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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/22/automatic-cable-modem-power-cycling/
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Automatic Cable Modem Power Cycling
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
If you’ve got a cable modem, you know the drill when it goes offline. Unplug it, wait 30 seconds, plug it back in, reset your dhcp request. I’m pretty sure that [brian] mentioned
this
in a comment a while back, but now he’s written it up. He’s using a cron job on his linux box to check the internet connection, and if the test fails, power cycle the hardware with some X10 hardware and a little scripting. (Just don’t tell your friends or they’ll be outside trying to guess the code.)
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{
"comment_id": "26911",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T01:58:43",
"content": "I actually did something similar some time ago with my ancient 3Com homeconnect DSL modem. The device has a serial port that was password protected; a simple hardware hack to get the password and a serial cable connected to the linux box serves the same purpose. With the added bonus that I set up a simple web page to check the modem’s status, current link rate and the option to manually resync the link or reboot the modem.Luckily when it dies, the link goes down but the software is still running so the serial interface is sufficient.I wrote up the hardware bit ages ago if anyone’s got one of these from their provider and wants to get the password:http://404.gotroot.ca/index.php?/archives/10-3Com-HomeConnect-ADSL-Password-Recovery.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26912",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T03:28:44",
"content": "A friend of mine used this trick to bruteforce an access code to a device that would stop responding after a few failed attempts. He wore out a number of X10 modules, since they’re apparently only good for a few hundred thousand cycles each and it took many, many attempts to guess the code.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26913",
"author": "maxdamage",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T04:00:36",
"content": "I did this a few years back with a parallel port relay device and an old laptop that sits by the modem. (It is a wireless connection, so it was a pain to run and reset it all the time)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26914",
"author": "Rob Ristroph",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T04:53:25",
"content": "I was about to start a project to make a powerstrip controlled by RS232 and relays, when I found this product:http://cpscom.com/gprod/cps.htmI may still build mine (I already purchased the relays) but I would like to try out that device also.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26915",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T05:22:12",
"content": "Thanks for the comments, guys. I knew i wasnt the only one out there having this problem.HTH.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26916",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T06:07:04",
"content": "I was going insane (and arguing with Comcast) with my cable internet service – the connection would come and go. I finally figured out the modem was overheating! (Thanks D-link!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26917",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T06:20:27",
"content": "Comcast seems to have a LOT of problems with bad cable modems. I’ve had the service about a year and I’ve already had my modem replaced twice by them. Have a few friends who have had to have theirs replaced too. It takes some hassle to get them to give ya a knew one, but usually you can google it and find your modem has a history of problems. I have a feeling they just take the ones that don’t work quite right and give them to someone else, since a lot of them only break in high traffic, which a lot of people don’t have too often.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26918",
"author": "Zurg",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T10:45:11",
"content": "Got something similar for WRT54G. Few parts, a shell script that runs on the WRT and you’re done. Cheap and self contained. No PC needed. Pretty cool for access points in the wild.http://misomosi.free.fr/?p=3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26919",
"author": "t0ny",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T11:47:22",
"content": "For my cable modem I dont need to cut the power. In the web interface athttp://192.168.100.1I can tell the modem to reboot. And when the cable service goes down I dont need to reboot my modem. I would suggest he gets a new modem. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26927",
"author": "mnewman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T14:28:16",
"content": "I had a problem with an old 802.11b access point that locked up constantly, so I rigged up a dot matrix printer attached to a linux box to print a blank line whenever the connection between the two APs failed, then spliced the power line across the print head and the case of the printer.It was sloppy, but worked great.Wish I had had some of those x10 devices back then, but it probably wouldn’t have looked as cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26921",
"author": "Neil Cherry",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T21:46:04",
"content": "Don’t use the LM14A, it’s a lamp module and it uses a SCR to control the power going to the appliance. Appliances with power supplies don’t like getting this modified power (the SCR cuts off part of the AC signal). This can cause the premature death of your appliance. It’s OK for lamps (what it’s intended for). Second thing is that the applaince module, such as an AM14A, uses leakage current to monitor for manual on/off of the appliance. What this means to you is that the modem won’t really turn off as there’s always some current flowing and it just enough to keep the modem from a proper reboot. To fix this visit:http://www.geocities.com/idobartana/Modifying_Appliance_module.htm#Modifying%20appliance%20modules%20for%20local%20controlYou just need to clip the appropriate diode and you’ll fix the problem.And yes I know what I’m talking about. I wrote the book: “Linux Smart Homes For Dummies” and I have a chapter on using X10 to control a printer in a similar manor. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4345014",
"author": "Whoever",
"timestamp": "2018-02-06T05:04:00",
"content": "You used X10 to control a printer in a similar large country house with lands?? Impressive!",
"parent_id": "26921",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26920",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2007-06-23T22:36:03",
"content": "I have had for few years same kind of application. Cron checks few netsites to get information about the network status. If all thoe netsites are down, it first tries to get new IP from the DHCP. If this does not help, it powers of the ADSL-modem, waits for 30 secs and tries then again to get the IP and connection.If this fails, it waits 5 minutes and tries again.Paraller port lights up led-light to control the ADSL’s power, there is light-controlled power switch for booting ADSL-modem when the led lights up. So the computer’s paraller port is totally isolated from the electrical network.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26924",
"author": "crash",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T00:23:19",
"content": "i did something like this but it went to the modems site and restarted it from the modem gui from the 192.168.100.1 and it would reset the modem then my router automatically would renew the dhcp lease once it looses the internet connection",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26922",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T02:43:14",
"content": "I’m not usually one to put down a hack, and this one is certainly cool, but when I started having cable modem problems I returned the rental unit, bought my own, opened it up and put bigger heat syncs on everything that got hot. Now my modem doesn’t need to be reset, it just runs all the time instead. IMO the most elegant solutions are the best. though, I suppose this hack might be worthwhile if you’re forced to rent the equipment instead of buying your own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26923",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T06:30:39",
"content": "@neil, either you do not know what you are talking about or you are lying to us. smps supplies (as are included with most electronic equipment these days) could care less what the voltage looks like coming in, so long as the p-p voltage is between about 150-250v (varies from supply to supply), and that there is a pulse at least 50 times a second (otherwise the internal filter caps are too small). Likewise, a lamp module would work fine–just don’t expect the supply to work correctly if you set it for 10% brightness.Furthermore, plugging an x-10 module into the batter lines of an UPS will work most of the time, as the the majority of all ups just have a relay that connects your computer to the wall when you are not on battery. When you switch to battery power obviously the modules not on the battery powered output of the ups won’t respond (since they don’t have power), but everything on the battery line of the ups will work fine. There will be a little more noise from the inverter circuitry, but since the modules are right next to each other they still work fine. There is no chance of damaging the x10 module.In any case, I prefer the insteon implementation of the x10 standard (I have found it to be much more reliable, and often times much faster), but then again the ‘original’ x10 stuff is usually much cheaper.And now that your computer is on the x10 network it is time to start having it control everything else in your house!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26925",
"author": "Neil Cherry",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T17:08:16",
"content": "In response to ‘…’ (Krazerlasers) – I do know what I’m talking about (I’ve been using X10 since ~1982) and I’m not lying. You are correct that a good smps (_not_ included with most cheap consumer grade equipment) should work with the LM14A (at 100% power). The problem is that majority of consumer power supplies are either linear or cheap smps. These expect a relatively clean AC signal, a tighter voltage range and/or frequency range. I think that the consumer smps have improved but the majority of the equipment in the field is still linear.The other problem is that lamp and appliance modules support a thing called local control (current sense). The problem that appears is that either the device doesn’t fully shut off (very bad if your rebooting a router and it doesn’t reset) or you shut it off and a couple of seconds later it turns it self back on. I’ve seen this problem with my old Netgear router (linear) and 3Com Audrey (switching, rated 50/60 Hz 100-120VAC). Neither would properly reset because the voltage outputs never dropped low enough for a proper reset.On the subject of the UPS (I didn’t mention this), if a UPS were simply a relay controlled power source it would work fine but it’s not. Most UPS have some form of filtering and the X10 signal gets eaten (a black hole). When on battery backup X10 usually fails because it’s not a true sine wave. I’ve been told that high end UPSs reproduce a much more faithful sine wave but the normal UPSs fail. Whether it’s because it sees the pseudo-sine wave as multiple zero crossings, the pseudo-sine wave makes a bad carrier or something else I don’t know. The filtering is usually enough to keep X10 from not working so it’s avoided. My X10 is on the utility side of the UPS and it the UPS has a ‘filter’ to make the UPS’s impedance look close to infinite to the X10 signal (no black hole).All of these subject have been covered on the newsgroup: comp.home.automationBTW, I prefer the Insteon technology also. Too bad the Insteon products have of problems also (I won’t go into that right now). I’m also looking into UPB.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26926",
"author": "Mike Rigby-Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T15:52:40",
"content": "In pure “hack” terms I guess this is ok, but it’s fixing the symptoms of the problem, not the root cause. Most DSL/ADSL Modem/Routers suffer from these problems due to a combination of overheating (poor case design, not enough ventilation) and crap firmware. The first is easy to fix with better case ventilation or even a small fan and larger heatsinks as suggested in another comment. Poor firmware is more difficult, but by getting a router that can run OpenWRThttp://openwrt.org/you stand the best chances of a stable system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26928",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T22:17:31",
"content": "@Mike Rigby-Jones:I’m running a custom linux router using Shorewall. The router is not the problem. The actual dsl line is not the problem. The *modem* is the problem. I had a linksys router prior to this, and it only muddied the waters when it came to fixing the internet when the modem blanked out – turn off the modem, turn off the router, pluf the modem directly into the computer, turn the modem on, request a webpage, plug the modem back into the router, reset the router … pass. This is simple and automated. As i stated in the article, when this stops working, i’ll buy a new modem. No big deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105167",
"author": "Insteon",
"timestamp": "2009-11-02T07:45:43",
"content": "I definitely agree with the other comment about using a setup more reliable than X10 for this – the concept is good, but if you have to send the X10 signal 5 times before it’s received and the modem reboots it’s a lot less useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6635265",
"author": "nmsr",
"timestamp": "2023-04-23T16:23:20",
"content": "Wouldn’t it be possible to use some kind of a PoE timer switch for the same task? Much cheaper and reliable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.288859
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/21/diy-beatbox/
|
DIY Beatbox
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
[formathirn] sent in his
latest
project, his Beatbox 2.0. He was kind enough to write up an
instructable
(Don’t whine about it, they’re giving away a friggin $6k laser etching machine.)
It features a 600 watt amp, four internal mid/fullrange speakers and it’ll run external subs, if you don’t mind carting them around. He used some p3 heat sinks to reduce the space needed by the amp and fit everything into an old ‘Grundig Bandmaschine’ case. For extra bling, he put used fiber optics in the side.
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{
"comment_id": "26906",
"author": "Madouc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T01:23:42",
"content": "looks nicely done, but i would have liked it more if he would have had retained more of the original appearance. nice mod!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26907",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T09:35:28",
"content": "Yeah, Pentium 2 heatsinks, not pentium 3, if you read the instructable. I’m not sure what this thing was originally, but it’s a nice hack. Looks clean too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26908",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T18:10:19",
"content": "It was an old reel-to-reel deck. I loved how those things worked. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26909",
"author": "SuperJdynamite",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T21:04:02",
"content": "Hold up — what’s wrong with Instructables?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26910",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T23:22:17",
"content": "I agree the Grundig skeleton appears to be an old portable reel to reel tape recorder. Hell today’s cassette recorder are reel to reel recorders as well, akmixdown. A Wollensack I used to have in the junk shed was similar in appearance. It was hacked to turn it into a slow speed dispatch like recorder. Nice to see something other than an Altoids tin used for cabinent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.468727
|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/20/diy-camcorder/
|
DIY Camcorder
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jonas] sent in a surprisingly retro
concept
given the number of small cheap funky video recorders on the market. He built his own. At the heart is a sony Digital8 recorder, combined with a security camera and a SLR lens. It’s finished out with an LCD viewfinder and a handful of AA batteries to power the security camera.
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{
"comment_id": "26892",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:50:51",
"content": "wow.. that’s awesome. anyone have an idea how to record from the thing if you’re using a camera with an analogue output and don’t have the digital8 recorder? i love modular design concepts like this, but for me it falls down at the requirement for a specific recorder, which if it was cheap on ebay before, probably won’t be now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26893",
"author": "Jonas Krøyer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:55:39",
"content": "You can use a DVR like Archos AV-500",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26894",
"author": "Jonas Krøyer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T21:00:44",
"content": "By the way…I’m curently about to make a 2. version camera, smaller, better, etc.But i’m needing a super8 camera for itSo if any one would like to donate one for the project…Please contact me through my website:http://www.c-h-a-o-s.com/chaos_c-h-a-o-scomcontact/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26895",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T22:44:34",
"content": "Pretty good. As a pro camera op, I’d be a little afraid of what my clients would think if I showed up on a shoot with one, but I do actually use a quite similar system for shots where I can’t put a big ol’ broadcast camera. I use a very small security camera, just with its built in optics, and a wide angle converter, and then a $200 MiniDV camera with analog inputs. Makes a perfect rig for doing things like taping to body panels of cars or flying down a road inches above the ground. (Obviously with the MiniDV recorder/camera in the car, but the security camera outside).And as to the Super8 camera, are you going to add a CCD where the film plane was? That’d be a pretty cool idea. EBay always has a ton of really cheap Super8 cameras.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26896",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T22:49:58",
"content": "I dont get it, you said you used mono camera yet viewfinder picture and .mov file both have color",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26897",
"author": "Jonas Krøyer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T22:59:29",
"content": "Well… I had to try with a colour of course",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26898",
"author": "Letze",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T01:03:01",
"content": "Awesome, I’m building a undercover police car and this will make the project so much easier than using scraped parts from a decom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26899",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T06:17:50",
"content": "HMM why not use a Hard drive instead of a Super8? I’d be interested in something like this if I could tak on my own 400GB IDE drive… at very least it’d be cutting edge as the HDD camcorder seem to be the latest trend these days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26900",
"author": "Jonas Krøyer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T12:52:23",
"content": "I gues you are refering to the upcomeing version i want to make…It is going to be with a harddrive… but i still need the super8 camera to make it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26901",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T16:09:07",
"content": "by teh way, I read your post about the HDD recorders and you wrote you don’t want mpeg4 .. and you used mpeg2 converter .. ??? Am I missing something? mpeg4 gives better quality than mpeg2 when using same stream bandwidth",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26902",
"author": "Jonas Krøyer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T01:29:37",
"content": "Mpeg2 converter… Nope! As discribet in the project i use pure DV and by my knowlegde DV vs. Mpeg4 is like Raw vs. Jpeg…This is why i like the Quickstream… it can record in DV to its harddrive and the Canopus ADVC55 is a standard Analog video to DV converter…It’s all pretty simple. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26903",
"author": "LegendHasIt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T14:02:59",
"content": "I built something similar about 6-8 months ago for infrared night videos. I use my COWON A2 as a DVR.Toshiba Color super low-lux security camera with a manual focus, manual zoom lens (autofocus would be way better.)Camera powered by three 2400mah LiIon batteries built in the frame.5 watt Infrared LED illuminator… Which is TOO powerful for anything closer than 10 ft.Removed the camera’s infrared filter, so on daylight videos the color is a little off, but I didn’t intend to use it as a regular camcorder anyway.Still needs some finishing touches, but works fine.Photos here:http://www.az123.com/NVC/back.jpghttp://www.az123.com/NVC/side.jpgShort demo video of camera in dark room here:http://www.az123.com/NVC/nvc.mpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26904",
"author": "lordcanyon",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T00:18:41",
"content": "eh.. i wouldnt call that a do it yourself camcorder since it uses a camcorder in the first place",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "835852",
"author": "spikemtz",
"timestamp": "2012-10-25T17:30:44",
"content": "Totally is a DIY camcorder! It doesn’t use a camcorder… It uses a CAMERA and a RECORDER. Put the two together, and ya get a CAMCORDER. Get it?",
"parent_id": "26904",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26905",
"author": "parker",
"timestamp": "2007-07-11T19:28:14",
"content": "This article is great!some alternatives to the digital8 recorder are the samsung sports camera, or, if you want to use your own security camera, the aiptek personal media recorder/camcorder, which is $150 and records your video to an SD card.and, it includes the screen, so in the end, it saves about $350",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/19/heat-pipe-wine-chiller-pc-cooling/
|
Heat Pipe Wine Chiller PC Cooling
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
[Gordon Johnson] sent in one of the
odder
active cooling mods I’ve seen. Initially he planned to use lots of pennies to create the heat pipe, but ended up using some copper pipe with some pennies tacked on to mate to the cpu. The pipe carries the cpu heat from the case into a… wine cooler. Judging from the size, I’d guess that the cooler is one of the peltier variety. To see the final creation, I had to go through the slide show youtube
video
.
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{
"comment_id": "26864",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T07:36:08",
"content": "ummm, a penny is made of zinc and just copper plated. he should have just cut up some bigger pipe and hammered it flat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "488317",
"author": "Damien",
"timestamp": "2011-10-23T21:25:51",
"content": "Pennies made 1983 and before are all copper excluding the steel pennies obviously.",
"parent_id": "26864",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26865",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T07:52:18",
"content": "that system was a P3.If it were a P4, I would not trust 4 pennies arranged like that to cool it. I would have liked to seen a proper cpu mount instead, even if it was just the pipe jammed into a coper 3rd party (or even stock) heatsink.I don’t understand the reasoning for sealing every part of the case, that just prevents natural air flow (no fans in the case). If it was for noise, he could isolate the harddrive alone, with a big heatsink connected…Still a great idea. What model cooler is that, and how much do they cost?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26866",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T08:30:54",
"content": "#1 if you had read the article you might have noticed this:“4 Pennies between 1962-1982*”, “(I used these years because it contained the highest amount of copper, 95% copper and 5% zinc)”btw cool idea, etc. but ultimately not very practical or efficient. Which is fine, the fun is in building it :).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26867",
"author": "Spaceball1",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T08:35:56",
"content": "#3 Adreed, looks like more fun than anything, as it’s not really practical.Probally could have just used large passive heat sinks to do the same.I bet if he remove the chiller, that the pipe would be enough to cool the cpu.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26868",
"author": "Hmm",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T12:01:09",
"content": "Interesting idea, but from experience i can say that these mini fridges are not designed for permanent use.We bought one of these to cool the milk for our cappuccinatore, it seems to be the same model. We just drilled on tiny hole for the milk hose. After two days permanent use the fan died, which we replaced. After one year of 24/7 use, the cooling performance seems to degrade even though the fan is still running. Do peltier elements degrade after long term usage?Another thing, this fridge is not really quiet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26869",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T12:29:22",
"content": "why are people obsessed with using pennies as a source of copper! As stated earlier, most of them are mostly zinc, and the pure copper ones don’t cost $.01 any more…Also, what he built is by no means a heat pipe, as the term ‘heat pipe’ implies that the cooling is mostly dependent on the ‘working fluid’ in the pipe, which transfers energy by evaporating on the hot side and condensing on the cold side.I suppose that just with the sheer copper mas can can cool a p3 (putting out like 30w?), but don’t expect to be able to pull a stunt like that with any modern processor.I will give it to Will, it was ‘odd’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26870",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T14:00:12",
"content": "I’ll try and answer most of your questions here:It is an Emerson wine chiller, and surprisingly enough, it was only $30. Just froogle that name and it’ll come up.About the noise of the fridge, maybe I’m deaf, but it seems fairly quiet to me. Thanks for the heads up about the fridge being unstable.About the heatsink alone cooling the CPU, that is correct since the CPU is merely a P3. But, after much tests of the Emerson wine chiller in use/not in use, I did notice a significant performance difference. Without the wine chiller, it got to about 120 (pipe near the base, and it was 92 degrees outside) and with the wine chiller, it was 2 degrees below the outside temperature.Also, the heat pipe phrasing, I just called it that since, well, its a pipe, and transmits heat, but I do appreciate the correction. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26871",
"author": "Eli",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T16:34:23",
"content": "Is that a Mountain Dew mini fridge, from the Dew U contest?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26872",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T17:35:59",
"content": "Another question: What is the pipe connected to inside the cooler? Does it just go in, or is it touching or welded to something specific?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26873",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T17:57:49",
"content": "Those peltier junction based coolers are power hungry and create a fair amount of heat themselves.They themselves probably have better heatsinks and fans then your CPU did originally!For an interesting project it’s awesome, but there’s no real advantage here, just trading heat for more heat eleswhere and more power consumption for your trouble.Save the middlemen and just transplant the wine cooler’s heatsink and fan onto your CPU, problem solved! :D(though admittedly not nearly as fun!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26874",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T18:05:54",
"content": "I’m generally all for throwing paper calculations to the wind and just trying something, but thats not to say science and or common sense should go out the window with it.for starters, $5 and a trip to the hardware store would net either a sheet or bar of copper that would serve far better than a few pennies. Trust me on this one: pennies are terrible heat conductors (even high percentage copper ones). ask me how I know? A highschool solar cooker failure proved that point to me. (certainly an argument could be made that everyone needs to find out the hard way.. but this was a perfectly bad waste of good effort.)second: the thermometer in between the cpu and the chiller?!?! whats that going to pove? and, is it taped on? I cant tell.Merely smushing the thing onto the pipe wont tell you anything (accuracy approaching zero). drilling a hole and jaming it in there (in which case, it would come out perpendicular from the pipe) will only tell ambient pipe air temp (*IF* you stubbed the tip so that less than 1/4 the length was exposed to outside air, since thermometers of that type tell the average temp over its length) . brazing the thermo on to the pipe is at least a solid step in the right direction.Theres another problem though. measuring the temp between the cpu and the fridge does not tell you either piece’s temp. *assuming* the ‘heat pipe’ and fridge are actully doing something, the temp reading will only be the *net effect* temperature. In otherwords, the difference in temp between the measurement and the fridge, will also be the difference in temp between the measurement and cpu. Thats right, your cpu is actually running significantly higher than you are reading. like.. *a lot higher*before making any more claims to performance, you should have done two things: 1 – attached a proper thermocouple device to the cpu. 2 – took measurements of the *unmodified* system as compared to room temp and then repeated the tests with your so called upgrade.I hate to sound harsh.. but you have no ‘reality points’ on this mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26875",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T18:18:08",
"content": "@ #8Inside the cooler, since the door is thick, I used grommets on either end, thus making it sturdy. From there on in, it remains open pretty much about a 1/2 inch away from the back of the cooler.@ #9Haha, that would be interesting if it were. But no, just an Emerson chiller I found online for 30 bucks.@ #10I don’t necessarily call 36 watts (yes, 36, I don’t know why it isn’t 35). That’s about half the wattage of the lowest watt light bulb. And in terms of trading heat, try 2 degrees cooler than the outside case temperature (from 92 to 90). I call that a big advantage. And about transporting the heatsink and fan… no, that just doesn’t make sense. That’s not how it works at all. It circulates a grade of freon around to cool the air inside it. As per heat that it gives off, it feels about 80 to me, I’ll get back to you with the temps that the fans put off, but really, hardly anything to mention.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26876",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T18:31:01",
"content": "@ #11How is “placing the air thermometer on the base of the copper heatsink (right next to the CPU)” not a fairly accurate reading of the heat being dispersed by the copper? I don’t really have any other means testing the tube’s temperature. Also, the motherboard did not have a temperature sensor…When I measured the temperature of the copper alone outside of the unit, it was to see if the cold air was traveling at all from the wine chiller to the copper at the other end.And yes, temperatures were taken with and without the Emerson wine chiller. But of course, those weren’t to your liking. I will try and get my hands on a thermocouple, and let you know if there is that large of a difference in the readings.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26877",
"author": "larry sanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T18:42:38",
"content": "I have an old shuttle XPC kicking around, and it has a ‘heat pipe’ cooler, kind of along the same lines of this, except its copper pipes are filled with a fluid that evaporates from the processor end, and condenses at the cooling end, running back down to the processor. I dont know what the chemical is, possibly condensed freon, or perhaps just alcohol, however It hasnt always been reliable, and I have nearly fried my processor from it before. To cut a long story short, I really wouldn’t trust the copper pipe alone cooling method..I would at least try filling it half up with a coolant, and seal the other end (oh and make sure the cooling end is raised higher than the processor). I think that the heatsink would be alot more efficient this way…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26878",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T19:10:10",
"content": "I seriously doubt that wine chiller has any sort of compression/decompression based heat transfer system, more likely, its just one of those peltier based types, which could’ve been moved into the case pretty easily…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26879",
"author": "Gordon",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T19:28:49",
"content": "@ #15Possible condensation, risk I don’t really want to take, and the wine chiller would be way too small to fit everything.@ #14I don’t think that it would be alcohol, it would evaporate wicked fast. I remember hearing something from a friend of mine stating that copper tubing by default sometimes comes with mineral water in it? Not too sure though…This project is purely experimental during this phase, I will be sure to keep all of you posted about the temperatures (obviously to the best of my ability considering the fact that the mobo does not have a temperature guage).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26880",
"author": "Sebastian",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:14:41",
"content": "Here is my old heatpipe project videos..http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-811764234953076584http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3158703605608387127",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26881",
"author": "chr0n1c",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T23:25:14",
"content": "why not take the guts from the wine chiller and build them into the case of the pc… getting rid of the entire plastic chiller body only keeping the cooling bits!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26882",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T02:23:10",
"content": "Like I said, it really doesn’t work that way with a thermal cooler. It would be more efficient to place the unit in a freezer while taking several precautions such as coating the wires and other items from possibly being corroded, and to somehow limit the condensation, etc.But good thought, keep the ideas a comin’ to improve this beast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26883",
"author": "computergod",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T05:26:37",
"content": "I know the author didn’t mean this to be an actual heat pipe, but the misuse of heat pipes now is getting ridiculous.These things work on gravity. The heat source at the bottom heats up a liquid with a low boiling point, the heat makes it rise, when it gets to the cooler top part it condenses and drips back down a braided wick.If the heat source is higher then the cooling element then the heat pipe effect won’t work. The amount of products that I see made this is astounding and shows a concerning lack of knowledge on the part of buyers who should probably know better. The only way these move heat when not used properly is through conduction, so using solid copper would actually work better.It hurts every time I see some idiot that had spent $100 on a heat pipe cooler and mounted it upside down or sideways. These people are making computer nerds look as nutty as audiophiles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26884",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T06:28:44",
"content": "I didn’t title the article as such, just an FYI. Though I did mis-use the term a few times within my article. Bare in mind, at the time I was thinking of the following: copper + shape of a pipe + heat transfer = heat pipe.And lol @ audiophiles. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26885",
"author": "larry sanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T07:56:07",
"content": "# 20 Thats pretty much what I said in #14! Anyway after some research I found out they use a chemical made by 3M, however I looked it up in work, i’m now home and I have forgotten the name of it…D’oh, but as I said the heat source needs to be lower than the cooling end for it to work… however they don’t all use wicks. Some of them just let the liquid run freely inside…i’m contemplating cutting open the copper piping from my XPc heatpipe just to see whats in side..not sure how much a new one would cost though! Perhaps I could just use a standard heatsink..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26886",
"author": "larry sanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T18:33:16",
"content": "Personally I think your fine calling it a heat pipe afterall its a pipe that carries heat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26887",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T21:08:23",
"content": "capillarity, those weird ass heat pipes are filled with sponge like stuff for the liquid to crawl",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26888",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T21:45:56",
"content": "accordig to wikipedia, at least some heatpipes are designed to work sideways, or even upside downhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Heat_Pipe_Mechanism.png",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26889",
"author": "claylong",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T21:40:22",
"content": "#20 – I thought the “gravity” and the “wick” heat pipes were two different things?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe“In the case of vertically-oriented heat pipes the fluid may be moved by the force of gravity. In the case of heat pipes containing wicks, the fluid is returned by capillary action.”Aren’t most large p4 heat sinks now heat pipes? Laptops too? How can either of those be mounted vertically?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26890",
"author": "Gordon Johnson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T02:44:11",
"content": "@ #26With magic of course!You could use a grommet to hold it steady of mounted partially outside of the case. I am assuming that you are making reference to the project.But for the general use of the term heatpipe, I am not really sure how it could be upright, considering the liquid inside it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26891",
"author": "larry sanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T02:46:54",
"content": "….Which brings me back to my original post.. My heatpipe operates using gravity, and it contains ethanol!! (I decided to cut it open just to find out..) Pity i hadn’t seen the wikipedia article first!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.226438
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/19/dammit-we-missed-a-day-extra/
|
Dammit We Missed A Day Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I finally ponied up for an ev-do card to make sure that I have no excuse for missing a post short of being trapped in a hole by
bizzaro superman
.
Check out this short video how-to on making your own
glow in the dark
inkjet ink. via [
boing boing
]. Probably the best inkjet mod since the
diy cd printer
.
If you remember the
diy ups
, you might like the
attach a giant battery to a stock ups
version. I did this myself years ago. It works well, but use a maintenance free battery to minimize hydrogen off-gassing. In fact, I’d suggest some proper ventilation for the battery pack. Miata batteries have a vent tube if you want to keep the parts count to a minimum. (but they are a bit pricy)
Something a little oldschool – [Alexandre] added a
serial port
to his newton message pad 2000.(Not in english, but easy enough to understand.)
After seeing the
superglue fingerprinting
post, [Anton] sent in this
fingerprint falsification
how-to from the ccc.
| 14
| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26850",
"author": "Forrest",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T06:17:08",
"content": "For the DIY UPS, I was thinking it would be better to skip the inverter and use a DC ATX power supply …http://cgi.ebay.com/For-Sale-Brand-New-DC-to-ATX-Power-Supply-Robotics_W0QQitemZ300119284769QQihZ020QQcategoryZ50924QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26851",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T07:02:50",
"content": "the glowing printer ink looks like a fake in my opinion, the demo at the end not only glows even in the letterings white areas (remember the glow stuff was mixed with magenta), but is rock steady, while video of the paper in the light was somewhat shakey…I’ll belive it when I see it in person",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26852",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T07:15:51",
"content": "yes that has to be totally fake. how is it that it is absolute black except for the glow? i just dont buy it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26853",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T18:04:18",
"content": "I’ve had a UPS hooked to a couple of big sealed 25ah batteries in my office/workshop for years.It originally had little 6.5ah cells in it and as is so common, the original owners found it cheaper to replace the whole unit then just the batteries.advantage: me.I simply drilled (and grommeted!) a hole for the cables to run out of the case and the batteries sit next to it.More than once the power has been out and we’ve had dinner upstairs in here because it had power enough to run the PC with a TV card in it and a lamp as well.fun!Over time the capacity of the batteries will fall off, but they are so oversized that there’s a little headroom for that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26854",
"author": "Todd LaWall",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:11:58",
"content": "Ok, I just don’t buy the glowing ink. Mostly because the particulate size of the glow powder would block most inkjet nozzles today. Not a chance that it would even print much of an image let alone a glow in the dark one.Just my quarter-byte’s worth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26855",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:23:58",
"content": "@1: I agree, that would be much more ideal, and you don’t need an expensive inverter. plus, able to be more efficient and have less emi, without all the switching losses/noise of the inverter.in fact, that’s quite a good idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26856",
"author": "vbrtrmn",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T20:43:35",
"content": "The DIY battery looks kind a dangerous, especially how the 120VAC is duct-taped to the power-strip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26857",
"author": "Austringer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T22:25:16",
"content": "I spy with my little eye a bottle from the microbrewery that is like two blocks from my house! Hope you had a good time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26858",
"author": "Phil Rennie",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T01:44:03",
"content": "Umm the serial hack can be read in engliish by following his link to where he got the info fromhttp://delphys.net/d.holmes/hardware/newton_DIN8.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26859",
"author": "kikkoman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T09:26:23",
"content": "that GITD ink is definitely fake. you CAN dissolve most glow powders (in water or acid), but well….they won’t glow anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26860",
"author": "Alexandre Souza",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T09:40:27",
"content": "Phil, sure it can be read there. As I said (unfortunately in portuguese, I had no time to translate the site to english) the original info is there. But since there is not enough detail, I took some more detailed photos, with the pin number guide for the connector. I hope this info helps someone! I’d like to invite you all to take a look at my site, there aren’t many english articles but the photos are great! Many brazilian items there. Greetings from Brazil!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26861",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T18:41:16",
"content": "Careful with replacing batteries: You might get the charging voltage wrong, which will reduce the cycle lifetime of the new ones.http://www.landiss.com/battery.htmAnd the rest ofhttp://del.icio.us/myself248/battery",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26862",
"author": "beatsake",
"timestamp": "2007-06-21T19:34:43",
"content": "I would like to know more about this hydrogen off-gassing. I have been using a 400 amp lead acid battery for 6 months or better in my ups. The circuit board of the ups and the battery are attached to the inside of an old E-Machine Computer case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26863",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T02:20:43",
"content": "“400 amp lead acid battery … inside of an old e-machine computer case”Just curious, how did you manage to fit that? Assuming you meant 400 amp-hours, that is a HUGE battery!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.564272
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/18/adding-internal-bluetooth-to-your-tabletlaptop/
|
Adding Internal Bluetooth To Your Tablet/laptop
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[] |
This one reminds me of [sprite_tm]s
keyboard light mod
. [Jeff]
modded
a usb bluetooth module and mounted it internally on his tablet. He connected a small circuit to two the the stock buttons to buffer/de-bounce them to allow simultaneous pressing to activate/deactivate the module. (To add a delicious taste of irony, my bluetooth module was flaking on and off while I read and wrote this up.)
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| 7
| 7
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26843",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T09:09:31",
"content": "while the workmanship on the pcb looks excelent, I bet all that could’ve probly been done with a single 12f509 (but then, he did say he just got a new hot air system…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26844",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T09:57:10",
"content": "I would have to say that I don’t agree with the ‘use solvents to take the warranty sticker off, mess with it, and then send it back in when it breaks’ mentality. Maybe it is because I was raised by people that had an education, maybe it is because I am a tool, but pulling stuff like that is what makes it impossible for the rest of us to get coverage.In any case, I have a similar problem, with my dell inspiron 600m the enable line for the internal bluetooth module is taped off the status light from the wifi card(only a dell…), so when I run fedora (and the light is used to indicate the status of the link, not just that the card is powered) the bluetooth card is constantly enabled/disabled. But I hate to dig into the new mobo I just put in (since the graphics card on the old one blew out, and it won’t boot anymore).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26845",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T17:51:38",
"content": "That’s an excellent problem #2… Classic lazy design. But instead of opening up the case, why don’t you just hack the driver not to blink the LED? That shouldn’t void your warranty, and with an Inspiron, you’ll probably be needing that warranty.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26846",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T18:11:22",
"content": "I duno, It’d be one thing if he broke the tablet himself, then sent it back, but I don’t see whats wrong with removing his mods and replacing the stickers if the device breaks for some unrelated reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26847",
"author": "Keaton Reckard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T19:55:41",
"content": "I dont believe this should get a mention on hackdaday..theres been so many internal bluetooth mods..i soldered a bluetooth dongle to the usb pins on the mobo…not a big deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26848",
"author": "fr33jack",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T20:57:29",
"content": "what about rf shielding of case don’t affect bt performance i try to mount same bt module in a evo n410cmultiport slot and i cant detect bt module is to close to magnesium lcd case.I try inside nb case same problem rf shielding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26849",
"author": "Keaton Reckard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-20T01:12:57",
"content": "no big deal…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.333878
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/17/handy-bench-psus/
|
Handy Bench PSU’s
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I thought everyone was going with cheap
PC based
power supplies(I did), but some people just have to take it to another level. [andrew] built this
bench PSU
with -12V, -15V, +5V, +12V, +15V, variable and one +35VDC unregulated output. He based it on
this
design, but added a few tweaks of his own.
Yes, Hack-A-Day took a bit of an unplanned hiatus on Saturday, but I’ll have some extra stuff for you this week as things return to normal. If you’ve got something interesting, use the
tips line
.
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| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26832",
"author": "nOObY",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T15:07:40",
"content": "Could you please add a mirror / cache for that?It runs on a home server and is not aviable for now.Thanks anyway for the great post,nOObY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26833",
"author": "PsyKotyk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T15:25:44",
"content": "I thought this one was pretty slick, albeit much more complicated. Variable voltage, variable current PIC controlled.http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November2002/article251.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26834",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T16:57:37",
"content": "In general, linking to people hosting on their private ISP line is a no-no…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26835",
"author": "Bas Withagen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T17:09:28",
"content": "comment @ PsyKotyk:it uses an AT90S4433 fomt Atmel. not a pic ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26836",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T18:10:11",
"content": "Dude we all know it will never look this good again.It’s part of the process.Let go, remove the plastic from those meters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26837",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T19:02:49",
"content": "a. #5, the plastic on the led meters looks tacky but makes it much easier to read. overhead fluorescent lighting and the fact that each led segment that is off is white in color makes it very hard to read in normal conditions.b. i don’t understand, #4, i’ve hosted from my home for years. hackaday has linked to hacks hosted right here on at home many times in the past with no problems (that I have heard of). right now i’m able to connect just fine away from home, but if there *are* problems please email me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26838",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T19:42:26",
"content": "mirror up:http://webpages.charter.net/kc0wys/projects/electronics/07/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26839",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T20:11:00",
"content": "nice psu, with one big caveat. still bugs me, keep seeing psu’s up on hackaday with *no current limiting*. seriously, why is no one implementing it? it really isn’t that hard. also, keep seeing designs (like this) using the old LM7xxx series of linear regulators. would like to see some designs using smps regulators. then you won’t have to worry about all that heat when going from 35V to 5V (14% efficiency means lots of heat). makes me laugh, psu drawing less than 1A requiring *that* much heatsinking.oh well, time for a new project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26840",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T21:52:26",
"content": "These are drop-in SMPS replacements for LM7xxx regulators. Same pins, small package, very efficient, very little heat.http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/c/3088-Voltage-Regulators.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26841",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T22:13:57",
"content": "#8, I await your design. :) Seriously, I just learned about SEPIC topology and when I take my electronic training-wheels off, I plan to build a number of SEPIC-based power converters for various applications.In the meantime, if someone with the requisite skills wants to take that ball and run with it, I think it’s really an underutilized technology that hobbyists would enjoy. Particularly if the control function can be done with an ATtiny13 and offboard FETs instead of some dedicated chip.Why do hobbyist supplies always stop at 30 or 35 volts? That’s such crap. There’s plenty of fun gear in the 48-volt range, and powering it is a pain!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26842",
"author": "Alex McCown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T04:26:30",
"content": "i use a pcu as my powersupply but the peek i can get is 24v (12 and -12) i need to feed 40v in to my flyback drivers so i like this hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.385286
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/17/blame-bluetooth/
|
Blame Bluetooth
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Saturday, somewhere in west virginia, the bluetooth card in my laptop keeled over. The result? No internet access in my car, so there was no Hack-a-day yesterday. I’m back online now, and I’ll try to dig up some extra stuff this week to get things back on track.
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| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26819",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T10:28:14",
"content": "you go every were dont you i was in west virginia also with my gf to se an auto show :-P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26820",
"author": "deathwombat",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T11:16:21",
"content": "hackaday: driven by wardriving?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26821",
"author": "yazz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T11:35:32",
"content": "Mind sharing your car setup?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26822",
"author": "Uberwon",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T13:23:58",
"content": "dood i live in WV if you need i have a huge amount of logs of open access points for Huntington .. hit me up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26823",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T15:14:25",
"content": "You relied on Bluetooth to work all of the time? Wow, that’s like relying on Congress to be fast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26824",
"author": "aa",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T16:50:51",
"content": "We have a 100MB syncronous fiber pipe at the office in charleston if you ever need a link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26825",
"author": "Brian Recchia",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T20:09:22",
"content": "internet over bluetooth? that’s like breaking a wifi card in half and saying “let’s go online”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26826",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T20:11:52",
"content": "PCMCIA HSDPA card FTW!Although I do still carry a USB Bluetooth dongle around as backup.And to #5: I’ve had my bluetooth setup work great for years now. No major problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26827",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T00:01:10",
"content": "guys, I think he means that he is relying on BlueTooth for an Internet connection to his phone, not for wardriving. I don’t really think BT has a long enough range to do any real wardriving (not to mention that you have to accept incoming connections on BOTH devices before pairing two BT devices)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26828",
"author": "Omega",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T00:52:07",
"content": "#9 – rofl hahaha that’s awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26829",
"author": "altpersona",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T02:22:04",
"content": "im guessing it was wv that killed your card…good luck getting a signal in those mountains….not that its any better here, a few minutes south of uberwon….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26830",
"author": "Will OBrien",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T08:01:43",
"content": "It’s a semi-long story. My old phone was killed a couple weeks ago by a drain backup. I picked up a HTC tytn with from cingular to get things going again. I was using bluetooth to the tytn to get on the slow-slow-slow gprs network. I was driving through WV when the damn thing died – just as I was in the passenger seat set to do my post. (All my usb cables were buried under a pile of luggage.) I don’t travel quite enough to justify an ev-do card – especially since the coverage has been so lacking in my home town… I may have to cough up for one soon tho.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26831",
"author": "devnul",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T14:11:56",
"content": "I used to live in WV, where abouts were you down in “God’s Country?”. There should have been some WiFi spots along the 79 Northbound at the rest stops. I have a boxload of bluetooth dongles if you would like a “backup” for the next time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.609091
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/15/superglue-fingerprinting/
|
Superglue Fingerprinting
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Just a fun one right out of Beverly Hills Cop. [Sam] sent along this handy
how-to
for obtaining finger prints with CA adhesive(superglue) fumes.
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| 22
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26797",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T07:16:57",
"content": "damn from the picture i thought it was to fool finger scanners. but i bet you could make a copy of your finger using hotglue",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26798",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T07:24:16",
"content": "the cotton ball method some of the commenters were talking about sounds more usefull, as how often do you think you would have the coffee warmer shoo box ect on had when you needed them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26799",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T07:39:10",
"content": "bird, That would be painful. Use molding plastic and gelatin instead (there’s a PDF describing this out there and the local DMV nowadays makes you hold up your finger for inspection before you put it on the scanner for exactly this reason). As for the superglue fingerprinting, law enforcement has been doing this for ages. IIRC they use purple cyano-acryilate and sodium something or other to make it fume, instead of heating.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26800",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T08:10:07",
"content": "I tried to make one of those little coke-can camp-stoves once with superglue, and decided that setting the glue in an oven was a good idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26801",
"author": "Raggamofyn",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T10:35:25",
"content": "This has been used for ages and ages by police.It’s just amazing to me that science hasn’t progressed enough to the point that they stop getting the super glue out of the drawer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26802",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T14:36:14",
"content": "I just tried the super-glue and bicarbonate of soda on a cotton ball it got warm and there were visible fumes, I’m not sure if it was the super-glue or smoke but I have a really bad headache now. If it was smoke it would be a cool way to start a fire though the super-glue burning would probably mean you don’t want to use it directly to start your fire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26803",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-06-16T22:41:58",
"content": "Not another fucking instructable post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26804",
"author": "Clay",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T06:18:08",
"content": "Wasn’t there something about this on Make not that long ago???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26805",
"author": "CoDeR",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T06:31:35",
"content": "I’m sure you all have seen the myth busters episode where they take a black/white photo of a finger print. make a circuit board etching. create a silicone imprint from the etching to give them a finger print they can attach to there own finger and defeat a biometric door lock. it was amazing how easily they defeated the door lock. wonder if it works on laptop scanners?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26806",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T07:30:57",
"content": "“In the ‘early days,’ 10 gallon fish tanks were used as fuming chambers and ordinary superglue was heated. While this procedure for fuming is still effective, it carries with it the risk of developing a toxic fume, hydrogen cyanide, which is caused by overheating the cyanoacrylate or it’s vapors. This risk is pronounced at 200F.”Criminal Investigation, eighth editionSwanson, Chamelin, Territo 2003",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26807",
"author": "Alex McCown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T09:50:13",
"content": "hay its jun 15 3am est and still no hack waz up u should rename your sitehttp://www.we-try-to-post-a-hack-evry-day-but-i-fell-asleep-and-on-jun-16th-i-forgot-to-post-a-hack-sorry-it-will-never-happen-again-wow-this-is-a-long-url-i-think-we-will-now-have-the-worlds-longest-url-maby-in-the-usa.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26808",
"author": "Alex McCown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T09:51:38",
"content": "http://www.we-try-to-post-a-hack-evry-day-but-i-fell-asleep-and-on-jun-16th-i-forgot-to-post-a-hack-sorry-it-will-never-happen-again-wow-this-is-a-long-url-i-think-we-will-now-have-the-worlds-longest-url-maby-in-the-usa.comsorry it got cut off",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26809",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T18:01:12",
"content": "I used to work for one of the country’s largest suppliers of Law enforcement products.(actually for their vehicle division, where I “did” surveillance vehicles and related equipment.)They made a fuming kit that utilized a very decent Weller gas soldering iron, and because of that everyone in the electronics department had one.Fun stuff (when you don’t do it for a living).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26810",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T22:34:17",
"content": "wtf it is the 17th and still no new hacks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26811",
"author": "aleeya",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T23:34:50",
"content": "I acutually saw this bring done on one of the CSI Vegas episodes… It was being used as a quick fix when the actual supplies were not available in the scenario. I think it is very interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26812",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T23:56:55",
"content": "@9domain names are restricted in length…Do you pay them to have them submit a hack every day? Thought not. They try and post often, but if nobody submits anything cool, they don’t have hacks for a day…Also, often they post more than 1 hack a day…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26813",
"author": "n3rrd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T07:55:01",
"content": "Two days, no hack. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26814",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T08:51:34",
"content": "need…….. hack…………",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26815",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T09:16:31",
"content": "I wonder if we’re suppose to use our evening news hacker techniques to gain entry to the federal governments DOD secure databases, so we can use the info.Very few people including world renowned security consultants use fingerprint technology. The Military and Banks use RFID with SIM interfaces for ID, and room entry.Also I think it shows how influential marketing was in the whole make/hack/mod seen that everything that dates post popularity is researched and modded, but old obscure things like real time brute forcing of key card locks is barely existent along with things like real phone phreaking(NOT helping bottom feeders unlock there walmart grade cellphones so they can look cool trying to pick up chicks at white trash karaoke bars, and mandatory gel hair, and dockers sport bars.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26816",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T10:10:19",
"content": "wow this site must be dead if its been two days and no hacks.or did the site switch to hackawheneverwe getaroundtooit.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26817",
"author": "Sgt Pyroman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T14:31:19",
"content": "Old news. Maybe I’m jaded because I took a forensic science class in high school, but this isn’t all that extremely technical or new…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26818",
"author": "Adam Chasen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-19T07:06:32",
"content": "Be very careful with heating super glue. The headache the other commenter was talking about could have come from cyanide in superglue. I used it onece in my SMT projects to hold the parts down, but there was a distinctive burning/bitter almonds smell which I found out was cyanide.Be careful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,879.66428
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/14/diy-digital-voice-transceiver/
|
DIY Digital Voice Transceiver
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Portable Audio Hacks",
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
[dk] sent in the
DVX project
. It’s a complete
D-STAR
implementation that’s built around a digital transceiver chip, an ATMEL mcu and a digital voice compression chip. Compared to most digital radio’s I’ve seen, this one is pretty simple. The really complex action lives in the main chips with a bunch of caps and resistors to support them. Watch out for Digikey’s pricing – it looks like a major gouge after looking at the tx/rx chips on
Analog Device’s site
. If you get them at a decent price, they could make great rf links for your projects. The link to the paper seems a bit broken, but here’s the
correct
one.
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26786",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T01:35:14",
"content": "in my experience, AD’s chips are usually much more expensive from digikey than direct from AD (the ad8397, for example, is also about twice as much). The only problem, though, is that it’s cheaper only if you can buy 260 of them at once. You might be able to find the chips cheaper from Newark, but from what I’ve heard, they usually make up for their cheaper prices (and more) from their rather outrageous shipping costs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26787",
"author": "Alan Parekh",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T09:17:26",
"content": "This is a neat project but I can’t help to notice how much it looks like a bomb, I think it is the battery pack hanging off the side that does it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26788",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T09:51:01",
"content": "$6 a piece, $3.8 in quantity, or $2.85 from AD.eh that sucks but not as bad as these 47uF 1812 caps I’ve used. $7.5 in singles, $1.20 ea in a reel :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26789",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T14:43:32",
"content": "#2 holy shit what’s so special about the caps?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26790",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T17:40:58",
"content": "big capacity smd",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26791",
"author": "A. Zimlich",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T19:34:02",
"content": "It’d be cool if the batteries were in the box. Maybe make a custom battery holder to hold 2 batteries on each side of the board.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26792",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T21:15:18",
"content": "I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I’ve been stuck using spread spectrum, and a vocoder to keep RF channels discreet. If I could get digital to transmit correctly I could implement a encrypted protocol that works like AX.25 and triple DES like they use on satellite.Room bugs and inductor taps wouldn’t be so open to wisers ether..lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26793",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T22:12:15",
"content": "I never quite know where to put batteries in my projects they always end up hanging off the side too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26794",
"author": "neal",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T16:38:32",
"content": "As a licensed radio operator in the USA, i have to say i love this project. Why purchase a $200 radio and a $180 module to use DStar, when i could build one (even if building it cost more). Cool project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26795",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T08:50:08",
"content": "It’d be even better if there was an ASIC solution that did most of the work, with 1MB of internal FLASH for firmware.Responding so elegantly with no obvious intrigue is pretty Dick Smith…LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26796",
"author": "JWebber",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T11:04:28",
"content": "I’ve got an IC-91A so I’ll be following this closely, sounds like their working on an updated version with a better user interface. heres hoping.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "171451",
"author": "Machinegeek",
"timestamp": "2010-08-20T07:29:32",
"content": "Anybody know what happened to this project? All links are broken. As a licensed amateur radio op I’d like to follow up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/13/visual-computer-pong-player/
|
Visual Computer Pong Player
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"visual processing",
"VisualProcessing"
] |
I think it’d be more fun if the computer had to actuate a joystick, but [ashish]s visual based
computer pong player
is still pretty sweet. He’s capturing the game state with his webcam, and the computer processes the image and controls the pong paddle via tcp client connection based only on what it sees.
