuff",
"timestamp": "2008-07-02T15:57:09",
"content": "J A Streich: they know it’s not CO2 ice, because it’s far too hot for it to exist long enough to get a picture at that location and at those near-vacuum pressures. Think “ice cube on a frying pan”, without the liquid phase. The alternatives were water ice and salt deposits, and salt deposits don’t sublimate, at least not at those conditions.Also, it’s not a rover, just a lander. The scientists are going to get to know that patch of ground *real* well by the time the place ices over and ends the mission…rasz: Make some attempt to learn something about the mission before shooting your mouth off…the pictures are a tiny fraction of the science this mission does. There’s spectrometers, sample ovens, electrochemical cells, an atomic force microscope, a bunch of meteorological equipment…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.769552
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/neutering-the-apple-remote-desktop-exploit/
|
Neutering The Apple Remote Desktop Exploit
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"appleremotedesktop",
"applescript",
"ard",
"ardagent",
"exploit",
"OsX",
"slashdot",
"tuaw"
] |
Yesterday, Slashdot reported a
privilege escalation vulnerability in OSX
. Using AppleScript you can tell the ARDAgent to execute arbitrary shell script. Since, ARDAgent is running as root, all child processes inherit root privleges. Intego
points out
that if the user has activated Apple Remote Desktop sharing the ARDAgent can’t be exploited in this fashion. So, the short term solution is to turn on ARD, which you can do without giving any accounts access privileges.
TUAW has an illustrated guide
to doing this in 10.4 and 10.5.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37295",
"author": "Preston",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T01:08:54",
"content": "BREAKING NEWS: APPLE NOT AS SECURE AS IT’S MORONIC USERS ASSUMED!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37296",
"author": "Mikoangelo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T05:07:11",
"content": "Preston:1) The company’s name is Apple. The OS name is Mac OS X.2) Who the hell in their right minds would claim a system is impenetrable? There will always be faults; only non-technical people would say such a thing — and if you’re referring to such people, then you’re basically making fun of people for their technical illiteracy (== not good).3) Not all Mac^H^H^HApple users are moronic. In fact, most of them know grammar.4) The genitive of “it” is “its,” not “it’s.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37297",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T10:48:24",
"content": "Might want to point out that this is a local and not remote exploit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37298",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T11:15:48",
"content": "This is a pretty simple flaw – direct execution of script. Any brief look at the design could’ve spotted that one. I wonder how many more complex vunrabilities will show up when the experts really dig into it? Hopefully apple will design system wide security features like address randomisation and the NX bit to eliminate lots of vunrabilities all at once.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136491",
"author": "Jere Valenta",
"timestamp": "2010-04-17T00:48:28",
"content": "I’m so lucky to have found this blog. You literally told me exactly what I wanted to hear and then some. Beautiful writing and thanks again for making this free!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,810.672826
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/wiretapping-and-how-to-avoid-it/
|
Wiretapping And How To Avoid It
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"News"
] |
[
"bug",
"cellphone",
"surveillance",
"voip",
"wireless",
"wiretap",
"wiretapping",
"wiretaps"
] |
No matter who you suspect is plotting your doom, you’ll need need to know the way wiretapping works in order to learn their plans and shield yourself from their surveillance. Luckily, ITSecurity has posted
a comprehensive
article about wiretapping
, including information on how to wiretap and how to find out if someone is wiretapping you.
One of the more intriguing methods of wiretapping the articles discusses is a service by a company called
FlexiSPY
. It works by covertly installing a program onto the target’s cellphone. Once installed, the spying party can listen to anything going on in the room the target is in by calling the phone. It won’t ring, vibrate, or give any indication that it is transmitting audio data.
Some of the more hack-oriented methods involve tapping into a landline, using special software to record VoIP calls, or buying a wiretapping kit. Of course, countermeasures, are also discussed, but some of the links they provide are a little more
informative on the topic of defense against wiretapping
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37289",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T00:02:55",
"content": "As a phone technician, I have to agree. It’s SOOO easy to spy on any landline when you have the will to do it. (And in my case, when I have all the tools to do it easily)This article was interesting for me though since I didn’t no it could be done so easily with cell phones !Thanks Hack’A’Day !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37290",
"author": "D.G.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T01:54:28",
"content": "When a call is being made on a cell phone for more than a short period of time, the phone gets warm. If a tapped cell phone is continually transmitting audio data, wouldn’t it get warm / have its battery inexplicably die faster than usual? I suppose the tapping software could try and cover this up by making the phone look like it is in an area with no coverage, and is continually seeking reception.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37291",
"author": "ignition",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T08:23:13",
"content": "they do get warm, but only us geeks would even notice this, and the battery life thing would also be nearly unnoticed by the victim, unless they were tech savvy, which could be the case, but is somewhat unlikely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37292",
"author": "Todd Grigsby",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T19:46:29",
"content": "I have to be honest, I don’t think the FlexiSpy thing is all that interesting. My wife’s phone calls me on a regular basis from her purse or car simple because she bumps it. I can’t ever make out what anyone’s saying or even tell who is in the room with her, even when I know she’s probably at work or home. Cell phone pickup just isn’t that good for background noises, and most of them are designed to screen it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37293",
"author": "Coyotecom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T00:51:37",
"content": "I think I’d be able to tell if my cell was transmitting, I keep leaving it by the speakers on my computer. Load buzzing noises when it connects to the network, and they get louder still when it’s sending and receiving.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37294",
"author": "weregeek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T11:34:29",
"content": "This article ignores the fact that a sensitive inductive probe can be used to listen to a standard telephone pair with no splicing.There is also no reason that the resulting audio couldn’t be transmitted by other means.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1009093",
"author": "Lee Pennington",
"timestamp": "2013-05-27T23:29:14",
"content": "I am currently being tapped AND IT IS AWESOME!#! I have SO MUCH FUN EVERYDAY!!! Thank you for listening! I enjoy making stupid sounds, and acting like a complete idiot, BCAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1095955",
"author": "Haley",
"timestamp": "2013-11-09T09:52:04",
"content": "People wiretapped others for so many reasons, Some will do it out of complete jealousy, I did’nt know that running several websites and forums could cause rivals to get upset to the point of stalking you online and pay people to stalk you offline while going about your day to day business, intercepting your calls and hanging them up, constantly hack your forums and websites, hack all the forum users accounts, try their best to stop you from posting topics. Post similar topics and articles to their websites while pretending it was them who first wrote it, abuse you constantly, taunt you on a daily basis then if you dare open your mouth to defend yourself call you a terrorist, Im in complete shock of the extremes and length people go to when they cannot contain the jealousy and pent up envy they have against you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.120194
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/check-washing-vulnerabilities/
|
Check Washing Vulnerabilities
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"banking",
"security",
"shred everything",
"ShredEverything"
] |
[vector] sent in some of his other work, but I found his posts(
part 1,
part 2
,
part 3
and
final thoughts
) on check washing experiments pretty interesting. His results should be enough to make you think twice about writing checks. He tested a few different pens and tested them on real check using Acetone and Alcohol as solvents.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37280",
"author": "herbicide",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T15:15:07",
"content": "There are pens with ink designed to foil cheque washing, most notably the Uniball Signo 207 (recommended by a certain Mr K. Mitnick IIRC)MacTech of EDCF did a comprehensive ink durability test herehttp://edcforums.com/index.php?topic=14009.0though the images aren’t loading for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37281",
"author": "flowolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T15:17:09",
"content": "it’s a wonder you still use checks so much. i’ve never writen a check in my life.either we pay, here in austria, with credit card, bank account card or cash of course. if the amount is so big you can’t handle it by one of the mentioned ways. bank transfer is a way…i think checks do have some vulnerabilities that make them ‘dangerous’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37282",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T15:28:08",
"content": "I hate checks the only time I use them is when I have to pay a bill to some company that is too archaic to use credit card, I also keep one in my wallet in case of emergency(it’s come in handy on more than one occasion).In general though, I’m of the opinion that no purchase is too expensive to pay cash. I bought my last 3 cars cash. It’s amazing how persuasive you can be over the price of a car when you’re offering them a literal brick of hundred dollar bills as opposed to stupid amounts of paper work or waiting for a check to clear.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37283",
"author": "Crosius",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T16:16:45",
"content": "If you write with a fountain pen, “Noodlers Ink” makes several different inks that form chemical bonds with the cellulose in the paper and cannot be washed out. Some work better than others (“Bulletproof” Black is a good one)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37284",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:04:30",
"content": "Heh. I’ve gone through a single book of checks since I left high school, and I’m 28. My electric company (BGE) was too cheap to spring for credit-card processing, then they started to offer the “service” — through a 3rd-party processor who charged a ~$5 “convenience fee”. Fortunately, this year they got their shit together and started doing direct-debit on their website.Other than that, I only use checks to send money through the mail to Amish people (not kidding).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37285",
"author": "PenguiN",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:40:56",
"content": "It does seem like neither of the techniques tested (acetone or alcohol) was completely benign to the check. Acetone completely destroyed the security ink on the back, and alcohol changed the color of the background and left red spotting. Maybe a vigilant bank would notice such things. Then again, maybe not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37286",
"author": "Anthony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T19:52:05",
"content": "I’m a bank teller, and any of that discoloration or spotting would be noticeable immediately. We also have a device that shows us the embedded flecks of colors and such in checks using UV light. Most checks that come in are from local institutions, and seeing those so often, we’d notice a fake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37287",
"author": "biqut2",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T20:09:52",
"content": "This is really old news.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37288",
"author": "Pokey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T20:23:23",
"content": "Long ago someone I knew in sales confessed that they regularly microwaved checks for a few seconds before sending them out. He said that this erased the charge on the magnetic ink used for the computer-readable numbers at the bottom (MICR). The checks he wrote would take an inordinately long time to clear because they would have to be manually verified. These days I’m pretty sure it’s done optically though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.16106
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/19/the-price-of-his-toys-returns/
|
The Price Of His Toys Returns
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"carkit",
"carkits",
"cars",
"kitcar",
"thepriceofhistoys"
] |
We’re big fans of
scratch built transportation
and got some great news earlier this month: After a long hiatus,
thepriceofhistoys.com
has returned and is ready to serve up all the news about kit cars and home-built cars that you could want. For those who don’t know, kit cars are sets of car parts that require assembly often lacking drivetrain components, which must be acquired from donor vehicles. Aside from kit cars, home-builds, and the occasional custom job, many of the cars the site discusses are also for sale.
