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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/08/t-mobile-sda-unlocking-overclocking-and-skype/
|
T-Mobile SDA Unlocking, Overclocking And Skype
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ken Keiter] has written up a guide to
unlocking your T-Mobile SDA, overclocking it, and then adding Skype
for use over WiFi. The unlock procedure is pretty simple and only needs some free software. The overclocking is just as simple. The OMAP processor needs to be overclocked to 240MHz otherwise Skype will have a lot of lag. The Skype install is straightforward except for one hitch: the phone doesn’t have a touch screen so you can’t click Sign-In. You can get around this using a piece of software called Pocket Controller which lets you click the button with your mouse. After that you can set Skype to auto sign-in so you’ll never need to use the mouse again. Ken’s final tip is how to change the T-Zones button so that it launches Skype.
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{
"comment_id": "20366",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T22:57:15",
"content": "I’ve been looking for a PDA that has a camera and WIFI… I think I might just skip the TREO 650 (lacks wifi) and the IPAQ w/ camera and wifi for this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20367",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T23:34:47",
"content": "while i don’t have the phone, i enjoyed the article. good hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20368",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T23:44:34",
"content": "dude, get a sony clie peg-th55. The are like $200 on ebay, have integrated wifi, camera, huge ass screen touch screen, flash player, video player, mp3 player, web browser, marathon battery life (you can play mp3’s for about 20 hrs if you put it in hold mode to turn off the screen), and if you are willing to shell out ~$350ish and wait a while you can get one from the UK with bluetooth XD. Then all you need is a phone with bluetooth and a provider with unlimited data plans and you have a mobile Internet/streaming radio (with pocket tunes) video playing monster.Oh, the hack was pretty good to. I would like soo badly to reflash my razr from cingular so I could use dun to get Internet access over bluetooth (the cripple them so you can only dial into their $10/Mb service) but they have reflashed my phone at least once without me knowing/consenting (twice I have opened it up and the phone password was reset to 1234, the background was new, and the menus were different >_<) so I worry about what would happen with new firmware...",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20365",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T00:14:00",
"content": "…, it’s a pretty tough position. I like how the clie runs palmOS, but I have yet to find any information on how well they do voip. I’m not really interested in the Linksys or Netgear dedicated wifi phones (both about $200-250). If this solution worked out well, I’d be more than happy to get another PDA that fit my needs better.if you own the peg-th55, have you tried voip on it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20364",
"author": "freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T02:05:42",
"content": "How generic is this process?I use Skype and have a Motorola MPX220 running WinCE (erk! thats Windows Mobile). I had looked into some of Motorola’s developer APIs to see if I could expose it as a USB speaker and microphone, but had little success from the docs and to much paying work to spend more time with it.I don’t think the phone has WiFi capability, but being able to use a normal handset with skype would be killer for me.PS Hack-a-day looks just as good in Opera 9 as it did in 8.5x",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20363",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T13:41:45",
"content": "uhm, just to let anyone know, the sda doesnt got wifi. it’s the sda2 that comes with wifi, not the sda.and I doubt skype will run smooth on the overclocked to 240mhz cpu. I have a t-mobile mda2 and voice calling with it’s 400mhz cpu didnt go smooth without interruptions. even overclocking to 520mhz didnt do the trick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20360",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T14:13:38",
"content": "Props for the TH55 shout out.Sony was a collective idiot for not advancing that platform.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20361",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T15:47:21",
"content": "… or #3you cant get around paying cingular by flashing, verizon otoh, you can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20362",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T16:37:43",
"content": "Johnhttp://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Detail.aspx?device=4d94ce34-4a2b-4e0c-b97e-373968b1957fDoes that not say 802.11b support?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20358",
"author": "Kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T00:00:09",
"content": "i’d probably be too afraid to kill the phone by overclocking itbut hey, it’s worth skype ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20359",
"author": "zerocool",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T07:43:22",
"content": "I have this phone, actually it is my second one. It seems very buggy for some reason. Both of them. This hack looks cool.The bluetooth on this phone doesnt seem to work for shit though.What do you guys think of the phone in general?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20357",
"author": "joel johnson",
"timestamp": "2006-07-11T03:33:50",
"content": "Hey! I can’t find this OmapClock.exe program anywhere. every hint and search engine result I find takes me to a dead end. can anyone direct me to a valid download?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20356",
"author": "tradecuador",
"timestamp": "2006-07-11T23:40:17",
"content": "Visit this site to get apps to SDA and MDA, also the OMAP clock that you are requesting.http://www.surrealnetworks.com/mpx/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20355",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T17:28:38",
"content": "looks like the sda in usa is what is called the sda2 in germany.I guess the us skipped the sda1 then.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20354",
"author": "carpaltunel",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T11:12:55",
"content": "tradecuador – thanks for the link!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20353",
"author": "stevo",
"timestamp": "2006-07-22T09:28:17",
"content": "I got my SDA a few weeks ago and I love it. The only bad things to say would probably be the size of the keyes and buttons, they’re pretty cramped when you’re trying to play some hardcore nes roms like contra and metroid. Even if you don’t plan on using skype, unlocking your apps and overclocking the phone’s processor is well worth it. I can’t wait until I can get 4GB mini sd cards.thanks to tradecuador~ that website is awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20352",
"author": "Ash",
"timestamp": "2006-08-15T09:05:26",
"content": "I would like to know is there any software by which i can hack Imate mob information to nokia 7610 reply to my emailthanx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20369",
"author": "Nokia Parts",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T19:52:47",
"content": "“needs some free software.”Anybody know where i can find these softwaresThanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20370",
"author": "prk240",
"timestamp": "2007-12-04T06:51:51",
"content": "the link’s not working, i need to unlock my sda :(. any help would be appreciated. cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20371",
"author": "Gonzo",
"timestamp": "2008-04-10T17:30:15",
"content": "While it may not be true for this specific phone, there is no need to go about this long process for unlocking your phone. I have had T-Mobile forever and they will unlock your phone for you if you ask them. If you pay your bill on time and haven’t been late they usually do it for you and it doesn’t take long. Every new phone I get I have had sucessfully unlocked. Call them and say, “Hi, I’m planning a trip to Germany and would like my phone unlocked so I can get a prepaid sim card and use it on my phone and keep my contacts blah blah blah…”works every time. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/07/optically-isolated-parallel-port-i2c-adapter/
|
Optically Isolated Parallel Port I2C Adapter
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
I2C is a simple communications bus similar to 1-wire, which we’ve
talked about earlier
. [hnch] has built a really
simple I2C parallel port interface
. It’s optically isolated so you don’t have to worry about a mistake frying your computer. I2C modules already come with the Linux kernel. It will even treat temperature sensors you attach exactly like the ones you have on your motherboard so you can monitor them using ordinary software like gkrellm. There are lots of other devices that use I2C as well. [hnch] has a
nerdity gallery
and will gladly write up any other project you’d like information on.
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{
"comment_id": "20349",
"author": "eric agan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T23:31:08",
"content": "brilliant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20350",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T23:58:57",
"content": "very cool. this is one worthwhile post for hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20348",
"author": "mahder bitch",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T00:22:24",
"content": "hmmm, you cant really say that this is a hack.i mean, if he used resistors from junk and stuff, it would be okey, but since he dont, why dont eliot just call it buy-electroincs-from-the-store-and-make-stuff-out-of-it-day?im not saying this was cool, im saying that it aint a hack…mahder bitch",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20346",
"author": "mahder bitch",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T00:23:31",
"content": "wasn’t*sorry bout that.mahder bitch",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20347",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T00:24:31",
"content": "nice hack parellel ports going out now thoe more in favor of usb ports leds spoil it AND SPARKS SHUTT THE HELL UP U TOSSER",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20345",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T00:40:24",
"content": "It’s a quick and inelegant method of adding i2c to a computer. Hack enough for me!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20343",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T01:01:55",
"content": "Can you make one post without mentioning LEDs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20344",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T01:16:09",
"content": "master shake in a word no u tosser",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20339",
"author": "steve preece's phsycysatrist (shrink)",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T01:39:46",
"content": "hi all, im steve preece’s mental doctor. i cant tell you clasified information, but i can tell you this, steve preece is either retarded or 9 years old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20340",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T02:25:39",
"content": "mastershake916 / steve preece’s phsycysatrist, thanks guys. And steve if you yell at me before I say something, then you allready know what you put is retarded enough that I’m going to say something, so why would you put it in the first place? You don’t have any relation to Anthony Rico do you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20341",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T03:01:04",
"content": "@ bitch,How is this not a hack? This is a lot better then some of the stuff I’ve seen recently. by your logic anything using off the shelf components doesn’t count. I think you just feel left out because you can’t solder and you use winblows.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20342",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T05:39:15",
"content": "“just british r all yankies so rude”Just not a ass, are all British?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20338",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T06:57:11",
"content": "Yawn… These little flame wars are becoming tiresome. I say from now on Steve just doesn’t exist. Who’s with me?Anyway, neat little hack to add external i2c support. Great for adding new temp sensors and the such. I wonder how hard software to control other i2c devices like digital volume controls would be to write? Hmmm… Network controlled amp anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20334",
"author": "drum",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T09:09:04",
"content": "the troll casts and the fishies bite",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20335",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T19:31:45",
"content": "wow drum, that was surprisingly deep for something normally found in the comments of something. nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20336",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T20:28:18",
"content": "All in favor of a more intense registration process required to post here say aye.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20337",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T03:43:04",
"content": "#12 agreed#15 nay — its a good thing that every submission requires an email response… you really can’t get more demanding from the users than that (other than requiring more information every time you post)Eventually s/he’s gonna say something to piss off the admin… which in turn his/her eMail will be posted and s/he’ll expirience the wrath of the hackaday mob in addition to whatever free porn subscriptions users happen to find :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20333",
"author": "hnch",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T10:14:26",
"content": "@no.13: get yourself the data sheet of the i2c device, and write into the corresponding registers. the sources of the i2c package from lm_sensors could be of interest. simply open() /dev/i2c-X, ioctl() to the corresponding slave address and read()/write(). the infrastructure is included in the stock linux kernel (for instance, tv cards implement a system-wide generic i2c bus, usually by bit-banging some GPIO lines on the chip, this bus is needed for the tuner or for the switching the input on multi-input capture cards).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20351",
"author": "Ken Hudson",
"timestamp": "2008-02-07T23:26:10",
"content": "I have need to optically isolate an HP Oscilloscope and a printer using a parallel bus. We are making HV measurements with the scope (floating ground) and need to talk to the printer which is grounded. Is there a device already out there that will do what I want?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "491032",
"author": "wutej",
"timestamp": "2011-10-26T03:05:30",
"content": "Links and images are dead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/06/ipod-charger-in-a-9v/
|
IPod Charger In A 9V
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
[erck] built an
iPod charger inside of a 9V battery
. I’m actually more interested in the two reference links he included with the project. The first is
Sijosae’s gallery of headphone amps
. He’s built over 130, there are other projects included as well. The second is
Ted’s iPod Battery Pack
which links to almost every DIY and commercial iPod charger on the web.
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{
"comment_id": "20331",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T21:16:44",
"content": "first :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20332",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T21:22:17",
"content": "running an ipod on heavy duty batteries o.0great hack, nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20329",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T21:33:18",
"content": "Awesome :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20330",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T22:23:17",
"content": "why the need for a charger when computers charge ipods just fine good hack thoe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20328",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T22:49:27",
"content": "Steve Preece: Wow, are you really that dense? The iPod is a PORTABLE device. If you don’t have a computer nearby, but would like to charge your dying iPod, this (or many other battery packs people have made) is for you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20326",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:06:33",
"content": "I have found that the TSA does not like you bringing homebrew ipod chargers or headphone splitters/amps onto planes. I had one of each taken away at O’Hare airport. I made some more in a more professional looking case. maybe use the powder coat gun from yesterday….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20327",
"author": "billiam",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:13:32",
"content": "the link to the portable amps is pretty cool, but does anyone know how to make the Tube + MOSFET ones(http://www.headphoneamp.co.kr/ftp/sijosae/Gallery/Tube%20Hybrid%20Amp/Hybrid-10.jpg)i’m really interested in making this but i don’t really know how",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20325",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:26:55",
"content": "Billiam, scroll down to the “circuit” section. I like the hybrids as well. I think those round tins with the clear tops are from Fossil watches.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20323",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:32:46",
"content": "hi mr delayer no me not dense thanks just british r all yankies so rude",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20324",
"author": "annie",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:52:28",
"content": "So are there any instructions on how to make the amplifiers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20322",
"author": "taspankya",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T00:12:48",
"content": "i got this soda can right, only its not a soda can, you unscrew the bottom and then you put your valuables in it then you put it in your fridge. then if someone comes to rob you – they will never know. i’m trying to think of why the hell you would need to put pretty buch the same ipod charger into any and everything you can fit it in. the ipod charger hombrew with batteries and all is a good hack, but who wants to see how many things you can fit it in? not me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20321",
"author": "Pleiades",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T01:06:52",
"content": "To compare the capacities of two batteries of differing voltages you multiply the mAh rating by the voltage to get the rating in milli-Watt hours. Like so:700mAh * 9 = 6300mWh1200mAh * 1.5 = 1800mWh2700mAh * 1.5 = 4050mWhIn this case the 9v battery has a greater amount of energy stored in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20320",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T01:10:07",
"content": "God damm it steve, how about you shut the hell up. Saying how useless something is and then adding “nice hack anyway” does not making it ok. It’s been allmost and week and you still refuse to shut the hell up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20319",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T01:31:56",
"content": "No steve, yankees aren’t all rude. Just impatient with foolish, repetitive people.Anyhoo.. Sijosae is an artist as far as I’m concerned (and a very nice fellow as well!), some of his tight wiring could be shown in galleries. (Or geek-eries I suppose :) ) A real inspiration to the rest of us.Billiam & Annie:As for that particular amp… It looks like it is the next step in multi-hybrid evolution. (MHAA) I’ve been out of the DIY headphone circuit (pun intended) for a while so I don’t know where to find the specific schematic… but check out the forums on headwize.com, last I checked he hung out there a fair amount and has probably posted a schematic. I doubt there is a step by step out there, but sijosae tends to provide a layout guide that helps a lot. Good luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20318",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T03:09:53",
"content": "“DIY headphone circuit” LOL Nice one!That site appears to be an incredible DIY portable audio resource. I’ve bookmarked it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20317",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T04:30:44",
"content": "haha people from hackaday post some pretty funny stuff on my guestbookhttp://macfreak4.homeunix.com/guestbook/index.phpjust by the way, if anyone is really offended by my “first :)” post tell me and i’ll stop — ’tis just a joke, mate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20316",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T04:44:36",
"content": "@ PleiadesThat may be true, but it doesn’t really apply for ipod charging because ipods use a linear regulator (as opposed to a switching regulator/boost converter) so any voltage you give it above the minimum voltage it will charge with (5v for the usb ones) is just wasted as heat. So a 0.7A/hr 10v pack will charge only about 1/2 as much as a 1.4A/hr 5v pack, despite the fact that there is the same amount of energy stored in the battery.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20315",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T05:21:27",
"content": "hey anyone know if pin 18 on the ipod connector is bidirectional, and connected directly to the ipod’s internal battery?http://pinouts.ru/Devices/ipod_pinout.shtmlbecause then you could have an external single-cell lithium ion battery (3.3v) in parallel with the internal one, and build a lithium charger circuit to charge both, without any voltage regulator. that would be the best efficiency one could get, without totally botching up the ipod’s case to run wires yourself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20314",
"author": "uhh yeah",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T06:59:24",
"content": "that’s pretty rude, you didn’t have to put down his project, you coulda said “also check out the links on his page”. hey check out this better site: digg.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20313",
"author": "annie",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T07:26:57",
"content": "thanks! that helps alot. I am still young and just starting to jump into electronics, so I’m always looking ffor new projects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20311",
"author": "theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T07:37:36",
"content": "BILLIAM!??Do you know me?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20312",
"author": "Jerb",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T08:14:55",
"content": "For tons more info on Headphone Amps (including an awesome hybrid designed on the forums) check out head-fi.org in the DIY section",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20309",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T10:23:24",
"content": "needs more leds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20310",
"author": "JC",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T03:06:21",
"content": "What exactly are amps? How are they useful? I checked the dictionary, but still don’t understand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20307",
"author": "billiam",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T03:55:20",
"content": "theblunderbusswhat?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20308",
"author": "Dr Octogon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T07:16:27",
"content": "These look cool, have some schematics, and it is kind of translated:http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.headphoneamp.co.kr%2Fbbs%2Fzboard.php%3Fid%3Ddiy_sijosae%26page%3D1%26sn1%3D%26divpage%3D1%26sn%3Doff%26ss%3Don%26sc%3Don%26select_arrange%3Dheadnum%26desc%3Dasc%26no%3D241&langpair=ko%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20306",
"author": "Dr Octogon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T07:17:08",
"content": "and:http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.headphoneamp.co.kr%2Fbbs%2Fzboard.php%3Fid%3Ddiy_sijosae%26page%3D1%26sn1%3D%26divpage%3D1%26sn%3Doff%26ss%3Don%26sc%3Don%26select_arrange%3Dheadnum%26desc%3Dasc%26no%3D238&langpair=ko%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20305",
"author": "Caleb",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T03:27:41",
"content": "These are all really impressive. But I must say is what I would love to see is someone to come up with an extension connector for the Ipod. I ran into a problem where many Ipod accessories wont work with my Ipod because the protective case prohibits being able to fully plug things into it. If anyone ever comes up with one I would love to have one or two.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121454",
"author": "Hungreb",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T22:17:46",
"content": "Доброго времени суток!Решил поделится своей проблемой. Я ищукондиционеры. Скоро лето, я живу на последнем этаже, на южной стороне дома. Летом такая погода, что спасает исключительно холодный душ несколько раз в день. Посоветуйте какой кондиционер оптимально мало жрет энергии ? А то у меня и куллер стоит дома + 3 компа…За электричество огого выходит :( Наyourconditions.ruспрашивал, однако они что-то невразумительное сказали, я ничего и не понял.В общем хочется узнать мнение народа! ) Жду!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "129720",
"author": "Star Beaton",
"timestamp": "2010-03-14T17:26:34",
"content": "Thank you for this useful piece of information , I actualy searched a whole deal until i stumbled upon this .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/05/diy-powder-coating-gun/
|
DIY Powder Coating Gun
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Master modder ZapWizard has completed work on version 3 of his
home built powder coating gun
. Powder coat is applied using air pressure to blow negatively charged thermoplastic particles onto a grounded metal surface. The metal part is then baked to make a hard finish. ZapWizard’s gun uses an air pistol with regulator at the bottom operating at 15 PSI. The powder is held in an acrylic kitchen canister with a reinforced seal. The final element is an ionizer element placed in front of the discharge nozzle. Version 2 had a trigger operated switch for the ionizer, but that was replaced with just a simple toggle.
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{
"comment_id": "20301",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T22:44:53",
"content": "very nice. I woder what he uses to negitivly charge the powder, all you see is a black box…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5400390",
"author": "Tazzi Tiger",
"timestamp": "2018-11-04T08:01:01",
"content": "negative Iron generator, I use this to apply static grass, sorry no idea how many volts. Static grass aplicator use 12v power 20,000v negative ion.",
"parent_id": "20301",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "20303",
"author": "weremook",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T23:11:10",
"content": "Lice hate powdered sugar",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20304",
"author": "Philip",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T23:39:11",
"content": "@#1Negative Ion Generatorhttp://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G9695",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20300",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T01:06:54",
"content": "nice diy hack new stuff this is what we need still no leds keep it up boys thanks steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20299",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T01:12:23",
"content": "interesting how you can give a complment and hide an insult in it steve. And I would appreciate it if you did not speak as some magnificent power, as if everyone is out to please you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20298",
"author": "shbazjinkens",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T01:12:37",
"content": "salvage a flyback trafo from an old TV or CRT monitor to make a HV power supply:http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_hvinvert.htmlMakes for a much cheaper “Ionic Breeze” I’m sure..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20297",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T01:36:55",
"content": "A flickr (ew, bad enough) photoset with 6 images and no other information is enough to get on hAd these days?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20296",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T01:38:31",
"content": "steve i dont see this project that good till it has 50 million leds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20295",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T02:13:58",
"content": "please, a how-to, or some parts list, or something besides a few pictures? I’d love a real building blog or something-this is just a cruel tease at best, or worse, does this thing work at all and we’re all just suckers for buying into it?Now we need to find a way to bake the stuff on without ruining an oven and rendering the house uninhabitable. For those of us in apartments, a second powder coating oven is out of the question.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20294",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T02:24:17",
"content": "very cool…. I think my roomates would kill me though (no garage). I don’t see how it would ruin an oven (that’s why tinfoil was invented :P), but the smell of plastic kinda sucks….At least there was 1 led :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20293",
"author": "mrjiggles",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T03:05:43",
"content": "the shnozzberries taste like shnozzberries! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20292",
"author": "pfft",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T04:49:53",
"content": "hmm guess you guys didnt see its called hackaday not howtoaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20291",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T06:52:12",
"content": "I appeaciate the hack, but a powder coat gun from Harbor Freight is pretty cheap. I have my own powder coating setup- HF gun (<$100, but mine was a gift), used oven ($30). But you also need good cleaning to get the coat to last (start looking at media blasting and sanders, and chemicals to de-grease before you coat). Don't forget the vent fan and particulate mask. Once you get serious, you'll want a non-contact (IR) thermometer. High temp masking tape when you realize you don't want to coat everything. Buying the powder is where the costs really start to rack up, and I don't see any way to hack that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20290",
"author": "nighthawk",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T08:13:12",
"content": "Well if his previous iterations of that are anything to go by, then yes it does work. I have seen the other 2 and they do a great job. Nice and even coat from what I have seen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20288",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T17:52:22",
"content": "nice; however, you can get a good powder coater rig from harbor freight cheap (on sale $70)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20287",
"author": "joelw23",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T20:34:45",
"content": "The flashlights in the last picture cost $145 each…..They are smaller than a pack of gum!!http://www.photonsintl.com/cr2ion.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20286",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T22:20:04",
"content": "I don’t see any reason you can’t use your oven, as long as the part is sealed inside something to prevent powder from shaking loose and contain fumes. An oven bag should do the trick, it will stand up to the heat and still allow you to see the part. Make sure you keep the bag from touching the part. A metal cage from the petstore would work for this, it would support the bag, and give you something to hang the powder-coated part from. After baking, take it outside to open it up and air it out. In case there’s some volatile component that can pass through the bag, ventilate your kitchen while baking, and crank the oven up to maximum temperature for a while afterwards. After that, if there’s anything left over, it should be stable and non-volatile enough at normal baking temperatures that it won’t taint your food.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20285",
"author": "ZapWizard",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:43:26",
"content": "@4, thx, @1 link was posted in previous versions..updated.@5, there is a superbright 10mm RED led on it to tell you the ionizer is on.@6, While that would work, it’s a bit more dangerous. The above ionizer is cheap, and is pretty safe.@7, because it’s the 3rd version, and I was put together in 1 day.@9, All of the brass parts are visible there, they are all parts from the plumbing area of Home Depot or Lowes. The pistol handle isn’t availabel at Home Depot, but the same thing can be done with the part I used in Ver2You can get the kitchen container at Bed Bath and Beyond for $5.It does work, there are photos of powdercoated stuff in my flickr account, there is a link to a video in the first photo.A toaster oven is big enough for many parts. I use it 90% of the time.@10 – When the powder is curing it releases gases. It’s just not recommended to use the same oven you cook with.@16 Yes the harbor freight unit is supposed to be pretty good, and I actually powder from their store. I did this project as one of the Austin Modder members bought a Sears model (breaks real quick) that got us hooked on doing powdercoat. At the time I built Ver1 I didn’t have a compressor, I was trying to duplicate the Sears model using a high speed fan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20284",
"author": "Sheldog23",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T23:45:38",
"content": "The work log to the DIY powder coating gun is here:http://austinmodders.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=757&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114695",
"author": "neorazz",
"timestamp": "2010-01-03T23:01:06",
"content": "i thought about building one sometimes its not worth the energy versus the costhttp://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94244",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3395993",
"author": "Silly Willy",
"timestamp": "2017-02-04T16:40:24",
"content": "Only $56 with 20% off coupon. Does that make it doable?",
"parent_id": "114695",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "137329",
"author": "coat tree stands",
"timestamp": "2010-04-21T19:23:33",
"content": "Intimately, the post is in reality the greatest on that worthy topic. I match in with your conclusions and also will thirstily look forward to your forthcoming updates. Saying thanks will certainly not just be sufficient, for the amazing lucidity in your writing. I definitely will right away grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Authentic work and also much success in your business endeavors!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "174468",
"author": "how to make a gun",
"timestamp": "2010-08-28T19:12:03",
"content": "Awesome idea – can’t wait to give it a try. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2462411",
"author": "johny",
"timestamp": "2015-03-03T13:18:20",
"content": "how to make this generator? the circuit too small but it able to generate up to 100kv from 240vac input supply..can someone please explain this..?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3395989",
"author": "Silly Willy",
"timestamp": "2017-02-04T16:33:14",
"content": "Harbor Freight powder gun pretty static price @$70. but don’t forget the very easy to obtain @20% off coupon which brings price down to $56. Not worth messing with DIY effort currently (but still kudos to author for doing this project)!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/04/macbook-pro-biometrics/
|
MacBook Pro Biometrics
|
Eliot
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[] |
I’m amazed at how many people are willing to chop up their brand new toys. Take [edahc]’s brand new MacBook Pro. He decided to
mount a Sony Puppy FIU-600 fingerprint scanner
in the case. The device is powered directly from the DC board. I think the MacBook Pro may actually lend itself more to these types of modifications than most laptops because of the large flat metal surfaces on the case. More so than say your standard lumpy plastic Dell.
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{
"comment_id": "20264",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T21:49:56",
"content": "nice hack keep them comeing and no leds wonderfull stuff thanks steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20265",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T22:14:03",
"content": "lol @ stevei too am amazed that many people are willing to cut into new devices, esp. expensive ones.He did a very clean job, too bad the scanner doesnt match the laptop colorwise, but it looks neat anyway.This kinda reminds me of the hackadaqy torrone days. Happy 4th!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20262",
"author": "dext3r",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T22:48:11",
"content": "needs more LEDs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20263",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T00:17:19",
"content": "dext3r u must be on drugs leds for kiddies on christmas trees how old ru",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20261",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T01:56:54",
"content": "Oh god not this again. (about the LED argument, not the hack)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20260",
"author": "fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T03:45:08",
"content": "Please… Someone IP ban steve from posting :-(Steve, please, we dont want to hear you, your spelling and grammar are worse than mine (which _IS_ saying something), and we really dont care if you liked the hack or not, because you are a tard, and pretty much every frequenter here hates you… please learn to keep your thoughts, oppinions, or corrections to yourself, or find somebody that cares…Nice hack, surely you’d be able to incorperate this into some kind of encryption to make your files truely unaccessable… As for the latpops safety, I highly doubt a fingerprint scanner would stop a laptop-theif, but might confuse them :p-Fragged",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20259",
"author": "houshyar",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T04:13:26",
"content": "please send me hach program",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20283",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T05:46:47",
"content": "i’m thinking it should have some cold cathodes and maybe some flames painted on it. and leds. hundreds of leds. millions of leds all blinking away. and liquid cooling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20281",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T08:17:47",
"content": "stop! as for the hack, the site seems to be down :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20282",
"author": "Sonic Reducer",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T10:38:18",
"content": "LED’s were meant as a replacement for neon indicator lamps. neon **indicator** lamps. they are meant to indicate something, like the hdd activity led or the led on your router. the rest is superflous.do i want 3600 leds in my case when i’m in my room wanking to anna kournikova pics? hell no! if someone walked in, the daylight in my room produced from my motherboards reflection would blow my cover. their eyes take time to adjust to the dim light geeks require to think clearly, giving you time to hid your little stick o’ ram.come up with a better counter-argument. i dare you.led argument = over",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20279",
"author": "myukew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T13:09:18",
"content": "If you use enough leds the intense light will blind people",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20280",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T13:35:27",
"content": "sonic reducer:Surely on a site that is pretty much dedicated to using things in a way that is not expected/intended the argument that they are only meant to do this or that is a weak one at best. Who cares what people use leds for, or what articles get posted on hackaday.Or, for a rather more straightforward reply: Apostrophes were never meant to be used in places like “led’s were”, but that didn’t seem to stop you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20278",
"author": "you know who i am",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T14:13:56",
"content": "lol sonic reducer pwned steeve preece hard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20277",
"author": "alterctrlego",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T15:02:11",
"content": "Too bad the site doesn’t show a diagram / layout for the project so you can see how it was wired in. It is pretty crazy that he cut up a brand new MacBook Pro for it… :-P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20274",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T15:19:57",
"content": "Yes, let’s all hope something heavy falls on Steve.Really nice work!Fit and finish is excwllent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20275",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T16:02:24",
"content": "Nice hack, but it needs a wiper (or a different sensor that relies on a swiping motion) to prevent lifting latent prints.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20276",
"author": "cal",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T17:38:02",
"content": "steve rules he is fab go on give it to them steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20273",
"author": "agent420",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T18:50:59",
"content": "@sonic reducer: if you’re going to use a $5 word like superfluous in a demeaning manner, at least have sense to spell it correctly, lest you look like a tard.Were it not for the superfluous use of many things, art wouldn’t be what it is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20272",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T19:31:16",
"content": "all bashing aside, can’t it be said that pretty much anything on a computer, house, ect that makes it look pretty or aesthetically pleasing at all could be deemed superfluous? Everything about your case that makes it anything other than a beige rectangle is done simple to please the user. Different users have different tastes, everything from the most lit clear case to a plain and simple li-lan. I recently changed the power and hard drive activity LEDs on my pc to green. Why? Because I had spare LEDs and thought it would look cool. Does that make me a “kiddie on drugs LOL”? Not really.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20270",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T21:27:51",
"content": "forgive me some leds r cool ur so right just hate hearing aboute them all the time there r other projects without them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20271",
"author": "Craig",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T22:03:56",
"content": "Someone’s voided their warranty…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20269",
"author": "Sonic Reducer",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T08:55:08",
"content": "“Were it not for the superfluous use of many things, art wouldn’t be what it is.”there is a big difference between artistically doing something and putting as much paint as you can on something (like using a lot of led’s). each brushstroke on a canvas is meant for something, like an led showing hdd activity, not just put there to add color.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20267",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T14:10:30",
"content": "Is adding color nothing?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20268",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T15:50:56",
"content": "Its not a very clean job imo– Tom |http://www.tomwrote.info",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20266",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T18:47:19",
"content": "cool implementation, but the hole doesn’t seem to be cut straight (note the lack of alignment with the case perforations).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,921.730073
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/03/homebrew-sonar/
|
Homebrew Sonar
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Eddie has an interesting writeup about his experience
playing around with echo location
. He uses a cheap computer speaker and microphone for all of the measurements. The program he wrote generates a sweeping chirp from 5-20kHz in the space of 4.5 milliseconds. Eddie knows what a perfect echo would look like so he can compare the measured values to the theoretical to determine the distance. For his final test he moved the box while it took 150 measurements. This data generated a parabola showing where the object was in the room. Have a look at his site for more details and his code if you are interested.
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[
{
"comment_id": "20257",
"author": "HOckeytree",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T22:19:06",
"content": "I like it, ive got everything so i might try it out later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20258",
"author": "a1Pha",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T22:19:16",
"content": "O M G thats NERD!(lets buy bigger speakers and locate the mice in the apartment xDD)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20256",
"author": "trashpickinman",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T22:22:37",
"content": "Interesting hack, I was just thinking about using something like this to homebrew a distance finder between vehicles while driving on the road.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20254",
"author": "Schnake",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T23:51:32",
"content": "Sweet! Daredevil-vision! Now to fine tune the algorithm to detect multi-source echos from rain spatter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20255",
"author": "Michael",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T23:55:06",
"content": "The best hack since a long time! And it really works! Not like the useless radiosonde. How abot locating mosquitos in your appartment? ten mics and it should be possible. Passivly or activly…M",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20251",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T00:05:11",
"content": "HTML Trojan found on this author’s webpage…. Careful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20252",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T00:18:49",
"content": "I’ve been wondering for awhile if it would be possible to rig a sonar device to find lost remote controls or keys… or something.Anyone have any ideas how to rig this to do that?Stupid I know, but could be fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20253",
"author": "theorbtwo",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T01:51:06",
"content": "I’m wondering about doing this in a car, myself, possibly with commercial ultrasonic transcivers. (Mostly because I want the outside of the vehicle to stay reasonable looking.)I’m also wondering about trangulation from multiple microphones, possibly with laser-pointers on stepper motors, to kill flying beasties, but that’s a little out there…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20250",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T02:55:37",
"content": "joe what exactly is an html trojan? html cant do anything to you.check out oddree magizine today athttp://www.oddree.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20248",
"author": "matt harlum",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T03:13:36",
"content": "Joe: looking at the source for the authors page, i see nothing malicious about it? perhaps you could shed some light?Anyway, i think this is an awesome project. perhaps he could do one with ultrasound for more clarity?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20249",
"author": "alex mccown",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T04:01:04",
"content": "i jest did it and danm that is awsome and very easy to make i hooked it up to my laptop went out side did a little mod and found some shit UNDER GROUND!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20247",
"author": "Mac Cody",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T04:36:11",
"content": "This is all very interesting and timely for me. I have been looking into developing some sort of sonar system for one of my robots. I want to use the sound card built into the laptop computer I’m using. This work fits the bill nicely and pushes me in the right direction, I think. Interestingly, the auto-correlation signal looks somewhat like a higher-order Coifman wavelet. Wavelets are being used extensively in radar, sonar, and audio analysis.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20246",
"author": "HOckeytree",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T22:28:31",
"content": "alex mccown: how did you rig it so it doesnt just bounce off the ground?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20244",
"author": "zerocool",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T22:50:39",
"content": "I have tried this very same thing and it didn’t seem to be that great. I could tell there was something in the path or that the object is moving farther away but, the thing I didn’t like is there is now way to export the results for programming purposes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20245",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T18:31:27",
"content": "when browsing author’s other pages on his site, upon viewing the main menu, Symantec AV found a _possible_ threat. I’m just saying, I didnt bother to try and see what it was, but I didnt like the idea of it. The AV doesnt get triggered very often at all, so thought I’d pass it along.Scan type: Auto-Protect ScanEvent: Security Risk Found!Threat: DownloaderFile: C:DOCUME~1XXXXXAPPLIC~1OperaOperaprofilecache4OPR002~2.HTMLocation: Unknown StorageComputer: XXXXXUser: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAction taken: Clean failed : Quarantine failed : Delete succeeded : Access deniedDate found: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:26:51 AM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20243",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T18:35:07",
"content": "when browsing author’s other pages on his site, upon viewing the main menu, Symantec AV found a _possible_ threat. I’m just saying, I didnt bother to try and see what it was, but I didnt like the idea of it. The AV doesnt get triggered very often at all, so thought I’d pass it along.Scan type: Auto-Protect ScanEvent: Security Risk Found!Threat: DownloaderFile: C:DOCUME~1XXXXXAPPLIC~1OperaOperaprofilecache4OPR002~2.HTMLocation: Unknown StorageComputer: XXXXXUser: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAction taken: Clean failed : Quarantine failed : Delete succeeded : Access deniedDate found: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:26:51 AM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20241",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T19:03:53",
"content": "rats, double rats! why is it asking for confirm twice?rats, double rats! why is it asking for confirm twice?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20242",
"author": "Geminus",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T20:48:25",
"content": "Using piezoelectret speaker/mic yeilds better performance underwater no? I have been interested in homebrew sonar a while ago, and discovered that these kinds of speakers/mics work very well underwater.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20239",
"author": "evan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T22:09:10",
"content": "I blame the HTML trojan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20240",
"author": "fdawg4l",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T23:42:22",
"content": "I could see it work when you have no echos. Did he take multipath in to account? How about phase shift? Then again he’s using not so great speakers and a very low grade mic. Chances are this will only work for a very small room and not be very accurate.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,922.009538
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/02/using-radiosondes-as-cheap-gps-trackers/
|
Using Radiosondes As Cheap GPS Trackers
|
Eliot
|
[
"gps hacks"
] |
[] |
A
Radiosonde
is an inexpensive sensor package that’s intended to be used with a weather balloon for atmospheric measurements. The device transmits data in the 403 MHz band after being launched and they usually aren’t recovered after use. You can pick them up for very little money on eBay so [Nick] thought they might work well as a
low cost GPS tracker
. Unfortunately the Radiosonde doesn’t transmit standard NMEA GPS data, but GPS doppler measurements. It’s hard to determine what those are actually useful for. Nick did find one other paper documenting an unsuccessful attempt which he has posted to his site. So now Nick is looking for some help either making the data more useful or coming up with a functional device that’s just as inexpensive. Anyone got any leads?
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{
"comment_id": "20238",
"author": "Ken_S.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T19:31:57",
"content": "I had bought several Vaisala RS80 Radiosondes off E-bay six months ago or so, and was also unsucessful at figuring them out. I created a Yahoo Forum for Vaisala RS80 Radiosondes (athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vaisala_RS80_Radiosonde/) and received this response, but never found the time to follow up on it; it may be helpful…Good Luck!Ken_S.– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –HiMembers of this group might be interested in the SondeMonitor group (also on Yahoo). SondeMonitor is a program that can decode the data from Vaisala sondes and display the measurements in various ways.The RS80 transmits Pressure, Temperature and Humidity using analogue tones in the range 8-10kHz on a 400MHz carrier. Provided that you have a suitable radio receiver, SondeMonitor can measure and plot these tones so that you can watch the sonde as it goes up (and down again).The more modern RS92 sondes are digital and in addition to the meteorological measurements, it also sends GPS data down in the telemetry. SondeMonitor can plot the met data from these digital sondes but it can also plot the ground track from the GPS data. This opens the possibility of tracking and perhaps catching one of these digital sondes.http://www.coaa.co.ukl/sondemonitor.htmRegardsBevCOAA",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20235",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T19:32:09",
"content": "Surely if you have doppler measurments, then provided you have a continuous data stream, then a doublediff would give you a displacement?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20236",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T20:50:36",
"content": "There must be a bunch of old cheap phones on ebay with built in GPS for E-911An old cell phone should have everything you need, a gps receiver, a digital microprocessor, a power supply, and a microprocessor powered transmitter. Thus the hack would be entirely in firmware",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20237",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T20:55:29",
"content": "I concur with Liam.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20234",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T22:17:19",
"content": "displacement doesn’t help if you don’t know the initial location though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20231",
"author": "Ken_S.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T22:17:35",
"content": "Just a follow up, the above link doesn’t work – use this one…http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sondemonitor/Good Luck!Ken_S.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20232",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T23:33:57",
"content": "sed ‘s/powered/controlled’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20233",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T23:50:54",
"content": "You can find formulas on the web for calculating location from the doppler signals. The math is fairly hairy, though. On the other hand, that sondemonitor program, for one, will do the math for you. There’s bound to be some other GPS calculating software out there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20230",
"author": "mentor",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T00:48:47",
"content": "hi,I",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20229",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T14:08:29",
"content": "If the sonde is the one mentioned from Sippican, then right there on the data sheet most of the information needed is presented to fetch the data. Now, calculations.. another story.He has the radio reception, but he mentioned hoping there would be a chip that would decode the audio.. well.. not so much a chip as an OLD MODEM. Certainly some hacking would be needed on the modem, but 400 baud digital biphase over an audio circuit is about as simple as it gets for an old telephone modem! The audio from the receiver should couple straight in? All my knowledge of radio systems is theory and no practice so I could be way off here.And.. if all he wants is the GPS itself, then that talks to the micro that puts everything out over radio by RS232 (again, stated right there in the datasheet).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20228",
"author": "danger mouse",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T16:26:34",
"content": "@Standard Mischief:E911 != GPSOn CDMA phones it might be possible, I would like to see a hack to get the A-GPS information out of them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20227",
"author": "Botty",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T22:23:52",
"content": "This may not be all that helpful, however, if someone does manage to figure out how to interpret the signal, perhaps with a computer, I’d recommend conscidering an fpga for the actual processing.Fpgas can do things in parralel, making up for their mediocre speed. Decryption, analysis, perhaps involving FFT on a binary stream (you have to have an A-D converter) are all very parralizable. You can have the fpga manage stuff like position smoothing and deltas through doplar and such.Fpgas are also rather low power.Anyway, good luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20226",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T00:08:11",
"content": "{bold]E911 != GPS[/bold]There are a number of cell phones out there that have real, true to life, honest to god, GPS receivers inside of them. Here’s one press release from March 2001:http://www.forbes.com/2001/03/28/0328tentech.htmlnot all E-911 phones use GPS, (some triangulate off of cell towers), but some do.Again, the GPS receiver is connected to the microprocessor, which is connected to a radio transmitter. All you would need is a firmware upgrade.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20225",
"author": "Michael Dwyer",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T03:02:23",
"content": "My understanding is that the CDMA cell phones don’t have full GPS receivers in them, either. They simply transmit the doppler measurements to the network, and the NETWORK does all the hard work of figuring out what location a doppler reading corresponds to.This is good because the network is a lot more powerful than your phone, so can get a location from a single reading, instead of taking a number of minutes to get an initial fix — an advantage for a battery-limited device.So anyway, cell phone GPS might be a good avenue to explore after all…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20224",
"author": "Taylor Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T08:16:07",
"content": "the best cell phone GPS solution is mologogo:http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/11/mologogo-adds-tracking-to-any-nextel-gps-phone/it uses nextel phones, because most (all?) nextel phones have real, actual gps chipsets in them, and you can get their location without using minutes.last i heard it had a good following, and they had developed the software pretty well.-Taylor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20223",
"author": "Andres herrera",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T18:20:38",
"content": "hi, nice post, i will try, get a aerosonde on ebay, im developing a u.a.v system, but i use a expensive maxstream to get the telemetry data, maybe it could be sheapest :) .Andres Herrera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20222",
"author": "obm",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T15:45:31",
"content": "Ok, since I do not have that device (the first I have heard of) and the protocol it uses, following will be purely theoratical (exactly what I do for living!):You can use convolution theorem to obtain particular speed relative to the sender sattelite if you can overlap the incoming signals at different times, if you have exactly the differentiation at a specific interval, the process is even easier. Convolotion programs are cheap cpu-wise and source code can be found for example in numerical recipes in c. Then what you need to do is have a lock on at least 3 different sattelites and triangulate your coordinates using simple vector texel geometry. This is also very cheap. If you want error correctionthen you can connect one or more sattelites depending on your algorithm. If you do not want complicated electronics, all these steps can be done using analog components (ever heard of analog computers?)The problem is decoding of the signal I guess.Is there a possiblity that the outcoming signal is analog or some ADC data?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20221",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T20:27:16",
"content": "Thanks for all the comments / suggestions, looks like there is actually a relatively simple solution to the problem (although I have not currently managed to get it working).Follow-up article is now available at:http://www.digitaldawgpound.org/nick84/post=133",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20220",
"author": "Wim Ton",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T22:59:53",
"content": "I have some of these sondes. The GPS is send as a satelite number + AFAIK a 24 bit velocity, not that difficult to see on a protocol analyser. So I guess to use the signal, one uses a stationary reference receiver and an ephemeris, to see where the various satelites are. Then integrate the speed to find the position. The LORAN sondes seem to modulate the raw LORAN signal on the 403 MHz carrier (what I saw on an oscilloscope) I picked up 24 of these on eBay for about",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20219",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T04:52:28",
"content": "Possible application – tracking ground movement relative to a stationary benchmark. This could be useful to scientists remotely tracking glacial movement, seismic displacement near volcanoes and fault lines, etc. The shift in coordinates could be recorded at a central unit on the benchmark, and remotely phoned in once a day. I know nothing about what systems are already out there, or how to put the whole thing together – I bow to your collective expertise. It seemed like a good idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60407",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2009-01-22T23:40:35",
"content": "I dont know if anyone is stilla ctive here, but did anyone ever get this worked out?http://www.getstock.co.uk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,921.905451
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/01/fun-fon-hacking/
|
Fun FON Hacking
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
With FON now selling their “social routers” for
$5 a piece
it seems like a good time to mention Hack-A-Day reader [Steve Anderson]’s previous
FON hacking
experience. By purchasing one of FON’s subsidized routers you agree to participate in their network for at least one year. Steve had a look at the patched OpenWRT firmware FON uses and found the heartbeat system they use to monitor compliance. He then swapped out the firmware and spoofed the heartbeat with a cron job. This hack is an ethical trade off: remove FON’s firmware and violate their terms of service or keep FON’s firmware which probably violates your ISP’s TOS. In related WRT54G news: you can now
flash Linux onto v5 and v6
routers without hardware modification. So if you’re at all worried, just buy one for the regular price off the shelf.
[thanks
bird603568
and
fucter
]
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{
"comment_id": "20217",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T00:07:44",
"content": "love this stuff have u a idea of how to fix a bad firm wear upgrade on a bt 24o voyager wired router rooter will not boot up have had problems with this router from day one but thanks bird love ur hack steve preece",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20213",
"author": "cmonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:27:32",
"content": "I’d rather break my ISP’s TOS than FON’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20214",
"author": "IrreGular shed",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:33:08",
"content": "The FON hacking article has been pulled. Too much publicity about it is too likely to draw attention from FON, and it’s not worth it.I recommend, if you want to throw out the FON T&Cs, that you get the source from FON’s website and spend a little time figuring out what’s going on. Me, I’ve got a family to think about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20215",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:42:59",
"content": "well crap. I had been visiting the website off and on for the past few weeks. It really was the only site that had infomation on the router. Tell me irregular shed, did you finally get a cron job to work?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20216",
"author": "dom",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:45:31",
"content": "Google Cache:http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:_oiZ5RJ9WpMJ:www.twindx.com/node/106+fon+site:twindx.com&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "20212",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:51:05",
"content": "if you use google in a certian way you can still see the page thats all im gonna say. sorry irregular shed didnt know you didnt want it to be posted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20211",
"author": "Alexandre, o tabajara",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:51:09",
"content": "Very interesting piece of info, but one that helps nobody. Nor FON, nor ISPs, nor us, nor anyone I can think of. It is just like a recipt for a well-done atomic bomb made of sugar, water and salt, it would help no one. My respects for the “irregular shed” but my hacker ethics tell me that I’d not post anything that can bring no advance (but trouble) to the comunity. Greetz from Brazil!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20210",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T01:51:55",
"content": "Ah. You beat me to the google cache by like 2 minutes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "20208",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T02:10:55",
"content": "looks like dom beat me to it also but didnt confirm it when i hinted towards it. i just didnt want to get shed more pissed than he already ischeck out oddree magizine today athttp://www.oddree.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "20209",
"author": "steve hendrix",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T02:14:34",
"content": "That’s not fair tp fon. Come on you should’nt even post this. Its borderline unethical just to put it out there. Keep doing this and no company is going to trust us to engage in these interesting type offers with the poorest of us users.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20207",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T02:43:57",
"content": "I also want to mention that someone(I forget who) determined that the mac address that fon sends via the heartbeat function is the wlan interface’s mac, not the one printed on the bottom of the router (wlan mac should be 2 digits higher e.g. ‘a2’ where the mac addy on the router ends with ‘a0’). And also, someone reported that the fon router ssh’s into fon.com once and a while, even if no one is connecting to the hotspot, and the auto-firmware upgrade is turned off, no one knows why yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "20205",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T02:45:18",
"content": "Trade-offs can go three ways, you know? You don’t have to violate either company’s terms-of-service.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20206",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T03:52:08",
"content": "Wow, with this discussion I’m glad I posted “just buy one for the regular price off the shelf”. When cheap routers from FON came up the first time the possibility of Linux running on future WRTs looked very bleak and FON was one of the few ways you could guarantee running it. Things have changed since then. Now v5 and v6 (I didn’t know those exsisted) can be flashed without issue. I think most people reading this will see it for what it is: If you want to support FON, buy their router and if you want to play with Linux, buy your own router.I may post controversial stuff from time to time, but it is with the firm belief that the hacking community at large is good at heart.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "20202",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T04:07:22",
"content": "but dont forget that the v4-6 have crippled amounts of flash and ram. I’m not sure about the clock speed thou",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20203",
"author": "dbpigeon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T06:04:17",
"content": "I think all versions are 200 MHz.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20204",
"author": "Davidoff channel",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T06:33:44",
"content": "Is this possible?using your wrt54g wireless routeras an antenna to pick up hot spotsin an apt. complex. perhaps bridgerouter with hot spot in the area?how is this possible, i have onboard wirelessantenna, and have 3 hotspots in my area but signal is “low”. can i use my router to pick up better signal?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20200",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T07:23:17",
"content": "#12 just curious…. how do you not violate your ISP’s tos while not voilating fon’s tos? I’m not trying to put you down or anything, I’m just curious if you thought of something…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "20201",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T07:54:22",
"content": "trebuchet03, I know Speakeasy is one ISP that specifically allows you to share or resell your service.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20199",
"author": "Billw",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T08:03:30",
"content": "I’m pretty sure that #12 means that you can choose not to play – buy a WRT54G from a store and don’t share out your internet connection publicly if it’s against your ISP’s terms-of-service.It’s not like a store bought WRT54G is going to set you back a whole lot of dough either, and you can hack it without fear of civil action.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "20198",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T08:16:55",
"content": "ahh okay I get it… I wouldn’t call not participating a trade-off per say– but I guess that works :P and I guess not all ISP’s are a part of the internet ‘access of evil’ :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20197",
"author": "deltaf",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T00:04:28",
"content": "in many cases isps don’t care who you *share* it with as long as you’re not reselling. Therefore, the only appropriate option is the free wifi sharing, not reselling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20196",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T22:15:16",
"content": "“#12 just curious…. how do you not violate your ISP’s tos while not voilating fon’s tos? I’m not trying to put you down or anything, I’m just curious if you thought of something…”uhhh. by not using a fon router? I know, it sounds like a crazy idea, but you have to try and think outside the box.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20195",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-03T23:39:38",
"content": "22… yeah nice patients in reading the thread ;)you need to have/do something if you want to trade it… so not participating isn’t so much a trade off as it is sitting on your butt :P so if not doing anything is thinking out of the box, most of us have been doing so complaining how someone else’s project is not a hack o.0",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20193",
"author": "rafael vuijk",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T20:10:14",
"content": "I ordered one too. Perhaps I’ll even add a FON logo when people first log on :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20194",
"author": "garryb",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T23:11:45",
"content": "lool the website author closed down the porojecty adn removed it from his site from getting into trouble does anyone on here has made any backups for the community please uplaod it then thxs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20192",
"author": "geremy condra",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T21:08:56",
"content": "I am curious to note- how many of us would, without a second thought, decompile software, download music, reverse engineer a piece of hardware, etc, but found it repugnant to violate the tos from fon? I know I was horrified at the idea, but I can’t quite put my finger on why this more than any of those other tos/eula-breakers feels wrong. Maybe I’m wrong, but…thoughts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20191",
"author": "BAF",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T05:38:42",
"content": "#25: uhh, read the comments?http://hackaday.com/entry/1234000903073775/#c706073",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20190",
"author": "this is L",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T06:59:36",
"content": "Any more information on SSH dial-ins? I can’t find it in the firmware code.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20189",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T21:13:29",
"content": "this is Li cant either, sometime next week i should be getting my fon router, i’ll sniff it for a couple of days and see what i catch. and i plan to, sometime in the near future, make a page(possibly a wiki) all about our fun with these things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20187",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T04:43:25",
"content": "So does anyone have a copy of the original information?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20188",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T15:30:26",
"content": "fon ssh function maybe found:http://boards.fon.com/viewtopic.php?t=1219and basically the original info was to periodlically wgethttp://download.fon.com/heartbeat.php?mac=at some random times",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "20186",
"author": "zite",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T22:39:07",
"content": "#26:I would assume it’s because fon is a cool idea from a seemingly cool company. We don’t really have a good reason to skrew them over. While with warez the assumption is you’ll buy what you like and music that you don’t want to support the authors getting raped out of 90% of the money / whatever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20185",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-07-19T03:58:53",
"content": "I got my FON router today. Started messing around with it. I was messing with the FON firmware’s firmware upgrade tool, thought I bricked my router. Just had the blinking power LED of death.. I TFTP’d Linksys’ firmware version 4 and got rid of FON.Whoever was against hacking the FON router… FON made 20 million dollars already on this. They’re not trying to be nice and create a big wireless community, they’re trying to make money off of YOUR ISP. Lame. So I have no guilt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20182",
"author": "martin",
"timestamp": "2006-07-21T10:40:14",
"content": "31# i need your helpprominator1@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20183",
"author": "This is l",
"timestamp": "2006-07-27T03:33:30",
"content": "Although no one is still following this, Fon is still shipping $13 routers ($8 ship) away and Google removed the cache of that very special page (although all you need to know is already in the comments here). It is surprising that Google didn’t remove the page sooner, since its been funding the Fon operation!What will you do with your router? I am currently using one in client mode as a wireless card to borrow a nearby internet connection. Another is set up to feed it back to the source! Imagine what they’ll think when they connect to the new network in question and see their own router lights buzzing!Fon is now shipping WRT54GS (speedbooster) V4 models by the way!I have one discovery to add: while monitoring airborne packets (redirected from the WAN port) from a fon router in airopeek, I noticed that instead of seeing heartbeats, I was registering strange pairs of CRC errors and notifications.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "20184",
"author": "woosh",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T12:11:31",
"content": "Screw them over? I was curious about Fon and I decided to install the Firmware in my Linksys router from the Fon website. Like a bad virus, I can’t get rid of it. Fon support hasn’t answered my e-mails, my posts to the Forum on Fon’s website got deleted. Trust me DON’T use your own router and install the firmware. Buy the Fon router for the low price.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20181",
"author": "woosh",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T12:13:55",
"content": "Screw them over? I was curious about Fon and I decided to install the Firmware in my Linksys router from the Fon website. Like a bad virus, I can’t get rid of it. Fon support hasn’t answered my e-mails, my posts to the Forum on Fon’s website got deleted. Trust me DON’T use your own router and install the firmware. Buy the Fon router for the low price.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20179",
"author": "Levi",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T21:05:17",
"content": "I was thinking of getting my fon router (wrt54gs) and switching it for my older wrt54gDo you think they would have a problem with that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20180",
"author": "Warezio",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T10:25:36",
"content": "Can someone please post this text again, the link is down.. Someone upload it to rapidshare or something..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20218",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2007-04-13T18:38:37",
"content": "ha, i received a letter in the mail from fon today (how long has it been… a year?) anyway, they say if i dont turn my router on, that i wont be able to access free fon hotspots anymore, oh well.in other words, no finantial penalty will be bestowed upon me :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "4831239",
"author": "Frepa",
"timestamp": "2018-08-07T17:02:14",
"content": "1/9#hak fon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,922.148479
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/30/binary-clock-2/
|
Binary Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Hans Summers has an
amazing collection of projects
. His most popular project is the
binary clock
. It runs off of mains, uses a bunch of TTL logic chips and a binary counter. He has posted links to the many projects that have been derived from his original post. Warning: project uses LEDs. If the binary clock isn’t your thing he has lots of other clocks, radio, frequency counters, computer and other projects.
[thanks
Alan Parekh
]
| 33
| 33
|
[
{
"comment_id": "20178",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T00:34:40",
"content": "nice project thanks for the warning aboute the leds shame other wise a good project steve and buy the way readers have sent in my own hacks so there and they dont involve leds ok",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20176",
"author": "cal",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T00:42:35",
"content": "what u posted then steve?after all the carry on u do no leds,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20177",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T00:48:52",
"content": "well cal i have a nice playstation 2 eyetoy hack i use it as a web cam great little cam moded driver and also a computer hack to increase frame rates in pc games using a sound card does that appeal to u cal",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20173",
"author": "cal",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T00:56:59",
"content": "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ill comment when i see it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20174",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:02:42",
"content": "Cal, Steve,You two have so much in common: love of wasting other people’s time, inability to type the word “you”, matching IP addresses…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20175",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:03:32",
"content": "ok cal think u will love it just what we need on hackaday not a led in sight love steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20171",
"author": "mr s .preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:10:18",
"content": "ok i will come clean she my wife u got me not wasteing time thoe new hacks realy r needed sorry if this offends u dont mean to",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20172",
"author": "miron",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:14:25",
"content": "lol cal & steve owned by elliot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20170",
"author": "koft",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:16:57",
"content": "Props to Summers for using straight up digital logic instead of throwing a pic in there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20169",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:20:33",
"content": "eliot, i love the site, I really do (long time reader, new poster).however, would it be so hard to add a new deny from line into apache.conf/.htaccess?or atleast add an ignore feature into the comments code. or get this, wrap comments with tags like this; <span class=”poster.steve preece”> (or whatever the poster’s name is) and i’ll hack up a moz extension to set certain spans too display=”none”… hell, i’ll even document it and make sure i use a grand total of sh!t loads of LEDs.jeez, some people. thanks for your time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20166",
"author": "you know who i am",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:42:14",
"content": "damn, did you see the riskometer led thingy? eliot plx post that so mr i hat leds can see it. here is the link anyway:http://www.hanssummers.com/electronics/equipment/riskometer/index.htmhappy now steve?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20167",
"author": "jfh",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:47:10",
"content": "You might be able to write a greasemonkey script to do that with what’s already there. :D (I wouldn’t be so irritated if Cal/Steve actually, like, used punctuation or something.)Heh, this looks like something I should try when I have the time. Why the led warning though? Is there something about leds I don’t know (Highly likely)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20168",
"author": "you know who i am",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:48:35",
"content": "hate*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20165",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T01:55:21",
"content": "sorry pedro that would still not work u would have to invent ur own browser and i dont think ur that clever ru",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20164",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T02:11:55",
"content": "jfh u got no chance greas monkey script so unreliable and there r such things as proxy server u no masking ur ip adress sorry boys ur stuck with us for now",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20163",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T02:17:11",
"content": "In honor of the LED week that wasn’t here is [Zach Dicklin]’s head lamphttp://web.ics.purdue.edu/~zdicklin/headLamp/He sent it in to us, but MAKE posted it first, so I didn’t.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20162",
"author": "Christopher Hewitt",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T03:22:30",
"content": "Immense wealth will follow after I create a keyboard hack preventing people from typing like six year olds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20159",
"author": "shadow",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T03:59:39",
"content": "As to that keyboard mod, I think I have a workable idea:Replace keys on normal keyboard with metal surface keys, add a piggyback board with 220v mains and a uC to monitor keystrokes. When a threshold for mispellings is exceeded, turn on 220v to the key surface.Sweaty hands may need an additional hack to dispose of a body : )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20160",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T04:13:11",
"content": "I’ll be the richest man in the world after I invent a way to stab people in the face over the internet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20161",
"author": "Benjamin Roy",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T04:37:27",
"content": "This isn’t a hack. It’s a how-to.Ok, I have a hack, and I don’t know why hackaday doesn’t use it. click on my name, and click on $30 serial Bluetooth adapter. I have been working on it for the last month.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20157",
"author": "Chris_Rybitski",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T05:02:06",
"content": "“Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry: inappropriate or purely promotional comments may be removed.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20158",
"author": "jonored",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T05:29:44",
"content": "Decidedly shiny hack; I like. Very nice with the scap construction. reminds me of what can be done with steel – you’d be amazed at what a truck’s leaf spring can do if you apply a bit of persuasive rearrangement to it :) – woot recycling :)jfh: LEDs are objected to by some members of the readership. Therefore, mocking.And as for the quesiton of filtering; dropping anything with the sequence of bytes 0x20 0x75 0x20 would seem a good start. Perhaps have 0x20 0x75 0x72 0x20, as well, just in case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20156",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T06:03:32",
"content": "heh no need for this hack — got a binary clock on my desk right now :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20155",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T06:29:37",
"content": "Posted Jun 30, 2006, 9:37 PM ET by Benjamin RoyThis isn’t a hack. It’s a how-to.Ok, I have a hack, and I don’t know why hackaday doesn’t use it. click on my name, and click on $30 serial Bluetooth adapter. I have been working on it for the last month.—–All things being equal, you merely cracked open a piece of plastic and soldered wires to some well-labeled contact points.At any rate, elliot,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20154",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T06:32:05",
"content": "Pretty neat. I’m not enough of a geek to want one, just enough of a geek to admire it! Ha.Anyway, Steve’s various incoherent mumblings have got me thinking about new projects I can do with LEDs. In fact why don’t we all make lots of new hacks with LEDs. Lets put them in everything. Maybe Steve’s head will explode with childish frustration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20153",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T06:46:30",
"content": "Posted Jun 30, 2006, 9:37 PM ET by Benjamin RoyThis isn’t a hack. It’s a how-to.Ok, I have a hack, and I don’t know why hackaday doesn’t use it. click on my name, and click on $30 serial Bluetooth adapter. I have been working on it for the last month.—–All things being equal, you merely cracked open a piece of plastic and soldered wires to some well-labeled contact points. If this clock or any of his other projects are not considered hacks, then how can you consider what you have done to be a hack?Here’s my short list for what is considered a hack:a. Gaining some secret or creative functionality out of a piece of hardware or software.b. A quick and inelegant method of getting a job done (or pranking people).As far as a lot of us are concerned, this hack easily falls under “b”. He could have done this with a microcontroller, surface mount components and a silkscreened double-sided PCB. Instead, he threw it together with parts that an average hobbyist electronics engineer has in their toolbox. That’s hack enough for me.At any rate, I love his site. I think that the DIY Voltmeter also looks pretty and simple to make.http://www.hanssummers.com/electronics/equipment/voltmeter/index.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20151",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T07:32:21",
"content": "I don’t see how LEDs aren’t cool. Humans are naturally attracted to light, like fire for instance…you know what would be cool? An oLED matrix printed on a foldable matcan we say, 19″ TV in my pocket? W00tbut i doubt that would be within my price range",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20152",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T07:48:05",
"content": "Is it just me… or has the community been arguing about what is allowed or not allowed to enter the realm of ‘hackdome’ a lot recently?Really, it just misses the point… is it so hard to appreciate the work of someone else (perhaps give advice if you’ve done something similar)? Flame me/this if you disagree — just put aside the superiority complex…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20149",
"author": "you know who i am",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T14:24:47",
"content": "all this “i ams hate led i ams child” stuff kindah makes me wanna make a led hack, il get on it right now.or maybe tomorrow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20150",
"author": "bryan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T19:08:34",
"content": "humm, led’s are freaking awesome. i dunno why anyone would hate them. they provide a simple way to show something, with out having to fiddle with an lcd of any sort. keep the led hacks comming…haha i made something like this for my seventh grade science fair, i don’t think it told the exact time, it just counted up in binary from the time it was turned on in seconds…. I dont think it was too terribly accurate, either.sweet project, keep em comming hackaday.-bryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20148",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T21:45:10",
"content": "i like binary clocks, but why do they all count the day in regular 24:60:60 format? the best use of a binary clock would be to count the time of day by powers of two. For instance the first light would tell you if it was am or pm, the second if it was after or before 6, the third would tell you if it was after or before 3 and 9. then 1.30, 4.30, 7.30 and 10.30 etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20147",
"author": "grant",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T00:46:21",
"content": "I wonder how hard it would be to design a binary clock which syncs to NTP? IANAEE, obviously.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20146",
"author": "Raiku",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T00:51:26",
"content": "Since there seems to be some division on whether LED projects are appropriate or not, I recommend the following: 1.) adopting a new meme to amuse ourselves, namely, “ZOMG LEDS!!1!!1!”. 2.) someone should immediately take this to an extreme by making a blinking sign of LEDS that says just that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/29/beerquad-wifi-antenna/
|
Beerquad Wifi Antenna
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
[
Coreyfro
] recently sent me a thank you note for the
biquad wifi antenna
article I did for Engadget last fall. He directed me to his monster
Beerquad
antenna he built based on it. While searching for materials to build his antenna he discovered that flattened Guinness cans are the perfect size for regular antennas and that 25oz Labatt cans make for great double wide versions. He says the reception is great . I’m sure he’ll raise some OpSec eyebrows once he gets the laptop mount done. Most biquad wifi projects on the web are based on
Trevor Marshall’s antenna
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "20142",
"author": "tahm",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T22:47:19",
"content": "Beer and (wirelessly accessed) porn? Score.This has been an unintelligent post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20143",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T22:59:19",
"content": "first w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20144",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T23:21:39",
"content": "thank god something a bit different and no leds involved makes good sense thanks steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20145",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T23:35:10",
"content": "just wondering.. did you have to brush the aluminum or was it just for looks? would it work without most of the “print” being brushed off?thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20141",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T01:24:20",
"content": "really steve, you need to shut the hell up for a while. Everyone was pissed off at you yesterday, why would you bring it up again? I happen to like LEDs… cause there cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20138",
"author": "nguyen_van_thoc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T02:21:41",
"content": "an important thing to remember with this hack is to really flatten the metal well, it make a difference. this might be harder to do when you’re drunk… i think every great hack involves beer in one way or another.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20139",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T04:15:47",
"content": "That antenna is just beautiful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20140",
"author": "Coreyfro",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T05:49:10",
"content": "The brushed alum is just for looks. Who needs ingredients, legal babble, or barcodes?Cheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20136",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T08:05:14",
"content": "a reflector panel covered in barcodes would be pretty cool tho..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20137",
"author": "dennis",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T08:13:53",
"content": "does anyone know what sort of background is needed to design antennas? are there any good resources to learn the theory behind it? thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20135",
"author": "greg0r",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T08:20:51",
"content": "Who gets drunk off a 25oz beer? :PI’d have to make at least three of these to feel it, lol.Really though, cool post. I’m going to have to try making one myself!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20134",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T12:43:54",
"content": "dennis – if you want a book you should probably look into the ARRL’s stuff.http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=VHF%2FUHF%2FMicrowave&words=Obviously there’s stuff on the web too but it would depend to some extent what frequencies you were interested in. There’s plenty on ~2.4GHz and FM VHF due to WiFi hacker / amateur radio / pirate radio use :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20132",
"author": "PWNA",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T13:08:05",
"content": "really nice, i would make one if i needed one but i dont need one so i dont need one then i dont need to build one since i done need one.i get drunk after 25oz beer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20133",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T15:52:31",
"content": "dennis: the AARL handbook is a good place to start, there are also books on HAM radio and antenna theory at public libraries. I think its physics2 in college(it was phy212 for me) will give you plenty of information on induction. There is also forums on netstumbler.com that you can read about all kinds of wifi info (but don’t post anything, those guys have become jerks(or, all the cool guys left, and only jerks are still there). Also do a google search for Lincomatic, he built a crap load of antennas and documented his work). And of course, like eliot already pointed out, Trevors site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20131",
"author": "howl",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T18:09:03",
"content": "lots of diy wifi antenna designshttp://wireless.binarywolf.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/28/led-marquee/
|
LED Marquee
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ben Kokes] put together this guide for building an
LED marquee
. The design uses two 555 timers plus a bunch of shift registers. The first 555 handles the rate at which the LEDs turn on/off. The second controls how fast the sequence advances. The shift registers cascade through each row of LEDs. Here’s a
CoralCDN of the video
. The project is pretty simple, but hey, you’ve got to start somewhere. It does fit well with our “LEDs whee!” attitude.
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{
"comment_id": "20118",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:08:51",
"content": "like i say can we not have somthing a bit more intresting other than flashing leds plz love this site but projects that have been shown lately r very boreing and stale dont mean 2 be rude how a boute some new computer hacks or remote model building hacks or cd burning hacks firm wear hacks plzplz thank u urs sincerely mr s.preece",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20116",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:12:24",
"content": "What are you talking about? Flashing LEDs rule.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20117",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:15:03",
"content": "i have to agree with 1, I do really love this stie but it’s getting a little mundane. This one though was acutally kindof cool, allthough it was the first one in the last couple of weeks that really got my attention. Not from a technically aspect, I just really like led stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20114",
"author": "mr s .preece",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:20:43",
"content": "yess leds rule 4 the simple minded",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20115",
"author": "Clevertrousers",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:21:42",
"content": "Too right furt. This LED hack has upper **AND** lower case! It doesn’t get much better than that! Good times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20112",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:25:53",
"content": "steve please learn how to spell simple words like “for” and “about” and people will not think you are simple yourself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20113",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:26:28",
"content": "you definatly cannot go wrong with flashing leds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20110",
"author": "mr s .preece",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:29:56",
"content": "ok ganging up on me now well shame on u all if i was simple i would be looking at some nice bright leds like u all wouldnt i u prick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20111",
"author": "clevertrousers",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:45:24",
"content": "creeps r me: no, ganging up on you would involve non-blog related things like calling people simple minded, or making up funny anagrams of your handle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20108",
"author": "Bas",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:50:01",
"content": "@steve: Well, write your own bit about that cool hack you did just recently! That’d be great. Man that project was really awesome!Ben Kokes, nice job. Start easy and work your way up, that’s my motto. Next up is a programmable LED marquee, get to it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20109",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T01:01:31",
"content": "look just whant somthing a bit more intresting than flashing leds whats wrong with that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20107",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T01:38:18",
"content": "steve, lighten up. if the leds aren’t interesting you, you should just roll another smoke and grab a can.happy?yes. good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20106",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T01:59:36",
"content": "wtf is with you people, i watched the video and its a clever hack, and i feel somewhat drawn to watch it over and over again. So if you can’t add to this, for example; things you would improve on, problems you had building it, etc…, then please don’t comment.And you are not welcome in our hackaday community, go troll over at i-hacked for that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20103",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T02:10:08",
"content": "sorry folks this is getting out of hand i thought the internett was all aboute freedom of speach boy was i wrong and by the way i dont drink or smoke",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20104",
"author": "evan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T03:17:22",
"content": "Hey Steve, how old are you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20105",
"author": "stev",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T03:45:55",
"content": "ya theres freedom of speech on the webwhich is why everyone has the freedom to flame you for a dumbass comment",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20100",
"author": "roddefig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T04:35:13",
"content": "Hack a day is a great site. They’re much better than Make where all they do all day is post links to crappy instructables. I remember seeing a link to an instructable for a “laptop shade” that was a cardboard box turned on its side with the laptop in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20101",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T04:37:05",
"content": "What steve fails to see is that it isn’t always about the hack as it is presented, but what one can DO with said information to meet their own nefarious ends.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20102",
"author": "jonored",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T04:50:11",
"content": "“Freedom of speech” does not imply that the operator of a server/website must use his machine to assist you in the communication of your free speech. Even if not, you would be free to say as you wish; and we would be free to voice our opinions that the manner you are doing it is disrespectful and the content is not useful.Also, this tends to be an area where the respect to use proper english and not childish “1337”-speak with abhorrently poor spelling is appreciated, and failure to put in the effort to communicate effectively in such a manner is sometimes met with rightful annoyance. It really is disrespectful to not put in the effort to use mature english when in a relatively intellectual forum. (provided that it is an english-speaking forum, of course. Otherwise it would just be silly, like me writing this whole post in Lojban.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20099",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T05:23:20",
"content": "Neat hack. I like it a lot.Too much effort with the wiring, though. Next time for a project like this you want a wire-wrapping tool, trust me. If Rat Shack still has them in stock, they were only a few dollars last time I bought one. I’m sure you could google for one too.Get the manual tool to see how it works for you, then if you like it you can buy the powered one with the slitter (when I was a kid that was not an affordable option for me.)While you’re shopping, buy a handful of 16-pin wire wrap sockets to keep around. Really handy things. You should be able to wrap directly to the LED leads and probably the other components, too, but if not you can always plug them into a spare socket and wrap to that.I uesd to have a very old CPU that was a set of four large boards that were all rows of wire-wrapped 16-pin chips! The layer of wires was almost half an inch thick on the back. I kept one of the boards; it’s a 16kb RAM board made of wirewound core. I have it hanging in my cube. It’s a work of art.Wire wrapping goes amazingly fast. Sometimes old-school still rules.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20098",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T06:28:10",
"content": "“i thought the internett was all aboute freedom of speach boy was i wrong”indeed… get your own website and you might have a bit of free speach ;)“look just whant somthing a bit more intresting than flashing leds whats wrong with that”The wrong part was complaining about it here ;) Want something different? ’tis but a google search away. Find something new? you could send in a tip and it might end up here.—-In any case, it’s not too bad :P Not a big fan of rat’s nest wiring, but I’ve done worse in the past :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20097",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T08:18:18",
"content": "you guys can cool your jets over the supposed ‘lame hacks’. Im in the midst of pimping out my wireless router in ways youve never imagined. I should be done within a month :Doh and by the way, flashing LED’s are awesome. Except the more colors, the better!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20096",
"author": "Evan B",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T08:39:40",
"content": "*marquee",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20093",
"author": "geek",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T08:41:02",
"content": "btw, it’s ‘marquee’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20094",
"author": "cal",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T11:40:36",
"content": "sorry but i agree with steve boreing leds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20095",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T11:46:18",
"content": "Stop your whining steveThis website is free to view, and not once have i seen it ask for donations, so techinally your not losing anything by being here, but posting ignorant, stupid comments that nobody really wants to hear makes it less enjoyable for the rest of us..By the looks of sites going down with bandwith, Hackaday is fairly popular, so pleasing everybody at once is not possible, some people choose to build a bridge, and others choose to be complete wankers like your last 4 or 5 posts. We do not like your kind.Seriously go find a brick wall, and bang your head against it a few times.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20090",
"author": "one",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T14:21:59",
"content": "the idea is good, and the hack is very easy but great!i like this one, regards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20091",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T15:37:44",
"content": "Video link is down, do the LEDs scroll, fade or what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20092",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T17:03:23",
"content": "wow all this arguing is really childish. Seems to happen with every hack. i happen to like this hack, even if it’s not technically a “hack”. if you don’t like the recent projects here on hackaday, then build something yourself!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20130",
"author": "MBates",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T18:08:46",
"content": "Great idea!Even though its a simple concept its all some people need to get them started on an LED project. Would be great to see a project like this which takes it all a little further. Such as a ‘Manual Input’ Dart board scorer. which allows you to use the LED array (or even better LCD, but may be too technical for this sort of project) along with some PIC based maths to work out the scores!Anyways, Stop bitching and take the project at face value! Every one starts somewhere and need a kick in the right direction sometimes!Master-Bates",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20128",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T18:38:47",
"content": "That’s a pretty cool project. It’s Strangely mesmerizing. Lots of other uses for it to… getting familiar with shift registers can help you build discrete logic for dealing with serial data (and thus, more involved hacks).As for the whiners… If you don’t like what you see do something to change it, submit something you think is a more worthy hack, hack something yourself and submit it. If you have a serious complaint send one of the site admins an email… don’t post comment spam. Not only is it annoying for the rest of us but it’s insulting and rude to the person who’s hack you’re commenting in; it makes you look like a lazy insensitive prick.If you put half the time you spent writing complaints in the comments with actually finding new and interesting hacks to submit maybe you wouldn’t have anything left to complain about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20129",
"author": "Diddle",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T18:43:30",
"content": "I find it amusing that people can create these interesting “hacks” yet they can’t figure out how to compress a video 10s long to under 4MB. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20127",
"author": "Ben Kokes",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T19:03:54",
"content": "Hello all,Thank you for your comments. The constructive and destructive ones are all helpful for my future projects. Yes, the marquee is simple and pretty straight forward in design. The point was to use it as an office sign, and to make it relatively un-modifiable. I didn’t want my friends and co-workers taking a PIC/Microcontroller out of the sign and reprogramming it, or removing wire-wraps. I do appreciate the suggestions though.A Note: The last picture on the page is a link to the video. If the hosted video link is offline, just click and view.-Ben",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20126",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T06:02:55",
"content": "aghh.. the point of something like this is to show people they dont need horsepower for something useful. I would bet that if you asked several hackers how to use a shift register, they would look at you funny. It is always important to not forget the humble 74xx and 555 chips out there.As a followup suggestion, I am going to contradict myself and post 33 by sugesting another hack using LED arrays. Simplifies wiring, its rather small, and would likely require a small pic.. but would be a fun project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20125",
"author": "Krusty",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T11:01:01",
"content": "Ben! Good Job :) Very neat little hack. Could you possibly increase the brightness of the B and K by driving each ‘level’ with a transistor and single current limiting resistor, or even simply redusing the value of the resistors you have used? Cool anyhow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20124",
"author": "tylerL",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T17:36:38",
"content": "it was a great hack LED’s rule i can see all the flaming of it if it just sat there but the LED’s chase eachother so its a great hack so “steve” shut up and every one else that is complaning about the hacks on hack a day go out and make your own hack and stop complaning about none.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20121",
"author": "dylan willemsa",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T21:02:22",
"content": "the stupid whiners and the led hackers need to call a truce. some sort of stupid, whining led hack?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20122",
"author": "tylerL",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T00:21:10",
"content": "thats all they do is whine i mean if u dont like the hack then fine there opinoin but stop bitching about it you know",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20123",
"author": "Lacus Odii",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T20:57:39",
"content": "What I like about things like this is that it gives good ideas for beginner to intermediate level hobbyists. Every single thing on here doesn’t have to be a jet pack or something. An LED marquee is really cool, especially if you make it yourself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20119",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-08-02T19:27:09",
"content": "Oooohhhh, pretty lights.You could adapt this to something bigger using cold cathodes and mechanical relays. Think disco floor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20120",
"author": "tjnodes",
"timestamp": "2006-08-18T13:15:13",
"content": "I think it’s pretty cool how you did that by strobbing a couple of 555 times through an array of shift registers. All emergency Vehicle Lighting has turned to LED Lighting. Those run on the same theory with the addition of adding output Transistors to give it a bigger push. Nice Approach.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/27/line-following-roomba/
|
Line Following Roomba
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ben Miller] came up with a really simple way to
turn a Roomba into a line following robot
. The Roomba already has four “cliff sensors” built into it. Ben just added a potentiometer to the two outside sensors and then tuned the pots so that the Roomba could detect black tape on the ground. It isn’t your standard line follower, but if you draw a path using two strips of tape the Roomba will gladly stay inside. Here’s a CoralCDN
link to the video
.
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{
"comment_id": "20089",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T20:39:11",
"content": "i think that line following robots can never get old, i remember programming the old lego turtle in logo. very nice!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20088",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T01:50:41",
"content": "a good quick, simple hack. i like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20087",
"author": "rly nice man",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T19:31:20",
"content": "ams it ams me that think ams romba ams lil expensive ams folo line ams?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20086",
"author": "halonfire",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T06:05:15",
"content": "Very nice. I hope more people submit more Roomba hacks as this is the kind of things I like to seehere at HAD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48774",
"author": "Embepsise",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T07:12:24",
"content": "Sounds intersting.. I like the way you react to my bouncy counseling I have read a good joke in internet ;) Why did Robin Hood rob only the rich? Because the poor had no money.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59520",
"author": "twendyneste",
"timestamp": "2009-01-16T10:13:33",
"content": "Hi FrendsGet Free Stuff. Freebies. Free Offers. Free Sample.The easiest way to get a Free laptop, iPod, iPhone, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Plasma TV …http://1add.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76168",
"author": "Kriss",
"timestamp": "2009-05-25T13:11:11",
"content": "black cyber-shot t200 digital still cameraanddigital cameras raw formatand17-22 samsung digital cameraandcamera digital dscp10 sony ukandhow to paint aluminum pool deckandhow to hack a mmoandhow to write a commentaryand",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76830",
"author": "WEBMASTER999777",
"timestamp": "2009-05-31T13:40:07",
"content": "Good Night webmaster!Council all allOne hundred percentpartnerku, all without cheating money list on the second day after reaching the limit, the result is 100%, there are bonuses to 120,000 dollars, register for free-http://germanfriendfinder.com/go/g1111998-brkP.S love planet-there is everything! Germanfriendfinder: nothing lost …All the Luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77998",
"author": "intasop",
"timestamp": "2009-06-14T00:46:37",
"content": "Tired of a competitor’s site? Hinder the enemy? Fed pioneers or copywriters?Kill their sites! How? We will help you in this!Obstructions of any site, portal, shop!Different types of attacks: Date-attack, Trash, Attack, Attack, etc. IntellectualYou can work on schedule, as well as the simultaneous attack of several sites.On average the data, ordered the site falls within 5 minutes after the start. As a demonstration of our capabilities, allows screening.Our prices24 hours of attack – $ 7012 hours of the attack – $ 501 hour attack – $ 25Contact via ICQ: 588 666 582",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114414",
"author": "maximusfirst",
"timestamp": "2010-01-01T21:01:14",
"content": "� � ���� ���������� ��������. ������������.������������.“������ �����”. �������, ������� ������ ��� �� ��� �����, �� ����� ���� �� ����� ������.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "121451",
"author": "Hungreb",
"timestamp": "2010-02-02T22:14:29",
"content": "Доброго времени суток!Решил поделится своей проблемой. Я ищукондиционеры. Скоро лето, я живу на последнем этаже, на южной стороне дома. Летом такая погода, что спасает лишь ледяной душ несколько раз в день. Посоветуйте какой кондиционер оптимально мало жрет энергии ? А то у меня и куллер стоит дома + 3 компа…За электричество огого выходит :( Наyourconditions.ruспрашивал, однако они что-то невразумительное сказали, я ничего и не понял.В общем хочется узнать мнение народа! ) Жду!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/07/16/pong-led-hat/
|
Pong LED Hat
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[lain]’s
newest wearable project
features two 21×10 dot displays (front and back). The panels are constructed from 5×7 LED modules from HP. The display is driven by an AVR ATMEGA32L. The 21×10 matrix would require 31 wires, but lain implemented a shift register so only 4 wires are needed. The hat has a microphone so it can do beat detection and VU display. It can also scroll space invaders, play pong and show text. The batteries and control board are in the ear flaps. Lain keeps referring to this as the perfect summer season hat which I can’t understand since today it’s going to hit 101degF at my house.