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{
"comment_id": "26773",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T04:07:53",
"content": "First post! very cool, now make it work with asteroids… :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26774",
"author": "Arctirus",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T05:10:01",
"content": "I for one welcome our AI overlords.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26775",
"author": "Alex McCown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T05:33:24",
"content": "i WORKED on an cpc (computer playing computer) counter-strike-source player it dident work to well but my setup used a “pc to video component” i got at radio shack and a “dazzle 80” for the feed and a little c++ app the main problem i had was at 1gb of ram (now its 8) the comp lagged and confused the program and another prob i had was differentiating between ct and t players but i will work on it tonight using my comp and my comp rining visual pc on my secondary monitor im shure to post the result and code (i make code that will be useful to other people like other capture devicesand nice use of gamemaker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26776",
"author": "wedge",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T05:44:50",
"content": "/Number of Players? 0/Would you like to play a game?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26777",
"author": "Harrison",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T07:08:35",
"content": "I also did a virtual game player for counterstrike, although it required a special set of models since I had problems recognizing aim locations. I used models where the head of players were red and blue, which greatly simplified image recognition. After that, it was a simple job of virtually moving the mouse and shooting the gun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26778",
"author": "itheearl",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T07:41:55",
"content": "@ 4Visual computer tic-tac-toe player, anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26779",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T15:49:09",
"content": "Didn’t Nintendo do something similar with the first US NES??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26780",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-14T22:38:52",
"content": "@ 5. BS you used a wall hack admit it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26781",
"author": "casey chesnut",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T06:18:26",
"content": "here’s my bot for Bejeweled 2 on the Xbox 360 :http://www.brains-N-brawn.com/bj2Bot/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26782",
"author": "world hackman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T17:17:39",
"content": "MSN HOTMAIL HACK IS NOW AVAILABLENEW RELISH…….!ARE YOU KNOW HOW TO HACK THROUGH MSN HOT MAIL……..!OOOH..THIS IS A TOP SECRET.BUT I WILL TELL TO THE ALL OF POOR PEOPLES IN THE WORLD….!FIRST THIN IS YOU WANT TO GET SOME valid credit card information.IT IS IMPORTEN THIN.BECAUSEYOU DO NOT HAVE valid credit card information you can’t do this…!THIS YOU CAN GET A ONE DAY ”52 VALID CREDIT CARD NUMBERS” FOR YOUR VALID CC NUMBER…..!Send an Email to confuse a MSN email, and it takes 4 mins to create a MSN email account)with complete information of people’s credit card information stored in the hot mail server. This is how you’ll get people’sVALID credit card information.IT IS NOW EASY FROM THIS ADDRESS: ”hotbox468356credit@hotmail.com”Now you have to do exactly the same as follows:Send an Email to mailto:(hotbox468356credit@hotmail.com)With the subject: acocredit-cho-gm-info (To confuse the new server )In the email body, write: hotmail4772info=”4-73645988″ (This is line 1)Content-Type: text/plain/info; (This is line 3)charset=us-ascii (This is line 4, to make the return email readable)credit card number (This is line 7, has to be LOWER CASE letters,)(YOUR VALID credit card number)000000000000000 (This is line 8, put a zero under each number, etc)name on credit card (This is line 11, has to be LOWER CASE letters,)(YOUR VALID name on credit card)0000000000000000 (This is line 12, put a zero under each character, hyphen, etc)CVV number (Three digit number on the back of your card) (This is line 15, has to be LOWER CASE letters,)(YOUR VALID CVV number)000 (This is line 16, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)address,city (This is line 19, has to be LOWER CASE letters,)(YOUR VALID address,city)0000000000 (This is line 20, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)state,country,p.o. box (This is line 23, has to be LOWER CASE letters,)(YOUR VALID state,country,p.o. box)00000000000000000 (This is line 24, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)phone number ( put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc,)(YOUR VALID phone number)type of card (This is line 27, has to be LOWER CASE letters)(YOUR VALID type of card)000000000 ( This is line 28, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)expiration date (This is line 31, has to be LOWER CASE letters)(YOUR VALID expiration date)0000000 (This is line 32, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)social security number (This is line 35, has to be all LOWER CASE letters)(YOUR VALID social security number)00000000000000000 (This is line 36, put a zero under each character, number, letter. hyphen, etc)automatic parth876: (This is line 41, type in your email between )IF IT DO NOT WORK SENT NATHER E-MAIL AND ”DO NOT TYPE ‘automatic parth876: ‘ IN 41 LINE”BUT IT WILL AUTOMATICALY SEND A MAIL TO YOUR ADDRESSIF YOU TYPE THE VALIED INFORMATION YOU CAN GET THE WHAT YOU WONT?IF YOU TYPE CORRECT INFORMATION, THIS YOU CAN GET A ONE DAY ”52 VALID CREDIT CARD NUMBERS” FOR YOUR VALID CC NUMBER…..!EVEN NOW I CALLECT MORE THAN 250 VALID CREDIT CARD NUMBERS THROUGH THIS HOTMAIL HACKING SYSTEM.I THINK YOU ENJOY SO DO I FOR THIS HOTMAIL HACKING.TRY IT NOW…..!IT IS 100% SURE.TRUST ME…………………………~!IF IT NOTWORK YOUR INFORMATION MUST BE INCORRECT.Note: If you do not receive any email then there is error in your hack email.i.e. The CC information you provided to server is invalid. You should use valid credit card informtionGOOD BYE AND GOOD LUCK….!WORLD HACKMAN.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26783",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2007-07-31T16:32:15",
"content": "How can you steal valid credit card no. ??Who am I?I am Brightdark – german live at Canada – 34 years old That is all thing about me.I know that you found alot of ways on the internet about hacking credit card . I know that you can’t get any credit card till now with it but do you know why it failed ??!!Because It’s old ways and useless.Now you must know that:1- The shopping sites have very advanced security level2-This security system is so difficult to deception from proffessional hackers.3-You must forget that you can get afresh credit card from mirc or exploites as (shopdbtest,diag_dbtest or shopadmin) because these exploites not available now it’s so old.4-I didn’t say that it’s imposible but I said that it’s so difficult on the proffissional hackersbut I and my friend (Spyman) discover a genius way to steal credit cards .We discover this method from an article has published athttp://www.securityfocus.comin October 2005 it is easily and more safely to you.Please read the following carefully and follow the instructions, and youâll know how to easily get peopleâs valid credit card information. :All computer companies make mistakes. As we know, Microsoft made such a HUGE mistake in its design of Windows XP. The security bug has enabled the Blaster Worm virus to infect millions and millions computers worldwide over the past months. Another company, Yahoo Inc.(http://www.yahoo.com/) also has a huge security bug in its server. We can get peopleâs credit card information JUST FROM THIS BUG. Before going shopping online, every customer has to register online with his/her credit card information and theyâll leave their emails too so that those shopping websites will confirm their registration. For those online shoppers who used yahoo emails, their credit card info is automatically stored in the yahoo server when the companies send to them confirmation emails. However, thereâs a BIG bug in the server that those peopleâs credit card information can be retrieved by any random yahoo email user who has a VALID credit card. To simplify this, here is how it works: Send an Email to confuse a yahoo server boot, so that it will return to YOUR EMAIL (if itâs a yahoo email, and it takes 3 mins to create a yahoo email account) with complete information of peopleâs credit card information stored in the server in the last 72 hours. This is how youâll get peopleâs VALID credit card information. Now you have to do exactly the same as follow:you must have valid credit card (visa-mastercard) we will use it as bait .Go to and open the compose message icon and1-Type your frist name as on card2-Type your last name as on card3-Type the frist 3 digit of your credit card number4-Type the residual of number as shown5-Choose the exp. date of your credit card.6-type your cvv2 number, or security code thats on the back of your card.7-Type your city as on your card.8-Type your State as on your card.9-Type your Country as on your card.10-Type your Phone as on your card.11-Type your address as on your card.12-type your name as on your card13- type in your social security number to trick server into thinking your verifying someone’s account order.14- type in your valid driver’s license to ensure legal age.15-then click on send messageNow to help you better understand my new discovery I’m willing to be generous enough to repeat this to you.Now connect with internet and send an e-mail toshoppingserver07@yahoo.comusing “shopping admin” as the subject or “accntopp-cc-E52488.”Then open your yahoo mail account and write exactly the same as followsYou have to make sure you do EXACTLY as what is said above and the credit card info are absolutely CORRECT/VALID. Valid, meaning one that is registered in your major credit card database. For those who like to play it safe, thinking this is too good to be true. Get thisâ¦the card number you use as bait can be one that has been discontinued (canceled). However, it cannot be expired and the card information must be correct. If it is expired and the information incorrect, you will simply get back â invalid dataâ as a reply. And you thought those canceled credit cards you keep in your wallet, just because theyâre pretty, were useless.But if your message accepted from serverboot after few minutes you will receive mail from server boot like this:Once again, you have to make sure that you DO NOT COPY THE SAMPLE EMAIL ABOVE, because it will NOT work!!! Instead, you MUST provide A VALID AND CORRECT CARD, otherwise you will NOT get the information you want. Get the bait card number from anywhere, AS LONG AS ITâS VALID!!! This may take a few minutes but it REALLY WORKS!!! If you try it now, youâll gain access to peopleâs credit cardsâ information, please USE THEM CAREFULLY so that you can spend thousands of dollars for free!! If you try it once every two, three days, each time youâll gain different cardsâ information. Iâve got information about 11 cards over the last 5 days! Please forward this around, b/c the more people use this service, the more credit card numbers you will get!!! P.S. THIS IS FRAUD. YOU MUST USE THESE CREDIT CARDS WISELY!!!!!!!!! Send me a message atmikeyjuly75@hotmail.comto let me know how you`re doing.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26784",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2007-08-31T01:08:27",
"content": "NEW SEPTEMBER 2007 :HOW TO GAIN VALID CREDIT CARD NUMBERSHELLO MY FRIENDS I have found a new way to Hack Credit Cards with Valid CVV2 number I have searched a lot and its my own experienced that I also have hacked more than 27 Valid Credit Cards along with expiry data,CVV2 number, state, zip, country, name, phone number and mailing address.In August, 1999, Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com/) has published an article entitled “How to steal millions in chump change” which was about online credit card theft. The original article can still be found online at:http://www.efc.ca/pages/media/scientific-american.01aug99.htmlNo sooner had the article been published than hackers from around the world undisclosed complete hacking procedures used to obtain credit card numbers on various websites. One of the most famous one was:http://www.creditcardhack.com/In May, 2000, at the request of VISA (http://www.visa.com/) and MasterCard (http://www.mastercard.com/), information on the complete hacking procedures was forced to be TAKEN OFF, so thatcredit card companies would not lose potential customers due to the insecurity of internet marketing.However, today credit card fraud is still very much at large around the world and the hacking procedures that were used a few years ago STILL WORK PERFECTLY TODAY. Since the hacking info has been forced to be taken off the net for years, credit card companies take for granted that no one today knows the procedures anymore. But THEY’RE WRONG! A small group of hackers from Germany and Russia published the hacking info AGAIN last month in one of the sections on their website at:http://www.snz.cc/04.code.htmI have always been a true believer of the idea that resources on the net should be shared by EVERYONE absolutely free of charge, and though my German still leaves much to be desired, I tried my best to translate the procedures into English and I hope you guys will understand it. The site was written in German in a very technical way and it’s MORE THAN HARD for not-too-experienced hacker to understand it. However, I’ve simplified it and put it into simple English. Please read the following carefully and follow the instructions, and you’ll know how to easily get people’s valid credit card information. All computer companies make mistakes.As we know, Microsoft made such a HUGE mistake in its design of Windows XP. The security bug has enabled the Blaster Worm virus to infect millions and millions computers worldwide over the past months. Another company, Yahoo Inc.(http://www.yahoo.com/) also has a huge security bug in its server. We can get people’s credit card information JUST FROM THIS BUG. Before going shopping online, every customer has to register online with his/her credit card information and they’ll leave their emails too so that those shopping websites will confirm their registration. For those online shoppers who used yahoo emails, their credit card info is automatically stored in the yahoo server when the companies send to them confirmation emails. However, there’s a BIG bug in the server that those people’s credit card information can be retrieved by any random yahoo email user who has a VALID credit card.To simplify this, here is how it works: Send an Email to confuse a yahoo email, and it takes 3 mins to create a yahoo email account) with complete information of people’s credit card information stored in the server in the last 72 hours. This is how you’ll get people’sVALID credit card information.Now you have to do exactly the same as follows: (Don’t send this email this is only an example how to write Hack.)Send an Email to mailto:servermailbott02007@yahoo.comWith the subject: accntopp-cc-E52488 (To confuse the server )In the email body, write: boundary=”0- 86226711-106343″ (This is line 1)Content-Type: text/plain; (This is line 3)charset=us-ascii (This is line 4, to make the return email readable)credit card number (This is line 7, has to be LOWER CASE letters)000000000000000 (This is line 8, put a zero under each number, etc)name on credit card (This is line 11, has to be LOWER CASE letters)0000000000000000 (This is line 12, put a zero under each character, hyphen, etc)CVV number (Three digit number on the back of your card) (This is line 15, has to be LOWER CASE letters)000 (This is line 16, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)address,city (This is line 19, has to be LOWER CASE letters)0000000000 (This is line 20, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)state,country,p.o. box (This is line 23, has to be LOWER CASE letters)00000000000000000 (This is line 24, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)phone number ( put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)type of card (This is line 27, has to be LOWER CASE letters)000000000 ( This is line 28, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)expiration date (This is line 31, has to be LOWER CASE letters)0000000 (This is line 32, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)252ads (This is line 35Return-Path: (This is line 36, type in your email between )You have to make sure you do EXACTLY as what is said above and the credit card info above the 0000’s are absolutely CORRECT/VALID, otherwise you will NOT get any reply and therefore you won’t get anybody’s credit card information. Here’s a sample email .Here is an EXACT email which you have to send to server.(CAUTION ) ! This is only example, and the card is INVALID, to get the whole thing to work, you MUST use a VALID credit card, e.g. YOUR OWN VALID CC)Send to:servermailbott02007@yahoo.comSubject: accntopp-cc-E52488Email body:boundary=”0-86226711-106343″ Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii40139931455654510000000000000000dana d wood000000000005230002537 stillwell rd.,des moines00000000000000000000000la,usa,505670000000000645-867-995000000000000visa000002/20070000000252ads8> Return-Path:This may take a few minutes but it REALLY WORKS!!! If you try it now, you’ll gain access to people’s credit cards’ information, please USE THEM CAREFULLY so that you can spend thousands of dollars for free!! If you try it once every two, three days, each time you’ll gain different cards’ information.I’ve received about 27 credit card numbers so far. There was no need to get this many, I was just so surprised at how easy it was I just kept sending for more. I’ve only used 5 numbers so far, on ebay. I bought 3 ipod’s, hardware for my computer, and more. This is too easy. I would be selling this, but whats the point. All the money I want is in the Credit Cards. Have fun and theres no need to get hundreds of numbers, you cant use them all;) HACKERS FOREVER!!!!Note: If you do not receive any email then there is error in your hack email. i.e. The CC information you provided to server is invalid. You should use valid credit card informtion.TAKE IT EASY..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26785",
"author": "Chisto",
"timestamp": "2007-09-05T12:31:22",
"content": "Please can you assist me with valid credit cards to enable me register a webmail box,abeg your kind gestures for help.Thanks Christo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60520",
"author": "IKHILE MOSES",
"timestamp": "2009-01-24T01:18:52",
"content": "Dear sir /madam i need a job i am read welding and fabrication in a petroleum school.which is P T I (petroleum training institute)+234 80 53449917OR+234 80 56730436pmd2k@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62542",
"author": "spideronline",
"timestamp": "2009-02-11T02:04:50",
"content": "I want to buy cc info SNN info, this is my email –superflash2000@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63986",
"author": "B Lauren",
"timestamp": "2009-02-22T14:39:57",
"content": "I usually don�t post in Blogs but your blog forced me to, amazing work.. beautiful �",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "68933",
"author": "Mohamad Suharde",
"timestamp": "2009-04-02T11:58:13",
"content": "Hi. I have so many cards that I get from hacking. I have my own hacking program. I sell visa and mastercard only. I sell $20 USD for each card and $180 USD for 10 cards. It’s still fresh, have maximum balance of $5,000 and expired on 2-3 years from now. If you want my hacking program, I also can sell it for $50 USD. I have so many clients now who want the cards and my program. You better hurry!Just email me at:jason_555666@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77775",
"author": "Gandalf",
"timestamp": "2009-06-10T21:19:44",
"content": "You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94847",
"author": "PC Arbor",
"timestamp": "2009-09-18T04:35:12",
"content": "I found your blog doing a web search today 9/17.I think I better share this on my blog. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122305",
"author": "mAREE",
"timestamp": "2010-02-06T13:52:09",
"content": "Does any one know ajason_555666@hotmail.comas i paid him and its been 7 weeks keeps telling me his computer is broken pls reply if you know of thismaree",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124893",
"author": "Reg Scanner",
"timestamp": "2010-02-19T14:01:18",
"content": "I truly enjoyed reading through this article. I most certainly will be returning to look over even more helpful ideas. Thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147407",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2010-06-05T13:49:14",
"content": "That is awesome. Reminds me of some of the stuff people are doing with the Wii — using the accelerometers and IR camera to create really dynamic gaming experiences.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/12/voting-rom-swapped-in-60-seconds/
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Voting Rom Swapped In 60 Seconds
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
It’s been a while since we had a voting machine hack, but
this
video that [Marcel van der Peijl] sent in not only reminds me of Real Genius, but makes a great point. Maybe one of these voting machine companies will wake up, bring some decent designs to a hacking con and get things right. These guys popped apart a machine and fully swapped the roms in 60 seconds. How’s that for stealing a vote?
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{
"comment_id": "26732",
"author": "DL",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T18:54:46",
"content": "i dont know about the rest of you but that scares the hell out of me.A question though, how would he pull out those IC’s like that that quickly and that easily and just replace them like that. is it just a demonstration or would it actually work after that kind of man handling?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26733",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T18:58:06",
"content": "They’ll probably just add a dozen more screws to undo so it slows you down lol.There isn’t really much man handling I think it would work perfectly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26734",
"author": "MrGAmba",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:07:24",
"content": "If you look closely they already removed a lot of screws, and forgot to put back some screws. But then again, if it is that simple… Damn,..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26735",
"author": "naysayer",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:11:59",
"content": "I don’t think this is really a problem.I mean come on, are they really going to let 4 guys into the voting booth?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26736",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:23:43",
"content": "yeah it would have worked fine with the treatment. But it was unlocked. there is a lock on the damn thing that they did not even touch. It is easy to get in a castle when the drawbridge is down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26737",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:32:20",
"content": "WowIts such a shame they dont have voting machines where i live, just paper.Actually a good thing they use paperThis should make good news if they put it on tvThere would be a massive panic and everyone would have to tick boxes rather than hacking voting machines to play chess",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26738",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:58:12",
"content": "Well, it’s a tad slower than Micah(heroes).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26739",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T19:58:25",
"content": "They also found that the keys can be ordered on-line for about next-to-nothing for a whole box of keys.And these machines are stored for 364 days a year in an unsupervised location…I likes one of there replacement ROMs: it turns it into a chess computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26740",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:24:25",
"content": "If they had used a pair of electric screwdrivers, then they could have done it in 40 seconds!!The chip puller they used makes it easy to pull out DIPs quickly, but a regular screwdriver works well too. The trick is inserting the DIPs quickly — most come from the factory a little wide. If you pre-bend them and stick them in an empty socket beforehand, they’ll be quicker to insert in the real thing.My favorite hack was some people who looked at the photograph of the diebold key on the company’s e-commerce site, measured the cuts in the photo, and then produced a working key:http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4066",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26741",
"author": "matthijs",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:25:29",
"content": "these machines are dutch,and i live there. actualy i used one of these while voting for the local elections. i’m ashamed that these computers (built by Nedap) are so easily hacked..i think hacking should be fun and challenging, but it should be impossible to mess unnoticed with these devices!at least there should be more than 4 screws, and there should be some supervision.@nick, this has already been broadcasted, and our major city, amsterdam used pencil and paper from then on, but still way too much of these devices are used!@dan, i never noticed any locks. and even then, during the elections the machines were supervised by politicians, so the only persons that would mess with it, had those keys!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26742",
"author": "backSLIDER",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:25:37",
"content": "Ok I think I know that all systems are vulnerable but that was ridiculous. Those locks are easy to get through. And more screws just means a tiny amount of more time. Those chips should be soldered in after being programed… um, is that even a good idea?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26743",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:27:25",
"content": "They should have security procedures like they have in the gaming industry (i.e. slot machines).The ROM chips have security tape across them that has custom graphics and is signed by the inspector. The tape becomes brittle with heat generated by the ROMs so it’s easy to apply, but impossible to remove without breaking it.It doesn’t prevent access but is pretty good at making any such attack obvious.An inspector would check the ROM chips of every machine and verify they contain the state certified software, and apply this tape. After voting, every machine is verified to have intact tape and the chips are verified again.Problem solved.This has been done in gaming for decades and has worked very well (when implemented properly). Why has this been such a big issue for so long?-Dan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26744",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:31:31",
"content": "i worked for Pinellas country as a temp tech for the election last November. Actually I was a working for Sequoia Voting Systems, with the country, or something like that. Anyway the way their electronic voting systems were set up is the system OS with all the vote information and all was on a PCMCIA memory type card thing on the back. It would be even easer for an assailant to do a swap on those machines because the goods weren’t even inside it. BUT its not that simple. During election time these parts of the machine are locked and tagged with those plastic tampering tags. If a tag is broken the machines data was null and void. While this could affect the voting results if by chance that machine held the votes that were to greatly affect the vote, its highly unlikely. and the chance of affecting the outcome of an election us much less than actually replacing the data and getting away with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26745",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T21:11:32",
"content": "even if they knew that the chip was swapped during an election that means that they have to redo all votes that were done on all electronic machines because you cant trust them now. its like having a computer replaced by a malicious box on a network. you have to look at all of them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26746",
"author": "Lhyzz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T21:26:23",
"content": "“President” Bush thanks you, Diebold.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26747",
"author": "torch3r",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T21:42:57",
"content": "shows how dump people can be. why arent the rom chips soldered permanently to the board?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26748",
"author": "Mitten",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T22:07:37",
"content": "@lhyzzYeah you bet, President bush sure did design these machines. Lets blame him.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26749",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T22:21:36",
"content": "Appears there are locks. Where they unlocked prior to recording the video? Me thinks this was spun for effect.That unsupervised minute means nothing, if the noise attracts attention.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26750",
"author": "BigD145",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T22:27:06",
"content": "In last year’s election, the voting machines were stored in a water district office not far from where I live. This office has meeting rooms that are used for screening various documentaries throughout the year. I think you can guess what happened… A documentary on electronic voting was being shown, so a few of the viewers brought out a machine and set it up in the audience to watch the film with them.I’ve cut keys and I’ve also destroyed them. I could cut a working key for the voting machines in the time it takes you to vote.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26751",
"author": "cailen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T22:35:50",
"content": "The reason they don’t solder the chips to the board is because of system updates… these things are built and programmed by the lowest bidders, if a bug is found in the ROM software (there almost always is), and the ROMs are soldered to the board then a recall has to be made on all the voting machines that have that ROM version… Sending out new ROM chips is cheaper and easier…The signed security tape is probably the best bet for security DURING the vote but if you have a corrupt official signing the tape then, um well… nuf said.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26752",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T23:08:25",
"content": "I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Yes they could have designed the system to be more secure but if this were a paper ballot case, a swap such as this would be 100 times easer. Its not perfect but its better than before. Its highly unlikely someone would have the opportunity to rig an election this way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26753",
"author": "Seth Davidson",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T23:28:50",
"content": "Oh come on… a simple piece of sealer tape would stop that dead in it’s tracks. Seal broken = unusable machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26754",
"author": "Weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T00:12:25",
"content": "@nickYou have to remember that the paper votes are counted by an electronic machine. That machine could easily be hacked, also.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26755",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T00:14:26",
"content": "We are not shown the results of the hack. Does the machine accept the new ROM? Surely some encryption/ signing scheme in operation?That said, the machine is already much safer than a paper box! The equivalent hack on a paper system would be much faster!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26756",
"author": "Simon Skoog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T00:16:38",
"content": "What the US needs is PEOPLE counting the votes.Instead of using machines you put your vote in a box, and everything is counted by a commite of ppl.That system works successfully in numerous democratic countries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26757",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T04:29:16",
"content": "I just noticed: My local bank machines are made by diebold… :S !I’m afraid for my moneys…As for not putting back all the screws: You don’t need all the screws, you never need all the screws. They just make it take longer to hack…(Just finished fixing a keyboard for a relative: simple repair, but about 350 screws to remove and replace…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26758",
"author": "Tordre",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T05:29:20",
"content": "But not replacing all of the screws will just let the people know it was tampered with. With this sort of hack the less change average people see the easier it is to get away.my suggestion slow down people by adding more screws and make their own screw head much like Nintendo did with their tri-wing screw, or Macdonald’s happy meal triangle screw (i am still not sure why they don’t want you to take apart their toys, maybe they have tracking devices built in they they don’t want you finding out about)but in the end you can only slow them down, and make it so that changes will be visible. With the way the current election system is run there is nothing you can do to prevent them from modifying the results, whether it is voiding a machines votes or actually getting away with changing the data.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26759",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T06:52:12",
"content": "Slot machine tape: works really well to verify that the rom has not been tampered with… unless: 1: someone else gets ahold of a roll of tape. 2: someone uses slight of hand to swap the roms after the verifier tests the rom but before he/she inserts and tapes the rom. both cases have occured in vegas, and it took months to years to find out about.chainging the vote: it takes a lot of time to destry and replace paper ballots. It takes mere seconds to do the same in digital form. There are a million things that computers are better at, but secure voting isn’t one of them. In paper ballot cases, hundreds of volunteers are caretakers of perhaps a few thousand votes each person. In digital form, a few ‘volunteers’ are checking millions of votes each. The right people, in the right place, with 5 seconds to kill.. can swing a digital election any way you want it to go.without biometric voter verification and vote full visability, electronic elections are a sham. (vote visability means that 1: a voter can at any time see the result of their vote.. even years later, to verify that their vote still ‘exists’ somewhere, and was counted.) a paper trail exists for paper votes up to three years. virtually nothing exists in any true and unalterable form in the digital realm.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26760",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T07:37:43",
"content": "I was just thinking, what if all votes were registered over the net on a couple of redundant servers, onto which people could log in and check their votes. It would be much more efficient, and, due to peoples ability to varify their votes, near tamper proof on the client end, (Unless someone was able to hack the server software that is)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26761",
"author": "zeek g",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T09:00:55",
"content": "For those of you saying, it has a lock or people watch it. There are things in this world called corrupt politicians, and they do terrible things for money and power. 60 seconds alone with that box would not be that big of a bribe.Also the votes could have encryption, but if the key was bribed off someone, then you could program the ROM with the encryption. And if they use these things in a state, think of a politician having a systematic attack on many of the major polling places. Even if there are countermeasures governments always love cheap stuff, so how many things are promised to be implemented, but never are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26762",
"author": "tAK",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T12:10:49",
"content": "Pretty cool way to show a flaw in a product.In Australia, its all done by hand anyways.and call me stupid, but how did you get the youtube video timer to count down (from 60), instead of go up?I have never seen it before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26763",
"author": "rafael.ct",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T12:10:53",
"content": "Don’t you guys think that some politicians want theses machines to be unsafe? Wake up..It is not that hard to make a system a little more secure.. just have a second system inside the case (disconnected from the voting system) checking all the important parts (like rom checksums and case integrity using sensors) and have this second system triggering an alarm on a network or even audible if anything is messed with.The online server system would work only IF no connection between the voter and the vote is recorded. A paper could be printed in the machine for the voter assigning a random number (a password) to its vote (also in the paper). This way anyone could check its vote later and would not have its identity revealed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26764",
"author": "cyplesma",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T18:26:29",
"content": "electronic voting machines, ha.I don’t know why some people forget the bigger something is the harder it falls, or in this case the more you squeeze your grip the more people slip though, oops I mean the more you try to hack proof something the easier the back door illuminates itself. there that last one was an original. 8 )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26765",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T19:01:51",
"content": "i think that even during election days units like these are still very vulnerable. my district votes with a kiosk setup similar to this in an old country school. i dont think that large, well-manned, closely-watched voting stations are the big targets here, but small ones in rural settings.where i vote, and in most districts where i vote where the elections happen at country schools, old store buildings, etc., this would be easy to pull off.im not in favor of doing so, but the fact that a couple of us could do it so quickly and so easily, well, thats something scary.i agree that the makers of these machines need to open their original specs up to the hacking community [and make those machines obsolete immediately.]. the hacking community, much like the free market, will always yield the most effective results.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26766",
"author": "carlton",
"timestamp": "2007-06-13T22:02:19",
"content": "There is no excuse for this crap. The machines (I’ve read elsewhere) use old LS7400 series logic, popular in the 80’s! For christ sake, get a PLD or FPGA in there!@cailen: All modern microcontrollers made in the last decade (basically) can do in-circuit programming and debugging, meaning you just plug in a cable and flash the ROM. There is *no* reason for sockets in production! These should all be small surface mount chips soldered down and epoxyed over the pins (or something). It looks like they just went through an ancient parts bin and grabbed what they could. Seriously, it’s pathetic.As far as security, it’s ridiculous (as seen in the video). One approach would be to use some sort of public key encryption system were registered voters get a key. Of course, that doesn’t really protect against these man-in-the-middle attacks if you can easily modify the hardware!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26767",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T00:33:11",
"content": "Stealing an election with electronic voting machines poses a much greater risk than a paper vote. Depending on the type of attack, a single compromised machine could affect the results of entire districts or regions.http://arstechnica.com/etc/How_to_steal_an_election-ArsTechnica.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26768",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T01:09:26",
"content": "This video has to be one of the scariest thing I have ever seen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26769",
"author": "Matthew Carrick",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T01:12:41",
"content": "Ready? Paper ballots. Thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26770",
"author": "f3@rn0#vi1",
"timestamp": "2007-06-17T05:37:21",
"content": "I’m all for moving in to the 21st century and all, but i still think the most electronic thing I want to see in a voting booth is the light over my head.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26771",
"author": "ken",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T00:39:15",
"content": "good now we can stop bush from becoming pres again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26772",
"author": "srilyk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T18:03:42",
"content": "Heh… I think we should elect Linus Torvalds as president ^_^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.136659
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/11/knock-response-automatic-door-opener/
|
Knock Response Automatic Door Opener
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’m at the beach this week – finally on vacation. Thanks to
DD-WRT
, I’ve got a handy wireless repeater to keep the beach house covered with network access. [sprite_tm]’s doing his best to make my vacation easier. He built
this
knock activated automatic door opener for a friend who wanted easy access to some locked, but empty flat (think british apartment) rooms. He used an ATTINY with some fets to drive the stepper (you can find those in old dot matrix printers for free) and a small transistor amped mic circuit to pick up the knocks. Knock the right code, and you’ll get let right in.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26717",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T22:44:50",
"content": "I remember seeing a similar commercial product. Everything was mounted within a door so it could not be tampered with. the “knock code” was so long and precise it used a small battery powered key to do the knocking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26718",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T00:02:51",
"content": "this seems like a good candidate for using one of those piezo sensors glued to the door.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26719",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T00:14:09",
"content": "This would be awesome fun to hack, if some how indicates a mistake you could keep trying, well it would be very hard but none the less fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26720",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T01:21:33",
"content": "Port Knocking comes full circle!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26721",
"author": "_Vyper",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T01:40:56",
"content": "I’m waiting for someone to make one that uses a webcam to detect shadow puppets through the peep hole as a access control method :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26722",
"author": "thip",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T01:53:14",
"content": "Damn….. I just stumbled over this and thought Id submit it but it looks like I was beaten to it! oh well… it was a cool idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26723",
"author": "WaffleMatt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T02:03:37",
"content": "I’m working on (Read: About to start, anytime now :P) a similar setup, but it takes a picture with a webcam through the peephole of whoever knocked. An answering machine, but for your door.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26724",
"author": "Martin",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T12:22:59",
"content": "Cool design might leeve you a bit open to break ins tho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26725",
"author": "matthijs",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T14:00:57",
"content": "Well, it looks unsafe, but it’s like the apartment entrydoor opener connected to your doorbell, if you won’t know it’s there, no one will brute-force knock you!and because it’s a empty building, your neighbors won’t get tired from your knock-sequence, so they won’t give it a try someday..nice hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26726",
"author": "muris",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T16:39:14",
"content": "very nice. maybe piezzo would be a bit more appropriate for mounting/gluing onto a dor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26727",
"author": "Forrest",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T21:01:55",
"content": "I’d like to try this with a capacitance switch on a doorknob. Or weirder yet, a musical lock with a door embedded theramin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26728",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T21:29:02",
"content": "Another interesting idea for this would be using a few hall-effect detectors set in several spots on the inside of the door. To open the door you just put a small neodym magnet close to where you know the detectors are, then the door pops open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26729",
"author": "zotkop",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T18:45:34",
"content": "Would be nice to have one where you’d have to sing a song every time you want to get the door open.(imagine a scene where you’d have to go to the toilet)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26730",
"author": "jamshaid iqbal",
"timestamp": "2007-09-01T19:31:40",
"content": "hiasl plz please give me idea of haking a webside now plz ok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26731",
"author": "sk",
"timestamp": "2007-09-06T15:26:11",
"content": "http://www.hackaday.com/category/cellphones-hacks/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104590",
"author": "Emtek",
"timestamp": "2009-10-29T06:33:58",
"content": "Sounds fun but I’d prefer using a key any day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114781",
"author": "Buford Peroff",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T16:34:58",
"content": "I am starting my own blog too, your is really nice!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.283944
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/10/xt-to-at-keyboard-adapter/
|
XT To AT Keyboard Adapter
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"old school hardware",
"OldSchoolHardware",
"telex",
"xt keyboard",
"xt keyboard converter",
"XtKeyboard",
"XtKeyboardConverter"
] |
If you dig the older switch based keyboards, you’ll like
this
. As a favor to a friend, [Bob van Loosen] built a small converter using a pic16F84 to make an XT telex keyboard usable with modern AT style computers.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26701",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T03:04:49",
"content": "Nice and clean, first to post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26702",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T03:34:46",
"content": "you can use XT keyboards without special converters under Linux, you just plug them in to LPT port :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26703",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T03:53:40",
"content": "wait wait. modern AT style? AT has been out of style for at least a dozen years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26704",
"author": "Abbie",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T04:54:59",
"content": "Woohoo! time to dust out that ibm keyboard!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26705",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T05:26:09",
"content": "@ #2It’s more modern than XT, at least. AT converts easily to PS/2 with an adapter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26706",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T05:43:40",
"content": "It looks to me more like he built an XT keyboard to RS232 converter, but still a neat project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26707",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T05:51:34",
"content": "hay same mouse i mean nice hack im not a pic fan though the compilers cost alot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26708",
"author": "dimwitted",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T06:19:21",
"content": "wow, pretty snazzy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26709",
"author": "Grizzly Adams",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:57:07",
"content": "pic compilers don’t cost alot. you can use picc-lite or boostc for free , and theres JAL, an opensource language designed for pics, or like most hardcore pic developers, you can use ASM.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26710",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T20:06:46",
"content": "Have a look at this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYDgncMhXwI think the hack-a-day crowd will feel it rings a bell…(no – it’s not spam – see it’s not my site)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26711",
"author": "theedisoneffect",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T20:25:31",
"content": "Yeah, it’s XT–>RS232 rather than XT–>AT/PS2. Completely different protocols there. Cool in its own right, but it doesn’t appear useful for getting an old 83-key IBM board working on a Windows box, or anything like that. (Which is what I’ve been wanting to do forever.)Might be fun to try hooking my old IBM 3270 keyboard up to a Linux box, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26712",
"author": "Bauke Jan Douma",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T21:58:50",
"content": "Hai guys ‘n gals,The keyboard is mine ;-)Handed it over to Bob some time ago because he seemed so cock-sure he would get it to work.Well, he did a magnificent job — today demonstrated to me itsworkings (on Linux, naturally).What’s so great is that this keyboard has a /lot/ of keys,plus the key touch is something to get almost orgasmic about.It’s one of those good old buckling spring-keyboards.The sound…. the feel…..!TODO: change the green LEDs on the keyboard to blue ones.Yes, I can do this myself…Now I’ll have a hard time trying to decide what will be mykeyboard of choice on Linux: my ‘Sun Type 5C’ (with keyclick!),or the Memorex. Come to think of it: I can hang both off myLinux box ;-)Btw. some old pictures of the keyboard, right after I boughtit for about $2 over two years ago, and at which time I feltrather cranky because there seemed no way I could use it, areathttp://www.xs4all.nl/~bjdoumaHappy hacking!bjd",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26713",
"author": "æå",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T11:17:00",
"content": "It’s time to dust out that ibm keyboard! thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26714",
"author": "æå",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T11:19:42",
"content": "It’s time to dust out that ibm keyboard!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26715",
"author": "hnch",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T17:59:48",
"content": "ermm, am I not getting the point, but why don’t you simply attach the XT keyboard to the AT/PS/2 keyboard port on your PC and compile xtkbd.c instead of atkbd.c into your kernel? Surely, the keyboard won’t work in the BIOS or bootloader, but as soon as the kernel is loaded, it should work quite perfectly. The electrical interface is identical, the main difference is that the XT keyboard will emit single Bytes as scancodes with the make/break bit set or not and the AT will send press/release bytes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26716",
"author": "Bob van Loosen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T20:58:20",
"content": "xtkbd is for connecting a xt keyboard to the parallel port, not to a ps/2 port.For some reason it didn’t work with this keyboard, and even if it would work you would have to modify the source to get all the keys working.I don’t see much difference between hooking the keyboard up to the parallel port or to the serial port, other than using a microcontroller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.396214
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/09/powerglove-wiimote/
|
Powerglove Wiimote
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[] |
How, oh how did I miss
this
one? (
original
) A japanese hacker merged a powerglove with a wiimote. Need I say more? Seriously, who didn’t want a powerglove when they came out? video of the thing in action is after the break.
Quick extra:
It turns out that the Wii Nunchuck is a great source for parts. It’s got a 3-axis accelerometer, joystick and buttons for a mere $20 [chad]’s wrote a full
how-to
on turning a wii controller into a bluetooth transmitter and an
interface
for the wii nunchuck for the Arduino.
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26695",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T07:44:29",
"content": "powerglove!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26696",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T07:55:19",
"content": "… it’s so bad!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26697",
"author": "macgyver2210",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T17:32:00",
"content": "The powerglove was cool because there wasn’t a controller like that for the NES. With the Wii, the WiiMote is probably much easier to use anyway, and it’s easier to share with 2+ players if need be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26698",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T23:04:56",
"content": "You have no idea how sweeet that is!!!! Nintendo’s worst peripheral paired up with it’s best. Excellent job dude.__________________http://www.howtogetfreewiipoints.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26699",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:13:22",
"content": "But the thing is that it may likes the other peoples too. Any guess why??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26700",
"author": "Keehun",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T00:37:58",
"content": "Won’t it be painful trying to keep your arm stretched out like that for a long time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54414",
"author": "TEEEJ",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T18:42:17",
"content": "This would be sick if it were used for metroid",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72861",
"author": "TeaRa",
"timestamp": "2009-05-06T02:05:04",
"content": "Ugh the Powerglove was such a sham. Who would want to resurrect it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "105575",
"author": "Ilias",
"timestamp": "2009-11-04T11:20:16",
"content": "Actually it costs just $6.5 to get a nunchuck from ebay, postage included:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nunchuk-Official-Nunchuck-Controller-For-Nintendo-Wii_W0QQitemZ120486066101QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN?hash=item1c0d8777b5",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "507581",
"author": "M'Kay",
"timestamp": "2011-11-13T18:36:04",
"content": "Their site is down :-( Too much traffic?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.185005
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/08/wireless-lightbulb/
|
Wireless Lightbulb
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[atrain] sent in this interesting wireless
light bulb
. It’s more of a wireless powered LED inside a lightbulb, but you get the idea. A RF signal is recieved by a coil inside the bulb – the AC signal is rectified and used by LEDs to create the light. All the technical details you need to build your own are
here
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26680",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T06:47:12",
"content": "Wow, that’s really amazing. I wish I understood more how it worked.. time for google.Cool hack, I want one of those for my room!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26681",
"author": "Blind Tree Frog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T06:59:49",
"content": "I thought this was going to be that MIT wireless electricity thing that everyone is raving about lately (like it’s a new idea or something). Glad to see that I was mistaken. Same concept really (nothing new as it states), but very cool to see it working.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26682",
"author": "Digital",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T07:41:14",
"content": "Oh the pranking possibilities with this light. “oh that, that was here when I moved in… don’t touch it though, the ghosts don’t like that”bwa ha ha ha ha!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26683",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T08:40:28",
"content": "i fucked around with semaler setup i called it the electro magnetic glow but i used a 24v pcu powersupply red led copper coils but i did use an avr but using a very high powered mosfet and a car battery for the lev and i was able to get a 4″ lev(but this was a weekend project so i scraped it now)sorry about my typing i was up all last night preparing for the exams",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26684",
"author": "hannes",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T13:47:00",
"content": "Hmm, strange domain name “.st” – all I get is a generic link farm type page, no levitation there…Anyone feeling like setting up a mirror?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26685",
"author": "dirtsnake",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T14:08:07",
"content": "Now if i could only translate this to layman’s terms I would be all over this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26686",
"author": "Blind Tree Frog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T23:39:40",
"content": ">> #4“Now if i could only translate this to layman’s terms I would be all over this one”The floating is just magnets pushing against each other.Basically this is the deal with the wireless electricity. Know the thing about how a good opera singer can shatter a crystal wine glass? Or that bridge that shock itself apart becuase the wind was blowing just right (really cool video). That works because everything has a natural frequency that is defined by it’s shape and composition and all of that (Tesla’s Earthquake machine exploited this. They designe bridges to avoid this these days).This is exploited with antenna’s. An antenna is designed to be a certain length so that certain frequencies resonate well with it (1/2 the wavelegnth being that magic number as I recall). So if you have a transmitter that is running a AC signal at a high frequency with an antenna that will transmit it you can have an antenna on the receiving side that will recieve that signal and resonate causing a current to flow through it. Effectively you are making a air core transformer that works really really well at a select AC frequency and specfic enviromental conditions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26687",
"author": "Ushanka",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T01:06:28",
"content": "hannes: .st is from São Tomé and PrÃncipe.This bulb seems pretty cool. It’s very Tesla-esque.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26688",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T03:51:53",
"content": "I like others though this was going to be the other thing that everyone is jumping up and down about,(funny no one did that eons ago when it was first demonstrated) wonder why everyone is so excited, this prinicpal has been used for years and years, it’s what make all RF devices work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26689",
"author": "Chuck",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T09:57:54",
"content": "When I first saw the title of this post, I mistook the article for another. Coincidently, a group out of MIT just published a paper yesterday on wireless power transfer via resonant mutual inductance. The MIT paper gathered significant press (for a scientific paper) and led to over hyping. The group showed that by specially tuning the coils in a typical mutual inductance setup, you can extend the effective rage from less than one coil width to several coil widths. To demonstrate, the MIT group built two large (25 cm) precision tuned coils and used the pair to transmit power from one coil to a lightbulb attached to the other coil.Wireless power aside, Iâm much more impressed with the magnetic levitation system. I would have assumed the lightbulb power coil would have interfered with any maglev control. Maybe thatâs why it has to float so close to the roof? I think it would have been much more dramatic floating mid-height in the enclosure.Oh, and incase anyone else stumbles across the MIT hype, donât believe it. The transfer efficiency at 4 coil widths was only 15%, and required precision hand-tuned resonant coils. After reading the paper, there wasnât much room for improvement and any implementation would be expensive and delicate. Personally I donât want to waste 4x the electricity, so that I can charge my cell phone next to the charger, rather than plugging it in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26690",
"author": "Terramoto",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T04:06:53",
"content": "that bulb photo seems to be fake…look at the top of the bulb to the solid there’s a shadow…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26691",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:14:05",
"content": "Oh! but Is it the think that you know earlier??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26692",
"author": "sukosaki",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T17:20:58",
"content": "This is neat. I like to see things like this even if they don’t go mainstream.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26693",
"author": "Jnewman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T17:56:27",
"content": "Wow, someone has replicated what Nicholas Tesla did over 100 years ago…amazing that the most influential scientist in electricty is not only not taught in school but his inventions are now being copied and pawned off as ‘new’. Another one for the non-history books.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26694",
"author": "makeitgood",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T05:36:10",
"content": "if you follow the links, the newest version of this sculpture have been put up, much better fabrication and presentation, bulb floating 2.5″ away from top.very cool. yes, this technology has been around for awhile (which the artist notes), its just a neat visual demonstration that i’d love to have in my living room!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "72118",
"author": "deimian",
"timestamp": "2009-04-29T22:24:51",
"content": "that’s great !can you tell me what the voltage and current level are in the primary ?besides, the primary and secondary coils are not the same size… could you tell me more details ?awesome thing, congrats !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136395",
"author": "Maglev",
"timestamp": "2010-04-16T14:59:21",
"content": "I feel that maglev is such a neglected technology, while it has so much to offer, hence I think it will be one of the biggest technologies in the coming years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.233322
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/07/steampunk-lcd/
|
Steampunk LCD
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"lcd mod",
"LcdMod",
"steampunk lcd",
"SteampunkLcd"
] |
Short and sweet today – I just drove about a third of the way across the US.
[Jake]’s been at it
again
. This time he re-enclosed a dell 1907FP will brass and brass colored aluminum. Just like his previous work, it’s gorgeous. Check out the
close up
shot of the adjustment keys.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26665",
"author": "TarGit",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T06:39:05",
"content": "Nice, now all it needs is a telegraph morse mouse :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26666",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T06:46:04",
"content": "Indeed, I’ll be interested to see what he does with the mouse…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26667",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:05:23",
"content": "Awesome, love steampunk stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26668",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:13:17",
"content": "Just noticed that this is the same guy who did the steampunk keyboard, among other projects. He’s really got a knack for this stuff.Also, love what he did with the buttons.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26669",
"author": "AbuMaia",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:17:57",
"content": "Seems his image server has crashed. Only thing working on his site now are the videos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26670",
"author": "M.K.Borri",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T09:00:56",
"content": "Wow. That’s seriously classy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26671",
"author": "ayeomans",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T11:12:03",
"content": "Just needs some steampunk window decoration themes to complete the effect!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26672",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T13:24:01",
"content": "@1,2: A steampunk mouse? Kind of like this, for instance?http://jakeofalltrades.wordpress.com/2007/04/20/img_0616-2/Note- this isn’t a jake von slatt production, it’s by the *other* guy called jake who makes steampunk computer hardware.@targit: in case you’d missed it, the telegraph dealie to the left is his RSS ticker that sounds RSS feeds in morse code :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26673",
"author": "Vasili Sviridov",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T20:52:19",
"content": "This is *SO* freaking awesome… Too bad i don’t have a study with antique furniture… Otherwise i’d had one of those for sure…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26674",
"author": "TarGit",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T04:05:26",
"content": "Maybe he should replace the keyboard with a morse code “tapper” (key) and enter all text using morse code.I’ve seen guys that can do morse a lot faster than i can type, so not entirely impractical :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26675",
"author": "pcfascist",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T04:59:38",
"content": "Those keys to replace the buttons are great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26676",
"author": "kuhltwo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T07:17:43",
"content": "I love the “old” look. I am building a computer out of wood and brass for the 1890’s look. This steampunk theme is very interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26677",
"author": "Zencyde",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T16:41:14",
"content": "This reminds me entirely too much of Myst. It also gives me some crazy ideas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26678",
"author": "marc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-12T22:49:03",
"content": "Just too cool for school man !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26679",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T01:43:52",
"content": "Very nice. I think the only improvement would be to hide the keyboard cable inside old cotton-covered sheathing, perhaps cannibalised from an old telephone or obtained from a vintage wiring supplier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/06/suspend-in-motion/
|
Suspend In Motion
|
Eliot
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[
"laptop",
"suspend",
"vista"
] |
Reader [
Brien Schultz]
didn’t like his laptop suspending every time he closed the lid to move around the house or to a different work area, so he turned that feature off. Of course that just led to him forgetting to put the thing to sleep when he really needed to, like when he was walking around all day with it in his backpack. To solve his self inflicted problem (common cause of many hacks) he wrote a .NET program to monitor the laptop’s accelerometer. The accelerometer is usually used to park the hard drive heads in case the laptop is falling (it’s also used for
hilarity
). If
BedTime
detects that the laptop is in motion, but is not being used it starts a countdown and eventually puts the laptop to sleep. Brien isn’t using the “sleep after X minutes” option because it would put the machine to sleep while it was open and he was just distracted for a few moments. Demo video after the break.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26642",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T10:42:23",
"content": "cool, but everytime i see something like this i have to ask why in the hell would anybody use .net unless it was absolutely necessary",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26643",
"author": "Ross Peters",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T10:43:53",
"content": "Absolutely brilliant! I have also forgotten to turn off my laptop >< and this is an almost flawless method to solve it. Putting accelerometers to a real good use... now just to make a laptop version of a wiimote...",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26644",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T12:12:28",
"content": "Eliot, where have you been?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26645",
"author": "binary",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T12:33:03",
"content": "Wicked!, but….does it run on Linux :-P ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26646",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T16:15:35",
"content": "cool & useful; a combination almost never seen on hack-a-day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26647",
"author": "Forrest",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T18:32:56",
"content": "it seems kind of counterintuitive. why not just make it go to sleep after a preset time when it is closed? how does the motion sensor help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26648",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T19:11:37",
"content": "That is really cool. I would love to see a Mac version made.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26649",
"author": "Tyler",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T19:39:12",
"content": "Pretty cool, but he referred to Linux as a “filthy penguin”. Geek card revoked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26650",
"author": "YoYo-Pete",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T20:41:39",
"content": "This is a really great product. ::Applause::My suggestion is to add a feature that allows it to go into Hibernation instead of sleep. As sleep does use power and it will drain over time.P.S. I have to agree with #3. I still havent figured it all out as a developer, but from a system viewpoint, it’s supposed to make everything easier.#4, it requires Dot.Net Framework, so no linux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26651",
"author": "momotarosan",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T21:24:35",
"content": "here is a blog on the use of accelerometer for controlling Google Mapshttp://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2006/06/control_google_.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26652",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T21:24:54",
"content": "#8: What about the Mono Project? I haven’t got that up and running yet, as I just switched to Ubuntu a few weeks ago, but it may well work on Linux with some tweaking…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26653",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T21:57:20",
"content": "I’m still in charge over here, but I work fulltime at Netscape.com and just come over to fill in for Will from time to time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26654",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T00:05:04",
"content": "“it seems kind of counterintuitive. why not just make it go to sleep after a preset time when it is closed? how does the motion sensor help?”I don’t really get the point of it either. OK you close the lid and its moving, so it sets a 5min timer to go to sleep (long enough to get somewhere within the house).Now you close the lid later but its not moving, should it sleep then as well? Seems like it should.The idea and execution is cool, but it isn’t exactly a “brilliant” hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26655",
"author": "Patman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T00:41:42",
"content": "yeah i wouldnt say that linux is the best OS out there, but it ain’t some crack-dealin’ weed-smokin’ pimp! I think that because of its 3rd party capabilities Linux isnt that bad (granted of course that you have Windows XP or Vista on your computer as well.)sure beats Mac’s iCrap series!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26656",
"author": "Trimzulu",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T01:17:19",
"content": "You guys are missing the point. He DOESN’T want the laptop sleeping when he just shuts the lid. A lot of people use their laptops as their primary computers. I shut my screen a lot while still running applications in the background. Sleeping would kill those, this lets me not sleep all the time while still being able to pick up my laptop and go without worrying about the battery being dead when I get there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26657",
"author": "Mikoangelo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T01:56:31",
"content": "Why, oh why, not just set a sleep timer to ~3 minutes if the lid is closed?And what if I were to close the lid, and put the computer over in the corner of $somewhere, only to forget it for a couple of hours? Problem unsolved!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26658",
"author": "Brien Schultz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:32:06",
"content": "Ok, so I finally got binaries and source uploaded. This is ALPHA!!! It might not work properly, I haven’t tested it properly yet.Binaries for ZIP people…http://www.suite304.com/BedTimeAlpha.zipAnd for the WinRAR people…http://www.suite304.com/BedTimeAlpha.rarSource for my .Net homies…http://www.suite304.com/BedTimeSource.zipIf you want to help me make this better I’d appriciate it. This version is very basic and simple (as you will see).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26659",
"author": "Burnzee",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T02:51:00",
"content": "Great Idea. Pity I can’t get it to work. Got Toshiba Satellite A100 running Xp. Only eight months old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26660",
"author": "Brien Schultz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T08:54:49",
"content": "I LOVE how linux does hardware. They did things right a long time ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26661",
"author": "Brien Schultz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-09T08:58:01",
"content": "Oh, and towards the convo on this running on Linux, Apple, etc. …This program is so simple I could easily write it in C, C++, Java, etc. so I don’t think platforms will be a problem. I just need to get specs on all the APIs/drivers for accelerometers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26662",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:20:08",
"content": "That can be but not sure!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26663",
"author": "Johannes Geiger",
"timestamp": "2007-07-03T05:32:24",
"content": "This is creat idea. I’ve tryed to find a solution for FSC Notebooks. Google gives me these helpfull links:http://nich.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=amonth%3d3%26ayear%3d2007http://geekswithblogs.net/dirksblog/articles/54935.aspx(german)http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa363216.aspxfinaly with that Information it was posible to write/modify a simple sample code./* Reads Acceleration Sensor Values out of FSC Liefebook T4215and perhaps other FSC Notebooks that work with Shock SensorUtility ( FJSSGUI.exe + FJSSDMN.exe )Sensor Description:http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/services/computing/pc/einfo/shock-sensor/Thanks to Nicholai Yu who did de reverse engineering:http://nich.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=amonth%3d3%26ayear%3d2007and MSDN for their example source which I’ve just modified a little bit.http://msdn2.microsoft.com/En-US/library/aa363216.aspxTo Port this to other HDD Sensors tryhttp://www.rohitab.com/apimonitor/and monitorthe DeviceIoControl calls from an existing Sensor App.Note: This code is only tested on one maschine.!!!!!!Use it on your own risk!!!!!! and report if it works.Sorry about my bad english, have fun with the app.(I hope sombody built some nice tools or games like a port of thishttp://www.weiblespiele.de/images/79050.jpgfor tablet PC ;)Some Keywords for Google:Shock Sensor Utility, hdd, harddisk, shock, Fujitsu, source, c,accelerometer, acceleration, motion, gyro, tilt, pan, protection*/#include#include#includeBOOL GetAccel(char *AccValue){HANDLE hDevice; // handle to the drive to be examinedBOOL bResult; // results flagDWORD junk; // discard resultshDevice = CreateFile(TEXT(“\\\\\\\\.\\\\PhysicalDrive0”), // drive0, // no access to the driveFILE_SHARE_READ | // share modeFILE_SHARE_WRITE,NULL, // default security attributesOPEN_EXISTING, // disposition0, // file attributesNULL); // do not copy file attributesif (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) // cannot open the drive{return (FALSE);}bResult = DeviceIoControl(hDevice, // device to be queried0x220208, // operation to perform",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26664",
"author": "G-lant",
"timestamp": "2007-07-10T21:04:58",
"content": "Hey this seems like an amazing idea. But I have one question. Im getting my new Mac laptop soon, will this work with Mac?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.652465
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/05/milkscanner-3d-mapping-thats-good-for-you/
|
Milkscanner – 3D Mapping That’s Good For You
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Blind Tree Frog] sent in the
Milkscanner
. It’s an oh-so-simple method of mapping a 3d object. [fiezi] used a small tub, a lego mounted webcam, a small supply of milk and a bit of software to create the map and import it to
moviesandbox
.. The object is placed in the tub, then then it’s scanned by the camera as the milk level is slowly raised (in this case, via spoon power) and voila: 3d map.
Video is after the jump, or at the top of the read link.