Kit cars can be pretty fun on their own, but many of the builds featured on the site spice it up further by adding varying levels of customization. This
Tornado McLaren M6 GTR Replica
, for example, uses a 3.5L V8 Rover engine and some custom body work to improve visibility. Another fascinating and rare kit uses a Beetle’s chassis and features
a body that looks like a Beetle crossed with a Porche
. Of course, none of these are as practical
cutting a Geo Metro in half for improved milage
, but to car kit builders, practicality holds a very low place on their list of priorities.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37275",
"author": "Shannon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T19:19:29",
"content": "I was wondering why my hits went WAY up today! Thanks for mentioning the relaunch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37276",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T23:51:53",
"content": "Crossed? Uh, you mean back-crossed?The original Beetle was built by Porche. IIRC, Hitler was the one that pushed him to build a down-market car in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37277",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T23:53:25",
"content": "Building my own car has always been an interesting concept to me. My uncle built a Ford AC replica with a Factor 5 kit and a Mustang drive train a few years back. The problem with most kit cars IMO is that bodies typically look like they were designed by an engineer and not an industrial designer, not to mention the interiors are typically utilitarian and racecarish neither of which appeal to me.I’m currently building up a Nissan 240sx of which I’m swapping all of the front end components as well as dropping in a LS1 motor. My end result intent is to have a car that looks nothing like anything else on the road but at the same time looks like it was made that way by the factory, while at the same time being incredibly fast (350+whp fast) as well as nimble (2600lbs 48in tall nimble) and with decent mileage (by my estimation I’ll get ~32mpg highway).kit cars are nice but about the only appeal I see is in the adventure of building it… though I think I’d be unhappy with the end product since most chassis that make good donors are either slow or handle horribly and as I said before I don’t really care for the way most kits look. … If I actually knew how to fab my own fiberglass parts and was good at it I’d love to try my hand at designing my own chassis from scratch… I don’t even know where to start with that stuff though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37278",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T00:06:10",
"content": "something else I thought of after posting the above. I’d love to see some kit car companies try their hand at off-road vehicles. Seeing a replica of a classic Chevy step side or a late 80s Toyota 4runner with a removable top, and of course Jeeps and Hummers. Seems like it would be a good fit for the utilitarian styling that most kits have, not to mention those classic off-roading vehicles are hard to find because by their very nature they’re driven into the ground.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37279",
"author": "hullwork",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T20:31:32",
"content": "haha, i didnt think about one of shannon’s “other” projects turning up here. makes sense i guess. i check hackaday almost as much as bmezine. rock on shannon, and rock on hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55728",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2008-12-18T10:29:47",
"content": "I like this kind of toys:D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168728",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2010-08-15T03:09:16",
"content": "Why has this web site stopped?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.457471
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/decaffeinatid-simple-security-log-monitor/
|
DecaffeinatID: Simple Security Log Monitor
|
Eliot
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"irongeek",
"security",
"windowsxp",
"xp"
] |
Irongeek put together a
simple program for monitoring network shenanigans
when you’re on an untrusted network like the coffee shop. It sits in the Windows Systray and notifies you about a variety of events. It alerts you when it sees the MAC address of the IP gateway change. It watches the security log and warns you of any attempted or successful logins. The firewall log is also monitered. Try it out and send him any bug reports/feature requests you might have.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37266",
"author": "Ricky",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:38:41",
"content": "For the Firewalllog setting in Vista, open the start menu and type Windows Firewall. Click to open “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” (not “Windows Firewall”). In the right pane, click Properties. Then in the Logging section, click the Customize button. The Name field contains the location of the log file; copy that field and paste it into the decaffeinatid.ini setting.Also I’m testing it now, but it looks to me like Sleep should be something considerably larger than 0. Remember it’s in milliseconds; for the not-so-tech-savvy reader, that means 1000 = 1 second.I’m always a little wary of polling programs; they cause minute up-and-down spikes in CPU usage…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37267",
"author": "inert",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:10:13",
"content": "could you please stop linkbaiting with the software “hacks”?if you want to talk about software hacks, then get into serious code-fu-phrack-type stuff, not random x program for the (oh-so-elite) windows system tray.thx.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37268",
"author": "Mat Schaffer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:11:31",
"content": "It’s this sort of stuff that’s got me considering removing hack-a-day from my feedreader. Would you consider creating a separate feed for the really interesting DIY hacks? This particular post is really nothing more than a software announcement.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37269",
"author": "Mat Schaffer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:24:39",
"content": "Actually, if anyone’s interested I realized that I could address the issue of uninteresting posts with yahoo pipes.http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=bk9rlas_3rgrjqaqmlrx_q",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37270",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:20:49",
"content": "Please for the love of god do go ahead and remove hackaday from your reader so the rest of us can peruse the comments without seeing your god-damned bitching. Seriously, folks, it’s free. How can you read “decaffeinatid: simple security log monitor” and *not* know it’s an article about a software package? If that doesn’t appeal to you, *ignore it*.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37271",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:22:52",
"content": "Why complain about the flavor of the free ice cream?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37272",
"author": "thenameisbam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T22:30:57",
"content": "is anyone else getting virus scanners or anything like that telling you that the site is bad?http://reclassify.wrs.trendmicro.com/wrsonlinequery.aspxand unfortunatly the security gateway at my work wont let me in because its classified as a “site which is known to Trend Micro to be a malicious web site. “",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37273",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T09:59:49",
"content": "Funny… not open source… and not really customizable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37274",
"author": "Irongeek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T17:05:27",
"content": "The source is in the zip file. Feel free to mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "986683",
"author": "GoodPeople",
"timestamp": "2013-03-30T06:11:26",
"content": "So.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "986686",
"author": "GoodPeople",
"timestamp": "2013-03-30T06:12:39",
"content": "It’s been about 3 years now, has a better alternative program been released?",
"parent_id": "986683",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,811.223102
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/hardware-fail/
|
Hardware FAIL
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"fail",
"graphicscard",
"hardware",
"NVIDIA",
"nvidia7800",
"photobasement"
] |
This forum post from 2005 has us at a loss for words. Please educate your loved ones. Only you can prevent senseless hardware mutilation.
[via
PhotoBasement
]
| 35
| 35
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37232",
"author": "Brock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:23:19",
"content": "/me shakes head.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37233",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:26:06",
"content": "I’ve heard of non-tech people being stupid when it comes to computers, but this is just ridiculous…EPIC FAIL!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37234",
"author": "Ricky",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:28:12",
"content": "Original thread:http://www.tech-forums.net/showthread.php?threadid=68275&perpage=15&pagenumber=1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37235",
"author": "Joseph Lopez",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:41:50",
"content": "wrong my friend… this constitutes an epic PHail…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37236",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:44:39",
"content": "that… hurt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37237",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:04:54",
"content": "What about the guy who opened up his UMD disk for his PSP? Not as expensive but still pretty stupid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37238",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:12:46",
"content": "Hackaday: now memetically enhanced!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37239",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:28:35",
"content": "so your posting photoshops now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37240",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:53:20",
"content": "this post has quite a bit a fail in it. i would expect this from juan, not eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37241",
"author": "ignition",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:13:26",
"content": "my dear sweet jesus… please help to edumacate those poor poor folks… or at least cast them to the bottom a tech-less pit!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37242",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:34:37",
"content": "Pity it wasn’t a 64bit pci card rather than pci express… it most likely would’ve worked with his butcher job… (though most motherboards are designed so the 64bit card can fit in the 32bit slot without butchering anyway)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37243",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:35:47",
"content": "successful troll is successful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37244",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:53:41",
"content": "At first I thought he meant that he cut the heat shield down to size, and then thought perhaps it was the base of the circuit board. Then I realised that he was referring to removing the pins. the part that connect the motherboard to the daughter board. where the data goes. so he can fit it into a slot that is OBVIOUSLY the wrong standard.*sob*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37245",
"author": "kureshii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T09:01:43",
"content": "Reminds me of the even older story where alleged n00b trimmed his 5.25″ diskette to fit it in a 3.5″ floppy drive…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37246",
"author": "tantris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T09:10:17",
"content": "Cut away even more and you have a PCI x1 card.The left over pieces can then be used for termination in the spare slots… ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37247",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T09:33:34",
"content": "There are some people on this planet, who should not be allowed to breed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37248",
"author": "Daisjun",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T11:08:58",
"content": "‘posted: August 26th, 2005 at 12:49 AM’Think that’s about when I remember first seeing this post too, seriously, get with the times much?Also photoshopped.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37249",
"author": "aleks clark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T11:10:50",
"content": "this is an ancient item. ANCIENT. wtf is it doing on what use to be my highest SNR site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37250",
"author": "Brodie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T12:01:37",
"content": "Troll for sure, there was another one where the guy cut CPU pins and jammed it into the socket… Gets the attention they set out to get.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37251",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T13:35:53",
"content": "I did something similar, back when I was young and foolish, though to this day I still don’t know why it didn’t work.Here’s how I remember it: In ’94, I tried adding a CD drive to my family’s Compaq Presario (?) 486DX33. This was in the days where you still worried whether the CD drive was “Redbook” compatible and whatever.I wanted to plug in the CD drive to the IDE bus. The computer cable only had one slot, for the hard drive, but I must’ve found a two-slot cable and plugged the CD and hard drive onto that.The CD drive was never correctly detected along with the hard drive, whichever way I fiddled the jumpers and bios settings. It was sometimes detected, and one day I was able to transfer data from it.It completely corrupted the hard drive contents.To this day, I still believe the IDE interface on the Presario only supported one device. Nowadays, I wonder if the interface actually was IDE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37252",
"author": "simmo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T14:04:50",
"content": "john either your hard drive or CDROM or m/board was stuffed (maybe you weren’t wearing an anti-static strap???) the only ide interfaces i’ve ever come across that only support one device are in RAID interfaces (which I doubt your PC had in ’94 as they were VERY expensive back then).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37253",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T14:16:31",
"content": "I think we’ve all done something stupid once before. I remember when I first got a burner I was fairly new to CDs and general and tried to use a regular pen to write on the label… it took me a few bad discs before I realized I was killing them as soon as I got done burning them.This poor sap in the article is that the mercy of his “friend” I guarantee you that if I told a relative they needed to cut off the pins to make the card fit they would do it and wouldn’t think twice about it… that’s just MEAN.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37254",
"author": "Trez",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T16:32:59",
"content": "epic leroy jenkins style… that just ruined my day, thanks hack-a-day. I guess with one post you giveth and with another you taketh away.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37255",
"author": "Edward Nardella",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:14:38",
"content": "Uhh if that is PCIe it should still work in a 1X slot or 2X or more depending on how much he cut off.Lots of 1X slots on MOBOS are open ended fo larger cards can fit in, it is traditional to mod the slot and NOT the card, at least that’s what I have read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37256",
"author": "killerpiggypie@gmail.com",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:21:58",
"content": "0/10",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37257",
"author": "wally",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T20:38:34",
"content": "My dad tells me of a time (back in the day) when his company just started distributed software on these “amazing, new” 3.25″, DOUBLE SIDED floppy disks.He was sent out to provide support for someone who “couldn’t install the software from the provided disks”.He arrives, and asks the client to demonstrate how far the install goes before stopping.The client faithfully inserts the first disk, starts the install, reads the prompt for the next disk, takes it out, flips it, force-rams it back in again…;)And don’t even get me started on my friend who plugged a PCI sound card in while the computer was still running… or the guy who conveniently plugged a (stupidly designed) 12v PSU lead onto his new HD’s Master/Slave/Cable select connector. “It just happened to fit so I plugged it in. Then smoke came out.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37258",
"author": "Yappingboy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T21:00:48",
"content": "He is NUBLET",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37259",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T22:05:56",
"content": "“21. Uhh if that is PCIe it should still work in a 1X slot or 2X or more depending on how much he cut off.Lots of 1X slots on MOBOS are open ended fo larger cards can fit in, it is traditional to mod the slot and NOT the card, at least that’s what I have read.”You are correct, l have personally done this both ways, first with the motherboard:http://picasaweb.google.com/nubie07/PCIEX1/photo#5054159711464753282Then with the card:http://picasaweb.google.com/nubie07/PCIeX102/photo#5174809524446028994http://picasaweb.google.com/nubie07/PCIeX102/photo#5174809666179949778On that card l managed to cut the internal power path to the RAM voltage control, l wound up connecting it to the unused fan header with some wrapping wire.The wrapping wire you see in the last photo is a repair to the differential pair, l cut through it as l was making a notch for the x1 connector.That card has been working for months, it still is in use every day for 4-8 hours.l don’t recommend it with an expensive card going into a PCI motherboard, but there are some motherboards with x1-x8 connectors that this may work fine on. Generally if you don’t understand connector pitch width you shouldn’t actually try anything like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37260",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T01:23:04",
"content": "This is a standard “If it doesn’t fit .. get a Bigger Hammer” and you’d be surprized how often this happened with ISA->PCI cards UGH…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37261",
"author": "spaceballs",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T01:34:13",
"content": "Actually one can take some PCI-E x16 video card and mod them to fit in an 4x slot, and yes this has worked before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37262",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T07:36:55",
"content": "Epic Fail. Who would cut off the pins? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37263",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T08:21:33",
"content": "The article does lead to posts that are readable, even if the article is a bit fail.And I must say that to my disbelieve I did meet devices in my life where they actually forgot to properly machine the parts and left holes filled or plastic attached that was suppose to be removed, and that was quite confusing.As for electronics madness, I had it several times that when I bought a product from reputable companies and looked inbetween the heatsink and the chips I found they didn’t make any contact and there was a sizeable gap (always check).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37264",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T10:01:42",
"content": "Nearly 3 month old internet thread that was a fad over 2 years a go???Waste of Bandwidth?*sigh*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37265",
"author": "HawkPidgeon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T07:40:00",
"content": "I hope you all know that this was actually a joke… most people fell for it though lol (for a while anyway).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "109245",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-11-27T22:50:05",
"content": "I heard the story about broken cup holder (cd player)…but this is just damn funny!!! lol. man",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.346097
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/atari-7800-portable/
|
Atari 7800 Portable
|
Eliot
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[
"7800",
"atari",
"atari7800",
"benheck",
"console",
"portable"
] |
Ben Heck has just wrapped up his latest project, a
portable Atari 7800
. He had meant to do this a long time ago, but lacking experience, the complex looking circuit board scared him off. It features a seven inch display, rechargeable batteries, combination driving and paddle controllers, plus AV out. The console was built by request and just like his other pojects: he’s not shy about showing you how it’s put together. Look for a making-of coming soon.
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| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37231",
"author": "killerpiggypie@gmail.com",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T05:26:45",
"content": "this tickles my inner child",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.641083
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/firefox-3-vulnerability/
|
Firefox 3 Vulnerability
|
Eliot
|
[
"firefox hacks",
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"0day",
"browser",
"ff3",
"firefox",
"firefox3",
"tippingpoint",
"webbrowser",
"zdi",
"zeroday"
] |
TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative
reported a critical vulnerability affecting Firefox 3.0
yesterday. It includes the 2.0 versions as well. It’s unreleased and Mozilla is working on a fix already. Whatever the exploit is, it does require the user to visit a malicious site or click a link to executed. It came in 5 hours after the FF3 release, but since it affects previous versions, we wonder if the researcher was just sitting on it to be first. The
Zero Day Initiative
pays researchers for the exploits they submit.