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[
{
"comment_id": "20525",
"author": "mahder pwned",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T21:59:25",
"content": "finally some LEDshappy now steve? (caps -on-)HAPPY NOW STEVE???(caps -off-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20526",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T22:01:26",
"content": "That’s Awesome!! Anything with fluffy hats and LEDs is a winner!Slight correction on the LED matrix, though. You can lay out a matrix so it’s 21×10 spatially, but 14×15 electrically. That saves 2 wires :-). If you used charlieplexing, the grid could be 14×10 (24 wires). But, the serial interface is better — especially if you already have a PC board for the display, and you want to minimize the number of wires to the furry flaps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20524",
"author": "Ditto",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T22:14:51",
"content": "this is pretty sweet! it is, however, too hot to wear it. it’s been hitting 102F here",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20522",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T23:11:11",
"content": "ohh no u gone and done it now just when things where getting intresting eliot why u doing this to me i dont deserve it just have to waite for next hack leds for kiddies boooooo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20523",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T03:15:48",
"content": "Funny steve, last time i checked this site was for everyone not just you…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20521",
"author": "dext3r",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T05:49:06",
"content": "steve, this is hardly for kiddies…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20519",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T09:24:40",
"content": "Let me restate my belief that if we collectively believe steve does not exist, he doesn’t.Anyway, pretty impressive… Must be quite a sight on the summer concert scene. I’m not a fan of the styling… I’d probably try to miniturize everything down a little more and go with a ball cap… but maybe I just miss the uber-coolness of the hat with flaps!Also, if he is looking for a way to one-up Leah’s designs I say infra-red controlers for the pong game. Let other people use you as a game console! Either that or bio read outs… Let everyone know how fast your heart is beating…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20520",
"author": "Jcg",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T14:16:07",
"content": "Whoa, wear that and you are sure never to get a girlfriend. I like the idea, but I wouldn’t be found dead with that thing on my head",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20518",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T18:51:01",
"content": "cool, but… what jcg said.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20517",
"author": "KORT",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T20:03:11",
"content": "I agree with ditto, it’s been around 100f here.. way too hot for a hat… but I think this would also make an awesome belt buckle…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20516",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T21:16:20",
"content": "I like the way you think, which is probably why I come to hackaday. Anyone else want to combine kort’s idea with bp’s?Belt buckle with IR.I know what I’m doing today.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20515",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T22:38:53",
"content": "Making it a belt buckle would be a sure-fire way to get people to look at your crotch… and then laugh at your geekyness. That’s not even taking into account the situation of you standing there with to people holding controllers pointed at your crotch and staring intently… So many things wrong with that imageAwesome hack though :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20514",
"author": "Discomfort",
"timestamp": "2006-07-18T13:55:18",
"content": "Nice idea, the belt buckle has already been done will, it just displays a six different messages. Could be a possible hack?http://www.firebelts.co.uk/I bet Steve buys one! It",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20513",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-07-18T21:43:26",
"content": "the scrolling LED belt buckles have been around for awhile and were featured in atleast 2 music videos i have seenthe pong idea on one is a great idea.. especially with a couple matching controllers.. but i would be afraid of ppl mistaking it as just a scrolling one.. cuz those ones are truly lame..anywaysget on it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20512",
"author": "cj2600",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T09:02:02",
"content": "I",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,922.296726
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/07/15/usb-wifi-external-antenna/
|
USB WiFi External Antenna
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
[ronobvious] purchased a Ralink based USB WiFi adapter for use with Aircrack-ng. It worked well so he decided to
add an external antenna connector
. The connector from Linx Technologies that he chose is really what makes this installation clean. It’s a card-edge design so you just slip it over the end and solder the pin and ground leg. He’s got a link to
Tobias Hain’s similar mod
and Tobias has a link to a
another antenna project
as well.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "20511",
"author": "Craig",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T19:36:01",
"content": "I could do with this. I have a ‘B’ standard Centrino lappie and am finding it a bit slow, with all the other computers on the network being ‘G’. So I could get a USB adaptor and do this mod, and get a good signal, with it being out of sight around the back. I can’t stand those PCMCIA cards which stick out so much and constantly flash.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20510",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T20:57:05",
"content": "nice hack. there are so many external antenna modifications for wifi adaptors, you’d think the mfg’s would catch on by now. must be against fcc regulations…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20508",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T23:41:46",
"content": "Does anyone have a link to the bluetooth antenna mod? I’ve bene looking ofr it but no one has it anymore.Thank you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20509",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T03:39:02",
"content": "Well done!That looks (and I’m sure works) very nice!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20507",
"author": "This is L",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T07:04:32",
"content": "I was thinking of posting a hack similar to this for the USB netgear WG111v2 which has heat issues and could use a signal boost. I stripped off the bulky silver case on mine, coated the bottom with tough epoxy (to protect the components) added a thin, conforming to-220 transistor heatsink (1.5mm profile with bent steel “wings”) to the large hot chip on top and stitched on a panel antenna via inverted U. FL connector (the connector on the device is a female hirose/ U. FL , which is strange since most cards use male type connectors. I overcame this problem by sticking a small slice of a pin in the center of the pigtail. Unfortunately, the ~30ma output power is pathetic. The epoxy and heatsink modifications will extend the life of any usb wifi adaptor, since heat and corrosion can only lead to entropic demise. The best part is, since the profile has been minimized, I can now fit devices in any adjacent usb ports. To attach the heatsink, use thermal epoxy throughout or a combination of thermal paste and regular epoxy (not necessarily mixed together). Do not put epoxy directly on the leads of any complicated looking ICs (ie, +28 tiny pins), since the tiny pF capacitance inherent in most epoxies can affect chip operation (this is not a concern for most chips, don’t worry about it).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20506",
"author": "This is L",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T07:16:43",
"content": "I was thinking of posting a hack similar to this for the USB netgear WG111v2 which has heat issues and could use a signal boost. I stripped off the bulky silver case on mine, coated the bottom with tough epoxy (to protect the components) added a thin, conforming to-220 transistor heatsink (1.5mm profile with bent steel “wings”) to the large hot chip on top and stitched on a panel antenna via inverted U. FL connector (the connector on the device is a female hirose/ U. FL , which is strange since most cards use male type connectors. I overcame this problem by sticking a small slice of a pin in the center of the pigtail. Unfortunately, the ~30ma output power is pathetic. The epoxy and heatsink modifications will extend the life of any usb wifi adaptor, since heat and corrosion can only lead to entropic demise. The best part is, since the profile has been minimized, I can now fit devices in any adjacent usb ports. To attach the heatsink, use thermal epoxy throughout or a combination of thermal paste and regular epoxy (not necessarily mixed together). Do not put epoxy directly on the leads of any complicated looking ICs (ie, +28 tiny pins), since the tiny pF capacitance inherent in most epoxies can affect chip operation (this is not a concern for most chips, don’t worry about it).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20505",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T13:57:45",
"content": "#2 IIRC any antenna/transmitter combination must be individualy approved by the fcc (that’s why cards have so many wird and wondefull types of conectors. it’s a question of why the manufacturers would bother getting antennas aproved",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20504",
"author": "Liam Parry",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T15:26:54",
"content": "#5, I have a Netgear WG111T as well; I’m using it this moment. In fact, we have three of them here. I must admit that it’s always been very good to me, the signal with all three is much, much stronger than comperable USB/cardbus designs I’ve seen. Post up your article, though -I’d love to see it. There’s no such thing as reception that’s “too good” lol, and it sounds like you’ve put in a lot of work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20503",
"author": "This is L",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T17:43:43",
"content": "I will not post an article, because it is too simple to be a mod, but here are photographs:http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/thisisl/CIMG2000.jpghttp://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/thisisl/CIMG2002.jpghttp://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/thisisl/CIMG2003.jpgBy the way, I meant 30mW, not 30mA. That’s what insomnia’s all about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20502",
"author": "ronObvious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T20:16:03",
"content": "@ This is L – I like the heatsink approach, and I considered adding them to cool down the ralink chips in several of my USB adapters. The buggers run way hot and it makes me wonder what the lifespan will be like if I don’t take steps to cool it, but in all likelyhood it will last until it 802.11n hits the shelves ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20500",
"author": "Ds-flash",
"timestamp": "2006-07-19T14:55:15",
"content": "will have to try this with Nintendo ds. sometimes its wifi reception is weaker than PC so could come in handy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20501",
"author": "scarslilpyro_on_xfire",
"timestamp": "2006-07-29T04:55:17",
"content": "I’m sorry, I don’t understand what exactly this does, helps, improves, or maintains. :Other then hiding the lights.I have a Desktop only, I’m assuming this is useless for PCI wifi cards with Male RP-SMA antennas, and female RP-SMA cards.Can anyone help me out? Perhaps a link?Scarslilpyro on xfirestat_padder@yahoo.comif anyone can give me some info, thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45343",
"author": "JOSE V.",
"timestamp": "2008-10-11T16:35:06",
"content": "hi I WAS WONDERING IF ANY HAVE DONE THE EXTERNAL ANTENA TO A CNET CWD- 845 USB CARD THE BOARD CIRCUIT IS ALMOS THE SAME CHIPS ARE BUT THE WELDING PART IS DIFFERENT, THANKS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "133151",
"author": "john casemier",
"timestamp": "2010-03-31T18:44:35",
"content": "I like this antenna and would suggest it to anybody in need of an antenna. Yagiwifiantenna.blogspot.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1583054",
"author": "gh0st",
"timestamp": "2014-06-20T11:11:51",
"content": "I figured out a WAY easier way to do this.Simply purchase a SMA to mini-pci-wifiantWire. run this wire under/over mobo or thruwiring mech of laptop, grind kens lock holeto iD(hole)=oD(smaconn) and nut connto hole. did this on my dell mini 9",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/07/14/screwdriver-rc-car/
|
Screwdriver RC Car
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[don] built this
RC car using two $10 cordless screwdrivers
and a few parts from his bin. He cracked open the screwdrivers and relocated the switches to the outside. These micro-switches are activated using some servos and radio gear he had laying around. For as little time as it took to build, the car seems pretty serviceable. He mounted a camera to a turning servo so he could see the car’s perspective. The camera looks into the turn so it’s easier to drive the car than if it was in a fixed position.
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[
{
"comment_id": "20495",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T00:32:45",
"content": "now that’s a fun little hack :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20496",
"author": "a Hamster",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T00:47:24",
"content": "so… a screw driver = car? what comes next?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20497",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T00:47:28",
"content": "Needs more LED’s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20498",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T00:48:27",
"content": "hey wait a minute! Dont those things have a reverse system?Just make it a tank control system. Have one switch control forward another trigger back. Attach to one servo. Now do the same with the other.To turn. Either stop one or reverse for tighter spin.If they dont have reverse then they are really cheap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20494",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T00:51:34",
"content": "It seems as if it could easily be a piece out of a Rube Goldberg project. Using servos to activate switches seems a bit overboard. I know that he just had this stuff laying around, but I just find it a little back asswards way of doing it. But, nice job none-the-less.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20493",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T01:09:58",
"content": "This is a great hack, I like the “two of these screwdrivers and what I have laying around”.And mike, it’s ass backwards not back asswards, this hack is neither.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20492",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T01:12:19",
"content": "have done this in my early years good fun u can in crease speed by takeing out the resistors at the motor end only draw back is battery life but speed makes up for it or u could go over board and use makita 12 volt motors",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20491",
"author": "JAred Bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T01:51:51",
"content": "if you want another way of doing this really easily and even on a much larger scale. just get a 40.00 futaba radio, one of team delta duel ended switches.http://www.teamdelta.com/products/prod2.htmAdd a battery and some motors. use drill motors or something a little bigger like 4 hp motors. This relay set is often used in robotic combat",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20490",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T03:02:34",
"content": "Just wondering, wouldnt it be possible to do this without the servos? Seems like a waste of two servos when all you are doing is activating a switch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20489",
"author": "don",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T04:12:08",
"content": "Hi, I made that car there. Thanks for the comments.A common comment seems to be around the use of (unhacked) servos and switches. If you look at it from a slightly different perspective it makes a little more sense. The radio and servo set is unmodified – it’s the car that’s been hacked together. Put another way, the object isn’t the “overkill” of the servos – it’s the simplicity of the switches. Bear with me for a moment:In a normal RC car (or at least the one I had some 20 years ago – I haven’t kept up) a servo steers the wheels and a servo actuates some kind of speed control electronics.My “car” uses servos in the same as-God-intended way – but the rest is much simpler. There isn’t an (electronic) motor controller to be seen, and there is no steering hardware. Yet it steers and drives just fine (albeit with no reverse ability without some additional work!)It would be much much cooler if I could have also hacked together an effective radio control for this thing, but I’m not that resourceful or smart – at least not this month.I like the fact that other than the wheels (which were from a broken toy) there isn’t a single thing on the car that is used for its intended purpose. To me, that’s a pretty good hack! Of course I wish I could say the same for the R/C unit – maybe next time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20487",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T08:27:17",
"content": "is this is not a hack, nothing is.I like the idea of the camera turning too ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20488",
"author": "cj2600",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T00:42:19",
"content": "Nice!How about a blender-helicopter? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20485",
"author": "Keith L. Dick",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T04:51:32",
"content": "Well it’s not the Coolest looking thing but it is pretty darn creative…Glad I found this site there’s alot of Innovative Projects being shown here…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20486",
"author": "yair",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T11:09:21",
"content": "it IS the coolest looking thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20484",
"author": "Gen0cide",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T11:19:08",
"content": "You can make it into a mobile trip-mine",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20483",
"author": "tweekgeek",
"timestamp": "2006-07-18T04:34:59",
"content": "Sweet. Creativity at it’s finest. As far as the ass-backwards aspect, sometimes that’s the best way to do something, and it seems well-fit ideology for this project :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20499",
"author": "majikstone",
"timestamp": "2008-01-28T20:37:10",
"content": "if you want to get rid of those servos, you could use an integrated circuit and/or a microcontroller, or if you don’t have any of these, use some transistors to make an H-bridge or just some electromagnetic relays and 2 diodes… I have made a vehicle from 2 screwdrivers, it’s bigger, on an alluminium chassis… made from scratch… I used the RC system from an older RC car, 4 relays (2 for moving forward/backward and 2 for steering – one to close each motor if it turns left/right)… it’s powered by two 18 V rechargable batteries from the screwdrivers… and that’s about all… it works quite fine, it has a hute torque and a quite resonable speed… it’s a bit hard to control, because of the tank-like steering… but I’m quite proud of it :Dbtw I’m only 16 :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/13/automated-master-lock-crackers/
|
Automated Master Lock Crackers
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[xander] sent in links to two machines designed to solve padlocks automatically. The
first one
just modified an old robot project since it already had the necessary stepper motor. The
second one
was built from scratch and includes a solenoid to test the lock. Both systems are just brute forcing the combination, but they do use some shortcuts. Even though locks have 60 numbers there is less than 20 actual divisions. Also, multiple final numbers can be tested without putting in the first two. With these two shortcuts there are approx. 400 passes. These machines can solve a lock in about 30 minutes. Of course we’ve shown before that any human can solve one
in about 10 minutes
.
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{
"comment_id": "20461",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T19:06:45",
"content": "Now to make a portable one…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20462",
"author": "JAred Bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T19:17:45",
"content": "There is a portable one alredy. its called bolt cutters.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20459",
"author": "strazzere",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T19:41:22",
"content": "Or you can do shims (VERY fast)Or you can use the mathmatical wayStill good hack – love using robots for anything. Not the fastest way, but still very cool!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20460",
"author": "strazzere",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T19:46:43",
"content": "Odd – it removed my linkAnywho – this is a link to the previous hackaday artical with what i was talking about;http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000640047476/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20458",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T20:40:10",
"content": "With the cheapo knock-off versions, you can even feel out the cams as they hit the right numbers. I used to play around with the locks in my dorm’s mail room that way. Just for fun, of course. No mail theft or anything, ’cause that’d be illegal and stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20457",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T20:51:51",
"content": "is there ne ways to record the combination once they are unlocked? like does it keep track?kthxbai",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20482",
"author": "novastar",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T21:27:20",
"content": "#6, if you read the link, yes it does display the working combo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20481",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T22:07:45",
"content": "nice hack although port a pack burning gear much quicker but that would be against the law ?????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20480",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T22:39:00",
"content": "this is the coolest hack that i can think of that ive seen here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20479",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T00:57:42",
"content": "if this is the coolest hack you’ve seen on here, you must be new to hack a day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20478",
"author": "gabe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T01:02:50",
"content": "Actually, there are only 40 numbers–0 thru 39, and there are only 11 possible “notches”. I’ve disassembled a number of these master locks, and if somebody leaves the tumblers in the original position I can get one open in about 10 secs. If they don’t, there are only 11*11 (since on the third number you just try over and over at the 11 positions and it will suddenly open on one of them when you have the first 2 nums right already)–so 11*11=121 combinations you have to try to get one open. You can find the 11 notches by pulling down on the lock while its say connected to a locker and seeing where the wheel stops moving when pulling fairly hard–once you find another notch the next notch should be about 3 numbers away. You might think, oh my combination is 5-22-13, but actually you can do 6-21-13 or 4-23-13. (one number off up or down–effectively dividing 40/3=13). Since its not strictly that you can be off by 1 (you can actually be slightly off by more than 1) the number is 11. I’ve tried this while looking at the tumblers and its definitely true and used to impress my friends in junior high doing this. So if you have one of these locks that you’ve lost the combo on, just find the 11 notches–write them down, and start doing all 121 combinations. Odds are that you’ll solve it in less combinations–maybe closer to 60 tries. If you’re quick and precise you can do one try ever 15 seconds or so–so 15-30 mins you should have one open. I have had the unfortune of going thru all the combinations and not getting it–which sucks, but happens if you get sloppy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20477",
"author": "gabe",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T01:09:06",
"content": "haha, well, didn’t realize that the other article was explaining how to do the same procedure I was talking about (I attest that it works)… well, the robot is cool–overkill for sure, and the other method I think is wrong–I think its 11 notches not 10. But maybe my memory is wrong on that… anyway…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20476",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T02:01:48",
"content": "Back in high school we just whacked them with a textbook until they popped open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20475",
"author": "gamer x",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T02:26:50",
"content": "I remember making one of these out of Lego Mindstorms I received for my thirteenth birthday… of course, since it was Legos, it wasn’t precise enough to actually record the final combination — but it did use the shortcuts outlined above.Worked once, but some pieces broke in sheer surprise (the motor/gear system was pulling too hard for its own good, and parts snapped when it jerked back with no resistance ^o^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20474",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T03:31:19",
"content": "yea i thot it would i was just being lazycool hacks i’ve always been into the actual physical undermining of supposedly secure things.. although i could never get that bike lock pen thing to work soooo i dunno.. and my kryptonite lock has an actual key shaped key thank god.. sorry off topic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20473",
"author": "oracle",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T04:06:04",
"content": "with the 11 nothces, only 6 of them will be exactly on a number, the rest will wiggle between them. YOu have to get those 6, and they will all end in the same number except ONE, and that one will be the last number of the combination. so you usually get something like5, 15, 25, 28, 3528 is the last number of the combo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20472",
"author": "yawn",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T04:15:08",
"content": "Back in high school, all some guys had to do was grab on to it while locked on a locker and pull. They’d pop open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20470",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T05:26:19",
"content": "hey nick, bird603568 has been here from the beginning, and im positive he has contributed more links than you have.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20471",
"author": "Le chuck",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T05:26:41",
"content": "Talk about brute-forcing: 10 years ago in high school there was a 1-second solution: take off your sneaker, grab it by the toe and bash the top of the lock with the heel.Not very elegant, but that’s how most of the lockers were broken into (I was never brazen enough to try on anyone’s locker but my own).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20469",
"author": "Rusty",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T06:22:56",
"content": "chuck, we would just kick the bottom of the locker and pull hard on the lock. One kick and i could be in half the lockers in the school. I never used my combination because it took too much effort. I had forgotten it by the end of the year.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20468",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T06:45:14",
"content": "Even faster then the code cracking method (but not quite as fast as the bolt cutters which leave the lock useless or the shims which don’t recover the combo) is to take a pair of diagonal wire cutters or a decent pair of pliers and peel up the lip around the back edge of the lock. It is just thin sheet metal, with practice they come off in about 30 seconds. Then the lock falls apart. From there you can pull out both combo wheels and put it back together as a one-combo lock (just turn to the right number and pull), put one wheel back on for a 2 combo lock (works great for most applications where you don’t expect someone to try to brute force it) or all 3 for a complete lock. I takes about 5 minutes for me to take one apart/put it together.I really find it surprising that no one figured that out before I did (or if they did they haven’t published it anywhere I can find)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20467",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T08:34:10",
"content": "Posted Jul 13, 2006, 5:57 PM ET by Nickif this is the coolest hack you’ve seen on here, you must be new to hack a day.um actaully ive been here since the first week like day 3.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20466",
"author": "mattyfu",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T08:39:34",
"content": "I think it was in the book “The Watchmen” about the phreak/hacker kevin poulson where he talks about freezing a telco padlock with a spray can and then breaking it off with a hammer…something about freezing stuff just makes it more james bond-y.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20465",
"author": "Vince",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T18:12:25",
"content": "Just so you know, when I built the one that is pictured is was part of a larger Rube Goldberg project where efficiency is definitely not part of the plan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20464",
"author": "lejupp",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T18:38:19",
"content": "No. 9, bird603568If you think this is the cooles hack, then you haven’t readhttp://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000573027090/THIS is a cool hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20463",
"author": "abseeley",
"timestamp": "2006-07-16T17:41:09",
"content": "Dont get me wrong this is definitely one of the cooler hacks on Hack-a-Day in a while, but I think its a little bigger then it needs to be. I dont think it would be all that difficult to make the same device that could easily fit into say a box that could almost fit into your pocket. Im not really one for mechanics but I believe all you would need is a two way motor and some good code, and a power source. I think it would be pretty cool to just slip it over a lock let it pop ‘r open and then have the combo. Anyone here up to the challenge? I can’t do the physical build but i can make the brain work. Drop me a lineabseeley@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/12/team-hack-a-day-completes-25000000-points/
|
Team Hack-A-Day Completes 25,000,000 Points
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
It has been a while since I’ve mentioned our
unofficial Folding@home team
; that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped crushing the competition. We recently
completed 25 million points
and are ranked 32nd in the world. Pretty good for a team that only really got rolling last October. That much processing power would rank us as #91 in the
Top 500 Supercomputers
list. To join the team or just to celebrate, head over to the
unofficial forums
or stop by #hackaday on EFnet.
[thanks Tired2]
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{
"comment_id": "20455",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T00:36:12",
"content": "Oh yeah!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20456",
"author": "FIGGY",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T00:57:45",
"content": "Woot. We finally made it, and in less than a year to. Party!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20454",
"author": "T3h l33t h4x054",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T01:57:54",
"content": "W00t 3rd commenthttp://www.pcjustice.com/leet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20453",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T02:12:28",
"content": "congratulations guys!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20451",
"author": "Urza9814",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T02:31:00",
"content": "This isn’t a hack! Come on!heh… :PWay to go team Hack-A-Day.I would join, but all my spare processing power is currently being raped and pillaged by Freenet. Damn java.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20452",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T02:39:45",
"content": "i wonder how long it will be until distributed project such as this get listed as super computers, which are after all just a bunch of nodes, sometimes on different sides of the country. given how big this team is, and that there are 31 higher than that in the rankings, i suspect that f@h would smoke a lare number of the big instalations.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20450",
"author": "dr._Nathan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T02:54:34",
"content": "Rock on Team Hack-a-Day!For all you people reading this that aren’t folding, drop by the forums and we’ll get you started!http://teamhackaday.com/forum",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20449",
"author": "lucian0",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T03:15:20",
"content": "Yay team hack-a-day!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20447",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T03:53:27",
"content": "ya, go HADI have got my 15ghz folding (recently upped from a mere 3 by getting a few friends folding)…And I begged the school with its ~0.5THz of power… but they said no :'(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20448",
"author": "polobunny",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T06:00:55",
"content": "I’m in the top 5 folder of the hack-a-day team. Yay, go me. :Dhttp://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=44851I’m comming at ya Dr Nathan! =P Too sad most of my computers are Athlon XP’s, if they were P4 I could have owned. I want big QMD’s too. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20446",
"author": "FIGGY",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T07:12:35",
"content": "If memory recalls correctly, someone on the forum mentioned something about us being ranked 91 on the top 500 supercomputer lists. I could be mistaken though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20444",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T10:10:05",
"content": "I wish electricity wasn’t so expensive… otherwise I’d throw more time up :Pcongrats… and duh its not a hack, notice the picture is in color and not “taped” up ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20445",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T15:13:43",
"content": "its about time you give us some pimpage eliot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20443",
"author": "nuticulus",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T18:21:49",
"content": "Seeing this compelled me to go start folding@home for team hackaday. I’m now on a mission to convert as many people as I can",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20441",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T18:32:06",
"content": "thats what we need more of nuticulus :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20442",
"author": "polobunny",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T20:16:28",
"content": "Yeah, that and borg’ing.Don’t look at me this way… >___>",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,922.660938
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/12/how-to-build-your-own-cnc-mill/
|
How-to Build Your Own CNC Mill
|
Eliot
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Yes folks it’s true: You can build a computer controlled 3-axis circuit board mill from cutting boards, a pile of printer parts and a Dremel. My coworker [Will] has posted the third and final installment of his CNC machine build on Engadget. This project was launched when Will stumbled across plans for an incredibly elegant and cheap ($22~$30) 3-axis stepper motor controller that originally appeared in Nuts&Volts in 1994. It uses a discontinued UCN5804B chip, but he lists a source for them. Building the controller and scavenging stepper motors from old dot-matrix printers is covered in
part 1
. For the body of the machine Will chopped up a couple cheap 1/2″ thick cutting boards from Sam’s Club. The polyethlene probably isn’t as good as say Delrin but it wins out for availability. Steel rod from the hardware store is used for the linear slides.
Part 2
covers the constructions of the first axis (the table) which rides on inch long nuts on threaded rod.
Part 3
covers assembling the final two axes in the head and installing the Dremel’s flex head. Amazingly he nearly got the entire thing built in the span of two evenings.
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "20440",
"author": "Brandon kinman",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T20:44:01",
"content": "I am currently working on the stepper motor driver for my CNC machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20439",
"author": "Jan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-22T17:22:39",
"content": "These small models show the priciples of CNC machines very well. I’d like to use them for my apprentices that will have to become CNC fitters, CNC turners or even CNC programers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20438",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-07-25T05:01:48",
"content": "Great work!Anything on software to drive it? G-code or CL (cutter location) format. Or is that another project?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41846",
"author": "Sittidech Lobyam",
"timestamp": "2008-09-14T14:15:32",
"content": "I like to bluid milling cnc by myseltI like to know the control stepping moter and control board.Thank you very muchSittidech Lobyam Thailand.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/07/11/dvd-player-ui-hack/
|
DVD Player UI Hack
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
[larspontoppidan] has an extremely cheap DVD player. It doesn’t work too bad for movies and he liked using it as a CD player. The only problem is the idiotic front panel: a play button that points left, a stop button that points right. Who does that? Lars decided to use an ATMega48 to
fix the ridiculous buttons
and to interpret commands from his Technics remote. The MCU takes the input from the buttons or remote and then issues the correct IR sequence for the DVD player. He’s got a detailed write up and even covers the initial decoding of IR commands from the original remote. Lars throws in a silly Apple style “breathing” LED hack as well.
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{
"comment_id": "20433",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T02:45:27",
"content": "hmm… fine hack, for those with a crappy dvd player. the rest of us will wait till tomorrow for the next hack ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20434",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T04:10:54",
"content": "why do people have to rip appart every hack. this is useful.oddree.com – Surgeon gernel recommended",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20435",
"author": "Johnson",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T04:28:02",
"content": "Is there any site like hackaday that update there site every day and comes up with cool hack not some Bs hack…. This site us to be cool when they first open up.. Now they are just copying and pasting info the dont even read the hack.. They just read the tilte come on hackaday lets kepp up the good work.. dont quit on us plz. I would hate 2 see this site close down I’m here 2 suport u guz….. Come on u guyz dont want to lose money if ppl dont go 2 your site u lose money so u are loseing cumstomer…. Let’s Keep up with the twoing first century. I love this site….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20436",
"author": "corbs132",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:02:58",
"content": "it must be bc he are owned by aol now. lol jkjk, nice hack. how exactly does it accept the ir if there is no original module in the dvd player? like how does the hack interface with the player.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20437",
"author": "sulk",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:15:27",
"content": "Really nice hack, the only thing reason I can see the buttons being reversed is MAYBE since in china/japan people read from the right to the left, so moving to the next scene or whatever, would be like going to a new chapter in a book, so you would turn the pages to the left. Thus to go forward in the dvd you would press the left button. Other then that I have absolutly no idea why else they would do something like that >_>-Sulk",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20430",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:16:17",
"content": "wow that is so crazy.. how can ppl even come up with this stuff? wow..seriously thats dopealso it already had an IR sensor.. to whoever asked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20431",
"author": "TX297",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:21:01",
"content": "It’s not just about rewiring the buttons of a crappy DVD player… This hack incorporates infra-red interpretation and decoding as well as microcontroller programming and LED PWM’ing using said microcontroller. Those who see a crappy DVD player hack just skimmed through the summary… this would be a great project for those wanting to use remote controls in projects without using a pre-made kit. Since my current project is probably utilizing an AtMega and the LCD I’m using can be hooked up to a keypad, I may be able to incorporate this hack into the project very easily.Verdict: This is very useful yet basic (in application) and is great for anyone wanting to mess around with IR stuff on the hardware scale.While I understand that Eliot has been very busy with Netscape recently and the quality of the site has taken a considerable hit (lazy afternoons, monday sipping), hackaday has not lost its roots of appliance and electronics modification.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20432",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:41:05",
"content": "Christ.. If all the bitchers would post a hack that lives up to THEIR expectations, every last one of the little F’ers would be happy wouldn’t they?More to the point: Whine in PROPER ENGLISH, and someone might take your critisisms seriously.As for the hack, if you bothered to read the article, you would have gained an insight into how to REVERSE ENGINEER a problem. Yes, there are tons of data on IR code schemes laying around, and most microcontroller app books have at least one IR project. BUT: this guy went straight for the guts and decoded it himself. That takes a bit of planning and a lot of work to figure out.Although, I’m surprised he got nailed on the antistatic foam situation. That is downright humorous. At least he laughed about it too.Jebus, what the hell do you guys want?! A Hack-A-Day robot that delivers a beer and smacks your inbread mother?!?!Read the friggin title of the website! Hack A DAY.. thats 365 hacks a year. Not every one of them is gonna give you lil script kiddies a hard on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20429",
"author": "frank",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T05:59:29",
"content": "OrbnLgnd:Damn straight – I can straight away see a useful application for this for me – i have a UHF CB radio that i would like to be able to control remotely. Instead of doing the research myself, all i need to do is copy+paste larspontoppidan’s work (/me iz teh 1337 skript k1dd13 lol!!1 :).The only problem now is getting around to doing it – even if it has been handed down to me on a silver platter :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20428",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T06:41:46",
"content": "whoa no i wasn’t bashing this hack, i was just saying it’s not useful for the majority. i admire the diy spirit, though. i mean, he could have just gone out and bought a new one but instead he did it himself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20427",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T06:44:17",
"content": "damnit people assume too much!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20426",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T09:34:16",
"content": "assume too much yes…. but we can expect that every day someone is going to gripe about something…Anyway… that’s an insane hack… and very well documented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20425",
"author": "antiwhack",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T11:04:31",
"content": "digging the hack, in response to the nay-sayers, try looking at a hack and learning something, study it and bring it to the next level. Then, when you’re done with your evolved idea, post it. This is a community, if everyone could find a good hack everyday, they wouldn’t be coming here, the web-site is more for personal evolution than for your personal “script kiddie” bag of tricks.To hack is to learn, get the point?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20424",
"author": "Larspontoppidan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T13:34:54",
"content": "Thanks for the overall positive feedback! It is much appreciated.@3 Well, I have a DVD player with a totally unique interface, do you?@6 Yes it is crazy. And that was exactly why I carried on with the hack. The idea was too crazy and funny to _NOT_ do!The process of doing such a the hack is also important. You increase your skills, learn new stuff and develop code modules. I think the modules presented here are very well structured and documented, so they should be reuseable with minimum hassle",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20423",
"author": "Larspontoppidan",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T15:55:59",
"content": "video link in the article works again",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20422",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T18:00:23",
"content": "i’ll be honest.. i was really just impressed with the nifty ledlolis there a vid of it breathing cuz i only saw the one of the interaction",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20421",
"author": "steve preece",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T23:07:29",
"content": "thanks eliot this is great stuff and the cnc mill project is out of this world i no ur very buzy thanks againe steve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/12/cupric-chloride-etching/
|
Cupric Chloride Etching
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Cupric chloride is generally considered a better etchant even though it is not as well known as ferric chloride. [Rolan Yang] has a
photoset of the process
. Cupric chloride is usually sold as a photography chemical. The best feature is that the solution can be regenerated so you won’t be disposing of nearly as much etchant. I found a great page detailing the
process for the hobbyist
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "21535",
"author": "liam",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T22:44:06",
"content": "Wow. We’re being spoilt for choice in the ghetto-etch department these days, and this guide is INSANELY detailed… nice!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21534",
"author": "Satiagraha",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T22:49:44",
"content": "w00t first post!Anyways, what is it meant by “better”? does it etch corners cleaner or make it easier for thinner traces?How expensive is it compared to ferric?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21533",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T00:27:21",
"content": "note that this hack links to two pages. the 2nd page (not the photoset) contains all the real info.if I’m reading this correctly, the solution is ‘regenerated’ by adding air, hydrochloric acid, and water; additional cupric chloride is not required because it makes more from the previously etched copper. with regeneration, you end up with more usable etchant with time!but there was another etching method featured a while back which used only hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide. note that i haven’t used either that method (yet – but i will soon) or this method, but here’s some initial observations:1) The hydrochloric/peroxide etchant would be easier to use because it’s clear.2) The primary concern in disposal is the toxicity of metal compounds in the etchant. Hydrochloric/peroxide produces only as much copper as you etch away. Hydrochloric/cupric actually produces more, as you’re adding cupric to start, in addition to what you etch away. You’d have to regenerate it many times to minimize that starting penalty.3) Hydrochloric/cupric etchant requires more attention to properly mix and regenerate; compared to hydrochloric/peroxide which you just mix and discard.So, although the featured method is interesting, I don’t see any advantages for the average hobbyist over the hydrochloric/peroxide method. Correct me if I’m wrong!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21532",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T00:29:38",
"content": "also, since hydrogen peroxide is listed as one possible regenerants, it may be that the hydrochloric/peroxide etchant actually *makes* a regeneratable hydrochloric/cupric etchant after etching, without having to have the cupric on hand in the first place..?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21530",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T00:52:16",
"content": "And what is the price of CuCl2? Sigma says 47 $. Iron chloride is half the price! And what about Sodium/Ammonium persulfate? No stains? Faster? Cheaper! Can anybody please explain why no hacks are posted? This is not a hack this is just a standart procedure description. Well, wait, no, not even that it is only a hand full of pictures. But it is new! No, wait google has 13.000 entries for (“cupric chloride” etchant). Congratulations! New all-time low!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21531",
"author": "Beanwaur",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T01:13:40",
"content": "you can regenerate feric chloride by electroplating the copper out of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21526",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T01:15:41",
"content": "“well, wait, no, not even that it is only a hand full of pictures”wow, stoned, thanks for the great enlightenment. had you been paying attention, you would have noticed darkcobra’s earlier post:“note that this hack links to two pages. the 2nd page (not the photoset) contains all the real info.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21527",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T01:20:18",
"content": "oh and by the way, stoned, “cupric chloride” comes up with not 13, but 272000 entries on google. but don’t worry, you’re only about 271987 off.please, stop putting down every post, especially when your comments are completely wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21528",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T01:23:09",
"content": "[edit] google results for “cupric chloride” etchant = 13100, not 13.000.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21529",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T02:59:01",
"content": "I think I will stick with ferric chloride. It’s $7 cdn for 500mL at the local electronics store, and that lasts quite a while (it can be reused many times).Only problems are it needs to be heated (easy for small boards, just boil some water and immerse a glass container in it), and that it will stain.I guess if you want to stretch out the bottle a bit more, instead of having empty areas on the board use ground fill or hatching.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21524",
"author": "smloo",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T05:11:09",
"content": "“[edit] google results for “cupric chloride” etchant = 13100, not 13.000.”A period is often used as the thousands separator in European countries. Why would anyone write 13_point_000? So just quit yer nitpicking and lighten up everyone! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21525",
"author": "asdf",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T05:16:54",
"content": "Ya, im agreeing with japroach on this one. you cant beat a 16 oz. bottle from a local ratshack for 7 bux of ferric chloride. theres no mixing of fluids, and if its a small enuf board you dont really even need to heat it, as long as its room temperature (so no etching in a cold garage).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21523",
"author": "Bat",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T05:56:44",
"content": "Erm..nice work..maybe next time I can do it myself..thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21522",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T06:05:19",
"content": "hello the international standard is a space now, everyone lets get along periods and commas are stupidlol jk alright i guess i thought he meant 13 because he said it was a “new all-time low” but forget it, lets get along then :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21521",
"author": "nds-flash",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T10:14:22",
"content": "Too bad my mama told be not to play with any acids.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21519",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T12:07:10",
"content": "all your BASE are belong to us*snortgiggle*I’m so funny.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21520",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T14:07:53",
"content": "RE: smlooOne would write 13.000 to provide 4 significant digits (rightmost digit in a number is considered suspect (rounding / measurement error) and therefore not trusted or “significant” – this way one is certain down to the hundredths place that the decimal part is 0.Then again, it’s kind of hard to have “part” of a google result query, so specifying decimals for a count of google results returned doesn’t make sense in this context. ::shrug::",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21517",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T20:44:59",
"content": "go for it stoned ur far to inteligent for this lot i have the same problem they all so thick that they carnt understand us as for the hack all i can say is next plz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21518",
"author": "brainwarp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T22:25:20",
"content": "Now I just need to figure out how to incorporate an LED into this and it will be perfect",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21516",
"author": "hi",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T23:20:55",
"content": "how about illuminating the liquid with a high power led",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21514",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T23:24:07",
"content": "go on leds are wonderfull we need more somthing to brighten our hackaday pmsl",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21515",
"author": "brainwarp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T23:50:40",
"content": "#20 now your cooking, wonder if a defcon badge would do the trick. hehehe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21513",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-14T02:09:14",
"content": "maybe you could use the etchant as a wetcell in a battery and make a heating pad for the etchant with it and have its power level shown by a lit led.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21512",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-08-14T18:53:46",
"content": "If you ground up a famous director could you make Kubrick Chloride?What?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21511",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-08-14T23:26:30",
"content": "strider_mt2k:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_kubrick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/11/the-neverending-duster/
|
The Neverending Duster
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Scott was tired of throwing money away on cans of compressed air (who pays for air?). He decided to build a
compressed air can that could be recharged
. The aerosaol can that he used should be able to handle at least 200psi. The travel DC air compressor is only good for 50psi so he doesn’t expect this to turn into a frag grenade anytime soon. It’s not nearly as powerful, but at least now it’s “as free as the air you breathe”.
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[
{
"comment_id": "21510",
"author": "supercrisp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T15:58:25",
"content": "A bicycle pump could take that can to 100 psi pretty quickly and easily. Not much volume in that can. If you never let it get too low, it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21509",
"author": "Joe Mamma",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T17:06:11",
"content": "This will be great after the 2nd or 3rd filling when the condensed water inside the can starts spraying all over your computer equipment.Still a good project, but the air needs to be dried before going into the can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21508",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T17:22:32",
"content": "There are commercial solutions to this– I only mention this since there may be structural issues with the can, over time…this Cool Tools post:http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000565.phptalks about ReAir, a commercial alternative. Only mentioning it because there may be people who can benefit from this, but who may not be comfortable hacking together their own…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21507",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T17:28:13",
"content": "should the spray can that you use be a really cheap one you should be able to flip it upside down and flush the water that way.The reair thing came to my mind also. What you could do is make a “docking station” system that you simply push the can down onto and it would turn on and refill in the same amount of time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21505",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T17:47:22",
"content": "http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1102this is the cheaper safer easier way",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21506",
"author": "Tom Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T19:08:54",
"content": "That is really useful thanks!Digg it here:http://digg.com/mods/How_To_Neverending_Compressed_Air_Can",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21504",
"author": "Bobo",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T19:12:24",
"content": "Heya man, a little off topic but I wanted to thank you for shirt you handed out at Defcon. Cool site, I just realized that I took the shirt and didn’t say anything at Defcon and that didn’t seem right.Rock on, laters",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21503",
"author": "ralphn",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T20:01:57",
"content": "anyone know at what point metal fatigue would become a problem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21502",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:04:44",
"content": "What kind of stupid bs is this?? First the can can very well explode, maybe in the presence of somebody who doesn’t know what it is. And second, the volume is a joke! 50 psi? Muha! Sever",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21501",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:08:01",
"content": "“What you could do is make a “docking station” system that you simply push the can down onto and it would turn on and refill in the same amount of time.”Whay not make a docking station where you can refill ur brain? To me this seems necessary. What a nuts idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21500",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:11:17",
"content": "This does not seem like the best solution. Here are three other ways to do this, in a safer and easier manner:1) Just use the compressor. I got a small one from Rona that came with a brad nailer. Holds 100psi and enough air to get a good clean of your computer.2) Shopvac. In reverse if you’re interested in blowing, or sucking, with a sock or mesh over the end to make sure you don’t suck up anything you didn’t intend to (Whoops, there goes the cmos battery!)3) a bike pump. I (think) everybody has one. You may not get as much pressure as a can of compressed air, but I bet you won’t kill yourself when your recompressed can explodes.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21499",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:45:20",
"content": "wow a mini compresser cool but dont let it get mor that 100 psi or it WILL explode thos cans cant get higher than 120 i knew a guy hue tryed to make his own spray paint and he shout the can with 110 psi the can exploded and he lived but his dog dident make it and he was 30 and was smart but the blood loss crippled him",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21498",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:51:33",
"content": "stoned, what the fuck is wrong with you? haven’t you seen butane soldering irons? you push the aerosol can of butane against the fill plug and the pressurized gas goes from the bottle to inside the iron. if you pressurized this in reverse it could reload the can.god, why does h-a-d have a bunch of assholes posting now?i was toying with the idea of using the small co2 canisters bb guns use as a cheap air source. they wouldn’t be too hard to make and you can pick them up for about 50 cents a bottle",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21497",
"author": "hal incandenza",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:54:48",
"content": "The 12V air compressor used for the factory air shocks in early-80s Cadillacs (common as hell in self-service junkyards) will put out 160psi, and you can get them for $10. It’s mounted on the driver’s side fenderwell- can’t miss it. But for god sake, use a tank that can handle the pressure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21496",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T22:04:32",
"content": "I mainly use the canned air for the cold liquid gas in them. If I’m working on a monitor or PSU that seems to have a temperature dependent problem (problems that appear/disappear when device is warmed up), I go around spraying components and heatsinks with an upside-down can to find bad parts. In recent memory, I’ve found a leaky diode in a TV, a vertical deflection amp in a monitor, and most recently a bad cap in an ATX PSU (capacitance and leakage were okay, but ESR was 260 ohms).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21494",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T22:31:19",
"content": "yess i agree with stoned its a load of crap and very dangerous shame on u hackaday lets get some decent hacks on here whats up with u lot this site is going to the dogs but no dought mentor will love it COME ON HACK ADAY NEXT HACK PLZ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21495",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T22:38:50",
"content": "Everyone is overlooking the fact that hacks get cooler the more dangerous they are",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21492",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T22:42:31",
"content": "i have never seen such a load of crap in my life compressd air has been around for milleneunms u fucking idiots this is not a hack its high school science lesson and not a very good one at that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21493",
"author": "someone smarter than steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T23:22:19",
"content": "Steve, bud… You just crack me up. Us smart people tend to point and laugh at people like you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21491",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T23:35:32",
"content": "someone smarter than me i dont think ur smarter than me it is impossible ur a total wanker an u no it so there for i shall treat that remark with the utter contemt that it deserves ok next",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21490",
"author": "Hatessteve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T23:35:33",
"content": "Uhh.. the output of a compressor is humid air, with oil… don’t use that to clean a computer- or worse yet, optics.Just like if you were using your compressor for painting, you’d need a drier in line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21487",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T23:36:28",
"content": "smart people dont try to reload spent aerosol cans. If those things fail, you could die.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21488",
"author": "paul h",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T00:08:56",
"content": "don’t use a shopvac. those things generate quite a bit of static electricity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21489",
"author": "also hates steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T00:12:02",
"content": "hey steve, take your hand off your jimmy long enough to fully type the word “you’re”. We’re getting a little sick of your script-kiddie speak. Being british, I thought you would at least know how to speak “ur” own language.wanker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21486",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T00:20:11",
"content": "please just ignore him and get on with your lives. he’ll get bored eventually if nobody talks to him.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21485",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T00:41:14",
"content": "Um two things:1. If you want to eliminate water then just run it through a refrigeration chamber.2. You probably will have a grenade on your hand sooner than you know it, metal fatigue. Once you start draining the can and reloading it the can will become fatigued. I’m guessing those cans aren’t really well engineered and someone pressurized it and it held so they went with it. Now if someone could post the wall thickness and radius we could get somewhere…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21484",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T00:52:04",
"content": "Guys, frankly, the hacks are becoming- not lame- worse yet: stupid. Refill a canister with 5 litres or so of air. Woooo, magic! Will last at least 3 seconds! Who the hell wants a duster with a pressure gauge??? Wtf is this supposed to be? A hack or just “how do i kill myself in the most stupid way”? Hackaday recently: people drilling holes in helmets. People refilling 3$ spray cans and risk theyr life for it. People plug in hard drives. People plug out a LED. Such are not hacks, such is plain bullshit. Woohoo, I plug out my Notebook and it still runs (on battery). Is this a l337 “hack”? Can I send it in? At least it is safer than that stupid thing. And dont think iam steve, cause iam not, iam just one more guy pissed by stupid hacks and even more dumb people requesting “docking stations” for refilled spray cans. Nxt plz!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21483",
"author": "YES",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T01:13:30",
"content": "inspired by this, i refilled a can of beer. no metal fatigue on my steel reserve 12 oz!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21482",
"author": "YES",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T01:23:55",
"content": "“nxt plz” haha, you’re gaytarded!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21478",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T01:44:49",
"content": "What is wrong about being gay?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21479",
"author": "diesel",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T02:05:16",
"content": "wouldn’t it be easier and safer to use a vacuum or swiffer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21480",
"author": "nate mc",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T02:19:43",
"content": "matt: thanks for the link, I gotta get me couple of those from harbour freight. always wanted to mix my own spray paint colors without the freezing method.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21481",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T02:24:51",
"content": "I bet you naysayers are the same putzes who scream about banning potato cannons too.Guess what? *Life* is dangerous. Despite the Democrats trying to ban everything that they can. Too scared of the device? don’t build it. We’re all aware the potential problems.Hey, did you know your *car* runs by mixing air and highly flammable *gasoline*! OMFG, it could explode! And your monitor, runs at over a thousand volts! ban it, don’t be stupid and use such a thing, right?Sheesh. Pansies, and the pussification of america.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21477",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T02:30:08",
"content": "I bet you naysayers are the same putzes who scream about banning potato cannons too.Guess what? *Life* is dangerous. Despite the Democrats trying to ban everything that they can. Too scared of the device? don’t build it. We’re all aware the potential problems.Hey, did you know your *car* runs by mixing air and highly flammable *gasoline*! OMFG, it could explode! And your monitor, runs at over a thousand volts! ban it, don’t be stupid and use such a thing, right?Sheesh. Pansies, and the pussification of america.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21476",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T04:02:14",
"content": "hmm..a $2 air freshener can doesn’t exactly scream quality. i wonder why didn’t he use an empty compressed air can? not to mention it would have the proper fitting for the air tube.personally, i’d recycle a small fire extinguisher. pressure tested to much higher psi. solid aluminum pressure vessel resists corrosion from damp air. i could dust every darn computer in my office without running out or the pressure getting weak. now that would be a hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21475",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T04:14:48",
"content": ">Hey, did you know your *car* runs by mixing>air and highly flammable *gasoline*! OMFG, it>could explode! And your monitor, runs at over>a thousand volts! ban it, don’t be stupid and>use such a thing, right?Which is why we have experts to design these things to be as safe as possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21474",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T04:39:14",
"content": "there are plenty of people here who’s sole purpose is to bash hackaday as much as possible. i am not one of these people.however, this hack is a particularly bad idea. there are simply too many cons, and not to mention safety issues, to make it useful in the slightest bit. furthermore, it really doesn’t save any money. personally, the time I would spend building it would not even be worth as much as the cost for future cans. i await tomorrow’s post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21473",
"author": "hi",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T04:45:18",
"content": "and seeing you cant take liquids on planes anymore how will they work without jet fuel?and seing that jet engines involve explosions no jets should be on planesand all that metal could kill someonre if it fell on them tomight as well ban flight alltogether",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21472",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T07:00:24",
"content": "Well if you have a compressor without a tank (do those exist?), or a bike pump, or if you just want to clean the air, you could get a section of galvanized pipe from your local hardware store, some reducers to fit the threading on your compressor, tire nozel, airhose, whatever. Then fill part of it with a water absorber.I know the Container Store near me sells gallon buckets of stuff you’re just supposed to open and leave in a closet to absorb humidity. The home-made rebreather hack posted a while back also linked to other similar stuff. That would take care of any moisture, and probably oil from the compressor as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21471",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T07:15:07",
"content": "Ahh Hack-A-Day. I knew ye in the beginning. When all that was in the comments were construtive criticism and Ways to improve this hack. Examples here?Metal Fatigue: Constructive Criticism. Opps didnt think of that. Well better grab the next best thing…Premade Refillable cans: Ways to improve the hack. BRILLIANT! Why drill the can and all that work when you can had a can that has one built in.But todays hack-a-day forum we have flamers, nay sayers, agenda pushers, not-a-hack’ers, firstposters(woot go me!! Not.) , and more.People please. Look at your intellegence. If you think this sucks, Please go to the tips page and send one in. If you have a concern, Voice it in an intellegent manner (“Uh, I would agree with the metal Fatigue. Seems this would be the thing that has me worried”). If you can make it better, enlighten us with your wisdom.Now if you will excuse me i will get down from my podium in the lower portion of the comments and reload for one last parting shot: [Shouting as i leave] we dont care about ‘diggin it” or any other linking site. Thats why we came here in the first place!!!!!!![panting] phew. shesh. forumn rant. sorry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21470",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T07:26:00",
"content": "don’t any of you guys get it yet? We are trying to get rid of all of the losers out there trying to flame the site off the net. We tried posting hacks that don’t appeal to the normal script kiddie, but they just won’t go back to slashdot. So now we are resorting to dangerous hacks so that their own stupidity will kill them. Stop bashing the hacks and let the losers die goddamnit!If you guys want it I will submit a hack on how to build diy pipe bombs…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21469",
"author": "lodsb",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T08:11:06",
"content": "amen",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21468",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T09:31:13",
"content": "I BULT ONE i made one out of an febreze can and put a tire nozzle on the bottem and put all of the components in an evan sived 2′ peace of steal tubeing so it lookes like one big can and it is rechargeable by li ion it runs with 75 psi takes like 5 secs to fill CAN PUT LIQUDS thru a little attachment i made and a crudely made pvc doc that will charge the li-ion bats in 15 MINUTS FOR !@HRS OF PLAY!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21466",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T09:31:52",
"content": "8HRS OF PLAY*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21467",
"author": "Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T10:44:19",
"content": "So much BS from everyone about this hack. That’s pretty weak.In case it wasn’t clear to you: This hack is dangerous.Solution? : Make your own container out of pipe purchased from a store, when you drill it make sure you glue/weld it properly (JBweld tends to eat some metals) and finally, add a drier to get rid of moisture. (unless you used PVC)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21464",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T00:41:23",
"content": "@stoned: I don’t like you because you have the word “stone” in your nick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21465",
"author": "bushy",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T05:11:29",
"content": "seems like a semi interesting hack, I have some cans that run out of propelent before contents and I could really use a good strech.Anyhow the hacks are all great and I was enjoying the site, then I started reading comments. I can see the internet is the same no matter where you go! Keep the color up it is funny because it has no impact on the site over all, it is just great reading.anyways steve, isn’t it time you submitted some hacks? I can only imagine what you have created. This is only semi-sarcastic, I really do want to see some of your handy work, in fact I am sure most of us would.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21463",
"author": "whiskey",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T06:27:25",
"content": "My dad got me one used oxygen tank (the portable kind that paramedics use) to which he had adapted a manometer (for pressure) a hose and an release pistol (kinda the ones used for aerografies) that can get recharged for free at a gas station… i will post you someday pictures once it returns from a construction site where he needed it for some time.Cool thing about it? it holds 100 psi but a lot of air, its not like the most portable solution but it takes care of heavy duty work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21461",
"author": "daler",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T08:56:40",
"content": "How is this dangerous? First of all, it’s 50 psi. A can of coke at 60 deg F is 40 psi, and the can in the hack is many time stronger.Secondly, when a relativly thin walled can fails, it “splits”, as can be seen when one shoots a popcan or throws it against the ground. Unless the metal becomes extremely brittle, there will be no flying debrie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21462",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T11:11:00",
"content": "okokok #45 us modders dont jest stop becouse it has dangeryou half to trust ur welding its only dangeris if your an complete retard ok ive ben useing mine for 24 hours and i pumped mine to 100 psi its working fine so am i you jest cant do something jest becouse it has dangerand #46 chill out like uve never goten stoned",
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"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/10/record-cutter/
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Record Cutter
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Eliot
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"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
Here’s a pretty rough project for
cutting records out of acrylic
. It uses a standard turntable for the base. The carving head is a chisel shaped needle attached to a small speaker. Speaker movement is translated into needle vibrations. The head is hand cranked across the surface of the record. The final addition to the system is a vacuum hose to remove the acrylic threads. I wish they would have spent more time taking pictures of this thing than making flash animations.
[thanks vennox]
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{
"comment_id": "21450",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:22:45",
"content": "thats incredible if it actually works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21451",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:26:03",
"content": "That is for recording music, right? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21452",
"author": "Bertrix",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:26:08",
"content": "W0W",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21453",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:27:50",
"content": "Or data. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21454",
"author": "Charles",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:28:33",
"content": "Very nice hack. One thing i would do to improve it is to take a linux box and somehow configure it as a USB client that appears as a cd burner so one could ‘burn’ records using any off the shelf software.I have been reading hack a day for a few months, and i would like to say it is a very nice site. keep up the good work.Charles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21455",
"author": "spiderwebby",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T01:43:43",
"content": "yer.i wonder how well you could record digital on there (cant think y u would tho)i love the funky sounds on the funky animations!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21448",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T02:03:05",
"content": "Charles man, that is freaking genius.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21449",
"author": "cooperised",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T02:12:45",
"content": "Fantastic. Gotta agree though, a few more photos would have been nice – the flash diagrams are not so good.Not sure I was any the wiser from reading the site either, mainly because of bits like “The end of the screwthread must bend in the shape of a swingle.”What the hell is a swingle?!Anyhew, nice project :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21447",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T02:13:12",
"content": "it shouldn’t be so incredible that this works. Remember how the first cylinder turntables worked – each one was both a recorder and player, in much the same way that you can use headphones as cheap microphones.Not to take away from the project – it’s pretty sweet. I like the idea of saving data on vinyl.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21446",
"author": "cooperised",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T02:47:29",
"content": "Just seen, I don’t think it records in acrylic, it records in wax. Quote: “[a] round hollow wheel has to be placed that has the same size as the basewheel of the recordplayer, in the hollow wheel you have to poor hot wax and let it dry for about an hour.”Makes more sense really, acrylic is really hard!For those wanting to record data, I bet you could. I’m not too young to remember loading my platform games from tapes. You’d want to encode a ‘1’ as one frequency, a ‘0’ as another, and record it as an audio stream.Go on, you know you want to.",
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"comment_id": "21445",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T03:10:27",
"content": "it’s actualy realy easy to do fsk for modulating the signal onto it. such a chip is like $20 aud, relatively expensive, but easy to use. it may not be practical as data storage, but think of it, the RIA will never think to look foryour pirated mp3s in that stack of vynil. ahh the irony.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21444",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T03:24:35",
"content": "Very cool, I want to try it. The flash is horible, are the sound effects realy necessary?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21443",
"author": "PsychoRNGD",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T04:03:34",
"content": "From the web site: “…a machine that can record sound on perspex.”From Wikipedia: “Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) … is sold by the tradenames Plexiglas, Perspex, … and is commonly called acrylic glass or simply acrylic.”Hope this clears this up",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21442",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T04:45:59",
"content": "in response to #4: wouldn’t it be easier to connect it to your sound card so it records the output of your media player? Just setup your playlist, plug it in, and cut your mix record. Also, my solution is platform independant. I’m a loyal Slacker, but I saw a lot of Macs at DEFCON.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21441",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T05:47:42",
"content": "using a speaker to move the needle works fine, but you’ll end up getting sound equivalent to the quality of the speaker. i suppose it’s fine for rough recordings, but certainly not for anything really serious. very ingenius, though — kiss is wonderful :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21440",
"author": "Fred dasp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T06:27:39",
"content": "I do not believe that this can record data.Also that can record, to read the data will need another machine. It isn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21439",
"author": "ulyssesdraco",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T08:11:11",
"content": "Ok I can follow the instructions pretty well up until it gets to the carveheadholder part. I get everything(can’t be too hard to melt down some lead pellets and pour ’em in a triangle) except for the wood part. Everything afterwards confuses me aswell.I’d probably replace the crank with a motor. I guess I’d have to use a good speaker too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21438",
"author": "Darkcobra",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T11:20:50",
"content": "Transferring CDs to ‘vinyl’ at home. Nope, never saw that one coming.I’d guess using the speaker like that gives poor results; but you could use any driver you want, or maybe slow down the recording to get better response from the driver you have. Slow it *way* down and use a stepper motor to position the cutting needle – direct digital recording! Increase the torque and cut aluminum masters for pressing your own vinyl! Be uber-retro!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21436",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T14:53:59",
"content": "yip its retro week think i will go on holiday till its over lets have some decent hacks plz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21437",
"author": "gijs",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T18:14:34",
"content": "this record cutter is verry primitive, and so is my englisch (:but it dos record something.. you can download a audio file here →http://plot.bek.no/~gijs/music/grammophonrecorder/GrammophonRecorder.mp3in the beginning you here a 808 base kick that i speeded up and slowed down on my computer before recording it on the gramophone recorder, in the end of the recording you can here my voice saying something, i don’t remember what..becouse it was a project i did in 1999.the high pitch noize you hear is the sound of the needle cutting in the plexy glass, it makes a verry loud high pitch sound that gets recorded aswel..it should be possible to make the sound quality better with a more advanced cutter head, and better material to cut on.. maybe i will improve it someday..the recorded records are quite rough on your record player thou.. sou be carefull, i specialy bought a second hand record player and made the head heavier with a guilder(old dutch coin from back in the days) so it don’t skip so much. the recording abouve has been recorded with this second hand record playergreetings Gijs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21435",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T20:32:41",
"content": "swingle: n. A wooden or metal crossbar used to attach a horse to a plough.(chuckles)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21434",
"author": "Mesach",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T21:39:04",
"content": "Hey Steve, Feel free to start your own site.Seriously.I want to see what you think is cool…I’m waiting…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21433",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-08-12T01:43:45",
"content": "Utterly and absolutely SWEET!Some of my best albums are on LP…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21432",
"author": "flip",
"timestamp": "2006-08-18T21:58:46",
"content": "this is just about the coolest thing ever. definitely the coolest thing on this site so far. nice work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/09/hacking-u-verse-set-top-boxes/
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Hacking U-Verse Set Top Boxes
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Eliot
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[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
U-Verse is AT&T’s fiber IPTV service. No matter how many set top boxes you have in your household AT&T limits the number of DVRs to just one. So, what hardcore countermeasure did they employ to lock down their users?
They unplugged the hard drive!
No. Really. You don’t even have to look at this
article by Hack-A-Day reader [Chad Brantly]
; just unscrew the the cover, plug the drive in, and you’re done.
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{
"comment_id": "21424",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T06:19:39",
"content": "It’s too simple!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21425",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T06:31:33",
"content": "Cool telling me not to look at the article right in the post.But, yea, that does seem pretty stupid how they did that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21426",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T06:33:41",
"content": "BRIlliant Hack. And as said before: way to simple.Just the way they should be.The only thing that gets me is that is this DVR in conjunction with another, Say Tivo/MythTV/GodKnowWhatTVDVR+, or is this the only one “allowed” in the system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21427",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T07:15:13",
"content": "or you could just take the hard drives out and be like woo i got a free hard drive. and you are really cutting it close eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21429",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T07:32:42",
"content": "If it’s that easy, does it even count as a hack?What was on the drive? Do they encrypt recordings or use a proprietary format? Can you do anything w/ the ethernet or usb ports?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21430",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T07:39:23",
"content": "ssh, don’t wake him up ;-)Think about it, it was a win-win situation… They made a bunch of boxes and then one of the higherups tells them to only give 1 dvr per household. So they just pull the plug, easy as pie. They just stock them ready to go, then if someone orders 2 they pop it open and pull the plug. but that isn’t the only good thing, they knew it would get hacked uber fast, which will encourage people to buy their units so they can get dvr in every room and possibly even be able to upgrade super easy… i would buy that over some locked down piece of shit…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21420",
"author": "Duggasco",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T07:40:14",
"content": "yeah, we should have comments that dissapear when steve wakes up, anyway, i am enjoying the steveless posting while it lasts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21421",
"author": "fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T08:04:48",
"content": "What size are these harddrives. From what I’ve seen in australia there only seems to be a few DVR products, and all of which are just cheap dvd players with harddrives and a tv capture card…. Seriously the most well known are OEM or Freeware programs like Windows MC and MythTV, sux…",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21422",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T08:21:47",
"content": "Remember, dug, saying the name three times causes him to appear.Anyway, this hack just made me smile! Nothing like uncrippling a device with a mere minute or two of work. How sweet it is!Though personally I’d probably just pull the drives… my local file server is so close to the 1 TB line that it’s killing me!As for whether its a hack or not… sure its simple but it changes the normal functioning of a manufactured device… if that isn’t a hack I don’t know what is. Then again, it’s not the kind of hack that will get you props from your friends.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21423",
"author": "entropicdecay",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T09:12:20",
"content": "i dont know guys, thats a pretty hardcore countermeasure if i ever saw one. and those 3 steps; whoa, they were so intense i had to put my laptop down and rest between each one :pnifty hack though!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21404",
"author": "Freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T14:14:03",
"content": "Its half the work if you leave the cover off the case.Free sheet metal primed on one side too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21405",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T16:17:23",
"content": "We need to put AT&T in charge of national security.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21406",
"author": "terminalblue",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T17:11:44",
"content": "I love the tool list!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21407",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T17:53:37",
"content": "not past my bedtime time diffrence between uk and usa num skull any way load of rubbish only benifitt free hard drive as eliot says but how many gig and what speed LOVE STEVE",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21408",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T18:49:51",
"content": "makes you wonder what the securityin the phone tapping systems they have is like…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21409",
"author": "einsteinx2",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T19:20:51",
"content": "Wow you gotta love when companies take for granted that the people using them will have no technical knowledge. They had to figure someone would crack it open sometime. The sad part is that for the most part they are right, people would have no idea. Anyway works out better for us in the know.Btw if everyone is so bothered by steves comments so much (which btw im not because even if i was i could always just skip over them) then why does everyone mention him so much. you know it will just encourage him to post more.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21410",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T20:42:30",
"content": "right forget steve, it’s silly.yeah if at&t had originally planned to give everyone dvr boxes, then decided not to, i guess the cheapest solution was just to unplug them, but surely they would then remove the hard drives too, right? i mean, they could sell them to another company and actually *make money* off of it. must’ve been too much of a hassle for at&t to worry about a few drives tho…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21411",
"author": "wolfmankurd",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T21:30:05",
"content": "Maybe they intended to start making upgrades? like pay $XXX and some will come round and upgrade you to dvr :S",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21412",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T21:37:52",
"content": "Well if you want to make this a really good hack. Make a way to put a good size in there. Say a good 500GB and then no worries on the harddrive screwing up by deleting some “precious” videos. That is the real hack here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21413",
"author": "stoned",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T21:49:28",
"content": "Woooooooooooohooooooooooooooooo, our hack of the day: PLUG A HARDDISK IN. Wow, iam stunned by so hardcore high-tech stuff. How great. *arrrhhh*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21414",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T22:21:28",
"content": "#20– stfu, elliot can have a life besides hackaday. here i suggest to all you complainers out there: if you’re so unhappy with hackaday start your own hack website!! wow what an idea. oh wait, silly me, i forgot that you don’t know what the hell html is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21415",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T22:49:27",
"content": "This is crap! I was expecting a simple 3-step hack that I could do, but instead he’s got all these extra hidden steps. I mean, get a screwdriver _and_ unplug your box, that’s at least two steps if not more. Unscrew _6_ screws _and_ take off the cover? Who in their right mind can claim that’s the same step.It’s just too complicated. How did he even figure all this stuff out. That’s why hacking is reserved for the esoteric world of teenagers and electrical engineers. I’m going back to play with my dolls.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21416",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T00:08:57",
"content": "Ok, for all you dumbies, this hack was probbably more useful than 90% of the hacks on here (i’m not bashing elliot, or the people) because so many people would have DVR’s at home, sure I dont, i’m aussie, so why dont you wankers keep complaining?.. Also, this article is to point out the stupidity of corperations, they could have saved a large ammount of money not installing the hard drives at all (assuming there large) and offering an upgrade, instead they leave it inside of the DVR, and hope that nobody pops open the hood to find a free hard drive (how long have these been out now, one month, two?)Also, sure, elliot is recently slow with the articles… This is probbably because he’s trying to find one you sad little lowlifes wont complain about, and sure there’d be plenty of hacks out there, but the good ones’d be like raindrops in the desert.Elliot, I’d really love for you to not announce it, but just go on strike and not update your website for a couple days, it may well get rid of some of the whiners that think this site isnt good enough for them but still keep surfing it… As for me, I really appreciate your work, I havnt attempted many hacks, but some are really interesting, keep up the good work :)",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21417",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T00:11:43",
"content": "Edit: Sorry, 6am, 4 hours sleep, high ammounts of caffeen and rambling, and no, i wasnt bashing the community as a whole, just the ones who keep complaining “:( Next hack!”, driving me… crazy :@",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21418",
"author": "cooperised",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T00:29:28",
"content": "@fragged: right with you. Useful hack – not complicated, but definitely a hack.Would it calm some people down a bit if the guy had needed to add a drive of his own, or to flash in the firmware from one of his other dvrs to make it work? The fact that they’ve left the drive on there, and the firmware to detect the drive, is just a bonus – and testament to the stupidity of some corporations.I say again: good hack. Thanks eliot.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21419",
"author": "gr8m8",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T04:37:21",
"content": "Hi Fragged, Interesting. I must be missing something. I’m in Australia and I have a Legend LPVR250. I wouldn’t have called it a cheap dvd recorder with tv tuner. no dvd recording facilities though. it has two digital tv tuners which records to the HDD in a quite satisfactory(to me) MPEG format. The downside for me at the moment is that the USB is only of version 1 type speed and takes ages to dump the movie/clip/show to my PC. I have tried removing the HDD from the box and adding it to my PC, but is in a format unknown to the PC. That strikes out FAT/NTFS. I have yet to take the HDD to work and try it on one of the MACS and see if it is HFS/HFS+(though I doubt it) alternatively I should try and see if it is a linux filesystem. At the end of the day, I just want a faster way of getting the files onto my computer.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21401",
"author": "shrumby",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T04:43:04",
"content": "Would it make it a better hack if they’d replace the hard drive w/ a ham sammich?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21402",
"author": "JLM",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T19:01:47",
"content": "its hilarious how corporations always underestimate the public’s level of intelligence :) You’d think they would have learned by now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21403",
"author": "mike g",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T19:40:26",
"content": "yes… yes it would",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21431",
"author": "bill dinlwy",
"timestamp": "2008-05-07T03:08:50",
"content": "what kind of hard drive do we us in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "43193",
"author": "fl00rmatt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:13:29",
"content": "Where are the screws located? under the rubber feet? i just read the article and looked under the box to find no screws and i dont see any in the back of the box.thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "43199",
"author": "fl00rmatt",
"timestamp": "2008-09-24T00:48:41",
"content": "nevermind. helps to take a decent look at the back of the box. like in between the hdmi and coax connectors. derrrrrrrrrr",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "45970",
"author": "Chris Scott ATT UVerSe employee",
"timestamp": "2008-10-17T07:09:49",
"content": "someone said:—. At the end of the day, I just want a faster way of getting the files onto my computer.Posted at 9:37 pm on Aug 10th, 2006 by gr8m8HEy , try using a Slax linux liveCD and try mounting the drive in slax.. then tryusing the HDPARM command tosee whats up with the drive…?or .. goto the vendors site.. like if its a WESTERN digital drive … they have some bad ass simple tools for copying /cloning and wiping the drive on their site.. that would allow you to see what format it is..OR… try going to ISOhunt.com finf a torrent for ACRONIS disk director suite.. .v10 it has and can give you alot of usefull info from the drive .. . including cloning to another bigger drive and now having more space… !!!!!!!goodluck…simplesolutions.chris.s@gmail.com",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "48548",
"author": "Shannon",
"timestamp": "2008-10-31T19:32:11",
"content": "I believe it’s a bandwidth issue, 2 of their DVRs sucking down 2 HD streams each is upwards of 160mbps of traffic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54408",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T18:09:16",
"content": "Can yo see BOTH DVRs if you activate the second hard drive??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "69914",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2009-04-10T01:59:00",
"content": "does not work anymore, they changed and give you the vip1200 box now and only one 1280 box, so the 1200 has no hard drive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "210735",
"author": "Updated??",
"timestamp": "2010-11-11T06:33:41",
"content": "Is this still the case in 2010??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "224105",
"author": "No More",
"timestamp": "2010-11-30T23:35:11",
"content": "It’s on their end now AFAIK.Uverse boxes have a Seagate 250GB HDD. There’s also an ATA to SATA chip between the HDD and motherboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "913016",
"author": "Sylver",
"timestamp": "2013-01-04T01:39:32",
"content": "Plugging in a hard drive is not really a hack, it’s a solution to a problem. My Uverse box doesn’t have a hard drive (model vip1200mm) and doesn’t come with one or a place to plug one in. I want a legit hack for this box that gives you channels because I know it can be done, it can apparently be done with any digital cable box.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1642744",
"author": "blackhat",
"timestamp": "2014-07-16T21:57:04",
"content": "any luck with that i just want to get accss to th wirelsss dvr box",
"parent_id": "913016",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "1037558",
"author": "Neff",
"timestamp": "2013-08-08T18:22:11",
"content": "Its so easy a caveman can do it……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1044604",
"author": "NerfDigger",
"timestamp": "2013-08-20T00:29:45",
"content": "It doesn’t work anymore… and from what I hear there’s no way to hack uverse because the system authenticates channel requests. It only head-end only delivers to you what you have access to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "2177305",
"author": "papoligrip",
"timestamp": "2014-11-25T00:29:56",
"content": "Alright guys lets think about this…why the fuck would it be in windows format? ????!!!!!!! Its probably. A Linux format. I mean lets face it most products are running the kernel!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2326922",
"author": "umisguy",
"timestamp": "2015-01-07T17:50:31",
"content": "Except that uverse boxes run windows CE / windows mobile… Doubtful it uses the most up to date windows 8 phone or rt OS. The dvr units most likely still use hard drives and thus most likely use fat32 or ntfs, or if we are really extravagant, maybe exfat",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2372944",
"author": "merp",
"timestamp": "2015-01-22T21:24:56",
"content": "I’d like to know if a non-activated U-verse set-top box can even be made to work if someone already has U-verse service? I have it(paid dvr service) in my main tv room and I’d like to get this other(no-dvr VIP1200) box working in a bedroom. I’m just getting a blue connection error screen with zero options, even when I tried connecting the coax to it that the working dvr box is using. :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2598367",
"author": "phil",
"timestamp": "2015-06-07T15:55:18",
"content": "Is there a program to decrypt the programs on my DVR so I can transfer them to my pc?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2803292",
"author": "Goon",
"timestamp": "2015-11-21T09:11:44",
"content": "Yah, DVR Decryptor!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3174217",
"author": "The Panda Tech",
"timestamp": "2016-08-30T15:02:02",
"content": "This post made me sad, It’s so old and inaccurate I wish I was around when it was first posted so that I could correct it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/08/diy-turntable/
|
DIY Turntable
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
I always enjoy hackers who build items that have been mass produced for years. Take Charles Altmann’s
DIY Turntable
. Audiophiles would have to pay an arm and a leg to get something this unique. The base and platter are made from stacks of plywood. The spindle is a Harley-Davidson Shovelhead intake valve and guide. The motor drive is actually a stepper motor. Precision speed control is provided by computer generated sine waves. His
homebuilt tonearm
was what got him interested in building the entire table.
[thanks bp]
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{
"comment_id": "21395",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T07:59:14",
"content": "Still cutting it close, since I’m posting this THE NEXT DAY.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21396",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T08:33:19",
"content": "quite cool. i’ve been visiting here for quite a while, but this is the first hack that i’m realy itching to actualy do",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21397",
"author": "Rip tatermen",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T08:34:26",
"content": "pretty cool. last time i checked though, plywood was not one of the tonewoods.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21398",
"author": "adaminc",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T09:16:16",
"content": "that is sick! I am defintely going to do something like this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21399",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T10:15:10",
"content": "This is awesome! And the rest of the site is cool too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21394",
"author": "theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T10:28:05",
"content": "Maybe it’s because it’s 2:30AM and I’m a little fried, but that is one “hellatight” hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21393",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T11:17:00",
"content": "What blows me away about this project is that, though it appears kind of rough around the edges, there is actually an amazing degree of thought in it.Take, for example, the multiple layers of wood for superior dampening to a solid block. Consider the two block design for greater decoupling. Witness the clever placement of the feet for weight distribution and further vibration coupling.Plus the control system fascinates me. He doesn’t really elaborate on it but theoretically you could make the motor insanely accurate by using an ultra-low distortion DAC and amp pair. (Heck, when was the last time you upgraded a turntable with a better DAC!)All this in a turntable that can be put together out of cheap, somewhat easy to obtain parts… Schweet!Of course it would be a lot easier to build if you could find a premade platter that would fit.Anyway, it almost makes me want to get into vinyl… but I think I’m too much of a child of the 90s. sigh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21391",
"author": "Neoxide",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T12:14:28",
"content": "Where are you meant to get the cartridge from? They don’t grow on trees, and I’m not shelling out $50.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21392",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T14:45:44",
"content": "well i think this type of teck whent out with betamax video it must be retro week next hack plz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21390",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T15:22:44",
"content": "Ha, I was just trying to play some vinyl on an old player of mine. Only it seems as though it is moving at 25 RPM rather than 33… Iggy Pop has never sounded sadder. I love the idea of using the audio out to control the motor, very professional hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21389",
"author": "z",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T16:44:30",
"content": "@ 7not because you are young that you can’t get into vinyl, I am 18 and I have a 600+ record collection, none of which was inherited or anything like that.But anyway back to this neat little project, I am concern about the wear caused to record… a bad calibration of the tone arm can cause permanent damage to the record, and a bad angle of the needle can shave the inside of the groove of the record…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21387",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T16:48:20",
"content": "This will become extremely useful once we enter the 1970’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21388",
"author": "justasecond",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T17:35:09",
"content": "Thought I recognized the name. These guys also sell audio snake oil; to wit, lacquer you goop on the chips in your digital audio sound system to make the resulting sound “more tubelike”.http://www.altmann.haan.de/tubeolator/default.htmHoly crap that’s stupid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21386",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T18:01:31",
"content": "jeeze, no ones that stupid is it a joke about how much people hear what they want to hear? tube sound s notorious for failing blind tests…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21384",
"author": "justasecond",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T18:13:54",
"content": "No, it’s not a joke. They were really selling lacquer you goop on your silicone chips to make them sound more “tubelike”.The freakin hilarious part is that gooping lacquer on chips probably overheats them (heat can’t get out) which I would think would shorten their lifespan.Here’s a site featuring more of Altmann’s products along with other junk marketed to audioidiots.http://www.ilikejam.dsl.pipex.com/audiophile.htm$30,000 speaker cables anyone.Sorry, a bit off the subject today, but fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21385",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T19:39:48",
"content": "Did I mention let’s hope something heavy falls on steve?if not, I did right there.this is incredibly clever and does show a lot of thought in it’s implementation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21383",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T19:41:49",
"content": "Oh, audiophiles, when will you cease to be enrage me?I just read the tonearm piece. It’s neat. But the best part is how he makes a tonearm out of scrap wood, cable ties and knitting needles and says it “sounds natural, probably because it’s made of wood.” [insert rolleyes emoticon]Then he takes this homemade crapfestival and puts an OMG SPECIAL AUDIOPHILE laquer on it and it sounds a lot better. You know what’d make it sound a lot better? Not making it out of scraps you found in the bottom of your junk drawer. Hell, even using plywood instead of just a piece of leftover pine moulding would help a lot, since it’s not going to be warping all over the place.It’s funny. I thought it was a super-neat project until he started getting all audiophiley near the end and then I got all disgusted. Arrgh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21382",
"author": "justasecond",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T20:12:34",
"content": "Josh,He’s also driving this mess using thread! No slippage there, no sir!But it sounds more natural ’cause wood is, err…, natural?I wonder if this whole thing is a hoax. Anyone: can you connect both coils of the stepper motor to a single speaker output? Do the coils magically separate the two phases of the signal?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21381",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T20:45:14",
"content": "I will second #11 on the whole being a child of the 90s/having a whole bunch of records thing. plus shopping for records is way more fun than shopping for cds. anyone in the bay area, foothill college record swap on the 26th/knight sounds five for a dollar sale on the 27th!justasecond: most really expensive audiophile turntables are driven with rubber bands. it’s probably not all that different. only dj turntables are really direct drive. plus, i would assume that there is little slippage, as he was able to calibrate the turntable with a strobe light.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21380",
"author": "justasecond",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T21:09:12",
"content": "Mike,But rubber bands have a frictional surface area and so can “stick” (not sure the proper term) and not slip. Thread, being round, has minimal surface area, so little friction and *large* potential for slippage. (Have you seen *anything* driven with a string as a belt?)Oh, and tension is completely non-reproducable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21379",
"author": "jeff",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T21:42:44",
"content": "“We are not able to provide an accurate description why the “Tube-o-lator” stuff actually works.”“The mechanism behind the filtering abilities of this specifically designed lacquer is of electrical or electromechanical nature.”This guy realised how much audiophiles are clueless and willing to pay for all things labeled “high-end”.No performance measurements, no graphics, yet plenty of untested claims.The ridiculously priced cables take the cake tho.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21378",
"author": "tkniques",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T21:47:08",
"content": "I’d been looking for a project like this for a long time. Now if only I could find one that incorporated a direct drive so it could be used as a dj turntable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21376",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T21:52:45",
"content": "no suprise that a pair of $10 cables you can DIY like thesehttp://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000967044405/meet or beat out $15,000 cables.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21377",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T22:02:33",
"content": "justasecond: agreed. my point was more that it wouldnt be that hard to replicate most high end turntables by using an industrial band. also, to adjust the tension correctly, he could create some sort of threaded rod assembly that held the two bases together.with that being said, some of this guys shit is ridiculous, tube goop included.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21375",
"author": "patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T22:51:43",
"content": "I think adding a threaded rod would negate the point of having a seperate box for the motor, the vibration from the motor box would be transferred to the turntable box. the friction of the two seperate boxes against the surface they’re laying on should be high enough to keep them apart, since they weigh quite a bit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21374",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T22:52:56",
"content": "interesting idea, but as stated before there were some pretty dumb mistakes (I always thought germans were good at designing stuff ;-0) like the thread drive.. And using a $1200 dac and $1000 amp to drive a fricking stepper motor. holy crap!I think that a better hack would have been the motorcycle converted to run of biodiesel… But overall this was a pretty cool hack, I just wish it wasn’t so damn audiophiles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21373",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T23:16:14",
"content": "patrick, the friction is fine for keeping the boxes apart, the only issue is that, when he moves the turntable, he has to properly realign them to get the tension in the thread correct. perhaps some type of removeable jig that would go between the two blocks to properly space them could be fashioned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21372",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T23:45:37",
"content": "http://www.audioorigami.co.uk/FloppyProject/FloppyDIYMotor.htmalso that (posted on slashdot way way back, i couldn’t find it here) is so much cooler than this, IMO.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21371",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T00:05:30",
"content": "Some of you guys are making some pretty unfair criticisms…First of all, the idea that vinyl ownership is outdated is only true if all you listen to are a few of the latest pop releases on CD. Great music is great music regardless -and great music can be found for next to nothing because idiots like you think it’s junk and throw it out/sell it! Vinyl addicts like me can build whole collections for next to nothing. And the satisfaction of owning and using vinyl, digging for old rarities, finding and loving stuff you’ve never heard of… I couldn’t do it with any other media. The work of people like Josh Davishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dj_shadowsimply would not be possible without the enormous caches of vinyl that exist practically untouched over the world… huge vaults of sounds waiting to be uncovered and rediscovered. The turntable is not the best way to listen to the latest chart releases. But that’s not why we own them.As for the audiophile thing… yes, a lot of ‘audiophile’ claims may well be nonsense, they may well be scientifically founded. More likely they are products of combinations off several higher order effects. Who cares. The whole point of audio engineering really is that listening to music is ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE. In the same way as I do not see the same colour blue as you do, I also do not hear music in the same way you do… if a listener prefers a certain technique, for whatever reason, you cannot argue with this. It is an entirely personal thing.Elliot, keep up the great work mate you’re doing really damn well in spite of being so busy. I love reading hackaday although more and more I do wish I would just ignore the comments button…If you love music, the ability to play vinyl will make you a very happy person. If you love hacking, building a phonograph is a great project. I like",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21370",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T01:10:10",
"content": "liam, while i agree with you entirely, accusing people of leveling harsh criticisms, then refering to them as idiots because they threw away their records is probably not the right way to go about convincing people how awesome vinyl is. this is perhaps my biggest problem with the whole vinyl/audiophile scene. most people involved can’t wrap their heads around the fact that there are those out there for whom music does not play a huge role in their lives, and perhaps like disposable pop/aren’t willing to shell out crazy money for a nice stereo.To quote Nick Hornby “So, yes, it’s disposable, as if that makes any difference to anyone’s perceptions of the value of pop music. But then, shouldn’t we be sick of the Moonlight Sonata by now? Or CHristina’s World? Or The Importance of Being Earnest? They’re empty! Nothing left! We sucked ’em dry! That’s what gets me: The very people who are snotty about the disposability of pop will go over and over again to see Lady Bracknell say ‘A handbag?’ in a funny voice. The don’t think the joke’s exhausted itself?”. My point (and I think Nick Hornby’s point) being that, music is a personal thing. It’s ok to like obscure (which, for the record, dj shadow is not) music in the same way that it is perfectly ok to like mindless pop.Music is a personal thing, and if someone throws away their vinyl, there is nothing wrong with that. Who are you to judge what they do or do not like. It is perfectly possible to like music and not like vinyl. And the ability to play it will not necessarily make you a “happy person”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21369",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T02:17:39",
"content": "Liam,“The whole point of audio engineering really is that listening to music is ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE.”People are paying $7000 for a power cord. $7000 for a “tweak” that they can’t identify in double-blind tests. This indicates that any improvement they think they’re hearing is entirely due to the placebo effect. They might as well give me the money and I’ll say a prayer for them and Almighty Odin will grant them a widened soundstage and a dynamic low end. The two are equivalent, and provably so. To deny that flies in the face of rationality.There’s audiophile stuff like nice turntables and good speakers (I have several of each) and then there’s audiophile stuff like $400 wax you put on your ICs (honestly, wtf), $80 magic covers you put on your CDs and $30k power cables. No one objects to the former.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21368",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T02:21:29",
"content": "yea sorry guys but have been buzy but must admitt this hack is crap as for somthing heavy falling on me it already has but never mind u guys cheer me up so is it retro week or what lp record players come on we can do better than that just a matter of intrest going to upload some pics of my hacks and my family love this site . just had a right struggle with windows xp trieing to format a old tower got it in the end thoe LOTS OF LOVE STEVE THE TROLL PMSL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21367",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T02:46:02",
"content": "mike, are you sure liam isn’t trying to alienate people? afterall, he’s just said that he builds his colection off the cretins throwing things away :)btw guys, note what happens when nobody gets drawn by steve: blissful silence",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21400",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2008-08-24T03:09:30",
"content": "The whole point of a good turntable design is that it is acoustically dead. Good turntables have all sorts of suspension besides disconnecting the motor, because speakers can feedback into anything from the platter to the tonearm. Making turntables out of wood guarantees that this won’t happen. Good tables are a mix of thick rubber and metal. Plus, what’s the point of making a record player if need an mp3/Cd player to run it’s motor? That’s like making a steam engine out of prius parts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/07/ultimate-garage-door-monitor/
|
Ultimate Garage Door Monitor
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Want your home automation system to know the exact position of your garage door not just whether it is open or closed? Then the
ultimate garage door monitor
is for you. There has got to be at least one person that needs that, right? Well for the rest of you it is a handy guide for how-to implement analog sensors (like this potentiometer) into your home automation by way of an analog to digital converter.