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{
"comment_id": "26617",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T07:01:33",
"content": "oh this is the coolest thing i’ve seen in ages. i’ve always been interested in 3d scanners, but the need for considerable precision in the mechanical design has always put me off. this on the otherhand…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26618",
"author": "Blind Tree Frog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T07:20:58",
"content": "Like I said when I sent it in, I’d prefer to see the milk added automatically with a basic circuit and pump, but over all this is great. Such a simple solution to this problem that it’s easy to over look.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26619",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T07:45:25",
"content": "Saw this when it was orignally posted on instructables. Extremely cool, it always amazes me when somebody pulls of what is normally considered a complex problem with simple household materials.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26620",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T08:20:44",
"content": "it’s a bit hard to tell what the resolution’s like… anyone know better than I do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26621",
"author": "waruwaru",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T08:24:34",
"content": "It’s such simple idea, it’s brilliant!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26622",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T08:41:03",
"content": "im bulding in ir walk-in rotating scanner but still this is sweet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26623",
"author": "Mikael",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T11:23:14",
"content": "I can see one problem; he adds three spoons of milk for every frame, but that does not correspond to the same amount of milk-level raising each time. I’d say that adding a pipe-line with a milk supply, and some sort of way to measure the milk-level, would be an approach offering greater detail-level and correctness.Of course, I don’t know what I’m talking about, so just ignore me ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26624",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T14:21:48",
"content": "wow, great idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26625",
"author": "Loebas",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T14:52:14",
"content": "“At the end of the video there’s a scan of your head–did you really keep your head still in milk for that long?”LMAOgreat hack!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26626",
"author": "gumnos",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T15:04:59",
"content": "I have a sudden urge to scan a stack of Oreo cookies…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26627",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T16:28:13",
"content": "You could easily measure the milk level with some kind of bar at 45 degrees to the vertical in the cameras field of view. By measuring the length of the bar that’s visible to the camera, you can calculate depth.Using this method, the system could be made easier very quickly by starting with the container full, and putting a small hole+cork in the bottom to let the milk drain out. As it drains, you constantly measure the depth and take readings at intervals of say 0.5mm, giving a much better resoloution. The wet and therefore reflective object being scanned may give holes in the model though, so it might be better to have the milk draining in from another higher up container.A way to improve the accuracy would be to consider parallax, by adding in some trig calculations to the program, and then have multiple cameras in different places, using those calculations to allow “overhanging” bits of the model to be picked up.Also, by using say a uv ink and uv light instead of the milk would allow you to easily scan items which are too white to programaticly discern with milk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26628",
"author": "Blind Tree Frog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T18:08:15",
"content": "Combining comments at the link the best idea I’ve heard mentioned is using an overflow style of tank (so the milk is at the top and overflows as the object lowers) with a shelf that the object sits on and lowers down into the tank automatically.The milk then stays at the same level (because you just keep the tank full to the rim at all times) and you don’t have to adjust for the milk getting closer or further from the lens.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26629",
"author": "Loebas",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T19:33:54",
"content": "that wont make it go linear. where the object is wide, the milk will rise a bit due to more milk displacement. it would have to be combined with a diagonal ruler, or some sort of floating device. (like the ones in toilet flushers)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26630",
"author": "Blind Tree Frog",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T20:46:58",
"content": ">> Post 13 (loebas)“that wont make it go linear. where the object is wide, the milk will rise a bit due to more milk displacement. it would have to be combined with a diagonal ruler, or some sort of floating device. (like the ones in toilet flushers)”At which point the milk will overflow over the edge of the container (like I stated) and the level of the milk will stay at the same exact level every single time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26631",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T22:02:43",
"content": "Very nice. Any way to do this with plain water? Perhaps with a different colored lights or something and a piezo element to make the water reflect all lamps? Then take a continuous video while it’s filling up and then post-process.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26632",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T22:13:15",
"content": "way cool, nice work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26633",
"author": "MacGyverS2000",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T03:09:03",
"content": "@ hello1024:The 45 degree bar method isn’t as simple a it first appears. For large increases in depth (e.g., 2mm steps), no problem. Once you start getting into the smaller steps (e.g., 0.5mm and so on), you’re going to run into problems with surface tension and the milk’s meniscus. You may have to increase the level several times before surface tension gives in and allows the milk to change location on the level.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26634",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T04:03:04",
"content": "Now this is a sweet hack. Is there someway this method could create a 3D CAD file for the scanned object? I’ve been working on a project that would need metal parts machined to the contours of my head, and this would solve my dillema if I could create an accurate 3D CAD file for my head. Any thoughts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26635",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T06:22:59",
"content": "the song on the vid reminds me of drinking milk…. mmmm… :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26636",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T06:48:15",
"content": "The trouble with this is that it’s using a webcam, which means the images it captures are in perspective. That’s okay for small objects where accuracy isn’t that necessary (as shown), but I wouldn’t use it for any precision work.If you can manage to get a scanner head to take focused images a few inches away, then you’d really have something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26637",
"author": "Reader",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T07:38:28",
"content": "Coolest hack I’ve seen on any site for a long time, I might be tempted to do this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26638",
"author": "Smurfsahoy",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T07:49:16",
"content": "To fix the issue of surface tension with the diagonal bar, just add alcohol to the milk to break the tension (a white russian scanner?) Or perhaps float a thin layer of oil on top (the oil will stay in place, since with the bar, you don’t have to let the milk overflow anymore).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26639",
"author": "JulesD",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T03:25:11",
"content": "Very good… I like it!But here are other less messy ways as well, that turn out good results…. One of them is the free laser scanning software DAVID…..Check out some tests I did for a rig that cost me £15.50 for my first scans…http://www.blog.global6.net/julesd/index.php?/categories/7-DAVID-scansJ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26640",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T20:16:48",
"content": "Unless I’m misunderstanding the method here, it seems it will only accurately scan objects that narrow as you move up the Y-axis because otherwise the object’s width would be blocking the camera’s view.If this were a profile view(the webcam would still be viewing from the top), the webcam wouldn’t see anything below the widest point of the object.___/ \\/ \\\\ /\\ /—This of course could be solved by scanning one side and then the other but would still leave some objects unscannable. Good for what it is though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26641",
"author": "flug",
"timestamp": "2007-08-06T17:05:32",
"content": "coolest 3d scanner i`ve ever seen. great!Does anyone know the name of the song?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.346322
|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/04/cnc-solder-pastepick-n-place/
|
CNC Solder Paste/pick N Place
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"cnc",
"pick and place",
"PickAndPlace",
"surface mount",
"SurfaceMount"
] |
Just when I thought I’d seen most of the CNC mods out there, [Steve Ciciora] (who happens to be one of the driving forces behind the
killacycle
) sent in his diy
solder paste dispenser
*and* his diy
pick and place
machine. Both are extensions of his CNC taig mill. Hopefully [steve] will put up some more details of his mill mods.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26602",
"author": "Steven",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T07:54:49",
"content": "This is really amazing. I wish I had one of these, I have a very unsteady hand. Oh well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26603",
"author": "Izzy",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T07:59:50",
"content": "That is very well done. I want one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26604",
"author": "azurusnova",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T10:33:10",
"content": "Page wont load for me at all.Starting to think my browser hates me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26605",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T13:47:44",
"content": "video links dead, and there doesn’t seem to be anything but a sentance of text and no pics to see.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26606",
"author": "MacGyver",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T15:36:16",
"content": "Pretty darn slow… would be nice to see the machine zip from one place to another, then slow down for each action (pick up part, center it, etc.).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26607",
"author": "Spyingwind",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T17:33:32",
"content": "If only I could watch this WMV video file under Linux…Other than that Great Work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26608",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T17:49:38",
"content": "Could someone please youtube the videos for the rest of us? Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26609",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T21:42:12",
"content": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXElhtVRrwpick n place",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26610",
"author": "jono",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T22:14:37",
"content": "don’t understand the complaints. I was able to watch all of these videos about 10hours ago, in Ubuntu.Spyingwind, you have mplayer plugins installed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26611",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T00:57:50",
"content": "I watched both videos under linux with mplayer. No problem at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26612",
"author": "Hatessteve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T02:36:13",
"content": "Holy crap… that guy wins",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26613",
"author": "khoa",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T04:44:19",
"content": "that is so freakin’ sweet. i can’t wait for the details of the project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26614",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T06:51:00",
"content": "where can I buy/how can I build one of these….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26615",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T08:55:18",
"content": "i like it. i work with the specialized machines that do paste and placement. good hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26616",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:44:06",
"content": "I cant able to open the given link, can you please help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.591528
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/29/iphone-eve-extra/
|
IPhone Eve’ Extra
|
Adam Harris
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"iphone hacks",
"Mac Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"apple",
"apple iphone",
"iphone"
] |
The guys at I-hacked put up
a how-to
on giving your windows mobile phone some iPhone skinned powers, but later in the day they decided to make it login required. Thanks to [Katrina] for the tip. (requiring logins for contributed content just doesn’t sit well with me.)
[chris] sent in his
own
round up of his personal projects.
[Chris Coleman] let me know about hacktherazr. They’ve got some decent
guides
on customizing just about everything on the things.
[Ben Heck] got sick of emails, so he’s offering to build one more xbox 360 laptop, if you
give him a pile of money
.
Staring sunday, I’ll be ripping the hell out of my
new house
(and re-doing most of the upstairs). Do me a favor and keep the
tips line
brimming over.
[David] has some interesting
ideas
involving wireless AP antennas and wireless keyboards. How about a cantenna…
| 10
| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "27001",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T08:24:14",
"content": "Wow, I really didn’t expect to get hackadayed! It feels pretty awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27002",
"author": "Mitten",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T09:04:33",
"content": "I give it 48 to be opened up and a major hardware softspot to be found and exploited. A week before someone installs a distro of Linux on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27003",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T09:27:46",
"content": "Ahem…http://stream.ifixit.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27004",
"author": "Mitten",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T09:35:59",
"content": "Well there you go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27005",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T13:48:01",
"content": "Ugh, this BS has even seeped in _here_, but I guess requiring a registration is in keeping with the theme.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27006",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T20:03:05",
"content": "i was like WTF when i read it had 64 gigabits of solid state storage. then i realized it was gigaBITS and not bytes, heh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27007",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T23:29:59",
"content": "I couldn’t agree more with that opinion on requiring user login to access articles, or posts. It also makes no sense to attach stuff to forum posts, and only allow members to download them, unless you’re that hard up for a higher user count. There are public file hosting solutions that don’t require an account that can handle more than enough storage for most of the stuff I see restricted. It’s like free laptop/ipod/iphone/x360/ps3 advertising.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27009",
"author": "sussane",
"timestamp": "2007-07-01T12:41:46",
"content": "wow, that’s amazing news for me. Coz i own Windows Mobile. thanks for sharing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27008",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2007-07-02T05:39:45",
"content": "More Mogul (or general Windows Mobile/Pocket PC) related hacks would be great! The one you have in this extra is sweet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27010",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2007-07-08T20:57:24",
"content": "wow, thats cool news.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.69365
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/28/biopong/
|
Biopong
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
[Teckjunkie] was inspired by Hack-A-Day to build a bio-interfaced game. He modified a thinkgeek
pong kit
with an Analog Devices instrumentation amplifier and differential electrodes to create
biopong
. Flexing either arm actuates the inputs on the pong game. (Now you can just grab some dumbells and get a pong workout.)
Hack-A-Day inspired projects are always welcome to the
tips
line.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26995",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T21:55:28",
"content": "awesome. ive been thinking of starting a similar bio-interfaced project. any chance of posting a higher resolution copy of the circut diagram to the wiki?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26996",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T21:58:34",
"content": "also, good call on the anb shirt in the bottom right picture.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26997",
"author": "Teckjunkie",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T22:49:42",
"content": "@mikeYa no problem just send me off an email support [at] teckjunkie.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26998",
"author": "Alan Parekh",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T07:49:41",
"content": "Nice job Teckjunkie,I could see more commercial products like this one in the future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26999",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T22:56:42",
"content": "It’d be neet to see an MP3 player arm band that used this type of technology (ie, flex to to advance songs)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "27000",
"author": "alkhaarj",
"timestamp": "2007-07-06T22:52:29",
"content": "anyone else having trouble opening the .ppt file?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,880.748604
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/28/off-the-wall-motorcycling-around-the-world/
|
Off The Wall: Motorcycling Around The World
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
Not normally our thing, but holy crap this is just awesome. This map is the approximate journey of [Makiko Sugino] – so far. She’s been riding a Yamaha 250 all over the world, and she’s still going. Check out this
thread
for some awesome pics and details.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26986",
"author": "Mentallydetached",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T18:23:41",
"content": "Wow, that must be very annoying after the first couple of months…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26987",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T19:14:10",
"content": "wow that would annoy me after a few hours",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26988",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T19:36:08",
"content": "What does she have against Canada? Do you think she believes the snow will slow her down? lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26989",
"author": "Carbinefreak",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T00:11:45",
"content": "Naw, i would be fine if i had a DC jack for my archos and my nearly unlimited supply of trance ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26990",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T11:34:39",
"content": "Aha… check out this guy, he WALKS around the world. I met him in Uruguay, and he already was though the 50 States, India, China, Southern Asia, etc.http://www.hawkwalk.comCheers from Germany,Phil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26991",
"author": "A. Zimlich",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T14:44:57",
"content": "wow. on a 250. bet the gas mileage is great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26992",
"author": "paul",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T19:28:35",
"content": "She’s in Canada now. The map is at least a month old. She went from California to Florida to Maine, and is now on her way to Alaska through Canada before finishing in California and flying home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26993",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T00:34:52",
"content": "Wow, I’m extra impressed. I rode across Minnesota on a Yamaha 400 about 25 years ago and my butt is still numb from the vibrations! ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26994",
"author": "bagster",
"timestamp": "2007-07-06T20:48:11",
"content": "I think it is a yamaha xt225, not a 250",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42481",
"author": "JD",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T04:43:17",
"content": "It is a Brazilian Yamaha XT250, which is actually an XT225….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.440768
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/27/use-a-laptop-lcd-to-extend-your-desktop-display/
|
Use A Laptop LCD To Extend Your Desktop Display
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[] |
I get an email asking for
this
almost monthly, and [PUNiSH3R]’s take on this covers everything pretty well. He uses some interesting tricks with WINE to get enough performance to play a DVD on the remote display. Yes, the cheapest way is to turn it into a remote desktop display over a network. Personally, I use
synergy2
to share my keyboard and mouse, run multiple OS’s and keep my sanity.
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26974",
"author": "ThoughtFix",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T23:12:57",
"content": "Want to see a video of Synergy?http://www.ultramobilegeek.com/2006/08/umpc-synergy.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26975",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T00:12:07",
"content": "#1, that looks like a reproduction of an old DEC program called x2x from ages ago. Personally I’m not sure how I could have lived without it for the last, oh… decade.I’m surprised that people would find something like that so unbelievable that they’d need a video…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26976",
"author": "WeblionX",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T00:33:28",
"content": "Dang, and here I was hoping for some way to use the working LCD of an otherwise broken laptop. Guess I’ll still have to purchase a monitor for my workshop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26977",
"author": "handl3r",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T07:12:58",
"content": "anyone know if there is a way to do this with a palm?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26978",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T14:28:47",
"content": "I think the title is misleading and should instead simply read ‘extend your desktop display’… while it is a clever repackaging, this is nothing more than a networked display that could be accomplished with any type of pc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26979",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T15:40:44",
"content": "Or there’s Win2VNC/X2VNC…http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26980",
"author": "rockrapdude",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T16:00:00",
"content": "kewl mod of a cheap lcd screenhttp://metku.net/index.html?path=mods/transtft/index_eng",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26981",
"author": "Vladsinger",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T07:15:57",
"content": "Wow. There’s absolutely no way just to cheaply reuse the screen itself? That’s unfortunate, because using a 1.2GHz processor to power a 14.1 inch auxiliary display seems rather like overkill…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26982",
"author": "SteveN0xxxxist",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T10:07:07",
"content": "Of course you can reuse just the display; but the WiFi is a nice feature. You could use minimal circuitry to feed a second (third…) DMI or SVGA or HDMI cable off your PC in and thus get a second display, but cables require so much high-grade plastic it is a serious waste. Adding a CPU at least capable of full-resolution h.264 playback and otherwise managing a limited wireless data rate gets you some pretty nice independent functionality.1.2GHz is not a lot of power in itself (not bad for 4 64bit cores, but 1.2GHz P-IIIs seem stingy), but if you can use a DSP or a video-specific chip of course you can save power and battery bulk.Better yet, doll up the case nicely, add some touchscreen and 3-axis accelerometer (or gravity sensor chip) components plus compact mics and speakers, and claim to have the Ghetto iPhone with XBASS. “Dates to Steve Jobs’ Breakdancing Days,” you’ll say sagely….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26983",
"author": "biz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T22:48:49",
"content": "its not that it’s unbelievable, its informative and cool as shit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26984",
"author": "Kabuki",
"timestamp": "2007-06-30T02:22:39",
"content": "#7, Agreed. Why are all of the LCD driver boards so expensive?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26985",
"author": "laptop repair",
"timestamp": "2008-09-05T18:07:35",
"content": "The screen works great on xp.I installed vista then uninstalled it.Vista is such a dissapointment. MS should give a credit to everyone who still has a receipt of Vista from wherever they purchased it. I hope i get a refund.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94071",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2009-09-15T15:17:19",
"content": "You can also use MaxiVista to extend your main PC’s desktop to a laptop.Video:http://demo.maxivista.comMichael",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136818",
"author": "Skinny Andy",
"timestamp": "2010-04-19T06:44:23",
"content": "for the best laptop cellphone skin invisible protector for the lcd iphones, ipod, ipad got to shield skins",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "338482",
"author": "T.C.",
"timestamp": "2011-02-21T02:47:52",
"content": "So how do you use an lcd screen from a laptop with a dead mobo?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "456871",
"author": "Odo",
"timestamp": "2011-09-16T14:36:22",
"content": "There is a free alternative to MaxiVista, called ZoneScreenhttp://www.zoneos.com/zonescreen.htmIt is slow, but hey its free, and it even works for WindowsMobile2003 PDAs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.091662
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/26/nes-lightgun-wiimote-mod/
|
NES Lightgun Wiimote Mod
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Nintendo Hacks",
"Nintendo Wii Hacks"
] |
[] |
[F00 f00] sent in his friends
lightgun wiimote
mod. The IR sensor is carefully de-soldered and relocated to the barrel and the trigger is wired into the fire button. There’s a video of game play, but you can hit it over at
acidmods
.
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| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26966",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T07:13:19",
"content": "Pretty Cool, but I would feel bad tearing up a vintage light gun… Now, if someone could just build one that shot airsoft bb’s, mabey then i’d think about sacrificing one.FP, BTW (sorry, refreshed the page and this mod came up, had to say it…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26967",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T08:07:46",
"content": "Another Wiimote hack for the betterment of mankind!:-\\",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26968",
"author": "guy",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T16:25:45",
"content": "There are plenty of light guns that have broken over the years; i dunno if this was one of ’em, but I’d rather a broken one find a new use than be thrown away.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26969",
"author": "Ben H(no not that one)",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T17:06:42",
"content": "That’s cool. First thing that popped into my head when I saw this, was now make it reversible (via creative wiring and a small socket in the wii-mote) or mount more of the Wii-mote guts inside the light gun( at the appropriate orientation for gestures with the light gun to translate into game actions)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26970",
"author": "Vladsinger",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T17:13:42",
"content": "Wolf: there is a link at the bottom of the mod page to a $12 lightgun.http://www.tmove.net/index.php/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,1073/category_id,27/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,30/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26971",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T18:05:42",
"content": "to vladsinger, I saw that; I was just refering to how he himself used a real one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26972",
"author": "palmmann",
"timestamp": "2007-07-02T20:16:19",
"content": "they make a commercial product that does the same for around what the parts would cost if you don’t have them on hand.http://www.ledshoppe.com/Product/ts/TS3027.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26973",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2007-07-08T21:03:43",
"content": "That is awesome.. =D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.192151
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/25/reubens-tube-fire-sound-visualization/
|
Reubens Tube: Fire Sound Visualization
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[vbrtrmn] sent in the
most
fun I’ve seen with fire lately. It’s really just a geeky physics demonstration, but it’s awesome. That’s a foil lined pvc pipe with holes every half inch. Propane is feeding from one side and there’s a 2″ speaker on the opposite end. You can visit the
link
for the video, or just see it after the break.
Remember: PVC won’t handle that sort of heat for long, and it’ll emit some nasty fumes. In fact, don’t try to make your own unless you can draw the propane molecule without using google.
Rubens Tube – video powered by Metacafe
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26944",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T08:01:57",
"content": "Not that this isn’t an awesome hack, but this has definatly been posted before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26945",
"author": "Gimp",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T08:26:23",
"content": "that. is cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26946",
"author": "Tyler",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T08:37:07",
"content": "Yup, I remember it too.And since I’m supposed to be studying for tomorrow’s chem exam, propane would look like\\/, C3H8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26947",
"author": "John Laur",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T08:48:24",
"content": "Oh my god no don’t use PVC; why the hell would anyone do that? Who even told you this is PVC? it’s not. It’s most probably piece of galvanized stovepipe just like any cheap ruben’s tube (the stuff is even cheaper than PVC and as a bonus you don’t have to inhale burning plastic). The trick with stovepipe is that it has a seam so you have to caulk it with high-temperature caulk. Look for fireplace/firebox caulking.You also want to choose a speaker with as little rubber and paper as possible; So long as it doesnt have a perforation in the cone any cheap speaker shoudl be fine for short runs; however for prolonged use you should opt for a speaker with a metal diaphram and dust cap (cone) and silicone surrounds. If you don’t want to dump a ton on a speaker that will likely meet its end by fire, you might consider making one yourself by starting with a cheap paper-cone speaker. The quality of the speaker is relatively unimportant for this project.I built a super cheap one that fits in my fireplace:http://www.fattyco.org/gaslog/I didnt use a nice speaker though; the cone can take the heat but the foam surrounds have melted a couple of times causing the speaker to incenerate. It’s a rather cool failure but anyone attempting this build should try to avoid it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26948",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T09:04:47",
"content": "Neat! This is completely different from the “flame speaker”, where ions in the flame are attracted to charged wires, making the flame vibrate according to the signal.It’s a treble-only device, but listening to the news on a propane torch will get a classroom full of science students paying attention, guaranteed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26949",
"author": "spencermarkd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T09:38:01",
"content": "My physics teacher did this with a copper tube, and a a funnel on one end with a latex glove stretched over it. This provides a bigger “drum head” and also a stop for the propane. You can then also put a bigger speaker on it and use all the extra power of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26950",
"author": "thegreenbutcher",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T10:34:10",
"content": "i made one of these for my ap physics final project, i was lazy and used free pvc instead of buying the proper tubing, needless to say it destroyed itself quickly, but i aced the project :) my teacher was a pyrohttp://swcs.wnyric.org/hs/teacher_pages/pagett_j/AP_Projects/07/Josh_Mo_demo.htmthats a demo video, but the tube was almost destroyed by then from previous trials, so the effect isn’t as glorious as it once was",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26951",
"author": "follower",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T10:50:00",
"content": "@johnTHe guy in the video seems to say it’s PVC near the beginning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26952",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T12:29:20",
"content": "he has used Pvc pipe, 2″ diameter then he has covered the holes with silver reflective tape (possible some kind of adhesive tin)I so want one of these for my next party, a wikid physcial visulisation for the music, the only thing better would be if you could use a laser to project the wave form of the music onto the wall",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26953",
"author": "Urza",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T12:46:13",
"content": "H H HH-C-C-C-HH H Hsweet. time to build one. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26954",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T17:35:02",
"content": "that’s pretty sweet… I would love to see that kinda thing at a heavy metal bar or something, lining the areas just out of reach on the walls. Maybe in the colder monthes of the year as it might make things a bit warm after a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26955",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T17:42:26",
"content": "I remember when they did this on an episode of MythBusters, really cool to watch!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26956",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T18:13:59",
"content": "A much safer solution would be to use metal gaspipe that is cheap, and much more resistant to heat. With the added benefit that you can, you know, actually leave it running.For the best effect, I have found that putting the holes a little farther apart so that individual flames instead of a single line of flames works the best. It does like to flame out every once in a while, so I put a pilot light on the one side (put a T in the gasline before the speaker, and let it constantly burn) so that it would re-light if it happens to go out on a particularly heavy-hit from the bass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26957",
"author": "Zeek",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T22:58:21",
"content": "Wow that looks awesome, If I had a propane tank and pvc tube I would sooo do that. My friend is in physics over the summer. I’m going to show him this and see if he can get his teacher to do this. I’ll ask if we can do this for a lab for when I’m in physics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26958",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T23:01:00",
"content": "Would stove pipe be rigid enough? copper or black steel would be better choices. Mixing air with the propane before it enters the tube should make nicer flames that resist blowing out. Any way now there is a far out use fore those tiny speakers at the surplus sites. In the event smaller diameter pipe(lighter to handle less expensive) would give the same results.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26959",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T00:01:27",
"content": "pure awsomeness",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26960",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T18:57:30",
"content": "what a great demonstration!wow great music choices and everything!i thank you for it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26961",
"author": "justifier",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T19:21:15",
"content": "hrm, i wonder if i can do this in my physics class. what excuse culd i use?i am an alevel student so ive got access to everything. hmmm could have some fun here",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26962",
"author": "Punkisdread",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T11:33:45",
"content": "::Trying to hook up my iRiver to my Zippo::",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26963",
"author": "rescbr",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T20:06:50",
"content": "why don’t use a copper tube? it’s cheap and can stand lots of heat",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26964",
"author": "Kiran",
"timestamp": "2007-07-05T16:26:41",
"content": "Wow… thats a great nice demonstration!!!No graphics, no s/w…. absolute real fire dancing along with the music :)Kiran, (http://trafficsqueezer.sourceforge.net)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26965",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2007-07-20T03:47:30",
"content": "im a physics major at Bethel U, and we have one of these things we use for gen. physics demonstrations of waves… its made of some kind of metal pipe about 6″ diameter with holes (about 1 mm across or so) every centimeter or so. its pretty cool, but nothing new… i wouldnt do it with pvc, it just sounds like a really bad idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95014",
"author": "Jack London",
"timestamp": "2009-09-18T22:40:58",
"content": "Wow. That’s probably the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. I remember, like the commenter above, they did the same thing on mythbusters. It wasn’t as cool the first time for some reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "491430",
"author": "zippo",
"timestamp": "2011-10-26T16:19:30",
"content": "It’s in point of fact a great and useful piece of info. I’m happy that you simply shared this useful info with us. Please stay us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/24/sunday-night-game-hacks/
|
Sunday Night Game Hacks
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Playstation Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
We got news of a pair of interesting gaming hacks today. [XanTium] let us know the
latest
on XBox 360 kernel hacking. It’s a little catch-22, but if you have the cpu id on your 360, you can downgrade your kernel even if it’s been updated. (But, you need to have the old kernel already if you want to retrieve it.)
The boys over at
engadget
just put this up a little while ago. Thanks to [Noobz] and [Archaemic], it’s now
possible
to run homebrew on any firmware version of your PSP – but you’ll need a copy of the game Lumines.
| 6
| 6
|
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{
"comment_id": "26937",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T08:11:00",
"content": "woo first post and now i just need to borrow my friends psp and downgrade so he would stop getting mad at me for upgrading his to 3.30",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26938",
"author": "Crash2108",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T13:27:45",
"content": "Anyone notice the date? Yep, today is the two year anniversary of the first homebrew hack. Coincidence?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26939",
"author": "Shadowarrior13",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T07:35:27",
"content": "Erm, homebrew isn’t possible yet…they simply released a ‘hello world’ to prove the illuminati exploit is real. No HEN or downgrader has been released.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26940",
"author": "dak is back",
"timestamp": "2007-06-27T05:14:25",
"content": "actually people have gotten ubuntu to run on the xbox 360",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "26941",
"author": "fashionhause",
"timestamp": "2007-08-04T09:39:54",
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},
{
"comment_id": "26942",
"author": "irlbag",
"timestamp": "2007-09-21T19:21:40",
"content": "[url=http://www.ilovereplica.com/%5Ddesignerhandbags[/url][url=http://www.ilovereplica.com/%5Dreplicahandbag[/url][url=http://www.ilovereplica.com/%5Dreplicahandbags[/url][url=http://www.classicsbag.com/%5Dchanel%5B/url][url=http://www.classicsbag.com/%5Dchanelhandbags[/url][url=http://www.classicsbag.com/%5Dreplicachanel handbags[/url]",
"parent_id": null,
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/27/case-mod-the-dark-blade-finally-finished/
|
Case Mod: The Dark Blade – Finally Finished
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"case modding",
"casemodding"
] |
Case mods aren’t usually enough to make Hack-A-Day, but we all drooled a bit when the Dark Blade
started
back in 2004. Now, it’s finally finished. Everything on the case was custom machined just for this project. I cropped the base for the shot – check out the full pics in
this
thread. Thanks to [Jake] for the tip.
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| 20
| 20
|
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{
"comment_id": "26476",
"author": "joypad",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T09:33:27",
"content": "absolutley Farking sweet!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26477",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T12:09:06",
"content": "Wow that case mod looks crazy in the dark. That mod will look just as cool 10 years from now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26478",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T13:56:57",
"content": "Amazing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26479",
"author": "def",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T14:18:41",
"content": "I think owning something that geeky would put you at risk of getting your ass kicked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26480",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T16:01:10",
"content": ":O Absolutely awesome?! but, I wonder if he can change the parts, if he started in ’04 it’s probably not so leet any more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26481",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T16:07:47",
"content": "wow… that thing wasn’t built, it was *hewn*- the amount of parts he makes from blanks and machines down to a part, like making bowling pins from logs :)flicking through the photos on the thread, i kept thinking “what on earth is that piece for”, and then “oh no.. he’s not seriously going to…” and then “oh holy crap he is actually going to…”. it’s a shamea) his english isn’t perfect, so if (like me) you don’t always recognise a part then working out what it does is tricky, andb) you have to dig through a 100+ page thread to find the photos. I think this is pretty much as far away from the definition of hack as you can possibly get.. it’s beautiful :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26482",
"author": "Stray Poetry",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T18:12:10",
"content": "Cool! The design is very nice, I like the horizontal fins. They give it a really neat look.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26483",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T19:45:53",
"content": "Is this our new master!? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26484",
"author": "Kodiac",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T20:07:43",
"content": "Can I barrow it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26485",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T02:44:04",
"content": "i would kill for that case KILLps were do u live and do u have a security system?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26486",
"author": "Ex986Driver",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T03:04:10",
"content": "mmmmmmmm….Klingon expresso……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26487",
"author": "Danielle",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T03:24:00",
"content": "Okay, now make me one!Really though, beautifully done. PKM is right to use the word *hewn*.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26488",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T03:55:38",
"content": "You know your obsessed when you start building polished aluminume mounts for parts that can’t be seen from the outside of the case",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26489",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T05:57:05",
"content": "Seems like a lot of effort to aquire the titles – Most spare time / least sex.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26490",
"author": "Jørn",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T23:28:39",
"content": "Wery nice, but how come it’s a case mod when everything is buildt from scratch? Where’s the mod?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26491",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T00:10:33",
"content": "I agree with #14, calling this a mod is like calling a car built from scratch “customized”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26492",
"author": "epooch",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T18:21:46",
"content": "you can tell he started getting lazy around page 54 when he used plastic spacers. Custom made, CNC lathed, plastic spacers, but still, there is simply no excuse for not using black anodized aluminum there! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26493",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T05:42:40",
"content": "alright, is this what hackaday has come to? I don’t visit the site for a full week, and it’s coming down to lame things like case mods? oh, wait. no. It’s not a case mod, its just a case. come on, I want something that’s a HACK, not just a mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26494",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T05:16:31",
"content": "looks like a cross between a tacky 90s scifi prop and a coffee makeri’m not massively impressed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26495",
"author": "Marcel",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T18:24:50",
"content": "Looks like a MC flurry machine to me :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.245745
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/26/interactive-laser-drawing-graffiti/
|
Interactive Laser Drawing (graffiti)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks"
] |
[] |
This
hack was linked a bit back in February, but it just didn’t get a decent write up. They used this 5000 lumen projector, a zoom lens video camera and a 60mw green laser pointer to generate interactive graffiti on nearby buildings. Most of the link love focused on the show-off
video
. I’m surprised that nobody mentioned the most obvious use: a laser pointer reactive white board. I could have loads of fun with this and my laptop during presentations. Thanks to [Brishen] for reminding me of this one.
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| 14
| 14
|
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{
"comment_id": "26462",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T07:21:14",
"content": "if this isnt the sweetest thing ive seen here i dont know what is. also if this isnt the thing that i could get in the most trouble with i dont know what is, besides maybe the cell jammer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26463",
"author": "m56",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T10:51:02",
"content": "I agree with Bird, this is seriously great thing. The way it responded so smoothly to the laser pointer input is hard for me to even believe! But assuming it’s not faked (and there’s no real reason I can think of for it to be anything but real) it is a sweet, sweet use of technology.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26464",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T12:34:03",
"content": "i saw the video a while back and it really is very cool indeed. I think the other cool thing about it is the simplicity too, provided you can get yourself a big projector and kick arse laser too.i Cant really understand why you would get into trouble for it though unless you pointed it against a building, painted a bullseye and said terrorists land here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26465",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T15:55:50",
"content": "not bad if you can afford a $4000 projector…how about a DIY 5000 lumen projector",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26466",
"author": "idan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T18:37:23",
"content": "ralabralacykelpalakuk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26467",
"author": "Fry-kun",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T21:00:50",
"content": "I’m really stupid – for some inexplicable reason, I thought that they modded the box to project a laser beam.. but the laser pointer only acts as a brush in this case.Still, very nice.And, love the idea of a whiteboard – a lot of projectors come with built-in laser pointer… just need to add a webcam and some software…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26468",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T01:22:25",
"content": ">$4000 projectorcamera wasnt to cheap either",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26469",
"author": "sulk",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T04:09:04",
"content": "You dont have to do the setup that they did. All you really need to do it is a camera with video output, tv tuner and projector if you want to. There’s links to the program they use and the setup stuff around the site somewhere, I played around with it in february when i checked it out. Pretty fun to play with, and its more fun with a green laser : D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26470",
"author": "idan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T15:50:21",
"content": "hi can tou give me hack to habbo hotel please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26471",
"author": "Fifurcio",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T19:06:47",
"content": "Cooool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26472",
"author": "Tshen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:30:53",
"content": "Very cool. I have a brother who did some work very similar to this for his undergrad thesis. He used a plain red laser and a conventional webcam/projector to make the laser dot act as a wireless mouse.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26473",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:47:19",
"content": "Solemn article. It make me lost in thoughts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26474",
"author": "pp",
"timestamp": "2007-06-28T15:22:00",
"content": "this was the source of inspiration for my group’s project too. We made a smaller scale implementation using an Altera Cyclone II FPGA, an M4088 monochrome camera and a standard projector. Since our implementation was only based on light intensity, you could use anything bright enough to trip the threshold (but in a dark enough room too). Check out the implementation details and the videos section too athttp://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs373/Labs/Web/W07/Light_Writer/index.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26475",
"author": "Erik Banning",
"timestamp": "2007-07-31T22:32:25",
"content": "Kewl project. A system that can do something similar, but doesn’t rely on image recognition: seehttp://www.ultimatepointer. Upoint relies on sensing the orientation of the remote by means of a compass. The screens position is indicated by the user once, by pointing to the screen-corners. After that, the computer is able to calculate where the user is pointing – and is able to do anything with that point-of-aim.Any comments: come see my website!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.350261
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/25/diy-powered-respirator/
|
DIY Powered Respirator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"fresh air filter",
"FreshAirFilter",
"powered respirator",
"PoweredRespirator"
] |
If you like to freak out your neighbors, you’ll love
this
one. [jake] had a run-in with allergies in his wood shop, so he built his own positive air pressure respirator. He used a surplus gas mask, scsi squirrel cage fan, and an automotive air filter. My old TDI VW Beetle used an activated charcoal filter for the cabin – I’d suggest one of those for more effective air filtration.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26446",
"author": "Ryan Lanctot",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T12:25:52",
"content": "Very nice project! I’ll have to make one of these for my shop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26447",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T14:31:41",
"content": "I really like this design, simple but effective. The rest of his site(s) are awesome too; I can’t imagine how much planning it took to convert that bus to a RV.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26448",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T15:09:44",
"content": "I doubt it was a true allergic reaction, far more likely to be due to a chemical in the wood. For example, if it was allergic why wasn’t his hands, mouth, and eyes problematic. I know Abietic acid can cause problems. Bah who cares it’s fixed now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26449",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T18:52:49",
"content": "Probably the best hack I have been referred to by hackaday. Solves a real world problem and the construction was immaculate. BTW; the respirator does have an activated charcoal element. The auto air filter is in the correct place protecting the reminder of the pack from particulate matter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26450",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T20:10:09",
"content": "if it comes to the point that i need 1 of thease i rather buy a store bought one (well i jest dont trust diy stuff for saving my life (like the mythbusters diy refibulater))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26451",
"author": "ironlizard",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T22:36:41",
"content": "Wolfmankurd: What, you’ve never heard of a cedar allergy?Now I just need to adapt this to VOC’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26452",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T22:43:43",
"content": "cool but i dont think i would trust my life on a diy mask",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26453",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T02:28:48",
"content": "Great fun at parties too.What?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26454",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T03:54:34",
"content": "Ironlizard, Allergies tend to cause runny nose itchy eyes skin etc, Cedar causes this. But this guy doesn’t get this. Just saying, it doesn’t have to be an allergy, like alcohol gives a hang over to some people, that has a headache but it’s not allergy. It might be caused by the pine wood, but it’s not an allergy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26455",
"author": "userjjb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T05:58:05",
"content": "@bird603568Last time I checked headaches weren’t fatal; it’s not like he’s working with nerve gas, it’s just wood. For such a purpose a DIY mask fills the niche nicely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26456",
"author": "Jake von Slatt",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T14:51:10",
"content": "Hey guys,Just to clarify – the headaches were sinus related. Sinus inflammation can cause all manner of in-specific pain, from temperature sensitive teeth to the headaches like I got.Note that some woods generate genuinely poisonous dust, the automotive air filter I used is not suitable for protecting against those particles.Jake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26457",
"author": "BÃ¥rd Lund Johansen",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T20:28:08",
"content": "Very nice indeed! As an add-on you could get one of those relativly cheap HEPA filters for new anti allergic vacums. Then you’ll be breathing cleaner air than mother nature can provide.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26458",
"author": "usbcd36",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T23:05:26",
"content": "How is it that the guy builds an RV out of a school bus, yet his achievement featured on Hack a Day is a respirator?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26459",
"author": "epooch",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T18:32:04",
"content": "I like how he used pine wood to make a frame for the filter… to protect him from the pine wood.The school bus conversion was nicely done and everything this guy does is very well documented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26460",
"author": "Myself",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T07:47:33",
"content": "Allergies certainly can be fatal. After the first reaction, the second is usually stronger. Look up “anaphylaxis”, it’s no laughing matter.Anyway, for a particle that’s fairly large, this is a great solution. As he says, it’s not for painting, but the paper filter element is probably fine for sawdust.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26461",
"author": "Greg Naherne",
"timestamp": "2007-06-15T02:48:53",
"content": "I must commend you on your creativity and interest in protecting yourself from workshop chemical hazards. In fact, many of the hazards found in industrial workplaces are equally found and just as dangerous in the home workshop.However, as a Certified Industrial Hygienist I must tell you that it is not a good idea to jury-rig your own respiratory protection equipment (RPE). YOUR health depends on it working properly each and every time to a high level of performance.You can purchase NIOSH certified powered air purifying RPE from many sources at reasonable cost today.Your mind and heart are in the right place. I urge you and others who might want to emulate this to make sure that your lungs are in the right place as well, namely in professionally designed RPE.BTW, you can develop respiratory allergies without developing skin allergies. Pinenes in pine sap can cause respiratory allergies. If truly sensitized, chances are that you will remain sensitized for life and perhaps susceptible to other allergens as well. One can develop allergic asthma to western red cedar and to many hardwoods as well.Take careGreg N.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "103555",
"author": "shop vac parts",
"timestamp": "2009-10-23T19:30:38",
"content": "nice simple project. looks a little too cumbersome to use in my workshop, but there are some days where I kick up so much saw dust that the simple paper masks just don’t cut it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "5399581",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2018-11-04T01:54:16",
"content": "I built a fairly smple system which provides outside air to hepa filtered air to a face shield in my basement shop doing wood work including wood turning on a lathe. I wore a dust mask under the face shield to see if there would be any build-up on the dust mask after several hours of use: it was pristinely clean even under magnification. Niosh approved gear is great, but is it always essential? Use your own best judgement. Now if there are chemical fumes etc? Whole different subject. Just my two cents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/05/24/laser-power-meter-sensor/
|
Laser Power Meter Sensor
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks"
] |
[
"laser power meter",
"LaserPowerMeter"
] |
I signed the papers on my first house today! In celebration, I started looking for some
home hardware hacks
, but stumbled across this old (2003)
laser power meter sensor
. If you like to scare off the power guys, this is the way to go. [jake] used a laser pointer, probably a PIC and some sort of photo sensor to count the revolutions of his meter.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26432",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T06:40:03",
"content": "nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26433",
"author": "cuddles",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T17:21:22",
"content": "congrats on the new house! there’s nothing like home-ownership.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26434",
"author": "nateies",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T18:30:52",
"content": "Yeah try pulling this off in florida or anywhere else for that matter and the power company will be knocking at your door.. they are running into people stealing energy alot thesedays and that rig is a eye catcher",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26435",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T18:43:14",
"content": "Here in Pinellas County in FL they replaced all the meters with digital ones that can send their current reading via RF to a power company guy creeping down the street to collect the months totals. No more going into peoples back yards to manually read the meters. So unfortunately this hack wont work as theres no spinning disc in the things. Just a 7seg LCD display. But it does bring up the idea of making a device that can read the Rf signal and display it in the house. Which brings up another idea of weather its possible to create a spoof signal that the meter maid could pick up with false numbers rather than the actual meter. Maybe ill do some research…For people like me that cant use this hack theres a device out there called The Energy Detective that does the same thing with tons of more features. The thing is really a nicely engineered device, I got one just because I was so impressed by it. It uses amp clamps between the main breaker and the meter and some sort of X10 device to communicate to a base display unit inside the house to display KWH usage and other stats. But it is rather expensive, at $140 i think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26436",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T18:59:30",
"content": "Im supprised more area’s havent switched over to digital meters, even if they were still reading em the old fassiouned way, theyd probly be more accurate, not to mention costing a hell of a lot less.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26437",
"author": "static",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T19:11:52",
"content": "Well if all else fails one can actually read the meter. A nearby utility “reads” their meters by the meter sending a digital signal directly to the office via the power lines. AFIK the meters retain a human readable display.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26438",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T21:52:42",
"content": "chupa, I too live in Pinellas County,FL and was going to post about the rf meters. I would think trying to spoof the signal would be a bad thing. I mean, they no doubt thought of that themselves before they installed the units, so they must have some way of being sure the signals they get are legit. And I would be willing to bet that if they caught someone spoofing the signal they would 1) take them to court and 2) cut off their power, permanently.I like the clamp idea though. It would be nice to get a ‘second opinion’ on how much power you’re really using, just in-case those meters from the power company aren’t as honest as they may seem ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26439",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T01:40:17",
"content": "Im sure the signals the Rf meters send out “SPOOF PROOF” but I believe anythings possible. With the right equipment/info it would be possible to spoof the signal. And yes its probably illegal. But like i said before, you could also maybe use the information to display the info on a device in your house. Im gona do a little research on the matter. The maker of the meter is Itron. The model is Centron:http://www.itron.com/pages/products_detail.asp?id=itr_000240.xmlFCC ID: SK9C1A-3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26440",
"author": "David Seymour",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T12:37:41",
"content": "Here in the UK, some digital meters have an LED which flashes once for every watt-hour. Very easy to interface!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26441",
"author": "Freak",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T18:57:21",
"content": "When I worked at a company who made electricity meters, another engineer had produced a prototype device that attached to the front of a mechanical meter (like this one) but used an LED+optical receiver to ‘profile’ the reflection of the disc and spot when it repeats (i.e. one revolution completed). One that I played with used the optical interface (what appears to be two spots surrounded by a large metal washer) that are present on most digital meters (as a hint, try sending /?[CR][LF] at about 9600… ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26442",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T19:57:40",
"content": "Where I live in NC, the local power company Progress Energy, has moved to replacing meters with ones that actually are using the broadband over powerline technology.I was surprised that they would be using such a new technology , but its a very rural area and I guess its cheaper than sending someone out to pick up the rf or read the meters. I have an uncle that is an electrical engineer with them , that told me what they were doing. He also said they now have the ability to turn on /off power at these homes with a single command at the main offices.heres a link to the tech they are using:http://tdworld.com/info_systems/vendor_updates/BPL-electric-meter/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26443",
"author": "thomas",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T05:49:59",
"content": "congratulations on your new house. can’t wait to see what you’re going to do to it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26444",
"author": "Nate",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T19:58:30",
"content": "This guy has done more than engery.. Water, Gas, just about everything. Really kinda neat for home monitoring.http://bwired.nl",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26445",
"author": "BnE",
"timestamp": "2007-08-20T09:21:36",
"content": "not sure if this post is still active i’m curious, wouldn’t the broadband over power technolgy especially where it concerns turning on and off service be a huge security concern, couldn;t someone/group use this technology to tamper with those services, eg terriost group, other person with ill intention. Also on another note the best place to monitor your electrical consumption is thru a device on the line side of your meter such as the device chupa mentions in post 4, only because the laser idea relizes on the magnetic coils spinning the disk properly, which causes the meter to work the way it does, to be in good working order and if that where the case than your meter would be accurate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "78685",
"author": "chetan",
"timestamp": "2009-06-21T08:32:03",
"content": "Can you plz post the tutorial or video of this, am very exited to learn it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "96222",
"author": "ahmed",
"timestamp": "2009-09-24T11:23:27",
"content": "plz send me more information",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "118125",
"author": "brijesh",
"timestamp": "2010-01-18T10:38:13",
"content": "i have requred some information for stop the digital eletric meter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121124",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2010-02-01T04:27:10",
"content": "I deeply question accuracy of these new digital meters as well as I even more deeply question honesty of these power companies. Look, I am only heating my house with a heat pump to just 60F and it was between 28F and 42F in the last 24 hours and it ran into $9 for 24 hours which is way to much for one day! U believe with the new digital power meters the power company can now “add” to the meter secretly, so we pay more for what they don;t deliver! I am now watching my power meter every day and i noticed some sudden jumps in numbers without any reason or higher usage of power by my house. Also, last year or in 2008 when they were installing these new digital power meters there was about $60 jump in power meter readings on the day of installation. I protested it, but power company refuses to explain or credit this money to me. The last thing we want is power companies cheating their customers in such a NASTY way using the new digital “technology”! SCEG South Carolina “customer”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "220433",
"author": "Danny",
"timestamp": "2010-11-28T20:29:26",
"content": "The new meters are variable. I’m currently in Europe and have noticed that the values alter from area to area, but I can tell you guys there is a way to hack it, without touching the meter and it doesn’t send any alarms back to the central as it still shows the usage, it just doesn’t accumulate it :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "220492",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2010-11-28T23:16:20",
"content": "So how do you do that? In my area they save money installing digital metres, but they raise rates every few months!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "389292",
"author": "mel",
"timestamp": "2011-05-02T18:22:07",
"content": "how do you do it with the electronic meters?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.532432
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||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/23/mb-6582-diy-c64-based-midi-synth/
|
MB-6582 – DIY C64 Based Midi Synth
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of
these
. [vscd] sent in the
flikr stream
showing off the gorgeous MB-6582, built by [wilba]. It’s a diy midi synth that’s based on the midibox
platform
. It uses … synth chips to do the dirty work, and some PICs, a little CMOS hardware and a C64 PSU. He even anticipated some future versions of the midibox project to complete the design. This is one of the nicest DIY builds I’ve seen in a while – just beautiful work. Check out the build notes on the
wiki page
.
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{
"comment_id": "26422",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T06:54:36",
"content": "Very cool, and clean. I recognize the case as the same one used for the x0xb0xhttp://www.ladyada.net/make/x0xb0x/, but I like this style better.I’d totally buy a kit for this if he were to offer one…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26423",
"author": "Jay Vaughan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T07:42:31",
"content": "Very nice! I think this is a great example of synths getting cheaper and cheaper to build oneself, and not costing an arm and a leg .. hope this has an impact elsewhere in the synth world!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26424",
"author": "Rogier",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T10:50:03",
"content": "Damn! That is some fine handywork. I would love to know how it sounds…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26425",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T14:31:51",
"content": "Parts of the midbox platform are available as kits. for instance, the core module, the digitial input module, the digital out module, the analog input module, and the sid boards are all available as kits. You design and build your own face. Using multiple sid chips, the midibox sid has sounds that you cant find on any other sid based synth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26426",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T15:10:02",
"content": "I love the elegance of the case/front arrangement!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26427",
"author": "Wilba",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T15:41:50",
"content": "Thanks for the compliments! It is an honour to find my little box appear on Hack a Day!Unfortunately, I cannot turn this into a kit, but I will be making the PCBs (and front panel design) available for sale to MIDIbox enthusiasts who can build it themselves. If you’re interested, join the MIDIbox community and follow this thread:http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9238",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26428",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T16:19:45",
"content": "Where do you get the “infamous Waldorf knob” ? Google just is NOT helping me on this one…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26429",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T16:51:23",
"content": "(hacking with the stars)That is so well executed and clean that we could all get a tan by basking in it’s glowy radiance.TEN!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26430",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T17:21:11",
"content": "Awesome project – really pushes the envelope of DIY.* 4 Stereo SID modules (8x SID chips)Wow. Now I know that the SID isn’t exactly an endagered species, but you can’t just run down to radio shack to pick these up. How did he manage to find eight of them ? Anyone have any tips on how to recover chips like this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26431",
"author": "Wilba",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T18:19:26",
"content": "There’s no point posting questions here, if you want answers, head over to the MIDIbox forum, read what I’ve written or post your own questions.http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9175http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9238",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.393406
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https://hackaday.com/2007/05/22/tinyprojector-mini-pov-laser-projector/
|
TinyProjector: Mini POV Laser Projector
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"laser projector",
"LaserProjector",
"weather simulation",
"WeatherSimulation"
] |
I found [Stefan]’s work through his older, but interesting
TinyProjector
project. He opted to use multiple diodes in various configurations with rotating mirrors to create images. He’s built quite a few
interesting projects
over the years. The
WeatherTank
is pretty sweet.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26409",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T11:45:32",
"content": "Looks good, and it uses lasers! :O",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26410",
"author": "Gj",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T13:25:44",
"content": "Nice, i just made a similar project for school and i program it with a PLC. And i know that it takes a lot of work to build such a thing. Nicely done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26411",
"author": "PowWeb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T22:26:22",
"content": "you have to love MIT’s media lab. i’m a big fan of their OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26412",
"author": "Simon Wood",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T22:50:05",
"content": "I was about to reply to the author, but then noticed the date…. so I’ll stick my reply here.—Hi,Interesting little project….Did you consider a spining multifaced mirror (rather than an osscilating flat one) this would be easier to drive and wouldn’t have the ‘flapping’ forces.One thing to notice is that as the mirror surface is not on axis that angluar speed of the reflected light would not be constant – but this can be compensated if you can modulate the source light and time the pixels appropriately. If it seems that I know too much, it’s because we almost used a similar system but couldn’t modulate our source (UV Laser) appropriately.Another idea (shee’s I’m full of them ;-) I had while typing is that you could introduction a secondary ‘spinner’ to do the vertical scanning from a signal point source (diode laser?).This could be a 1 pitch screw with a 45′ face to it, spinning at 1/N th of horizontal scanner to give appropriate vertical resolution.Did that make sense? do you want me to sketch to explain further?Munge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26413",
"author": "Navid",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T13:15:45",
"content": "MungeSketch Please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26414",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T14:32:05",
"content": "Thats a nice project. Munge, I had some ideas of doing a similar project, but rather than having the two mirrors linked so one was going an exact multiple of the others speed to get a certain resoloution, I was going to use two independant motors, going at fairly different speeds, each of which had an optical sensor to detect rpm. That caused the “point” to randomly move around them image area, and if it was moving fast enough it would cover all areas. The circuitry could modulate the signal using the optical sensors to estimate the current position of the point, and then using a lookup table to find the right data in a pic. The benefit of using this design is a relatively high resoloution possible without getting “flickering” of progressive scanning, while avoiding the mechanical complexities of doing interlacing. The problems with the design are:I didn’t have anything pic-like which had enough memory and a high enough clock frequency to make this effective for the sorts of resoloution I was looking for (300×300), especially since I wanted a moving image rather than a static one (so the pic also needs to read the data in from a data source, like usb, high speed serial, or some flash memory).The total intensity of the laser is spread over the entie area of the “display” – that means it wouldn’t be visible in anything but the darkest of rooms, unless you used a more powerful laser diode, which start top get hard to get hold of.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26415",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T17:18:28",
"content": "you can get faster and easer results by intergradeing a different microcontroler like an avr or a arm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26416",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T21:28:17",
"content": "http://www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/T-Series.htmlone of thease might work for a good handheld inclosure",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26417",
"author": "Hello1024",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T20:56:22",
"content": "inclosure = enclosure in english…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26418",
"author": "charles",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T23:58:28",
"content": "Why use a recipricating mirror when a spinning one would yeld less vibe?Would potting the diodes help with the exposure issue?How about using metalized plastic to save hieght and gain reflectivity?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26419",
"author": "ledtester",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T03:01:37",
"content": "I wish I had access to a 3D printer for my electronics projects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26420",
"author": "SPman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-26T14:29:44",
"content": "Man you put some work here- respect. I can imagine these CAD drawings took some time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/05/22/how-to-make-your-own-xbox-360-laptop-part-3/
|
How-to: Make Your Own XBox 360 Laptop (Part 3)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"build your own laptop",
"BuildYourOwnLaptop",
"how-to",
"xbox 360 laptop",
"Xbox360Laptop"
] |
[Ben] finally got
part 3
of his XBox 360 laptop how-to finished up. This is the final piece of the series. He spends it covering wiring up the ports, buttons, keyboard and final assembly. There are plenty of shops that handle special order laser cutting – so don’t begin to think that this sort of project is out of your class. If you’ve ever built a model car and can handle a soldering iron, you can definitely build one of these on your own.
I was just checking for this final piece this morning – but props to [Tony] for noticing it first.
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{
"comment_id": "26398",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T23:18:57",
"content": "first post! w00t!hack is trash, no LEDs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26399",
"author": "Forrest",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T01:11:20",
"content": "I disagree Steve. It has batteries and wires, therefore it is not trash, but a bomb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26400",
"author": "def",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T19:12:43",
"content": "what a chocolate teapot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26401",
"author": "w00t",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T19:30:41",
"content": "both of you are unfunny.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26402",
"author": "garryb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T23:14:13",
"content": "wow great tutorial …….hey just a question hope no one gets banned from live while doing that i know its jsut when modding ur console but they have been cases where people have got banned without modding soo who knows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26403",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-05-26T07:36:25",
"content": "#4: honestly, how would they know? there is no software modification, therefore no way to tell that the console has been modified, correct?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26404",
"author": "garryb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T13:39:18",
"content": "no they have some way because people who have even connected there xbox360 to pc openeing the case have been banned so , its ur risk if u dnt belive me go and check xboxscene.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26405",
"author": "damasta",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T11:26:47",
"content": "fuckin the gayest thing ive ever seen. why waste your time makin a box into a top….thats the biggest waste of time you could do…fuckin a man if your smart enough to take the 360 to that kinda level you might as well work on something that can bring everyone some enjoyment other that makin something that is small even smaller. wow i consider you god just cuz you make something smaller whaile optimizing some vents. wow your like a homboy i know that does hvac. nothin cool there just common sense…. spend your time on some better ventures. make your self rich, cuz with your smarts i know you can… and fron there make $$$ out the ass cuz you can….and then share your experience with the crowd so we may actually learn something usefull from you…… but i do have to say good work… im not knockin you…just sayin it would be nice to see something not so completely useless. (sorry)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26406",
"author": "nebucho",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T15:40:24",
"content": "ok,wish I had the brains/money/time/.. to do that, that’s just awesome@ damasta:first, learn to speak properly, then complain.secondly, you complain that he’s wasting his time,just because you can’t make a 360laptop, doens’t mean that he shouldn’t make onefinally, you say this project is completely useless, I wonder what you think about your own comments then",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26407",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:47:32",
"content": "Yes! but do you have any guesses?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26408",
"author": "///I Am Your Sword; I Am Your Sheild.///",
"timestamp": "2007-08-18T17:50:27",
"content": "I think this is one damn piece of work! Why sit at home and play the upcoming HALO 3 when you can take it anywhere and everywhere!!??! THAT’S PURE AWSOMNESS.PS: I think that guy who’s dissing this project should be shot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47959",
"author": "marshall",
"timestamp": "2008-10-28T15:58:33",
"content": "Fuck y do people gotta say shit about everything on the internet. some people just like to use there hands, im doin this project with the tutorial because i want a portable 360 and i wanna learn and have fun doin it and then after i can show it off, i see it as a goal and acomplishment, i dont giva a fuck if u dont like it so y r u comentin everybody has got there thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60092",
"author": "dodo",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T01:13:09",
"content": "any one know where and how to make your own original xbox",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93932",
"author": "Dillon",
"timestamp": "2009-09-14T20:30:40",
"content": "This is totaly awsome hopefuly microsoft wil see this and make one or somethin its realy cool you should try and make a fallout 3 one or oblivion even wow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "136782",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2010-04-19T01:17:28",
"content": "Interesting post :) I like to know more from your blog, especially about this subject.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/03/ipod-laptop-aka-itop-take-two/
|
IPod Laptop AKA ITop (take Two)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
It wasn’t [Ben Heck] this time. [Owen] sent in his
modded
iPod. Once the warranty was voided by some breakage, he decided to make sure it was *really* void. The fold is limited by the length of the wires – but I can’t tell from the description or pictures if he actually hinged it.