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| 1
| 1
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37227",
"author": "Wwhat",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T08:32:00",
"content": "I love how MS always has those excuses, and now mozilla too it seems, ‘you are only affected by this hole in the browser if you visit sites’, yeah right, that’s comforting and a perfect excuse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.379818
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/adobe-airs-most-install-worthy-apps/
|
Adobe Air’s Most Install-worthy Apps
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"adobeair",
"air",
"rias",
"richinternetapplicat...",
"runtime",
"snackr",
"twhirl"
] |
Lifehacker has listed the
top 10 apps that make installing AIR worth your time and effort
. Among them are social networking widgets, RSS readers, and other utilities. As you may know,
AIR is a set of cross-platform runtimes
that allow developers to create rich internet apps that work on various different operating systems. The runtime environment is just as straightforward to install as any other ( JRE, for example).
Snackr
and
Twhirl
, are both staples here at Hack a Day HQ for tracking news. We’ve also heard good things about Google Analytics Report Suite, which can be really useful for tracking site traffic. Still, we’re inclined to think that our audience could write software that’s at least as creative or useful. If you think you’re up to it,
download the Adobe AIR SDK
and get crackin’.
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| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37220",
"author": "vampyre",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T05:54:33",
"content": "this is pretty weak. perhaps you guys should change the name of this site to “what ever we can think of post about”. if this software had been modified to do something it wasn’t meant to do , then, maybe it would make a good post. but to just start listing of applications you like? thats just sad. if you guys need that much help i’ll gladly write up some articlesi’ve been a loyal reader for a long time and i’m actually considering taking the site off my google gadget list. i hate to be harsh like this but, wow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37221",
"author": "vsnine",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:25:29",
"content": "I like the new format. Maily because I don’t read slashdot anymore because of all the trolls.Air looks pretty interesting, maybe it can reduce my “program clutter”…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37222",
"author": "sifel",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T10:49:51",
"content": "i hope #2 is trolling..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37223",
"author": "Dab",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:48:09",
"content": "“this is pretty weak. perhaps you guys should change the name of this site to “what ever we can think of post about”. if this software had been modified to do something it wasn’t meant to do , then, maybe it would make a good post. but to just start listing of applications you like? thats just sad. if you guys need that much help i’ll gladly write up some articlesi’ve been a loyal reader for a long time and i’m actually considering taking the site off my google gadget list. i hate to be harsh like this but, wow.”My sentiments exactly. Shame really that Hackaday has become another /. and a poor imitation at that. Dissapointment Pie me thinks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37224",
"author": "miked",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T20:00:45",
"content": "“but to just start listing of applications you like?”the main post seems to be adobe air applications that lifehacker likes",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37225",
"author": "joseph",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T22:17:50",
"content": "Yeah it seems like lifehacker has been making a few appearances on hackaday as of late. And Slashdot wouldn’t even post this story. This is like…digg stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37226",
"author": "Louis II",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T10:10:12",
"content": "Comment #1 makes sense.Comment #2 does not understand that the trolls will come here when they see the similar news topics/format.Comment #3 is trolling, obviously.Comment #4 true.Comment #5 Funny and True.Comment #6 has explained why I don’t use Digg.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.419991
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/sonicwall-still-hates-us/
|
SonicWALL Still Hates Us
|
Eliot
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"blocked",
"panera",
"proxy",
"sonicwall",
"ssh"
] |
In case you’ve ever wondered, “why don’t I ever run into those Hack a Day scamps at the Panera?” It’s because SonicWALL thinks we’re a “Hacking/Proxy Avoidance Systems” and the more inexplicable “Usenet News Groups.” We’ve gotten many reports from readers over the years about getting blocked by various vendors’ proxies. Do you have any trouble viewing Hack a Day from your school/work? What “service” are they using? We use ssh’s
application level dynamic port forwarding
to get around most systems when we’re on the road.
| 34
| 34
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37193",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T04:50:23",
"content": "yeah, i hate that. When I’m at school hackaday is always blocked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37194",
"author": "mike different mike",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T05:11:39",
"content": "I use opendns (free) at work to block all the porn sites and anonymous proxys so there aren’t easy ways around it. The first thing I noticed blocked was hackaday. But since I’m the admin, I just added it to the whitelist. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37195",
"author": "andres",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T05:48:01",
"content": "they use lightspeed systems at our school and i cant get through to hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37196",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:20:01",
"content": "it’s blocked at my work, too, even an RSS live bookmark in firefox. However it shows up just fine when viewed through Google Reader.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37197",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:49:52",
"content": "luckily hackaday was never blocked at skool… surprisingly enough, the admins see me reading it regularly, but have never blocked it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37198",
"author": "Spi Waterwing",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T06:58:49",
"content": "Sonicwall blocks you as Hacking/Proxy Avoidance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37199",
"author": "gadgix",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:04:45",
"content": "Hackaday is blocked at my job. They use websense. I just use TOR to get around it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37200",
"author": "Dylan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T07:13:48",
"content": "We have Barracuda, and as of 3 weeks ago (schools been out for about 2 weeks now), it’s still not blocked, although many similar sites are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37201",
"author": "Harrison",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:10:28",
"content": "My schools 8e6 Firewall blocked hackaday.com (as well as yahoo.com) for being on the blacklist. Put a www in front of it though, and it worked.Hooray for incompetent IT staff! They also had an (apparently) older version of Smoothwall that didn’t block it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37202",
"author": "ignition",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:17:55",
"content": "my school blocks this site, and almost all other sites i try and visit (music, linux, hacking, all of which are listed as reasons that they are blocked) using their lightspeed content filtering… i went through a proxy every couple days until i got caught, then i just decided to use my nokia n800, *gets all shifty eyed* i didn’t hack the school’s very poorly secured wireless networks i haven’t the foggiest clue about that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37203",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T09:27:00",
"content": "The T-Mobile Content Lock thinks hackaday.com is “Adult content”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37204",
"author": "badspyro",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T10:30:21",
"content": "Smeg, my systems admins at highschool were compitent, inteligent systems admins who wrote parts of our web filter (DansGuardian), and even noticed me surfing round it via translating the web pages into german – was just a pity that they couldn’t understand german and thus wern’t able to add anything to the filter :pRussian and Japanese worked well behind the Systemec filter at collage, and so did the most basic of proxys, although that was almost definately due to bad systems administration…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37205",
"author": "Titcher",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T12:16:29",
"content": "They block this website at the college I go to using the nazi-proxy sophos webguard or whatever. Fortunately the old squid proxy stayed in place, so we all use that to get to most websites while keeping the speed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37206",
"author": "hoon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T16:00:13",
"content": "No problems on NCSU’s campus",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37207",
"author": "Bryan Riabs",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T16:12:26",
"content": "I am at work we use Websense and it works here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37208",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:39:14",
"content": "Sonicwall is the WORST company I have ever had dealings with. A customer of mine ditched his old IT consultant in favor of hiring me. The old guy wouldn’t pony up the password for the Sonicwall backup device. The password recovery mechanism wasn’t working. Sonicwall sent a replacement device to the wrong address and UPS returned it as undeliverable. It’s been TWO YEARS now and they still won’t try to send another replacement!No wonder they won’t listen to you. They don’t listen to anyone!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37209",
"author": "GoatTuber",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T21:10:15",
"content": "Weird, no problems here. SonicWall Pro 4060 at work, and SOHO3 at home. I’ve never had a problem reaching hackaday from either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37210",
"author": "StickyWidget",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T22:06:58",
"content": "Websense blocks hackaday sometimes, sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t really care anymore, I route all my web traffic through SSH back to my house.~Sticky",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37211",
"author": "Tijmen Stam",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T00:12:55",
"content": "Actually, Delta Lloyd (a dutch insurer) had your site blacklisted, by websens, However, after a few days, I could enter this site anyway.Tijmen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37212",
"author": "jimbo honimbo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T01:41:02",
"content": "at my school it’s not blocked, as the IT guy here does this kind of stuff so he doesn’t care when he sees me on it, but for things like youtube or other stuff I have firefox installed on my flash drive and goto the library where for some reason he has not yet realized that external devices are allowed to run unknown programs without the admin pass… so he never set blocks that work for firefox!also, when I tried accessing the C: drive via firefox, it wasn’t blocked either… as a prank I edited an .xml file for a program he uses for a class (some rocketrty program) and put parodies of teacher’s names and other schools as the names of the materials you build the rockets from, he had no idea how it was done, but he was assured that there was no vital breach in security (through an anonymous .txt file)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37213",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T06:23:48",
"content": "my ex works there and probably still hates me too, so join the club.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37214",
"author": "chris flynn",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T19:20:28",
"content": "I’m surprised no one has mentioned openvpn. At my last job they used websense and while hackaday wasn’t blocked, many other sites were. I always use openvpn when on a public network, first my server doesn’t block any sites and secondly, it encrypts all my communications so no one can sniff them. Plus I can easily mount my nfs mount for my music. Proxy’s are nice but once openvpn is setup, I just have to click connect and I’m connected. (Using tunnelblick on my mac)It can be a little tricky to setup the forwarding bits but fairly easy to setup if you have a linux box at home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37215",
"author": "tomc",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T13:06:07",
"content": "It was blocked at my school, I also used application level forwarding with putty (windoze computers, no permissions to install stuff). Freecap also worked well for tunnelling remote desktop/vnc out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37216",
"author": "Xbox2002",
"timestamp": "2008-06-22T10:13:55",
"content": "*caugh* I just found a XSS *caugh*http://www.xssed.com/search?key=xbox2002",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37217",
"author": "kerianne",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:16:41",
"content": "cant get on bebo stupid t-mobile content lock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37218",
"author": "Incudie",
"timestamp": "2008-06-23T19:57:12",
"content": "Damn… best bet imo is to either use a web proxy or SSH tunnel, should be fine since outbound SPI is usually wide open. In the more recent versions (4.0+) There is an HTTPS IP based web filter, still relatively buggy though.I’d suggest Hack-a-day have a https version then just browse by IP (preferably a different public IP then the HTTP version that may not be cached in CFS).Yeah… I have to work with these shitty things all day…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37219",
"author": "BS",
"timestamp": "2008-07-25T18:58:32",
"content": "My company uses SonicWALL and I can view your site just fine. Maybe there’s a custom administration list set to allow? I doubt it, but I’m here reading it right now :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94063",
"author": "dan feeley",
"timestamp": "2009-09-15T14:02:07",
"content": "to get passed sonicwall for this site just use the cached version",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "157160",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2010-07-10T15:54:44",
"content": "Hack-a-day is also blocked by Vodafone in the uk. I’m on my mobile bb stick now and im having to rdc back to oz in order to view the site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "398024",
"author": "mark",
"timestamp": "2011-05-25T23:03:07",
"content": "omg i cannot get past lightspeed systems!!!! i tried camolist.com and secrethehelpcenter proxies but they all didnt work. HELLPPP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "489687",
"author": "Evan",
"timestamp": "2011-10-24T21:50:59",
"content": "My school has sonicwall and it is blocked. I’m going to set up my computer as an ssh server and then i won’t have problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1021297",
"author": "kavinraj",
"timestamp": "2013-07-01T03:24:31",
"content": "replace http as https while typing your blocked sites .This protocol is unable identify by sonic wall.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1331115",
"author": "shankar palkar",
"timestamp": "2014-04-06T08:28:26",
"content": "replace http as https while typing your blocked sites .This protocol is unable identify by sonic wall.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2361894",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2015-01-18T13:34:21",
"content": "Not blocked at my moms home she uses sonicwall",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,811.606058
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/make-your-own-guitar-pedal-with-beavis-board/
|
Make Your Own Guitar Pedal With Beavis Board
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"beavisaudio",
"beavisboard",
"breadboard",
"breakoutbox",
"guitar",
"guitarpedal",
"pedal"
] |
Beavis Audio has recently released
the Beavis Board, a kit to help fledgling guitar pedal builders
. The kit addresses four typical problems in this endeavor: learning to solder, dealing with breadboards, sourcing parts, and making sense of schematics. By including a breadboard/psu/switch combo and tons of other parts as well as informative and easy to read schematics, all of these problems are alleviated, allowing eager builders to get to work right out of the box.
The kit costs $249 and we’re guessing it’s a little too “entry level” for most of you. It has a
highly informative manual in PDF format
. You could use that to get ideas and then source your own parts. Have any of you built a guitar pedal specifically for prototyping?