[thanks ledtester]
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{
"comment_id": "21365",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T07:10:22",
"content": "Absolute control!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21366",
"author": "austin y.",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T07:17:02",
"content": "wow, this was (i believe) the closest we have ever come to not having a hack per day. 11:59 is really cutting it close.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21363",
"author": "bbuuuttt",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T07:17:25",
"content": "hackaday almost didn’t have a hack for monday…‘Posted Aug 7, 2006, 11:59 PM ET’",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21364",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T07:17:47",
"content": "Cool, not really seeing a use for it on a garage door, but on other doors that may have varying hights (Dog or human etc) they could be nice…auto open doggie door that opens to human height for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21362",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T07:29:05",
"content": "Yeah, today was my travel day back from Defcon. I’ve had like an hour of sleep in the last 36, but whatever I should start on tomorrows post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21360",
"author": "Arthur",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T08:27:30",
"content": "Heh. Your allowed to slip up somtimes eliot. too many people are critical of your site. Screw em.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21361",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T08:36:44",
"content": "Thanks arthur, but I doubt most people would give us any slack if we failed to live up to our name ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21359",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T09:29:52",
"content": "Unless garage door opener designs have changed in recent years, setting one up is a real PITA since its basically an open-loop control. The opener doesn’t know the position of the trolley, and you have to turn the DOWN and UP knobs and try many times to get it to work right.The first company to use closed-loop feedback control on their garage opener, I’ll buy from them. psst..Craftsman, Genie: encode along the chain/screw rail…it’s not hard. There’s only three states to your system, closed, open, or transition.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21358",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T09:54:13",
"content": "not realy what i would call a hack but since eliot didnt have much time i suppose its better than nothing at all since am a ex industrial door fitter i know abit about this stuff and find that the most reliable motors .r from a company calld garog in germany also motors from company calld somfy french company these motors have limit swiches that can be set to most hights they all have remote set ups some have a ir interface that can be controld by ur car head lights",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21356",
"author": "theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T10:17:44",
"content": "I would have harped on you guys for not living up to your name.Foiled again.A very simple hack. I like it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21357",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T10:37:35",
"content": "I guess its good people are caring about the open/closed state of thier garage before armageddon happens and leaving the garage door open a crack is a bad idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21355",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T14:52:52",
"content": "Look at this project as an excuse to learn something about feedback, by doing something that is, in the end, somewhat pointless. (not to knock the project at all!) Yeah garage door openers are a pain in the arse to get working. Yeah they are really simple on the electronics. But that is the point. Sure it is a pain for the average Joe to turn some knobs for an hour till the damn thing works right, but it is much more of a pain for the average joe to wrap his head around why the thing acts crazy when the sensor breaks. Manufactures have absolutely no incentive to produce closed loop systems. Why? Because thousands of door openers are sold all across America every month. Production and demand meet at the lowest possible cost for both consumer and producer. If EVERYONE threw out their door openers and demanded something more intelligent, it would get built.Let us never forget law number one of engineering for the consumer. KISS!",
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"comment_id": "21354",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T15:00:02",
"content": "“not realy what i would call a hack but since eliot didnt have much time i suppose its better than nothing at all since am a ex industrial door fitter i know abit about this stuff …”Looking back over the last several hacks, I am certain that it has already been clarified that someone let an [edit] into the club house.But damn my curiosity got the best of me: just what constitutes a ‘hack’ in your professional garage door installing opinion? I’d really love to know. I await your enlightenment.",
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"comment_id": "21353",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T16:55:01",
"content": "How sad is it that not only do these tools _not_ have any good hacks to contribute, but then have to ruin it for those that do?Christ, it’s just a website. get a life people!Have you ever even kissed a girl?Leave hacking to the hackers, and go back to the clowns in clown college.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21352",
"author": "Harold",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T18:24:27",
"content": "I had to build a device that sorted marbles based on color in high school. I designed my entire machine to rotate on a central pivot and feedback on position was given through a potentiometer in a setup very similar to this. My rig was reliable, but my code stunk. Oh well.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21351",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T19:41:53",
"content": "Even a fraction of a watt seems like a high cost just to know the exact position of your garage door at all times… Or the transition state of anything that remains in a steady state most of the time for that matter. This would be way better if it sampled periodically and kept the power off most of the time.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21350",
"author": "chansuke",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T21:46:33",
"content": "#15 – I did the same thing last year. Instead of using potentiomers we opted to use switches instead, and it was much more reliable and easy to code.Perhaps something similar could be used here?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21349",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T22:01:40",
"content": "#17- I think the purpose of using a potentiometer is so that you can know the exact position of the door, not just full up or full down. Maybe someone who uses a paint sprayer in their garage would need it part way open? Or maybe in an apartment complex, so the landlord can know if something is preventing the door from closing…Good idea if you can think of something else to apply it to as well.",
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"comment_id": "21348",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T22:12:21",
"content": "just a possible use, but it could be set up to only lift one foot to, say, let animals in and out. there are some uses for setting it to a certain height, I just can’t think of them at the moment.",
"parent_id": null,
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{
"comment_id": "21347",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T22:30:24",
"content": "This is cool though I too am scratching my head a bit about what I would use it for. The pet idea is possible… but beyond that I’m kind of drawing a blank.Interesting write up though. I wonder if there are other mechanisms with a similar setup that you could use this as a closed circuit controller for? Like a giant CNC made with garage door openers? Just perfect for when you need to cut a 2:1 model of a car out of foam.Hey that’s not a bad idea….",
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"comment_id": "21346",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T23:22:41",
"content": "ok, call me crazy but what about a CNC hot-wire cutter? a hot wire is lifted up and down while a block of foam – mounted on a turntable – is moved forwards and backwards.not a great system for intricate details but prototyping bodywork, aerodynamic shapes, regular shapes/prisms should be ok…or hey, just make your home automation system a little flashier. ;)",
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"comment_id": "21345",
"author": "Freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T23:55:57",
"content": "RE: power consumption.Should be simple to have it poll when you ask the controller, “where is the door”?It would be equally simple to have it tie into a logger that would trigger a poll event when the garage door moves.",
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"comment_id": "21344",
"author": "sammy",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T23:57:15",
"content": "I leave my garage door cracked to help cool it down when I return home. I live in FL and the garage faces south. Leaving it open some really helps. I agree with the post above about using a fraction of a watt would be wasteful. You should be able to put an inline 110VAC switch at the bottom of the garage travel to interrupt power to the wall wart and reduce this consumption. My garage is closed fully about 90% of the time. A problem if your circuit ever fails and the automation system sees 0 volts as door closed.",
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"comment_id": "21343",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T02:14:18",
"content": "Ooh, I’m seeing definite evil potential in an analogue remote control for my garage door.Stand out on my front lawn and wave something with an accelerometer around to control it from afar.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21342",
"author": "bEN JACKSON",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T06:00:34",
"content": "a 100 ohm pot is going to use WAY too much current for this sort of thing. this would work fine with a 10k pot and use 1/100th the power. otherwise it’s a neat idea.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21341",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T08:01:09",
"content": "If you’re interested in seeing a garage door open a “crack” or “just enough for Fido”, adding a simple magnetic reed switch when the door is open by the desired amount is a simpler solution. That could even be tied into your alarm system as a “closed” position (assuming the crack is for ventilation and not a dog.)Two things to watch out for when doing this project:1: Safety. Garage door springs store a tremendous amount of energy. If you loosen the wrong bolt, you could be unleashing a instantly snapping steel pole and cable. If it doesn’t break bones in your hand, you’ll be lucky. (I was lucky!)2: Security. If you leave your door open more than a crack, a criminal can lift the door by pushing hard and reversing the motor. (Worm drives are not at risk.) The only thing holding your door closed is friction. You may have noticed most openers have a J shaped bar to connect the travelling part of the opener to the door. The J shape allows the trolley to get closer to the front of the garage, helping prevent this attack. Leaving the door open even a crack slides the trolley way back, giving the thief leverage.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21340",
"author": "John Smith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T15:59:08",
"content": "I am a former engineer of Chamberlain (the worlds largest garage door opener manufacturer).Though unknown to most people, Chamberlain openers actually have a serial interface. Door position (as well as much other data) can be easily obtained via the interface.-real idenity withheld (Chamberlain is a big, powerful company).",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21339",
"author": "julio",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T00:28:32",
"content": "John ‘Chamberlain’ Smith,I would love to uncover a way to determine from inside my home if my door is open or closed. I have a garage that is not attached to my house and I have found it open many times leaving for work in the morning. Good thing it is a safe neighborhood or those shiny new golf clubs would have been gone.Any ideas anyone??I do have a chamberlain",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21338",
"author": "julio",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T00:29:00",
"content": "John ‘Chamberlain’ Smith,I would love to uncover a way to determine from inside my home if my door is open or closed. I have a garage that is not attached to my house and I have found it open many times leaving for work in the morning. Good thing it is a safe neighborhood or those shiny new golf clubs would have been gone.Any ideas anyone??I do have a chamberlain",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21337",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T07:19:40",
"content": "Julio,You want something like the Liftmaster 915LM:http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Liftmaster+915LM&lmode=online&scoring=pIt’s a stick-on tilt-switch transmitter and a reciever with a red and green light. You just stick the sensor on the top panel of your garage door, and plug the receiver in wherever you want.When the door is fully closed, the receiver’s light glows steady green. When the door is open even a little bit, it flashes red.I’ve had one that was shipped with my Sears garage door opener for about three years now, and I really like it. And I only have to replace the coin-sized sensor battery about once a year.John",
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"comment_id": "21336",
"author": "John Smith",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T15:33:46",
"content": "i suggest using the remote sensor mentioned in post 30.For more information on the serial interface, look into this product:http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Motion+Detector+Chamberlain&btnG=Searchits the motion detector that turns the light on and off. think about it, the only way this detector can work properly is if it knows the current state of the light. it determines this with the serial interface.-john smith",
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"comment_id": "21335",
"author": "nds-flash",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T00:11:16",
"content": "could set it all up so that doors open just enough to get the car in and if a wrong code is entered too bad your roof is gone.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "119218",
"author": "hybrid reviews",
"timestamp": "2010-01-23T21:23:33",
"content": "When I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will visit",
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"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2006/08/06/safe-autodialer/
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Safe Autodialer
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Eliot
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"Misc Hacks"
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[] |
Two clever students at MIT have built this
impressive brute force safe cracker
. Their target: a document safe with a S&G 8400 lock. The 8400 is a group 1 manipulation proof lock. Group 1 locks will resist manipulation by an expert for at least 20 hours. These guys used a stepper motor to move the dial and built a custom controller for it. The dial has butterfly knob in the center which must be rotated before and after each combination. That job is handled by a hobby servo. The torque required to open the safe is higher than the stepper motor, so when the optical encoder detects that the motor has stalled you know you’ve found the combination.
Related:
Automated Master Lock crackers
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{
"comment_id": "21333",
"author": "lolersticks",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T02:21:52",
"content": "Where’s steve? “I hate this omg” steve?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21332",
"author": "boo",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T02:25:36",
"content": "yea, where is steve? :-oWhat i also cant understand, is why dont they say in the article what was in the safe?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21331",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T02:26:36",
"content": "well i think its quite smart realy but there is a easy way to open asafe of this kind a portapack oxy/acceteline much quicker burn baby burn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21330",
"author": "Matt0817",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T02:41:23",
"content": "steve your a dumbassits a DOCUMENT SAFE, and you want to go ahead and melt it? STFU NOOBnifty hack tho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21329",
"author": "Aeri",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T03:02:04",
"content": "Attempting to “open” a safe by using an oxy acetylene cutter would be a very poor plan. Say it were a safe full of monies. Once you were done hacking away for ages with the cutter and finaly open it, ohnoes! you cremated the money/any other contents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21328",
"author": "DarkAxi0m",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T03:35:37",
"content": "ive often wondered how feasable something like this would be, and i knowdid any one else get the idea from the title that this was a [Safe] Wardialer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21327",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T03:58:17",
"content": "@steve (and everyone else)The 20 Hr rating includes the time it would take to get into the safe using an oxy/acetylene torch. To rate a safe, they take the quickest time out of using a torch, picking it, using a boroscope, etc…So no, an oxy/acetylene torch would not be faster. (Even if you didn’t worry about the documents inside)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6634269",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2023-04-19T16:48:42",
"content": "Hey Mike,The 20 Hr rating stated above is for dial manipulation, not forced entry of the safe as a whole. The safe to which it is attached will have its own rating which will vary based on time, number of attackers and the tools allowed. So, while it may take 20hrs to defeat the dial (which, even on a good day for me would be a win), most safes can be breached through destructive means very quickly. As mentioned by others, one should not go at it with gas cutters. However, a good recip, cut off wheel (carefully used) or best of all a cold cut blade will have you into most safes in pretty short order. Same for the boroscope. Less mess, but a bit more skill and knowledge of the specific safe required.",
"parent_id": "21327",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21326",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T04:04:12",
"content": "a oxy/acet torch works great until you hit an air pocket or a concrete pocket. i’ve taken many vehicles appart with a torch and even things like mud on frame rails really affect your cutting. a little bit of concrete between a few layers of steel would really really slow you down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "21324",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T04:22:06",
"content": "So how long did it take them to open it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21325",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T04:28:07",
"content": "Do they use current limiting for the stepper motor?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21323",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T06:07:13",
"content": "darkaxi0m: Yeah, that’s exactly what I thought.. I was kind of wondering, ‘how can an autodialer be safe?’ Darn synonyms and English language!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21321",
"author": "jewelthief",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T08:44:55",
"content": "so the article doesn’t list the average number of combinations that are tried, nor does it list the amount of time combination that the machine requires. Is there any way to get these two figures to determine how much longer than the 20 hour minimum this technique requries? (I assume it doesn’t beat the safe’s minimum time rating)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21322",
"author": "Keith L. Dick",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T09:31:12",
"content": "Hmmm….I thought it was a *Safe Way* to dial up to my favorite Sites…Bummer…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "21320",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T10:06:36",
"content": "If ya’ll go and read the link…“The Autodailer successfully detected the correct combination after running for about 21,000 cycles.”and“…that opened a “manipulation proof”, high security safe in just a few hours.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21319",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T11:20:00",
"content": "matt it didntsay it was a document safe did it i only thought of the fastest way to open it dumb arss right back at you ok relax guys go get a doule cheese burger and fries or even a hot dog PMSL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21318",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T11:38:48",
"content": "Steve you retard it clearly says on the second line it is a document safe…As for your refrences to the rest of us being overweight, I for one, am not overweight, the fact that you associate overweightness with this website means one of four things1) You are extremely judgemental2) You are probbably overweight and feel you need something to blame it on3) You see yourself as above the rest of us, for whatever reason, this site was made for the adverage joe blow hacker, not some fat complaining whining prick like youor4) All of the above (Most likely)Serious, your wife must be proud (she was overwhelmed by how much bigger my cock was than yours ;))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21315",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T12:14:51",
"content": "You know what they say about arguing on the internet…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21316",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T13:04:13",
"content": "The problems is, I think, Ben, that steve is one of these people that has no shame and has his knuckles too close to the ground to know when he’s beat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21317",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T15:33:35",
"content": "“I’m still a full time student at MIT,”… but next week, you’ll be a pimp on the beaches of Tahiti, sipping a fancy umbrella-drink for the next sixty years!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21314",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T18:02:40",
"content": "for ur imformation i am only 12 stone and ur wife never complained aboute my cock infact she seaid that it is the first time she has ever had a orgasm u lardy arss basterd and iam above all of u simply because i am BRITISH that is reason enough so go back and tell ur wife she is a crap fuck ok guys next",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21313",
"author": "yes no I this is",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T18:04:29",
"content": "steve, what country are you from?I can’t think of any many languages where punctuation is not used in writing.Fragged: a wife? you really think that he has a wife? the guy is probably 15!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21312",
"author": "History",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T18:15:49",
"content": "Dear Steve,The British suck!Love,HistoryNext",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21309",
"author": "rockwalker",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T18:21:51",
"content": "Do not argue with an idiot, he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21310",
"author": "Smach",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T19:24:52",
"content": "more updates!!!! plz!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21311",
"author": "krip",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T20:51:00",
"content": "kik azz take on the “unbreakable”, steve…your posts here are rather interesting, but merely thinking superiority due to nationality is the sole reason this world is in such a shitty state. For the record go take a look in a history book, the US 1st whipped ur azz, 2nd saved urs an europe’s ass, and 3rd currently has ur country in check like a cheap hooker…hrrrm…cant rly have a flame war if the flame stops due to coherancy…krip out…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21308",
"author": "fro0ty",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T21:43:41",
"content": "that mighty impressive!http://www.playpacman.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21307",
"author": "Marked",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T22:14:59",
"content": "“by Mike@steve (and everyone else)The 20 Hr rating includes the time it would take to get into the safe using an oxy/acetylene torch.”The 20 Hr rating does not include using an oxy/acetylene torch or other tools.The longest time rating for burglary protection on safes is 60 minutes.Manipulation proof locks are more to keep spies out than a burglar.The government stoped useing these type of locks 15 years ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21306",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T22:28:36",
"content": "america the only nation to joine a war three years after it started 1942 and claime that they won it they couldnt even beat a load of rice pickers IE VIETNAM PISS POOR AMERICA coudnt punch its way out of a paper bag if it wasnt for us british u would have NOTHING .america colt pistols .and winchesters versus bow and arrow.red skins win",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21305",
"author": "Freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T22:32:25",
"content": "Reducing the keyspace is one of the worst things you can do as a secur-er and one of the best things to do as an attacker.Another example is the default password my university uses after a reset. its first inital/last initial/birthday(mmddyyy)/last4 of social or student id.The first initial and last initial are part of the email/userid. The birthday can be found in the student directory (myspace and facebook werent popular when I did this test). That leaves a mere 1000 combonations and no retry limit. A simple java app popped it in about 3 minutes (with a delay to make it not look like a DoS).For some more fun, dont look at locks. Look at hinges. If the hinge is on the outside of what you’re locking only a proper safe bolt will keep the door on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6634271",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2023-04-19T16:54:48",
"content": "Hey Freiheit:Just a heads up. The visible, exterior hinges on a safe have nothing to do with the security of the safe (unless its some Amazon thing built in a guys basement). A proper safe hinge can be on the exterior and visible because its ONLY purpose is to allow the door to swing open and closed when the safe is unlocked. When the door is closed and the locking mechanism engaged, the hinges play no part whatsoever in the security level of the safe. Just sayin!",
"parent_id": "21305",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
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"comment_id": "21304",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-08-07T22:48:18",
"content": "The article links to some really useful sites. I guess the 20hr rating assumes that the safe is in a secure enough location that someone carrying a torch would be noticed :P Brick of thermite maybe? Considering attacks like this, wouldn’t it be safer to make your combination one of the “forbidden” ones as they outnumber the secure ones?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21303",
"author": "jewelthief",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T00:14:16",
"content": "packetmonkee:I did read the article, there is no indication as to if the number of attempted combinations on the one safe they opened is indicative of the average number of combinations that are required.additionally, citing “a few” hours is pretty vague.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21302",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T00:20:21",
"content": "now hey………..the wife here……….dont get me involved in your childish fights……. as for cocks………….i only feed them seed……u saddos",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "21301",
"author": "krip",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T01:24:30",
"content": "lol the sad thing is steve has to pretend he has a wife…perhaps this has degraded into childishness….yippie! i love it, a bit of mudslangin nvr hurt ne one, althou it mite hurt steve’s ego a bit…",
"parent_id": null,
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{
"comment_id": "21299",
"author": "oliverjenks",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T01:34:50",
"content": "regarding Steve and his posts, (to you all) – “Please do not feed the Trolls.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21300",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T01:35:56",
"content": "even steves wife admits she dont get cockFYI steve i dont have a wife, i’m 16… I do have a girlfriend, everyone tells me they’ll have her once i’m done, as for your nationality it explains about half the reason you are like you are, the other half probbably comes from being a waste of space that used to get pissed on during high school, who now spends his time looking for mail order brides that’d take him as an alternative to girlfriends (Because all you can get is a mammoth, and even she’s hotter than you)Why dont you upload a picture of you and your wife so we can all see how hot she isReply to my own last post: Shit, i would never fuck a british woman +o(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21298",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T02:15:06",
"content": "hey, this looks like a cool hack; shame dont have a safe to try on :-(to all the people offended by “Steve” – Dont take his actions as an exaple of a british person; take him as an example of a knob head.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21297",
"author": "10",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T02:30:46",
"content": "im only 10 and i’m read hack a day everyday and even have as a rss fead and then i this crap you guys are sissys my 8 year old brother could say better insults.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "21296",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T03:09:57",
"content": "ok i hate the stupid “im younger that makes me smart cuz i read this site!!!” this is turning into. it doesn’t make you seem smart. stop it.and@Freiheit,about what you were saying with the hinges, that is so true. it’s all about the weakest link (not the show with the brit lady) in the system. I’ve seen doors that have these metal fixtures on the door and on the frame, with a lock attatched through both of them. the metal fixtures were screwed on.but for this “document safe” in question, i would hope there is not such a glaring hole.finallyas for the hack itself: i love stuff like this because its simplistic elegance. brute force is amazingly elegant in my opinion. it’s failproof and simple.simply amazing.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "21295",
"author": "rednerd",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T03:18:06",
"content": "FYI, the S&G 8400 is obsolete for high level gov. security. All of the new locks are self powering electric locks. If you misdial the safe it automatically locks you out for an increasing number of minutes.Ohh yah, and the 20 man hr rating is for manually getting the combo to the safe. Usually physically busting the safe open is no more than 20 minutes. But heck isn’t it faster and quieter to break into a building with a jack and a pallete and steal the entire safe rather than sit there with a firey (alarmy) torch or a noisey cut off wheel?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "21293",
"author": "babas",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T06:00:34",
"content": "pls i need to unlock a peogeut car stereo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21294",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T06:16:50",
"content": "off topic – Someone should make a poll and hackaday readers should submit their age (annonymously obviously). Would make for interesting stats.I’m 14 and read it every day/night (pretty much)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21292",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T10:08:10",
"content": "fraggd i know u could never have a british woman they prefer men not mice and are probably to slim for americans as they dont sitt around all day eating jumbo hotdogs and cheese burgers LOVE STEVE",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21290",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T10:13:01",
"content": "ok rob thought my spelling was bad till i saw ur post exaple EXAMPLE I THINK UR THE KNOB HEAD GO BACK TO SCHOOL U IDIOT",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21291",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T20:28:17",
"content": "steve – I know quite well how to spell “example”. That is what we refer to as a ‘typo’. This is when a key is accidentally pressed when typing or when is accidentally missed when typing. Stop nitpicking. Move on! Get over yourself; you’re a human being and therefore are equally as low as everybody else on the planet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21288",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-08-08T23:23:17",
"content": "hey anyone who is a hackaday moderator:!!! delete these damn posts please !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21289",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-08-10T19:29:58",
"content": "This is kinda like l0pht crack for the Real World, neat. I could something like this for the lockers in my school…Steve, go play with dynamite.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21287",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2006-08-14T17:42:24",
"content": "Steve you are what we real British call a Tw*t. You have probably not got a single bit of engineering skill in your body, or even in your family, so do every body a favour and show us what you are made of and hack something, maybe with LEDs. And as for the rest of you taking the p*ss out of Briton be it England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales we can not help it if we have some idiots in our country and dick for a leader, but just remember that dicks f*ck Busses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "21286",
"author": "0hn0es",
"timestamp": "2006-08-16T23:08:40",
"content": "“did any one else get the idea from the title that this was a [Safe] Wardialer?”thank god! i thought i was the only one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "21334",
"author": "ק×× ×¡×¤×רצ××",
"timestamp": "2008-06-27T16:14:19",
"content": "that’s one of the coolest things i have ever seen! i could use a couple of those in the coming years – to fight the NWO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "389948",
"author": "Bud",
"timestamp": "2011-05-04T13:30:23",
"content": "Where are the plans? Where can I get the directions, code and list of materials? Or is this just smoke and mirrors? I see alot of talk but no actual machine. Just a comment, or observation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/26/ir-triggered-projection-clock/
|
IR Triggered Projection Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Inspired by
raphnet’s projection clock
, imakeprojects decided to
build their own version
. The clock only turns on when a source of IR light is pointed directly at it (i.e. television remote). This would be good for a room that you would normally like as dark as possible, like a home theater. The clock uses a 38kHz IR detector to trigger a Luxeon LED. You need to rotate the polarizing filter on the clock so that an inverse image will show up on the wall. imakeprojects was able to get a clear image without a lens while projecting up to 6 feet.
[thanks trebuchet03]
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{
"comment_id": "20082",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T23:03:21",
"content": "Hmm. Definately Will think about this mod. Still think that it has to be easier (on you the person, same diff in the project) to use something like a bright RED so that your night vision in the room isnt shot the instant a remote is triggered.Plus Red clock just seem more natural.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20083",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T23:08:07",
"content": "nice hack, but you can get cheap projection clocks at places such as dollar stores or thrift/second hand stores for really cheap, then just drop in the ir detector and an npn transistor. it’d be much cleaner in the end.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20084",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T04:11:34",
"content": "good idea andrew",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20085",
"author": "micheal jackson",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T11:59:05",
"content": "suck my dick you jerry curled cunt box. bury the beds",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20079",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T16:22:07",
"content": "^someone needs their email posted on a site that gets 60000+ hits a day",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20080",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T17:26:21",
"content": "that insight was brought to you by:reaction18@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20081",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T21:57:31",
"content": "Damn I thought the first time I read it, that it was a hack where an IR sensor would detect movement and trigger the projection clock. Well, anyway, hopefully one day when I’m rich and successful I can use this in my massive personal cinema/entertainment room!!! Here’s hoping…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/25/alpha-radiation-visualizer/
|
Alpha Radiation Visualizer
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jared Bouck] certainly has a unique project on his hands this time. He started out wanting to build a somewhat complex system for visualizing
Cherenkov radiation
. With a little investigation he found some new ideas and decided to build a
really compact apparatus
. Cherenkov radiation is seen as a blue flash when a particle passes through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light in the medium. Jared used a webcam CCD as the medium and a small piece of radioactive americium sourced from a smoke detector. The camera housing is sealed from any light leaks and is shielded to block EMI. Watching the camera output you can see flashes of white and blue streaks. It’s a neat home built demo and I bet it could be used as a random number generator as well. In the real world, scientists use Cherenkov radiation detection to determine fission reaction intensity, measure radioactivity in spent fuel rods, and detect the origin of cosmic rays. Similar techniques are used in neutrino detectors like the massive
IceCube
project.
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{
"comment_id": "20078",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T21:06:34",
"content": "An interesting hack. You’d get strange looks though walking down the street with this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20077",
"author": "PWNA",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T21:30:50",
"content": "wow dude, i didnt know that smoke detectors had nucler bombs in them, damn i shouldnt have eaten that smoke detector that day.really nice thou, i dont know what you use em for but hey, its a hack, who cares.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20074",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T21:40:12",
"content": "Americium will not reach critical mass so no nuclear bombs for hackaday! Nice hack I may try this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20075",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T21:42:51",
"content": "wow #2’s post is so wrong I won’t even bother. a friend and i are working on a high altitude cosmic radiation experiment and seeing how a simple webcam can detect (at least) alpha particles is sweet — i’ll have to keep this hack in mind :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20076",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T22:56:41",
"content": "This is really very brilliant. Definitely the definition of a hack in my book.I am really interested in this as a RNG, I wonder what it would take to right some software to convert the random appearance of those white dots to data that could seed /dev/random?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20073",
"author": "its-a-me_dewd",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T23:33:12",
"content": "Wow, this it really cool. Is there any way to make actual measurements with this tool, or is it just to visualise it? doesn’t look very spectacular though if you don’t know what’s going on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20072",
"author": "Colin mckay",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T23:44:43",
"content": "Some notes on Americium and smoke detectors:http://www.uic.com.au/nip35.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20068",
"author": "infl00p",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T23:45:57",
"content": "to TJThere is already a video4linux daemon which feeds video data to the entropy of the random kernel dev.http://www.vanheusden.com/ved/I think there is one more sw project doing this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20069",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T01:32:23",
"content": "This is a very cool hack, if for no other reason than it involves radioactive materials. The USB-card-turned-detector makes for a very clean package, and is dual purpose!!TJ: Can’t get much more random than the P3 and later CPUs. They use a thermal resistor as their “chaotic” source.Now if that isn’t quite enough go to Wal-Mart and pick up the cheapest digital camera you can find ($15 at my local store), place a piece of black electrical tape over the lens (or point it at something that is constantly changing… Like the trees in the front yard), connect it to your PC, and use the software infl00p mentions… Or other projects like:http://www.lavarnd.org/index.html(previously listed on hackaday)The cheaper the camera, the more “noise” they pick up on their image sensor. The el-cheapo cams at Wal-mart are about as low as they get.Practically anything could act as a “chaotic source”… A combination of temperature, barometric pressure, and humidty, untuned (or tuned) FM radio or TV, a microphone stuck to the inside of the PC case… Possibilities are endless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20070",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T02:23:18",
"content": "True, the world is full of entropy in some form or another.But I think we would all like to boast that our SSH keys were generated with a nuclear RNG.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20071",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T04:10:43",
"content": "Ed3,“Cheaply made” cameras are technically no better or worse for the task than any other kind of camera, because their errors are typically either repeatable or cyclical. When you’re looking for ‘randomness’ or ‘entropy’, whether the image is in- or out-of-focus doesn’t change the outcome.It does, however, change the price, and for that reason alone you are better off using a cheap camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20063",
"author": "Nardo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T04:13:00",
"content": "for readers out there that want to try this at home:If you’re going to play with americium wear gloves, the alpha particles won",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20064",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T07:05:47",
"content": "#12 – Nardo…While I completely agree… its really not super important for this project as you never need to remove the shielding around the Americium. But, being cautious does not hurt :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20065",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T08:29:07",
"content": "A smashing hack! If you were to place a thin layer of zinc sulfide on the CCD you might make a more sensitive ‘scope. The ZnS will glow (release a photon) when an alpha particle strikes it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "20066",
"author": "LWATCDR",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T18:13:33",
"content": "For a simple random number generator wouldn’t an AM radio tuned to an empty channel work just as well?Just take the audio and feed it into a sound card.I call it the cheap Tom Clancey random number generator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "20067",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T21:30:43",
"content": "hi.. i did something similar to this a while back, in my case the aim was to build a cheap tubeless Geiger counter.It did work but the main problem was the chip’s light sensitivity, never did find a way to fix that properly.I had to replace the front of the sensor (used a cheap B&Q junk camera as it had a bare chip with no glass) with mica washer to get any decent sort of count though,painted with silver to get the required light blocking.hope this helps, btw email me for the “hard to get” parts if you know what i mean :)",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "20062",
"author": "Nardo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T05:48:50",
"content": "You could also work at a nuclear plant and have a peek at the irradiated fuel bays.I always walk down there to have a look at the spent fuel glow :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20057",
"author": "wichmania",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T07:45:35",
"content": "http://www.unitednuclear.com/spinthariscope.htmit’s a hightech spinthariscope! i got one of these for my wife. cherenkov radiation = fun time in the closet. (needs to be very very dark to be able to see it.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20058",
"author": "beezle",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T00:22:48",
"content": "er.. no control? I would think youshould at least baseline any detectornoise first.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20059",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-07-01T00:01:59",
"content": "One idea for the random number genorator would be mplayer with the md5 video out device… Just a few changed pixels will totally throw off your md5 sums. Just a thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20060",
"author": "Geminus",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T21:07:35",
"content": "Gratuitous comment about The Radioactive Boy Scout. Don’t make these en’ masse. Or the EPA will shut you down.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20061",
"author": "ncrypt",
"timestamp": "2006-07-25T09:20:49",
"content": "I tried this same experiment with great success. Tore apart a GE webcam, carefully removed the glass from the CCD chip, and placed the americium sample in front of the CCD. I found I could perfectly place the americium sample inbetween the lens housing and CCD face then secure it by screwing in the lens. This cut out all external light and held the sample steady.Here is an animated GIF of my results. I also noticed the CCD was picking up dots as well as an intermittent energy bursts (gamma?). I read that CCDs can detect gamma rays and americium has some low energy gamma emmissions. It shows up on the upper area as a pulsating glow. I’ve seen a few times where the whole screen flashes as a possible gamma ray hit the CCD directly. The static red/green/blue smaller dots are my CCD chip having a nuclear meltdown. The CCD pixel capacitors are being slowly fried with every alpha particle detection.CCD alpha particle emission detection GIF:http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2310/alphaccddetectionaa1.gif",
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"comment_id": "41949",
"author": "FreeMacbookAir",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T09:28:36",
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"comment_id": "44101",
"author": "vardenafilll",
"timestamp": "2008-10-01T22:48:28",
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"comment_id": "52731",
"author": "Shwayze",
"timestamp": "2008-11-29T02:55:19",
"content": "Hey I am new to the forum, well I have been lurking for a while. Well I will go first mine isShwayze.",
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"author": "yourporn com lite",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T13:56:37",
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"comment_id": "55128",
"author": "AllaFlardow",
"timestamp": "2008-12-14T01:20:41",
"content": "The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 science fiction film, a remake of the 1951 film of the same name.Actually, after i’ve seen it, I was dissapointed. Perect cast, interest theme, but scenario doesn’t conform to modern world-view and lifestyle.Interest ot hear other opinions, do you like this movie?",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "55306",
"author": "wikispaces",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T16:26:19",
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"comment_id": "55613",
"author": "Enagmamynes",
"timestamp": "2008-12-17T14:32:15",
"content": "HelloAs newly registered user i only wanted to say hi to everyone else who uses this forum :-D",
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"comment_id": "55963",
"author": "dontbesilent",
"timestamp": "2008-12-20T16:18:05",
"content": "A top-secret news.Barack ObamaandOsama bin Ladencame to anagreement about the future of US. It’s the new page in US history. :(There is no America now at whole!!!!!!!!!!!! Only terrorists and money, it’s all Obama intrested in.Watch the video !!!. :(Watch quickly. The video will be deleted by hoster because of politics. !!!",
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"comment_id": "56189",
"author": "LubyLitySpimi",
"timestamp": "2008-12-22T21:50:14",
"content": "Please give me a prompt about a virtual numbers company with the bigest country coverage and cheap call forward to mobile phone which gives 800 number? I need to get numbers in the Argentina, Hungary, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Philippines, Chile, Japan.??",
"parent_id": null,
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},
{
"comment_id": "56256",
"author": "ExpatPiffBiax",
"timestamp": "2008-12-23T12:45:20",
"content": "HelloAs a fresh hackaday.com user i only want to say hello to everyone else who uses this board :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56854",
"author": "Joigotahgrogs",
"timestamp": "2008-12-27T10:00:29",
"content": "Hi to all the members of this board. Thanks for my registration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57234",
"author": "Seidogowese",
"timestamp": "2008-12-30T13:08:42",
"content": "Hi there! I was wondering if anyone knows a nonfree car insurance sofware for my nokia-n95 cell?Thank you very much",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "57503",
"author": "afforyScuro",
"timestamp": "2009-01-01T09:58:16",
"content": "Хотите насладиться самымклассным сексом по телефону? Здесь вы найдёте высокий уровень обслуживания и самые нежные голоса, которые реализуют ваши самые дерзкие и страстные сексуальные фантазии. Всё то, что вы мечтали сделать в жизни найдёт своё воплощение. Вы сможете сами выбрать себе партнёра по вкусу и насладиться сексом без границ и запретов. Забудьте об обычных сервисах секса по телефону. Здесь вам окажут только самые лучшие услуги, которые по-настоящему распалят вашу фантазию и доставят непревзойдённое удовольствие! Занимайтесь сексом по телефону только с лучшими партнёрами и реализуйте ваши самые сокровенные сексуальные желания с нами!",
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"comment_id": "57790",
"author": "hydayTals",
"timestamp": "2009-01-03T19:07:50",
"content": "male enhancement supplements semenax extenz male enhancement male enhancement food big enlargementinteresting information penispillbest male enhancement on the market male enhancement news male enlargement 1 rated male enhancement top male enhancements",
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"comment_id": "58127",
"author": "Abramovicl",
"timestamp": "2009-01-06T22:30:28",
"content": "Hi , i have some questions about you desingmaybe you can give designer contacts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58959",
"author": "megatronddgh",
"timestamp": "2009-01-12T22:36:23",
"content": "Attention to all players, and those people who cannot without MMORPG.The new game portal PROMMORPG, soon opens new game servers:1. Rising Force Online (RF Online);2. LineAge II;3. Perfect World;4. World of Warcraft;All games are absolutely free, no playing players from administration.The newest games and the advanced equipment for them.Fast communication channels and reliable data centres.All can be found it on a game portalhttp://www.prommorpg.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "60710",
"author": "glargygrova",
"timestamp": "2009-01-25T20:48:22",
"content": "This week, millions of people watched Obama’s inauguration on the Internet through one of the many sites that offered a live feed. CNN’s broadcast was without doubt one of the most used viewed streams, with a peak of more than a million simultaneous viewers and also one that was using P2P technology.More…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61067",
"author": "Nikinsad",
"timestamp": "2009-01-28T15:39:51",
"content": "Organizers of next month’s Oscars have filed acomplaint against a firm they claim is trying to sell illegal ticketsto the star-studded awards for up to 175,000 dollars….Full article read here:http://rcvoweu.tripod.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62118",
"author": "vosconI",
"timestamp": "2009-02-07T03:10:06",
"content": "Q. Why do only 10% of women go to heaven? – A. Because if they all went, it would be hell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62776",
"author": "GregoryMonroe",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T21:30:15",
"content": "How you think, in our situation whis crisis its actual?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "63775",
"author": "BooffDugnourf",
"timestamp": "2009-02-20T13:09:45",
"content": "Продаются земельные участки от собственника20-26 соток, от 36.000 руб за соткуНазначение – под дачное строительство90 км от МКАД, Серпуховский район (Симферопольское ш.), р.НараЗаказать показ участка можно по телефону (495) 967-5678",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64098",
"author": "DelaySEOFactory",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T16:50:04",
"content": "empty",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64387",
"author": "ChinnaRuimi",
"timestamp": "2009-02-26T10:01:45",
"content": "Продаются земельные участки от собственника20-25 соток, от 100.000 руб за соткуНазначение – ИЖС, без подряда70 км от МКАД, Чеховский район (Симферопольское ш.), р.ЛопасняЗаказать показ участка можно по телефону (495) 967-5678",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120042",
"author": "Андрей",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T02:16:37",
"content": "Создай свой бизнес, приносящий доход 24 часа в сутки, подробнее подпишитесь на рассылку писем на сайте:http://denegmnogo.ru/Подписка бесплатна до 28 февраля.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122963",
"author": "GearShop",
"timestamp": "2010-02-10T04:26:22",
"content": "Говорил мне отец что покрышки нужно выбирать грамотно и осторожно, я сначала не верил как ��сегда, но вот посудите сами:Колесадля бескамерных шин, должны обладать высокой герметичностью сварного шва (колеса с диском), а также иметь на посадочных полках обода специальные кольцевые выступы тороидальной формы (“хампы”), предотвращающие самопроизвольное соскальзывание бортовшины(разбортигровку) в случае критических ситуаций во время движения.Неплохо? То-то же!",
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/24/updated-lightweight-eye-tracker/
|
Updated Lightweight Eye Tracker
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
[
Igor Carron
] pointed out that Derrick Parkhurst and his colleagues at Iowa State have been hard at work improving their lightweight eye tracker that we
covered in January
. The new version uses digital cameras instead of analog ones. This time they’ve included
step by step build instructions
instead of just a PDF describing the device. Most of the build involves removing the CCD from a couple cheap webcams and then building an extension back to the board. All of this work is part of the Human and Computer Vision Laboratory’s open-source
openEyes
project. If you want a quick intro into how this type of eye tracking works I suggest reading our
previous post
.
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| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "20054",
"author": "PWNA",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T01:22:22",
"content": "oh boy, this was really nice.i have some old SGI cameras, any1 know how to use them ? they have like a 40 pin adapter thingy that i have never seen and stuff, if anyone knows plx post like stuff bout it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20055",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T01:50:56",
"content": "now this is definitely a hack :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20053",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T03:00:02",
"content": "man, you got balls posting a link to a site that lets users edit the articles without any type of login man… The first page is already gone, someone should make a mirror of the rest asap >_<\n\nIn any case, this is quite a hack :) It would have been nicer if they had found a way to keep the picture quality of the color camera at least somewhat decent (look at the pic of the last page, ouch)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20052",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T04:16:20",
"content": "They’ve been doing wikis a lot lately…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20051",
"author": "Silver",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T04:21:05",
"content": "It looks like the original can still be found in the archives.http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyeswiki/index.cgi?MobileEyeTrackerConstruction-08",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20050",
"author": "presidentpicker",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T05:19:41",
"content": "fucking vandals",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20049",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T05:30:03",
"content": "This is an amazing project- I cannot believe a bunch of retarded fucking vandals are ruining his site. I already emailed the guy and let him know what was up, hopefully he gets it in time to fix his site and get rid of the giant EDIT buttons.Good show HackADay, this is a REAL hack, and one hell of a hack at that! Now if I can integrate this into controlling an airsoft turret with laser sights, instead of body motion accelerometers, I’ll be groovin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20048",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T05:31:17",
"content": "This is an amazing project- I cannot believe a bunch of retarded fucking vandals are ruining his site. I already emailed the guy and let him know what was up, hopefully he gets it in time to fix his site and get rid of the giant EDIT buttons.Good show HackADay, this is a REAL hack, and one hell of a hack at that! Now if I can integrate this into controlling an airsoft turret with laser sights, instead of body motion accelerometers, I’ll be groovin.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20047",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T06:41:01",
"content": "I got to see this earlier… really amazing work… Unfortunately, some asshat kiddies had to show their small wieners and tiny nuts :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20046",
"author": "Igor Carron",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T11:19:51",
"content": "Andy, thanks for sending an email out to the guy. It is indeed amazing how stupid people can be.One more note, it is not really an update per se, the original eye tracker was done by Pelz and al., this one is done by a different group. They try to rely as much as possible on open source software (which was not the case of the previous entry).Good luck on your He balloonhttp://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com/2006/03/going-high.htmlIgor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20045",
"author": "aerospike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T17:20:56",
"content": "So what’s the dealio? Has anyone heard back from the guy? I didn’t get to read the thing and now it is totally crapola. I didn’t find it waybacked either.I wish I was a 1337 kiddie that could hax0r a fucking wiki. It would probably get me laid.A fucking wiki? damn that’s lame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20044",
"author": "Derrick PArkhurst",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T19:58:55",
"content": "The site is back up. Thanks to Andrew who informed me of the malicous activity. Hopefully it won’t happen again.CheersDerrick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20043",
"author": "konny",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T22:15:48",
"content": "Wow, this is really amazing!Andy, I think it wouldn’t be that hard to create that turret of yours :)..I guess I just need some time off to realize it though, but it’s a fun idea. But one doesn’t have to mount a weapon. Maybe an eye-controlled GUI perhaps? – a cheap one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20056",
"author": "Wally Mahar",
"timestamp": "2008-01-24T06:06:43",
"content": "Does anybody realize what realistic video games we could have if someone jumped on the ball on this?? Instead of wasting tons of processing on an entire screen, just a pin prick would have to be super detailed while the rest fuzzy like it is in a real life eye. thousands of orcs, a million tree forest, a milling times square with zombies everywhere!I have been waiting years for somebody to do this cheaply.i wish i had one ounce of hackerbility. oh well someday this will happen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "49611",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2008-11-07T08:35:45",
"content": "link is dead :-(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6566090",
"author": "charlieaugust",
"timestamp": "2023-01-03T06:11:36",
"content": "Thanks for sharing this great post! Link Assistive is a very helpful and professional team that makes yourTobii Eye Trackerservice comfortable and safe. If you are searching for the best Tobii Eye Tracker they are the best choice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/23/unlimited-cellphone-calling-for-cheap/
|
Unlimited Cellphone Calling For Cheap
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
Every couple months I get a tip about how to get unlimited calling for minimal money. They usually involve some less than elegant forwarding, but I figured I’d post one and hopefully be done with this topic. Here is [van12]’s version
posted on Howard forums
. First you need a cellphone plan that has free inbound/outbound calling to your home number. You use a home number from a VOIP provider that lets you forward inbound calls to your cellphone. By calling home you can use the VOIP providers cheap unlimited plan to make calls.
[
UPDATE:
HoFo seems to be blocking us with a registration page now]
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| 46
|
[
{
"comment_id": "20041",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T22:14:27",
"content": "Ok seriously. I hate when people complain about how lame the hacks are getting…. but seriously:T h i s . i s . n o t . a . h a c k . !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20040",
"author": "lord_towers",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T22:27:31",
"content": "The what do you define as “a hack”i always fely that a hack was any way of doing “some action” with “some thing” that wasn’t the intended use of the “some thing”this seems like a hack to me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20039",
"author": "Jared Bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T22:49:52",
"content": "To those who complain on this site: I would like to see you run a site where you had to come up with fresh content every day for a group of people that has a small percent chance of even conceiving something like this little lone doing it your self",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20038",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T22:59:46",
"content": "…and keep the tip line at a maximum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20037",
"author": "Jared Bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T23:05:56",
"content": "…and keep the tip line at a maximum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20036",
"author": "conor",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T23:16:05",
"content": "thanks jared…that’s needed saying for a whileboth hackaday and inventgeek: keep up the great work!decent hack, too",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20035",
"author": "MAtticus66",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T23:25:36",
"content": "with the old phones(nokia candy bars) you could change the emergency number from 911 to whatever and call it for free",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20034",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T00:01:48",
"content": "I submitted a fresh hack just before posting that, so don’t even start. I too hate to see people complain about the posts, but when you only get to read one “hack” a day and you open had expecting to see some cool hardware hack and instead find a post that basicly says you can get cheap calls by call forwarding a cheeper servcice to your regular service, its hard not to feel disapointed. Maybe its just because I already knew this was possible so it was not that intresting to me personaly. I realise that running a site is hard work, and don’t get me wrong I love had, it is the 1st page I open when I get to work in the morning and I love getting to read a fresh post every day. I wasn’t trying to dis on this site at all, I just think that holding a site like this to a higher standard can only improve it in the long run.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20033",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T00:11:03",
"content": "And besides even ep said in the post he gets sent hacks like this one all the time and he just wanted to post it and move on. Do you guys think that starting your own busisness and then paying all your bills with your busisness account and then writing it off at tax time is a hack? Or just tax evasion?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20032",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T01:00:57",
"content": "many of us have plenty of free time and skill to come up with new hacks; often we eithera. either lack projects to work on/have lots of unfinished projects (like my netier thin client -> wireless music streamer)orb. come up with a hack that we don’t think is newsworthy (like how I ported my USB 802.11 adaptor to an altoid gum tin and added an antenna extention to it)As a weekend hacker, I would love it if there was a top 100 list of quick hacks people were looking for. For instance, a person could make a suggestion like “make a quick and cheap fm transmitter from common/easily accessable parts”, “turning a disposable camera into a DIY stun gun” or “hacking up a cheap wireless controller for your projects”. That way, if I got bored from my long projects I could switch gears for a moment AND make something that others would find useful. What more could a hacker ask for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20031",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T01:11:46",
"content": "There’s a thing called team hack a day, click my name, there’s a forum, we help fight cancer (seriously).You want to start a hack or two? we’ll help you out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20030",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T08:26:06",
"content": "i tried the site and after registering i was unable to read the postcan someone post the content of the message in the comments or something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20029",
"author": "Orphaze",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T08:30:05",
"content": "Since we’re all complaining now: does anyone else think the whole automatic removal of capitalization is a bit juvenile? This site is home to some pretty remarkable people doing pretty remarkable things, and I personally think that it is a damn shame to have this whole immature “WE”RE 1337 h4x0rs t00 c00l for capitalization!!!” mentality. While capitalization is not nearly as important as writing clear and logical arguments or using correct punctuation, it allows us to more acurately articulate our thoughts and ideas, even if only by a small amount. Now, I don’t claim to be some kind of master of Good and Proper language skills, nor do I wish to tell anyone else how to speak, but in my opinion modifying users’ posts to achieve some cool “hacker” look is down right inane. After all, if you are too stupid to grasp some of the simplest rules of language you probably wouldn’t be reading this site in the first place.Ranting aside, I love this site and at no point in time have I ever had a problem with the posted hacks. Slow news days, slow hack days; get over it. I am continually impressed that the hacks keep coming, and I’m sure it’s no eask task to keep this site fresh. Good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20027",
"author": "D O",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T08:30:49",
"content": "Is there a way to access this hack (or whatever you call it :P ) without registering for the forum?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20028",
"author": "d o",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T08:34:12",
"content": "I think the removal of capitalization is to prevent the little kiddies posting how ‘leet haxxxerzz’ they are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20026",
"author": "Orphaze",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T09:54:48",
"content": "d o: I acknowledge the need for spam filters to prevent annoying instances of all caps posts and other forms of trolling; I think Slashdot has a system in place to prevent such things. Removing all capitalization is overkill for this purpose and would be a sign of some seriously half-assed coding. I’m fairly certain that it is done for stylistic purposes only.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20025",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T10:44:47",
"content": "Sorry Elliot, normally i am against all of the haterz that complain about the hacks, but posting a link to a registration page on a forum to see a way to forward calls around to save money on your phone bill… Now we are starting to get into the scum that sell how to get an ipod for cheap on ebay level…i mean, couldn’t we at least see the hack of the day?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20023",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T10:53:49",
"content": "i think that the lack of caps is cool.. caps are so passe these days ne ways..also.. bad punctuation an grammar are winningful",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20024",
"author": "Igor Carron",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T12:43:45",
"content": "I too have submitted a hack on an eye tracker (with both software and hardware how-tos)and feel like a let down to see this one showing up on my radar screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20022",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T14:07:12",
"content": "did you ever think that the eye tracking was already posted because i remember seeing an eye tracker or 2eliot drop Team hacka day a line were slacking in the numbers :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20021",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T15:24:32",
"content": "alright you guys, you can quit your whining now:here’s a greasemonkey script to restore the capitalisation on hackaday.comhttp://www.hotplate.co.nz/projects/hackaday.user.jspaste the URL in to your firefox URL bar, hit enter then press “install”. requires firefox 1.5+ and greasemonkey installed. I know you can do this same thing with user styles, but this way is more fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20019",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T15:25:51",
"content": "or, it would seem, just right-click the link and choose “Install User Script…”:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20020",
"author": "s",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T16:01:52",
"content": "opera can run some greasemonkey scripts to some extenti don’t give a hoot about caps, so i won’t even bother trying the script mentionedbut anyone using opera(like me), you’re not out of luck yet – read up on userJS and try it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20015",
"author": "Ginsu",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T17:34:01",
"content": "I don’t care about the lameness of the hack, but it is just sad that hackaday links to a forum that requires registration. Thats not cool man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20016",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T18:34:57",
"content": "I’m with #11 ejonesss. I went through the trouble of registering, and it says I don’t have permission. What gives?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20017",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T21:33:50",
"content": "You didn’t have to register when I first posted the link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20018",
"author": "bno",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T22:20:49",
"content": "I read this site at least 3-4 times a week via an rss reader. You want to see some weak “hacks?” Take your ass over to instructables.Otherwise, shut your cliched, whiny hacker forum guy yap. way to devolve a post about mobile phones into one decrying capitalization in the comments fields. Clowns.great site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20014",
"author": "Chee",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T00:46:18",
"content": "Hmm…Seems all well and good but id have to get voip stuff set up…I <3 my free nights and weekends and no roaming plan :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20013",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T04:58:14",
"content": "Woo hoo! Thanks, ex-parrot, that’s even better than today’s hack, which HoFo seems to be denying even to me, and I’m a registered user!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20012",
"author": "jj",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T07:42:56",
"content": "dax and orphaze stfu (i hope you can understand that since its not capitalized). you make me sick.thanks eliot, real fans of this site appreciate the hard work you put into this site everyday to keep it going.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20011",
"author": "Orphaze",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T10:07:51",
"content": "ex-parrot: Very cool, thanks! I’ll have to play around with this greasemonkey extension, it looks cool.jj: I’m sorry to make you ill by voicing a simple opinion about a stylistic issue of this site. Thanks for reinforcing my “1337 h4x0r” stereotype though. (I hope that you could understand that since it used a few words outside of your average ten-year-old’s vernacular.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20010",
"author": "_Wiggles",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T10:27:43",
"content": "Are you guys ok? Ever hear of web pages cached somehwere? Google pulled nothing up. Next Yahoo…http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howardforums.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D940990&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=www.howardforums.com/showthread.php%3Ft%3D940990&d=Y4SE4DmtNAQM&icp=1&.intl=us:P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20009",
"author": "luke barrie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T17:28:10",
"content": "Yes…this would be more helpful if somebody posted a new link…soon. As for the hackiness of this, it is low, it is like popular science “DIY put music on your phone and games on your ipod”…Also, since there are no ranting forums here, wTF happened to the wonderful weekend thingies with like 20 links to cool projects? each one of those was more interesting than this stupid phone .BLANK.(not gonna call it a hack)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20008",
"author": "luke barrie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-26T17:29:48",
"content": "ok…theres a link now…missed that part…thanks wiggles",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20007",
"author": "av1d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T04:10:16",
"content": "Two words: coral cache. Use it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20006",
"author": "bruno",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T06:20:51",
"content": "It’s not accessible at all anymore. I’ve been a long time member of ho-fo for a LONG time (read: 4+ years) and even I can’t view the post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20005",
"author": "JLM",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T00:07:41",
"content": "Howard forums is not blocking with a register page. the page it is showing means the thread has been deleted or moved. I get that all the time, I’ve been a hofo member for years :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20004",
"author": "Willie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-29T22:05:50",
"content": "I thought of another way of making calls on the cheap. Sign up for one of those unlimited internet plans using a pcmcia card and put it in a pda with such a slot. Then connect to the internet and place your call. Receiving calls would be rather difficult with this technology though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20003",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T18:22:29",
"content": "anyone have a copy of the page that was removed from the forums? The yahoo link doesnt work and google doesnt have it cached",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20002",
"author": "Rtme2000",
"timestamp": "2006-07-12T15:37:56",
"content": "Check out the following. I think that this may be similar to the page that is no longer available.http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=124",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20001",
"author": "Pace",
"timestamp": "2006-08-01T18:10:51",
"content": "Please find another link to read the article because i cant read it, i cant get in the forum",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20000",
"author": "Celebrilla",
"timestamp": "2006-08-04T16:54:01",
"content": "bad punctuation doesn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19999",
"author": "babyboy",
"timestamp": "2006-08-19T06:42:20",
"content": "can anyone tell me how to nget free time on a cell phone i know somebodt that does it but don’t know how they do it they want tell me any info would be great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "20042",
"author": "eddy",
"timestamp": "2007-11-02T21:50:57",
"content": "i need to know is there a way to hack a t-mobile phone to get it turned back on and keep it on??also i have a net 10 prepaid phone is there a way to increase the minutes by hacking it some how??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57037",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2008-12-28T22:18:10",
"content": "If you live in Canada, you can get unlimited cell calling for cheap by using a service likehttp://www.telsair.comDoesn’t need internet connection like voip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64782",
"author": "Malila",
"timestamp": "2009-03-01T22:03:01",
"content": "is there a way to become a content writer for the site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/22/computer-controlled-light-cube/
|
Computer Controlled Light Cube
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Alex Hornstein] was bored one Saturday and decided to do something with the large pieces of scrap acrylic he had found. He built a cube and attached 15 RGB LED clusters along with 4 GB LED sticks. It takes 50W of power. The controller is built from ATmega48 and is controlled via serial commands over a wireless link from Spark Fun. You can find
schematics, pictures, and video
on his site,
Art is Wrong
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19998",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T22:25:00",
"content": "Wow! Already down, nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19997",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T22:46:30",
"content": "Very cool. I could have used this in the Art course I’ve just finished!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19996",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T23:01:38",
"content": "he should of called it the soul cube and had it say creepy phrases every 30 sec. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19995",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T23:05:59",
"content": "The nyud mirror got it before it died. Look over there.http://www.artiswrong.com.nyud.net:8090/neo/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19994",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T23:06:57",
"content": "Is it just me or does everyone seem to love anything that uses LEDs and cycles through colors?Its like such a stupidly simple thing but so infinitly intresting, like a lava lamp.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19993",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T01:51:06",
"content": "Is there a flickr or something?Well anyways, the next step is to put a computer in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19991",
"author": "eyeliner",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T04:04:38",
"content": "Great. He just happen to FIND acrylic. lucky fella. impressive, me thinks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19992",
"author": "Benjamin Roy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T04:37:47",
"content": "This isn’t a hack. It is somthing found onhttp://www.makezine.com/blog/. What happened? Where are the hacks? The only thing that is appearing now is just how-to’s.I miss the old hack-a-day stuff, And I foush these manufacters would make their stuff a little more “Hackable”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19990",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T07:33:23",
"content": "Join team hackaday, click my name, we’re hoping to roll out a number of hacks this summer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19986",
"author": "dennis",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T11:29:46",
"content": "is it just me or are the hacks getting lamer and lamer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19987",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T15:39:32",
"content": "It’s not a lame hack.I think the wiring could have been done neater or at least less obtrusively, and the photographic effects were annoying.-but a big box of lights is always cool to have around the house!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19988",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T23:51:33",
"content": "WTF? *50w* driving LED’s?!That’s waay too much power-LED’s hardly use anything..is that a misprint?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19989",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T01:39:30",
"content": "cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/21/sound-based-airsoft-chronograph/
|
Sound Based Airsoft Chronograph
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Seattle Airsoft has a great post on
measuring BB velocity using a microphone
. They use two pieces of paper separated by 10 feet with a microphone by each one. Audacity is their program of choice for recording. If you look at the waveform after firing you’ll see three distinct spikes: one from the firing mechanism and one from each paper strike. They compared the results from this method to those of an actual optical chronograph. The mic seemed to deviate far less.
[thanks aqua_scummm]
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{
"comment_id": "19985",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:21:17",
"content": "genius!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19984",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:33:43",
"content": "Right on! Everything a good hack should be: simple, easy with a little know-how, and better than the commercial version. ;)I’m wondering what causes the discrepancy in the deviation of the measurements, though. He does say it’s a cheap model of optical chronograph, but I’m wondering if it has something to do with the measuring systems. Specifically, I’m wondering if the BB takes a tumbly sort of course through the air (well, it does), which might throw off the chrono.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19982",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:40:01",
"content": "I’m going to try this with my paintball gun. No reason it shouldn’t work the same.–KurtRoedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19983",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:58:29",
"content": "nice, very pimptastic.“simple, easy with a little know-how, and better than the commercial version.” – I love thatAudio recordings are acutally great ways to messure things, I used mutiple microphones to messure the speed of an rc car I was building on time that worked amazinngly well. i would really recommend that any project you have that you want to messure the speed of something, you consider how audio could help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19980",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T19:15:13",
"content": "Hmm, wonder if something similar could work for paintball.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19981",
"author": "Jdoggy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T19:32:28",
"content": "Wouldn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19979",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T19:43:09",
"content": "Jdoggy,You are right with the paper slowing the BB down. thinking about this more. Wouldn’t it work to measure the sound of the gun firing and then the sound of the bb hitting a solid object. Just make the gun a known distance from the object. That way the first paper doesn’t slow the bb down since it isn’t there. Also, saves on paper.–Kurtroedeger (off to get his air tank filled)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19978",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T20:00:51",
"content": "I like this new idea, mic at the muzzle and a solid object. This way you could measure the speed of many different projectile weapons. Everything from bb guns, to paintball guns to a bow and arrow (with some working…) Awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19977",
"author": "freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T20:10:45",
"content": "Instead of the first piece of paper could he get the first mic reading off of the action of the airsoft gun?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19976",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T20:33:44",
"content": "did something similar, with the joystick port and two home built photo gates —http://macfreak4.homeunix.com/projects/photogate/index.html. but this is definitely simpler. nice :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19975",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T20:35:50",
"content": "but yeah the paper would slow the projectile. tiuk, paintballs would explode hitting the first paper, you’d have to implement KurtRoedeger’s idea for that :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19973",
"author": "aqua_scummm",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T21:02:41",
"content": "I posted this for a hackaday article the day it was released, and lost to some other project.grrrr",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19974",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T21:05:29",
"content": "In the RC plane world we use the same program to measure the speed of our planes. They are too fast and do not reflect enough radar to get an accurate reading with a radar gun. But if you perform several high speed passes over a microphone you can measure the speed based on the doppler shift of the engine noise and average the speed from a few passes to get a v-e-r-y accurate top speed for your model.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19972",
"author": "aqua_scummm",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T21:13:50",
"content": "oh wait haha, it just took a very long time to get posted :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19971",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T21:32:23",
"content": "andrew – you think so? I considered that (and obviously it depends on several factors like humidity, how brittle the paint is, distance from the paper, etc), and I’ll admit I’ve never shot at a taut piece of paper, but I’m pretty confident it would be able to rip through both. Still, going along with what someone said about the first piece slowing down the projectile, it seems to make the most sense to measure out the distance and use only one piece of paper.Too bad I saw this a year after I gave up paintball to pay for tuition, having a chrono at home would have rocked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19968",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T22:23:18",
"content": "oh yeah definitely, the paper does slow it down! look at his results — the paper-mic method always ends up slower than the commercial chrono.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19969",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T23:14:14",
"content": "You should be able to factor in the slowdown caused by the paper into the result and boost the acuracy. One way to do this would be to add a 3rd sheet of paper and then mesure the difference between the 1st and 2nd sheet vs. the 2nd and 3rd sheet. that decrease in speed could then be added to the first result to correct the diffrence.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19970",
"author": "okysP-Panda",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T00:28:40",
"content": "I am surprised there is no link to the previous post –http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000227066886/about measuring velocities of actual firearms using audacity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19967",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T01:13:04",
"content": "Detecting the sound of the gun firing and then hitting the target would also work.But the problem is, how do you make sure the distance between the muzzle and the target is a constant between all tests? Just holding the gun is never going to be accurate enough.You would have to hold the gun down in vice that was mounted solid so that it couldn’t move. Beyond the possibly of damaging the gun (let’s not forget, most AirSofts are made of plastic), that means there will be more setup and hardware required.While not the most accurate way to do this, it is certainly the easiest and quickest way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19965",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T06:32:27",
"content": "before i posted this comment.. the last 4 articles had 18 comments each.. weird..sorry off topic lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19966",
"author": "chansuke",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T06:41:03",
"content": "On the last page, in the second to last paragraph, they state that the paper took 3-5fps off, and that once they get their calculator operational, it will compensate for it. That seems rather fishy to me, but the important thing here is the fact that this has less deviance than the commercial chrono.IF you set it up to detect the sond of the gun firing, and then the sound of the BB hitting the paper, you could get much more accurate and consistent resuslts.As for keeping the gun the same distance for all shots: may be worth buying a bipod or something.Off-topic: Paintballs shouldnt break on only taut paper. Ive shot through a (old)shower curtain before (the field had improvised some of their bunkers. Was rather fun actually).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19964",
"author": "eli",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T07:47:52",
"content": "Hey, I wrote the article and wanted to respond to a couple comments.The reason I did two pieces of paper instead of one is because I was going for maximum simplicity over maximum accuracy. Picking out the sound of a BB leaving the barrel vs the sound of the piston, motor, and random air movement was a little bit difficult, and I wanted the project to be accessable to as many people as possible, even if they weren’t used to looking at a sound wave. If I were making one for personal use I’d probably do it more like Andrew and use an optical system.The calculator was hacked together in a pretty short period of time by my friend who runs the site, but it does account for the loss of fps from hitting the paper. Again, simplicity over accuracy. My hope was that pretty much anyone could replicate my method, and more experienced people could modify it to fit their needs. I’m glad you guys got a kick out of it :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19963",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T07:57:46",
"content": "I guess in an airsoft context two pieces of paper would make sense, since the airsoft guns I’ve seen have all been fairly quiet. With paintball markers, on the other hand, there would be no mistaking the audio spike of the initial shot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19962",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T19:17:20",
"content": "My first thought was that the papaer slowing down the ball would make it really inaccurate, especially for cheap airsoft guns, and i was aggreeing with people that said use the spike that comes from the gun fireing, but since I do some programming on the side I came to realize that it was probably something with the sound from both paper strikes being kinda similar and is the same in nearly all cases, but each airsoft gun ussually has a slightly different sound to it fireing which would play hell with the programming.When I read the creators post it makes sence, and since paper ussually has a uniform consistency you could probably figure out the speed drop from the first paper strike.Also, it depeneds on what sort of paintball you are using, I think that if you got some cheap balls they would proably go through a sheet of paper pretty easily. Or you could freeze them before fireing them through the paper to insure they do not break.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19961",
"author": "jonny_s",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T21:17:52",
"content": "I was wondering why 2 mics are necessary – If you put one in the middle, shouldn’t it be able to pick up the two noises going thru the papers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19960",
"author": "eli",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T07:11:28",
"content": "jonny_s, yes, in theory. Have you ever fired an airsoft gun? they’re loud. the motor is loud, the piston is loud, and the gearbox makes all kinds of fun noises. not to mention the pop of air that comes out the barrel. in our first few tests we spent a lot of time looking for the spike that was the bb hitting a piece of paper, and picking it out of the other random noise that happens right around then. Eventually we decided that it would be easiest just to turn the input volume way down, and put a mic by each piece of paper so that was essentially the only sound they’d pick up. with spring guns this wasn’t as big of a problem, and with gas guns the noise made by the slide would completely drown out the sound of the bb hitting the paper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19957",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T07:33:24",
"content": "I was thinking perhaps using tinfoil instead of paper, and making some kind of switch that detects the flick of foil.Just thinking about doing this with sub-sonic .22, but i dont quite like the idea of using sound. anyone have any more links?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19958",
"author": "luke",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T07:30:48",
"content": "there is an instructable about that, a switch that sets of a flash, based on an airsoft bb going thru 2 layers of tinfoil, seperated by wax paper. when the tinfoil on each side meets as the bb passes thru, the circuit is completed. somewhere on instructables.com the tinfoil wouldnt slow the .22 much",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19959",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-07-13T09:53:17",
"content": "Sound is actually the method used to capture the results of Olympic shooting events. The method, perfected by a Swiss firm, Sius Ascor, uses a sealed target frame, with either a light cardboard or thin self-healing rubber target face. When a projectile, any calibre from air pellet up to .50 cal, passes through the target face, three small microphones within the sealed target frame capture the sound, and triangulate the projectiles position on the target",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110622",
"author": "Briggs",
"timestamp": "2009-12-06T17:09:27",
"content": "Check this out… here’s another good way!http://briggs69.blogspot.com/2008/11/pc-based-chrono.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120989",
"author": "Mp5 Airsoft Gun",
"timestamp": "2010-01-31T10:58:44",
"content": "Hey it took me about 5 tries to actually see this page, it kept getting me an error on firefox don’t know if it is from my pc or your website but taught I would let you know, anyway at least I got what I am looking for haha thanks !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "127091",
"author": "Ike Petitjean",
"timestamp": "2010-03-02T00:03:57",
"content": "Nice article, I should say I never read one thing that summed it up thus well. One thing like this should be read once during a whereas, to remind us of some essential concepts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/20/vga-cat5-extension-cable/
|
VGA CAT5 Extension Cable
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ladada2001] sent along a project link for building a
VGA extension cable using CAT5
. This particular project was for a projector with BNC connectors. This has been a particularly popular (and easy) topic in the past. We’ve seen an
example from ElephantStaircase
. The
5-in-1 cable
featured in Make also had provisions for VGA. If you build one of these cables you should be able to get decent performance at 50 feet.
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{
"comment_id": "19956",
"author": "wrathofpyro",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T01:56:59",
"content": "Is there anyway I can make a cable that can output to the yellow plug of an rca cable rather than component?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19955",
"author": "Jeff Parker",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T02:05:50",
"content": "First post.Woot–CrashGames.biz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19954",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T02:31:04",
"content": "I don’t believe so, wrathofpyro. The standards are not compatible. The VGA connector provides Red, Blue, and Green component video lines, but the RCA composite video consists of a Y signal for Luminance/Brightness and a UV signal which itself is composed of two separate colour signals mixed with a colour carrier frequency. You could probably do it, but at that point it’s not a simple hack anymore and you’re better off buying a stock converter of some kind. (Assuming one even exists.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19953",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T02:44:12",
"content": "Nice to see more simple mods anyways…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19952",
"author": "wrathofpyro",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T03:21:03",
"content": "sigh thats too bad then… I had a junk monitor I wanted to play ps2 with",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19951",
"author": "usbcd36",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T05:24:46",
"content": "You COULD get a PS2 component cable and a component-RGB converter (read: not cheap), but I don’t think it’d be worth your while. There’s also the option of getting a sync converter and a modchip (this would be the hacker way), but that’s also expensive (not to mention dangerous for your PS2).One thing that bothers me about these Cat5 VGA mods is something an electronics pro told me: VGA cables are measured (with a square wave sent down each wire) so that the signals all arrive at the same time. However, Cat5 wires are NOT measured that way, and therefore you get more and more crap in your video as lengths get longer (and because Cat5 usually arrives coiled, some wires are already longer than others). Pros get around these things by some sort of adjustment (he didn’t go into detail, but from what I can imagine, there are special controls that can add or subtract small amounts of length to or from your connections).Is this true, or is this negligible for these distances?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19950",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T05:48:52",
"content": "Nuts. I tried to convince my dad at his office to do this but he wouldnt do it. I knew i had seen plans for this somewhereThen I tried to get him to do the USB through the Ethernet cable sitting at the desk. Nope had to pull a cable for that also.The computer sits 15 feet away in a closet. VGA over Cat5? nope had to spider a cable that far.Hope he is happy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19949",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T08:28:54",
"content": "wrathofpyro, if I understand what you are asking, nearly any off the shelf VGA box should do what you want. They take Composite/S-Video/Component input, and display it on a VGA monitor.The only problem with that is, the PS2 has very few Progressive Scan games, so the VGA box is going to have to handle the conversion from the 480i output of the PS2 to 480p, which might not look all that great depending on the quality of the unit.Of course, you would need Component cables for the PS2 as well to get progressive scan.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19948",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T08:31:40",
"content": "6:sounds probable. i was thinking that you’d also get a lot of noise/interference with cat5 cable b/c the lack of proper shielding, which a normal vga cable would have, since vga is an analog signal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19947",
"author": "lolersticks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T09:45:14",
"content": "If you really want to go technical (read: expensive), buy some cat6 cable, stranded, no less. It cuts down on the noise considerably, but costs a sh*tload more than cat5. Thicker, too.Also, it helps a bunch if you keep the VGA cable away from any power cable. I noticed wierd “cross-hatching” in my monitor when I used to use VGA, and moving the cable away from the monitor’s power helps a ton.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19946",
"author": "bender386",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T12:06:48",
"content": "there would be no shielding of the vga signal unless it used balanced lines like cat5 was ment to be used. unless i have something horribly wrong i dont think there would be any shielding at all",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19945",
"author": "Roo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T15:57:53",
"content": "I built one of these a while back to run in my home theater. I’m pretty picky about video quality, and I can’t see any video interference from this setup over what I had previously used. If you have doubts – check out avsforum.com where the real videophile nuts hang out and read the debates there.If you do a google search for",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19944",
"author": "PunMaster",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:04:56",
"content": "That was awesome, it’s cool how cat5 can be so virsitile. I was wondering about that vga to component cable. Right now i have a pc, which i use as a media-center, hooked to my plasma tv through a scan converter. The problem is that the scan convertr down-converts any signal it gets to 720×480, for compadibility. I know my tv’s capable of more than that. Could i use the vga to component cable to bypass the scan converter and use higher resolutions? I have a radeon 7000 series card in that computer if it matters. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19943",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:07:35",
"content": "cat5 is almost as useful as duct tape. cable extensions, speaker wire, I even used it as a belt once when I ran out of the house in a hurry to get to work and forgot mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19942",
"author": "XioPod",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T21:31:48",
"content": "wrathofpyro,what you need is a transcoder. if you only need RCA to VGA you can find them cheap. If you want component to VGA it will run $100-$300+I have a Nextvision 6 i use for my xbox and it works great! sometimes you can snag one from ebay for cheap (payed ~$130 for mine)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19941",
"author": "tek",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T23:41:30",
"content": "VGA is NOT the same thing as component :DVGA is R/G/B. Component is NOT, however you can transmit VGA over RGB cables, which are the same as component just the signals are not the same, This is why we don’t see VGA->Component adapters. A short explanation….“Component video consists of three signals. The first is the luminance signal, which indicates brightness or black & white information that is contained in the original RGB signal. It is referred to as the “Y” component. The second and third signals are called “color difference” signals which indicate how much blue and red there is relative to luminance. The blue component is “B-Y” and the red component is “R-Y”. The color difference signals are mathematical derivatives of the RGB signal.”Component operates on difference, not additive color.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19940",
"author": "luiz_borges",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T01:31:13",
"content": "What about a extender with stereo audio signal AND s-video? audio uses two pair, the s-video uses the other two… so far its fine, but how about noise one on the other? Is a booster recommended? Anyone knows how to make a booster for AV???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19939",
"author": "wrathofpyro",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T01:37:52",
"content": "If I am reading your comments correctly, I can use a y pb pr cable with my ps2 to hook it up to this hack then to my monitor?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19938",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T02:38:22",
"content": "wrathofpyro: no. different video standards.luiz_borges: I got a lot of ghosting etc over even a fairly short run doing that, but I suspect the cable runs over top of some lighting or heating wires in the ceiling. ymmv. worth a try though I would think :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19937",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T18:07:35",
"content": "Actually, VGA to component adapters are pretty easy to find:http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=181-700",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19936",
"author": "Calvin Thomas",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T01:54:12",
"content": "This is cool. For those that don’t understand? There is a trick involved in this.Every “pair” of wires in the cat 5 cable “must” be transmitting and receiveing the two sides of the SAME SIGNAL. IE, if there is a high frequency video signal on 1 wire, the corresponding ground return for that same signal MUST go through the other cable (the same color). That is what gives you the shielding effect. Any EMI induced in one wire has the counter EMI induced in the other half of the twisted pair. Since the counter EMI is induced in the exact same voltage but “backwards” to the original the EMI is canceled out at the end (where the monitor is at). If you make the mistake of just thinking of the cat 5 cable as 8 wires, you will never make a cable like this work. If you are carefull to ensure that each signal goes thru a “twisted pair”.. this will work.. as well as a shielded cable.As I remember it, a VGA cable has 3 color signals going through it. One for Red, Green and Blue. The remaining 2 wires are used to piggyback the rest of the pins. Since they don’t carry high freguency AC, they don’t matter as much. Only the 3 AC signals for the 3 colors really matters for video quality.Interesting.The only pitfall of Twisted pair (cat 5) over Shielded (VGA Cable) is at higher frequencys. Once the wavelength of the EMI interference gets close to the twists per inch of the Cat 5 cable? The EMI can induce into one cable more then the other. This means the shielding effect works best at low frequencys (like power cables) Just keep it away from super high frequency stuff….. and make sure that any high frequency signals get transmitted and returned on a single pair of twisted wires.If you understand this simple rule, you can send any high frequency signal over a Cat 5 cable as long as there are 4 or less high frequency signals. (Component only uses 3 so it will work). oh… It is recommended you keep the bends of the Cat 5 cable to a minumum. If you make a sharp bend in the cable, you can cause signal degradation at the bend….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19934",
"author": "nickk678",
"timestamp": "2006-07-19T22:04:42",
"content": "Is it possible to build a vga-> svideo converter?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19935",
"author": "EMPORIUM",
"timestamp": "2006-08-04T12:21:43",
"content": "Your cable is out of spec. A good VGA cable requires 75 ohm internal cables. If you were to run that cable for a longer distance you would start getting convergance errors and rf problems. You might want to try building a high quality cable with five 75 ohm tv cables of equal length. Maybe a short run to a project box then a 5 cable fanout from the box.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19933",
"author": "triggerman_77",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T10:19:47",
"content": "Is it possible to make a VGA splitter using CAT-5? let’s say a 4 output VGA. If you were able to create one do you have a website that I can check for reference? And don’t you encounter any change on the picture quality?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19932",
"author": "triggerman_77",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T10:22:29",
"content": "Is it possible to make a VGA splitter using CAT5? Have you already created one and do you have a link that I can use as a reference for making one? thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57342",
"author": "pa",
"timestamp": "2008-12-31T01:36:38",
"content": "i want to build a vga to rgb to hook to my tv can u help me i got an old vga cable and 3 rca conections….thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58147",
"author": "Robert",
"timestamp": "2009-01-07T01:21:23",
"content": "you can use this adapterhttp://www.vgaextend.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "59717",
"author": "fqpobcluxe",
"timestamp": "2009-01-18T07:25:05",
"content": "[url=http://couplevwtcoupl.tripod.com/vfujy/deformed-midget-porn.htm]deformed midget porn[/url]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "61021",
"author": "bb",
"timestamp": "2009-01-28T00:44:28",
"content": "this worked great,http://www.vgaextend.netgreat producti never thought it would work this good. i have my TV 50 feet away from my media center PC. HD baby HD for $13",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "496890",
"author": "vicky goel",
"timestamp": "2011-11-01T20:39:59",
"content": "i want to make a vga to rca cable i want a diagrame for it cound any on help me for this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/19/peltier-beverage-cooler/
|
Peltier Beverage Cooler
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Hacked Gadgets
pointed out this great
peltier based beverage cooler
. It has a pulse width modulation based controller driving a 12V 80W peltier. Alan also pointed out Hack-A-Day reader Chris Garrison’s
peltier beer cooler
from last summer. The
Defcon cooling contest
from last year also featured a peltier based cooler.
[
UPDATE:
Afrotech’s Snapple Cooler
or How to enhance your beverage with iron oxide. Thanks liam]
[
UPDATE:
PeltierBeer cooler
first seen on Slashdot [thanks
Wiki Multipla
]. Mattt’s
Peltier Beer Cooler
on Bit-tech [thanks dougedey].