Update: I’m re-posting this thanks to some funky cms bug…
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|
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{
"comment_id": "26589",
"author": "Ben Dover",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T06:51:32",
"content": "Hah, quite pointless but a good time waster and trick to show off to friends. Maybe it could be orientated like a portable dvd player watching video clips?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26590",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T09:04:23",
"content": "“Yes, by breaking it I void my warranty.”That’s right, manufacturer’s warranties do /not/ cover accidents. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26591",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T09:20:02",
"content": "ew, it reminds me of the apple ibook",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26592",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T10:27:26",
"content": "It’d be nice to have a picture from behind. OF the iTop I mean.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26593",
"author": "Owen McGarry",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T13:44:25",
"content": "It is hinged, but at the moment it’s all glued down, I’m going to work on the hinging later. I can also take some pics of the back later",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26594",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T16:40:50",
"content": "looks nice to me. My gripe was having to angle my video iPod somehow while letting it sit on the desk, since glare majorly affects it at certain angles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26595",
"author": "EdZ",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T17:49:18",
"content": "If the HDD were replaced with a CF card + adaptor, and the ribbon cable extended, you could probably fold it completely in half.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26596",
"author": "Aztek",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T21:16:45",
"content": "yeah that would be kind of sweet to have a clamshell ipod. they are thin enough :).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26597",
"author": "Owen McGarry",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T23:22:07",
"content": "Ok, I’m going to extend the wires, I’ll post it when I do, I’ll attempt this weekend at latest",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26598",
"author": "Owen McGarry",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T02:15:55",
"content": "Finnished:http://hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2010838&l=5fdec&id=1240771054Sadly while doing this I broke the screen connector, the backlight still works as does the peizo, so I know the iPod still works. now I plan to get a new screen and attach it it the improved, useful model. Now it is able to fold back, to fit into a pocket and flip forward, to about 90°",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26599",
"author": "jbot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T04:38:51",
"content": "ipodmods.com is a reliable source for a new screen. unfortunately it costs about $80. Still, that’s better than paying for a new video…Sort of sweet mod. Would be nice to see it as sexy as the original, but still sweet nonetheless",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26600",
"author": "486dx4",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T09:18:21",
"content": "i should have done that to my original game boy instead of makeing it shorter and… duct-tapeier",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26601",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:20:24",
"content": "May be due to their dislike.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65357",
"author": "kelvin",
"timestamp": "2009-03-05T15:28:57",
"content": "i need it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "66120",
"author": "MX Laptop",
"timestamp": "2009-03-12T19:21:02",
"content": "uhmmm thats weird design… but I love weird things…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "70915",
"author": "Laptop Computers",
"timestamp": "2009-04-17T20:10:22",
"content": "how much will the cost of that ipod laptop?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/02/energy-efficient-cat-camera/
|
Energy Efficient Cat Camera
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"cat cam",
"CatCam",
"keychain camera",
"KeychainCamera"
] |
[Juergen] sent in his
catcam
project built. He used an inexpensive 1.3mp keychain camera with an ATTINY2313. The controller keeps the camera shut down until it’s time to take a picture. Then it powers it up, takes the shot, and returns to low-power mode. The
cat adventures
are actually kind of interesting. It wouldn’t work from under the car, but anyone feel like gps tracking their cat?
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[
{
"comment_id": "26540",
"author": "Db",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T08:11:20",
"content": "Horribly unnecessary, yet ridiculously awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26541",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T09:18:34",
"content": "If it records to a SD card, I think the frequency should be a lot higher, with a 512mb+ card. Stick a gps on it somehow, and have a complete log of everywhere and everything your cat does… Like big brother, but for animals too…When I first saw this, I read “energy efficient cat”. Those would be a quite useful device, all you have to do to achieve that is slap a solar panel to its back, have it recharge batteries or something. Only drawbacks are: It will hate you (more), and it seems to spend most of its time under cars.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26542",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T12:51:31",
"content": "awsome hack! but the cat is obeser like hell. fat monster",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26543",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T13:03:18",
"content": "Wow, this is probably one of the best hacks I’ve ever seen, one of the most interesting and fun at least!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26544",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T13:45:05",
"content": "Nice project- people seem to find plenty of uses for small timed cameras. The Cat Adventures are neat- the cat is actually quite a good photographer :) and “aha! that’s the reason- beautiful cat lady” made me laugh.i agree with #1, putting the frequency at 20 or 30 seconds would probably make it easier to work out where the cat went, and if the run time is 48 hours at 1 photo/minute then battery life shouldn’t be a problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26545",
"author": "catman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T14:04:58",
"content": "hahaha this was the greatest hack of all times!i have 3 cats myself and it would be so awesome to do this for one of my cats!i actually have a mini camera lying around somewhere, its one of them mini philips cameras.great hack man!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26546",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T15:06:32",
"content": "This is a very nice job. I’m a little surprised the standby current is 3ma. That’s pretty lousy engineering.One alternative may be to replace the single AAA battery with a photo lithium battery and use your own switcher under control of the 2313. Those have a much better energy density, and you could switch the camera completely off.If you don’t care about the contents of the SDRAM, you may be able to completely bypass the switcher on the camera, possibly using a high side FET.Although the image quality is junk (cameras fault, not the cat…), these look intriguing enough to play with. A possible variant would be to put a small rare earth magnet on it, and slap it on a car (kids, neighbor, whatever). Not so much for tracking, as just an interesting art project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26547",
"author": "Silas",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T15:55:58",
"content": "If i had a cat, i would make one for sure!2: It’s just good that the cat is fat, then it dosen’t run to much, and there won’t be to many blurry pics :-P6: Awesome idea about putting one on someones car. Could also be used for a low budget private detective, instead of gps, hehe..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26548",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T17:26:42",
"content": "Nice project–I suspect this might be useful to some researchers studying animal behavior. I admit, I don’t have a cat, but I never knew they actually looked for each other all the time like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26549",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T18:45:56",
"content": "this is really cool. i dont think my cat would come back with it tho.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26550",
"author": "ronny",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T19:03:21",
"content": "i like this. it gives me ideas as to put it on a bunch of cats and record then all and see what they are all up to. i think it would be good on city cats. plus i think my girlfriend would love to know what her cat is up to all day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26551",
"author": "TaKaTo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T19:11:27",
"content": "For the GPS thing, use an unlocked (or one setup for Boost) i860 with Mologogo. If there is enough memory (to run Mologogo and the camera prog at the same time), you could have it stream 1 fps video or something like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26552",
"author": "Bob7k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T19:46:46",
"content": "isnt it wierd? someone finally straps a near bulletproof camera to thier cat, and everyone’s amazed. i really wanna see whare fatty and baxter travel. but fatty usually hides under the house like the fat little troll he is, lol. baxter, idk, baxter doesnt go out far, from what i could tell,but id accept a mini GPS logger, and let him out for a few hours, come back, and load up the trip data to google earth",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26553",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T19:57:23",
"content": "Definetly one of the best hacks. Hope he posts more pics at some point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26554",
"author": "TaKaTo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T20:12:49",
"content": "with mologogo you could track him.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26555",
"author": "commander cool",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T20:47:36",
"content": "Nothing embodies the spirit of hackaday like keeping tabs on one’s itty bitty wittle kitties.I would try something like this, but the last time I tried to affix a collar to my cat I ended up needing some stitches and a tetanus shot.good hack though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26556",
"author": "Bob7k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T21:51:01",
"content": "well, my little baxter, hes just cool with anything, hamsters, rats, except dogs, so i dont think id ever have any problem popin a catcam on him. but fatty, idk, fatty tries to eat my pets, baxter doesnt, so fatty might sit on the cam, killing it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26557",
"author": "music",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T22:23:48",
"content": "This would also be great for a lot of other applications. Kite-based aerial photography comes to mind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26558",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T00:52:21",
"content": "Is it bad that I really really want to buy a cat just so I can do this hack?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26559",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T01:09:55",
"content": "Great hack! That cat could get his shots in the New Yorker or something…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26560",
"author": "jbot",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T01:47:14",
"content": "Well, looks like we successfully downed his site with the DDoS attack this community is…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26561",
"author": "will",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T01:54:01",
"content": "man, awesome hack! i don’t think my cat would like this around her neck though, she’s pretty picky.also, that cat is a pretty good photographer! the pictures turned out nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26562",
"author": "Juergen",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T06:34:27",
"content": "Thank you all for the comments. I am surprised about the response (and also about 100000 page hits each day, please reload in case of system busy message).1. The recent frame rate is 1.5 minutes. You see just selected pictures. A lot of the images are not sharp because of the poor sensitivity of the CCD sensor. Design limited frequency is approx. 10s. A second 512MB SD card and the uC as bank switcher would not be impossible.6. Sure it is a bad design if the uC circuit draws 3mA over the camera boost converter. But it is the camera design, not mine. I considered a 3V lithium battery but had none handy. Also additional battery means more space.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "961518",
"author": "Steve Noskowicz",
"timestamp": "2013-02-17T20:28:49",
"content": "I saw your movie yesterday at the Beloit International Film Festival. Very interesting and fun. As a retired EE and Ham it wouold be fun to add a GPS tracker.Nice job. Rgards Stecew N.",
"parent_id": "26562",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26563",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T08:39:37",
"content": "Cool hack – great pictures!!You could easily mod this by replacing the camera with a solenoid and a can of spray paint. Much more reliable than GPS, especially under cars. You’ll get a Family-Circus style path that you can easily photograph. ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26564",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T09:08:16",
"content": "Nice. I’m tempted to put this on one of my cats. However, one cat pretty much lays around the house most of the time, only occasionaly disappearing. My other cat, I don’t really want to know what he’s doing, comes back beat up often.btw, wal-mart clearenced these a couple of months ago in my area. I managed to find one (probably the last) the other day and got it for only $5.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26565",
"author": "dosman",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T20:30:45",
"content": "The site now throws a “terms of service violation”. I hope that’s just because of bandwidth, glad I still had a copy in my cache. Like someone else said, it probably shouldn’t seem surprising but it was funny to see all the other cats “Mr. Lee” ran into on his daily jaunt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26566",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T20:52:24",
"content": "Link is dead;The page you are attempting to access has been removed because it violated Tripod’s Terms of Service. Please check out Tripod’s Help system for more information.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26567",
"author": "Badger",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T21:14:15",
"content": "I’ve had a similar project planned for a while, but rather than a cat, a human… Me lol. This has kinda inspired me to get a move on with my lifecam project. I’ve bought a keyring camera and am just now going about to see if its possible to upgrade the onboard ram chip. Will post updates if its possible…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26568",
"author": "Schuyler",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T23:07:28",
"content": "Yes, I had the pleasure of seeing the catcam yesterday and am bummed out to see it pulled down today. If anyone can contact the owner, please pass along that I would happily host their projects for them.Thanks!Have them email: catcam (at) ndemag (dot) com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26569",
"author": "WhitePhatt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T23:43:28",
"content": "Tripod killed your account, but I saved a copy from my local cache!! (yay!)So, If for some reason you don’t have a backup let me know. :)-White",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26570",
"author": "BooJahJah",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T00:11:03",
"content": "Where is another link? I need to show someone these photos!Thanks!!-BooJahJah",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26571",
"author": "Freezerlunik",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T01:12:24",
"content": "Darn! No mirror for the site? Anyone? Come on..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26572",
"author": "LuluVeerleft",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T02:57:00",
"content": "no, no, NOOOO – I got here too late to see catcam!!!and Spackle says “mYOWR”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26573",
"author": "az1324",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T03:46:53",
"content": "Yeah lets get these pics on flickr or something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26574",
"author": "Dick Skaggs",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T07:40:18",
"content": "If anyone can send me a cash copy of this hack, please send to dick dot skaggs at gmail dot com. I can’t believe the pee brains took it down.ds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26575",
"author": "Adrian",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T12:33:58",
"content": "If someone could send me the Cache i could probably host it?Send it toa(dot)iacona(at)gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26576",
"author": "Karl",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T13:53:13",
"content": "Sadly, tripod has killed that site due to a “terms of service violation.” WTF?Anyone have a mirror? Can Juergen host this elsewhere? I’ll gladly host a copy on my university web space.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26577",
"author": "gollum78",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T17:52:21",
"content": "HeyWe’ve got a new provider.http://www.mr-lee-catcam.deplease change your links.Thanksgollum",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26578",
"author": "sc@rd4life",
"timestamp": "2007-06-05T23:42:43",
"content": "I saw something like this on tv once, I think discovery or animal planet. high tech setup, full motion video, night vision, etc. I got to see the cat stalk and brutally disembowel a mouse.I will never look at cute cuddly kitties the same way again. Vicious beasts, the lot of ’em, just like the big cats.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26579",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T00:43:47",
"content": "Argh!!! Another reason to hate Tripod…“The page you are attempting to access has been removed because it violated Tripod’s Terms of Service. Please check out Tripod’s Help system for more information.”So… is there a BACKUP site somewhere?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26580",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T00:45:51",
"content": "HA! That’s what I get for not reading backwards….http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26581",
"author": "periwinkle",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T18:49:11",
"content": "Best hack ever! Way Awesome! I’m tempted to get a cat just so I can use this one! The site with the pictures is down so I didn’t get to see what they looked like but from what I’ve heard (from someone that did see them) they are amazing! I can see this being used in so many application. Vacation, cat, dog, kid, kite, car, bike… the list goes on and on! Great Job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26582",
"author": "psi3000",
"timestamp": "2007-06-07T08:26:53",
"content": "where is the code at on the site? I want to make my own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26583",
"author": "WhitePhatt",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T00:27:11",
"content": "His mirror is up! Go to it, and stop asking if he has another link. :-)http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de-White",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26584",
"author": "HaX*0r",
"timestamp": "2007-06-08T04:04:33",
"content": "Heh, another DDoS-ed site thanks to blogging. where’s all that optical bandwidth we had in the late 90s?This project is downright cool. You could link the shutter/power control to the alarm output of a simple motion sensor, build it all into an unobtrusive box, and you’d have an instant security monitor. Just an idea for everyone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26585",
"author": "PocketBrain",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T05:26:34",
"content": "mwaa haa haaaa! We will devour your bandwidth, you noob! Seriously, why don’t they always link to a mirrored site when somebody is using a low-bandwidth site like tripod?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26586",
"author": "Cat Doctor",
"timestamp": "2007-06-10T23:26:48",
"content": "MIRROR AVAILABLEA mirror is back up at this domain.http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26587",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-06-29T02:20:52",
"content": "Site is apparently violating Tripod’s TOS?Anyone know an alternate or cached link?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26588",
"author": "sarah",
"timestamp": "2007-07-22T01:58:06",
"content": "What happened to the pictures??? :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.006648
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/01/wireless-reef-automation/
|
Wireless Reef Automation
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’m on a 1-wire/home automation kick lately. It looks like he’s giving up on the router platform, but [barebottoms] did some
interesting work
with a couple of wireless routers (a belkin that he fried, and then onto a wrt54g) to create automated controls for his reef. Think of it as home automation for the fishes. It’s an interesting idea – a hacked wireless router could make a fairly robust and power efficient controller for simple HA applications.
His site
isn’t really that informative, I found the
forum posts
more interesting.
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26535",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T07:55:01",
"content": "YAY first post and this is an intresting hack i also have a few roughters laying arround and at my shot i have one of thoes 7 antenna things (if any one knows hacks for the WPN824 range max from linksys email me atalexsprojects@gmail.comor post in comments PLEASE ILL PAINT UR FUCKING NAME ON IT IF I HALF TO)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26536",
"author": "JackTheVendicator",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T15:02:50",
"content": "According to OpenWRT Table Of Hardware (and serial dump onhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14001273), the WPN824 has an AR2313 processor, just as the d-link DWL-2100AP (http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/D-Link/DWL-2100AP).I’ve seen a person who installed openwrt on the dwl-2100ap with the same bootloader (http://www.ilpuntotecnicoeadsl.com/forum/index.php/topic,3034.msg38962.html#msg38962– in Italian) and made it boot and work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26537",
"author": "aka_bigred",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T19:38:21",
"content": "Actually the website you linked to is mine [aka_bigred in those reefcentral threads] and I’ve since lost touch with barebottoms. I’ve got the aquarium controller running on a PC instead of the Linksys router. I haven’t really been updating the website, but I have my controller monitoring water temp and soon the pH in addition to controlling lights/pumps/ect via x10. I’ve got perl scripts running to log the 1-wire data into a mySQL database. 1-wire is pretty sweet and versatile! I moved from router to the PC platform for more flexibility and because I can’t compile stuff for the Linksys platform. The PC gave me more freedom but theoretically it could all run on the linksys.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26538",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T00:04:46",
"content": "to post #2 thanks a fuckload you will be credited",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26539",
"author": "alterctrlego",
"timestamp": "2007-06-03T03:19:40",
"content": "@Will O’BrienYou might want to fix up the title of the post – “Wireles” instead of “Wireless”Anyway, cool hack! I could really see myself using a device / hack like this to power a small wireless robot / HVAC system / whatever…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,881.919407
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/31/1-wire-servo-controller/
|
1-wire Servo Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is sort of a
follow up
to the
diy A/C zone control
post. It’s a pretty simple circuit, but now they’ve posted schematics for building your own 1-wire controlled servo actuators. It requires external power – so they’re supplying 15v via cat-5/RJ-45s. This isn’t limited to home automation, this could lead to some interesting 1-wire robotics projects.
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26519",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T07:55:21",
"content": "Interesting approach. Probably good for a bench test but why use all those parts when you could easily use a 6/8 pin microcontroller and call it a day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26520",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T12:49:48",
"content": "w0oT first post!As far as I see it this is just a simple adaptation of the popular 555 pwm configuration. And already the image on hack a day reveals a design mistake. The upper diode is unconnected!but what is much worse is that they use a 7805 to power the servo and waste 10 V of their original 15 V. Where is the switching or pwm supply? Another one of the 555 pwm circuits could easily provide them with 5 V with 90% efficiency.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26521",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T14:57:50",
"content": "They don’t need the upper diode connected; they probably just had a dual diode package available, so used it. I did the same thing in one of my recent designs; I could actually get the dual diode SOT-23 package cheaper than single diodes.Agreed on other points though; using a regulator like that is a horrendous waste; any of the CMOS 555 variants could handle the 15V supply all on their lonesome, and with a little work they could get the 5V-only Dallas part to work. Still, overall, a decent hack and an excellent starting point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26522",
"author": "MacGyver",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T16:02:03",
"content": "The biggest problem with the “single-wire” interface? It won’t be so easy to make it single wire!Maxim is supplying the DS2890 (their only single-wire digipot) to current customers of the part only, so the chance of hobbyists getting a hold of new stock are nil… time to search the junk box and eBay. I’m currently looking for a similar part, but so far no luck (maybe something will turn up in the next 5-10 minutes).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26523",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T16:41:05",
"content": "if you can’t find the 1-wire pot, use a standard SPI or I2C pot and a PIC and emulate the 1-wire protocol. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26524",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T17:45:54",
"content": "how about just sending the pwm to the servo over the line, instead of 1-wire serial, and do the interfacing at the source? makes more sense to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26525",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T17:49:14",
"content": "oh wait, the idea is to control many servos from one serial line? perhaps I didn’t read enough first… ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26526",
"author": "pokey",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T17:57:07",
"content": "akmixdown: At that point why not throw away the 555 and pot and just use a tiny (10Fxxx) PIC to generate pwm from an input 1 wire bus. Extra points for using a PIC model with a comparator for stall sensing and reporting up the 1 wire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26527",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T22:32:03",
"content": "pokey: now you’re getting the idea… :-) Creeping featurism",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26528",
"author": "justdiy",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T01:36:44",
"content": "hackaday,this is one of your lamest posts yet! I don’t like to flame but this post deserves it. the link provides no explanation of wtf the circuit does, and worse, it has the condescending remarks “if you don’t know, we’re not going to tell you, you’ll have to wait.”Gordon aka justDIY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26529",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T02:52:58",
"content": "justdiy how about you stick to your namesake… LOOK at the damn circuit, it replaces a standard potentiometer with an electronic one. That’s it.Honestly… if you don’t like it… feel free to start up justdiy-a-day. Bitching about it like a whiny 8 year old doesn’t get you anything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26530",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T03:47:18",
"content": "The DS2890 is definitely available to DIYers. It’s readily available for a reasonable price at digikey. If you don’t know about digikey/mouser/the real distributors, you better start–I’d be willing to bet that most of the parts you had considered “unobtainable” are readily available through them.A couple of notes: “1-wire” doesn’t really mean one wire. As you should probably know by now, you still need a return for the signal. The protocol is built-in the chips and is designed to work easily for many devices at once, however, so it still does have some advantages to some of the more traditional serial interfaces.It also won’t be very easy to implement directly on a PIC; IIRC, there’s a lot of features in it, including inherent noise immunity, ability to address many different devices with builtin serial addresses, stuff like that–don’t take my word for it, I don’t remember all the details, so you can read up on the 1-wire protocol here:http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/1-wire/Looking at the site, I just remembered/noticed something rather useful about the 1-wire chips: they can be parasitically powered from the data bus. That means you can power the 1-wire chip directly from the data bus, power the 555 from +15V, and drop the 7805 regulator entirely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26531",
"author": "hcker2000",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T06:09:49",
"content": "Speaking of switching or pwm power supplies. I have a project that would benefit from some thing like this. My requirements are simple. I need it to output a stable 5v to run a pic and a 2×16 lcd with led back light. In put is 6v so I need to lose 1 volt.Any ideas?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26532",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T07:41:12",
"content": "perhaps a low-dropout regulator. google it, there’s gotta be some type that allows a voltage difference of less than 1V.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26533",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T07:48:09",
"content": "have a diy servo controller that controls up to 25 pics and a 2 wire output i made it for under $4 thats cheeper than the 555 and i can suffer one extra pin for price cheepernessisty",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26534",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T07:50:11",
"content": "PS for post 2 it sometimes not a matter of price but what you have at your disposal(the dual diode thing)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.106554
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/30/uk-power-meter-monitor/
|
UK Power Meter Monitor
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[john] sent in his version of a
power meter monitor
. It’s designed to monitor the blinking light on the meter to monitor the current power usage. The light flashes in proportion to the amount of power being used, so it was a matter of using a ldr/photoresistor to capture the output and feed it to the parallel port of his computer. To finish it up, he used a shell script to feed the data into MRTG.
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| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26507",
"author": "Adam Sampson",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T02:27:15",
"content": "Hey, that’s not [john]’s, that’s mine. :)But thanks to him for sending it in…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26508",
"author": "wyr3x",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T02:48:14",
"content": "pretty interesting. Now anybody who builds one, will be able to monitor energy usage without moving from the desktop. Another way of lazyness :P ..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26509",
"author": "Sarah",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T02:56:16",
"content": "Perhaps an interesting development could be a CCD or two (recycled from an old optical mouse) positioned so that they can read the numerical display on the meter, OCR it and present the info to the user over the LAN. (perhaps using an NSLU-2 or even a fonera…). This data could then be read by a Firefox (for example) plugin and could flash up a warning when the meter is about to run out of credit.Just an idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26510",
"author": "Adam Sampson",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T03:43:14",
"content": "I did consider pointing a webcam at the meter, but there wasn’t a convenient place to mount it. But there’s no need to do that — you can figure out how much electricity has been used by counting the flashes, and then it’s just a matter of calibrating that against the money-left display (and remembering to reset the counter when you add more credit, of course). Maybe for the next version…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26511",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T13:12:19",
"content": "Adam – apologies for inadvertently stealing your glory. I never claimed it to be my idea, but thought it was far too elegant not to share with Will and the Hackaday crowd.Will – How about an [edit] to put Adam where he belongs?:-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26512",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T16:11:13",
"content": "I had a similar setup capturing the flashes on my meter a couple of years ago, eventually the electricity company forced me to take it off. ‘We’re too stupid to understand what you are doing, so either take it off or we will take it off and bill you for it’ etc etc. They were trying to claim it was some device for making the meter go backwards, even though I had set it up so that nothing was anywhere near the meter – even the phototransistor was a good few inches away.Not that i’m bitter or anything… :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26513",
"author": "hands without shadows",
"timestamp": "2007-05-31T19:27:19",
"content": "Nice hack but you should attach the photoresistor differently. Right now it looks like some plastic explosive with a detonater attached.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26514",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T00:22:51",
"content": "this idea is very old. there are millions of projects like this. cheap and no leds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26515",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T00:49:01",
"content": "“sent in his version of a power meter monitor”might have meant to be“sent in this version of a power meter monitor”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26516",
"author": "Fentanyl3",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T05:00:37",
"content": "you have to pay for you power before you use it? TVA Tennessee Valley Authority) and all their co-ops allow you to pay after using it, I like it better that way, as you never know when I may become unsatisfied with my power, and want a refund…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26517",
"author": "js",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T03:52:12",
"content": "Apparently there is a DIN standard which governs the flash rate of the LED usage indicator on power meters. All DIN power meters have these indicators on them. They allow automated monitoring of power usage by a device which attaches directly to the meter and monitors the flash rate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26518",
"author": "Andy Brown",
"timestamp": "2007-06-04T18:32:47",
"content": "I used to do the same in the UK, until I moved house and now i’m stuck with the spinning disc form of meter, and its not got clear plastic casing so cannot use the other method of shining a light/laser through to count the spins :(And yep, the electricity company really don’t know how to deal with people who want to check on their own usage. They throw a fit with hardware connected/watching/near the meter, then if you ring them for official howto do this, they fob you off.I’m currently investigating how to use magnetic coil pickups on my power cables from my fuse box (separated leads from it, so should be easy to use a coil pickup on the live).Anyone got any pointers??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113210",
"author": "Hsem",
"timestamp": "2009-12-24T13:11:46",
"content": "Check outhttp://www.flukso.net/for Wifi Household Power Logging.http://www.jokamajo.org/gives more detail appears to be openwrt/arduino based",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "142387",
"author": "Uk Directory Reverse",
"timestamp": "2010-05-14T20:41:55",
"content": "The second day in a row, gained the values of shares of internet technology companies, including internet example",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.259212
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https://hackaday.com/2007/05/29/li-poly-pwm-flashlight/
|
Li-poly Pwm Flashlight
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I was looking for some interesting ideas for using lithium polymer cells and stumbled across this
diy flashlight
. (It’s on geocities, so hit
the cache
.) Flashlights aren’t usually that interesting, but this one uses a pair of li-poly cells and a PWM signal generated by a pic controller to regulate the power to the lamp using a IRL1404 MOSFET. It still requires an external li-poly charger, but looks like a nice project to get into li-poly and PWM applications.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26500",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T08:03:22",
"content": "is it me or is the cache broken?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26501",
"author": "lonasindi",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T10:29:10",
"content": "that’s a fancy flashlight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26502",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T19:41:12",
"content": "its broken",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26503",
"author": "A. Zimlich",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T21:25:37",
"content": "Google Cache",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26504",
"author": "A. Zimlich",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T21:32:09",
"content": "http://tinyurl.com/29tk24",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26505",
"author": "Bob7k",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T13:49:32",
"content": "ahh, LiPoly batteries, i do love thier energy output compared to something like a Ni-Cd or just plain lithium cells. also, ATI uses PWM in thier fans, but after AMD bought them, i dont know if they still PWM thier board cooler fans",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26506",
"author": "Sally Kraus",
"timestamp": "2007-07-16T14:11:01",
"content": "Cool site",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.303412
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/28/i2c-for-the-fonera/
|
I2c For The Fonera
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"i2c bus",
"I2cBus",
"la fonera",
"lafonera"
] |
La Fonera’s are getting pretty popular lately. [Lefinnois] hacked
his
to get i2c working. He used a 75LS05 to adapt the io levels, and some bit banging in the software to pull it off. Now the Fonera can be used for inexpensive remote monitoring via inexpensive i2c devices. Not to mention that this could provide a cheap network interface for various micro-controller projects. (I’m thinking networked thermostat for my
new house
.)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26496",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T19:52:47",
"content": "psst…74LS05",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26497",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T20:28:58",
"content": "that reeks of pull-ups",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26498",
"author": "bertm",
"timestamp": "2007-05-30T22:28:26",
"content": "If I2C can be implemented, it might be possible to implement SPI, and then implementing USB!A MAX3421E could be used for the latter (seehttp://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3639).I hope someone will pick this up and starts building a USB hack to the La Fonera",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26499",
"author": "Kori",
"timestamp": "2007-06-11T11:44:32",
"content": "Yes..this is just the way that everybody want",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60321",
"author": "Tobias Weis",
"timestamp": "2009-01-22T08:43:04",
"content": "didn’t work for me..tried both the standard two-wire-i2c and lefinnois’ 4-wire-i2c implementation..tested with open-wrt kernel and different i2c-devices..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.147367
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/14/laser-beam-modding/
|
Laser Beam Modding
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks"
] |
[] |
The laser community forums have a
nice primer
on basic laser effects. [Steve] thought I’d really be interested in this sweet prototype
dual laser saber
. It’s a
custom
piece that uses a
wicked laser pointer
(You can use any laser, but those happen to be damn powerful) and a polycarbonate blade(tube/rod) to create the hallowed light saber effect. (Now I know what I want for christmas.) Mcmaster-carr carries polycarbonate rod and tube if you want to make your own,
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26328",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-05-15T14:00:46",
"content": "I wonder how he acheived the extending and retracting effects with a laser?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26329",
"author": "lonasindi",
"timestamp": "2007-05-15T23:41:14",
"content": "#1 the effect seems to be based on a mirrored magnet that moves in the tube",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26330",
"author": "ben dash",
"timestamp": "2007-05-16T05:39:41",
"content": "@wolf – I believe that I read something about a sliding magnetic reflector that I assume is inside the light tube.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26331",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2007-05-16T07:52:41",
"content": "by watching the video it appears some sort of reflector slides down the tube when you tilt the saber so that the blade tip is below the handle. An electromagnet then holds the reflector at the tip until switched off.My question is why couldn’t a small supply of pressurized air be used to move the reflector _up_ the saber to the holding magnet – allowing one to have the saber do a star-wars style activation while upright?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26332",
"author": "CyberZeroCool",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T07:13:16",
"content": "this is the best video there, Amazing!http://www.skyfirelasers.com/boomdog/videos/spirograph.wmv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.185496
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/13/diy-altimeter-extra/
|
DIY Altimeter Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Last year a friend of mine was kind enough to watch me jump out of a perfectly good airplane. While pondering that incredible adrinaline rush, I thought it was time for an altimeter hacking extra. (Don’t answer your phone for at least 12 hours after the jump or you might accidentally tell your mom…. Even if you’re 30 and in another state, you’ll probably get yelled at.)
The
2004 KAP rig
on this page caught my eye. It features a small dongle that logs altimeter data when the shutter is activated on the camera. Schematics are in
the pdf
. The rest of the setups are pretty freakin’ impressive too.
Of course, there’s the classic model
rocket altimeter
project. If you’d prefer to leave off the cost of a basic stamp, try the more recently updated
recording altimeter
. It’s got a nice low parts count.
If you want something a bit more versatile, check out this
RF transmitting altimeter
. It’s still in progress, but it’s getting a thorough writeup as it progresses.
We’ve seen them before, but I’d be remiss not to mention a
GPS data logger
. (I took my old garmin foretrex on my skydive, but didn’t have a decent signal until I was out of the plane.
If someone finds a diy audible altimeter, let me know.
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| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26325",
"author": "Phil Rennie",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T17:49:54",
"content": ">If someone finds a diy audible altimeter, let me know.First push out someone you don’t like sans ‘chute,Count until the screaming stops,Do the maths.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26326",
"author": "todd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T19:36:21",
"content": "What do you mean by “audible”? A series of clicks that change as you descend? Or a voice that reads off major steps of altitude, such as every hundered feet, or every thousand?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26327",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T21:54:14",
"content": "An audible altimeter is programmed with several (usually three) warning altitudes, each of which sounds a distinct alarm. Usually the first alarm signals the altitude to break off with other skydivers(~5,000 ft), the second is the altitude at which the parachute is deployed(~3,500), and the third is a very loud, high pitched siren that serves as a final warning(~2,000).The dytter is a commonly used audiblehttp://www.l-and-b.dk/prodytter.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.345312
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/13/toorcon-seattle-beta/
|
ToorCon Seattle Beta
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I’m attending
ToorCon Seattle Beta
this weekend. Today was a single track made up of 20 minute talks. ToorCon is really best in breed when it comes to hacker conferences. Highlights follow:
Beetle, from the
Shmoo
, opened the conference with
WiFight Club
. Of course, by me mentioning that, you’re officially in WiFight Club. This will eventually become a competition that is summarized best with the phrase: “Faraday Cage Match”. He mentioned interesting projects like
GNU Radio
and others. I really want to see where this goes. It looks like a lot of fun.
Rodney Thayer’s talk on credit cards boiled down to this: everyone worries about internet security when doing online transactions, but that doesn’t really matter since the credit card company security policies are garbage.
Matt Peterson presented on Web 2.0 pr0n. Using 25 encode machines, 3 ripping machines and 1 150 disk SCSI DVD jukebox they can process 200 DVDs in 24 hours… which is all I can safely say on that topic.
Quinn Norton’s body hacking talk was surprisingly fascinating. I had known about her experience
implanting rare earth magnets
, but this talk was more about the societal issues. Like why are athletes
allowed to get LASIK, but not use steroids
.
RSnake showed off the
Master Reconnaissance Tool
aka Mr. T. It’s a demo of how much info a site can pull using JavaScript. This could be used to automatically pick intelligent attack vectors or targeted marketing. You can
download it here
.
Toby Kohlenberg presented the KB6 project. It’s goal is to create a vulnerability taxonomy so that it’s easier to see when a new vuln actually makes an old vuln more vicious. Hopefully it’ll be open sourced soon.
Dr. Raid talked about MySpace being used for botnet control. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find anything out of the ordinary
with a simple search
.
|)ruid
patched Asterisk so that he could do VoIP fuzzing with it (and other packet manipulations).
Dan Kaminsky
showed a lot of pretty pictures (more than usual). He was able to do live autocorrelation on an MP3 stream. It easily shows patterns in music… and coincidentally breaks audio captchas.
David Maynor and Robert Graham presented on their
data seepage idea
. It was met with mixed reactions. Mostly a “you’re sniffing, so what?”
In the lightning round, Chris Abad ranted that Web 4.0 should have no idiot users; I’m not sure why he didn’t just go for the ideal case: no users. Felix Domke’s 5 minute talk about the
Xbox 360 hack
was the shining star in the bunch.
| 5
| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26320",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T12:16:06",
"content": "absolutely brilliant! toorcon sounds fuckin’ awesome – it’s a shame I don’t live in America and am unable to travel. I’d love to go to toorcon and defcon.hell, I’d even settle for videos of the talks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26321",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T15:31:45",
"content": "I thought that said Wii Fight Club for a second. :) I was envisioning teams of people playing Wii boxing…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26322",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T22:24:15",
"content": "once i get my license i will start going to these things is this a yearly event?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26323",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T22:33:22",
"content": "ToorCon is every year in San Diego, usually in September. Seattle is an invite only event.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26324",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T07:57:33",
"content": "the wifight club looks like it can be really fun especially if you are in a college town. also i made this facebook group so it might be easier to find other membershttp://psu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2352304052",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.385747
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/12/keyless-entry-for-your-apartment/
|
Keyless Entry For Your Apartment
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"keyless entry apartment",
"KeylessEntryApartment"
] |
[Ryan] sent in his simple but effective keyless entry hack for his apartment. Many shared apartment buildings have doors that allow residents to buzz visitors inside. He interfaced a keyless entry remote with the entry button on his intercom system. Press the button and voila – open sesame. It’s almost a head slapper because it’s such a simple hack, but sometimes those are the best.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26305",
"author": "xurious",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T09:16:43",
"content": "heh, i think i need to mod my doors with this. wOOt first post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26306",
"author": "PeterJ",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T13:51:47",
"content": "In my old apartment i wired up a relay to the buzzer.when the buzzer went off the relay closed the circuit to the door release.Secure? No.Convenient? Yes.No more standing in the rain or snow trying to get the keys out.The board had over 50 buttons on it so the odds that someone would notice it was pretty low.As far as i know its still installed. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26307",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T14:39:10",
"content": "fantastic, a nice simple hack is always appreciated. Its good to mention a few ideas like these as they are often things people just gloss over",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26308",
"author": "destroyer of evil",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T16:52:50",
"content": "Smarthome has a secure relay. been using it to buzz my door open for over a year.http://www.smarthome.com/7446wa.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26309",
"author": "Aldeeb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T06:49:20",
"content": "Now why did I not think of posting my version for the past 2 years !!Yup it’s convenient",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26310",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T09:13:54",
"content": "@peterj:You could always time something with a PIC and have a morse-code like pattern as a code.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26311",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T16:29:22",
"content": "I made something similar 20 years ago out of a VIC-20 and a couple relays. I hooked it up to the intercom so that when you pushed a specific pattery on the button downstairs (i.e. short, long, long, short) it would automatically buzz you in. No remote needed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26312",
"author": "neorazz",
"timestamp": "2007-05-15T00:21:48",
"content": "you can do the same thing with any solenoid controled lock and a car alarm with a good encrypted remote see the rfid door lock on hackaday and take out the rfid and replace with car alarm + remote",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26313",
"author": "behzad",
"timestamp": "2007-05-19T10:46:19",
"content": "hello frind",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26314",
"author": "kWeb",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T23:07:45",
"content": "I like this post, because it’s not so utopian ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26315",
"author": "Michael I.",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T21:15:04",
"content": "I think this keyless entry is pretty sweet, but keep in mind someone else might have alterior motives when making one, so you still might be better off with old fashioned security, or at least have a gun in your place just in case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26316",
"author": "darkness",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T00:54:59",
"content": "If the phone has forwarding, you can just link it to your cell phone and buzz yourself in. No wiring required.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26317",
"author": "ErikH",
"timestamp": "2007-05-29T20:22:46",
"content": "Build something similar, but upgraded it to a system that responds to a specific tune (morse) played on the doorbell =) It uses an AVR and some relays, powered by the doorbell and is housed inside the intercom. A short pulse activates it, while normal use of the doorbell is still posible. Dipswitches give me the option to use any 8 pulse code (choose between long or short). If the code is correct, the door opens for 5 seconds, when wrong, nothing happens. Very conveniant if you forget your keys or they are ‘somewhere’ in your backpack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26318",
"author": "sudo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-25T19:24:12",
"content": "This is a very simple solution, although it seems to provide no real security. I would advise looking into a remote control encoder/decoder with strong encryption.http://www.linxtechnologies.com/Products/Integrated-Circuits/HS-Series-High-Security-Encrypted-Remote-Control-Encoder-and-Decoder/http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Criteria?Ref=169376&Site=US&Cat=34735062",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.52475
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https://hackaday.com/2007/05/11/computer-controlled-coffee-roasting/
|
Computer Controlled Coffee Roasting
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"coffee roaster",
"CoffeeRoaster",
"computer coffee roasting",
"ComputerCoffeeRoasting",
"roast your own",
"RoastYourOwn"
] |
I knew about this when it came out, but it never made it’s way to Hack-A-Day. We’ve mentioned a computer controlled roaster
before
, but
this one
is far and away the best I’ve seen. [Jeffrey Pawlan] has been selling individual units to the coffee industry (and extreme coffee geeks) – with good reason. He modified an already sweet Hottop coffee roaster (~$500 US) to be completely computer controlled. He wrote a complete software interface that accounts for room temperature to create complex, repeatable roast profiles. More than anyone, I’ve lamented the lack of details on the system. It’s a safe bet that he’s using more than a few thermocouples with a multi-line A/D converter. Anyone feel like writing some open source coffee roaster software? Modifying
my current setup
wouldn’t be that difficult.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26292",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T08:14:58",
"content": "i really need a laptop *cry* but im 14 and cant afford it (nice (but pointless) hack)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26293",
"author": "harrison",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T08:46:28",
"content": "Pretty neat (but commercial) hack. Looks like the software is ‘written’ in LabVIEW (which adds a bunch of bloat to the software).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26294",
"author": "h_2_o",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T11:47:01",
"content": "neat little thing, but hey why not just link to roasters on amazon. this is nothing more than an ad for this guy to sell his stuff. really come on guys at a minimum the source for the software or some details at all should be offered, not just a hey look at this “mod” now buy buy buy!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26295",
"author": "kamu",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T14:25:53",
"content": "holy crap, QQ more h_2_o.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26296",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T15:18:23",
"content": "for once, I agree with the negative comments. while it took some effort to modify the roaster to perform as desired, considering the guys credentials, it was beyond simple. hell, it wouldn’t have been hard for most people in the hacking community, but for this guy its should have been a job done in his sleep.Further, absolutely *NO* information is given on what was done. its an advertisement. nothing more.Only a select group of coffeesnobs would drool over this in the first place. granted, there is a legitimate market of home/small business brewers but still… who honestly gives a $h!t?Finally, the software looks like.. well.. crap. I have never been one to bag on someone’s work before, but again, given the guys credentials, he could have written by hand, made it look better, and not used labview. hell, with a little time and effort, labview could be made to look much better than this too. and the topping on the cake is on the bottom of the screen shot:“all screen features plus the look and feel are protected by copyright and also by patents applied for”ok.. that just chaps my hide! disregarding the fact that its ugly and if it were mine, it would look better.. but you cant copyright a graph showing the roast profile! thats rediculous! copyrighting the controls, features, screen color, options is a lot like attempting to copyright watches that show what time the sun comes up! the *only* thing copyrightable is the unimpressive image at the top, and the company name.if the copyright is to apply to the layout of the control software.. again.. thats just damn silly. If it is a logical order of control, you cant exactly copyright it. If it were to be enforced on someone else making a similar product, it would be trivial for them to “move this group of controls slightly to the right, and thus they do not infringe on copyright” so whats the goddamn point?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26297",
"author": "MRE",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T15:21:05",
"content": "ohh, and by the way, this is only a two thermocouple system.. at least, as shown on the control software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26298",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T23:48:48",
"content": "You could probably the whole laptop part with an MCU, a VFD and a few cheap pushbuttons… It’d be a more attractive system too. Laptop+Lapview = teh suck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26299",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T01:59:12",
"content": "#1 said “i really need a laptop *cry* but im 14 and cant afford it”we’re the same age, and i need one too. that doesn’t justify whining ’bout it here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26300",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T02:26:39",
"content": "im 12 and i need a laptopand a new desktopand a 8800gtxI think they should set up a charity “kids who want stuff”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26301",
"author": "Loye Young",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T04:44:24",
"content": "The software for making coffee already exists for Linux. It’s Free and Open Source, of course. You can hit a key on your computer and it will fire up the coffee maker remotely. (Mostly, it demonstrates how to design a Turing machine.) Seehttp://tldp.org/HOWTO/Coffee.html.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26302",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-13T05:48:36",
"content": "So does this run java or does java run this?While I’m thinking about it, just to avoid the grind I think I’ll press my own java run, old bean!Cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26303",
"author": "js",
"timestamp": "2007-05-15T05:24:09",
"content": "That’s a commercial unit…there are six of them in a shop close to where I live which they use to roast bulk coffee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26304",
"author": "Pat",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T18:29:48",
"content": "Looks like the control software was done in LabVIEW.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111991",
"author": "Sarah Brown",
"timestamp": "2009-12-16T19:57:14",
"content": "I got a Gaggia coffee machine a while ago. I use it everyday and it produces great tasting coffee.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112342",
"author": "internet connection booster",
"timestamp": "2009-12-18T23:51:14",
"content": "Interesting post!!! looking forward to seeing more articles!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.57884
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||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/10/dive-computer-interface-hacking/
|
Dive Computer Interface Hacking
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"dive computers",
"DiveComputers"
] |
Dive computers help divers keep an eye on bottom time and calculate nitrogen saturation during dives. Many of them, like the Suunto above have a built in provision for downloading dive data post dive. [
CIBDiving] figured out a way
to enable
this missing feature on one of Suunto’s cheaper computers. The Gekko has the same pins as the more expensive units, but Suunto’s
download manager
won’t allow you to download the data. By using a simple software patch, [CIBDiving] tricked the software into pulling down the data.
You can buy a cable to pull down the data, or you can build your own
serial
or
USB
level shifting interface.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26282",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T14:31:12",
"content": "Interesting stuff.From my quick perusal of the material it doesn’t look like it messes with the instrumentation either, which was my immediate concern.Good stuff!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26283",
"author": "Randy",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T15:28:04",
"content": "Cool stuff, I was also worried it would screw with the instruments (this being a device that someone may use to prevent death and such) but this is cool. Do manufacturers do things like this so they can all put them through the same presses for the plastic pieces?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26284",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T17:36:29",
"content": "I’m like you guys. There are a couple of things I wouldn’t mess with. Dive computers, pacemakers, and things like ECGs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26285",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T19:03:51",
"content": "Any experienced diver would notice a big problem with the computer, and a small problem if it had an effect would probably become apparent on surfacing without any lasting effects. I think anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26286",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T19:15:20",
"content": "That doesn’t mean if you’re unlucky the fault wont kill you :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26287",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2007-05-11T21:46:34",
"content": "noticing that your decompression stops (am I making this up? i don’t dive much) aren’t being calculated is no good to you when you’re 50m down or whatever.I guess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26288",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T00:53:26",
"content": "If you are 50m down you have already exceeded the depth limits of recreational diving. You’d also be limited by available oxygen as opposed to nitrogen loading. Hopefully if you do go to 50m you are willing to pay the extra $500 to get a real dive computer instead :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26289",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T18:49:03",
"content": "50m is rather deep, if you are going down that deep you should have a rough idea of the decompression table and certainly not going down blind with only a relatively cheap diving computer you took to pieces last week :) as a guide!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26290",
"author": "ibaun",
"timestamp": "2007-05-12T19:26:52",
"content": "We get trained (at least here in Belgium, with CMAS) to always know what your decostops are, even without a computer, in case it fails. And this hack is just the reason I bought this computer by the way!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26291",
"author": "Reuben Wilcock",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T18:11:59",
"content": "I wonder if the Gekko has the same physical interface as the Vyper? If it does then the cheap interface we sell at customidea.com might work too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "332240",
"author": "nicola",
"timestamp": "2011-02-13T21:21:08",
"content": "I wish somebody could hack the interface for Mares Puck…it is almost asz expensive as the computer itself",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.626618
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/09/latest-cornell-microcontroller-final-projects/
|
Latest Cornell Microcontroller Final Projects
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
It’s that time of year when [Bruce Land] sends in the latest batch of Cornell mcu final projects. There are 32 new projects this year – including a
model retina
built from RGB LEDs and photo sensors. My favorite has to be
laser pong
. Or maybe the
wearable air guitar
. Damn, I can’t make up my mind.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26279",
"author": "lentilboy",
"timestamp": "2007-05-09T20:55:13",
"content": "Id love to hear something from the air guitar, anybody got any links?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26280",
"author": "goldscott",
"timestamp": "2007-05-09T21:07:31",
"content": "My favorite project out of the 32 listed is the Evolving Neural Robot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26281",
"author": "bruce land",
"timestamp": "2007-05-10T18:19:06",
"content": "There is now a video with sound linked for the air guitar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.759534
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/21/fonera-sd-card/
|
Fonera SD Card
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"fonera",
"openwrt",
"sd card",
"sdcard"
] |
[Jkx] sent in his
fonera SD card experiments
. It looks similar to the wrt54g mod – bit banging the interface works, but it’ll be slow. I poked around [Jkx] site and found quite a few goodies. (We’ve noticed his He’s built a nice
tube amp
, but his
push-pull tube amp
looks very interesting. Oh, and his
simple negative power supply
could prove handy,
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26392",
"author": "cde",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T07:06:31",
"content": "Maybe you should point out that this is for the OpenWRT version of the hacked Fonera, not the user-friendly (ie gui’d) DD-WRT version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26393",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T15:21:37",
"content": "i wouldn’t really call that “his” negative power supply, that’s taken right from the maxim datasheet.. but the site and other hacks are neat :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26394",
"author": "Joe",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T17:07:37",
"content": "This is sweet. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26395",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T20:19:55",
"content": "I lik ethe negative power supply",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26396",
"author": "Woeka",
"timestamp": "2007-05-23T14:53:42",
"content": "Also for OpenWRT there is a web-based GUI. It is available athttp://x-wrt.org/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26397",
"author": "barri melody",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T22:43:58",
"content": "can i lean this hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.863838
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/20/forced-air-laptop-cooling/
|
Forced Air Laptop Cooling
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[] |
We’ve seen some exotic laptop cooling solutions
before
. This
one
caught my eye for one reason – I’ve got an e1705 myself. (Complete with chipping media button paint). It’s not the most stylish, but [WhiskeySix] combined some PVC pipe and an adjustable high flow fan to give his dell a major airflow upgrade. I’d like to see one built that mates to the exhaust ports on the rear. Sure, it’s not pretty, but he was able to increase his frame rate by 50%. Thanks to [Wimpinator] for the
tip
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26371",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T07:15:53",
"content": "It’d be cool to see something like that built into a desk… it’s rather cumbersome otherwise and somewhat defeats the purpose of having notebook in the first place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26372",
"author": "Selvol",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T07:58:25",
"content": "“it’s rather cumbersome ” . Maybe. But at least it most likely won’t die an early death. I have made a several cooling stations in the past. And a cold laptop is one the lives a long happy life. So the size of this cooler is justified. Surely it stays at home when the computer goes to school.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26373",
"author": "dok",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T08:36:23",
"content": "What about a peltier to cool it. I took apart one of those mini fridges that you can plug into a 12v power source, or use the adapter that came with it. Also i have a 320watt peltier, but it doesnt have a powersupply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26374",
"author": "w00tb0t",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T11:31:23",
"content": "A peltier cooler although ideal for space constrains draws way to much power and generates to much excess heat. It is ideal for spot cooling if you have the excess power and a way to rid yourself of the excess heat. I think the average laptop is what 80-90W total/ A ATX 350W PSU would be just as cumbersome, and the peltier would fry everything else in the laptop.Cool mod; must build one myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26375",
"author": "mikey g.",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T13:39:56",
"content": "i oughta build somethin like this for my hp pavilion zd7000…. you could literally cook eggs over the left side of the keyboard :-\\",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2453057",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2015-02-25T12:22:02",
"content": "your machines about to die..sry to say.. mb cooking too",
"parent_id": "26375",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26376",
"author": "sigg3",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T15:31:39",
"content": "That looks like a sewage drain:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26377",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T19:45:11",
"content": "I wonder whatever happened to the NEC piezo water-cooling module for notebooks…their news release in 2003 said it would be on the market by 2005",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26378",
"author": "hottie",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T21:45:47",
"content": "This hack is bullshit because if i want overclocked stuff i get a desktop and if i want a laptop i dont want such a silly bulky ugly thing. And a cool laptop doesn’t stay fresh longer either. a recent study showed, that harddisks dont die of heat. what else should die of heat? The display?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26379",
"author": "Rad",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T22:17:49",
"content": "The cpu?And overclocking isn’t limited to desktops. From what I know laptops produce a lot of heat anyway, and processors run better at cooler temperatures. A cold processor will run smoother than a hot one, overclocked or not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26380",
"author": "sven",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T23:38:52",
"content": "this hack is certainly not bullshit. many students or professionals can only afford one computer. if you like to work hard and play hard, at the least this is an interesting solution.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26381",
"author": "tridge",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T01:51:41",
"content": "I agree, laptops can get very hot. I own an alienware laptop with SLi and it gets extremly hot. I will take a shot at this one, I don’t see how it can give 50% increase in frames…but I’m willing to try it out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26382",
"author": "xurious",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T03:55:28",
"content": "I’ve done various things like this in the past, simple and clean. Now if only he hooked up a vary high CFM lowe noise blower, he might really be able to push it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26383",
"author": "William Reynolds YOung",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T04:41:51",
"content": "yea I have a hp zd7000 also I sent it in cause of that and they replaced the fan and the hardrive and battery and now it runs cool and smooth. WAS FREE AND UNDER WARRANTY!I used to set it up on hackysacks to keep it from overheating it self and sometimes it still would.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26384",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T05:36:07",
"content": "Hmm, I should permanently attach something like that to my laptop…It’s batteries no longer work, been off warranty for years, and been planning to do something crazy with it. (leds all over the place, maybe a smoker unit from a model train, cantenna on top the screen, big fans, and f I can find a small enough printer, I’ll tape it on :P)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26385",
"author": "bland",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T11:33:55",
"content": "I Love your web!From lanzhou of china",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26386",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T17:36:37",
"content": "I like the project, but instead of a brute force approach where the airflow takes an arbitrary path, i’d like to see something that augments the airflow that’s already engineered into the laptop.Based on your results that’s probably a moot point. :DMy modest Dell B130 doesn’t get hot enough to warrant that kind of cooling, but it’s still a good idea and pretty well executed as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26387",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T17:39:03",
"content": "http://omegapiezo.com/efficientheatremoval.aspomega piezo micro channel single phase liquid cooling…has anyone tried something like this for laptop cooling?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26388",
"author": "WhiskeySix",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T17:42:29",
"content": "@1: think of it as a docking-station.@7: drugs’r bad, mkuyyy?@10: Believe me, 110CFM is a LOT of air to pump over heat sinks that are only 1x4cm in profile.@14: that’s *exactly* what it’s made from ;)@15: well it essentially does do that… it’s basically pressurizing the intake port for the laptop’s built-in fans. I’ve got several ideas on how to make it more elegant/efficient, but this was 40 minutes of work.. and like you said, it’s hard to argue w/ the results. (I’m actually not temperature limited now.. I can run whatever clock I want without overheating – now it’s just speed-path limited in the GPU die itself. 379mhz works, while 380mhz fails..)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26389",
"author": "WhiskeySix",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T20:03:26",
"content": "piezo would be hard based on the form-factor of my laptop anyway.. the heat-sink doesn’t sit on the GPU – it’s over a few inches and uses a heat-pipe:http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/sm/zanzibb6.jpgnot sure how typical that is?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26390",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T23:34:18",
"content": "I agree with twistedsymphony that this would be great recessed into a desk. My laptop is a medion that has the intake on the top right and, worryingly, no vents in or out on the underside. So this is not for me, as a portable option I like ‘the waldic’ watercooler with a copper radiator clipped on the back of the monitor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26391",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-05-27T03:07:12",
"content": "I’ve done similar with some high powered blowers that I found and the output ports were roughly the same size as the vents on the sides.The fan intakes are on the bottom, the exhaust ports are at the rear. The vents on the side allow for addition airflow, like additional force air cooling :)I’ve been considering a home brew docking station with the blowers built into it. The plan was to create a vertical stand with the ports on the bottom. The laptop slides in closed. But I end up loosing a monitor port this was AFAIK.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "87739",
"author": "Kyle",
"timestamp": "2009-08-18T21:48:17",
"content": "This is perfect. I have a laptop that heats up so bad I cant use it. Definitely going to give this a shot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2678211",
"author": "Hardy Cross",
"timestamp": "2015-08-14T08:47:10",
"content": "where is the procedure for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,882.814385
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/19/serial-port-power-booster/
|
Serial Port Power Booster
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"head slapper",
"HeadSlapper",
"low power serial port",
"LowPowerSerialPort"
] |
This
one
(
coral cache
) is a bit of a head slapper, but I thought it might come in handy. Laptop (or usb) serial ports are pretty notorious for being stingy on power output. [Roberto] came up with a clever solution. He used a MAX205 (sort of a double+ MAX232) and a singe capacitor to convert the low power serial connection on his laptop to a TTL signal and back again to RS-232. The result is a simple dongle that needs 5v and gives you a high power serial port for those power hungry devices – like [Roberto]’s PIC programmer.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26365",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T06:11:06",
"content": "That’s a fantastic idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26366",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T13:44:25",
"content": "I need one of these for my pic programmer too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26367",
"author": "Spaceball1",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T17:57:00",
"content": "hum the max205 or max203 dont need caps, but it’s cost an arm or a leg for it. It’s just cheaper to get max232 and caps to keep costs low (granted a little more work.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26368",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T23:44:25",
"content": "my “super multi programmer” KILLS my *new* laptops battery i also am in the middle of makeing an extended bat but this is good and i have like 100 max 232s and 1uf caps so im coverd with that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26369",
"author": "threepointone",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T00:32:45",
"content": "I agree, there’s really not much of a reason to use the max205/203 here. The only reason for Maxim integrating the caps is more to reduce the board space used, and I don’t see this power booster as having portable requirements.I think calling this a “power booster” is a bit of a misnomer. As I understand, the problem with using portable programmers is not so much the lack of power but the lack of voltage–you need to boost those roughly-ttl level signals from the usb-rs232 adapters to rs232 levels.I’ve made one of these before with the max232 chip, and the biggest problem I have with them is that you still need an external +5V power source. I think a really great project would be one which draws power off one of the unused RS-232 lines and trickle charges a supercap (you could try a used line, but then you’d have to do something about the ~1F of capacitance slowing down the signals. . .) You might need a boost regulator to charge at ~5.5V and then use a LDO again for the MAX232 chip. I haven’t done the calculations, but I’m pretty sure that a programmer that uses about 20mA + MAX232 (uses",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26370",
"author": "Ash",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T19:28:59",
"content": "Double plus good, this!Now all we need is a current limited/fused molex connector for the rear-of-case and we can feed all our amp’ed gadgets. I’ve been toying around with the idea to get rid of those USB power overcurrent/spike issues. Of course someone should make a laptop release as well for the mobile toolkits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.395788
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/18/aux-stereo-receiver-controls/
|
Aux Stereo Receiver Controls
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"remote control",
"remotecontrol",
"using extra buttons",
"UsingExtraButtons"
] |
[Bob van loosen] added a
remote learning circuit
made from a PIC 16F84A to his Onkyo receiver – which happens to have remote buttons and a ttl control link for external devices. The PIC listens to the remote link on the receiver. By grounding a pin, it will learn the next remote command that’s received. In this case, he uses it to swap the left/right front/rear signals to gain proper speaker orientation when he switches between his TV and Computer. This would make an entertaining external dongle if you combined it with a smoke generator…
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26358",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-05-19T12:55:07",
"content": "why smoke generator? or are you joking? Josh < doesn't pick up on most jokes. Interesting though I like it, considering the same thing here, if I can make it work.First!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26359",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-05-19T14:58:37",
"content": "am I the only one who often finds the blurbs under each hack difficult to understand? What about this circuit is “learning”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26360",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2007-05-19T15:15:00",
"content": "well i guess he wants a button on hiw remote to turn his smoke mechine on… have there been any diy smoke mechines???the remote button code that the pic responds to is not hard coded into it. it ‘learns'(remembers) the code for the last botton that was pressed while the RA2 pin was grounded. the switch to ground RA2 is not shown in the schematic…nice and simple but so usefull and _configurable_ too!! :D how can u call it a hack when it so elegant? LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26361",
"author": "BaudThief",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T13:50:10",
"content": "He probably means wire it to a smoke machine, and get it to learn a regular remote button (such as channel jumping) – when the average joe comes in to watch TV, he hits the channel jump button and *poof*, out comes the smokeWould be a great gag if the machine was mounted behind the TV/Tuner, so it’d look like it caught fire lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26362",
"author": "Matt Baker",
"timestamp": "2007-05-20T21:08:54",
"content": "Big Clive has a smoke generator article. He does lighting and production for a living.http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/smoke.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26363",
"author": "Severedbrain",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T21:21:00",
"content": "If you need to swap your left/right or front/back audio channels from different devices then it’s a wiring problem and can probably be corrected by pluggin the right cables in the right jacks, that’s why it’s a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26364",
"author": "Bob van Loosen",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T15:34:05",
"content": "My receiver only has 5.1 over s/pdif, so you can’t just swap the cables.Als the internal tuner has no cables at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.777273
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/17/soldering-iron-indicator-mod/
|
Soldering Iron Indicator Mod
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
At first glance, [sprite_tm]s
weller mod
seemed a bit trivial. In reality, it’s like art with analog electronics. He wanted to add an indicator light for the heating element. To pull it off, he built a funky diode capacitor circuit to create a pseudo-regulated DC voltage, then used a zener diode, a potentiometer and a transistor to make a simple voltage switch that activates a transistor driven LED.