[via
Music Thing
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37184",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T03:11:37",
"content": "i for one am interested in this sort of thing. it’s not too “entry level”. i hope you don’t have sour grapes about some complainers. it takes a while for readers to adjust to change, and it takes a while for writers to get used to their audience. the barrage of new posts sort of accelerated that clash i think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37185",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T03:35:46",
"content": "^^^ That would make sense, considering the clash is over the barrage of new posts.Not that this doesn’t look interesting, based on the pictures that looks like a rather complete introductory general electronics kit. 250 is a bit steep for what is essentially $30 worth of parts and a $15 multimeter, but considering that it contains all the basic components a beginning hacker will need for quite a while, and apparently some good documentation to boot, It may very well be worth that much for someone trying to get into hacking or electronics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37186",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T04:20:11",
"content": "“entry level” was a reference to it going so far as including a multimeter, which we assume most people here have.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37187",
"author": "trex",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:07:01",
"content": "why do they include a multimeter? almost everyone has one, and they’d be better off suppling you with a soldering iron, and for $250 you expected better over-all quality. im really interested in this because i have no previous experience hacking, however being 16 i don’t have $250 to save my life. is a kit similar to this, that is informative and teaches you to solder etc. but does overcharge you which i think this is doing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37188",
"author": "shbazjinkens",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T08:26:49",
"content": "Hey Trex, having been in that situation myself I can tell you exactly what to do. Build the kit yourself – it really is about $30 in parts. Get a breadboard, scrap a metal case from something or make your own with a hacksaw and C purling. Get yourself over to Ampage.org and Aaron’s stombox forum, or R.G. Keen’s site athttp://www.geofex.com. If you’re interested in amp building, hit ax84.com. They’ll all have great advice and further links for you. This stuff isn’t hard or expensive, and doesn’t require $50 of kits, much less $250.Good luck! I’m almost finished with a degree in electronics after cutting my teeth in guitar FX and amplification starting at your age.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37189",
"author": "Tom Whitwell (Music Thing)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T12:45:26",
"content": "“they’d be better off suppling you with a soldering iron”The whole point of a breadboard is that it doesn’t need a soldering iron.Even if it’s $30 of parts, you save $100 of your labour you’d have spent messing about trying to source those parts…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37190",
"author": "dano",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:12:34",
"content": "Thanks much for the link. Here’s the deal on the beavis board: I do them part-time because lots of people have asked me to do it. If $249 is too much, then build your own. I have instructions on the site for how to make your own (beavisaudio is *all* about DIY) and you can download the builders guidea and all of the projects for free. As for the “30 dollars” in parts, that’s now even close–and there is a lot of labor involved in building them, sourcing the parts, doing all the docs, answering all the questions, etc. I do this as a labor of love (which is hopefully conveyed by the content on my site) not as a way to build a business. Regardless, thanks much for all the comments, don’t be shy about sending me emails!-dano",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2961103",
"author": "lespaul1963",
"timestamp": "2016-03-21T20:57:01",
"content": "Dani…I know that you posted this in another era, before the age of . {:0)> In any case I went to investigate something I saw many years ago and had no spare cash at the time…your Beavis Board. I found that your old site no longer exists. I was wondering if the schematic is posted somewhere. Now that I know how to read one, I’d like to construct what you were able to offer at one time as a labor of love. BTW, I appreciate that you were able to do that and I completely understand the economics behind the discontinuance. I can be reached atlespaul1963@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": "37190",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "37191",
"author": "Quin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T18:56:20",
"content": "$250 for support and a descent metal box with a quality stomp switch is not that bad. In my experience, the box and the switch have been the most expensive parts. Sure, you can use just a toggle DPDT and a plastic case, but I don’t recommend actually using your foot to hit the switch.If you really want cheap, pick up a 300in1 electronics kit from a box store after Christmas, they run around 5$ and have a breadboard and lots of low quality parts. Hit a music store or Radio Shack equivalent for some mono and stereo 1/4 inch jacks and a mix of log and linear pots. If you want some FETs for the more complicated pedals, you’ll have to find those too.Someone else mentioned it before, but Aaron’s Stompbox site moved some ages ago and I think is now found athttp://www.diystompboxes.com/And it’s a good place even for beginners.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37192",
"author": "Stormrider",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T19:31:27",
"content": "I don’t think $250 is overly steep, all in all. Two breadboards, the box itself, and all the jacks add up fast. I’m sure you could buy it all cheaper individually, but I’ve never seen an all in one kit that lets you make pretty much any pedal type. If he gets more in I think I’m gonna pick one up.-Storm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6256379",
"author": "travis crum",
"timestamp": "2020-06-22T04:18:04",
"content": "it’s a shame this package is no longer available, there is a guy selling a 75 dollar beavis board with a switching pedal plus all the parts to build about 8 or 10 classic distortion pedals to get you going. I don’t think he’s making much money but I am going to be really stoked if I can get a hold of this as I am currently learning how to hand-wire tube amps and pedals, and the whole circuit-based electronic thing encompasses both. I can’t wait to make my own distortion pedal, even if it is just a hand-wired tube screamer with better parts and a cooler name. I wish I had gotten into this years ago, but I really have the covid-19 to thank for allowing me the time and space (plus a $1200 stimulus spent mostly on build kits) to start learning about the killer electronics that help make the electric guitar so limitless",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6256398",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2020-06-22T07:36:27",
"content": "It’s a cool idea to make something more quasi-permanent. And guitar pedals aren’t just for guitars!But here’s my method: buy cheapest pedal you can find on eBay or thrift store and gut it. You’ve now got a nice project box, two 1/4″ jacks, some potentiometers, and a battery holder. If you want to wedge a small breadboard in there, go ahead, or run the wires externally to one.Or just air-wire stuff together, wrap it in electrical tape, and cram it in the box. Most of them have a decent amount of space and nice metal screws, so it’s easy enough to iterate through this.",
"parent_id": "6256379",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,811.686973
|
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/tr-909-teardown/
|
TR-909 Teardown
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"303",
"808",
"909",
"drummachine",
"matrixsynth",
"roland",
"sequencer",
"teardown",
"tr909"
] |
Flickr user [firegroove] recently had to take apart his Roland TR-909 drum machine in order to fix it, and he photographed the entire teardown, offering
detailed pictures of the TR-909’s internal parts
. The TR-909 is legendary as one of the first fully programmable drum machines that could store entire songs, and its legend is only boosted by its scarcity: only 10,000 were ever made. If you can’t afford or simply refuse to tear yours apart, look after the break for a few more photos from inside.
This is a shot of the largest PCB in the TR-909, which contains all of the console knobs.
In this closeup of the board that hold the 16 step buttons, you can clearly see the TC5565P-15 chip in the center, which is a generic memory chip. It is probably one of the most replaceable parts in the whole machine. A few other chips specific to the TR-909 can also be seen.
We would have liked to see a little more description of what each part does. That said, it’s great to see the inside of this machine, which would have been a tall order given the rarity of it and the value a typical owner attaches to it. If you’re interested in getting a feel of how a TR-909 sounds, check out
ReBirth RB-338
: it’s a retired program that modeled the analog hardware to emulate the functions and sounds of a TR-909, as well its sister drum machine, the TR-808, and the eminent TB-303.
[via
Matrixsynth
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37183",
"author": "Pent.",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T03:08:56",
"content": "There’s also a decent flash TR-909 simulator athttp://lab.andre-michelle.com/fl-909.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.228603
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/animatronic-stuffed-animals-stripped-bare/
|
Animatronic Stuffed Animals Stripped Bare
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"animatronic",
"animatronics",
"elmo",
"kottke",
"stuffedanimal",
"stuffedanimals",
"teardown",
"toys"
] |
For those who have ever wondered what Chicken-Dancing Elmo’s mechanical parts look like without the fur and the chicken costume (and who among us hasn’t?), [Matt Kirkland] posted the photos above, along with several other animatronic, walking, talking and other
mechanical stuffed toys stripped of all their fur and stuffing
. These before and after shots were ostensibly taken for unspecified “research purposes,” but if you ask us, any research that takes a knife to Elmo is the most valid kind.
[via
Kottke
]
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37179",
"author": "califrag",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:26:16",
"content": "reminds me of my childhood, opening up every toy and electronic device I could get my hands on “just to see what it looked like inside”.The stubborn ones that did not have screws or other easy-opening procedures came to an unfortunate demise: back then “cracking” had a completely different meaning and usually involved the device becoming a high-speed projectile into the side of a brick wall, or finding itself at the brute end of a sledge hammer.Unsurprisingly, I always managed to open everything up, revealing the internal electronic and mechanical components inside… albeit not always in one piece.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37180",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:26:22",
"content": "Reminds me of the youtube video of a tickle-me-elmo being set on fire. Truly disturbing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37181",
"author": "Miles",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T23:16:27",
"content": "@ #1 califragl totally agree, l used a hammer/rock/threw on concrete the toys that were glued or molded together, then l discovered the utility knife, just last year l was in home depot and discovered the mini-hacksaw, now no molded/glued device can escape my machinations, and bonus is that l can use it to make my modded stuff, like this portable console:http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=23215l suggest that no modder/cracker be without a mini-hacksaw (the full-size is really overkill, and can even be dangerous when cutting small things like molded connector shells or pcb)Micro-Mark part # 60661 :http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=60661l am pretty sure it was less than $10 at Home Depot for one and a 5-pack of replacement blades. lf you are cutting plastic they should last a while, although l destroyed a few cutting 1/4″ all-thread and binding the blade in aluminum stock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37182",
"author": "SomaXD",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T03:34:23",
"content": "Reminds me of my Talking Teddy Ruxpin from about 22 years ago… it broke so my dad tore off his skin (to fix it) only to reveal the horror of “killer robo teddy ruxpin” i was scarred for life.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.861332
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/high-power-led-blinking-circuit/
|
High Power LED Blinking Circuit
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"LED Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"blinkingled",
"christmaslight",
"christmaslights",
"circuit",
"led"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNDu56oGNck]
Evil Mad Scientist Labs brings us this
easy to make LED blinking circuit
. The idea is to put a LED in series with a small blinking incandescent bulb from a string of Christmas lights. The bulb has an internal bimetallic strip that bends out of shape when it heats up, cutting the circuit. when it cools enough, it returns to its original shape and closes the circuit again, making the bulb and the LED turn on. Both lights have short period of sustained light when they are initially powered up since the bimetallic strip is still warming up.
The project uses a 5W blue LED, the aforementioned bulb, and a 6V battery pack loaded with 3 AAA batteries. The battery pack and the lights are all attached to a small section of perforated board. Duplicating this project should be easy and provide a very bright LED, but to make a 5W LED shine its brightest, a larger bulb and a heatsink will be necessary.
| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37173",
"author": "sackofcatfood",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:15:26",
"content": "The light is clever, and saves you the need for a resister, but unfortunately your “immortal” diode circuit is now mortal. :p(And of course the auxiliary light might be annoying… if it suited your purpose, you wouldn’t need the LED!)Surely someone makes a reusable fuse that operates on the same principle as the light?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37174",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:19:49",
"content": "Tiny hack of dubious utility, but ok… Why use a 5W LED though? I used to duty-cycle regular old LEDs and they’d take several Amperes at low duty cycles. Imagine what a heat-sinked 5W (back-of-napkin guess: 4×1.5 = 6V, 5/6 = 830mA) LED could do when I was putting 2A through a 20mA LED with no heat sink!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37175",
"author": "Fool2cool",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:35:22",
"content": "I think this exact same thing is found in the indicator circuit in a cars indicators, i think its located on hte fuse box, it heats up and cools down on the exact same principal as the christmas light except no extra light. I have no idea how youd interface with the one out of a car though, i imagine it would require 12v to operate it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37176",
"author": "killerpiggypie@gmail.com",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T02:54:51",
"content": "Your going to burn out your led unless you get the driver for it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37177",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T17:42:09",
"content": "I think the hackaday text should say 4 AAA batteries, not 3. Although the LED may work fine at 4.5V also.The light bulb will act as a current limit resistor. If the value is appropriate then he should have no issue of burning the LED out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37178",
"author": "sleepy",
"timestamp": "2008-06-21T23:43:51",
"content": "wow hack-a-day has really gone downhill",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "141611",
"author": "Mohammed Hughes",
"timestamp": "2010-05-12T01:43:12",
"content": "Incandescent light bulbs will soon be phased out because they waste a lot of energy.~”~",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.267286
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/18/pic-controller-cable-tracer/
|
PIC Controller Cable Tracer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"classic hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"microchip",
"pic",
"uc"
] |
[Kevin Gorga] submitted this PIC controller based wire tracer to a project contest last year over at
circuit cellar
.A 125Khz signal is injected to the target cable and a pickup coil is used to detect the field and identify the wires location. You can grab the full project schematics and code
here
. The rest of the entries are pretty sweet, so be sure to check
them out
.