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[
{
"comment_id": "19931",
"author": "evo31337",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:30:59",
"content": "just saw a thing like this in pop sci…pretty cool concept (esp. when applied to pc cooling)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19930",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:31:01",
"content": "heh it’s an ok hack i suppose, if it can be called a hack. oh, first post ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19929",
"author": "adaminc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:38:21",
"content": "i like this idea, i just wish it didnt take so much power to cool, at 80w, that peltier is pulling 6.6A, thats alot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19928",
"author": "liam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:42:20",
"content": "afrotech’s snapple cooler pwns this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19926",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:49:55",
"content": "# 4Indeed… it also pwns your digestive system too o.0 :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19927",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T03:00:06",
"content": "It’d be nice if they built it so you could flip it and make it a heater as well. If you just flip the positive/negative, does that reverse the hot/cold sides of the peltier?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19925",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T03:24:50",
"content": "he should have gotten a pharmisudical grade steel bolt. or what ever grade they use in dairy plants.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19924",
"author": "rafael vuijk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T03:45:23",
"content": "@josh: yes, reversing polarity will do that. Also, if you remove the power both sides quickly get hot. But I guess not as much with a heatsink though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19923",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T05:53:52",
"content": "as if he didnt expect that bolt to degrade.. as soon as i saw it i was like “well i hope he washes it, sterilizes it and coats it with sumthin” buuut nope.. well a little iron is good for ur diet",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19922",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T07:06:15",
"content": "a stainless bolt probly wouldn’t have been eaten away. says somthing about what is in our drinks, there was no electrical current passing through the fluid, yet it ate through zinc. mmm citric acid….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19921",
"author": "bender386",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T07:52:05",
"content": "well afrotech’s would of only been able to cool to room temp anyway.and i have been looking for this exact idea of using a pelter as a drink cooer. his looks almost exactly the same as the plans i drew.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19919",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T07:52:59",
"content": "Given the weather we’ve been having in Boston lately, I’d be more interested in some A/C hacks. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19920",
"author": "DougEdey",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T14:09:32",
"content": "Mattt did this on the bit-tech forums a while ago.http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=98833&highlight=peltier+drinks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19918",
"author": "Wiki Multipla",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T14:43:00",
"content": "The first time I’ve seen suach a usefull hack on the web was from that website :http://folk.ntnu.no/arnesen/peltierbeer/Date : 2003-05-31 ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19917",
"author": "doug",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T17:02:34",
"content": "i did this 11 years ago – 1995! bought a surplus peltier from american sci & surplus on a trip through chicago. no pwm, just straight 12 volts. otherwise it was very similar to the design above. guess i could have made millions…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19916",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T18:12:30",
"content": "just imagine the possibilities with this kind of set up. you could even build yourself a mini air con coat, with tubes running through the coat, filled with some coolant and then passing past these fans…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19915",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T18:44:04",
"content": "I like this idea, however I think if I were to build one I would focus on the cupholder part a bit more. Being partial to cans, I would use a conductive material next to the peltier shaped to hold a fluid – probably water. The water would of course have excellent contact with the walls of its container, and would act very well as a regulator, absorbing heat energy from the can and slowly transferring that heat out through the peltier. A thermostat would allow you to leavet he peltier on all the time, keeping the water cool. When warm can was added, the water would be able to absorb heat more quickly than with the peltier alone. The buffering action would go a long way toward a faster result. Getting fancy, you could use salt water cooled to just below zero degrees celcius. If you wanted to keep the can dry, an inner sleeve would be simple enough to add.By separating the peltier from the drink to be cooled with a cooled fluid, you could quickly adapt the range of the machine. You could vary how fast the cooler could work as well as its can capacity by simply adding a larger supply of water and/or more peltiers since they wouldn’t need to be in contact with the can. A CPU water block and pump would be ideal for this purpose.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19914",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T19:01:07",
"content": "@Comment #3 — re: 6 amps? — that’s 6 amps at 12v, or 0.6 amps at 120v. Most of the time when we’re dealing with 12v systems its easier to think in terms of watts. In this case, 80 watts which is roughly comperable your laptop block adapter (the one for my Dell i8200 is 96watts).Knowing the number of watts is going to be important when you pick a heat sink. This one (http://www.nwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products.showDetail&header=Closeouts&subheader=Fans%2FCPU%20Coolers&productID=2722&flag=Standalone) is listed as up to 112.5 watts. You’ll need a pretty good heat sink to handle that. An Intel P4 EE at 3.x ghz can run about 110watts, and you’d be running this pretty hard. You’ll want to use a heat sink like this:http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=202&code=005Alternately, use two CPU water blocks. On the hot side, use it with its CPU cooling kit as normal. On the Cold side, run the water from the water block to your can-cooler and let the water do the job of warming the can – use the water temp on the cold side to control the power to the peltier, and the water temp on the hot side to control the power to the CPU cooling system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19913",
"author": "Sigg3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T16:51:04",
"content": "and you can use a refrigerator too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "957081",
"author": "ericgarrison",
"timestamp": "2013-02-09T04:53:40",
"content": "My cooler page got lost years ago when GoDaddy reverted my site to an older version, saying the backup was also that version, losing me everything since then. Sorry!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,923.956291
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/18/ridiculous-laser-wall-clock/
|
Ridiculous Laser Wall Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Laser Hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[nickjohnson] has produced an
incredibly silly laser wall clock
. It was built to test out his
PWM servo controller board
. He created a wall poster featuring numbers 0-9, hour, minute, AM, PM. The controller points at each symbol in sequence to spell out the time. It changes position every second which creates a nice ticking sound. The clock may be goofy, but you should have a look at his parallel port controller since it’s designed to be simple and uses common components.
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| 19
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19912",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T00:15:59",
"content": "haha. i like how it spells out the time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19911",
"author": "nguyen_van_thoc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T00:22:34",
"content": "Not ridiculous at all, it’s a stepping stone for his sentry gun project, you don’t get much more practical than that. personally, i’m more of a cloak pack & shocklance kind of guy…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19910",
"author": "michael Murphy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T05:28:38",
"content": "Site Bandwith Exceeded. Sounds like this is popular!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19909",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T05:41:18",
"content": "Any mirrors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19908",
"author": "mg",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T06:18:02",
"content": "This is cool. But then perhaps, there is no need to do a dot pointing. You can make use of the temporal summation property of human eye (1ms) to generate string of timing. I tried this in the early 90s. But then the servo has to be replaced by steppers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19907",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T07:00:03",
"content": "the site’s gone over it’s bandwidth limit and none of the pics or movies are viewable. miror any1?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19906",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T07:18:16",
"content": "Get me the files and i will get them on my site as quick as posiable.Google must not be so forgiving on the ammount of transfer. Guess we will have to add them to the list of people to mirror through CorellCND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19905",
"author": "Kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T07:39:19",
"content": "might be a little hard to find someone who has these files, though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19902",
"author": "Quigley",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T07:48:37",
"content": "That’s cool and all, but inertia is going to be a problem when you mount a heavy gun to it and try to sling it around that fast. Plus I wouldn’t trust any robot (or many people for that matter) with a loaded weapon. Still an awesome project though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19903",
"author": "freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T12:45:44",
"content": "“Any mirrors?”No just a laser and some robotics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19904",
"author": "Ward",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T18:34:17",
"content": "“any mirrors?”Yes, two of them. And they move! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19901",
"author": "Fuzzy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T19:05:39",
"content": "looks like you need a new place to host images and whatnot for this. Please feel free to email me as I can provide you with some fast hosting for your images that relate to this story, with no cost to you!Neat concept for the clock, I might build one of these for my office, just because……",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19900",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T22:19:01",
"content": "cool! i want one, or maybe two, oh alright – make it three!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19899",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T23:06:36",
"content": "Wow, I can’t believe the positive feedback I’ve recieved. Thanks all.I’d love to give someone the files to be mirrored. If you are, I’ve put my email address up on that page temporarily, so drop me a line!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19897",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T01:15:43",
"content": "I’ve posted mirror links now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19898",
"author": "adaminc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T02:01:40",
"content": "to quigleyi dont think he’s going to mount a real gun, but something like an Airsoft Gun that shoots 6mm plastic bb’s",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19896",
"author": "chris26",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T13:23:09",
"content": "If you use 24 hour ‘military’ time then you wont have to do the whole pm/minute thing…nice project!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19895",
"author": "nickjohnson",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T00:02:00",
"content": "to quigley,I agree that inertia could be a problem. My only solution to that would be to “gear down” (or, more likely, use a lever) to reduce the range of the servo from 180 degrees to something more like 45 degrees. I think that would improve response, but I’ve not tried it yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19894",
"author": "earl",
"timestamp": "2006-07-06T04:27:53",
"content": "Have you thought of using SCRs to drive the steppers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,924.184007
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/17/diy-optical-disc-duplicator/
|
DIY Optical Disc Duplicator
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[matt] wrote me a couple weeks ago wondering how to build a robotic arm that can load and load/unload a CD or DVD from a drive. I told him about one built out of wood that I couldn’t find the link for. Matt wrote back to say he had found the
Home built CD changer contraption
. The design is pretty simple and uses gravity for downward movement, so you don’t have to worry about a motor slamming the head into the desk.
He also pointed out the one
built by Ben out of Legos
. He used it to rip his collection of CDs for his Squeezebox. You’ll remember his
caller ID project
from last week.
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| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19893",
"author": "tooth",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T03:25:25",
"content": "looks good.. one thing– he says that accessing the parallel port is difficult under windows and thus it’s not possible to use windows to control this thing.. you can actually access the parallel port exactly the same under windows or linux except that under windows you need to install a driver such as thishttp://www.direct-io.com.. there’s nothing really tricky about it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19892",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T05:04:39",
"content": "This is perfect for piracy, I mean making duplications of materials that you own the rights to. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19891",
"author": "TheBlunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T05:31:51",
"content": "Not a recent hack and one I’ve known a while, but it’s one I’ve always admired.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19890",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T07:11:08",
"content": "I’m considering taking a design for something like this and making a multi-CD changer, on the order of several hundred DVDs. I haven’t started work on it, but I’m not quite sure how i’d select an individual disk. Anybody got ideas? I’ve thought about putting spacers between them, that would be easier for a machine to grab, but that would involve as many spacers as you have disks. (And I want the design to scale up past 1000 easily)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19888",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T07:11:35",
"content": "I was actually searching up and down for that link about a week ago! Ah, sweet success.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19889",
"author": "theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T10:26:17",
"content": "MaddMatt, the first thing that comes to mind is a vacuum.Pros: Gentle, it would work ideallyCons: It would only grab the top CD in a stack (is that what you wanted?), the vacuum hole would have to be offset so it doesn’t overlap the hole, and special fabrication for the air system could overcomplicate it to failure.The packing industry has used vaccum lifting for years now, proving its practicality",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19887",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T10:33:35",
"content": "hang on.. that lego dude received lego minstorms for their wedding present.. bit worrying!? bet his wife was ovr the moon! :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19886",
"author": "bEN JACKSON",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T10:58:47",
"content": "The problem with using the parallel port for stuff like this under windows is that driving stepper motors at a resonable speed has realtime requirements that are hard to meet when you’re far from the hardware. Look at EMC (a CNC program for Linux), for example. It requires RT Linux extensions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19885",
"author": "rafael vuijk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T16:26:51",
"content": "tooth: Direct I/O costs money!I usehttp://www.logix4u.net/inpout32.htmGreat idea. Now just add a dust blower and a static electricity field neutralizer and it’s complete ;P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19884",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T17:59:46",
"content": "Lol this is perfect for what we need at skl. We are planning on making a prospectus DVD, so need to copy one disc and make about 5000 copies. Unfort all we have are two Intel iMacs with slot loading drives, so it’s either stay behind every night for a month buring or building one these. Hmmmm….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19882",
"author": "acevonwildfire",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T06:46:56",
"content": "Mad_Matt… you could use a bunch of plastic trays for for the CDs… that’s a common choice for CD changers. The servo could be made to run up and down a tower to select individual tray.Ace Von Wildfire",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19883",
"author": "Nathan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T16:44:44",
"content": "This is similar to what my dad builds for his work. they use robotic arms and the use little suction cups to pick up the cds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19881",
"author": "insomniac",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T11:03:56",
"content": "it says they received the Lego Mindstorms as a wedding gift – please read everything carefully – here’s the text:“decided to build a robot out of the Lego",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "387277",
"author": "echodelta",
"timestamp": "2011-04-28T08:16:19",
"content": "My 400 disc CD has a carousel slotted holder and uses gravity to roll out one disc thru the one little slot in the rim. An arm pushes it back up in when done. I don’t have near that many CD’s so I don’t use it. The space-saving keyboard (for titling display) that came with it I am typing on. I should give it to the pirate radio in town (play list stinks) that’s about 2 weeks worth of play. My single CD drawer crapped out so how I fixed it will be my first hack to put here!Which is worse, ripping off labels (artists are ripped off mostly) or ripping of clean audio into audio pee for (accordion box)?@ craig Save your white goods (apple) have it done pro, or buy a auto duplicator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,924.280107
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/16/wigle-data-on-google-earth/
|
WiGLE Data On Google Earth
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
WiGLE
is a massive user contributed database of WiFi access points and GPS coordinates. IronGeek decided to take that data and
parse it into a KML file that Google Earth can understand
. It uses cached data from WiGLE’s Java interface, JiGLE. Reader [bird603568] has been playing around with the script so that it will indicate the quality of service in addition to IronGeek’s showing whether or not WEP is being used.
Visit his site
if your interested the QOS feature.
[
UPDATE:
corrected based on bird603568’s comments]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19880",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:25:18",
"content": "right now im i just started making it sort by QOS but im getting a parse error so it sould be fixed soon",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19879",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:34:50",
"content": "my “mod” of iron geeks script shows qos, his script was the one that did if it was encrypted or not. just want to clearify that. also sorry for the site im busy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19878",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T08:10:40",
"content": "Cool, glad that it’s made it’s way to HAD.Also don’t forget to visit the team hack a day website where bird and many other great hackers hang out and you can always get computer advice.Click my name and take a look around, we have a forum!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19877",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T12:11:33",
"content": "update: just finished making folders for QoS. you can see herehttp://www.personal.psu.edu/rlr5018/ge/3Qos.jpgQoS of only 3. also save the script and rename it. the icons need to be on the save level as the script.PS dont forget to join #hackaday on efnet for irc fun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19876",
"author": "wim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-19T06:52:05",
"content": "WIGLE is kind of cool, but they have a crazy EULA. I’m not willing to accept it to submit data.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19875",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T00:32:37",
"content": "Hi, if you got your own NS1 file especial from Networkstumbler. You can also use my littel “BUGGY” Java program to parse the NS1 file to a Google Earth file. You can find it:http://chris.mynnga.de/ns2kml/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,924.223585
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/15/cheap-tilt-shift-photography/
|
Cheap Tilt-shift Photography
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
Sorry, this is coming in so late. The last 24 hours have been
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| 22
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19870",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T01:01:28",
"content": "odd, i thought hack-a-day was -not- acquired by AOL…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19871",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T01:09:52",
"content": "It’s not. I am working full time for Netscape though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19869",
"author": "Botty",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T02:09:14",
"content": "I wonder how long it will be before there is an ‘artistic’ tilt-shift film.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19868",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T04:26:40",
"content": "I don’t see much use for that..And what is with the thousand links every sentence?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19867",
"author": "derek",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T05:06:34",
"content": "been too busy ripping off digg to post on a much better site I see!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19866",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T05:38:56",
"content": "poo… I dont think this will work on my digital SLR (Digital Rebel). I don’t think it will fire unless it detects a lens is present :/ AND, I really don’t want to screw around with a $1000 camera body no longer under factory warranty :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19864",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T06:03:43",
"content": "I have an a Canon EOS 350D and it’ll fire with the lens off, no problem. If you’re careful I don’t see how this would even affect your camera body.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19865",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T09:38:13",
"content": "Effects are great! I would not want to try this with a real good camera though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19863",
"author": "android cat",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T15:47:33",
"content": "I seem to be getting that effect from the cheap plastic lens on my $25 Radio Shack “spy camera”:http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/RogerRamdrive/Vespa0825.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19862",
"author": "Mr. Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T01:07:33",
"content": "@trebuchet03Well, you can find out pretty easily if you just remove the lens and try to release the shutter. If it works, great, if not, it’s probably a pretty simple matter of defeating an interlock switch or shorting a couple contacts.What? You are reading “hack-a-day” you know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19861",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:03:33",
"content": "(off topic)>odd, i thought hack-a-day was -not- acquired by AOL…>It’s not. I am working full time for Netscape though.Oh, that’s a crystal-clear answer… If I’m not mistaking, Netscape is an AOL-company, beta.netscape.com is Jason Calacanis’ new startup, who is the CEO of Weblogs Inc., which got aquired by AOL and now you’re hired by Netscape…Now where exactly does this make hack-a-day independent and/or non-AOL? cause I’m not seeing it… and I don’t care that much for it either, it’s just that this site itself has claimed to be independent and non-AOL a while ago:http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000283062901/…which, as I read it now, puzzles me even more, cause how independent (from AOL) can a site be when it’s topblogger get’s paid full-time by an AOL-company?…to me it sounds more like a statement for trying to keep some credibility than the true motivation behind all this… Imho and as far as I can see it’s AOL-dollars all over the place… but of course, I could be wrong.good luck on what you’re doing though",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19860",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:33:46",
"content": "#9 @Mr. SporkYeah, that’s how I know it does not work :P But, I found out that a friend’s camera (same exact model) does allow it to happen without a cap… I’m going to make some phone calls and see if its some stupid setting :P I know its hackaday — but I think andrew might agree: its not worth F’ing up this kind of camera.I do have a Nikon F2 (old school for some :P)… so I think I’ll have to clean her up to use this…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19859",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:39:49",
"content": "I’ll be happy to clear this up for you Markie. Hack-A-Day is an independent company now. It along with blogmaverick.com (Mark Cuban’s blog) were the only two properties in the Weblogs, Inc. network that weren’t sold to AOL. (Weblogs, Inc. is still managed as an independent company though) Our large number of readers and traffic means that Hack-A-Day can pay for itself. It’s my part-time job. My full-time job now is working for Netscape. I’ve been getting paid separately by Hack-A-Day and AOL since last October (since I was an Engadget employee).The bottom line is this: Hack-A-Day is an independent company and since I’m the only employee, I can pretty much do whatever I want with it.Thank you readers for keeping us a viable company.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19858",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T04:21:20",
"content": "okay, coolone more thing thoughin this post on Jason’s blog it sayshttp://www.calacanis.com/2005/10/11/hackaday-stays-indie/“Brian and I felt it would only be a matter of time before someone posted (in a blog post or a comment) “how to hack your INSERT_AOL_product_here” or “How to hack INSERT_AOL_partner_product_here.” If and when this happened we would wind up fighting with ourselves”Well, since you’re the only employee now, who’s also got a substantial income from AOL/Netscape, the question is: what would you do if the above scenario happened? (since that scenario seems to be one of the reasons to keep had independent, right?)…and I don’t want to be rude or anything, but what’s the independance of had from aol worth when you, as the only employee, are not independent from aol?(and don’t get me wrong here, it’s not me demanding that independance(although it would be nice), it’s something had/weblogs inc. claimed, that’s all)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "19857",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T04:30:17",
"content": "“been too busy ripping off digg to post on a much better site I see!”If this was digg I would digg down your comment; why are people so negative.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19856",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T05:07:17",
"content": "I think it will be pretty unlikely that that particular situation will ever arise, but if it does we’re protected from AOL pulling the site’s plug since they don’t own us.Hack-A-Day is not and will never be part of AOL. I hope to continue writing here for many, many years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19855",
"author": "Cynthia Bates",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T23:37:37",
"content": "Actually this SHOULD in theory work. There is a company out there that has one of these for sale. It is called lensbaby.http://www.lensbabies.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "19854",
"author": "photozz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-21T18:34:27",
"content": "Making a tilt-shift like this will in no way “screw up” any digital Canon body that I know of. They will fire with the lens off just fine. Put the camera into Shutter Priority, or Manual mode. I recomend manual, and play with the shutter speed. The exposure meeter seems to get thrown off pretty easy if there is a little light leak arount the edge. The only way you could break something is if you actualy started cutting on the body itself, or made the body-cap end out of metal and shorted the contacts or something lame like that. I have actualy removed the stock lens and reversed it. Just holding it against the body. It’s an old school way to do macro photography. few examples here of the reveresed lens.http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32226927/So firing with the lens off is fine. Just don’t short anything out, and use the right mode on the camera.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "19853",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2006-07-26T10:12:18",
"content": "Wow! What a great little hack. i was wondering what lens i should get to try this for myself. I just got a Canon Rebel XT, so what size lens should I get since I’m not all too sure about the aspect or size of “film” for digital cameras. Thanks for the help…",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "19872",
"author": "Lucas",
"timestamp": "2007-02-23T17:00:07",
"content": "Dear Elliot,I’ve been longing to make a tilt shift lens myself and everybody is reffering to your article.The only problem is that it isn’t appear to be working…. could you please send me a word or PDF document where you explain it once again, it would make me a happy man :).Keep up the good work.Kind regards,Lucas EikemansThe Netherlands",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19873",
"author": "Danette5",
"timestamp": "2007-03-01T20:29:30",
"content": "I would love to know how to do this. Will you send me the instructions so that I can try it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19874",
"author": "simon gummer",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T18:06:28",
"content": "Hii too am longing to try and make this tilt-shift lens but the link given goes to a ‘page not found’ message on a site called livebooks. if anyone has a correct link or can send a word document etc that would be really cool…",
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"depth": 1,
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/14/usb-drive-hacking/
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USB Drive Hacking
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Eliot
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[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[wesley mcgrew] has been
playing around with Sandisk’s U3 Smart USB Drives
technology. U3 is designed to make implementation of portable applications easier. The USB drive appears as a CDROM drive and can autorun applications. Wesley has a guide for how to patch in your own CD ISO. This ties in pretty well with the dangers of USB drives that we’ve covered before (
one
,
two
) and Schneier has a
recent post
on USB security issues as well.
[
UPDATE:
[
matt
] pointed out a
recent Security Catalyst podcast
with Abe Usher on podslurping]
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{
"comment_id": "19845",
"author": "strazzere",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T20:13:58",
"content": "interesting artical – goes to show why I have autorun turn off on everything…off topic – but what usb drive that you have is chrome? looks cool haha",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19842",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T20:22:52",
"content": "It’s silver platedhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/17/silver-plated-usb-flash-memory-drive/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19843",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T20:30:23",
"content": "The Security Catalyst, who you’ve listed in the past in your “roundup of security podcasts” has a great interview with Abe Usher, who wrote one of the original “podslurping” proof-of-concept utilities.You can download, or listen direct, here:http://www.securitycatalyst.com/2006/04/13/security-catalyst-25-insider-interviews-podslurping-with-abe-usher/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19844",
"author": "netcrusher88",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T23:35:33",
"content": "nice, but… can it be done with something a bit cheaper than a U3?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19840",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T00:03:42",
"content": "STOP teasing us with that ultra-sexy pendrive!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19841",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T00:31:39",
"content": "#4: if I understand what’s going on here correctly, the device acts like two devices, a USB CD and a USB storage device. It’s autoruns the files from the faux CD. So to answer your question: bus/battery-powered USB CD drive? Or is that not cheaper than a u3?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19838",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T02:09:15",
"content": "Happy national webloggers day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19839",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T02:19:06",
"content": "The article about USB security that Schneier quotes is a very interesting one.Social Engineering, the USB way:http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=95556&WT",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19837",
"author": "weaszel",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T02:27:57",
"content": "i’m just curious as to how these u3 drives are different from standard flash drives, and whether a standard drive could be “turned into” a u3-capable one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19836",
"author": "lnunu",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T03:11:07",
"content": "u3 drives are on 20 bucks at buy.com for a 1 gig…. yeah yeah rebates…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19835",
"author": "Otto",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T04:51:52",
"content": "#9: The only real difference to these U3 drives are basically what he stated in the article. They have a second method of talking to Windows which tells Windows that the device is not removable, thus enabling autorun. iPod’s actually use this non-removable flag as well, meaning that an iPod can do autorun in particular circumstances.Microsoft has a USB FAQ that makes it a bit more clear:http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usbfaq.mspxQ: What must I do to trigger Autorun on my USB storage device?The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed disk drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform Autorun, the device must not be marked as a removable media device and the device must contain an Autorun.inf file and a startup application.The removable media device setting is a flag contained within the SCSI Inquiry Data response to the SCSI Inquiry command. Bit 7 of byte 1 (indexed from 0) is the Removable Media Bit (RMB). A RMB set to zero indicates that the device is not a removable media device. A RMB of one indicates that the device is a removable media device. Drivers obtain this information by using the StorageDeviceProperty request.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19834",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T05:46:39",
"content": "I don’t want or need U3 compatability.From what I’ve seen there isn’t that much U3 stuff that impresses me other than Firefox.What I would like to do is remove the U3 stuff entirely and recover the space for my own use.How can I do that?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19833",
"author": "wesley mcgrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T06:48:02",
"content": "awesome comments guys, glad you’re enjoying the writeup.there is a u3 uninstaller floating around on the internet (and I could swear the u3 folks were hosting it too, but the url escapes me).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19832",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T07:37:52",
"content": "#11,that’s really interesting. i wonder if there is firmware to hack on most usb keys that we can change that bit to zero?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19831",
"author": "Fermat",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T08:12:07",
"content": "Here’s the URL for the U3 uninstaller. You will have to reformat your stick afterwards. It worked fine for me.http://rapidshare.de/files/12773731/U3_Uninstaller.exe.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19830",
"author": "Fermat",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T08:17:06",
"content": "Here’s the URL for the U3 uninstaller. You will have to reformat your stick afterwards. It worked fine for me.http://rapidshare.de/files/12773731/U3_Uninstaller.exe.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19827",
"author": "xomgaxomg",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T14:22:06",
"content": "reallt nice thing, i like alot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19828",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T17:10:41",
"content": "I wish someone just came up with a hack where you could just put the U3 stuff on a drive, or am I missing something? Is there actually some hardware that allows U3 features?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19829",
"author": "Pan_theFrog",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T18:27:44",
"content": "I got to have the fun of playing with a co-worker’s u3 thumbdrive when they first came out. Seems that it has to install software on the computer they are used on, which is a big no-no at most place one would want to use one (Work, library, photo printing machine, etc). When it couldn’t install the software the drive refused to open. Needless to say it didn’t take a lot of talking to get her to take it back and get a standard thumbdrive as all she wanted to do was haul files tween work & home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19826",
"author": "cpp.programmer",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T18:40:42",
"content": "I have an older Jump Drive Secure 128 MB. Part of its software allows partitioning with a secure and public partitions. It also allows specifying a program to auto run. This bypasses my auto run dissable, and runs it anyways. Must be ran out of the driver, Nice! :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19825",
"author": "carl.rodenbach",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T19:34:13",
"content": "http://www.u3.com/uninstallfor the uninstall straight from the (w)hor(s)e’s mouth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19824",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T19:55:24",
"content": "Thanks for the U3 uninstall stuff folks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19822",
"author": "beo w",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T20:18:58",
"content": "I saw this thing before onhttp://www.wiibay.nlthat free auction site but that was a while ago",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19823",
"author": "Shaun Campbell",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T22:59:33",
"content": "Very interesting article, and that drive. woah! nice i want it :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19820",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T23:13:34",
"content": "someone come up with a way to create u3 fuctinonity to a generic flash drive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "19821",
"author": "nixphoeni",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T02:11:33",
"content": "#23: no need, check outhttp://portableapps.com/. you don’t have to pay, plus most software repackaged there is open source, unlike most of the apps available through u3. if you want something to start your programs, look into pstart in the utilities section.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19819",
"author": "Doc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T14:20:43",
"content": "Hmmm. Has anyone else tried this out? Some PCs state that they’ll need to reboot before installing the U3 drive… rendering the “slurp” considerably less effective…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19818",
"author": "Smith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-28T01:50:02",
"content": "Its all in the controler-chip guys.IF your drive has the right one , you can flash it… well you can flah them ALL if you can find the tool.My FSC MemBird shows itself as a FIXED disk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19817",
"author": "dude",
"timestamp": "2006-07-05T18:35:28",
"content": "anyone know how to change the RMB bit to show the device as non-removable and therefor able to enable autorun???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19816",
"author": "smith",
"timestamp": "2006-07-15T17:59:40",
"content": "@ #29 (dude)Yes , I know how,if you go to thehttp://www.911cd.netforum and searchyou will find some VERY usefull tipsand links to tools that might let you do it,but it all depends on what controler-chip your drive uses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19815",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-08-22T02:51:43",
"content": "Hello all, maybe you can help me out. I’m trying to autoplay a software on my usb key. I configure the autorun.inf to start automaticaly with the program, but not the damn window that ask you what to do (media player, no action, and blablabla). Is that possible? i don’t have a u3, it’s a basic usb key. I read alot on that but, it doesn’t seems to work. Is there a solution? How can i partition my usb key like a cd?thanks, chris",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "19846",
"author": "Joao",
"timestamp": "2007-03-05T14:20:42",
"content": "Dudes, U3 sucks balls.Installers are for babys, just do it yourself.I’ve got a 1GB USB with PStart installed and check out the programs I have on it:Powerpoit Viewer; Firefox Portable;O pera 9 USB; Gaim Portable; Miranda IM; VLC Media Player; Process Explorer; DTask Manager; Portable Wackget; 7-Zip; VisualBoyAdvance; Sudoku Portable; The GIMP; Thunderbird; TweakUI; Xpy; Network Stumbler; ClamWin Portable; RegCleaner; Nokia Wireless Presenter, and I just don’t have the whole OpenOffice Suite because of the space it uses.If you only use portable apps in PCs where you have Admin rigths, you can also check out MojoPac, which allows you to carry ANY program on your pocket. ANY.Yes, It can handle stuff like M$Office, Counter-Strike Source (and Half-life 2, of course), Photoshop, etc, etc… whatever you may think of.It’s here:http://www.mojopac.comBad thing I don’t know of any free or “freed” version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19847",
"author": "Someone",
"timestamp": "2007-04-23T10:43:05",
"content": "U3 programs are of NO INTERST to most of the profesionals. Interesting part is in construction of a USB drive that lets you AUTORUN (any application) without any prompt (upon insertion into a computer).I NEED “non-removable” usb drive to play with!!! :[",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19848",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2007-04-28T14:58:25",
"content": "i wanna to download usb hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19849",
"author": "szlovak",
"timestamp": "2007-08-23T12:19:18",
"content": "Now it’s possible to hack launchpad. It has an option to erase whole partition when you forgot the password. I think it’s too simple , since with one click anyone that access sandisk pendrive can delete all protected data. Of course it would be necessary to block somehow launchpad unistaller from sandisk site, that would do the same. Any ideas?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19850",
"author": "szlovak",
"timestamp": "2007-08-23T12:44:34",
"content": "I’ve got an idea. There is possibility to change file “version.dat” for a version that never existed ]-) This might cause uninstaller (from website) stop working. I saw a post that someone had an older version of launchpad and newer uninstaller from website. But I don’t know if the uninstaller on pendrive would stop working too. If so, it would be impossible to uninstall launchpad even if it was neccesery. Only sandisk could do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19851",
"author": "FG",
"timestamp": "2007-10-05T00:24:26",
"content": "SOSO",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19852",
"author": "strid3r",
"timestamp": "2007-12-29T23:06:17",
"content": "Is there any prog which can copy all the data secretly from usb key whenever it is inserted. Please tell me about this. I am searching for this badly and if you know please tell me.thanks…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42433",
"author": "Charlie O'Narley",
"timestamp": "2008-09-18T22:05:53",
"content": "A few months ago I saw an article re: installing software that would automatically and transparently copy data from thumb drives inserted in a PC. Reverse thumb sucking, I believe is what the author called it, but I can’t find the article. All I get is links to articles about the movie, Thumbsucker.All my clients ask that I disable the USB ports for flash drive use, while a couple of others want to know what data employees are copying/stealing to their flash drives from the company network.Can anyone recommend a program that will accomplish this?Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "47409",
"author": "dragunov",
"timestamp": "2008-10-23T16:04:32",
"content": "there is a sftwre i developed that secretly copies the thumbdrives upon insertion, rar or 7zips them into 2mb chunks, n mails them to you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55278",
"author": "akshay",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T09:49:03",
"content": "i wanted to kno if i could run a U3 app on my non-U3pen drive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73413",
"author": "daffr",
"timestamp": "2009-05-11T20:45:33",
"content": "yes just go to u3smart.com and it’ll ask u if u’d like to download it to ur flash drive but it may eat up half of ur memory..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "89804",
"author": "GuidoZ",
"timestamp": "2009-08-27T07:37:35",
"content": "I’ve been playing with autoruns and flash drives since before U3 drives were even available. I still have some of the original UD-RW drives from Hagiwara lying around. (Test models, 1GB each with a resizable U3-like partition.) I’ve used them for years to show why physical security is just as important as network security.You can read more about my findings and creations here:http://www.GuidoZ.com/U3/—Peace. ~G",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95224",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2009-09-20T00:07:55",
"content": "So, is there any way to crack a password or hack it if USB Drive (aka thumb drive) is password protected? I heard that it’s nearly impossible?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113162",
"author": "vishwas singh",
"timestamp": "2009-12-24T04:34:16",
"content": "i want documentry on usb hacking + usb hacking software",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "113163",
"author": "vishwas singh",
"timestamp": "2009-12-24T04:35:18",
"content": "i want document on usb hacking",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119296",
"author": "Ohad",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T11:37:29",
"content": "GuidoZ’shttp://www.guidoz.com/U3/GuidoZ%20SanDisk%20U3%20Hacker.zipis a Trojan !!!BEWARE !!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3052387",
"author": "GuidoZ",
"timestamp": "2016-06-12T04:38:55",
"content": "No, it’s not a “Trojan.” Just crappy antivirus programs that have now managed to get my website blacklisted by Firefox and Chrome. If I was some “script kiddie” why in the hell would I be using the same website, same handle, and same files (that I used daily without issue)? I answer questions, I help people, and I continue to release new things. Google my handle “uberguidoz _at_ gmail.com” and you’ll see plenty from me. No funny business. Just poor software and ignorant people.",
"parent_id": "119296",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3052391",
"author": "notarealemail",
"timestamp": "2016-06-12T04:43:11",
"content": "6 years have passed.",
"parent_id": "3052387",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "119300",
"author": "DeadlyDad",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T12:55:16",
"content": "Here is the VirusTotal report for that scumsucker’s malware:http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/b30a1bf21fede5470b0174724426a3cf032eeafeec9a66065cccb69dfda8e58b-1264332064",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3052389",
"author": "GuidoZ",
"timestamp": "2016-06-12T04:39:43",
"content": "No, it’s not a “Trojan.” Just crappy antivirus programs that have now managed to get my website blacklisted by Firefox and Chrome. If I was some “script kiddie” why in the hell would I be using the same website, same handle, and same files (that I used daily without issue)? I answer questions, I help people, and I continue to release new things. Google my handle “uberguidoz _at_ gmail.com” and you’ll see plenty from me. No funny business. Just poor software and ignorant people.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3052392",
"author": "GuidoZ",
"timestamp": "2016-06-12T04:45:38",
"content": "As a character witness, here’s a link where I assisted a friend from Rapid7. If anyone would know better, don’t you think they would? Check the comments and you’ll see Andrew’s comment using my site as a mirror. Yes, I know him IRL.https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2012/08/21/metasploit-portable-ios",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/13/dtmf-detector-for-home-automation/
|
DTMF Detector For Home Automation
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
Scienceprog has posted
how-to build a DTMF tone detector
. DTMF are the standard sounds used in tone dialing. Plugging this circuit into your phone line you can decode the all the tones on the line back into their original number form. This would be useful for issuing commands to a home automation system or any other device that you wanted dial-in access to.
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{
"comment_id": "19814",
"author": "mom/dad",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T18:32:51",
"content": "this was a really nice howto, i really enjoyed reading it because it was so great, but tho he didnt mention that telefones were invented by charls dickens, (capital letters) and that sony invented serriall ports 2 years ago!!!!!oneeleven(captial letters end)i know i am rite so just stfu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19812",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T18:43:44",
"content": "polar.bear6@gmail.com, you post the most worthless comments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19813",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T19:05:32",
"content": "On March 10, 1876, in Boston, Massachusetts, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.also sony didnt invent serial ports, serial ports have been around since the first days of computers.so please stop making yourself look stupid.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19811",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T19:24:19",
"content": "eliot – posting his email for spammers to pick up is the ultimate justice, you rock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19810",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T19:46:50",
"content": "Great work!A few years ago I built a wheeled ROV.It’s primary control system is a standard RC unit, but it’s secondary system utilizes DTMF tones sent over FRS radios to operate a three-camera switcher and the zoom/focus/iris of an onboard high-resolution color camera.(Admittedly I wimped out and obtained an off-the-shelf DTMF controller.)DTMF is great to use for this kind of stuff.A cheap and basic DTMF encoder was found in a yard sale portable auto-dialer.I just wired the audio into the mic connections on the headset with a momentary switch.It’s old news at this point, but “probe II sg” is still intact, though currently in mothballs in a closet.Do a google search for “probe II sg” for details from the past. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19809",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T21:21:30",
"content": "Interesting, but couldn’t this be done in software a lot easier?If you have a home automation system, the heart of it is more than likely a computer anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19808",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T21:59:43",
"content": "Anyone seen that simpsons where homer get the autodialer and starts a pyramid scheme? its a good one.On a side note, I saw some show that showed this old school hella old electrical engineer that had his entire house wired to do TONS of shit… he used all dtmf stuff on an analog phone to control everything. The coolest thing was a tube system, and one of the tubes went to a big huge container for beer cans.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19807",
"author": "hackdude",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T22:26:37",
"content": "lol thanks alot eliot, i just sent the spammer 100k of spam and added his mail at gayporn sites lol! thanks for taking care of spammers eliot, you rock![this message was also frompolar.bear6@gmail.com-Eliot]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19806",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T23:53:32",
"content": "is there no ban system?also, i’m working on some home automation stuff,but i never thought of having a tube system.a remote for cold drinks delivered straight from the fridge would be so great that it might possibly be awesome. time to get googling. i’m thinking lego’s for the loading system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19805",
"author": "Jerb",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T01:23:10",
"content": "For HackDude:Please, practice basic grammar. Every post you make hurts you more, you simply digging yourself into a hole. Do not even bother arguing on the internet, no one wins (what was that image that went around for a while, “arguing on the internet is like the Special Olympics, even if you win you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19804",
"author": "Vik Olliver",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T07:09:52",
"content": "Anyone else making DTMF decoder chips? Preferably ones that are still in production…Vik :v)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19803",
"author": "nullset",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T16:49:51",
"content": "For information on doing DTMF/other tone detection efficiently, look up the Goertzel algorithm. Linky:http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=9900722",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19802",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T20:51:17",
"content": "Hey guys I love your site, and Im well aware that the internet is a global source for information, I was startled to see the dtmf walk through cause this is what terroists use to initiate there IEDs that are killing so many soldiers in Iraq. I just think that it would be prudent to watch what yall put on yalls web site. Like I said I love yalls site, but this one just got me being as how I have to work with these almost everyday. Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19801",
"author": "dylan willemsa",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T00:09:03",
"content": "ooh, snap",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19800",
"author": "Nanners",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T01:27:08",
"content": "The link to this article appears to have gone dead, do any mirrors exist for it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19799",
"author": "Scienceprog",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T01:49:25",
"content": "Sorry guys. My web-page database crashed. Good news I have backup. Little bit of patience and site will be on again.Sorry for this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19798",
"author": "Scienceprog",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T01:57:07",
"content": "Site is ON again. Thanks God i have made a backup yesterday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19797",
"author": "bogphanny",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T03:49:38",
"content": "“I was startled to see the dtmf walk through cause this is what terroists use to initiate there IEDs that are killing so many soldiers in Iraq.”And with a comment like that, I’m sure you have just inspired a few more…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19796",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T05:58:34",
"content": "andyYes let’s limit information on the chance that someone will use it for evil.Better not discuss rocks either since someone might pick one up and bash your misguided brain out with one.Let the geology web sites know about that!Anyone that desires liberty and security deserves neither. -Ben franklin.-Not to mention that this stuff has been common knowledge since DTMF was developed, so please for the love of ghod _try_ to have a clue what you are talking about before you embarass yourself making dumb statements like you did right there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19795",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T22:54:52",
"content": "Andyhow about you stop being a moron. we will not censor ourself becuase you have a half backed idea on what an ied is.cell phones, simple radios, wires are common trigger devices and i will not censor that info either.I just think that it would be prudent to watch what you say andy. Like I said we might be right next to you waiting to DTMF hurt you.praise allahpraise jesuspraise knowledge",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19794",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T22:59:43",
"content": "Andyhow about you stop being a moron. we will not censor ourself becuase you have a half backed idea on what an ied is.cell phones, simple radios, wires are common trigger devices and i will not censor that info either.I just think that it would be prudent to watch what you say andy. Like I said we might be right next to you waiting to DTMF hurt you.praise allahpraise jesuspraise knowledge",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19793",
"author": "jarechiga",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T00:08:18",
"content": "You can try the MT8870 it does not require any code from the uControler, it just passes the decoded signals as they come in.Am using it in a payphone system to detect the dialed number, am just having trouble finding a way to detect my coins, if u have any ideas i will be checking this post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19792",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T16:21:03",
"content": "jarechiga, google “phone phreaking”People used to(?) scam pay phones by reproducing the tones created when the coins registered in the pay phone.I know those folks could make the tones, _somebody_ has to have info into detecting those tones as well.Praise knowledgePraise wisdom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19791",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T04:24:58",
"content": "andyI know its a bit late… but show me where censorship from one media has prevented something from happening. Information has saved more fingers, arms, legs and lives than censorship ever will (sometimes with a side effect of bigger ego’s and superiority complex – just ask why the programming community won’t unionize :p).Lets stop selling pens because some kid 12 year old killed his parent in his sleep by jamming it into his ear (ya, that actually happened not too far away).There’s a reason busses are in operation, plane’s are flying and we post information in public domain… WE are not fueled by fear and WE will not let someone else steal our security.its time to adjust your tinfoil hat ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19790",
"author": "dylan willemsa",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T18:53:03",
"content": "doot bleep beep doot…blam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19789",
"author": "ankush",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T04:13:58",
"content": "the site is down i believe. i have tried for the past two days to view it. could someone who’s seen the site answer me: this device decodes the tones into their digits, but how does the output work? serial port connection or what? i am just too curious to wait for the site to get fixed!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "1158930",
"author": "hackdude",
"timestamp": "2014-01-08T17:54:11",
"content": "it actually hurts to read these comments now",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/06/squeezebox-audible-caller-id/
|
Squeezebox Audible Caller ID
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
Ben loved using his
Squeezebox
music streamer, but every time the phone rang he would have to pause the music. Once the phone call was complete he wouldn’t remember to start the music again. He decided to
automate the entire process
. His circuit is a combination of a couple different circuits he found online: a ring detector, an on/off hook detector, and an audio interface. Most of his article details how caller ID signals are encoded and how he decodes them. Now whenever the phone rings the music is automatically paused. Between rings the Squeezebox announces who is calling. When the phone is placed back on the hook the music automatically starts again.
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{
"comment_id": "19661",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T15:12:10",
"content": "That’s a seriously nice ideaI can see this being successful as a commercial product. I’d have one in-car",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19662",
"author": "Timmy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T16:06:50",
"content": "cool!Anyone know why these 0day thingys keep showing in the text boxes?GNUCC 4.11(0-day in token parser can leade to code execution. Exploitablle via GNU TCP stack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19660",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T17:01:59",
"content": "i’m supprised more music devices dont have those, like stereos or media centers that don’t really move and have easy access to the phone line.i would’nt mind seeing cell phone bluetooth control mp3 players or car radios.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19659",
"author": "TUCKERDWZ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T18:12:46",
"content": "I have the motorola’s bluetooth headphones I think the model number is ht820 and they do this it connects to my L7 and my mp3 at the same time and when I get a call interupts ands when I hang it starts the music again in like 5 secs. But as far as having one in your house this is the first I have heard of anyone doing that, so its definately marketable you should go for it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19658",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T19:50:51",
"content": "Had better pattent this method if noone else has. Make it broad so that in car or another company doesnt do this also.BTW. Would apple claim prior art on this as the Itunes Rokr phone could pause when a call came in?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19657",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T21:25:59",
"content": "Wow, I’m very impressed. Someone should devise a hack similar to this but that uses a tv instead, in fact link it up to a PVR and it could pause and then begin playback once you put the phone down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19656",
"author": "toobits",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T21:56:04",
"content": "Seehttp://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=114021&posted=1#post114021for a version which uses text-to-speech engines for computerized vocalization of caller ID info over Squeezebox",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19655",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T22:33:46",
"content": "There’s been some mention of media centers. I know MythTV will display the caller ID on screen, but most people don’t build computers with modems in them anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19654",
"author": "zaq2g",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T00:41:50",
"content": "For those who have Sony Ericsson phones, there is a program called Float’s Mobile Agent.Using bluetooth or a data cable, FMA will pause your music when you get an incoming call and show the caller id on your screen. I even use my computers mic and speakers or headset so i dont have to touch my phone, all i have to do is click answer. You can even customize the ringer to play a specific tone for different callers and add a picture as well.On top of all that, it will sync your phonebook, you can send sms using your keyboard, retrieve sms from your phone, manage ringtone and pics. It allows the user to control most functions of the phone without having to touch it. just bein able to type text messages and enter contacts using your keyboard is a great feature. another bonus for some like me is that if you get really bad reception in your house or work, just place the phone in the one location where it works and then use the PC as your phone.there can be some downsides though, one being that every bluetooth SE phone ive used can only handle one connection at a time. so if you use a bt headset, you have to configure your desktop to use it in headset mode to take the call that way. it became too cumbersome so now i just use my pc as a speaker phone or with wired headphones.http://fma.sourceforge.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19663",
"author": "erfani",
"timestamp": "2007-04-30T17:46:09",
"content": "erfani",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/05/industrial-strength-dance-pad/
|
Industrial Strength Dance Pad
|
Eliot
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
Inventgeek has just posted their latest project: an
industrial strength dance pad
. It’s built out of 14GA 1″ steel tubing and acrylic. I brains are from a generic set of DDR pads. There is also a separate lighting system. The pad was built it for an Xbox, but they’ve got a USB adapter for use with Stepmania as well. Although the construction looks really solid, [jared] is careful to mention that this is just the first prototype. It definitely looks better than anything you could buy or find in the arcade.
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{
"comment_id": "19653",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T15:18:34",
"content": "Having worked as an arcade technician and torn apart a REAL DDR pad… I can tell you that this “better then” project is no where near the quality of the real deal.The real DDR pads are constructed of wood for a good natural overall springiness, then covered in sheet metal for durability. The buttons use pressure sensors as opposed to mechanical contacts, so there’s no actual movement to them (and they can go for years of abuse without wearing out because of it). Also each button has 2 sensors for redundancy, only one needs to be tripped to detect a push…Not to mention the best part of the real machine is that there are no ABXY buttons to accidentally push",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19652",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T17:38:02",
"content": "Still, it’s DEFINITELY better than those extremely crappy, home-console ddr pads, which I’ve used once or twice. Plus, it looks cooler :D The led color mixing system could have been self-built, though, and saved more money.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19649",
"author": "MooglyGuy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T18:05:22",
"content": "“looks better than anything you could… find in the arcade”? Oh, please, spare me. Totally agreed with twistedsymphony, the arcade platforms are a hell of a lot more well-made than people give them credit for, which one realizes if one’s ever seen the inside of the pad. The only point of failure for the arcade pad is one or more brackets between the acrylic pad itself and the pressure sensor falling off, which dramatically shortens the sensor’s life. However, decent weekly upkeep keeps such occurrences to a minimum.Plus, this custom pad just plain looks ugly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19650",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T19:19:47",
"content": "1) Thanks, that was really interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19651",
"author": "posicat",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T19:58:03",
"content": "I’m not sure I’m convinced by their stress test…“stacking a 55 pound anvil on top of a ballpin hammer and hitting it with a 20 Lb Sledge hammer.”… 70lbs of total weight, the anvil acts to absorb energy, not increase force on the plexiglass.I can imagine the plexiglas shattering, someone’s foot pushing through the razor (worse than glass!) sharp plastic edges. Since it’s plastic it could remain in place trapping their foot. A bouncing dancing player is going to put quite a bit of force on these pads, they’re not going to be gentle when their trying for a high score.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19648",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T20:28:40",
"content": "@MooglyGuyyeah keeping the dirt out of the grooves and making sure the corner brackets around the acrylic pads are tight and you wont have to worry about them falling apart (I physically checked them once a month when I did machine diagnostics and gave them a glance whenever I walked by).In the 3 years I worked at the arcade I only had to replace 2 pressure pads and one of them was DOA, and the machine never went out of service because of the redundancy. Changing bulbs on the other hand… that thing was like a tiny light show.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19647",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T22:57:48",
"content": "I’m not normally much of a spelnig nazi, but jesus, that article is awful. There’s like 4 glaring errors in the first two paragraphs. If you can’t spell, you should at least use a spelling/grammar checker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19646",
"author": "SpartanIV",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T23:46:43",
"content": "i was expecting more. Besides this guys numerous simple spelling errors. He could have saved alot of money. If his totals are right, he could have bought an actual dance pad for alot cheaper, which kind of makes the hack worthless.More importantly though, is he has a bad design. Hes bought an actual Xbox DDR pad just to tear up and make another DDR pad out of it. This is extremly wasteful since all he needs is a controller to wire everything up to. An old Xbox, or even cheaper, a PSX controller would of worked just as well, and would have been phenominally cheaper. I see PSX controllers for $2 now. Second, instead of performing the incredibly easy xbox to usb wiring mod, he went out and bought an xbox to usb adapter for $14! Finally, as mentioned earlier he spent $40 for 2 case lighting LED things. Something which could be easily made for a few bucks otherwise.I will say thought that his construction looks good, although i think the design itself is flawed and will break sooner than it should.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19644",
"author": "Jared Bouck",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T00:30:14",
"content": "“Prototype”Just wait for v.2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19645",
"author": "polar dude/bear",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T01:37:38",
"content": "hmm, i like the idea, but it costed to much.i mean, you cant really say that this was sucsesscsesesfull, as the other dude said, you can buy a better ddr matt for alot less, and i didnt like that he didnt resycle anything, its kindah what im hoping for when i check hackaday, that someone uses old crap for cool stuff.i think hackaday should be renamed useoldstuffforcoolthingsaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19643",
"author": "shoguntom",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T01:51:20",
"content": "Neat project, though nothing I would ever seriously consider doing myself. It’s too expensive, and doesn’t seem like it can last. Unless there are some drastic improvements in these areas for v2, looks like just bying a cobalt flux pad is still the best choice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19642",
"author": "ChrisRX",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T03:19:55",
"content": "I’ve obviously missed the point of this article. People have been building their own metal dance pads for ages now, there’s guides scattered all over the internet.Is it just a slow news day?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19641",
"author": "tj",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T03:29:02",
"content": "I agree with everyone else here, this is a pretty lame “hack”.The point of a hack is to achieve a goal in a unique manner, hopefully in a manner that is more efficient than the norm.To tear apart a dance pad, only to make a more expensive dance pad out of it, is clearly not meeting that goal.Like the others said, this could have been made out of an old controller rather than a real dance pad, without buying the USB adapter, etc.Also, PlayAsia sells heavy duty metal dance pads, so you could just buy one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19640",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T03:45:03",
"content": "It looks neat, but as people have mentioned, unless he builds a mat based on pressure sensors for input, it won’t ever be as good as an arcade platform. And yeah, he definately should have built his own Xbox-to-USB adapters (he’s so much of a DIY’er that it would take him 5 minutes to do it) and taken other cost-cutting measures.Still, everyone’s a critic. He obviously enjoys it, and though the LEDs are just for show (unless I misunderstood, but they don’t light up when an arrow is triggered), I can’t say that what he built is “bad” by any means, at least in looks. It certainly appears to trump my measly setup of MadCatz Beat Pad Pro’s velcroed and taped to plywood (though my setup for two pads cost 10% of what he paid).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19639",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T05:11:51",
"content": "On topic: That looks cool. I also would be a tad concerned about the shattering too, although plexi can take a lot of abuse. Does anyone have a source to explain how the arcade pads work with the pressure sensors (diagrams, pictures, etc)?Off topic to “josh” there:Yeah, and you know what really sucks? When people who can’t spell and don’t have good grammar complain about the same. Oops, I mean “spelnig,” sorry. Also, your missing some capitalization there (actually, you don’t have anything capitalized). I’m sure your shift buttons were just broken though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19637",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T05:12:58",
"content": "Ok, I take back my capitalization comment, um, why doesn’t any text have any capitalization?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19638",
"author": "fuzvulf",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T06:40:07",
"content": "I like the look of it, couldn’t he just use force sensors and calibrate that to output the correct signals? From what I remember the circuits shouldn’t be all that difficult to build. I mean the stuff you guys build on here is awesome. I used to do simple hacks on stuff but wow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19636",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T07:03:31",
"content": "whoever said “70lbs of total weight” needs to go back to high school physics. 20lbs is the force due to gravity on the sledge hammer when it is at rest. this means that when it is moving, especially at a high velocity, it exerts a ***much*** greater force than 20lbs on the anvil, and the glass.and come on, guys, give this guy at least some credit. he took the time to build it according to his abilities, which seem to be more in the field of metalworking than electronics. if he wants to “cheat” by hacking a cheap dance pad, use mechanical switches, and buy a commercial led color mixer, then let him. it’s his time and money, anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19635",
"author": "bp",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T07:14:37",
"content": "I’ve got agree with andrew on this. So what if he used a few premade parts or there is a better pad out there for the same price… The point is he made it, it works and its somewhat inspirational. Sure pressure switches would have been better, but there are always improvements to be made.Besides that I for one really like the way it looks, minimal but with some flash. I actually like it better than the flashier pads I’ve seen in some arcades.That said, if they’re better implementation write ups out there… Lets see some links… I’d honestly find them an interesting read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19634",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T10:30:59",
"content": ">Midway threw this project we reached a major>detour. My little girl was sent to the>emergency room with a rather severe illness.>After a few days of mending she started to act>more like her old self and was able to get her>IVs removed. When we got home all she wanted>to do was dance on the dance pad. To this day>she loves the dance pad. But it stood as an>important reminder of what matters in life. So>geeks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19633",
"author": "frank",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T11:35:47",
"content": "liam said: “I just wish these guys knew how to phrase their constructive criticisms with some tact… this, unfortunately, is what happens when a whole bunch of geeks get together on the ‘net and all decide to act like the alpha males they surely are not.”I think this is a problem with the geek community in general… I made a rant about it on my xanga, but I think geeky sites like slashdot have way too many people with an inferiority complex, and somehow saying snappy things at others helps make them feel more superior. Can we help make budding geeks feel good about just being geeks? Or do we have to constantly criticize?I loved the dance pad; simply because I’m easily impressed with colored LEDs. But that’s just me. ;P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19632",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T15:29:31",
"content": "For those who asked here’s an article with some pictures of a real ddr padhttp://www.indyddr.com/features/stage.htmThis model has 4 sensors per pad… perhaps “sensor” isn’t the best word because they’re really more of a switch… there are just 2 leads and it works just like a pushbutton.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19631",
"author": "Palin88",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T21:27:34",
"content": "Since an earlier poster was talking about it. Is there any site that sells a kit or a completed pad that’s built in the same fashion as the arcade pads? Using pressure sensors instead of switches, that is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19630",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T00:37:56",
"content": "Palin, the pressure sensors are very expensive. I’ve read on one of the many DDR forums out there that the sensors are tens of dollars each (I think more than $30, if I remember correctly). I have, however, heard of people who have bought a broken DDR machine for cheap and interfaced the pads from it to a Playstation controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19629",
"author": "Hellblazer112",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T22:53:31",
"content": "Its pretty smart to buy a pad becuse the sensors can cost quite a bit. Oh and btw I know someone who did dot that danadamkof.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19628",
"author": "Mikebhp",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T17:18:32",
"content": "Just another way to laugh at nerds and fat kids…it’s always welcome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61771",
"author": "industrial strength",
"timestamp": "2009-02-03T20:12:10",
"content": "thank you this is really good one…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/04/aux-input-for-bose-sounddock/
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Aux Input For Bose SoundDock
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
Reader Rob requested this hack back in November so I jumped on it when it showed up in my RSS reader. Although Mike Kruckenberg preferred the sound of his SoundDock to the iPod HiFi, he was disappointed that it didn’t feature an auxiliary input. He decided to crack the box open and
mount his own aux port
. Bose doesn’t use the same pin numbers, but Mike was able to figure out the left, right, and ground. He still needs to do a little more digging to figure out how to turn on the dock without having the iPod in place. I think a nice hack would be building a dummy plug that appeared to the dock as an iPod but only has a line-in jack.
[via
Digg
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "19621",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T16:11:06",
"content": ">I think a nice hack would be building a dummy>plug that appeared to the dock as an iPod but>only has a line-in jack.I agreeSuch a device would let me use my Zen with the myriad of iPod devices out there!Somebody get on it ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19622",
"author": "bobby koerper",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:24:51",
"content": "you know, all highs..no lows..it’s gotta be Bose.for a more refreshing set of speakers, try the klipsch igroove, it’s 50$ less, sounds much better AND has an aux in. problem solved, eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19623",
"author": "bobby koerper",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:30:39",
"content": "but, this hack does deserve praise, as it was well done and helpful, especially since to interface with, bose products are incredibly hard",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19624",
"author": "Wesley",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T03:45:00",
"content": "dang though, If I spent that much money on that, I wouldn’t be doing anything not exspained in the instruction manual. I don’t mind doing some dicing of a Win 95 machine, but a bose sound dock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19625",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T14:33:23",
"content": "i agree with 1–an interface would have been easier and more practical. now he’s lost the warranty on some very expensive speakers.also, for $350 he could have bought either a small stereo with and aux in, or a kickass amp and speaker setup. or a combination–something like small speakers to be portable and a decent pair for his desk.bose :(hack :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19626",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T20:13:40",
"content": "All excellent points (esp #3). I agree something like number 1 is a much better solution, but it requires trying to figure out how the SoundDock switches on and off when the iPod is connected. The trial and error with that was more risk than I wanted to take. If Bose doesn’t add an aux in, someone will eventually build a cable.As far as the warrantee . . . once I got the idea no amount of reasoning could stop me from trying it. I’ll be up a creek if the SoundDock ever needs service. I may regret this hack if that happens.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19620",
"author": "Bruce",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T20:48:02",
"content": "I did this mod over a year ago to my sound dock, except I used RCA plugs for a more stable connection. In fact i was using my sounddock’s line in when i read this hack. It is really not a difficult one, I was able to do the whole thing from scratch in about 3 hours, with doccumentation this hack should take 30 mins top.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19619",
"author": "KActapuss",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T06:59:33",
"content": "Ok, now i’d love it if someone could explain how to do one of these in say, a cd player alarm clock, or other things where its not as easy to tap into an unamplified signal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19627",
"author": "Mike Kruckenberg",
"timestamp": "2007-03-01T02:00:20",
"content": "As a follow up, I have created the cable mentioned in number 3:http://mike.kruckenberg.com/archives/2006/10/building_an_aux_input_cable_for_bose_sounddock.htmlFor the non-hack type you can purchase them at:http://www.cablejive.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "298838",
"author": "Chuck Weiss",
"timestamp": "2011-01-08T01:46:27",
"content": "What’s ironic is that I was actually working on the CES show today (Ford presentation at the Keynote where Ford revealed their new all electric Focus) and the Hackaday site was blocked. The reason? “Criminal skills/hacking”!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/03/quick-and-dirty-ferrofluid/
|
Quick And Dirty Ferrofluid
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
When we posted our
first ferrofluid story
[frogz] threatened to make a video of his own version. Well he did and here’s the video. He uses laser printer toner and suspends it in lightweight SAE10 motor oil. He says that a thinner oil produces shapes quicker. I don’t think the power drill with the spoon attachment is really necessary though.
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{
"comment_id": "19615",
"author": "blind",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T22:51:54",
"content": "The drill with the spoon was ABSOLUTELY necessary. What a lazy person won’t do to save time..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19614",
"author": "apathybot",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T23:15:46",
"content": "nice.the music was a bit melodramatic/terrible though^_^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1101333",
"author": "Rich Grise",
"timestamp": "2013-11-14T08:11:32",
"content": "The orignal song that that “music” came from was actually music, they’re playing it through a noise generator.",
"parent_id": "19614",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "19613",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T23:25:29",
"content": "some people love the music, others hate it, all personal prefrence",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19610",
"author": "charlie",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T23:41:48",
"content": "How can this be used for evil? Just creating a big mess?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19611",
"author": "Dre",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T23:53:47",
"content": "Dude, the music is really Bad!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19612",
"author": "steelmaverick",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T00:20:02",
"content": "Yup. Making a big mess in the kitchen. Pure EVIL.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19609",
"author": "JAke",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T00:21:31",
"content": "Was there any real reason for this 30 second demonstration to be stretched out to 4 minutes and 19 seconds? And how about the sweet lighting and shot angle at the end…I could almost see something among the black pool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19608",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T00:51:00",
"content": "http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ferrofluid5yc.jpghappy? :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19607",
"author": "xan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T00:53:24",
"content": "So how can it be used for evil??? ~_~",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19606",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T00:59:46",
"content": "depending on the surface, if it is allowed to dry it will NEVER come off, it is powdered plastic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19605",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T01:20:16",
"content": "Love the spoon :)What is in the toner that allows it to react to a magnetic field? Is there some iron particles in it or something? I bet this stuff would be just as hard to get out of things as etchant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19603",
"author": "tom12519",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T01:20:22",
"content": "Hmm, any quick and dirty displays to go with that?Nice one, though. might attempt it myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19604",
"author": "rly nice man",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T02:44:03",
"content": "this was a really nice tutorial, i just made about 1 liter of ferufluid :Dim going to play with it all night and maybe bring it to work if it feels lonely.and the spoon is definetively nessasaasissisry.and it was good lenght (capital letters) jake you were wrong (capital letters end).really nice work frogz.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19602",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T03:19:01",
"content": "Hmm. I was just wondering if you could make speakers from this. Obviously, the fluid itself isn’t going to produce any vibrations, but maybe if you trapped it inside something rigid.Also: coat something small in ferrofliud and float it over a really powerful magnet? The fluid seems repelled by the magnet, so it might work.Or what about making a lava-lamp type toy that works with electromagnetism rather than heat expansion? Suspend the ferrofluid in water or something else that won’t mix with the oil and use a pair of electromagnets to make it dance around. Since it wouldn’t be constrained by thermal transfer, you could get more complicated effects. Hell, feed it an audio signal for a truly unique visualisation device! I think doing something like this would require a lot of experimentation and tuning, but the output might be worth it. I’d be tempted to do it myself if I didn’t lack a decent workspace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19601",
"author": "chris joseph",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T03:33:40",
"content": "Aside from the spoon being necessary, anyone messing with toner like that should be wearing a dust mask and latex gloves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19594",
"author": "Richie solarski",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T03:35:40",
"content": "Wow… I don’t know why, but I really liked the idea of the video being posted directly on the site, instead of linking us off to some other window.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19595",
"author": "johnnyprimus",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T05:02:25",
"content": "yea i really liked the music. my attempts to find a copy have failed, help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19596",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T05:10:50",
"content": "#14:not sure it is being repelled, i say it is being attracted and some particles farther away prefer to jump on top of others to get closer and that is what creates the blob over the magnet…a lava lamp would be cool thoughwwwDOTformatcDOTcoDOTnr",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19597",
"author": "taspankya",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T06:06:15",
"content": "i mean the idea of ferrofluid seems pretty interesting, but i’m having problems seeing any practical application. lava lamp sounds cool, i wonder what else could use the magnetic powers of ferro fluid…. without practical application it’s pretty much just a poor mans etch-a-sketch for the 2000’s. but the tutorial was great and i am intrigued by the simplicity that is involved in producing it. thanks frogz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19598",
"author": "justdiy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T06:20:59",
"content": "ferrofluid is used in variable resistance shock absorbers and other mostly industrial applications (like hydrostatic drives – power transfer – etc)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19599",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T06:23:05",
"content": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonerhm wiki has a bit of info on toner, using a dust mask and gloves would be smart.Anyone know what toner is made up of?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19600",
"author": "IronLizard",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T07:22:26",
"content": "http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Laser_printer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19593",
"author": "pelrun",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T10:01:30",
"content": "So the video was slowed down so people got bored watching it… yet the text flashes by so fast you can’t read it? Smrt.I wasn’t aware MICR toner was readily available. I used to print cheques with it in a previous job, and the materials for that are (understandably) pretty tightly controlled – although maybe it’s just the paper.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19592",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T12:54:24",
"content": "frogz! nice one. the music, though, i wasn’t surprised to see it was named ‘a night on xtacy’ or more like a dance hall version ‘rolling stones – paint it black.’so i guess it’s all back to yours after the club for magic guiness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19590",
"author": "strat",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:08:16",
"content": "mbe i dont understand how toner works totally but using this method would it be possible to make ferrofluid in other colors if you could aquire the right color toner?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19591",
"author": "josh santos",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:22:01",
"content": "You need toner that contains powdered iron, such as MICR toner. Anything else won’t work. Visit your local Pitney Bowes dealer, they should be able to get you some.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19589",
"author": "Axlan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:29:12",
"content": "I’m not too familiar with the properties of toner. Is most toner magnetic or did you need to use the MICR toner mentioned above? I’m just curiouse because I’d like to try this without spending to much money on toner.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19588",
"author": "josh santos",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:34:40",
"content": "Just look at the ingredients on the toner bottle; if it contains powdered iron or ferrite it will work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19587",
"author": "laine69",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T17:59:34",
"content": "man this clip sucksi tought i was going to see some major explosions or something else buth nojust a lame 4 min long clip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19586",
"author": "Buzzkill",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T19:38:13",
"content": "Not all toner contains the ferrite. But there is toner for priting checks on laser printers that absolutely does. It is so the banks can read the account data laser printed onto blank check stock.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19584",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T19:52:32",
"content": "17) Yeah, a lava lamp would be so sweet. I would assume that no heat would be needed, just two electromagnets and some dense liquid…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19585",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T22:32:27",
"content": "all the toner i got mostly found in dead printersjust drive along and somtimes look down alleys, chances are you will find a few dead laser printers, fun to scrap for parts",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19583",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T23:35:31",
"content": "Normal toner isn’t magnetic, it’s plastic. In the laser printer/copier, it’s attracted to the paper by a static charge.So, I guess I’d either want some sort of refutation of that or some explanation from frogz about how he managed to make normal plastic toner follow magnetic flux lines or a clarification about using micr toner or some kind of explanation of how this works.ps: i guess i am in the minority that found the music goofy, but in a fun way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19582",
"author": "BruceR",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T15:00:13",
"content": "Just what I need to make one of these … (check link)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19581",
"author": "MIKE",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T21:37:48",
"content": "Just wondering whats is the name of the song in the backgroup of that clip?Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19580",
"author": "MIKE",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T22:08:24",
"content": "Just wondering whats is the name of the song in the backgroup of that clip?Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19579",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T23:01:38",
"content": "OK, here is how copier/printer toner work.Toner is made of two things, carbon black and polystyrene. It is designed to melt into the paper when it goes through the fuser. It is NOT magnetic but will stain if it is heated and will not come out. So if you do get some on you, wash in LOTS of COLD water.Developer is what people are using to make the Ferofluid. Developer is used to get the toner onto the paper. In modern copers the developer is a synthetic ferride that is shapped into very tiny balls much like a itty bitty golf ball. Depending on how you find the toner/developer mix the ratio of the two will vary.In some laser printers they use a combination of two into what is called monocomponent.If you want to make a lot of ferrofluid find a bag of developer on Ebay for a copier. Developer in the silver bag is about 98 percent developer and 2 percent toner. If you use a discarded toner cartridge the ratio might be reversed.Toner is hydrophobic so it is possible to “clean” developer if you pour it into a waste continer that has water and collect the developer with a magnet. The water will stay on top of the water and the deveoper can be drawn into the water with the magent.I know all this because I worked on copiers and fax machines for 10 years.That is all, you can go out and play now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19578",
"author": "PacketMonkee",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T10:17:11",
"content": "Gay.Frogz, you owe me 4 minutes and 19 seconds of my life back.Why is it gay? Not only are you video editing skills exceptionally sub-par, as is your musical taste, but the resulting fluid dosn’t even seem that reactive. Why pay outragious prices for ludicrously small amounts commercially? Because it’s actually useful.This, however, is not. It’s not even fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19577",
"author": "Chunks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T01:34:42",
"content": "packetmonkee, I want the 10 seconds back that it took me to read your troll. Just because this doesn’t make the nice neat spikes that the expensive stuff makes doesn’t mean it’s not useful.Kevin, thanks for the insight, maybe somebody can improve on this? I like the idea of colored ferofluid.This would make for a great effect under a glass top table with a matrix of electromagnets under it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19575",
"author": "dylan willemsa",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T19:29:29",
"content": "the drill with the spoon bit needs to be a logo for something",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19576",
"author": "Blankman",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T03:09:37",
"content": "I think it would be cool to put a shallow basin of this stuff over a sub or somthing so it would react to the music. Maybe add some uv reactive or glow in the dark dye to get some crazy rave dance hall thing going.stupid trolls, always trying to steal my precious (time)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19574",
"author": "ylim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T13:32:12",
"content": "The laser toner is freaking carcinogenic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19573",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T22:13:27",
"content": "it actually does make cool spikes and stuff but you need a lighter oil(kerosean maybe?) i used what i had here(sae 30) so it isnt as good and for all of the people complaining bout the video length, the ferrofluid itself takes 30 seconds to make or less, the mixing of components basicly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19571",
"author": "demosthenes",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T04:35:50",
"content": "ylim… you need to pay a little more attention to what you’re reading. Wikipedia said, “Some toner is also known to be a carcinogen, but such a large exposure is required that it is generally considered harmless.” So, by and large… No, toner is not carcinogenicI’m totally liking the idea of using this in a table with a matrix of electromagnets… I wish I had my own place, so I’d have room to work on something like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19572",
"author": "ylim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T08:40:37",
"content": "Jun; I think I value my life better than playing with a hack that can risk my health. The problem with Internet is that everyone become instant experts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19570",
"author": "marcd",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T21:20:39",
"content": "whats th point to ferofluids anyway ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19569",
"author": "cim",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T12:42:41",
"content": "If you could get a string of magnet coils under a shallow basin and connect each new ring out from the center to a different range of music tone, and pour the fluid into the center then the fluid would jump up the walls of the basin in relativity (regarding height) to the intensity of the music component tones. Or you could make a plastic box out of plexiglass and put lines of magnets behind it verticaly with one for each range of sound frequency in the music. That way it would behave like the equalizer readout on a stero.(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag) (mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)__(mag)______________^^______^______^____________________^^______^______^_____________^______^^______^______^_____________^______^ this is the fluid",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19568",
"author": "Weiss",
"timestamp": "2006-07-14T12:06:45",
"content": "Remember to use your protectev gear when using the spoon.http://gotmorr.com/blastwave/stuff/omega2.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19616",
"author": "manoj",
"timestamp": "2007-06-18T10:28:53",
"content": "toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,toner,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19617",
"author": "Ted Crum",
"timestamp": "2007-07-19T02:54:47",
"content": "Canon printer engines use a toner that is made of meltable polyolefin, colored with carbon black and with a bit of magnetic iron oxide inside. The print engine uses a magnetic field to produce a “brush” of toner that wipes an even coat onto the charged drum like a fingerprint kit. The properties of the oxide and the low concentration keep the saturation flux too low for real engineering ferrofluid use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,925.240656
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/02/linux-on-obsolete-displays/
|
Linux On Obsolete Displays
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
[bryan chafy] has been hacking away to get older
non VGA displays running on VGA hardware
without using a scan converter. You can pick these old grayscales up for cheap or even free. The tricky part is modifying the BIOS to reprogram the VGA card to output a sync and scanrate that is NTSC compliant. He’s managed to do this with a WYSE Winterm thin-client. Another clever trick is the poor man’s triple head display which stores a different image in each portion of the RGB signal.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19566",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T00:24:51",
"content": "firsttttttt",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19567",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T00:27:59",
"content": "firsttttttt",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19565",
"author": "Kabuki",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T00:38:46",
"content": "That’s pretty f-ing cool… Think about this, too… Using the triple head method would also be a great way to independently drive each CRT of an older Rear Projector bigscreen television. That would be pretty nifty…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19563",
"author": "natasha drooney",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T02:45:11",
"content": "hehe, thats pritty nifty :)-Natashahttp://www.playpacman.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19564",
"author": "Mac Cody",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T06:02:25",
"content": "Re #3: An interesting idea springs from this: Just use two of the color guns of the old rear projector big screen television (say red and blue). Then, make some glasses with a red and a blue filter for each eye. Finally display left-hand and right-hand images. You’ll have a cheap big-screen 3D-TV! It boggles the mind! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19556",
"author": "Shadyman",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T07:03:27",
"content": "What is pictured looks to be the cheapy $27 black-and-white antenna-driven TV from walmart. That has (inexpensive) possibilities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19557",
"author": "dreamlayers",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T07:21:11",
"content": "Don’t just think of the small TVs. You can also use large old workstation monitors. You can get those cheaply or even for free. I could get them for $15 each or less at a university surplus sale.I was using a 19″ monitor from a Sun workstation for a while. The ATI Mach64 drivers allowed me to customize the refresh rate in Windows. Linux allows customization via SVGATextMode and XF86Config. I wanted to use the monitor for DOS too so I wrote a TSR and later converted it to a BIOS extension which I burned to an EPROM that I put in the network card. svgatextmode and x drivers for the card provided all the information I needed to write that tsr.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19558",
"author": "mastershake916@yahoo.com",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T08:41:06",
"content": "Wow, this IS cool!Linux makes old hardware cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19559",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-06-04T07:58:34",
"content": "I used to have some old 27 inch NTSC displays from an airport that this would have been perfect for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19560",
"author": "theNinjaBunny",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T12:59:21",
"content": "Hi, that was C00L, but modifying the VGACard Bios isn’t new. I have to done it to make it work with the Arcade Monitor. All people who has a PC inside his Arcade Machine has to done this (or buy an expensive VGACard…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19561",
"author": "bchafy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T19:31:15",
"content": "> What is pictured looks to be the cheapy $27> black-and-white antenna-driven TV from> walmart.The TV I used was a Coby CX-TV1~$18 at amazon.athough Ive seen the exact same model under different names (newtech, memorex, etx). It has composite input.> but modifying the VGACard Bios isn’t new. I> have to done it to make it work with the> Arcade Monitor. All people who has a PC> inside his Arcade Machine has to done thisAny links to this, these people, or an image? Some other places Ive found to be somewhat helpful arehttp://www.wimsbios.comhttp://www.biosmods.comandhttp://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/monitors.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19562",
"author": "David Murray",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T22:03:33",
"content": "Are there any other websites out there devoted to using the VGA card to drive composite video in this manner? I’m really interested in exploring this as a possible display method for small screens inside my shuttlecraft project (as seen in this video)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4443903857241324322Please point me to any websites.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19555",
"author": "don",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T03:10:24",
"content": "Very nice!btw, the Coby sets (among the dozens of cheapie brands selling that design) can be had for less than $10 in some electronics stores. Otherwise, a neighbor’s junked console TV wouldn’t be bad either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19554",
"author": "Spencer",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T01:24:52",
"content": "Would it be possible to rig up a similar cable for converting a composite or component signal to VGA?I’ve got a dual-VGA-input flatpanel that I’d like to try things with….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,924.87673
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/01/x10-pic-based-rf-remote/
|
X10 PIC Based RF Remote
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[ned] received a free X10 RF remote. He popped it open to discover that the device is actually based on a PIC. By replacing the PIC with his own he’s able to
issue any X10 command using the remote
to any device in the system. He did spend a lot of time with a logic analyzer to try and figure out the protocol, but later found some good reference links. He hopes this will make it easier to connect his PIC projects to the X10 system since this remote doesn’t have to be plugged into the wall like the X10 serial interfaces.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19552",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T23:01:57",
"content": "Nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19553",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T23:07:03",
"content": "Neat… While I appreciate a good hack, the CM17A “Firecracker” (9-pin serial) and CM19A (USB) would be much easier to play with for those of us lacking soldering skills.Just becareful. Installing a wireless transceiver in your X10 setup could potentially open you up to external “attacks”. Doesn’t take long for a CM17A connected to a laptop to cycle through all the house/device codes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19551",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T23:55:09",
"content": "ed3: are you worried about a hacker “breaking” into your x10 network and turning your lights on and off? ooohhhh, scary!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19550",
"author": "Otto",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T00:12:45",
"content": "Yeah, a CM17A or CM19A would be a lot easier, but perhaps he didn’t know about these devices, as they are no longer made. Even Smarthome doesn’t have them anymore. But then there’s always eBay.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19549",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T01:00:02",
"content": "you know ed, when someone calls you a name it doesn’t magically make it true, and when you react like that they keep doing it.the guy who called you a slutfuck is named slutfuck. thats like someone calling you stupid who is named stupid. double negatives and all that make it a compliment. pussy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19548",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T01:41:47",
"content": "I really do not appreciate someone else impersonating me, but I guess that is the risk I take posting on anonymous comment systems.#3 – I experimented with a borrowed “Firecracker” to automatically power cycle my cablemodem whenever it lost sync (internal system pings various sytem, if can’t ping assume modem died yet again and power cycle it). Worked well, but as I tinkered more with it I realized how easy it would be to “war-X10”. Be an annoyingly simple matter for someone to turn off my cablemodem at will from the street (although the monitoring system would automagically turn it back on in 5 minutes). I gave the Firecracker back, and if I ever try to re-implement it I’ll probably use a hardwired solution.I’d be more concered about those people who think X10 is secure and setup homemade security systems with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19547",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T01:44:28",
"content": "#12 – If you are a mod, take a look at the E-mail addresses and ban the right person…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19545",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T07:29:45",
"content": "hackaafternoon?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19546",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T14:04:07",
"content": "I think you’ll find it’s hackanafternoon. Easier for the tounge :D.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19543",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T15:08:26",
"content": "*sprinkles fairy dust on you all*take off lamers eh,Go solder on something.nice hack, who really want to control thier home from thier lazyboi anyways…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19544",
"author": "ned",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T16:09:56",
"content": "All – a number of smarter folks have pointed out the CM17A “Firecracker” is a readily-available alternative to this hack. The CM17A is as cheap and doesn’t even require external power. I have to admit, had I known that was an option, I wouldn’t have done this hack.Ned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19541",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T16:44:22",
"content": "#19: At least I am not a semblance. Even a ignoramous, illiterate imbecile would know I was commiting a facetiousness act. Mind though, that that was a tortology. I suggest that you make your retreat.You probably don’t know what I’m on about though. Basically:You -> Impersonate (prentend (false appearance (coming into sight)) to be meYou -> Twat (idiot)You -> Piss off (self explanatory)Sorry guys, that had to be done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19542",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T23:22:31",
"content": "“scitsofrenia”American public school system, we salute you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,925.086116
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/31/minty-boost-aa-based-usb-charger/
|
Minty Boost, AA Based USB Charger
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Limor a.k.a.
Ladyada
has been a long standing staple in the Hack-A-Day community and we were more than happy to hear about her latest project. The
Minty Boost
is an improvement on the idea of building a battery powered USB charger. Most designs (including ours) use a 7805 linear regulator with a 9V battery. Even in the best case the regulator is only about 60% efficient which means you’re losing at least 1/3 of the power to heat. Limor’s design is a much more efficient boost converter design and uses far more common (and rechargeable) AA batteries. She’s got a thorough write up on how to build the converter in an Altoids gum tin. The end result is 82% efficient and can effectively double the play time of a video iPod.
The guide doesn’t end there. Limor actually wrote this as a demonstration on what goes into a making a kittable project. She covers the entire process from component selection, to mass PCB production, to what her final cost break down is. The guide is full of pictures thanks to some good planning as well. Of course the most interesting thing we learned from the guide is this: despite using the tins all the time, Limor finds the taste of Altoids gum disgusting.
[The guide is on her site, but we’re linking to the
version on Instructables
since we’ve managed to DDOS her site in the past… by
announcing that her site was back online
.]