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| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26347",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T01:02:22",
"content": "Yeah but once you have taken your soldering iron apart to do the mod how do you solder the circuit together?…lol, just kidding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26348",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T01:26:21",
"content": "another load of usless crap roll on xmass",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26349",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T02:35:49",
"content": "lol cool, I’d like this but maybe a smaller version",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26350",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T02:56:52",
"content": "Neat hack, I can vouch for those old magnetic switches being unreliabe as heck… My old station would kick out every once in an while; I decided to get a new one when it stoped turning the heater off, and pumping the full 50w into the element all of the time, giving the tip a healthy orange glow…I picked up EC2002 off ebay for about $30 shipped (it had a loose contact in the connector, the last job for the old station was resoldering the connector).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26351",
"author": "Bones",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T03:18:49",
"content": "At least with mine, the base station clicks, which tells me there’s a relay in there. I have a feeling that would be a lot easier to take an on/off signal from.But whatever works, and it’s an interesting circuit.-KJ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26352",
"author": "fbz",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T03:42:47",
"content": "ok now i want one that sends an email to my phone telling me “just turn it _OFF_ and _WALK AWAY_” when i have left it on and walked out the front door. how many tips have i killed by leaving my poor soldering iron on eleven?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26353",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T07:13:21",
"content": "opening the base unit can be done by removing the rubber feet and finding four screws. There is no need to pry the case open with a flatblade screw driver. I like the hack simple useful and informative :-) Another coloured LED on my bench blinking on and off impressing visitors :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26354",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T14:24:13",
"content": "OK, the soldering iron is off….. so I…. turn it on and just walk away!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26355",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T20:06:33",
"content": "Nice mod. Luckily I have a Hakko which already has a heating indicator LED. Oh and these puppies can be found",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26356",
"author": "Perry",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T20:19:50",
"content": "A simplere solution is to simple wind a coil of wire around one of the secondary wires, then connect each end to and LED with a very low forward voltage bias. When current flows through the heater, the coil of wire acts as a current clamp and generates a voltage like a secondary transformer coil, which then lights the LED.–Perry",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26357",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-22T17:42:00",
"content": "@5: the Weller WTCP series don’t have a relay; it’s the tip that is clicking, as the modder correctly describes.@1: You don’t have more than one soldering iron? :-)@9: Yes, that is an awesome idea, I may just do that with mine!oh, and Will — “a funky diode capacitor circuit to create a pseudo-regulated dc voltage” ?? You mean a half-wave rectifier? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.624829
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/16/line-following-wheel-chair/
|
Line Following Wheel Chair
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"gallery",
"linefollowing",
"robot",
"WheelChair"
] |
[Niklas Roy] sent in probably one of the largest line following robots ever built. The
Gallerydrive
project is used to move visitors around an art gallery. It can follow either a black or white line. It also has a touchscreen display for displaying information about the art which is read from RFID tags. Niklas has a full diary of the build on his site with everything you need to build your own.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26335",
"author": "hallz",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T14:51:25",
"content": "Oh the fun you could have with a marker pen or some black/white electrical tape at that museum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26336",
"author": "Barry Carter",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T14:51:25",
"content": "Excellent work! This is a great hack. It has everything… motor drivers, touch screen displays, audio and best of all lasers. I tend to agree with Niklas that using FET followers on a linear regulator is not a great idea. They go bang very easily. Stick with switching regulators.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26337",
"author": "Lost_N_Confused",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T15:25:52",
"content": "An interesting robot. i use to work as a programmer at oak Ridge National Labs and they had a mail delivery robot. It would follow the lines around the building and stop outside your door and beep a few times to tell you that you had mail. It is not as sophisticated as this robot but was built along time ago. I left the Lab in 1994 and it was old then.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26338",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T16:19:37",
"content": "Aha! Nice job sneaking this hack in at 11:59.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26339",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T16:43:39",
"content": "I work at a school for kids with disabilities and something like this would be a great way to move a dozen or so wheel-chair bound kinds from one classroom to another.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26340",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T20:34:43",
"content": "Awesomeness ! Full schematics, well done diary, source code, software simulator, etc. What a great project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26341",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T20:49:02",
"content": "Andrew, you might have a problem with them ramming each other.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26342",
"author": "bodiby",
"timestamp": "2007-05-17T21:43:59",
"content": "@halz – my first thought was black electrical tape into the wall. why do i have evil thoughts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26343",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T05:22:44",
"content": "i have to say, this is really well done. i admire!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26344",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2007-05-18T12:05:50",
"content": "This is a great hack. It’s clever and involves a lot but best of all, it’s useful and has a great purpose. Nice one to include",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26345",
"author": "Willie",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T18:09:16",
"content": "I could see a nursing home cut their staff by making a permanent black tiled “racetrack”. You load granny in the chair start her on her way. Then you pop old grandpa right behind her -boy -girl -boy -girl (to make the view more interesting for them) and they can run around the go-cart track all day long. Wheee!!! Just hope the batteries hold out. If you tape off the parking lot the whole gang could have fun in the sun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26346",
"author": "Nahuel",
"timestamp": "2007-05-25T20:50:15",
"content": "Sorry I can’t see anything, would somebody tell me why, the original page doesn’t works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.445182
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/15/diy-beamer-control/
|
DIY Beamer Control
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I was poking around the
lumenlab forums
and ran across
this
nice little project. It’s designed specifically for diy projectors. I settled for a simple thermal switch for my cooling, but this provides temperature monitoring/protection, dual fan control, lamp hour counter, serial interface and optional LCD controls. Everything you need to build your own is there, but it’s mostly in german.
Now I’m outta here – I’m going scuba diving.
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| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26333",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-05-16T01:57:24",
"content": "Wow, my projector could really use something like this…Its a proxima DP2800, but it has few features (flipping image, etc) can could do with some monitoring utilities, as well as a thermometer… especially because its currently fixed with a rag next to the lcd…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26334",
"author": "larrysanchez",
"timestamp": "2007-05-16T17:07:37",
"content": "This is pretty a cool project. I don’t have a video projector although I think it could also be put to good use in my brand new homebrew 500mW laser projector! Pity its menus are in German though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.810354
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/05/01/defcon-bot-challenge-prototype/
|
Defcon Bot Challenge Prototype
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"defconbots",
"rise up and take over",
"RiseUpAndTakeOver",
"robot challenge",
"RobotChallenge",
"robots rule the world",
"RobotsRuleTheWorld"
] |
[Colin] sent in his
prototype
for the
Defcon bot
contest. The performance of the bot in the video is impressive. Hit it after the break. His build looks clean and simple – he even managed to score some sponsorship in the form of pololu servo controllers. Targeting the moving white sensor reminds me of the old MacGuyver episode with the lethal heat seeking robots.
If you’re working on any attack bots, feel free to let us know via the
tips line
.
Update: I woke up to realize that I forgot to embed the video. It should work now.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26144",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T10:00:42",
"content": "Cool setup and it appears fast too.It reminds me off one a similar system i saw a few years back only it detected object movement on the camera ad the gun i believe was an air pellet version of a P90.I think the idea behind using the gun was that at a later date it could be replaced with a real wapon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26145",
"author": "penske",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T10:16:54",
"content": "the idea is pretty gay, but the music is cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26146",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T10:36:46",
"content": "It’s down already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26147",
"author": "Colin Karpfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T15:24:40",
"content": "@1 – Hmm. Its up now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26148",
"author": "Colin Karpfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T16:22:35",
"content": "@2 – lol, thanks. Iron Maiden gets me pumped like no other.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26149",
"author": "Ciaran",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T16:46:26",
"content": "Hmmm let me think of a number09F911029D74E35bD84156C5635688C0Enjoy, use it wisely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26150",
"author": "plasmonicgrid",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T17:16:17",
"content": "Nice. And here I was just thinking of constructing a giant AirZooka for the competition. :-P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26151",
"author": "sackofcatfood",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T18:45:23",
"content": "This could be amazingly useful in a combat setting, in a very much “the tech we have now is ready” kind of way.Obviously, we are a few leaps and bounds from anything like an assassin droid, but I was thinking rather you would disperse a number of these robots in a tactical setting and then the soldiers would use lasers to paint targets (coupled with some sort of wireless ident, of course).Advantages:(1) Soldiers don’t have to worry about a heavy gun.(2) Soldiers don’t have to worry about ammunition.(3) Soldiers can hit a target hidden behind “cover” from a multitude of different angles, even if the target was hidden from view.(4) Once a target is painted, soldiers can keep under cover or even retreat while the robots continue to lay down fire at the target.(5) Soldiers can fire multiple directions at once.….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26152",
"author": "jason anders",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T19:04:43",
"content": "This is based on the inventgeek turret project.http://inventgeek.com/Projects/usbairsoftturret/Overview.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26153",
"author": "Colin Karpfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T19:25:30",
"content": "@9:This is *NOT* based on the inventgeek turret project. In fact I believe I began working on things before that project was released.The invent geek turret uses a pre-made base from a 40$ product you can buy online. I built mine from the ground up, and am using entirely different code, servos, protocol.I am using the same gun… only by chance though. probably because its the cheapest electric airsoft gun out there, lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26154",
"author": "Yan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T00:27:46",
"content": "i’m going to be using the same gun as well for my defcon bot. i haven’t made nearly as much progress on mine though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26155",
"author": "an0ther_1",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T00:31:58",
"content": "The design looks similar to a project I’ve seen at RIT. Are the designers of this from RIT?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26156",
"author": "bking",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T00:37:47",
"content": "Really impressive! I like it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26157",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T02:49:05",
"content": "very cool. in the video its just white on black background. how does it work with different colors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26158",
"author": "Xios117",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T05:13:24",
"content": "This looks amazing.I want one. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26159",
"author": "Colin Karpfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T05:28:05",
"content": "@12No, I’m just a lone ranger going to a small school in Wisconsin (UW Eau Claire). I would be interested to see RITs project though, do you have any info?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26160",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T05:32:43",
"content": "Reminds me of a cut up airsoft gun literally strapped to a base from something else, oh wait, it is. He didn’t use duct tape, and that counts for something I guess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26161",
"author": "mkoracer",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T23:51:41",
"content": "haha tjhooker, and the wheel is just a square with the corners rounded off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "80652",
"author": "Arcade",
"timestamp": "2009-07-07T12:27:07",
"content": "Great pic and video – thanks for sharing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/30/avr-modified-ev-charger/
|
AVR Modified EV Charger
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Gary]’s built some
nice
AVR projects. The most interesting is the charge
controller/monitor
he built for his
EV Porsche
. Each board controls a charger – with one charger per battery. When the system isn’t charging the batteries, it provides real-time data to a VFD display in the dashboard of the 1978 Porsche 924. Hopefully he’ll notice the spike in traffic and will update the charger project
page
.
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{
"comment_id": "26134",
"author": "dok",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T06:24:12",
"content": "Wow, after reading around on his site i realized that i only live 2hrs away. I live in Hoover, Al. I might just have to give him a call, make him update his site, then check out his work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26135",
"author": "dok",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T06:30:18",
"content": "Oh yeah, anybody know whats being watercooled? i notied the hose but cant figure out where its going.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26136",
"author": "austin y.",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T08:31:48",
"content": "I was surprised when i read it too, because I live right in the middle of madison, AL! I’m definitely going to keep an eye out for this car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26137",
"author": "Alex W",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T09:02:55",
"content": "Very cool… Porsche has a c :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26138",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T17:04:04",
"content": "Is using 16 individual chargers, one per battery, really going to extend his battery life by that much? Seems like overkill to me. Maybe he’s trying to maximize the range for this design (30+ miles according to site)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26139",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T22:31:55",
"content": "Seeing all of these electric vehicles is inspiring me to do one my self.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26140",
"author": "Justa Noob",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T23:57:10",
"content": "OK, Will, please clarify the TLA “AVR”. What’s the difference between “Voltage Regulator” and “Automatic Voltage Regulator”? I’m gonna guess that it’s the aspect of managing that battery (group) of batteries, right?BTW, I for one would like to see where Gary stashed the rest of the batteries, aside from the three that are visible in his under-hood photo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26141",
"author": "Madouc",
"timestamp": "2007-05-05T01:49:46",
"content": "@10AVR is a type of microcontroller from Atmel. It doesn’t stand for ‘automatic voltage regulator’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26142",
"author": "Gary Dion",
"timestamp": "2007-05-24T18:12:06",
"content": "Hi all! Thanks for the interest in the project! I was unaware I’d made it into Hack a Day. Sweet! Now it explains the spike in e-mail I’ve received lately! ;) I normally check this site religiously, but have been super busy lately, so I missed it. I’ve been remiss in responding to e-mail (sorry) – I’ll do better. I have been planing an update to my site and now that I see people actually look at it, I’ll make it a priority! Though, I do have some bad news… I no longer have the EV, so don’t look for me on the streets of Madison. I’d like to build another, time permitting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26143",
"author": "Philip Baus",
"timestamp": "2007-05-28T19:26:38",
"content": "GaryIs there any chance you have more information on the charger on the web? (diagrams bill of materials, instructions)? I am currently rebuilding a older EV and the K&W charger is the weak link. This really looks good. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "83838",
"author": "phorce1",
"timestamp": "2009-08-02T18:34:18",
"content": "Does anyone have this mirrored? Building an uber UPS and interested in this design. The built in 120V charger on the UPS is designed to top off 10 series connected 12V 5aH batteries so I suspect it will have a problem when I attach 100aH batteries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/29/sanfordyne-scavenged-am-tube-radio/
|
Sanfordyne – Scavenged AM Tube Radio
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"diy radio",
"DiyRadio"
] |
[H.P. Friedrichs] sent in his
Sanfordyne
project a while back, but It took me a while to appreciate the effort he put in. (Partly because the write up is so long – but thorough) Grab some of your favorite caffeine supplement and take your time reading over the details. Most of the parts were scavenged, and he mechanically etched the pc board with a dremel tool.
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{
"comment_id": "26128",
"author": "sinerasis",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T08:07:41",
"content": "I’m surely not well versed in this kind of technology, but this goes way beyond a hack and is quite simply a work of art. Thanks for the good read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26129",
"author": "n3rrd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T09:08:16",
"content": "I also enjoyed this link. I’m taking an Electronics Engineering course at a Canadian College at the moment, and just finished up a Radio Communications course in the September semester and this contrasts a lot of what was learned quite nicely.By the end of the course, you end up reading about so many advanced techniques and improvements that it seems almost unbelievable that you can make a functioning radio almost entirely through trail and error.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26130",
"author": "chimpoid",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T10:19:07",
"content": "And for the anglophiles amongst us they may be aware that Sanford and Son was the U.S. version of the British classic Steptoe and Son.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26131",
"author": "theedisoneffect",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T19:00:27",
"content": "Rather artfully ghetto I suppose, but pretty much every HAM radio enthusiast over the age of 40 has done something similar.Still, though, it’s nice to see that the old “cuz I can” school of electronics design is alive and well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26132",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T23:01:51",
"content": "sinerasis, i agree 100%! The dial-in-the-fan-vent bit is particularly brilliant :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26133",
"author": "Ron Wagner",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T00:02:43",
"content": "I enjoyed seeing this. Back in the early 70s I was in junior high and into radios. I built several of these, each one more advanced than the previous but all out of junk parts. My last and best was a super regen. It’s enclosure was an old paint thinner can and the tube number I can’t remember (maybe 6SN7)but was two tubes in a single glass enclosure. The second tube gave me audio amplification. It was multi-band by having plug-in coils of different sizes. These coils were wound on old octal tube sockets and plugged into the back. I think the radio is in my parents attic. When I visit them this summer I will try to find that radio and play with it. Thanks for bringing back a memory.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/28/bulletproof-pc-case/
|
Bulletproof PC Case
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
Not our typical fare, but I can’t resist. [RCarter] is building a PC from scratch with a single unique feature – it’s designed to be
bulletproof
. Apparently, when it’s done he’s going to take it out back and teach it a lesson. Right now he’s more concerned with shock-proofing the hardware. Most people do this sort of thing at the end of the PC’s useful life.
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{
"comment_id": "26099",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T14:41:17",
"content": "Hahaha awesome! They should have had these in Goldeneye back on the n64. Well they did at Aztec… Anyways Awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26100",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T16:17:33",
"content": "macs have always been made from bulletproof plastic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26101",
"author": "Americanfreak",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T20:16:55",
"content": "When he first started the thread on our site I was like “Ah, OK just some thinking out loud”, but when the armor plating came out I knew he was serious!It has been a pleasure seeing this system being build and I can’t wait for the video of them shooting the heck out of it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26102",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T20:26:56",
"content": "Well, if someone wanted a 2 ton washing machine sized computer this is the way to go. Not only could you shoot at it and expect it to work afterwards, you could damn near drop a sherman tank on top of it and it would bounce off.If this thing fell down a flight of stairs……it would crush, mangle, and or destroy every step it encountered and when it reached the bottom the staircase would be thrashed. If you hit it with your car doing 75mph youd still have a working computer but also a really messed up car. i am SURE it takes no less than 6 people to carry it or move it or even budge it….um….if you are gonna make a computer into a tank u should maybe put wheels on it.Personally i think making a 2 ton computer is silly—-like making a 2 ton bulletproof candy apple or a 2 ton fishing pole; when all the hard work is done and its the end of the day….NOW what will you do with it?Stub youre toe on it at night, thats what. Big lunky 2 inch thick piece of STEEL ROAD PLATE for a base…..i mean……Why not just make the whole thing out of road plate and then not only is it bullet proof, its also acid rain proof, ocean proof, armor piercing bullet proof, bomb proof, vacuum of space proof and midget proof?? I mean…..where does the madness end?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26103",
"author": "jato",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T20:37:29",
"content": "The plastic used to make a mac may be used in bullet proofing, but I seriously doubt you’d take your mac out and shoot at it and still have a working machine.I’d have to live in a pretty rough neighborhood to want to bullet-proof my pc. I can see some combat situations where an armored machine would be useful, but I think it’s much cheaper to use a client-server topography and have your clients cheap, easily replaced terminal laptops rather than armored, two-ton road blocks. Though it would be something handy to hide behind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26104",
"author": "sackofcatfood",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T21:25:54",
"content": "“I mean…..where does the madness end?”The madness shall never end! NEVER! BUWAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26105",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T21:38:09",
"content": "has anybody else noticed that nothing has been said in that thread since 2006?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26106",
"author": "Toxicbomber",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T22:16:25",
"content": "Madness?THIS….IS…..HACK-A-DAAAAAAAAY!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26107",
"author": "cfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T22:19:54",
"content": "@7….lmao",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26108",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T22:47:16",
"content": "ive shot my alien ware with a 9mm and all it did was dent",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26109",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T23:02:42",
"content": "yes more rubbish from your mindless readers dont no what the worlds coming to in other words another load of shite",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26110",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T23:22:34",
"content": "@10: aw come on this is awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26111",
"author": "Barry",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T00:31:50",
"content": "@9, I thought airsoft was 6 millimeter?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26112",
"author": "requenym",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T02:19:05",
"content": "Not really practical, all the ossolation from the springs will do more damage then one hard hit…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26113",
"author": "Tenn",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T03:53:14",
"content": "@9; then i suggest you take more effective measures to rid the world of that piece of overpriced, stylized trash. nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26114",
"author": "adamb53",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T04:32:21",
"content": "lol, well it doesnt have to be 2 tons to be bullet proof, there is this metal that is pretty light (for metal, its not like 2 pounds) that is bullet proof because it is a magnet and when the bullet is shot it spikes up and the bullet hits it and cant get through..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26115",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T06:01:40",
"content": "@13:Ok, would you rather go on a rollercoaster 15 times, or get hit in a near fatal car accident?sure, it may bounce around, but shouldn’t be hard enough to actually knock anything.Also, considering the weight of the machine, its not going to move much anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26116",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T06:46:56",
"content": "I really don’t get the point here.Beyond the obvious fact that this is a utter waste of time and materials, if you really wanted to build a machine that can withstand serious damage and keep running, this is not the way to do it. Why does he have optical drives and hard drives? Why not use flash media? Why not encase the motherboard in foam (with some creative cooling, obviously).But then, I guess trying to find logic in such a project is equally pointless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26117",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T14:31:26",
"content": "At least he would have plenty of room for more components. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26118",
"author": "R.Carter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T17:01:28",
"content": "Thanks for the comments ya’ll!I’d like to address some of the comments and concerns.Yes, this is silly. That’s the point. How many times have you wanted to shoot your rig for whateve reason? We feel the same way. Now we can.There is no logic involved in this. We are doing it because we can. We have the materials and the tools. That is enough for us.An “utter waste of time and materials?” I think not. Virtually all of the case materials used so far are salvaged from various jobs. We have opticals and harddrives because if we didn’t, we’d be called out for being sissies about this whole thing.The worklog gets updated at least every couple of weeks. In fact, the last of the parts that need to be mounted to the chassis should be in today or tomorrow, so look for an update in the next couple of days. Armor work should be starting before the end of the week.Thanks again!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26119",
"author": "Barry",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T17:52:34",
"content": "You’re probably not going to need to suspend the drives. From the weight, I don’t think the thing is going to move that much. The isolators on the bottom will deaden any shock a bullet will transfer that the armor doesn’t absorb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26120",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T18:19:28",
"content": "This isn’t “unique”.There are common off the shelf systems that have this feature. Look for NEBS Level-3 systems. Intel even makes white-box versions.One of the tests for NEBS Level-3 certification is to take the equipment out into the field an shoot at it. This is to ensure that when some drunk hunters start taking pot-shots at the systems after they’re deployed in the field, the cell tower or whatever they’re controlling continues to function.This is definitely cool though.(What’s the deal with the comment form not allowing perfectly valid ‘+’ characters in the user portion anymore? There are standard regexps for validating e-mail addresses, yet people insist on re-inventing the wheel…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26121",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T04:26:47",
"content": "I agree with some of the others about the springs, with a case that heavy, bullet impacts arent going to really move it, so all the hdd mounts have to do is deaden the shock caused be one sharp jolt, in which case short soft rubber armatures would probly work better. Not to mention, if it does move, as it will durring transport, deppending on the stiffness of the springs, the drives may end up bouncing up and down like crazy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26122",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T05:17:42",
"content": "@#12 i dident use an airsoft i used a pistol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26123",
"author": "requenym",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T05:32:48",
"content": "@14 any hit hard enough to damage the drive the springs really aren’t going to prevent anything, but on what i’d call a softer hit (still a hard hit) the springs will cause more damage then help the situation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26124",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T15:56:15",
"content": "Wow, for a bunch of hacking enthusiasts i’m amazed at the closed-mindedness being displayed here.The guy has been pretty clear about its mission and that it’s done tongue-in-cheek._now_ let’s nuke it from orbit.-or build a cruise-ship out of it …or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26125",
"author": "theedisoneffect",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T22:50:53",
"content": "@6:Absolutely right. I have an old broken G4 tower and tested the theory. M1 Garand at ~50 yards put a hole straight through both sides. Wanted to try a longer distance but I can’t aim worth a damn.But I’ve got a cool case mod now. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26126",
"author": "KNOPPIX",
"timestamp": "2007-05-03T18:21:52",
"content": "macs suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26127",
"author": "Laptop Repair Guy",
"timestamp": "2007-05-04T20:15:39",
"content": "How about a bulletproof laptop? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/27/diy-ac-zone-controls/
|
DIY A/C Zone Controls
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’ve been planning to computerize my A/C once I buy a house. I stumbled across this simple vent mod. A $10 servo was added and controlled with some off the shelf computer servo controllers. Personally, I have visions of doing this along with several 1-wire temperature sensors. Check out the
DIY zoning project
for more ideas along these lines.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26089",
"author": "Abbott",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T08:54:38",
"content": "sweet… a nice cheap air handler",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26090",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T09:31:40",
"content": "This is a great DIY project that has a very useful purpose. I have thought of controlling dampers in a similar way but using light sensors to determine when rooms (other than bedrooms) are vacant at night and closing the dampers to save on heating and cooling costs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26091",
"author": "revdave",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T18:17:00",
"content": "If you convert all your vents to this, you may want to add a spring to your arm to allow for pressure relief in the event you close all your ducts while the blower is running.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26092",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T20:43:29",
"content": "@3 I dont get it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26093",
"author": "Glitch",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T21:16:46",
"content": "@4 A spring on the arm that opens the vent, so if pressure builds up it will push the vent open rather then cause problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26094",
"author": "n0qbh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T02:47:07",
"content": "For automatically operating servos, these two voltage sensing controllers I designed may prove useful.They’re based on the 8 pin PIC12F675 micros and the software is open source.http://www.ringolake.com/pic_proj/servo/servo_weasel/servo_weasel.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26095",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T06:21:08",
"content": "Hey cool and all but if you block the dampers you can create condensation in the vents which creates mold in them. Its ok for a few hours but long uses could be VERY VERY bad for your health. Figured you would wanna know. I do work for a heat and A/C company. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26096",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T10:48:30",
"content": "Hey revdave (#3),I don’t think that would be an issue in a typical residential system. I think there would probably be enough leakage in the system to compensate. And if the system calls for heat or cold at least one damper should be open.It is a concern with large commercial systems though. When I worked in the fire alarm field, air handling shutdowns and damper control was very common for automatic smoke control however many dampers can close almost instantly and some air handlers continue to push lots of air for up to 30 seconds after it is commanded to shutdown, this can definitely lead to duct blowouts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26097",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T19:43:54",
"content": "looking at the project documentation, as part of his DIY Zoning project the software is designed to keep at least 30-40% of the original open area through the entire system. It should be pretty rare that a single damper stays closed 100% of the time with how the system operates.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26098",
"author": "Elbarfo",
"timestamp": "2007-06-02T21:31:01",
"content": "The servo’s are a great idea, but when you get a house, you’ll quickly realize that getting wiring to every vent opening will prove to be very tiresome.It would be much easier to servo-operate the baffles you can put inline to the ductwork than go that route. All your wiring will be soooooo much easier. The baffles will already be there, most likely….Hope to have my house fully automated in the course of he next year. Card access, temperature and humidity control, video systems, voice control, etc. Will be the culmination of many years of preperation. Can’t wait! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2449639",
"author": "george",
"timestamp": "2015-02-22T20:55:24",
"content": "You need to be aware of the implications of reducing. The air volume on an hvac system,if done incorrectly the heat will lockout on high temp,and the act will freeze up,leak water.it’s best done with specifically designed products for zoning.You must disable the compressor /heat when the supply air temp gets to high/lowI would read the sequence of operations for a Honeywell zoning system and mimicking it before jumping .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,884.855334
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/27/how-to-make-your-own-xbox-360-laptop-part-2/
|
How-to: Make Your Own XBox 360 Laptop (Part 2)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
Dammit. I’m not perfect, but I’m annoyed that despite checking for it, I missed it when
part 2
of Ben Heck’s XBox 360 Laptop how-to went up. In this round there’s plenty of parts modding to do. From heat sinks to caps, you’ve got to make them all smaller.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26087",
"author": "Tim Kromphardt",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T22:17:24",
"content": "For all you Ben Heck fans out there he will be attending the Midwest Gaming Classic June 8th and 9th. Hopefully he will be bringing the 360 laptop! I went last year and met Ben and tons of other cool video game moders and hackers, its a great time. If you live in the Milwaukee area be sure to check it out. Check outhttp://www.midwestgamingclassic.comfor more details.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26088",
"author": "Krokar",
"timestamp": "2007-05-14T10:34:48",
"content": "When will part 3 come?I stuck in the work and I have some problems about dooing X360 laptop.I nead part 3!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.02016
|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/26/accessing-the-rpm-sensor-on-a-pc-fan/
|
Accessing The RPM Sensor On A Pc Fan
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"rpm fan",
"RpmFan"
] |
This
one
is almost too simple, but it might come in handy. It turns out that Pabst fans (and probably several others) already have the circuitry for RPM monitoring. Pop it apart allow pcb access and add your own RPM sensor lead to the PC board. Not all fans will have it, but it’s a safe bet that it’ll have an RPM sensor instead of a rotor lock indicator on the common PC board component.
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[
{
"comment_id": "26066",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T08:46:11",
"content": "This is the worst hack I have ever seen on hackaday.Honestly, start showing knitting techniques. Most ATX fans already had a 3rd wire. This tutorial was just adding a 3rd wire. WOW! YOU CAN SOLDER 1 WIRE!and for the pinout: Googled:”ATX fan pinout”,first thing:http://www.interfacebus.com/ATX_Motherboard_Fan_Connector_Pinout.htmlShows the pinout of the ATX fan plug that is on every $5 computer fan out there. And yes, IT HAS SENSOR PIN!!!If he said how to read the RPM of the fan accurately without a PC, that would be nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26067",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T09:36:18",
"content": "do a better hack or shut the fuck up. it’ that simple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26068",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T13:39:11",
"content": "i have never used a fan with out one already in it (except for in the ps2 and my powersupply) i always buy one wiyh a white or yellow wire on it but i use rpm and cooling sensers alot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26069",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T13:56:52",
"content": "Well, that’s useful. That could make a quick-n-dirty rpm sensor for a gyro project I’m thinking of doing, sometime, with some extra hardware connected to the fan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26070",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T17:03:00",
"content": "Hmm, I have a Microcontollers final project coming up. Using the rpm sensor on the fan and a frequency counter on the chip plus the lcd module I got in a kit reciently could make my own wind speed meter. Add a temp probe and send that out. and you have one of those handheld weather stations.This would be killer easy. Pulse counter off the bus clock, a little math to do the conversion, and an output to the lcd screen and I have my project done.Thank you hackaday for saving my grade in the class.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26071",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T17:06:41",
"content": "Hey just out of curiosity I plugged in “rotor lock indicator” into google and __this page__ was the 8th link.http://www.google.com/search?q=rotor+lock+indicator&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-aJust a little tidbit for the day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26072",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T20:55:32",
"content": "I actually just tried doing this the other day with a fan I ripped out of a dead psu. It had only 2 wires, because it didn’t need monitoring in the psu. But, alas it reported 6000 rpm all the time. I might have fried the ic’s while soldering, I suppose.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26073",
"author": "def",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T22:38:39",
"content": "This is a shit hack. I read “add your own rpm sensor” – Err fuck off, he just soldered on a wire. You’ve got to be a retard to bother posting this on the net.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26074",
"author": "m1k30rz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T01:26:47",
"content": "this hack is from 2003 lolz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26075",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T04:12:10",
"content": "I have to say, this is actually the exact type of hack that got me into hack-a-day in the first place. It’s all about unleashing the hidden potential of tech, no matter how simple!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26076",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T07:04:20",
"content": "next you will how to tell us how to “hack a led”. omg we can apply power to these leds and they give light.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26077",
"author": "bking",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T11:01:12",
"content": "honestly this hack is for pussies",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26078",
"author": "heter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T19:17:39",
"content": "from answers.com:hack[very common]1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.this is a quick job that gets RPM monitoring from a fan that didnt originally have the connector for that function.@ werejag – this is not the same as applying power to an LED. and LED is designed to do that from the moment you buy it, the FAN is not, you have to add the connecter yourself. didnt see you complain about and of the other “add a few wires + connector” hacks@ atrain, def, wewjag and bking – got a better hack? submit it or post it in the comments. please don’t just whine about other people’s hacks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26079",
"author": "Shadowslayer",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T22:12:15",
"content": "Come on guys I know we all love the i built the huge complex stuff outta nothing post but this is a legit hack. Did that fan come with the wire No he added it to unlock an unused feature. Sure it was simple but it worked, and now we know that some of these fans we buy with just 2 wires DO have the solder point for the rpm sense wire. This is a useful hack so stop bitching. Even if your one of those guys that built a cellphone outta radioshack parts you still gotta respect this guy for taking the time to look and figure this out. Lets thing before we flame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26080",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T23:21:16",
"content": "@heter – this is hack is on par with my led comment. the fan came with the rpm sensor built in. if he told how to add rpm sensor or how to read that rpm sensor that would be a hack worth reading.the fan was designed to do that from the moment you buy it. the wiring is a non issue.and attacking me because i complain about this is shallow and superficial. i plan to provide a hack soon but its not this add a wire and get on hackaday type.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26081",
"author": "Egonis",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T23:36:08",
"content": "I was hoping this was a way to grab the RPM’s and use it in our own projects or something.Wouldn’t that be handy? Have a relay trigger a powerdown when the RPM’s drop below 1000 or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26082",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T06:01:03",
"content": "@Heter and shadowslayer: Sing it, brothers!@bking: Uh, yeah, well, I work at Initech and I don’t consider myself a pussy, OK?@egonis: well, you could do that actually. Just program a PIC or something to count the pulses coming out of the wire. Multiply the number of pulses-per-second by 60 and you’ve got RPM!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26083",
"author": "heter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T11:47:34",
"content": "@ werejagim not attacking you, im just saying that to get this feature on most fans you have to either open them up or cut a bit of plastic away to get to the solder pad, to solder a lead that wasn’ supposed to be on that model of fani do respect your opinion, i just can’t see how this is like wiring up an LED ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26084",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T06:52:11",
"content": "@heteri suspose your right :/ just dont see how its more complicated than wiring up an led",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26085",
"author": "ScrappyLaptop",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T07:47:44",
"content": "Hey! I just tried to wire up this LED-thing like you said (“omg we can apply power to these leds and they give light.”). It flashed really bright and then popped & now it won’t light up again -WTF?!?!? That’s a crappy hack if it only works 1x…On the other hand, I just today discovered that what I thought was a junk box full of old two-wire fans is actually a junk box half full of old two-wire fans and half full of fans with the potential to be three-wire, rpm monitor fans. That made my day. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26086",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-05-10T06:19:59",
"content": "Hey, the folks at Hackaday were humorous and good natured enough to post my stupid string tether for the game boy micro hack, and that was a piece of string!!They can hang and are open-minded, which is more than I can say for many of you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/13/ham-radio-modding/
|
Ham Radio Modding
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[
"ham radio mods",
"HamRadioMods"
] |
I was pondering our archive and noticed that we’ve never given attention to some of the more interesting amateur radio hacks. I’d say that most of the amateur radios on the market are susceptible to modding. The mods generally result in a wider band of transmission or reception. I used to own an Icom 706MKII – a serious mobile rig that, after
removing a diode
or two, gains an extremely wide transmission band. You can find a range of mods
here
– most are just a quick google away. (The FCC won’t be happy if they find you using an unlicensed device, but there’s an argument for having the capability in case of emergency.)
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[
{
"comment_id": "25919",
"author": "grendelt",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T10:14:57",
"content": "Ah yes, the only “Mars” uncap trick. It’s become trivial to ‘mod’ your radio these days. Especially since so much of the radio is controlled on a chip.I know SOMEONE that has an unlocked 706mkIIg, one diode was all it took. 73",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25920",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T14:10:27",
"content": "ten-four, hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25921",
"author": "ac7fa",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T18:55:36",
"content": "Many hams will claim that amateur radio ops were pioneer hardware hackers. Might be true. It’s a very old hobby.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25922",
"author": "nullset",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T19:19:39",
"content": "Actually if you have an amateur radio license you are explicitly ALLOWED to modify your equipment.You are NOT allowed to modify CB equipment (without a special license, that is)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2393401",
"author": "robin",
"timestamp": "2015-01-31T00:55:00",
"content": "You are all wet you cant do mods to cb radio .if you are a real ham you would know that.",
"parent_id": "25922",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "25923",
"author": "Thijs",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T20:04:39",
"content": "i’ve looked at the picand i can’t see a diode anywhere..there’s just a row of soldering pads, and there seems not to be any diode..am i wrong?Thijs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25924",
"author": "luigi517",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T20:54:23",
"content": "ahh its about time we saw some radio hacks, good job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25925",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T21:15:48",
"content": "#5Look closely and there is an ARROW pointing at the diode.Or, you could just RTFA…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25926",
"author": "scientist",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T21:17:11",
"content": "The diode has been removed…so you wont see itPart of being a Ham is being a pioneer in different radio technologies…PSK32, packet radio in general, ARPS…all sorts of fun stuff. With that territory comes modifying everything you have handy to make it work like you want it to…which inadvertantly leaves you as a hardware hacker ^_^Best 73/s to the other folks out there ^_^-sCi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25927",
"author": "Dogbreath",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T03:58:48",
"content": "I like radio mods and have done a few myself but I am more into CB radio mods,, bit cheaper than the Ham rigs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25928",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T12:17:15",
"content": "This is great, I too have the 706MK2G. It’s a great all use rig. This hack is probably the first I will preform in all the years I’ve been at this site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25929",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T19:45:03",
"content": "One of the reasons i like wireless networking so much is that it combines tinkering with computers and tinkering with RF!73 DE N2NLQ!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25930",
"author": "sigopig",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T19:45:33",
"content": "Whats a good moddable radio to buy? I’ve been in comms with the Canadian Forces for a number of years and always had an interest. I’d like something i can mount in my car as well as run in my computer room. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25931",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T22:44:37",
"content": "I’m a ham operator (KC9JEF) and have done this for one of my radios.I own a (recently bought at hamfest) a handheld Kenwood TH-AT25 that does 2 meter. 2 Meter is the wavelength that corresponds to amateur radio 144-148 MHz. A mod for this one is NOT suggested as it requires retuning the pll’s. Not fun.The next radio I have is another handheld Icom IC-V8. It’s a awesome rugged radio that with the removal of 3 diodes, gives me full frequency Tx (133-174 MHz) and scrambling. The PCB papers give full instructions how to convert this ham radio to a military radio (yes, its what they use).My last is a Yaesu FT-7800 that I use in my car. It’s Tx is 144MHz and 440MHz, but wide receive. I’ve not looked into hacking this one as it was kinda pricy.If anything, ham radio hacking is very cool, and if there really IS an emergency, you can give your handheld to an emergency staff and let them communicate. Even our area is dual 155 MHz and 800MHz with repeaters on each frequency (fire/ambulance/police).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25932",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T15:43:32",
"content": "Question for KC9JEF. The mod you did to your Icom V8 -what type of scrambling does it do? Just simple voice inversion?I use the commercial version of this radio -F3GS which can do scrambling with the addition of one of two modules.Steve Kc2GOGkc2gog@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54387",
"author": "Ian",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T14:58:49",
"content": "I’m also a licensed ham and there’s some incorrect info that’s been posted.It’s not illegal to modify a radio to transmit on frequencies it’s not supposed to transmit on, nor is it illegal to own such a radio. It IS however, illegal to actually transmit on frequencies you don’t have a license for. Which means that “if you have an amateur radio license you are explicitly allowed to modify your equipment” is kind of silly; you don’t need a license at all to own or modify radios, you need a license to transmit, and no class of ham license allows you to transit on non-ham frequencies anyway.The only circumstances in which it would be legal to use a modified ham radio to transmit on non-licensed frequencies (even including MURS or FRS/GMRS frequencies) would be in the case of an actual emergency when there is no other means of communicating. That’s HIGHLY unlikely unless all communications have been wiped out (a la Katrina or some such). Just because there’s an emergency doesn’t mean all the rules go out the window.This also applies to state and federal personnel; it would be illegal for a police officer to use a modified ham radio to communicate with anyone if their own radio is functional, or their cell phone worked, etc. nor could you use such a radio around a police officer if their radio worked. (That’s not to say it would be illegal to use a modified radio to talk to the police or a rescue team or even the military if there was no other way to communicate and life and/or property were at risk; that IS allowed for, as an obvious exception).What’s silly to me is that even using a modified radio to transmit on FRS/GMRS or even MURS frequencies is illegal, since that hardware hasn’t been FCC certified for those frequencies. That’s a pain in the neck. Any licensed ham would know what to do/not to do in a situation like that (like turn down power to 500ma on the FRS-only freqs, etc.)Also, I doubt highly that any US military units use MODIFIED icom hardware; everything they use has an NSN number for procurement purposes, and unless there’s a government supplier that mods the things and resells them with an NSN, that’s not what’s going on. Further, they use a lot of Harris equipment, at least for the HF side of things.Just my two cents, and just common sense stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81058",
"author": "Donna",
"timestamp": "2009-07-10T17:24:50",
"content": "Sometimes it is just great to stop and tell the blog owner that we like their blog.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "104913",
"author": "J Valentine",
"timestamp": "2009-10-31T05:42:00",
"content": "I need help. Have a unlicenced CB operator lives behind me. He transmits right through my house I I can turn the breaker off on my house and I get readings of 900 to 1150 micro watts. My wife has been shocked 4 times. It causes pain.Who can I notify, don’t say the police or FCC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "128433",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2010-03-08T03:08:28",
"content": "Cb operators don not have to be licensed, but they also cannot use amplifiers(sounds like they may be). You should probably contact the FCC and make a complaint, or locate any local Amateur Radio operators and ask for help locating the source (most love a good fox hunt).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168974",
"author": "ham and eggs",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T00:14:51",
"content": "Ham operators break more laws than cb users ive found.They join together to key out people, that is illegal, they dont log these keying out sessions again illegal.There often heard using foul laungage that again is illegal.Add to that the amount of convicted paedphiles using ham radio its disgusting.Im a licenced ham and use to be on the cb, i used illegal channels,illegal power, but now i hunt down illegal users and will even destroy there properties if i find out there home 20.The only fun being a ham is the illegal stuff.Cunts did you no that your call sign is your stations and you cant use your mates rig in his car and use your fuckin call sign.i catch you fuckers doin that i will ram you off the road.Why are there no Sambos on ham bands",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2377743",
"author": "Retired Mustang Officer and Real Spook",
"timestamp": "2015-01-24T18:13:01",
"content": "BS – Working globally and nationally, you sound like those trying to justifying illegal operation. Ham operators as a whole now form the back bone of the US and European emergency comm systems and why-because they have the self-discipline and know-how, excepting the lowering of the no-code standards that allowed you and your kind a free ride as heard on the air from time to time. Any other nation would have clapped down on these CB idiots long ago…a great service but given to the wrong people who cannot self-police themselves as HAMS worldwide do. As a former tech, officer and engineer, sorry but the statements made are not only a lie but betray your character.",
"parent_id": "168974",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "178981",
"author": "doc oct",
"timestamp": "2010-09-08T22:04:46",
"content": "@ham and eggs, yeah… you’re pretty much a hypocrite. I also think you are projecting your own miscreant behavior on the people around you. Lots of time if someone “keys” over you on HF, they are just tuning up and can’t hear you. I like how you say you hunt down illegal users and then illegally destroy their property. Or that you’d “ram” someone off the road for doing something that isn’t even illegal. Your callsign is your own, it’s not attached to your radio. How do you think field day works? Did you even pass your license or did you pay off a VE for your license?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "424794",
"author": "Ham and Eggs",
"timestamp": "2011-07-28T22:19:40",
"content": "Doc oct, you are the hypocrite trying to justify those hams and there keying out sessions and putting it down to them tuning up… its illegal to tune up a rig whilst connected to an antenna.. jesus man where did you pass the test? bet you did not and bet you have not got a clue and if you did you would know how easy it is to get a ticket.. i have had mine for 19 years this august.I have come across bone head ham users pushing out 100 watts fm on channel 19 cb and telling everyone and catch them all the time on 27.555.. Guess what i do when i catch one… 500watt whistle and beam aimed in there direction.I will not tolerate hams using illegal bands frequencies.. what i choose to do it what i choose to do.You bastards really piss off the genuine stick to the rules pros, not the screwdriver monkeys who piss around with there rigs and when tested on a spectrum a.. the things are all over the place transmitting on many frequencies at the same time..It is illegal to modify electrical equipment and if you knew your salt you would bloody well know this, it has to pass stringent safety checks to be passed as legal, once you piss around with it and stretch it beyond its legal limits you are breaking the law",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "475394",
"author": "DRKF",
"timestamp": "2011-10-08T13:10:32",
"content": "Oh dear.I am ex navy telegraphist and licensed HAM in europe.HAM no EGGS tone does appear a bit infantile to me,and if making the license requires a similar amount of brain, as it did over here – then he is unlicensed pirate. I cannot imagine he is actually standing behind his words outside of the virtual reality realm where you can hide behind anonymity.Such a person is almost for sure pirating with someones call.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "589473",
"author": "greitieji kreditai",
"timestamp": "2012-02-26T20:02:25",
"content": "expect the unexpected…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "663885",
"author": "Johan",
"timestamp": "2012-05-30T20:25:37",
"content": "@Ham and EggsI am a Ham from South Africa.I sure wish you would come try destroying someone’s equipment in SA.You’ll get the ass whopping of your life Bru.O and the run u off the road part is hilarious hope you come packing chap“Want die Boer sal jou hard moer”.Please familiarize yourself with the term Silent Key.Jy is nie n Ham se Gat Nie!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3595426",
"author": "Allen N James",
"timestamp": "2017-05-18T15:12:20",
"content": "I have a Kenwood TKM 707 marine SSB radio and tuner. It is restricted to transmitting in specified frequencies, 2,4,6,8,12,14,MHz. I want to make its transmitting ability continuous over the 2-23MHz range. Any info on how this can be done?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6245524",
"author": "Gordon Hamachi",
"timestamp": "2020-05-15T01:04:04",
"content": "I too am looking for information on this modification. There is a rumor that clipping 2 diodes does the trick. Another rumor says the mod involves components D111-D114, but that would be 4 diodes.",
"parent_id": "3595426",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
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}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/12/postal-hacking/
|
Postal Hacking
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"circuit bending",
"circuitbending",
"post office hacks",
"postal",
"PostOfficeHacks",
"r2d2",
"russia",
"steam power",
"steampower"
] |
Apparently our Russian brethren have some issues ordering things online. Their shipping
solution
? A bit of remote social engineering. Thanks to the nature of Russian addresses – that is, the language is pretty easy to recognize – they’ve found that putting down their address in Russia along with a Canadian zip code will usually result in the package being forwarded along thanks to the thoughtful Canadian postal workers. Thanks [Jock]
Social engineering not your thing? OK, well here’s a few extra hacks to chew on. [Sam] thinks you should wrap your electronics
in a condom
to keep em dry. If you’re in NY, you might want to check out the
circuit bending festival
. Oh, and if you’ve had your head in the sand, you might have missed the
steam powered R2D2
.