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| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "750313",
"author": "RBMK",
"timestamp": "2012-08-23T19:01:22",
"content": "The links are dead. Is there any way to get the schematic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2799451",
"author": "Charlie Nelson",
"timestamp": "2015-11-18T04:57:57",
"content": "dead links",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2799619",
"author": "Elliot Williams",
"timestamp": "2015-11-18T08:16:53",
"content": "Yeah. I can’t find the originals either. Just tried the Wayback Machine at internet.org too. If anyone stumbles on this and finds a working project link, post it up in the comments?And a big “boo!” to websites that don’t archive / persist their content.That said, the project is just using the PIC to make a 125kHz square wave for use as a cable tracer. The other part is just a high-gain amplifier. Looking around for schematics, I findthis one from a source I trustbut I’m sure there are many.",
"parent_id": "2799451",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,812.070708
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/hacking-firefox-menus/
|
Hacking Firefox Menus
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"firefox hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"browsing",
"firefox",
"web"
] |
[Nick] sent in his quick hack for
getting rid of extra menu options
in Firefox 3, like the ever useless ‘Work Offline’ option. (OK, maybe modem lovers like it…) If you’re tired of seeing cluttered menu choices that you never use, [Nick]’s simple trick of editing the XML formatted XUL files in Firefox to clean things up. There’s some risk involved, but it’s nothing that a quick re-install can’t repair. The writeup includes a basic introduction to the XML tags, so you can probably do it. You can use a text editor right? (Just don’t forget to have the installer or a backup copy handy before you start playing around.)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37165",
"author": "Matt Oliver",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T07:39:48",
"content": "Is there any word on if this is possible on a Mac? I perused Firefox’s package contents and am unable to uncover anything in resemblance to a .jar file.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37166",
"author": "Rivetgeek",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T10:04:20",
"content": "Now can someone get rid of that damned “send this image” option on the right click context menu? Has anyone EVER used that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37167",
"author": "clark",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T10:43:47",
"content": "“There’s some risk involved, but it’s nothing that a quick re-install can’t repair.” – Or a restore of backups of those .xul files. I’d opt for the latter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37168",
"author": "kronflux",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T13:42:04",
"content": "anyone know a way to get rid of the annoying info bar that slides down when you’re asked to save a password?I miss it popping up, as I could navigate easier without having to either use the mouse, or tab like crazy to focus on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37169",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T13:48:10",
"content": "I am not a modem user, and I use the work offline function all the time, especially in thunderbird. I frequently carry my laptop away from areas with connectivity, and it helps keep information available.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37170",
"author": "pascal",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T14:29:41",
"content": "I think there’s a less intrusive way: iirc there are “chrome user stylesheets” (think it’s called chrome.css in the user’s directory) that are applied to the UI. so you use a simple #idofbutton { display: none } to hide it. Using the old DOM-Inspector-Extension you can inspect the XUL-Layout of the UI easy, without having to scroll to endless code…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37171",
"author": "dysii",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T18:31:59",
"content": "Or, you could use the Menu Editor extension. In fact that’s exactly what you should use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37172",
"author": "redfireant3",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T02:02:01",
"content": "dont forget speeding it up guess mozilla hasn’t caught onhttp://www.hackaday.com/2004/12/26/speed-up-firefox/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.349085
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/dash-express-now-twittering/
|
Dash Express Now Twittering
|
Eliot
|
[
"gps hacks"
] |
[
"api",
"dash",
"dashexpress",
"gps",
"twitter"
] |
Here’s a quick hack to satiate our
appetite for location aware applications
. The
Dash Express
is a GPS unit with cellular and WiFi radios so it can do two way communication. Out of the box it can download maps and traffic on the fly. A little while ago they
opened up the API
so the device could receive info from other web services and owners could give feedback, like reporting speed traps live. The handy hack embedded above
publishes your location to Twitter
; we would have preferred it hit an actual location service like Brightkite. This just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to possible applications. We wonder what the adoption rate of the Dash Express will be, since the iPhone also has a touchscreen, GPS, and of course a cellular connection.
We’ve got a Dash Express in the lab and it’s based on the
OpenMoko
design. What sort of tomfoolery would you like to see us do with it? What do you think the killer app for the Dash Express will be?
[via
Gizmodo
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "37160",
"author": "Andrew Cooper",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T06:34:28",
"content": "What about a crash cam/incident recorder? If the thing sits on the dash and has a little memory add a camera to it and an accelerometer to record a few seconds of video before and during an accident. Or a panic button to do the same thing?Implement with a rolling loop of images that runs all the time and is stored/uploaded in the case of a trigger. Would not need to be really high quality or a lot of images, maybe 10-30 taken at quarter second intervals.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37161",
"author": "vsnine",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T15:29:51",
"content": "@1: i’ve been thinking of doing this for a long time, on a carputer. Mainly for neighborhood watch type activity, though the crash detector sounds like a great idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37162",
"author": "Keith",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T19:46:39",
"content": "For a socially irresponsible use, how about a street racing app. A virtual start and finish line using the gps to mark a quarter mile, a countdown timer displayed in both vehicles, and of course the time and speed recording capability to determine the winner. It might make an amusing proof of concept.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37163",
"author": "Louis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T00:24:08",
"content": "Interesting… Andrew, you have a project cut out for you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37164",
"author": "Rick",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T21:58:05",
"content": "I think interfacing a radar detector with the Dash Express would be a great addition, so that speed traps can be automatically logged. with enough data, heat maps can be created, and a “smart” detection service can determine risk/probability of getting nabbed…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "216376",
"author": "Dr Goodbar",
"timestamp": "2010-11-22T11:20:55",
"content": "Pleeeeeze write a program to get my dash express back on wifi. The service has been discontinued. That would be AWESOME!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.426782
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/eee-pc-901-teardown/
|
Eee PC 901 Teardown
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Netbook Hacks"
] |
[
"901",
"Asus",
"bittech",
"eee",
"EeePc",
"eeepc901",
"engadget",
"teardown"
] |
The folks from bit-tech have done us a great service by
tearing open the Eee PC 901
. Under the keyboard is a large metal plate that acts as the processor’s heat sink. The 4GB SSD card is not soldered to the board this time around. There is some empty space labeled IDE3 and solder points that say 3GCard, which definitely deserve further investigation. The oddest thing they found was a button with no indication to its purpose. It looks like a good machine and we hope to see
more Eee PC hacks
in the future.
[via
Engadget
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37155",
"author": "sean",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T08:19:35",
"content": "I want to know what that button does!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37156",
"author": "coco",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T08:44:06",
"content": "self destruct.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37157",
"author": "Richard Mumolo",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T16:35:43",
"content": "The button is to make you ask, what it’s for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37158",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T18:47:57",
"content": "I believe that when you push that button with the unit running it displays a “thank you” message on the screen.and that’s all.You see the designers were big benny hill fans with a taste for absurdity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37159",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T19:52:15",
"content": "When you push it, a big red warning pops up that says “please do not push this button again.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.307362
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/worlds-oldest-computer-music-unveiled/
|
World’s Oldest Computer Music Unveiled
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"computermusic",
"digitalmusic",
"edvac",
"manchesterbaby",
"manchesterssem",
"music",
"recording",
"univac"
] |
Fans of
music made with obsolete technology
are in for a treat:
recordings of a Ferranti Mark 1 computer playing Baa Baa Black Sheep and In the Mood
were recently released, and they are thought to be the oldest recordings of computer generated music in existence.
The Ferranti Mark 1 is a commercial version of Manchester University’s SSEM computer (aka Baby), which preceded several more well known computers like UNIVAC and EDVAC. It was one of the first computers that didn’t require a great deal of hardware rewiring to perform different tasks, making it ideal for this sort of purpose. It is not known whether the program was written to play these songs only or for more diverse composition and playback, but the author, [Chris Strachey] was known to be a friend of the legendary [Alan Turing]. The recording was released as part of the Manchester SSEM’s 60th anniversary celebration.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37150",
"author": "Captain Dubious",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T07:25:25",
"content": "I remember when I was working at MD Anderson in the Biomathematics Department back in the ’80s. The systems adminstrator for the hospital was regaling me with tales of some of the old mainframe systems, namely the IBM 1620 (jokingly dubbed “the CADET”, as in “Can’t Add, Don’t Even Try”.) Someone in the department found that when they had a radio near the central core, the radio would emit sounds. After much experimentation, they found that they could write programs that would control the RF which in turn would produce crude “tunes”. A few of the notes were off, mainly due to the fact that calculations relied on addition lookup tables in memory, rather then using purpose-built circuitry.To make a long story short, one day the systems administrator walked in to hear a song being played in almost perfect pitch. Curious, he asked the programmer there how he was able to correct the off tones. The programmer, proud of his accomplishment, stated that he simply altered select entries the addition tables, akin to making 2 + 2 = 7. The fact that this was a production machine in use by many departments didn’t faze him – he just wanted it to play a song perfectly!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37151",
"author": "Ed Minchau",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T08:38:35",
"content": "The sample of music is posted on the BBC website. It isn’t playing Baa Baa Black Sheep. Instead, it plays God Save The King(Queen), Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the above-mentioned In The Mood.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37152",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T17:34:06",
"content": "That was pretty neat. Anyone know what made the actual sounds?And, Ed, the article states it was “Bah, Bah, Black Sheep,” as there are a couple extra notes compared to “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37153",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T21:09:37",
"content": "I find it interesting that the BBC article continually refers to the mark i as the world’s oldest computer or the forerunner of all modern computers.always thought it was the difference engine, but hey, you never know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37154",
"author": "Daniel E. Friedman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-19T16:49:00",
"content": "Those old computers look so powerful. I feel like if Godzilla attacked our city, those computers would be able to launch a lethal counterattack.Upon seeing pictures of old computers, I’m always brought back to my graduate days in the 1980s, with those first mac computers that came out. They were the coolest things, although they crashed every minute or so. It’s amazing how far mac and other computers have come, in terms of design, speed and power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.385869
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/anonymizing-clothing/
|
Anonymizing Clothing
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"anonymizer",
"anonymous",
"camouflage",
"gasmask",
"hood",
"hoodie",
"hoodies",
"invisibility",
"invisibilitycloak",
"security",
"securitycamera"
] |
Though much of [citizenFinerran]’s intent in designing
a suit that camouflages the wearer from security camera footage
was philosophical, it is designed with a very tangible purpose in mind. The suit does not provide true camouflage (to say nothing of true invisibility), but it does create enough moving visual obstructions to make the wearer completely anonymous on film. More details on this and other invisibility cloaks after the break.
The idea is remarkably simple: [citizenFinerran]’s suit is made of a jumpsuit fashioned from fiberglass screening with several blank ID cards halved and glued to the suit. The cards are not glued on firmly, but hang in a way that allows them to move as the wearer walks. The motion of the cards creates a visual effect that appears as pixelation on surveillance footage. Though the designer referenced and “imitated” several different methods of creating the pixelated appearance, all of those methods were actually implemented via software on the camera, not by an external hardware solution.
The closest thing to a working invisibility cloak
in current development is the work of a team of students and professors at the University of Tokyo. It uses a a coat made of retro-reflective materials, a camera behind the wearer, and a projector. The digital camera captures the scenery behind the wearer and projects it onto the front, creating a form of camouflage on an opaque surface that resembles true invisibility. It’s not without limitations, though, as the projector would have to move with the person wearing the coat to achieve mobile cover. Even then it would only work on one side of the coat, leaving the other side completely exposed. Not really feasible unless a full body display was created.
If evading cameras is the goal, we feel a far more elegant fix is simply to
cover your face with a hood
or
a gas mask
. In addition to keeping your identity secret, a hood actually lines up with the philosophical imperatives behind [citizenFinerran]’s project very well, and it’s less likely to get you beaten up.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37142",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T04:09:14",
"content": "This reminds me about the textfile about robbing ATMs that I read a long time ago. It mentioned a rumor that wearing an aluminum-foil headband could somehow confuse the security camera. something about the lens coatings or something. anyway I made an aluminum-foil headband right away and wore it to skool every day for a week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37143",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T04:30:17",
"content": "It’s a scramble suit… for video cameras!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37144",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T05:18:15",
"content": "This is soooooo lame. The idea is acceptable but who in the heck is going to wear that suit? lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37145",
"author": "crapaday",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T08:46:52",
"content": "OMG… it’s… NOT a hack! Yet another lame infomercial on the increasingly inaccurately named “HackADay”.File it under ‘Misc Hacks’ with the other 659 so called hacks no-one cares about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37146",
"author": "Joatmon",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T11:26:39",
"content": "The best way to achieve this is to use ir-leds to saturate the filter, think a hat with them around the edges……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37147",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T13:30:57",
"content": "I don’t really see the point of the first one, unless the large amount of movement will mess up video compression- on raw video you just look like someone covered in index cards. If it covers your face then obviously your face cannot be seen but there are easier ways to achieve that. The Instructable seems to be more of an art project, a philosophical statement and a commentary on ubiquitous surveillance than an actual “hack”, and I didn’t actually see any unadulterated video of the suit in use.The retroreflective “cloak” is the only particularly interesting piece of technology, and it’s still utterly useless for stealth purposes because it needs a projector and camera setup at the viewer’s end. I was more interested by the suggestion it be used to give surgeons transparent hands.I appreciate the greater number of posts recently, but seriously- gas mask hoodies? I love this site for the “quality over quantity” approach, please keep it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37148",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T15:30:10",
"content": "Covering your body with white cards will *not* fool decent cctv systems, you’ll just look stupid. “If evading cameras is the goal, we feel a far more elegant fix is simply to cover your face with a hood” wow, thank you captain obvious. way to insult hackaday readers’ collective intelligence.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37149",
"author": "johnny",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T23:54:58",
"content": "If you want to mess with a camera just wear stripes. I know from working the video cameras at church that stripes can really mess with a camera. It won’t completely obfuscate you, but it can do some major damage to the quality of the footage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.502968
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/mozillas-first-public-release/
|
Mozilla’s First Public Release
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks",
"firefox hacks"
] |
[
"browser",
"coderush",
"firefox",
"firefox3",
"mozilla",
"multifirefox",
"netscape",
"webbrowser"
] |
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTJbsUcdeU&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999]
In honor of
Firefox 3.0 download day
, Waxy.org has posted
the full Code Rush documentary
. It spans March ’98 to April ’99, as the Mozilla team publishes the first source code and then the eventual AOL acquisition of Netscape. Embedded above is a short clip of [Jamie Zawinski] pushing the code live at 10AM on March 31, 1998. The hour documentary is well worth watching.