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{
"comment_id": "19540",
"author": "diphthong",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T15:36:31",
"content": "Would be nice to charge itself via my laptops usb… but then that defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19538",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T17:00:51",
"content": "somehow I think she might win the instructables project contest.seriously great documentation!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19539",
"author": "Mr. Bunny",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T18:25:41",
"content": "Mmm maybe I am blind or something, but it looks like she didn’t use the shutdown pin for turning the boost convertor on/off. You’d have to disconnect a battery, else you’d lose some capacity to the quiescent draw over time. Other than that, good to see people documenting this stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19536",
"author": "BronzeG3",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T18:27:09",
"content": "amazing documentation.I even learned some stuff about boost converters.A++++++++++++++++(i just got off of ebay)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19537",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T19:18:49",
"content": "Thats some awesome documentation… I’ll definitely look at that again for some documentation pointers on my next project!I especially like how the project reasoning and kit making portions were documented as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19535",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T19:20:42",
"content": "wow that guy must be an EE, very good design",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19534",
"author": "Otto",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T19:56:44",
"content": "I’ve gotta ask… Why didn’t she just use 4 batteries and a slightly bigger tin (like a mint tin instead of the gum tin)?4 rechargable batteries at 1.25 V each = 5 volts. No regulator, no efficency losses. Full power every time, and you have at least twice the battery life of what this thing gives you.Okay, +1 for extreme design, but -3 for breaking the KISS principle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19533",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T20:15:33",
"content": "well first off, 4 AA’s dont fit in a larger tin. Only 3 AA (the holder is a bit bigger)second, you should still regulate it to 5V so as the battery voltage on the rechargables drops, it may be too low to charge the battery (li-ions need 4.2V to charge)third, 4xAA is really heavy and large, i think people appreciate only having to carry around 2xAA in a small tin, especially if you have a smaller ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19532",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T20:47:59",
"content": "otto (#4) I think it also depends on how you apply “KISS”. KISS for the builder and KISS for the user are two different things. Typically a little extra effort on the builder side can offer a lot in terms of benefiting the user.I look at it this way: even if the builder/user are the same person, you only build it once but you use it many times…The benefit of having a much smaller and lighter package out weights the small inconvenience of building a tiny circuit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19530",
"author": "yo_tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:24:07",
"content": "“wow that guy must be an EE, very good design” That /guy/ isn’t a guy. Also i believe that on her site she says she has an EE for MIT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19531",
"author": "yo_tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:26:31",
"content": "Also, why does the comment thing ignore capitals?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19529",
"author": "Moe Rubenzahl",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:31:08",
"content": "Nice!Here is a detailed article on using metal tins for projects like this:http://www.maxim-ic.com/an946",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19528",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:35:28",
"content": "ee? any decently good 15-year-old electronics hobbiest could design and build a circuit like that. not to take away from it, it’s still the nicest, best-designed one of these I’ve seen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19527",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:35:36",
"content": "“Also, why does the comment thing ignore capitals?”Because capital letters are not for the 1337.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19525",
"author": "joey",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T01:41:05",
"content": "wait, doesnt usb need to give 500ma at least???!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19526",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T03:20:28",
"content": "I believe 500ma is the spec for a usb hub (4 ports), so if you have multiple devices connected it can supply enough current to all of them.She states in her documentation that 100mA is the standard usb current draw for a single device.I would suspect the device takes whatever is available, to a limit. Try checking for yourself: plug in a chargable via usb device, go to device manager, open up USB hub device, and check the power tab.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19524",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T04:01:55",
"content": "so, usb CAN provide 500mA but if a device wants that much current it needs to negotiate with the host for it. Since there’s no chip/computer to negotiate with here, devices fall back on the standard 100mA draw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19523",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T04:02:07",
"content": "if you want rechargeable, use the 9v cap battery",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19521",
"author": "joey",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T04:07:35",
"content": "ok ladyada, so all that means is that it will take a bit longer to chrage the device?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19522",
"author": "Phillyj",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T04:12:50",
"content": "my friend said he’d pay me like 10$ if i made him one. i think its worth it. do u ???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19519",
"author": "Halonfire",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T06:44:43",
"content": "Very well done and documented",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19520",
"author": "CDE",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T09:10:02",
"content": "Dan, first, decent 15 year old electronics hobbiest are harder to find now a days. No more thru hole parts. Atleast not at easy to get radioshack. Second, if a decent 15 year old can do it, why did it take so long for someone to make a non-7805 circuit? How come you didnt do it?And third, Ladyada has built her own gd mp3 player. From scratch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19516",
"author": "ladyada",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T10:41:04",
"content": "#2 mr bunnyread the section on quiescent current calculation. its 75uA. self-discharge rates are > than that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19517",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T16:11:34",
"content": "ladyada = teh Hawtword",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19518",
"author": "Phillyj",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T17:18:08",
"content": "i have some Q’s about this usb charger. first off does it charge while you listen to songs? and secondly does it stop charging when the ipod battery is full? i know these kinda sound like dumb Q’s but i was just wondering thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19515",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T18:32:24",
"content": "cde:There are plenty of non-7805 micropower solutions out there, like the one she ended up using. They’ve been availible for years. I have a feeling this is not the first homemade micropower usb supply either. And simply put, I didn’t have any reason to build one. :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19514",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T19:51:52",
"content": "PhillyJ (23):It charges when there is a current draw on it.It will work the same as when your iPod is plugged into a charger. It will charge the battery and play if there is enough power, and will play the ipod until the AA’s run down- then the ipod will use its own batteries.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19513",
"author": "phillyj",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T23:58:06",
"content": "ok thanks dood :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19512",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T00:26:18",
"content": "Cool design, certainly the best ipod usb battery ive seen. i was thinking about making one myself untill i realised a nearby pc store was selling a four battery usb charger for $10(thats canadian too!). in canada its cheaper to just buy that than pay for the parts from radio shack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19511",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T14:16:39",
"content": "Something interesting which I have noticed, Altoids are made in the UK, but the only place that I can find them on sale is on America! So I got my dad to buy me some went to America, so now I’ve got a couple of these I can make some!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19510",
"author": "Lewis",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T10:51:23",
"content": "Nice hack mate, need to built one of these things for going on holiday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19509",
"author": "stev",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T06:06:31",
"content": "will this hack work with the sansa e260?(im not a big ipod fan)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19508",
"author": "adam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T07:07:32",
"content": "puts mine to shamehttp://www.benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12349",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19507",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T08:39:05",
"content": "awesome idea…but i shudder to imagine bringing it through an airline security checkpoint…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19506",
"author": "Jdogg",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T01:21:48",
"content": "dude…that makes me feel great, I built one of these and I wanted to bring one of these with me when I go to spain…will they like…shoot me at the airport? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19505",
"author": "phreaker",
"timestamp": "2006-08-15T21:47:00",
"content": "I’m a SanDisk Sansa user and was also curious to know if this design would work for charging any one of the Sansa E200 Series (E250, E260, E270).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19504",
"author": "KOKOMO",
"timestamp": "2006-08-20T07:28:47",
"content": "i have a e260, and what i did is cut up my old zen micro ac wall charger and it works fine..its cool..it doesnt say CONNECTED (like it does when you connect it to the computer) you can play music and charge your battery at the same time!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "141010",
"author": "Stephan Narro",
"timestamp": "2010-05-09T04:25:58",
"content": "Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your site and wanted to saythat I’ve really liked rowsing your posts. Anyway I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!Here is a chance to get a free iPhone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "549475",
"author": "bryce",
"timestamp": "2012-01-03T00:09:50",
"content": "I just bought minty boost and when I finished assembling it I put the batteries into the battery pack and the boost converter chip heats up and gets really hot. Also when I went to see what the voltage was for the USB output it wasn’t get the 5v like it is suppose to. If you know what the problem is will you please let me know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/12/xbox-rapid-fire-mod/
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Xbox Rapid Fire Mod
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Eliot
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[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Xboxplaya978] has posted instructions detailing how to add
two rapid fire trigger buttons to your Xbox controllers
. He got the original plans from
Mattie on Xbox-scene
, but his site has since gone down. The circuit is based on an a-stable multi-vibrator used to flash LEDs. Halo players have been drawn to this mod because it makes using the battle rifle or covenant carbine a lot more enjoyable.
Related:
Xbox 360 Hacks
,
Xbox Hacks
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{
"comment_id": "19783",
"author": "Auke",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T19:13:59",
"content": "Not really interesting. Same as cheating, but a bit more work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19784",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T19:59:32",
"content": "no not cheating. like he said, there’s existing controllers with rapid fire buttons, ppl have been doing this all along. i think it’s smart.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19782",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T20:25:50",
"content": "Anybody remember Turbografx? All the controllers had built-in 3-speed selectable rapid fire, even on the portable version (TurboExpress), I’m not sure why something like this is an afterthought on systems today.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19781",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T20:28:03",
"content": "With most games it doesn’t really help too much – halo included. All weapons have a minimum wait time between firing – in fact, if you trigger too fast, it usually slows down the rate as the extra triggers are sort of like misfires. A much more useable hack for halo 2 and a lot of FPS games is to add two buttons to your controller for A/B so that you can jump/melee without moving your thumb off the right thumbstick.Tom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19778",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T21:19:52",
"content": "Re th0mas:Instead of making your controller more mouselike, why not just get a mouse?You’ve got 10 fingers for a reason. I have no idea why console makers assume you shouldn’t use most of them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19779",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T23:26:22",
"content": "the best use of rapid fire is for thoaw games where you have to press one button really fast.. i hate those games.. u know.. like to raise power or sumthin.. yaa.. u know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19780",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T23:28:09",
"content": "Re ivan256:“Instead of making your controller more mouselike, why not just get a mouse?”-Because the Xbox doesn’t have mouse support and fakers like the SmartJoy Frag don’t have anywhere near the same feel as a mouse.“You’ve got 10 fingers for a reason. I have no idea why console makers assume you shouldn’t use most of them.”-You need something to hold the controller with… Honestly IMO the PS2 controllers that require the use of your middle finger is already too many fingers because I don’t have enough left to comfortably hold the controller and I get cramped too quickly. It’s not often you need to use more then one button at a time. Besides I think any more complexity in the controllers would only further alienate non-gamers.As for this hack… it’s kind of an old hack… I mean the linked thread up above was created in December of ’04. Also why not just use a 555 timer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19777",
"author": "Xboxplaya978",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T23:47:48",
"content": "The only thing different between this and the 555 timer is that you can adjust the speed of the shooting rate.If you want to add a second button to your controller, you can easily do that but this tutorialhttp://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=301912",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19774",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T00:57:12",
"content": "A 555 = a few less parts and lower power consumption. Plus it would probably be easier for soldering noobas (and yes you can adjust their speed as well) :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19775",
"author": "adaminc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T00:57:34",
"content": "you can change the speed using a 555 based astable multivibrator, less total parts involved toof = 1.44/((R1+2R2) * C)i always liked the programmable controllers you could get for SNES, awesome for mortal kombat where you could program in the fatalities etc..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19776",
"author": "insomniac",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T01:00:44",
"content": "good instructions – rough pictures – i like how the buttons are mounted under the controller for a nice stealth mod – maybe find enough room inside the controller if the pcb could be flattened some more and maybe even seperated – nice hack for saving you mashing the buttons – it also helps you play longer I imagine both timewise within the game and physically reducing the stress on your trigger fingers :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19771",
"author": "xboxplaya978",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T01:56:06",
"content": "In the link to the topic about it, therte are some schematics for the 55 timer. It is smaller but I couldnt find one when I was looking for my parts so I couldnt use it. I know someone had a pic of how small it was and he had it in his controller. Maybe I will try it too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19772",
"author": "hack_me_amadeus",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T04:02:57",
"content": "Nice writeup. Perhaps some stuff got lost in translation:Capacitors *_CAN_* be damaged by heat. Electrolytic have a polarity so they *_CAN’T_* be put in backwards.LED",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19773",
"author": "omega x",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T04:10:12",
"content": "Actually i’ve looked at the tutorial for the 555 timer idea and they’ve done it using a 556, just reapeated the astable multivibrator on both sides",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19767",
"author": "terry",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T04:36:57",
"content": "a 555 would definately be the faster/clearner/easier way to go. I’d probably put a three-way toggle switch to change the astable speed from single shot (off), slow and fast. Maybe use a 556 chip so you can create a burst-mode where you get off three shots for every trigger pull.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19768",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T05:53:16",
"content": "13# a resister *cannot* be put in backwards, as it has no directionality. a diode or an electrolytic *can but shouldn’t* because it has polarity. It has the propensity for backwardness, though backwardness is undesirable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19769",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T07:50:37",
"content": "does someone have schematics for a 555 version of this mod that would work? if so, would it be small enough to fit inside the controller case?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19770",
"author": "Jawpaul",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T10:01:54",
"content": "#16 Don’t forget to put in a hall effect sensor so the rapid fire will only be active when you are wearing a special magnetic ring lets say. Now that would be stealth.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect_sensor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19766",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T16:22:18",
"content": "If you wanted to get really tricky you could cut the traces going to the pot on the trigger and put in a mode switch, in one position the trigger would work normally in the other position the trigger would be fed through the 555 and it’s position would be used to adjust the burst speed.#16 (stephen) pretty much any 555 timer in an Astable configuration would work. Here is some good beginners info on building 555 circuits:http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/555timer.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19765",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T21:58:57",
"content": "Begginger question:Could someone tell me where these four wires go to?1) +5v2) Gnd3) Right Trigger4) Left TriggerI want to use this device on a 360 controller. Do I buy a 5v battery and hook up 1 & 2 to it?The triggers on a 360 controller have two leads going to them. As I would think all switches do. Which right trigger lead do I put 3) on? Similarly, which left trigger lead do I put 4) on?It doesn’t make sense to me that there are four wires that come out of the schematic and go to the triggers. Two wires for each trigger.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19764",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T22:08:14",
"content": "I meant to say:It doesn’t make sense to me that there **aren’t** four wires that come out of the schematic **that** go to the triggers. Two wires for each trigger.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19763",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T23:39:28",
"content": "Kevin.The circuit in the controller can only see voltages, and the pins on the circuit are pulled high by a resister attached to 5VDC, which comes from the xbox, no battery required. What this circuit does is use that five volts to make a circuit that fluctuates between 5 and gnd(also from the xbox). this signal is not sent to the controller. Rather, the fluctuating signal is sent to the two transistors at the bottom of the schematic. These basically work as electrically controlled switches, turning on and off. one side of the button is attached via a mess of circuit board and wires back to ground, so it works the same way, and you don’t have to solder anything to the button contacts themselves.if you have any questions, email me atbenjamin.baker@gmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19762",
"author": "Xboxplaya978",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T03:04:05",
"content": "An update has been added to the site telling you my future plans and experiments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19761",
"author": "Phil",
"timestamp": "2006-07-24T19:45:00",
"content": "Nice photo, lol you’re a good photographer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19785",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2007-08-15T05:31:42",
"content": "on the topic about rapid fire for original xbox, how much would you want if i mailed you a controller to do that to it tell me a price and ill probably go with it as long as its reasonable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19786",
"author": "sammyg",
"timestamp": "2007-10-05T05:55:53",
"content": "what would you have to do to make it work for a mouse? i am interested in doing it for pc gaming but dont know what ould be different? i just want it for my left button… (i am a noob)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19787",
"author": "damir",
"timestamp": "2008-02-03T07:17:33",
"content": "does this work on the xbox 360 controller as well?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19788",
"author": "pete",
"timestamp": "2008-08-06T01:10:43",
"content": "I bought a controller ready modded, I tried to do it myself but burned out ne of the fuses",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54921",
"author": "danny",
"timestamp": "2008-12-12T22:44:49",
"content": "they just say say u cant cant shoot because you need it to shoot for ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "76272",
"author": "Hart Moore Mods",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T17:04:54",
"content": "hartmooremods.net for rapid fire xbox 360 controllers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,925.033157
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/11/psp-remote-serial-interface/
|
PSP Remote Serial Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"psp"
] |
This
PSP remote interface
article gets submitted from time to time, but keeps falling through the cracks for some reason. [XyTec] submitted it most recently and I finally remembered to post it. It’s a guide from last July on interfacing with the PSP’s remote port. The port is a serial interface at 2.5V so you need to do some level shifting. Once the cable is complete you can use it get a serial console, add GPS or dump debug info along with many other possibilities. A remote emulator program is provided.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19758",
"author": "bender386",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T18:30:57",
"content": "wow looks like some cool stuff could come from this. just need somesort of terminal software on the psp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19757",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T19:41:50",
"content": "I had no idea that PSPs even have serial ports. One would think that sony would see serial communications as too “old”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19756",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T19:48:44",
"content": "If your talking terminal as in remote desktop/VNC the has been an app (PVNC) that has been out for the PSP for quite some time. It works with programs like TightVNC, etc. running on Windows, Linux, Mac, or even Xbox I think. Its amazing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19755",
"author": "mom/dad",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T19:54:12",
"content": "2.its very likely that PSP will have serial ports since it was Sony that invented that type of communication.and serial ports isnt old, they were invented for like 2 years ago, lol dude, learn your stuff.really nice hack thou, if i had a psp i would make me one, but since i only have a nintendo 8bit its kinda hard to do the same…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19754",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T20:05:56",
"content": "#1 Sony did not invent the serial interface#2 serial ports have been in computing since the 80’s (probably before you were born)#3 loldude learn your stuff",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19753",
"author": "lemon",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T20:13:42",
"content": "wow, post #4 has so many errors I just won’t bother.I thought this was just going to be another IR port hack, I wasn’t expecting there to be a serial port either. Are there any programs out there for the PSP that let you drive the pins on the serial port? I might have to add it to my list of consumer electronics turned into robot controllers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19752",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T20:46:56",
"content": "That’s neat… I’ve been wanting to check this out, but I was afraid I couldn’t reassemble my remote.Marcus (the guy who decoded the protocol:http://mc.pp.se/psp/phones.xhtml) is a great hacker. We worked together on the Sega VMU (http://www.maushammer.com/vmu.html) & he also did most of the reverse engineering of the dreamcast console:What I want to know is what happens when you send one of the missing command codes – 0002 or 0040.The ipod’s remote is very similar – it uses a serial line, too, with a similar protocol, but doesn’t have the fancy chip-on-board IC.http://www.maushammer.com/systems/ipod-remote/ipod-remote.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19751",
"author": "XyTec",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T22:56:52",
"content": "yay its up! hopefully people can start looking that this and start developing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19750",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T23:47:41",
"content": "uhh, mom/dad person, **you** need to get out and actually read something. i said “old” as in apple dropping serial ports on their machines because they’re “old” — it’s called ‘sarcasm’. oh, and al gore invented the internet, too. serial is perhaps the most common, and longest-running, digital communications protocol in history, and was definitely not invented by sony 2 years ago. get out and open your eyes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19749",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T23:55:48",
"content": "lemon (#4): ya, having serial ports makes the PSP wide open to all kinds of hardware interfacing projects. robotics, serial terminal, remote controlling, internet, gps, datalogging, etc etc. if they just weren’t so expensive :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19748",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T00:14:13",
"content": "I think #4 is joking – since Sony claim to have invented everything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19747",
"author": "Drakonite",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T04:31:30",
"content": "#1: there is, it’s called psplink… it also works over usb and wifi, and is the one tool you really need for developing homebrew on psp.#7: marcus is good at getting credit for other people’s work too….#8: This has been around for quite a while, and now we are to a point where USB is far more useful for development than this serial port is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19746",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T06:43:26",
"content": "I think the best part that everyone missed is:Of course there’s a serial interface: Universal -serial- bus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19745",
"author": "bender386",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T15:40:08",
"content": "what i ment was some ting like telnet or ssh i can just see somebody reprograming there router with a psp. and #13 the usb on the psp is not anything like this port",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19744",
"author": "derek",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T06:18:34",
"content": "Woo! I’m going to see if I can admin me some ios with this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19743",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T04:46:09",
"content": "I would like to do that with a PIC!My friend code it and I made the hardware but had some trouble with the serial communication. I am looking for a chip that conver 0v to 2,5V and 5V to 0V. I did it using diode and resitor but I am not 100% sure if it is software or hardware!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19742",
"author": "Ep0xz",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T00:09:51",
"content": "can it maybe used for debricking a psp ? if so we need to start a new topic in psp history i meen 2.0 -> 1.5 Fireware downgrader exits and now a 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.7 -> 1.5 downgrader exits also (by Dark Alex)( Checkhttp://www.sonyxteam.comif u dont trust me :) ) so its now time for finding a way to debrick a psp :) Greets Ep0xZ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19759",
"author": "babyboi",
"timestamp": "2008-05-15T09:24:01",
"content": "zomg does this mean its possibleto have apsp headset without a phsyical remote?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19760",
"author": "bitned",
"timestamp": "2008-08-28T12:44:26",
"content": "Some one know how to controll the psp serial comunication from the psp? i want to controll a pic from my psp ,what is the lua or python commands to send a string out ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "6629776",
"author": "pRoFlT",
"timestamp": "2023-04-06T15:04:52",
"content": "@bitned ever figure this out. im looking into this now for a bluetooth mod. if i can get serial then i can build a psp app to control it through serial. pick headsets etc. otherwise i get first bluetooth device found. which i s cool but controlling what it connects to with a bluetooth serial app would be great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,925.295706
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/10/computer-remote-using-xbox-receiver/
|
Computer Remote Using Xbox Receiver
|
Eliot
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Odin84gk] always wanted a remote control for his PC. He didn’t want to spend a lot of money to get a good one or waste money on a cheapy. He decided to go with something he already had:
an Xbox DVD kit
. He built an adapter cable for the Xbox receiver using
instructions on redcl0ud’s site
. Using the standard setup the remote driver just spits out key combos, but to make the remote truly flexible he combined it with
AutoHotKey
. AutoHotKey catches the key sequences and can execute complex scripts based on them.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19739",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T18:17:12",
"content": "first post :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19738",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T19:09:27",
"content": "I think this would be perfect for people who own PowerPC Macs without the IR sensor but who want Frontrow. If someone could make a software hack to make this work with an Apple remote and then you could just use of the Frontrow hacks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19737",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T20:05:10",
"content": "I use my laptop as a DivX player connected to my TV all the time. It’s always bugged me that there is no remote. I can’t believe I never thought to do this. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19736",
"author": "lolersticks",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T20:32:16",
"content": "for those who don’t want to use autohotkey, the software on redcl0ud’s site works wonders as well. It also has customizable key functions, and is designed to work with the XB remote.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19734",
"author": "freakon",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T03:48:00",
"content": "Can’t u just make an ir reciver and use a tv remote?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19735",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T04:06:32",
"content": "do you connect both ground to the shielding?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19733",
"author": "Poppeseed",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T06:22:45",
"content": "John, you do not have to. If you look closely at the PCB, the two grounds connect together in the end.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19732",
"author": "krazy karl",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T07:56:17",
"content": "Using a good learning remote you should be able search and find the xboxs remote code, thats what I did",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19731",
"author": "jubilantjeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T08:44:55",
"content": ">>Using a good learning remote you should be able search and find the xboxs remote code, thats what I didThe xbox’s remote uses RCA5 protocol – any universal remote will have instructions that tell you how to set it to RCA5.>>I use my laptop as a DivX player connected to my TV all the time. It’s always bugged me that there is no remote. I can’t believe I never thought to do this. Thanks.Have you checked out x-box media centre?http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-71613567533315476&q=xbmc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19730",
"author": "jubilantjeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T13:57:34",
"content": ">>Using a good learning remote you should be able search and find the xboxs remote code, thats what I didThe xbox’s remote uses RCA5 protocol – any universal remote will have instructions that tell you how to set it to RCA5.>>I use my laptop as a DivX player connected to my TV all the time. It’s always bugged me that there is no remote. I can’t believe I never thought to do this. Thanks.Have you checked out x-box media centre?http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-71613567533315476&q=xbmc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19729",
"author": "Tscott",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T16:03:10",
"content": "heh funny that that was modified for the computer, i just stole the plug off it and made a usb hub odd of it for xbox media center, ill have to add the usb port back on to it, even though i dont have the remote atm :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19728",
"author": "josherr",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T03:34:14",
"content": "I got this connected to my linux box but I have no idea how to get it to do anything useful. Anyone point me in the right direction",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19727",
"author": "biz",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T06:16:46",
"content": "is something like this similar for the ps2 dvd remote with my own ir receiver?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19726",
"author": "OvERKiLL",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T21:44:34",
"content": "anybody know of any good drivers to get this to work with linux and lirc? i am building a mythtv box and this is the last part i need",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19725",
"author": "austin",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T22:25:50",
"content": "how are you people getting the reciever apart? I’m trying about as hard as i think i can without breaking it, but its just not budging.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "939354",
"author": "shea",
"timestamp": "2013-01-14T21:02:38",
"content": "It wasn’t easy I ended up cutting a hole in the plastic, to get the right leverage, with an exacto knife where I thought the USB cable would go. Ended up being upside down, but I did get it open! it’s held together by a sets of plastic pins and glue. I imagine you got it open but hope this helps somebody else",
"parent_id": "19725",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "19724",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-06-13T02:06:52",
"content": "I have not tried this, since I was wondering about Linux support as well, but it seems like the XBox controller drivers in the kernel should work, no? Or at least, they certainly could be modified to, if they don’t already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19723",
"author": "coreycubed",
"timestamp": "2006-06-17T04:40:18",
"content": "just to clarify, the super joybox xbox to usb adapters will recognize the device natively without opening the ir receiver and the drivers will work through the adapter. gives you a cool little box to mount too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19722",
"author": "dj green lava",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T05:42:04",
"content": "Has anyone written an auto hotkey script to use the remote w/ VLC?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19721",
"author": "gogocons",
"timestamp": "2006-06-18T06:25:43",
"content": "in place of the Xbox remote, you can also use an RCA Universal Remote (http://accessories.rca.com/en-US/modeldetail.html?maincat=Remotes&subcat=Universal+Remote&modelnum=D770) on the TV, DVD, AUX 2, or SAT functions, i found this out shortly after i put together the reciever and went to watch a movie, i pressed the power button on my remote and my computer did what i had the display button on the Xbox remote programmed to do",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19719",
"author": "ermax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T04:52:45",
"content": "Yeah you can use any univsal remote. Just program it to a device that runs the RCA5 protocol. Problem is that the XBCDrc driver only suports the EFCs that the origional Xbox remote has.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19720",
"author": "xix bridger xix",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T03:26:35",
"content": "Great hack Just if you could make a little app or something that could make it so we could chose what the buttons did",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19718",
"author": "xix bridger xix",
"timestamp": "2006-06-27T03:30:18",
"content": "Great hack Just if you could make a little app or something that could make it so we could chose what the buttons did",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19717",
"author": "Scotty",
"timestamp": "2006-07-10T05:42:15",
"content": "Has anyone got this to work on linux with lirc. When i plug mine in it recognises it as an xpad. Can’t find the right driver to load in place. Any help?? Cheers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19716",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T18:51:05",
"content": "Does the XBOX 360 Universal Media Remote work with Direct TV?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19715",
"author": "cory",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T08:38:15",
"content": "where is the app. at in red clouds website? can someone provide a link and an explanation as to how to get this hack started (software part)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19714",
"author": "Cory",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T09:02:49",
"content": "ignore that last comment, does anyone know how to get this to work with itune??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19713",
"author": "leon fauve",
"timestamp": "2006-08-03T03:19:29",
"content": "just felt the need to say you dont even have to crack open the resiver! i have an xbox to USB converter wire which just plugs each together, then i got the idea to try it with the pad and found the driver here, and it worked! the wire cost me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19712",
"author": "lapubell",
"timestamp": "2006-08-20T12:22:02",
"content": "didn’t see any responce to the linux questions. anybody get this working with lirc or a different work around? drivers? scripting? xmms? Amarok? Totem? VLC? Anything?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19740",
"author": "TheKhakinator",
"timestamp": "2007-03-27T15:17:25",
"content": "redcl0ud provides the source code, so it probably wouldn’t be too hard to code it so that you could use any remote at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19741",
"author": "phrost",
"timestamp": "2008-03-04T05:19:22",
"content": "0522 is the code i used to program my universal remote from Cox, which is my cable company it worked like a charm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,925.354829
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/09/s1mp3-memory-upgrade/
|
S1MP3 Memory Upgrade
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
S1MP3
is a Chinese MP3 player branded by at least 50 different manufacturers. Some only play music, but others can play MP4. Have a look at the
gallery
to get an idea of the variety. S1MP3.org has been developed to support users of the players and create opensource firmware. Here’s their guide for
upgrading the memory
of a player. If you can’t get a donor player, the site says you can get a new 1GB memory chip for $9.
[thanks
ex-parrot
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "19710",
"author": "Bombasschicken",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T23:07:55",
"content": "these are the kinda hacks i love.. when people actually get into the guts of the thing..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19706",
"author": "Bombasschicken",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T23:08:12",
"content": "these are the kinda hacks i love.. when people actually get into the guts of the thing..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19707",
"author": "Dr Lous",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T23:24:31",
"content": "I’ve already posted this … 3 or 4 month earlier :/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19708",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T23:40:26",
"content": "I checked my email and Dr Lous did send this in Apr 29. I thought it looked familiar.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19709",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T00:37:53",
"content": "this looks sweet, i suck hard at soldering percisely.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19705",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T06:11:10",
"content": "an easy way to pull a flash chip is to heat a razor blade red hot in a pair of needle nose plyers and use it to heat the pins on one side of the chip, then pull it up off the board, lather rinse repeat on the other side",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19704",
"author": "LedHed",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T06:27:22",
"content": "looks like the perfect way to make an Mp3 player into what ever I want! Oh the possiblities",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19703",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T15:07:37",
"content": "wow that’s so cool! tho, i have never been able to solder surface mount pins without totally fuxxing up with too much solder :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19702",
"author": "thejoeandchip",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T17:30:53",
"content": "I had no clue that memory was that cheap. Companies have led me to believe that charging $30 more for 512mb more was fair. I am very angry now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19701",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2006-06-11T08:21:27",
"content": "I bought one of these, it broke within the week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19700",
"author": "axls",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T13:12:49",
"content": "can I use a video card memory to replace it if not , why(ati video card memorys 64 mb, i have 3 broken ones )",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19699",
"author": "Pekar",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T17:45:43",
"content": "Hooray, now I have instructions on how to use my Nano clone that aren’t in engrish.It’s pretty frustrating to not have a manufacturer name anywhere on a product. It makes it hard to look for help, or a user community.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19711",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2007-03-03T21:13:07",
"content": "Excellent, thank you!Nickhttp://www.marlboroselfstorage.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "452534",
"author": "rraallvv",
"timestamp": "2011-09-11T06:32:40",
"content": "hey dude!is there a limit to memory upgrade? can it be upgraded to more than 1GB?regards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3049347",
"author": "geekmaster",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:38:04",
"content": "The “upgrading your memory” gives a “404 not found” error. The most recent “archive.org” cached page from 2010 is a copy of a “404 not found” error as well, and the same for 2008-2009 (and most 2007) caches. However, 2006 cached pages do contain such information, and some early 2007 caches throw a “302 error” that redirects to a better-formatted cache (where the CSS was preserved, unlike from 2006). Try this:https://web.archive.org/web/20070208212308/http://wiki.s1mp3.org//index.php/How_to_add/change_a_memory_chipThanfully, archive.org’s wayback machine lets us dig it up and reanimate it. Where y’all did up that long-dead link?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049349",
"author": "geekmaster",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:41:11",
"content": "Is something lost in translation at that (archived) link? They seem to replace “heat” with the infamous “f-word”, consistently…",
"parent_id": "3049347",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3049351",
"author": "geekmaster",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:43:52",
"content": "I see that the “gallery” link is also a 404-error. Considering that the archive.org caches are mostly 404-errors (for years), perhaps this site only works for certain IP addresses, except when the stars align “just so”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049363",
"author": "geekmaster",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T20:01:50",
"content": "Umm… How did I get to such an OLD post? I got here from today’s blog, somehow. I thought this was a new thread. No wonder it has dead links…",
"parent_id": "3049351",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049364",
"author": "geekmaster",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T20:05:35",
"content": "Aha, it was the “next” link in Brian’s joke BACKDATED post from today:http://hackaday.com/2006/06/08/i-just-invented-bitcoin/He even used period-authentic links to ancient posts. Clever but deceptive trolling there, Brian!",
"parent_id": "3049363",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,926.969511
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/08/i-just-invented-bitcoin/
|
I Just Invented Bitcoin
|
Brian Benchoff
|
[
"News"
] |
[
"bitcoin"
] |
Hey, I just created this cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. I think it’s going to be really popular.
| 15
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "3049328",
"author": "Mike Szczys",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:03:12",
"content": "Brian’s proving a point about using web pages as proof for when something happened. This post will be referenced in one he’s working on for next week.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049331",
"author": "Dougmsbbs",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:10:44",
"content": "Ah! Makes sense now. Or as much sense as Brian ever makes. :P(Just kidding, Brian. We love you, man!)",
"parent_id": "3049328",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3049329",
"author": "CRImier",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:04:42",
"content": "You don’t get it, you mine it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3049332",
"author": "QBFreak",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:12:43",
"content": "Awesome! I’m going to print out a stack of them and go buy some goodies at my local Radio Shack right now! BTW, I love how shiny they are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3049333",
"author": "notarealemail",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:17:33",
"content": "I found a bunch under the couch cushions. No TV remote though. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "3049338",
"author": "Brian Benchoff",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T19:22:13",
"content": "The message is on the opposite side.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049519",
"author": "gregkennedy",
"timestamp": "2016-06-09T02:09:18",
"content": "I’m turning the screen around, but I’m still not seeing it!",
"parent_id": "3049338",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049520",
"author": "gregkennedy",
"timestamp": "2016-06-09T02:10:14",
"content": "Oh wait, there it is.http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/macbook-pro-20101.jpgStill don’t get it.",
"parent_id": "3049519",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3049435",
"author": "geonomad",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T23:01:55",
"content": "I’ll be impressed when he gets this page in 2006 archive.org without the comments from 2016.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3049444",
"author": "CRImier",
"timestamp": "2016-06-08T23:16:31",
"content": "Simple – a single “s/1/0/g” would do.",
"parent_id": "3049435",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3049484",
"author": "joshumax",
"timestamp": "2016-06-09T01:17:03",
"content": "Actually, *I* created Bitcoin…I totally have the keys necessary to formally prove that I am undeniably the creator of the CryptoCurrency,but rather than show you let let me defer you to this convoluted blog post that doesn’t use any form ofcryptographic evidence stating that I am the true creator of Bitcoin.P.S. If you ask me for stronger proof I will tell you I am not ready to release it and probably run away.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "5347084",
"author": "Joseph Osako, Jr. (@ScholRLea2)",
"timestamp": "2018-10-25T21:33:42",
"content": "Just well, the proof wouldn’t fit into thismargincomment post, anyway.",
"parent_id": "3049484",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "3049499",
"author": "DougL",
"timestamp": "2016-06-09T01:42:05",
"content": "Brian I am glad you took my advice in doing Bitcoin, I agree it will be big someday. I don’t see my account loaded with creditor like we agreed. When are you coming through?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4354093",
"author": "Satoshoff",
"timestamp": "2018-02-12T07:09:20",
"content": "Sorry, I lost the private key, but here they are if you can get them –https://blockchain.info/block-height/1",
"parent_id": "3049499",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "4354201",
"author": "Truth",
"timestamp": "2018-02-12T09:00:55",
"content": "If I buy you two pepperoni pizzas from Papa John’s will you send me 10,000 bitcoins ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,927.116771
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/08/bluetooth-headset-teardown-guide/
|
Bluetooth Headset Teardown Guide
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
Recently people have been adapting Bluetooth headsets for use in other devices: the
NES controller headset
and the
classic brick phone
. [
matt billings
] put together a guide to
tearing down a Motorola HS820 Bluetooth headset
to show how easy this is. He picked the HS820 because it is apparently only $30 at Radio Shack and Amazon. Sounds like a good enough candidate to me.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19698",
"author": "polar bear2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T23:11:27",
"content": "wow, really nice, i think im going to make thing with bluetooth soon, this really helped alot thanks m8 i appreciat it it will help me alot :D thanx for the help it will come in good use for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19697",
"author": "FOrmatc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T01:00:17",
"content": "As a RadioShack employee this bluetooth headset is on sale till the 17th. If that store is out, ask them to Direct2U the item to you. That means you pay for it in the store and we ship it to you for free (3-5 business days).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19696",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T01:00:26",
"content": "Damm and to think I paid $100 for mine when I bought my new phone! I don’t even use it anymore, but I was thinking that if it charges over a USB connector maybe it has software hacking potential?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19695",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T01:43:31",
"content": "cool. now we need an implementation to post along w/ it :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19693",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T03:59:33",
"content": "Thanks for that info, formatc! Luckily, I live in Boston, so I can probably find some used ones at the MIT SwapFest. (Yay, SwapFest!)Do you know if these headsets are being replaced by a new Motorola model or something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19694",
"author": "formatc",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T05:57:23",
"content": "well, technically it already has been. newer (ie smaller) ones are already out there. that model sold for 70 bucks, the newer ones are 120. the fact that amazon is reportedly offering the same price means it is like to be a manufacturers’ discount. i have herd the plantronics explorer beats it hands down on quality, but it doesn’t look as cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19691",
"author": "Hinx3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T06:39:42",
"content": "cool :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19692",
"author": "altaf",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T09:14:53",
"content": "HiLet me know the shortes way how to hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19688",
"author": "wtf guys?",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T14:50:52",
"content": "wtf is wrong with you, this here isnt a hack, but its really helpfull. and you are complaining that hackaday aint posting hacks? hackaday isnt a place that post hacks everyday, its a place where you meet other people to discuss hacking hardwear. you guys are wierd.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19689",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T20:01:51",
"content": "Sweet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19690",
"author": "zerocool60544",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T22:48:54",
"content": "…Bluetooth headset+ Speech Recognition+ Text to Speech+ Creative Programming================…Amazing funI can’t wait to get a bluetooth headset.BTW: can this headset connect to a PC? I would buy a shit load of them. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19686",
"author": "RoBerto",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T08:34:32",
"content": "Yes, in fact. iChat has a suspicious “Connect to Bluetooth headset” menu item (requires a Mac).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19687",
"author": "RoBerto",
"timestamp": "2006-06-10T09:08:57",
"content": "Yes, in fact. iChat has a suspicious “Connect to Bluetooth headset” menu item (requires a Mac).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "430634",
"author": "cellurl",
"timestamp": "2011-08-08T18:28:53",
"content": "I need a super cheap bluetooth switch.E.g. some way for my phone to turn on/off something like a light using BT.As we all know, BT-Modules cost $50+ which is absurd considering a BT-dongle costs $1.95.Anyone got any leads on a cheap solution for me?thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/06/07/laptop-external-antenna-mod/
|
Laptop External Antenna Mod
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
Yes. [Minh-Tam]’s addition of an
external antenna to his Dell Latitude C840
is incredibly easy. We don’t remember seeing anyone else attempt this though. Minh-Tam has done it the “correct” way by using a pigtail so he should have minimal loss and get a lot more use out of his 9dB external antenna.
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| 22
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19685",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T21:48:17",
"content": "This was done long ago herehttp://gallery.6o4.ca:8080/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=13107&g2_page=5and quite a bit better imho",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19684",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T21:56:50",
"content": "I’m going to do this one.. I have a miniPCI atheros total card with two U.FL plugs on it, but what I need is an external plug for testing and such. The tricky part really is finding a good spot to mount the SMA plug :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19683",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T22:47:56",
"content": "the hard part is finding a place to mount one on a newer laptop… pcmcia w/ ext jacks is probably your best bet still…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19680",
"author": "mojotek",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:02:28",
"content": "I wish [Minh-Tam] had included pictures of the actual connection to the internal wireless card. otherwise it’s a great mod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19681",
"author": "larry wheeler",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:06:46",
"content": "i have a compaq presario the antennas are mounted on pcbs underneath the plastic covers just above the hinges for the lcd. i have thought about mounting an external connector for antennas but i have a suck ass broadcom card and want better signal strength i want to retain the original pcb tennas but i havent found a good jack that would fit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19682",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:26:41",
"content": "mojotek-basically, there are 2 leads going to the mini-pci slot, you need to splice into thoe wires. These wires are a main and a backup wire which run around the monitor of the laptop. It’s quite simple to do.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19678",
"author": "craig",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:31:08",
"content": "2) Yeah, especially with some of the really thin laptops, where do you put the connector?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19679",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:56:09",
"content": "Try thesehttp://repair4laptop.org/wireless_lan_antennae.htmlAlex ~",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19677",
"author": "Alex ~",
"timestamp": "2006-06-07T23:57:42",
"content": "Try thesehttp://repair4laptop.org/wireless_lan_antennae.htmlAlex ~",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19676",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T02:23:28",
"content": "This was done years ago with a “clamshell” mac and an airport card. I gotta contact the person that did it because he took down his “book” that has it in it and i dont know if he wants me to put it up or not.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19675",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T02:26:12",
"content": "ok well i found his less detailed version of the pigtail on a old mac bookhttp://rayhaque.blogspot.com/2003/11/punting-putersi-know-its-little.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19674",
"author": "flux",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T02:50:16",
"content": "man, this is crap. i did this to my thinkpad t20 over a year ago with a rp-tnc connector so you can use the wrt type antennas. i also beleive i submitted and it never got posted. it looked really quite nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19673",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T03:29:06",
"content": "ya im not impressed at this he used a pigtail with a card that had a connector for one and just drilled a hole. now if he modified an internal card that doesnt have a connector that would be another story",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19671",
"author": "Barry",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T04:22:12",
"content": "Done this twice now. Once with an old ass Itronix, and once with a titanium G4 powerbook. Still a nice easy mod though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19672",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T04:25:21",
"content": "“This was done long ago herehttp://gallery.6o4.ca:8080/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19669",
"author": "t3h",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T05:31:31",
"content": "I’m about to do it with a DWL-122 for KisMac.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19670",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T07:45:31",
"content": "Wow, exactly what I’ve been looking for… And all this time I was thinking how to boost the range of the router instead… Maybe finally I can get a little better signal through these concrete walls :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19668",
"author": "danny mackey",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T09:23:17",
"content": "im surprised that many laptops dont come with plugs built in for attaching an external antenna, especially considering all the people that use laptops inside cars or in the backyard just out of range of a network, they could just plug in an extended antenna",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19667",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-06-08T17:18:42",
"content": "Adding external antenna capability to devices that don’t have it is classic hardware hacking.Kudos!(adding connectivity of _any_ kind rocks!)Internal antennas are a compromise at best.Free the radiating elements and you’ll see RF performance jump considerably.I scoff at “asthetics”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19666",
"author": "ciphernaut",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T15:36:19",
"content": "have been sourcing the parts (and time) to do this to a thinkpad t40I think I’ll put the the mmcx connector in one of the vents on the left hand side. I could put it above the audio jacks (hello interefence) or at the front end in the cpu cooling vent… the third option is to bog up the rj11 socket and bung it through there",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19665",
"author": "paleck",
"timestamp": "2006-06-09T20:28:35",
"content": "I been thinking bout this for over a year for my Thinkpad R51. There a cover over where a firewire port could have optionally been. Its between the vent and PCMCIA slot. Thats where i think i will put mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19664",
"author": "Mace Bigelow",
"timestamp": "2006-06-16T20:24:36",
"content": "Bah, I just went and bought a pcmcia card. The broadcom wireless card on my craptop dont get signal even when ur 10 foot away!So I dont know if making this external mod will make a difference. Please someone convince me. I have to be like 5 feet or closer to make my broadcom work…wtfover?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/23/ccfl-backlight-replaced-with-white-leds/
|
CCFL Backlight Replaced With White LEDs
|
Eliot
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jeroen Domburg], one of our favorite hackers, has posted
how to replace a cold cathode based backlight with white LEDs
. He had recently purchased an HP Jornada 680 on eBay and the backlight was looking very pinkish. The Jornada has a QWERTY keyboard, CF slot, PCMCIA slot and
can run Linux
. Sounds like a pretty decent mini-terminal (now that we posted it you won’t be able to find one cheap though). In the space where the backlight was he was able to place 14 white LEDs. To get the 40V necessary to drive the series he built a boost-converter using an ATTiny13. The new backlight is just as bright and uses a 1/3 less power than the original. Half the Jornada’s power was being used by the original backlight, so this mod should give a decent increase in battery life as well.
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{
"comment_id": "19359",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T18:14:59",
"content": "FUNCTIONAL, FIXES A PROBLEM, AND INCREASES BATTERY LIFE, NICE HACK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19381",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T19:00:27",
"content": "yeish! Couldnt you just put the leds in parallel and keep from needing to do the voltage amp?This is rather interesting though. Wonder if other companies would do this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19380",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T19:21:00",
"content": "HmmmmmmmmmmPeople have been doing this on laptops for some time now, particularly when the old ccfl’s have died or just gone dim. I’ve been thinking about it myself, but uniformity has always been a concern. This article has been useful to me in that I can see quite clearly in these pictures that the illumination is quite unevenly distributed, and would definately be no good for my laptop.Yes, I’ve thought about using diffusers etc. but my feeling is that once it starts getting this complex, it’s not worth doing. Plus the absorption from the diffuser will dim the display.Very good hack for a little portable, though!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19379",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T20:33:10",
"content": "you could always use low-profile, wide-angle LED and put some kind of defuser on top… it would completely fix uniformity and you’d loose a little brightnight but I think it’d be a heck of a lot more uniform then what’s there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19378",
"author": "Antiwhack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T20:34:24",
"content": "2. if you put the led’s in parallel, you’d be dividing the current, which is what drives the brightness in an led, by keeping them in series, you’re keeping a consistant current and you’re just dividing voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19377",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T20:50:15",
"content": "hal (#2), you don’t run diodes in parallel. unless the diodes are all completely identical, it’s too common that one of them will end up with all of the current, and blow. then the rest of the diodes have to deal with that much more current, and another blows, etc etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19376",
"author": "freiheit",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T22:16:20",
"content": "What would happen if I used coloured LEDs?It would be cool if there was a specific reason I wanted a tinted scre….!!!Like using red LEDS when the laptop will be used at night to preserve night vision??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19375",
"author": "Kowalski",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T22:17:49",
"content": "awesome! i have one of these, a jornada 720 wiah a wifi pcmica and 1gb storage sf… had a bit better spec than the 680, uses ARM, so i can use a lot more progs because of the more common architechure, and supposedly can display more colors. for more on these go tohttp://www.hpcfactor.com, a very nice forum for all hpc-based devices, including jornada’smy windows ce collection, btw- inchuding the 720http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2263/dscf00292cc.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19374",
"author": "usbcd36",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T22:22:14",
"content": "LED backlighting is nothing new (not to say this isn’t neat). Ben Heckendorn has modified PSone LCDs and pocket TVs for use in his portables (they’re all on hackaday in various places), and he even bought factory-made LED backlit LCDs for his Atari Phoenixes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19373",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T22:56:07",
"content": "You can put the diodes in parallel if you put a limiting resitor in series with each one.Another way is to put a few diodes and a resistor in series, so that the sum of the forward drops is a bit less than the battery voltage. Then put these groups in parallel. This wastes less power in the limiting resistors and still keeps the voltage needed down below the supply voltage.I realize that he said he wanted to build this with parts he had on hand at the time, but the best, and most efficent way, is to use one of the fancy new white led driver chips like this:http://www.national.com/news/item/0,1735,726,00.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19372",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T23:38:20",
"content": "I wonder if this would work with my Libretto… Hmm…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19371",
"author": "nguyen_van_thoc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T02:25:59",
"content": "#7 – I assume you’re joking, but just in case – how about using a red theme and dimming your backlight? But of course that takes away your excuse to hack on your equipment…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19370",
"author": "Zenaida",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T03:35:43",
"content": "Seems like the thing to do would be to make a grid of the LED’s, so you can turn just one on at a time, then cycle through them all quickly enough so that you don’t notice any flicker. That way you only burn 20mA. Since he used an MCU anyway, it doesn’t seem like it would be too much harder. Although I guess you need 8 or so output pins to do that, which the ATTiny might not have.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19369",
"author": "p00nlog",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T04:23:59",
"content": "there’s lots of other devices that run some other form of *nix as well. i have an nec mobilepro 790 which is extremely similar in terms of functionality and size. this model and similar are dirt cheap on ebay. it has a cf slot, pcmcia, half vga touchscreen, touch-typeable keyboard, etc. netbsd hpc-mips runs on it like a dream, including x. just something to keep in mind looking at devices like this, jordanas aren’t the only line.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19368",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T05:07:20",
"content": "“That way you only burn 20mA.”LEDs don’t work that way. Yes, you can pulse them, but the average current has to be approximately the same to perceive the same brightness. The only reason LEDs are multiplexed is to reduce the amount of control circuitry, not to save power.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19367",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T07:08:29",
"content": "“LEDs don’t work that way. Yes, you can pulse them, but the average current has to be approximately the same to perceive the same brightness.”Actually, I believe studies have shown that the brightness does not tend to fall of linearly with duty cycle (that is, 50% dut = 50% brightness) but closer to logarithmically because of persistence of vision.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19366",
"author": "neato",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T12:08:49",
"content": "I like it! but how about making use of the micro’s comparator and pwm instead of the crusty (read: slow) adc! you can use the interrupt (positive edge) to turn on the pwm output and negative to turn it off again.http://www.edn.com/article/CA6330096.html?spacedesc=designIdeas&industryid=44217",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19365",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T16:10:13",
"content": "Would it be possible to have a list of ultra-portable palmtop/handtop/PDA devices that run *nix? I got the Toshiba Libertto, this one on this page, the NEC Mobilepro 790 and that’s it.What I’m looking for is something to become my alarm clock (streaming MP3 through wireless) and my small portable to keep near my bedside when I have an idea in the middle of the night. Currently I have a Toshiba E740 and it’s really starting to annoy me as every time I set it down it hard-resets and loses all my data that I don’t save to my CF Card.Thanks for any help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19363",
"author": "p00nlog",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T17:27:04",
"content": "http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/hpcmips/#supportedthis is the site for the netbsd-hpcmips distribution (what runs on the mobilepro). huge list of supported devices and to what extent they are supported. of course, some of these devices are rather obscure, and you’d have to do some googling to get the finer points, but a good starting point at least.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19364",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T03:17:59",
"content": "“Actually, I believe studies have shown that the brightness does not tend to fall of linearly with duty cycle (that is, 50% dut = 50% brightness) but closer to logarithmically because of persistence of vision.”Do you have any references to these studies? I’ve had this debate with people before and nobody has ever been able to come up with any. I personally think it is a myth.I have designed several multiplexed LED displays, and my own personal experience is that it is reasonabley close to linear. I’ve pushed it as far as a 10:1 multiplexing and in that case I did have to run 10 times the current to get the same brightness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19362",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T05:31:06",
"content": "I would love to find someone with one of these or something like it broken so i could play with it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19361",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T19:41:06",
"content": "“Do you have any references to these studies?”Unfortunately I can locate none at the moment. My main reason for believing such is my own experience when I replicated a test with a 10 segment LED bar graph, with the segments driven in 10% duty increments, and to my eye the gradations were closer to logarithmic (I had printouts of a linear and logarithmic scale, both in 10 gradations to match to). The phenomenon may be due to some other factor but I have seen it in practice.A photograph of the experiment showed a linear scale, but this was not as it appears to the eye, probably due to some process in the eye or the brain in processing the image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19360",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T20:57:15",
"content": "“My main reason for believing such is my own experience”You are the first to disagree with me and claim actual experience. In the past it’s always been a “well, I read it on the net somewhere” or “so and so told me” kind of thing.So now I think I am going to have to build something to test this now. Like maybe take a microcontroller and program it to PWM a LED at different duty cycles, and then build a constant current driver and adjust it to match the brightness and then measure the current and compare to the PWM duty cycle.If I really wanted to get fancy, I could make the microcontroller control both the PWM and the constant current source and be able to switch which goes to which LED and change which LED was being adjusted. The microcontroller could be programmed to do a sort of double blind test that way because I wouldn’t know which LED was constant current and which LED was PWMed when I was matching the brightness. So many projects to do, so little time. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19387",
"author": "adean",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T10:08:24",
"content": "I’ve had this argument before too. AFAIK the eye responds linearly to the total power impingent on it (if that is even a word) – unless – it is slow enough to visibly flicker. In that case it will appear brighter because of the retina’s movement detection circuitry.BTW I would like to try RGB LED backlighting to enhance the colour gamut of an LCD, apparently (as in I am guessing) this is how the high end monitors do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19386",
"author": "d1",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T17:21:36",
"content": "I got a 3 year old FOSA NB-34B laptop with a blown inverter, near-dead battery and serious paint fade and i wonder if i can do this to it. The cold cathode still works but the inverter has blackened parts. I was *theorizing* that by getting 11V from the Pow Sup. it will go to a resistor, stepping it down to 4V, going to a variable resistor (Bright Control) to an array of White LEDs. I know that this theory (excuse me) sucks because the technicians laughed, so any brighter ideas? Anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19385",
"author": "seth",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T01:25:26",
"content": "Has anyone tried a single, ultrabright LED with a piece of perspex rod? You can get the square or triangular rods (clear or diffused). I’m thinking if you cut it right you could get a nice distribution of light with just the single LED..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19384",
"author": "Vincent",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T22:40:01",
"content": "do you get any longer run time running off the battery?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19382",
"author": "Cyrus",
"timestamp": "2006-06-20T04:26:35",
"content": "Why are the “Y” and “Z” keys on your keyboard switched? Did anyone else notice this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19383",
"author": "twentynine",
"timestamp": "2006-06-24T12:15:48",
"content": "Because he speaks/types German, maybe? How did you notice two tiny keys and not a screen full of German text? ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19388",
"author": "Jerry S",
"timestamp": "2008-09-06T17:51:34",
"content": "The brightness of DLP tvs is by duty cycle modulation and the red, blue, and green colors appear sequentially, so the response of the eye and brain to pulsed light and color has been well studied. No need to do it over again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "102409",
"author": "Old Comedywriter",
"timestamp": "2009-10-19T19:36:38",
"content": "I bought a bad no-picture 15″ HDTV on Ebay for $50, a LED flex strip light for $10, and now have a really cool (literally) flat panel TV. Whites are a little dim, slight “stage lighting” effect, but it works fine with the right color temp setting. Took only an hour to do the mod. Now it sits next to my repaired $50 21″ computer monitor with all new electrolytics and $50 Ebay P4 computer, which is a server for my free salvaged weather station (also with LED replacement backlight.) The fun I had in repairing all this: Priceless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/22/game-boy-advance-midi-interface/
|
Game Boy Advance MIDI Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Avelino Herrera Morales] wrote in to tell us about his
Game Boy Advance MIDI project
. It’s pretty neat since it only takes two resistors and a link cable to use. The link cable has a slotted connector so you can use a chunk of protoboard to connect to the pins. He has software the does all of the MIDI packet generation. As an example, he uses the GBA to control a
Chameleon synthesizer
.
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{
"comment_id": "19357",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T18:46:00",
"content": "the midi sub-culture confuses me, but a hack is a hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19355",
"author": "OMG IM FIRSTTTTTT",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T18:48:10",
"content": "FIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRSTvvvv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19356",
"author": "omg im dumbbbbb",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T18:56:38",
"content": "dumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbdumbww",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19353",
"author": "ArAgost",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T18:57:57",
"content": "Great project. Now what I’d LOVE to see is a nintendo DS hacked to be a Kaoss-like 2d touch MIDI controller :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19354",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T19:12:45",
"content": "A similar DS hack would be sweet… It’s amazing all the unique uses people come up with for the GBAs. I have a friend how uses one to tune the computer in his car!on another note, doesn’t anyone moderate the comments?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19352",
"author": "Wesley",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T20:43:19",
"content": "This is great, but I would love to see some really practical applications for the Gameboy. Like say… a music player or a way to use the screen as a screen for composite video. (So like when you have a DVD player but no TV, you can be all like “Oh, welllllll… let me just pull out my Gamebay here… asnd get this adapter…” Or some application that monitors sound or somthing. By the way, that guy must be like a junkie when it comes to synths with a Fantom and a Chameleon in a rack. Come one… who gets a rack? Cool folks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19350",
"author": "Wesley",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T20:45:31",
"content": "aragoast- that would be soooo sweet, because Kaosses are so exspensive. (well so is a ds if you don’t have one…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19351",
"author": "Danny",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T23:19:49",
"content": "Wesley – they already have those things for the GBA. Google for “GSM Player” and “MusicPlayer Advance” if you want music players for the GBA. It’s not quite powerful enough to playback mp3 though, so it has to be converted into a different format first.There’s also software called Meteo that will convert a video into a .gba rom file.Of course, for those, you’ll need some sort of flash cartridge for the GBA. Still, it’s possible.In addition, the thing you were mentioning about using the GBA as a screen for other stuff can be done with the GBA TV Tuner. It can pick up analog TV signals off the air, but there’s also a coaxial jack for input. I’m not sure if a DVD player would have a coaxial output, but I’m sure there would be a way to get it working somehow.Once you get the DVD-player-to-GBA working, if you need to share the audio with others, get something like the Boostaroo portable headphone amplifier/splitter. Radio Shack also has their own generic version which is the same thing really. They sell for $20-25It’s all possible. Expensive, and perhaps not quite worth the cost considering the quality you’ll get, but possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19349",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T02:18:24",
"content": "Since I got some questions about it this is the Automotive computer tuner I was talking abouthttp://www.agpturbo.com/product.php?productid=16190&cat=306&page=1it’s made by DTEC and they make a few modules, but the main one is a fuel/boost controller for Subarus.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19348",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T03:26:39",
"content": "if you’re looking for cool GBA addons check outhttp://www.lik-sang.com/they have digital audio players, digital cameras, multimedia players, all for the GBAi got the Advanced Music Player from future shop for $20 clearance.. it was a b*tch to get working but it does workbut the multimedia players that use SD cards or the digital camera are alot cooler..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19347",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T05:06:34",
"content": "Looking to unlock Bluecharts Americas V6 – Any help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19346",
"author": "Bill",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T05:08:30",
"content": "Looking to unlock Bluecharts Americas V6 – Any help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19344",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T13:50:44",
"content": "Please never stop hacking the GBA!These are some of my favorite hacks to read about.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19345",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T03:59:21",
"content": "if ur looking for cheap GBA gear check out zellers or any of those types of stores, walmart, w.e. cuz i went there on the weekend and they had madd stuff for cheap/clearancei got a 20 hour addon battery pack that only cost me 20bucks.. now all i need is one of those media player roms and a 1 or 2 gb sdcard and i’m on my way to a more than half decent media playeroh the possibilities",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19343",
"author": "Tarnation",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T21:27:29",
"content": "from what i can tell, this is strictly a way to use midi out data from the GBA. i want to be able to send the GBA midi IN data, so i can use its built-in audio engine with a simple midi controller keyboard. has anyone been able to accomplish this? if so show me the way. that is what i really want to do…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19342",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T22:56:25",
"content": "the coolest GBA SP hack ever would probably be adding an SD Card reader built-in, and booting a mini copy of a linux distro that will have a minimal gui support, that is burnt into a rom chip in the GBA, then having the ability to use the SD card as memory source for the mini linux running..its probably a dream, to have a small, minimal, graphical linux distro running on a GBA-SP device, with a built-in sd card reader so we could slide a 1gb sd card in and use it as the available memory.i wish someday, someone will maybe get into this :)oh well…hehhe…dave",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19358",
"author": "jay",
"timestamp": "2007-05-19T07:54:30",
"content": "im a if you wanna say noob. well…………i actually know less than a noob but anywayz iz anyone willing to be down and teach me some stuff i need help i wanna learn these hacks and stuff there freshness you can talk to me on yahoo messenger if you do hit me up just say im from the hackaday web and ya wanna help i would be greatly appreciated for anyones help thank you very much",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45895",
"author": "magicman",
"timestamp": "2008-10-16T18:01:07",
"content": "ummm im trying to hack a game boy advance sp i need help please can you give me the link on were to go to download the thing for it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "45896",
"author": "magicman",
"timestamp": "2008-10-16T18:02:19",
"content": "ummm im trying to hack a game boy advance sp i need help please can you give me the link on were to go to download the thing for it email me if you know how atredgrulz1@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46054",
"author": "magicman",
"timestamp": "2008-10-17T21:23:36",
"content": "trying to hack a game boy advance sp i need help please can you give me the link on were to go to download the thing for it email me if you know how atredgrulz1@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/21/reverse-engineer-your-bios/
|
Reverse Engineer Your BIOS
|
Eliot
|
[
"laptops hacks"
] |
[] |
[th0mas] has a fun guide to
modifying the boot image in your BIOS
. This could very easily brick your laptop, but it’s interesting to see how it’s done. He starts by dumping the plain text strings. The magic number for bitmap format appears in the file so he copies a large chunk of data starting at that point. th0mas opens this in MSPaint to maintain the format. After modifying the image it’s placed back in the BIOS file and a couple checks are performed to make sure only the image data has changed. The final section involves running the flash utility in a debugger to find where it checks the CRC. By modifying the program he can then flash the image without the program complaining.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19341",
"author": "Remonster",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T20:21:17",
"content": "pretty neat. I wonder how well this would work on a desktop?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19339",
"author": "beanMosheen",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T20:35:20",
"content": "pheonix bios’s can be edited quite easily.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19340",
"author": "hax0r",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T20:50:32",
"content": "i have a pheonix bios, its a dell, but i used a program to see that the bios is infact from pheonix, i looked around but i cant find any way to edit it my self anyways and there is no like hacked version for me…do you think that editing the bios could let me overclock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19338",
"author": "theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T00:28:39",
"content": "why?my bios is just fine",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19337",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T00:55:30",
"content": "Hey, it’s troll day at hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19336",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T01:27:21",
"content": "Why go through all this trouble and risk bricking your laptop? You could just use a program called Bootskin that is free, and has a huge amount of different skins.Find it at Wincustomize.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19335",
"author": "steak",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T02:25:28",
"content": "hax0r. what program did you use to find out the company responsible for your bios. also, is it possible to reflash the bios chip if it goes horribly wrong",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19334",
"author": "Neo-Havic",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T02:26:05",
"content": "Bootskin is for windows’ splash screen… this is a BIOS hack…. Much more complicated and dangerous (and cool!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19333",
"author": "pnx",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T02:29:45",
"content": "#6: I guess the idea is to learn. It’s easy to use other peoples applications, but to know ‘how’ it actually works can be a lot more fun (and possibly worth the risk o_O).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19332",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T04:05:14",
"content": "Ditto #8This is the same way the m:robe100 images were hacked. Minus all of the double checking (if something went wrong, it could be easily reversed).Not something I’d do to my laptop… But maybe to some nearly derelict ones for fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19331",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T04:39:48",
"content": "hey guys thanks for the comments,#9: while it’s my only laptop I use, it is only a PII 300 so if I had lost it I wasn’t out too much – plus I just bought an EEPROM reader that I want to exercise :).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19330",
"author": "dext3r",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T08:27:28",
"content": "why? because hacking stuff is cool. the hell kind of question is ‘why’?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19329",
"author": "dennis",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T11:21:19",
"content": "BIOS modding can be accomplished in a much more sophisticated way. There is software to take it apart and put it back together. This way, even new routines and subprograms can be inserted, for example the ATA security extensions by Arne Fitzenreiter. They manage hard drive passwords and protect them against virus attacks. A great software collection ishttp://www.dstyles.de/bios/index2.html.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19328",
"author": "bogdanm",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T13:55:23",
"content": "It doesn’t even have to be so dangerous. Just run your BIOS in an emulator first, and if it works, chances are that it will also run in real life.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19327",
"author": "Tillin9",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T15:58:50",
"content": "This is a great hack! No more ugly Dell logo for me. hehe ;) A real shame that most motherboards don’t allow the BIOS flash to be removed. A programmer like TopWin, an adapter to PLCC 32, and some spare chips would let you play around safely.Just a note that some fairly modern BIOSes do allow you to make your own splash. Intel has for years:http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-009045.htmOther Intel boards/ chipsets support similar splashes. If its possible to replace a vendor BIOS with a standard one, you can do a similar hack with a lot less risk.There is also LinixBIOS, which lets you do basically anything you want at boot since its Linux. Unfortunately only a few motherboards (mostly AMD Opteron) are supported:http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/Supported_Motherboards",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19326",
"author": "pnx",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T20:12:41",
"content": "Just a bit of information for th0mas, when extracting the BMP image, instead of guessing the image size and letting the editor do the work, it can be retrieved from offset 0x2 in the BMP header (1 DWORD in size). (http://www.fastgraph.com/help/bmp_header_format.html) gives more info on BMP headers. Just my 2cents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19325",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T21:44:57",
"content": "One use for this – if you change your bios ID to one of the vendor specific ones like Dell or Gateway, and you set the DMI info in the motherboard, you could use their Windows XP install disks without activation. Not that this would be legal, so I’m just sayin…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19324",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T01:08:31",
"content": "#15:Thanks for the link. When I was extracting the BMP I didn’t have internet access, so I didn’t know exactly what the offset was from the filemagic. I did, however, know that I could extract too much information, and that Paint or other image editing/viewing applications wouldn’t care.. I used that fact in my last year’s Malicious C Programming entry :).Cheers,Tom",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19323",
"author": ":semtex:",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T02:16:44",
"content": "this is old news go tohttp://www.virtualplastic.net/html/misc_bios.htmlfor a complete tutorial and tools to do this much more easily than described in the article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19322",
"author": "th0mas",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T18:39:54",
"content": "#18:You’ll notice that the site you reference gives guides for award and ami bioses, and mine is for a toshiba laptop (which is neither).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19321",
"author": "jope",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T14:35:27",
"content": "Dell splash:http://www.bay-wolf.com/splash.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19320",
"author": "bhafy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T18:16:18",
"content": "In my experience, modding the bios is not easy. Not so much that it can’t be dissasembled, patched and checksum’d, but there are no good tools for the PC (hardware wise, no JTAG and no debuggers of any kind at this stage). If you do anything significant and the flash part is soldered on, you basically have one chance to get it right. Ive modded my system and video bios for using older display’s.(seehttp://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/bchafy/lood.html)But it took several hotflashes (and in the case of the video bios, eprom erase/rebrun cycles) to get it right. Also, aside from a boot logo mod, there are few avenues for help. Just my 2c.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62821",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-02-13T04:13:07",
"content": "Hacking the bios does indeed bring risk, but a lot of the newer hardware has bios recovery features implemented to recover your bricked machines from bad flashes. How do you think the OEMs fix their products when people have flashes go wrong? it’s not practical to desolder the chip, reflash it, and solder it back on to the board. Most systems (especially laptops) no longer have removable bios chips, so this feature is becoming common.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/20/3d-video-microscope/
|
3D Video Microscope
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Gerald Heine’s
stereo microscope
uses a field sequential method for generating 3D video. A CRT draws half the screen’s lines with each frame. So, if you send the video from two different cameras on alternating frames you can generate a 3D using shutter glasses. Gerald’s setup uses the sync signal from one camera to control the other. Both video signals are fed into his custom 3D video sync box which combines the frames into a single video feed and also outputs a control signal for shutter glasses.
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{
"comment_id": "19319",
"author": "fish",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T20:43:45",
"content": "wtf, what an idiot, poster 1 and 2this is pretty interesting, but what good does 3d do on a microscope? I mean stuff is flat under the slide in the microscope, so why have it in 3d if it’s physically flat anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19318",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T20:59:21",
"content": "Wrong. Stereo microscope. Not a high zoom, but 3D…that’s why the use ’em. Or at least…that’s what we learned in Biology…lolBut think about it…what’s the point of it being stereo if it’s 2D?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19317",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T21:03:14",
"content": "“Flat” is relative. Something that’s so small as to require a microscope to be seen won’t be squished perfectly flat under a microscope slide. It probably won’t be affected by the slide at all.Besides, as you can see in the link, the stereo microscope was a piece of standard kit that he picked up, rather than something he built himself. The stereo microscopes are also standard equipment in medical labs… at least in TV shows. ;) So there must be a benefit to having 3D microscopic vision. I doubt hospitals would be paying for stereo microscopes just ’cause doctors think they’re cooler than the monocular ones.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19316",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T00:33:22",
"content": "why use a 3d goggle getup? just split the screen, put the left image on the right (and vice versa) and do a simple crosseye method.Like these:http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=crosseye%203d&",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19315",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T02:48:18",
"content": "#6 you think people would really want to cross their eyes to look closely at 3d samples? It really strains the eyes.I hope your joking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19314",
"author": "hm?",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T03:13:46",
"content": "the cross-eye technique (which I had to learn for a molecular bio class, looking at enzyme structure and such) is difficult to do and not simple, and painful to do for any length of time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19313",
"author": "kingkael",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T04:18:36",
"content": "i have looked through stereo microscopes- the benefit of 3d is that these microscopes dont generally use slides, rather petri dishes so the object is not flat in the slide but 3d in a dish!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19312",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T07:10:35",
"content": "I’ve used stereo microscopes when repairing circuit boards with tiny capacitors and resistors. Having 3D really helps when doing that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19311",
"author": "fish",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T16:12:39",
"content": "oh, ok #12, I see what you mean, it would be better with petri dishes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19310",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T16:08:48",
"content": "I use the cross-eyed technique all the time… I even have a small gallery of a few cross eyed 3D photos I’ve taken:http://web-nine.com/gallery/3DThe key is picking the proper distance, the further away you are the less strain is causes (because you’re not crossing your eyes as much) this is particularly important for larger cross eyed photos that would take up your whole screen, you’d be better off taking a step or two away from your desk.If you over cross your eyes easily then you’re at a good distance, but if you have to strain to line up the center image then you’re probably too close.Even still I agree that for any length of time you’d be much better off with something like shutter glasses. The cross-eyed thing is really a novelty at best.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19309",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T08:05:29",
"content": "Another benefit of this microscope would be the ability to put the images on a virtual reality screen and not only view but also manipulate the image while seeing everything in 3d stereoscopic glasses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/19/metasploit-running-on-a-wrt/
|
Metasploit Running On A WRT
|
Eliot
|
[
"downloads hacks"
] |
[] |
The folks from See-Security have gotten the
Metasploit Framework running on a Linksys WRTSL54GS
. They were inspired after seeing the
Hacker Pimps
pen-testing firmware, which
we’ve covered before
. The Metasploit Framework is used to develop and execute exploit code against target machines. The See-Security team ran into trouble getting Metasploit running due to RAM limitations. This particular model of router has a USB port so they were able to create swap space on a flash drive. The web interface worked as well once they set the bind address to the gateway IP. They’ve got all the steps you need to do this starting with OpenWRT.
[thanks muts and stillbourne]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19307",
"author": "Nullsmack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T19:00:05",
"content": "OT but what would people reading this site recommend for a hackable AP other than the WRT? I’ve been reading and looking at the openwrt docs but all the routers it supports are all discontinued/unavailable or very expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19308",
"author": "Remonster",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T19:25:35",
"content": "looks cool. Sorry about the stupid question, but what kind of stuff can one do with this kind of software on a router?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19305",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T22:05:46",
"content": "#2, click my name for a link to the wiki page",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19306",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T02:57:30",
"content": "you can usee Asus WL-500g Deluxe, but asus fuxort GPL in the butt so I dont recommend it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19304",
"author": "thesb",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T15:32:31",
"content": "#1 You might want to look at building your own with m0n0wall/pfsense (or any other router/fwall distro) they are very robust and the price can be very right if you use old hardware, or you can get small soho-formed hardware from PC Engines or Soekris(expensive)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19303",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T04:09:57",
"content": "So what? Its running linux. You can compile linux code for it. Big deal. You can run any linux app that will fit in the memory available on this device. Its a linux box with a network port or 6.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19302",
"author": "one",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T09:49:13",
"content": "i just flew over the articel….he might get problems because he uses a USB stick for a swap partition.But these have a limitation of ~10.000 – 100.000 read and write cycles!That’s not very much for a swap partition!Greetings one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19300",
"author": "ydef",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T08:03:51",
"content": "So what was the conclusion? Was metasploit able to run on it or not? It seems like you’re saying that they were able to, yet at the same time you’re saying that they weren’t due to memory issues. I’m wondering whether it’s worth my time to read your article source if the whole effort was in vain due to memory constraints.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19301",
"author": "ydef",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T08:08:07",
"content": "So what was the conclusion? Was metasploit able to run on it or not? It seems like you’re saying that they were able to, yet at the same time you’re saying that they weren’t due to memory issues. I’m wondering whether it’s worth my time to read your article source if the whole effort was in vain due to memory constraints.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19299",
"author": "Baalpeteor",
"timestamp": "2006-06-25T03:38:52",
"content": "metasploit is a library of exploits. Whats it use? It houses exploits you can launch with a payload on systems. Like lets say a pc has winamp, and of course it runs windows. I can boot up my linux pen test distro, Run metasploit, look under winamp apps and find winamp exploits, pick a payload, then launch it. Some might require the pc to go to a url (locally or remotely), and there’s ways to make a pc go to a url without them clicking. Why would we do this? Mainly to get command line, or root in linux. Another reason? Vnc injection also. It all depends on your needs.If your more of a newbie, or just want to quickly find an exploit, you can use the nice gui. If your a die hard cracker/hacker, or just learning how to fully use metasploit, you can also use it from the konsole.Now I will shutup before I tell you guys too much. And dont go emailing me asking me to hack your friends or how todo this and that :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/18/remote-controlled-alarm-clock/
|
Remote Controlled Alarm Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Not everyone can have a cute alarm clock that runs away from you like
Clocky
. Most just resolve to place the clock on the other end of the room so they have to get out of bed to switch it off. That’s what [ryan] had to do to get up in the morning. He wasn’t able to set the time or confirm that the alarm was on from bed anymore so he decided to hack in an
IR remote for his alarm
. Ryan has written a thorough article on how he decoded the remote codes and implemented the clock control using an ATMEGA8. Now he can just key in the time he wants and the microcontroller takes care of setting it.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19297",
"author": "ANON",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T18:57:33",
"content": "nICE HACK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19298",
"author": "Brandon Kinman",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T19:03:31",
"content": "That is a freaking great idea =). Talk about really fun technology. It would be interesting if clocky was able to calculate the furthest distance that it could travel before running into an object, and then use that information to try to hide as far away as possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19295",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T19:37:27",
"content": "I’m wondering how he maintains sync with the clock over a period of time. It doesn’t look like he’s getting a clock source from the alarm clock itself – surely they will drift apart over a few days/months/years?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19296",
"author": "Earl",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T20:29:22",
"content": "Now, to just reprogram the remote to turn OFF the alarm clock thats on the other side of the room, while still laying in bed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19293",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T21:23:56",
"content": "Aww, already stolen and posted on digg. At least they didn’t take the text too.http://www.digg.com/mods/HOW_TO:_Remote_Control_Hack_for_Your_Alarm_Clock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19294",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T21:26:23",
"content": "how about just wiring in a remote to your bedside clock that activated a stereo or another box across the room that has your own custon super-annoying noismaker :). that would be the best idea for people like me with contacts, I would not be able to see the display from across the room",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19292",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T22:48:23",
"content": "Cool hack! I like how he went beyond just adding remote-control functionality and made it better!error404- it looks like only the alarm is set this way… since that doesn’t advance by itself -> no drift.I would have put the alarm next to my bed and replaced the alarm-off switch with a remote-controlled-relay. And then put the remote on the other side of the room. But that would have been far less cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19291",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T02:04:33",
"content": "I’m still curious how he gets initial synchronization for the alarm between the processor and the clock. If the controller loses power, does he have to manually set the alarm to 12:00 on the clock so the processor is in sync with it?alarm_hours and alarm_minutes are globals, so they’ll be initialized to 0. I’d hope that either the processor is on the clocks backup battery, or he doesn’t use one, so the alarm comes up at a fixed time when power comes back.Of course, there’s always the $40 UPS option.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19290",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T06:39:26",
"content": "**If the controller loses power, does he have to manually set the alarm to 12:00 on the clock so the processor is in sync with it?**Yes.but after all debugging, you could just embed the uC and run it off the alarm clock’s power with a voltage regulating circuit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19289",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T18:37:24",
"content": "Certainly he could run it off the clock’s main supply, but I doubt the clock battery would hold it up through more than a minor hiccup.If you look at the code, he’s not using any of the low power modes of the Mega8. And the Sharp IR receiver is not exactly a low power device either.Also, a lot of clocks with integrated high power devices (like the CD player) use a SuperCap or large capacitor for backing up the time. The clock chips themselve usually pull well less than 1 milliamp. If you bolt on some kit that pulls 10-20ma, the backup time is going to be *very* short.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19288",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T21:04:05",
"content": "so you’re worried about clock alarm time and uc alarm time losing sync, right? You’re saying the clock might lose power but not reset the alarm time while the reset hits the uc and sets it’s alarm to 12:00. about how long would this brown out last? could a backup button cell help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19287",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T17:02:48",
"content": "basically, this: unless they both reset at the same time, or the mega8 “knows” that the clock has lost power, they’re going to be out of sync. because there’s no feedback from the clock, you never truly know if you’re in sync or not.Using the clock battery or cap to backup the mega8 is going to seriously shorten it’s life, because the mega8 and ir receiver aren’t running in low power mode.There is one way, but it adds hardware. you would need a battery backed up real-time clock (RTC) on the mega8 board. a FET is used to control power to the clock chip in the clock. When the mega8 thinks it’s out of sync, it removes power from the clock, waits, reasserts power, and prays like hell it resets to a known value for the time and alarm. The mega8 then drives the time set and alarm set lines to bring the clock into sync with the RTC.The downside of this method is that if the clock chip is also used to store things like radio presets or modes, you’d lose those. The little Sony clock radio I had used a single chip controller, and the time, alarm, and station presets. If the power went out and the backup battery died, it forgot everything (some radios use EEPROM to store presets).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19286",
"author": "justin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T22:43:05",
"content": "cool hack and the nerf gun his kicks ass",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19285",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T23:27:10",
"content": "Hey all!The clock has a backup battery, which I don’t use. There’s no supercap in the clock to store the state, so when the clock goes, the mega8 goes as well. That way, at power-up, the alarm time is 12:00 in both the clock and the uc.You guys are great! Such scrutiny! Maybe I’ll get lucky end up with more stuff on hackaday. :) This is fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,927.256319
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/17/dualboot-dvd-firmware-mod-for-the-xbox-360/
|
Dualboot DVD Firmware Mod For The Xbox 360
|
Eliot
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
Monday brought news of
backups successfully booting on Xbox 360s
with modified DVD firmware images. LittleJonny put together a tutorial on how to
boot two different DVD drive firmwares
. To perform this mod you need a second SST 39sf020a flashrom plus some resistors. The two flash chips are soldered directly on top of each other except for pin 15. Two wires are then attached. Which flash chip is used depends on which wire you pull to ground. Just add a switch and you can install a modified firmware on the second chip while keeping your original. I’m guessing Microsoft will put firmware detection into the dashboard to combat this, but this will keep your original firmware intact so you won’t have to reflash if something breaks.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19282",
"author": "w00tbike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T17:01:56",
"content": "first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19283",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T18:46:39",
"content": "your cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19284",
"author": "Clinton",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T18:49:48",
"content": "I think it’s almost time to get an xbox 360…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19280",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T19:35:04",
"content": "i like how simple the switch is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19281",
"author": "w00tbike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T19:36:51",
"content": "you’re cool = you are coolMake sense?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19276",
"author": "Mrgreen",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T20:56:22",
"content": "first post! = n00bMake sense?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19277",
"author": "zite",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T21:00:38",
"content": "shut up wootbike, anything you say == null due to your “first post” post.How would microsoft check the firmware in the dash? Couldn’t you just plop another chip in the middle telling it to return whatever this new patch is expecting?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19278",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T22:33:05",
"content": "your != you’re != coolwell of course they can check for serial numbers or ‘auth codes’ like ‘microsoft’ and burn a link to diable everything if its not found. then you’ll just think that your mod screwed you’er xbox.if you know what your doing you can work around it all. just like hack a day pps have proved again and again…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19279",
"author": "HeBD",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T22:34:55",
"content": "your != you’re != coolwell of course they can check for serial numbers or ‘auth codes’ like ‘microsoft’ and burn a link to diable everything if its not found. then you’ll just think that your mod screwed you’er xbox.if you know what your doing you can work around it all. just like hack a day pps have proved again and again…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19275",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T06:25:45",
"content": "no one can say this isnt a hack.. and if they do.. they are wrong.. gg h.a.d.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19271",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T13:18:05",
"content": "Not a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19272",
"author": "w00tbike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T16:36:21",
"content": "furtim showed you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19273",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T04:10:34",
"content": "zing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19274",
"author": "littlejonny",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T08:16:43",
"content": "new tut on its way tommorow",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19270",
"author": "BoobMan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T16:55:58",
"content": "Errr, people who post things that aren’t relevent to the topic makes me sad, and makes baby jesus sad, and errr lets say God kills a kitten everytime it happens.So I think this definetly means that I want an xBox, and that it’s improbable to make an unhackable system… well atleast for microsoft.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19269",
"author": "toonage",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T10:25:35",
"content": "looks the business this dual boot well done dude",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,927.626364
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/30/portable-media-center-extender/
|
Portable Media Center Extender
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
Hack247 has posted their first project: a
portable media center extender
. It has a wireless video sender that’s connected to an Xbox running XBMC. The receiver is housed in a box with the popular Sony PSone LCD. The box can transmit remote commands back to the Xbox for full control. It’s a nice bit of kit, but he still needs to build the battery pack.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19498",
"author": "OMG IM FIRSTTTTTT",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T23:37:00",
"content": "I’mgreg.donnelly@gmail.comand I’m a comment spammer. [ed.]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19499",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T23:38:25",
"content": "haha first!!!!cool hack thoughgreat idea",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19500",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T23:49:58",
"content": "ne chance that these will be available for purchase either built or as a kit..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19497",
"author": "SpartanIV",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T02:00:47",
"content": "where can people still find PSone LCDs other than ebay these days?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19496",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T03:13:48",
"content": "Doubtful you’ll be able to buy that.. “running XBMC” might as well read “running illegally compiled software on an illegally hacked console”. It’s a shame though XBMC is easily the best software you can run on an Xbox.As for where you can get an PSOne screen… some people just have them laying around for projects like this, I’ve got about 5 of them still in their boxes. I bought out the stock from a local KB Toys when they went out of business… got them for $20 a piece…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19495",
"author": "profsparks",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T03:13:49",
"content": "i hate first post people, and people like me who bitch about people who made the first postcool idea really, but i wonder if there are any problems with heat long term?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19494",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T05:08:36",
"content": "well i already have the xbox with xbmc :Pbut the actual media center extension doesnt rely on the xbox or xbmc so they could sell it cuz it could be used with anything that has the correct input",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19493",
"author": "PiG_dog",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T12:13:13",
"content": "A good idea, would have been alot more usefull if he integrated a RF Controller into the unit, as he could play games on it then aswell, also would be able to use it in any room of his house.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19492",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T12:51:24",
"content": "It would be great if it worked win Windows Media Center Eition…I guess I’ll have to hack the hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19491",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T18:36:15",
"content": "I would imagine this would work with ANYTHING wouldn’t it?I get the impression that this is just a box that includes a wireless video receiver, LCD screen, and a UHF based IR repeater. So you could use this to control your cable box or Media Center PC or anything else that outputs a video and is controlled by IR remote.As far as I can tell the fact that its being used with an Xbox running XBMC has little to nothing to do with the hack itself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19503",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T22:09:34",
"content": "The things people will do just to be able to watch movies on the can.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19502",
"author": "Doctor X",
"timestamp": "2006-06-23T13:41:37",
"content": "haha i’m the 12th comment gimp, so suck it and see.Yes there’s a good chance it was illegally compiled but hacking your xbox is perfectly legal it all depends what chip you use and if you start messing around with the ms code.I use xbmc everyday and this is the best hack i’ve seen for the xbox for a long time",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19501",
"author": "moses",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T23:02:33",
"content": "Doctor x, check out this xbox hack. It is the best that I have ever seen from this guy.http://www.portablesystems.net/xbox%20page2.htmHe is really good at this kind of thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,927.580901
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/29/rov-capable-of-diving-to-400-feet/
|
ROV Capable Of Diving To 400 Feet
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
My buddy Willy Volk at
Divester
has always been good about passing along stories about cool remote operated vehicles and this is no exception. A team of 8 engineering students at RIT have built an
ROV capable of diving to 400 feet
. Most schools design there ROVs for competition in pools, but the RIT seniors had a real-world goal: exploring shipwrecks in Lake Ontario. They built a lightweight aluminum frame and mounted batteries onboard. The ROV moves via four commercial thrusters controlled by an ATMega128. There are 3 video cameras plus HID lights. All control comes from a laptop using an RS-232 tether. More details are provided in their
conference paper PDF
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19489",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T19:13:50",
"content": "dude, i dont know what it is, but it looks cool as heck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19488",
"author": "adaminc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T22:28:09",
"content": "i am building the exact same thing, but not using metal, but 4″, 3″ and 2″ schedule 80 pvc, hopefully it will be able to reach at least 400ft, according to my calcs it should be able to reach at least 700ft, which I will also use in Lake Ontario, but the Canadian side, Go Canada!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19487",
"author": "Wesley",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T00:52:52",
"content": "john (first post)-you have never watched a discovery channel special?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19486",
"author": "IronLizard",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T01:16:19",
"content": "I never understood why they use batteries for these things. It’s not like you don’t already have a cord attached. Just run power down from the boat and save $$$.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19485",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T01:50:26",
"content": "it’s because of the cable’s high resistance that they don’t do that — they would need to feed a voltage in the order of a couple hundred volts DC to get any reasonable power at the submersible. it would also prevent the rov from executing onboard emergency procedures in case of a cable breakage. plus, the rov will need weights to keep it submerged to counter the buoyant force, and heavy batteries are a good way to do that without dummy ballast",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19484",
"author": "wim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T02:09:29",
"content": "Wow, cool. I’ve also wanted to build something to explore local lakes and bays. (should probably clear it with the naval bases that are in said bays first) Water here is pretty turbid, so I’d want some kind of sonar…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19483",
"author": "wim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T02:17:24",
"content": "#6: from the linked page: “The major electrical design decision on the ROV was deciding whether to send power down the tether or to make the vehicle self-powered using battery packs. Batteries were chosen because it was an easier solution to implement, and allowed for the use of an extremely thin, low-drag fiber-optic tether.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19482",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T06:40:30",
"content": "very cool. Its good to see engineering senior design projects done well and exceed basic goals set by whatever competition they might be entering.Design looks simple and clean — what always works, and works well :D I wonder how easy/difficult it was to pilot…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19481",
"author": "anonomite",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T08:08:28",
"content": "its cool and all, but how is it a hack. its more of a , dunno, DIY or somthing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19480",
"author": "Levi",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T15:38:06",
"content": "That must be some specialized fiber optic cable they’re using for a tether. 3mm? What’s the tensile strength on that? I’d be afraid the thrust from the motors alone would be enough to snap it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19479",
"author": "Russ",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T20:36:10",
"content": "On most work-class ROVs, the umbilical cable is the most expensive part of the system. This is because it needs to be strong enough to support the weight of the ROV, the weight of itself, not to mention provide communications and high voltage power (typically 3000 volts) over 2-4 kilometers of length. Any reduction in size of this cable has a huge effect on system cost.You’re also not going to be able to easily drag around that much cable even if it’s neutrally bouyant. You’ll need more thrust to overcome the drag, more power to generate more thrust, thicker cable to handle the increased power…That fiber line is most likely kevlar fiber reinforced with an abrasion-resistant outer shell. It’s probably much stronger than the thruster force, but not strong enough to lift the vehicle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19478",
"author": "Emery premeaux",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T01:47:27",
"content": "IF anyone is interested in a three man, <$300 version of the same deal (water tight cases, bilge pumps, pvc and some snappy electronics/software), check outhttp://mre11.blogspot.com/2006/05/water-test.htmlIts only water tight to the bottom of a pool, but can be sealed up right good for <100 feet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19477",
"author": "wim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T08:14:59",
"content": "looks like it got moved tohttp://ittrov.blogspot.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19476",
"author": "OrbnLgnd",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T09:38:03",
"content": "yes correct.. I needed my space back! ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19475",
"author": "[firestorm]",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T07:33:01",
"content": "This hack is sickWhat are they going to use this for though, besides research? Wreck exploration? Messing with strange alien aquatic lifeforms? (fun!)I bet you could resell this thing for 4 to 5 times the ammount that they paid to build it. Theres got to be better uses, (laying depth charges between usa-canada border, for instance lol, just kidding, i’m an american)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19474",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T09:52:06",
"content": "wow, i cant believe they made this thing! it would be so much fun to have one, especially with an onboard cam (a good one)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19473",
"author": "gorobotics.net",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T19:42:20",
"content": "Thrusters like that can be purchased fromhttp://www.Seabotix.comfor about $800 each … not exactly cheap, but still in the range of hobbiests.That’s what we’re using on our underwater vehicle:http://www.ncsurobotics.org—–http://www.gorobotics.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19490",
"author": "mongo",
"timestamp": "2007-08-07T06:33:29",
"content": "It would be great for cave diveing as a forward look see…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81478",
"author": "Placebo",
"timestamp": "2009-07-14T08:48:01",
"content": "Use A/C volts like the Video Ray, you will be able to get power down a 1000 foot cable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,928.015027
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/28/ddr-whack-a-mole/
|
DDR Whack-a-mole
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
Drew and Calvin built this
DDR whack-a-mole game
for their EECS 373 class. It’s powered by a Freescale MPC823. The processor controls eight servos with pictures of their friend Malav. The game runs for 20 seconds and then reports how many Malavs you’ve stepped on. They say that the hardest part of this project was figuring out how to properly read the Playstation DDR pad.
