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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": ... | 1,760,377,921.78393 | ||
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 i... | 1,760,377,921.511325 | ||
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 heav... | 1,760,377,921.672391 | ||
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",
"aut... | 1,760,377,921.845632 | ||
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",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,921.730073 | ||
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-... | 1,760,377,922.009538 | ||
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/g... | 1,760,377,921.905451 | ||
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 ha... | 1,760,377,922.148479 | ||
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": nu... | 1,760,377,922.070362 | ||
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",
"... | 1,760,377,921.954741 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,922.220923 | ||
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"... | 1,760,377,922.400027 | ||
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",
... | 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 si... | 1,760,377,922.356012 | ||
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",
"con... | 1,760,377,922.791735 | ||
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",
"conten... | 1,760,377,922.963958 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,922.660938 | ||
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. | 4 | 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",
"timesta... | 1,760,377,922.613186 | ||
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",... | 1,760,377,922.843282 | ||
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": "21... | 1,760,377,922.899276 | ||
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": []
},
... | 1,760,377,923.107833 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/08/10/record-cutter/ | Record Cutter | Eliot | [
"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",
"con... | 1,760,377,923.025891 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/08/09/hacking-u-verse-set-top-boxes/ | Hacking U-Verse Set Top Boxes | Eliot | [
"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 telli... | 1,760,377,923.183805 | ||
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": "2006-08-0... | 1,760,377,923.249193 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,923.316117 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/08/06/safe-autodialer/ | Safe Autodialer | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | 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",
... | 1,760,377,923.44846 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,923.486546 | ||
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",
... | 1,760,377,923.899188 | ||
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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{
"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.",
... | 1,760,377,923.630819 | ||
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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{
"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": []
},
{
"co... | 1,760,377,923.717136 | ||
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.... | 1,760,377,924.003774 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,924.068494 | ||
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"... | 1,760,377,924.129404 | ||
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": "and... | 1,760,377,923.956291 | ||
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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{
"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",... | 1,760,377,924.184007 | ||
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. | 14 | 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 ... | 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",
... | 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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{
"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-... | 1,760,377,924.337628 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/14/usb-drive-hacking/ | USB Drive Hacking | Eliot | [
"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":... | 1,760,377,924.561809 | ||
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 ... | 1,760,377,924.620253 | ||
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",
"auth... | 1,760,377,924.773608 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,924.832197 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/04/aux-input-for-bose-sounddock/ | 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!Someb... | 1,760,377,924.729264 | ||
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": "apat... | 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": "firstttttt... | 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... | 1,760,377,925.086116 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,925.158673 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/06/12/xbox-rapid-fire-mod/ | Xbox Rapid Fire Mod | Eliot | [
"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": "2006-06-1... | 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",
"... | 1,760,377,925.295706 | ||
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 ... | 1,760,377,925.354829 | ||
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": "... | 1,760,377,926.969511 | ||
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,
"rep... | 1,760,377,927.116771 | ||
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.",
... | 1,760,377,927.019323 | ||
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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{
"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": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,927.30874 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,927.369531 | ||
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": "2006-0... | 1,760,377,927.209774 | ||
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": "2... | 1,760,377,927.527884 | ||
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 anyw... | 1,760,377,927.064127 | ||
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/unavailabl... | 1,760,377,927.156754 | ||
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 freaki... | 1,760,377,927.256319 | ||
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",
"par... | 1,760,377,927.626364 | ||
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": "2... | 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:... | 1,760,377,928.015027 | ||
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 on... | 1,760,377,928.12805 | ||
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": "mkle... | 1,760,377,928.086982 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,927.959004 | ||
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": "2006-05-2... | 1,760,377,927.907872 | ||
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": ... | 1,760,377,927.855511 | ||
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": []
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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",
"times... | 1,760,377,928.235272 | ||
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": "joevenn... | 1,760,377,928.179714 | ||
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": "... | 1,760,377,928.337521 | ||
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"... | 1,760,377,928.800194 | ||
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",
... | 1,760,377,929.08743 | ||
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 c... | 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": []
},
... | 1,760,377,929.395048 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/25/hard-drive-oscilloscope/ | Hard Drive Oscilloscope | Eliot | [
"computer hacks",
"Laser Hacks"
] | [] | [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 “fo... | 1,760,377,929.145204 | ||
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... | 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-... | 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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{
"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 f... | 1,760,377,929.198474 | ||
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
] | 5 | 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 o... | 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.makez... | 1,760,377,929.433772 | ||
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",
"time... | 1,760,377,929.946702 | ||
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",
"autho... | 1,760,377,929.694568 | ||
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",
"tim... | 1,760,377,929.748911 | ||
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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{
"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": []
},
{
... | 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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{
"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 go... | 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": "20... | 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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{
"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 woul... | 1,760,377,929.999616 | ||
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... | 1,760,377,930.327757 | ||
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",
... | 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... | 1,760,377,930.171558 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/30/holga-style-digital-camera-lens/ | Holga Style Digital Camera Lens | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [] | 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",
... | 1,760,377,930.450555 | ||
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_... | 1,760,377,930.503115 | ||
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": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,930.900392 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/27/switch-mode-ipod-charger/ | Switch Mode IPod Charger | Eliot | [
"ipod hacks"
] | [] | 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.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "18926",
"author": "Scruff Dogg",
"times... | 1,760,377,930.75408 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/04/14/hack-media-monome/ | Hack Media: Monome | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | 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
Music Thing
]
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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",... | 1,760,377,930.570601 | ||
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 ... | 1,760,377,930.633474 | ||
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",
"auth... | 1,760,377,930.807878 | ||
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",
"con... | 1,760,377,930.684017 |
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