If you’re unsure about moving from FF2 to 3,
MultiFireFox
still works perfectly fine with the new release.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37141",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T01:28:30",
"content": "i got the firefox 3 beta a while back, but i felt i had to download it again to help with the record",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.459985
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/high-profile-hackers-get-their-day-in-court/
|
High Profile Hackers Get Their Day In Court
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"charges",
"criminalcharges",
"cybercrime",
"GaryMckinnon",
"grgoryking",
"hackers",
"hacking",
"lsdigital",
"prosecution",
"robertmatthewbentley",
"silenz",
"solo"
] |
The court cases against high profile hackers
[Gary McKinnon], [Gregory King], and [Robert Matthew Bentley] all had major developments last week, with [King] and [Bentley] sentenced to time in prison and [McKinnon] in a tenuous
state fighting extradition.
Both [King] (aka Silenz) and [Bentley] (aka LSDigital) will serve time for crimes related to botnets, but where [King] used one to stage DDOS attacks, [Bentley] used them to create spam. [King]’s botnet had 7,000 nodes, and though the court did not release the size of [Bentley]’s botnet, all of his bots were computers in the Rubbermaid company. [King] agreed to a two-year sentence, while [Bentley] was sentenced to 41 months.
[McKinnon] (aka Solo) who is of British origin, may serve up to 60 years in prison for mounting the
“biggest military hack ever” on U.S. government computers. Between 2001 and 2002, he allegedly hacked into 97 computers in U.S. military and NASA networks. To be charged in American courts, though, he would have to be extradited first, and his extradition appeal to British courts is currently pending
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "37087",
"author": "some dude",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T07:44:03",
"content": "“…[king]’s botnet had 7,00 nodes…”7,000, perhaps?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37088",
"author": "Louis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T08:04:00",
"content": "I guess it’s news… more like teevee news.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37089",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T15:05:28",
"content": "no… if this were teevee news we wouldn’t know how many nodes, where the nodes were or why the botnets were created… actually all we’d know id the real life names and that these people are “evil” and probably linked to terrorism, drugs, child-pron, and other things……this is more like slashdot news.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37090",
"author": "edenist",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T17:09:48",
"content": "80 years?……..I could kill 3 people and still get out before mckinnon would.Thats……… wow………",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37091",
"author": "mikey",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T18:08:14",
"content": "41 months for spamming is way too lenient.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37092",
"author": "jeffhole",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T23:41:58",
"content": "i DID kill 3 people and received FAR less time than 80 years. welcome to the country your parents have left you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60205",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2009-01-21T02:55:03",
"content": "Wow how many years will you get it you hacked the goverments computer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.600362
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https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/xb-browser-for-anonymous-browsing/
|
XB Browser For Anonymous Browsing
|
Eliot
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"anonymous",
"browser",
"downloadsquad",
"tor",
"xb",
"xbbrowser",
"xerobank"
] |
Download Squad
highlighted the
xB Browser
today. It’s a product offered by XeroBank and is the successor to the TorPark project. The browser anonymizes your browsing using the
Tor network
and doesn’t remember passwords, sites visited, or any other personal information. Scripts and plugins are disallowed by default, since they could be
used to identify you
. Remember that Tor just anonymizes; you’re still
at the mercy of the exit nodes
when it comes to security.
That’s just the free version though. Subscribers to XeroBank have access to an anonymous mail server and VPN service. If you’re a subscriber your bowser session is tunneled through XeroBank’s pool of servers and not the Tor network. We think they should have maintained a separate product name since this distinction isn’t clear outside of the FAQ.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37081",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:16:29",
"content": "I dunno… seems like subscribing to a commercial service might defeat the purpose.I don’t see what’s so bad about using a rexx script to download the html and then open it in arachne, with the computer offline. seems like plugins and whatnot would have no danger if the computer is offline.In my opinion, it’s overkill. But us nerds like overkill, don’t we?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37082",
"author": "Michael Witt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:24:26",
"content": "Am I the only one that thought this related somehow to the Scion xB? (the car)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37083",
"author": "ken",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T09:45:21",
"content": "Sadly, no.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37084",
"author": "qwerty017",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T09:55:57",
"content": "I tried this product once but uninstalled it pretty much immediately because it has a serious problem with it. For whatever reason I cannot use it to browse hidden Tor services. I don’t know if it is a problem with the program or a “feature” they included to keep people from getting confused but for me it pretty much ruins the program for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37085",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T15:02:02",
"content": "RT (Panzer Time!), you’re assuming that the only reason to browse anonymous is for reading static pages. Personally I would think it’s far more useful for those wishing to contribute content to site anonymously. I know I was formerly a staff member of a site that I didn’t want people to track back to me. It’s quite difficult to manage live content through static page downloads.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37086",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T03:25:07",
"content": "@twistedsymphony:gotcha.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71322",
"author": "TitoDk",
"timestamp": "2009-04-21T08:27:30",
"content": "Works great its just not for noobs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "203020",
"author": "Xerojack",
"timestamp": "2010-10-26T08:35:07",
"content": "Xerobank’s support and help is simply worthless. It’s a nice product but xero support!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,812.825804
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/twittering-teddy-bear/
|
Twittering Teddy Bear
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Arduino Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"animatronic",
"animatronics",
"arduino",
"bear",
"bluetooth",
"talkingbear",
"teddybear",
"twitter"
] |
This may be the deathblow that kills
Nabaztag
: using text-to-speech software, this
animatronic bear speaks a Twitter stream aloud
and in real time.
The gurus at My Home 2.0 made the bear talk by replacing its integrated circuit board with an Arduino loaded with custom software. A Bluetooth audio adapter was added as a channel for the bear’s voice, and a circuit with an H bridge chip was added to address power issues. The Arduino translates the income audio signal into movement. From there the process moved to the computer that feeds the bear audio data, they parse the Twitter stream and use OSX’s built in “say” command to generate the voice stream that’s sent to the bear via Bluetooth.
permalink
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37077",
"author": "micah",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:30:20",
"content": "careful to all animals(never washing spiders down the plughole),keep in contact with old friends(enjoy a drink now and then),will frequently check credit at(moral) bank (hole in the wall),favors for favors,fond but not in love,charity standing orders,on Sundays ring road supermarket(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),car wash(also on Sundays),no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadowsnothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,nothing so childish – at a better pace,slower and more calculated,no chance of escape,now self-employed,concerned (but powerless),roxs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37078",
"author": "micah",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:30:41",
"content": "firsties",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37079",
"author": "Louis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T08:02:33",
"content": "Yikes.I think we just watched a verison wireless ad there..What is happening to hackaday?:-/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37080",
"author": "Steve Coulson",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T20:45:15",
"content": "Thanks for featuring our Twittering Teddy project – after you mentioned it, it really took off in traffic.If anyone is interested in bidding, the charity eBay auction for Teddy is now live:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&item=280236367728",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.045304
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/robot-chairs/
|
Robot Chairs
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"chair",
"hubofx1",
"rfid",
"robot",
"robotchair",
"selfassembly",
"tekeaseat",
"wl16"
] |
Chairs may be among the most useful inventions known to humanity, but that doesn’t mean that a clever engineer or two can’t improve on the idea. As proof, we offer you this list of robotic chairs that do much more than provide a place to put your rear in.
You may have already heard of the
“take a seat” chair designed for libraries
. Each chair has an RFID card reader inside. When the chair is activated, it follows the user holding the card around the library, providing an ever-present place to sit while searching through the stacks. When the user leaves, the chair returns to its docking station to power up and wait for the next patron.
Perhaps you’re saying, “I don’t want a chair that follows me, I want one that follows other people while I’m in it.” Say no more: we found not one, but two walking chairs. The first
legged chair, dubbed the WL-16
, was designed jointly by a team at Tokyo’s Waseda University and a Japanese robotics company called Tmsuk. It uses two legs composed of several rams and a plate that acts as a foot. It is capable of maintaining its balance under the shifting weight of a rider and walking up a flight of stairs with a relatively gradual grade. It is radio controlled, but the joint team is working on installing a joystick controller on the chair.
The second
walking chair we found, the Hubo FX-1
, appears far more substantial: it also has legs, but they look a lot more like human legs with their knee and ankle joints. It also stands at an impressive 2 meters high, and is capable of lifting as much as 220 pounds. It is controlled with a joystick by the rider, but relies on various built-in sensors to maintain its balance and an awareness of the local terrain. Its designers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have not yet been able to build one with internal power, but they are attempting to fix that in the next model.
If those chairs are too functional and not artistic enough for your taste, check out this
self-assembling chair
by students at Cornell University. The chair is able to collapse into many pieces, then the pieces move toward each other, reassemble, and stand up as fully functional chair once more. It serves no practical purpose, but the concept of self assembling parts is intriguing. If you know of any other chairs that do neat tricks, let us know.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37071",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T04:49:12",
"content": "I have to say, the first one seems to be the most practical out of the four designs shown here. And the best part is that the applications are not just limited to a library! Beware the swarms of robotic chairs :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37072",
"author": "Joseph Lopez",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T05:12:05",
"content": "Are you kidding… add some armor, lasers, missiles, and a small nuclear reactor to the second one and we’ve got light mechs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37073",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:03:16",
"content": "Ba hahaha. Wish I had one of those at work. “2. Are you kidding… add some armor, lasers, missiles, and a small nuclear reactor to the second one and we’ve got light mechs…”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37074",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:54:21",
"content": "that second last one looks like it needs to pee! rofli have a chair that does a neat trick on visitors. just like the last one it falls apart but only when some sits on it ;)i wonder how long till the detect human function is added to trigger the disassembly… could be fun to leave in a public place =D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37075",
"author": "Louis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T07:58:59",
"content": "Ok…. so you’re posting slashdot posts from over a year a go (when I stopped looking there) and on tap of that, these are not hacks.What is happening to hackaday?:-/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37076",
"author": "Sarah",
"timestamp": "2008-07-31T13:07:51",
"content": "The product Laurier Furniture 6566-Time Square 65 Side Chair is made from top quality maple veneer. The product is very comfortable to use and easy to clean. It is available in Raffia, Andora and Marron finish. This is the best white glove service on the market. Just logon and buy the best product fromhttp://www.homefurnituresavings.comThanks for incredible one-place furniture shopping virtual place. And what else FREE SHIPPING with no sales tax. Isnât it mind blowing!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84042",
"author": "jimeh",
"timestamp": "2009-08-04T14:19:47",
"content": "How can you go wrong with a $640 dinette chair WITHOUT robotic capabilities? Seriously, it’s not even solid maple! Anyone who buys one of those has much more money than brains, but hey: they’ll be getting “then best of the best.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.133107
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/gaming-with-real-world-data/
|
Gaming With Real-world Data
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"2dgames",
"drivingsim",
"drivingsimulator",
"earth",
"flash",
"flightsim",
"flightsimulator",
"googleearth",
"googlemaps",
"map",
"simulator"
] |
We were pretty excited by the prospect of
location-aware software and its ability to pull map data into its functions
, but what do you get when build software on top of a map-based service? Well, one possibility is 2D gaming on real maps.
Geoquake developed a
2D driving sim that uses a Flash app to interact with Google Maps
. The game lets players enter any location in the world and drive around in various different vehicles. It was made by using Flash and the
Google Maps API for Flash
. Unfortunately, there is no collision detection or any other form of distinguishing topography from roads, so it’s a little more like flying over the area than driving on it.
For intentional flying, there is
this flight simulator that works with the Google Earth browser plugin
. It does exactly what you would expect, allowing users to fly a somewhat crudely rendered airplane using very simple controls over any location on (Google) Earth. If there’s anything you don’t like about it, though, you are free to edit it by using
the author’s API and polygon editor
. The simulator is Windows-only.