[thanks Ano nym ous]
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[
{
"comment_id": "19472",
"author": "g0d",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T00:31:38",
"content": "omg that is whack……….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19471",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T04:27:10",
"content": "Am I the only one that thinks about memory DIMMs every time hackaday posts mention “DDR?”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19470",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T04:43:43",
"content": "#2: absolutely not!!i was wondering why someone would want to whack their ram chips too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19469",
"author": "RusH",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T13:23:14",
"content": "so the ONLY real problem for them was to copy and paste (plus some edit) ready made PSX pad driver ?i smell lamenesshttp://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.1/0882.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19468",
"author": "nv0u",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T19:57:21",
"content": "Rush: Kinda hard to use a driver like that when all this is being done with essentially one chip. A chip, I might add, that is not running any sort of OS.Ya know, not everything in the world needs to have Linux running behind it to function….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19467",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T20:41:51",
"content": "He’s using his shoes on a soft mat! :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/27/pcb-fuser-for-toner-transfer-etching/
|
PCB Fuser For Toner Transfer Etching
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
We’ve covered the
toner transfer method
for creating circuit boards before. Instead of using an iron, Rich
uses the fuser out of a laser printer
to get consistent results. He wired a dimmer to the power supply to regulate the temperature. The fuser has a built in thermistor, so you can read the temp using an ohm meter. For rate control he built a stepper controller that connects to a parallel port. Using a simple program he’s able to control both speed and direction.
[thanks Fredasp]
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[
{
"comment_id": "19464",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T22:23:36",
"content": "nice hack! all my attempts at pcb etching have failed… I just need a better method I guess. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19465",
"author": "mklebel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T23:06:08",
"content": "I might have to look into this next time I need a board made. The iron method didn’t work out the best for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19466",
"author": "holla bro",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T23:12:47",
"content": "i still prefer the photo etch method. people say its soo much more expensive and stuff, but the only real expensive thing is the lamp, which could cost around 30 bux if you look hard. and it really only takes 1 more chemical (the photo stripper). but honestly, its easier is more consistent and can do much much much finer traces.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19463",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T23:22:39",
"content": "Interesting method, certainly looks a lot more reliable than using an iron. I’ll have to check on how laser printers work but maybe it could be possible to print the toner directly on the PCB instead of doing a transfer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19462",
"author": "Gary",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T00:17:50",
"content": "Nice hack, but pretty dangerous. (as the man says) If anyone was to attempt this on a more permanent scale, might be a good idea to make some covers to limit the dangers of the exposed PSU and fuser unit etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19459",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T01:01:50",
"content": "Great idea.I agree it adds some complexity which was the advantage toner transfer had over UV exposure, but look at his example PCB, looks perfect.Plus its still ends up cheaper, (if you can pick up an old laser printer for next to nothing).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19460",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T01:05:04",
"content": "damn damn damn damn. I’ve been wanting to do this for over a year but I’m a lazy turd. Oh well. Great job, Rich.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19461",
"author": "Binome",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T01:59:20",
"content": "a t-shirt press makes a good pcb fuser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19458",
"author": "Alexander",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T05:28:47",
"content": "I was wondering if this would be possible… hell, you can take almost the entire fuser assy. out of the printer. Then it’s just the HVTS (High-voltage Transformer) and the gearing. the HVTS is what makes the quartz/halogen lights turn on (that’s what’s inside the hot-roller, BTW.) and stuff. That’s where the real dangerous stuff is. 1000’s of volts around that area. And once you take the rest of the printer away, you don’t have to worry about the tray and the other mechs getting in the way.Oh, and you can adjust the pressure roller to be tighter or looser. it’s just a bit more work. Also, this method would work well for double-sided boards. Just flip, and send it back through the fuser.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19457",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T14:24:11",
"content": "why not modify a laser printer so you can print directly onto the PCB ? saves all the transferring stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19456",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T15:32:02",
"content": "Since the laser printer usually works by ionizing the paper/plastic so that the toner sticks to it, it might not be possible to ionize small areas of the conductive copper cladding. It’s worth a try.Alternatively you could have it apply the ionization and powedered ink onto a rubber roller and then transfer that onto the PCB. You might be able to find a printer that works something like this, but if not, we’re talking about fabricating practically a whole new machine. Sounds like fun. :)If anyone found a laser printer that was easy to convert to a PCB printer, they might be able to make a business out of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19455",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T15:49:27",
"content": "well moogle, just for proof on concept I sent a 8.5″x11″ piece of aluminum foil through my laser printer and lo and behold, it printed with even better precision than it usually does on paper! To the best of my understanding, the sheet itself isn’t ionized but passes between the charged imaging drum and a corona wire or something. The toner particles are attracted from the drum towards the wire and simply deposit on the sheet before going through the fuser assembly.Or maybe it’s just that metal can hold a local electrostatic charge for a short while and the toner sticks to it. I’ll try to get my hands on an old LJIII or something with manual toner density control.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19454",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T16:02:59",
"content": "very neat Patrick!yes I think the “drum” is electrically charged, not the paper. the only thing that needs modifying is some adjustment for the thickness of the PCB and making the PCB go strait through without any bending. Depending on the construction of the printer, that may or may not be a lot of work. I should have an old A4 laser printer somewhere, may be worth taking a look at :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19453",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T16:20:46",
"content": "You would also have to add an extra fuser stage or completely bypass the normal thermal fuse in the first fuser because the much higher thermal mass of a PCB would make it considerably harder to heat up.Also, getting a good enough alignment when doing two-faced boards will be a challenge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19452",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T20:47:21",
"content": "I’m curious as to how well the toner sticks to the foil.If you guys figure out how to do this it will be HUGE. good luck and please keep at it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19451",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T22:05:38",
"content": "That’s a relief. I normally don’t throw anything away but I was afraid I only saved the useful parts of the printer. But it’s still in one piece. It’s a Acer 7278 A4 laser printer. It even has an expansion slot for additional fonts :-) (well before the USB-age as well)It will need some modifications to take solid materials instead of paper, but the framework is all steel and it has a manual knob to set the brightness.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19450",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T22:32:15",
"content": "joelanders:you have to scratch it with a nail to be able to remove it but it was printed on the mirror side of the foil, which is a very uniform surface and offers little adherence compared to a “brushed” PCB board (which is used for the usual toner transfer method).Also, the ink cartridge in the laser printer I used (oldie Laserjet 5L) was almost empty, so there were a few paler areas. I didn’t want to try it on the printer I’m currently using in case it shorted something inside.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19449",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T22:41:36",
"content": "I also wouldn’t touch the tin-foil while it’s partly inside the printer. It conducts a lot more than normal paper…I also found a printer cable. What are the changes of getting an old laser printer running under Linux these days? (redhat 9)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19448",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T22:56:00",
"content": "hmm, the days that acer made printers seems to be gone, and i don’t think it can handle postscipt..maybe try an old IBM laser printer driver ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19447",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T00:02:44",
"content": "Ok, I had a non-standard printer cable which happened to fit the 25-pin _serial_ port of the printer… With the right cable it does print now, but it just prints the postscript code as text :-( I tried several, but I don’t think I’m going to find a working driver. Somewhere on the label the text “acer” is printed, but I think it’s a nameless printer, and it’s very old. The model number (7278) does not lead to anything useful. I don’t think it’s going to work.It looks a bit like this, but the paper comes out at the top:http://www.microvote.com/webshop/410000.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19444",
"author": "bEN JACKSON",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T00:28:41",
"content": "Did you try doing an iron transfer of the aluminum foil print? If the toner is as loose as you say it might be easy to transfer it to a PCB and then peel away the aluminum foil.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19445",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T00:32:37",
"content": "it might be a clone of the venerable original Laserjet or LJ-II, you might want to give a try to those drivers?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19446",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T01:05:35",
"content": "Ha! got more data on Acer Acerlaser printers, they apparently use Minolta print engines. Check for similarities between your printer and the Epson Actionlaser 1000, Epson Actionlaser 1500 or Citizen ProLaser 6000.According tohttp://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:0P1BxjB7UDoJ:assist.acer.com/public/articles/568.htm+acerlaser+manual&hl=fr&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=8it should be compatible with the HP Laserjet+ / Laserjet IIP. Will add more info if I find anything.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19442",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T01:08:06",
"content": "YES! I already tried HP laserjet without luck, but HP laserjet-II works :-)I will have a look tomorrow if I can mod it for printing to solid surfaces. (i.e: remove most of the paper transport system.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19443",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T01:13:46",
"content": "It looks a bit like this:http://home.comcast.net/~pcsimg/laser/hp-ii.jpgonly the whole top opens to change the cartridge, leaving all the paper transport and heating nicely accessible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19441",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T14:20:36",
"content": "Sweet. Glad I was wrong, thanks for testing that Patrick. Kudos for having the cojones to stick a sheet of metal in your laser printer. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19440",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T18:56:50",
"content": "I just ran the A4 sheet of aluminium foil experiment too. It was very noisy, and it came out very wrinkled, but is sure is printing normally. I printed on the not-so-shiny side, and it sticks fairly well, I have to use my nails to get it of the aluminium foil. I think the aluminium foil doesn’t get hot enough, so that will be a problem with PCB’s. But you could always heat-treat the PCB’s afterwards :-)(P.S: don’t try this on a new laser printer. the aluminium foil may come out in pieces (if at all))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19439",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T19:35:31",
"content": "one of the ways to test it is to stick the aluminum foil over a piece of paper… prevents the wrinkling.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19438",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T20:15:45",
"content": "This laser printer is a complex piece of kit!there are 3 main drive shafts comming form somewhere deep inside and another two clutches. These 5 drive shafts seem to be able to operate independently to control sheet feeding, paper transport, drum rotation and toner mixing.The interesting part is that there is a thin wire (marked with high voltage stickers) just under where the paper touches the drum. it seems to pull the toner from the drum to the paper by discharging the drum through the paper. but since it seems to work with aluminium foil, it should work with PCB’s. If I directly connect the wire to the PCB itself then I don’t think the wire under the PCB is needed anymore.I will need to make some fairly large modifications to make something solid go through. For starters I will remove the heating thing at the end and make the paper/pcb come out at the back instead of the top.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19437",
"author": "Patrick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T16:26:44",
"content": "I wouldn’t actually recommend that. The copper layer being highly conductive, connecting it to the corona wire (the thin HV wire) would either drastically lower its resistance and mess up both the electrostatic field and the HV supply or simply short with the drum and cause a flash discharge, making the toner fall off and probably damaging the drum wrapping.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19436",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T18:08:28",
"content": "I was later thinking the same thing. but i can just put it under (or near) the pcb. normally the paper is pressed against the drum and the drum is discharged after that, so I expected that the drum would discharge as soon as the aluminium foil got near it since the foil would distribute the discharging field over it’s whole surface. But the toner does not seem to fall of the drum to early, since it’s still printing sharp on aluminium foil.I think I have figured out the drive train:-switch detects paper in tray.-printing is started.-a sheet is pulled in by engaging an electric clutch, which activates the roller at the edge of the tray.-the sheet is pushed against a set of rollers that are standing still, until a switch is activated.(probably to position the paper correctly.-these rollers are then activated by another electric clutch and push the paper along the drum.-the heater element pulls the sheet further through, activating a 3rd switch to indicate that the sheet came out correctly (no paper jam)The paper transport is far from strait, and won’t work for non-bending PCB’s.One option would be to replace the whole paper feeding mechanism with a moving table, mounted on the linear bearings from an old A4 scanner. I can then fake the switches using a timer triggered by the electric clutches, and just use the drive that pushes the sheets along the drum to move the table along the drum.that way I can tape the PCB onto the moving table so it will be properly aligned and i can print on small PCB’s.It’s a pity that the toner/drum won’t work upside down (the toner would fall of the PCB). otherwise I could make it into a flat-bed laser printer, so it could be used to print on almost anything.anyway, I would like to try a piece of PCB first, if needed, by manually pulling it along the drum, but it’s not easy to make the printer work with too many parts removed.this will take a bit of time :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19435",
"author": "jeffg",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T17:00:23",
"content": "I had this idea a couple of months ago. I started researching it, and I’m pretty sure nobody has done it before. I was even tempted to file a patent application! Guess there’s not much point in that now!I bought an old printer, and started thinking about flattening it out, but I’m too busy with university work at the moment.I reckon there could be commercial interest in this – many firms want to be able to do very fast in-house PCB prototyping, and the quickest option is currently a CNC mill, which is quite expensive and is incapable of the resolution required for many modern IC packages.If you do a good job, you might end up with something marketable!Good luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19434",
"author": "rich",
"timestamp": "2006-08-15T07:01:49",
"content": "I’m the guy who did the laserjet hack for making PCBs. I just discovered a much better technique. I borrowed a GBC “creative laminator” from my wife’s workplace and it is superb for doing toner transfer PCBs. Let it heat up fully and run the PCB with the toner paper on TOP (the top roller is the heated one) about 5 times in a row to let the heat build up in the board. I’m getting very consistent results on 1/16 FR4 board – almost photographic quality. For thinner or smaller boards tape the PCB & toner sandwich to a thin cardboard carrier to make it a bit thicker and for ease of handing.The GBC “creative laminator” is the older blue model. I picked one up at Staples for $47 cdn. Unfortunately the new version of this model has a thinner opening which will not accomodate 1/16″ board :(Rich",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44619",
"author": "castellar",
"timestamp": "2008-10-06T17:02:07",
"content": "HiI have a Laserjet 5L and I´m trying to make PCBs on it. Anyone tried it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "945943",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2013-01-24T00:17:22",
"content": "Hi all, i hope this discussion is not altogether dead. There is some discussion about using a laser printer to print toner direct to the pcb. Ive been toying withthe idea of using the laser diode assy to print direct on the photosensitive pcb. That means we need to mount the diode at the right distance and as i understand it, let the scanning mirror write the first line of data, then shift the board by the required distance and off we go! I have investigated the diode on a hp laser printer but the frequency is wrong for the photoresist, so it will need replacing. I would like to try this but, sigh, time is lacking. Anybody interested to try? Heck it could be commercial too! Cheers happymacer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "2772357",
"author": "chem1st",
"timestamp": "2015-10-26T19:02:18",
"content": "I don’t know if anyone else has done this, but it is pretty easy to laser print onto polypropylene-coated so-called “release” paper. Then this image can be easily transferred onto a PCB using a t-shirt press. Be careful since certain fusers actually get hot enough to melt the PP.",
"parent_id": "945943",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/26/macro-photography-light-from-broken-lcd-monitor/
|
Macro Photography Light From Broken LCD Monitor
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
[Jussi Saarijoki] had a broken LCD monitor and decided to
use it as a photography light
instead of letting it sit on his shelf of “oblivion”. Only the panel was broken; the cold cathode and diffuser were still intact. He stripped off all of the outer casing and pulled the broken panel. After reassembling he did a couple test shots. The large panel works really well for providing ambient light and making shadows a lot less harsh.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19431",
"author": "antibozo",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T22:04:37",
"content": "Uh, cool, but isn’t it easier to simply bounce a light off a white card?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19432",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T22:16:51",
"content": "“Cheers! And don’t open the beer bottles with your teeth! Let your kids do it for you =)”Eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19430",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T02:17:48",
"content": "yeah… i’m sure this hack was awesome to the guy who built it, but, uh, not really hack-a-day worthy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19429",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T02:57:19",
"content": "not a h4x lolWhatever. It’s a cool idea, something that probably a lot of people would never have thought of. AND, it recycles trashed gear. If nothing else, there’s a landfill somewhere that will be very slightly less empty thanks to this guy’s reappropriation of that light. jussi saarijoki, Captain Planet and the Planeteers salute you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19428",
"author": "no-one",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T03:42:00",
"content": "This hack is even more useful as a lightbox for viewing slides and negatives on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19427",
"author": "Mike Prevette",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T05:06:02",
"content": "work > reward, price > alternatives, result < alternatives == must be a good hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19426",
"author": "IronLizard",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T05:06:57",
"content": "The tubes from old scanners are better and bigger. I used one in a PC case, then broke it trying to use it as a dome light in the car. OOPS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19425",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T09:13:59",
"content": "I’ve done this before. To be honest I was quite proud of myself after completing it. I would deem it quite hackaday worthy.And props to the slides and negatives idea, thats very clever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19424",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T09:21:02",
"content": "Open text editor on your laptop lcd or PC lcd screen…maximize it…you have your white light for macro photography…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19423",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T16:35:45",
"content": "#9, Is that possible with a broken screen I wonder….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19421",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T16:39:52",
"content": "hey, the guy from tuesday could have used that cold cathode and diffuser! Nice re-application of tech.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19422",
"author": "paragraph",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T17:28:52",
"content": "#5, i’ve been doing that with my PalmIIIc for years :-PIt’s a great hack, those CCFL’s put out a decent amount of light, and with a brightness control it’s even more flexable.And also: to anyone what questions it;From dictionary.com1. Originally, a quick job that produces what isneeded, but not well.This hack fits it to the letter (no offence ;))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19420",
"author": "Wesley",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T17:31:54",
"content": "You couls be really industrious and get a bunch of them and make like a discowall pannel. You could gel up the panels and get a 20 chaser. I am not sure if the cold cathodes would like being turned on and off over and over though. I don’t have much exspirience with them.Anyway, its a good hack because it is inspiring other ideas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19419",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-27T20:55:26",
"content": "#13, ccfl’s have no real beef with being turned off and on. Have you never seen the flashing/sound controlled ccfl kits? I don’t doubt theres *some* extra stress from it, but it’s not major.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19418",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T14:10:34",
"content": "For something that’s “not a hack” (lol) it sure has inspired some good hack-type posts and ideas going around.Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19417",
"author": "abhishek dutta",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T17:45:19",
"content": "great hack!If you don’t have a kid that breaks LCD monitors, you can still use your working monitor to give white light.Just make a JPG image whose background is WHITE and switch to FULL screen viewing of the image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19415",
"author": "madison Parks",
"timestamp": "2006-05-28T18:51:30",
"content": "Alternatively, you could just display a white screen (easiest way is to make an entirely white image file and display it full screen) on your LCD Monitor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19416",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T05:41:28",
"content": "or you could just open powerpoint and press f5.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19414",
"author": "Troy Conrad",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T19:24:38",
"content": "What all you smart alecs posting stuff like “just open Notepad full screen” don’t realize is that the LCD panel absorbs up to 70% of the light from the back-light. This hack produces a light brighter than any LCD panel you have ever seen. (Unless you happen to have seen one of the new ultra high dynamic range panels costing tens of thousands of dollars.)I just did this with two 15-inch panels I got from a local recycling center. I’m planning on using both for some very high tech (and low wattage) under-counter lights.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19413",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T19:22:53",
"content": "Quick and easy working-screen light:open MSPAINT (oldschool but serves the quick purpose), then press these combinations in series:PrintScreenShift+Insert (or Ctrl+V)DeleteCtrl+FThe result is a full screen of white. Just click your mouse or hit alt+f4 to close it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19433",
"author": "xpherion",
"timestamp": "2007-09-27T03:03:38",
"content": "Link to the original posting is broken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48709",
"author": "Embepsise",
"timestamp": "2008-11-01T21:05:25",
"content": "Is that a new way? I can be sensitive about my forward cattle Oh, good joke) Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the opossum it could be done.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/25/apple-game-server/
|
Apple // Game Server
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[] |
Feeling a bit nostalgic, reader [blurry] decided to write this
Apple Game Server
in Java using the rxtx library. The server eliminates the need for a floppy drive on your Apple //. You just need to connect the Apple // to your computer using a null modem cable and you will have access multiple games. To get started you tell the Apple // to accept serial commands. Then the Java program takes over, typing the loader program one line at a time. It takes about 15 seconds. Once that’s done you’re presented with a menu to boot whatever game you want.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19410",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T20:45:41",
"content": "Awesome, reminds me of the Sinclair via iPod a while back",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19411",
"author": "Jesse donat",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T20:50:50",
"content": "Now heres something we all need. This is awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19408",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T21:28:20",
"content": "Neat. I would love to have something like this for my C64. ahh memories.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19409",
"author": "Pseudo Idol",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T21:42:25",
"content": "That’s cool, I have an Apple // gathering dust in the corner of my office. I may have to try this out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19406",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T22:47:48",
"content": "Brilliant",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19407",
"author": "Ryan Lanctot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T02:50:28",
"content": "Great hack! I remember seeing something like this a while back, but it was storing disk images on an IBM server.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19405",
"author": "batouttahell",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T04:36:45",
"content": "blurry is a badass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19402",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T06:31:50",
"content": "#3, there are several things like this for the C64… using only slightly more involved hardware…google for x1541 and 64hdd",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19403",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T12:45:14",
"content": "#8 is ther a total dumbass’ guide to getting that to work? I’d like to try that sometime, but I haven’t found any newbie-friendly guides(and I am the world’s biggest noob to the C64).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19404",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T13:00:08",
"content": "time check…5 and a half years past last century",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19401",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T13:04:24",
"content": "i’m outie i got better things to do like go bag my missus…c u",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19400",
"author": "einsteinx2",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T15:39:03",
"content": "#11: apparently you dont have anything better to do then post your useless comments on a page you think is stupid :)This is really cool. I love stuff like this even though I don’t have an Apple II. I like the whole idea of tricking hardware to do things its not supposed to. Oh wait thats what hack-a-day is all about hehe",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19399",
"author": "foolsh",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T16:05:14",
"content": "very very cool, now if I only still had that apple II around I would sooo do this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19398",
"author": "blurry",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T16:36:28",
"content": "If you have some patience and persistance you can get an apple //c or //e for $10 on ebay. The one pictured was bought in that manner. (just make sure they include the //c’s power supply, it’s easily overlooked! — if you get a //e make sure it has a super serial card, aka SSC)-B",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19412",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2007-11-22T13:27:24",
"content": "hey,cool stuff,i have a challenge, well, if some of you hackers out there think its a challenge. The thing is that, at my school we have new macs, and we have this dude who has blocked millions of sites, like youtube other famous sites that use alot of bandwidth. now when i go on these sites, a page comes up blocked and other crap. down the bottom theres a button where you can unblock the page. when i click on the link you have to typ in the password ( administrators password ). is it possible to somehow find that pass word.Also if i want to install a programe mainly being the hack one i also need a password.thanks guys",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "111963",
"author": "Richard Cooke",
"timestamp": "2009-12-16T16:55:58",
"content": "The author appears to have moved the info to Sourceforge:http://sourceforge.net/projects/a2gameserver/And his website address has changed to:http://sites.google.com/site/brendanrobert/projects",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "327716",
"author": "BLuRry",
"timestamp": "2011-02-09T09:08:09",
"content": "@Steve: Oldest trick in the book is to translate the site from a language it is NOT in (e.g. Chinese) to English. Some translation engines will just act as proxies at that point. Also, you can try resolving the hostname as an IP address. Even convert that to one really long decimal number if you’re savvy. Some redirectors are lazy pattern matching and won’t catch on…. Sorry I took so long to respond, but better late than never, eh? P.S. why did you post that question here — kinda off-topic isn’t it? :-D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,927.907872
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/24/burning-custom-drum-machine-sound-roms/
|
Burning Custom Drum Machine Sound ROMs
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
The Alesis HR-16 was an inexpensive, easy-to-use MIDI drum machine from the early ’90s. [Burnkit2600] had a lot of experience
circuit bending the HR-16
and decided to
burn some custom sound ROMs
for it. The HR-16 has two 32-pin ROMs that are conveniently socketed. He pulled the chips and dumped the image using an EPROM reader/writer. The ROM only contains sound samples, so you can open it up in raw mode using a program like Sound Forge. The samples are separated by short negative regions. All you need to do is place your new samples between the pits and burn a new ROM. You can piggy back the chips using the chip enable line to add even more samples.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19397",
"author": "japroach",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T22:25:13",
"content": "Person below me is a douche",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19396",
"author": "fp buster",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T23:17:30",
"content": "Pretty cool hack, though often the nostalgic sounds are the best thing retro gear has.Attempted first-poster, you have a small penis, and I have denied you your prize.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19395",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T00:05:37",
"content": "A true hack and a great application of “kiss”. Just like the summary says, you only need a sound editing program to do the job – how many of us programmers would have spent forever reverse-engineering the storage format first?Also, the bit about circuit bending is almost deserving its own hackaday article.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19393",
"author": "PMA",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T00:11:20",
"content": "i knew i should not have gotten rid of this thing. now i wish i could do this with my alesis DMPRO. I tried adding sounds using the SoundBridge tool but it’s a curddy tool and I think my DMPro has a bad midi in jack. boo sob story.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19394",
"author": "fish",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T06:06:54",
"content": "great hack, I gotta see if I can pick up a HR-16 somewhere to try this out. the circuit bending adds a nice touch to the final output.aargh, man I hate those stupid 1st poster guys. mabye hackaday should put a filter that blocks comments with “1” and “post” in them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19392",
"author": "justin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T06:39:55",
"content": "nah, then they’d start saying “first” or “billboard goldfish underline fornicate anthropod”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19391",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T18:59:18",
"content": "Isn’t it funny how just as many posts seem to be people getting upset at the whole ‘first post’ thing. My advice to everyone is to deal with it the same way you do when children misbehave: ignore it. It’s a cry for attention, probabbly from somebody who is desperately lonely or just too immature to distinguish between the value of positive and negative attention.This site is a very nice find: I was particularly thrilled to find the TR505 circuit bending hacks! Now all I have to do is dig out that old 505 whereever it is….Nice hacks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19390",
"author": "jerd",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T21:02:05",
"content": "I was going to tell number fourteen that yes, it would be nice if hack-a-day wasn’t cluttered with attempted fsirt psots, people complaining about the 1st poists, and complainers complaining about the complainers and that example setting is in order, i.e. not mentioning them in the first place. But on second thought, I think I will be the one to make an example and not even mention it, Ever!This story reminds me that i have an awesome drum machine that needs both bending and rom alteration, thanks for the motivation and a interesting story!p.s. as usual, enjoy my capital letters, Hack-a-day!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19389",
"author": "jerd",
"timestamp": "2006-05-25T21:07:40",
"content": "p.p.s it’s a crummy korg ddd-5 that i impulsively bought on ebay. i enjoy it’s infidelity! i just hope i don’t ruin it forever by adding possibly unwelcome fiddly bits to it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54459",
"author": "Dalkalterceda",
"timestamp": "2008-12-10T00:53:23",
"content": "free picture porn star",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/16/playstation-controller-pc-card/
|
Playstation Controller PC Card
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[timmeh] already had a parallel port PCMCIA card when he started on this
Playstation controller port card
. He cracked the case to discover that the circuit board only took up about two-thirds of the case. After that it was pretty easy to fit the port onto the card and wire it up. The second slot in his laptop was non functioning from factory, so using the space wasn’t an actual loss.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19268",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T18:40:02",
"content": "Fantastic idea!I was going to do something similar with my USB2.0 and a few devices internally, this is just the spur I need to get it doneGood hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19267",
"author": "PocketLnt",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T19:21:54",
"content": "Very nice and simple mod. I actually have a dead PS2 right now that I may use the controller ports from to attempt this mod.would have been nice had he included an actual schematic of the device other than that crap-ass webcam picture, but still very good nonetheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19266",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T20:51:51",
"content": "lol, sorry about the crap ass webcam picture, my digital camera was stolen a year ago and has still not been replaced.i didnt include schematics because they are so simple and readily avaliable on google, but in case people cant find one, here you go:http://membres.lycos.fr/fheliot/V30/psx_to_pc/schema2.gifthis is the exact one i used. the 9v is not requred unless you want to set up the rumble feature as a force-feedback device in windows.i used psxpad as the driver, which works more or less flawlessly in windows XP:http://www.psxpad.com/index_e.phpthere are other drivers avaliable for other OS’es, but i havent used them.psxpad also has support for two controllers, the use of a multitap (4 controllers), or both (5 controllers). more information about hooking up multiple controllers is here (in french):http://membres.lycos.fr/fheliot/V30/psx_to_pc/psx_to_pc.htmhappy hacking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19265",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T21:53:36",
"content": "I’ve made a few of these before… I believe the original was posted back in 2000 on ziplable.com (at least that’s where I first found it). If anyone is interested I can throw some pictures up as well as diagrams on how to use those same drivers for any other console PRE-N64.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19262",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T23:21:31",
"content": "Love the setup, though my biggeest problem is finding a decent emulator that would allow me to run PS2 games on a PC system. Any suggestions?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19263",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T23:43:40",
"content": "#5: Connectix VGS I remeber being kickass. Also, “bleem!” was another emulator, although a bit more buggy.I found another nice page explaining how to wire up the controllers:http://www.emulatronia.com/reportajes/directpad/psxeng/print.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19264",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T00:30:33",
"content": "#5 there are PS2 emu’s in development, but as I understand it they’re not especially stable yet and *VERY* power hungry. Give it a year or two, though.#6, Bleem! was a PSX emu, not PS2. I seem to remember that they got into hot waters with Sony, legally speaking. PSX emu developers protect themselves by supplying the PSX emu’s without a firmware (you have to supply this yourself).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19261",
"author": "Benjamin Roy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T06:38:36",
"content": "I made a hack like that. Madcatz came out with a line of wireless 2.4 GHZ controllers for the XBOX and PS2. I followed instructions for the XBOX –> USB mod, and then played games wirelessly. only until later, after temporarily losing the XBOX controller, did I change the PS2’s RF module’s crystal to match the XBOX receiver. the worked together flawlessly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19259",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T07:01:38",
"content": "Oh, I’m sorry — I misread your question… Yeah. As far as I know, PS2 emulators kind of suck at the moment. The two I suggested are only for the PSX",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19260",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T14:59:44",
"content": "If you manage to find a copy on a dusty shelf somewhere Bleem! was an awesome emulator. It allowed you to tweak the graphics of the games, namely crank up the resolution. I remember playing a bunch of games way back when and they looked so much better on my PC through bleem. AFAIK it was the only emulator that allowed you to do that stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19258",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T16:03:10",
"content": "Nice work!I just grabbed a clearanced USB-PS2 controller adaptor (to my delight), and up pops this great hack! Really cool!Good thing I found the USB one, because my laptop “features” Expresscard, which has much, much less available for it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19254",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T18:50:09",
"content": "This is cool! The only problem I have with it is that I’ve heard parallel port-based PSX/2 controller converters have problems with DDR mats, since pressing both directions on one axis doesn’t register. Those looking for a nice portable Stepmania setup would have to use a USB converter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19255",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T21:10:13",
"content": "not true danadamkof, I’ve used my parallel adapter with DDR many times…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19256",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T00:56:38",
"content": "Ah okay, that was is just what I’ve heard. Serves me right.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19257",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T02:29:18",
"content": "FWIW this is the adapter I built a while back:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/final.jpgI used to run hardmods.net and I had a fairly indepth tutorial there… all gone now :(Here are the diagrams to use those drivers with other classic controllers (crude but they work)NES:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/nes.gifSNES:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/snes.gif",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19250",
"author": "twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T02:30:11",
"content": "and because I’m only allowed 3 links per post:ATARI 2600:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/atari.gifSega Genesis:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/genesis.gifSega Saturn:http://web-nine.com/albums/Projects/saturn.gif",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19251",
"author": "awdark",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T20:32:09",
"content": "I tried something similar except with a real parallel port on my laptop. It seems that I just don’t have enough power coming out of the port… =(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19252",
"author": "Homeslice",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T01:48:52",
"content": "Ok, i just recently recieved a Beamscope steer’n win JR. and most of the buttos do not work. i found out what wire it is that is the cause of the problem. all buttons but the X,O,triangle and square buttons work. Can anyone help me? The item no. is lm293 and pat no. is 2062908. It is compatable with psx and N64. please email me atdbzg_2002@yahoo.caThank you for your help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19253",
"author": "???",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T23:41:19",
"content": "how to conect one playstation controller with one cable USB ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "56226",
"author": "andorsay",
"timestamp": "2008-12-23T06:32:26",
"content": "regarding the Beamscope steer’n win JR:there are 2 buttons on the back of the steering column. Mine are set as follows:N64 = AnalogPSX = DigitalI have it hooked up to Gran Turismo 4 on the Playstation 2 and all the buttons work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58488",
"author": "ToogueTutAgok",
"timestamp": "2009-01-10T00:25:35",
"content": "portrayal partake of pooped ringer[url=http://www.axnet.it/forum/member.php?u=6536]cialis[/url]coating magnanimous incarnation beguile to.specific incarnation reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77996",
"author": "intasop",
"timestamp": "2009-06-14T00:34:36",
"content": "Tired of a competitor’s site? Hinder the enemy? Fed pioneers or copywriters?Kill their sites! How? We will help you in this!Obstructions of any site, portal, shop!Different types of attacks: Date-attack, Trash, Attack, Attack, etc. IntellectualYou can work on schedule, as well as the simultaneous attack of several sites.On average the data, ordered the site falls within 5 minutes after the start. As a demonstration of our capabilities, allows screening.Our prices24 hours of attack – $ 7012 hours of the attack – $ 501 hour attack – $ 25Contact via ICQ: 588 666 582",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/15/xbox-360-dvd-firmware-hack/
|
Xbox 360 DVD Firmware Hack
|
Eliot
|
[
"Xbox Hacks"
] |
[] |
Backups can now be booted on the Xbox 360
according to Xbox-scene
. The firmware was released by Commodore4Eva who previously released a functional Xbox 1 firmware. It works under the same idea as the final Xbox hack: it patches the response to the media check into the DVD drive’s firmware. So the drive responds with an all-clear without even checking the DVD. This hack works on units with the Toshiba-Samsung drive. The new firmware also lets you use the drive under Windows for easy game ripping. There are some quirks to it, but it sounds like everything you need is included. It’s unfortunate that this happened before they were able to get executable code running on the machine. Now that the bootleggers have what they want I’m afraid it might take some steam out of the homebrew movement.
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{
"comment_id": "19248",
"author": "Jarechiga",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T22:46:31",
"content": "w00t first postall i want is to be able to run linux on itviva la ubuntu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19249",
"author": "Kowalski",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T23:00:35",
"content": "i for one welcome our hacked firmware dvd drive overlords.(first?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19247",
"author": "Phyer",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T23:36:14",
"content": "Bah, this just means the web is now going to be flooded with 360 iso’s. Gimme a way to run unsigned code from the 360’s hard drive and then we’ll talk.Homebrew = Good, Piracy = Bad",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19246",
"author": "pete",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T00:57:42",
"content": "woott, homebrew, come on down!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19243",
"author": "robo",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T01:13:06",
"content": "sweet, but lets see some linux.anyway this cool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19244",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T01:31:08",
"content": "Yeah, it is never good when piracy beats homebrew.This certainly could put a kink in any legitimate uses of this software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19245",
"author": "netdroid9",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T02:24:44",
"content": "Well, here’s an opportunity for a softmod: Do any of the 360 games load a ‘demo’ xbx? Preferably without checking the signature first?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19242",
"author": "kingkael",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T03:34:09",
"content": "homebrew better start catching up!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19241",
"author": "the dentist",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T04:35:50",
"content": "very nicethis puts a kink in the proverbial hose of homebrew i thinko well in response to #1-KUBUNTU all the way",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19240",
"author": "cokebottle tuque",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T04:54:02",
"content": "ya this will last till the end of the month when MS will be releasing that big live update…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19239",
"author": "fuerio",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T05:54:51",
"content": "You guys post ONE hack a day and THIS is what you cover? You’ve gotta be kidding me.. This shit is on hundreds of sites already.. Total cheese.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19237",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T06:15:24",
"content": "He’d be remiss if he didn’t cover this, use your head.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19238",
"author": "Hack_Bird",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T10:18:16",
"content": "To bad the new firmware wil only playOriginal Xbox 360Original xbox 1 (If suported)copy of xbox 360 (NO MOD posible)copy of xbox1 (If suported No mod posible)So its only for Piracy or education into firmware hacks….Hope they come with a firnware that wil NOT check the magic security sectors",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19236",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T16:30:18",
"content": "Pirate gateway or not, I think it’s definitely a jumping point for future modifications.@netdroid9 not that I know of, but it might be worth looking at one of those OXM demo discs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19235",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T16:44:52",
"content": "Well, if piracy means making backups of your games so your Xbox 360 doesn’t scratch the originals, as it’s been known to do, then yes, it’s only good for piracy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19234",
"author": "emuwii",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T00:55:36",
"content": "Do you think it will come to a point where we will be able to run Windows and it’s games on the X360. Also how do you check what type of drive you have Toshiba / Samsung?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19232",
"author": "michael thurgood",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T02:37:24",
"content": "I agree with moogle, my 360 has scratched my games so backups of MY OWN GAMES would be cool!I will wait for the update on live and check the web to see if it still works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19233",
"author": "Lurch",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T15:05:09",
"content": "http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/241/drives8ke.jpg^Difference in drives without disassembling the 360I have performed this hack and can confirm its working, it wasn’t “easy” by any means.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19231",
"author": "Binxalot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T19:04:03",
"content": "I never understood the hype of Xbox 360, it’s a god damn pc running old hardware that has more security and anti-piracy barriers than fort knox. Put your money into a nice vid card for your pc and get a usb controller attachement, its cheaper and more fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19230",
"author": "foot billw",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T20:59:54",
"content": "lurch are you the one posting graw patched on alt.binaries.games.xbox360?if so please fix rar.001",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19229",
"author": "hazza",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T16:52:43",
"content": "I want to know if there is a tutorial for the samsung firmware hack if anyone knows please post the link thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58030",
"author": "datawing",
"timestamp": "2009-01-06T01:09:49",
"content": "binxalot,Recently it’s seemed like PC game have lost their variety, which I have always thought was their best feature. Also name ten games that actually support a usb controller",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "58240",
"author": "dvdfreak",
"timestamp": "2009-01-07T23:26:46",
"content": "i think the industry needs to wisen up and let us have access to everything, without ripping us off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/14/juicebox-digital-picture-frame-for-mom/
|
Juicebox Digital Picture Frame For Mom
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
[joevennix]’s
digital picture frame for Mother’s day
is really an update to a
previous how-to he wrote
. The original shows you how to build a digital photo frame using a Juicebox media player. His version doesn’t require the MP3 addon (it would make it easier) since he connects the SD card directly to the header. His latest features a much better case and hideaway controls. He admits that he still can’t cut a matte worth a darn.
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{
"comment_id": "19227",
"author": "Skyone",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T00:44:05",
"content": "wow! i really like this! i think i might make one… anywhos, i think the matte looks fine!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19226",
"author": "joevennix",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T00:44:55",
"content": "cool im on hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19225",
"author": "Matt Jordan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T04:39:44",
"content": "I did a similar thing but with an old Powerbook 540c laptop. Great digital picture frame, ended up costing about $40 after all the materials.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19224",
"author": "kingkael",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T04:40:44",
"content": "Cool! Their mom should be proud.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19223",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T05:47:08",
"content": "Hey, nice job. I bet your mom was pretty pleased with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19222",
"author": "deltaf",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T18:40:55",
"content": "I had a similar project with an old compaq laptop. The screen was surprisingly bright for a 486, though the color depth was only 256. The screen size was pretty decent compared to the matte.How small could the frame around the juicebox be? As pictured, it looks too big.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19221",
"author": "Geo",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T21:03:26",
"content": "Nice work.I’ve made a few of these frames, but they were all based on laptops or PSone LCDs of 5″ and up.I personally wouldn’t bother with anything smaller, since the frame ends up being 3-4 times the size of the screen itself. Old laptops can be found very cheap on eBay, so it makes more sense to use those.I’d strongly recommend you give it a go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19220",
"author": "tapsemi",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T03:57:50",
"content": "Ok, is it possible for me to swap the LCD panel out with a larger LCD panel, say a 640×480 one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19219",
"author": "klebel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T02:26:42",
"content": "where can I buy that enclosure? It looks like it works perfect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19218",
"author": "charlietuna",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T00:45:32",
"content": "The digital picture frame resource site athttp://www.likelysoft.com/hacks/pictureframes.shtmllists a bunch of digital frame projects (mostly ones made from old laptops or cheap “toy” lcds) for those interested in making one of their own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19217",
"author": "DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME",
"timestamp": "2006-06-15T21:06:30",
"content": "great job! another resource you may want to checkout is:http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=11&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instructables.com%2Fex%2Fi%2FE910621E39D71029AC23001143E7E506%2F%3FALLSTEPS&ei=BqGRRMCjMK_giwGkkNjvBg&sig2=7pvNrXnsmqc_ovLLY8_D0wthis guy has done a similar thing with a sandisk photo viewer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19228",
"author": "edman",
"timestamp": "2008-06-09T22:28:36",
"content": "Jeroen Domburg provides instructions on how to hack the firmware on those cheap (~$20) keychain digital picture frame so that you can send images, stream video! and even use it as a mini console by sending it text through the usb connected to a unix (asus eee) box.http://www.planetsurfer.net/2008/06/05/use-a-cheap-digital-picture-frame-as-a-secondary-display/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "146699",
"author": "Theresa",
"timestamp": "2010-06-02T14:51:07",
"content": "I bought an XBOX JTAG MACHINE off of EBay and I need the hack for MW2 they don’t tell you that the maching does not come with the hack installed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/13/simple-rgb-flasher/
|
Simple RGB Flasher
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
This project is designed to
fade between seven different colors using an RGB LED
. To keep things simple, Flakko decided to avoid PWM using a microcontroller. He used a binary counter to cycle through the color sequence. To do the fading between colors he added an RC filter. It’s a pretty simple device and the parts are more common than the ones in the
Bit-tech article
he referenced.
YouTube video of the fader
.
[thanks Javier Flores]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19216",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T23:45:59",
"content": "Hooray for YouTube, at least when it comes to hosting hack videos.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19215",
"author": "cOURTLAND",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T00:33:32",
"content": "First Post… and how benificial is this to our lives? “Flashing colors!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19211",
"author": "pete",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T01:13:26",
"content": "haha courtland, exactly my thoughts :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19212",
"author": "Jcg",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T02:23:11",
"content": "wel, you could make a nice light for your girlfriend, that could be good for your relation ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19213",
"author": "Br0",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T05:56:05",
"content": "if this faded slower, it would make an awesome mood light, If thrown inside a brushed/translucent object (square, orb, pyramid, cylinder, etc).I am interested",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19214",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T08:12:13",
"content": "@5, slower fading is accomplished by increasing RxC of the RC timers involved. Multiply the capacitor values by the number you want to multiply the fade times by. You can also fiddle with the resistors, but those work in combinaton with eachother and the transistors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19210",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T08:21:05",
"content": "isn’t this simmalar to those pens that everyone seemed to have about 6 months ago? they had a clear body that was iluminated by an led that changes colors… although that circut fit inside a pen…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19209",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T19:34:04",
"content": "cool, a friend of mine wanted to build something like that (but with more leds) for his hookah table so the water was illuminated… might point this out to him, tho he has probably never in his life touched a resistor…question: for this case (a led-circle of about 10 cm diameter), would it work with simple red, green and blue leds or should i stick to the rgb ones (presumably more expensive and harder to find)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19208",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T21:21:22",
"content": "#7 They have flashing RGB leds that do something similar:http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=295… but if you wanted to light a larger area, it would be probably be impossible to keep a bunch of these LEDs synchronized.Also, if he had used FETs instead of transistors, the filter capacitors could have been smaller and/or the fading even slower.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19207",
"author": "dANIEL rUTTER",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T21:29:49",
"content": "If all you want is a slow trippy LED colour changer, you can buy triple-die LEDs with the control circuitry built into them – they’re normal-looking two-lead water-clear LEDs, and to make them work, you just connect them to about three volts. Two alkalines in series can run a bunch of them in parallel.They get out of sync pretty fast, but I consider that to be a feature rather than a bug; the cheap ones also have a pretty high incidence of LEDs that don’t quite cycle colours right, but they’re so _very_ cheap that nobody cares:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7611803623",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19206",
"author": "tecNik",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T02:08:59",
"content": "I agree with D. Rutter. Over complicated! Even if you wanted a Sync’ed system this could be done with a simple PIC system. Title is wrong this is not a simple system for the effect.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19205",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T17:08:53",
"content": "Once again the sweaty, clueless masses miss the point. (sigh)Getting a bit predictable around here…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19204",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T03:59:05",
"content": "#12:why missing the point?people are commenting on the hack and providing /constructive/ criticism and room for improvement as well as alternatives… i don’t see what’s wrong?or, i’m missing the point of your post…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19203",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T11:00:35",
"content": "the schematic seems to be incorrect… I think all the LED resistors should be 220 ohms and that the capacitor on the 555 should be 10uf not 100uf…. at least from the parts list that’s what I gotany suggestions?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19201",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T11:02:19",
"content": "and the potentiometer value is wrong!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19202",
"author": "Arram",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T17:51:30",
"content": "My hacking days are starting as soon as I get my soldering iron. Would this be a good first project?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19200",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-19T06:47:56",
"content": "okay there are lots of problems in the schematic now that I’ve built it… esp. concerning the 555 section… I suggest using the 555 section from the linked bit-tech article instead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,928.337521
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/12/giant-ipod-remote-for-the-visually-impaired/
|
Giant IPod Remote For The Visually Impaired
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
[Andrew Pollack]’s
supersized iPod remote control
isn’t the most technical hack around, but I’m sure his 87 year old father-in-law is very appreciative. He’s losing his vision rapidly and is finding it difficult to operate a tape player when listening to audiobooks. Andrew decided that the solution was to load up an iPod with a lot of books and then make a large tactile control for it. He purchased a JBL On Stage II sound dock with remote. The dock has built in speakers and keeps the iPod charged while in use. He put the remote in a larger box and connected buttons with unique shapes and high contrast colors. This makes the controls easy to remember, even if you can’t read the labels.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19193",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T18:03:13",
"content": "seriously, if my mom gets an ipod, my dad will something like this (i.e., he buys her stuff that he plans to use)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19194",
"author": "Wurx",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T18:13:56",
"content": "Just a suggestion.It would be a lot funnier if you took one of those stupid big red panic (i.e. Staples) buttons for play pause.http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogIdentifier=2&partNumber=606396Or similar nuclear launch button.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19190",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T19:08:26",
"content": "Fantastic!THIS is the essence of a proper hack, in my opinion. It’s cheap, easy, but most of all it serves a very useful purpose. Kudos for applying a very simple solution to a difficult problem.What’s even better is that an iPod is ideal as it will maintain the position in the book on pause -CD players lack this function, which is (apparently) a constant frustration for the partially sighted.Excellent work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19191",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T19:35:15",
"content": "Thank you very much, liam.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19192",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T21:19:58",
"content": "L.O.L. – it’s one of the best ideas ive seen lately!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19189",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T23:08:31",
"content": "Thanks again, all.To clarify a detail or two:Updating content is easy. I connect to my mother-in-law’s machine over VNC and update the folder in iTunes with the new books. When I let her know its read, she walks the iPod over to the computer, plugs it in, waits 10 minutes, and puts it back on the JBL.This version was purposely simple, as I wasn’t sure he’d even be able to use it. It has turned out that he really enjoys it. His only question to me ever, was about taking it with him on a trip. I explained it all had to go and Sue opted to veto that as she’d have had to cart it around. I’m planning a next step that helps with the issue.I’ll update you when the next version is done. I’m planning a very similar unit but will take the guts out of the docking station and include them right in the box.The idea will be to completely embed the iPod into the remote unit along with rechargeable batteries that power the amp and doc. I’ll also add a power connector which supports a car charger and home charger, small embedded speakers and a headphones jack, and a usb port so the iPod never needs to be removed. Just hook the unit to the PC to update it.It’ll be a good project this fall when I finish this big VoIP thing I’m doing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19188",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T03:12:11",
"content": "Great job!Two ideas for low-vision reading of the playlist from the ipod’s display (ie. non-audio feedback):1. Griffin allows control over a large-screen TV:http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tunecenter/index.phpToo bad it’s not high-contrast and has only medium-sized text. (as far as I can tell)2. I’ve been enjoying Front Row on my mac. Huge, easy-to-use text, but a bit pricey compared to just an ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19187",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T03:50:37",
"content": "@7 – morcheeba — The TV based control would be cool for many people. In this case, when he wants to “watch” (aka listen mostly) to the Red Sox, he uses his remote control. It works like this….”Sue… Sue! Can you turn on the Red Sox?…..Sue?!?”I’m not sure a TV based device would be good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19186",
"author": "amael",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T04:54:06",
"content": "I have to agree with the above comments from# 3 a great hack that serves a great purpose that can be used by not only geeks but by those less technically inclined or those with vision problems as in this case",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19198",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T14:56:18",
"content": "So many hits last night the site had trouble. Its been borderline for a while — an Athlon 2600 at ServerBeach. I have a pair of P4-3ghz-HT machines allocated but hadn’t had a chance to do the upgrade yet. I’ll try to get it moved over this afternoon.Have patience, that little Althon 2600 (which may be an Atari 2600 inside) isn’t adaquately cooled, so when it gets too busy it overheats.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19196",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T02:18:21",
"content": "liam, that easy button you link to, I’m still not clear, what does it actually do? is it a plastic dummy, or does it make funny sounds, or does it connect to your computer and load staples.com, or does it just work like a regular switch?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19197",
"author": "ultraapple",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T09:11:14",
"content": "Not to disscredit you hack as it seems like a nice one, but I think a easier solution would be a Ipod shuffle. I have one and can operate it while exercising or running w/o even looking at it. It has no screen, its perfect for someone who either is active and can’t afford to look at it to change the song eg runner etc. or someone who is visually impared. Also osx has an awsome magnification accessibility function built into it. I use it alot and I have 20/20 vision (with contacts)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19195",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T05:20:17",
"content": "@ultraapple — My kids have shuffles. The problem is we’re talking about a man who’s 87, blind, and has poor dexterity with very little ability to discern the difference between the buttons.If I bonded a leash to it and tied the other end to something big, it might not get lost, but it still wouldn’t be useable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19199",
"author": "Lisa Cummins",
"timestamp": "2007-03-20T18:40:19",
"content": "My daughter is 9 and visually impaired to the point she can hardly see a foot in front of her. If anyone has a recommendation for a ipod that would be well suited for a visually impaired child, it would be greatly appreciated. She loves to listen to country music and her braille teacher just suggested putting her textbooks on audio.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,928.800194
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/11/how-to-ipod-super-dock/
|
How-to: IPod Super Dock
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
I usually don’t post Engadget material since they get more traffic than us, but with all the E3 coverage going on I wanted to make sure Will’s
iPod dock project
got the attention it deserves. Will had originally planned on doing this all in one post, but there ended up being so much material we had to do it in four. The idea was to breakout all of pins in the dock connector into usable connections: everything from line-out to USB to serial. Even if you don’t have (or even like) an iPod you might find this project interesting because it’s really a tutorial on board design in disguise.
Part 1
covers how to create a new component in EAGLE.
Part 2
has how to create the schematic.
Part 3
shows how to generate and tweak the board layout. Finally in
Part 4
he goes through the process of actually etching the boards. What’s next? Well a decent case would be nice; which seems like perfectly good excuse for Will to build vacuum table. Look for that in the future.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19185",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T08:32:54",
"content": "First post!!! now having a small penis doesn’t seem so bad!!!ridicule at first-posters!!!\\ridicule say i!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19182",
"author": "olliestyles",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T11:53:06",
"content": "go 1st poster go…ur penis is so small that even yo mama has a bigger one! w00t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19183",
"author": "Walton",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T13:50:34",
"content": "obiously judging by the comments the dock relly has got the attention it deserves!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19184",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T18:29:43",
"content": "Wow this is an awesome hack!I don’t own an ipod but the whole process of creating the circuit board is great, and will be a big help for a project I’m working on right now. I’ve wanted a good primer on eagle for a while and I’ve had an etching kit collecting dust for quite some time (hope the chemicals haven’t gone bad). Even still there are companies that will professionally print PCBs from eagle files for a reasonable price.I can’t remember who now but there was one place that charged $2.50 a square in with no setup fee and no minimum quantity… good cheap PCBs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19181",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T21:23:03",
"content": "yeah, Twistedsymphony, I have to agree, good tips on burning your own board. now I know the best paper to use. I wonder if the officemax papers I have will work. I also wonder if their HCL/H2O2 solution burns more crisply than the ferric chloride. It’s important to agitate or mix your solution, as well. You can see it’s etched less at the center of the board.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19180",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T02:26:30",
"content": "I would recommend using ammonium persulfate, as it is in crystalline form until you need it–no storing gallons of highly corrosive stuff around… You just microwave you pan of (tap) water, head outside, add the persulfate, and watch they copper etch away :DI have only made on board so far, but it had a 1mm pitch connector on it that came out perfect, and I could route traces between the pins of a 2mm connector with no problems. The traces seemed perfect in every way, no signs of undercutting or pitting.I use Press-N-Peel (PNP) blue… It is like $2 for a full sheet, from allelectronics. Sure the photo paper is cheaper, but for a board using like 10in^2 of it the $.75 is worth it if your traces come out perfect on the first try… Heck it is worth that to me just to not have to wait for the paper to dissolve in the water.But if you want a GOOD board sparkfun has double sided, solder masked, and silkscreened boards for $5/in^2, minimum order 1in^2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19179",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T02:58:18",
"content": "Meh… I haven’t used the press-n-stick method he used, and judging from the results, I don’t want to. His results are a bit cruddy to be honest, although his tip on getting cheap etchant from a hardware store is a good one. I use photosensensitive pcbs, and I’ve had good results every single time. in this method what you do is print on to a transparency, expose it, then do the chemical fun. Its probably a bit more expensive, but using a standard laser printer I’ve managed to make circuit boards that have tracks 2/10th mm thick, and 2/10th apart, without having to tough them up or anything",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19177",
"author": "Nutty",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T08:56:32",
"content": "Does this hack allow 16 bit recording on the 5G iPod? If so, I want to make a mic adapter and save the $80 on the “MicroMemo”, if it ever comes out.http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/earphones_recorders/micromemo.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19178",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T15:23:21",
"content": "“But if you want a GOOD board sparkfun has double sided, solder masked, and silkscreened boards for $5/in^2, minimum order 1in^2”This is totally untrue. Sparkfun now has a separate business called batchpcb, and the charge is $10 setup, $2.50 a square inch.see:http://www.batchpcb.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19176",
"author": "hax0r",
"timestamp": "2006-05-13T07:26:17",
"content": "from what you guys are saying, im guessing the uv light and transperency method is much better then the photo paper method, ive never used neither but one of the reasons i can say for will is that he didnt use high gloss or ultra high gloss photo paper so the toner doest come off the photo paper as well as it should if it was glossier, being that the photo paper method is much cheaper i will probably stick with that for a while but i have been itching to create a uv light box with a timer digital timer which i found in a old box in my closet…its so perfect for that kind of thing and i actually have some plywood sheets in my basement and my saw is down there too…..wow i should really do it…guess ill be posting results soon, wait for them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19175",
"author": "jeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T14:33:01",
"content": "I have strayed away from chemicals since I got access to a $70k CNC machine :P. It makes perfect boards! Just a note: You may have to mod it a slight bit so that it charges a 5G (video/nano) ipod. Info here:http://ipodlinux.org/Dock_connector",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19174",
"author": "dyer",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T22:39:21",
"content": "Which pins in the ipod dongle are used for charging?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.08743
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/10/helium-balloon-aerial-photography/
|
Helium Balloon Aerial Photography
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
So, you’ve got an itching desire to inflate 150 helium balloons, but have no idea what to do with them afterwards? Well, readers Stefan and Michel decided to build a simple aluminum frame to mount a cheap digital camera and do some
aerial photography
. Instead of building a complex timing system they just attached a strong motor from a security camera. It’s powered by a AA and is geared really low so it only triggers the shutter every 12 seconds. They deployed the rig from the fortifications surrounding
Wilemstad
in the Netherlands. There are several pictures of the city (and the occasional envious child)
on their site
. If you follow the “
continue reading
” link you’ll see a couple more pictures of the camera mount.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19170",
"author": "rmiler021",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T18:11:57",
"content": "With this method assuming you had a decent teather system you could use a little more expensive camera than with a kite. Although i still would not stick a $500 digital camera on that thing. It would be cool to see one of these built with a weather baloon and a stabilizing platform for the camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19167",
"author": "ken536",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T18:17:12",
"content": "Nice done :)Next time higher height, who knows…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19168",
"author": "Stefan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T19:42:56",
"content": "Thanks for posting!next time at higher heights !",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19169",
"author": "Pick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T21:37:50",
"content": "I really want to do this, it looks cool. You could connect the motor to a switch on the kite handle thing that you hold on to (what is it called? I can’t think of the name) and then take pictures only when you want to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19166",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T22:23:53",
"content": "Sorry Guys, this 92,639 foot picture taking baloon with parachute recovery takes the cake.http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/resources/custapps/app_payload.asp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19165",
"author": "H. P. friedrichs",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T22:31:22",
"content": "Cool project.I had an idea similar to this some time back. The local office supply store here sells “kiddie” cameras (640 x480) for about 20 bucks. My thought was to wire up a 555 timer to fire the camera at some regular interval (say, every 5 minutes) and then attach the whole thing to the spine of a kite.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19164",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T22:56:16",
"content": "#1 – “It would be cool to see one of these built with a weather baloon and a stabilizing platform for the camera.”http://www.eoss.org/HAM radio operators do this sorta thing all the time. They send up full camera/gps/repeater/etc “payloads” to the edge of space. Coworker of mine chases them on a regular basis.Although this “hack” is kinda neat in that anyone can do it without the bother of HAM licensing and wotnot. I agree that I wouldn’t want to send up a $500 camera, but a $150 5MP Kodak (or cheaper) would probably do just as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19163",
"author": "john_m",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T00:12:19",
"content": "I just watchted the “pop” version of March of the Penguins the other day – the pop being random facts.In some of the nicest clips, they used an experimental helium balloon rig to take the video, and the result was simply fantastic.I’d try it if I was into this sort of thing :p",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19162",
"author": "Thinkster",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T03:41:11",
"content": "No need for a motor to trigger the button, I hacked a minolta digital camera about 6 years ago to do this and simply opened the camera, soldered two small guage wires in parallel with the camera’s switch and brought those outside the camera to interface to a timer circuit with a pot to vary the frequency of the snapshots. You could use the timer to trigger a transistor to power a small relay tied to the switch wires…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19161",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T05:09:57",
"content": "a hacked cvs camera would work nice with this, since they’re only $30.#2 – you have to be careful with planes and the such, this might not be a problem for most but I live right under a approch route for the airport and this hack would be tricky with planes only 500 ft above",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19160",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T05:39:58",
"content": "you can also strap one to a weather baloon and load a cvs camera for 20 bucks to get some wicked still shots",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19159",
"author": "peeweejd",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T23:32:08",
"content": "here is an interesting (and related) article from the most recent “Invention and Technology” magazine.http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/4/2006_4_52.shtmlIts about a guy who phtographed San Francisco in 1906 after the quake. He used a huge kite to lift a 50 pound camera up to an altitude of 2000 feet.ps: Invention and Technology is a great magazine if you’re looking for reading material in the john and your wireless network craps out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19157",
"author": "mrngm",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T18:25:44",
"content": "hup holland hup :)very well done",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19158",
"author": "m4j0rg33k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-20T01:33:15",
"content": "i think im going to try this out around my neighbor hood….i will hook up 2 wires. one for keeping it in control…and the other a little pulley system to push the button of the camera down…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19156",
"author": "Phil Wherry",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T16:10:30",
"content": "Related and of interest: the Vienna (Virginia, USA) Wireless Society has flown several camera-and-GPS-equipped balloons. Some photos from a relatively recent flight to 98,000+ feet along with associated telemetry are available at:http://www.wherry.com/photos/2005-07-23-balloon-lookdown/andhttp://www.wherry.com/photos/2005-07-23-balloon-side/Lots more info about these flights is available at:http://www.viennawireless.org/balloon/index.phpPhil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19155",
"author": "Pieter",
"timestamp": "2006-08-03T18:33:47",
"content": "Any idees on a wireless digital cam that one could relay the picture, you are about to take, to lets say a laptop? That ought to be great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19171",
"author": "Michael Wittig",
"timestamp": "2007-02-26T10:47:35",
"content": "I would like to take some aerial pictures of my house and the surrounding neighborhood, but I also like to do things on the cheap. Right now I’m looking at garbage bags and hydrogen produced at home through electrolysis, since garbage bags are much cheaper than mylar and I’ve got enough stuff in my garage to peice together a small hydrogen generator. I believe ten ten-gallon bags should provide enough lift to get my Nikon Coolpix S3 (six megapixel shots, huge memory capacity, and a time-lapse feature to snap shots every thirty seconds) and a couple of spools of 6 lb. monofilament line off the ground. I’m hoping that using two or three seperate lines might give me some axis control over the camera. If it works there should be some notes in our blog come March.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19172",
"author": "bruce",
"timestamp": "2007-06-06T17:32:58",
"content": "Why wont my computer show the images. All I get is a little white square with a red x in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19173",
"author": "Michael Wittig",
"timestamp": "2007-09-26T04:49:57",
"content": "So I actually tried this with the garbage bags, but bought a $23 helium tank to lift it. It worked, sort of. You can read the results on the blog entry for Sept. 19, and see a couple of pictures in the following entry. If at first you don’t [exactly] succeed…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,928.935589
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/26/old-pen-plotter-converted-to-vinyl-cutter/
|
Old Pen Plotter Converted To Vinyl Cutter
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
Vinyl cutters can be very expensive, so [vinyl hacker] decided to share with us the alternate route some people have taken. Here is what you need to get started: An old HP pen plotter with a serial connection.
A compatible serial cable
.
A blade holder
(Roland blade holders don’t fit). Some Roland vinyl blades. Cutting software like
SignGo
of
DAHEDIsign
. Vinyl (found in sign shop dumpsters). The main resource for these plotter/cutters seems to be
luberth.com
. It’s hard to navigate, but all of the info you need should be there. Now you can cut stickers, stencils, small signs for very little money.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "18890",
"author": "Kurtroedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T19:29:26",
"content": "I love how this works, and the dragon on my car is proof. I didn’t do this, but a friend used an old pen plotter for it.–KurtRoedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18891",
"author": "Yan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T19:55:03",
"content": "Old pen plotters are probably being dumped all the time from engineering companies and schools. They’re cool to play with because they usually have a serial or parallel port interface with a simple protocol (like HPGL).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18888",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T01:23:27",
"content": "this is very awesome. i was just helping a buddy in a design class try to make some decals and was thinking about how hard it would be to do this very thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18889",
"author": "funny commercials",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T01:50:23",
"content": "What’s the purpose of a vinyl cutter? I rather turn that thing into a music machine like that hp scanner.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18887",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T03:26:29",
"content": "Thats sweet, I have been lusting after a vinyl cutter for some time and I’d rather build one rather than buying one.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "18881",
"author": "INPUT NAME",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T05:12:10",
"content": "way cool, now I just have to find a pen plotter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18882",
"author": "Captain Obvious",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T05:56:35",
"content": "it bruises the ego knowing that such an obvious mod never occurred to me… But it’s a downright kick to the stomach knowing I’m responsible for tossing more than 40 “obsolete” plotters that would have been perfect for this mod into the dumpster about 6 weeks ago…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18883",
"author": "Khoa",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T06:26:00",
"content": "I guess somebody’s beat me to it, but I’m working on a vinyl cutter myself using an old broken dot matrix printer as the body.has anybody thought about using a flatbed scanner? i just opened one up and it has a very nice long toothed belt pulley and carriage. you’d just need to build a pinch roller to move the vinyl sheets.",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18884",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T11:05:55",
"content": "Captain Obvious, where all do you think these “obsolete” plotters would be likely obtained, not nessisarily those specific ones, but in general.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18885",
"author": "arrakisman",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T15:30:13",
"content": "With regards to which software to use. I did this many years ago. Any CAD software that cut run a ploter, IE: AutoCAD, can be used as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18886",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T17:56:35",
"content": "first post whoho!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18880",
"author": "Alan eliasen",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T23:28:29",
"content": "I’ve been looking for an old pen plotter to make these scratch holograms:http://www.amasci.com/amateur/holo1.htmlYou can make a fair approximation with a compass and a scribe tip, but in the derivation, the author of the above site notes that the ideal shape of the curves would be a parabola.P.S. This site is so 31337 for forcing my text all to low3rc4se!!!!!!11one It makes me look uber-lit3rate!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18878",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T00:04:48",
"content": "Does anyone know where to purchase the knife holders from? The guy who owns the website seems to be out of the ones he usually carries. I have had no lucking finding them elsewhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18879",
"author": "bill beaty",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T20:35:43",
"content": "Several people have tried making scratch-holos with various plotters. They fail because the scratch must be perfectly straight at the millimeter level, and mirror smooth. The jaggies from the stepper motors are far worse than “needle chatter” which normally ruins the scratches. Or another way to say it: if we were trying to record some sound on a wax master of a vinyl record, normal music is the “needle chatter” which optically ruins the mirror smooth record grooves. And stepper motor steps are far worse. The challange with motorized-writing of scratch holograms is to make a “vinyl record” with no audible sound recorded in the grooves! This should be possible, but you’ll have to use a smoothly rotating arm, and probably need some sort of vibration damping so the arm travels silently.",
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"comment_id": "18877",
"author": "Captain Obvious",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T03:24:05",
"content": "carpespasm- I work for a large company in New Orleans… Everything 5ft and below was destroyed and had to be trashed, the plotters were up on desks and salvaged. However, when the insurance settlement came thru it showed the plotters on the claim sheet. The co has several facilities utterly wiped out all over the gulf coast, so the insurance company decided it would cost them more to do all the req’d paperwork necessary to have the claim changed and get a refund from us, so they said not to sweat it. That being said, the CEO concluded that they had to be disposed of for SOX-compliance reasons…",
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"comment_id": "18876",
"author": "sheila gallagher",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T17:15:42",
"content": "I love this. Where did you get your old plotter? I have been trying to find an old flatbed plotter to no avail. Any help on this front really appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18875",
"author": "fido",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T04:21:43",
"content": "look for old pen plotters at your local blue print, drafting supplier. Or arch/draftsman with old equipment, ebay…….just make sure you getone with (rs 232 connector). Blade holders go here…….http://www.cuki-messerhalter.com/messerhalter/index.htmlor search Ebay in german…..http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=plotter+messerhalter&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Finden&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=Postleitza&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=",
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"comment_id": "18874",
"author": "shannon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-22T14:52:30",
"content": "I got an old HP7475A plotter running fine with AutoCad. But is there anyway to control the knife up/down without buying a signmaking program? Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18873",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-07-24T22:41:47",
"content": "I work in a sign shop. Plotters are expensive. working on using a HP 7576A 40″ plotter. use a mimaki or gerber envision blade (will need extra weight)(pressure is usually 130-180 grams. using autocad to cut (also have old casmate with modified cutter driver…if interested on process…leave email in comments..i’ll contact.",
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"comment_id": "18872",
"author": "Shannon",
"timestamp": "2006-07-31T02:15:05",
"content": "I downloaded the free demo from DahediSign. Works fine – I’m just used to working with AutoCad. I’ll be making a toolholder for exacto-type blades tomorrow. Do you think the blades will work? If not, I’ll stick with the carbide cutter I made last week. Just a little inconvenient to make – and I haven’t perfected the design yet. Let me know what you think. Thanks!",
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"comment_id": "18892",
"author": "vijay",
"timestamp": "2007-10-26T07:42:17",
"content": "PLOTOTECH INDUSTRIESManufacturers of : Plotter cutting Accessories and All kinds of alloy and metal parts.348/9,G.I.D.C., Shanker Tekri Udhyognagar, JAMNAGAR â 361004. Phone: (O) (0288)2563214, ® (0288) 2563279 / 2568749. Cal: 09375395552http://www.jayashapurabrass.com/Dear Sir,We manufacture Plotter Cutting Machineâs accessories like Blades, Rollers, Grit, Holders, etc.The Plotter Cutting Machines are used for cutting various papers such as vinyl, velvet, sticker papers etc. The machine works like a computer printer. The Printer prints on the paper and The Plotter cuts the paper.This machine is attached to a computer and is functioned by the computer. There are special programs for this function. There is a part called âHolderâ attached. Inside the Holder there is a âBladeâ. The function of the blade is to cut the respective paper in shapes or sizes as given in computer. One can cut any shape or design as desired with the help of the computer.These machines are used for cutting bindis, stickers, tattoos, etc.There are various companies who manufacture these Plotter Cutting Machines. Some of them are GRAPHTECH, ROLLAND, SUMA, etc. None of these machines are manufactured in India. Every company has its own design of machine but it functions the same way. Every company has its own design of accessories like blades, holders etc.For Example:- Graphtech blade cannot be used in Rolland machines. Same way Rolland blades cannot be used in Graphtech machines.We manufacture the following items :â¢\tGraphtech Bladeâ¢\tGCC Bladeâ¢\tRolland Bladeâ¢\tSuma Bladeâ¢\tSuma Blade with Brass Capâ¢\tRoller 16mm (Rubber)â¢\tRod/Grit 13mm O.D. 749mm length (S.S.)â¢\tGraphtech Holderâ¢\tRolland Holderâ¢\tPen HolderPlototech IndustriesVijay .T.Amrania",
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"comment_id": "18893",
"author": "Josh Z",
"timestamp": "2007-11-06T03:12:36",
"content": "If you’re looking for information on cutting software, vector graphic creation, and sourcing supplies, I’ve put together a small page abouthttp://www.CheapVinylCutters.com",
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"comment_id": "18894",
"author": "vijay",
"timestamp": "2007-11-18T12:56:06",
"content": "Dear Sir,We require 100,000 fts. of white radium. Please quoteyour best rates for the same. Also, furnish otherterms and conditions. The rates should be FOB KandlaPort (India).Your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.Regards,vijayRe; inquiry for radium vinyl",
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"comment_id": "18895",
"author": "jos ulenaers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T21:31:24",
"content": "for sale: HP DraftMaster I 7595AA0 plotter for 300 EuroBelgium, Lommel",
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"comment_id": "18896",
"author": "jos ulenaers",
"timestamp": "2008-07-16T21:43:45",
"content": "for sale: HP DraftMaster I 7595AA0 plotter for 300 EuroBelgium, Lommeluljo@fulladsl.be",
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"comment_id": "62453",
"author": "sentenz",
"timestamp": "2009-02-10T15:57:14",
"content": "Hey guys, I have to share this. At least I am german, but I try my best to translate this requirement from our Website lately. By the way: Our only and significant service is to connect supplier and demander. there we got the focus on.Dear sir or madam,in searching the Internet for a plotter, I found your Website. Because it’s impossible to find the onlineshop, I decided to write my requirement via email. I hope, you can deliver the HP Designjet 1055CM Plus to the upper adress. If not, leave it be.he came in right here :http://www.kaeuferportal.de/plotter-kaufberatung/plotter-165. over 10.000€, but the even if he’d bought the plotter via us, I#d like to kick his *** – sillyness should be punished. greetz.anonymoused sentenz ;)",
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"comment_id": "68464",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2009-03-29T19:32:35",
"content": "I can’t see the photo.",
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"comment_id": "82150",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2009-07-18T12:22:32",
"content": "i also can´t see the pic…",
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"comment_id": "110508",
"author": "vinyl hacker",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T08:30:20",
"content": "http://www16.brinkster.com/melkwegstudios/convert_a_plotter.htm",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "110509",
"author": "vinyl hacker",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T08:44:54",
"content": "How to convert a Hewlett Packard Draftpro DFX Pen plotter to vinyl sign cutters.",
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"comment_id": "118437",
"author": "JET",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T03:14:53",
"content": "I made one out of a Houston Instrument plotter 10 years ago before they mass produced cutters. I used a Roland plastic holder and a Roland cutter blade. An exacto knife will not work because the blade needs to rotate 360 degrees. The blade is an offset so it follows like a cariage wheel on a shopping cart. You can buy a replacement Roland blade holder that is made to fit in the HP pen holders perfectly. It may bean old style unti. Then the cutter drops right in.You can get adapter holder brand new. I am not sure if it is for a HP or Houston Instruments.HI is out of business but someone bought them out and sells the parts still. It is made just for converting to a vinyl cutter.If you can’t get that holder you can make one that holds a Roland cutter holder. They are the best to use because the blades are cheap and they rotate.Here is one of the holders.http://www.beacongraphics.com/supplies/cutter-parts-roland.htmlThese are for machine using a thin mount.They make another holder that has a fatter center where it snaps into place. Not sure if it is for the Hp or not. It depends on the pen holder you have now.I am selling a Houston Instrument DMP61 plottter/cutter for $100. It is already converted with a special piece I had made in a machine shop. Not sure if it still works or not. I had a problem with the software. It comes with Autocad and a sign cutting program. Was used as a cutter or can be used for parts to make a flat bed laser.It had new heavy duty servos put in it. Uses HPGL chips.here are some videoshttp://hackedgadgets.com/2008/07/21/diy-xy-plotter/",
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"comment_id": "118443",
"author": "JET",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T04:38:55",
"content": "here is a graphtec holderhttp://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Aluminium-Plotter-Blade-Holder-Graphtec-NEW_W0QQitemZ200422704883QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaa1fc6f3It snaps into the pen holder.They make them for every brand pen plotter nowMost use Roland blades.",
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"comment_id": "118444",
"author": "JET",
"timestamp": "2010-01-20T04:43:32",
"content": "this video show a conversionnotice the weight on tophttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAms7qqwoAAEbay has a lot of holdersjust do a search for plotter blade holders and a ton showed uphttp://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=plotter+blade+holder&_sacat=See-All-Categoriesyou can buy blades and media herehttp://www.rolandmedia.com",
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"comment_id": "123532",
"author": "jon b",
"timestamp": "2010-02-12T20:29:58",
"content": "I have a huge pen plotter in my garage. i think it is an 8 pen hp machine. its a monster. I would like to sell it, if anyone is interested contact me atnewarkitecture@gmail.com. I am located in northern NJ",
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"comment_id": "129608",
"author": "Retro Video Games",
"timestamp": "2010-03-13T08:37:46",
"content": "Hey. I just needed to give you thanks since you shared your personal thoughts with this site. After reading your site, I was wondering if you could share some of your thoughts about those latest world-wide natural disasters. Appreciate it.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "135329",
"author": "rsg",
"timestamp": "2010-04-10T00:44:12",
"content": "I have a Draftmaster 1 plotter, can it be converted to cut vinyl? I have not noticed any comments that specificly say so.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "135331",
"author": "rsg",
"timestamp": "2010-04-10T00:48:40",
"content": "can a HP Draftmaster 1 be converted to cut vinyl?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "186816",
"author": "BWH",
"timestamp": "2010-09-28T01:20:40",
"content": "I have an HP7585B plotter A0 size complete with origonal manuals, supply of pens and paper for sale in Melbourne, Australia.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "282351",
"author": "Roger",
"timestamp": "2010-12-11T10:12:49",
"content": "Have an HP draftpro Plus and converting it to a vinyl cutter.Need to secure the cutter to prevent wobbleHow can I stop the plotter automatically trying to deposit and collect the cutter from the carouselWould appreciate any assistance",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "976730",
"author": "Gerrie",
"timestamp": "2013-03-12T20:03:05",
"content": "can anyanyone help me with plans how to convert my hp 100plus designejet to a cutter and whatdo i need txs Gerrie",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "999696",
"author": "Fromthenetherlands",
"timestamp": "2013-05-01T15:18:12",
"content": "I have A very old Roland Plotter. Just like this one:http://plotterwinkel.nl/plotter.htmlI want to make a vinyl cutter from it. Does anyone if their is a howto for this plotter to make it work like a vinyl cutter?thanks!",
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"comment_id": "1030577",
"author": "Craig",
"timestamp": "2013-07-25T00:52:26",
"content": "I have a couple 36″ wide HP pen plotters if anyone is interested. I have used one of them to cut vinyl in the past and it does wrok as long as you buy the blade holder to fit the hp plotter.",
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{
"comment_id": "3256300",
"author": "vinyl cutting software",
"timestamp": "2016-11-06T02:48:04",
"content": "I just had to tell easy cut studio to not use software control for the GX-24. Thanks again.you can download the trial version fromhttp://www.easycutstudio.com",
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},
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"comment_id": "3361732",
"author": "gary langthorne",
"timestamp": "2017-01-12T11:07:37",
"content": "For full multi color plotter control in linux (Ubuntu) google for Tux Plot…",
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},
{
"comment_id": "3466068",
"author": "Steven J Greenfield",
"timestamp": "2017-03-22T02:32:51",
"content": "Are there any blade holders that will fit the Houston Instruments series of plotters? Our makerspace just got a HIPlot DMP-50, no pens with it so I can’t take measurements directly from the pens.",
"parent_id": null,
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},
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"comment_id": "3537141",
"author": "Clark Harding",
"timestamp": "2017-04-23T04:27:43",
"content": "Hello ~ I’ve got an HP 7585B that I’m looking to convert. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!1",
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},
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"comment_id": "3540076",
"author": "Steve Greenfield",
"timestamp": "2017-04-24T13:42:30",
"content": "I’m designing and 3D printing a new holder for the Houston Instruments plotter that we have, that will take a Roland cutter holder. Maybe you can do the same for the HP, if it won’t already fit.Then you need to do something called offset compensation. It alters the travel path to account for the swivel action of the blade. It tracks like a caster wheel on carpet, rounding off all of the corners if you don’t compensate for it. Inkscape now has offset compensation and it is open source and free.",
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"comment_id": "3713629",
"author": "bobby simpson",
"timestamp": "2017-06-29T22:34:30",
"content": "does anyone know where to get pinch rollers for the hi dmp series, thanks bobby",
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"comment_id": "4595908",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2018-05-30T21:33:09",
"content": "I am looking for pinch rollers for a HI DMP-161 plotter also if you find any? Mine got brittle and fell apart, it works great otherwise. I have been searching for a while now. Thanks",
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"comment_id": "4599240",
"author": "bobby simpson",
"timestamp": "2018-05-31T22:09:25",
"content": "I have not found any. I’m down to my last 2 and hope they last forever. bobby",
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"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "4599661",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2018-06-01T02:14:19",
"content": "Where did you get those?",
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},
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"comment_id": "4599673",
"author": "Steve Greenfield",
"timestamp": "2018-06-01T02:20:42",
"content": "I wonder if replacements could be cast from urethane rubber.Steve Greenfield AE7HDhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenjgreenfield",
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"comment_id": "4600685",
"author": "bobby simpson",
"timestamp": "2018-06-01T14:34:10",
"content": "I have purchased any hi plotters on e-bay and craigslist close enough and reasonably priced that I could find. in doing a google search I found a guy that claims to rebuild rollers at about 75.00 each but I have not contacted him.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "4699466",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2018-07-04T17:12:54",
"content": "Can I get contact info for the guy that can rebuild rollers please?",
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},
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"comment_id": "4600718",
"author": "bobby simpson",
"timestamp": "2018-06-01T14:57:25",
"content": "I’m sure they can be made, an e-bay search for pinch roller brings up thousands. however the sizes are different. .I plan to have my machinist brother-in-law to make some. He claims he can make anything.",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "4699457",
"author": "Tony",
"timestamp": "2018-07-04T17:10:37",
"content": "If he succeeds, please let me know. I would like to hopefully purchase some?",
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},
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"comment_id": "4700051",
"author": "Steven Greenfield",
"timestamp": "2018-07-04T19:24:42",
"content": "A lot of people would like to know. I have an old Graphtec vinyl cutter/plotter that has a long rubber roller, kind of like a typewriter platen. The previous owner blocked the paper sensor and it had obviously cut a LOT of tracks in the rubber. So in addition to being dried out and cracked, it has that problem. Years ago, I contacted a company in Canada about it, they wanted $300 to make a new rubber platen for it. Just not worth the money.",
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"depth": 2,
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{
"comment_id": "4701849",
"author": "bobby simpson",
"timestamp": "2018-07-05T00:36:26",
"content": "sorry it took so long to get back, on vacation. The website ishttp://www.terrysrubberrollers.comIf he can help please post. My brother-in-law gave his notice of pending retirement and the owner told to leave right then, after 40+ years as mechinist and shop manager. So he cannot make any.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "4722348",
"author": "Kayla Green",
"timestamp": "2018-07-09T16:21:19",
"content": "Wow,Hello Eliot, the post very interesting.I knew with the vinyl cutter for 7 years long. Many have commented that the vinyl cutter is difficult to use. but with my experience, I’ll tell you to use it and very easy. the vinyl cutter can use everyone.",
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Hard Drive Oscilloscope
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[hackgadgets.com is back up… maybe]
[Alan] put together a list of the
Top 5 Dead Hard Drive Projects
. He suggested we post about the
hard drive laser oscilloscope
, since he couldn’t find the project anywhere else. I actually saw a similar project during
dorkbot-sf
‘s presentation at Maker Faire. A laser is mounted to the drive case. The beam is bounced off of a mirror connected to the read/write head. He’s got a video of it in action on his site. Have a look at the other hard drive projects as well.