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{
"comment_id": "25896",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T12:34:00",
"content": "I take it Canadian tax payers pay for the extra postage?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25897",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T13:41:47",
"content": "xD that’s funny, but Canadians don’t have zip codes they have postal codes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25898",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T14:20:08",
"content": "#1:Sadly, yes. And we wonder why our stamp rates are increasing…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25899",
"author": "MoneyOx",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T15:49:01",
"content": "Another good postal Hack. As a Libertarian I especially Hate Socialists disguised as Democrats. So I started signing up to a couple of campaigns of some really pinko types. I donate $1 Dollar and Letters will start POURING in. I think they all trade lists etc. Anyhow once the letters start coming to me from say candidate X. I take the generic Pre-Paid envelopes they usually supply and Clear Tape it to a Brick that I have wrapped to look like a package. When done properly it only takes a few minutes and it looks like a nice package with their address and a Pre Paid stamp. From what I understand they ship these prepaid letters to the recipient and weigh the whole shebang. They then bill the recipient for the weight. The bricks are equal to 1000s of donation letters Plus since they normally get money in them it costs them double. During election season, especially presidential I get tons of these letters. I have a pallet of bricks left over from building my house so I grab a couple and while watching TV I assembly line them. I have wrapped and packed as many as 7 of these babies in just a few minutes. However the Joy it gives me is worth far more. I am now on so many DNC mailing lists that I can send tons yet rarely duplicate the candidate. My version of Power to the people!!!MoneyOx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25900",
"author": "jimbob",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T17:48:34",
"content": "grr I work in the UK postal service and I’ve seen a lot of letters etc with one country’s address and anothers postcode/zip these letters are a pain in the arse and now I know what they are I’ll see to it that this stops in the UK at the very least.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25901",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T21:55:12",
"content": "you know, technically a zip code is still a postal code here too. (in the U.S.)its funny how many people put in their redundant two cents. GG russians.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25902",
"author": "JustJake",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T00:58:53",
"content": "jimbob, you’re kind of a c*nt. Mate, you don’t get paid any less, and you still have to work the same number of hours in the day. I bet you were unpopular in school too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25903",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T03:47:44",
"content": "@ 7(JustJake),Jimbob has a job to do. That means he doesn’t let people get anyway with posting things over long distance for cheap, and he’s probably supposed to stop it, he’s just doing his job, I would do the same.That’s how the world works, if hacking wasn’t being stopped it wouldn’t be fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25904",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T04:37:08",
"content": "In regards to the condom thing, how does the picture come out so clearly? In my experience, even things like sandwich bags much up picture quality pretty bad–and they look MUCH clearer than those prophylactics… Anyone know?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25905",
"author": "conor",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T08:38:33",
"content": "I’m a sound guy, and to keep the wireless mic beltpacks dry (from actor’s sweat…) we use either condoms or plastic ziploc bags. Just thought I’d put my two cents in….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25906",
"author": "Jonathan Eisch",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T09:04:15",
"content": "So, how are any of these “postal hack” things different from theft?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25907",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T13:44:33",
"content": "MoneyOxLibertarian means someone who doesnt want to be called ultra-convervative so they hide under this title pretending they value everyones liberity. yet censor everyone else when they can. who is the true commie here?btw we have been colecting your bricks. so you wont build anymore berlin walls. keep sending them we dont want more walls.as for the hack this is not my cup of tea but seem nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25908",
"author": "MoneyOx",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T16:28:04",
"content": "werejag- Edge-You-Mi-Cate Yourself…… Last time I checked Ultra Conservatives… Are NOT for Gay Marriage, Ending the Prohibition on Drugs, Pro-Choice, The immediate removal of the Patriot Act, Severe Limitations on the executive branch ETC ETC ETC. The funny think about Socialists is that because they always believe that the Government can spend money smarter then the citizen, Libertarians Fiscal policies enrage them so much they put blinders on. It is a shame that in the age of the Internet where information is at your fingertips you would make a patently false statement. especially since 6 keystrokes would disprove it. ( LP.ORG )To keep this topic on topic ( As my first post was ) The good old DNC has invited an RIAA shill to the convention. Don’t get me wrong I have plenty to say about the RNC. However the DNC usually is an easier target as the RNC in most cases is simply the lesser of two evils….Also…. The Berlin Wall was Built by SOCIALISTS… ( THE DDR ) In fact Ulbricht and Honeker Called it the Anti-Facist protection barrier. I mean this with all do respect. BUY A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXTBOOK!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25909",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T16:35:23",
"content": "Yikes.. a simple piece of social engineering is getting a lot of backs up, no? I couldn’t quite tell from the article- is this used to forward offers that should only go to the US and Canada, or to get around american companies that just refuse to ship to Russia? If it’s the former I’m not sure how much I approve, as there’s probably a good reason the offer is limited to the US/canada, but if it’s the latter then it sounds like a great plan.also, the steam r2d2 is delightful. any fans of steampunk vehicles should check out his site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25910",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T16:46:17",
"content": "sorry for double post, but @jakeh: the condom is stretched tightly across the tube protecting the objective so is a very flat film. all it will do to the image is make it a little bit darker/greyer by blocking some of the light. using a sandwich bag, the plastic over the lens probably won’t lie completely flat so will cause nasty refractions at the air/water interface which will mess up the image. if you could find a way to make the sandwich bag lie flat over the lens it could potentially work even better than this hack, but I’m not sure about the pressure resistance of ziploc so I think i’ll stick with the condoms.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25911",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T01:35:52",
"content": "MoneyOxmy point was your socialist coments are that of the far right the rest of your political diatribe yes indead seem progressive.this topic had no place for your polictical diatribe.and most libertainians ive meet are ultra-conservatives hiding under a label that has liberty in ityou could have just mentioned that you sent bricks threw the mail to your hated political party.aka in some generic way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25912",
"author": "Neagle",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T03:00:25",
"content": "It’s not nice to take advantage of an organizations or an individuals kindness. A lot of postal workers take great pride in there job all round the world. I would delete this “hack post.”PS: I am not a postal worker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25913",
"author": "ed",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T16:53:23",
"content": "On one hand, I disapprove of people generating unnecessary additional labor for postal workers of Canada. On the other hand, I feel the blame for the problem should not be placed against Russians using this hack, but on the closed minded and lazy american merchants who refuse to ship products beyond north america.Whenever I sell stuff on the web, I try not to penalize foreigners who want to buy my products. It costs me a whopping 83 cents to ship my product anywhere in the united states, while shipping overseas via airmail costs around $3 or $4. Yes, it’s a little more, but still less than the $6 or $7 S&H fee most vendors charge customers.I read some people claiming that they do not ship to Russia due to unscrupulous Russian crackers who have previously ordered items using stolen credit card numbers. In my opinion, the answer is to either do better credit verification, or if that’s not feasible, require Russians to pay using other (slower) methods such as cash, money order, etc.Completely refusing to ship to them at all is way too harsh punishment.Analogy: If a few people in your state are illegally downloading music files using the Internet, how would you feel if the RIAA had your entire state disconnected from the Internet? In Russia, a few people order items using stolen credit cards, and so merchants completely cut off all shipping to an entire country of people?? sheesh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25914",
"author": "thezeigs",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T17:50:28",
"content": "Moneyox, you’re a dick.As the bumpersticker reads “If you’re not enraged, you’re not paying attention.” The right wingers are the ones who got us into this trouble (Iraq, gas prices, sticking it to poor people come tax day). I dislike the 2 party system as much as the next man, but what you’re doing should be illegal. Moreover, you’re doing it to screw the party that has the least amount of money.Granted, the RIAA is terrible. If anything, you should do your brick thing to them. The Dems have historically fought for justice (e.g. black civil rights movement) and always fight for things that you seem to want (civil rights viz the Patriot act, pro gay marriage, pro drugs, etc.). The Republican party is motivated by the white male top dogs who have all the money in America and want to keep it that way. So that they don’t drown, they want to hold others underwater to keep their heads above.Finally, though Dems (lefties in general) want a bigger government, they do it for bigger social programs: welfare, sheltering the homeless, protecting American worker’s health and safety, protecting the environment. What are the first cuts made when a government is shrunk? Not our Military, which has spent a lot of money only to piss off the rest of the world and thus ensure that we need a huge military to defend ourselves. Half a trillion dollars poured into Iraq to protect a handful of people’s oil interests could have been spent to educate people, to clean our streets of crime, to reduce pollution and develop cleaner technologies.You’re sending bricks. I hope someone smashes you in the face with one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25915",
"author": "kelth",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T20:54:50",
"content": "thezeigs, dont be silly.ignorance is the greatest downfall of man.as for the hack the postal hack is pretty cool though maybe the canadian post should just return the packages labled that way to whoever sent them instead of fowarding them.as for the condom hack, i finally can get…more…use out of the fistfull of condoms that are showered onto people here at my university. It seems everytime there is a firedrill some group is there to shove condoms into our pockets. O.o :-p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25916",
"author": "moneyox",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T07:10:29",
"content": "thezeigs-It looks like I am beating a dead horse here. BUT if it were not for Republicans, There would still be Slaves. The Republican party is the party that freed the slaves. Democrats were PRO-slavery…. Do they hand out history books any more??? The erosion of the Black family is directly due to Socialists government programs (LBJs War on Poverty ). Democrats WANT minorities to be dependent on the Goverment. If you do not beleive me check out the Rate of Single Parnet homes in the black community. It is an epidemic. The erosion of the Black family unit is a direct result of social programs TARGETED to them. It is sad really. You need to read the post I originally reacted to…A person by the name of werejag did not know who built the Berlin wall…. Basic World Civ here…..It is funny how EVERY socialist Govt. Fails…. The only ones who have been able to stave of failure ( and the ones who were able to prolong failure. ) Subsidized their goverment via OIL etc… ( Like Norway the former and the USSR the later )P.S. The War on Poverty and the War on Drugs… TWO Wars that have been lost and need to be ended!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25917",
"author": "moneyox",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T07:12:34",
"content": "thezeigs-I may be a Dick, but I am a Dick who paid attention in History class….If you do not KNOW history you are DOOMED to repeat it!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64142",
"author": "tribarcaf",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T03:18:39",
"content": "medical billing software 1ems medical billingelectronic medical billing companiesmedical billing transcriptionmedical billing software free downloadbilling coding college medical onlinebilling coding from home medicalmedical schedular billing softwarenames of medical billing companiesmedical jobs online for billingmedical billing codersmedical billing software withmedical billing bookcentricity medical billing software",
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},
{
"comment_id": "141039",
"author": "sami",
"timestamp": "2010-05-09T11:33:09",
"content": "salut sami , comment va tu ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.672061
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/11/one-pin-diy-dot-matrix-printer/
|
One Pin Diy Dot Matrix Printer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"diy printer",
"DiyPrinter"
] |
I’m pretty sure that in 1986 all I wanted was a new pair of hi-tops. While I was hoping for new shoes, [Matthias] built
this printer
for his commodore 64 using a ball point pin and a solenoid to form a hybrid plotter/one pin dot matrix. If you’ve got a few minutes, [Matthias] has quite a few interesting hacks on
his site
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25885",
"author": "curious george",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T07:05:12",
"content": "Heh I wonder if this can be adapted to make tatoos on your arm. Done in five minutes!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25886",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T07:12:56",
"content": "sweet updated before midnight. too bad it cant make music",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25887",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T07:45:13",
"content": "Wow, this hack is just insane.The hugely complex DIY involved.Also, I think you meant ball point pen, not pin,but no biggy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25888",
"author": "Ziggit",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T08:04:29",
"content": "I remember coming across this a while back, I’ve always wanted to try it, but haven’t ever gotten to, maybe I can try using a floppy drive instead of the solenoid seeing as they are super abundant",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25889",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T10:45:05",
"content": "Is it really a dot MATRIX printer if there’s only one pin? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25890",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T15:55:52",
"content": "Gotta love Fischertechnik for mechanical prototyping!I wonder if he got his ideas from the Fischertechnik Plotter kit from 1985 (they also offered a simpler version way back in ’77)…http://www.ulrich-mueller.de/plot85.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25891",
"author": "thetable",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T16:36:44",
"content": "The whole site is well worth spending some time at. Dude seriously must have way too much time to create some of the crazy stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25892",
"author": "stillboy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T18:45:14",
"content": "Hey, check out his brother’s site too– he has a pretty good writeup on his build of a cnc pcb router.http://cq.cx/pcb-router.pland this: mechanical pong –http://www.cyberniklas.de/pongmechanik/indexen.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25893",
"author": "Groxx",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T19:07:41",
"content": "@Tom: you can have 1-element matrices, so yeah.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25894",
"author": "drew",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T05:43:02",
"content": "i was going to build something like that once but with a led pencil and then make a text fort that was copied from my hand writing then i could write papers for school and type them with spell check and other stuff like that you should consider trying something like that i would like to see how it turns out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25895",
"author": "austin y,",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T08:47:31",
"content": "what time zone are you in will? because it’s 12:47 am where i’m at and i don’t see the next days hack ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101003",
"author": "Ishkabibble",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T20:24:17",
"content": "Yes, it is. “Matrix” refers to the patterns of dots making up characters. It has nothing to do with pin configuration of the head.If it did, even real matrix printers wouldn’t be considered “matrix” printers, because their pins comprise a single, vertical line, not a grid.Tom said:>Is it really a dot MATRIX printer if there’s only >one pin? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "101005",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2009-10-13T20:42:05",
"content": "Back in the day I had a Silver Reed EXP 400 “Daisy Wheel” printer. I could print flowcharts on it. It did that by using only the “period” to bang out the lines. Of course printing out a 1 page text only resume took 7 min so you can imagine how long it took to print a one page flow chart.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.554436
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/10/mechanical-xeyes/
|
Mechanical Xeyes
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
This
project
, courtesy of [fbz] brings back memories. Xeyes is one of those classic apps – handy for testing out connections and great for screwing with new people who had wide open servers. [Zn000h] built this set of mechanical Xeyes – instead of following a mouse, it samples video and follows the highest contrasting moving object around. (See the description for more on the video filter) The data is passed on via USB to a set of ATTINY controlled servo operated eyes. Just in case the server can’t handle the load, you can find pictures of the setup
here
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25872",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T07:48:35",
"content": "it would be even cooler if they had wheels so they could follow you around",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25873",
"author": "insanikamil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T08:00:40",
"content": "This is one of the cooler things I’ve seen on hackaday in quite a while.I like the fact he’s doing the video processing with mplayer instead of some VB application, I hope he posts the source for his filter soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25874",
"author": "Captin Shmit",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T08:24:19",
"content": "I read the entire article but still can’t seem to understand what you mean by “handy for testing out connections and great for screwing with new people who had wide open servers.” Could someone please clear that up for me?“2. This is one of the cooler things I’ve seen on hackaday in quite a while.” -AGREED!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25875",
"author": "luigi517",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T08:29:07",
"content": "what number three said",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25876",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T09:07:07",
"content": "#3+#4 “handy for testing out connections” he’s referring to the inherent remote nature of xwindows, which is designed from the ground up to run over a network. if you had a remote session and wanted to test the connection, you could load up xeyes and move your mouse around. if the eyes follow the cursor smoothly and with no lag, you have a good connection; if the motion is jerky and takes a while for the eyes to “see” your cursor, the connection is not so great. and of course if someone left their server wide open, you can easily push an app onto their screen. kind of a “hello, you’re owned” deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25877",
"author": "mr. jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T10:06:24",
"content": "Now thats just freaking awesome! Simple, yet testing very high on the cool-ability meter….hacks like this are excellent coated excellence with excellent filling!I knew i had faith in HAD for good reason…..thanks Will! keep it up, bud.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25878",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T20:23:22",
"content": "I’d love to see a video of the creator running in front of his xeyes with a cardboard mouse pointer in hands ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25879",
"author": "shogun",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T21:57:27",
"content": "Agreed- is a really sweet hack. I never knew about Xeyes though until now…Forgive my novice understanding, but would it be possible to add a third eye for triangulation purposes? I’m thinking, use this setup to control 3 devices, such as lasers instead of eyes, to triangulate a moving object in real time somehow using movement vectors. Does anyone think this could be done somehow, by combining movement vectors with distance vectors, ie: something moving closer or farther from the sight camera?Just the ramblings of a madman, maybe…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25880",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T22:52:55",
"content": "funny how i always hated xeyes. This is cool, imagine being some guy walking down the street and noticing that the eyes were following you, it could freak you out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25881",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T23:42:40",
"content": ">The eyes are not used for any kind of input at all. They are just rotating cardboard pieces used as output. For input he uses a camera, i.e. 2D input. To get 3d information you’d have to either use a distance sensor (e.g. the ever popular laser scanners) or guesstimate distance based on size of the object in the camera image and a reference size.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25882",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T20:33:01",
"content": "Wait, is Xeyes really from windows? I thought it was originally on Linux…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25883",
"author": "shill",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T03:18:09",
"content": "He said X Windows (X Window System), not MS Windows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25884",
"author": "coldironhands",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T20:08:51",
"content": "[. Xeyes is an old x windows application that drew a pair of eyes that followed your mouse around. See the wikipedia article.]Not just xwindows had or has xeyes. FVWM has it aswell, which i use alot on my SuSE 9.2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.421195
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/09/fonera-ram-upgrade/
|
Fonera Ram Upgrade
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[
"fonera",
"lafonera",
"ram upgrade",
"RamUpgrade"
] |
[buggs187] thought of
this
when he saw the
dual antenna lafonera mod
. [Goldserv] picked up a SODIMM off ebay with the right chips and used a SMD removal kit to swap out the 16MB SMD memory chip. After some software patching, he managed to get the full 32MB recognized.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25861",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T06:59:03",
"content": "This is pretty cool. I just flashed the dd-wrt firmware to my own la fonera router. Just one question, what is the benefit of doing this besides the geeky bragging rights?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25862",
"author": "Spyingwind",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T07:13:50",
"content": "Nice GoldServe! I’ve got two here at my house.(both bricked ;p)More space, more packages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25863",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T07:15:22",
"content": "This is impressive. I’ve lad luck in the past with removing ICs like this using a hotplate. I didn’t check to see if the ICs were still good afterwards, though.I’ve thought about doing something like this to make higher density RAM SIMMs for laptops (some of which are very hard to get now…) but dismissed it as unlikely to work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25864",
"author": "jme",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T08:26:52",
"content": "what is the advantage of this hack? what is the memory used for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25865",
"author": "Jozer",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T10:33:28",
"content": "Whats the point of adding more RAM to a La Fonera? I already run DD-WRT v24 on this thing and it still has free RAM left over. Plus, the real performance limitation for these things is the glacially slow flash memory chips. I swear to god they are using tidal forces as the clock for that flash memory.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25866",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T16:25:11",
"content": "well since i never got the email for my post last night ill redo it.this is one of the sweetest hacks ive seen here in a long time. and im wounder if you can add even more ram or do the to a wrt54g",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25867",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T18:46:29",
"content": "That some nice solder work too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25868",
"author": "GS",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T20:11:06",
"content": "Thanks for the comments. I run proxy, irssi, screen, and samba so I can use all the ram I can get my hands on. Maybe when the MMC card mod is done, we can boot off of that for quick access =p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25869",
"author": "Chris Davis",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T20:56:25",
"content": "That’s great! I grabbed one of the Fon routers on a free promo and free shipping and flashed it with the dd-wrt firmware. Anyone know how to add SD/MMC support? I would love to add that to such a portable device!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25870",
"author": "cheapstyle",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T13:34:22",
"content": "@5 check this outhttp://www.neophob.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/54-WRT54G-RAM-Upgrade.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25871",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T14:39:54",
"content": "is it still possible to get these free?i want 1 :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.471105
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/08/rs-232-usb-madness/
|
RS-232 USB Madness
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"adapter",
"rs-232",
"tiny soldering",
"TinySoldering",
"usb"
] |
If you’ve been amused by the lengths people go through to speak to a serial device these days. [timmeh] just
took the cake
. He build his own frikkin’ tiny RS-232 to USB interface with the diminutive
SIL CP2101
. The package on it is QFN-28 (If PLCC is Darth Vader, QFN-28 is his mean little brother.) That said, if you prefer to work with stuff that talks TTL or RS-232, this could be a handy add-on to pop a USB port on your project. (Oh, look, they have
samples
…) Sure, we’ve beaten the serial connections to death, but they’re so handy we just can’t resist. It may be a decent way to add a serial port to your laptop. (Picture this: dell’s bluetooth cards are usb devices – you could add one of these without even voiding your warranty.)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25846",
"author": "Tobias",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T08:19:24",
"content": "I’d say that your better off by using a FT232R from FTDI (http://ftdichip.com/Products/FT232R.htm). It comes in a much more handy SOIC package which can be soldered more easily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25847",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T09:36:38",
"content": "I’ve personally used the heat gun method to re-reflow boards which had become unstable, and htese were not low-pin-count devices either (256-ball MAPBGA, 90-ball VBGA and 64-pin EasyBGA parts) — I found the trick was to use a non-contact thermometer and aim it at the part you wanted to reflow, warm up the entire board and then center in on the part. I brought the surface temp up to about 230-250 degrees C and it seems to work very well. None of the 0603 parts or larger tantalum or electrolytic caps on the other side fell off, either, which was a bonus. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25848",
"author": "fieryluyngs",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T10:45:01",
"content": "That’s all well and good, now when is somebody going to make something like that for my older midi gear?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25849",
"author": "meme",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T13:45:29",
"content": "Well, fieryluyngs, “somebody” already did:http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp_usb.htmlAnd if you didn’t know it already, Thorsten Kloose’s site is great anyways!Cheers everybody.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25850",
"author": "Pierre-Luc Bacon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T17:02:00",
"content": "I’ve been using ft232 for the same purpose to add a console port on a Slug:http://pierreluc.aqra.ca/images/slug/00001.jpgOne could use it with no special tool for soldering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25851",
"author": "nak",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T17:56:22",
"content": "Madness?...THIS IS SPARTA!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25852",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T19:25:45",
"content": "hmm, I wonder if this method could be used on freescale’s accelerometers withough damadging them? what do you guys think?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25853",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T20:09:57",
"content": "Lol you should have warned me… It’ll cost $12 to get that site back up…but instead how about thishttps://muss.cis.mcmaster.ca/~bernast/index.htmlshoulda used imageshack in the first place",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25854",
"author": "Juan Cubillo",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T20:10:54",
"content": "Site is down due to “Account over bandwidth”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25855",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T21:38:56",
"content": "this is more like it nice hack keep up the good work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25856",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T23:48:16",
"content": "Google’s Cache grabbed it before the site’s bandwidth maxed out.http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:Z3xLoVzS168J:www.timmeh.bravehost.com/+http://www.timmeh.bravehost.com/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=usSerial ports rock. You can do _anything_ with them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25857",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T00:59:41",
"content": "i think a requirement to posting a hack is not to use the so called free hosting sites. or hack a day should host the images",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25858",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T04:04:22",
"content": "instead of the cache which has no images, just go to where I rehosted the whole site.http://muss.cis.mcmaster.ca/~bernast/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25859",
"author": "emulator",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T00:35:35",
"content": "The new host works great – thank you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25860",
"author": "Ipsylon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T00:14:02",
"content": "Very nice IC – I just requested samples.Earlier I was using FT232BM but it is much more intergrated circuit (CP2101). In FT232BM projects it was need to use external oscillator and here if you request professional pcb boards you could put everything on USB plug :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.720215
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/07/g-force-logger-wvideo-sync/
|
G-force Logger W/video Sync
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Marcus] sent in his rather interesting
g-force logger
. He’s posted most of the bits, but hasn’t quite released all the info you’d need to build your own. The most interesting part is the video camera time sync. He used a SD development board for the data logging along with an accelerometer to produce the data. The latest version features selectable internal and external sensors and decent size reduction. I’d like to see something like this combined with a high sensitivity GPS sensor to record skydiving or hangliding.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25838",
"author": "Garrett",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T07:53:25",
"content": "i’ve always wanted to slip one of these into my luggage before an airplane trip, just to see how much abuse my suitcase gets. once i bought a $300 samsonite suitcase, the next week i took my first trip with it and they’d managed to destroy two of the zippers and wrench off one wheel bracket. it was only an 800 mile trip, and i happen to know my suitcase was the only one on the plane, and it took 1.5 hours to get from the plane to baggage claim…never fly delta into atlanta (which is the same as saying “never fly delta”).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25839",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T10:34:51",
"content": "@garrett:I assume it will continue recording while the airline says “Hey, Xray, FTW!” (translated into ‘wtf is that thing? must be a bomb. lets roll out bomb squad and blow it up, all while delaying the plane for 3 hours.’)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25840",
"author": "Freiheit",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T23:44:49",
"content": "garrett –http://www.shockwatch.com/shipping_handling_monitors/impact_indicator/index.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25841",
"author": "dax",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T01:11:16",
"content": "Attaching a g-force logger to a skydiver would yield pretty boring results..it would increase for a while (ascending in a plane), then decrease to 0 and stay there for a few minutes ;)We played around with these in high school physics at an amusement park with various rides/coaster. Much more exciting results (we didn’t have 3d sensors, but just the same..)As was said above, attaching to luggage would be pretty exciting too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25842",
"author": "rgbphil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T14:10:25",
"content": "Darn…beaten to post. Been working on something like this myself. The ironic thing he’s using the same housing and done a nicer job of it (I like the alpha display at the front!).My design has a PIC18F4550 with an ADXL330 (as using in the wiiremote). Note the QFN package of the ADXL330 was soldered direct to the board….no daughter boards except for the display (an uLCD Mk1..128×128 colour unit from 4d systems).The video below:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9menwHgiyMshows me shaking it in three dimensions and switching between the three ADXL330 channels to show the results. X is up/down, Y is left/right, Z is back/forth.Still to do is to add 64kb flash ram (chips only, no SD), USB i/f and a LiOn charger based on the MCP73863 chip charging off USB. Hope to use a phone battery under the board instead of the AAA cells.Phil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25843",
"author": "4r4k4w4",
"timestamp": "2007-04-11T13:16:38",
"content": "If it is a true g-force meter, instead of an accelerometer, it should display the g-force increasing as you sky-dive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25844",
"author": "John deVries",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T07:52:42",
"content": "I don’t know if it is a particular change in the construction of rebar-reinforced concrete floor buildings, but the two sites I’ve been at lend to a rather unpleasant feeling whenever anyone walks by. The person in the cubicle next to mine is approximately twice my volume which makes that person something on the order of 340 pounds (English); this person gets up and walks around nearly every five minutes; never longer than a “rest” of fifteen minutes. It has gone far from being merely a distraction from doing my work to being a genuine pain in the… well, I reckon you can guess. I’ve recently bought a 3-axis accelerometer which I’ll hook up to something in my pile of stuff and start recording Real Soon Now. If I could get it -truly- calibrated, I think I’d take the data to the building engineer; it would be fun/useful if it was synchronized with a video camera to show who is creating the greatest bouncing. At the very least, perhaps I can move to a different cubicle (very weak grin).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25845",
"author": "jaco",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T20:04:48",
"content": "the most interesting part of the skydive to measure wouldn’t be the freefall, which would be a very short period of zero g after exiting the plane until terminal velocity is reached (after about 5 seconds). It would be the opening force of the parachute, and the parachute landing itself. If you think a parachute ride is boring search online for “pd factory team” to see for yourself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.51192
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/25/my-motors-finally-came-extra/
|
My Motors Finally Came Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’ll be hiding out in my workshop tonight, so I figured I’d give you guys a little extra today.
[Ashish] added a servo to his laserpointer/webcam range finder to give his
microbric robot
the ability to navigate before moving.
[Fredrick] got really motivated,
built his own
apple I clone and programmed it to play life.
[natetrue] built a sweet
wireless motion sensor
. [via
hacknmod
]
[sprite_tm] made a
mechanical
web page hit counter.
Some people, like [Nuri], really
enjoy pain
.
Finally, [chad]’s got a different idea on
alternative
uses for the Wiimote.
| 4
| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26062",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T01:27:49",
"content": "please, I beg of you, don’t abuse the sample process like that. It is because of you little turds that most companies don’t sample any more, or charge for samples. If you need to sample a single part, even 2, ok but if you need more than that man up and buy them.In any case, I like the wiimote bluetooth adapter! Does anyone know if it is possible to send data back out from the computer to a peripheral?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26063",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T04:25:52",
"content": "i am working on a homebrew computer using the 8086 that i plan on having play tetris. i will submit it when i am done with it (soon hopefully.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26064",
"author": "Gilberto",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T06:03:51",
"content": "Hi, I love your website, very nice stuff.I was reading your extra, but I couldn´t find the project about that nice led display array. ( shown in the image).Could you please let me know where is at?thanks in advance,Gilberto",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26065",
"author": "Lambda_drive",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T08:46:02",
"content": "@2http://www.brielcomputers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=212",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.765599
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/24/human-electric-trike-project/
|
Human Electric Trike Project
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[
"diy electric bike",
"DiyElectricBike",
"human electric bike",
"HumanElectricBike",
"recumbent"
] |
While I’m
waiting
for my last stepper motor, I’ve been pondering my
electric motorcycle build
. While eyeballing batteries, I ran across a really impressive
human/electric recumbent bike
project. [Bob Dold] built this for his M.S.M.E. Thesis project. The frame was built from bonded aluminum. The flat parts were cut via waterjet service, and the rest were machined by the college’s machine shop. The 1000w motor (and controller) came from a Schwinn X1000 electric scooter. Looks like a four link suspension (plus steering and shock linkages). Interestingly, he’s using some USB data loggers for voltage and current(with a shunt) and combining it with GPS data to track real world performance.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26055",
"author": "UKtheBUNNY",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T20:22:01",
"content": "With an average range of 20 miles it dosen’t really seem worth it. I drive on an average of 30 miles to work so unless I found an outside outlet on the building I couldn’t pull it off. But on the same note I would love to build one and use it around town.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26056",
"author": "fredamerican",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T21:54:47",
"content": "I couldn’t find out how much the trike weighs. Does anyone know? I noticed the use of aluminum, but were other weight saving methods sought or used? Great project!!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26057",
"author": "phatoni",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T22:09:28",
"content": "Some years (maybe 10 or so) ago I had the chance to ride a thing like this. It was made out of wheel chair parts, a gearbox from a motor cycle, truck batteries and as motor a starter from a diesel locomotive was used. It had very nice acceleration. I don’t know the range it had, but I’m sure range was not the first thing the designer had in mind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26058",
"author": "farthead",
"timestamp": "2007-04-25T15:33:56",
"content": "It is lacking any details so you can build your own.so here everyone goes.http://www.ihpva.org/com/PracticalInnovations/actual plans and instructions to build on (not electric, you can add that easily on your own) instead of only looking at pictures.if a “hack” does not have detailed plans and instructions, it’s not a hack, but a simple “lookie what I did, give me some props!”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26059",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-04-25T17:10:21",
"content": "farthead, if you want easy to follow step-by-step instructions then go tohttp://www.instructables.com. it doesn’t say anywhere that everything featured on hackaday has to involve instructions on how to build your own, and i’m guessing that someone with access to the design software, machine shop and mech. eng. expertise required to build one of these would probably rather take some inspiration from the design and design their own than follow a set of plans to the letter.I love the design of this trike but it seems a little overengineered to reach mass market or amateur bike builders- apart from the thunderbolt linked above does anyone know of a simpler design that could be easily converted to electric/human power?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2748897",
"author": "aaron mcdaniel",
"timestamp": "2015-10-11T08:21:12",
"content": "i think ‘“proof of concept ” works here.",
"parent_id": "26059",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "26060",
"author": "sergua1",
"timestamp": "2007-04-27T22:51:45",
"content": "In our cite i have see something like this “car”. Boys from my garden construct car from whatever they could find. It use benzin to go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26061",
"author": "Harry",
"timestamp": "2007-11-21T19:09:56",
"content": "New Motor Technology–Coreless Motor/ Ironless Motor For Trike",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3531494",
"author": "Walter",
"timestamp": "2017-04-18T15:42:58",
"content": "On a first glance, it is an interesting project. Impressive!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.809795
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/23/capacitive-dance-pad/
|
Capacitive Dance Pad
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"dance dance revolution",
"DanceDanceRevolution",
"ddr pad",
"DdrPad"
] |
One of the ideas that’s been floating around my How-To bin for a couple of years is an under carpet zone switch dance pad. [sprite_tm]
beat me
to it in late 2006, and did it even better. He was using a QT160 chip – a nifty six channel capacitive touch sensor to make touch switches. Instead, he used an Atmel to duplicate the technology. He was able to place foil panels below his carpet. Step on one and it acts like you just closed a switch. The QT160 is now available, but the atmel he used is actually cheaper.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26050",
"author": "chupa",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T20:26:55",
"content": "Hes got a lota other neat things on his website. The electronic stamp is pretty cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26051",
"author": "Thijs",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T22:24:03",
"content": "You mean this hack :phttp://www.hackaday.com/2006/10/08/inker-the-hand-inkjet/He’s a dutch student /w lots of great hacks..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26052",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T22:57:22",
"content": "For the people who already downloaded the firmware: I just found a newer version of the software on my HD, which enables the use of even cheaper and less parts. Check page 3 of the article for more info.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26053",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T23:08:32",
"content": "oh that e-stamp is purty leet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26054",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T02:45:11",
"content": "I tried to duplicate this for an art installation using a PICAXE but they’re just not fast enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120450",
"author": "Althea Schrantz",
"timestamp": "2010-01-28T19:31:02",
"content": "My very own past seems so ancient. It��s arduous to believe that my Grandma was born into a house without indoor plumbing or electricity and her family was wealthy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,885.934956
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/22/brute-forcing-vm-pin-codes/
|
Brute Forcing VM Pin Codes
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"vm pin dialer",
"VmPinDialer"
] |
er, [-] sent in
this
little project. War-dialing is classic. The Scanit is designed for VM wardialing from a cell phone. The interface is a simple sound card to cell phone device made from a cheap car kit.. A laptop does the rest of the work. Apparently the nokia they used responds to sound based send/end commands. (DTMF is easy) I’d like to see a schematic and some source code, but nothing in the project is too terribly difficult.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26041",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T09:05:45",
"content": "Heh heh…..my ex wife is about to HATE that i have this hack! good job hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26042",
"author": "random guy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T10:15:09",
"content": "looks nice, but nokia’s 5110 does not have ir or modem. i think they meant 6110, it has same size and age. but anyway, the cell phone can be controlled via ir (call, hang up, etc. at-commands) and you’ll get sound input&output from phone’s pins (xmic & xear):http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=pinconcel_nokia_5110_6110",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26043",
"author": "Captin Shmit",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T12:53:24",
"content": "Wouldn’t this be a whole lot easier with Skype?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26044",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T16:22:54",
"content": "Ah – okay. VM == voicemail. So many abbreviations are overloaded these days that people really need to clarify them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26045",
"author": "Colin C",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T17:00:57",
"content": "Yea, one problem though. 3,334 phone calls over 8 hours is gonna cost a huge amount of money…Nobody think of that?_C",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26046",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T18:00:45",
"content": "If you’re on the same carrier as the voicemail system, the calls to the VM are free.Or, wait until the evening. Most plans have “free nights and weekends”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26047",
"author": "lonasindi",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T18:19:53",
"content": "how likely is it that the phone company will notice this very suspicious activity?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26048",
"author": "js",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T00:21:34",
"content": "The major US carriers do some data mining to look for fraud, but none of them do it very well or in real time. The switches that might notice this kind of attack as it is occuring are generally not configured or able (depending on how old the switch is, model, etc) to see that kind of activity, so it is done after the fact from the billing database.If it were me, I’d assume that eventually the activity will be spotted and the PIN changed (even eve/weekend minutes are detailed in the bill, just not charged). But if you just want existing VMs or want access for a few days and don’t mind leaving a footprint, there you go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26049",
"author": "abb",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T12:17:30",
"content": "Right, it was Nokia 7110, not 5110.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.425831
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/21/adding-usb-to-a-cheap-linux-router/
|
Adding USB To A Cheap Linux Router
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"diy usb interface",
"DiyUsbInterface",
"usb",
"usb print server",
"UsbPrintServer"
] |
[sprite_tm] usually sends this stuff in, but I discovered that he took some time to
hack
on a Sweex router. The CPU happens to have an on-board usb host controller, so he added a few components. Now the router can support memory sticks, or possibly become a USB print server. (I can’t say for sure since I haven’t checked out the software myself)
Update: the project was linked in a comment a while back, but we never gave it the attention it deserved. Enjoy.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26033",
"author": "conor",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T07:19:12",
"content": "Is it just me, or was the original name of this post something to do with pcie x16? Anyway, seems like a cool hack with plenty of potential.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26034",
"author": "Terry",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T12:25:53",
"content": "Pretty cool. I’d really like to see a USB or SDIO port added to the La Fonera router. Those things are really cheap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26035",
"author": "mrngm",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T13:05:08",
"content": "he built this like ages ago. i thought this was on h.a.d. a few centuries ago",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26036",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T16:47:59",
"content": "It’s kinda old indeed. I haven’t quite kept up with the Sweex hacking scene, so I’m afraid all the material on the site is as-is, and I can’t answer too many questions on it anymore. Last time I checked, the Sweex still had a vivid hacking scene, though, so you should be able to dig up more info with a coupla Google queries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26037",
"author": "Rob Ristroph",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T20:21:56",
"content": "Does anyone know if these routers are available in the United States, and how much they cost ? Perhaps they are sold here under a different brand name.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26038",
"author": "FrameShift",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T03:39:15",
"content": "yeah, looks kinda old but adds a lot of potential. Conor was correct in that the original title had something to do with pcie x16.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26039",
"author": "amd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T20:09:41",
"content": "what a mess! Why would you fly the oscillator in the air when there are holes there for it already? I can understand the 7805 since it would be a PITA to figure out what switcher they used, but the rest is ugly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26040",
"author": "onlysix",
"timestamp": "2007-04-25T17:50:28",
"content": "The oscillator had to float; the locations he solders it at are not routed on the board the same way. I agree that it could be cleaner. A daughter board would be nice looking, but great job all the same.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.468514
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/20/sicksack-atmega-servo-snake-robot/
|
SickSack: ATMega Servo Snake Robot
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"atmega",
"buck converter",
"BuckConverter",
"sicksack",
"slither",
"snake robot",
"SnakeRobot"
] |
[Lars] sent in this sweet
snake robot
that he and [Aske] built for the
DTU Robocup
. I’ve seen snake bots before, but I like the concept and the clean electronic design. They used a single AtMega32 controller to generate PWM signals for each of the eight servos, and used a very interesting
DC-DC buck converter
that’s capable of delivering 16 amps.
For the curious, the bot won the best design and effects award at the competition.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26019",
"author": "cfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T20:15:07",
"content": "I was surprised as to how smooth and efficient the motion seemed. Well done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26020",
"author": "Derek",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T21:39:18",
"content": "WOW! Very impressive. Elegant – Using a snaking motion to move forward, with passive wheels. The code must have been interesting! A bit like trying to emulate natures’ design. I wonder how efficient this is compared to using motor-driven wheels.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26021",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T00:00:44",
"content": "where did you find a video?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26022",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T05:07:11",
"content": "Oh holy crap that was so awesome. Seriously.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26023",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T05:45:50",
"content": "same here #2, I always envisioned snake bots as being pretty clunky, though I’d still like to see one move a little faster.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26024",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T05:54:11",
"content": "I was just thinking, why doesn’t anyone ever create these things to be daisychainable, it’d be pretty easy to either run all links on one addressed data line, with cheap slaves on each link generating the servo pulses, or better yet, having the links pass possition data down the line from one to another through discrete connections. you gotta admit, it’d be cool to be able to just snap on additional vertibre.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26025",
"author": "ohiosurfer",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T06:23:06",
"content": "video here:http://pontoppidan.info/lars/index.php?proj=sicksack&page=1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26026",
"author": "Aleksander Toppe",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T14:25:27",
"content": "Well deserving best design and effects award :)Of the two robots that caught my attention the most down there was this snake-bot and “Tumlingen” an inverse pendulum design that actually managed to complete the whole course including going up and down slopes.Btw, better luck next time with the slopes lars and aske :)Best regards, Aleksander Toppe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26027",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2007-04-22T03:55:15",
"content": "I believe the term you are looking for is either “Open Servo” (http://www.openservo.com) or maybe Dynamixel (http://www.robotis.com/html/sub.php?sub=2&menu=2)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26028",
"author": "Bjørn",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T00:44:26",
"content": "Hey LarsI just think’d that the winners of RoboCup’07 (RoseBot) also should say some :DVery nice and interesting design for the robot, I must say and wauw! The things you guys managed to make with your software over the last night was awesome !!!Best regards Bjørn Smith",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26029",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T21:36:44",
"content": "This is tight!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26030",
"author": "aske",
"timestamp": "2007-04-25T11:29:15",
"content": "Hey AllThanks for the comments!As Bjørn (#10) points out we were quite busy during the last night getting the line following software to work. Checkout the videos from the qualification round here:http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dvaskeNot nearly as good as the final runs! ;)#9 thanks for the links – looks very interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26031",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2007-04-29T06:19:37",
"content": "Cool snake robot! The design is very similar to one I made a few years ago, the site is athttp://arctangent.8k.com/snake/snakemain.htmLars either has reinvented my design independently, or implemented mine very well… in either case it is a very cool robot.Congrats on your award at the competition.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26032",
"author": "aske",
"timestamp": "2007-05-02T10:28:52",
"content": "Hey MarkActually we had not seen your snake robot until you posted the link above, but i must say they are very much alike.Next step for SickSack is getting up that ramp!/aske",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.527386
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/19/from-nes-console-to-dedicated-arcade-emulator/
|
From NES Console To Dedicated Arcade Emulator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[
"arcade recreation",
"ArcadeRecreation",
"nes",
"rom loading",
"RomLoading"
] |
[Jesse] sent in
this
one. [
Raphaël] decided to take NES practice to a new level by dedicating a NES console to run the arcade version full time. This is more than merely a ROM loading exercise, there are several differences between the NES and it’s dedicated arcade sibling, the Unisys VS. Memory was upgrade, several io pins are tapped and brought out for manual access via the newly added controls up front. At the very least, it’s a nice exercise in schematic reading. Given the mods and a few arcade accessories, you could reconstruct your own fully functional arcade machine.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "26015",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T05:51:00",
"content": "obviously a labor of lovereally nice work, and well documented too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26016",
"author": "cfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T06:43:23",
"content": "Damn, I’m impressed. Nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26017",
"author": "Tuck",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T19:45:01",
"content": "Pretty cool! Might go pull the NES out of storage. While looking up some of this info, I ran across a few articles, all pointing to the same dead link, about a Mac Mini install into a NES case. Thought it was worth mention as I haven’t seen it covered here. Google it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26018",
"author": "Mantari Damacy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T22:27:15",
"content": "I had a Nintendo Playchoice 10 arcade game. It was an interesting substitute for a NES console. But the ‘cartridges’ (ROMs in SIMM or DIMM form, one) were expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.319245
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/06/divx-player-wap-wireless-media-player/
|
Divx Player + WAP = Wireless Media Player
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jkx] sent in this great
little hack
. He slapped Openwrt onto a Netgear WGT634U (wireless router with USB) and used it to play host to a hard drive based divx playing Dvico 3100. Now he can update his player via his wireless network without having to drag the player back to a host pc for updates. The cost of the two is still less than an apple TV, and it’s a deal if you’ve already got one of the devices.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25827",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T09:32:44",
"content": "nice use of off the shelf componets",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25828",
"author": "HCK7H60VRMN7",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T12:47:08",
"content": "really nice, i will try it :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25829",
"author": "H4x0rX7",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T13:34:23",
"content": "Nice hack,i love the WGT634U its really ez to add the “pringles antenna” to it and it works great ;}",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25830",
"author": "HCK7H60VRMN7",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T15:29:51",
"content": "crap. looks like something is wrong with my media player. I can’t find the problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25831",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T22:52:54",
"content": "It’s too bad the WGT634U’s are not being manufactured anymore. Are there any similarly priced alternatives (i.e. with USB port)? linksys NSLU2 seems a bit more expensive, but it could work. In the mean time I suppose ebay is good enough for finding these routers in the $40-50 range.If you get a USB audio adapter ($5 on ebay) you can turn the router into a wireless jukebox. I did this and it works really well. I stole the concept fromhttp://devices.natetrue.com/musicap/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25832",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T23:54:00",
"content": "A nice project, and definitely very clever, but it is one of those hacks that sort of leaves me with mixed feelings.If he had gotten a used Xbox and installed XBMC, coupled that with a Ethernet Bridge or so called “wireless game adapter” (or hell, even the official WiFi adapter for the Xbox), he could have had a networked media player that would not only be much more capable (like being able to stream content rather than FTP’ing the movie to an internal HDD every time) but also cheaper.This sort of reminds me of the “Industrial strength dance pad” that was put up last year. Yeah, it is impressive that he put it all together by himself, but at the end of the day he spent a lot of time and money doing something that could have been done easier, cheaper, and most importantly, better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25833",
"author": "esk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T00:30:29",
"content": "tj if you read the article you will notice that he received the divx player as a gift. It may be possible to return it for money but that is unlikely, usually its for store credit or an exchange like he said.Often when hacking you have to deal with what you have, not what you can buy that would be ideal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25834",
"author": "Jkx",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T23:49:30",
"content": "Esk has true. This was a gift and I need to tweak it to meet my needs. That’s the issue.I don’t care, if Apple TV, or a xBox will be better or cheaper.To finish, I’m really proud to be on Hackaday headlines. Readers and Writers are great here (not the same stupid comments found on Engadget for this article)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25835",
"author": "Tom61",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T01:46:01",
"content": "Engadget commenters tend to view everything as a product that has been put out by a company for them to consider buying, even when it is clearly not. Too often it is clear that the the poster of a news item didn’t read more than the title and look at the pictures of a web page.If I ever publish a hack that might make it on Engadget, I’ll likely put Javascript in place that checks the referring website. If it is found to be Engadget it’ll either kick them to Hack-A-Day, or pop up a page explianing what the hack is and isn’t(I’m leaning towards the first, as I don’t think the ‘it’s a product’ commenters would read the disclaimer).My WGT634U was pressed into service as my primary router when the other router I had kept reseting everytime an appliance came on, so I haven’t gotten around to hacking mine yet. I should pick up another cheap Netgear and replace it, but I want one I can flash to OpenWRT if I wanted to, which is hard to find around town for cheap.As far as alternatives for WGT634Us go, I’m thinking a wireless print server would be good, pending a software hacker puts Linux on it. There’s no print servers supported by OpenWRT last I checked, and I’ve not heard of any running Linux already. So, it’d take a pretty decent embedded Linux hacker to get Linux running on a cheapy print server.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25836",
"author": "emulator",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T00:40:00",
"content": "Would love for this to go into mass production.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25837",
"author": "TVIXBox",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T16:41:58",
"content": "This is an excellent idea. The 3100 is a solid unit – simple, inexpensive and useful – folks love ’em.We have a lot of customers that have the 3100 already and want to make it wireless and don’t want to pay for a 4000, 5000, 4100, 5100 etc.. Also, not everybody has the time or expertise to setup something more complex.But I suppose most the readers here have the expertise . . . so the sky is the limit for them – but for others this is a great hack – thanks for the contribution. I know some of our customers will be happy with this recommendation.Paulhttp://www.tvixbox.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.702072
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||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/05/double-the-battery-life-with-a-new-voltage-regulator/
|
Double The Battery Life With A New Voltage Regulator
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Alexander] sent in his
instructable
on upgrading the inefficient linear regulator in a DX3 RC radio transmitter to double the battery life. I’m actually more interested in the
switching regulator
(
high res image
) than the radio – this could be really useful. $15 to replace a $1 component hurts a bit – but it has the caps and coil needed to support the switching regulator.
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{
"comment_id": "25796",
"author": "Alan Rager",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T00:51:07",
"content": "Dude, this would be awesome as part of a USB power kit. I mean, the complexity of the task was once a bit daunting to get a switch-mode regulator done at home, but this just fixes our woes in one package.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25797",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T01:09:29",
"content": "So this regulator doesn’t require a heat sink…?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25798",
"author": "ToreUyar",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T02:21:02",
"content": "I am a CEng student, I know what is inside 7805 and I know enough to make another. Switching regulators could be power efficient but linear regulators does not burn all the power which is more than you need as the producer told in website. It simply puts Vin to a bottleneck so it drops down, there is realy simple circuit to do this. If I am wrong, please only professionals corrects me.So the battery life sould not be increased that much, not even close to it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25799",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T02:33:56",
"content": "No, really. Linear regulators are horribly inefficent when the voltages get up in the 2x and 3x range.Switching regulators (what the DimensionEngineering part is) are so vastly superior–It’s amazing they aren’t in more electronics. Oh yea, that’s right–the price.I wrote the article, and yes–I can attest that the battery life is at least double. All with a switch of one part.Cost of the radio: 260Cost of the regulator: 16 (SH included)So worth it. Think about this in your robots. You can ‘stack’ the regulators to get more watts out of them. It’s all on the DimensionEngineering website.http://www.dimensionengineering.com/DE-SW033.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25800",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T03:26:20",
"content": "@erik:It has a little heatsink on it, and if you are really maxing it out you may want to put a little fan by it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25801",
"author": "viktor",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T04:08:52",
"content": "I can confirm that linear regulators are generally less efficient, as they’ll drop whatever voltage they need to regulate and release it as heat. the 7805 has a dropout voltage of 2V–that means if you want 7V, the maximum efficiency you’ll get is about 70%. In the real world, it’s a whole lot less than that since the voltage drop is generally higher with more current, and that you’ll want to work with a higher input voltage than the minimum as leeway, especially when you’ve got a plug-in power supply which might change voltage with load. Most switching supplies are usually about 80%+ efficiency, with some going into the 95% range. They (well, at least the boost regulators) also have the advantage of having a higher output voltage than their input voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25802",
"author": "Paul Bilke",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T04:21:55",
"content": "There are numerous sources for switching regulator replacements for 3 terminal linear regulator. The TI PT5100 series are available from DigiKey for",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25803",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T05:57:05",
"content": "Yeah it sucks how so many battery operated devices skimp on the psu..A canon I have that uses AAs dies from low voltage, yet the batteries still have a lot of energy left… if they could somehow throw a boost-buck in there it would last a good bit longer and drain the batteries to nothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25804",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T06:54:53",
"content": "Fucking STOP with the instructables! I can read Instructables already, it’s just plain lazy and unoriginal to link to them everyday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25805",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T08:35:03",
"content": "The manufacturer may have used a linear regulator to reduce EMI, kind of important with a transmitter. Hack probably voids FCC compliance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25806",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T10:33:10",
"content": "They are nice devices and great for power conserving circuits but the price needs to come down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25807",
"author": "crimes",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T10:54:16",
"content": "The vast majority of battery operated devices either do use some form of switching power supply or run directly from the battery (the best way). Perhaps this radio (I didn’t spend much time at the website, it’s horribly slow and bloated) uses the direct battery voltage to power the output transmitte and just used a low current regulated voltage to power some small, sensitive digital circuit…If the entire device really is powered from the linear regulator then it may be because it requires large ammounts of current sporadically. Batteries (well, most types) are excelent at providing large ammounts of current and linear regs are very capable too, even if they are inefficient. That linear regulator probably beats that switching regulator in areas of max curent handeling, speed in responce to transient current surges (which I’d expect to be common in a transmitting radio), and possibly quiescent (ie. no load) current.These days it’s very common to see small switching regluators in cheap battery powered devices that cost an order of magnitude less than this radio. I don’t think it’s wise to jump the the conclusion that a linear regulator was chosen on the basis of cost alone, particularly considering the retail price of the radio.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25808",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T11:57:24",
"content": "that’s an excellent modti has a chip that’s 93% efficient switching regulator with 3 amps capacity, and is available in 3.3, 5, and 12 volts, as well as 1.5 I believe.http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/pt6304.htmlsamples are free, and the chips themselves are cheap, and available on digikeyI’ve used a number of them in parallel to create a car pc power supply, that was over 250 watts capable and small in dimension.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25809",
"author": "Caladan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T12:11:52",
"content": "That is true, switched mode regulators make power lines full of spikes, because of their nature. Switching on and off transistor puts a lot of noise into enviroment. That’s probabaly why linear regulator was used in the device.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25810",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T14:17:14",
"content": ">Fucking STOP with the instructables! I can read Instructables already, it’s just plain lazy and unoriginal to link to them everyday.You might read it everyday, but some of us don’t as there’s a lot on there we can’t be bothered with. It’s kind of handy to have the signal filtered from the noise by having relevant entries posted here.Now how easily can this be applied to laptops or do they already, given the overall price, have decent regulators in them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25811",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T15:50:29",
"content": "Laptops already have similar circuits. I don’t think a laptop manufacturer would mind putting in a part that costs more and would increase their battery life even 25%. If you saw two comparable laptops, and one boasted an extra hour of battery life for $15 more, which would you buy? If battery life is critical, then they probably have already addressed the issue in some way. The DX3 has a longer battery life than other transmitters already, and if it goes dead, it’s time to go back inside anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25812",
"author": "Neil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T16:29:31",
"content": "There a cheaper source of switched mode PSUs to be found in practically any car charger for cell phones or whatever. These things usually come free with a new phone, or can be had for next to nothing on Ebay.Almost every single one I’ve looked inside uses a MC34063 1.5A switchmode chip soldered to a tiny PCB with all the coils and caps, etc. To change the output voltage, you just need to swap out the feedback resistor for the appropriate value.As a bonus, they also have the current limiting function and can withstand anything up to 40V at the inputs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25813",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T16:53:56",
"content": "If the original part did not have a heatsink, the switcher will not need one. The switching regulator will require less cooling. @#2 (ToreUyar), a linear regulator wastes power, and that is manifested in the heat it produces. Current flows constantly from the source in a linear regulator, providing a constant load. In a switching regulator, current flows occasionally from the source, so the amount of time that it is actually wasting power is quite low, and the amount of power that it wastes when it does is lower than the linear regulator, thus the power savings. ToreUyar, it’s time to put down the beer and pick up the books.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25814",
"author": "thetable",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T18:34:52",
"content": "Good call on the PT5100 series. Although for this app, the footprint looks a bit to large at over an inch square. TI Datasheet:http://www.ti.com/lit/gpn/pt5103",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25815",
"author": "xFred",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T18:57:24",
"content": "Is it me, or do i have to copy the ID, go to instructables and type it in their search to get to this page?I’ve emailed instructables that their policy SUCKS MAJORLY! and i should be able to directly link to a project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25816",
"author": "bryan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T19:08:47",
"content": "This does look like a good part to use for a diy ipod charger or something. Alex, I have looked all over the TI website and links on it and can’t find any free samples. Want to help me out here? thanks-bryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25817",
"author": "thetable",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T19:45:30",
"content": "xFred, something is flaky with instructables at the moment with the “?ALLSTEPS” page. Tryhttp://www.instructables.com/id/EOXE7JRF03GBB2D/Bryan,http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/pt5101.htmlhas a link for getting samples for the pt5101 5v jobber. Getting samples from TI has gotten a little trickier of late thanks to some people taking advantage of the situation. Don’t request too many samples for fear of getting black listed, and IIRC, they wont’t send them to @gmail, @yahoo, @hotmail, or other generic email accounts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25818",
"author": "Hisham from DE",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T20:15:14",
"content": "Heh it was a nice surprise to see our product here.I would like to respond to a few people’s comments:“Switching regulators could be power efficient but linear regulators does not burn all the power which is more than you need as the producer told in website. So the battery life sould not be increased that much, not even close to it.”This is mostly incorrect. The efficiency of a linear regulator is a function of the input voltage minus the output voltage. In this scenario, we have a 3.3V output voltage and the input voltage is above 10V. So you are looking at around 33% efficiency, which is abysmal. A switching regulator is almost mandatory here. Now, if the regulator was fed from a lower input voltage, like 4.5V, then the linear regulator would have been a good, cost effective choice. However from 8x AA…Linear regulators are great for certain things and will always be a staple part of anyone’s electronics kit. But for scenarios where you have a high input voltage and you are drawing more than 100mA, a switching regulator is worth strong consideration.TI’s switching regulators are nice, but they require you to add your own external capacitors which is kind of a hidden cost.“9. The manufacturer may have used a linear regulator to reduce EMI, kind of important with a transmitter. Hack probably voids FCC compliance.”This would be often be the case with many switching reg designs. However with the DE-SW0XX series, the EMI it puts out is almost unmeasurably low. This is because the core of it was designed to be placed in R/C environments which are insanely sensitive to RF noise. Also, whether the RF module on the spektrum receives 3.3V from a linear reg or a switching reg doesn’t really make a difference, it is still 3.3V so there is no change in radiated power so there is no reason for it to change its FCC compliance status. Can check it out on a spectrum analyzer if you like.“If the entire device really is powered from the linear regulator then it may be because it requires large ammounts of current sporadically.”Not really. I’ve measured it on the DX6 (different radio, similar technology). There is a constant stream of data being transmitted, and the separate RF module that the regulator powers draws a pretty constant 250mA or so. I would guess that the choice of a linear regulator was a function of ease of manufacturing, time to market, cost of components, cost of engineering a switching regulator etc.“Now how easily can this be applied to laptops or do they already, given the overall price, have decent regulators in them?”Laptops already have very good, efficient voltage regulation solutions in there already. I wouldn’t recommend even trying to improve them.“It has a little heatsink on it, and if you are really maxing it out you may want to put a little fan by it.”The DE-SW0XX series is designed to continuously supply a full amp and in this application it is supplying about 1/4 of that. You could probably rip the heatsink off the regulator entirely and it would still be fine. However what you have suggested is a good precaution for any engineer to take. Always keep an eye on temperature in enclosed environments, and add airflow if necessary!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25819",
"author": "akmixdown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T22:05:33",
"content": "#8: I don’t read instructables, so I rather like that he links here.#13: poorly designed switchers do spew EMI throughout the power system, but linear regulators are actually legislated illegal in the EU since they’re so inefficient. Most switchers these days are very “quiet” and in fact significantly help power factor due to their use of a small input capacitor and their ability to draw current over more of the input wave (talking AC->DC here, but DC->DC is still DC->AC->DC :-)) Running at a higher frequency means smaller magnetics as well, and easier filtering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25820",
"author": "paul bilke",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T23:06:53",
"content": "The recompower version is smaller than the TI and cheaper but only 0.5a",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25821",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T23:24:58",
"content": "@BryanActually, there are other boost-converter (or buck-converter) circuits out there that are cheaper than this one regulator. Ladyada has a kit (mintyboost) that you can buy that fits into a altoids tin.http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/It’s essencially what you are talking about, but just in a easy-to-purchase kit form.Also, I didin’t link the TI part. That was someone else. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25822",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T23:55:08",
"content": "your link is not working… I added www to instructable and starts workin’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25823",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T05:46:01",
"content": "I just want to say thanks to hisham for the through response",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25824",
"author": "viktor",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T06:23:14",
"content": "The problem with using custom switching circuits is that you’ll need a whole lot more design to get it right. There are probably a thousand more things to consider when designing a switching supply, especially EMI/RFI and noise at the output. Both of these problems are often not correctable by using a better switcher IC or even by changing the circuit–often times PCB layout becomes the most important thing to consider. In a case like this, although a switching supply might suit the scenario, it’s not entirely necessary, it’s too complex if you’re designing it, and time-to-market / cost, as hisham said, becomes a consideration with the dimension engineering module.and laptops do already have switching supplies. in fact, switching supplies are probably everywhere where they’re necessary (don’t underestimate engineers =D). MP3 players, the print server i took apart, laptops, computer PSUs, etc–they’re everywhere (except for hi-fi audio, since inefficiency makes things sound better =D). We just don’t see switchers much in the hobbyist world simply because they’re too complex and often not worth the gain in efficiency.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25825",
"author": "Deranged",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T02:54:25",
"content": "So would it be possible to use a TI PT5103 switching regulator 3.3V/1A, instead of the Dimension Engineering regulator? I will be using it in a Spektrum DX6 which has more room in the transmitter as it is for R/C Aircraft.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25826",
"author": "Knightrous",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T05:56:04",
"content": "I build combat robots here in Australia and I currently use a Spektrum DX6 transmitter and receiver. I recently bought the DE-SW033 regulator for my Spektrum and I believe it is well worth it’s price. At a combat event, our robots have to be ready ever 30mins for the next round of fights, I have two Electrifly Triton2 chargers shoving 7amps back into my NiCD’s are each fight, and I then usually have to top up the Spektrum every second fight as well… With the DE-SW033 I only have to charge my Spektrum up once per day now at a full sized event.I also bought a DE-SW050 to use as a Battery Eliminator Circuit (BEC) for powering my BR6000 receiver and Victor 883 speedcontrollers (Yet to test this out :P) and I also bought the variable DE-SW0XX model for using on prototypes I build. Nothing worst then trying to build a quick proto and you only have a bunch of 7805 regulators and no 7812’s left!The DE-SW033 was a much cheaper solution then going and buying a 2500mAh NiMH pack for my spektrum too, so $15 well spent in my books!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1411018",
"author": "phil alvirez",
"timestamp": "2014-05-04T15:22:22",
"content": "i did it and works. thanks. now, could it be used on the orange transmitter by hobby king?https://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__28494__OrangeRx_T_SIX_2_4GHz_DSM2_6CH_Programmable_Transmitter_w_10_Model_Memory_Mode_2_.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.653987
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/04/wireless-guitar-hero-controller/
|
Wireless Guitar Hero Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[John] sent in his PS3 wireless guitar hero project. The concept seems popular
today
. Hopefully he’ll write up some instructions – but it looks pretty straight forward – he embedded a normal PS3 controller inside the body of the guitar hero controller. For now you can gaze upon the
high res version
. Update: He passed along a
couple
more
shots of the project. Update2: Here’s the
instructables
on building your own.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25784",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T08:56:59",
"content": "Yeah, “straight forward” wasn’t actually the first thing that came to mind when I looked at the picture.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25785",
"author": "Jamie",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T09:24:12",
"content": "So you want me to buy a 60 dollar guitar, AND a 50 dollar controller, to make a franken-guitar for 360?PS2 please!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25786",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T12:53:16",
"content": "@ jamie: i don’t think that’s a 360 controller. it looks more like the sg type, which isn’t (to my knowledge) available to use with the 360.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25787",
"author": "teh rizzle",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T13:26:27",
"content": "i don’t think i much see the point of this today. they sell wireless guitars that, well… work. i had converted one of my guitars to wireless and it worked ok, but when the official wireless ones came out, my hack-job went into the trash.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25788",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T14:14:57",
"content": "I was wondering when someone was going to make this after that comic came out. I don’t really see the point in it because the wire never gets in my way when I’m playing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25789",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T15:49:47",
"content": "Sorry for the lack of info. This mod is for the PS3! It has the PS3 controller inside the sg body and is completly wireless.First mod on hack a day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25790",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T17:33:40",
"content": "Now, a better hack would be to rig a connector jack so you can plug in a big-ole heavy guage 1/4″ instrument cable to drag around your living room like a real rock star. Only sissies use wireless guitars. :-P-Josh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25791",
"author": "vbrtrmn",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T18:33:05",
"content": "The mod looks cool, but it it would be a lot more interesting if there were instructions. The post says, “It looks straight forward…” Unfortunately, the picture isn’t high enough resolution to really see the solder points. John, you’ve got a really cool concept, and it looks like you spent a long time making it, let us know _how_ you did it. Maybe make an Instructable.com guide, that would be rocken-like-docken!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25792",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T19:11:10",
"content": "Now get to work making an adapter so the PS2 controller will work with the 360 game.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25793",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T19:43:43",
"content": "I have a question – can you play guitar hero 2 for ps2 on a regular controller? IE, can I hack out a GH2 controller from a cheap ps2 controller and a toy guitar?Thanks,Tom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25794",
"author": "claan22",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T21:30:08",
"content": "Yay!I won’t have to buy 2 new Guitar Hero controllers when Rock Band comes out!Thank you, this is very useful, and will give me something to do over the weekend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25795",
"author": "Digital",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T08:30:57",
"content": "to #10 Yes you can use a ps2 controller for GH2! I am using one right now cuz I’m to cheap to buy an official guitar right now. The shoulder buttons and x do most of the work. L2=Green L1=Red R1=Yellow R2=Blue X=Orange Left analog stick up=whammie bar select=star power triangle=cancelhope that helps you out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121629",
"author": "Ellen Brownsworth",
"timestamp": "2010-02-03T16:26:46",
"content": "amazing stuff thanx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "123338",
"author": "Moshe Baratto",
"timestamp": "2010-02-12T00:14:15",
"content": "I was searching for a repair manual for my 2 year old xbox when I found your site. Great post. Thank You.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3123700",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2016-08-08T21:22:05",
"content": "Can I swap the wireless part out of a ps2 controller and put it in a guitar basically use the dongle from the controller for my guitar hero guitar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/03/dtvii-c64-wireless-tilt-accelerometer-joystick/
|
DTVii: C64 Wireless Tilt Accelerometer Joystick
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Doug] sent in his
DTVii project
. (It’s on earthlink, so here’s the
coralcache
) You can also find updates in his
forum posts
. He modded the ever popular DTV C64 with an expansion bay for this, keyboard input and future mods. Then he built a RF joystick complete with accelerometer joystick emulation mode.