We know these are really simple, but bear in mind that these are the first games to incorporate real, semi-live map data. We’re sure there will be more games like these, but given the availability of the tools used to build these games, we wouldn’t be surprised if people took it upon themselves to make them more complex, visually rich, and fun.
[via
Waxy
]
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37065",
"author": "Alex Dodge",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T01:58:24",
"content": "The Google Earth flight sim is not just for Windows. I can run it on my mac.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37066",
"author": "biojae",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T02:25:27",
"content": "Google Earth App Also has a built in flight sim for Windows and macYou get to fly 2 planes from anywhere",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37067",
"author": "Cberkop",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T02:29:02",
"content": "Just wait until the US Military finds this stuff…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37068",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T03:34:52",
"content": "honestly, I don’t think they’d be that concerned about this. I wouldn’t be at all surprised, however, if they adapted it and used it as a training aid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37069",
"author": "Louis",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T08:01:41",
"content": "Ok…. these are not hacks.I am not even sure how these are news to people interested in hacks. Games? Arent there other sites for gaming news?What is happening to hackaday?:-/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37070",
"author": "ShadeTH",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T04:02:35",
"content": "It’s a shame the APIs don’t work in FF3.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.087711
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/dont-talk-to-the-police/
|
Don’t Talk To The Police
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"cops",
"defense",
"defenseattorney",
"fifth",
"fifthamendment",
"pleadthefifth",
"police"
] |
As builders of
improvised electronic devices
, we’re worried that we may find ourselves
running afoul of the law
. Lucky for us, we’ve got the advice of Regent University Law Professor James Duane on using the 5th amendment. He runs through many examples where saying anything at all, truth or otherwise, can get you into trouble. Embedded below is the other side: Officer George Bruch discussing some of the interview techniques he uses.
[via
Sean Bonner
]
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| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37050",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T02:18:57",
"content": "Wow… this has been very informative.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37051",
"author": "Carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T03:06:27",
"content": "Those are all really great points that anyone in the US should know. Remember it though:1: Don’t talk to anyone related to the police.2: Don’t write anything at the suggestion or request of anyone related to the police.3: Don’t talk to anyone but your lawyer unless it’s during a trial if you’ve been detained (not just arrested).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37052",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T03:41:32",
"content": "I’m actually pretty surprised there isn’t a slew of complaints cause this isn’t a “hack”. With that said, this was a very interesting and informative. I’m glad I saw it.Thanks Hack’a’Day !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37053",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T03:46:49",
"content": "It’ll always be a hassle to sit in the holding room at the airport for several hours and then have to talk to someone important (i.e. a judge or whatever), who will listen and understand and let you go, because you are speaking through your lawyer.it’ll always be more of a hassle to get held for several hours, talk to a judge or whatever, and be arrested and sent to guantanamo because you tried to explain your homemade steampunk coffee-bot or blinking usb dongle or wifi detector to an airport cop.lesson: police and juries are not the sharpest tools when it comes to diy tech. they’ll jump at any stray wire as a “device of destruction.” don’t talk to anybody, at all, except for your lawyer. chances are you’ll get off.and just for comedic effect, though i’m sure everyone here has already seen this:http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/xkcd_goes_to_the_airport.png",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37054",
"author": "Capissen",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T04:09:21",
"content": "Absolutely incredible. I’ve just recommended both videos to everyone I know. Particularly useful for us subversives :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37055",
"author": "VaBeachKevin",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T05:25:10",
"content": "This guy is from where I live. Good info.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37056",
"author": "RT (Panzer Time!)",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T05:42:07",
"content": "really I’m surprised I never saw a textfile of this before. :)it would seem like the fake anarchists of the eighties would have stolen some tips from a phreak and written it up in bbs post about how to make skool more fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37057",
"author": "cmholm",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T06:45:51",
"content": "A functional link to the officer’s comments:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE&feature=related",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37058",
"author": "Daniel Rutter",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T09:57:12",
"content": "On balance, I think Regent University law students (If You Watch CBN, You May Already Qualify For A Degree!) don’t need much more information about how to weasel out of going to jail for what they’ve done. They seem to be doing pretty well already.The first guy even throws in a nice little wink and nod about Monica Goodling. Which, I realise, doesn’t make him any less classy than a lot of other lawyers, but do bear in mind that this place is supposed to be just about the most Bible-believing college in the world.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37059",
"author": "Sp4nk_OS",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T10:43:39",
"content": "Last 50 minutes well spent. On the wrong site, but well spent.Reminded me of something I read a couple of years ago…:http://rapidshare.com/files/123018137/Dealing_With_Police.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37060",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T16:24:01",
"content": "The second video seems to have gone down so i don’t know if it addresses this problem, but-“You have the right to remain silent, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something that you later rely on in court”How does that fit with what fast-talking lawyer guy is saying?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37061",
"author": "ChanMan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T17:01:37",
"content": "well this is a very good life hack reminds you that things can be a double edged sword",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37062",
"author": "vsnine",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T17:31:29",
"content": "for anyone in Canada, this is very helpful:http://www.cleo.on.ca/english/pub/onpub/PDF/criminal/polpower.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37063",
"author": "DigitalMind",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T00:25:11",
"content": "Thanks for the link to the Canadian Laws VSNINE, I read it all. Very interesting. (I’m in Montreal, Quebec)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37064",
"author": "gylu",
"timestamp": "2008-06-20T06:52:57",
"content": "Do like",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "348012",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2011-03-04T11:53:23",
"content": "This is Awesome! I also found this, it’s how to properly deal with themhttp://howtohacklife101.blogspot.com/2011/01/f-police.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "941363",
"author": "Krymsun",
"timestamp": "2013-01-17T20:42:37",
"content": "My story: I am Stephen George Weber. A few years ago, coming home from work in Atlanta on a Friday afternoon, I got off the Metro rail-line at its southern terminus, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, where I waited out front of Terminal 1 on the sidewalk, where my roommate would soon arrive to pick me up for the last leg of my commute. While idling there, I noticed a police officer (guy by the name of BALDWIN) ticketing cars illegally parked in front of the terminal.Back then, there were 4 traffic lanes, two immediately before the building and two more, separated from the closer two by a small, curbed ‘island’ on which was a windowed security-booth, the on-duty officer’s station. During my wait, I watched officer BALDWIN, wondering what pooch he’d screwed, to be assigned as an airport meter-maid, surely one of the least coveted assignments a police officer could draw. During my wait, I watched officer BALDWIN, busily enforcing the no-parking zone.I observed BALDWIN as he chose to write up other vehicles, including one that hadn’t been left as long as another that I had noticed, an empty car that had been left unattended on the far side of the booth, a car which had been there when I first came outside, perhaps as yet unnoticed by BALDWIN, since it was parked on the far side of the booth from where he stood, while BALDWIN wrote up yet another ticket for a car that had just been left.Taking a small measure of pity on BALDWIN for having drawn such duty, I thought to give BALDWIN a small assist by bringing to his attention the car he had been seemingly ignoring. For my good deed, BALDWIN cited and arrested me for “interfering with a police officer in the course of his duties”. Likely because I politely protested, BALDWIN compounded his incompetence by filling in the citation incorrectly, probably to interfere with my booking. In the boxes on the citation for the accused’s name (clearly labelled Last, First, Middle), BALDWIN wrote mine in, first, middle, then last, causing me to be later called from the precinct’s holding tank as George Stephen, not Stephen Weber. The delay created by this snafu caused me to suggest that my jailers were no more competent than BALDWIN, the arresting officer. As it was a Friday night, I had to remain in jail for the entire weekend; for BALDWIN, this was merely a happy coincidence, no doubt.At my arraignment on Monday, the judge noted that the citation’s charge against me was unsupported by any explanation, which should have detailed the reason for the charge, required to have been written in the area on the bottom half of the ticket, which BALDWIN had left blank. The judge asked if BALDWIN was present in court, to explain this over-sight, and provide just cause why I should be there. BALDWIN hadn’t bothered to attend this hearing, of course, so the charge against me was dismissed. ‘No harm, no foul’? Well, none suffered by the public or police, only me.Unless you are not concerned about the very real possibility of gaining an arrest-record, suffering the inconvenience, discomfort, hassle, irritation, and righteous anger at such treatment, then do feel free to perform your good deed for the day, and help out the next police officer you can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.233794
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/electric-recumbent-bicycles/
|
Electric Recumbent Bicycles
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"bicycle",
"bike",
"bikes",
"electric",
"electricbike",
"electricrecumbent",
"electricvehicle",
"ev",
"recumbent",
"recumbentbicycle",
"recumbentbike",
"recumbents.com"
] |
If you liked our post about
bikes and skates with weed whacker engines
but want more power and more challenge, we have good news. We’ve found some great instructions on adding motors to recumbent bicycles, which we’ll take you through after the break.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5FvNcK2kPQ]
The first project we found is
the E-cumbent by [Matt Shumaker]
. [Shumaker]’s ongoing project uses a power unit he constructed out of RC airplane electronics: the motor, the controller, a servo tester, and a battery eliminator circuit connected to 14 lithium polymer cells plus several CNC milled parts. The power drive connects to a sprocket mounted on the left side of the rear wheel. The bike is constructed with two reduction stages; the second stage has a freewheel that allows the rider to pedal while the motor idles, use the motor and pedal power combined, or use motor power alone. [Shumaker] also built a display console onto the handlebars, which shows trip information, MPH, and information on battery usage.
[Warren Beauchamp] designed a somewhat more simple
electric recumbent he calls the Cuda-E
. This design uses a 450 watt motor from a Mongoose pedal/electric motocross bike. It doesn’t just take the motor, though: it uses the entire rear subframe. The recumbent uses the motocross bike’s single pivot rear suspension, which attaches the rear and front subframes with a pivot and and a shock absorber. The motor is powered by a 24V lithium phosphate battery pack, but like the last project, [Beauchamp]’s recumbent can use any combination of pedaling and motor power.
A third project we found is by [Dana Barlow]
, and it really whet our appetite for more detail. [Barlow] chose to use parts from the same kind of motocross bike [Beauchamp] did, but unlike him, [Barlow] did not leave the motor in its original place on the rear subframe. Instead, he moved it to just above the freewheel, freeing up the space for a larger wheel to be used. [Barlow]’s bike is also distinct from the last two in that it uses remote steering: the handlebars and the suspension fork are on two different shafts. Unfortunately, very little information on the process was in the write-up.
All of these projects were found on
Recumbents.com
, which is a great one-stop resource for information on buying, building, riding, and racing recumbent bicycles.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "37047",
"author": "Snazz",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T07:27:42",
"content": "Ah, this is exactly the hack I’ve been looking for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37048",
"author": "dravin21",
"timestamp": "2008-06-30T21:45:37",
"content": "mines not a recumberant… i used an old schwinn banana bike but it looks cool and i bet its alot easier on the back",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37049",
"author": "ebikehub",
"timestamp": "2008-07-05T05:45:10",
"content": "love this hack, will definitely post a link to it onhttp://www.ebikehub.com/forum/the electric bicycle forum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60414",
"author": "Recumbent Bike Guy",
"timestamp": "2009-01-23T01:37:16",
"content": "I have yet to come across any Recumbent Electric Bicycles in production. I did note the schwin is now manufacturing a model called a “Tailwind” that was shown in September at Interbike. It looks like it is straight out of the 70’s. I had the opportunity to test ride a Chrysler Electric Bicycle a few years back. It weighed about 60lbs. It was a dog to pedal around without power assist. The battery was good for about 10 miles in the flat. The biggest problem however was trying to change a tire as the design made that very difficult. I’d love to see someone design a viable commercial recumbent with electric assist that wasn’t a beast in the weight department.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66937",
"author": "arc fault breaker",
"timestamp": "2009-03-19T22:50:11",
"content": "no way, a bike with comfortable seats?! no way! and you can make it electrical powered?! winner!-jack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100931",
"author": "harleydavidsonaccessories",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T14:00:59",
"content": "Wearing black leather and riding huge Harleys, a motorcycle gang thunders through northern Georgia as if en route to a rumble. But the only rumble for this gang–the Atlanta Harley Owners Group (HOG)–is the one in their stomachs. It’s another Sunday ride in the country for the group, and as usual it ends with a feast. “We live to ride, and we ride to eat,” says club assistant director B.K. Ellis, a systems analyst.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.428791
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/twitter-security-cam/
|
Twitter Security Cam
|
Juan Aguilar
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[
"curl",
"motion",
"motiondetection",
"motiondetector",
"securitycamera",
"twitter",
"webcam",
"wget"
] |
It seems that people keep coming up with ingenious things to with Twitter.
Reminding you to water your plants
is relatively inventive, but for shear practicality, [Shantanu Goel]
created a security camera using a webcam
, a few freeware apps, and a Twitter account.