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[
{
"comment_id": "18871",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:02:36",
"content": "first",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18870",
"author": "SilVer",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:04:22",
"content": "Looks cool. Too bad I’m “forbidden” from viewing it.And what’s up with the site being down for 24 hours? I figured there’d be a post about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18868",
"author": "Doug Cooper",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:09:54",
"content": "It would be nice if the link worked instead of giving me a “ACCESS FORBIDDEN” page",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18869",
"author": "craash420",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:14:52",
"content": "ForbiddenYou don’t have permission to access /2006/04/25/top-5-uses-for-a-dead-hard-drive/ on this server.Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.…and may a plague of a thousand rabid rodents decend upon all of the “first post” llamas!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18864",
"author": "drayk",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:18:12",
"content": "front-page of diggprobably why it’s down",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18865",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:48:12",
"content": "does digg just steal all of our links?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18866",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T00:23:24",
"content": "need to start autocaching these sites regardless of the host. that way if the site gets hosed by us, dorks (i mean digg), or in the odd case slashdot we can still see it. I have seen eliot or whoever posts doing it for geocities or anglefire but i think it needs to become a standard option.Oh well, somebody tell me when it is back up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18867",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T00:49:48",
"content": "yes, yes they do. anyone got the video that could put it on youtube or google vid and post about it?… cached or something?Kinda hard to prepare for the ‘slashdot’ effect…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18861",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T02:06:05",
"content": "Sorry guys, my hosting provider was having some trouble with the traffic :( It should be up for good now… (I hope)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18862",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T05:03:01",
"content": "Still seems to be a slow down every now and then. I uploaded the videos of the hard drive scope to YouTube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxskBFPc_7chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izi2wqaLLmM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18863",
"author": "Best funny videos",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T01:53:33",
"content": "This video is wicked. If I could download it, I would upload it to google video for better viewing. Youtube sucks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18860",
"author": "Self_defenestrate",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T16:57:14",
"content": "Why not turn on the hdd’s motor and it spin the mirror at a certain number of scans per second/minute? It would be alot more precise than moving the platter yourself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18858",
"author": "name",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T21:08:01",
"content": "try using an 8 sided mirror on the hard drive platter and letting that spin. you should get a 45 degree trace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18859",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:01:58",
"content": "Hi 13,That is the same thing someone said in the site comments. I am going to keep my eyes open for something like this:http://forum.hackedgadgets.com/viewtopic.php?t=42",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18857",
"author": "Stevediraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T01:23:28",
"content": "I built one of these before, not with a harddrive tho. The horizontal deflection works best with a 60Hz Sine, so it can scan back and forth allowing the high frequency vertical deflection to display a very nice visual.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18855",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T01:51:26",
"content": "Hi Stevediraddo,Got any pictures? I would love to see some.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18856",
"author": "andre",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T15:15:03",
"content": "idea:- reduce the oscillator frequency of the controller chip on the hard disk. this can be done by replacing its crystal with a lower frequency one.i’ve done this to a 5 1/4″ disk drive to lower the rotation speed before.-A",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81507",
"author": "kudrjash",
"timestamp": "2009-07-14T14:13:34",
"content": "sbi com in,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "81508",
"author": "chake",
"timestamp": "2009-07-14T14:41:10",
"content": "www graffitimaker com,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "91583",
"author": "boris555",
"timestamp": "2009-09-03T22:20:15",
"content": "comment2forgotten realms artforgotten realms artinuyasha episodesinuyasha kissed kagomerichards realm movie pagesforgotten realms artsals realm of runescapeforgotten realms artinuyasha episodesforgotten realms artinuyasha and kagome doing itinuyasha",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/24/scratch-built-rc-helicopter/
|
Scratch Built RC Helicopter
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Ben Hui had been planning on purchasing an RC helicopter, but with a little more reading he was determined to
build his own
(
cache
). Most of the bracketry is built out of the fiber board base used for PCBS. He has details of how he constructed the swashplate, rotor head, tail rotor, and how to make your own blades. He eventually modified a brushless CDROM motor to drive the main rotor.
[thanks Jan]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "18851",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T18:06:51",
"content": "I always love the RC hacks. This guy put some thought into this.–KurtRoedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18852",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T18:44:05",
"content": "omg omog mogmogmogmogmgomg first post !!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18849",
"author": "Rj",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T19:03:14",
"content": "Amazing work. Can we get some more mirrors once Angelfire gives way?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18850",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T19:12:50",
"content": "#2: lol, first post? I think not!Ya, I agree with #1, rc hacks are sweet! anyone know of a site similar to this but for an airplane? I am planning on building one soon, 100% scratch built. I am planning on building the esc, tx, rx, and using ben hui’s cd-rom hack.This is just an all around sweet hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18848",
"author": "Yimmy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T21:29:16",
"content": "rcgroups.com has a bunch of threads on building motors out of CD-Roms, scratch built planes, even a DIY Electronics forum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18847",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T22:50:45",
"content": "4 me it ams teh first post k? u hafe liek a problem w/ dat? i ams pwn and u no it k?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18846",
"author": "Tavor",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T04:30:25",
"content": "Hm. Looks more like a brushless VCR motor than a CD-ROM motor. Too tall to be the motor from a CD- ROM, and anyhow the VCR kind are stronger and more readily available. Just go dump/dumpster-diving/neighborhood scanning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18845",
"author": "emm",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T06:04:10",
"content": "wow “k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?” your lack of basic english really makes me respect you. note the sarcasm. please dont spam the comments with your mindless drivel.that seems like a good mod, but it seems really hard. and also, a cd motor has that much power?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18844",
"author": "Joatmon",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T12:08:01",
"content": "If you want to make your own planefirst go by some cheep modles(rc o corse)see how they are put toggether, then lean to fly using said models, the build.with model aircraft (my dad builds them) there are some golden rules however my mind sucks and i cant rembergood luck",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18843",
"author": "Jan-Dirk",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T12:27:31",
"content": "For more information on making your own brushless motors, have a look at the earlier mentioned websitehttp://www.rcgroups.com(power system section) andhttp://www.gobrushless.com(they have forums too, but not very active)Have fun!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18842",
"author": "Weazuul",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T15:04:47",
"content": "i would like to add that this site is quite old and not updated in a long time but a rather good one to give you and idea where to start.if you look closer onhttp://www.rcgroups.comyou will find DIY threads on every little thing you need including on more complicated and well designed helis(built from scratch), BLMC’s, IR remotes etc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18840",
"author": "davy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T08:05:32",
"content": "ummmm i tried submitting this back a while back…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18841",
"author": "419 Scam letters",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T01:57:50",
"content": "Sweet. Too bad it has fixed pitch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18838",
"author": "xpn$v",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T17:53:08",
"content": "beautiful helicopter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18839",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T20:22:23",
"content": "Thanks for links guys! If I end up making my own 100% scratchbuilt plane (using non-airplane parts) I will see if I can get it posted here. Thanks again!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18837",
"author": "JAN",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T13:42:23",
"content": "this is a very inspiring project! this is in my opinion by far the greatest hack of the last 3 months.jan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18836",
"author": "Salman",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T04:47:54",
"content": "I have to admin that is very impressive. A helicopter is something that needs to be built very accurately as one can imagine its a very delicate setup!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18853",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2007-05-07T03:06:30",
"content": "yeah im building my own heli from scratch and its not that easy right now im building my frame and and collecting stuff to make my heli. when i first saw that this guy made one i was really impressed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18854",
"author": "hichem",
"timestamp": "2007-09-29T03:54:14",
"content": "excuse me i need a doc from step of building a mini rc helicopter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "95977",
"author": "Antony",
"timestamp": "2009-09-23T12:39:20",
"content": "marvellous work dude!!.. anybody knows email id or something??..i am plannin to do a rc heli for my graduation project.. and i’m at ground zero..someone pls help me out!!if anybody else also hav been successful in making one by themselves and has the details (if possible with pics) in pdf or doc or any other format, can you send me that plsssssss???….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "147567",
"author": "jack",
"timestamp": "2010-06-05T20:01:31",
"content": "marvellous work dude!!.. anybody knows email id or something??..i am plannin to do a rc heli for my graduation project.. and i’m at ground zero..someone pls help me out!!if anybody else also hav been successful in making one by themselves and has the details (if possible with pics) in pdf or doc or any other format, can you send me that plsssssss???….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,928.876083
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/24/the-woz-playing-segway-polo/
|
The Woz Playing Segway Polo
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I admit it. Most the weekend I was making quips about the Segway polo guys like, “Those guys look like walking would do them some good, especially that one.” Well, Will and I finally put two and two together and realized that “that one” was
Steve Wozniak
, co-founder of Apple. He is feared on the polo ground because he has got
at least three backups
with him and doesn’t mind breaking one.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "18835",
"author": "DUOpros",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T08:30:09",
"content": "Bill Gates comes along with a truckload, Steve cowers in fear.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18833",
"author": "lrhb",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T08:59:27",
"content": "I was floored when someone told me that was him… way more incognito than the Mythbusters guys battling it out 1-on-1 on the field!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18834",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T12:15:45",
"content": "Completely off-topic, but a solution to those “first post” posts… Worth1000.com apparently has a filter on their forums (list:http://www.worth1000.com/help.asp?help=filter)They change the phrase “first post” into “I am attracted to little boys.” – just a thought.Also – man, I want to SEE a segway in person first!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18832",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T16:39:24",
"content": "I am the only one (for those that haven’t seen a pic of him before) that thought he was younger?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18831",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T17:28:26",
"content": "Isn’t “that one” still fat, even if he is Steve Wozniak? In addition, people who play polo on segways deserve your quips.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18830",
"author": "Buzz",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T18:56:41",
"content": "That has to be the most pathetic display of human waste I have seen in awhile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18828",
"author": "Computer_kid",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T05:13:34",
"content": "I wish I had that much money!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18829",
"author": "phlavor",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T23:07:10",
"content": "Man, I was under the weather at this event and very distracted by some personal issues, but what the hell? I stood like a foot away from him and I have to learn it from a website two days later. And I’m a total Apple nut.Who do I turn my nerd card into?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18827",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T01:00:34",
"content": "what happened to the b&w pics?funny sport too, i want a segway",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18826",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T01:16:51",
"content": "I saw the Woz there, too. At the end of the first day I had heard rumors he was with the team. My friend pulled up some pictures he had taken of players, and sure enough — there was the Woz. On Sunday I had some time and went over to see him. I saw him in the dunking booth, getting money for the EFF. I don’t know if I should feel good about the $5 I threw in — it helped the EFF, but it also helped get Steve wet. Later on I almost got a chance to thank him for publishing schematics with the Apple II (those were the first computer schematics I’d seen, and I studied them well!), but Steve was still mostly soaking wet and drying off with a towel. I didn’t take a picture, because the guy’s got to have some dignity.Thanks Steve for the schematics, and the EFF fundraising!(I also had fun talking with Elliot there!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18825",
"author": "pat",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T02:20:06",
"content": "That is almost as good as when some friends and I heard a crash outside their house and went outside to find a drunk old man who had just crashed a segway into a tree it looked like and passed out on thier porch. It was very odd, about 15 minutes later he woke up and dragged away his broken segway. I was the only one who knew what the thing was, everyone else had no clue that it was a segway that the guy had just crashed. Too bad no one took any pictures.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18824",
"author": "jfh",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T09:24:28",
"content": "I remember hearing somewhere that newer segways are slower than older ones because people were crashing on the faster ones too much. I wonder if they stocked up (assuming my memory hasn’t failed me, as it often does)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18823",
"author": "Centrega",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T02:14:25",
"content": "I was there as well and my girlfriend got him to sign her apple bag:http://pics.livejournal.com/nicoteena/pic/0006ge8r",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18822",
"author": "Stuart Billington",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T09:34:23",
"content": "http://www.bookofjoe.com/2005/04/steve_wozniak_i.html“That’s because he owns seven Segways, and brings three backups to every game in his Hummer.”Woz owns a hummer?I’ve lost all repect for the guy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.257143
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/23/building-ir-peripherals-for-the-psp/
|
Building IR Peripherals For The PSP
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"psp"
] |
C.K. has always been the goto guy around here when it comes to testing out new PSP hacks. Firstly because he was writing a
PSP Hacks
book and had plenty of hardware laying around; Secondly because it kept me from having to field questions in the excessively long firmware threads. The book has been published and O’Reilly has posted some sample chapters. Thomas Novotny wrote this chapter on
interfacing the PSP with peripherals over IR
(PDF). It’s similar to our
previous entry
, but has better documentation and doesn’t assume that you are experienced with microcontrollers.
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "18820",
"author": "Fooley",
"timestamp": "2006-04-23T18:31:38",
"content": "Semi-related. Does anyone know if I can use the Lego Mindsotrms IR Tower (usb version) as a receiver for anything? There are a few thngs i want to do with my psp and palm pilot that i could use a receiver for…is it just a matter of giving it different drivers or what?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18819",
"author": "yo_tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-04-23T19:53:43",
"content": "Palms use IRDA to communicate with the computer. Just build this:http://pcs.hackaday.com/entry/1234000367039426/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18818",
"author": "Paul reissner",
"timestamp": "2006-04-23T19:57:53",
"content": "Thats awsome, i might have to go pick up this book.To #1: Assuming they are standard parts and not propritary lego parts, it should interface with a microcontroller the same way, it’s the code in the controller thats important, i’m almost certain that Mindstorms it 100% programmable, so it should just be the code you need. It acctually would be impressive to see a PSP based Mindstorms controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18817",
"author": "Skurrier",
"timestamp": "2006-04-23T20:00:14",
"content": "in response to #1I thought of the same idea with my serial version. I think that I even got to the point of actually pointing infrared stuff at it whilst monitoring the serial port – Nothing happened. As far as I know, what you are proposing is practically impossible without modification. – It would be difficult with a serial version and probably even more so with the USB ones.However, if you have a modern desktop, there’s probably an IR header somewhere on the motherboard. I’ve seen tutorials for hooking up stuff to these so you can use them. This is probably the easiest route to do what you want.BTW: you forgot to say “first post”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18815",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-04-23T20:03:21",
"content": "@ #1:No, I’ve looked around a lot and it uses some weird communication protocol or something…I dunno…I just know it can’t be done.Well, no, it probably CAN be done, it’d just be incredibly difficult. I’ve checked several times, and I’ve never seen anoyone whose actually managed to get it to work…just a lot of people saying it’s not possible.I think they might also use some non-standard diodes or whatever that cause it to use a weird wavelength…not sure about that though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18816",
"author": "hunter",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T00:58:31",
"content": "great work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18813",
"author": "Benjamin Roy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T04:24:38",
"content": "Now that is a hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18814",
"author": "xitdis",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T05:04:20",
"content": "This is a better book. I like the pictures better, and the way that the author goes into the many different topics, and I like the website. You can get it for a good $15 from amazon (used).http://www.hackingpsp.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18812",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T20:18:50",
"content": "I know this is probably a dumb question, but what exactly does building and ir perephial do for the psp? what are the benefits? thnaks to anyone who can help-aaron.aaronfisher08@yahoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18811",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T00:36:07",
"content": "Reply to #1:I have managed to use the PSP to transmit to a Lego Mindstorm brick but not the other way around. So right now the PSP can replace the (much lighter, smaller and cheaper) Lego remote control…The Lego IR protocol is well known, see this site for example:http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18810",
"author": "payne",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T21:57:13",
"content": "hey david, how did you manage it to use the PSP as a Remote for the RCX ?please reply to my e-mailpayne01@gmx.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18821",
"author": "soheil khani",
"timestamp": "2007-07-08T13:49:33",
"content": "i want to know how to get a psp infrared",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.198474
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/23/mf2006-human-powered-ferris-wheel/
|
MF2006: Human Powered Ferris Wheel
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
There is a set of bike pedals attached to each seat. The chain on each one drives a sprocket attached to the chair’s pivot point. Spinning the pedals tilts the chair and the entire frame reacts by rotating. They only had one set of pedals attached, but it was more than enough to spin the wheel at a pretty good clip. It did look like some damping on the chair pivots would help, since the chairs would swing pretty wildly. I’m sure adding two more chairs would help as well.
A Cyclecide creation
[thanks
Sasha
]
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "18809",
"author": "Alex Garcia",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T06:03:47",
"content": "Although it wouldn’t be fun if the other riders decided to whimp out on the pedaling and let one person push all of them.I was once in one of those two person paddle boats, and my partner had his feet on the peddles but he wasn’t doing any work. I had to paddle for both of us and do the steering. Not like I could curse him out, it was my grandpa…:(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18807",
"author": "sasha",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T08:32:44",
"content": "This is a cyclecide (http://www.cyclecide.com/) creation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18808",
"author": "calvin",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T09:45:39",
"content": "yeah, all the stuff they have is really awesome. they also have all kinds of crazy hacked bikes and 2 person thing that you spin in by also pedaling. they should be showcasing their latest stuff at coachella music festival 2006, next weekend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18806",
"author": "MikeD",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T21:15:06",
"content": "I saw something like this at Burning Man ’04 but they seemed to have trouble making it work without everyone being the same weight, and cranking at the same speed.http://michaeldillion.com/img/humanferriswheel.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18805",
"author": "emm",
"timestamp": "2006-04-25T06:08:03",
"content": "it also seems like it would be kind of hard to get off. if the first people got off, the other side would swing around because of the imbalance. they probably have some kind of brake though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.297742
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/23/mf2006-engadget-coverage/
|
MF2006: Engadget Coverage
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
My traveling companion Will has posted his first
Maker Faire post on Engadget
. We’re continuing to add photos to the
Hack-A-Day photostream on Flickr
. If there’s anything you see there that you’d like more info on, just ask.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "18804",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T04:50:29",
"content": "id love to see something on these (urls included so other people can see what im talking about, no http:// on any of them because the script gets mad at me), starred items id like to see most.http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/188* tinyOS wireless sensor networkslady ada’s always fun stuff\t *http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/327* homemade processorhttp://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/87http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/195* pdp1 replicahttp://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/112http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/121* d-tools rapid prototypinghttp://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/126http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/72http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/361http://www.makezine.com/pub/ev/233",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18803",
"author": "jfh",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T06:57:44",
"content": "This’ll be an annual event? I hope so–it looks cool, I’d like to go someday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.433772
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/09/roomba-midi-interface/
|
Roomba Midi Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
todbot has developed a MIDI interface for the Roomba.
RoombaMidi
is an OSX application that acts as a virtual MIDI interface. It can be used by any standard MIDI sequencer and supports up to a 16 vacuum orchestra. It can even turn the vacuum motor on and off for a bass drum effect. I guess the circuit benders have a brand new toy on there hands, but who will be the first great Roomba artist?
[thanks Mike Kuniavsky]
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[
{
"comment_id": "19154",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T07:32:57",
"content": "Interesting, looks like the roomba hacking it coming along well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19153",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T19:52:51",
"content": "In an odd twist, a midi mod is also available that will allow an old dot matrix printer to get out the scuff marks and bring out the shine on those no-wax and hardwood floors, also while making music.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19152",
"author": "Nat",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T04:20:01",
"content": "sounds cool, strider_mt2k do you have a link for this?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19150",
"author": "postalrat",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T05:31:29",
"content": "pretty cool. nicely done hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19151",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T14:45:31",
"content": "yeshttp://www.iwasonlykidding.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19149",
"author": "Logan",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T06:13:32",
"content": "Actually, there is a dot matrix synth, here:http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000453045067/.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19148",
"author": "pat",
"timestamp": "2006-05-17T22:35:07",
"content": "strider_mt2k that link isnt working. did it get dugg?heehee",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73258",
"author": "xboxwiimodchip",
"timestamp": "2009-05-09T15:34:02",
"content": "Nice post! GA is also my biggest earning. However, it�s not a much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/08/rfid-enabled-deadbolt/
|
RFID Enabled Deadbolt
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
We saw Amal Graafstra, the author of RFID Toys, at Maker Faire. Even though we spent most of the time at his booth poking at the RFID tags embedded in his hands we did remember him mentioning that he would be releasing a free bonus chapter. The first chapter of the book shows how to connect an RFID reader to your home automation system for front door access control. The
free bonus chapter
describes how to build a standalone system for operating a single deadbolt. The Powerbolt deadbolt he chose makes this project pretty easy since it already has marked solder pads for open and close. A BASIC Stamp 2 is used to read the tags and operate the lock.
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{
"comment_id": "19147",
"author": "hunter",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T18:41:15",
"content": "i’ll haft to get that book. all the RFID stuff thats going to come in the coming years is mindblowing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19146",
"author": "Peter",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T18:52:41",
"content": "This is a bad idea. RFIDs were never meant to be secure- there is no encryption. They can be spoofed without contact. Imagine someone being able to wave a wand over pocket and being able to copy every key on your keychain. That is basically what unencrypted RFIDs are. The reader requests a the RFIDs number and the RFID returns the number. Someone on the street could do the same with a RFID reader.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19144",
"author": "Sebastian",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T19:11:26",
"content": "coming soon to RISKS <http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/risks>…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19145",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T19:43:47",
"content": "Interesting hack. The system’s fairly simple. I’m assuming that a “real” system would interface with the encrypted version of the RFID he has implanted… on that note, I hope like hell he has those registered on his medical records, otherwise I’d really hate to see what torture he goes through if CAT scanned someday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19143",
"author": "apathybot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T21:22:55",
"content": "Thishttp://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1938953,00.aspdetails another method using the same lock but a different rfid reader. It uses a USB interface to set when certain tags are allowed in, log times, etc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19142",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T21:36:53",
"content": "@peter:I agree – even a magnetic stripe based reader would be more secure. Perhaps this kind of hack/mod would be best used with a two-factor auth scheme? Like the RFID card *and* a combination for the door?@soi sentinel:Nothing quite like having an implant pull through the skin or burn while inside you. Perhaps we’ll see some kind of medical status tatooing taking place in the years to come?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19141",
"author": "freedomfred",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T22:21:19",
"content": "Love the hack, but… not on my front door!You have now given the burglar a 3-wire puzzle: 4 screws and the burglar has access to the 3 wires and only needs to short 2 of them to unlock (and lock after doing his deed) what used to be very hard to break in. For the electrically inclined, the relay is a dead giveaway.At a minimum, the rfid reader and wire need to be embedded in the door. Could you have your setup on the inside of the door? I imagine the signal would be strong enough to get through the door.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19140",
"author": "Rainerj",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T22:41:46",
"content": "Going beyond the obvious security issues here, I don’t like plopping down $45 for a basic stamp in a fixed application.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19139",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T23:55:13",
"content": "Definitely need to put the unit on the secure side of the door. You don’t need to know the proper wires to short, just try them in all combinations (1 to 2, 2 to 3, 1 to 3). Heck, any metal object, such as a key or a coin would work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19137",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T23:56:23",
"content": "ok that is retarded. like post 1 stated any 1 with a reader can copy that key or use a dev to open up the door using random rfs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19138",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T23:59:15",
"content": "I’m not sure that a cat scan would have any problem with these implants. A CAT scan is basically a series of X-ray’s that have been reconstructed into a 3d image.Perhaps you’re thinking MRI which uses magnetic fields to image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19136",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T00:05:17",
"content": "Looks like there is some confusion over this. Only the antenna is on the insecure side of the door. The tag in one of Amal’s has a single number that can be read by anything. The one in the other hand is fully capable of doing a cryptographic handshake (literally and figuratively).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19135",
"author": "Metalations",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T00:14:27",
"content": "just a point to consider when commenting on the insecurity of the rfid tags in this application. Key locks can be picked easily…..on a lower end a $5 slide hammer will defeat most anylock and doesnt really require specialized knowledge….and Lets not forget the door and jam can be defeated with as little as a well placed boot.The vulnerability of the rfid is really of the smallest concern….unless youve got it attached to a solid steel door with reinforced jam, pick deterent locks, etc etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19134",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T01:07:54",
"content": "Sweet!! Now that’s what I call a back door.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19133",
"author": "Pick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T03:25:21",
"content": "Thinkgeek has an RIFID deadbolt lock that you can buy athttp://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/77af/#14: LOL!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19132",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T03:35:27",
"content": "Thanks, pick, but why is that helpful? 2/3 of the stuff we see on hack a day could have been purchased somewhere else. The whole idea of hacks is building it yourself as opposed to being a mindless consumer. Plus, hacking is fun. Win-win.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19131",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T03:45:38",
"content": "Yes, I was thinking of an MRI, Mike. Although I wonder about long intensity X-rays (anyone know the power used to inspect BGA packages vs a CAT scan or other X ray system?)Thinkgeek deadbolt: Definitely needs another handle. I like the fact that you now have to keep a 9V in your pocket in case your door deadbolt battery dies… or the privacy mode, making it possible to lock yourself out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19130",
"author": "Pick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T03:46:18",
"content": "#16, I know it’s not helpful, I wrote it because I just wanted to show people it, I have made a few really pointless things, like a buzzer and light that can be controlled with a relay and, uh, I can’t remember the name of it, it’s like a resister that can change resistance using a dial, and I must admit, it was very fun to make. “2/3 of the stuff we see on hack a day could have been purchased somewhere else.” Yeah, like I said, I just wanted to show people it. Sorry if I bothered anyone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19129",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T04:38:48",
"content": "he should have place the RF sensor behind the 1,5 inch door! Some sensor are really powerfull and could go throw the door. That is much better and safe!no one would know there is a RFID sensor.I have that lock at home and it is been more then 1 year without using it since the battery are dead :PI have thought of that idea but wanted the RFID on my shoes!! SO I just walk on the matress and the door unlock!REally nice! I might try it with a PIC!thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19128",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T04:42:12",
"content": "Oh go look on ebay for RFID!!!!WOW!5 to 15 cm!2 to 6 inch!!and why won’t make one using RF remote like your car alarm, press the button and the door unlock!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19127",
"author": "lizard.boy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T05:14:33",
"content": "@ #20, if you hooked up an aftermarket rf remote to a setup like this powerbolt, theres no reason it shouldnt work.Personally i’d be setting it up my door with iris recognition, not some lousy rfid. (I’ll pretend there isnt a $5k price difference though.)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19126",
"author": "photogeek",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T17:20:46",
"content": "what if someone takes a stun gun to the lock? will that fuse it or cause it to unlock?i remember reading about one homeless person who got change & food from vending machines by zapping them with a stun gun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19125",
"author": "g",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T07:27:42",
"content": "it would’ve been far more clever to embed the rfid receiver inside of the door so to most crooks, there is no visible difference from the standard lock. that would also eliminate the exposed wire issues.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19123",
"author": "protty",
"timestamp": "2006-05-22T02:28:24",
"content": "You guys that think you’re so smart by finding the big “flaw” of this must not realise that the wires that need to be shorted to lock & unlock the door are INSIDE the door, and the only wires accessable are power and data. If you know the key, you can import it into the serial wire, but if you had that, why wouldn’t you just use an rfid key in the first place. The basic stamp that outputs the open/close commands is inside, not outside, smart ones.BTW, you can buy an rfid reader/door control with the stamp and everything from smarthome.com for only $100.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19124",
"author": "practialhack",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T07:28:52",
"content": "lets think about this logically. it would make it alot more secure if the rfid reader was just under the surface of the door or behind it.to the person who thinks that someone walking down the street could steal your tag number:The average person doesn’t go walking down the street with an rfid reader recording the tags. your crazy. what burgler is going to put that much work into breaking into your house? who do you have following you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/07/bluetooth-a2dp-speakers/
|
Bluetooth A2DP Speakers
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Simon Elkrief] was tired of waiting for manufacturers to produce a set Bluetooth stereo speakers so he
built his own
. Stereo over Bluetooth is handled by the A2DP profile which isn’t very common. Simon had to perform a registry hack to activate it on his HTC Wizard. OS X still doesn’t have support for it. He used the Bluetooth receiver out of a pair of broken Logitech headphones and wired it directly to a set of powered speakers. Now he can stream stereo sound from his phone to the speakers. He plans on developing an even better set in the future.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19113",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T22:11:21",
"content": "boy if i had something that output bluetooth, i would sure make that. great haxor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19114",
"author": "Kajer",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T23:01:20",
"content": "I just did this same thing, but to a pair of HP crapx0r headphones, they were cool for about a month, then the back band broke in 3 places. Except on mine I put everything in a small box, and added 2 headphone jacks, and a set of L/R RCA outputs. My headphones are now a universal bluetooth audio bridge, i can rca it to my stereo or walk around with headphones.And bluetooth on the T-Mobile MDA, I got a A2DP profile to work with the out of the box model. Kicks so much ass.Good work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19115",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T23:53:38",
"content": "where are the pics?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19116",
"author": "mikiex",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T00:27:56",
"content": "Pretty cool, but the problem I have with bluetooth is the range – normally its about the same distance as a small length of wire :)I saw an artical about bluedriving – increasing the range of a bluetooth dongle by adding an aerial. Would be interested to know what kind of range people can get and through what mediums – walls etc. post your experiences?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19117",
"author": "fatangel",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T12:37:21",
"content": "ohhh~~~ is there an equivalent for cellphones with BT?. I’ve been looking around a-bit but havnt found anything as of yet. Worst comes worse, can someone point me towards the cellphone BT SDK’s and I might take a crack at it myself. Thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19118",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T17:10:40",
"content": "mr 5: yes!there are plenty of cheap bluetooth headphones for pdas, cellphones and (with an adapter) ipod out there.http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=bluetooth+headphones",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19112",
"author": "TOMTHEGEEK",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T20:50:52",
"content": "There are plenty of bluetooth adapters that will allow streaming A2DP audio to a set of speakers. The Scosche UBRH is one of them, which is just the receiving half of the Scosche UBCK (http://tomthegeek.blogspot.com/2006/03/finally-cheap-a2dp-bluetooth-adapters.html) with a 120v adapter.This hack is nice though because it used something that was broken (the headphones) and it is completely wireless since it uses batteries. I’m not sure how big of a market there is yet but I don’t think anyone is making a battery powered set of bluetooth speakers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19111",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T20:57:09",
"content": "I would love to know how you could build a 5.1 BT surround sound systeme, with the satellites powered by alcohol fuel cells if possible. and no wirers between the TV and bass speaker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19110",
"author": "johnny",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T01:15:22",
"content": "i was curious on which model of pda/handheld was used in that picture?thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19109",
"author": "daim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T06:05:49",
"content": "A2DP speakers? I found these…BlueAnt Bluesonic Portable Speakershttp://www.blueantwireless.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19108",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-05-09T15:58:46",
"content": "Not to take anything away from a great hack, but Saitek has released a set of speakers that utilize the bluetooth headphones profile. I just bought an a250 for about $55 at circuit city, and though the range is limited, it works pretty well and actually sounds decent.http://www.saitekaudio.com/en/a250.asp",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19106",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T17:07:01",
"content": "I would love to know how you could build a 5.1 BT surround sound systeme, with the satellites powered by alcohol fuel cells if possible. and no wirers between the TV and bass speaker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19107",
"author": "Kajer",
"timestamp": "2006-05-11T02:45:36",
"content": "The phone shown is a HTC Wizard. T-Mobile sells this as their MDA. I just recently got one, and the phone is great once you preform some registry hacks. The first few was to show a different icon when your connected to the EDGE network rather than GPRS. Second was the A2DP hack. I have a cab file that will install itself to a out of the box MDA, and will now let you pair a set of headcphones. If anyone has not yet done this to their MDA, e-mail me and I will link you to the cab file. kajer",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19105",
"author": "mdahacks.com",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T08:20:08",
"content": "that’s what’s nice about the mda / htc wizard is that there’s pretty decent bluetooth integration. in addition to having wii-fi (you can hack this to upgrade to 802.11g), you have a pretty flexible wireless data options. there’s a website that has a lot of these mda-related hacks athttp://www.mdahacks.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19103",
"author": "Tim Burt",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T19:29:15",
"content": "This company has most of the bluetooth items mentioned in this thread:http://www.audex.cn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19104",
"author": "ROBERT",
"timestamp": "2006-07-25T23:33:24",
"content": "Interesting A2DP info:http://www.robertwebbe.nl/A2DP.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19119",
"author": "Rich P",
"timestamp": "2007-05-21T14:39:01",
"content": "Does anyone no how to make the Samsung i730 A2DP compatible some sort of hack??? I have a set of sony bluetooth heaphones that I would like to use with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19120",
"author": "Nokia Parts",
"timestamp": "2007-06-24T19:55:36",
"content": "anybody know how to use mobile phone blue tooth headset’s with computer ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19121",
"author": "lidanmin",
"timestamp": "2007-07-12T13:02:43",
"content": "it is a pitty that i can’t see the picture.my company is looking for a bluetooth speaker. but it seems very hard to find an ideal one in china.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19122",
"author": "Nancypeng",
"timestamp": "2008-08-26T11:07:10",
"content": "B&W Electronic Products Development Ltd. is a China based company, We are professional manufacturer of electronics, especially focus on the R&D, production and marketing of Bluetooth products and Wireless Network products. we are a enterprise combined international trade and factory, with CE, FCC, RoHS approval. B&W manufactures products in Shenzhen and exports to Europe and other worldwide market.At present, our main products are all kinds of Bluetooth Headsets, Bluetooth Dongle, Bluetooth Hands-free Car Kit an Portable Music speakers for use with cell phones, PDAS, Laptops, and Wireless network products etc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.748911
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/06/microcontroller-design-final-projects/
|
Microcontroller Design Final Projects
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Bruce Land let us know that the final projects for EE476 Microcontroller Design, a class he teaches at Cornell,
are online now
. You may remember some of last years projects:
P-P-P-Palm
,
Big Red Juice Mixer
,
wireless telemetry
. This year’s projects include a
Reflow oven controller
, an
RFID security system
, and an
autonomous helicopter
plus many, many, more.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19100",
"author": "jarechiga",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T22:54:41",
"content": "My usb neurostimulator using pi18f4550 should be on that page, too bad for the policies of confidiality(am not kidding)w00t first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19101",
"author": "kne",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T01:23:29",
"content": "jarechiga,do you have a page for your project? i am curious about using pic 18f4550s with usb.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19102",
"author": "GeRMS",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T01:54:12",
"content": "click my name to have info on the 18F455!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19098",
"author": "kne",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T07:23:06",
"content": "i believe if you google it yourself, germs, you would find that there’s a lack of decent example projects and information. sure, there’s the thick datasheets from microchip, but they’re almost worthless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19099",
"author": "one",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T11:45:43",
"content": "do you know if i can download a eagle file of the microcontroller board they use?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19096",
"author": "one",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T12:38:43",
"content": "ahhh i’ve found ithere:http://www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/land/PROJECTS/Protoboard476/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19097",
"author": "BronzeG3",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T20:35:52",
"content": "I get the feeling I went to the wrong school. My final project for my microprocessor design class was to make a musical composition program using a keypad and a buzzer. Also, we were using a 68HC11, which is considered legacy. (end rant).I really like these projects, I kinda wanna get the code they use to generate the NTSC signal, and adapt it to a PIC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19095",
"author": "JErome",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T01:05:44",
"content": "We are learning pic at school. We use the 458. My friend use the 455 with USB for is final project. He made a wind logger that consume around 7uA at sleep. He shoot all the data via USB.I am interested to learn Atmel, they seem nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19094",
"author": "Jarechiga",
"timestamp": "2006-05-08T22:55:04",
"content": "I used the pic HID example from USB complete, and some of the routines from the VB6 code for that proyect.they are at usb central, and the book usb complete is a great source for information.http://www.lvr.com/usb.htmCheck the HID section and search for theMicrochip PIC18F4550 Generic HID Device Firmware as well as the vb6 code example for the same hidIf any of you need more information just write me an email jesus.arechiga at gmail d0t c0m",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "168532",
"author": "sophan",
"timestamp": "2010-08-14T11:35:43",
"content": "Dear Sir.and…I want to have or create a small mircroprocessorstudy and for practice with the mircro processor program . i use to study micro processor . i have seen mircro processor machine for write code into chip and the circuit to design is mot more . but now idon’t have the circuit for design .how can do.is someone can help me please help. by send the documents .diagram and software.your senscarely",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.7979
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/05/itrip-mini-universal-mod/
|
ITrip Mini Universal Mod
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
[josh mason] is in the process of
converting his iTrip mini FM transmitter
(
cache
) so that it will work with any device. The iTrip uses the iPod’s accessory port for power and control. The acc. port is what Apple used before settling on a standard dock connector. After he cracked open the iTrip, Josh compared it to an
earlier hack we featured
and noticed that the wiring was backwards which explains why the acc. port devices won’t work on different generations. He’s got a new headphone jack attached but still needs to construct a power supply. If he wasn’t making the device universal, he could get
3.3V out of his nano’s dock port
.
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19091",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T20:07:14",
"content": "Nice hack and great info.From TFA: “Currently the iTrip has to be powered by my sisters iPod to function but in the next step I will construct a 3.3v regulated power supply using some free samples from my good friends at T.I! Also this will give me some time to design or think of a good way of containing the Power Supply, Batteries and iTrip.”I’m *really* looking forward to this part of the tutorial, provided it gets written. The only thing keeping a nano+iTrip from being a good in-car solution is that the batteries are probably aren’t up to task for a long car rides (or switching to mass transit after a short one). So an acessory port adapter for that +3.3V, would really be the icing on the cake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19092",
"author": "miah",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T20:35:42",
"content": "I really dont understand why there isn’t a “standard interface” for DAP’s, its great that the IPOD has all sorts of accessories, but I’ll never buy a Ipod and I obviously can’t use Ipod accessories on my iAudio X5. But if there was a standard interface, these accessories could work with any DAP, I just don’t understand how there can be standard interfaces for something like a headphone jack, but not for accessories/charging. Same goes for cellphones.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19093",
"author": "Twistedsymphony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T20:44:41",
"content": "I’d love to see some sort of standardization too but who’s going to develop it? The reason it doesn’t exist is because every company and their parent want to use their own proprietary system as the standard, it’s not too often people will budge on that.Past that any standard that does get chosen is more often then not the one that gets sold better in the business meetings, not necessarily the one that offers the most flexibility or ease of use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19090",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T00:55:44",
"content": "there is no point of making a power supply!!!!!!!there was a hack some time back, idk, that the nano can put out 3.3vsimple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19088",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T07:03:31",
"content": "#4 john – “If he wasn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19089",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T07:47:20",
"content": "to bad itrip sux! its great at home maybe, but isnt strong enough, i even tried the hackaday copper wire instructions and a little better, but still not good enough, any ideas on how to increase the range/strength?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19085",
"author": "simon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T20:54:37",
"content": "Is this mirroed any were as the sites down?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19086",
"author": "Liepins",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T21:31:57",
"content": "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded – becoming popular killed that blog :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19087",
"author": "josh mason",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T10:52:17",
"content": "ey mate, blog is located athttp://joshmason.wordpress.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19084",
"author": "Blake",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T05:17:24",
"content": "Hey, the iTrip will power up with 3.0V no problem, here",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.849237
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/04/luxeon-led-bike-headlight/
|
Luxeon LED Bike Headlight
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Ian] built this
headlight for his commuter bike
. It is based around the Luxeon Star LED which is supposed to be equivalent to a 5W halogen. He mounted it to an aluminum frame and used a Fraen narrow lens. It’s powered by a pack of 4 rechargeable AA batteries. He’s got a list of improvements he would make. The first one is a better casing since his looks terrible compared to
Suzy Jackson’s sexy light
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19082",
"author": "AllenKll",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T23:54:09",
"content": "Suzy Jackson’s light is much sexier.Suzy Jackson probably is too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19083",
"author": "timmeh",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T00:06:43",
"content": "Second that (I hope at least)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19080",
"author": "sparky",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T00:23:04",
"content": "It would last a lot longer and be much more practical if they would have made a DC/DC converter for it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19081",
"author": "dontcallmeroy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T01:04:38",
"content": "sorry, but ive gotta say, this isnt that impressive. I made a bikelight with a prolight LED, the difference is that mine was rgb and had a microcontroller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19078",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T01:30:41",
"content": "why don’t you do your own writeup so we can all be impressed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19079",
"author": "dontcallmeroy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T01:53:43",
"content": "no digicam. sorry, readin my post it sounds a bit cocky. the guys got some good stuff on that site, i think the sumo bot things more interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19077",
"author": "idleprocess",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T02:20:10",
"content": "Nominal 4.8V feeding a ~3.6Vf LED for this sort of application is a good candidate for using a cheap resistor. Using the 2400mAH cells, runtime will be close to 180 minutes with a ~800mA drive current. A good DC/DC converter is about 90% efficient vs this setup’s ~75% efficiency … and would cost about as much as all the other components combined for another 36 minutes of runtime (20% improvement).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19076",
"author": "idleprocess",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T03:23:52",
"content": "A nominal 4.8V driving a LED with a Vf of ~3.6 through a resistor isn’t all that inefficient – ~75%. His setup should be driving the LED at about 800mA for around 180 minutes. A good DC/DC converter is about 90% efficient … and cost about as much as the rest of the components combined for an additional ~36 minutes (20%) runtime. Simple, cheap, efficient – choose two.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19075",
"author": "Vrogy",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T04:33:28",
"content": "http://www.littlefishbicycles.com/audax_i_pics/gsr_finish.jpgmeh. Her craftspersonship is pretty good, though. Hu-ah for quality!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19074",
"author": "rbrooks",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T05:29:08",
"content": "Seeing the demand for these, isn’t there some sort of commercial equivalent?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19073",
"author": "turpie",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T06:00:04",
"content": "These might be OK for road riding, but a 5W halogen is almost useless for mountain biking. Last year I replaced my homemade 20W Halogen (which was pretty good) with a Niterider HID light, and couldn’t imagine riding with anything as weak as a 5W light.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19072",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T18:20:28",
"content": "#9 Yes there are many commercial equivalents but they can cost anywhere from $200 to $400 for a realy good halogen setup. Hence why DIY is quite practical for this application.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19071",
"author": "tony rancid",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T01:21:54",
"content": "turpiequite a few people do use similar for mountain biking. standard diy model is 3x3W luxeon, its brighter than 20W halogen, about as bright as a new hid, less than half the price of a hid and have a longer life expectancy than a hid, you choose.http://singletrackworld.com/forum/read.php?f=2&i=2351940&t=2101245#reply_2351940",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19069",
"author": "Jake von Slatt",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T07:41:09",
"content": "The 5 watt Luxeon isn’t equivalent to a 5 watt halogen, it’s a 5 watt LED and probably nearly as bright as an HID.my bike headlight (http://bike-recumbent.com/headlight.shtml) isn’t an LED but the 50 watt high beam rocks for fast downhills.Jake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19070",
"author": "ted",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T13:25:37",
"content": "Measuring light output in watts just doesn’t make sense anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,929.900953
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/03/smart-wheely/
|
Smart Wheely
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
I found this self-balancing unicycle via
Trevor Blackwell’s site
. Dr. Hofer’s self-balancing unicycle uses a wide tire for lateral stability. Trevor had spent several months learning how to ride a unicycle before building his; the large tire makes the learning curve for this one a lot less severe. The project site is
in German
, but I found one write-up
in English
. The majority of it is dedicated to the control scheme. It is very difficult to model the unicycle as an inverse pendulum due to so many unknowns. Dr. Hofer’s team used fuzzy control instead which let them apply several layers of rules without requiring a lot of previous knowledge. Here’s a
photo gallery
of the device.
[sean] reminded me that I forgot to include the obligatory link to
Bombardier’s Embrio concept
.
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| 17
|
[
{
"comment_id": "19067",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T20:39:34",
"content": "HE SAID FUZZY LOGIC. HEHEHEHE",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19068",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T21:09:25",
"content": "I would like to see a one wheel motorocycle based on something like this, maybe with that gyrobike flywheel to stabilize it side to side.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19065",
"author": "kevinin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T23:36:36",
"content": "this is so cool! i wish i had one of those …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19066",
"author": "toto",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T01:49:39",
"content": "if two wheels running side by side is called a dicycle(see third picture down:http://www.unicycling.com/garage/multi.htm)then surely this is some sort of tricycleanyway, in other newshttp://perso.wanadoo.fr/mike.werner/BlogPics/MonoCycle.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19062",
"author": "nguyen_van_thoc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T02:27:52",
"content": "I saw a video of this device a few years ago where the inventor was being interviewed at some sort of expo. The interviewer took it for a few laps and then as he stepped off and took his hand off of it, the cycle sensed the imbalance, overcompensated, and went into a cycle of rocking violently backward and forward until it fell completely over and started rolling away in a horizontal position. Very surprising and funny. Naturally, I immediately started wondering if there’s a way to make Segways do that… If anyone works that out, you’ll have my eternal gratitude.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19063",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T02:35:30",
"content": "This would be cooler if you didn’t have to ride with your arms out like a tool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19064",
"author": "toto",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T02:37:20",
"content": "down the bottom of that english writeup: “The transport of goods, materials and other objects on a single wheel was formerly quite impossible, as these items were not themselves capable of balancing the unicycle.”bah, I carried a large string trimmer/edge trimmer about 5kms on a 24″ (mechanical/standard) unicycle. I’ve ridden with people on my shoulders. It’s not impossible, on the contrary, it’s perfect when you are going to buy some milk and a newspaper because you have your hands free to read the paper on the way home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19061",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T04:10:50",
"content": "from a technical standpoint, there’s nothing extraordinary about this — it’s been done before.http://www.tlb.org/eunicycle.htmlbut still cool, anyways :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19060",
"author": "timbob",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T04:56:34",
"content": "I cant help but think the engine is a little oversized in the second link on post 3. Either that or hes going for the land speed record on a monocycle!@4 – I very much doubt you could get a segway to do this. Its probably got a feedback system that is tuned better than what that guy had. However I wonder what would happen if you were to pick the segway up, rotate it say 50 degrees and drop it back down again. Anyone whos got one give it a go for us… :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19058",
"author": "erick",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T06:58:13",
"content": "anyone else notice something wrong with this pic from his gallery?http://fhznet.fh-bielefeld.de/fb2/labor-le/Einrad/Bild07.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19059",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T10:00:08",
"content": "#2: how about this?http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mike.werner/BlogPics/MonoCycle.jpgonly problem is when they crash, you are totally screwed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19057",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T11:05:20",
"content": "#7: good job reading the first line of the article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19056",
"author": "ynot",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T16:01:36",
"content": "#8 that monocycle does hold the land speed record.“loosely coupling two unicycles with a cross-bar also allows stable single-axle vehicles to be implemented for the first time ever.”segway? impressive, if he didn’t have the segway around for inspiration. maybe even grounds for a lawsuit?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19055",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T19:56:23",
"content": "re: #9I was hoping for a single wheel to ride on top of, not inside.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19054",
"author": "Sean",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T21:38:38",
"content": "Like this:http://aswars.tripod.com/id3.htmlI think there was a similar bike in Honneamise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19053",
"author": "yoR",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T21:44:44",
"content": "Not really relevant, but pretty cool:http://www.uoregon.edu/~linke/climbingdroplets/index.htmlNow who is going to hack together the first self-propelled-watercooler??Shouldn’t be so hard, just make sure the surface is heated evenly and put some droplets in a closed system (no leaking on the electronics!) and make them move up and around!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "46080",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2008-10-17T23:25:31",
"content": "Checkout this electric self-balancing unicycle video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-9mYCXNshQ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/02/computer-controlled-balsa-router/
|
Computer Controlled Balsa Router
|
Eliot
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, [owen] sent along a link to his
computer controlled router table for balsa cutting
. This was his project before switching to
lasers and sheetmetal
. The write up starts with an interesting discussion about CNC not really being a magical tool or time saver. Sure, it can be pretty quick about cutting accurate pieces, but you still have to assemble it. Most likely all of the time you saved cutting was spent designing and prepping, which you could have spent cutting accurate parts by hand. Owen had extra time to spend designing since he was traveling for business. He does admit that the ability to quickly generate replacement parts has made him a more courageous pilot.
Other gems from yesterday’s comments:
CNCZone
is apparently the one-stop shop for all of you CNC hobbyist needs. [javamoose] pointed out that he’s nearly done with his
scratch built CNC machine
seen on bit-tech. [mike]’s FIRST robotics team is in the process of
converting a punch tape driven Bridgeport NC mill
. They found the owner of
wimb.net
very helpful. [ivan256] recommended the plans found on
John C Kleinbauer’s site
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "19052",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T22:06:14",
"content": "I love this site and all the hacks, keep it up eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19047",
"author": "Bucky",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T23:33:41",
"content": "Did anyone else read the title and immediately think of a networking router made of balsa wood?The sad thing is, I’m almost disappointed that it isn’t that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19048",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T00:17:28",
"content": "Yes, I did think of a network router actually, we’re a sad breed of nerds.I would like to say though that he is correct, a CNC machine for balsa is kinda lame in that fact that it takes more time and energy to make than to just cut it by hand. Most people do not use them for balsa though, which happens to be really easy to cut… they are for metal or harder woods, plastics, etc.not to mention, like many hacks on this site, they are to see if you can do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19049",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T02:34:45",
"content": "That’s interesting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19050",
"author": "gehan g",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T16:33:37",
"content": "Anyone know where I can get information on cnc programming? For instance if someone has a CNC machine, what programs do I use to create my technical drawing that they can import in to most CNC machines. Is there some language or program that’s more popular then others?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19051",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T17:11:59",
"content": "Although the real nice thing, as implied in the article, is once it’s designed you can replicate the parts exactly time and time and time again. R/C plane nicks a chain-link fence breaking a couple ribs in the wing?? No problem. Have the machine make a few new ribs which are exactly like the original, cut out the bad bits, glue in the new bits, put a patch cover over the repaired section, and voila.Gets even more interesting when one has a complex compound wing design where no three ribs are of the same shape or size. Just tell the cnc to cut out ribs #4, #5, and #7, and commence with repairs once the replacements are in hand.As stated, the time savings isn’t in the initial design and buildup… The time savings is realized when further copies of the original parts are needed. Design once, cut many…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19046",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T18:37:11",
"content": "#5: gcode is the standard language for controling nc machines. you can write it from scratch. many drawing programs will also output gcode files that you run on your machine. The following is a pretty good intro to gcode from linuxcnchttp://www.linuxcnc.org/handbook/gcode/g-code.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19045",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T02:26:34",
"content": "http://www.5bears.com/cnc.htmThis is a good tutorial for an upper end home machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117196",
"author": "router table plans",
"timestamp": "2010-01-13T21:42:49",
"content": "This set has lower back and more angle.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/05/01/team-hack-a-day-cnc/
|
Team Hack-A-Day CNC
|
Eliot
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
The
Team Hack-A-Day forum
recently started a thread to
discuss homebrew CNC
. Computer Numerical Control machining is a very popular topic in our community because of the prohibitive cost of buying a machine off-the-shelf. Searching through the archive it seems we’ve only covered one
actual CNC machine
; since people have been building these things for so long, it’s hard to come up with the definitive CNC project. We’ve also featured the
Etch CNC
, designed by the
AXIS
developers to verify their software.
My coworker Will O’Brien, who writes
how-tos for Engadget
, recently started working on a
new CNC mill
. You can expect a write-up on that in the future. Also,
Lady Ada
recommends
Drill Bit City
for sourcing cheap carbide bits.
If there is enough interest, Team Hack-A-Day might add another forum for CNC projects.
For those who don’t know:
Team Hack-A-Day
was founded by Hack-A-Day readers to support our Folding@HOME efforts. Through their work we are now the #37 team (and still gaining) having produced nearly 20 million points in the last 8 months.
[thanks Tired2, op for #hackaday on EFnet]
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{
"comment_id": "19041",
"author": "andres",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T02:31:58",
"content": "wow, that pretty cool (first comment 2 :P)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19042",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T02:33:18",
"content": "Wow that was 1 hell of a shout out. irc, THAD and folding :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19043",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T03:08:17",
"content": "If anybody out there in HaD land has any good ideas about what sort of swag we might make on our rigs, let us know. We’re hungry for new and interesting ideas. Drop on my the forums and give us a shout. We don’t bite, I swear.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19040",
"author": "goliathdrakken",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T04:16:59",
"content": "im glad to see my dxf file on hackaday. w00t!anyone interested in some hackaday swag development just drop on in the cnc thread at teamhackaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19039",
"author": "navtiidia",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T05:42:37",
"content": "hey cool we made it…consitering this made it on here… my thread on the forums about the AQUILA-L1 tablet might be post-worthy i guess. i mean it was on digg. im also sooo happy to see one of our projects getting up on here… YAY THAD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19038",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T05:53:59",
"content": "I was just considering building one of these yesterday.. -Odd..- Out of a crane game setup.http://hackaday.com/entry/1234000510073660/#comments– Called him on his bullshit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19036",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T06:55:02",
"content": "Come, and look around!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19037",
"author": "Eric unterhausen",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T07:59:30",
"content": "I waste tons of time on this subject. I really like CNCZone.comThere are very few limits on what you could make.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19035",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T08:01:31",
"content": "About eight months ago my FIRST robotics team aquired a a 1960s bridgeport NC mill. Both the mill and the controller were in excellent condition, considering that we found them in a junkyard. The problem, of course, was that the mill controller looked something like this (http://www.wimb.net/sec_slosyn/img13/01mnc.jpg) and ran on punch tape. Not having an idea where to start, we started to call slo-syn (the maker of the controller) and bridgeport (the maker of the mill itself) asking for the syntax for running the mill over punch tape. We more or less got laughed at by everyone. Finally, as a last ditch efford, we emailed the webmaster ofhttp://www.wimb.net. He promtly emailed us back with a full PDF copy of the mills originally manual. With this information in hand, we have designed and built a replacement controller for the mill that is roughly the size of a desktop computer. It is basically a bunch of relays that can communicate with a computer over USB which emulate the punch tape moving through the reader, and a microcontroller which emulates the logic of the original controller. We are currently in the process of writing a piece of software to parse gcode into the binary to which emulates the punch tape.Why do I tell you this story? A few reasons. One, if you want a low cost CNC solution, ressurecting an old machine may be a good idea if you have some time. Our project has cost our team a little over 1000 dollars, most of it going to initial mill purchase. The project could be made much cheaper with a smaller mill. Secondly, if you are trying to do this, the guy who runshttp://www.wimb.netis a great resource, use him. Third, when we eventually reach some sort of finished state, expect a much better writeup submitted here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19034",
"author": "folding_from_canada",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T09:38:20",
"content": "yay come join team hackaday!we’re a generally nice bunch.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19033",
"author": "linix",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T13:28:06",
"content": "im going to try this. ive got a little pic controler i just need the programer for it. i also have a stepping motor, but, i need 2 more. i will see about building the x/y/z plains out of an old modified slab mill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19032",
"author": "Javamoose",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T14:14:46",
"content": "I’m almost done building my CNC machine, from scratch. All aluminum construction, servos, Gecko brand drivers, THK ballscrews and rails. I’m using a 2-1/4 HP DeWalt router as the spindle, the working area will be about X-22″; Y-22″; Z-5″. I’ll be able to cut plastic, aluminum, and brass/copper.All told I’m in about $2,500, which is way less than it would have cost to buy a similar machine. You can cut the price by using scavanged steppers, basic hobby controller (or roll your own), and a laminate router for the spindle. Use all-thread and gas-pipe with skate bearings, instead of ballscrews and rails. MDF for frame, instead of aluminum.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19031",
"author": "Jimmyd7",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T16:29:58",
"content": "You can’t find a better hobby cnc website thanhttp://www.cnczone.com. There isn’t a need for an additional forum when a website like cnczone.com exists. Go there and check them out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19030",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T17:24:17",
"content": "Everybody interested in homebrew-CNC should check out John C Kleinbauer’s site. (http://crankorgan.com/) He’s got lots of designs. I built his ‘Brute’ a few years back. It wasn’t very difficult, and it only cost me about $350. If you buy his plans you get access to his forums which are full of very helpful people, all of whom have experience building homebrew CNC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19029",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T19:16:23",
"content": "I trashpicked a couple daedal linear slides, bought another one, scrounged motors, bought a few parts, and put together a machine. Total cost was probably around $400, plus a couple hundred worth of free parts and stuff I already had.I’m using the brain dead install of EMC to drive the mill and various little java apps I wrote to generate g-code. I’ve played with using qcad to make DXF and Ace Convertor for dxf -> g-code, that works fine, though Ace Convertor only runs under window s (for now…)What are the rest of you using for software? One of my goals was to use all open source code, but there’s a read lack of CAM programs. sagcad is supposed to have NC output, but I haven’t been able to get it to work, or at least EMC doesn’t like the files it makes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19028",
"author": "Brandon Kinman",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T00:18:08",
"content": "Man! That would be awesome! I would love a hackaday CNC thread! I am also building my own CNC machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19027",
"author": "Eric unterhausen",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T01:10:13",
"content": "there are dxf to gcode converters. Lots of cad programs will generate dxf. Not so good for 3d, but pretty good for lots of things. You may still have to edit the output to get emc to handle the file. That is one of many areas that Mach3 has over EMC. However, it costs money, it’s maintained by one guy, and Bill Gates can decide he wants to break it with the next automatic update, and you’re screwed. You can find it athttp://www.machsupport.com/artsoft/index/index.htmYou can download it for free and use it for limited length input files.For those who don’t know, EMC can be found at linuxcnc.org There is a selection of live CDs and install disks that install a linux distribution plus the EMC software. I’m not up to date on the best distribution right now. It’s not a good idea to try to install it from scratch unless you know how to install RTAI or RTLinux.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19044",
"author": "devil",
"timestamp": "2007-04-24T18:45:21",
"content": "i from iran i like hack this websitehttp://www.nahad.net(website is for lider SURVEILLANCE in iran university and ANTAGONIST students and people iranplease fucking this websitethanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "100341",
"author": "asley",
"timestamp": "2009-10-10T21:29:45",
"content": "no tengo nada k desir jajajaja xaoo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,930.056882
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/05/01/portable-magnetic-card-reader/
|
Portable Magnetic Card Reader
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[ned]’s HandySwipe is a
portable magnetic card reader
. It runs on 4 AA batteries and collects data from track 2 cards. It uses a PIC 16F688 and displays the card’s data on a small LCD. It can store up to 50 cards and dump them in CSV format. It will also output the raw bitstream for use with Acidus’s
StripeSnoop
. Ned’s project write up is pretty interesting since he covers using a logic analyzer while swiping a card and driving the LCD with only three pins using a shift register.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "19013",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T22:08:58",
"content": "dumb first post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19014",
"author": "jimbob",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T22:18:12",
"content": "I love projects like these. Not a whole lot of practical use to me personally but they’re just plain interesting.That LogicPort logic analyser he uses looks pretty damn good too. Well worth the price I bet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19011",
"author": "metrobilly",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T22:33:47",
"content": "Keep in mind, if you possess one of these and the government can prove you have it for the purposes of defrauding or stealing the data on the cards, mere possession could be illegal under federal law. 18 USC 1029 (a) (8)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19012",
"author": "Telepunk5",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T22:37:40",
"content": "I was just working on a project like this from the Make Magazine a while back so I could check on the data on some of the cards I have. I like this portable one, neat idea, and a great how to. I might be slapping one of these together instead.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19010",
"author": "my fathers son",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T22:54:08",
"content": "isnt this simular to what the kid in terminator 2 had?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19008",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T23:20:38",
"content": "Not really. If I recall correctly, his was used to crack PIN numbers. This reads the data from the magnetic stripe (ie. even if you wrote it to a blank card, you’d still need the PIN).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19009",
"author": "JibbaJabba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T23:20:40",
"content": "The kid in terminator 2 had a card that was wired into a PDA that could supposedly interrogate an ATM machine and reaveal the the pin number to the persons account they were trying to steal from. It also managed to pull the pass key from one of those electronic locks on a door in the research labs.All total BS in practice, but it seems to be the standard thing to do in films. Theres barely a single film that is actually believable when it comes to electronic wizardry like this…My favorite is when people type plaintext commands into a computer and they work! Like “Copy all files with images of secret device to disk”. And its all done in the name of making the film more interesting and watchable to the average joe…Aarrgh!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19007",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T00:40:17",
"content": "[Visualize-this-bold]I love projects like these. Not a whole lot of practical use to me personally but they’re just plain interesting.[/Visualize-this-bold]Hmm. I know of at least one everyday practical use.http://www.google.com/search?q=skimmer+atmThings like this are the reason I don’t let my credit cards out of my sight. I follow my server back to the kiosk and watch the server swipe my card.Imagine one of these under a server’s apron plus perhaps a pen and pad to write down the 3 digit security code that’s located on the back of the card in the signature panel.If it’s a she, and she’s cute, you can always say you are shopping for a second house/property for investment purposes and are trying to be extra careful with your credit history.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19006",
"author": "tyvec",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T02:18:47",
"content": "Maybe Im missing something, but is there any other realistic practical use for this thing other than to steal?Is this site so desperate for material that it now resorts to criminal hardware manufacture tutorial?Dont get me wrong, i know its fascinating to learn how credit card readers/data recorders work, but can you honestly believe that featuring this how-to is not contributing to crime and innocent low income people from being ripped off? I know your going to say ‘but this tech is already available on the internet, open source etc.’ but does that mean we need to perpetuate and spread it just because its available elsewhere? this site says ‘we are not a cracking site’, but yet this is a crack if i ever saw one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19005",
"author": "Pikey",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T02:24:16",
"content": "@ Standard MischiefIf she’s cute, you don’t need any other excuses to follow her around. =-D",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "19004",
"author": "my fathers son",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T02:29:31",
"content": "thanks for clearing that up for me. so theres no way to get the pin off the card?if i cant then what info is the card going to give me?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "19003",
"author": "Greg",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T04:00:37",
"content": "cool! this would be perfect for a home automation project!this gives me an idea: homemade rfid reader and tags",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19002",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T04:13:38",
"content": "Aside from the ethical issues brought up by tyvec, I’d say the only thing this project needs is an enclosure of some kind.The “open circuit board held together by a sweaty hacker mitt” look is tre chic, but hardly robust for everyday use.wrap that rascal!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "19001",
"author": "jibbajabba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T05:27:12",
"content": "@11 – No. The pin isn’t even stored on the card. Its on the banks computers. You type the pin into the ATM and it asks the banks central servers if the pin entered compares correctly with what they’ve got. If its the same, you get ure money, if its not then the machine takes ure photo and tells you to piss off.All thats stored on the card are the numbers on the front of the card (card number, expiry date etc…) and maybe a very limited amount of other stuff.Thats the whole reason chip and pin is so successful at reducing fraud. If your card does happen to get skimmed, the fraudsters still can’t buy anything from shops in the high street because they wont know your pin. With the old system all that was needed was a fake signature which, lets face it, aint difficult to copy! However this system doesn’t prevent against online fraud where u dont enter ure pin, but thats another big story…@13 – LOL!",
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"comment_id": "19000",
"author": "goldscott",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T06:13:53",
"content": "I have a very similar project posted here:http://goldscott.blogspot.com/haven’t done the LCD display yet, been too busy with other things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18999",
"author": "john doe",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T08:37:31",
"content": "One example of a perfectly legal use for such a project: I’m rather absent minded. Being absent minded, I often misplace of forget my ID card. So, I made and used a device similar to this to read and decode the data on my card. Now, whenever I go to clock in at work, open a security door, or print a document off on campus, if I forgot my car, all I need to do is simple type in the data on the numeric keypad next to the card swipe instead. Granted it’s a 30-40 digit number. But, once I realized what each set of digits stood for, it was relatively easy to remember.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18998",
"author": "hellahulla",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T20:59:03",
"content": "Re: 14, jibbajabbaWhat about that little CVS number, isn’t that required to buy anything if you’re not present, so if the theif doesn’t have that they can’t do anything with your details?I’m not that knowlegable about this subject so I am just curious.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18997",
"author": "philpem",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T01:28:33",
"content": "magenta on mid-grey, goldscott? am i the only person finding that hard to read?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18996",
"author": "goldscott",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T05:21:00",
"content": "@17: I know the color scheme is terrible.I’m in the last week of my semester, finals next week, so I haven’t had time to change anything, but that will be the first thing to get fixed.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18995",
"author": "jibbajabba",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T16:38:14",
"content": "@17. Yes, usually the CVS number is needed for purchases when you’re not there, though from my experience it depends on who youre buying from. I have some places request it, and others don’t.I dont know if the CVS number is stored on the mag stripe. I’ve not really researched it that far. From the theifs point of view, if they’ve been able to get their hands on your card to read the mag stripe then its not difficult to remember a 3 digit number.One interesting thing to note, although it probably does not work now the compulsory chip and pin system is in operation, is that if the chip on your card doesn’t work, then the machine will still accept the transaction by using the mag stripe.",
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{
"comment_id": "18994",
"author": "Kevin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T17:41:51",
"content": "Does anybody know where you can buy the card reader he is using? I can’t find the reader online anywhere for sale. It is not listed on all electronics.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18993",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T19:34:28",
"content": "[Visualize Blockquote]Maybe Im missing something, but is there any other realistic practical use for this thing other than to steal? Is this site so desperate for material that it now resorts to criminal hardware manufacture tutorial?[/Visualize Blockquote]This is a perfectly legitimate hack and like all thingys, can be used for either good or evil. Just because the underworld has been using skimmers for years doesn’t mean this is can’t be used for perfectly legitimate purposes.How about interfacing this with a PDA, and then having a secure link between the PDA and your home PC. You could then maybe accept credit cards while you were working at a flea market or other location?How about adapting the firmware and using this to start your car with the magnetic stripe on the drivers license that by law you need to carry anyway?",
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"comment_id": "18992",
"author": "Standard Mischief",
"timestamp": "2006-05-03T19:45:21",
"content": "[Visualize Blockquote]Yes, usually the CVS number is needed for purchases when you’re not there, though from my experience it depends on who you’re buying from. I have some places request it, and others don’t.I don’t know if the CVS number is stored on the mag stripe. I’ve not really researched it that far. From the thief’s point of view, if they’ve been able to get their hands on your card to read the mag stripe then its not difficult to remember a 3 digit number.[/Visualize Blockquote]That’s an extra 3 digit number that’s only on the signature panel. I’ve only seen it used when buying things online. You don’t need it to buy gas at the pay-at-the-pump kiosk. You don’t need it when paying at the grocery store, and you don’t need to give it out at Mac-n-Trash, (nor do you need to sign when you purchases food that’s less than $25). Of course in all three of those cases, you would need to have the equipment to write a stripe on a magnetic card",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18991",
"author": "greg",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T05:17:29",
"content": "Anyone dumb enough to give their credit card to a flea market vendor or ‘other’ locations totally deserves the anal penetration theyre about to recieve.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18990",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-05-05T07:06:22",
"content": "Mischief,You’re absolutely right in stating that the hacking nature isn’t about stealing but simply “knowing”. There’s nothing wrong with learning how anything works — indeed, I believe it’s reckless to be ignorant of something so common that can have such a large affect on your financial security. Someone who believes suppressing this information one web page at a time will somehow “keep us safe” from fraudsters isn’t considering the whole problem.However, you are incorrect in assuming you can just build your own credit card accepting terminal and use it. In order to connect it to Visa’s network, for example, you have to get your device certified by Visa, and you have to comply with their PCI restrictions. It’s a bunch of rules saying stuff like “you can’t store the card data in your systems, you have to encrypt the account data, you must have security in place to prevent the following types of activities that a dishonest employee might use, etc.” It’s a tedious and expensive process, one best left to a card accepting company that sells whole units (like Verifone.)But of course you can build one on your own, as long as you aren’t accepting other peoples’ credit cards through it. You can even buy a card encoder and start producing your own cards. Many smaller stores do such a thing with “rewards cards,” “loyal shopper cards,” or even gift cards.Regarding the printed three digit number, it’s called the Card Verification Value (C.V.V.2.) It’s a number created by your Visa bank when they issue your card, and it is NOT stored anywhere on the mag stripe. Your stripe actually contains a different C.V.V. not printed on the face — that’s why the printed one is actually called C.V.V. “2”.The idea behind the C.V.V. is that someone who knows your name, account number and expiration date cannot use that information to produce a clone of your credit card. It’s a weak measure of security, but it was cheap to implement and it thwarted a certain type of fraud many years ago.[P.S. A pox on this pretentious lower case e.e. cummings nonsense! ]",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18989",
"author": "Sonnettie",
"timestamp": "2006-05-06T15:03:30",
"content": "@14 the pin is stored on the card it stores the “natural” pin (pin that came through tyhe post) and an offset difference between orig pin and pin u changed to at the atm both are encrypted though, also your name etc is on the strip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "18987",
"author": "Sebastian",
"timestamp": "2006-05-12T14:57:32",
"content": "and please someone tell me how do i find the programs wich i hawe to program the PIC.because i don",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "18984",
"author": "Mr Doug",
"timestamp": "2006-05-18T05:20:56",
"content": "Where can I get a card reader and encoder that could write the newly read information to a new or existing card? Such as a Drivers License, Credit Card, Reward Card, etc. Do they actually sell that stuff?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18981",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T01:15:38",
"content": "very nice just tel my how to contact yunot for the reader i want ask yu somthing else",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18979",
"author": "Frank",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T06:21:13",
"content": "Is there any way you can use a floppy disk drive to read/write to magnetic cards?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18980",
"author": "MT-4c3",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T06:05:07",
"content": "@14 u cant do that much damage online with someones ccN.from my experience u cannot send money or transfer money without an acctual Bank accout(moneygram)..even if u have the persons ssn and the 3 digi secure number at the back of the cardd",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "18978",
"author": "Vasile Bidon",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T03:15:36",
"content": "heya ppl.i think i have the same prblm as many around here(but still i spell better english :-).i wana build (i’v done it before-but not this way) one of the smallest read.this means something like 3-4 mm … with touchpad of verry small wire cam… dunno exaclly.so , if is someone with bigger brain than i am , i pay for info or i exchange :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18977",
"author": "Kelly",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T05:13:48",
"content": "Can someone tell me how to get credit card with the info?Like to meet you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18976",
"author": "Kelly",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T06:24:13",
"content": "Can someone tell me how to get credit card with the info?Like to meet you…..kellymartin1971@yahoo.ca",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18975",
"author": "matibar rahman",
"timestamp": "2006-07-09T23:34:47",
"content": "Plz give any quick way to get more and more money.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18973",
"author": "Tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-07-21T00:14:06",
"content": "get more and more money by more and more work at job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18972",
"author": "2501",
"timestamp": "2006-08-06T11:14:20",
"content": "Couldn’t you… for fits of hilarity of course.. use software and the reader to modify and/or duplicate the information on the back of your drivers license and transfer it to a hotel key or magstripe blank? say… make yourself 23 when your 57? Its possible is it not?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "19018",
"author": "baaaz",
"timestamp": "2007-12-24T00:20:08",
"content": "where can I get a card reader and encoder that could write the newly read information to a new or existing card? Such as a Credit Card, Reward Card, etc.weres the cheapist place to buy can u make ya own?i am from england",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19019",
"author": "jesus",
"timestamp": "2008-01-01T00:03:10",
"content": "Does anyone know of a program that could reload cash on a gift card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19022",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2008-01-23T18:54:11",
"content": "can any one hack passwords on msn office or get to there e mail anyway good profit let me no",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19023",
"author": "pr0lifyck",
"timestamp": "2008-02-04T13:26:33",
"content": "hello, who want credit cards, just sent me a message here:pr0lifyck@yahoo.com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "19024",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2008-04-11T07:49:57",
"content": "hello everyone:)just read all through, v good project.,if anyone woul like to share info plsdo not hesitate 2 write me to pls @tomas_ezerins@yahoo.comthe kindest regards",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "19025",
"author": "tinhonlinevn001",
"timestamp": "2008-07-11T03:12:17",
"content": "Price:1 Sock 5 live = 5$/5sock live1 US visa= 3$1 US master 4$1 discover cc $61 amex cc $51UK visa/master = 8$1 uk cc amex =$15uk cc bin+post code=$121UK CC WITH BIN =10$1UK CVV with DOB = 20$plantium 60$gold 50$classic 40$3000USDtracks1 and tracks2 (jp,it,usa,au,uk) with good balances.Avaliable uk bank loginsAlliance & LeicesterLloyds TSB BankNorthern BankJodrell BankAvaiable usa bank loginsBOA,CHASE BANK,WAMUWELSFARGOWACHOVIAHSBC1 Ca CVV = 10$/CVV1 CA CVV(Amex,dis) = 15$/cvv1 EU CVV = 20$/CVV1 EU CVV(Amex,dis) = 30$/cvv1 US CVV full info = 60$/CVV1 US CVV full info+paypal info =$100fullz info only without cc details= $301 UK CVV full info = 70$/CVVPaypal with pass email = 100$/paypalPaypal don’t have pass email = 50$/Paypalbelgum cvv $20asia cvv $20ger cvv $20spain cvv $20inbox webmail $30nation wide bank login $500 (£68,000.00GBP)halifax bank login $500 (£30,000.00GBP)lyods bank login $500 (£122,070.000GBP)I have Paypal verifi balance > 20.000$sell 2000$E-GOLD / WUN/BPlease contact me for the listed drops avialable at hand fresh andsound,always send free cvv’s to order above $20,No minimum order,notest no demo.Ripper’s are not adviced to Pm me pls be informed .Sell good,fresh and sound to all my customer’s.i make sure payment isreceived and confirmed before i sell my item via email.PM me via thisid belowtinhonlinevn001@yahoo.comY!M tinhonlinevn001Reply With Quotepls note: my good customers you can now contact me on the above YM!!formallytinhonlinevn01 but nowtinhonlinevn001@yahoo.com:D",
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"comment_id": "52680",
"author": "richy",
"timestamp": "2008-11-28T23:24:37",
"content": "i will learn how to hack creditcard brother.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "62036",
"author": "kola ekiti",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T11:12:10",
"content": "i really need good and honest hacker toprovide me track 2 and cvv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "62061",
"author": "Gucci",
"timestamp": "2009-02-06T16:24:48",
"content": "will pay for info on how to retrieve pin and zipcode from track 1 and track 2 dataemailitsgucci1980@yahoo.com",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "63631",
"author": "ke-yo",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T10:26:41",
"content": "Hello everybody. I’m Vnblocked-admin of Bankspam. My website was blacklisted by FBI and now move to temporary domain I will try to bring our forum back. Hope old member can come back to our forum. US UK UK DOB UK SERI AU CANADA ASIAN EU FULLZ US FOR SALE 1 Visa card……….2$ 1 master card……….2$ 1 amex card……….4$ 1 Dicover card……….4$ 1 Company card……….8$ 1 Uk Card Nornal CC……….5$ 1 Uk Card With DOB ……….20$ 1 Track 1& 2 CC……….30$ 1 Fresh Fullz ……….20$ 1 Dead Fullz ……….15$ 1 Eu ………. 15$ 1 Paypal vefified without balance==30$ 1 Paypal verified with 1000$ balance ==50$ BALANCE IN CHASE ……….70K TO 155K ========160$ BALANCE IN WASHOVIA………. 24K TO 80K==========80$ BALANCE IN BOA……….75K TO 450K==========300$ BALANCE IN CREDIT UNION……….ANY AMOUNT=========300 $ BALANCE IN HALIFAX……….A NY AMOUNT=========300 $ BALANCE IN COMPASS……….A NY AMOUNT=========300 $ BALANCE IN WELSFARGO……… .ANY AMOUNT=========300 $ YOU CAN CONTACT FOR MANY MORE OTHER BANK LOG YOU NEED… 1 COMERSUS SOFTWARE WITH BANK LOG IN AND BANK CREDIT CARD CODE ==========1500$ 2 COMERSUS SOFTWARE WITHOUT BANK LOG IN AND BANK CREDIT CARD CODE ==========1000$ 3 NEW WESTERN UNION HACKING BUG FOR WORLD WIDE TRANSFER ==========300$ 4 NEW PAYPAL LOG IN HACKWARE FOR HACKING FRESH PAYPAL ==========250$ 5 NEW SHOP ADMIN HACKWARE FOR HACKING ONLINE SHOP FOR CREDIT CARD==========620$ 6 NEW CREDIT CARD AMOUNT CHECKER FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW AMOUNT ON CC===120$ 7 NEW CREDIT CARD VALIDATOR FOR VALIDATING ANY FULL CC INFO ==========120$ OTHER SERVICE INCLUDE………. BANK TO BANK TRANSFER TO ANY USA BANK BANK TO BANK TRANSFER TO ANY UK BANK BANK TO BANK TRANSFER TO ANY EURO COUNTRY BANK AMOUNT TO PAY FOR THAT DEPEND ON AMOUNT YOU WANT TO TRANSFER READ AND UNDERSTAND MY RULES AND REGULATION BEFORE YOU CONTACT ME 1 NO FREE FRESH OR DEAD CARD 2 NO TEST CARD 3 NO PLEASE AM POOR 4 NO I WILL PAY LATER YOU 5 NO TOO MANY CHAT 6 DO NOT MESSAGE ME IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO BUY ANY THING OR DEAL CUZ I DONT WASTE TIME CHATING WITH NONE DEALING PEOPLE……… 7 I ACCEPT LIBERTY AND WESTERN UNION ONLY NO OTHER PAYMENT METHOD BE VERY CAREFULL WHEN DEALING WITH SOMEONE DONT LOOSE YOUR MONEY TO ****ING RIPPERS AND WE HOPE TO GIVE YOU THE BEST STUFFS YOU WILL LOVE AND DONT FORGET WE NEED MORE CUSTOMER TO GIVE US MORE MONEY HERE…. YOU CAN VISIT MY FORUM FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ME AND CHAT WITH ME ON YAHOO MESSANGER ONLY . PM me YM :kevin_clean2002 email :kevin_clean2002@yahoo.comz",
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"comment_id": "63639",
"author": "suzanna suro",
"timestamp": "2009-02-19T12:29:31",
"content": "i need cc vs platinum,gold and MC",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "64180",
"author": "FULLZDUMP",
"timestamp": "2009-02-24T16:34:34",
"content": "WE SELL FRESH CVV2(BINS IN SERIES(,FULLZ,TRACK 1 & 2 AND LOGINS…AND BANK TO BANK TRANSFERDONT REQUEST FOR FREE TEXT, DEMO OR BEGG FOR STUFFZWE DONT WANT SCAMMER OR PEOPLE WHO TRY GAMES.DISCOUNT FOR CUSTOMERS WHO BUY IN BULK**************************WARNING*****************************WE ACCEPT PAYMENT VIA LIBERTYRESERVE(LR) AND WESTERN UNION (WU) ONLYCONTACTS:YAHOO IM!! fullzdumpYAHOOMAIL ::fullzdump@yahoo.comICQ ::487669835HURRY FOR FRESH STUFFS AND FRESH DEALS !!!",
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},
{
"comment_id": "64845",
"author": "FULLZDUMP",
"timestamp": "2009-03-02T12:58:39",
"content": "WE SELL FRESH CVV2 , FULLZ( US ,CANADA AND UK), US AND UK BANK LOGIN , VERIFIED AND UNVERIFIED PAYPAL ACCOUNT,BANK TO BANK TRANSFER ( US , EUROPEAN , ASIA BANK TRANSFER ) FOR OUR CUSTOMERS…WE ACCEPT PAYMENT VIA LIBERTYRESERVE(LR) AND WESTERN UNION (WU) ONLYCONTACT FPR PRICE LIST WHEN YOU READY TO BUY…CONTACTS:YAHOO IM!! fullzdumpYAHOOMAIL ::fullzdump@yahoo.comICQ ::487669835WE SERVE YOU BETTER",
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/30/holga-style-digital-camera-lens/
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Holga Style Digital Camera Lens
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Eliot
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"digital cameras hacks"
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The
Holga
is a cheap medium format film camera that has achieved cult status for its inconsistent, truly unique photographs featuring blur, light leaks, vignetting, and distortion. Poor quality digital photos aren’t nearly as interesting and [Joachim Guanzon] wanted to achieve the Holga effect without using robotic Photoshop filters. He constructed
this lens for his Canon 20D
. The base is an EOS body cap with the center drilled out. A tube is constructed from a white film canister and the Holga lens is mounted inside. The tube length increases the usable distance of the camera and the white body lets some light leak in. A lens cap with a 3/16th inch hole is snapped over the top. The hole creates a vignette and since it isn’t permanently attached the pattern will be more random. Check out Joachim’s
sample photos
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{
"comment_id": "18971",
"author": "mr ister",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T00:36:56",
"content": "I will KILL the one who writes first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18969",
"author": "r3p1v",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T01:18:58",
"content": "You just did :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18970",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T03:12:03",
"content": "OMGFIRSTPOST!$!%!@Seriously, though. I’ve noticed that a huge, huge number of these camera hacks are for Canons. Personally, I’m more of a Nikon guy. But I wonder what it is about Canons that attracts people who like to hack their cameras.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18968",
"author": "Ju3t1n",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T05:58:25",
"content": "Very Cool… Check outhttp://www.lensbabies.com/for a commercial version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18966",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T06:15:24",
"content": "Haven’t had enough hack?Visit teamhackaday.com and make yourself at home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18967",
"author": "mc",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T07:51:24",
"content": "maybe i’m committing camera-junkie blasphemy by saying this, but honestly these photos simply look bad. and not bad in a good way, just asthetically unpleasing. i don’t know why anyone would go out of their way to make a decent camera take pictures like this, or why they would think taking a picture of a mailbox exonerates them in the least.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18965",
"author": "jim",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T12:47:17",
"content": "I agree that these pictures just look bad–it would be more sensible to just photoshop the images after taking good originals.Oddly, original Helga photography does have a great lo-fi feel to it–http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:primates.ximian.com+holgaIf you like the feel of these images, check out this music video–http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/Awesome, no?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18964",
"author": "J-sin",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T20:46:07",
"content": "i agree with last two posts above.it still dont have holga effect feel. myself i have holga and i wouldn’t do this hack. i will rather buy 120 films and use holga instead.but good idea tho.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18963",
"author": "sandig",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T20:58:02",
"content": "@7: awesome? yes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "51957",
"author": "juggsinyourfuck",
"timestamp": "2008-11-22T02:08:36",
"content": "Digital photos are naturally different than film, so obviously the lens is going to be the only connection to the Holga “look”. Those photos do not necessarily do it justice, though if you take the photos and utilize some decent filters, or Alien Skin Exposure, you can conjure up some pretty close to film style images. Also, it can just be a different and fun change from using high quality lenses…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/29/ipod-dock-splitter/
|
IPod Dock Splitter
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
[Francisco] had one simple goal with this project: access
every pin in the dock connector
. If you want to start experimenting with the iPod this will come in very handy. Francisco has provided a
PDF schematic
ready to etch. I’m surprised
SparkFun
isn’t selling something like this already.