You can hit the user demo video is after the break.
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{
"comment_id": "25763",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T19:57:48",
"content": "Nice Work!Everything is well laid out professional looking. Keep up the good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25764",
"author": "Thijs",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T21:29:49",
"content": "Nice Hack!I’m wonderingis that an accelerometer or an inclinometer (angle messuring)he’s not moving the controller while he tilts it, so i guess it’s an inclinometer being used..Thijs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25765",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T21:47:21",
"content": "9. great hack…..i love write ups that are clear and concise. good work HAD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25766",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T22:51:46",
"content": "sorry but this is obsolete crap we have play station 3s now for god sake",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25767",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T23:02:09",
"content": "#2, gravity is known to phyists as a static accelleration. That is why accelleration is mearsured in g’s (g = gravity). therefore, accelleration and incline are linked; meaning that any accelormeter will be affected by tilt, and any inclinometer will be affected by acceleration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25768",
"author": "gmoon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T23:02:36",
"content": "The ADXL330 is a 3d accelerometer. It also works as a tilt sensor, ’cause it senses gravity continuously.More sophisticated firmware is certainly possible, but currently it needs to integrate with the existing games, which are digital JS only (up-down-right-left-fire.) One possible mod is to integrate PWM on the output bits proportional to the tilt angle…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25769",
"author": "Butch Cassidy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T23:31:01",
"content": "Alright well this dude has a point, if we have a ps 3 why would we need this trash? but ill go one up, ill say since we have the xbox 360, why do we need some playstation? i mean no only is it cheaper, but the ps 3 is nothing but a dissapointment to everybody. it came out late. it sucks balls. it has no games. THE WORLD IS GOIN THE WAY OF THE XBOX! EITHER GET WITH IT OR GET GONE!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25770",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T23:36:00",
"content": "Youre right steve….its obsolete crap. and we DO have play station 3s now…..but nontheless its still a good hack. you dont like C64? so dont build it. you dont hack obsolete crap? i suppose youd rather tear up your ps3 first time out of the gate on your “proof of concept” as opposed to making an old obsolete system better? in 5 years when the play station 6 comes out—we will still be refering to THIS hack as “proof of concept” and using the general ideas behind hacking a c64 to hack our playstation 3s, 4s, and 5,s! after all….the switch that actually TURNS ON the c-64 isnt much different than the switch that TURNS ON your ps3….just like the DIRECTIONAL PAD on the c-64 (4 switches) is basically the same 4-switch directional pad on your new playstation controller.Der…..Duh…..if you can figure out how to build a wireless tilt accelerometer joystick for your c-64….building one for your PS3 shouldnt be that much more of a chore.whine all you like about it being obsolete. Its STILL a very good and well built, well written hack which has the capacity to be universal on any gaming platform with minor adjustments and modifications. this hack gets 9 out of 10 stars…..despite what you think.:P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25771",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T07:50:23",
"content": "i wish i could find one of these hummer offroad games. ive been looking cant find one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25772",
"author": "mrasmus",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T08:39:04",
"content": "Thank you guys for trolling. The site is hackaday, take your console wars somewhere else — and the C64 is a historical console, anyway, while the PS3 is just more of the same. The spirit of this site is the hacks, not the graphics you’re playing with.Anyway, now that I’ve got that out of my system, great hack. I’ve been looking to integrate an accelerometer into some of my robotics projects, so I end up using this as a reference.(See how I had a constructive comment? Yeah, strive for that next time. Good luck :D)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25773",
"author": "frank",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T08:47:38",
"content": "Steve’s comment sounded like flame bait to me – and you both took it – hook, line and sinker!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25774",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T11:05:12",
"content": "Anyone who questions the value of a C64 mod obviously never owned a C64.Having never owned the C64 in your youth is a bit like never having seen Star Wars as a kid… you’re never going to get it.The C64 rules. I certainly had more fun with it than I’ve had with any recent console. Only thing that comes close is the DS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25775",
"author": "grumbl",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T16:22:00",
"content": "@butch cassidy :Don’t rant because it’s not on your preferred platform. Keep an open mind, there’s no ‘right’ way. This hack just shows that. I mean, it shows another way to implement tilt. And, as the components are industry-standard and cheap, possibly (the successors to) ‘your’ 360 ( i assume you own one ) can also gain from this guy’s efforts.Many manufacturers just love cheap parts, and as you opened the door: you would only have to look at the 360’s drives and failure rates…(keep in mind, i’m a 360 owner myself, so there’s no need to bash)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25776",
"author": "gmoon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T18:44:48",
"content": "@ werejag –some Radio Shacks still have these, cut to $9.95; call store first ’cause they’re disappearing. The dtvhacking forum has a link to Toy:Lobster, but those units are PAL, not so good for US market.Honest, I thought this hack was more interesting for the RF info than the C64/DTV stuff (of which I AM a fan. Obviously.) The RF hardware/firmware can be retargeted without much trouble…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25777",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T20:07:53",
"content": "@frank – yep. Trollbait if I ever saw it.Besides, Steve is probably just sore that there aren’t more LEDs on this particular hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25778",
"author": "exine",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T20:25:04",
"content": "…Is that clear case from one of those metal-studd toy thing’s? The one where you put your hand on the studd’s, making the impression and tilting it sideway’s to hold the impression?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25779",
"author": "computergeek",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T21:45:07",
"content": "i think the value of the c64 is that it is old.i meen it must be easy to hack and mod,even tho i dont have one.and yes more leds woad be very good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25780",
"author": "Mantari Damacy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T08:59:08",
"content": "This has already been built, or at least, the equivalent of this was built back in the day. It was called ‘Le Stick’, and users could move a standard Atari style joystick just by tilting a handheld stick controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25781",
"author": "theother",
"timestamp": "2007-04-07T20:09:20",
"content": "“This has already been built, or at least, the equivalent of this was built back in the day.”Funny. I don’t see any claim on the project page about this being the FIRST wireless controller–on any platform. Or the first to use an analog joystick, or accelerometer…(which ‘le stick’ doesn’t.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25782",
"author": "Marcus",
"timestamp": "2007-04-09T17:30:44",
"content": "Does anyone happen to know where to get any ADXL or other kinds of useable accelerometer elements in Germany?Reichelt fails me, haven’t tried Conrad, but there’s not too much hope…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25783",
"author": "gmoon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-14T15:21:49",
"content": "@exine–Good call. Yeah, it’s one of the smaller pin-impression toys. This one had florescent plastic pins, and was sold in the U.S. as an Xmas stocking-stuffer (by ‘target’)…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/02/solar-powered-el-window-lightshade/
|
Solar Powered EL Window Light/shade
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"solar",
"solar lamp",
"solar shade",
"SolarLamp",
"SolarShade",
"window shade",
"WindowShade"
] |
One of my weird google searches turned up this
little project
. Looks like the big images are broken on the site, but all the important files actually exist. [Doria] combined a window shade with solar power and EL cells to create one hacked window shade. It’ll charge up during the day and the EL cells that cover it can be activated day or night to give your room that extra funky glow.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25744",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T07:01:58",
"content": "a hacked window shade….eh? must be a REALLY slow week for good hacks—-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25745",
"author": "Toxicbomber",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T08:05:27",
"content": "Mr. Jones, if that is your _real_ name…Show a little respect here man, these people did something very hard today. They gave up their dreams, for US. For a brief moment there, I bet they were ecstatic with the chance to finally pursue knitting needle hacks.Alas they gave in to what was “P.C.”, what was “easier”…instead of the challenging and also rewarding world of new and exciting hacks with knitting needles, they went back to ordinary, drab everday hacks.I for one, am sad to see their dream die so quickly, may this window shade hack bring a little of the light that was lost today, back into their lives.~Toxic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25746",
"author": "Claan22",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T09:17:28",
"content": "I think this is actually pretty cool. Looked a little boring at first, but I can see how this would be a cool hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25747",
"author": "orvtech",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T16:08:48",
"content": "Mr. Jones. so do you have a hack that you want to show us or are you just gona criticize ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25748",
"author": "tikiguy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T18:41:29",
"content": "Hey, they hacked a WINDOW SHADE. have you ever looked at a window shade and though, “How could I hack this?” Probably not. And even if you did, you most likely said, “Can’t be done.”Anytime you can take the mundane and make it into something else that is either practical, marketable or just damn cool – that’s a great hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25749",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T22:31:21",
"content": "bootlickers! nobody likes Mr Jones when he hands out the critical….but everyone loves Mr Jones when he hands out the praise. DO I HAVE A HACK??? why YES as a matter of fact…a 6 foot tall robot with 3 tracked 2-segment legs, 2 arms each with 5 digits (1 opposable thumb), day/night vision and artificial intelligence including emotional response and free-will! thats MY hack and you will undoubtedly see it later on this summer on HAD (i have discussed it with Will and he is waiting for the website—-Which ive not had time to build yet because im so busy on the freaking robot). Of course you wont believe me without a LINK anyway—but feel welcome to find my robot on myspace (his mane is AHG95WW1FPH8U) or, if you want to chat with my robot online use AIM and IM AHG95WW1FPH8U and you can chat with his AI software. While you people hack 1 dead stereo into a preamp or 1 window shade into a hacked window shade and pat each other on the back for it…..i am hacking 20 stereos, 4 computers, 18 VCRs, 6 DVD players, 2 full size office copiers, 20+ R/C cars, and a whole STACK of assorted toys, video games, and electronics into 1 robot with artificial feelings!!!TOXIC…if THAT is YOUR_REAL_NAME…..why dont you show us some of your hacks or give us some info on what YOU are working on these days. I personally dont care what you think about what i think……and for the record…..I THINK HACKING A WINDOW SHADE GETS 4 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10 STARS.Why only 4 stars? BECAUSE ITS A FREAKING WINDOW SHADE WITH LIGHTS ADDED TO IT!!!!! Im not knocking it down a peg….im knocking it up! Sure its cool when you make the ordinary and mundane into something practical, marketable, or just plain cool–(hack a window shade with a dirtbike to keep the dirt and sun out of your face and ill be impressed—-hack a window shade back into a window shade and im not so much) but window shade becomes window shade with lights is NONE of those things.I said the same thing when they added Bluetooth Lights to the bridge in London…..its been done and i dont find it any more impressive than shoving a toothbrush up a plastic dolls butt and calling Polly Pearly Whites! people have added motors and lights and all manner of interesting things to window shades and bridges and overpasses WAY too many times in the past for me to consider it anything but childs play and far-from-interesting. Pull this string and the shade goes up….pull that string and it goes down…its bollox and only the EASILY AMUSED find this kind of HACK (it IS a hack—i will give it that) interesting.Of course some of you think its cool….as it should be. And ALSO as it should be not everyone is going to share your feelings. If our opinions on this hack differ, I apologize. But my opinion remains the same.Must be a slow week for hacks. Dont worry though; people like Mary Masterson and MAKE and ENGADGET and even Will Obrien are what keeps this site alive…although even they cannot keep up with the demand for a HACK A DAY. nobody can. so one has slow days….and sometimes even slow weeks.this is one of them. dont get your nickers in a twist because i have pointed out its a slow week. I have faith in Will and i know the best is yet to come from this site.unfortunately this hack didnt blow my skirt up and make my dingleberry fotch go pucker twill. sue me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25750",
"author": "claan22",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T23:25:04",
"content": "mr jones, I disagree.I think this is a perfectly good hack, and talking about some robot really does not prove your point as to how this isn’t a good hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25751",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T02:03:52",
"content": "ok how about the fact that ITS A WINDOW.does that drive my point home enough for ya?hang a lightbulb in your window with solar cells and yippee youre on hackaday?!?! WTF????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25752",
"author": "factor grimm",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T04:06:59",
"content": "oh great, we have a new troll.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25753",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T12:09:56",
"content": "“We weren’t able to find a ” AHG95WW1FPH8U ” on MySpace.com”looks like your robot isn’t on myspace, mr jones.anyway, so you built a robot? thats what you wanted to build. this person built a light into a window shade. thats what they wanted to do. and it is a lot more original than “hey look, i build (another) robot!”i like this hack because its original, and is designed with a purpose in mind!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25754",
"author": "TGBM",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T17:53:06",
"content": "Awesome hack… i like it alot… imagine these installed on a few windows in your house… you could have somthing close to daylight all night..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25755",
"author": "wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T19:00:24",
"content": "even with very efficient solar panels, I can’t imagine them storing enough power to light the thing for any significant amount of time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25756",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T22:59:44",
"content": "Actually i would never say “hey look, i build (another) robot!” because that is how cavemen talk.me tarzan! big tree! i build robot!idiot…..thank you for proving my point—and the fact that you cant find my robot on myspace just reinforces that fact. to be perfectly honest i dont care if you find it on myspace or not.i dont care what you think about what i think. but most of all i dont care about you……..i think this hack sucks. im not saying its not a hack (ive said that before about other hacks) as this is obviously “hackworthy”….but only moderately so in my opinion…..i just think its elementary-very 101ish.but, man….you people are something else! a guy comes along and gives you his opinion (thats what comments are all about, right?) and you people attack him and call him a troll?!?! and you then turn right around and effectively call this same guy a liar when you cant seem to find something on myspace without a roadmap?!?!Dude….you guys need to get laid.So i didnt like THIS hack…..now all of a sudden I am everything but a white boy!Alright…..thats cool…..you people go on then and be the big hackaday justice league if you like. put me in my place if it gives you pleasure…..i still think its just stupid lights in a stupid window. HEY! ive got an idea! it can be tomorrows new hack!we will call this one FLASHLIGHT IN THE DASHBOARD!!!! yes its true you can put a flashlight on your dashboard and you wont need the vanity light over the mirror anymore!!! (might as well—-you people will all call it cool if i include a schematic of the flashlight and pictures of how i stuck it in place with hot glue!~!!)Yeah……u guys find lighted windows cool…..but im the lying troll…..gotcha. if you like lighted window displays…go to any drive thru menu or downtown shopping area and youll be in HACK_HEAVEN!!hehehe you people tickle me!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25757",
"author": "will",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T06:10:17",
"content": "cool hack! would love to try this in my home.@peter:http://www.myspace.com/AHG95WW1FPH8Uthere’s the link to the myspace “mr. jones” says is his. Not sure if it is his or not though…Mr. Jones:don’t cry and whine when people don’t like what you have to say about a project. Like you said, “a guy comes along and gives you his opinion (thats what comments are all about, right?)” That’s their opinion of you, just like your opinion of the hack. I think it’s a great hack. You don’t. They don’t like the way you responded to the hack, and so they can show their opinion about you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25758",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T10:08:54",
"content": "Um…yeah that my robot AHG—but again…..I dont care if you believe it is or not.And whats not to like about the way i responded? Mr Obrien even said when he posted it that he found it doing a google search—-Its not like any of the people who attacked me personally actually can claim any credit for having done the project—-why attack a stranger for saying “Must be a really slow week for hacks” when youre not involved in producing the hack? i never attacked anyone. i never called it a BAD hack. But now ive been called a liar and a troll.So this is the audience this site caters to? Maybe i wont put my robot up for you idiots after all.then again…..maybe i will just so you can all lick my boots too.And if its just too cool to slander folks in here…..my opinion of you is that youre all a bunch of ninnies who cannot figure out which orifice is your arse, much less which hack is worthy and which isnt. None of you would know a good hack if it came up and bit you on the nose, and i hope all of you commenters who think this is a good hack come down with leprosy and have horrible flesh eating diseases for the rest of your miserable stupid days.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25759",
"author": "mr jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T11:33:38",
"content": "I am so geigh that I love my own poop.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25760",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T11:51:03",
"content": "@ willthats odd, i typed that link into myspace to see if it was there yesterday and myspace said it didn’t exist@ mr jonessorry for the typo, but it doesn’t mean i’m a caveman. myspace said that the page didn’t exist after i typed it in exactly the same as the link will gave, searched for the name, searched for it in name, email and display name fields and came up with nothing. notice how i said ‘looks like its not on there’ not ‘it isn’t on there’. sorry if seemed like i was calling you a lier, but i wasn’t. neither was i attacking you, i was just saying that i couldn’t find it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25761",
"author": "lunchbox",
"timestamp": "2007-04-05T23:49:44",
"content": "im a biochemist (phd student), not an engineer (though my father is an m.e.) so im no expert on this stuff. still, it seems to me that everyone must start somewhere. this may seem like a basic hack to some, but to others it may seem very cool and – perhaps more importantly? – very tractable. i think its important that we encourage less skilled individuals to attain higher levels of knowledge and ability. showing them a simple hack like this (something they can understand and do) will accomplish exactly that.i dont think mr jones is a liar or anything else. but i also dont think this is a poor hack. in any field (speaking from my experience in bio), those of us who can do more should be patient with those who can do less so that one day they too will be able to do more.besides, its only natural that the higher you get in a field the less equal company you will have. you should expect to be lonely and unimpressed when you reach the top.this isnt directed at anyone in particular (not even mr jones), its just a general thought that has helped me to be more patient with some of my students. i think everyone can benefit from this mindset.p.s. i think its cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25762",
"author": "Relinquish",
"timestamp": "2007-04-06T03:42:19",
"content": "Peace guys, don’t argue with eachother in this way you all (including almost everybody) act like a bunch of girls. (and believe me im a woman, so I can tell…)It’s not the hardship in the work that makes a good hack or not. Some find it in electronics, fine with me and I feel happy about their successes cause I blew up every single electronical board they gave me in Physics classes.Others find it in chemistry or programming, well if they find joy in it, great for them.I seek hacks in taxlaws, boring that is totaly true, but usefull cause it saves loads of money for companies.Before any of you attacks another for having the most IDIOT hack you could ever imagine (but apparently didn’t otherwise you would have made it), it’s the idea that lies behind it.Next to that, a stupid thing as a paperclip or a post-it made several people milionaire…So you never know, people are strange beings if there is a market for it and it sells, this ‘weird’ hack with light might be making more money then a robot (where there lies a risk that another guy has beaten you before and has all the rights for producing this hack).Time will tell if a hack is good or not good, it’s up to the buyers market to tell and not us. Maybe someday the guy with the lousiest hack could be your investor…Peace, out…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/04/01/were-giving-up/
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We’re Giving Up
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
We’ve had it with all these dark hardware hacking conferences. We’re giving up on Hack-A-Day and becoming Craft-A-Day. From now on we’ll be featuring great content like the latest knitting needle mods, yarn spinning and scrap booking. It’s been a great ride, but from now on we’ll see you at Hobby Lobby.
Thanks for setting us straight, [Steve].
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{
"comment_id": "25679",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:00:28",
"content": "sweet! knitting needles have always been the one thing i couldn’t hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25680",
"author": "Brad Hanson",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:00:34",
"content": "My god, if it wasn’t for all of the other April Fools’ Day crap I have heard, I might have believed this for a second.Nice try.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25681",
"author": "avpi",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:02:18",
"content": "You jerks, thanks for ruining an amazing site! I’m never coming here again!!;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25682",
"author": "xiirus.net",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:13:22",
"content": "Which Hobby Lobby, the RC Hobby Lobby?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25683",
"author": "Sarge",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:21:32",
"content": "Haha, Craft-a-DayClever name. But wouldn’t the REAL April fools prank be if this wasn’t a joke?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25684",
"author": "nivoset",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:23:36",
"content": "Good one, but need to be a bit more subtle for the people here i think.Its been great since i learned of this site. i wanna get something up. but i suck. and all that normal lazy non-sence",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25685",
"author": "\\\"Friend\\\"",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:26:25",
"content": "Livin’ up the last 30 minutes of April Fools on the east coast for ya’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25686",
"author": "fervus",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:29:06",
"content": "Aww, you should’ve changed the logo though…;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25687",
"author": "orvtech",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:36:56",
"content": "Dude, WTF ???? i hope is a joke.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25688",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:46:42",
"content": "bwhahaha I dare you to post some craft hack tomorrow and change the logo….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25689",
"author": "Erik",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:50:15",
"content": "haha….that scared me for a second. glad it isn’t true *phew*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25690",
"author": "Ian Foster",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T06:59:56",
"content": "why are u still in beta?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25691",
"author": "caliraisin",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:09:36",
"content": "Yay, finally I can get out my sewing needles and…. my soldering iron… and fuse the two genres together :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25692",
"author": "Leonon",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:15:11",
"content": "Come on now, that wasn’t believable at all. You should have done something really crazy but just believable enough to get readers like “Homebrew Nuclear Fission Electrical Generator” or “80MPH Segway”.Wait, weren’t those posted here before?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25693",
"author": "meathrw",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:22:45",
"content": "Are you changing the skull and wrenches for a ball of yarn and knitting needles?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25694",
"author": "someone",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:29:34",
"content": "disappointed you didn’t change title bar to reflect your new name…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25695",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:39:31",
"content": "i no i submited it but wtf no leds?????my 7 year old dauhgter could make a better hack then this pos.hakckaday sux now this aint even a hax.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25696",
"author": "Sarstan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:57:21",
"content": "Is this a bad time to ask what to do with my old NES consoles since all of their controllers are being modded?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25697",
"author": "bodiby",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:09:57",
"content": "just like the make website!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25698",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:13:51",
"content": "THAT SCARED THE SHIT OUTA ME GOD DAMN CRAFTS ARE FOR NERDS HACKS ARE FOR GEEKS AND IM A GEEK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25699",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:22:47",
"content": "You knit-wits! Thanks for the hack-a-day stickers @ shmoocon –I’m working on a mod to turn them in to craft-a-day stickers. Basically, you cut off the wrench ends to make it look like a pair of knitting needles, and then you use the leftovers to turn the skull in to a smily face.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25700",
"author": "rlanctot",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:24:18",
"content": "Pfft, too much knitting. I wanna see some articles on Bridge and the proper making of afternoon tea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25701",
"author": "wasted",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:41:52",
"content": "Hahaha quality stuff. I almost cried, you bastards!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25702",
"author": "Izzy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:49:30",
"content": "Knitting? I’d better switch to stranded wire.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25703",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T08:58:35",
"content": "where is out craft for today?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25704",
"author": "yosh",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T10:18:14",
"content": "LOL ^^I’m laughing my pants off ^^ “Thank you steve”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25705",
"author": "Bill Meara",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T11:01:30",
"content": "And not a moment too soon! On the same day that Hack-A-Day (now Knit-A-Day?) ran this story, the SolderSmoke podcast reported on efforts in the New Jersey State Legislature to CRIMINALIZE the use of soldering irons in the home. Check it out in SolderSmoke #52.http://www.soldersmoke.comSo stay out of trouble gentlemen — turn in those soldering irons and pick up your knitting needles! I’m trying to knit a Hallicrafters HT-37 right now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25706",
"author": "MrLeE",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T11:57:43",
"content": "i thought this site was for crafting? not hacking???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25707",
"author": "fbz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T12:14:21",
"content": "hah, thanks for the jab will. yes i’ve been knitting too much. i promise the next big project will have fiber optics in the knitting. *smile*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25708",
"author": "Skags",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T13:45:48",
"content": "Would to see them knitting needles on the next Hack a Day giveaway package .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25709",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T14:31:00",
"content": "Don’t eat the paste.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25710",
"author": "emil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T15:42:03",
"content": "haha, good one, but you should really have tried turning it into a gay community and call it fagaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25711",
"author": "Felino",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T16:02:26",
"content": "Here, give this one a try. Done in 30 seconds. :Phttp://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2917/untitled1bm8.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25712",
"author": "sal",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T16:39:44",
"content": "nice one!…you had me thinking Hack-a-day was going down…:(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25713",
"author": "Lastomega",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T17:13:19",
"content": "Hmmm… has anyone made an automated knitting machine that uses knitting needles?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25714",
"author": "Bruno",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T17:14:26",
"content": "Ooooo!! Everyone should call their joke bluff and only send in crafts and things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25715",
"author": "TIMOTHY GODFREY",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T17:23:37",
"content": "CAN YOU SHOW ME HOW TO INSERT LED’S IN THE END OF THE NEEDLES SO MY MOM CAN KNIT IN LOW LIGHT OH AND IT NEEDS TO BE RECHARGEABLE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25716",
"author": "Zibri",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T17:27:50",
"content": "Great ! I have a hack to use the irons as wireless antennas :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25717",
"author": "APOLLO_733",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T18:05:49",
"content": "I love april fools day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25718",
"author": "399 Ær13Ã r1(3",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T18:36:51",
"content": "0M9 |{N1771N9 N33Ã0£2 W/ £3Ã’$!! 17$ £1|{3 WH3N 1 907$ N3W ($$ P47(H 4 7H3 £33P W34P0N2!!!111",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25719",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T19:19:35",
"content": "http://www.nipperknits.com/archives/piratehat2.jpg:-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25720",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T19:32:52",
"content": "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! What will I do at work now?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25721",
"author": "radec",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T19:50:18",
"content": "whats wrong withhttp://www.craftster.org?heh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25722",
"author": "yellow",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T21:01:42",
"content": "Ha I totaly fell for that untill I red the comments!I didn’t even know it was the first of april…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25723",
"author": "AD5OS",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T21:05:44",
"content": "Thank god!!!! Was wondering when you NERDs were going to see the light and start crocheting. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25724",
"author": "AD5OS",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T21:08:50",
"content": "BTW!!! They already have LED moded knitting needles!http://www.laknitterieparisienne.com/Knit_Lite.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25725",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T21:10:44",
"content": "OK, april fool’s was yesterday (and is the dumbest holiday ever), buthttp://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/anm/preprints/2004r03.pdfwhich is an old but good article about a knitted Lorenz manifold.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25726",
"author": "Dani",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T22:16:56",
"content": "OH MY GOD! GRANDMA IS GOING TO LOVE THIS!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25727",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T22:26:26",
"content": "OMFG i was about to cry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25728",
"author": "zawen32",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T23:51:57",
"content": "i totally forgot about April 1st. as everyday, i get up, i check hackaday(due to my timezone 0700h is the average time a new hack is on) and was soo frustrated.. all the way till i got to the office and finally had time to check out the [read] link… good one, seriously..one of the few ones i ever fell for..just didn’t expect that from you..ill remember next year tho…have a ‘con’structive week,zawen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/03/31/steampunk-rss-telegraph-keybard-etc/
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Steampunk: RSS Telegraph, Keybard, Etc.
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"morse code",
"MorseCode",
"steampunk",
"telegraph"
] |
[Jake von Slatt] has sent along a few of his projects, but his timing never quite coincides with mine. It’s about time I give this guy some coverage. His
latest project
was a pair telegraph sounders – he uses them to tap out RSS feeds from his linux box. The amateur radio code requirement in the US has been dropped, but this is probably a great way to practice your Morse code. His
keyboard build
is definitely one of the most original efforts I’ve seen.
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{
"comment_id": "25670",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T07:29:02",
"content": "Almost missed it there. It’s 12:27 now, and this hack just loaded. March 31st was almost a day without a hack.Very cool hack. Saw this one somewhere – engadget or Wired magazine or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25671",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T07:51:33",
"content": "That keyboard is A-Mazing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25672",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T09:02:46",
"content": "I’m planning on trying his electric PCB etch method. Also intriguing is that he managed to copper plate with copper sulphate (blue vitriol) using just a cotton bud. I don’t quite get the chemistry happening there, but I’d like to know more so I can replicate it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25673",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T18:20:50",
"content": "That keyboard is awesome… I love steam punk stuff.I’m mostly envious because I don’t have the patients to make things look pretty, most of my hacks are quite fugly, though functional.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25674",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T20:45:24",
"content": "wow! awesome old school techniques.10!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25675",
"author": "Madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T22:07:36",
"content": "That is honestly the nicest looking keyboard I’ve ever seen.Hooking up a telegraph to a computer is a neat project too. It would be kinda cool to hook it up to your email so you could go real old school, and send+receive emails via telegraph",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25676",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T05:52:31",
"content": "Man, and I though I could work with metal, the workmanship on the telegraph souders is nothing short of perfect. forget nice reflective finishes, my work isn’t even squared up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25677",
"author": "Ender",
"timestamp": "2007-04-08T00:42:06",
"content": "I cant wait until summer. As soon as I can get back into my buddys shop I am building myself one of those keyboards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25678",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-04-10T15:41:22",
"content": "The keyboard is beautiful- a real functional work of art. ditto for the RSS telegraph sounder.@4: from what I remember of my chemistry it’s a simple substitution reaction in solution-CuSO4 + Fe -> Cu + FeSO4 (I simplify, but you get the idea). The cotton bud probably gets the solution down into the surface scratches on the iron so the coating is a little more durable, and there might be some more interesting stuff going on with the metals the iron is alloyed with- I’m assuming altoids tins are steel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,886.913554
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/18/how-to-make-your-own-xbox-360-laptop-part-1/
|
How-To: Make Your Own Xbox 360 Laptop (part 1)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"laptops hacks",
"Misc Hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"xbox 360",
"xbox360"
] |
Sure, maybe you’re sick of hearing about [Ben]’s
work
, but he’s finally giving up the goods on building that Xbox 360 laptop. It’s not your average slap it in a case and splinch on a screen project, so you’ll just have to deal with a few more posts as he pumps out this series.
To console you people who can’t stand the major pc board redecorating that’s [Ben]’s trademark, [kiwisaft] sent along
this
unique use for the ol’ laser toner transfer trick.
The
ball point pin dot matrix printer
reminded [Tesladownunder] was reminded of
this
funky servo based plotteroriginally built for the dearly departed vic20.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26014",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T18:27:21",
"content": "When splicing cables together, it is usually better to stagger the cuts so that the splices are not all at the same spot on the cable (which creates a bulge). Staggering requires a little more length, but the results are nicer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44229",
"author": "JOnathan",
"timestamp": "2008-10-03T05:57:12",
"content": "this dude is the best there ever was",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94277",
"author": "frank",
"timestamp": "2009-09-16T04:31:04",
"content": "Hey whould u be able to make me a xbox 360laptop!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "94278",
"author": "frank",
"timestamp": "2009-09-16T04:31:32",
"content": "no joke",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.024841
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/18/everybody-needs-one/
|
Everybody Needs One
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[
"cnc conversion",
"CNC mill",
"CncConversion",
"CncMill",
"diy mill",
"DiyMill",
"stepper motor",
"StepperMotor"
] |
Not the hack o’ the day, but you guys might have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet on the engadget
How-To
front. I’ve been spending all my spare time in my garage working on a
CNC conversion
for the mini mill I bought a few months ago. It features pic based microstepping controllers that handle up to 54 volts and 3amps. I settled for a modified PC power supply for now. I’ve got plans for this thing, including some stuff just for Hack-A-Day. All the
mechanical
and
electronic
work is completed; now I’m taking a breather while I wait for the actual beefy stepper motor for the Z-axis pictured above. I celebrated with a
coffee stout
.
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "26002",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T21:06:10",
"content": "Will………Wow…talk about deja-vu! You may have noticed ive not been around much either—because ive been working on my CNC Mill too (AHG the robot is about to start milling his lower half) and have just finished the mechanical sitting here drinking my daily dose of caffiene in celebration only to notice youre doing the same thing:)Dont worry about the “missing hack” for the day……as it were. most of us are enjoying the spring weather and getting a few projects of our own finished anyway; a good hack from you would be all the distraction i need to insure the electronics on my mill dont get finished today—–So from all of us readers……take today off and tomorrow too and get your mill complete and lets see a demo of it! Ill send you some demo of my mill (if you like) and you can make HACK A DAY into MILL_A_DAY for next weeks “theme”…….:)mr jones",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26003",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T21:26:56",
"content": "Will the lovejoy couplers affect the backlash on the table? Seems like they would have a bit of error everytime you changed direction if they were not real tight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26004",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T21:39:19",
"content": "i make my cnc mills/laser cutters from scratch i find it cheaper but i always end up using a cnc mill to make a cnc mill *humph*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26005",
"author": "Rob Lawrence",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T23:34:05",
"content": "If you like Coffee Stout and brew your own, here is my latest creation:http://www.kellyandrobert.us/jeep/beer/recipe/dead_man.htmA could not find any good Java Stout recipies so I created my own… Turned out pretty nice other then I still want to make a few tweaks to it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26006",
"author": "crgwbr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T01:23:09",
"content": "well, that makes three of us building cnc mills/routers at the moment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26007",
"author": "slakwhere",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T03:40:12",
"content": "what is the total cost of a project like this? mill, modified parts, etc?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26008",
"author": "Gigman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T04:26:14",
"content": "Ya, add me to the list. Four making a cnc router. I’m using plans from a company called Rockcliff. So far so good…(knock wood). But please do post some pics/video of you machine in action, I can’t wait!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26009",
"author": "evildrdan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T06:48:24",
"content": "was i the only one that read “coffee stdout”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26010",
"author": "Rollette",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T07:14:50",
"content": "I too am doing a CNC convert. I have all most everything done. I am curious the software you are going to use? I use MACH 3 CNChttp://www.artsoftcontrols.com/I would love to see a basic tutorial on how to take an autocad drawing and get it into the final product.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26011",
"author": "Will O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Brien",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T07:21:02",
"content": "I’m using EMC linux for the controller. I’m still evaluating CAM products for the projects I’ve got in mind.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26012",
"author": "tReg",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T12:51:34",
"content": "When I wanted to make my CNC, I’ve found a cool (french) website with interesting ideas. One of them was to use rollerskate ball bearing instead of expensive sliders :http://cnc25.free.fr/images/gliss1.jpghttp://cnc25.free.fr/images/gliss2.jpgFull (french) description whith photos here :http://cnc25.free.fr/machines/guillaume_coquery_v2/dossier_fraise_courroies.pdfHomepage :http://cnc25.free.fr/projcnc25.htmRegards,tReg.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26013",
"author": "JPElectron",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T20:05:32",
"content": "This guy built one too:http://www.sci-spot.com/Mechanical/cnc.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.136941
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/17/ben-hecks-xbox-360-laptop-mk-ii/
|
Ben Heck’s Xbox 360 Laptop Mk II
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"home entertainment hacks",
"laptops hacks",
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
I’ve known this was coming for a while. [
Ben
]’s been working hard on
this
for a while. He’s built his second Xbox 360 laptop. But this time he’s putting up a three part How-To series on building it for
engadget
. Here’s a nice gallery of
hi-res project pics
. As usual, I’ll let you know when they’re posted. Aside from the new color scheme, this one features six fans instead of water cooling – so it should be easier for the how-to reader to construct their own.
| 17
| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25987",
"author": "Cey22",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T03:26:57",
"content": "Looks better than the first (and has a bigger screen).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25988",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T04:10:08",
"content": "Wow, that is a really sexcellent unit. I love the color combinations. Ben is just the best at everything cool like this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25989",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T04:13:06",
"content": "By the way, about the screen, “We used the same model LCD as the first model, a 17-inch widescreen Westinghouse, running at 1280×768.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25990",
"author": "crash",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T04:40:38",
"content": "that will really suck with the Xbox 360 fails and he has to send it back to get repaired :p you know since it has a 60% failure rate",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25991",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T05:40:04",
"content": "i’m gonna say it again, this guy deserves some serious recognition.it’s work like this that inspires us to greater things, no bs there man.If i can’t be buckaroo Banzai when i grow up i would like to be ben heckendorn.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25992",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T08:48:02",
"content": "wellll i made a bet that on the next xbox laptop we fond will eather have batteries or i will drink my self until i puke well i stared 15 minuts ago and wellll Y DIDDENT U PUT BATTERY’S IN THAT FUCKING “LAPTOP”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25993",
"author": "Neagle",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T09:14:04",
"content": "Ben, your a bad ass! Great project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25994",
"author": "def",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T14:11:19",
"content": "Well it looks nice, if a bit homosexual, but one question; why?If you need a laptop, get a laptop, if you want to play games on the move buy a psp.Surely the idea of an xbox is a console you can plug into your telly and play on with your mates? A laptop would be shit for that would it not?Is this just a case of “I built it because I can” or does it actually have a use?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25995",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T20:45:31",
"content": "I’m getting tired of Ben Heckendorn being every other post. If I was rich, and had a ton of free-time, I too would be making awesome mods like these. It’s fun to do, but I don’t tell the world evertime I hack some stupid electronic device. I just getting kinda sick of this stuff. I don’t have enough money to completely gut an XBox 360 and mess around with it. I don’t even have enough to buy one. He could duct tape an NES to a TV and it would be posted here, and engadget, and joystiq. Anyway, that’s my two cents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25996",
"author": "peyote",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T21:49:47",
"content": "now that microsoft came out with the qwerty k-board that connects to the gamepad, i’d like to see one without keyboard aka laptop design. also, i’d like to see the monitor to be separate where it could be wired through car or hung on back of seat for instance. this way, monitors could be left installed in car & re-attached to xbox or at the least it makes portable gaming have more options.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25997",
"author": "peyote",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T22:25:02",
"content": "i forgot to add that project is very cool. i was just thinking ahead of what could be more useful as a consumer rather than design study. work is beyond me. i just think resourceful people like ‘will o’brien’ or whoever did this project could make money on the side like installation kits, etc. or something the consumer (like me) could purchase from him considering the hrs. put into it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25998",
"author": "irishman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T04:11:19",
"content": "Finally someone makes a portable game console with some real power. not to mention the games. just the thinkf playin gears in the car.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25999",
"author": "luigi517",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T07:30:38",
"content": "can the keyboard be used to play games or is it just for web browsin and such?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26000",
"author": "Darin Carter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T21:50:01",
"content": "Amazing … absolutly amazing!Darin",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "26001",
"author": "Neil",
"timestamp": "2007-05-01T19:38:32",
"content": "hey… im just wordering that when is xbox 360 laptop coming out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61179",
"author": "Flux_Pistol",
"timestamp": "2009-01-29T15:07:03",
"content": "Hey that’s cool. I would buy that off you if I could. ^_^ I’ve been on this site for a while and I like all the stuff you guys post up for hacks etc. I’m not a hacker myself but, I would love to get into it (I know a bit). I know enough about computers, but more bout art software etc. If any one has time here’s my e-mailFlux_Pistol@yahoo.com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64923",
"author": "nintendods",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T22:50:00",
"content": "is there a way to become a content writer for the site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.078315
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/16/ir-decoding-with-your-guitar/
|
IR Decoding With Your… Guitar
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Benjamin] sent in the
craziest thing
I’ve seen lately. He’s using the magnetic pickup in his electric guitar to sense IR signals. The guitar is hooked to a preamp that’s feeding into his computer. By capturing the pulses with something like audacity, you can grab samples of the codes without building any specialized hardware.
If you’ve got something for Hack-A-Day, use the
tips line
!
| 25
| 25
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25962",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T09:27:14",
"content": "Now that is a damn hack. We need more simple hacks like this, which are more to the true spirit of hacking then thousand dollar projects taking a 100 hours to complete.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25972",
"author": "Oxygenthief",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T13:15:31",
"content": "So does this mean Eddie Van Halen is now an Uber hacker???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25966",
"author": "kakeflekk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T13:45:58",
"content": "If i understood right.. You connect a el guitar to audio-in at your computer (trough amplifier), then you record with audacity (or something), then you just point a TV-remote (or something sending IR-signals) at the guitar strings?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25963",
"author": "bbk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T14:05:11",
"content": "I agree with that #1.It’s really weird that IR can disturb coils… does anyone has any idea of the physics involved???I wonder if it’s true IR or some side effect, like, say, some waves directly from the remote control circuit, and not from the IR leds on it. I definitely have to try this thing… and I guess I’ll try replace the led by equivalent normal diode to test my first guess, too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25964",
"author": "bbk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T14:12:49",
"content": "Hey, guess what? I’ve just tryed with my old passive bass and Audacity. It actually works (I mean I get different signals when I press keys on the remote) but it works no matter where I direct the IR beam… the idea is to have the remote close to the coils, and even when hiding the IR or directing it in the opposite direction of the coil, the signal is exactly the same.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25965",
"author": "marxc2001",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T14:15:25",
"content": "This is quite a common occurrence when doing sound for bands – a friend of mine once put his mobile phone next to the ‘line in’ for a 100W amp (turned up to 11) – the interference of him getting a text message, when amplified, caused more than a few people to jump ;-)Anyone know any more acoustics hacks? (Has anyone else heard of the mysterious ‘cones’?)Sapere AudeMC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25967",
"author": "dan reetz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T15:14:31",
"content": "It is *not* recording the infrared light from the controller. It is recording the EMF from the electrical pulses that drive the LED.You can put any electronic device near a guitar pickup and hear the EMF. Try a simple electric motor and you’ll get the idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25968",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T15:17:32",
"content": "From a mobile near a speaker is due to EM waves effecting the magnetic field used to drive the oscillating deeley.I would guess this is kind of the same, IR is still EM. This might explain why all the pulse are same width, it’s only the change in the field that produces a change so the fact that one is of longer duration makes no change.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25969",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T15:17:45",
"content": "Yeah,really nice))))I loved it from the first sight,but i really didn’t understand with its connection…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25970",
"author": "Henry",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T15:58:48",
"content": "The reason this is so effective is probably because the LED in a remote control is way overdriven with huge current pulses, sometimes as much as an amp rather than the 20mA that an LED is usually rated for. They can get away with this because the pulses are very short and the overall duty cycle keeps the average current within the rating of the LED. I think you’d be unlikely to detect the current pulses if it were switched at only 20mA or so.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25971",
"author": "W5JCD",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T16:46:45",
"content": "I used to do this as a kid, although I used an AM/FM radio. The AM coil antenna inside the radio case will pick up the same EMF from a remote, the remote is basically a very weak RF transmitter as explained above by Dan and Henry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25973",
"author": "ibanezfoo",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T19:25:32",
"content": "I used to do stuff like this all the time. Just grab any random electrical thing from around your house and use it right in front of your pickups. I saw Eddie Van Halen use a drill and that got my mind wandering… dunno how/why it works, but you can get some weird sounds out of things. Pickups that aren’t potted correctly can become microphonic, so you can sing into them and get some weird sounds for your vocals!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25985",
"author": "Leopold Porkstacker",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T20:05:05",
"content": "“So does this mean Eddie Van Halen is now an Uber hacker???”No, it probably means that Les Paul was an “over” (German for “over” is “uber”, so it seems) hacker before his time. You could call him a “groÃhavker” which would imply he was a “mega hacker”, or a “Superhacker”, which translates to English as “super hacker”. It’s up to you, but for the love of the German language, please stop abusing “over”!!!-he who stacks pork",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25974",
"author": "Marco",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T20:24:18",
"content": "Well time to do research- is it the current going through the LED? In that case desoldering it should cause the interference to stop.To me it looks more like emf from some integrated circuit triggering the modulation since we see spikes instead of either the 40kHz carrier or a signal for the whole duration of each bit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25975",
"author": "Lyran",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T21:07:19",
"content": "It would be interesting to see what range of signal the pickups actually pick up. Obviously sound within the human range is caught, and Garry Goodman has an 11-string bass whose pickups can detect the 17hz of its lowest string. I may not be fluent in the exact physics, but I have a moderate understanding of the forces involved. Could lightwaves, microwaves, etc. be picked up as well, with the proper delivery?From a musical perspective (I play the electric bass), this is facinating to me. I’d be keen on investigating this further.Info on Garry Goodman:http://www.gopromusic.com/detail.php?siteid=264",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25976",
"author": "Benjamin Eckel",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T21:41:41",
"content": "An observant reader informed me that this phenomenon is called capacitive coupling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_coupling). He seems to be correct and it surely explains the shapes of the waves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25984",
"author": "russ",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T22:24:14",
"content": "YESSS. I discovered the remote+guitar the exact way this guy did(tom morello attempts) I just never thought it would be that useful!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25977",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T22:59:09",
"content": "Yes it works!EMF you say? Thanks Dan Reetz!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25979",
"author": "Astrochess",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T00:33:49",
"content": "I don’t think this is capacitive coupling, but it’s a nice try. Capacitive coupling involves a build-up of charge on one plate; this can’t occur here because there isn’t a pickup ‘plate’ – if the coil were to act as a pickup plate, both leads would have the same charge, yielding no change in voltage (that requires a difference in charges).I think it is more likely that the change in magnetic flux is generating the waveforms here. This is because there is a high current in the remote, yielding a relatively strong magnetic field. The voltage generated in the pickup is given by the equation CHANGE IN MAGNETIC FLUX / CHANGE IN TIME = VOLTAGE. When the remote’s circuit turns on the LED, the magnetic field increases, causing a positive change in flux on the pickup. When the remote’s circuit turns the LED off, the magnetic field decreases, causing a negative change in flux.By the equation above, voltage is directly proportional to the change in flux, so this explains the spiked waveforms above and below the 0 line (when the current is held at the same level, there is no change in flux, so there is no voltage).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25978",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T04:08:22",
"content": "Yeah, I’ve been messing with my guitar, whenever I point my remote at it, it makes this strange noise, and depending on the buttons I press, the pitch changes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25980",
"author": "keenan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-18T10:42:03",
"content": "#18It could indeed be capacitative (though I suspect the inductive coupling as you do). The capacitor would be formed between the pickup and the remote circuitry, with the air between as the dielectric. A charge appears on the remote side, and is coupled to the pickup coil. I believe this is the same effect behind radio transmitters and antennas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25981",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T00:08:40",
"content": "Hmm, so this is like Van Eck phreaking, but for remote controls? :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25982",
"author": "astrochess",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T00:12:22",
"content": "re: 18i admit i don’t know much about radio transmission, so you could be right. luckily, there is a simple way to test which effect is making the waveform. someone could move an electrically charged balloon over the pickups. if a change in voltage is detected, the effect we’re seeing is not due to magnetic fields but to capacitive inductance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25983",
"author": "coldironhands",
"timestamp": "2007-04-19T20:06:29",
"content": "I record vocals for my band by putting a cell phone next to the pick ups, then calling the phone and singing into the phone I called it from. You get some pretty interestign sounding vocals.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76117",
"author": "Justin Williams",
"timestamp": "2009-05-24T21:45:58",
"content": "I actually noticed this a while back. I kinda made my own hack by hitting record into my Sound Forge program, and then I noticed that I could hear a slightly airy high frequency. It was my palm pilot cell phone battery. It was emitting an almost scary frequency so I wanted to record it. You can hear once in a while the “clicks” are the actual electromagnetic pulses, and the frequency is the EMF and RF radiation waves… Kinda makes ya think about sticking it close to your ear again huh? :P I’m putting some links on it cuz well, anyone can use these files. If ya like it, have fun with it.The song can be previewed on reverbnation athttp://www.reverbnation.com/justinwilliamsstreetteamexclusiveand listening to the feedback trick track on there. The mp3 of the file can be found here at Rapidshare:http://rapidshare.com/files/236842705/cellphonetoguitarfeedback.mp3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.643947
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/16/ben-hecks-six-axis-360-controller/
|
Ben Heck’s Six Axis 360 Controller
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"borg",
"ps3",
"xbox 360",
"xbox six-axis",
"xbox360",
"XboxSix-axis"
] |
This is not the most difficult mod ever, but digg loved it enough to kill
Ben’s site
before I could post it yesterday. Ben’s been doing a slate of consignment mods lately. This time he stuffed the guts of a PS3 six axis controller into an Xbox 360 controller body. Ben’s starting to act like a XBox 360 borg… His site is back up for now, but it’s awaiting some dns updates as it moves to a sexier hosting plan. Look while you can.