To make this work,
install Motion
on a system running Linux. As its name suggests, Motion is a free motion-detecting application that monitors movement in a webcam’s field of view. Once installed, it should be configured to take a snapshot of the event whenever something moves; with the locate option turned on, it draws a square frame around the area where motion occurred. The program includes http server functionality, so the photos can be viewed from a remote location. When all of that is properly configured, motion can be set to trigger
cURL
,
Wget
, or
[Goel]’s Perl script
to post a message to Twitter about the event. From there the Twitter account can be configured to send text messages to a phone, creating a virtually instant notification of motion sensed by the webcam.
[via
Hackszine
]
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37043",
"author": "Geekner",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T21:51:02",
"content": "How about taking this one step further? Add a bluetooth dongle to the computer running the webcam. Set it to automatically connect to your cell phone. Whenever the bluetooth is not associated, allow it to run the security cam script. Simple way to differentiate from the user being home and away.I assume twitter allows you to set a profile private? I would rather not allow someone to see pictures of my home.Also, isn’t it possible to skip the twitter step altogether, and email pictures/text directly to your phone? Verizon allows you to email (phonenum)@vzw.com and it will be recieved by your phone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37044",
"author": "Chacha102",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T22:40:15",
"content": "There is one problem. If Twitter goes down, and then someone breaks in… you kind of are out of luck :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37045",
"author": "stupergenius",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T23:20:19",
"content": "Not to mention the SMS services that allow you to send messages directly to your phone. Twitter in the middle here is cool but unnecessary.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37046",
"author": "IceBrain",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T00:04:54",
"content": "If your going to let your computer all day on, you could just install a simple web server like LAMP, so it doesn’t depend on any external services.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "50547",
"author": "robcolburn",
"timestamp": "2008-11-12T19:13:26",
"content": "There’s a good number of cam’s that act as their own server. So they can e-mail/ftp images and sometimes video of activity. That cuts your need of a comp. and gives you more placement opportunities.If you can e-mail, then you can pipe with Yahoo Pipes / Dapper.Tweeting seems arguably less annoying than a text message. A computer cannot judge whether activity seen in a camera is harmful or not, so the best they can do is adjust the sensitivity to activity they see. Maybe you have 4 cameras and don’t want to be receive an sms 10 times a day. Does anyone know a twitter-clone that is more reliable?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56900",
"author": "gustavoroberto",
"timestamp": "2008-12-27T18:05:53",
"content": "Hello, Im from Brazil.Using Lynx :echo ’status=Motion Detected! Check Immediately’ | lynx –auth=USER:PASSWORD –dump -post_datahttp://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75655",
"author": "mill3001",
"timestamp": "2009-05-19T07:27:33",
"content": "ok i built some thing like this with out even doing much moding and just for the compatibility of it i am running xp dark on it i currently have only one cam running right now on mine but what i am running is a simple and free program called home security and it can do all the same stuff twitter can but it can also be accessed from all over the world and that is vid and pic it can send them to your phone but that uses credits that you need to buy but you can have it send them to you in an e mail. this computer i have i set up so it douse not need a monitor and it runs wifi so just about all wireless. to over come not havening a monitor it has another program that is free and that is log me in. you can get that at logmein.com the thing i like about this set up is that is is really portable and can use any web cam up to haw ever many usb ports you have and will send them to your e mail when ever you have a motion or if you set it to do an auto capture for pic or vid or both at the same time. it is not perfect but it gets the job done with no probs and i am working on expaning to more than 3 pcs and about 20 web cams any more questions about this one do a fallow up comment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81796",
"author": "Tim Acheson",
"timestamp": "2009-07-16T14:13:35",
"content": "Now Twitter’s own internal systems have been hacked, along with the accounts of Twitter users including celebrities:http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/jul/twitter_hacked_via_google_appsThe initial point of entry wasn’t a gap in Twitter’s security. The hacker(s) gained access through a Google Apps account. The worry with a Google account is, it’s web-based and therefore only as secure as the rest of the Internet. If yuor Google account is compromised and you use Google Docs in a serious commercial setting, your Twitter account will be the least of your worries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "91058",
"author": "Wedding Music Band",
"timestamp": "2009-09-02T01:07:41",
"content": "Keep working, great job! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "395887",
"author": "dosx",
"timestamp": "2011-05-19T03:55:31",
"content": "i have to say its not a bad idea at allminus twitter its not ur server so u cant really say what and what about its security plus popular sites are always open to attacksalternatively like someone mentioned above u cud remove twitter and have the messages sent directly to ur cellbut i have to say very innovative",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.387387
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/geo-metro-halved-for-better-mileage/
|
Geo Metro Halved For Better Mileage
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"aerodynamics",
"dougheffron",
"fuelefficient",
"geo",
"geometro",
"metro",
"mpg",
"prius"
] |
[Doug Heffron] modified this 1989 Geo Metro way back in 1993. Gas prices had just started breaking $1.00/gallon and he wanted to show manufacturers how to build a fuel efficient vehicle in such troubling times. The car already got 58mpg (Prius: 46mpg), but [Doug] decided he could do better with some aero modifications. The car was converted to tandem seating and stripped of any extra weight. In its final form, it got 75mpg, but then gas prices stabilized and it was laid to rest in a shed. You can find out more about the car and see
photos from the build on its site
(painful resizing).
[via
Autoblog
]
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37028",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T21:53:05",
"content": "I’ve seen the unmodified versions of these things after a highway crash, and I seriously question his definition of “safe”.If you look up the average highway fatality stats before and after CAFE standards went into effect, you’ll see what I mean…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37029",
"author": "Jeffs3rd",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T22:22:18",
"content": "This thing can’t seriously be street legal, can it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37030",
"author": "Kit",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T22:22:24",
"content": "Getting higher gas mileages isn’t that hard to do. Cars could be produced that get up to the 60~70 mpg range by stripping off all the heavy protective framework. But those cars would get destroyed in accidents, and never meet the required safety standards to be put into production.Recently though, they’ve started designing cars to ‘crumble’ in a controlled fashion, to improve crash ratings while remaining light, but are still fairly expensive. Or you could make your own and just pray you never get hit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37031",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T22:43:20",
"content": "*.Safe*.Fuel Efficient*.Cheap… pick two",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37032",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T23:34:43",
"content": "@1: The NHTSA crash test ratings for later Metros are actually pretty good. The early ones like this one aren’t so hot, though.@2: Why not? He hasn’t modified any of the required safety equipment. It’s still got bumpers, headlights, and tail lights. Why wouldn’t it be legal if the original car was?Actually, this may shock you, but in most states you can actually *build your own car* from scratch and license it for road use as long as it passes a basic inspection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37033",
"author": "alfiesauce",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T23:54:24",
"content": "This can’t be any more unsafe than cruising down the road at mock chicken on a moped.And to refine #5 to explain why the Prius gets less mpg than this unit-safe or lightweight",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37034",
"author": "Orv",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T00:18:51",
"content": "@6: Yeah, true, compared to a motorcycle this thing is extremely safe. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37035",
"author": "alfiesauce",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T01:04:14",
"content": "And 4 season friendly for those of us who have to deal with winter 10 months of the year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37036",
"author": "tanntraad",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T02:04:33",
"content": "Norway:Unleaded 95: $9,90/gallonDiesel: $10,16/gallonThink I’ll strip down my car now..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37037",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T03:24:55",
"content": "This car could make a great base for an electric conversion. It’s already light and low drag, and with all the space on the passenger side for the battery box, and posible a generator for series hibrid use, you could get some serious range.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37038",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T05:38:37",
"content": "If my geo metro wasn’t my only source of transportation, i might consider doing something like this to it. last year it cost $20 twice a month to fill the tank, but now it’s more like $35…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37039",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T05:43:26",
"content": "There is street legal and legal to sell in large scale. In most States if the car retains the basic safety items to pass annual inspection, along with the emissions inspection, modified cars generally are considered street legal. Then of course the is my home State Kansas that has no annual vehicle inspections of any kind. However that doesn’t mean you can get by not having basic safety items if LE notes that there not there.As far back as 1974 cars where designed so the sheet metal crumple to absorb the crash energy. The fact that a car has terrible looking damage after an accident doesn’t really mean that car is inherently unsafe.I have to be sure a person capable of creating custom transmission gears, would also be able to retain the car’s crash safety features.Both the manufacturers and the vehicle buyers share the blame. Even if the manufacturer did offer economical auto, the buyer gets rid of them the moment it becomes affordable to consume more. Perhaps that’s about to change as gas here in the US moves onto $5",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37040",
"author": "Rune",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T14:23:37",
"content": "@9For comparion, here are the Danish prices right now:unleaded 92: 11.65 DKK/liter or 9.19 USD/gallonunleaded 98: 11.97 DKK/liter or 9.44 USD/gallondiesel: 11.35 DKK/liter or 8.95 USD/gallon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37041",
"author": "KP",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T22:59:54",
"content": "Are there any good resources for aeromodding or on basic aerodynamics out there?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37042",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2008-06-17T23:21:35",
"content": "you can lower the drag coefficient of a civic hatchback anywhere from .26 all the way to a crazy .17http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/aerocivic-how-drop-your-cd-0-34-0-a-290.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2911702",
"author": "flyboy",
"timestamp": "2016-02-07T23:20:31",
"content": "The main site for this car was removed a few years ago but we have made a new one for the car and other things that Doug Heffron has built.http://www.dougheffron.com/car.htmlPS the car is still on the road",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.181217
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2008/06/16/ring-of-the-devil-electric-lock-exploit/
|
Ring Of The Devil Electric Lock Exploit
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Security Hacks"
] |
[
"lockpicks",
"physical security",
"PhysicalSecurity"
] |
[Barry] got his hands on an
interesting electronic lock pick
. The ‘Ring of the Devil’ is made of aluminum and has four magnets inside. By rotating it against an electric lock, (like the one in our
RGB keypad lock How-To
) the magnetic force can cause the electric motor inside the lock to turn and unlock. More details and commentary are on [Barry]’s
site
.
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| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "37023",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T19:41:22",
"content": "The software update could eliminate some of the threat of this attack. However, only if the lock’s controller is still receiving power.Without more detailed descriptions of how this lock operates, I assume that the software update would be able to detect this attack by sensing the current generated from the “the ring of the devil”, log that event, and then apply current in the reverse direction to keep the motor from turning. If power was removed (by a determined individual), the attack would still work. If backup power was battery supplied, it is still possible to use the attack long enough to drain the battery to the point where the ring would overpower the controller. However, if the security system is still active, the cops will show up before you can drain it far enough.I wonder if it also has a solenoid to prevent the motor from turning in the event of an attack?Another possibility is that if you apply a magnetic field intense enough, the motor’s windings may eventually overheat, short circuit, and disable the controller. The magnets inside of the motor would still respond to the external magnetic field and the lock would open.Anybody interested in creating a more complicated “ring of the devil”? One could create a toroid (doughnut shape) with multiple windings and then attach a controller to apply current to the coils in a “rotating” manner. This could be made powerful enough to probably overpower the lock controller’s reverse “anti-attack” current. At the very least it would be faster way of draining the backup battery. It would also be silent and less conspicuous than a power drill. Battery and controller in your pockets, toroid in your hand, and a long sleeve shirt to conceal the wires.Then there’s the issue of how the security system communicates with the lock. If wirelessly and with a battery backup, metal bracelets are a sure thing. If the lock is in the door frame with a battery backup and secure shielding of the wires, metal bracelets are in your near future unless you can detect the communication frequency and jam it and the lock doesn’t continuously communicate with the security system. If wired with a battery back up, then the placement of the wires or contacts inbetween the door and frame would be critical, but could still be suceptible if the lock doesn’t continuously communicate with the security system.Anyway, I should probably get back to my electrical engineering homework. Thanks for reading my two cents. Ryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37024",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T19:47:28",
"content": "O.K., I’m procrastinating from my homework. This attack could be rendered completely useless if the lock’s motor consisted of two sets of coils instead of coils and permanent magnets like all conventional electric motors. Ryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37025",
"author": "Solenoidclock",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T21:17:55",
"content": "All conventional? I’d just use an ac motor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37026",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2008-06-16T21:54:49",
"content": "Sorry, not “all” conventional, but most small DC powered ones.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "37027",
"author": "Retroplayer",
"timestamp": "2008-06-18T18:27:29",
"content": "Furthermore, all that would be needed is to “brake” the motor. This means shorting out the positive and negative inputs when the motor is “locked.” The electricity generated by rotating the motor will go right back in to the motor to oppose it. The harder you turn it, the harder it opposes.If relays are used to do the braking, there wouldn’t even be any harm of pumping electricity back into the controller.Seriously, any good lock should be doing this anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69825",
"author": "Eltro",
"timestamp": "2009-04-09T13:19:39",
"content": "hhmm- what if the motor drives a gear which drives the lock? so the magnet would rotate the motor but the gear wouldn’t be in the right position so it wouldn’t, srsly if you want to break in just use a small emp :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1152800",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2014-01-01T23:01:59",
"content": "What are you like on sonic screwdriver theory,now that’s an interesting one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,813.344884
|
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