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{
"comment_id": "18960",
"author": "Oino",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T21:59:59",
"content": "1st post. So what would be the practical uses for this. I dont really know what the point of getting to all the pins really is.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18957",
"author": "Dayvemalayve",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T22:52:29",
"content": "@1: So you have access to line out and the serial data lines amongst lots of other things. Just check outhttp://pinouts.ru/data/ipod_pinout.shtmlFor example, if you wanted to make your own in-car iPod player that connects through some sort of docking station insted of the headphones connector…or whatever else you can think of… the possibilities are endlesss….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18958",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T01:41:44",
"content": "#2:But if you wanted those things, youd prb make them go straght from the cable to the car for example. i think these is good for more “breadboarding” with the ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18959",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T03:34:38",
"content": "This looks like a wonderful universal interface. Give the end user all the interface points and let them take what they need. Not to mention makes mass production much easier. Only one part to make, rather than 4 or 5 different assemblies for different purposes.I wish there was something similar for the older iPaqs.Dedicated-purpose cables are sooooo 1990’s man… :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18954",
"author": "MIKE",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T05:19:14",
"content": "SparkFun already sells universal iPod connectors:http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=704Pretty nice for $4.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18955",
"author": "mastershake916",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T05:54:53",
"content": "teamhackaday.comCool stuff, and a forum!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18956",
"author": "g_c_c",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T11:09:58",
"content": "no offense to hackaday, I love your stuff, but a lot of the ipod hacks are worthless. this one seems to have real viability, not least because of its ability to interface with homebrew devices, but wow…how many chargers does a given ipod need?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18952",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T19:00:30",
"content": "#1, congrats on being the first to be so blatantly clueless.You will never know what the point of getting to all the pins is because you couldn’t see past your fairly pedestrian (and obvious) goal of getting the first post.Having crossed that particular street, you found yourself not knowing why you crossed it in the first place and plead ignorance to the topic at hand.Quite sad, really, but you did make the first post, didn’t you?I personally think this stuff is what hacking is all about.I love seeing stuff accessed and utilized in non-standard ways and applaud these efforts.Luddites be damned sir.Luddites be damned.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18953",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T23:53:58",
"content": "#8, that was a zinger! i applaud you. personally, i’ve been toying with the idea of building a building a dock with multiple functions, like A/V out and a remote control interface using my existing home theater universal remote. I find this particular project to be very beneficial. thanks, hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18951",
"author": "werejag",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T20:34:27",
"content": "has anyone seen ipod shuffle conection the usb + extra 5 pins and has a pinout for it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18950",
"author": "Digital Precision",
"timestamp": "2006-07-22T03:01:09",
"content": "Ok, So maybe I dont know how to use a PDF, but I did not see anything other than a picture and the pin numbering.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18961",
"author": "pharrisworth_at_Comcast_dot_net",
"timestamp": "2007-12-18T22:58:42",
"content": "I have a use. I’m trying to get a custom iPod installation in an Audi. Ideally, the use of a standard iPod dock set inside the credit card holder is my goal. Problem: The std. dock only passes through power and USB/Firewire information. To enable the steering wheel controls I need all functions passed through.Is there anyone out there capable of re-wiring a standard iPod dock to this end?I am willing to supply dock, and pay.Pat",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18962",
"author": "hygee",
"timestamp": "2008-04-13T01:41:17",
"content": "This looks quite promising, but I want to ask…Can a simple splitter cable be constructed (1 male into ipod providing 2 female input sockets) without other necessary electronics?My application: I recently bought an italk-pro voice recorder from Griffin to use with my ipod classic 80G. I want to record for more than 1.5hrs of battery life that it allows (recording is power-hungry as opposed to playback), but it is taking up the ipod’s one-and-only 30-pin slot, and it has no pass-through, so it can’t be charged while recording.I thought I had just purchased an elegant solution in an iLuv i604 Li-ion battery dock with its own pass through. When I tested it out, the italk “appears” to record when plugged into the iLuv unit’s pass-through socket, but playback reveals blank recordings, so it is apparently not wired to pass through for audio recording purposes (or maybe simultaneously charging and recording audio is impossible for some reason?), only good for syncing and charging apparently. So If I had a 30-pin splitter cable (or box) with power plugged into one side and italk recorder in other, could that conceivably provide a complete pass-through and work?Any other sage wisdom to offer?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "134366",
"author": "Don",
"timestamp": "2010-04-05T19:09:19",
"content": "The iPad has landed. But should campuses be throwing it a welcome party?At least two are. Seton Hill University, a Roman Catholic institution in Pennsylvania, announced this week that it would be giving Apple’s new computing tablet to each of its 2,000-odd full-time students when they arrive on campus in the fall. How about anotheritalkbbschool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/28/forward-rss-feeds-to-your-cellphone/
|
Forward RSS Feeds To Your Cellphone
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
[th0mas] has put together a concise how-to on
forwarding Atom or RSS to you cellphone
. In his example he grabs an Atom feed from his Gmail account then parses it to find the new messages. The new message list is compared to a file so that duplicate messages aren’t sent. All new messages are then sent to the phone’s email address. th0mas has provided enough information so that this script could be easily expanded. It looks like a decent introduction to PERL as well, so even if you aren’t looking to send stuff to your cellphone it might still be worth a look.
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{
"comment_id": "18940",
"author": "nATO wELCH",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T21:10:38",
"content": "Or you could also use rss2email, written in Python, as I have happily been doing for months.http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss2email/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18939",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T21:36:59",
"content": "sadly, the first thing I thought was that all those hax0rs that have to be “1st post” would get to find out quicker that a hack was added. I hope it doesn’t help them.–KurtROedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18938",
"author": "kedge",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T21:37:00",
"content": "Keep in mind that with many cell phone providers (at least in the US) an email sent to your phone is charged the same as a picture message (aka MMS). For my T-mobile phone, that’s 25 cents a message.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18937",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T22:40:05",
"content": "first post woho!!!1 omg im magical",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18935",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T22:41:02",
"content": "first post woho!!!1 omg im magical",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18936",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T23:07:44",
"content": "kedge: 25 cents? are you kidding? i have a crappy verizon plan and texts are only 2 cents.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18934",
"author": "kedge",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T00:22:13",
"content": "happy: regular text messages are 5 cents each over some set number of free ones, but MMS is priced differently.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18932",
"author": "nonobeez",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T00:51:10",
"content": "I have my RSS and ATOM feeds go to a gmail account, they if they make it pass the filters, they get forwarded to my AIM mail account and immediatly get pushed to my Treo 650… no extra SMS fees since I have TZones a $5.99 a month.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18933",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T01:47:48",
"content": "Kedge: I also have t-mobile. From experimenting, t-mobile will only send an e-mail as MMS if the message is too long/complicated. Otherwise, it sends as SMS w/ SMS rates apply. In my case, i have unlimited “any” messaging, so it doesn’t matter for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18931",
"author": "zach",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T04:39:08",
"content": "I can send a text to my phone by putting my phonenumber@cwemail.comI have centennial wireless…(kind of smaller company..i think they are public..cyl stock?)Is there any way i can get rss feeds and have that auto emailed like every 30 minutes? I just want 5 newest titles from digg…not summary..just titles…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18930",
"author": "k j johnston",
"timestamp": "2006-08-13T07:07:59",
"content": "I want to forward my text messages from one cell phone to another…alltel motorola phones.any suggestions? thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18941",
"author": "Lady",
"timestamp": "2008-02-25T03:57:20",
"content": "Need to know how to or have someone to hack into my spouse’s cell phone and forward all text to my phone or email..Can this be done",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18942",
"author": "Hub",
"timestamp": "2008-02-28T13:05:37",
"content": "I need to have all text messages sent and received from a cellpone to an e-mail address, without them being aware of this practise. Voice calls would be great as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18943",
"author": "Hub",
"timestamp": "2008-02-28T13:14:32",
"content": "I need to have all text messages sent and received from a cellpone to an e-mail address, without them being aware of this practise. Voice calls would be great as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18944",
"author": "gentle",
"timestamp": "2008-03-12T23:47:46",
"content": "i would like to know if text messages can be forwardd from one phone to another in a covert manner ,or can it be sent to an e-mail address?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18945",
"author": "Ant",
"timestamp": "2008-05-13T10:06:51",
"content": "Please assist with ways to hack into my wife’s phone and forward messages to me – both sned and recieve",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18946",
"author": "dee",
"timestamp": "2008-05-22T11:09:25",
"content": "I am in a new relationship and as a women I have been in the most horrible relationships… I am very protective and careful with what i do or say…I really love this guy….i wanna make sure that he is not in anyway lying or cheating on me…is there a way to have all incoming and outgoing messages sent to my email without him knowing? Wow how wonderful and releaved to know the truth in our relationship if your able to help.Thank you,dee",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18947",
"author": "madea",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T19:25:23",
"content": "I need to have all text messages sent to and from someone’s phone forwarded to an e-mail address. Is that even possible?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18948",
"author": "Jim L",
"timestamp": "2008-06-29T19:27:59",
"content": "If anyone can help learn how to hack text messages on a verizon lg phone please e-mail me. I want to be able to see their incoming and outgoing texts and possibly send them to an e-mail address.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18949",
"author": "rob thomas",
"timestamp": "2008-08-10T06:28:59",
"content": "I would like to recieve sent and from text message from someone’s cell phone sent to my phone or email.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "41978",
"author": "J. Williams",
"timestamp": "2008-09-15T18:52:44",
"content": "I would like to know if it is possible to have incoming and outgoing texts from a Verizon pre-paid sent to my Verizon phone or e-mail. Please help. Thanks.jwilliams2k7@hotmail.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42040",
"author": "xkwyzit1",
"timestamp": "2008-09-16T04:10:05",
"content": "Does anyone know if it’s possible to forward sms text or mms from one cell phone to another, similar to call forwarding or no answer transfer? i have a verizon wireless phone and have to carry a blackberry for work. i don’t want to give out my work # so i’d rather forward everything fromy personal cell to my work blackberry. Any help is much appreciated :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "44812",
"author": "ACMilanFan",
"timestamp": "2008-10-07T12:58:51",
"content": "If anyone is a fan of AC Milan and would like to see a live game then you can getAC Milan ticketshere.Its got really good offers so i thought i would spread the word!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "48776",
"author": "CestCeree",
"timestamp": "2008-11-02T08:09:38",
"content": "Test messageSorry me noob…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "73347",
"author": "vedulouldenna",
"timestamp": "2009-05-10T17:02:49",
"content": "Очень интересно!!! Только не очень могу понять как часто обновляется ваш блог?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74707",
"author": "helefyv",
"timestamp": "2009-05-13T10:05:42",
"content": "Спасибо. Уже не первый раз по делу пишете!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74827",
"author": "hebygaf",
"timestamp": "2009-05-13T17:16:41",
"content": "Спасибо за эту информацию, однако осмелюсь внести долю критики, мне кажется автор перестарался с изложением фактов, и статья получилась довольно академичной и “сухой”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "74842",
"author": "bosageb",
"timestamp": "2009-05-13T19:05:57",
"content": "Вот решил вам немного помочь и послал этот пост в социальные закладки. Очень надеюсь ваш рейтинг возрастет.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75109",
"author": "wehygam",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T21:17:31",
"content": "Добавил в свои закладки. Теперь буду вас намного почаще читать!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75194",
"author": "rimuvyw",
"timestamp": "2009-05-15T01:05:08",
"content": "Хорошо пишете. Учились где-то или просто с опытом пришло?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75232",
"author": "komamoc",
"timestamp": "2009-05-15T13:50:05",
"content": "Да, жаль, что обновления на блоге происходят не так часто, как хотелось бы.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75238",
"author": "zychady",
"timestamp": "2009-05-15T14:46:40",
"content": "Хорошо пишете. Надеюсь, когда-нибудь увижу нечто подобное и на своем блоге…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75260",
"author": "thicosy",
"timestamp": "2009-05-15T16:38:21",
"content": "Огромное вам пасибо! а еще посты на эту тему будут в будущем? Очень жду!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "75365",
"author": "Anastassi",
"timestamp": "2009-05-16T11:47:50",
"content": "Карэну с нежностью«От поцелуев малолеток моложе не становишься». – Подумала Лиза. Она перевела взгляд со своего отражения в зеркале, на отражение мальчика, свернувшегося клубочком на ее одеяле.Зазвонил телефон. Очередной мальчик разбудил того, кто перестал быть интересен, но именно в этот момент стало понятно, что не нужен уже никто, поэтому Лиза сбросила звонок своеобразным образом: швырнула трубку в другой конец комнаты. Звонок прекратился.– Что случилось? – мальчик подорвался со своего места.– Ничего. – Ответила Лиза, даже не повернув голову в его сторону. – Просто тебе пора уходить.– Да? Все так плохо? – Он начал судорожно одеваться.– Нет, ну что ты. Просто мне надо уехать. Срочно.– Значит, что-то случилось. Может, я могу помочь? – По своему виду мальчик был готов воевать даже с ветряными мельницами.– Ты уже помог. Причем даже не представляешь насколько. – Лиза нацепила дежурную улыбку.В три прыжка мальчик оказался у ее колен.– Даже если ты сейчас выгонишь меня навсегда, я хочу, чтоб ты знала: я никогда не забуду тебя! То, что я смог почувствовать с тобой – нереально! Я думал, что искушен в сексе, но теперь я понял, что до знакомства с тобой никогда им не занимался.– Ты преувеличиваешь. Ничего особенного я не умею и не делаю. И встань, пожалуйста, с колен. Плохо ноги держат? Тебе пора. Мне действительно надо собираться. – Лиза встала, давая понять, что аудиенция окончена.– Можно тебе позвонить? – Сердцем он чувствовал, что точка поставлена, но не хотел в это верить.– Конечно. Почему нет. – От раздражения ее уже потряхивало.Он собрался за полторы минуты, а перед уходом поднял то, что осталось от телефона.– Я починю телефон. Иначе мне просто некуда будет позвонить. – Он поковырялся в запчастях, и как ни странно, через минуту телефоном можно было пользоваться.– Спасибо. – Лиза уже не улыбалась.Еще через минуту его сдуло.Как только замок в двери щелкнул, номер мальчика был внесен в черный список.Бутылка виски была еще почти полной. Обычно, когда нервы переставали держать нагрузку, Лиза делала пару глотков алкоголя из горлышка, но только не сегодня! Она достала стакан и заполнила его на треть. Обожгло рот и язык, но она не спешила глотать – ощущение было приятным. Отвлекало от боли. Она чувствовала каждый нерв, каждую мышцу, и уже было непонятно, где изначально случилось напряжение – в голове или в теле.Слезы стояли слишком близко, но никак не хотели оторваться от глаз. Движения клинило, но Лиза заставила себя наполнить ванну горячей водой, опрокинуть в нее пузырек с маслами и стянула с себя длинную футболку, отдаленно напоминающую тунику, больше на ней ничего не было.Она захотела опуститься в горячую воду, но стоило лишь опустить ногу, как пришлось резко выдергивать ее обратно – горячо.Бутылка перекочевала на край ванны. Еще глоток. Второй.Со второй попытки Лиза погрузила себя в воду и баланс горячего снаружи и внутри уравнялся. Наливать алкоголь в стакан уже казалось пижонством. Она неудачно прислонила бутылку к губам, и струйки горькой жидкости пролились на грудь, капелькой янтаря застыли на соске, чтобы через секунду, сорвавшись, раствориться в воде.Лиза закрыла глаза и прошептала:– Я устала быть с теми, кто падает. Я хочу летать. Так, как это было давно. Так, как я, верно, уже не смогу. Не в этой жизни. Если у меня есть хоть один шанс, Господи, покажи! Дай мне того, с кем не придется падать. Того, кто умеет летать. Летать так высоко, чтобы выше только небо!Телефон громко молчал.В голове все плыло. Напряжение стало невыносимым, и она приняла решение: лететь любой ценой, в любом направлении, чтобы только выбраться из этого болота. Над головой был потолок, а значит, выбора нет: Лиза протянула руку и взяла с раковины упаковку со снотворным. Таблетки тоже не удостоились чести быть высыпанными в ладонь – запрокинула голову и ссыпала в рот.Лиза встала, перешагнула край ванны, и, не вытираясь, пошла в комнату, оставляя за собой мокрые следы. В комнате она закуталась в большой махровый халат и села перед компьютером, чтобы написать свое последнее письмо.Интернет.Когда не знаешь, что делать – оставь надежду и ткни в того… а кто из них тот – никто не знает.– Хоть пококетничаю напоследок, – сказала Лиза и ткнула на удачу в…Лиза сама не поняла, от чего проснулась: то ли от того, что телефон сообщил о принятом сообщении, то ли от того, что голова болела так сильно, что казалось, лопнет. Телефон пищал все настойчивее. Она посмотрела на сообщение, от неизвестного ей абонента: «Доброе утро. Встречаться будем?»Даже после сотой попытки что-то вспомнить номер не показался ей знакомым. Самое странное, что даже попытка вспомнить хоть что-то не увенчалась успехом. Лиза пошла в ванну, чтобы привести себя в порядок и увидела там пустую упаковку от снотворного. В ту секунду она вспомнила все, что с ней произошло накануне. И глаза на ф��то того мальчика…«Безусловно!» Ответ был не в ее стиле. Однозначен.«Я освобожусь в 21:00. Кофе?»«Где забрать? Ужин.»«Ближе ко времени договоримся.»«ОК»В это утро Лиза опоздала на работу почти на два часа, а как только получила сообщение о том, что через тридцать минут он будет ее ждать у Мариинского театра, собралась и ушла раньше, чем планировала, причем, без объяснения причины.Он сел в машину рядом с ней и подставил щеку под поцелуй. Она коснулась щеки губами и считала его запах. Он вздрогнул. Лиза не хотела ни пугать, ни возбуждать, но заметно нервничала, потому вдох получился немного более шумным, рваным и продолжительным, чем это было бы допустимо.– Значит, балет. – Сказала она, нажав педаль газа.– Значит, муза. – Сказал он, пряча смущение в улыбку.– Да, кстати, это тебе. – Она, как Кио, легким движением руки протянула ему шоколадку, взявшуюся неоткуда.– Мне? Шоколад? Зачем?– Это не просто шоколад, – сказала Лиза. – Это – «Вдохновение»! При твоей работе штука полезная.– Спасибо.– Да брось. Кстати, я удивилась, что ты все же решил со мной встретиться.– Почему?– На это есть две причины: первая – я слишком странно себя вела.– А вторая?– Я слышала, что все балетные – голубые.Он засмеялся, было видно, что Лиза смогла его смутить, но вида не подал и даже выдержал ее взгляд.– Ну что я могу на это сказать: только предложить тест-драйв!Лиза рассмеялась, и они пошли ужинать.Вечер пролетел быстро и, прощаясь, они даже потерлись друг об друга щеками, целуя воздух перед ухом.– Аккуратнее, – сказал он, захлопывая за собой дверцу.Лиза помахала вслед и поехала домой.«Пора менять машину, пока я себя не угробила». – Подумала она и увидела рекламный плакат:«Тойота – управляй мечтой! Приглашаем на тест-драйв».– Лучше бы всем миром управляли мечты, – вздохнула Лиза и проехала свой поворот.Дома был жуткий бардак, но Лиза не хотела больше в нем находиться. За десять минут вещи были на своих местах. Белье стиралось. Посуда мылась в посудомоечной машинке.– Марина Николаевна! Это Лиза беспокоит. Извините, что так поздно, я хотела бы вас попросить завтра убрать мою квартиру. Полностью. Идеально. Спасибо. – Как только Лиза закончила говорить, пришло сообщение.« Ты добралась? Я уже ложусь спать».«Да, все хорошо. Сейчас распланирую дела на завтра и тоже лягу. Спокойной ночи».Лиза открыла комод и достала небольшой обруч. Она протерла его мягкой тряпочкой и открыла маленькую, незаметную глазу крышечку. Вытащила оттуда шнур и вставила в сеть. Тина позвонила сразу после того, как обруч начал светиться едва уловимым светом.– Привет, Сестренка. Как ты? Решила зарядится? А я вот слышала, что тебе надоело это тело.– Привет, привет! Думаю, оно все еще актуально. Надо подождать более весомый повод, чтобы его менять. Пока побуду так.– Смотри, окончательно очеловечишься. Что там за звуки у тебя?– Смотрю балет.– Да? С каких это пор? Вроде, не твой профиль. Он хорош?– Видела бы ты, как он летает.– Так пришли – посмотрю. Значит, заряжаешься для него?– Не уверена. Видно будет. Кстати, где лучше в этом городе чистить крылья? Давно не приходилось их использовать – надо бы освежить.– Пришлю тебе курьера. Кстати, какие у тебя планы на завтра.– Еще точно не знаю, но есть идея попасть на тест-драйв.",
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"author": "vannie",
"timestamp": "2009-05-20T07:58:36",
"content": "душевые кабины cezaresЗеленый цвет в интерьере ванной комнаты не только помогает снять нервное переутомление, но и дает возможность отдохнуть уставшим глазам. Яркая гамма цветов (золотистый, медный, алый, розовый) создаст уютную обстановку в дизайне ванной комнаты, которая успокаивает и релаксирует, красный цвет взбодрит вас, а заряд утренней энергии обеспечат серебристый цвет, персиковый и кремовый оттенки. Выбор цвета мебели для ванной комнаты напрямую зависит дизайна интерьера ванной комнаты, в котором оформлена ванная. Можно выбрать мебель пастельных теплых тонов, но такжесовременно будет смотреться мебель с матовым покрытием. Подбирая цвет в ванной комнате, помните не только о дизайне интерьера, но и о важности благоприятного воздействия на человека различных цветовых оттенков.Мебель и аксессуары в дизайне ванной комнаты.Современные производители мебели для ванной выпускают мебель в различных вариантах дизайна. Для вас подберутклассический вариант, стиль арт-деко, модерн, кантри, хай-тек из которых дизайнер интерьера можете создать ваннуюкомнату вашей мечты, разработав грамотный дизайн проект интерьера.Можно повесить полочку с зеркалом над умывальником, а для того чтобы создать красивый дизайн ванной комнаты, ее можно подсветить светильниками. Если вы для увеличения пространства, сделали натяжной глянцевый потолок, то такой дизайн ванной комнаты будет выглядеть просто потрясающе. Вообще зеркала в дизайне ванной комнаты не только украшают интерьер, они являются очень функциональными предметами. Главное разумно и красиво их расположить. Зеркало способно оптически увеличить помещение ванной в два раза. Также стильно будет выглядеть зеркальный шкафчик, если егооборудовать грамотной подсветкой. А лучше всего исходить из такого принципа, что ванной комнате маленького размератребуется зеркало большого размера, которое будет висеть на одной из стен ванной комнаты. Это улучшит дизайн ванной комнаты.Дизайн ваннойПри изготовлении мебели для дизайна ванной комнаты, дизайнеры учитывают все показатели, от эстетичности и гармонии отделочных материалов до их качественных и количественных показателей. Мебель для ванной комнаты, к которойотносятся всевозможные шкафчики, полочки, пеналы, тумбочки, можно разделить на такие основные категории: настенную, напольную и сборную. Так как мебель для ванной комнаты должна быть не только удобной и красивой, но и качественной, то ее изготавливают из водостойких МДФ или ДСП. Дорогая мебель делается из стекла, дерева или традиционных металлических сплавов. Стандартный набор мебели состоит из тумбы под умывальник, пенала или зеркального шкафчика, напольной тумбы, подвесного шкафчика. Подбирая мебель для ванной комнаты, необходимо внимательно отнестись кэлементам декора, чтобы мебельная фурнитура гармонично вписывалась в дизайн ванной комнаты. Если ванная комнатанебольших размеров, то нужно активно использовать всевозможные легкие полочки. Под столешницей умывальника можно поставить шкафчики, изготовленные из различных материалов и также спрятать стиральную машинку. Столешницу, лучше приобретать из искусственного камня или закаленного стекла.К аксессуарам дизайна ванной комнаты относятся второстепенные предметы, которые придают законченный вид интерьеру ванной комнаты. Основными аксессуарами для ванной являются такие предметы интерьера: крючки, вешалки, полотенцедержателей, разнообразные полочки для конечно, вещь нужная, но их задача не притягивать к себе внимание, а подчеркивать общий стиль интерьера, в котором оформлена ваша ванная комната.Если вы продумаете до мелочей дизайн ванной комнаты, то она получится стильной, уютной, комфортной и функциональной. Основное направление работы интернет магазина “Onaqua” – сантехника для ванной. Наши специалистыдолго трудились над тем, чтобы выбрать для покупателей лучшие товары лучших европейских производителей. Мыпонимаем, что сантехника для ванной комнаты основной атрибут, который должен сочетать в себе эстетическую привлекательность и практичность, удобство и качество.Каталог интернет магазина, в котором представлена сантехника для ванной, включает в себя множество позиций.",
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"comment_id": "75762",
"author": "vannie",
"timestamp": "2009-05-20T10:03:25",
"content": "декор ваннойПри выборе необходимо учитывать, что смеситель для наиболее дешевых и наиболее дорогих моделей душевых кабин и душевых боксов придется покупать отдельно, в комплекте он продается только с изделиями среднего ценового диапазона. Располагая кабину в дальнем от стояка углу ванной комнаты, не забывайте, что уклон сливной трубы должен составлять один три сантиметра на каждый погонный метр, в зависимости от материала, из которого она изготовлена. И очень может быть, что далеко отнесенную от стояка кабину потребуется поднять на подиум. Ассортимент моноблочных душевых кабин в наше время необычайно широк, как вариант душевые кабины apollo, – стоит только захотеть, и вы подберете для вашей ванной кабину необходимых размеров и очертаний. Отличный магазин сантехники, мебели для ваннВ нашем интернет магазине сантехники АкваСтиль Вы сможете приобрести стильную, элитную сантехнику, мебель для ванн. Ассортимент нашего интернет магазина Аква Стиль включает керамическую плитку, душевые кабины, унитазы, гидромассажные и акриловые ванны, различные аксессуары для ванных комнат, смесители, санфаянс, раковины и многое другое! Мы можем предложить Вам басейны, ванны ассиметричные, ванны отдельностоящие, ванны прямоугольные, угловые. В разделе ванн и бассейнов Вы сможете подобрать ванну, идеально подходящую к Вашей квартире. В каталоге присутствуют ванны всех знаменитых производителей мира. В магазинах Аква Стиль можно найти кухонную сантехнику. Продажа сантехники, ванн и мебели для ванных комнат осуществляется в нашем магазине на территории Москвы. А в интернет магазине сантехники Вы сможете быстро подобрать и заказать любую сантехнику и ванну из широкого ассортимента товара. aqua-st.ru является одним из крупнейших магазинов сантехники в русском интернете. В продаже всегда имеется более 2000 наименований сантехники и мебели для ванн: акриловые ванны, гидромассажные ванны, чугунные ванны, бассейны, душевые кабинки и шторки, полотенцесуштели, аксессуары для ванных комнат, санфаянс, сместили. Купив сантехнику и мебель для ванной в нашем интернет магазине сантехники, Вы сможете полностью оборудовать Вашу ванную комнату. Всегда в наличии классическая и наборная мебель для ванной комнаты, различные аксессуары, смесителя, душевые кабинки, унитазы и много другое. Ждем Вас с нетерпением в нашем магазине сантехники Аква Стиль!Наша сантехника и мебель для ванной:Ванны (гидромассажные ванны)Мы предлагаем угловые и прямоугольные, обычные и гидромассажные ванны (От обычной, гидромассажная ванна отличается наличием в стенках форсунок через которые прокачивается вода. Они создают водяные струи, которые смешиваясь с пузырьками воздуха и образуя своего рода водоворот приятно массируют тело). В каталоге Вы найдете ванны левостороннего и правостороннего исполнения, для больших и маленьких ванных комнат. Компания “АкваСанРемо” предлагает ванны, мебель для ванной и душевые кабины высокого качества. У нас Вы найдете самый широкий ассортимент высококачественной сантехники и мебели для ванных комнат. В нашем интернет магазине сантехники Вы сможете подобрать по нужным Вам параметрам: ванны, душевые кабины, мебель для ванной комнаты ведущих Мировых производителей.Современные душевые кабины являются незаменимыми, когда площадь ванной комнаты минимальна. Обращаясь к нам, Вы получите исчерпывающую информацию по интересующему Вас товару, подберете лучшую душевую кабину ведущих производителей сантехники. Весь товар – это качество, эргономика, эстетичность. В нашем магазине представлен весь спектр душевых кабин – от простых до эксклюзивных итальянских. Не потеряться клиенту во всем этом разнообразии и решить сложную задачу с выбором сантехники помогут наши специалисты. Мы предлагаем широту выбора, качественный товар, полный комплекс сервисных услуг, удобный для каждого покупателя ценовой подход.Угловые ванны являются оптимальным выбором для владельцев небольшой ванной комнаты. Современные гидромассажные ванны ничем не уступают стандартным, овальным или прямоугольным ваннам. В них может быть система дезинфекции, гидромассажная система, озонирование воздуха и т.п. Купить ванну порой бывает непросто. Как же определиться с выбором? Чтобы правильно подобрать и купить ванну, надо учесть все особенности условий эксплуатации, требования к ванне и сумму, которую Вы готовы отдать.Отечественные ванны не уступают западным аналогам. Их терапевтический эффект позволяет проводить профилактику и лечить многие хронические заболевания. Ванны как акриловые, так и стальные и чугунные, Вы можете приобрести у нас по самым привлекательным ценам. Гидромассажные ванны сделаны из акрила, ввиду чего они могут иметь очень разнообразные формы: прямоугольные и угловые, ассиметричные, овальные.Мебель для ванной комнаты, представленная в нашем каталоге, отличается особой надежностью и удобством. Производителями являются как Российские компании, так и Европейские производители. Мебель для ванных комнат создана для современного человека, который ценит комфорт и безопасность, она компактна и очень удобна в быту.Сантехника, предлагаемая нами – удобна, красива и современна. Она отвечает всем современным тенденциям моды. Ведь только удобная, функциональная, красивая сантехника поможет сделать из ванной комнаты именно то, что Вам нужно. Наша сантехника имеет все необходимые сертификаты и полное гарантийное обслуживание. Заказывая ванны или душевые кабины в “АкваСанРемо”, Вы покупаете качественную сантехнику необходимых Вам размеров и технических характеристик. Все оборудование отличается высоким качеством, достигаемым современными зарубежными технологиями производства.Посмотреть фотографии нашего магазина сантехники “АкваСанРемо” на Братиславской д.18, к.1 можно кликнув по ссылке Галерея магазина сантехникиФорма оплаты товара практически любая, принимаем к оплате наличные, безналичные платежи, кредитные карты. Гмдромассажные душевые кабины (немецкие и итальянские) – европейское качество и комфорт, душевые от ведущих проихводителей гидромассажной техникиНемецкие и итальянские душевые кабины – европейское качество и комфортДушевые кабины с гидромассажем, гидромассажные кабины.ООО “Танит” предлагает Вам гидромассажные кабины ведущих мировых производителей: Jacuzzi, Teuco, Albatros, Huppe, Kos, Glass.Гидромассажные душевые кабины этих производителей отличает постоянное стремление к совершенству своих изделий, удовлетворению как можно большего чсла Ваших желаний. В то же время Вы всегда сможете выбрать кабину лучше всего подходящую Вам по дизайну и функциональности, гидромассажным параметрам. У нас вы также можете заказать доставку и профессиональный монтаж душевых гидромассажных систем с гарантией.Профессиональных гидромассажных систем Glass (кабины, ванны, комбинированные)Так новые модели профессиональных гидромассажных систем Glass (кабины, ванны, комбинированные), призваны восстановить силы, заряжать Вас энергией, оставив ощущение от прикосновения природы даже в мегаполисе. Модели коллекции Flow сочетают в себе инновационные технологии и авторский дизайн.Для создания в ванной атмосферы независомости и легкости подойдут душевые с прозрачными стеклянными стенками, лаконичным дизайном крепежных элементов, кабины асимметричной формы.",
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"comment_id": "75770",
"author": "vannie",
"timestamp": "2009-05-20T11:43:43",
"content": "мебель +для ванной кораллШланг – это трубка, которая соединяет смеситель и душевую насадку “лейку”.Длина шланга может быть 1,25, 1,5,1,6 и 2 м. Оптимальная длина для шланга с металлической обмел кой – 2м, так как в этом случае он будет испытывать меньшую нагрузку в местах соединения со смесителе” и соответственно дольше прослужит.Шланги отечественного и венгерского производства внутри резиновые, а сверху покрыты металлической обмоткой, которая, к сожалению, со временем может раскрутиться, но такой шланг труднее перегнуть.Пластик для изготовления шлангов может быть литым или в виде обмотки. Шланг из литого пластика прочнее, особенно если внутри у него но спирали идет металлическая обмотка, которая не соприкасается водой. Из эстетических соображений в наших условиях предпочтительнее непрозрачный пластик, так как ржавчина, известь и прочее оседают на его внутренней поверхности, и через пару месяцев прозрачная трубка шланга становится мутно-желтой.Есть еще один вариант – внутренний резиновый шланг покрывается пластиком сверху, тогда шланг легко выдерживает температуру воды до 80 °С . Есть модели шлангов, в которых пластик укреплен несколькими слоями капроновых ниток (основных слоев три), от 8 до 16 продольных нитей, чтобы по возможности избежать его перегибания или излома. Такой шланг в разрезе напоминает многослойный пирог.Специалисты, занимающиеся разработкой моделей шлангов для душа, учитывают не только необходимость защиты шланга от перегибов, но и стараются компенсировать тот недостаток, что со временем шланг перекручивается. В некоторых моделях нет специальной защиты от этого неудобства, но это чаще всего компенсируется прочностью шланга, например, как у некоторых финских.Есть модели душевых кабин, например, немецкого производства, оборудованные специальной системой для защиты шланга от перекручивания. В них в том месте, где шланг соединяется со смесителем и с “лейкой”, помещаются упорные подшипники, то есть две гайки – одна побольше, другая – поменьше, а между ними – шарики. Это устройство служит для упора и дает возможность шлангу свободно вращаться вокруг своей оси, избегая перекручивания.Шланги, как и душевые насадки, можно разделить на шланги эконом-класса, шланги среднего класса и шланги премиум-класса.Например, к шлангу эконом-класса можно отнести модель, покрытую хромированной пластиковой обмоткой. Эта модель шланга не имеет защиты от перекрутки.Шланги среднего класса обладают более изящной поверхностью, например, верхний декоративный слой такого шланга сделан в виде оплетки из синтетических хромированных нитей. Это выглядит очень эффектно.Вариантов покрытия множество – от хрома до мато-матового золота. Шланг подобного типа имеет защиту от перекрутки.Чтобы шланг для душа прослужил дольше, при его эксплуатации необходимо помнить о том, что чаще всего становится причиной перегиба или перелома шланга. Например, нужно правильно устанавливать шланг с душевой насадкой в держателе. Если шланг с “лейкой”- устанавливается в держателе неправильно, он “заламывается”, а простояв в таком положении длительное время (неделю), может окончательно выйти из строя. Чтобы шланг не деформировался, не рекомендуется обматывать его вокруг смесителя. Шланг надо прикреплять к держателю.Насадки для душа бывают пластиковые и металлические, причем пластиковые насадки могут быть хромированными. Выглядят они при этом очень похожими на металлические, но по весу очень легкие",
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{
"comment_id": "76166",
"author": "gosahot",
"timestamp": "2009-05-25T12:37:31",
"content": "Ваш пост навел меня на думки *ушел много думать* …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "76169",
"author": "radazuh",
"timestamp": "2009-05-25T13:39:02",
"content": "Все отлично, но вот у любого блога постоянная проблема с трансляцией rss! Хотелось бы и с коментами получать. Но нет. Это вообще решаемо? :)",
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},
{
"comment_id": "76203",
"author": "vitaliy",
"timestamp": "2009-05-25T20:42:59",
"content": "������� ���������� ������ �������� � ������������ �����http://www.nicshehuman.ru/.����� ������� �� ��������� �������� ������� ��������, ������ ������� ��� ������ � ���������� � ��� ����� �����.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "76328",
"author": "Blueltwiree",
"timestamp": "2009-05-26T22:04:25",
"content": "Премного благодарен, что просветили, и, главное, как раз вовремя. Подумать только, шесть лет уже в инете, но про это первый раз слышу.!!=)",
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},
{
"comment_id": "76344",
"author": "Blueltwiree",
"timestamp": "2009-05-27T02:55:30",
"content": "Елки-палки, уникальная заметка=)",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "76597",
"author": "Daypemaps",
"timestamp": "2009-05-29T01:50:25",
"content": "Privet, ya tolko uchu russkiy. poka ploho razgovor.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "78511",
"author": "Max",
"timestamp": "2009-06-19T13:58:02",
"content": "I totally agree with you",
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},
{
"comment_id": "83884",
"author": "sergey",
"timestamp": "2009-08-03T11:05:53",
"content": "agree, thanks!",
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},
{
"comment_id": "88686",
"author": "enrolocop",
"timestamp": "2009-08-22T09:16:25",
"content": "Порнушка наhttp://ca-cas.ru",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "92421",
"author": "хостинг php",
"timestamp": "2009-09-07T15:22:45",
"content": "создание сайтов раскрутка оптимизацияуслуг и возможность осуществления поиска, выбора и заказа товаров услуг непосредственно на сайте.Срок разработки: 3-6 недельРАЗРАБОТКА КОРПОРАТИВНого САЙТаhttp://php-miheeff.ruсоздание сайта раскрутка форум",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93345",
"author": "sergey",
"timestamp": "2009-09-11T10:45:50",
"content": "ля-ля-ля",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "93483",
"author": "linux_miheeff_ru",
"timestamp": "2009-09-12T01:30:00",
"content": "linux хостинг бесплатноDT_JMPREL is present, a DT_PLTRELSZmust accompany it.DT_PLTGOTThis element holds an address associated with the procedure linkage table and/or theglobal offset table. See this section in the processor supplement for details.DT_HASHThis element holds the address of the symbol hash table, described in ”Hash Table.”This hash table refers to the symbol table referenced by the DT_SYMTAB element.DT_STRTABThis element holds the address of the string table, described in Part 1. Symbol names,library names, and other strings reside in this table.DT_SYMTABThis element holds the address of the symbol table, described in Part 1, withElf32_Sym entries for the 32-bit class of files.DT_RELAThis element holds the address of a relocation table, described in Part 1. Entries in thetable have explicit addends, such as Elf32_Rela for the 32-bit file class. An object filemay have multiple relocation sections. When building the relocation table for an exe-cutable or shared object file, the link editor catenates those sections to form a singletable. Although the sections remain independent in the object file, the dynamic linkersees a single table. When the dynamic linker creates the process image for an execut-able file or adds a shared object to the process image, it reads the relocation table andperforms the associated actions. If this element is present, the dynamic structure mustalso have DT_RELASZ and DT_RELAENT elements. When relocation is ”mandatory”for a file, either DT_RELA or DT_REL may occur (both are permitted but not required).DT_RELASZThis element holds the total size, in bytes, of the DT_RELA relocation table.Tool Interface Standards (TIS)Portable Formats Specification, Version 1.12-13 Хостинг linux 45ELF: Executable and Linkable FormatDT_RELAENTThis element holds the size, in bytes, of the DT_RELA relocation entry.DT_STRSZThis element holds the size, in bytes, of the string table.DT_SYMENTThis element holds the size, in bytes, of a symbol table entry.DT_INITThis element holds the address of thehttp://linux-miheeff.ruхостинг linux",
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{
"comment_id": "93953",
"author": "mysql-miheeff_ru",
"timestamp": "2009-09-14T22:03:32",
"content": "хостинг с php mysql perlВиртуальный хостинг с поддержкой PHP, MySQL, SSI; регистрация доменов. Тарифы на услуги. Информация о компанииhttp://mysql-miheeff.ruбесплатный хостинг mysql 5 php",
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Usually when someone asks me how to build a USB charger I point them to Jason Striegel’s
USB battery v2
. It’ll work for a lot of things that only need 5V. Unfortunately [ian] has a 3G firewire iPod so he decided to build a
switch mode power supply
to generate the 8-30V required by firewire. The device is powered by 3 AA batteries and uses a PIC 12F683 microcontroller to regulate the output voltage. The device can power a dead 3G iPod, but it can’t charge it, so Ian is looking for some input from the community. Some have already suggested using FETs with a lower turn on voltage.
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"comment_id": "18927",
"author": "Scruff Dogg",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:10:42",
"content": "Good job on this.Don’t care that I am 1st it don’t freaking matter.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "18926",
"author": "Scruff Dogg",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:11:01",
"content": "Good job on this.Don’t care that I am 1st it don’t freaking matter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "18925",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:15:02",
"content": "How about using a real switching regulator chip instead of a microcontroller? Go to National Semiconductor’s web site and look at the “Simple Switcher” components.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "18924",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:40:16",
"content": "My gut feeling also says that the microcontroller is major overkill for this. It also says that there should be more AAs than just three, but I’m assuming it wouldn’t fit into the Altoids tin at that point. ;)Seriously, though, switching up their voltage is what’s killing a lot of their current (P=IV, and all), so they could get better current from the device by bringing their starting voltage closer to their ending voltage. And not having to drive a whole microcontroller would also benefit them a lot.",
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},
{
"comment_id": "18923",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T22:44:23",
"content": "Oh. And, while I’m at it, certain rechargeable put out more power than their alkaline equivalents. I think on my GPS project I did a year ago, we used four NiMH batteries to power a rather beefy wireless transceiver and GPS receiver on the same board. When we tried to stick alkalines in for testing, the system wouldn’t work because it wasn’t getting enough power. Other types of rechargeables might give even better results.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18922",
"author": "Whosawhatsis",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T23:56:02",
"content": "Why not use the original 2xAA, 2x9v circuit that’s designed for firewire?http://www.drewperry.co.uk/iPod/index.php?page=batterypackYes, it does fit in an altoids tin:http://www.chrisdiclerico.com/2004/10/24/ipod-altoids-battery-pack-v2",
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"comment_id": "18921",
"author": "hal hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T00:16:46",
"content": "Simple fix for them:Ditch the AA batteries and move to a _single_ 9 volt.They probably dont want to buy the charger though. They want to use all AA because of the cheaper charger they bought. If they would bite the bullet they would make it easier on them.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18920",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T01:53:55",
"content": "Okay… so the first post stuff sucks… yeah… but what sucks worse is that hackaday’s comments don’t seem to line up timewise. Earlier I checked this and the only comment was imweasel’s (which is now showing at 3 for me after two posts that claim to not care about being first, yet still manage to mention it anyway).I’ve noticed this on many comment threads. Why is that?",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18919",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T02:08:34",
"content": "comments are time stamped based on when they are made, not when they are confirmed. that’s why first post doesn’t always stay first and why the numbers along the side don’t stay consistent.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18918",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T02:33:21",
"content": "That’s cool and all….The simpliest way i’ve made a iPod charger was with 4 AA and a 5V voltage regulator. works perfectly with r3echargalbes (gets a bit above 4.8V) and the 6V from regular AAs are cut down nicely to five. Runs all day well over 10 hours on new ipods with 2500 mAh rechargables. All fits perfectly into an altoids tin (the 4 AA caddys at Radioshack fit perfectly in there).",
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"comment_id": "18917",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T03:01:01",
"content": "o man this looks sweet.but i want, a 5v usb port one for my pda.and the guy above me i thought that a 5v regulator needs 7v minimum. and 4aa makes 6…or did u use a LM113 or w/e, those adjustable ones.and quick question, what would it take to put 5v down to 3v. like just a resistor? if so, how many ohms?",
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"comment_id": "18916",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T04:32:30",
"content": "#4 Driving a PIC or similar microcontroller consumes little power — I think they consume something like 30mW.#11. Heh. Or use a 3.3v regulator.As for the minimum voltage required to run a regulator, it varies as one would expect by make/model, but I tend to also think he’s running it a bit close, since NiMH are closer to 1.2V/cell, which would give an input to the regulator of 4.8V.",
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"comment_id": "18915",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T05:57:02",
"content": "Every mW counts, dude. Especially when the guys are reporting that their circuit doesn’t have enough juice to actually do what it’s supposed to.",
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"comment_id": "18914",
"author": "fr0st",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T06:32:03",
"content": "I read parts of his full documentations posted on instructables. The Pic is doing its job perfectly, its the components he’s using that causing the design to fail.His inductor looks like it has a rather high resistance (for an inductor). If he wants to generate the higher output current he has to cause a higher input current spike through the inductor. Using less inductance and a less resistive inductor would probably fix this but it depends on the frequency he’s using.The fet ‘might’ be causing current limiting but I kind of dout that. A BJT would be more suitable since its low voltage and there a current controlled device (as opposed to a fets voltage control). It’s not going to be any less efficient than a half turned on fet.",
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"comment_id": "18913",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T07:24:25",
"content": "An interesting hack…Of course it would have been just way too easy to buy a 3 cell lipo pack… You could probably fit 15-20w/hr of salvaged lipo in an altoids tin… (double the 10w/hr he has…)But since you insist on the hard way…You have a few problems with the circuit… The first is that the darlington you are using is not suited to this circuit at all, 100v is about 10x what you need… It is probably because there is about a 2.5v base-emitter drop across the darlington, combined with the low starting voltage of the circuit leads to a really crappy converter.Using a nice mosfet will be ideal here, and yes you can find them that will turn on with low voltages. You will find them to work much better.As to your inductor, it is not the inductors fault the circuit sucks, it is the drivers. You should be running at close to a mhz to get decent efficiency out the these things. The inductor can only store so much energy, so the faster you charge/use it the more power you can get out.And I still don’t see why you need to use a pic for the control. You say that you did not use a boost controller because you did not want specialized parts only available from a certain manufacture, but you use a pic that is only available from microchip… A simple boost converter would just be soo much easier and have much higher efficiency (both space wise and power wise) than your converter will (by design)… Using a PIC for this is like replacing the simple float switch in your toilet with a level meter attached to a computer with a solenoid attached to fill the bowl, sure it doesn’t require the specific float switch but it requires 10x as much work, power, space, etc…imho…",
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"comment_id": "18912",
"author": "ian",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T09:46:46",
"content": "Hi guys,Thanks for the input, this is my project.The primary problems are:A) yes, the darlington is not doing it. I ordered a 2.5 v Vgs FET to replace the darlington.B) The inductor is to small. I read a few comments about using higher frequencies etc – that won’t work. Inductors have an ideal on time and off time that can be mathematically derived – the PIC measures the input voltage and sets the duty/period to match these values. I think at this boost it is running at a few 10’s of Khz – moving to a Mhz or more will just give less power from the inductor (and run it in discontinous mode, wasting power as heat and ringing). There is a 3A inductor at digikey I am considering, but have not ordered. A 3 amp inductor will put out 500mA @ a 3.8 to 12 volt boost, 700mA @ a 3.8 to 8 volt boost (3g ipod low), and more than an amp (1140mA) @ 3.8 to 5 volt boost.As for the purpose of using a uC instead of a custom chip, aka “but you use a pic that is only available from microchip.” I use a pic that is only available from microchip, but ANY uC with 2 ADCs, Vref, and a PWM will drive a SMPS – A different PIC, an AVR, even a PC if you were dedicated. Using a custom IC just makes this an exercize in following the manufacture’s datasheet. Where’s the fun in that?",
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"comment_id": "18911",
"author": "ian",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T09:50:12",
"content": "#7: Ditch the AA batteries and move to a _single_ 9 volt.You are spot on about the charger. But also, 9 volt batteries only have 150mAh, while rechargable AAs have 2700+, thats a whole lot more watts of power in the 3 AA @ 2700mAh than a 9 volter at 150mAh.",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18910",
"author": "tommi",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T15:53:43",
"content": "does it work on a 5g (video) ipod? I heard that these don’t always work with USB charger type things because they are usb highspeed only, and there’s some kind of handshake thing they gotta do first. Anybody know?",
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"comment_id": "18908",
"author": "kwijibo",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T16:53:09",
"content": "the 5g ipod is not highspeed only, it will charge and transfer data through a usb 1.1 port, so any charger should work",
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"comment_id": "18909",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-04-28T17:27:10",
"content": "sorry man, the higher the frequiency (until you saturate the core) the more power you will get out of a given amount of inductance. Have you looked at any of the complete boost converters? You can get 10w from a 1uh inductor running at .5hmz easy. Some chips can get ~90% eficiency putting out 20w from from 1uh(600khz)",
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"comment_id": "18907",
"author": "Arochone",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T02:17:13",
"content": "Or…you could just take a 9V battery, sandwich a slip of paper between the leads, and shove it inside the firewire plug. I did it as a test…and it works. I’m using it right now actually.",
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"comment_id": "18905",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T04:10:45",
"content": "#12 he he, radioshack doesnt have 3.3 v regultors or do they?no offense, give me a link to a radioshack regulator or resistor.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "18906",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T05:54:48",
"content": "Resistors limit current, not voltage. You could use a voltage divider if the appearant resistance of the voltage inputs of your device is constant.Radioshack’s 7805 only needs about a volt more than 5 to output a regulated 5 volts. It’s high current too, up to 1A. $1.59Radioshack also sells the LM317T, which is adjustable with two resistors from 1.2 to 37 volts DC, currently $2.29Can you tell I just got home from work?",
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"comment_id": "18904",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-04-29T20:15:21",
"content": "i dont know how to hook um a LM317T.for my pocket dj, it charges via wall charger, and in the wire, long story, is a 3 and 5v line. and a gourund. a normal usb provides 5v. i want to hook the wall charger mini usb to the comp, but i cant i have to be getting 3v into that other line.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "18903",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-04-30T01:54:01",
"content": "http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Ben_baker/schema.gifwill get you about 3 volts and 5 volts.Of course, it depends on the current draw of your device and what the pins in your charger actually do. This schematic could very easily explode your pcket DJ.",
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"comment_id": "18902",
"author": "Samooses",
"timestamp": "2006-05-01T03:32:22",
"content": "heres the pin out on a IPOD wall battery charger, from apple. this is what I got with my multimeter___________________| |___| |___| |___| |___| ||__1____2___3___4__|1) 5.122) 2.753) 2.154) 0anyone think they can design a circut taht woule mimick that?",
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"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18901",
"author": "avelchu",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T20:43:02",
"content": "Easiest solution I found was to buy a RadioShack racecar recharger and battery pack for approximately $25. Add a homebrew connector from battery pack to USB and/or Firewire. I’ve been using this combo for several months now and I love it. I bought the 9V battery pack because I have a Gen 3 that takes 8-30V input but it works with newer models that take 5-30V input. No voltage regulator is needed. Even cheaper stillm, I also bought a 8 battery pack from RadioShack for only $2 or so and put my existing 1.2 to 1.9 batteries in it. I use this battery pack with my selection of NiMh batteries and the race car charger to charge 8 batteries at the same time to be used for any other purpose they are good for.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18900",
"author": "arthur",
"timestamp": "2006-05-23T03:08:08",
"content": "i cant find a 5v regulater so i pulled one out from a pc power suplly, but when i plug it up with a 9v battery i get 5.4v.will 5.4v kill my ipod nano?if so how can i put the v down?mabey a weaker battery? (ex.3-4 aa/aaa batterys)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18899",
"author": "Thom",
"timestamp": "2006-06-02T03:59:15",
"content": "I have about ten litium-ion batteries from a bunch of recent Nokia cell phones my company has thrown out (new phones came with the renewal contract). I’ve been thinking about finding a way to use some since the batteries are so thin – they’re like little stackable cookies LOL. I think they are 3.6 v and they hold a charge for quite a while sitting on the shelf (in the gadget bag et cetera.) Perfect rechargable solution – now if I had a clue about circuits and electronics :-)",
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"comment_id": "18898",
"author": "dyer",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T06:01:53",
"content": "I just want to know which pins on the IPOD connector (IPOD end of sync cord) are used for charging, i.e. which pins have power running through them?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18897",
"author": "dyer",
"timestamp": "2006-06-06T06:03:33",
"content": "I just want to know which pins on the IPOD connector (IPOD end of sync cord) are used for charging, i.e. which pins have power running through them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18928",
"author": "ipod5g",
"timestamp": "2007-03-04T11:20:50",
"content": "I bought this mini ipod charger it runs of 1 AA battery and it has 2 parts, the charger itself it looks like a short stubby marker and it has a mini mono headphone type jack on it 1/32 inch i think it is and the other part has the ipod sync plug and a mono headphone plug 1/32 inch it says turbo charge on the bottom and it has a blue light that lights up and gets brighter whan you hool ur ipod to it, oh and the packaging says MADE FOR IPOD on it, on another note i have a 12 volt car jumpstart box and i use my griffin powerjolt cigarette lighter plug and i can charge and run my ipod off that just like its plugged into 110v wall power",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "18929",
"author": "Taylor",
"timestamp": "2007-03-11T05:51:05",
"content": "twist the white and green together then to the negative.",
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"replies": []
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Stop.
Watch the video
.
Monome
is an 8×8 grid of backlit buttons for music control. That’s pretty much it. The demo video does an awesome job showing some of the possibilities and I’m sure there will be many interesting developments in the future. I’d love to see what adding a second color for feedback would do.
Will O’Brien
from Engadget and I will be attending
Make Faire
next weekend, where you’ll be able to see and play with the Monome first-hand. We hope to see some of you there.
[via
Create Digital Music
and
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{
"comment_id": "18596",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T03:50:13",
"content": "Awesome! Just plain awesome. I really want one. I wonder how the software is at this stage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18595",
"author": "gaarie",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T08:17:18",
"content": "w00t! hell yea for maker faire! Cya there eliot! can’t wait to try this thing out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18591",
"author": "deg",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T10:41:33",
"content": "anyone else go “OMG WANT”?! holy poop, that thing is damnnn awesome. $500 USD for the base, 8×8 model though..the 16×16 looks like there’d be a lot more functionality. the 40h looks like it would be more of an expensive toy than anything to get really productive with.i do agree with their standards for making them, but it sure hurts the consumer more (in the short term, at least).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18592",
"author": "Mike n",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T17:24:54",
"content": "OK – so let me make sure I’m getting things straight here. You’re paying $500 for 64 rubber buttons that are individually backlit. Oh, and you get some software that translates pressing those buttons into commands on a computer. WOW!!! I definitely couldn’t do that with a $10 microcontroller and $20 worth of parts.Oh wait, I could.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18593",
"author": "beanMosheen",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T17:55:20",
"content": "Nice. Here are some really awsome midi controllers as well. All home built with open source software.http://www.ucapps.de/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18594",
"author": "louis goddard",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T18:04:17",
"content": "While it looks like a freakin’ awesome way to create electronic music — and quite intuitive — I know I’m not shelling out $500 for one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18590",
"author": "jubilantjeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T18:26:48",
"content": "Mike n :Go on, then – do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18588",
"author": "BigTeebo",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T19:57:47",
"content": "Monome, do doo de doo dooMonome, do doo de doo dooMonome, do doo doo doo doo doot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18589",
"author": "Pick",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T20:51:11",
"content": "#6, Yeah, same thing for me. I like making electronic music, I have no idea how to use trackers, but this looks kind of easy to use, I just wish it was around $100 dollars, not $500 dollars. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18586",
"author": "maros",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T21:03:50",
"content": "Nice thing but a bit too expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18587",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T21:04:50",
"content": "To mike n, or anyone else thinking of building one of these:I’d suggest checking out a hand-held game called “lights out” made by tiger toys. check it out here:http://www.mit.edu/~kbarr/lo/As you can see, its buttons are nearly identical to the ones on this midi device. i’ve seen versions of this toy at resale shops many times for next to nothing. in my opinion, it would make a great starting point for such a project :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18585",
"author": "louis goddard",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T22:32:43",
"content": "#9, glad you agree — I’m in the same boat viz-a-vis trackers; I mainly use reason 3.0 and a software midi keyboard program for playing around. I’m more interested in live performance stuff, though, and it’s the ease of use and simplicity that interests me most with the monome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18584",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T23:15:10",
"content": "#9, #12,Ease of use is exactly why I gravitated toward the electribes about 6 years ago – and probably why everyone and their mother’s uncle has come up with something similar. Sadly, all this kind of stuff seems to settle around a $500 price-point for new equipment. I’d love to see just a nice tactile controller like this (no brains, just buttons) for $100. I can write the software myself./*I saw Haujobb and Architect a few days ago – they really could have used something like this.*/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18583",
"author": "MOPP HEAD",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T02:38:56",
"content": "your crazy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18581",
"author": "generalformat",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T04:26:29",
"content": "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ov-aqFe7hE&search=tenorionReminds me alot of the Tenori-on, but having more practical uses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18582",
"author": "acidrain",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T05:54:24",
"content": "#11 beat me to it. This is nearly identical to the lights out game. I still have one from my LSD days. You hit a button, and it toggles the light on that button and the 4 lights around it (or 3 lights around it for an edge, 2 for a corner). The object was to clear the board, so all the lights were out. Fun. Very cool looking on acid. Found it in the bargain bin at Kaybee toys.For anyone interested in that sort of thing, I also recommend a game called “Light Wars” also by Tiger. It is a circular ring of lights, with 4 “control pad” type things. It is a multi play game, where each play has 2 buttons. The object was to “bounce” the light “ball” around, hitting it with your left or right button “paddle”. The light would move faster and faster, and if it hit the light in front of you, you lost a life (3 total I think). There was another mode called lockdown, where you had to hit both paddles when it was in the center, to “lock” the light there, and you get a point. You release the light and it starts moving faster. Another mode was like the first but with 2 light “balls”. The 4th mode was a 4 player game, with the player opposite you as a partner, and you both had to hit the same paddle at the same time.Very interesting social game to play on drugs. All huddled around this 80’s looking space game tripping out of your skull.Sorry. Resume hacker talk now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18578",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T07:28:51",
"content": "really really good idea and a great implementation… i love it :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18579",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T18:03:55",
"content": "OMG that is sexy. That would be awesome for live music mixing, like the stuff bt does. Makes me want to get one just to play with it. If only it weren’t so expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18580",
"author": "JIMMYD",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T19:08:23",
"content": "dang… so simple yet so fun to play with. 150 dollar price tag and that thing would sell like no ones business.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "18577",
"author": "Sp`ange",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T21:55:42",
"content": "It would be interesting to use this equipment with some of Bludgeonsoft’s Audio Apps.http://www.wizardmaster.com/bludgeonsoft/audio.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18575",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-04-16T22:47:28",
"content": "Pretty cool. I have no interest in music, but I could see it in use by any computer power user.But $500? Forget it. Even that 3 button OLED input device is only $100.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "18576",
"author": "one",
"timestamp": "2006-04-17T02:13:23",
"content": "i temporary mirrored the file (12kb/s downloads suck)http://oneko2.ath.cx/one/monome40h.movit’s a good project ;) – one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "18574",
"author": "kenny",
"timestamp": "2006-04-17T06:53:32",
"content": "i also immediately thought of “lights out” when i saw this article.pic of lights out:http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/collection/Other%20Puzzles/images/Lights%20Out%20Clasic%20Tiger.jpgi wouldnt know how to go about rigging that up, but the interface of individually lighted rubber keys is definitely cheap enough to buy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18572",
"author": "Vrogy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-17T07:25:24",
"content": "Very nice. Classy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18573",
"author": "yeha",
"timestamp": "2006-04-17T16:26:42",
"content": "check this out:http://www.zefrank.com/sequencer/index.htmlseems to be clearly the same",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18571",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-04-20T01:27:24",
"content": "I had a version of Lights-Out that was cube-shaped with 9 buttons on each side. That would be neat to use.http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/collection/Other%20Puzzles/images/Lights%20Out%20Cube%20%20Tiger.jpgThough 9 would be annoying to work with.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18570",
"author": "aegis",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T16:32:47",
"content": "Quote:I definitely couldn’t do that with a $10 microcontroller and $20 worth of parts.Oh wait, I could.>>>>>>Sorry, but no you couldn’t. An aluminum panel like the one shown will cost you about $100-125 USD alone. Then, have fun trying to find you backlit buttons – you’d not find any commercial manufacturers of them; instead you’ll have to order a custom run, so look forward to $500 in tooling costs and about a dollar per part. Now, go get some fecl to etch your plates, there’s another $20-30. Then spend a few months most likely working out the details – perhaps your time is worthless though so maybe that isn’t a cost to you.If you claim you can do it, DO IT, or at least offer evidence of how you WOULD DO IT. Otherwise, shut it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18569",
"author": "Crash",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T23:27:59",
"content": "Where do you get 100-125 bucks from? I can get a 12x12inch 6061 .25 inch thick aluminum plate, more than what they had, for less than $40.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18568",
"author": "reece",
"timestamp": "2006-05-02T19:20:32",
"content": "Would the aluminium be strictly necessary though? Wouldn’t a self-built model be based purely on functionality instead of asthetics? If I were to make one (which I have neither the funds nor knowledge to do), I would be more concerned with whether it works properly than whether the panel is aluminium or plastic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,930.570601
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||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/13/make-your-own-liquid-magnets/
|
Make Your Own Liquid Magnets
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Here is a nice followup to yesterday’s video:
How to make your own ferrofluid
.
This guide comes from Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine at About.com
The fine folks at
Sci-spot
seem to have the original with pictures. The composition of ferrofluid by volume is about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier. The surfactant is what keeps the particles from sticking together permanently. Ferrofluids are often used for damping speakers and in disk drives. This procedure doesn’t seem to complex and one of the main components is ferric chloride, a.k.a. PCB etchant. Thanks go to [
Jason Uher
] who sent in this tip and says that it has worked out quite well for him in the past.
[
photo credit
]
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{
"comment_id": "18566",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T19:53:12",
"content": "I have never been a fan of about.com until today. I usually find lots of their unrelated articles when doing a search for something. This article is great, I have never played with ferrofluid because it is so expensive. I think one of my next projects now is to make a batch of the stuff. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18565",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T23:06:58",
"content": "About.com ripped this information off from a friend of mine w/ no credit. The link everyone SHOULD use, and be given credit for ishttp://www.sci-spot.com/.About.com has been contacted bysci-spot’s owner, and has turned a blind eye to this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18564",
"author": "trebuchet03",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T23:11:57",
"content": "respect for about.com…. sinks to a new low. thanks matt :PI’m liking that accelerometer too :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18563",
"author": "Phugedaboudet",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T00:09:50",
"content": "Could this stuff be used for a magnetohydrodynamic generator? It sure looks a lot safer than molten sodium. if it holds enough magnetic field then it could be run through coils of wire and generate electricity.Or, could I use magnets to pump this stuff and make a hydraulic power system with no moving parts in the pump?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18562",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T00:49:42",
"content": "Does anyone know if olive oil can be substituted for oleic acid? The vendor at our campus chemical store said that they don’t sell oleic acid to anyone without a license since 9/11.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18561",
"author": "Stephen",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T01:11:31",
"content": "That’s cool, I was poking around for a way to make this stuff when I saw yesterday’s post. That surfactant looks like its key to making it last without getting all clumped up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18560",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T01:16:51",
"content": "What about the laser toner and mineral oil mentioned in the comments in the last post? Does anyone have any more info on that? Surely it can’t be as good as this…Both promise some messy-good science, though!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18559",
"author": ":",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T01:34:49",
"content": "This is actually quite a trickey process, here are some people’s attempts at ithttp://4hv.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?2529",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18558",
"author": "pat",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T01:48:57",
"content": "matt:http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/Could help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18557",
"author": "Kiz",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T03:47:17",
"content": "Does anyone have any information on getting the ferrofluid from a disk drive? I have a dead one staring at me right now. Or is it not enough to do anything with…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18556",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T04:25:16",
"content": "Laser toner and mineral oil, took a bit of hunting due to the switch of domains for Texas State :)http://uweb.txstate.edu/~wg06/students/ThePhysTeacher.pdfNothing too specific, but a lot less dangerous IF you can get your hands on copier toner.Also other fun stuff to try with it :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18555",
"author": "8Way",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T05:53:46",
"content": "I attempted to make the ferrofluid today, but made a few substitutions — i’m not sure if they affected the outcome — the FF I made was cool and behaved somewhat like FF, but seemed to clump a little more.First, I subbed olive oil for oleic acid. according to wikipedia, olive oil is 55-80% oleic acid — so i assumed 66% and added 7.5ml of it. the reesultant FF seemed to clump so perhaps the oleic acid isn’t available for the reaction.I also tried a few different solvents b/c i didn’t have any kerosene available. I used oderless mineral spirits, glycerin and parrafin lamp oil. I had successful seperation using the mineral sprits and the lamp oil. Not so w/ the glycerine. The lamp oil version was nice b/c it didn’t stink.Finally, i followed the recomendation for 150mL of ammonia. I don’t know if my ammonia was lower molar concentration b/c when i added 150mL, the solution remained a medium brown (I cooked it for a while this way). . Upon adding another 50mL or so it went to the normal FF black. I’d suggest titration to black in your instructions…I have some oleic on order (www.chemistrystore.com)….(now to make the magnetic coil winder for a grid of coils, some H bridges to drive em and a microprocessor to control em…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18554",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T06:07:43",
"content": "My vote is for the magnetohydrodynamic system!After some personal testing, I have determined that Dunkin Donuts Turbo Hot Espresso-Enhanced Coffee, while most certainly energetic, doesn’t contain nearly enough ferrous material to be considered for this application.It’s good though.…yes, have some.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18553",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T07:17:19",
"content": "More fun on googling for videos:http://scitation.aip.org/phf/gallery/2003-lorenz.jsphttp://www.projectarcanum.com/archive/2006/01/22/crazy-ferrofluid-video/http://centripetalnotion.com/2005/12/05/15:22:43/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18552",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T07:29:04",
"content": "a fantastic source of the magnetite required for this reaction (for those who are lucky enough to live near the coast) is your run-of-the-mill beach sand. magnet + patience + a beach with really fine grained sand = as much magnetite as you could ever want. collect, and then pulverize the magnetite slightly if you want smaller particles, and you’ve yourself a perfect start for ferrofluid. i’ve done this, and i guarantee it works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18550",
"author": "jubilantjeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T18:19:59",
"content": "#2 matt, are you a 4HV’er?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18551",
"author": "jubilantjeremy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T18:51:48",
"content": "#2 matt, are you a 4HV’er?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18549",
"author": "The king of retarsia",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T19:58:34",
"content": "If you need some oleic acid and want to have some fun AND are somewhat comfortable/have access to an O-Chem lab, just take some ground beef (the cheaper the better), cook it, strain and keep the fat (which has a great deal of Oleyl alcohol), combine this fat with some Chromic acid (or if you can’t get that, Potassium dichromate, sulfuric acid, water, and a little of heat will work), which should oxidize the Oleyl alcohol enough to give you a good amount of oleic acid. None of those ingredients should be hard to obtain.Of course, I think it’s preposterous that anybody tells you that oleic acid is a restricted substance. It’s a FATTY ACID.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18548",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T04:30:03",
"content": "#16 Sure am!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18547",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T09:32:09",
"content": "actually i made some with canolla oil, stayed good for atleast a few months(although i had to remix it since the toner sunk after a while)works really good but it can stain GLASS if it drys on it, and cement, nothing can clean it offso whatever you do with it, dont get it on anything ya care aboutand for ll the wouldbe pranksters uhh…. no idea, just dont get in troubleim going to try making some with motor oil later though, if it works i’ll make a video and post on youtube or somthing with full instructions",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18545",
"author": "collin",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T23:57:59",
"content": "I started looking into printer/copier toner for a ferrofluid since some one mentioned it. Not all toners have magnetite in them.Looking at the MSDS for various toners, for example the toner for my cheap samsung uses carbon as a pigment where the toner for an HP LazerJet 4 is 45-55% iron oxide (magnetite) and 45-55% styrene acrelate copolymer. [percent by mass]I don’t know it the polymer make’s it “less good” for a ferrofluid, but I think you could disolve it with xylene/toluene (solvents listed on the MSDS) and maybe filter, repeat a few times, to get just magnetite powder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18546",
"author": "tomg",
"timestamp": "2006-04-21T04:57:16",
"content": "ferrofluid isn’t used for damping in speakers, its actually used for cooling the voice coils. The damping is performed by the spider and the roll surround.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18544",
"author": "me",
"timestamp": "2006-06-05T16:36:15",
"content": "Well, I emailed Anne Helmenstine to let her know that she was a thief and should give you credit. I also informed her that she was ugly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18567",
"author": "Shailee",
"timestamp": "2007-12-27T15:28:45",
"content": "I really dnt know what to tell bout this. m in 12th at present nd made this liquid magnet as a project in chemistry… nd must say that it is damn succeesful… may b coz india made all materials available to me very easily… to all those who r thinkin of makin this, i just wanna tell u tht please go ahead…. what u only need is a bit of patience nd a positive spirit..THANKS…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117556",
"author": "magnet motors",
"timestamp": "2010-01-15T18:00:00",
"content": "Magnetic? machines like these DO work – but are NOT some kind of NEW PHYSICS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "954109",
"author": "sarosh",
"timestamp": "2013-02-04T09:46:41",
"content": "we are trying to make a ferro fluid using magnetic laser jet toner powder and canola oil as medium in about 1:1….its a disasterdo we need a surfactant ?and is it better to use kerosene?please help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,930.633474
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/12/hack-media-snoil/
|
Hack Media: Snoil
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Snoil
is a snake game rendered on a Ferrofluid display. There is a video of it in action plus some other interesting projects:
artifical rain display
,
apeture based display
, and a
computational board game
.
[via
Waxy
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "18543",
"author": "Metal Wolf",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T01:28:59",
"content": "Cool, First post! this would be cool if you could use this as an external display for other progs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18542",
"author": "Jesse",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T01:33:04",
"content": "ohhhh colour. me likey.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18541",
"author": "Billw",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T02:01:06",
"content": "the site is quite slow. here’s a coral cache link…http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de.nyud.net:8080/en/projects/winter0405/main/hauptprojekt/snoil.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18540",
"author": "Moogle",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T04:07:35",
"content": "I actually made some ferrofluid once. It wasn’t nearly as smooth as the stuff this guy’s using. A friend of mine was making chainmail, and I got all his steel filings, added oil until it was liquidy. It was too gritty, but still a lot of fun. Another friend happened to have a 1 tesla magnet laying around that the lab he worked in had thrown away. The fluid would freeze solid anywhere near the magnet, but if you moved the container in small circles near it, it would actually grow lots of thin, inch-long spikes.This display is a really neat idea. No real practical use, but then, it’s really hard to come up with a practical use for ferrofluid, neat as it is. (The best I’ve heard is variable-visocosity breaks)New meaning to the term ‘snake oil’ I guess.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18539",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T05:08:19",
"content": "laser printer toner+canolla oilits pretty much the EXACT same thing as far as operation goes compared to the professional stuffthis display is ok but it isnt as cool as it could be",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18538",
"author": "Wurx",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T14:36:58",
"content": "Frogz-I always wanted to play with the stuff, thanks for the formulae….except the commercial stuff won’t go rancid.Any ideas? I wonder if motor oil or would work?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18537",
"author": "ivan256",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T18:26:32",
"content": "wurx, try mineral oil. It has no smell. It’s in the laxitives section of your local drugstore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18536",
"author": "R brooks",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T23:04:02",
"content": "1 tesla magnet? That’s gigantic:http://www-flc.desy.de/tpc/projects/magnet1/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18535",
"author": "sPITFIRE-|<1|_|_",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T00:48:12",
"content": "dude, the tesla that the url is talking about is a measurement. E.g. 1 amp, 1 meter, 1 Tesla.It doesn’t have to be friggin huge to be a tesla coil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18534",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T01:37:53",
"content": "I have a bottle of the stuff I bought a year ago. I did the usual stuff with it; super magnets, energized wires, climbing liquids… I wanted to build a solenoid matrix for it to sit on to make shapes but it looks like these guys beat me to it. The fluid is great fun to work with but be warned, it’s messy as hell. The oil will get into everything it touches.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18533",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T02:19:45",
"content": "Bah. The video crashes both my browser & the dedicated quicktime player. Stupid Apple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18532",
"author": "Scavenger",
"timestamp": "2006-04-14T04:21:21",
"content": "I am trying to get the video to work, but when it starts, it says it can’t download the required codec because it isn’t available. The it starts, but it is all white with no sound. Where can I get the codec?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18531",
"author": "doubful",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T09:39:16",
"content": "If anyone bothered to look very closely at the snoil vid, you’d notice in the second part “infinite oil” just at the beginning when he goes to pick it up, there is a nanosecond where the frame moves, but the liquid and the “oil” lettering does not. Looks like a hoax to me. Check it out for yourselves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18530",
"author": "blacksh33p",
"timestamp": "2006-04-15T16:21:30",
"content": "For those interested…and who can read German…http://www.freymartin.de/blog/archives/02_sensitive_skins/index.htmlThis is the MAKEr’s blog which documents the entire project it seems. Schematics are given too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18529",
"author": "Martin Frey",
"timestamp": "2006-04-17T00:22:00",
"content": "hello. my name is martin frey from berlin. I’m the maker of SnOil. I’ve just added the",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18528",
"author": "DieCastblue",
"timestamp": "2006-04-22T14:35:37",
"content": "#11 make sure you have quicktime 7 or something able to decode H264.#13 I agree it looks just like it’s been rotoscoped (badly)over the top of bad footage, but in the last part of the video they show the base and the top part that holds the oil are seprate, and when he goes to pick it up, at first he just moves the top, but the magnet array underneath stays still. looks cool though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/04/12/bawls-automatic-light/
|
Bawls Automatic Light
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Alan] from Hacked Gadgets put this
Bawls automatic light
together pretty quickly. He used a photocell, transistor, LED, and a 9V battery to make it turn on automatically when the lights go out. It creates a nice eerie blue glow. You might remember that he isn’t the first Hack-A-Day reader to get lured in by the Bawls lamp. [Chris] made a
cold cathode Bawls lamp
last fall. I found
this picture
on ZapWizard’s photostream as well.
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[
{
"comment_id": "18526",
"author": "Groxx",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T19:55:28",
"content": "Sweet. I’ve *GOT* to make this one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18527",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T21:47:02",
"content": "Awsome, but how long would one 9v last lighting up an LED that bright?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18525",
"author": "Bronzeg3",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T21:49:19",
"content": "Looks nice, but that battery hanging out the back is kinda bleh… It would look better (IMO) with longer wires leading to a battery on the floor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18524",
"author": "tweak",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T22:02:33",
"content": "I would build it up with a capacitor and a solar cell",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18523",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T22:08:06",
"content": "Posted Apr 12, 2006, 3:02 PM ET by tweakI would build it up with a capacitor and a solar cell… Then no need for a battery!u mean like a BEAM pummer? pummers can last all nite if u make em rite ^^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18522",
"author": "k lol hax m8 ^^ omfg teh hax ams on k?",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T22:16:54",
"content": "Posted Apr 12, 2006, 3:02 PM ET by tweakI would build it up with a capacitor and a solar cell… Then no need for a battery!u mean like a BEAM pummer? pummers can last all nite if u make em rite ^^",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "18521",
"author": "Benjamin Roy",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T22:29:58",
"content": "Hi, have been coming here to hackaday since it began. Right now, these aren’t relly hacks. These are more or less, How To’s. What happened?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18520",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T22:49:25",
"content": "It never fails that every day some noob makes a double post in the comments….I find that with a BEAM pummer it is very dependant on how much light is avalible. My pummer in the window with full sunlight lasts all night but if I try to put it somewhere with only incandesent light all day it only lasts an hour.I would have to say that this is a cool project and I may even build it, but it is more of a make project than a hack. It is hard to draw the line where a hack ends and a project begins. I still think eliot is doing a great job keeping it fresh every day on this page. It is always the first page I check when I get to work in the morning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18518",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T23:06:59",
"content": "Am I the only one that *hated* that video? Seriously, is a photoresistor really that sensational?Don’t get me wrong, this is a neat little project that I’ve actually been planning on doing for quite some time. It’s just… the video… ugh…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18519",
"author": "Self_defenestrate",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T23:25:55",
"content": "I thought it was pretty cool, but would personally bouild a circuit similar to the joule theif to power it from some old button cells. It could all be glued to the bottom of the cap with the led secured so it dosen’t have the “hanging” look. Pretty cool, especially since I have a few bottles around here somewhere..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18517",
"author": "'",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T01:47:01",
"content": "@jasonyes the video was pretty lame, but many people are amazed by…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18516",
"author": "ben",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T01:54:33",
"content": "NOT A HACK.This is a shame.This is again, like that IR audio crap it’s MUCH too easy to be considered a hack. Do you know what this is called? A NIGHT LIGHT!!!Except this one is powered by a 9v battery instead of plugged into a wall.AGain, a 5 year old could have done this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18515",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T07:47:49",
"content": "Heh, I didn’t even notice that I’d been linked until today when I noticed that I had 1975 page views on my website yesterday. My average is 120. Anyway, that thing is pretty nifty. I wouldn’t have thought to mount an LED in the cap. Clever.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18513",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T17:34:42",
"content": "Thanks for the nice comments guys. Hey Chris (#12), the lamp looks great!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18514",
"author": "Phillyj",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T17:35:17",
"content": "sweet!!! i have bawls all over the place and this “hack” is very doable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18512",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-04-13T19:13:47",
"content": "One could stack button cells under the cap too.It’s cute.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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