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| 6
| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25956",
"author": "jman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T23:13:28",
"content": "Crap. Ben’s site is gonna crash again!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25957",
"author": "lain",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T00:31:41",
"content": "man.. i saw the title and i was hoping he modded an xbox 360 controller to use six axis tilt-style controls… shit, i need to get a job so i can afford to do that now, it sounds like fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25958",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T08:20:09",
"content": "So he puts a PS3 controller in a shitty flat and huge controller design?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25959",
"author": "Cey22",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T09:00:02",
"content": "Well… It looks sexy I guess, because it’s cool seeing things stuck together.But this would be much heavier than the PS3 controller, which, in my opinion, already feels great in your hands.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25960",
"author": "Doomstalk",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T09:18:20",
"content": "Can’t be worse than the SIXAXIS already was. The analog triggers are an absolute joke– there’s no tension, they’re slippery, and they feel like mush. The sticks also suck; they’re just as bad as the DualShock line– floppy, gigantic dead zones… ugh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25961",
"author": "madouc",
"timestamp": "2007-06-22T13:36:51",
"content": "direct linkt to the howto article on engadget:http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/01/how-to-make-a-ps360-controller/hopefully this will save people some searching :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.577152
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/15/sunday-wifi-rc-car-extra/
|
Sunday Wifi RC Car Extra
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"rc car extra",
"RcCarExtra",
"wifi car",
"WifiCar"
] |
Just a heads up for the linux guys before I hit the hack. If you’re using
madwifi
drivers, make sure you update em. A remote exploit was released. the researcher played nice and got with the development team before releasing the details.
I’ve been pondering a wifi controlled RC car robot project. I’m thinking of an onboard motherboard and a big battery supply. After considering my own ideas, I like to poke around and check out others. It’s inspiring and I almost always find something I can use adapt or abuse. For the wifi RC car, several have been created already.
The
Wi-drive
is really an exercise in embedded systems and software control, but looks interesting. Sadly, it appears to suffer from the ‘our college gave us this dev box’ syndrome.
The
WRT54G turned RC car
is pretty sweet. The router is running a servo control daemon, providing a cheap mobile wireless dev platform.
This
star climbing enabled monster truck
hack looks very promising as a build platform. It was designed to be autonomous, but it could easily be adapted.
Not be forgotten, Ashish’s
laser rangefinder based autonomous rc car
.
If you’d rather keep the car stock, you could interface the transmitter with a pc with a
simple ppm signal generator
.
Then there’s the
RC car telemetry project
.
Got any more worthy projects? Shout out.
| 10
| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25948",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T08:45:31",
"content": "hate to break it to you but this exploit has been on milw0rm since march 1st and was written on jan 10th. this has been known for a while and has been fixed as of 0.9.3 which was march 16th",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25949",
"author": "thenameisbam",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T12:52:06",
"content": "those are some good ones to look at, but i’ve been a fan ofhttp://hackedgadgets.com/2006/08/18/home-made-video-car/now if you could combine wifi and the video then that would be cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25950",
"author": "SonicvanaJr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T13:32:11",
"content": "I like how everyone just reads slashdot, and takes its word as if it were law. As the first guy said, the exploit is very old. Sure there may be some people who still haven’t updated, but the vast majority of Linux users have a version that is patched.Anyway… cool list of hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25951",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T19:35:21",
"content": "One of the reasons I mothballed my homebrew ‘Probe II SG’ ROV project was how obsolete my RC and video systems are.Pfft, I didn’t get as far as systems telemetry!(you can google ‘probe II sg’ for details if you’re interested.)I would like nothing better than to do a conversion whereby a small laptop handles everything and it utilizes a WiFi connection.Someday perhaps.At least the platform itself it built and proven, I just have to retrofit stuff onto/into it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25952",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T22:02:31",
"content": "that wi-drive is a crap, makers should look into real speed control instead of pulsing moron = car shakes like my ballsJourney Robot is awesome, movies are great, this thing can manage some great stunts, I especially liked getting unstuck, btw what is on the wooden stick on top of that bot? digital compass?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25953",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T22:28:01",
"content": "rush, pulsing lets you get full torque at any ‘rpm.’ although their pulses need to be a lot higher frequency, theres good reason to pulse the motor in all electric rc cars.thats why they all do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25954",
"author": "bolo",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T22:42:29",
"content": "Well, I did this a few years ago… But, it’s in pieces… bolobot.bolobot.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25955",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-04-21T08:53:19",
"content": "dioxide: right, except that at the low frequency they are using, they’re not doing a whole lot. the current surges at each pulse stresses the whole works and the pulsing ultimately yields no real torque benefit. as rush said, definitely needs improvement.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "968637",
"author": "Jonathan",
"timestamp": "2013-03-02T07:17:07",
"content": "kool, I want to test this, because I want to mount a USB Mobile Internet Stick with a camera and solar panel, so I can make the RC car take a roadtrip to california. lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6744372",
"author": "Clovis Fritzen",
"timestamp": "2024-03-25T12:32:40",
"content": "2024 anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.377078
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/14/webcam-laser-rangefinder/
|
Webcam Laser Rangefinder
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"laser",
"sharks",
"webcam"
] |
This has been around for a while, but I thought it deserved some attention. [Todd] used a laser pointer, a webcam, some trig and (sigh) some windows development tools to create
his own laser range finder
. Given the position of the beam strike and that the camera is located at a right angle to the laser, calculating the distance is pretty simple. This could be handy if you’re building
a bot
for defcon…
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| 18
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25933",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T11:46:23",
"content": "what’s the deal with the (sigh) before windows development tools? is this hack not 1337 enough for you because it’s not written in python on a 286 running a hand compiled install of gentoo? don’t like windows? that cool, don’t use it, but don’t act like everyone who does is missing something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1171537",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2014-01-30T21:11:48",
"content": "Or you could look into it and see that it’s probably because VC++ is not a cross platform standard and this is HaD after all which means a significant portion of the user-base will be on OSX, some linux distro, or BSD in addition to windows. VB is far from a good alternative at that. There’s a reason so much stuff here is done in python, nine times out of ten (at least) it will work perfectly on any platform that python and the libraries needed support which usually covers the important ones.",
"parent_id": "25933",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "25934",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T12:10:10",
"content": "This is a great project. Lasers make everything better :) I wonder how effective this would be if it were spun on the top of a robot to do some simple and cheap object detection/avoidance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25935",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T12:11:37",
"content": "he’s siging bout trig..(sigh)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25936",
"author": "oliver",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T13:53:56",
"content": "For those who want to avoid paying then tryhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/downloads/for the free version of Visual studio. Also if you want an alternative to the Video Ocx actice X, try Andrew Kirillovs image processing library.http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/Image_Processing_Lab.asp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25937",
"author": "Wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T14:35:38",
"content": "I thought he was one about sin hyperbolic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25938",
"author": "Royce",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T14:58:55",
"content": "Seattle Robotics Society has had a very nice version of this up for some time:http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200110/vision.htmIt uses a line generating lens for the laser and a narrow filter for the webcam. This results in a system that measures distance at every point on the laser line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25939",
"author": "crazy_imp",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T15:28:19",
"content": "he could get a bigger range if the cam would be turned 90° left or right (if the cam is able to notice the laser point in the resulting bigger range). and also the image from the cam won’t be nice to watch because you see more on the vertical line as on the horizontal one (but it could be easily reverted by turning the complete unit too). maybe building the cam and the laser not in parallel could result in a better accuracy because the lens is more linear in other regions (but it would give the cpu some more calculations to do)? i think it’s worth the trouble and time to try it :).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25940",
"author": "cfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T17:00:27",
"content": "Ashish did thesame thing, and incorporated it into an obstacle detector for an autonomous RC car.The Seattle robotics society article was pretty interesting…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25941",
"author": "cfinger",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T17:02:09",
"content": "Link to Ashish’s project:http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/03/autonomous-rc-car-ii-with-wireless.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25942",
"author": "cecil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T17:33:47",
"content": "@matt“what’s the deal with the (sigh) before windows development tools?” It’s because those tools are not free even if you can get them without paying. you can’t develop something from this and sell it and you can only run it in windows. If it had been developed with gcc (the compiler I use on linux and what the free mac development tools use) it could be used on any type of computer system: windows, mac, linux, bsd or unix. and it wouldn’t be subject to any of the legal restrictions of microsofts licence. for people like me who only have macs and linux (and macs running linux) this would be much preferable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25943",
"author": "kelth",
"timestamp": "2007-04-15T23:04:40",
"content": "You make Bill Gates cry. There is nothing wrong if he wants to develope it on a platform he feels comfortable working on. We all have our own preferences so lets respect what eachother likes to work with.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25944",
"author": "Jeremy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T00:15:39",
"content": "I’ve been looking Everywhere, and hopefully someone here can help me out. (Please forgive me for going a little off-topic)I spotted a site once that walked you through a Super cheap design for an analog (Not digital!) laser tag gun+vest. Upon being hit, photo-diodes closed a circuit which flipped a “relay” and shut off the entire unit. He didn’t use a relay though (they are somewhat expensive) but instead used a cheaper alternative. I just need to know what that was. If anyone knows the site or what he would have used PLEASE let me know! I can’t tell you how frusterated I am that I lost the site and cannot find it again. (I’m sure you’ve all been there at some time)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25945",
"author": "Dan M",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T15:22:24",
"content": "This is a sweet setup…In addition to defcon, anyone still in school might be interested in the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (http://www.igvc.com). A robotic competition between universities all over the world..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25946",
"author": "crazy_imp",
"timestamp": "2007-04-16T18:13:19",
"content": "guess “dan m” wanted to writehttp://www.igvc.org/:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25947",
"author": "dist",
"timestamp": "2007-04-17T01:59:30",
"content": "@matt“is this hack not 1337 enough for you because it’s not written in python on a 286 running a hand compiled install of gentoo?”wow, nice attitude. Personally I think the inventor would have come under a lot more flack should he have used python on a 286 with a hand compiled copy of gentoo, since this wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense and sounds like it would be an archaic setup at best, if even remotely possible [which I doubt].Nobody was acting like windows users are missing something, in fact I got quite the opposite, if microsoft development tools are being used NON-windows users are missing something – and I think that was the point. My guess is if the hackers around here started using linux only development tools and libraries that would bother some windows users, so I think the general consensus is cross platform, whenever possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58213",
"author": "Doktor Jeep",
"timestamp": "2009-01-07T19:34:02",
"content": "Hacking Win or using Win tools and drivers for a hack is as good as using a Federation starship to wage war against everything the people who invented that socialist nightmare stand for.I wonder if this can be incorporated into a defconbot program?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58214",
"author": "Doktor Jeep",
"timestamp": "2009-01-07T19:38:44",
"content": "Almost forgot: be careful if you use an IR laser. They can damage your eye and you won’t know it when it happens. The damage can be permanent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90155",
"author": "Todd",
"timestamp": "2009-08-28T18:39:15",
"content": "I am the original author of the webcam laser range finder website and just wanted to let you know that the page has been moved. Anyone looking for this webcam laser range finder write-up can find it here:http://sites.google.com/site/todddanko/home/webcam_laser_ranger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.524132
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/24/add-text-to-speech-to-a-garmin-c510530-gps/
|
Add Text To Speech To A Garmin C510/530 GPS
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[
"c510 c530",
"C510C530",
"garmin gps",
"GarminGps"
] |
[josh] pointed out this hack for Garmin C510 and C530 GPS units. The newer C550 and C580’s feature text to speech directions. [Phil Hornby] put together a walk through that will add this valuable feature to the older units. He took advantage of the firmware similarities of the various Garmin units and got it working. The hack requires some compromises due to memory constraints, but it’s pretty straight forward.
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| 8
| 8
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25560",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T05:43:30",
"content": "My favorite type of hack, using software to make a device more like an expensive/newer model :).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25561",
"author": "Meghan",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T13:36:21",
"content": "May be due to their dislike.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25562",
"author": "Stan",
"timestamp": "2007-03-27T07:33:30",
"content": "Awesome! I just bought the C530 the day before for $298 including shipping at Buydig. Lack of TTS was my only gripe and now I’ve got no reason to be sad :)http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=715813",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25563",
"author": "meir",
"timestamp": "2007-03-29T10:40:59",
"content": "Anyone try this on the c330 with the c340 firmware?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25564",
"author": "Claudio",
"timestamp": "2007-03-29T23:54:09",
"content": "Take care not to update the firmware of your C510 / C530: the new version (released today, 29.3.07) will disable this hack.Best regardsClaudio",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25565",
"author": "meir",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T22:40:05",
"content": "I tried it on my c330 and it didn’t work. I lost all voice prompts and had to not only reinstall the c330 ones but reflash my firmware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79201",
"author": "meena",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T21:41:20",
"content": "garmin nuvi 265wt rocks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112562",
"author": "Garmin 255w GPS",
"timestamp": "2009-12-20T14:31:46",
"content": "I feel so good when I read helpful articles like this on the internet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.328189
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/24/make-your-coffee-with-a-laser/
|
Make Your Coffee With A Laser
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Laser Hacks"
] |
[
"friggin laser",
"FrigginLaser",
"lasers",
"sharks with laser beams",
"SharksWithLaserBeams"
] |
[Mr Beam] sent this in yesterday, but I didn’t have a chance to get it up til now. These guys are using a 2Kw laser to heat up their instant coffee and tea. Sure, it’s not a hack, but [Eliot] wanted it up, and who doesn’t want their own 2Kw Laser?
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{
"comment_id": "25529",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T21:12:50",
"content": "Of course this is not a hack. Why, it says right on the original shipping box from my 2 kilowatt laser that it’s also good for heating up hot beverages. It’s actually designed for this! Can’t y’all find something better to link to? ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25530",
"author": "Digital",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T21:25:27",
"content": "Best. Coffee. Ever!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25531",
"author": "Eliot",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T22:21:59",
"content": "Oh sure, make me look like the ass here. It’s a freaking laser!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25532",
"author": "Blocko",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T22:44:31",
"content": "That’s a grievous misuse of resources.Still cool though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25533",
"author": "thijs",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T22:57:58",
"content": "okay,so every cup is lit for, like 19 seconds..2,5 kW = 2500 Watts.1 Joule = 1 Watt * 1 Second.so there’s 2500W * 19S = 47,5 kJ thrown into that cup.for 1 liter of water, you need 4,2 Kj to heat it up by one degree Celsius.so say there’s 100 ml water in that cup, that’s 0,1 L.so you need 0,42 KJ to heat it 1°0,42 / 47,5 = 113°Cif the cup was at room temperature, the coffee would become 135°C.so you’d vapourize like half of it..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25534",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T23:24:34",
"content": "Somehow I dont think the coffee was heated up in a perfect conditions so theres going to be a large amount of heat lost to the environment. The figures are perfectly reasonable when you take in the (normally large) losses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25535",
"author": "Madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T00:22:59",
"content": "Also, there could be more than 100ml of water in the cup. 200ml wouldn’t be unreasonable.Also, the water could be cold from the tap, so less than room temperature.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25536",
"author": "whitewiz",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T00:58:09",
"content": "Answer to thijs:Its not that simple that when water gets to 100 degress celsius. it just vaporizes.It takes a fair share of energy to change its state from liquid to gas.It´s one of the basics you learn in physics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25537",
"author": "SQNEWTON",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T01:59:24",
"content": "Lame!!! And boring. They could have shown the trick with only one cup… LAME!!! One of the worst!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25538",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T02:00:04",
"content": "Is it just me, or does the coffee boil over a couple of times in to what is probably a very expensive piece of lab equipment?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25539",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T02:11:55",
"content": "ND YAG? cool, but I thought those only put out infrared, 1100nm or so… Why’s it blue? The only way I can imagine it going to blue is if you used a non linear crystal to half the wavelength, but those aren’t very efficient and you would not get anything near 2.5kW and it’d take much longer to heat up the water…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25540",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T02:13:19",
"content": "needs a real time temp reading.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25541",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T02:31:35",
"content": "It’s mostly white because of the IR bounceback from the cup being detected by the camera. The blue hints you see are the spectrum of water showing up as the water directly in the beam’s path drop energy levels. (Sky is blue reasoning).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25542",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T04:59:36",
"content": "sweet hack, I love lasers.A YAG laser outputs 480nm light which is a blue ish color. They also had to put so much energy 42kJ into the cup because there is a lot of energy reflected of the liquid ( thats also why the cup is white otherwise it would be vaporized)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25543",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T05:50:54",
"content": "Well, a hack IS taking one thing and using it for a much cooler purpose, at it’s core, so this is a hack. We need more people willing to do crazy shit like this with lab equipment, whose cool abilities are normally squandered for private science.Since it seems a fair bit of you seem to know a lot about lasers, I got a ? for you: How does distance from the origin of a laser beam affect it’s cutting abilities? You always see industrial lasers cut close up- what is it about the properties of a laser (the power?) that seems to drop drastically with distance? Is there a way to calculate this? I have searched. What are the factors?Also, I know laser light can be colminated to round the beam profile more, but can a laser be MAGNIFIED? Can the effective spot diameter on, say, a 60 mw laser be passed through a magnifiying glass/lens to concentrate it’s power, possibly to cut something?I’ve just never seen anyone do it, it is light, so it should be possible…?Thanks to anyone that knows anything.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "25544",
"author": "i",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T07:03:56",
"content": "couldn’t this easily heat the water/coffee into a supercritical state? i kinda expected that water to violently boil once he put that teabag in at the end.@15, of course you can focus laser beams, thats why it’s dangerous to our eyes, since the lens inside the eye concentrates the beam to a tiny spot onto the retina. you will need a lot more than a 60mw laser to cut through metal though ;-).",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "25545",
"author": "charles",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T07:07:18",
"content": "seemed very cool… until i watched it. i thought i was going to see ZAP! and the coffee is done. i could have got a tea kettle whistling before that terd broke off.not nearly as practical as good ole’rf, for sure. here’s an excerpt from howstuffworks that should shed some light(har har) on the subject:“microwave ovens are popular because they cook food in an amazingly short amount of time. They are also extremely efficient in their use of electricity because a microwave oven heats only the food — and nothing else.”see, the microwave oven was invented in 1947. the first laser demonstration not until 1960. and now, in 2007, the laser, with all the experimentation and study, still cannot compete in this regard with a 60 year old invention that has remained basically unchanged since it was first put on the consumer market.what i’d like to see is someone cook an egg utilizing nothing but 2 cell phones and an fm radio. not this BS “we used a laser to make stuff hot.”very innovative, i’m sure.come on, guys. we want stuff that makes life easier, not harder.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "25546",
"author": "Neagle",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T09:40:46",
"content": "I think I’d go with the tea. Nice way to start the morning. Now I can I justify a PO for a 2Kw laser?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25547",
"author": "op",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T18:09:16",
"content": "@15, from what i know the cuting abilities of a laser are mainly dependent upon:– power and type of laser used (NdYAG or CO2, depending on what material you need to cut)– diameter of the unfocused beam– beam quality (gaussian beam is ideal, etc.)– focal length– depth of focusI’m a student and some of my lectures have covered the basics of laser cutting. There are many experts out there though, so hopefully they can either confirm or correct this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25548",
"author": "MightyTwin",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T19:08:45",
"content": "You all are some downright arses. I agree with eliot, this is a cool demonstration of a laser’s abilities. I mean, who doesn’t want a 2kv laser at home? :)Cheers,MightyTwin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25549",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T23:28:42",
"content": "The beam appears blue under the camera because cameras don’t know how to respond to IR light. They try to filter as much as they can out, but what does get through usually ends up in the red or blue detectors in the camera.Nd:YAG only lases at ir wavelengths, the strongest line is 1064nm (that is what this one operates at, it is shown clearly at the beginning). To get the blue/green/red lines you use one or more nonlinear optics, q-switches, opo’s, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25550",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T01:13:12",
"content": "As we all probably know, the definition of “HACK” is dicey and debatable at best—but using LASERS to heat COFFEE??? Now, in my opinion…anybody who does not agree that cooking coffee with lasers is a cool hack needs to turn in their tools and hang up their soldering iron.on a 1-10 i give it 7 and a half stars with honorable mention of “high coolness factor” but only 7.5 because i dont like coffee. Still its a bit improbable that the average “hardware hacker” will ever get to test this with his (or her) own laser but, cmon! lasers that do ANYTHING besides LOOK cool (which they do very well) including but not limited to ray-guns, light sabers, laser pointers, laser copiers, and YES even laser-coffee makers. are very, very cool. Making lasers do anything different from what they have done in the past is righteous by Mr Jones’ standards……now post some youtube of it cooking a muffin and an egg and a slice of sausage and post the first ‘Laser-cooked egg-mc-muffin” video and ill give you a 9.5 stars!:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25551",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T02:03:59",
"content": "Re: laser vs microwave heating.the average kitchen microwave will take upwards of 2 minutes to heat a cup of water like those shown to boiling. This laser did the same in roughly 18 seconds. I say the laser wins that speed competition.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25552",
"author": "theTick197",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T02:52:44",
"content": "i want to see them make coffee with freaken sharks that have freaken laser beams attached to their head.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25553",
"author": "charles",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T03:53:18",
"content": "yeah, i know. i mean, we’re comparing a boring old microwave oven to a frickin’ laser! by my count, though, the time(starting from the time they pushed the button that says, “go” to the time that the water boiled over) was about 25 seconds. nearly half the time that it takes for a decent microwave(not the one that’s been in your mother’s kitchen for the last 20 years) to heat up a cup of water to a good degree for coffe drinking. now consider the time it takes for that boiling water to cool down enough that a human can drink it without seriously damaging his flesh, then we have an obvious winner. not to mention all that energy wasted with the laser has a direct effect at the gas pumps.that laser “hack” is not nearly as practical as you try to make it seem. in theory, lasers are definitely cool. put to good use, such as eye surgery, the absolute coolest, but any 4th grader could tell you, yes, lasers can make water hot. it’s to be expected. this demonstration was just completely lacking in any WOW factor and a microwave is so much more efficient and practical. if the purpose is to show how to move backwards, though, these guys hit the nail right on the point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25554",
"author": "Zeiris",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T11:46:21",
"content": "@16: Heating is uneven, so no. Would be interesting to see the same thing done in a test tube though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25555",
"author": "william42",
"timestamp": "2007-03-29T19:31:00",
"content": "ok u thought lasers were only like red ppl – but go tohttp://www.wickedlasers.comand they actually sell blue and green ones too! – bit expensive though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25556",
"author": "Fionny",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T02:15:19",
"content": "Coffee with less then a spoon full of granules. Weak…. i thought sciency people would at least have 2 spoonfulls. what was in that jar wouldve done 2 cups max…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25557",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T19:54:12",
"content": "Gotta take into account heat losses to ambient, and also to the cup. Though the laser wasn’t heating the cup, it was heating the liquid, and via conduction heat was transferred to the cup. Also different materials have different heat densities-water holds a LOT of heat. Hence being used in nuclear reactors as coolant, steam plants for heat/electricity/propulsion (like subs and carriers), orange groves to prevent freezing, etc.The heat/energy required to push water over that limit to boiling (thus a ‘saturated system’) is quite a bit. I can’t remember exactly the equations…learned them ages ago in nuke school.Oh, that’d also explain why the water didn’t ‘explode’ out of the cup when he put the teabag into the water-wasn’t superheated. Under normal conditions, water will NEVER exceed 100 c, unless the water is distilled so that there ar no impurities and the cup/container is absolutely smooth, so that there’s no surface for steam bubbles to effectively form. Only under those conditions…or increase the pressure of the system.Hope that answers questions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25558",
"author": "hangman",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T20:54:15",
"content": "i want a laser",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25559",
"author": "penske",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T22:08:34",
"content": "While you guys are all wondering about the state of the coffee…I’m more curious whether or not those guys are still employed there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "107403",
"author": "danielrigano",
"timestamp": "2009-11-15T07:31:29",
"content": "I think I can cook my dinner with thelaser pointer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129565",
"author": "Red Microwaves",
"timestamp": "2010-03-13T01:10:34",
"content": "It’s good, it’s useful (as usual), actionable and concise. Love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "165097",
"author": "Alex Bony",
"timestamp": "2010-08-03T10:00:57",
"content": "It would be a good idea to cook coffee with a high powerlaser pointer, which is really an exciting thing to do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2007/03/23/new-bling-for-shmoocon/
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New Bling For Shmoocon!
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Eliot] and I are in D.C. at
Shmoocon
for the weekend. We’re armed with the latest Hack-A-Day sticker. Find us here and we’ll hook you up. Right now we’re checking out [H1kari]’s talk on using FPGA’s for high speed encryption key cracking. By using dedicated FPGA hardware, they’re smoking dual core Intel’s left and right for the calculations. He also talked about an interesting application called VileFault – it takes in a certain fruit vendors encrypted FS and spits out a decrypted image – once you’ve cracked the pass phrase. (Guess what makes finding that key way faster.) Now he’s getting into brute forcing bluetooth pins…
[Update so I don’t run off the page…]
The con’s first round of talks was pretty interesting. I definitely enjoyed the keynote by [Aviel Rubin]. He discussed his teams efforts to crack the Exxon Mobil Speedpass, which happens to be the same technology that’s used to RF disable several newer cars. They used some FPGA in a similar manner as [H1kari] – to speedily decrypt the encryption keys. The defeat of the Speedpass is pretty old news, but it was heartening to hear how Johns Hopkins University stood behind his team and was happy to saddle up their lawyers in dealing with the release of their paper.
The boys over at team hack-a-day – our unofficial
Folding@home
team (#44851) asked me to remind people that the PS3 folding client has been released – give those spare cpu cycles a home! The team has their own
forums
that hold quite a few gems. Not the least of with is a handy DXF of the Hack-a-day (and team Hack-A-Day) logo.
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{
"comment_id": "25514",
"author": "Ondra",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T23:41:24",
"content": "Fiiiiiiirst :PDoes VileFault has to do something with FileVault :) ? Sounds similar to me :PP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25515",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T04:57:41",
"content": "No, Ondra, by fruit vendor I think they meant BananaFS or something.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25516",
"author": "Bobak",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T06:49:15",
"content": "damn, i don’t have a ticket. I live around DC, and I’d love a sticker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25517",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T07:12:36",
"content": "How does one go about getting one of them spiffy stickers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25518",
"author": "Loreal",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T08:43:09",
"content": "But the thing is that it may likes the other peoples too. Any guess why??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25519",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T15:25:53",
"content": "mmm stickers, pity I live about as far away from dc as you can get (actually as far away from the usa as you can get)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25520",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T16:53:29",
"content": "where, when and will I be able to DL videos of the talks?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25521",
"author": "TJhooker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T18:02:55",
"content": "My 96 Honda Prelude had a transponder chip key stock..Not exactly “newer cars.” Interesting because the Acura Integra didn’t get chip a key till 2001 when bills started being passed in congress.I think the Corvette got a TI based chip key in the late 80’s. GM also used PASSKEY 1 and 2 which was resistor based and was a no brainer to bypass.If you wanted to save some time you could just buy a cloner and key blank. In CA chop shops they get the VIN for a target car and just get there professional mechanic buddies to get the pre-cut blade and code the transponder with an in shop cloner.The FPGA encryption cracking is cool, but backpacking an FPGA array around wouldn’t be practical for a thief.Has anyone ever done FPGA tests on other ciphers like A5 or triple DES?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25522",
"author": "silic0re",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T19:19:13",
"content": "is there a link to learn more about their FPGA cracking efforts? how many FPGA’s do they typically use in tandem (or, do they use use one?)thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25523",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T20:17:38",
"content": "man this sucks if it was last week i so would have been there but now im off of break and in the middle of nowhere PA",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25524",
"author": "TD-Linux",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T20:53:37",
"content": "#8: I don’t see how backpacking a FPGA around would be impractical, as my 500K gate FPGA is barely an inch square – and that is probably overkill for this application. You might need some buttons and an LCD, though :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25525",
"author": "TJhooker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T22:51:06",
"content": "#10 They where using an FPGA array hence it being impractical. Not sure what cores the FPGA’s used but you could be right. They might have been able to use a single board with a faster core.Also I followed there research for a few years. I seem to remember them being forced to remove details from there site not even a year ago by some corporate lawyers. That’s why I stopped paying there research any attention.Also the transponder ECM system is the best security measure out there currently; even better than rolling code systems. They’ll have to go back to the drawing table if the transponder chip ECM system becomes too easy to crack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25526",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T01:33:57",
"content": "if there are leftovers can we send in SASE’s and get a sticker?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25527",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-03-27T00:21:53",
"content": "I’d put a hackaday sticker on my laptop in a heartbeat.I’d even send in a photo of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25528",
"author": "Harrison",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T04:27:23",
"content": "Wow, that sticker looks awesome. Any chance that you guys could set up a send in money, get a few stickers thing for the ones unlucky enough to not be able to do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2007/03/22/nokia-lcd-in-a-laptop/
|
Nokia LCD In A Laptop
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks",
"laptops hacks"
] |
[
"nokia lcd in a laptop",
"NokiaLcdInALaptop"
] |
I was poking around and ran across
this
interesting mod in progress. It’s mostly a study in customizing an old laptop, but embedding a Nokia LCD in the palm rest is an interesting little hack. The LCD was taken from a Nokia 3310 and modded to connect to the parallel port. (Probably with a circuit like
this one
)
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{
"comment_id": "25508",
"author": "Barry Carter",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T12:20:46",
"content": "Nice. I had a similar idea to put those screens in the top of my laptop. I can’t wait to see the finished result.Because I will probably forget about this, I hope it comes around again in hack a day a update.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25509",
"author": "Rune Kyndal",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T18:26:06",
"content": "pretty coll idea,thinking about making it touch sensitive.and use it as 4 “graphic buttons”simmular to the Optimus LCD Keyboard/Kyndal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25510",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T21:53:27",
"content": "this thing reads more like a “painting hack” than anything else……but i guess we cannot expect “Mary Masterson” quality hacks at every turn. at least this guy used a spray can as opposed to a brush….but still, an unfinished hack is just a pipe dream until its completed anyway. on a scale of 1-10 (10 being “Mary quality”) i give this hack a 4….could possibly be a 8 or 9 if it were finished….but lets face it–there are going to be “slow hack days” in the future too…..so having this thing on the back burner (surely it will get finished some day and written up properly)has to be comforting to HAD. Not that i enjoy it a great deal when HAD repeats itself (i know how to search the HAD website for old hacks past); still i guess its the nature of the beast when attempting to find quality hacks in a world full of lameness. Good work to the dude responsible for the hack—-but one could expect a little more from the writeup. The lesson to be learned from this hack—It makes no difference how complete it is; or how well its written up; just get your trusty spray paint out and put a HAD logo on the top and its a shoe-in.:/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25511",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T04:09:33",
"content": "Yeah, reading this I got the impression that this is mainly just about painting the thing and getting it shiny. He doesn’t even say what he is going to do with the LCD or how he put the controller board together.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25512",
"author": "emil",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T17:51:06",
"content": "if it comes out allright when its done i’d say it’s an awesome mod.#2 how would you make it touch sensitive?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25513",
"author": "Dirado",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T13:33:54",
"content": "That can be but not sure!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.688816
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/21/make-a-small-coilgun-aka-coilosapien-update/
|
Make A Small Coilgun (aka Coilosapien Update)
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[
"armed robot masters",
"ArmedRobotMasters",
"robosapein",
"robosapien"
] |
Remember the
coilosapien
? I hopped over and found that [marcus] wrote
a tutorial
on his mini coil gun. He beefed up a disposable camera charging circuit with some extra capacitors to drive the coil, and used a small servo for his automatic reload mechanism. Everything you need to arm your robots.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25501",
"author": "Mr Jones",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T10:00:01",
"content": "yay im #1!!cool hack—-robots and shooting things are always welcomed additions! thanx HAD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25502",
"author": "jclangs",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T14:04:00",
"content": "I like neat toys like this I am going to play withthis to drive stray dogs out of the yard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25503",
"author": "PKM",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T20:40:05",
"content": "i was waiting for this :)the instructions seem to be pretty clear- i missed the circuit diagram the first time round, but it’s clearly there and seems to make sense. I wonder how much power the reload relay draws though, and whether a slightly more complex solution would pay off by increasing the battery life. i’m deeply tempted to build one just as an electronically controllable coil gun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25504",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T22:24:35",
"content": "#3I think a solenoid would be a much simpler reloading mechanism.I have a few camera flash circuits at home I think I will try to hack something up tonight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25505",
"author": "Vennessa",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T14:09:51",
"content": "You are pointing out the same thigs here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25506",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T09:36:26",
"content": "Well thank goodness that Vennessa is here to helpfully point that everyone here so far appreciates this hack. And thank goodness that she she herself isn’t wasting space with her post. I’d hate to think what we’d do without it.Will, nice job! I’m gonna have to try this one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25507",
"author": "Lorie",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T13:37:58",
"content": "I cant able to open the given link, can you please help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48746",
"author": "patto",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T01:22:17",
"content": "freakin awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4513488",
"author": "spiritplumber",
"timestamp": "2018-04-29T20:17:12",
"content": "Why is it that when I was making something like this in 2013, nobody cared? I submitted it on HaD and everything.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJRJJxBUIohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xef6TdkXVxY",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.733242
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/20/bonus-buffalo-terastation-hacking/
|
Bonus: Buffalo Terastation Hacking
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[
"Firmware modding",
"FirmwareModding",
"terrastation"
] |
Just a bonus hack in honor of my new toy: a
1GB
1TB buffalo Terastation NAS. These puppies run embedded Linux, and have a decent
user base
. Mine came with 128MB of ram, four Samsung drives (each with their own IDE bus), RAID support, gigabit ethernet, USB 2.0 and a Motorola Sandpoint cpu. (Putting it on par with my old Powermac 8500) The wiki has instructions for all the the
basic hacks
. Installing some
hacked firmware
was pretty easy, and yielded telnet and root access. It has a serial port for UPS control, but there’s a nice clean hack for
enabling serial console access
instead.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25488",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T05:52:47",
"content": "I hope you meant to say that it’s a 1Tbyte nas. If you need 1Gbyte that bad, I’ll give you a free thumb drive. ;P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25489",
"author": "billybob",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T06:20:46",
"content": "megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, kilobyte, heck it’s all the same. (not) Don’t mention confusing network line speed. kilobits/sec megabits/sec etc…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25490",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T07:16:48",
"content": "I’d be interested in a program for a computer that allowed it to do this type of thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25491",
"author": "int8088",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T07:46:50",
"content": "master tryhttp://www.freenas.org/bsd based file server",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25492",
"author": "orvtech",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T15:33:49",
"content": "Dude, thats a +$600 toy, i will stick with my nslu2 ($79) and my external USB HDD ($80)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25493",
"author": "xFred",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T17:08:50",
"content": "The terra stations suck….if you really want a piece of hardware, look into the linkstation pro. It’s made by the same company, but quicker – and sata.Also, look at the kuro box. New Kuro Box PRO is coming soon!http://www.linkstationwiki.nethttp://www.kurobox.comWith the linkstation pro, you also get a serial port. WITHOUT REMOVING THE CASE! The newer units are looking sweet.Forget the terrastation – too slow. If you want a 1TB NAS, get a PC w/ hardware RAID card. Otherwise, this thing can barely break 10mb/s reads/writes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25494",
"author": "Dano",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T02:20:28",
"content": "Although the terastation may “suck” when considering it for business purposes I think it’s a decent package for general storage. Good place to store online backups, mp3’s, movies, etc. Of course many of us could throw one together for about the same price, but if you don’t have the parts sitting around a simple plug and play device can be nice… As long as you can hack some extra features!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25495",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T12:02:55",
"content": "But the thing is that it may likes the other peoples too. Any guess why??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25496",
"author": "orvtech",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T16:17:00",
"content": "@ michael,sure, ‘dano’ said it before “…a simple plug and play device…”the end user or the regular user would not know where to begin or how to build and setup a box with 1TB of capacity (plus raid, nfs, ftp, quotas, etc…).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25497",
"author": "KC",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T18:33:26",
"content": "Cheaper than setting up another blade cluster…..I’LL TAKE 5!They’ll get my vote when they speed up those read/write times. Why would you put gigabit ethernet on it when it can’t even hit 100Mb?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25498",
"author": "srod",
"timestamp": "2007-03-24T20:05:35",
"content": "nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25499",
"author": "dakota",
"timestamp": "2007-03-25T16:45:18",
"content": "What’s the computer in the picture?(I have one that looks like it. Mine’s a Gateway Select 1200CS with an AMD Athlon, 128 MB of RAM, and it’s running XP Pro.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25500",
"author": "Doug",
"timestamp": "2007-03-26T20:35:08",
"content": "I setup a terstation pro (2TB version) to use for nightly backups of a couple file servers in my lab. It is really designed for Windows only without the hacked firmware. The samba server on it is set up to be case-insencitive, but case-preserving. Installing the hacked firmware fromhttp://terastation.org/wiki/TeraStationProand using it as an NFS server fixed this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.784385
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/20/xbox-360-linux-bootloader-released/
|
XBox 360 Linux Bootloader Released
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
[XanTium] let me know that there’s finally an
Xbox 360 linux boot disc
. It takes advantage of the hypervisor vulnerability, and It takes some effort – compiling, executing over a serial cable, after loading some modified files, etc. It took long enough, but now you can roll your own if you want. (Personally, I just use an Ubuntu box with DVI and optical audio.)
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "25472",
"author": "conor",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T00:16:52",
"content": "props to the coders, but what’s the point?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25473",
"author": "w00t",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T04:08:18",
"content": "first post w00t!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25474",
"author": "Jinge Su",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T04:37:16",
"content": "First post!Finally someone came out with a linux hack. Now I actually have a legit reason to buy a 360, other then Gears of War of course.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25475",
"author": "TJhooker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-21T12:50:57",
"content": "It’d be cool if someone developed a GPL board and firmware with a 64bit quad core CPU, and a couple of Nvidia 7800 chips directly interfaced to the CPU like PCIe.I’ve seen some modders do firmware hacks and surface mount systems just as complex.To tell you the truth commercial consoles are limited by budgets(IMHO.) If people posted improved schematics it would be to consoles what Linux is to operating systems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25476",
"author": "Wolf",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T00:56:09",
"content": "to #5, as far as linux, i really don’t see a reason other than to use it as a web server (though these days, for the same price, you could build one from scratch), but if you’ve seen what can be done with the origional xbox, you’ll know why i (and most people I beilive) are excited to see this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25477",
"author": "pavlo",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T01:51:08",
"content": "Why can’t microsoft just be cool about people wanting to put their own OS or moding the one that comes with the 360 like Sony is?The ps3 is very open source and they even help you get alternate Os’s installed, they provide all of the necesary tools and its been shown that SATA 3.0 non hard drive disks work fine with a little modification to fit it in there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25478",
"author": "Alan Rager",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T01:52:38",
"content": "What was the point of that comment, Hooker? Anyway, this is pretty cool, but what libraries are needed to compile the source found on CVS, and what equipment is needed to use the binaries produced?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25479",
"author": "Dirado",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T12:11:40",
"content": "Yes! but do you have any guesses?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25480",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T14:48:49",
"content": "Nice job guys.. but I have agree.. 90%-95% are patched.. but you have to start somewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25481",
"author": "BLKMGK",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T20:56:24",
"content": "Are the current units on the shelf patched or not?As for the PS3, I have been told that even running Linux on it you’re in a hypervisor and nto able to get right to the metal. Allow me to run something like XBMC in full HD on a PS3 and I’ll eat my hat – then buy one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25482",
"author": "TJHooker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-22T22:48:20",
"content": "#9 I was just suggesting instead of wining about licensing and obscureness why not develop a open source 3D capable platform for GPL 3rd party developers!?One reason Microsoft and other Corporate developers don’t try to go overboard with there security models is because mods and hacks for there platforms make them billions of effortless free income and the 3rd party’s just go on arm chair advocating openness totally ignorant to the fact they’re working for the big evil corporations just without an office and paycheck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25483",
"author": "matthacker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T05:47:26",
"content": "7. Why can’t microsoft just be cool about people wanting to put their own OS or moding the one that comes with the 360 like Sony is?Posted at 6:53PM on Mar 21st 2007 by pavloYou want to know why? Its very simple if they alow people to install linux on the xbox it will hurt them because Microsoft is 100% against linux because they make WINDOWS duh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25484",
"author": "TJhooker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T15:59:20",
"content": "#14 You honestly believe the crap you say? More people buy the unit if it’s more flexible. Microsoft makes a big bank roll whenever someone boots a Linux system on there proprietary hardware.Like I said until GPL developers have an open 3D gaming platform they’re all just workers on big corporations ant hills.A lot of the money and labor that goes into manufacturing mod chips, ASIC’s, and reverse engineering firmware could go into producing a competitive open platform.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25485",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2007-03-23T22:39:42",
"content": "tjhooker:microsoft loses money on each xbox360 sold, and needs to recoup that lost money on game sales. that is why they DO put a lot of effort into their security model. Go read about xbox1 and xbox360 security mechanisms. In other words your post #13 is 100% incorrect, and in actuality the exact OPPOSITE of what you said is true.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25486",
"author": "Carl",
"timestamp": "2007-03-28T21:14:45",
"content": "The reason they don’t support openness is because security vulnerabilities make it easier for pirates to use copied game discs. Surprised no-one brought this up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25487",
"author": "Phaeilo",
"timestamp": "2007-11-25T23:21:05",
"content": "I also agree with #16 the thing is that the price of the hardware used in the 360 might not be covered by the selling price.Well that does not really matter because Microsoft wants to get money out of the games so making sure that only certified games from companies who pay license fees to ms run on their Xbox is not a bad idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48176",
"author": "SeXBOX360",
"timestamp": "2008-10-29T22:14:27",
"content": "Another reason is if someone could easily put another OS on a semi-bad machine(PPC 3.2ghz Tri Core in the 360 each core at 3.2ghz). Then people would start putting more time into dev. linux games for the xbox and completely undermine MS. Watch I bet once the ball gets rolling behind Linux games for PS3, sony will come out with a new system w/o that feature or increased security.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55358",
"author": "boxee",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T23:05:58",
"content": "this hack is useful to use the 360 with boxee. but the question is… is this hack easily reversible and is there a way to do it without playing with serial cables and coding. microsoft, if they’re smart, will just open the 360 for internet browsing and get boxee to make a version that can run on 360, that they can just download to us in their next update. if they do that the 360 will be da bomb. if they don’t do that, apple tv is the next killer-device.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60175",
"author": "stephan",
"timestamp": "2009-01-20T20:54:10",
"content": "bicht what!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64661",
"author": "Sophie",
"timestamp": "2009-02-28T10:19:49",
"content": "Does someone know when Stormrise for Xbox360 will be released?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71883",
"author": "jamaicafresh",
"timestamp": "2009-04-27T13:08:30",
"content": "where do you download the program",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "135288",
"author": "Squirrel",
"timestamp": "2010-04-09T18:49:15",
"content": "MS should just release a “Windows 360” to install on a 360 then be able to boot into a PC or 360.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,887.983663
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/30/dual-antenna-fonera-mod/
|
Dual Antenna Fonera Mod
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
Sometimes the simple hacks make me happy. [CyberZeroCool] sent in his
lightly modded
fonera router. He hijacked the antenna and pigtail from one of his bricked fonera’s. One hole and a bit of soldering later: dual antennas. Of course, we’ve no idea if he can even use them both, but if it’s possible,
openwrt
will save the day. Wireless bits can get expensive, so I’ve grown to like mods that
don’t need them
.
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| 20
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25650",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T02:55:57",
"content": "Great, now you have twice the noise :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25651",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T03:20:47",
"content": "i dont understand why they didnt put them farther appart",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25652",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T05:06:12",
"content": "If by use them both you mean use which ever one has a higher signal strength, then I would say yes.. but until he mounts them in a different location, or changes them it wont really have any effect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25653",
"author": "CyberZeroCool",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T11:14:58",
"content": "Yes, I do have Open DD-WRT install and it is great, I am going to reposition it to the side, thanks guys for the interest.CyberZeroCool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25654",
"author": "Gigawatts",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T12:18:13",
"content": "Around a month ago, I too discoverd that there was an extra antenna pad internally, and added a TNC pigtail to it I had laying around. The stock Linksys TNC antenna definatly does a better job than the stock Fonera SMA antenna. The Beta DD-WRT firmwares have a diversity option, with the stock antenna being “Secondary” and the unused pad being “Primary”. Last week I put my whole creation into a empty Linksys WAP11 box, so I can now add it to my Linksys stack =]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25655",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T16:19:00",
"content": "This looks neat, although I have an sort of off topic question. Is there anyway to fix a bricked router? I tried to do OpenWRT but it ended up failing. I have a USRobotics with that MAX thing they have i cant remember the number. also i cant RMA it because its passed. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25656",
"author": "CyberZeroCool",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T19:39:32",
"content": "@AndrewYou have to do a Serial TTL connection to the board.http://jauzsi.hu/2006/10/13/inside-of-the-foneraCheck out some of my other projects and RSS it.http://www.cyberzerocool.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25657",
"author": "dan arnell",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T20:38:35",
"content": "page over bandwidth limit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25658",
"author": "Benjamin Baker",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T20:48:42",
"content": "re: cantenna: using a clamp to hold the coffee can and preheating it with a propane torch will go a long way toward making a clean connection with the antenna.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25659",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T21:22:05",
"content": "is there any central site for fonera hacking?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25660",
"author": "otherguy",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T00:22:58",
"content": "@carpespasmhttp://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Foneraalso the dd-wrt forums are pretty full of info.Otherwise turn to google if that’s not you’re looking for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25661",
"author": "Thrall",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T01:53:37",
"content": "Yes, there is a central site:http://www.fonhacking.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25662",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T03:35:54",
"content": "Love reading this stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25663",
"author": "murrowman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T05:34:37",
"content": "there is quite a discussion going on about the fon and the hacking of it over at team hack-a-day forums.http://www.teamhackaday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2222",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25664",
"author": "palmmann",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T22:40:14",
"content": "did the free fons with code 614249339250883 athttps://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/US/DirectUS?voucher=614249339250883run out? they seemed to work yesterday but now they don’t. are there any other good links for free fons?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25665",
"author": "PrairieFire",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T02:37:18",
"content": "The promo was only till March 31st.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25666",
"author": "atrain",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T05:27:54",
"content": ":( promo ended way earlier than march 31 in Canada :( I only ordered one… stupid me…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25667",
"author": "palmmann",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T23:29:22",
"content": "anyone with an invite want to share then? palmmann(at)gmail.comi’d be very grateful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25668",
"author": "George",
"timestamp": "2007-04-03T04:23:18",
"content": "I’d appreciate a Fon invite, if anyone has one.gstuartj (at) gmail [dot] com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25669",
"author": "Snorkle256",
"timestamp": "2007-04-04T18:52:22",
"content": "It seems like the invites have never worked. None of my “friends” e-mail address ever get a working link from Fon for a free fonera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,888.158935
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/30/bonus-xbox-360-modified-gentoo-for-easier-booting/
|
Bonus: XBox 360: Modified Gentoo For Easier Booting
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[
"xbox 360 linux",
"Xbox360Linux"
] |
[XanTium] passed this along to me, and did a nice job of writing it up. You’ll still need those old kernels, but here’s the scoop:
“A modified
Gentoo LiveCD and new KingKong Shader Hack
have been released for the Microsoft Xbox360 console that will allow you to boot Linux on your Xbox360 pretty easily! The new shader hack no longer requires a serial connection on your 360 and will load the
XeLL bootloader
directly from DVD. Once the bootloader ran you can insert the ‘Xenon’ modified Gentoo Minimal 2006.1 LiveCD and run Linux. As this hack uses the
Hypervisor Vulnerability
it will only work on Xbox360 consoles with kenrel 4532 or 4548 (downgrading is not possible at this moment as Microsoft blew-up eFuses in CPU to prevent kernel downgrades), to run the shader hack you’ll need the Xbox360 King Kong game (modified with thew new shader patch mentioned above) and to run this modifie d game disc you’ll need to flash the Xbox360 DVD-ROM drive with a
modified firmware
.”
| 2
| 2
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25648",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T11:13:14",
"content": "Sounds absurdly difficult, but I suppose any progress is good news.Though you have to wonder, with the competition so easily hackable with Linux being a supported feature, will Linux on the 360 ever take off? I can’t help but feel it will be like the Gamecube Linux project. Sure they got it working, but when you compared how hard it was to get Linux up and running on the GC versus the (original) Xbox, there was almost no public interest.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25649",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T14:00:51",
"content": "I bet there will be interest. I think one of the big reasons Linux never took off on the Gamecube was that in addition to be relatively slow hardware it offered no storage space, heck it didn’t even have a full sized Disc drive.Looking at ease of use the PS2 Linux was the easiest to use but again not as compelling as the Xbox because it wasn’t as powerful and needed additional hardware to make it useful. By comparison it was easier to get a PS2 up and running but the Xbox was more useful a platform.The PS3 might offer easy Linux installation but developers can’t use the GPU, so while cell development might be cool and everything you need in in the box, the Xbox 360 Linux is more useful because it allows full access to the system’s resources. Heck they haven’t even been able to get an SNES emulator running at full speed on the PS3’s Linux, something that the Xbox 1 did almost immediately after being hacked. The GPU counts for a lot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,888.105947
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/29/automated-slide-cleaning-digitizer/
|
Automated Slide Cleaning Digitizer
|
Will O'Brien
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
We’ve seen some work on diy digitizers
before
, but the
one
that [LP Rondeau] sent in is pretty sweet. It automates the process by advancing a slide projector carriage, blowing the slide clean with compressed air, and activating shutter release from a single controller. The images in this case have been shot in RAW (with a digital rebel ), and the setup allows immediate user review of the images – not to mention using the laptop for storage of all those huge images. The results of the shot and post processing are pretty good.
permalink
| 11
| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "25638",
"author": "spetz",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T06:15:02",
"content": "Thats very interesting, my dad has bunch of slides he wants copied but i dont have the stuff or expertise to do this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25639",
"author": "Monkey",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T08:06:45",
"content": "that’s really cool, i like how he took care of dust.. pretty inventive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25640",
"author": "Apothus",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T14:22:12",
"content": "a lovely solution, very nice indeed.my old recommendation would be to automate the process a little furthera nice simple serial interface could fix that im sure, would defiantly allow you to go out for a few hours and still get through a few more. If it stuffs up at some point you still have not lost anythinggreat work indeed, cant wait to try it on my grandads collection",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25641",
"author": "farthead",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T17:30:13",
"content": "Get a cheap scanner with a slide capability. I got a canon for $49.00 and it works GREAT, way better than the resolution of the 35mm film.I’d rather do it that way instead of building the rube-goldberg setup that does not do any better or give you any better “scans”.hell get a film scanner for $125 and call it done at Costco. 1200dpi is way higher res than your 35mm slides.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25642",
"author": "wirehead",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T19:11:00",
"content": "Um, no, most slides have usable resolution out to 4000-5000dpi…Still, a good slide scanner is going to work 100 times better than a rupe-goldberg dSLR setup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25643",
"author": "teahaile",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T19:11:30",
"content": "Just make sure you don’t put the slides in backwards. It looks like this is what happened to Rondeau in his examplehttp://patenteux.com/SlideDuplication/Windows_vertical-01_large.jpg(see the number ‘5’ is reversed).very cool hack, though Rondeau!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25644",
"author": "genome",
"timestamp": "2007-03-30T19:13:00",
"content": "I can think of 179.99 reasons why this hack is usefull.Also Scanning multiple slides is a pain in the butt. I have over 300 slides that need digitising, scanning 120 took over 3 hours!Most people already have all the parts, the slide projector which is kinda a prerequisite for slide owners anyway.I have a scanner with a back light for scanning slides, so I would have rather built some kind of Slide ADF for that.I also assume the resolution of digital cameras will increase, so this approach could have some kind of future proofing(assuming the slides last that long)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25645",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2007-03-31T04:40:05",
"content": "To the person speaking on slide resolution, 1200dpi is not even close. 4000-5000 dpi is more like it, with some claiming even higher with a high-quality slide such as fuji velvia100 (or their newly re-introduced velvia50f).If your slides top out, quality wise, at 1200 dpi then that is more likely an artifact of the lens used to make the slides than the slides themselves. Old Pentax lens, for example, typically top out around there. It would be difficult to find a lens from the 50’s or 60’s that would do better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25646",
"author": "Keith Wakeham",
"timestamp": "2007-04-01T17:21:59",
"content": "I think some of your are being hard on the fellow. I love the idea. I have inherited the lifetime of negatives of my mothers collection and I haven’t seen my childhood in a long time.Some of the negatives are over 60 Years old and of varying formats. And considering their are thousands of negatives a scanner is to slow. This is a problem for the Nikon film scanner I have access to as it uses a cage to hold film. I have put it in the cage, insert it, slide it to desired position, preview it, scan it, colour correct. And finally I’m done.Doing this with this setup would mean I don’t have to save and colour correction needed is minimal. And I can store as fast as i can advance the film. What was 3 minutes a photo is down to 10 seconds.Good job, Thanks for the idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "25647",
"author": "robert cruz",
"timestamp": "2007-04-02T07:48:21",
"content": "great idea! i work in a planetarium and most of our shows are still slide based. over 25 kodak carousels still in operation! this looks like a great way to “save” some of the cool images we already have for the day we go digital.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75909",
"author": "Curt Schroeder",
"timestamp": "2009-05-22T12:46:38",
"content": "Great solution. I have my own DIY approach that also makes use of the slide projector (and screen). Seehttp://sites.google.com/site/35mmslidedigitizer/Home",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,888.265196
|
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