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https://hackaday.com/2007/06/22/automatic-cable-modem-power-cycling/ | 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 ... | 1,760,377,879.288859 | ||
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"... | 1,760,377,879.468727 | ||
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 ... | 1,760,377,879.515654 | ||
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": "4... | 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_W0QQitemZ300119284769QQihZ020QQc... | 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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{
"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,
... | 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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{
"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": []
},
{
... | 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. | 13 | 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": "dea... | 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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{
"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": []
},
{
"comme... | 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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{
"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 onl... | 1,760,377,879.430118 | ||
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": "2007-06-1... | 1,760,377,879.885671 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2007/06/12/voting-rom-swapped-in-60-seconds/ | 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 demon... | 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 d... | 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":... | 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... | 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... | 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... | 1,760,377,880.540294 | ||
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": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,880.652465 | ||
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…",... | 1,760,377,880.346322 | ||
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",
... | 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": ... | 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,
"replie... | 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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{
"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... | 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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{
"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": "ivan2... | 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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{
"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 ... | 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",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,881.149891 | ||
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 | [
{
"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": []
},
{
"c... | 1,760,377,881.479482 | ||
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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{
"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 t... | 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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{
"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_i... | 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": "... | 1,760,377,881.300799 | ||
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 h... | 1,760,377,881.532432 | ||
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…",
"par... | 1,760,377,881.393406 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,881.686395 | ||
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",
"con... | 1,760,377,881.731322 | ||
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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{
"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,
"re... | 1,760,377,882.055035 | ||
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",
... | 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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{
"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... | 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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{
"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":... | 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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{
"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",
"... | 1,760,377,882.259212 | ||
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",
"con... | 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-u... | 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",
"timest... | 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. | 3 | 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,
"repli... | 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.",
"... | 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-... | 1,760,377,882.52475 | ||
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": "harris... | 1,760,377,882.57884 | ||
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": ... | 1,760,377,882.626618 | ||
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",
"timesta... | 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": []
},
{
"co... | 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,
"dept... | 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": ... | 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... | 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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{
"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_i... | 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": "Ba... | 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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{
"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 be... | 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 thin... | 1,760,377,884.732466 | ||
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": nul... | 1,760,377,884.900864 | ||
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": ... | 1,760,377,884.485612 | ||
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": "26... | 1,760,377,884.683667 | ||
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": "Th... | 1,760,377,884.855334 | ||
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 c... | 1,760,377,885.02016 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,885.086174 | ||
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 diod... | 1,760,377,885.614107 | ||
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-... | 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": "bir... | 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",
... | 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": ... | 1,760,377,885.471105 | ||
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,
... | 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... | 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,... | 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 no... | 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",
... | 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",
... | 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": []
},
... | 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",
"times... | 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",
"timestam... | 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",
"... | 1,760,377,886.702072 | ||
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 packag... | 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... | 1,760,377,886.377731 | ||
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",
"ti... | 1,760,377,886.583265 | ||
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",
"time... | 1,760,377,886.759317 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2007/04/01/were-giving-up/ | 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",
"timestam... | 1,760,377,886.845521 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/31/steampunk-rss-telegraph-keybard-etc/ | 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. | 9 | 9 | [
{
"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_i... | 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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{
"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 ... | 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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{
"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 finis... | 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:... | 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,
... | 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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{
"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"... | 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... | 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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{
"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... | 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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{
"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... | 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’al... | 1,760,377,887.85413 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2007/03/23/new-bling-for-shmoocon/ | 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. | 15 | 15 | [
{
"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": "Andr... | 1,760,377,887.898948 | ||
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 ... | 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": "jcla... | 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",... | 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",
"con... | 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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{
"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",
"c... | 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 ... | 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.
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{
"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": "256... | 1,760,377,888.265196 |
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